11th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140072330 | DEVELOPER ACCOMMODATING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer accommodating unit includes: a flexible container including an opening for permitting discharge of a developer; a sealing member for forming a bonding portion between itself and the flexible container; an unsealing member; and an accommodating container. The bonding portion includes a first bonding portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the sealing member at a periphery of the opening in an upstream side of a peeling direction of the sealing member, a second bonding portion extending in the longitudinal direction at the periphery of the opening in a downstream side of the peeling direction, and a third bonding portion bonded upstream of the first bonding portion with respect to the peeling direction. When the sealing member exposes the opening, the bonding portion is peeled in the order of the third bonding portion, the first bonding portion and the second bonding portion. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072331 | DEVELOPER ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER, DEVELOPER ACCOMMODATING UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer accommodating container for accommodating a developer includes; an opening for permitting discharge of the developer; and a sealing member, mounted on the developer accommodating container, capable of exposing the opening by being moved. At least a part of the sealing member is formed of a material having compatibility with a material for forming the developer accommodating container and a material having incompatibility with the materiel for forming the developer accommodating container. Either one of the material having the compatibility and the material having the incompatibility is dispersed in the other one of the materials. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072332 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus main body, and a visible image forming unit that forms a developer image. The visible image forming unit includes a first unit, a second unit detachably mounted to the apparatus main body, and a third unit. An image forming apparatus further includes a first mechanism that causes the first unit and the second unit to move toward or away from each other, a moving member that moves the first mechanism, and a second mechanism that causes the second unit and the third unit to move toward or away from each other in conjunction with a movement of the first mechanism. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072333 | APPARATUS INCLUDING MOVABLY PROVIDED COVER - An apparatus includes a cover including a protrusion and provided to be movable, and an abutment unit provided to be capable of abutting the protrusion and including a second member for applying a force to a first member of an image forming apparatus. The abutment unit includes a first surface which abuts the protrusion in a case where the cover is shifted from an opened state to a closed state and a second surface which abuts the protrusion in a case where the cover is shifted to the closed state after having abutted the first surface, and the protrusion is applied a force from a rotational force of the abutment unit when the protrusion abuts the second surface, and the second member of the abutment unit applies a force to the first member when the cover is in the closed state. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072334 | IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE HAVING DRAWER TO WHICH CARTRIDGES ARE DETACHABLY ATTACHABLE - In an image forming device, a drawer moves between an accommodated position in which the drawer is accommodated in an accommodation space of a main casing of the image forming device and a pull-out position in which at least part of the drawer is outside the accommodation space. Cartridges are detachably attachable to the drawer. A moving member is provided at the drawer, and moves between a first position and a second position. A stop member provided in the main casing prevents the drawer from moving to the accommodated position when the drawer is on its way to the accommodated position from the pull-out position while the moving member is at the first position, and permits the drawer to move to the accommodated position when the drawer is on its way to the accommodated position from the pull-out position while the moving member is at the second position. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072335 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge, wherein both in the case where the developing unit is at the contact position and in the case where the developing unit is at the separation position, a first regulating portion that the image bearing member unit has and a first regulated portion that the developing unit has, are engaged with each other, whereby the position in the axial direction of the image bearing member is regulated, wherein in the case where the developing unit is at the separation position, a second regulating portion and a second regulated portion, overlap each other in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction, and wherein in the case where the developing unit is at the contact position, the second regulating portion and the second regulated portion do not overlap each other in the direction perpendicular to the axial direction. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072336 | Drum Cartridge - A drum cartridge including: a photosensitive drum; and a guide member configured to guide a recording medium towards the photosensitive drum and including, a first guide member having flexibility, extending towards the photosensitive drum, and having a guide surface configured to guide the recording medium, and a second guide member having flexibility, contacting a surface of the first guide member opposite to the guide surface, and supporting the first guide member, the second guide member including, a first part extending towards the photosensitive drum, and a second part bent continuously from a downstream end of the first part in a guide direction and extending towards a transfer position side, wherein, in the guide direction, a downstream end of the first guide member is arranged downstream of the downstream end of the first part. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072337 | Image Forming Apparatus and Image Forming Unit - Image forming apparatuses include: a casing; an image forming unit removable from the casing in a first direction; and plural developer cartridges. The cartridges may be attached and detached with respect to the image forming unit in a second direction that is inclined toward the first direction. Other image forming apparatuses include: a casing; an exposure device; a plurality of cartridges configured to be attached and detached with respect to the casing in a first direction; and a recording medium transport system for transporting recording media adjacent the photosensitive members in a second direction. The first direction may be inclined with respect to the second direction, and at least a portion of optical paths of the light emitted from the exposure device may extend parallel with the first direction. Aspects also relate to image forming units, e.g., for use in image forming apparatuses as described above. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072338 | Process Cartridge and Image Forming Apparatus - A process cartridge is configured to be mounted in an apparatus main body along a predetermined mounting direction. The process cartridge may include a photosensitive drum; a drum drive input member into which a driving force for rotating the photosensitive drum is configured to be inputted; and a frame which holds the photosensitive drum and the drum drive input member. The frame includes a substantially cylindrical first protecting member which is formed on the frame. The first protecting member is configured to accommodate the drum drive input member, and project in a rotational axis direction of the photosensitive drum, wherein a projecting amount of a portion of the first protecting member which lies at a downstream side in the mounting direction is smaller than a projecting amount of a portion of the first protecting member which lies at an upstream side in the mounting direction. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072339 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A process cartridge includes an image bearing member unit configured to rotatably support an image bearing member, and a developing unit configured to rotatably support a developer bearing member, wherein the developing unit includes a first supported portion configured to be swingably supported with respect to the image bearing member unit, a second supported portion provided configured to be swingably and slidably supported with respect to the image bearing member unit, and a regulated portion configured to be capable of contacting a regulating portion provided on the image bearing member unit, wherein the regulating portion regulates the developing unit from moving in a slide direction of the second supported portion, by contacting the regulated portion, when the image bearing member and the developer bearing member rotate while contacting to each other. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072340 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit; an intermediate transfer member; a secondary transfer member to form a secondary transfer nip with the intermediate transfer member and the secondary transfer member; a biasing mechanism to bias the secondary transfer member toward the intermediate transfer member; a cam member rotatable between a first position, at which a predetermined space is formed in the secondary transfer nip, and a second position, at which the secondary transfer member and the intermediate transfer member contact each other; and a contact-separation controller configured to put the cam member in the first position before entry of the recording medium into the secondary transfer nip, rotate the cam member toward the second position when the recording medium enters the secondary transfer nip, and change a start timing of rotation of the cam member in accordance with a thickness of the recording medium. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072341 | CHARGE TRANSPORTING FILM, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charge transporting film includes a cured film of a composition containing at least one selected from reactive compounds represented by the following Formula (I): | 2014-03-13 |
20140072342 | TORQUE TRANSMITTING MEMBER, PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM UNIT, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - There is provided a torque transmitting member that appropriately maintains conductivity between an image forming apparatus body and a photosensitive drum and can suppress the occurrence of conduction failure. A torque transmitting member, which is disposed at an end portion of a photosensitive drum unit and transmits torque, includes: an cylindrical end member that includes a bearing portion at one end portion thereof and a fitting portion, which is inserted into a photosensitive drum, at the other end portion thereof; and a conductive conducting shaft member that is disposed so as to extend along a cylindrical shaft of the end member and includes a conductive material, which is elastically deformed, on at least a part thereof. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072343 | CHARGING MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Provided is a charging member whose surface is suppressed to adhesion of toner or an external additive and is not contaminated easily, and which is less likely to occur a track due to the contact between the charging member and a photosensitive member in an electrophotographic image. The charging member comprises a support, an elastic layer, and a surface layer, wherein the surface layer comprises: a constitutional unit represented by the following general formula (1); a constitutional unit represented by the following general formula (2); a polymer compound having a bond of Si—O—Ti; and phenyl-modified silicone oil having a particular structure. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072344 | TONER CARTRIDGE - A toner cartridge comprises a toner container which contains toner, a driving member which rotationally drives a conveying member, an agitating member which agitates a toner in the toner container while being rotated, a driven member which rotates in association with the driving member which is for rotationally driving the agitating member, and a rotational body which rotates according to rotation of the driven member, has a plurality of slits in rotational circumference for identifying a type of the toner cartridge, and has 1/K or more of the slits when a ratio of a rotational speed R1 (rad/s) of the driving member and a rotational speed R2 (rad/s) of the driven member is K=R2/R1. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072345 | DEVELOPER ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer accommodating unit includes: a flexible container, provided with an opening for permitting discharge of a developer, for accommodating the developer; and a frame for accommodating the flexible container and for accommodating the developer discharged from the flexible container. The flexible container includes a projected, portion projected from a part of a side forming the flexible container toward an outside of or toward an inside of the flexible container. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072346 | DEVELOPER ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer accommodating container for accommodating a developer for image formation, includes a first flexible member having a three-dimensional shape; a second flexible member for forming a space for accommodating the developer by covering a part of the first flexible member; wherein the developer accommodating container is constituted by bonding the first flexible member and the second flexible member to each other, and an injection opening, provided between the first flexible member and the second flexible member, for permitting injection of the developer into the developer accommodating container. An adjacent side, which is one of sides constituting an outer configuration of the three-dimensional shape and which is adjacent to the injection opening, has an angle of less than 90 degrees with respect to an injection direction of the developer at the injection opening. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072347 | DEVELOPER ACCOMMODATING CONTAINER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developer accommodating container for accommodating a developer for image formation, comprising: a first flexible member having a three-dimensional shape; a second flexible member for forming a space for accommodating the developer by covering a part of the first flexible member; wherein the developer accommodating container is constituted by bonding the first flexible container and the second flexible container to each other, and an injection opening, provided between the first flexible container and the second flexible container, for permitting injection of the developer into the developer accommodating container. An adjacent portion adjacent to the injection opening in the three-dimensional shape has a folded shape. When the injection opening is opened, the adjacent portion expands in a direction including, a directional component perpendicular to an injection direction of the developer at the injection opening. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072348 | TONER ANTI-BRIDGING AGITATOR FOR AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - A removable unit for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example embodiment includes a housing having an inner volume forming a toner reservoir and a channel for accumulating toner. The removable unit further includes an auger for advancing toner within the channel. The auger has a rotational axis and a flight. An agitator is pivotally mounted within the toner reservoir. The agitator has at least one agitating member extending near the auger and a cam surface operatively connected to the at least one agitating member and positioned to engage the auger. When the auger rotates, the flight of the auger engages the cam surface causing pivotal movement of the agitator to move the at least one agitating member to agitate toner accumulated near the auger. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072349 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device, including: a developer bearing member, which is disposed opposite to an electrostatic latent image bearing member and which bears thereon a developer for developing an electrostatic latent image formed on the electrostatic latent image bearing member and conveys the developer to a developing region, wherein the developer includes a toner and a carrier, the toner containing: a toner base containing a binder resin and a colorant; and an external additive, wherein the external additive contains coalescent particles each made up of a plurality of coalescing primary particles, and wherein a work function Wc of the carrier and a work function Ws of the developer bearing member satisfy a relationship of the following formula (1): | 2014-03-13 |
20140072350 | DEVELOPING MEMBERINCLUDING ELASTIC MEMBER CONTAINING CURED PRODUCT OF ADDITION -CURING SILICONE RUBBER MIXTURE. PROCESSING CARTRIDGE INCLUDING THE DEVELOPING MEMBER, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE DEVELOPING MEMBER - A developing roller includes: a mandrel; an elastic layer provided for an outer periphery of the mandrel, the elastic layer including an addition-curing silicone rubber; and a surface layer provided for an outer periphery of the elastic layer, in which: the elastic layer includes a compound represented by the following formula (1); when the content of such a compound that n in the formula (1) represents an integer of 3 to 12 in the elastic layer is represented by P1, and the content of such a compound that n in the formula (1) represents an integer of 13 to 20 in the elastic layer is represented by P2, P1+P2 is 5,000 ppm by mass to 12,000 ppm by mass; and P1 is 1,500 ppm by mass to 6,000 ppm by mass (In the formula (1), n represents an integer of 3 to 20): | 2014-03-13 |
20140072351 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PERFORMING IMAGE CORRECTION USING THE SAME AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus comprising: at least one first image carrier; an image writing unit configured to write the electrostatic latent image including a test pattern; a second image carrier configured to move along a transfer position facing to the at least one first image carrier; an image forming unit configured to transfer the subject image transferred on the second image carrier to a transfer material; a detector configured to detect the test pattern image; and a controller configured to correct an image forming condition of the subject image, wherein during a period from the detection of the test pattern to the writing a subsequent subject image, the controller calculates a correction amount of a correction matter, and reflects the calculated amount in the image forming condition of the subject image. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072352 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing member that fixes toner on a recording material; a magnetic-field-producing unit including an exciting member that produces an alternating-current magnetic field, and first magnetic-circuit-producing members that each produce a magnetic circuit of the alternating-current magnetic field and are provided at a predetermined first interval and a second interval, smaller than the first interval, in a scanning direction; a temperature measuring device that measures the temperature of the fixing member; and a second magnetic-circuit-producing member having a cut portion in which the temperature measuring device is provided and that produces a magnetic circuit of the alternating-current magnetic field while conducting heat to the fixing member by being induction-heated. The first magnetic-circuit-producing members at the second interval are provided on both sides of a position corresponding to the cut portion in a direction in which the magnetic circuit is produced. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072353 | FUSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A fusing apparatus including a heating unit including a heater having a substantially flat shape; a nip forming unit which faces the heating unit and forms a fusing nip with the heating unit; and a driving unit which moves the heating unit to alternately repeat a forward motion whereby the heating unit moves forward in a moving direction of the recording medium, when the fusing nip is formed, and a returning motion whereby the heating unit moves backward in a direction opposite to the moving direction of the recording medium, when the fusing nip is released. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072354 | FIXING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE FIXING UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A fixing unit includes an endless belt unit accommodating a heat source, a pressure roller to rotate in contact with the fixing belt unit forming a pressure border therebetween, and a heat transfer member heated by the heat source to heat the fixing belt unit. The heat transfer member is secured inside an inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt unit and supports the fixing belt unit. A fixed member is secured inside the inner circumferential surface of the fixing belt unit and is pressed against the pressure roller via the fixing belt unit. The heat transfer member has at least one convex portion partially formed in an outer circumferential surface of the heat transfer member in a rotational direction of the fixing belt unit and a longitudinal direction of the heat transfer member to narrow a gap formed between the heat transfer member and the fixing belt unit. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072355 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a rotatable fixing member; a heating source configured to heat the fixing member; an opposing member configured to come into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the fixing member to form a nip portion; and a shielding member configured to block heat from the heating source. The shielding member is configured to rotate about a position different from the center of the heating source so as to be movable between a shielding position and a retraction position. The shielding position is a position where the shielding member comes close to the heating source to block heat from the heating source to the fixing member. The retraction position being a position where the shielding member is retracted away from the shielding position. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072356 | FUSION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fusion device for fusing a developer image on a medium includes a first belt member that has an endless shape, a first roller and a second roller arranged on an upstream side of the first roller in a medium carrying direction, and a pressure application part arranged on the other side of the medium carrying surface to face the first roller and the second roller. A roller radius (r2) of the second roller is smaller than a roller radius (r1) of the first roller, and the first belt member is configured to carry the medium in the medium carrying direction in a non-stretched state. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072357 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH SAME - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit to form a toner image on a recording medium and a fixing device. The fixing device includes a fixing belt to fix a toner image onto a recording medium transported to a fixing nip, a pressing member pressed against the fixing belt to form the fixing nip therebetween, a heating roller accommodating a heater to heat the fixing belt. A holder is provided to hold the heater at one end of the heater. An inner diameter of the heating roller and an outer diameter of the holder are substantially the same, and the heating roller and the holder partially overlap with each other in an axial direction of the heating roller. The interior and the exterior of the heating roller are preferably insulated by the heating roller and the holder by a prescribed degree not to change air pressure in the heating roller. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072358 | PRINTER - The disclosure discloses a printer including a feeder, a printing head configured to form desired print and producing a print, a discharge port disposed on one side of a housing, a display portion configured to display a print image, an operation portion disposed above the display portion, a detecting device configured to detect the operation input through contact to the operation portion, a first trajectory determining portion configured to determine whether or not a contact trajectory with a first predetermined pattern along a first direction has been input in a state where the print image is displayed on the display portion, and a printing control portion configured to control the feeder and the printing head when it is determined that the contact trajectory has been input so as to produce the print corresponding to the print image displayed and to discharge the print. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072359 | ERGONOMIC AND VERSATILE WRITING INSTRUMENT - The invention concerns the field of writing instruments and in particular a writing instrument comprising a front body with an ergonomic grasping segment asymmetrical relative to a first longitudinal plane, and a rear body asymmetrical relative to a second longitudinal plane. The rear body is capable of rotating relative to the front body about a longitudinal axis corresponding to a line of intersection between the first longitudinal plane and the second longitudinal plane, between a position adapted to gripping with a right hand and a position adapted to gripping with a left hand. The invention also relates to a method of using this writing instrument. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072360 | WRITING INSTRUMENT WITH SIMPLIFIED ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to the field of writing instruments, and in particular a writing instrument comprising a front body, a rear body capable of turning, relative to the front body, about a longitudinal axis, and a tubular piece axially connecting the front body and the rear body by elastic snap-fit. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072361 | BRUSH CAP FOR CLEANING - A brush cap assembly for cleaning has a first cylindrical portion, a second portion having an inclined surface extending from the first portion, a plurality of holes formed in the inclined surface, and a plurality of bristles extending from the inclined surface. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072362 | ADAPTOR FOR CONNECTING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A CAMERA TO AN OPTICAL DEVICE - This invention comprises an adaptor device for connecting an electronic device having a camera to a range of optical devices, including but not limited to binoculars, monoculars, riflescopes, spotting scopes, telescopes, and microscopes. This adaptor device has a plurality of protrusion that provide a self-centering and fitted connection between the electronic and optical device, so that the optical axes are aligned so that the user may take images or video on their electronic device through the optical device. The structure of the adaptor device allows the adaptor to fit a range of differently sized optical device, denoted by the diameter of the eyepiece end of the optical device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072363 | APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING ELONGATED ELEMENTS - An apparatus for connecting at least one elongated element is provided. The apparatus include a spherical connection member. The apparatus further includes a plurality of connection mechanisms disposed on the spherical connection member and configured to connect to the at least one elongated element. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072364 | CLAMP ASSEMBLY FOR MOUNTING PANELS TO I-BEAMS - A clamp assembly is provided for securing a panel or fairing to an I-beam, and comprises a pair of side blocks and a clamping block, together with a single bolt to secure them in place. Each of the side blocks as an inclined wedge surface, and the T-shaped clamping block has similarly sloped wedge surfaces along the sides of the leg of the T. When a bolt this passed through side legs of the side blocks, and through or under the clamping block, a sliding and wedging action between the inclined and sloped wedge surfaces occurs. Moreover, a clamping action between the top surface of the clamping block and the lower surface of the lower flanges of the I-beam is also induced. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072365 | MOUNTING MECHANISM FOR TOY BAR OF CHILD-SUPPORT DEVICE - A male inserter and a female receiver fixed to a toy bar and a child-support device for relative movement between upright locked and inclined unlocked positions. The male inserter includes a lock element and the female receiver includes a catch surface. In the upright unlocked position, the male inserter can pass through the female receiver. But in the inclined locked position, the lock element engages and locks against the catch surface. If a child in the child-support device pulls down and/or forward on the toy bar in the locked position, it does not move to the unlocked position. But an upward lifting force applied to the toy bar causes it to pivot from the locked position to the unlocked position and to then detach from the child-support device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072366 | FASTENING DEVICE FOR FASTENING A FRONT PANEL ON A DRAWER - A fastening device includes at least one furniture fitting which is pre-assembled on the front panel and has a first connecting element and a second connecting element for fastening the front panel on the drawer and least two intercepting devices, which are assigned to the drawer, wherein the intercepting devices retain the connecting elements automatically when the latter are pushed in. The one intercepting device has at least one movable intercepting element and the second intercepting device has at least one movable retaining Element. At least one locking device for the two intercepting devices prevents the furniture fitting from being released unintentionally from the intercepting devices. At least one unlocking device the two connecting elements of the furniture fitting to be released together from the intercepting devices. The retaining element can be moved independently of the intercepting element of the first intercepting device. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072367 | CONNECTION SYSTEM - The invention relates to a connection system ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072368 | PROCESS FOR CONVERSION OF INTRACTABLE OIL-BEARING, DRILL CUTTING WASTES FROM DEEP GAS EXPLORATION WELLS TO ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS - A process is disclosed which converts intractable, semi-solid drill cuttings into a free-flowing granular, soil-like SDC material, which, after appropriate compaction, can be beneficially used for a variety of engineering construction applications, thereby removing the need for disposal with its associated costs and environmental impact, and as a result improving the overall economics for gas well development, together with improving corporate sustainability and reducing liability. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072369 | RETENTION DEVICE FOR RETAINED SUBSTANCE AND RETENTION METHOD - A carbon dioxide tank ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072370 | A/R METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method of abandoning a pipeline from an offshore vessel, wherein the method includes the steps of: providing a tubular member between a winch apparatus and the end of the pipeline being abandoned, the tubular member being received in a tensioning apparatus, and lowering the pipeline with the winch apparatus and the tensioning apparatus, the tensional load of the pipeline being held by the tensioning apparatus and the winch apparatus at the same time. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072371 | PLATFORM DECK INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus for loading a topside onto a jacket is provided. The apparatus may include: a projecting structure extending beyond a deck of a marine vessel wherein the projecting structure configured to support the topside and the projecting structure is dimensioned sufficiently long enough to allow the marine vessel to approach a submerged jacket and position the topside above the submerged jacket without having the marine vessel contact the jacket; and a support configured to support the topside above the projecting structure. A method for one of installing and removing a topside from a jacket may be provided. The method may include: positioning sponsons attached to a marine vessel around a jacket; supporting at least part of the weight of the topside on the sponsons; and one of attaching and detaching the topside and jacket. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072372 | Tandem Plate for Friction Rock Stabilizer - A tandem plate for use with a friction rock stabilizer of the kind that includes an elongated metal tube driven into a bore drilled in a rock wall and having an end adapted to engage a bearing plate. The tandem plate includes a substantially planar metal sheet having an upper surface, a lower surface and an overall dimension which is larger than the size of the bearing plate. An opening adjacent the center allows the tube to pass therethrough. The lower surface engages the rock wall while the upper surface of the tandem plate engages the bearing plate. A tabs on the upper surface, formed by punching and bending parts of the planar sheet from which the tandem plate is made, engage the bearing plate while the tube is being driven into the bore. A plurality of ribs formed on the tandem plate increase the strength thereof. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072373 | Method and Apparatus for Treatment of Contaminated Soil and Sediment - A treatment slurry is emplaced in soil in columns formed by displacement of soil by a direct push rod, a vibrating beam, or otherwise. The treatment slurry is pumped into the impression created as the rod or vibrating beam is withdrawn from the subsurface, creating a vertical column in the subsurface with a cross-sectional shape of the rod or vibrating beam that is filled with the treatment slurry. The vertical columns are spaced at suitable distances to allow for diffusion of a treatment agent in the treatment slurry into the surrounding soils or sediments to treat the target contaminants in the subsurface soils or sediments. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072374 | SUPPORT PROP - A support prop which includes telescopically interengaged inner and outer tubular members, a one-way valve for introducing pressurized liquid into a volume inside at least one of the members, a pressure relief valve for releasing liquid from the volume when the liquid pressure in the volume exceeds a predetermined value and a number of wedges which are located between opposing surfaces of the tubular members and which are engaged with one member and which deform the inner member when telescopic yielding action of the members takes place. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072375 | STRONG NONWOVEN FABRICS FOR USE IN SILT CONTROL SYSTEMS - Strong nonwoven fabrics can be used as a sheet in a silt screen fence or other temporary silt screen barrier. The fabrics can be without reinforcements. Enhanced features of these strong nonwoven fabrics can enable them to be used as a sheet in a silt screen fence or other temporary silt screen barrier without adding additional processing steps. A strong nonwoven fabric without internal or external reinforcement that does not tear easily and has excellent light stability can be used. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072376 | Milling tool - The invention relates to a milling tool for gear milling. The tool body is equipped with tangentially mounted milling inserts having four cutting edges and two holes, only one of which is utilized for a fixing screw in two of totally four index positions. By locating a screw hole in the seat of the milling insert at a distance from the radial support surface of the seat that is greater than the distance between an individual hole and a distal end of the milling insert, a clamping force is provided by means of the inherent elasticity of the fixing screw. In such a way, the milling insert is pressed against the radial support surface. By means of a transversal eccentricity, the milling insert is also pressed against a tangential support surface in the seat. By means of this construction, the two holes in differently long milling inserts can be formed with equally large distances from distal ends. Thereby, one and the same tool body can be equipped with differently long milling inserts. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072377 | Milling tool as well as a milling insert therefor - A milling tool has single sided and indexable milling inserts having a round basic shape. Each milling insert has a plurality of tangentially spaced-apart and alternately usable cutting edges, which individually fall archedly from a first end, situated closest to an upper reference plane, to a lowest point, from which it again rises toward a second end. A reinforcing chamfer surface included in the cutting edge is formed with an increasing width in a direction from the first end of the cutting edge toward the second end. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072378 | MILLING CUTTER - A combination milling bit and cutter employed to machine a distal end of a workpiece is provided, in which the milling cutter includes a handle and a cutting portion formed on an end of the handle. The cutting portion includes two cutting edges; at least one of the two cutting edges comprises one cutting sub-edge for milling the distal end of the workpiece to form an end surface, and another cutting sub-edge for chamfering the distal end of the workpiece at both an annular outer chamfering surface and an annular inner chamfering surface on the distal end. The combination milling and cutting cutter device carries out both milling and cutting actions in a single operation. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072379 | CUTTING INSERT WITH FLEXIBILITY APERTURE AND CUTTING TOOL THEREFOR - An indexable cutting insert has mutually perpendicular longitudinal, lateral and vertical axes. The insert includes two opposite cutting portions and a clamping portion therebetween, arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis. Each cutting portion includes a rake surface and front and side relief flanks, and a cutting edge formed at an intersection of the rake surface and front relief flank. A second width of the clamping portion is greater than the first width of the cutting edges. The clamping portion has two resilient beams and a flexibility aperture opening out to side abutment surfaces of the clamping portion, allowing elastic deformation of the insert along the vertical axis. The cutting insert may further include two opposite stopper portions, each formed on a respective insert end surfaces, each stopper portion forming a step in the respective insert end surface. A cutting tool clamps one or more inserts at their clamping portions. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072380 | Drill/Countersink Assembly and Method for Producing Countersunk Holes - A countersink cutter or drill/countersink combination or similar rotary cutter or assembly for drilling/countersinking or performing similar cutting operation to precise depths in various applications, including aerospace applications, uses a pneumatically driven pistol grip motor attached to a tool assembly or countersink tool assembly. The countersink tool assembly, which has a multi-fluted cutter, is coupled to and is coaxial with the spindle. The cutter can be preset to a precise depth at the back end of assembly through the slot or using gage stops on the guide rods fastened to brackets by setting the gage between gage stops and the bracket. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072381 | Toolling Fixture and System - A fixture and cutter tool is described. The fixtures includes features that enable a work piece to be easily mounted and removed by a rotation motion of the work piece onto the top of the fixture. The system includes the fixture and a cutter tool to prepare the work piece for use with the fixture. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072382 | Transport System For Large Items - A transport system for transporting large items wherein the large items comprise at least three through going holes and said system comprises a frame to support the items. Said frame has a substantially rectangular shape and comprises two parallel longitudinal beams connected by two parallel transverse beams and further comprises at least two transverse support bars to support the items, which transverse support bars are located between the two parallel transverse beams. The transport system further comprises a first and a second rod to be mounted in two through going holes in the items where each end of the first and second rod can be connected to the longitudinal beams to secure the items to the frame in such a way that no part of the large items extends over the rectangle defined by the two parallel longitudinal beams and the two parallel transverse beams. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072383 | Linkable Rope Assembly - A buoy rope assembly includes a main rope segment having a plurality of rope strands and first and second ends, a first end loop provided on the first end of the main rope segment, a second end loop provided on the second end of the main rope segment, at least one sinusoidal intermediate loop defined by at least one of the rope strands and at least one removable member releasably coupled to the first end loop, the second end loop or the at least one in-plane intermediate loop. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072384 | EXPANSION ANCHOR - An expansion anchor is disclosed. The expansion anchor includes an anchor bolt with a longitudinal axis and an expansion body on a first terminal section of the anchor bolt, an actuator on a second terminal section of the anchor bolt, and an expansion sleeve which surrounds the anchor bolt. The expansion body, on the radial outside, is at different distances from the longitudinal axis with reference to at least one identical point on the longitudinal axis in a transfer zone. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072385 | FASTENING DEVICE - The invention relates to a fastening device ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072386 | Fastener Replacing a Bolt or Rivet - A fastener for securing workpieces is faster and easier to use than a conventional bolt or rivet, requires no tools to use, and is made from a material that does not rust, such as plastic. The fastener comprises a bottom plate with a ribbed shaft extending therefrom and inserted into a top plate with a throughhole adapted to accept the ribbed shaft. Workpieces intended for fastening are placed in between the two plates with the ribbed shaft inserted through them. Protruding from the interior of the throughhole of the top plate is at least one locking tab adapted to engage the ribs of the ribbed shaft to ensure securement. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072387 | Bonding Fastener with Environmental Seals - A bonding fastener having two components which electrically bonds metallic surfaces through serrated metal teeth on the underside of the head of the first component and on the inside surface of the second component which embed into each metal surface as a fastener is tightened. In one embodiment, the fastener is a nut and bolt combination, and in another embodiment the fastener is a two-part rivet. A sealing material circumferentially outward from the teeth on both the first component and second component creates an air-tight and water-tight seal around the teeth, protecting the bonding location from air and water infiltration from the outside. The second component also has an internal seal, sealing around the shank of the first component to prevent axial infiltration of air or water along the shank and protecting the bonding locations from corrosion from contaminants entering along that route. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072388 | SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND SHEET BINDING METHOD - A sheet post-processing apparatus includes: a binding unit that binds, as a bundle, a plurality of sheets by heating and pressing binding margin portions of the sheets set in advance, using toner interposed between the sheets as an adhesive material; and a pre-heating unit that heats the binding margin portions of the sheets while the sheets are stacked. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072389 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY LOADING A FUEL PELLET FOR MANUFACTURING A NUCLEAR FUEL ROD - An apparatus for automatically loading a fuel pellet for manufacturing a nuclear fuel rod includes a tray transfer unit that horizontally transfers a tray; a fuel pellet alignment unit that aligns fuel pellets arranged in the tray; a measurement unit that measures an entire length of the fuel pellets arranged in a row on the tray; a controller that compares an accumulated measured length with a set length; and a waiting table located adjacent to the tray transfer unit to store a redundancy fuel pellet; and a fuel pellet movement unit configured to be driven by the controller and configured to move the fuel pellet between a tray of which length measurement is completed by the measurement unit and the waiting table to increase or decrease the fuel pellet arranged on the tray. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072390 | PLATE MATERIAL PROCESSING SYSTEM - A plate material processing system includes a plate material processing machine and a loader. The plate material processing machine holds a front end portion of an unprocessed plate material by a work holder and moves the unprocessed plate material on a table forward, backward, leftward and rightward. The loader includes: a plate material attaching unit; and a pivoting mechanism for pivoting the plate material attaching unit on a predefined arc-shaped trajectory while maintaining the plate material attaching unit in a constant orientation as viewed in a planar manner. When the plate material attaching unit is at a foremost position, the work holder is positioned to the other side of the left and right sides relative to a processing head, away from the unprocessed plate material loading position side, thereby preventing the work holder and the plate material attaching unit from interfering with each other. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072391 | AUTOMATIC STORAGE PLANT - Automatic storage plant ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072392 | AUTOMATIC STORAGE SYSTEM - An automatic storage system includes a front rack and a rear rack, a stacker crane, and a crane controller. The front rack and the rear rack include a plurality of shelves located in a right and left direction and in an up and down direction. Each of the shelves includes a near-side storage portion and a far-side storage portion arranged in the depth direction. The stacker crane includes an elevator is provided at the travelling vehicle such that the elevator can move up and down. The crane controller is programmed to control the elevator to move vertically between an upper stop position and a lower stop position when the article transferred between the slide fork and the shelves. The upper stop position includes a far-side upper stop position corresponding to the far-side storage portion and a near-side upper stop position corresponding to the near-side storage portion. The crane controller controls the elevator such that the far-side upper stop position is higher than the near-side upper stop position. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072393 | Aircraft transporter dolly with hinged gate for moving aircraft - An apparatus for moving parked aircraft with a tractor via an aircraft lift dolly which includes a hinged gate to entrap the aircraft nose gear. The aircraft lift dolly may be removably detachably coupled to the tractor through two attachment points to an intermediate connecting towbar. The aircraft lift dolly includes a lift mechanism having a lift carriage which is selectively elevated. The lift carriage includes a fixed forward chock and a rear chock that it repositioned longitudinally with respect to the forward chock and is hingedly coupled. The chocks are positioned about the aircraft nose gear without movement of the aircraft. Elevating the lift cradle elevates the chocks and the nose gear cradled therebetween. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072394 | REEL ASSEMBLY FOR CHAIN HOIST - A reel assembly for a chain hoist having a sprocket mounted to a drive portion of a reel. The sprocket is configured to distribute rotational force to links of a drive chain, such as for moving a spare tire in and out of an access position. The sprocket has a first axial half and a second axial half that are formed via a stamped materials and fixedly secured together centrally and mounted on the drive portion. The sprocket includes protrusions and pairs of fingers arranged around and extending radially from a perimeter thereof in an alternating configuration in a circumferential direction. Each protrusion is constructed and arranged to at least partially extend through and engage at least insides of alternate horizontal links of the chain. The pairs of fingers are configured to be circumferentially aligned and receive radially oriented links of the chain therebetween and contact the outsides thereof. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072395 | Medical Workplace - A medical workstation includes a position provided for medical personnel during a medical activity on a patient, and storage units for receiving medical instruments or tools. The storage units are arranged in the shape of an arc of a circle around the position provided for medical personnel. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072396 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORIENTING A LAMINATION - A method of orienting a selected item from a stack of similar items, the method comprising the steps of separating, engaging and orienting. The separating step separates the selected item from the stack using a first attraction force of a transport apparatus. The engaging step engages the selected item with a second attraction force from the transport apparatus. The second attraction force being greater than the first attraction force. The orienting step orients the selected item relative to the transport apparatus as the transport apparatus is en route to a destination location. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072397 | METHOD AND SYSTEM RELATED TO SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING EQUIPMENT - Semiconductor processing equipment. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are systems including: a front end robot configured to pull individual wafers from at least one wafer carrier; a linear robot in operational relationship to the front end robot, the linear robot configured to move wafers along an extended length path; and a first processing cluster in operational relationship to the linear robot. The first processing cluster may include: a first processing chamber; a second processing chamber; and a first cluster robot disposed between the first and second processing chambers. The first cluster robot is configured to transfer wafers from the linear robot to the processing chambers, and configured to transfer wafers from the processing chambers to the linear robot. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072398 | Method for Transferring a Shipping Container in a Rail Yard - A method for preparing an inbound container for transfer from an inbound train to a final destination is disclosed. The method involves providing a crane operator in a railroad terminal with a pre-assigned buffer amongst a plurality of buffers along side a train track in which to place the inbound container; recording the time the crane operator places the inbound container in the pre-assigned buffer where the pre-assigned buffer is comprised of a plurality of vertical supports, independent of an overhead lifting device and defining a containment cavity; sensing that the inbound container has been placed in its pre-assigned buffer; securing the inbound container in a containment cavity of the pre-assigned buffer; confirming with a customer service information management system that the inbound container is delivered to its pre-assigned buffer; and transmitting via the customer service information management system, a message that the inbound container is available for further transfer. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072399 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A system includes a gas turbine engine, which includes a compressor configured to generate compressed air and a turbine. The turbine includes a stationary component and a conduit configured to convey the compressed air from the compressor to the stationary component in a forward direction. The gas turbine engine also includes a flow control device coupled to the conduit. The conduit is configured to convey a gas path air from the stationary component in a reverse direction opposite from the forward direction when the flow control device is in a startup mode. The gas turbine engine also includes a shaft coupled to the compressor and the turbine. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072400 | Serpentine Cooling of Nozzle Endwall - A gas turbine nozzle section of a gas turbine may include an inner endwall with a leading edge. A serpentine passage may be configured substantially within the leading edge. The serpentine passage may have an inlet and an outlet. Air may be received at the inlet and exhausted at the outlet, cooling the leading edge. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072401 | Axial Diffuser Flow Control Device - An axial diffuser for a gas turbine includes diffuser walls that define diffuser channels receiving compressor discharge air. The diffuser walls diverge in a flow direction. A flow control device is disposed in the diffuser channels and includes a plasma controller that serves to ionize airflow in the diffuser channels. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072402 | WIND TURBINE - Wind turbine having a yaw system that comprises an annular gear, a plurality of motors, and a gear system having a gearbox and a pinion for each of the motors. Each of the gear systems is arranged to transmit a torque from the related motor to the annular gear. Moreover, at least one of the gear systems comprises a rotatable component having a frangible joint between a first part and a second part of the gear system. This joint is adapted to be broken once, during operation, the first part receives a torque from the annular gear that is greater by a predetermined amount than a torque received from the second part, said breaking of the joint causing the first part to be dragged by the annular gear independently from the second part. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072403 | CONTROL DEVICE OF POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE - By a control processing of the sliding-mode control using a switching function configured from a first variable component, which is a deviation between an observed value and a desired value of a secondary power imparted to a secondary element ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072404 | BLADE WHEEL FOR A CONTINUOUS-FLOW MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A TURBINE WHEEL FOR A CONTINUOUS-FLOW MACHINE - A turbine wheel for a continuous-flow machine includes a centrally arranged hub with circumferentially arranged blades and a pressure equalizing channel. The hub is configured to enclose a cavity, and a resulting principle axis of inertia of the turbine wheel coincides with an axis of rotation of the turbine wheel. The pressure equalizing channel is configured to fluidically connect the cavity to at least one axial end face of the hub and to an environment of the turbine wheel. A diameter of the pressure equalizing channel is smaller than a diameter of the cavity. In one embodiment, the turbine wheel is for an exhaust gas turbocharger. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072405 | DEVICE FOR DE-ICING A TURBOMACHINE SEPARATOR - A turbomachine separator including a device for de-icing the turbomachine separator, and a distribution element, wherein the separator is formed by an inner ferrule and an outer ferrule, wherein the inner ferrule is fitted with a first mounting flange and a second mounting flange, the de-icing device including an internal air supply duct, able to inject air into the separator, wherein the internal supply duct is connected to an air inlet, wherein the air inlet forms a projection external to the de-icing device, allowing a flexible connection with a tube of the distribution element for conveying hot air, a first fastener constructed and arranged to be attached to the first mounting flange; and a second fastener constructed and arranged to be attached to the second mounting flange. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072406 | FAN STRUCTURE WITH EASY ASSEMBLY - A fan structure includes at least one installation standoff, a fan and a fixing frame. An end of the at least one installation standoff is installed on a substrate, and a positioning slot is formed on the other end of the at least one installation standoff. The fixing frame is installed on the fan and includes at least one positioning hook for engaging with the positioning slot of the at least one installation standoff, so as to fix the fixing frame on the substrate. A guiding slot is formed on at least one side of the fixing frame for guiding the at least one installation standoff to move on the fixing frame. The fixing frame further includes at least one resilient portion connected to the at least one positioning hook for driving the at least one positioning hook to separate from the at least one positioning slot. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072407 | FILLED STATIC STRUCTURE FOR AXIAL-FLOW MACHINE - A stator assembly for a rotary machine having a rotor arranged to rotate about an axis in use. The stator assembly has a circumferential support member or casing arranged about said axis and a plurality of elements extending in a substantially radial direction from the support. The elements have a platform at an end thereof for engagement within the support, wherein the elements each comprise a hollow internal cavity having an opening through the platform at the end of the element, wherein said internal cavity is filled with a vibration damping material. The elements may be filled vanes in a gas turbine engine compressor. The platforms may also be filled with the vibration damping material. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072408 | VACUUM PUMP - A vacuum pump has a rotor mounted on a rotor shaft and provided with pump active components cooperating with opposite stationary pump active components, fastening element for securing the rotor on the rotor shaft, and a safety element provided in addition to the fastening element for preventing rotation of the rotor and the rotor shaft relative to each other. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072409 | PUMP AND PROTECTOR FOR PUMP - The invention relates to a pump, in particular a centrifugal pump ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072410 | TURBINE WASTEGATE - An assembly can include a turbine housing that includes a bore, a wastegate seat and a wastegate passage that extends to the wastegate seat; a bushing configured for receipt by the bore; a rotatable wastegate shaft configured for receipt by the bushing; a wastegate arm extending from the wastegate shaft; and a wastegate plug extending from the wastegate arm where the wastegate plug includes a profile, defined in part by a portion of a torus, for contacting the wastegate seat to cover the wastegate passage. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072411 | TURBINE WASTEGATE - An assembly can include a turbine housing that includes a bore, a wastegate seat and a wastegate passage that extends to the wastegate seat; a bushing configured for receipt by the bore; a rotatable wastegate shaft configured for receipt by the bushing; a wastegate arm extending from the wastegate shaft; and a wastegate plug extending from the wastegate arm where the wastegate plug includes a profile, defined in part by a portion of a torus, for contacting the wastegate seat to cover the wastegate passage and, for example, defined in part by a portion of a modified sphere or a portion of a cone. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072412 | TURBINE WASTEGATE - An assembly can include a turbine housing that includes a bore, a wastegate seat and two wastegate passages that extend to the wastegate seat; a rotatable wastegate shaft configured for receipt by the bore; a wastegate arm extending from the wastegate shaft; and a wastegate plug extending from the wastegate arm where the wastegate plug comprises a profile defined in part by a portion of a torus, for contacting the wastegate seat in a closed state, and defined in part by two plug portions, for defining clearances with respect to the wastegate seat in an open state. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072413 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE SYNCHRONIZING RING WITH MULTI-AXIS JOINT - An assembly includes a synchronizing ring, a vane arm, and a multi-axis joint. The multi-axis joint connects the synchronizing ring to the vane arm and provides the vane arm with movement about a first pivot axis and a second pivot axis. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072414 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR A PUMP - A pump having a pump chamber and an impeller which rotates therein has an inlet leading into the pump chamber and an outlet leading out of the pump chamber, the pump having a pump motor having a rotor. The rotor and the impeller are connected to each other, the impeller being supported in an axial direction towards the inlet and an axial support being provided therefor against an axial bearing. In this instance, the axial bearing is located on a rotation axis of the rotor and includes a centrally supported concave bearing shell in which a convex-curved bearing projection of the impeller is in abutment. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072415 | SWIRL INTERRUPTION SEAL TEETH FOR SEAL ASSEMBLY - A seal assembly for sealing between a rotating component and a stationary component in a turbomachine. The seal assembly includes a plurality of radially inwardly projecting, axially spaced teeth extending from the stationary component, wherein at least one of the plurality of teeth has at least one axially extending hole therethrough. Axial flow of an operating fluid through the holes acts as an air-curtain to interrupt swirl flow in a seal cavity, therefore reducing steam force that could act to destabilize rotordynamics. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072416 | APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING THE OPERATION OF A GEOTHERMAL PRODUCTION PUMP - The present invention provides an apparatus for maintaining the operation of a geothermal production pump which comprises one or more impellers and a vertical line shaft for driving said one or more impellers, comprising a liquid buffer for isolating a discharge column through which pumped geothermal fluid including non-condensable gases flows from a lubrication column through which oil for lubricating one or more bearings of the line shaft flows, the liquid buffer being interposed between the discharge column and an outlet of the lubrication column to prevent infiltration of the non-condensable gases into the lubrication column. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072417 | TURBO-MOLECULAR PUMP - A turbo-molecular pump includes a case member, a rotor accommodated in the case member, the rotor having rotor blades arranged in multiple steps, a rotor shaft provided coaxially with the rotor, a plurality of stator blades provided on an inner surface of the case member and arranged between the rotor blades, and a plurality of spacers for supporting the stator blades. One of the plurality of spacers has a cooling thick portion for covering an outer peripheral side surface of at least one adjacent upper or lower spacer, and a cooling pipe through which a cooling medium is circulated is provided in the cooling thick portion. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072418 | FLOATING SEAL - A floating seal assembly for sealing two static parts is disclosed. Each static part has an opposing groove, and the opposing grooves define a seal cavity. Floating seal assembly includes a floating circumferential seal having a middle portion and opposing end portions, each opposing end portion is positioned within a groove in one of the static parts, wherein each end portion has a curved side facing a low pressure side of the seal cavity. The floating seal assembly according to embodiments of the invention is pressure driven in that each curved side of the end portions is configured to engage a low pressure side of the seal cavity in response to a pressure differential across the sealing cavity reaching a threshold value. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072419 | ROTARY MACHINES AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING - A nozzle assembly is provided. The nozzle assembly includes at least one stationary nozzle. An outer ring having a predefined shape includes at least one groove defined therein and the groove is configured to receive at least a portion of the stationary nozzle therein. A coupling portion is formed integrally with the stationary nozzle or the outer ring such that the coupling portion extends outwardly therefrom. An attachment member is coupled to the coupling portion to facilitate substantially restricting movement of the stationary nozzle when the outer ring is substantially distorted. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072420 | FLOW INDUCER FOR A GAS TURBINE SYSTEM - A system includes an inducer assembly configured to receive a fluid flow from compressor fluid source and to turn the fluid flow in a substantially circumferential direction into the exit cavity. The inducer assembly includes multiple flow passages. Each flow passage includes an inlet configured to receive the fluid flow and an outlet configured to discharge the fluid flow into the exit cavity, and each flow passage is defined by a first wall portion and a second wall portion extending between the inlet and the outlet. The first wall portion includes a first surface adjacent the outlet that extends into the exit cavity. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072421 | FAN CASE BALLISTIC LINER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A method of manufacturing a fan case with a liner includes the steps of providing a preform having a circular cross-section with a cut and a first diameter, flexing the preform to reduce the first diameter to a second diameter, and adhering the preform to an inner surface of a fan case. A fan case for a gas turbine engine includes a fan case body having an inner surface. A preform is adhered to the inner surface and has a cut providing a gap. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072422 | METHOD AND GUIDE FOR REMOVING AN INNER CASING FROM A TURBOMACHINE - The method for removing an inner casing from a machine such as a turbine or compressor includes providing supports between the outer casing and the inner casing of the machine, removing a top part of the outer casing, then removing a top part of the inner casing, then connecting a ring sector to a bottom part of the inner casing to replace the removed top part of the inner casing, then rotating the reciprocally connected ring sector and bottom part of the inner casing around the longitudinal axis to make the bottom part of the inner casing accessible, then removing the bottom part of the inner casing, guiding the reciprocally connected ring sector and bottom part of the inner casing during rotation, to prevent movement along the longitudinal axis. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072423 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN - A centrifugal fan includes an impeller, a motor portion, and a housing. The housing includes an upper plate portion, a lower plate portion arranged to have the motor portion fixed thereto; and a side wall portion. A flow control member is arranged to extend in a line along a boundary between an inside surface of the side wall portion and one of a lower surface of the upper plate portion and an upper surface of the lower plate portion. The flow control member includes a flow control surface arranged to extend radially outward from the one of the lower surface of the upper plate portion and the upper surface of the lower plate portion to the inside surface of the side wall portion while becoming more distant from the one of the lower surface of the upper plate portion and the upper surface of the lower plate portion. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072424 | CENTRIFUGAL PUMP AND IMPELLER PROTECTOR FOR CENTRIFUGAL PUMP - The invention relates to a centrifugal pump ( | 2014-03-13 |
20140072425 | MULTI-CHANNEL FUEL PUMP - A fluid pump includes an outlet for discharging fluid from the fluid pump, a housing, and a motor with a shaft that rotates about an axis. The fluid pump also includes an impeller having a first array of blades radially surrounding the axis and a second array of blades radially surrounding the first array of blades. The fluid pump also includes an inlet plate adjacent to the impeller and has an inlet for introducing fluid into the fluid pump, a first inlet plate flow channel aligned with the first array of blades and having a first inlet plate flow channel cross-sectional area, and a second inlet plate flow channel aligned with the second array of blades and having a second inlet plate flow channel cross-sectional area. The second inlet plate flow channel cross-sectional area is synchronized with the first inlet plate flow channel cross-sectional area. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072426 | TURBOMACHINE CASING ASSEMBLY - A turbomachine casing assembly includes a first casing element locatable radially outward of one or more rotating aerofoil elements of a turbomachine, a second casing element located radially distal to the first casing element. A void is provided between a radially proximal face of the first casing element and a radially proximal face of the second casing element, at the first end of the first casing element. The first end of the first casing element is located against a corresponding first end of the second casing element by an energy absorbing element, with the first casing element; including a cantilever. The cantilever is arranged in a region extending along the first casing element from the first end; and having a pivot axis at a mid portion thereof. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072427 | HOLLOW FAN BLADE WITH HONEYCOMB FILLER - A fan blade has an airfoil main body extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The airfoil also has suction and pressure sides. A cavity is formed into said main body, and receives a filler material. A cover closes off the cavity, and is attached to the main body, with the cover having a thickness defined in a direction perpendicular to the suction side. The main body has a spar which extends along the cavity, with a thickness of the spar at a central location between ends of the cavity which has a second thickness. A ratio of the first thickness to the second thickness is between 0.5 and 2. A fan rotor and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072428 | WIND TURBINE SYSTEM WITH INFLATABLE ROTOR ASSEMBLY - A wind turbine assembly comprising an inflatable rotor assembly. | 2014-03-13 |
20140072429 | CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING SENSING AND HEATING FUNCTIONS - Embodiments relate to integrated circuits, systems and methods for combined sensing and heating functions in structures suitable for use in deicing, heating and other applications. In an embodiment, an integrated circuit is coupled to a heating element and configured to control operation of the heating element to provide heat as well as to utilize the heating element as at least part of a sensing structure to sense the presence of ice, water or air on or near the heating element. In embodiments, the heating element comprises a conductive polymer structure, and the presence of ice, water or air is sensed based on a capacitance, impedance or other spectroscopy of the structure sensed and analyzed by integrated circuitry coupled to the structure. | 2014-03-13 |