12th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090074510 | ROAD-MILLING MACHINE OR MACHINE FOR WORKING DEPOSITS - The invention relates to a road-milling machine or machine for working deposits, such as deposits of coal, ores, minerals, etc. by surface mining. The machine according to the invention has an arrangement | 2009-03-19 |
20090074511 | PLANETARY GRINDER - A planetary grinding machine having a simple design with a minimal number of parts, which are all easily accessible for maintenance and repair is disclosed. The machine has a rotating planetary disk with rotating screeding disks attached. The planetary disk is driven by a shaft extending through a top housing cover plate, which supports a transmission driven by a motor. As the planetary disk rotates, a single belt engages a stationary gear on the cover plate and pulleys on screeding disk shafts to turn the screeding disks as the planetary disk is turned. The belts and pulleys for the drive mechanism are sandwiched between the planetary disk and the top cover to protect the mechanisms from dust and debris. The bearings are sealed to prevent dust and debris from entering and oil from escaping. The bearings, being on the inside of the planetary disk, keep oil from landing on the floor. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074512 | Drainage element - The preassembled drainage element is made with a water permeable membrane sleeve that has slits placed in the peripheral portion of the sleeve that is to form the bottom of the drainage element. The aggregate is post-expandable after fabrication of the drainage element so as to widen the slits and cause the periphery of the drainage element to bulge in the sections containing the slits. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074513 | OCEAN WATER DRAWING SYSTEM - An ocean water drawing system includes: a well; a working tunnel disposed underground and having an end segment distal from the well; a pipeline unit including a primary pipeline disposed in the working tunnel, and having one end extending sealingly into the well and the other end extending through the end segment of the working tunnel and into an ocean so as to permit ocean water to flow into the well through the primary pipeline; and an access tunnel isolated from the well and extending downwardly from a ground surface to intersect the working tunnel so as to communicate spatially with the working tunnel and so as to permit access into the end segment of the working tunnel for operation and maintenance of the primary pipeline. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074514 | DRAINAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A flow limiting inlet structure is designed to collect water or other fluids in a pool above grade, and to provide improved capture of sediments and surface pollutants such as oils and greases in the pool, while regulating the flow of water or other fluids during discharge into an outlet pipe. In a conventional storm water detention basin a vertical cylindrical discharge structure can be used to regulate the basin water depth and discharge flow rate of storm water out of the detention basin, in conjunction with the use of a specially designed baffle system that prevents the release of any greases or oils floating on the water surface while capturing any floating trash or debris. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074515 | Modular System for the Construction of Overhead Wire Support and/or Supporting Pile foundations - The present invention, consisting in a new modular system for the construction of overhead wire support and/or supporting pile foundations, aims at making the foundation building process less subject to uncontrolled variations in the construction stages and at improving technical and qualitative features of this kind of foundation in comparison to traditional on site foundations. The invention consists of prefabricated modules (type A, B and C): they have different geometric features and can be composed following different patterns so to meet all the foundation construction requirements according to the kind of pile needed and to the steel bars used to lock the finished block layers, restoring the monolithicity of the block. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074516 | Self Drilling Rock Bolt - The present invention relates to a self drilling rock bolt which may be used in mining applications. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074517 | End Coupling for a Rock Bolt - An end coupling | 2009-03-19 |
20090074518 | Arrangement for Noise Reduction in Vacuum Systems - The present invention relates to an arrangement for adapting the transportation behaviour of material to be conveyed, which arrangement comprises a first container, which is coupleable to a first pressure level; a second container, which is coupleable to a second pressure level; a connecting line for transporting material to be conveyed from the first container to the second container; and a pressure reduction device by means of which a pressure difference between the first container and the second container is controllably variable. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074519 | MILLING CUTTER - A milling cutter includes a cutting portion including a depression portion and a sidewall surrounding the depression portion, wherein an exterior surface of the side wall is a cylindrical surface, at least a part of an internal surface of the side wall is a slanted surface, so as to form at least one tooth. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074520 | Coated Cutting Insert for Milling Applications - Coated cemented carbide inserts (cutting tool), particularly useful for wet or dry milling of steels, are disclosed. The cutting tool insert is characterized by a cemented carbide body comprising WC, NbC and TaC, a W-alloyed Co binder phase, and a coating comprising an innermost layer of TiC | 2009-03-19 |
20090074521 | Insert for Milling of Cast Iron - Coated cemented carbide inserts, particularly useful for milling of cast iron, methods for making the inserts, and methods of their use are disclosed. The inserts are characterized by a composition of the substrate of about 5-7 wt % Co, about 0.05-2.0 wt % total amount of the metals selected from the group consisting of Ti, Nb,Ta and combination thereof, and balance WC with a coercivity (Hc) of 1 about 4-19 kA/m and an S-value of about 0.81-0.96. The coating comprises a homogeneous layer of (Ti | 2009-03-19 |
20090074522 | Reduced-friction coatings - A coating is provided having a first metal or non-metal nitride layer and a second metal or non-metal nitride layer wherein the first and second nitride layers are sufficiently resistant to interdiffusion to maintain respective individual layer structure and strength at an elevated operating temperature when a coating contact surface is in sliding contact with another material and wherein one of the first layer or second layer includes a component that is oxidizable at the contact surface to form a friction-reducing lubricous oxide material at the contact surface. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074523 | Deep-Hole Drilling Apparatus - A deep-hole drilling apparatus capable of preventing a tool mark from growing is provided. The deep-hole drilling apparatus provided for this purpose comprises: a tool ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074524 | Section member cutting or drilling machine tool - A section member cutting or drilling machine tool comprises a bearing or supporting surface for bearing a metal section member work piece thereon, a sliding guide extending parallel to the feeding, cutting and unloading surface of the machine tool and slidably supporting a contact plate in the form of a controllably energizable, respectively disenergizable magnet, the magnet plate being controllably driven by a controllable motor which, through a geared unit, drives a pinion-rack assembly arranged parallel to the sliding guide. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074525 | Process for Drilling a Bore and Corresponding Tool - In this process for drilling a bore ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074526 | Compound Relief Tap - The present disclosure is directed toward a compound relief tap, and more specifically, to a compound relief tap with domains made of a plurality of consecutive threads where each domain has different properties associated with variable thread parameters and variable geometrical arrangements such a variation of a taper angle and relief angles for different portions of domain threads or between domains. In a first embodiment, all of the threads in a domain have a given geometrical arrangement. In a second embodiment, several of the threads of the domain possess the geometrical arrangement. In a third embodiment, only the thread of the domain possesses the geometrical arrangement. And in a fourth embodiment, alternative threads in the domain possess the geometrical arrangement. What is also contemplated is a variation in geometrical arrangement between successive domains for any of these threaded domains. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074527 | Drilling Tool - A cutting blade | 2009-03-19 |
20090074528 | KEY DUPLICATION METHOD AND MACHINE - A method for duplicating a key including receiving a key identification code indicative of key cuts in an original key, and duplicating the original key by forming key cuts in a duplicate key in response to the key identification code, wherein authorization to form the key cuts is restricted by means of a verification code that must be passed before forming the key cuts is permissible. The authorization to form the key cuts may be restricted in various ways, such as to a group of users, a geographic location of a user, or a group of key blanks. The authorization to form the key cuts may be restricted as a function of a physical characteristic of the original key. As another alternative, authorization to form the key cuts may be restricted as a function of whether the original key is a master key or a slave key. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074529 | MACHINE TOOL APPARATUS - [Problems] To provide a machine tool of which the operation rate can be increased by reducing the time for suspending an operation for machining an object to be machined during the object-machining operation using the machine tool. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074530 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MAKING A CARGO DECK - A method of making a deck for storing cargo in a shipping vehicle comprising: securing two pairs of braces to opposed surfaces associated with the shipping vehicle by engaging opposed ends of first elongated supports with the pair of braces such that each first elongated support interconnects one of the pairs of braces and extends substantially parallel to a base associated with the shipping vehicle; engaging second elongated supports with each of the braces, each second elongated support interconnecting a respective brace and the base; and positioning a decking on the first elongated supports for supporting the cargo. A brace for making the cargo deck engageable with a horizontally-extending support and a vertically-extending support. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074531 | Winch Attachment - The present device is a combination winch attachment and a winch winding shaft end wherein the winch attachment including a body for demountably attaching to the shaft end, the winch attachment further including a mechanism for releaseably securing the body to the shaft end thereby placing the winch attachment in an engaged position wherein the winch attachment and shaft end rotate in unison, and the winch attachment further including a coupling mechanism for receiving rotational forces to the body, such that the body in turn rotates the shaft end when the winch attachment is in the engaged position. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074532 | CARGO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A cargo bed management system including a storage system composed of a receptacle integrated into a sidewall of a bed of a motor vehicle and a dividing system that divides or extends a bed of the motor vehicle. The dividing system includes a main panel having a length approximately equal to a width of the bed, and a pair of side panels hingedly connected to the main panel so that the side panels may rotate relative to the main panel from a stowed position where the side panels are integral with the main panel to an extended position where the side panels extend outward from the main panel. At least one bumper is affixed to an end of each of the side panels that are hingedly connected to the main panel such that the bumper increases a length of the main panel when said the panels are in the stowed position. The bumpers compress to secure the main panel and the side panels to the bed. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074533 | Self-drilling anchor - A self-drilling anchor is provided which includes an elongated tapered plastic body and anchor assembly. The body has an external helical threaded portion, a central clear bore for receiving the anchoring assembly, two diametrically opposed break-away slotted portions, and an axial driving flange concentrically positioned relative to the tapered body first end. The flange has inner and outer walls, a central clear aperture for receiving a screw driver, and at least two diametrically opposed notches for receiving a bladed driver for drilling the tapered body into a hollow wall. The anchoring assembly is centrally received in the clear bore, and includes an externally threaded screw, a collar, and at least two diametrically opposed separable arms. The collar is internally threaded for receiving the screw. The separable arms have spring loaded ends and pointed ends. The spring loaded ends are pivotally attached to the collar. The pointed ends of the separable arms form a disconnected pointed drilling tip when pivoted in a collapsed orientation, and an anchor supporting orientation when operated for separation, by rotation of the screw, through the break away slotted portions, for engagement of the separable arms with an inner surface of the hollow wall to be anchored. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074534 | SUPPORTING APPARATUS FOR ELECTRICAL APPARATUS - A supporting apparatus for mounting electrical components, includes a plate, a supporting member and a clamping member. A through hole is defined in the plate. The supporting member includes a shank with a slot defined therein and a cap formed on one end of the shank. The shank is inserted in the hole of the plate from the bottom of the plate to protrude over the top of the plate with the cap resisting against the bottom of the plate. The clamping member defines a locking hole. The clamping member is placed on the top of the plate with the shank inserted in the locking hole of the clamping member. The clamping member is rotatable about the shank between a first position where the shank is movable relative to the clamping member in a lengthwise direction thereof, and a second position where the clamping member is locklingly engaged in the at least one slot of the shank. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074535 | FASTENER ASSEMBLY - A fastener assembly configured to secure a component to an interior wall of a housing includes a wall mount configured to securely mount to the interior wall of the housing. The wall mount includes a first plate secured to a second plate through a neck. The first plate has a larger axial cross-sectional area than the second plate, which, in turn, has a larger axial cross-sectional area than the neck. The second plate is configured to pass through a portion of a securing passage formed through the housing. The first plate is larger than the portion of the securing passage, so that the first plate is unable to pass through the securing passage. The wall mount is configured to be rotated into a locked position with respect to the securing passage, wherein the wall mount is prevented from shifting in the locked position. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074536 | SPIRAL DRIVE FASTENER WITH FRICTION ENGAGEABLE SURFACE - Interference surfaces are constructed on inner transition surfaces between wings of a fastener having a spiral recess. A portion of the transition surface is tapered to provide the interference. A standard driver for a spiral recess will engage the interference surface to create a “stick fit” engagement. The punch is formed using a wire EDM operation to construct tapered surfaces within the die cavity of a hob. The hob is machined down to obtain the desired depth, which is measured up from a gage spot indicative of the sticking point. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074537 | STRUCTURAL FASTENERS AND COMPONENTS THEREOF - A captive structural fastener including an integral hold-out feature is provided. The fastener includes a stud assembly including a stud, a retaining ring including two oppositely disposed tabs protruding toward the center of the retaining ring, a first sleeve that is matingly engageable with a second sleeve, the second sleeve including an inwardly disposed channel for receiving the retaining ring; and a receptacle assembly, the receptacle assembly including a bracket constructed and arranged to be secured to a panel, an internally threaded nut, a retaining clamp for securing the nut in the bracket, and a grommet assembly including means defining a bore for receiving the stud therethrough. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074538 | Anchor Structure with Bidirectionally Deflectable Bore Gripping Fingers - A bore gripping anchor structure for attaching articles to the outer surfaces of masonry materials and other solids which is actuated by a blind rivet type installation tool. A basic embodiment has an anchor component with bidirectionally deflectable fingers ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074539 | Fastener Assembly Requiring Low Torque For Fastening and Unfastening - A fastener assembly and a method of fastening are provided that require a low amount of torque for fastening two objects. The fastener assembly includes a key member having an end that may be aligned with apertures in the two objects. The fastener assembly also includes one or more springs that may be compressed to allow the end to be inserted into and through the apertures. Following insertion, the key member may be rotated through the application of a low torque such that its end is no longer aligned with the apertures. The springs may then be uncompressed to cause the springs and the non-aligned end to urge the two objects together. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074540 | Pre-formed elastomeric fastener adhesive device and method of installation - A sheet of deformable adhesive sealant material having a release material formed thereon, a plurality of pre-cut shaped members of different diameters being formed in the sheet. A user drills a bolt or screw hole into parts to be attached for the selected fastener and the surfaces to be attached are then cleaned and dried. The user then removes a selected shaped member from a release sheet and applies it to the part over the hole and pushes the fastener through a centering cut formed on the shaped member into the part to be attached. The fastener becomes coated with rubber adhesive sealant when pushed through the shaped member and, as a result, the sealant coats the fastener threads while at the same time being embedded under the fastener head. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074541 | BOOKBINDING SYSTEM AND BOOKBINDING APPARATUS - A bookbinding system to produce plural booklets includes: a bookbinding apparatus which forms a sheet bundle by stacking plural sheets on each of which an image has been formed by an image forming apparatus, and joins a spine of the sheet bundle and a cover sheet with an adhesive; a coating section which applies the adhesive onto the spine of the sheet bundle; a measuring section which measures a thickness of the sheet bundle; a calculating section which calculates at least an amount of the adhesive applied onto the spine, or charge information corresponding to the amount of the adhesive applied, on the basis of thickness information of the sheet bundle measured; and a first accumulating section which carries out at least an accumulating operation that accumulates the amount of adhesive calculated, or an accumulating operation that accumulates the charge information calculated. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074542 | Tree Moving Device - A tree moving device is provided that includes a plurality of points for interconnecting to a basket that contains the root structure of a tree. The tree moving device includes a plurality of arms that provide locations for hooks that are interconnected to chains that receive the basket. Thus a system is provided that provides 360° support of a root ball of the tree. It is envisioned that the tree moving device be lightweight, thereby facilitating transportation and reducing manpower required to transport and plant the tree. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074543 | Method and Device for Transporting and Processing Multiple Items - A method and a device transports and processes multiple items, in particular postal consignments. Each item passes through a first processing installation and then at least one second processing installation. The first processing installation measures in each case a processing attribute and two values which two predefined features assume for the item, and generates a data record for the item. Data records for items that the second processing installation subjects to a predefined treatment are selected. The second processing installation measures at a first time point the value which the first feature assumes and later the value of the other feature. It searches for a selected data record and uses the feature value measured initially. When it finds such a data record, it subjects the item concerned to the predefined treatment. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074544 | Apparatus and method for clamping and processing conveyor belt ends and the like - An apparatus and method for clamping and processing conveyor belt ends includes a stationary stand and a clamping member supported on the stand and configured to selectively retain an associated conveyor belt end therein. A belt processing member is configured to process the conveyor belt end retained in the clamping member, and a rail is detachably mounted on one of the stand member and the clamping member, and movably supports thereon the belt processing member for movement of the same along the conveyor belt end retained in the clamping member. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074545 | Materials-handling system using autonomous transfer and transport vehicles - Methods and apparatus for selecting and combining packages in an outbound container by employing autonomous transfer and transport vehicles which move on a network of roadways to carry a plurality of individual cases each containing the same kind of product from a loading station and to a destination station where individual packages are combined in the outbound container. The travel of each vehicle through the roadway network is computer controlled, and each vehicle includes means for automatically loading and unloading packages from predetermined locations on the network. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074546 | SYSTEM FOR UNLOADING OR LOADING OF CARGO - The present invention is a system ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074547 | LOADING BASE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A loading base for load spaces in motor vehicles is provided. The loading base comprises two loading base segments arranged one behind the other in the direction of the vehicle longitudinal axis. A first loading base segment adjacent to the back seats is connected to a rail system, which may be pivoted about a pivot axis aligned in the direction of the Y-axis of the motor vehicle by means of a lifting device arranged in the region of a rear loading edge, and adjusts the first loading base segment in the direction of the vehicle longitudinal axis in a translatory manner, so that irrespective of the height of the loading edge easy loading and unloading of loads is possible. The rail system and the lifting device are configured in the manner of a longitudinal seat adjustment device and seat height adjustment device of a motor vehicle seat. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074548 | DEVICE FOR MOUNTING ON A VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE - A device for mounting on a vehicle is shiftable between at least a first active position, in which it constitutes an underrun protection, and a second active position, in which it constitutes a vehicle support. Hereby, the functions of an underrun protection and vehicle support may be provided in a combined device. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074549 | Device for receiving and for transporting an article - Device for receiving and for transporting an article, which device has receiving means which are slid under the article by a sliding means, the receiving means being formed by a belt which revolves around deflections means, the deflection means being formed by tensioning struts ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074550 | CARRIAGE POSITIONING MECHANISM AND CARRIAGE FOR COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS - Cam followers are rotatably provided in the periphery of a horizontal shaft of a feeder base corresponding to a positioning object portion of a carriage. Cam members are provided on the side of a component mounting apparatus and respectively include ascending slope surfaces coming into contact with the cam followers at a position close to the carriage and horizontal positioning surfaces continuously formed with the ascending slope surfaces. After the cam followers are brought into contact with the ascending slope surfaces of the cam members, the feeder base is pressed upward toward the component mounting apparatus by an air-pressure cylinder provided in the component mounting apparatus so that the cam followers roll from the ascending slope surfaces to the positioning surfaces of the cam members and the feeder base is placed on the positioning surfaces. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074551 | Position Indication Mechanism for a Loader Bucket - A bucket position indication mechanism is provided for a material handling machine. The material handling machine includes a bucket and an operator's control station. The bucket position indication mechanism includes at least one position indicating element attached to the bucket at a position that is viewable by an operator at the operator's control station when a bottom plate of the bucket is aligned with a ground surface and at least a portion of the position indicating element extending in a direction parallel to the bottom plate of the bucket. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074552 | BOOM ASSEMBLY - A boom assembly comprising: a base anchored to a structure/ground. A boom is rotatably mounted to the base at a connected end so as to be rotatable about a generally vertical axis, the boom having a device to support loads at a free end. An orientation clutch is provided between the base and the boom. The orientation clutch has a mechanism for locking a rotation of the boom with respect to the generally vertical axis so as to selectively adjust an orientation of the boom. The orientation clutch has a release configuration to allow the boom to self-adjust its orientation to align with a load pulled by the device. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074553 | DEVICE HANDLING SYSTEM - An apparatus and associated method for handling a device in a manner that enhances a self-purging efficiency with which debris in the device is ameliorated. The apparatus and associated method includes rocking the device along a rocker conveyor path defined by opposing rails supporting respective rows of cantilevered eccentric rollers, wherein the rollers supported by one rail of the opposing rails are clearingly disengaged from the rollers supported by the other rail of the opposing rails, and wherein the device is instantaneously supported by one or more of the rollers supported by the one rail and one or more of the rollers supported by the other rail. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074554 | MANIPULATOR - A manipulator includes an end effector, a support member that supports the end effector, and a fixing member provided to the support member and made of a tube-shaped flexible film with a space therein. In the manipulator, a fluid is supplied to the space of the fixing member to inflate the fixing member so that a flexible cover for covering the end effector is fixed to the support member. Accordingly, cleanness of the end effector is restored. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074555 | PICK AND PLACE WORK PIECE FLIPPER - An apparatus and associated method is provided for individually positioning first and second input links of a four-bar linkage to move first and second follower links pivotally joined therebetween in order to move a chuck supported by one of the follower links between a retracted position and an extended position. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074556 | Method and Device for the Transport of Goods by Rail - In one embodiment of the present invention, a method and device are disclosed for the transport of goods by rail, wherein goods wagons are used with independent propulsion means. The propulsion means for the goods wagons are used only for short journeys from a station to a customer and back. For long journeys the goods wagons are assembled into a train and pulled by a tractor vehicle. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074557 | Method and Device for Transporting a Number of Objects - A method and a device for transporting and processing a number of objects, especially mail items, include transporting the objects in a number of transport processes to a respective processing system. At least one processing attribute as well as a feature is measured at the object before the transport processes. A data record with the processing attribute value and the feature value are stored. After the transport processes, the feature is measured again for each object, and the stored data record is determined. A search area restriction which is based on a sequence of feature values is undertaken for the determination. The processing system processes the object depending on the processing attribute value of the determined data record. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074558 | Method and Device for Processing and Transporting Items in a Sequence - A method and device for processing and transporting items, particularly mail items, measure a processing attribute for each item. A value which each predefined feature assumes for the item is measured. A data record for the item is generated including the measured feature values and the measured processing attribute value. The item is transferred into an intermediate storage device, into a transport device and to a processing system. After reaching the processing system, a value is newly measured which each predefined feature assumes for this item. The data record generated for this item is determined using the feature values from the new measurement. If this item has an identification read clearly during the new measurement, the data record is determined based on this identification. Otherwise, a search with a restricted search space is executed. The processing system processes the item using the processing attribute value in the determined data record. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074559 | FUEL PUMP - A fuel pump includes an impeller and a casing member. The impeller defines a plurality of vane grooves arranged in a circumferential direction. The casing member receives the impeller, and the casing member defines therein a pump passage configured to have an arcuate shape along the vane grooves. The discharge passage is provided downstream of the pressurizing passage. The discharge passage has a width narrower than a width of the pressurizing passage, and the discharge passage is positioned toward a radially outer wall of the pressurizing passage. The pressurizing passage includes a throttle part that extends from a starting point to an inlet of the discharge passage. The throttle part has a first width at the starting point, which corresponds to the width of the pressurizing passage, and a second width at the inlet, which corresponds to the width of the discharge passage. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074560 | Thrust balancing device for cryogenic fluid machinery - An improvement for a turbine generator or pump having main bearings separated by a span of shaft and a thrust equalizing mechanism adjacent one of said main bearings, the improvement comprising a stationary length compensator interposed between the thrust equalizing mechanism and its adjacent main bearing to reduce the span between said main bearings. Preferably the length compensator is composed of material that shrinks less than the shaft of the generator, and the height of the length compensator, i.e., the compensating dimension, is selected according to desired thrust equalizing mechanism operating parameters over a temperature range. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074561 | AXIAL THRUST OFFLOADING DEVICE - The invention concerns an axial thrust offloading device for the axial thrust balance of a machine shaft, including:
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20090074562 | NOZZLE GUIDE VANES - A turbine nozzle guide vane | 2009-03-19 |
20090074563 | SEAL FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT - A gas turbine engine component includes a pressurized fluid source, an airfoil, and a seal member for selectively providing sealing at an end of the airfoil. The seal member includes a stowed position for non-sealing and a deployed position for sealing. The seal member is operatively connected with a pressurized fluid source for moving the seal member between the stowed position and the deployed position. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074564 | Air inlet noise attenuation assembly - An air inlet assembly comprising an entrance region configured to receive an airflow, an exit region configured to output the airflow, and an attenuation region disposed between the entrance region and the exit region. The attenuation region has a cross section aspect ratio of at least about 5-to-1, and comprises acoustic absorbing material. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074565 | TURBINE ENGINE WITH DIFFERENTIAL GEAR DRIVEN FAN AND COMPRESSOR - A gas turbine engine ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074566 | WIND POWER GENERATING DEVICE - A wind power generating device includes a housing, a transmission unit, at least one winding disc, at least one magnetic disc, and a rotating unit. When there are a plurality of winding discs and a plurality of magnetic discs, the winding discs and the magnetic discs are axially spaced and alternately arranged in the housing behind the transmission unit. When the magnetic discs are directly rotated by the rotating unit and the winding discs are indirectly rotated by the rotating unit via the transmission unit, magnetic bodies on the magnetic discs and windings on the winding discs are quickly moved in a relative motion to produce relatively large flux change, enabling the wind power generating device to have increased power generation capacity. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074567 | Positive-displacement turbine engine - The invention attains frictionless positive displacement by keeping its flat rectangular turbine blades constantly in lateral orientation throughout engine shaft rotation, the blades within a close-fitting combustion channel that accordingly widens and narrows so as to accomplish intake, positive compression, combustion, expansion and exhaust continuously during every rotation. The turbine blades are kept mutually parallel by means of an integral crank on every blade-supporting rod's opposite end, all cranks positioned by a disk constrained to rotate about an offset axis, in synchronism with the rotor. The invention operates at the rotational speed range of piston engines. Free of piston engines' gross internal sliding friction, therefore needing no cooling system, the invention will double the fuel economy of piston-powered automobiles, trucks and motor vessels. Light in weight, it can directly replace geared gas turbines in aircraft. It offers long service life without oil changes or periodic maintenance other than air-filter replacement. A regenerative braking system that utilizes the slightly modified invention is described. Air-cycle air-conditioning employing the slightly modified invention is described. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074568 | VARIABLE FAN INLET GUIDE VANE ASSEMBLY, TURBINE ENGINE WITH SUCH AN ASSEMBLY AND CORRESPONDING CONTROLLING METHOD - A turbine engine includes a plurality of variable fan inlet guide vanes. Where the turbine engine is a tip turbine engine, the variable fan inlet guide vanes permit the ability to control engine stability even though the fan-turbine rotor assembly is directly coupled to the axial compressor at a fixed rate. The fan inlet guide vanes may be actuated from an inner diameter of the fan inlet guide vanes. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074569 | LEVER FOR ROTATING A TURBOMACHINE VARIABLE-PITCH STATOR VANE ABOUT ITS PIVOT - The present invention relates to a lever for rotating about its pivot a turbomachine variable-pitch stator vane comprising three zones: a first zone for attachment to a lever drive member, a second zone for attachment to said variable-pitch stator vane, and a third zone of elongate shape between the first zone and the second zone, wherein a vibration-damping laminate is applied to at least one surface portion of at least one of said zones of the lever, the laminate comprising at least one layer of viscoelastic material in contact with said surface portion and a backing layer of rigid material. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074570 | Local application of a protective coating on a shrouded gas turbine engine component - A gas turbine engine component includes a blade section having an inner end and an outer end, a shroud section at the outer end, and a platform at the inner end. A protective coating is disposed on the shroud, where the blade section is substantially free of the protective coating. The protective coating may also be disposed on the platform. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074571 | VANE STRUCTURE OF AN AIRFLOW GENERATOR - The present invention provides a vane structure of an airflow generator. The plate of predefined thickness and width has a locating portion and a swinging end. The swinging end of the vane is wider than the locating portion. There is an oblique section placed between the swinging end and locating portion for linking purposes. A better wind guide effect can be obtained from the expanded swinging end, and the oblique section is employed to reduce inlet stagnation, thus greatly improving the smoothness of air flow and the operating performance of the vane with better applicability. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074572 | COOLED GAS TURBINE GUIDE BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE, USE OF A GAS TURBINE GUIDE BLADE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A GAS TURBINE - Described is a cooled gas turbine guide blade for a gas turbine, with a hollow blade profile which comprises an onflow edge onto which a working medium is capable of flowing, and with, for guiding a cooling medium, an onflow edge duct running inside the blade profile along the onflow edge. Furthermore, to the use of such a gas turbine guide blade and to a method for operating a gas turbine with an abovementioned gas turbine guide blade. In order to provide a gas turbine guide blade with an increased lifetime by means of the invention, it is proposed that, in the onflow edge duct, an electrical heating element be provided, which extends approximately completely over the entire length of the onflow edge duct and through which a heating current flows, before the operation of the gas turbine, for the preheating of the gas turbine guide blade. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074573 | WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH CAMBERING FLAPS CONTROLLED BY SURFACE PRESSURE CHANGES - A wind turbine having at least a blade comprising a first component ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074574 | Wind Turbine Blade with Variable Aerodynamic Profile - A wind turbine blade comprising an active elastic member arranged with access to the surface of the wind turbine blade is provided. The active elastic member is deformable from a first shape to a second shape and the lift coefficient of the airfoil with the active elastic member in the first shape is larger than the lift coefficient of the airfoil with the active elastic member in the second shape. Furthermore, a wind turbine comprising such a wind turbine blade and a method of operating a wind turbine comprising such a wind turbine blade are provided. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074575 | COOLING CIRCUIT FLOW PATH FOR A TURBINE SECTION AIRFOIL - A cooled airfoil includes an impingement rib having a multiple of openings which supply a cooling airflow from a cooling circuit flow path toward an airfoil leading edge. The multiple of openings are offset in the impingement rib opposite an outer airfoil wall which includes gill holes. Offsetting the multiple of openings opposite an outer airfoil wall which includes the gill holes focuses the cooling airflow across turbulators to increase the cooling airflow dwell time to increase the thermal transfer therefrom in higher temperature airfoil areas. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074576 | Turbine blade with cooling breakout passages - A turbine airfoil with a plurality of breakout passages located just beneath a thermal barrier coating or just beneath the metal surface of the airfoil. The breakout passages are connected to an internal cooling air passage and allow for film cooling air to flow when a surface over the breakout passage has been chipped or eroded away to provide for additional cooling to the damaged airfoil surface. The breakout passages are formed during the casting process of the airfoil using a plurality of molding pieces. The breakout passages are formed along a direction of the pulling direction of the respective mold piece. This allows for the solidified airfoil to be easily removed from the mold assembly. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074577 | VERTICAL AXIS SAIL-TYPE WINDMILL POWER TRANSFER DEVICE - This invention relates to a vertical axis sail-type windmill power transfer device for efficiently harvesting wind power by increasing the effective surface of interaction with the wind where the sails are formed by a plurality of pairs of blades permanently attached to freely rotating horizontal rods penetrating the vertical output shaft with pivot offset of the center of the weight which causes the blades to self-adjust when impacted by wind so that one blade assumes a driving position while the other—a leeward position. The invention has a modular-type structure which permits for a variety of configurations and allows for photovoltaic cells to be placed on the blades in order to complement the production of wind energy with solar energy. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074578 | TURBINE AND COMPRESSOR EMPLOYING TUBERCLE LEADING EDGE ROTOR DESIGN - A turbine/compressor comprises at least one magneto electric device and a drive train coupled to the magneto electric device. At least one rotor blade is coupled to the drive train. The rotor blade has a shaped leading edge with a series of spaced tubercles formed therealong. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074579 | TURBINE RING - A turbine ring made up of an assembly of a plurality of sectors forming the outer shroud of the rotor of said turbine. The sectors are united end to end with interposed sealing systems comprising tongues housed in slots, said tongues being rectilinear and engaged in respective rectilinear slots in the radial faces of said sectors. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074580 | RADIAL TURBINE WHEEL STRUCTURE - A radial turbine wheel structure comprises a wheel disc, a plurality of full blades and a plurality of splitting blades. The splitting blades are disposed equidistantly around the wheel disc and are alternately disposed with the full blades. Wherein each of inlet shrouds, outlet shrouds, inlet hubs and outlet hubs separately has an included angle to a meridian plane of the wheel disc, and the full blades are related to the splitting blades in length. Hence, the radial turbine wheel is applied to the gas turbine generator set to increase the electricity generation efficiency of the gas turbine generator. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074581 | VERTICAL-AXIS WIND TURBINE - A vertical-axis wind power plant employed especially for supplying electricity, pumping water or for storing potential energy. More precisely, the wind power plant of the invention comprises at least two blades attached by their respective lower ends to a rotating supporting step of a tower. Each of the blades is likewise attached by its upper end to the rotating supporting step of the tower by means of a rigid lever supported on this tower and attached to this rotating supporting step. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074582 | METHOD FOR JOINING METAL COMPONENTS AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTION OF AN INDUCTIVE LOW OR HIGH-FREQUENCY PRESSURE WELDING METHOD - The present technology concerns one or more methods for joining of metal components especially components of a gas turbine, in which joining of the corresponding joining surfaces of the components occurs by means of an inductive low or high-frequency pressure welding and in which, before heating and joining of the components by means of inductive low or high-frequency pressure welding, sputter etching of the joining surfaces is carried out. The present technology also concerns a device for execution of an inductive low or high-frequency pressure welding method for joining the metal components, especially components of a gas turbine, with at least one induction generator and at least one inductor, as well as a component produced with the method according to the present technology. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074583 | Rotor blade for a wind turbine - A rotor blade of a wind power installation in which the rotor blade, in particular in the central region of the rotor, the so-called main board, has a lift-drag ratio which in the region of about ±2° from the optimum pitch angle has a lift-drag ratio value of more than 80%, preferably 90% and more of the maximum value of the lift-drag ratio. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074584 | NICKEL-BASED ALLOY FOR TURBINE ROTOR OF STEAM TURBINE AND TURBINE ROTOR OF STEAM TURBINE - A Nickel-based alloy for a turbine rotor of a steam turbine contains C: 0.01 to 0.15, Cr: 18 to 28, Co: 10 to 15, Mo: 8 to 12, Al: 1.5 to 2, Ti: 0.1 to 0.6, B: 0.001 to 0.006, Ta: 0.1 to 0.7 in % by weight, and the remaining portion is composed of Ni and unavoidable impurities. The Nickel-based alloy is composed of the above-stated chemical composition range, and thereby, a mechanical strength improves while maintaining forgeability as same as a conventional steel. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074585 | WIND TURBINE BLADES WITH TRAILING EDGE SERRATIONS - A wind generator and turbine blade includes a trailing edge having several serrations, a length of the serrations in each of a plurality of sections of the trailing edge is between approximately 10% and 40% of a mean chord for the corresponding section; and a length to width ratio of each of the serrations is between approximately 1:1 to 4:1. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074586 | DAMPING DEVICE FOR COMPOSITE BLADE - The present invention relates to a blade made of composite, comprising a vane formed of woven filaments impregnated with a thermosetting resin with a protective element in the region of the leading edge of the vane comprising a part in the form of a rigid strip, said strip being secured to the vane. The blade is characterized in that at least one layer of a viscoelastic material is at least partially interposed between said rigid strip and the vane so as to form, with the protective element, a means of damping the vibrations of the vane. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074587 | Telescopic Ceiling Fan - An apparatus for raising and lowering a ceiling fan includes an outer housing member; and an inner housing member to move with respect to the outer housing member and to move the ceiling fan. The apparatus includes a limit switch to limit the movement of the inner housing member, and the apparatus includes a threaded bushing member. The apparatus includes a drive gear member, and the apparatus includes a hubbed gear member. The apparatus includes a trip bar member to engage the limit switch member and includes a cable reel member for electrical wires for the ceiling fan. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074588 | AIRFOIL WITH COOLING HOLE HAVING A FLARED SECTION - An airfoil is provided for a gas turbine engine. The airfoil may comprise a main body comprising a leading edge having a leading edge outer surface, a trailing edge having a trailing edge outer surface, a suction side having a suction side outer surface and a pressure side having a pressure side outer surface. The main body may further comprise at least one interior cooling passage and a plurality of cooling holes extending from the cooling passage to at least one of the leading edge outer surface, the trailing edge outer surface, the suction side outer surface and the pressure side outer surface. Preferably, at least one of the cooling holes includes a proximal metering section having a first dimension extending transverse to an axis extending in a flow direction of a cooling fluid passing through the one cooling hole, a flared section and an exit opening having a second dimension transverse to the axis which is larger than the first dimension. The flared section is preferably curvilinear as it extends from the proximal metering section towards the exit opening. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074589 | Cooling Circuit for Enhancing Turbine Performance - In a gas turbine having a compressor discharge casing, a cooling circuit diverts compressor discharge air toward a high pressure packing (HPP) circuit. The cooling circuit includes an inlet pipe that receives compressor discharge air. One or several cooled cooling air pipes are in fluid communication with the inlet pipe via a pipe manifold, which distributes the discharge air across the cooled cooling air pipes. A seal is disposed upstream of an entrance to the HPP circuit to limit flow into the HPP circuit, and a second seal is disposed downstream of the HPP circuit at turbine wheelspace to limit ingestion and thus the purge flow air required. The circuit serves to reduce required purge flow in the HPP circuit so that an amount of compressor discharge air can be put back to the main flow path, thereby improving turbine performance. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074590 | Vehicle control apparatus - A vehicle control apparatus includes an input member; a driving force transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational driving force of the input member to an output member; a mechanical pump that operates by using the rotational driving force of the input member; an electric pump that operates when a rotational speed of the mechanical pump is less than a predetermined operation threshold; an oil pressure control apparatus that performs control operations for the driving force transmission mechanism by supplying operating oil, which is supplied from the mechanical pump and the electric pump, to the driving force transmission mechanism; and a controller that detects a state of the electric pump. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074591 | HIGH PRESSURE RADIAL PUMP | 2009-03-19 |
20090074592 | Compressor and method for operating the same - A compressor comprises a suction passage; an oil reservoir for storing a lubricating oil which is separated from a refrigerant gas having a discharge pressure; and a throttle valve provided in the suction passage and having a valve body for adjusting an opening degree of the suction passage based on a differential pressure applied to the valve body. The suction passage has an upstream suction passage which is located upstream of the throttle valve. The compressor comprises a lubricating oil passage connecting the oil reservoir to the upstream suction passage for the lubricating oil in the oil reservoir to flow to the upstream suction passage therethrough. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074593 | Apparatus For Preventing Vacuum Of Scroll Compressor - An apparatus for preventing vacuum of a scroll compressor, comprising: a fixed scroll having a bypass hole through which a suction chamber of a casing is connected to a discharge chamber of the casing; a valve block having an inner channel through which the bypass hole of the fixed scroll is connected to the discharge chamber of the casing, and fixedly installed at the fixed scroll; and a valve member disposed between the bypass hole of the fixed scroll and the inner channel of the valve block, for opening and closing between the bypass hole and the inner channel. Since the apparatus is assembled at an outer periphery of the fixed scroll, a processing error of the fixed scroll is prevented thereby to reduce a production cost. Also, since foreign materials generated when a refrigerant channel is processed does not remain in a valve hole, the valve member is prevented from being mal-operated, a productivity is enhanced, and a fabrication cost is reduced. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074594 | ARRANGEMENT WITH A VENTILATOR AND A PUMP - A compact arrangement features a fan ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074595 | MINIATURIZED LIQUID COOLING DEVICE HAVING DROPLET GENERATOR AND PIZEOELECTRIC MICROPUMP - A miniaturized liquid cooling device ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074596 | Small ozone gas-water mixing pump - The present invention provides a small ozone gas-water mixing pump. The rotation of the leaves drives water to produce intense turbulence vortex, and the bubbles in the water are torn up producing more and smaller bubbles, so that the gas-water contacting area is enlarged, and the ozone is efficiently dissolved into water. The magnetic force between the permanent magnet A on impeller and the permanent magnet B on motor enables the motor driving the impeller without using shaft, so as to avoid sealing problems of the pump driving shaft. The present invention is simple in structure, low cost, safe, stable, and has high ozone dissolving efficiency, so that it is especially applicable to the household appliances, such as dish washers and washing machines, etc. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074597 | Roller pump - The invention relates to a roller pump which comprises an abutment ( | 2009-03-19 |
20090074598 | Variable Capacity Vane Pump with Force Reducing Chamber on Displacement Ring - A novel variable displacement vane pump is provided wherein pressurized working fluid is provided to a portion of the pump chamber to act on the outside of the capacity varying ring to substantially balance the force created by the high pressure working fluid inside the ring. As the resultant high pressure force acting on the pivoting pin is reduced, the movement of the displacement control ring is smoother, reducing undesirable hysteresis, the wear on the pin is reduced and the additional force required to move the ring to vary the volumetric displacement of the pump is less than would otherwise be needed, allowing the related control mechanisms to be smaller. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074599 | Stator Casing For Eccentric Worm Pumps - The invention relates to a stator casing for eccentric worm pumps comprising an elastic lining, the cylindrical stator casing having a surface on the inner side, along the longitudinal axis whereof grooves are incorporated. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074600 | ROTARY COMPRESSOR - A bolt hole receiving a fixing bolt is formed in a portion of an end plate overlapping an annular piston or a fixed wrap as viewed in a thickness direction of the end plate to open at the back face of the end plate. In fixing a discharge valve o the end plate, the fixing bolt is screwed into the bolt hole. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074601 | Metal face seal assembly and machine using same - A metal face seal assembly for sealing between machine components includes a first subassembly and a second subassembly rotatable relative to the first subassembly. Compressible seals positioned between inner and outer seal members of the subassemblies provide a non-axial sealing load, whereas at least one metallic biaser provides an axial face load to bias inner seal members of each subassembly together at a rotatable interface. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074602 | ROTARY TYPE FLUID MACHINE - A blade moves backward/forward to enter four different states, namely a first state in which the tip thereof is in sliding contact with the internal peripheral surface of an external side cylinder part, a second state in which the tip is positioned in the cutaway portion of a ring-shaped piston to thereby place only an external side cylinder chamber at rest, a third state in which the tip is positioned in the cutaway portion of an internal side cylinder part to thereby place only the external side cylinder chamber and an intermediate cylinder chamber at rest, and a whole rest state in which the tip is positioned in a blade groove to thereby place all of the cylinder chambers at rest. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074603 | METHOD FOR MAKING MAGNESIUM-BASED COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND EQUIPMENT FOR MAKING THE SAME - A method for fabricating a magnesium-based composite material, the method includes the steps of: (a) providing a large amount of magnesium-based powder and a large amount of nanoscale reinforcements; (b) uniformly mixing the magnesium-based powder and the nanoscale reinforcements to form a mixture; and (c) compacting the mixture at a high velocity in a protective gas to achieve the magnesium-based composite material. High velocity compaction equipment for fabricating the magnesium-based composite material includes a sealing chamber, a gas pumping device, a mold, and a hammer. The gas pumping device is connected to the sealing chamber. The mold is disposed in the sealing chamber with an aperture formed on the top thereof. The hammer is disposed in the sealing chamber and above the mold, and moving along longitudinal thereof at a controllable ramming speed. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074604 | ULTRA-HARD COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The disclosed is an ultra-hard composite material. The method for manufacturing the ultra-hard composite material includes mixing a metal carbide powder and a multi-element high-entropy alloy powder to form a mixture, green compacting the mixture, and sintering the mixture to form the ultra-hard composite material. The described multi-element high-entropy alloy consists of five to eleven principal elements, with every principal element occupying a 5 to 35 molar percentage of the alloy. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074605 | HIGH MANGANESE HIGH STRENGTH STEEL SHEETS WITH EXCELLENT CRASHWORTHINESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF IT - There are provided a high-workability high strength steel sheet with excellent workability due to the high elongation and excellent crashworthiness due to the high yield strength, and a method for manufacturing of it. The high manganese steel sheet includes, by weight: carbon (C): 0.2 to 1.5%, manganese (Mn): 10 to 25%, aluminum (Al): 0.01 to 3.0%, phosphorus (P) 0.03% or less, sulfur (S): 0.03% or less, nitrogen (N): 0.040% or less, at least one selected from the group consisting of silicon (Si): 0.02 to 2.5%, titanium (Ti): 0.01 to 0.10% and niobium (Nb): 0.01 to 0.10%, and the balance of Fe and other inevitable impurities. The high manganese steel sheet may be a hot-rolled steel sheet, a cold-rolled steel sheet, or a plated steel sheet, and is suitable for elaborate internal sheets as well as structural members of a car body since it has press workability due to the high elongation and high strain hardening index. Also, the high manganese steel sheet may be used for parts such as a front side member of an automobile since, among its characteristics, the steel sheet has an excellent impact absorbing ability. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074606 | Low density titanium alloy, golf club head, and process for prouducing low density titanium alloy part - The present invention relates to a low density titanium alloy, containing: 7.1 to 10.0 mass % of Al; 0.1 to 3.0 mass % of Fe; 0.01 to 0.3 mass % of O; 0.5 mass % or less of N; 0.5 mass % or less of C; and a remainder being Ti and inevitable impurities; a golf club head using the alloy; and a production method for a low density titanium alloy part using the alloy. The alloy of the invention may further contain 0.01 to 2.0 mass % of V. The alloy of the invention has higher specific strength as compared to the Ti-6Al-4V alloy, is excellent in hot workability, and is reduced in cost. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074607 | PROCESS FOR RECOVERING GOLD AND SILVER FROM REFRACTORY ORES - The present invention is directed to flotation of refractory gold sulfide ores in which the ore is ground, floated, the tailings reground, and refloated to produce gold-bearing concentrates. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074608 | PROCESS FOR MERCURY CONTROL DURING PRESSURE OXIDATION - A method for suppressing mercury dissolution during pressure oxidation of precious metal-containing materials in the presence of halogens and halides is provided. Pressure oxidation is performed under controlled oxidative conditions to maintain the mercury predominantly in the solid residue. | 2009-03-19 |
20090074609 | Apparatus for Odour Removal From an Input Gas - An apparatus for removing unpleasant odour by means of a first section ( | 2009-03-19 |