02nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090007707 | CLOSURE SYSTEM FOR VEHICLES, PREFERABLY MOTOR VEHICLES - A closure system for a motor vehicle includes a pinion and a pair of U-shaped, flat sliders. The pinion is engaged to a drive shaft to rotate in a first rotational direction and an opposite second rotational direction in response to the drive shaft rotating. Each slider has an inner leg and an outer leg connected at one end to a bridge. The inner surface of each inner leg includes a gear rack. The inner surfaces of the inner legs face one another and surround opposite sides of the pinion such that corresponding portions of the gear racks engage the respective opposite sides of the pinion whereby the sliders are longitudinally displaced away from one another in response to the pinion rotating in the first rotational direction and are longitudinally displaced toward one another in response to the pinion rotating in the second rotational direction. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007708 | ROTARY CABLE ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLES - A rotary cable assembly to transmit force through a connection cable connected between a pair of pulleys. At least one of the pulleys includes a hollow pulley unit; and a cable holding unit in the pulley unit and rotatable therein in one direction, the holding unit including a slot, for the cable to sit therein, at its outer surface. The pulley unit is disposed is a housing. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007709 | Automatic transmission - A brake system that includes a friction plate composed of inner friction plates and outer friction plates that are arranged alternately in an axial direction; a cylinder portion that is open toward the friction plate in the axial direction; a piston member that slidably fits into an opening portion of the cylinder portion, thereby forming a working oil chamber, and that is pressed and driven away from the cylinder portion in the axial direction by oil pressure supplied to the working oil chamber, thereby pressing the friction plate; a return spring that biases the piston member toward the cylinder portion in the axial direction; and a drum member integrally provided with a drum portion that is in spline engagement with the friction plate, a pressure-receiving portion that is formed in a vertical direction to the axial direction and receives a reaction force of the return spring, and a fixed portion. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007710 | BALL SCREW - A ball screw in which surface hardness of balls is higher than both of surface hardness of a ball screw groove of a screw shaft and surface hardness of a ball screw groove of a nut, and a solid lubricant film is formed on a surface of the balls with a thickness of 1 μm or more and 5 μm or less. Further, cross-sectional shape of grooves | 2009-01-08 |
20090007711 | Injection-molded resin face gear - An injection-molded resin face gear that can suppress deterioration of gear accuracy caused by shrinkage of resin material after injection molding and allow accurate and smooth rotation transmission is provided. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007712 | SHIFTER WITH ONE-TOUCH LOCKING KNOB - A transmission shifter includes a shift lever, and a knob with attachment clip that mechanically locks the knob atop the lever with a single assembly motion. The clip is located inside a hole in the select knob, and the lever includes a notch near its top. The clip is positioned to flex to facilitate assembly as the lever is inserted into the hole, but then unflex to engage the notch and lock the knob to the lever. To remove the knob from the lever, a removal tool is used to depress the clip, pushing it out of the way and allowing the select knob to be pulled off the lever. The illustrated shifters include a mechanically-actuated pawl actuator system and an electrically-actuated pawl actuator system. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007713 | HORIZONTAL MULTIPLE ARTICULATION TYPE ROBOT - A horizontal multijoint type robot is so constructed that it comprises a first arm connected through a first joint shaft to a base, a second arm connected through a second joint shaft to the first arm, and a working shaft provided rotatably and movably up and down on the distal end of the second arm, and that the arm length L | 2009-01-08 |
20090007714 | Vehicle Steering Assembly - A vehicle steering assembly is provided that includes a triple tree integrated with two handlebars. Each of the two handlebars is integrated at a transition region with the triple tree. The triple tree includes two fork-receiving recesses and a neck-receiving top pipe recess. A method including providing such a vehicle steering assembly further having an opening at each of two different locations in the triple tree and a hollow interior including an interior channel communicating with the two openings in the triple tree; and routing a wire through the channel between the two openings. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007715 | Qwik throttle repair - Consequently, since the present invention is constructed as has been described, even when the rider rotates the handlebar to the left or right, the operation can follow the movements of the fingers and automatically oscillate vertically, thereby making it possible to provide a throttle device that exhibits good operability and which is markedly easy to use when compared with conventional throttle devices. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007716 | THROTTLE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A reduction in the size of a housing for containing a magnetic sensor is provided for a throttle device for a vehicle in which the turning amount of a throttle grip is detected by use of the magnetic sensor. An extension part of the throttle grip is provided at its outer periphery with an enlarged diameter part for holding magnets of the magnetic sensor. A right switch box is provided with Hall sensors of the magnetic sensor, and the enlarged diameter part and each of the Hall sensors are opposed to each other in the axial direction of a right handle bar. The throttle grip is urged toward the throttle full-closing position by a grip urging mechanism. The throttle full-closing position is maintained by only an urging force exerted from the grip urging mechanism. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007717 | Accelerator pedal for motorized vehicle - An accelerator pedal assembly that provides a hysteresis in pedal force-response upon actuation is provided. The accelerator pedal assembly includes a housing, an elongated pedal arm terminating at one end in a rotatable drum defining a curved braking surface, a brake pad having a curved contact surface substantially complementary to the braking surface and a bias spring device operably situated between the pedal arm and the brake pad. The pedal arm is rotatably mounted to the housing such that the curved braking surface rotates as the pedal moves. The brake pad defines a primary pivot axis and is pivotably mounted for frictional engagement with the braking surface. The bias spring serves to urge the contact surface of the brake pad into frictional engagement with the braking surface of the drum. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007718 | Multiple Pin Locking Device of an Adjustment Device of a Motor Vehicle Seat - The pawl locking device of an adjustment device of a motor vehicle seat serves for adjusting two parts of said motor vehicle seat in one direction of adjustment. It has at least three stopper parts that are elastically biased independent of each other in a locking position by one stopper spring each. Said stopper parts each comprise one stopper tooth, one actuation end and one bearing hole. The longitudinal adjustment device further has a bearing shaft that extends in the direction of adjustment and through the bearing hole of said stopper parts. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007719 | Tractor - [Object] An object is to provide an assist grip for an operator to easily ride on/off an operation section. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007720 | Protection guard for vehicle handlebar - A protection guard for vehicle handlebar, which is mounted on a handlebar, includes a fixing arm having an arm body mounted on the handlebar, an arm-to-bracket conjunction portion formed on another end opposite to the handlebar; an adjusting bracket having a bracket body formed of “L” shape, a bracket-to-arm conjunction portion formed on an end of the bracket body, at least two thread holes formed on the bracket-to-arm conjunction portion, a bracket-to-cover joining portion formed on another end, the arm-to-bracket conjunction portion of the fixing arm is threaded to one of the thread holes; and a cover having a cover body, a cover-to-bracket joining portion formed on the cover body and connected to the bracket-to-cover joining portion of the adjusting bracket; thereby, when the adjusting bracket turned around or moved to change the position of the thread hole relative to the arm-to-bracket conjunction portion of the fixing arm, the cover then having variety locating position relative to the handlebar. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007721 | Steering Wheel with Modular Rim Assembly - A steering wheel includes a rim assembly having a pair of preformed half-shells secured to the steering wheel skeleton. Each half-shell includes an annular rigid substrate having an outer surface bordered by an inner and an outer peripheral edge, and a cover that overlies both the substrate's outer surface and its peripheral edges. When the two half-shells are mounted to the skeleton, the covered peripheral edges abut one another to provide finished inner and outer peripheral seams on the rim. Nonfunctional stitching in the covers, advantageously provided prior to covering the substrates, cooperate to simulate a functionally-stitched seam on the finished rim assembly. A decorative trim element, such as a trim ring, is mechanically captured between the opposed peripheral edges of the two half-shells. An internal passage defined within the rim assembly is advantageously used in conjunction with a Peltier device to heat and cool the rim assembly. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007722 | Speed reduction type starter for engines - The speed reduction type starter for engines comprises the engaging part | 2009-01-08 |
20090007723 | METHOD FOR USING FRACTURE RESISTANT ELECTRODES IN A CARBOTHERMIC REDUCTION FURNACE - Graphite electrodes for the production of aluminum by carbothermic reduction of alumina are either submerged in the molten bath in the low temperature compartment or they are horizontally arranged in the side walls of the high temperature compartment. The electrodes are manufactured by using a mixture of coke particles covering the complete particle size range between 25 μm to 3 mm and by using an intensive mixer to effectively wet all coke particles with pitch. The electrodes have a flexural strength of at least 20 N/mm | 2009-01-08 |
20090007724 | In Situ Created Metal Nanoparticle Strengthening of Metal Powder Articles - The structural integrity of a metal powder body during heat treatment is enhanced by the in situ formation of metal nanoparticles. The nanoparticles bond to one another and to the metal powder particles of the powder body during heat treatment to provide strength to the powder body prior to the operation of the physical phenomena which transform the powder body into a coherent article. The precursor or precursors from which the nanoparticles are derived are preferably metal salts which are added to the powder or powder body in the form of a solution. The use of conventional binders is optional. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007725 | Mixed Powder For Powder Metallurgy, Green Compact Thereof, and Sintered Body - The present invention relates to a mixed powder for powder metallurgy containing an iron-base powder and a carbon supply component, in which the carbon supply component contains a graphite powder and a carbon black, and in which a mixing ratio of the graphite powder to the carbon black is in the range of 25 to 85 parts by weight to 75 to 15 parts by weight; and a mixed powder for powder metallurgy containing an iron-base powder and a carbon supply component, in which the carbon supply component contains, as a main component, a carbon black having a dibutyl phthalate absorption of 60 mL/100 g or less and a nitrogen absorption specific surface area of 50 m | 2009-01-08 |
20090007726 | InSb NANOPARTICLE - The main object of the present invention is to provide an InSb nanoparticle to be dispersed independently, InSb nanoparticle dispersion and a method for producing an InSb nanoparticle. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007727 | MATERIALS HANDLING AND SAMPLING - A bulk sample is fed with a liquid into a mixing tank ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090007728 | Method For Melting an Alloy Containing a Metal of a High Vapor Pressure - In a method for producing an alloy containing a metal of a low melting point, a low boiling point and a high vapor pressure such as Mg, Ca, Li, Zn, Mn, Sr or the like, a helium containing gas is used as an atmosphere gas for the melting. As a result, the alloy containing the above metal can be produced as an alloy having a targeted chemical composition precisely and safely at a low cost without causing the risk of firing, contamination or the like by active metal fine powder being vaporized. Furthermore, by using the helium containing gas as the atmosphere gas, the quench-solidification of the molten metal can be conducted due to a high thermal conductivity inherent to the helium gas, so that a special alloy can be produced even by the usual melting apparatus. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007729 | Method of Precious Metal Recovery - The proposed invention relates to methods of precious metal recovery and may be applied to the recovery of precious metals from various types of mineral raw source materials containing chlorides of alkali and earth metals, e.g. collective concentrate produced from clay-salt residue of potassium production, or marker clays, etc. This method includes chlorinating roasting of the collective concentrate produced during enrichment of the material with residual chlorides content of 7-13%, or natural concentrate with up to 15% chlorides content. Thereafter, the cinder is leached by an aqua-regia solution, the precious metals are recovered from the pulp via of sorption, chlorinating roasting is held at 600-700° C., the precious metals are leached from the cinder using diluted solution of aqua-regia, and then via sorption. The process is cost-efficient due to the use of chlorinating agent, reduction of the process steps number, decreasing of the roasting temperature, and the leaching by diluted acid. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007730 | Apparatus for removing earrings from a purchase card - An apparatus for removing earrings from a display card includes a pronged mechanism for slipping between the ornamental portion of the earring and the card. A user applies leverage to the pronged mechanism to separate the earring from the card. The pronged mechanism can be enhanced with a cover for preventing the earring from flipping away as it is removed from the card. The cover can be attached to the pronged portion by any suitable means, such as a band, adhesive, hinge, or other means. When the pronged mechanism removes the earring from the card, the earring retainer on the back of the earring necessarily also separates from the card, so the device can be further enhanced with a cup means for catching and containing the earring retainer. The apparatus can be a single, integrated device. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007731 | FIXING STRUCTURE OF DIRECTION SWITCH BUTTON FOR REVERSIBLE WRENCH - The present invention refers to a fixing structure of direction switch buttons for a reversible wrench, in which a wrench is equipped with two direction switch buttons on the driving portion, button-restricting portions and location-restricting portions relative to the driving portion. The two direction switch buttons are arranged inside the driving portion by the method of insertion. Moreover, a button-fixing device is provided between the two direction switch buttons, the button-fixing device mainly includes an actuating member and a restoring member. The two ends of the actuating member are wedged into the two direction switch buttons respectively to drive the two direction switch buttons simultaneously. In addition, the actuating member is able to move elastically between the two direction switch buttons by means of the restoring member so as to connect the two direction switch buttons elastically. The objectives of fast connection, exact positioning and simultaneous actuation are achieved. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007732 | RECESSED SCREWING DRIVING ASSEMBLY - A recessed screwing driving assembly comprises a driving portion having an engaging opening; each apex of the engaging opening being formed as an apex recess which has a concave cambered shape; a middle section of each side of the engaging opening being formed with a middle side; between each middle side and an adjacent apex recess being formed with a first recess and a second recess. The first recess has two straight sides and a concave cambered lower bottom; the two straight sides of the first recess are inclined to the first side and are extended from the first side toward a direction far away from the first side. The slope of the side of the first recess near the apex recess is greater than that of the other side of the first recess. The second recess has a shape like that of the first recess. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007733 | Clamping and cutting apparatus with adjustable head - A device having an adjustable handle and head is provided, and the device comprises: a pair of handles having opposing top and bottom ends, the top end of each of the handles having a U-shaped component; a head comprising a first and second component, each of the components having opposing top and bottom ends, the top end of each of the components having at least one contact surface, the bottom end of each of the components comprising a protrusion, and the protrusion has a plurality of external slots; the U-shaped component of the handles are designed to interact with the protrusion of the bottom end of each of the first and second components of the head, and the first and second components are connected at a pivot point; and a device for engaging the slots of the protrusion to thereby allow movement of the head and lock the head to a desired position, and the handles are designed to be squeezed together to thereby allow the contact surfaces of the first and the second top ends of the first and second components to move towards one another. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007734 | FUEL INJECTOR CONNECTOR INSTALLATION TOOL - A fuel injector connector installation tool is disclosed. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007735 | Method and device for machining work pieces that rotate around a work piece axis - A method and a device for machining work pieces rotating around a work piece axis (Z) with a tool that rotates around a tool axis, where a clamping device ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090007736 | Installation of sequential loading of bars of material in a machining center - Installation for sequential loading of bars of material, referred to as bars, in a functional subassembly of a machine for machining these bars, the installation including an elongated element, referred to as pusher, which has a front end, and is placed under the control of a first device, the pusher including at least one first part which has the front end and a second part that is connected to the first device and these two parts. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007737 | Bottle Label Removal Apparatus and Associated Method - A device is provided for removal of a layer, such as a label, from a cylindrical surface of an object. The device includes a guide, a cutting instrument, and a base connecting the guide and the cutting instrument. The guide and the cutting instrument are separated by a distance defined by the base, and the cutting instrument is positioned to shave along the object's surface to remove the layer, when the surface of the object is rotated against the cutting instrument and against the guide. The method includes, positioning an object in a device having a cutting instrument and a guide, where the cutting instrument and the guide both support the object, and where the cutting instrument is positioned to shave along the surface to remove the layer when the object is rotated; and rotating the object so the cutting instrument shaves under the layer to remove the layer. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007738 | Method and tool for producing a press joint connection - The invention relates to a method and tool for producing a press joint connection. According to the invention, portions of the radial lateral walls of the matrix opening ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090007739 | CHOPPER TABLE - A chopper table comprises table bodies for guiding a signature transported by transport belts, and a pair of inlet guides for guiding the signature pushed in by a chopper blade. The table bodies are detachably supported on chopper frames, and the inlet guides are detachably supported on the chopper frames via brackets. The chopper table improves the returnability of the table body and inlet guide when they are removed at the time of a paper jam or replacement of the transport belt, and can easily adjust the gap of a slit between the inlet guides. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007740 | CHOPPER TABLE - A chopper table comprises table bodies for guiding a signature transported by transport belts, and a pair of inlet guides for guiding the signature pushed in by a chopper blade. The table bodies are detachably supported on chopper frames, and the inlet guides are detachably supported on the chopper frames via brackets. The chopper table improves the returnability of the table body and inlet guide when they are removed at the time of a paper jam or replacement of the transport belt, and can easily adjust the gap of a slit between the inlet guides. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007741 | Clamping and Cutting Apparatus for Conveyor Belts - A clamping and cutting apparatus for a conveyor belt is provided. The apparatus includes upper and lower elongate members between which the belt is to be clamped. A clamping mechanism has a screw drive mechanism mounted to the upper member and an end linkage assembly which are operable to generate a more rapid clamping operation of the elongate members on the belt. The upper elongate member can be releasably latched to the lower elongate member for quick connection and removal therefrom. A cutting blade of the apparatus is preferably provided with upper and lower guides to increase the rigidity thereof for increasing cutting accuracy and allowing thicker belts to be cut therewith without increasing blade thickness. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007742 | SLIDING MITER SAW - A sliding miter saw having a base for supporting a workpiece, a rotatable table mounted on the base, a transmission frame on one side of the table, a motor disposed on one end of the transmission frame, and a blade driven by the motor. Two rows of rollers are disposed on a bottom of the table and a sliding block adapted to cooperate with the two rows of rollers is disposed between the two rows of rollers. One end of the sliding block is hinged to the transmission frame. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007743 | Table saw having changeable blades - A table saw includes a base having a spindle for changeably attaching two or more saw blades, a rail secured on the base, a carrier slidably engaged onto the rail for supporting a work piece, a table plate disposed on the base and having an opening facing toward the saw blades, and two or more inserts changeably engageable in the opening of the table plate and having a recess for fitting the saw blades of different width or thickness and for allowing the saw blades to be changed from each other and for conducting different sawing or working operations. The rail is preferably slidably and adjustably secured to the base for movably supporting the carrier. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007744 | DEVICE FOR CUTTING PAPER AND OTHER GRAPHIC SUBSTRATES WOUND IN ROLLS ON TWO PERPENDICULAR AXES SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH AUTOMATIC ERRORS CORRECTION - A device is provided for cutting paper and other graphic substrates ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090007745 | LIFT ASSIST FOR A FOOD PRODUCT SLICER - A food product slicer includes a base, a knife mounted for rotation relative to the base and a carriage mounted to the base for reciprocal movement back and forth past a cutting edge of the knife. A lift assist assembly is associated with the base and arranged to push the slicer upward toward an upward tilted position, the lift assist assembly arranged for reducing user input energy required to tilt the slicer upward. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007746 | Lightweight tabletop shearing apparatus - A material shearing apparatus uses a horizontal receiver bar in support of a pair of spaced apart vertical guide rods having retainer blocks fixed in place on them, and a shearing head slidingly engaged with the guide rods so as to move between raised and lowered positions. A camshaft rotates eccentrically in the retainer blocks so as to bear on the shearing head which is thereby moved downwardly against return springs. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007747 | LIVE TOOLING SYSTEMS FOR MACHINE TOOLS - In conventional ram-driven presses, the downward stroke of the ram into a tool causes acceleration of the tool, thereby facilitating an operation on a workpiece by the tip of the tool. While the ram stroke is found to impart sufficient dynamic energy to the tool to facilitate the necessitated operation by the tool tip, there are other more efficient, and in turn, more effective, means and methods of actuating the tool tip, with such means and methods being facilitated from energy derived from the tool's acceleration or from energy from other external sources. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007748 | MOTORIZED SAW AND CLAMPING ELEMENT - A motorized saw has a guide rail which is arranged on at least one clamping stud and can be clamped in place between two bearing surfaces by clamping means. A clamping element is provided which is arranged on the clamping stud and in a locating opening of the guide rail and which fixes the guide rail in at least one radial direction of the clamping stud in the clamped state. A clamping element has at least one clamping surface which is formed at an end face of the clamping element and which encloses an angle of less than 90° with the longitudinal center axis of an opening of the clamping element. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007749 | System and method for driving actuators in reproducing piano - A method and system for controlling actuators in a mechanical reproducing piano or other instrument. In one implementation, a single finite state machine is provided to control all the actuators. The finite state machine may be or include a shift register or a toggle register, which increases the operating speed. When a note is to be played, the desired dynamic is mapped into a start vector and a stop vector. The actuator is turned on when the state of the finite state machine is equal to the start vector, and is turned off when the state of the finite state machine is equal to the stop vector. Furthermore, the period of the finite state machine is adjusted to be directly proportional to the supply voltage. This allows notes to be played at the desired dynamics even when the supply voltage fluctuates. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007750 | LOW INERTIA GRAND PIANO PIANO ACTION - Composite or plastic molded articles used in a grand piano piano action. The articles make up a piano action with less dynamic mass which is, thus, more responsive to the piano player. In addition, the new action provides the extremely valuable collateral benefits of increased efficiency of manufacture and maintenance. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007751 | Support Sling for Stringed Musical Instruments of the Violin Family - An improved support for stringed musical instruments of the violin family, allowing the musician to play the instrument in a wide range of stable and adjustable playing positions without using pressure from the chin, jaw, neck, left hand, or shoulder resulting in comfortable playing positions and a relaxed body posture. The support sling ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090007752 | Guitar Body Reinforcement - A support for a body of a stringed instrument includes a brace structure having a plurality of legs radially disposed about a central body. The brace structure has a substantially flat first surface. A portion of the plurality of legs conforms to a soundhole opening which is integrated into the body of the stringed instrument. A brace for a body of a guitar includes a unitary structure adapted to mount to a soundboard of the guitar. The unitary structure has a plurality of arms radially disposed about a central body. A method of assembling a guitar includes mounting a brace structure to a soundboard of the guitar. Again, the brace structure has a plurality of legs radially disposed about a central body. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007753 | PRACTICE MUTE FOR STRING INSTRUMENTS - A practice mute for string instruments includes a primary unit and at least one secondary unit. The primary unit is provided at a lower side with a groove in parallel with an axial direction of the primary unit, so that the primary unit may straddle a bridge of a string instrument with the groove engaged with a top of the bridge. The primary unit is also provided at the lower side with a plurality of recesses perpendicular to the axial direction of the primary unit, allowing strings of the string instrument to extend through the primary unit via the recesses. Part of the material of the primary unit at a predetermined position is removed to form at least one cavity for receiving the secondary unit therein. The primary and the secondary unit are made of different materials, so that the practice mute has reduced weight and provides improved sound-absorbing effect. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007754 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STAND WITH ASSISTED EXTENSION - Improvements in an expandable musical instrument stand where the components of the stand are constructed with tubular sections. The tubular section telescope with an extension mechanism placed between the tubular members to assist in adjusting the playing height of the musical instrument. The expandable construction allows the musical stand to be broken down into smaller sections to make it easier to transport and simple to erect. The expandable section is ideally used with the center tube with a three or four leg stand where the legs can be collapsible on the center tube or the legs can be constructed with the same or similar construction as the center tube where they can be stacked and clamped with a collar. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007755 | Modified drumstick for teaching purposes - In combination with a drumstick used for playing a drum, the improvement comprises an apparatus for teaching a novice the proper technique for holding a drumstick. The apparatus includes at least one aperture disposed in the drumstick and an elastomeric member engageable with the aperture and having a loop on each side of the drumstick for engagement with a user's thumb and ring finger. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007756 | Electronic Musical Instrument Keyboard Apparatus - Keyboard apparatus includes: a plurality of white and black keys: a plurality of mass body units each pivotable in response to operation of a corresponding one of the keys; a frame having mounted thereon the plurality of keys and mass body units; and upper- and lower-limit stoppers provided on the frame for limiting a pivotable range of each of the mass body units by the mass body unit colliding against the stoppers. Each of the mass body units includes a cavity portion provided in a section thereof that pivots against a gravitational force as the corresponding key is depressed, and a plurality of particles are accommodated in the cavity portion with some vacant space left in the cavity portion. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007757 | Keyboard Apparatus - In a keyboard apparatus, a key unit has one or more key bodies, a key supporting part for supporting each key body, and a connecting part for connecting the key body to the key supporting part pivotably in a key-stroking direction of the key body. A key frame has an upper surface, and a key mounting part disposed on the upper surface for mounting the key supporting part of the key unit. The key supporting part of the key unit has a first engagement section having a hook-like structure or a press-fitting structure. The key mounting part of the key frame has a second engagement section which engages with the first engagement section when the key unit is mounted to the key frame. The second engagement section has a through-hole or a concave for engagement with the hook-like structure or the press-fitting structure of the first engagement section. The first engagement section and the second engagement section are located above the key mounting part of the key frame. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007758 | Haptic Keyboard Systems and Methods - Various embodiments provide keyboards that utilize electrically-deformable material as an actuating mechanism to provide haptic feedback to a user of the keyboard. In at least some embodiments, the electrically-deformable material is utilized to impart, to a depressed key or keyboard element, a multi-vectored movement that produces a perceived acceleration of the key or keyboard element thus providing a user with haptic feedback which simulates a snapover movement. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007759 | TWIRLING PROP AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - A twirling prop devoid of a gun barrel and for use by a marching band or the like is provided. The twirling prop includes a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, a base, a distal end, and a midline. The top surface, bottom surface, and base are non-colinear and are constructed such that at least a portion of each can be gripped. Openings extending laterally through the body of the twirling prop can be present and can, in certain instances, provide a means for gripping the twirling prop. Such openings can be positioned anywhere along the length of the body between the top surface and the bottom surface and can be of any size and shape desired. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING MUSIC THEORY - An instructional system for teaching music theory incorporates a human-readable harmony matrix which displays at least one repeat pattern of indicia corresponding to a particular placement of the notes of the twelve note scale. This pattern is arranged so that major or minor chords may be formed by rotations and/or inversions of a basic set of patterns. These patterns depict the interrelationship of the various chords. Transposition of chords from one key to another may be readily accomplished by moving the pattern across the matrix. The matrix pattern may also be used to depict and build chord progressions. The system operates to provide a two-dimensional representation of the relationship between musical tones and may be implemented in a variety of systems for teaching music theory. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007761 | Electronic Keyboard Instrument Having a Key Driver - An electronic keyboard instrument with a key driver stores automatic performance data including a first event and first timing data and key-driving data including a second event and second timing data that precedes the first timing data for a predetermined time, and reproduces the automatic performance data and the key-driving data in parallel. An event which appears first is detected in the automatic performance data and the key-driving data when the reproduction is started. The automatic performance data and the key-driving data are reproduced rapidly until the detected event and at a normal speed after the detected event. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007762 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT WITH SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ACTUATING DESIGNATED ACCOMPANIMENT SOUNDS - A musical accompaniment system is described including a fretted, stringed electric musical instrument, a floor unit, interface units and connecting cables. Designated frets of the instrument are divided into sections that output to a switching component that sends MIDI note # data to a synthesizer when strings of instrument contact designated fret sections. The floor unit includes actuators that output to the synthesizer when tapped by the user. The user taps on the actuators with his or her feet and thereby actuates accompaniment notes that are generated in the rhythms in which they are tapped. Accompaniment notes generated by the process are designated by notes and chords being fingered on the instrument. Methods are described that facilitate the actuating and generating of accompaniment notes in the musical style of traditional bass accompaniment through the use of the system. A method is described to facilitate the system that includes string/fret coordinates that designate appropriate MIDI note # data and accompaniment note for fingering formations of traditional guitar chords used in popular music. Additional methods are described that obviate the generating of extraneous accompaniment notes normally associated with fretted guitar-like instruments. An additional actuator is described that actuates a designated user-programmable bass note or accompaniment sound with each tap by the user on the actuator. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007763 | Electronic bass drum - An Electronic Bass Drum includes one or more loudspeakers, an internal amplifier system, an optional electronic drum module and control panel, an impact sensitive electronic kick pad, an attachment for a bass drum pedal, mounting hardware for tom toms or other acoustic or electronic instruments, legs for stabilization, one or more headset jacks for silent play, input jacks for other instruments and/or microphones, and an ipod™ cradle for playing along with music. All of which are enclosed in a cylindrical shell which cosmetically matches the dimensions and design characteristics of a conventional acoustic bass drum. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007764 | Electro Magnetic Restraint Mechanism - A restraint for immobilizing a projectile with respect to its launch system is disclosed. When electromagnetic force is applied to the restraint, the restraint releases the projectile, thereby enabling its launch. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007765 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LAUNCHING A VEHICLE - An apparatus for launching a vehicle includes a bag and an inflator in fluid communication with the bag, the inflator configured to generate a gas to inflate the bag. The apparatus is operable to launch the vehicle. A method for launching a vehicle includes the step of providing an apparatus for launching the vehicle, the apparatus comprising a bag and an inflator in fluid communication with the bag. The method further includes the step of activating the inflator, such that a gas flows from the inflator, and the step of inflating the bag with the gas to launch the vehicle. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007766 | CRUISE MUNITIONS DETONATOR PROJECTILE - A projectile, (Cruise Munition Detonator Projectile or CMDP), can be fired from a tank, modified grenade launcher or gun using a laser range finder, radar or manual input (dialer or keypad) range selector. The CMDP will prevent, neutralize and eliminate enemy close infighting. The CMDP can defend aircraft against SAM, shoulder launched missiles, and air-to-air missiles. The CMDP will travel a predetermined programmed distance and detonate in front of or behind, over or beside, or in the mist of a target. The CMDP allows small forces to strategically neutralize larger forces with devastating effect. The CMDP is a force multiplier and an anti-personnel weapon. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007767 | Soft-Projectile Gun Barrel and Method for Making Same - A method for making a gun barrel for soft projectiles includes providing a mandrel for the bore of the barrel. The mandrel is inserted into a barrel base that can be connected in use to the receiver of a soft-projectile gun. The connected barrel base and mandrel are inserted into a tube. A resin, preferably reinforced, is poured into the space between the inside of the tube and the mandrel. The barrel base, mandrel and tube are surrounded by a pressure chamber. A vacuum is applied to the pressure chamber to de-gas the resin. Then a positive pressure is applied to the pressure chamber to force the tube against the mandrel and resin to form the desired barrel. The mandrel may have rifling impressions. The tube may have a mold shape for forming an ornamental design in the outside of the barrel. Barrels made by the method are also disclosed. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007768 | SYSTEM FOR PROTECTION IN PARTICULAR OF LARGE FLYING PLATFORMS AGAINST INFRARED AND/OR RADAR-GUIDED THREATS - A protection system ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090007769 | POSITIONING CONTROL MECHANISM FOR DOUBLE-ACTING AIR CYLINDER - Between an air source and a first pressure chamber of a double-acting main cylinder having a length measurement sensor for measuring an acting position of a piston, a supply solenoid valve is connected; between the first pressure chamber and the atmosphere, an exhaust solenoid valve is connected; and between a second pressure chamber and the air source, a stop solenoid valve is connected. When a target acting position of the piston is inputted into a controller, the controller moves the piston to the target acting position so that a position measured by the length measurement sensor agrees with the target position by on-off controlling the solenoid valves. Upon reaching the target position, the piston is stopped and held in the stopped state by confining air within the pressure chambers. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007770 | PNEUMATIC CYLINDER FOR PRECISION SERVO TYPE APPLICATIONS - A pneumatic cylinder designed to convert compressed air into mechanical output is disclosed. The pneumatic cylinder includes a piston and rod assembly with supporting components coaxially disposed and arranged to achieve a linear mechanical force in accordance with a differential pressure across the piston. A cylindrical sleeve, secured to end caps on both openings, encircles the piston and rod assembly and helps guide the piston during travel. A conductive coil is coupled to the cylindrical sleeve to provide sensing of a position of the piston. Additionally, a manifold, which serves as a conduit for airflow between each individual cylinder volume and an external air control device, is disposed such that the cylindrical sleeve and end caps are nested, in a concentric manner, within the manifold. A manifold divider assembly is disposed such that a plurality of end channels are isolated from each other. This arrangement results in a dynamic relationship between airflow and differential pressure that is conducive to precision force and motion control. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007771 | AIR CYLINDER APPARATUS - An electromagnetic valve, a circuit board on which a control circuit for controlling the electromagnetic valve is mounted, and a cover for covering the electromagnetic valve and the circuit board are installed on a device-attaching surface of an adapter plate disposed at one end in a direction of an axial line of an air cylinder, in a manner so as to be housed within a surface area of the device-attaching surface, and an output port of the electromagnetic valve and a pressure chamber of the air cylinder are allowed to communicate with each other through an air through-hole provided in the adapter plate. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007772 | Working Machine, and Quick Load-Dropping Method | 2009-01-08 |
20090007773 | Axial plunger pump or motor - An axial plunger pump or motor comprises a casing ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090007774 | AIRCRAFT ACTUATOR PISTON | 2009-01-08 |
20090007775 | Engine for Aeronautical Applications II - An improved engine for aeronautical applications includes a forged cylinder block having a drive device rotatably mounted therewithin and a motive device for rotating the drive device, the motive device including two cylinder banks in a V-type configuration and a plurality of cylinders mounted within the cylinder banks for producing power and rotating the drive device. The forged cylinder block further includes a plurality of cylinder cavities formed in the cylinder banks and the upper approximately one-third of each of the cylinder cavities is generally surrounded by a generally toroidal cooling chamber, and the lower approximately two-thirds of each of the cylinder cavities is generally free of any surrounding cooling chambers. Finally, a coolant circulation device in fluid transmission connection with each of the cooling chambers is operative to circulate cooling fluid therethrough whereby the upper approximately one-third of each of the cylinder cavities is cooled by the cooling fluid. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007776 | Piston for an Internal Combustion Engine - A piston for an internal combustion engine has an annular cooling channel provided with oil admission boreholes and oil discharge boreholes, the oil discharge boreholes being oriented in the direction of the bolt hubs for the cooling thereof. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007777 | In-Line Gas Purity Monitoring and Control System - Method for supplying a high purity gas product comprising providing a first gas stream including a major component and at least one impurity component, determining the concentration of the at least one impurity component, and comparing the concentration so determined with a reference concentration for that component. When the value of the concentration so determined is less than or equal to the reference concentration, the first gas stream is utilized to provide the high purity gas product. When the value of the concentration so determined is greater than the reference concentration, a second gas stream comprising the major component is provided and the first and second gas streams are mixed to yield a mixed gas stream having a concentration of the at least one impurity component that is less than the reference concentration. The second gas stream is provided by dividing the first gas stream into a first substream and a second substream, removing at least a portion of the at least one impurity component in the first substream to provide a purified substream, and mixing the purified substream with the second substream to provide the high purity gas product. The mixed gas stream is utilized to provide the high purity gas product. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007778 | AIR PURIFIER WITH CARBON DIOXIDE SENSOR - Provided is an air purifier, comprising: a body having an air inlet and an air outlet, a blower, an electric control box, an electrostatic absorption device and a carbon dioxide sensor. The air purifier effectively removes dust particles and bacteria in the air, measures and controls the carbon dioxide content in the air, displays the content of carbon dioxide to users and helps to protect human health. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007779 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING CARBON DIOXIDE-ENRICHED GAS FOR GREENHOUSES - A feed gas is separated into a CO | 2009-01-08 |
20090007780 | METHOD OF DEHYDRATION, DEHYDRATING APPARATUS, AND MEMBRANE REACTOR - A dehydration method by which water is selectively separated from a water-containing mixture | 2009-01-08 |
20090007781 | FUNGI PREVENTING METHOD, FLYING ORGANISM REMOVING APPARATUS AND PLANT PROTECTING APPARATUS BY ADSORPTION OF CONIDIA USING DIELECTRIC POLARIZATION - A method is provided which can efficiently remove conidia and microbe or the like of a phytopathogen from air and does not cause generation of ozone originated from discharge or so, thereby preventing occurrence of a plant disease without damaging a plant. There are also provided a flying organism removing apparatus and a plant protecting apparatus which can adequately capture flyable organisms, such as spores of a phytopathogen and/or small vermin, by applying an electrostatic field to the flyable organisms. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007782 | Hydrogen Management in Petrochemical Process Units - The management of hydrogen in hydrogen-containing streams associated with petrochemical process units wherein the hydrogen-containing stream is subjected rapid cycle pressure swing adsorption to increase the concentration of hydrogen therein. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007783 | Method for Drying a Gas and Device Applied Thereby - Method for drying a gas from a compressor ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090007784 | Method and Device for Drying a Gas - Method for drying gas coming from a compressor ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090007785 | Method for removing mercury vapor in gas - When sulfur oxides are present in mercury vapor-containing gas, the adsorption of mercury vapor by activated carbon is inhibited. Therefore, there has been demand for development of a method for effective adsorption removal of mercury vapor even in the coexistence of sulfur oxides. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007786 | Particle Concentrator - Concentrating particles in a turbulent gas flow may include receiving, in a receptacle, a turbulent gas flow that includes particles. The concentration of particles in a gas flow exiting the receptacle at a first port is increased as compared with a concentration of the particles in the gas flow received by the receptacle. The increased concentration of particles is accomplished by removing a portion of the gas flow by using a second port, and fluidly communicating the gas flow through a tube in the receptacle. The tube has a smaller diameter at the end of the tube at which the gas flow exits the tube than diameter at the end of the tube at which the gas flow is received. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007787 | Air Dryer for a Brake System - An air dryer includes a housing with an air inlet, an air outlet and a liquid drain outlet; and a membrane separator having surfaces extending between a first and second ends of the membrane. A first passage in the housing is connected to the air inlet and air outlet at it respective ends and extends between the first and second ends of the membrane separator along the surfaces of the membrane separator. A second passage in the housing is connected to the drain outlet and air outlet at it respective ends and extends between the first and second ends of the membrane along a surface of the membrane separator. A valve is connected between the second passage and the drain outlet for controlling the draining of the liquid and sweep air flow through the second passage. The dryer is to be inserted in a reservoir at its inlet or outlet. A coalescing filter may be provided in the housing in series with the membrane separator and the housing would include a second drain for the coalescing filter. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007788 | Method and device for electrostatic cleaners - An electrostatically charged rotating plate or cylinder is used to attract electrostatically charged particles in smoke to avoid pollution and improve the efficiency of the filtering process. The rotating plate is constantly cleaned from the ionized particles adhering to it and the particles so collected are removed without polluting the environment. This filtering system reduces capital and running costs compared with the present filtering systems. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007789 | THERMAL INSULATOR - An adsorbent capable of adsorbing gas low in activity such as nitrogen is used, and a thermal insulator high in production efficiency and excellent in adiabatic performance is presented. A thermal insulator has an adsorbent, a core material, and an enveloping member. The adsorbent includes Li and solid matter of hardness of 5 or more. The gas adsorbing activity becomes very high, and for embodiment by evacuating to a certain degree of vacuum by using a vacuum pump, the remaining gas is adsorbed by the adsorbent of the invention to obtain a desired degree of vacuum, so that a thermal insulator of high production efficiency is obtained. Since the heat conductivity is decreased by adsorbing gas of low activity in the enveloping member, the adiabatic performance is enhanced. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007790 | Absorbent Material for Low-Molecular-Weight Organic Gas and Fuel Vapor Treatment Apparatus Using Same - Provided are a low-molecular-weight organic gas absorbent material including a porous material having an average pore size of 10 to 200 nm impregnated with one or more organic compounds having 10 or more carbon atoms in a proportion of 10 wt % or more based on the porous material, and a fuel vapor treatment apparatus for an internal combustion engine using this low-molecular-weight organic gas absorbent material. This low-molecular-weight organic gas absorbent material sufficiently absorbs and removes low-molecular-weight organic gases even for a porous material having large pores which cannot adsorb low-molecular-weight organic gases such as butane and the like. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007791 | Cup Having Floatable Strainer - A cup includes a hollow cup body, a floatable strainer floatably mounted in the cup body, and a movable handle movably mounted on the cup body. Thus, the floatable strainer is lifted in the cup body slowly and gradually during the tea brewing process so that the tea bag is spaced from the hot water during a determined period of time so as to prevent the tea bag from being soaked in the hot water too long and to prevent the tea contained in the receiving chamber of the cup body from being too dense so that the tea density in the receiving chamber of the cup body is kept at the optimum state. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007792 | HOT BEVERAGE BREWING APPARATUS - A hot beverage brewing apparatus. A pressurized hot liquid delivery system provides liquid under pressure within a range of acceptable brewing temperatures without any mechanical pump. Water is apportioned into sealable tank volumes, one of which is heated to boil the liquid and produce steam under pressure. The pressurized steam displaces the liquid from the tank volumes in proportion and at a temperature that is within the acceptable brewing range. The hot liquid under pressure is directed to a capsule receiving station to infuse a material in a capsule. The capsule dispenses the brewed beverage without contacting the brewing apparatus. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007793 | INFUSIBLE MATERIAL CAPSULE FOR BREWING A BEVERAGE - A sealed capsule for use in apparatus including a capsule receiving station and a water delivery system for brewing a hot beverage in which a hot liquid under pressure infuses a material. A capsule base has a concave bottom floor with angularly spaced structural ribs that form channels for directing brewed beverage to a sharpened spout. A collar surrounds the dispensing spout. A foil attaches to the collar to overlie the spout. A filter lies on the structural ribs. Infusible material lies on the filter. A water distribution plate overlies the infusible material. A cover closes the base unit and includes a water inlet. As the capsule seats in the capsule receiving station, the foil seal is forced over the sharpened spout to rupture and enable brewed beverage to be dispersed. A probe of the water delivery system also penetrates the cover to direct water into the capsule without contacting the infusible material or the brewed beverage. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007794 | Percolator Machine for Making a Beverage - A percolator machine for making a beverage from a powdered material housed inside a container, wherein a gripper device is interposed between a pressurized hot water dispenser unit and a thrust unit, aligned with each other along a first axis, to define a first seat coaxial with the first axis; and wherein the thrust unit compresses in fluidtight manner against the dispenser unit a container housed inside the first seat; and the gripper device is independent of the thrust unit, and has two jaws mounted to oscillate, about respective second axes located above the first axis and parallel to each other and to the first axis, to and from a closed position, in which the two jaws define the first, and a second seat located between the second axes and above the first seat to receive a further container. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007795 | Device for Heating Milk and Coffee Machine Comprising Same - A device for heating milk includes a body ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090007796 | Apparatus for Producing a Brew of an Aromatic Drink - The apparatus ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090007797 | Steam cooker - A controller monitors water temperature in a pot ( | 2009-01-08 |
20090007798 | Steam cooker - After a preheating operation is performed to raise an inner temperature of a heating chamber to a target preheating temperature (first specified temperature) by a first steam superheater of a steam temperature-raising device, a cooking operation is performed to raise, by the first steam superheater of the temperature-raising device, a temperature of steam obtained by heating of water in a steam generator by heaters | 2009-01-08 |
20090007799 | FRYER - It is provided a fryer where a fire caught in oil due to overheating is accurately and rapidly extinguished and the oil can be reused after extinguishing the fire. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007800 | Rotisserie - A rotisserie cooking apparatus has at least one cooking rod for holding food to be cooked. Each rod has at each end a guide element, which is preferably in the form of a wheel or geared wheel. A frame of the apparatus supports an inclined guide path at either lateral side thereof for receiving the guide elements for each rod and guiding the rod gravitationally from an entry point downward towards an exit point of the guide path. The guide element and guide path are structured to cause an axial rotation of the rod as it travels down the guide path, preferably by way of gear rack in the guide path that corresponds to the gear teeth of the guide element wheel. The speed of the rod down the incline path is controlled, preferably by way of a tension or friction force against a later wall of the guide path. A preferable structure provides for a tension element at the end of the rod, which is axially adjustable to provide for differing frictional forces against the lateral wall. The apparatus may additionally have a rod loading arrangement for automatically transferring rods onto the guide path, which rod loading arrangement has a storage rack for holding a plurality of horizontally oriented rods vertically spaced-apart from each other at rod storage locations. At least one vertically oriented continuous belt loop is rotatable about a lower and an upper pulley means, the belt loop having a plurality of spaced-apart lifting fingers projecting outwardly and perpendicularly from the belt loop for lifting rods from the rod storage locations and transporting them to the guide path. The belt loop is located such that rods lifted from the storage rack and carried upwards by the lifting fingers, up to and around the upper pulley, are deposited onto the guide path at the entry point thereof. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007801 | Frying Pan - Improved frying pan which allows the products to be removed therefrom drained of oil, which has a reservoir for collecting the oil, separated from the frying area of the foodstuffs by a grille which is movable and detachable in order to be able to clean the inside of said reservoir, the grille has an upper area in which there are some openings of greater size, and a lower area with some openings of smaller size which acts as a filter of those impurities and allows the oil that returns to the frying pan to be free of them. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007802 | Method and device for multi-purpose applications using interchangeable heads - A machine for automating manual labor has a portion to house the motor and at least three interchangeable head fittings for different applications. Applications include cleaning surfaces, cleaning vessels, mixer, blender, chopper, slicer, shredder, vibrator, massager, semi and fully automatic milk cream maker. The machine is driven by an electric motor that can perform different motions and actions, one at a time or simultaneously, depending on the head piece attached to the motor piece. Two such motions are rotary and linear. The machine is powered by battery or mains electricity. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007803 | Device and Method for Evacuating a Storage Bag - In one aspect, a bracket for evacuating a storage bag having a one-way valve element is provided that has parallel first and second flat panels that delineate a gap. A bag can be placed into the gap such that the valve element on the bag aligns with an aperture disposed through the first panel. To evacuate the bag, a nozzle of an evacuation device can be inserted through the aperture and pressed against the bag sidewall about the valve element. When the evacuation device is activated, the sidewall of the bag is pulled against the rim of the nozzle and air is drawn through the valve element. In another embodiment, the nozzle can be pressed against the first panel around the aperture. In another aspect, the bracket can be included as part of a handheld evacuation device. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007804 | MELON CUTTING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a melon cutting apparatus that cuts a melon portion or melon half. The apparatus cuts the melon pulp into sections, and removes the rind from the pulp. The apparatus includes a base having an opening; a cutting matrix that has a plurality of blades, wherein the cutting matrix communicates with the opening. The apparatus also includes a sweeping blade that is curved and positioned at or near the cutting matrix and is used to cut the rind from the melon pulp. The apparatus further includes an actuator that engages the sweeping blade. The apparatus embodies an arm attached to the apparatus, and a pressure cap that is mounted to the arm, opposite the cutting matrix. Additionally, the present invention pertains to systems and methods of using the apparatus. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007805 | Needle with Air Duct - A baler has a bale chamber and a needle movable through the bale chamber to pass a strand of twine from one side of the bale chamber to a knotter located on the opposite side, the twine being engaged by a tip of the needle. In the invention, pressurized air is directed at the needle tip. The supply of pressurized air may be discontinuous and timed to coincide only with certain phases of the needle operating cycle. The air stream avoids crop material being caught up in the knots formed by the knotter. | 2009-01-08 |
20090007806 | FUNCTIONAL UNIT FOR A ROTARY PRINTING PRESS AND ROTARY PRINTING PRESS WITH SUCH A FUNCTIONAL UNIT - A functional unit for a rotary printing press and a rotary printing press having such a functional unit is disclosed. The functional unit has an assembly unit to receive at least one component of the functional unit, in which the assembly unit has at least one assembly section, at least one assembly opening that is formed in the assembly section and in which the at least one component is received, and a support section on which a weight load is supportable. A component-free opening that in one cross-sectional dimension is at least as large as one cross-sectional dimension of the assembly opening is provided in the assembly section between the support section and the at least one assembly opening. Pre-stresses induced by the weight load on a bearing element are thereby inexpensively reduced or avoided for the component. | 2009-01-08 |