03rd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100014882 | FIXING DEVICE OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The fixing device of the image forming apparatus of the present invention is provided with a heat transfer probe which contacts the heat roller and a surface temperature of the heat roller is transferred thereto. The erroneous detection of the surface temperature of the heat roller caused from materials adhered to the heat roller is prevented, induction heating coils is regulated at a high level of accuracy using the highly precious detection result obtained from the heat transfer probe, the temperature control of the heat roller is promoted and a fixed image of high quality is obtained. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014883 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTROSTATIC BRUSH CLEANING IN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE - A method and apparatus for electrostatic brush cleaning of excess toner particles on a photoreceptor device in an image production device is disclosed. The method may include determining if an image transfer occurred in the image production device, wherein if it is determined that the image transfer occurred, rotating one or more electrostatic brushes at a first speed, and if it is determined that the image transfer did not occur, rotating the one or more electrostatic brushes at a second speed, wherein the first speed is slower than the second speed. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014884 | Printer - For a sheet circulating transfer route that includes a sheet transfer portion of a printing mechanism provided with a transfer belt for transfer of a sheet as positioned thereto, a transfer section provided with drive rollers for transfer of a sheet as image-formed by an image former of the printing mechanism, and a sheet invert portion operable for inversion of the sheet as image-formed, there is a drive controller adapted, in conformity to a condition that a sheet to be positioned in the printing mechanism is equal in length to or longer than a path distance from the image former to the drive rollers, to set a transfer speed of the sheet as image-formed by the drive rollers up as an identical speed to a transfer speed of the sheet as positioned by the transfer belt, and in non-conformity to the condition, to set it up as a greater speed than the transfer speed by the transfer belt. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014885 | System for Creating a Condition of Substantial Thermal Consistency Between Multiple Printer Cartridges - A system for creating a condition of substantial thermal consistency between multiple printer cartridges includes a frame defining a cavity for supporting the multiple cartridges spaced apart from one another and a plurality of components mounted to the frame in flow communication with one another and with the cavity via the frame. The plurality of components coact with one another and with the frame to generate, regulate and distribute an intake flow of cooling air from the frame into multiple inflows of cooling air along different spaced apart paths at different velocities through the cavity and between the spaced apart multiple cartridges for causing transformation of the multiple inflows of cooling air into multiple outflows of heated air by contact with the multiple cartridges and to exhaust the multiple outflows of heated air from the cavity and frame. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014886 | STAND OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A stand of an image forming apparatus and an image forming apparatus having the same. The stand of the image forming apparatus includes at least one plate unit including a first plate member which includes a first surface unit which forms an external appearance and a first bent unit which is provided to at least one of the opposite end parts of the first surface unit, and a second plate member which includes a second surface unit and a second bent unit which is provided to at least one of the opposite end parts of the second surface unit, and is capable of being inserted into the first plate member, at least one of the first bent unit and the second bent unit being bent so that each bending direction thereof may start from at least one of the first surface unit and the second surface unit, and then bend toward at least one of the first surface unit and the second surface. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014887 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes: upper frames opposed to each other across an image forming unit; a scanner supporting member that couples the upper frames and supports the scanner unit; and a frame coupling member that couples the upper frames on an opposite side of the scanner supporting member across the photoconductor unit; lower frames, each of which has an upper surface including a plurality of lower supporting portions each contacting a lower end of a respective one of the upper frames, and a lower surface including a bottom supported portion opposed to a placing surface. A stiffness of each of the upper frames in a substantially planar direction along the vertical direction is greater than a stiffness of each of the lower frames along the vertical direction between the lower supporting portions and the bottom supported portion. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014888 | Electrophotographic Photosensitive Member and Image Forming Apparatus Provided with the Same - The present invention relates to an electrophotographic photosensitive member | 2010-01-21 |
20100014889 | SINGLE-LAYER ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - The present invention provides a single-layer electrophotographic photoreceptor provided with a single-layer photosensitive layer that adapts to an exposing source emitting a laser beam with wavelengths of from 400 nm to 450 nm inclusive and is laminated on a conductive substrate, the single-layer photosensitive layer comprising: an enamine-type compound that functions as both a charge generation material and a charge transport material and is represented by the following general formula (1); and a perylene-type compound that functions as both an electron-transport material and a sensitizer and is represented by the following general formula (2): | 2010-01-21 |
20100014890 | Image Forming Apparatus - Provided is an image forming apparatus including: a rotatable image carrier; a protective agent supplying unit supplying a protective agent to the image carrier; a first charging unit charging the image carrier to the same polarity as a regular charging polarity of a toner; a second charging unit charging the protective agent supplied to the image carrier to the opposite polarity to the regular charging polarity of the toner; an exposure unit forming an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier; a development unit developing the electrostatic latent image of the image carrier; and a transfer unit transferring the image of the image carrier, wherein the second charging unit is disposed between the protective agent supplying unit and the development unit. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014891 | CONDUCTIVE ELASTIC ROLLER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - This invention is a conductive elastic roller ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100014892 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - There are provided a compact light scanning apparatus including a deflection unit for deflectively scanning light fluxes, and an imaging optical systems provided for the respective light fluxes. When the light fluxes deflectively scanned by the deflection unit are focused onto different photosensitive drums by the imaging optical systems, through a mirror. One of the imaging optical systems includes a transmission type imaging optical element. In a sub-scanning section, the principal ray of a light flux passing through the transmission type imaging optical element passes a side opposite to the optical path of the light flux deflectively scanned by the deflection unit and traveling toward the mirror of another imaging optical system among the imaging optical systems with respect to a straight line connecting the surface vertex of the incidence surface of the transmission type imaging optical element and the surface vertex of the emergence surface thereof. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014893 | MULTI-MODE LONG LIFE MONOCHROME PRINTING SYSTEM - A multi-mode, long life monochrome printing system that includes (a) a media supply assembly having a media path (b) a moveable intermediate transfer member for receiving images from image output terminal assemblies and for transferring the images to media on the media path; and (c) a plural number of monochrome image output terminal (IOT) assemblies adjacent the moveable intermediate transfer member, each monochrome image output terminal (IOT) assembly being selectably moveable into and out of image transfer relationship with the moveable intermediate transfer member, and each monochrome image output terminal (IOT) assembly having a development unit including developer material having essentially a same color. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014894 | Liquid Developer and Image Forming Apparatus - A liquid developer includes an insulating liquid and toner particles obtained by surface-modifying toner mother particles made of a material containing a rosin resin with a polyalkyleneimine. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014895 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF EFFECTIVELY DEVELOPING IMAGES - An image forming apparatus, a process cartridge, and a developing unit includes a developer carrying member to carry developer, first and second rotary members arranged in parallel to each other and configured to rotate to agitate and convey the developer, and an enclosure having an inside space to contain the developer, the inside space being divided by a partition with communication openings formed therein at opposite ends thereof into a first chamber configured to maintain the developer above a first level and to hold the first rotary member therein which supplies the developer to the developer carrying member while agitating and conveying the developer, and a second chamber configured to communicate with the first chamber through the communication openings, to maintain the developer at a second level lower than the first level, and to hold the second rotary member therein which circulates the developer with the first chamber through the communication openings. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014896 | USE OF XEROGRAPHIC IMAGES AND A FULL-WIDTH ARRAY SENSOR FOR MULTIPLE CONTROL SYSTEM SENSING - A method for monitoring an image printing system that prints color images on an image bearing surface movable in a process direction is provided. The method includes placing marking material to form a row comprising a plurality of registration marks on the image bearing surface, wherein each row of registration marks extends along a cross-process direction transverse to the process direction; detecting a position of each registration mark using a linear array sensor extending in the cross-process direction, wherein the position of each registration mark is detected in both the process and cross-process direction; determining a process direction misregistration between the registration marks of each row in the process direction and cross-process direction misregistration between registration marks from each of the rows. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014897 | Transfer and fixing device and image forming apparatus - A transfer and fixing device as means for heating a recording medium prior to transfer and fixing, without risk of fire, superior in energy efficiency, and able to stably heat irrespective of the thickness of the recording medium; and an imaging forming apparatus comprising such a transfer and fixing device comprising: a transfer and fixing member by which an image is transferred; a pressurizing member that forms a nip by pressure contact with the transfer and fixing member and pressurizes and fixes the image on the recording medium that passes through the aforementioned nip; a radiant heat source that is arranged on the upstream side of the nip in the direction of transport of the recording medium; and a thermoconductive member that is heated by the radiant heat source and heats the recording medium when in contact, wherein a radiant heat region is provided, between the nip and the thermoconductive member, where the recording medium is heated by radiant heat from the radiant heat source. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014898 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A fixing device includes a fixing member, a pressure member pressed against the fixing member, a separating member disposed at a specific distance from the fixing member for separating a printing sheet therefrom after the printing sheet has passed through a nip portion formed between the fixing member and the pressure member, the separating member being made movable in directions toward and away from the fixing member, and a movement restricting member for limiting movement of the separating member in the direction away from the fixing member. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014899 | FIXING DEVICE - A technique of reducing temperature unevenness in a heating member which heats a heating target member while reducing heat capacity of the heating member in a fixing device for an image forming apparatus is provided. The fixing device has a heating member having diamond fine particles dispersed and contained at least in its surface layer, a pressurizing member which is pressed in contact with the heating member and nips and carries a sheet in collaboration with the heating member, and a heating unit which heats the heating member. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014900 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing unit of an image forming apparatus includes a magnetism adjusting unit switching the position of a shielding member between a shielding position where the shielding member is positioned inside the sheet-conveyed region to shield the pass of the magnetism and a retracted position where the shielding member is positioned outside the sheet-conveyed region to permit the pass of the magnetism. The shielding member is provided in a plural number in the axial direction of the movable core. The shielding members have a different length in the axial direction and a different width in a circumferential direction of the movable core, the length and the width corresponding to a plurality of sizes of the sheet in the width direction of the sheet. The magnetism adjusting unit switches each of the shielding members between the shielding position and the retracted position in accordance with the width-direction size of the sheet. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014901 | Image Carrier Cleaning Device, Image Carrier Cleaning Method, and Image Forming Apparatus - An image carrier cleaning device includes: a first charging member which charges an image carrier to the same polarity as that of a toner after a transfer operation of a toner image formed by the toner charged to a predetermined polarity and having an external additive added thereto; a cleaning member which comes into contact with the image carrier charged by the first charging member; and a second charging member which applies an electric charge having a polarity opposite to a polarity of the toner to the image carrier having passed through the cleaning member. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014902 | AUTO DOCUMENT FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE - The lengths of an OUT path and an IN path are made longer than the length of a document of a main size in a traveling direction. The document of the main size stands by for conveyance in a direction of a READ document glass in a state where the entire document is contained in the OUT path or the IN path. The entrance speed of the document into the OUT path or the IN path is equal to the read speed of a scanner. The leading edge of a subsequent document is overlapped on the trailing edge of a preceding document, and the document is conveyed to the READ document glass. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014903 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member to bear an electrostatic latent image on the surface thereof, a transfer-fixing member disposed adjacent to the image baring member, including a transfer surface onto which the toner image is transferred from the image bearing member, a first pressure member to meet and press against the transfer-fixing member to form a nip therebetween, a heating member to heat a recording medium, provided upstream of the nip in a direction of transport of the recording medium, and a transport guide member to change a contact area of the recording medium and the heating member in accordance with a thickness or a resilience of the recording medium. When the recording medium passes the nip, the toner image is pressed and fixed on the recording medium. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014904 | Documentation Apparatus and Tape Printing Apparatus - A documentation apparatus includes: a selection unit which selects one function item from plural function items associated with documentation and selects one choice from plural selects included in the selected function item; a memory unit which stores the function item selected last and a non-selection candidate other than the selection candidate selected in the function item; and a function execution unit which performs function corresponding to the stored non-selection candidate by predetermined operation of the selection unit. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014905 | Compact ergonomic keyboard with central keypad - A compact ergonomic keyboard that places a raised input control pad at the center of the keyboard in order to maintain smaller lateral dimensions and prevent inadvertent engagement of the central input control pad. Placed between the left and right sections of the keyboard, said input control pad provides easy implementation of web browser commands, media commands, and direction controls. A raised miniature trackball or raised trackpad for cursor controls is also placed between the left and right sections. An alternate configuration achieves the same benefit by placing the input control pad and the trackball/trackpad at an elevation that is lower than the keys of the left and right sections. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014906 | Liquid Applicator - A liquid applicator adapted to prevent an application liquid from leaking or drying with a small biasing force. A tip unit for a liquid applicator of the present invention includes a tubular member and a valve member. The valve member is biased toward a distal end thereof by a biasing member so as to seal a distal opening portion of the tubular member. The distal opening portion includes a first tapered surface and a second tapered surface located at a proximal side of the first tapered surface. The first and the second tapered surfaces are in contact with a tapered area and a ring of the valve member, respectively, so as to seal the distal opening portion. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014907 | TWIST-OPEN STAIN APPLICATOR DISPENSER METHOD OF USE - The device of the disclosure comprises a fluid applicator which keeps liquid inside a sealed bottle until a user rotates a head assembly relative to the bottle, thereby piercing a seal at the neck of the bottle. Further, the head assembly is provided an eccentric fluid valve which permits fluid flow from the bottle through an applicator pad in its ON configuration, but not when the head assembly is rotated 180 degrees into an OFF configuration. When in its OFF configuration, the device's pad may be washed while remaining on the disclosed device, and the fluid within the bottle remains sealed there within. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014908 | Joint compound tool - A joint compound tool including a mixer, a hose, and an applicator. The mixer has a hopper and a beater positioned therein. The beater has a rotatable drive shaft that is journaled in the opposed ends of the hopper. A number of first support rods radiate outwardly from the drive shaft remote from the hopper outlet. A pair of intertwined, helical bands encircle the drive shaft and are affixed thereto by the first support rods. A number of second support rods radiate outwardly from the drive shaft adjacent the hopper outlet. A number of blades are secured to the second support rods. A motor is connected to the drive shaft for rotating the beater. A pump is connected to the hopper outlet for pressurizing joint compound received from the hopper. A hose connects the pump to a joint compound applicator having a valve assembly for controlling the flow of joint compound received from the hose and a roller assembly for applying joint compound to drywall. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014909 | DEVICE APPLIED IN THE TOOTHBRUSH WITH DISPOSABLE BRISTLES AND TOOTHPASTE INJECTOR RESERVOIR - This model belongs to the technical field of products for buccal hygiene, more particularly to a device applied in the toothbrush with disposable bristles and toothpaste injector reservoir, which is designed to combine the toothbrush with the toothpaste in one single product, as well as the gradual dispensing of toothpaste in the bristles. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014910 | CLEANING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a cleaning apparatus, in particular to a portable hand-held cleaner, to which a working fluid can be supplied and which has a plurality of cleaning members, in particular brush-type cleaning members, which can be driven to make a cleaning movement, wherein the cleaning members are adjustable relative to one another. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014911 | Spring Captive Loaded Fastener Retainer - A spring-loaded captive fastener retainer provides a user-friendly system to mechanically fasten units (e.g. panels, cabinets, etc.) to other units. Generally, the retainer is spring-loaded to force a fastener to extend beyond the unit. The retainer has a housing that provides guidance to the fastener so that it is secured within the unit and travels in a predictable path. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014912 | Set of Components Able to Be Coupled Together | 2010-01-21 |
20100014913 | Reinforced Splines and their Manufacture - A spline structure, in the form of an aeronautical brake drive bar, has wheel attachment points at its ends for engaging a wheel rim. Each wheel carries a regularly spaced series of these drive bars for engaging friction discs carried by the wheel hub. The main body of each brake drive bar is formed from titanium internally reinforced by composite blocks each comprising a bundle of silicon carbide fibres contained in a matrix that is diffusion bonded within the main body. Other spline structures can be formed in a similar manner. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014914 | WATER WALL - A water-ballasted barrier system incorporates a concave reflective design, wherein outer walls of the barrier segment are configured in a concave manner. The concave section is designed to prevent the tire of a vehicle, impacting the barrier, from climbing up the side of the barrier segment, by pocketing the tire in the curved center portion of the barrier wall. Adjacent barrier segments are attached together using an interlocking knuckle design, having a lug pin connection system. In some embodiments, wire rope cable is internally molded into each barrier segment to strengthen the barrier system. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014915 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REPAIRING CRACKS IN A PAVED SURFACE - The present invention relates to a method of repairing a crack in a paved surface. This method involves applying a watertight tape over a crack in a paved surface to cover the crack and form a first layer. The tape is applied with an adhesive. The first layer is contacted with a first liquid acrylic adhesive. The first layer is covered with a polyester fabric to form a second layer that adheres to the first layer. The polyester fabric is impregnated with a second liquid acrylic adhesive. A fiberglass sheet is adhered to at least a portion of the second layer and to the paved surface beyond edges of the second layer to form a transition layer over the edges. Also disclosed is a system for repairing a crack in a paved surface. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014916 | PAVING MACHINE CONTROL AND METHOD - A control is provided for a machine that applies a material to a subgrade and pulls a floating screed over the top surface of the material behind the machine. The floating screed is attached to the machine by at least one tow arm at a tow point on the tow arm. The vertical height of the tow point is controlled by a hydraulic cylinder on the machine in response to a valve control signal applied to a hydraulic valve. The screed determines the thickness of the material on the subgrade as it is manipulated by adjusting the height of the tow point such that the top surface of the material follows a reference surface. A first sensor is mounted on the machine, adjacent the front of the machine, for sensing the relative height of the reference surface and providing a first sensor output related thereto. A second sensor for senses the height of the tow point relative to the machine and provides a second sensor output related thereto. This can be accomplished directly, or by sensing the height of the tow point with respect to the reference surface and subtracting the portion of the this sensed height attributable to changes in the reference surface. A control circuit, responsive to the first sensor output and the second sensor output, provides a valve control signal to the hydraulic valve for control of said hydraulic cylinder. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014917 | MILLING MACHINE WITH CUTTER DRUM SPEED CONTROL - A milling machine includes a main frame, a rotatable cutter drum coupled with the frame, and an engine mounted to the frame and operatively connected with the drum, and crawler assemblies connected with the frame and including a hydraulic motor. A pump is disposed on the frame for driving the crawler motor and is adjustable to vary a speed of the motor. A regulator adjusts cutter drum speed, a speed selector generates an input corresponding to a desired drum speed, and a sensor senses a drum speed. A control receives input from the selector and the sensor and operates the regulator such that drum speed corresponds to the desired speed. Further, the control also compares sensed drum speed with desired drum speed and adjusts the pump to reduce crawler motor speed when the sensed drum speed has a value lesser than a predetermined portion of the desired drum speed. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014918 | Boom Assembly for Holding Hose Outputting Liquefied Paving Material - A hose holder boom assembly ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100014919 | Heat Exchange Method of Artificial Upwelling - The present invention mimics the natural process of oceanic upwelling wherein deep ocean water rises into the photic zone and provides a nutrient rich environment for phytoplankton, the beginning of the marine food chain. The power of waves is utilized to cause a down-flow of warm surface water though a plurality of conduits. A heat exchange process delivers warmth to the deep water which rises in a conduit due to a buoyancy that results from the warming. Deep ocean water that is rich in nutrients is brought into the photic zone to facilitate the primary production of marine life. The present invention can convert a non-fertile ocean environment into a fertile ocean environment. This fertile ocean environment can be used for aquaculture and to restore and also to enhance marine populations. The present invention vertically mixes ocean water which has a multitude of other advantages. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014920 | TURBINE STRUCTURE AND GATE STRUCTURE HAVING FLEXIBLE JOINT AND INSIDE STUFFING FOR TIDAL POWER PLANT - A turbine structure and a gate structure for tidal power plants of the present invention features that middle walls which can be installed as two units of one block are installed with an inside stuffing and a flexible joint so as to absorb and reduce the internal and external effects of the buoyancy and mechanical vibration of the turbine structures and the gate structures on the tidal power plants, save construction costs by shortened construction period and reduced concrete placing quantity, and prevent the cracks of concrete and the generation of hydration heat. The turbine structure having the flexible joint and the inside stuffing for tidal power plants comprises a base which bottom part is on the submarine rock so that a turbine structure between lake and sea which is connected with a gate structure by the medium of a connection structure can be installed as two units of one block; vertical middle walls which are formed on the base, the top of which is closed by a concrete structure wherein a draft tube and a discharge tube by which seawater can move inside; turbine generators which are arranged between the middle walls through the draft tubes; an inside stuffing space which is formed in the middle walls on one side installed in a predetermined distance on the base of the gate structure and filled with seawater; and a flexible joint of connecting the middle walls on the other side. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014921 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING UNDERGROUND COMMUNICATION CABLE INSTALLATION UTILIZING SOIL EROSION TECHNIQUES - A technique for aiding an underground communications cable installer in the installation such cable in underground utilities neighborhoods. The technique manages the problem presented by a surface-visible, underground-pathway obstruction such as a sidewalk, which lies across the path of installation. The technique, or method, is useful with any kind of cable, such as fiberoptic cable or copper wire cable. Hydraulic water pressure is applied through a biased, flexible conduit to erode a pathway under the obstruction from ground surface on one side to ground surface on the opposite side of the obstruction, thereby forming a tunnel under the obstruction through which the cable can be easily pulled. In alternative embodiments, the cable can be inserted directly into and through the conduit while it is underground, the conduit then acting as a sleeve for the cable which is subsequently removed prior to burying the cable in a trench dug from street-located handhole to house. Special apparatus connects a water hose to the flexible conduit (PVC plastic) to provide watertight operation while allowing manual flow control. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014922 | VIV AND/OR DRAG REDUCTION DEVICE INSTALLATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - There is disclosed a system comprising a structural element; a transport tool carrying a plurality of VIV and/or drag reduction devices; and an installation tool adapted to remove a VIV and/or drag reduction device from the transport tool and to install the device around the structural element. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014923 | Method of setting a self-drilling, chemically anchorable fastening element and a self-drilling chemically anchorable fastening element - A method of setting a self-drilling chemically anchorable fastening element ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100014924 | Vacuum transfer apparatus and process with improved product weighing controls - A vacuum transfer apparatus and process with weighing controls. An exemplary vacuum transfer apparatus includes a hopper that retains food product and includes a discharge port. A vacuum chamber has an inlet coupled to the discharge port of the hopper, and a member that is time-controlled to dispense product from the vacuum chamber. A portioning hopper receives product from the vacuum chamber and dispenses a predetermined weight of product. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014925 | TRANSFER MECHANISM FOR USE WITH A FOOD PROCESSING SYSTEM - A transfer mechanism for transferring food product from a compartment of a food processing system includes a conduit having a first end portion configured to be in communication with the compartment and a second end portion, a fluid discharge positioned substantially within the conduit between the first end portion and the second end portion, and a pressurized fluid source in communication with the fluid discharge. The pressurized fluid source is operable to propel a fluid through the fluid discharge to move the food product from the first end portion of the conduit toward the second end portion. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014926 | System and Method for Pneumatically conveying Metered Amounts of Bulk Particulate Material - A system for pneumatically conveying metered amounts of a bulk particulate material comprising a first conduit formed of a gas permeable material having a material inlet and outlet, a second conduit formed of a gas impermeable material encompassing and spaced from said first conduit, and means for intermittently supplying a fluidizing gas under pressure to the plenum between the first and second conduits. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014927 | INCREASED PROCESS DAMPING VIA MASS REDUCTION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE MILLING - A cutting tool incorporates a body terminating in cutting edges distal from a chuck mount and having an axial bore for reduced mass to raise the natural frequency of the tool. In certain of the embodiments, the body is preformed from a steel or carbide blank into a cylindrical pipe forming the hollow bore prior to grinding of the cutting edges. Filling of the bore with a light weight polymer to further absorb vibration can also be employed. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014928 | Tool for chip removing machining as well as a part and threaded joint therefor - A cutting tool, and a loose top therefore, includes two parts detachably connected to each other via a threaded joint in which co-operating male and female threads are included in the form of helicoidal ridges. The profile shape of each helicoidal ridge is defined by a top and two flanks, which delimit a helicoidal groove having a bottom. The first flank is inclined in relation to a center axis of the tool at a first angle that is smaller than a second angle of the second flank in relation to the center axis. Accordingly, the thread ridge is reinforced in comparison with thread ridges having a symmetrical profile shape, whereby larger tensile forces than compressive forces can be applied to the threaded joint while avoiding damage to the thread ridges. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014929 | BORING TOOL WITH ADJUSTABLE CHAMFER CUTTER - A cutting tool having a cutting portion located proximate to one end. The cutting tool including a recessed chip flute formed along the shank of the tool away from the cutting edge. The tool includes a chamfering cartridge which is clamped to the tool shank along the chip flute. The chamfering cartridge performs a chamfering or deburring operation while allowing chips from the cutting portion to pass through the flute and away from the tool and workpiece. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014930 | CERMET INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL - One aspect of this titanium carbonitride-based cermet insert has a microstructure including 75 to 90 area % of a hard phase and the balance as a binding phase, wherein the hard phase includes a first hard phase in which a core-having structure includes a TiCN phase and a peripheral portion includes a (Ti,W,Ta/Nb)CN phase, a second hard phase including a (Ti,W,Ta/Nb)CN phase, and a third hard phase including a TiCN phase, and the binding phase contains 18 to 33% of Co, 20 to 35% of Ni, 5% or less of Ti and Ta and/or Nb, and 40 to 60 mass % of W. In another aspect of this cermet insert, a total of an amount of Ti converted as carbonitride, an amount of Ta and/or Nb converted as carbide, and an amount of W converted as carbide is 70 to 95 mass %, an amount of W converted as carbide is 20 to 35 mass %, and Co and Ni are 5 to 30 mass %, this cermet insert has a microstructure including a hard phase containing (Ti,W,Ta/Nb)CN and a binding phase containing, as main components thereof, W and Co and/or Ni, and 40 to 65 mass % of the W is contained in the hard phase. This cutting tool includes a holder and the cermet insert described above held and fixed by the holder. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014931 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING GRANULAR COMPONENTS IN POLYCRYSTALLINE DIAMOND COMPOSITES - A method and apparatus for distributing granular constituents within polycrystalline diamond composites is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including providing a mixture of diamond particles of various different sizes. This mixture is then agitated to substantially segregate the diamond particles within the mixture according to particle size. The segregated mixture may then be sintered to fuse the diamond particles together and thereby immobilize the diamond particles within the mixture. In selected embodiments, the mixture may be agitated while adjacent to a substrate material. The mixture may be fused to the substrate when the diamond particles are sintered. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014932 | DRILLING MACHINE - A drilling machine includes a motor housing, a gear box housing, a shaft driven by the motor and extending into the gear box housing, a drilling shaft extending through the gear box housing and having an outgoing channel arranged in the drilling shaft for supply/removal of a drill flow medium to/from a tool part that is connectable to the drilling shaft, a drill flow medium room, between the motor housing and gear box housing, that can be supplied with drill flow medium when the drilling machine is in operation, and an incoming drill flow medium conduit for the supply/removal of the drill flow medium to/from the drill flow medium room. The motor housing includes a detachable end cover which forms the rear unit of the drilling machine. The gear box housing includes a detachable end cover that forms the front unit of the drilling machine. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014933 | BACKBORE TOOL WITH COOLANT ACTUATION - A material removal tool with a cutting insert mounted in the seating pocket is disclosed. The translating bar is operably connected to the at least one radially pivotable arm by a mechanical linkage and translates under fluid pressure applied to one side of a piston head by an actuating fluid, where the actuating fluid is also coolant for the material removal tool. With the translating bar in a first position, the radially outermost edge of the cutting insert is radially inward from the first active volume, and with the translating bar in a second position, the radially outermost portion of the cutting insert is radially outward from the first active volume and the axially rearmost portion of the cutting insert is rearward of an axially rearmost portion of the arm. A method of removing material from a workpiece with the material removal tool, such as by backboring, is also disclosed. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014934 | METHOD FOR RETROFITTING A CHAIN TIE DOWN SYSTEM TO PARALLEL SHAFT STRAP TIE DOWN SYSTEM - A method for retrofitting chain tie down systems to strap tie down systems. Exemplary embodiments include a method for retrofitting a chain tie down apparatus to a strap tie down apparatus, the chain tie down apparatus having a central shaft, the method including affixing a first parallel shaft adjacent the central shaft and affixing shaft plates to the central shaft, wherein the first parallel shaft is radially moveable with respect to the central shaft. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014935 | REINFORCED BULKHEADS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - A reinforced bulkhead and method of manufacturing a reinforced bulkhead are disclosed. The bulkhead includes at least one rod that increases the strength and rigidity of the bulkhead. The rod is inserted during the manufacturing process. The size and shape of the bulkhead may be customized after the rod is inserted into the bulkhead core, allowing a manufacturer to prefabricate a large number of bulkhead cores and then customize the prefabricated cores on an as-needed basis. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014936 | THREADED FASTENER WITH PREDETERMINED TORQUE - The invention relates to a threaded fastener. In particular, the invention relates to a threaded fastener such as a nut or a bolt. In an embodiment of the invention, a threaded fastener in the form of a nut ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100014937 | NUT-TYPE ELEMENT TO BE FIXED IN AN INTERIOR OF A PROFILED WORKPIECE OR SIMILAR - A nut-type element ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100014938 | THREAD LOCK FOR A THREADED CONNECTION - Thread lock for a threaded connection between a nut body composed of plastic with a nut thread and a bolt with a bolt thread, of which the bolt thread is a standard outer thread of a specified tolerance class with a degree of tolerance and a tolerance zone position, and the nut thread is modified compared to the standard inner thread assigned to the standard outer thread, such that
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20100014939 | FASTENER - A fastener is provided. The fastener includes a ferrule, a head, a shaft, and a spring member. The ferrule includes a first end and a second end, and a hollow bore. The head is adjacent the first end of the ferrule. The shaft extending through the hollow bore of the ferrule from the second end of the ferrule to securely engage with the head. The spring member is retained in the ferrule to drive the shaft to extend out of the second end of the ferrule when the spring is in a normal state, and to retract in the ferrule from the second end of the ferrule when the spring is in a compressed state. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014940 | Bolt, the axial force of which is to be determined by a supersonic wave, and a method for the manufacturing thereof - The object of the present invention is to provide a bolt, the axial force of which can be measured by a supersonic wave, or the like, with high accuracy and which can be manufactured in a shortened process. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014941 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MAKING A HEEL-LESS NAIL - A full-round head nail having an offset head is configured with a gusset formed integrally between an undersurface of the offset head and a superior portion of a shank. The head of the nail is relatively thin, and the shank is positioned radially off center of the round head such that no heel is formed at a point tangential to both the head and the shank. The gusset has a lofted surface tapering radially from a roundness at the zero heel to a taper at the toe. The gusset reinforces the junction of the shank with the head, supports the toe of the head, and distributes the force of a load on the head through a longitudinal axis of the shank, preventing the toe from bending or yielding and prevents the shank from yielding to the stresses of the load applied. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014942 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CABLE LUG, AND CABLE LUG - A cable or a cable receptacle and a method of forming same are disclosed. The cable lug or cable receptacle has a flat part and a tube portion integrally formed together as one piece. The flat part has opposing surfaces which abut against each other. The flat part and the tube portion are plated with tin such that an integral bond is established between the abutting surfaces of the flat part. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014943 | SELF-SEALING FASTENING ASSEMBLY - A fastening assembly includes a housing, a press, and a sealant material located in a chamber formed between surfaces of the housing and the press. The fastening assembly may be used to install cladding to a structure. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014944 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO SCORE BOOK COVERS - Apparatus and methods to score book covers are described. An example scoring apparatus includes a first scoring roll to oppose a corresponding second scoring roll to process a cover at a first location on a first side of the cover, and a third scoring roll to oppose a corresponding fourth scoring roll to process the cover at a second location on the first side of the cover. The first location and the second location correspond substantially to the thickness of a book to which the cover is to be applied. The first and the third scoring rolls are mechanically driven and rotate about a first axis of rotation and the second and the fourth scoring rolls rotate freely about a second axis of rotation. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014945 | SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING ALL-ROUND TYPE WAFER HANDLING CHAMBER - A semiconductor manufacturing apparatus includes a wafer handling chamber; at least one wafer input/output chamber attached to the wafer handling chamber; and multiple wafer processing chambers attached to the wafer handling chamber. The wafer handling chamber has a polygonal shape on a processing chamber level on which the wafer processing chambers are installed, and one wafer processing chamber is installed on each and every side of the polygon. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014946 | CATALYST FLOW CONTROL DEVICE FOR TRANSFER OF SOLIDS BETWEEN TWO VESSELS - An apparatus and process for transporting solid particulate matter from a lower pressure vessel to a higher pressure vessel are disclosed. The apparatus includes a flow control vessel disposed between the lower and higher pressure vessels with valves for transferring solids between the vessels. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014947 | WELLPLATE HANDLER SYSTEM FOR A FLOW CYTOMETER - A plate handling system for a sampling device with a drawtube that includes a vertical actuation system that adjusts the vertical distance between the drawtube and a sample tray, a horizontal linkage system that positions a sample tray in a horizontal plane, and a drive system that drives the rotational motion of the horizontal linkage system. The horizontal linkage system includes a base arm that rotates about a base joint, and a sample arm that rotates about a sample arm joint on the base arm. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014948 | STACKING TRAY SUPPLY UNIT AND SUPPLY METHOD, AND COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In stacking tray supplying for receiving in a stacked state a plurality of trays that are received in a state in which components to be mounted onto a board are aligned, two tray stages are provided rotationally transferably on a concentric circle. In a state in which one is positioned in a feeding tray placement position and the other is positioned in a standby tray placement position, components are fed from the tray stage positioned in the feeding tray placement position. When a component depletion state occurs, the tray stages are rotationally transferred to switchover the mutual placement positions, by which waste of time required to component feeding is reduced. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014949 | CONVEYING DEVICE - A conveying device comprises a body in which a power source and two scroll wheels of the same diameter and rotating synchronously are disposed. Each scroll wheel is wound with an elongated elastic extension plate having rigidity, and one end of each elastic extension plate extends out of the body. When in use, the power source is used to drive the two scroll wheel to rotate synchronously, so as to drive the elastic extension plates of the two scroll wheels to synchronously extend out of or retract in the body. When the ends of the two elastic extension plates extended out of the body are assembled with a clamp or a loading seat, thereby, the conveying operation can be carried out. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014950 | MODULAR PARKING SYSTEMS WITH TILTING RAMPED TRAYS - A parking garage sub-module includes at least one parking pod, the parking pod including a first column, a second column, and a third column. Each parking pod includes a plurality of parking slots, wherein each of the first column, the second column and the third column each include a plurality of parking slots and wherein each slot includes at least one tilting platform associated therewith. Further, at least one of the parking slots associated with the second column includes at least one transfer slot, the transfer slot including at least one transfer platform configured to move first and second ends between raised and lowered positions to exchange trays between adjacent parking slots and to shift trays parallel to an axis about which the transfer platform rotates to move between the raised and lowered positions. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014951 | STACKER CARTS, PRINTING APPARATUSES, AND METHODS OF STACKING MEDIA ON STACKER CARTS - Stacker carts for stacking media, printing apparatuses, and methods of stacking media on stacker carts are disclosed. An embodiment of the stacker carts includes a stacking surface including a first end and an opposite second end, the stacking surface sloping downwardly from the first end toward the second end; and a resiliently-biased stop at the second end of the stacking surface, the stop including at least one contact surface defining a height of the stop above the second end of the stacking surface. When the contact surface is in contact with a first surface, a height of the stop (i) decreases as the stacker cart is moved toward the first surface, and (ii) increases as the stacker cart is moved away from the first surface. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014952 | LOCKING DEVICE FOR SECURING A BACKHOE ATTACHMENT TO A CARRIER LIFT ARM - A mounting frame for attaching a backhoe or other implement to a lift arm of a vehicle, such as a compact loader, includes an upright arm on the mounting frame that is positioned ahead of and adjacent to a forward portion of a lift arm of the loader. The upright arm carries a pivoting locking handle at a first pivot and a locking link is pivotally supported on the locking handle on a first pivot pin. The locking link has a second pivot pin that can be moved to be supported in an existing pin sleeve or bushing on the lift arm. The pivot pins on the locking link are positioned so that when the locking handle is moved to a locked position, the line between the axes of the pivot pins on the locking link goes over center with respect to the pivot axis of the first pivot locking handle, and a hook end of the link latches onto a locking projection on the upright arm. The mounting frame is held in a fixed position relative to the lift arm. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014953 | Method and Apparatus for the Formation and Discharge of Ordered Groups of Products, in Particular Rolls of Paper - The formation of a group ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100014954 | Robotic Partial Pallet Product Lifting System - A robotic gantry system, end-effector for a robotic gantry system and method of transporting products using a robotic gantry system is provided. The end-effector includes a movable floor that can be positioned below picked products to prevent products from being dropped during transport. The movable floor also permits selecting individual rows of products from a given layer of products of a product stack. The end-effector may include a vacuum assembly for vacuum adhering to the products. The method permits selection of varying portions of a stack of products with the end-effector and protecting the selected portions of products using the movable floor. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014955 | GRIPPING FOR LIFTING MATERIAL WEB ROLLS, PARTICULARLY PAPER- AND PAPERBOARD ROLLS - A gripper for gripping vertical material web rolls ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100014956 | FLUID FLOW MACHINE FEATURING A GROOVE ON A RUNNING GAP OF A BLADE END - A fluid-flow machine has at least one row of blades | 2010-01-21 |
20100014957 | THRUST BALANCE OF ROTOR USING FUEL - A method of at least partially balancing axial thrust loads and an engine in which the method is carried out is disclosed herein. The engine includes a combustion chamber and a fuel system operable to direct pressurized fuel to the combustion chamber. The engine also includes a rotor operable to rotate about a centerline axis and subjected to axial thrust loads during operation. The engine also includes a balance piston engaged with the rotor. The balance piston includes a pressure face positioned in a thrust cavity. The engine also includes a fluid passageway extending between the fuel system and the thrust cavity. Pressurized fuel is delivered to the pressure face to counteract axial thrust loads on the rotor. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014958 | TURBINE ENGINE ROTOR DISC WITH COOLING PASSAGE - Disclosed is a gas turbine engine rotor disc with a plurality of cooling passages having an essentially radial orientation relative to an axis of rotation of the rotor disc, each cooling passage having an inlet and an outlet and being included relative to a rotor disc surface and a cut-out arranged at the passage at an outlet end of the passage. Each cooling passage terminating in a slot is arranged in the periphery of the rotor disc. Each slot is sized and configured to receive a glade root. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014959 | FAN HAVING ADJUSTMENT OF THE ORIENTATION AND FLOW RATE OF AN AIR FLOW - An aerator includes a duct ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100014960 | GAS-TURBINE ENGINE WITH VARIABLE STATOR VANES - A gas-turbine engine includes stator vanes ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100014961 | TURBOCHARGER - The invention relates to a turbocharger ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100014962 | TURBINE VANE OF A GAS TURBINE - A turbine vane of a gas turbine, especially a gas turbine aircraft engine, is disclosed. The turbine vane includes a vane base body with an outer surface forming a suction side and a pressure side, the outer surface of the vane base body being at least partially coated with a thermal barrier coating. The thermal barrier coating extends continuously or uninterruptedly at least largely over the suction side and largely over the pressure side of the surface of the vane base body, with the layer thickness of the thermal barrier coating being variable or adjustable. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014963 | CENTRIFUGAL PUMP - A centrifugal pump having a casing axially divided into two casing halves; an intake and a discharge; as well as an at least one-stage flow channel between the intake and the discharge for a medium to be pressurized; and a shaft mounted for rotation within the casing and being driven by motor; at least one impeller attached thereon and arranged in a stage channel of the flow channel; and at least one guide device on a partition wall arranged within the stage channel in the region of the intake of the associated impeller. There is provided, for influencing the pre-rotation within the flow in the intake of the stage channel of the impeller, that the radial angular position of the guide device arranged on the partition wall is adapted to be adjusted with reference to the plane of partition of the casing as zero position; a positioning device is mounted on the partition wall at a selectable angular distance from the guide device; and said positioning device is received by the casing in the region of the plane of partition of the latter. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014964 | ELECTRO-FORMED SHEATH FOR USE ON AIRFOIL COMPONENTS - An article for protecting an airfoil component includes a sheath having an outer side and an inner side that forms a cavity for receiving a leading edge of the airfoil component. The sheath is made of cobalt and phosphorous to protect the leading edge of the airfoil component from erosion. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014965 | Centrifugal type blower - A centrifugal-type blower includes a shaft, a fan, and a casing. The casing includes an inlet, an air passage, and a side wall part. A first distance from a center of the fan to the wall part at an inlet side end portion in a radial direction of the fan gradually increases from a volute start part to a volute end part. A second distance from the center to the wall part at any position thereof from an intermediate position to a counter-inlet side end portion in the radial direction is larger than the first distance within a first range. The second distance gradually decreases from the volute start part to a predetermined position. The second distance has the same length as the first distance within a second range. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014966 | FASTENING DEVICE FOR FANS - A fastening device is used for connecting a first and a second fan together. The two fans each have an upper flange and a lower flange and a cylindrical body interconnecting the upper flange and the lower flange. The fastening device includes a plate-shaped pad and two resilient portions respectively extending perpendicularly from two opposite sides of the pad. The two resilient portions respectively extend through the lower flange of the first fan and the upper flange of the second fan, pressing against the first fan and the second fan toward each other. The pad is sandwiched between the lower flange of the first fan and the upper flange of the second fan. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014967 | AXIAL FAN FOR CONVEYING COOLING AIR FOR A COOLING DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to an axial fan ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100014968 | Centering device - A gas turbine engine ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100014969 | WIND TURBINE WITH BLADE PITCH CONTROL TO COMPENSATE FOR WIND SHEAR AND WIND MISALIGNMENT - A wind turbine or rotor load control compensates for moment imbalance in a wind turbine that includes a rotor having at least two variable pitch blades. The apparatus includes a conventional pitch command logic developing a nominal rotor blade pitch command signal and a moment sensor. The moment sensor can be one or more of a nacelle overturning moment sensor, and a turning moment sensor. An output of this is used as a moment signal. Conversion logic is connected to the moment signal with an output of the conversion logic being calculated individual pitch modulation commands for each of the blades. A combining logic is connected to receive the calculated individual blade pitch modulation commands and to receive a nominal pitch command. An output of the combining logic is individual combined blade pitch commands for each of the blades. The individual combined blade pitch commands are generated by modulating the nominal command signal by a respective blade pitch modulation command which includes compensation for instantaneous moment deviations of the wind turbine. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014970 | WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH LIFT-REGULATING MEANS IN FORM OF SLOTS OR HOLES | 2010-01-21 |
20100014971 | Wind Turbine With Pitch Control Arranged To Reduce Life Shortening Loads On Components Thereof - A wind turbine is presented where the operation lifetime of the main bearing is extended by relieving the main bearing by reducing the mean bending moment on the bearing by means of individual pitch control of the blades of the rotor so as to create an aerodynamic mean tilt moment on the rotor by means of aerodynamic forces on the blades, the tilt moment at least partly counteracting the bending moment caused by the overhang load forces on the main bearing from the gravitational pull on the rotor mass. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014972 | SYSTEM FOR ROTATING A WIND TURBINE BLADE - A system for driving a wind turbine blade ( | 2010-01-21 |
20100014973 | Vertical Axis Fluid Flow Turbine System - The present invention is vertical axis fluid flow turbine system for generating an alternative fuel. The turbines of the present invention are centered between at least two support structures so that the rotor holding the hub and the blades is perpendicular to the ground, rooftop, or the floor of a body of water and the axis of the blades coming from the hub are parallel to the ground, rooftop, floating structure, or the floor of a body of water. The turbines are secured to the support structures using struts. The struts are attached to each support structure and to the nacelle of each turbine. Attaching each turbine in this manner allows the turbines of the present invention to be stacked one on top of the other, that in turns minimizes the footprint of the vertical axis fluid flow turbine system. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014974 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COOLING A WIND TURBINE HUB - A wind turbine, in an exemplary embodiment, includes a hub and at least one blade coupled to the hub, at least one electric pitch motor operatively coupled to the at least one blade, and a pitch motor control system operatively coupled to the at least one pitch motor. The pitch motor control system includes a plurality of components that produce excess heat during operation. The plurality of components that produce excess heat during operation are mounted to an inside surface of the hub | 2010-01-21 |
20100014975 | Mast mounted heating system for a wind machine - An air flow heating system for wind machine is provided, which can be mounted to a conventional, propeller driven wind machine's mast or tower, to provide a stream of heated updrafting air, for use by the wind machine, to supplement the overall convective air current in the vicinity of the wind machine. The system includes a heater assembly with a plurality of heater arms, each heater arm having at least a single burner, and each burner provided with a combustible fuel. The heater assembly mounts to the middle portion of the wind machine mast, below the propeller blade's rotation, thereby providing increased induced updraft and air mixing effects, while heating the air supplied to the propeller, without interfering with air flow to, or from the propeller, which is especially useful in freeze protection for crops and orchards | 2010-01-21 |
20100014976 | PROPELLER BLADE PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM - A propeller blade pitch control system includes a propeller hub for mounting at least one propeller blade, and a propeller shaft which rotates about an axis to rotationally drive the propeller hub. A pitch change yoke located within the propeller hub is configured to change a pitch of the at least one propeller blade in response to hydraulic fluid flow to a pitch change actuator. A propeller gearbox includes a first, rear end and a second, forward end located between the first, rear end and the pitch change yoke, and is configured to apply torque to the propeller hub. A hydraulic transfer bearing located between the first, rear end and the second, forward end of the propeller gearbox is operable to selectively permit a flow of hydraulic fluid from at least one hydraulic flow controller to the pitch change actuator. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014977 | VARIABLE PITCH AFT PROPELLER VANE SYSTEM - A propulsion system includes a rotationally fixed variable pitch vane system located axially aft of a propeller system. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014978 | Turbine rotor with locking plates and corresponding assembly method - A turbine rotor with a rotor disc, a plurality of slots arranged on the rotor disc, a plurality of blades having blade roots and arranged in the slots, and a plurality of locking plates fitted in a position between the rotor disc and the blades are provided. The first gaps on radially outside edges and second gaps on radially inside edges, relative to an axis of rotation of the rotor disc, are formed between neighboring locking plates. At least one of the first gaps is smaller than the corresponding second gap, wherein at least one first gap and corresponding second gaps are intentionally introduced. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014979 | REINFORCED AERODYNAMIC PROFILE - The present invention relates to the prevention of deformations in an aerodynamic profile caused by lack of resistance to the bending moment forces that are created when such a profile is loaded in operation. More specifically, the invention relates to a reinforcing element inside an aerodynamic profile and a method for the construction thereof. The profile is intended for, but not limited to, use as a wind turbine blade, an aerofoil device or as a wing profile used in the aeronautical industry. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014980 | Turbine blade - There is described a turbine blade with an aerodynamically profiled blade leaf which is produced from two assembled shell elements. The shell elements forming the suction-side and the pressure-side blade leaf wall have been assembled by means of a high-temperature high-pressure bonding process and, under certain circumstances, may come apart at the blade tip. In order to prevent this, in the region of the blade leaf tip, a cramp is provided which hooks the two blade walls together with one another with a form fit. | 2010-01-21 |
20100014981 | VARIABLE-TWIST ROTOR BLADE CONTROLLED BY HUB PITCH ANGLE AND ROTATIONAL SPEED - The twist distribution of torsionally-flexible rotor blades is adjusted by exploiting centrifugal effect on inertial torquers affixed at one or more stations along the blade span. Twist is thereby made to vary passively as a function of rotor speed and hub incidence angle. With inertias of appropriate size and location, the twist variation is such that high rotor efficiency is maintained over a wide range of operating conditions. Satisfactory dynamic behavior of the blade, including cyclic-pitch response and flutter resistance, is simultaneously achieved. | 2010-01-21 |