03rd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090016841 | Decking Beam End Piece - Disclosed is an improved decking beam end assembly for supporting a removable second deck in a cargo container, such as a truck trailer or a rail car. In one aspect, the improved end assembly is less likely to be damaged during use since the spring is well protected by being surrounded by other parts. In one aspect, the improved end assembly has no latch protrusions and can be more easily removed a slotted track due to the axial, non-pivoting spring loaded latch mechanism. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016842 | BLIND RIVET IN PARTICULAR FOR FIXING A STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR INSERTING SAME - The invention concerns a blind rivet (R) of the type consisting of a deformable bushing ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016843 | Spacer Assemblies, Apparatus and Methods of Supporting Hardware - Light-weight fastener assemblies, spacers, standoff and other fastener components include one or more non-metal parts. A non-metal spacer can support a fastener element or fastener support so they fastener and a payload can be supported spaced apart from a surface such as an aircraft surface. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016844 | Positioning fixture for screws and/or nuts - The invention relates to a fixation device ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016845 | Fastening Element - The invention relates to a fastening element comprising a clip part ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016846 | Anchor structure for electronic card connectors - An anchor structure for electronic card connectors to provide flexible control of fitness includes a fastening element and a body which has a holding bore at two ends. The fastening element has an anchor member and an anchor seat. The anchor member and the anchor seat have respectively an extended portion formed at an outer diameter slightly greater than the fastening element. The anchor member has a first anchor portion. The anchor seat has a second anchor portion. The first and second anchor portions can be coupled together or disengaged with each other. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016847 | LOCK NUT - A special shape inner peripheral surface connected to a base end side of a female thread and set to be rotatable only by a first special purpose tool is formed in a nut main body. A cap is constituted by a shaft portion which is inserted to the special shape inner peripheral surface of the nut main body and having a male thread threaded with a base end portion of the female thread of the nut main body in a leading end side, and a head portion provided in abase end side of the shaft portion. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016848 | SCREW NUT, METHOD OF PRODUCTION THEREOF AND CORRESPONDING TOOL - A screw nut from a metal material, which comprises a tapped hole and an inner groove which radially extends in relation to the longitudinal axis thereof. An annular collar is formed onto one of the faces of the screw nut and its cross-section is bent in the direction of the axis to such a degree as to delimit, together with a section of the face surrounding the tapped hole as a contact surface, a receiving slot that is directly associated therewith. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016849 | Landscape retaining stake - A stake for securing stones, pavers, bricks and other landscape units comprises an elongate body having an upper end including an anvil surface and an abutment, a chisel shaped lower end, a front face, and a rear face that is inclined rearwardly relative to the front face of the body from the lower end of the body to the upper end of the body to form a wedge. When the stake is aligned with a stone and is driven into the ground, it pivots underneath the stone, and the abutment engages a lower edge of the stone to restrain shifting of the stone laterally and sinking of the stone vertically. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016850 | Bookbinding Unit and Image-Forming System - Bookbinding unit that, in feeding cover sheets to a predetermined cover-fitting position, is able to feed various sheets/leaves, yet without defacing of or scratch marks in the cover sheets, nor press marks during cover formation, occurring. Provided are an incoming sheet conveyance path for sequentially bringing in printed sheets; a stacking tray unit for stacking and collating into bundles sheets from the conveyance path; a bookbinding process path that transports sheet bundles from the stacking tray unit to a predetermined cover-binding position; and a cover feed path for feeding cover sheets to the cover-binding position. A protective-sheet storage tray for supplying jacketing sheets is annexed to the cover feed path, and a conveyance unit that overlays fed cover sheets with jacketing sheets from their storage tray and transports the jacketed cover sheets to the cover-sheet binding position is disposed in the cover feed path. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016851 | Robot Hand Apparatus - A robot hand apparatus ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016852 | VIAL CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND ARM FOR THE SAME - Provided is a vial conveyance device which includes, in order to hold and release a vial ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016853 | IN-LINE WAFER ROBOTIC PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system for processing semiconductor wafers, includes a plurality of front opening unified pods (FOUPs), loadlocks for receiving the plurality of wafers, a plurality of process chambers configured to perform processing steps and or measurement steps on the wafers, loadlock cooling stations for receiving the wafers from the processing chambers and a transport chamber interconnecting the loadlocks, cooling chambers and process chambers. A first multi-axis robot transfers wafers between the FOUPs, loadlocks and loadlock cooling stations, at an ambient pressure. A second multi-axis robot tranfers wafers between the loadlocks, process chambers and the loadlock cooling stations, and is adapted to operate in a transport chamber at a pressure that is different from the ambient pressure. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016854 | Heat-treating apparatus and method of producing substrates - A heat-treating apparatus capable of realizing a highly precise processing maintaining a high degree of safety, and a method of producing substrates are provided. The heat-treating apparatus comprises a reaction tube for treating substrates; a manifold for supporting the reaction tube; and a heater provided surrounding the reaction tube to heat the interior of reaction tube; wherein the reaction tube and the manifold are in contact with each other as their continuous flat surfaces come in contact with each other; a cover member is provided to cover the contact portion between the reaction tube and the manifold from the outer side; and the cover member is provided with at least either a gas feed port or an exhaust port communicated with a space formed among the cover member, the reaction tube and the manifold. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016855 | LOAD LOCK FAST PUMP VENT - A substrate processing tool including a frame forming at least one isolatable chamber configured to hold a controlled atmosphere, at least two substrate supports located within each of the at least one isolatable chamber, each of the at least two substrate supports being stacked one above the other and configured to hold a respective substrate and a cooling unit communicably coupled to the at least two substrate supports such that the at least two substrate supports and cooling unit effect simultaneous conductive cooling of each of the respective substrates located on the at least two substrate supports. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016856 | Tool-less Rotary Vacuum Wicketter Assembly - A rotary vacuum wicketting arrangement has a rotary hub body positioned on a shaft or spindle and supporting a number of pickup arms, and a non-rotating vacuum spinning head that provides vacuum to the rotating hub body and pickup arms over a portion of their arcuate travel. The rotary hub body is provided with a lock ring formed or a pair of half rings with hand levers so that the position of the hub body on the shaft can be adjusted toollessly. The pickup arms are held in place in their sockets by ball and spring detents, so that they can be pulled out for cleaning and reinserted without tools. A friction fitted plug closes off the end of each arm. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016857 | SUBSTRATE-REPLACING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE-PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE-INSPECTING APPARATUS - A substrate-replacing apparatus that passes a first substrate received from a first carrying part to a second carrying part, and passes a second substrate received from said second carrying part to said first carrying part, including said second carrying part that can move forward and backward along a direction orthogonal to a lamination direction of said first substrate and said second substrate, a supporting member that can move relatively in the lamination direction of said substrates with respect to said second carrying part, a first holding part that is attached to said supporting member, and can hold one of said first substrate and said second substrate, and a second holding part that is attached to said supporting member at a predetermined distance from the first holding member in the lamination direction of said substrates, and can hold another one of said first substrate and the second substrate; said supporting member and said second carrying part being moved relatively such that, when one of said first holding part and said second holding part is used in receiving said first substrate from said first carrying part, another one of the first substrate and said second substrate is used in receiving said second substrate from said first carrying part. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016858 | SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING GROUPS OF PARTIALLY OVERLAPPING POSTAL OBJECTS - Conveying system, wherein a conveying device that is mobile with respect to an accumulation device is designed to convey a group of postal objects received at input from a flow-forming device designed to generate at output the group of postal objects aligned in a reference direction, partially overlapping one another and arranged with their own front edges spaced apart from one another. The accumulation device is provided with a plurality of cells, each of which is designed to contain at least one group of postal objects fed to the accumulation device by the translating-lifting device. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016859 | Carrying system, substrate treating device, and carrying method - A carrying system | 2009-01-15 |
20090016860 | SUBSTRATE CONVEY PROCESSING DEVICE, TROUBLE COUNTERMEASURE METHOD IN SUBSTRATE CONVEY PROCESSING DEVICE, AND TROUBLE COUNTERMEASURES PROGRAM IN SUBSTRATE CONVEY PROCESSING DEVICE - A plurality of process modules for conducting processes on a wafer; conveying modules for conveying the wafer, a turnout module for transferring the wafer to/from the conveying module, and a CPU for detecting a trouble occurring in the process module and centrally controlling each of the modules based on a detection signal. When the controller detects the trouble occurring in any one of the process modules, the wafer to be conveyed to the process module where the trouble occurs is conveyed to the turnout module, and conveyance of the wafer before the process module where the trouble occurs is temporarily stopped, and conveyance and processing of the other wafer are continued, and thereafter, conveyance and processing of the wafer before the process module where the trouble occurs are conducted. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016861 | WORK CARRIER AND WORK CLAMPING METHOD USING THE SAME - A work carrier includes a movable clamp unit ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016862 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING FLAT PANEL DISPLAY ENVIRONMENTAL ISOLATION - A container for supporting substrates for processing is provided. The container includes a base, a top, and side panels connecting the base and the top. A support structure is disposed in the container. The support structure is configured to support the substrates within the container. The support structure has rows of multiple tensile members extending across a width of the container. Each row of the multiple tensile members is configured to support a substrate, wherein one of the side panels includes a moveable flexible membrane enabling access into the container. A support structure for the flexible membrane includes a synchronization mechanism for synchronizing movement of the flexible membrane with a door of a receiving module of a processing tool or a door of the processing tool. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016863 | Parking Platform for Motor Vehicles - The invention relates to a four post parking platform for motor vehicles, comprising two longitudinally directed platform tracks ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016864 | Article Storage Facility - The article storage facility comprises an article transporter configured to move along a path via an article transfer location with respect to an article storage rack; an article loader for bringing articles into and taking articles out of the article storage rack, provided to the article storage rack so as to project and retract between a protruding position for article receipt that projects to an outside of the article storage rack, and a retracted position for retracting toward the article storage rack; and a protrusion and retraction operating device provided to the article transporter, for causing the article loader to protrude and retract between the protruding position and the retracted position when the article transporter is at the article transfer location. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016865 | Ramp bottom transition foot - An apparatus for wheeling a vehicle onto a truck or trailer includes a ramp. The apparatus includes a mounting portion attached to the ramp that mounts to the truck or trailer. The apparatus includes a transition piece the pivotally attaches to the ramp and contacts ground when the mounting portion is mounted to the truck or trailer. A method for placing a vehicle onto a truck or trailer includes the steps of attaching a mounting portion of a ramp to the truck or trailer. There is the step of moving a transition piece attached to the ramp so the transition piece contacts ground. There is the step of wheeling the vehicle across the transition piece, up the ramp and onto the truck or trailer. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016866 | Manual Wheelchair Loader - A manual wheelchair loader design to lift and place an article, such as a collapsible wheelchair, into the cargo area of a vehicle. The loader includes a base adapted to rest on a substantially flat surface within the vehicle. At least one support arm is connected to the base to hold a carriage. The carriage is adapted to rotate between a first position and a second position. The carriage further has a lower support surface adapted to support the article being loaded when the frame is in a first position. The carriage also has a lateral support surface adapted to support the article being loaded when the carriage is in a second position. A ramp is hingedly connected to lower support surface for wheeling the article thereto. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016867 | Panel Transport Unit - (EN) The invention relates to a transport unit ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016868 | SINGULATION HANDLER COMPRISING VISION SYSTEM - Singulation handler is provided which comprises a loading zone where a carrier mechanism receives and holds an electronic component and a singulation zone where the electronic component held by the carrier mechanism is singulated. A loader that is movable along an axis is operative to place the electronic component onto the carrier mechanism when it is situated in the loading zone and a vision system that is movable along substantially the same axis as the loader is operative to obtain at least one image of the electronic component showing alignment information so that the electronic component can be properly aligned during singulation. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016869 | ATTACHING LOADER BUCKET TO TRACTOR FOR SHIPPING - A loader bucket is attached for tractor shipping in a non-operational position between the front and rear wheels of the tractor. The loader bucket may be attached to the mast using a bracket between a first surface of the loader bucket and the mast, and a brace between a second surface of the loader bucket and the bracket, to resist pivotal movement of the loader bucket. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016870 | TURBOFAN ENGINE - A turbofan engine of the invention is provided with a fan first-stage moving blade for taking an air therein, and a spinner rotationally driving the fan first-stage moving blade, the spinner has a spiral blade extending spirally to an outer side in a radial direction, sucking the air from a front face of the spinner and supplying the air to the fan first-stage moving blade. Further, the fan first-stage moving blade and the spinner are integrally coupled, and the spiral blade and the fan first-stage moving blade are formed such that blade surfaces are smoothly connected. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016871 | Systems and Methods Involving Variable Vanes - Systems and methods involving vanes are provided. In this regard, a representative method for modifying the throat area between vanes of a gas turbine engine includes: directing a gas flow path of the gas turbine engine between a first vane and a second vane, wherein each of the first vane and the second vane has an outer surface and an interior; and emitting pressurized air from outlet ports communicating between the outer surface and the interior of the first vane, wherein the emitted pressurized air from the first vane modifies a throat area between the first vane and the second vane. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016872 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING AN AIRCRAFT COMPONENT FROM COLLISION WITH FLYING OBJECTS - A device for protecting an aircraft component from collision with a flying object, the device having: a main member rotating about an axis and subject to collision with a flying object; and diverting means connected angularly to the main member, also subject to collision with the flying object, and designed, in the event of collision of the main member with the flying object, to reduce the axial momentum of the flying object and divert the flying object radially with respect to the axis. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016873 | Gas Turbine Systems Involving Feather Seals - Systems involving feather seals are provided. A representative vane assembly for a gas turbine engine includes: a first mounting platform having a first slot; a first airfoil extending from the first mounting platform; and a feather seal having opposing faces, a first side extending between the faces, and a first tab, the first tab extending outwardly beyond the first side; the first slot being sized and shaped to receive the feather seal including the first tab. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016874 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING FLUID FLOW THROUGH A TURBINE ENGINE - A method for regulating fluid flow through a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes coupling an outer fairing to a radially outer duct wall and coupling an inner fairing to a radially inner duct wall. An annular valve is coupled between the radially outer and the radially inner duct walls such that an outer bypass flow area is at least partially defined between the annular valve and the outer fairing, and such that an inner bypass flow area is at least partially defined between the annular valve and the inner fairing. The annular valve is selectively positioned between a first operational position and a second operational position, such that at least one of the outer bypass and the inner bypass flow areas is varied during a transition from a first turbine operation to a second turbine operation. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016875 | VARIBALE GEOMETRY NOZZLE DEVICE - A compressor nozzle device comprises a set of adjustable vanes which is interposed between two opposite wall members ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016876 | AXIAL TURBINE - An axial turbine includes a plurality of stages each comprising a plurality of stationary blades arranged in a row along the turbine circumferential direction and a plurality of moving blades in a row parallel to the stationary blades, each of the moving blade being disposed downstream of a respective one of the corresponding stationary blade in a flow direction of a working fluid so as to be opposed to the corresponding stationary blade. Herein, each of the stationary blades is formed so that the intersection line between the outer peripheral portion of the stationary blade constituting a stage having moving blades longer than moving blades in a preceding stage and a plane containing the central axis of the turbine, has a flow path constant diameter portion that includes at least an outlet outer peripheral portion of the stationary blade and that is parallel to the turbine central axis. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016877 | THRUST VECTORING SHROUD FOR FLUID DYNAMIC DEVICE - A fluid dynamic device including a shroud disposed about a central axis and having an upstream fluid intake region and a downstream fluid exit region, the shroud directing fluid flow between the upstream fluid intake region and the downstream fluid exit region. The shroud is configured so that, at least during some operating conditions of the fluid dynamic device, at least a portion of fluid exiting the fluid exit region is directed towards the central axis. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016878 | FAN AND FRAME THEREOF - A fan including a frame and an impeller is provided. The frame includes a main body and a base. The base includes a shaft tube part and at least one vibration-reducing structure. The impeller is disposed on the shaft tube part. The shaft tube part extends from the base. The vibration-reducing structure is formed as one part of the base and is made of at least one high damping material for absorbing vibration during operation of the fan. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016879 | FAN AND FRAME WITH SENSOR-SUPPORTING STRUCTURE THEREOF - A fan and a frame with a sensor-supporting structure are disclosed. The fan includes a frame with an inlet, a connecting portion disposed on the frame, a stator, and a rotor having blades and disposed in the frame. The frame includes a main body and a sensor-supporting structure. The sensor-supporting structure extending from the main body toward the inlet is utilized to support a sensor. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016880 | PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING WIND FORCE AT WIND ENERGY INSTALLATIONS - A rotor blade of a wind energy installation has a wall forming an outer shell, and at least one pressure measurement device arranged inside the rotor blade. The pressure measurement device includes a hollow body that is closed in a gastight fashion and has at least one pressure-dependent deformable diaphragm. At least one optical strain sensor is non-positively connected to each diaphragm. In a method using the pressure measurement device, the wind force is determined at wind energy installations by an evaluation unit which determines a comparison value indicating the difference between the pressure at the side of the outer shell facing the wind and the pressure at the side of the outer shell averted from the wind. A measured value for the wind force acting on the rotor blade is determined from the comparison value. The method can be used for optimized operation and/or protection of wind energy installations. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016881 | TURBINE BLADE AND GAS TURBINE EQUIPPED WITH A TURBINE BLADE - The invention relates to a turbine blade comprising a vane that runs along a blade axis and a platform region, which is located at the root of the vane and has a platform that extends transversally to the blade axis. The aim of the invention is to guarantee the improved cooling of a platform region and the transition region from a turbine blade to a platform of a turbine blade, thus ensuring the cooling of the delimitation of a flow channel in a gas turbine. To achieve this, the platform comprises a first platform wall that does not support the vane and a second platform wall that supports said vane. According to the inventive concept, at the root of the vane and over the course of the transition region from the turbine blade to the platform, said first platform wall is aerodynamically curved and the course of the second platform wall has a receding shoulder in relation to the first platform wall, as a continuation of the vane. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016882 | Apparatus for Capturing Kinetic Energy - An apparatus for capturing kinetic energy from wind and water current speeds is disclosed for use in both commercial and residential applications generally comprising a vertical axis spindle, a plurality of structural arms attached to said spindle, and a plurality of panels rotationally attached to the ends of their respective structural arms to provide for controlled flipping action, thereby enabling operation in diverse intensity wind and water currents. In further embodiments, the apparatus may comprise mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic mechanisms for dampening the contact points between the panels and the hinge assemblies as the panels reach their open positions at the certain angle to their respective structural arms, and between the panels and their respective structural arms as the panels rotate to their folded position parallel to the structural arms. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016883 | Method and device for fans - Fans with wings that detach, fold or twist for the purpose of cleaning, transport and storage. The twisting embodiment can be used for adjusting the force of the air and its direction. The invention applies to domestic and industrial fans and all kinds of fans including floor standing upright fans, table fans, clip-on fans and ceiling fans. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016884 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING ANGLE-OF-ATTACK OF WIND BLADES IN LIFT-TYPE VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE - A device for adjusting an angle-of-attack (δ) of blades in a lift-type vertical axis turbine comprising a vertical rotating axis, a rotatable cantilever support wing fixed on the vertical rotating axis, a wind rotor comprising a plurality of blades mounted on the cantilever support wing, at least one cam disposed along an axial direction of the vertical rotating axis, the axial direction of the cam being parallel to the rotating axis, and for any point in a contour line of the cam, the angle of attack δ being set according to the following formula: δ=β−α, wherein δ is the angle of attack; β is an azimuth angle; α is a rotating angle for blades; and δ, β, and α are preset values. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016885 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR, A ROTATION CONTROLLING MECHANISM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE BLADE OF A WIND TURBINE ROTOR - The invention relates to a wind turbine rotor comprising at least one blade and at least on pitch mechanism comprising a ring shaped motor for controlling the blade. The wind turbine rotor is characterized in that, the ring shaped motor controls the blade through gearing means of a planetary type. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016886 | Apparatus and method for retaining bladed rotor disks of a jet engine - An apparatus ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016887 | Rotor Drum for Multiple Rotor Wind Turbine - According to embodiments described in the specification, provided is a rotor drum for use with a multiple-rotor wind turbine, the rotor drum being mountable on a generator shaft of a generator. The rotor drum comprises a plurality of rotors, each rotor being configured to permit a mounting of a plurality of blades. The rotor drum further comprises a plurality of cross straps affixed to the plurality of rotors for maintaining each of the plurality of rotors in a predetermined spaced-apart relationship. The rotor drum is provided with a mounting coupler provided on at least one of the plurality of rotors for affixing the rotor drum on the generator shaft. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016888 | DISK OF A DISK ROTOR FOR A GAS TURBINE - Disk of a disk rotor for a gas turbine comprising a central portion ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016889 | Locking Sub-Assembly for Closing The Remaining Gap Between The First and The Last blade of a Blade Ring Which Are Inserted in a Circumferential Groove of a Turbomachine, and Corresponding Turbomachine - The invention relates to a closing assembly for closing the gap remaining between the first and the last blade of a blade ring that is inserted in a peripheral groove of a turbo machinery, said assembly consisting of at least two lateral parts, at least one of which can be hooked onto a projection that forms an undercut in said peripheral groove and at least one securing element, which secures the parts from coming detached from the peripheral groove. To provide a particularly reliable closing assembly, the securing element is configured as a pin, joining the parts of the closing assembly in a non-positive fit. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016890 | TURBOMACHINE ROTOR ASSEMBLY - A turbomachine rotor assembly comprising: a rotor disk ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016891 | Wind turbine blade tip vortex breakers - A wind turbine includes a tower supporting a drive train with a rotor, at least one blade extending radially from the rotor; and a plurality of substantially flat flaps extending substantially perpendicular from a suction surface of the blade and along different chord lines near a tip of the blade for capturing and directing tip vortices toward a trailing edge of the blade. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016892 | VERTICAL SHAFT WIND TURBINE AND METHOD OF INSTALLING BLADES THEREIN - This invention relates to a vertical shaft wind turbine, and particularly to an installation method of blades that can effectively improve the efficiency of a vertical shaft wind turbine. A supporting plane is connected to vertical shaft and a blade is installed on supporting plane. The airfoil of the blade is an asymmetrical camber airfoil. The convex surface of blade is installed facing the vertical shaft. The blade rotary angle is in the range of 0-15 degrees. This invention represents a remarkable progress in the field of wind power generation and is applicable industrially. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016893 | Skinning of progressive cavity apparatus - A skinned rotor | 2009-01-15 |
20090016894 | Component with internal damping - A method of manufacturing a component such as a gas turbine fan blade. The method comprises: disposing a plurality of webs between a plurality of panels; and deforming the panels and the webs by applying internal pressure between the panels, thereby forming a series of internal cavities ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016895 | Impeller - The invention relates to closed impellers ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016896 | Conical washer system for propeller stabilization - A mount and conical spring element for use in a propeller stabilizer system, especially suited to stabilize the propellers of a wind machine or alternatively a wind powered generator, and more particularly a system of conical washers, or “belleville” type washers, positioned at the teeter pinned hub of the propeller, to counter a tilting action of the propeller upon the hub. The propeller stabilizer system includes a propeller assembly with a rotating hub having a plurality of propeller blades attached, and the hub mounted to a propeller shaft. The hub connects to the propeller shaft with a teeter pin, and the propeller assembly is tilt-able on the shaft, about the teeter pin. The propeller shaft also includes a washer mount for receiving a conical washer element, which abuts to both the propeller assembly and the washer mount. The conical washer element dampens the tilt of the propeller assembly upon the propeller shaft, about the teeter pin. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016897 | WIND TURBINE TOWER, A WIND TURBINE, A WIND TURBINE TOWER ELEVATOR AND A METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A WIND TURBINE TOWER - The invention relates to a wind turbine tower comprising at least two annular tower rings placed vertically on top of each other. The wind turbine tower is characterized in that, a first tower ring overlaps at least a further tower ring of the at least two tower rings. The invention further relates to a wind turbine, a wind turbine tower elevator for use in a wind turbine tower and a method for assembling a wind turbine tower. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016898 | Compressor Device - Compressor including a housing ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016899 | OIL WELL PUMP APPARATUS - An oil well pumping apparatus for pumping oil from a well to a wellhead provides a tool body that is sized and shaped to be lowered into the production tubing string of the oil well. A working fluid is provided that can be pumped into the production tubing. A prime mover is provided for pumping the working fluid. A flow channel into the well bore enables the working fluid to be circulated from the prime mover via the production tubing to the tool body at a location in the well and then back to the wellhead area. A pumping mechanism is provided on the tool body, the pumping mechanism including upper and lower spur gear or gears. The upper spur gear is driven by the working fluid. The lower spur gear is rotated by the first spur gear. The upper and lower spur gears are connected with a common shaft. If upper pairs and lower pairs of spur gears are employed, each upper and lower gear are connected via a common shaft. The tool body has flow conveying portions that mix the working fluid and the produced oil as the oil is pumped. The pumping mechanism transmits the commingled fluid of oil and working fluid to the wellhead area where they are separated and the working fluid recycled. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016900 | WELL JET DEVICE AND THE OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A well jet device for testing oil-gas wells comprises a body provided with bypass windows and an insert provided with a jet pump. The insert has channels and a mounting seat embodied therein, carrying a sealing unit with a channel for a cable and well instruments fixed thereto. An output channel communicates with an upstream cavity. A supporting sleeve, provided with bypass openings embodied in the wall of the sleeve and with a flange arranged in the lower part thereof, axially movable and spring-loaded with respect to the body, is arranged therein. A recess used for limiting the displacement of the sleeve flange and connected to the bypass windows is formed thereunder. In the lower position of the sleeve, channel for supplying active medium is linked with surrounding space through the bypass openings and windows, whereas in the top position thereof the windows are closed by the sleeve wall. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016901 | Self-priming electronic metering pump and priming methodology - An electronic metering pump system has a fluid flow detector for monitoring the output of the electronic metering pump to detect loss of prime. The fluid flow detector, upon detecting loss of fluid flow, initiates an electronic signal to a downstream solenoid valve which closes the output conduit of the electronic metering pump and facilitates the repriming of the pump and return of output fluid flow. The electronic signal may also be utilized to initiate an warning or alarm to an operator, either directly or by data network, that the system requires attention. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016902 | AIR COMPERSSOR SHROUD ASSEMBLY - The present invention generally relates to the field of air compressors and particularly to a shroud assembly for use with air compressors. An aspect of the present invention is directed to a shroud assembly having an outfit shroud, including a top outfit shroud coupled with a bottom outfit shroud; and, a pump shroud including a top pump shroud coupled with a bottom pump shroud; wherein the pump shroud at least partially encompasses a pump assembly of an air compressor and the outfit shroud at least partially encompasses the pump assembly, the pump shroud, a manifold assembly and a pressure switch assembly of an air compressor, the shroud assembly further configured for mounting to an air tank of an air compressor, the shroud assembly allowing for access to working parts of the air compressor and also allowing for a cooling air flow through the interior of the outfit shroud. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016903 | Precision Pump With Multiple Heads - A high purity, high precision pump capable of pumping more than one type of chemistry or process fluid without requiring cleaning or changing of surfaces contacting the processing fluid. The pump employs a single drive mechanism coupled in parallel with multiple pumping chambers, each capable of handling a different type of manufacturing fluid. The pump can be utilized as part of a single stage or multi-stage pump system. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016904 | Compressor - A first tank, a main body of a compressor, an electric motor, and a second tank are combined to form a single assembly. A booster type air compressor as the single assembly including the first tank may be easily carried. The first tank at an inlet side is integrally combined to prevent a pulsation in the supplied compressed air for eliminating the drain contained in the compressed air. The air compressor, thus, is structured to discharge high compressed air from a high-pressure outlet joint formed on the second tank. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016905 | Fluid Mechanical Converter - The invention relates to a fluid mechanical converter having at least one energy-accumulator mass system that can be powered by a power drive. To provide a fluid mechanical converter, which improves overall efficiency using the simplest components, it is proposed according to the invention that the displacement of the driven energy accumulator-mass system is overlaid with a displacement that is caused by at least one inertial force. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016906 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR FAN - A mounting apparatus for a fan ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016907 | DYNAMIC BALANCER WITH SPEED-RELATED CONTROL MECHANISM - A dynamic balancer for a prime mover, such as an internal combustion engine, with at least one balance shaft driven by the crankshaft of the engine, the at least one balance shaft. The pressure generator creates an output signal of pressurized working fluid whose pressure is speed-related. In one embodiment, the speed related pressure signal is applied to a device outside the balancer via a suitable the invention, a working fluid pump is also driven by at least one of the balance shafts of the dynamic balancer and the speed-related pressure signal is applied to the working fluid pump to control its output. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016908 | MULTI-CYLINDER, DRY-RUNNING PISTON COMPRESSOR A COOLING AIR FLOW - A multi-cylinder dry-running piston compressor for generating compressed air. The piston compressor includes a crankcase having an interior and a crankshaft rotatably mounted in the crankcase. Also included are two connecting rods mounted in the crankshaft and configured to run counter to one another. Further included are two cylinders mounted in the crankcase and a piston arranged at an end of each of the connecting rods and configured to run in a respective one of the two cylinders. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016909 | PRECISION PUMP WITH MULTIPLE HEADS - A pump for use in handling one or more different process fluids includes a plurality of pumping chambers having a process fluid inlet and a process fluid outlet, process fluid outlet coupled to a process fluid valve on each pumping chamber for selectively preventing and allowing the flow of process fluid through the pumping chamber, an actuation mechanism for pumping actuating fluid to a plurality of actuating fluid chambers in fluid communication with the actuating fluid chambers to permit flow into each actuating fluid chamber of actuating fluid, and at least one diaphragm separating each pumping chamber from an associated actuating fluid chamber, for separating process fluid from actuating fluid. Operation of the actuation mechanism displaces actuating fluid and causes actuating fluid to flow only into each of the actuating fluid chambers having an opened process fluid valve, resulting in pumping. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016910 | Coolant pump for processing machinery - A coolant pump for processing machinery includes a housing, a water guide member, and a drive device. The housing includes a chamber, a wind inlet, and a wind outlet. The water guide member includes a hollowed portion, a water inlet, and a water outlet. The drive device includes a transmission shaft, a pumping member, and a blade assembly. The pumping member is mounted in the hollowed portion of the water guide member and to the other end of the transmission shaft. The blade assembly is mounted to the other end of the transmission shaft and located in the chamber of the housing. The coolant pump is highly safe and of long working life because it is powered by the air pressure and it is structurally simple and durable. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016911 | Electric Power Connection For Electrically Assisted Turbocharger - A turbocharger comprises a compressor housing for accommodating a compressor wheel drivable by an electric motor and an electric motor for driving a compressor wheel accommodated in a compressor housing, said electric motor being supplied with electric power through at least one motor plug connector. The turbocharger further comprises a turbine housing for accommodating a turbine wheel driven by exhaust gas, a center housing for accommodating a shaft and the electric motor, the shaft serving as a rotor of the electric motor and extending from the turbine wheel through a journal bearing and the electric motor to the compressor wheel. The compressor wheel is driven by the turbine wheel via the shaft and can additionally be driven by the electric motor, wherein the compressor housing further comprises at least one main power plug connector connectable to an electric power source and at least one housing plug connector electrically connected to a respective one of the main power plug connector for supplying said electric motor with electric power. The said housing plug connector is disposed on an axial side of said compressor housing, facing said electric motor, and said motor plug connector is disposed on an axial side of said electric motor, facing said compressor housing. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016912 | Internal Gear Fuel Pump - A fuel pump has a housing ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016913 | BALANCED DUAL ROCKING PISTON PUMPS - Piston assemblies for rocking piston compressors, diaphragm compressors and vacuum pumps are provided wherein the overall mass of each piston assembly is identical to that of the other assembly despite having rod tops, retainers and diaphragms of different diameters and therefore different capacities. Each piston assembly includes a connecting rod connected to a rod top that supports a cup seal and a retainer or retainer plate. The mass of each rod is equal to that of the other rod despite the differing geometries. The mass of each retainer is the same as that of the other retainer despite the differing geometries. The overall length and stroke length of each piston assembly is the same. As a result, centers of gravity of the piston assemblies are continuously balanced on either side of the drive shaft in terms of distance from the drive shaft and in absolute value. Alternatively, in embodiments where the first and second piston assemblies have unequal stroke lengths, and/or the first and second connecting rods having different masses, and/or the first and second retainers having different masses, balance is achieve by equalizing a product of an acceleration of the first piston assembly and combined masses of the first retainer and the first connecting rod with a product of an acceleration of the second piston assembly and combined masses of the second retainer and the second connecting rod according to the equation: | 2009-01-15 |
20090016914 | Thin fan structure - A thin fan structure is composed of a driving unit and a rotating unit. The driving unit has a base, a coil circuit board and a shaft, in which the coil circuit board is disposed at the base. The rotating unit has a bearing, a fan blade, an iron-containing metal sheet and a magnet, in which the bearing has an outer ring and an inner ring. The fan blade, the iron-containing metal sheet and the magnet are fixed at the outer ring of the bearing, the inner ring of the bearing is fixed at the shaft of the driving unit and the coil circuit board of the driving unit is able to drive the rotating unit turning around. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016915 | Pump, especially for the blood treatment - The invention relates to a pump, especially usable as a peristaltic pump in an apparatus for blood treatment, wherein it is provided with at least a hammer element which interacts with at least one tube portion in which a fluid to be pumped flows and with motion means for said hammer element which push the hammer element against said tube portion so as to press it, the value of the stroke executed by said element not allowing the complete crushing of the tube itself. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016916 | BIDIRECTIONAL PISTON PUMP - A two-way mechanical pump for a steam appliance having a main body having a boiler with a water inlet and a steam outlet positioned therein in provided. The bidirectional pump on two-way piston pump in accordance with the invention includes a cylinder separated into two chambers by a piston coupled to a piston rod or appliance handle. An inlet having a one-way valve and an outlet having a one-way valve are connected to each change. Movement of the piston from the first end of the cylinder to the second end expels liquid out of the second end and outlet and draws water into the first chamber through the first inlet and one-way valve and movement of the piston towards the first and expels water out of the first chamber and outlet through the first outlet valve and draws water into the second chamber through the second inlet and inlet valve. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016917 | Compact Dual Rocking Piston Pump with Reduced Number of Parts - A dual rocking piston pump is disclosed which includes a first piston with a first connecting rod eccentrically mounted to a rotor shaft and a second piston with a second connecting rod eccentrically mounted to the rotor shaft. The rotor shaft passes through a first bearing and a second bearing before being connected to a rotor body. The rotor body is disposed within a stator. The first and second bearings and stator are supported by a bracket. The bracket includes a hub which, in turn includes a first end connected to a wall at an opening in the wall. The hub also includes a second end. The first end of the hub supports the first bearing at the wall and the second end of the hub supports the second bearing. Both the first and second bearings are disposed to “in front” of the motor or in front of both the rotor and stator. Because support for the rotor is provided entirely in front of the motor, no rear bell housing is required and because a single bracket supports the bearings, rotor and stator, fewer parts are required thereby making the pump lighter and more compact. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016918 | PNEUMATIC VANE MOTOR WITH BY- PASS MEANS - A pneumatic vane motor with a stator cylinder having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening, a rotor eccentrically journalled in the cylinder and carrying a number of sliding vanes which divide the cylinder into moving cells, wherein the cylinder comprises a by-pass passage located between the air inlet opening and the air outlet opening and arranged to leak air from a pressurized working cell into a preceding cell before the working cell reaches the outlet opening, thereby using a preceding cell as an expansion volume for sound attenuation. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016919 | Gear pump - A gear pump ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016920 | SCREW PUMP AND SCREW GEAR - A screw pump is provided with a pair of screw rotors serving as fluid transfer bodies. With respect to a rotation angle (x) around an axis of each of the screw rotors, a change of a lead angle (θ) from a winding start angle ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016921 | OIL FREE SCREW COMPRESSOR - Provided is a highly reliable oil free screw compressor including a first sensor for detecting a temperature of lubrication oil, second sensors for detecting temperatures of intake air, and a cooling fan controller having a storage portion storing therein a set temperature of lubrication oil and a set temperature of intake air, and a computing portion for computing a control signal for increasing the speed of the cooling fan if a detected value of a temperature of the lubrication oil, delivered from the first sensor, becomes higher than the set value of lubrication oil stored in the storage portion, and computing a control signal for increasing the speed of the cooling fan if a detected value of a temperature of the intake air, delivered from the second sensor, becomes higher than the set temperature of the intake air, stored in the storage portion. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016922 | Screw compressor - Screw compressor having male- and female rotors for extremely high discharge pressures, the radial bearings and the supporting flanges enclosing the radial bearings tight-fitting adjoin the housing bores with their centres arranged on two parallel axes of the housing. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016923 | Method for manufacturing at least one area of a filter structure, in particular for a particulate filter in the exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine - A method for manufacturing at least one area of a filter structure, in particular for a particulate filter in the exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine, includes the following steps: a. manufacturing a mixture from a sintering metal powder and an organic binder; b. manufacturing a sheet from the mixture; c. structuring the sheet; and d. sintering. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016924 | Method and apparatus related to nanoparticle systems - This publication discloses a method and apparatus for functionalizing nanoparticle systems. The method comprises treating a nanoparticle-containing layer so as to produce a pattern of structurally transformed zones, the treatment comprising applying an electric field through the nanoparticle layer. According to the invention an AC-field capacitively coupled to the nanoparticle-containing layer is used as said electric field. The treatment preferably results in at least partly sintered structures, which can be used as conductors, for example. The document discloses several realizations for utilization of the disclosed functionalization in mass-fabrication lines. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016925 | HIGH SILICON STAINLESS STEEL, SPRING MADE THEREOF, AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH SILICON STAINLESS STEEL - There are provided a high silicon stainless steel with a high elongation at break, a spring made thereof, and a process for manufacturing the high silicon stainless steel. The high silicon stainless steel of the invention is characterized in: mainly comprising a microstructure with a grain size of 15 μm or less and having an elongation at break of 12% or higher; mainly comprising a microstructure with a grain size of 7 μm or less and having an elongation at break of 14% or higher; or having an elongation at break of 7% or higher after thermal aging. The process of the invention for manufacturing the high silicon stainless steel is characterized in comprising a load application step for applying an impact load and/or a static load to the high silicon stainless steel or the master alloy, wherein the surface temperature is in a temperature range of 950° C. or below and not so low as to break the high silicon stainless steel or the master alloy. The high silicon stainless steel with a high elongation at break can provide a long-life spring. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016926 | THERMOSTABLE AND CORROSION-RESISTANT CAST NICKEL-CHROMIUM ALLOY - A nickel-chromium casting alloy comprising, in weight percent, up to 0.8% of carbon, up to 1% of silicon, up to 0.2% of manganese, 15 to 40% of chromium, 0.5 to 13% of iron, 1.5 to 7% of aluminum, up to 2.5% of niobium, up to 1.5% of titanium, 0.01 to 0.4% of zirconium, up to 0.06% of nitrogen, up to 12% of cobalt, up to 5% of molybdenum, up to 6% of tungsten and from 0.01 to 0.1% of yttrium, remainder nickel, has a high resistance to carburization and oxidation even at temperatures of over 1130° C. in a carburizing and oxidizing atmosphere, as well as a high thermal stability, in particular creep rupture strength. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016927 | BRASS ALLOY AS RAW MATERIALS FOR SEMI SOLID METAL CASTING - A brass alloy as raw materials for Semi Solid Metal casting has a component composition containing Zn of 8 to 40 mass %, Zr of 0.0005 to 0.04 mass %, P of 0.01 to 0.25 mass %, and a balance of Cu and inevitable impurities, further containing one or more kinds of Si of 2 to 5 mass %, Sn of 0.05 to 6 mass %, and Al of 0.05 to 3.5 mass % as needed, and further containing one or more kinds of Pb of 0.005 to 0.45 mass %, Bi of 0.005 to 0.45 mass %, Se of 0.03 to 0.45 mass %, and Te of 0.01 to 0.45 mass %. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016928 | Aluminum strip for lithographic printing plate supports - An aluminum strip for lithographic printing plate supports, from which printing plate supports can be produced with an improved roughenability and at the same time improved mechanical properties, particularly after a burn-in process, is formed of an aluminum alloy which has the following proportions of alloy constituents in wt. %: 0.05%≦Mg≦0.3%, 0.008%≦Mn≦0.3%, 0.4%≦Fe≦1%, 0.05%≦Si≦0.5%, Cu≦0.04%, Ti≦0.04%, inevitable impurities individually max. 0.01%, in total max. 0.05% and remainder Al. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016929 | ULTRAVIOLET AIR PURIFYING DEVICE - An air purifying device is provided. The air purifying device includes a mounting body including a magnet configured for connection to at least one of a duct and a plenum of an air handling system. An ultraviolet lamp is connected to and extends from the mounting body. The present invention further provides a method for purifying air and disinfecting surfaces within an air handling system. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016930 | SANITIZATION USING HIGH ELECTRIC FIELDS - A sanitizer utilizing electrical fields for hands and gloved hands. The sanitizer includes a power supply, a first and second electrode, and a dielectric between the first and second electrode. For sanitizing the outer surface of a glove, the first electrode is disposed inside the glove and the second electrode is disposed near the outer surface of the glove. A signal generator produces a high-voltage, periodic signal across the first and second electrode for a predetermined period of time to generate an electrical field configured to inactivate pathogens between the two electrodes. The second electrode can include a metallic layer or a conducting liquid in which a gloved hand is inserted. Alternatively, an electric field can be generated between the stratum corneum of a user's skin and an outer conducting layer of a glove so as to deactivate pathogens on the surface of the hand. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016931 | CHEMICAL ANALYSIS DEVICE - A chemical analysis device capable of suppressing deterioration of analysis and test accuracy while avoiding contamination by residual samples or reagents and having no complicated configuration is constructed. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016932 | Micro Chamber - A microfluidic device is provided including at least one chamber accessible by microfiuidic channels characterized in that the surface of the channels and the chambers are patterned and comprise hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas. The surface energy in correspondence of the areas, i.e., the capillary force, being such that a liquid can be guided along the hydrophilic path, enter the chamber from one side, wet part of one surface of the chamber as a thin layer without touching the opposite surface of the chamber, thus avoiding to fill the volume inside the chamber in correspondence of the hydrophilic pattern until a second liquid, either sequentially or in parallel, comes to wet part of the opposite surface of the chamber and eventually touches the first liquid layer, resulting in a sudden coalescence and efficient mixing between the liquids. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016933 | CARRIER, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME, BIOREACTOR, AND CHIP FOR SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE ANALYSIS - A carrier comprises a base plate, a polymeric film, which has been bound on a surface of the base plate, and a ligand, which has been bound with the polymeric film. The ligand has been bound with the polymeric film at a density falling within the range of 1.0×10 | 2009-01-15 |
20090016934 | GAS SENSOR WITH AT LEAST ONE CATALYTIC MEASURING ELEMENT - A gas sensor has shock resistance and temperature resistance attributes. The gas sensor includes at least one catalytic measuring element ( | 2009-01-15 |
20090016935 | Coating formulations including polyphosphazene polyelectrolytes and biologically active agents and asperities coated with such formulations - A formulation for coating asperities, such as microprojections or microneedles, which comprises at least one polyphosphazene polyelectrolyte and at least one biologically active agent. Such formulation provides for improved loading and improved homogeneity of the at least one biologically active agent on the microprojections or microneedles. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016936 | IMPROVED CONTAINERS FOR PHARMACEUTICALS, PARTICULARLY FOR USE IN RADIOISOTOPE GENERATORES - The invention is directed to improved containers for pharmaceuticals and any tubing and tubing connectors associated therewith, particularly containers for pharmaceuticals which are irradiated, heated or otherwise subjected to increased pressure. In a preferred embodiment, the invention is directed to an improved container for use in a radioisotope generator, such as a rubidium-82 generator. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016937 | Microbial inactivation by multiple pressure spikes delivered with regulated frequency - A process and apparatus wherein multiple instantaneous pressure pulsations with a regulated frequency and amplitude are applied to various biological substances in order to eliminate the undesired microorganisms in these substances with minimal negative effect on the quality of these substances, and, further, to use these in mass production of foodstuffs pharmaceuticals for treatment of human blood or plasma, and for research to establish a specific frequency of pressure pulsations at which a particular type of bacteria could be selectively destroyed while other components of the substance remain intact. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016938 | SLOPED TUBULAR REACTOR WITH SPACED SEQUENTIAL TRAYS - A sloped tubular reactor operable to facilitate a chemical reaction in a reaction medium flowing therethrough. The reactor can include a plurality of spaced apart internal trays disposed at different elevations in a downwardly sloping elongated tubular member. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016939 | MULTI-LEVEL TUBULAR REACTOR WITH VERTICALLY SPACED SEGMENTS - A multi-level tubular reactor operable to facilitate a chemical reaction in a reaction medium flowing therethrough. The tubular reactor can include a plurality of horizontally elongated and vertically spaced reactor segments coupled to and extending outwardly from a common header. One or more of the reactor segments can contain a tray that divides the internal volume of the reactor segment into upper and lower chambers. The reaction medium can flow away from the header in the upper chambers and back to the header in the lower chambers. | 2009-01-15 |
20090016940 | SLOPED TUBULAR REACTOR WITH DIVIDED FLOW - A sloped tubular reactor operable to facilitate a chemical reaction in a reaction medium flowing therethrough. The reactor can include a downwardly sloped tubular member, a flow divider disposed in the tubular member, and one or more internal trays disposed in the tubular member. The flow divider divides flow of the reaction medium among the trays and the bottom of the tubular member. | 2009-01-15 |