14th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100086317 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED SERVICEABILITY - An image forming apparatus including maintenance function for maintaining the image forming apparatus at a given operating condition includes an operation screen unit. The operation screen unit is useable for conducting maintenance on the image forming apparatus. The maintenance is categorized into a service-maintenance work conductable by a service engineer within service-operation content, and a user-maintenance work conductable by a user within user-allowed-operation content. The operation screen unit includes a user-specific operation screen, with which the user-maintenance work is conductable for adjusting the maintenance function within the user-allowed-operation content. The user-specific operation screen displays the user-allowed-operation content, which is different from the service-operation content. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086318 | FIXING JAM DETECTING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device that fixes a toner image onto a printing medium. The fixing device includes a fixing member heated by a heating device, a pressurizing member that freely rotatably pressure contacts the fixing member and creates a fixing nip that allows a printing medium to pass and melts the toner image thereon. A separation pick is arranged on a printing medium ejection side of the fixing nip and prevents the printing medium from winding up the fixing member. Three sensors are arranged downstream of the separation pick at a center and both side ends in the widthwise direction of the fixing nip to detect passage of the printing medium. A fixing jam detection device is provided to detection occurrence of jam based on the detection of the three sensors. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086319 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a toner bottle, a supply unit that supplies toner from the toner bottle to a downstream side, a door that is openably provided to execute toner replenishment, an opening/closing sensor that senses opening/closing of the door, and a unit that renders the supply unit inoperable if the door is open. If the opening/closing sensor detects the opening of the door, counting of the number of prints is started. Then, the control unit detects whether the door is closed. If the door is still opening, the control unit checks whether the number of prints has reached a predetermined value. If not, the control unit sets the image forming apparatus in a printing state. If yes, the control unit stops the printing operation. If the closing of the door is detected, the control unit resets the count value. Subsequently, the control unit determines whether the initial value of the number of prints, which is set through a control panel at the time of starting the printing operation, is reached. If the initial value is reached, the printing operation is completed. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086320 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A first developer container having a toner supplying opening is provided in a developing unit. A toner concentration sensor is arranged downstream of the toner supplying opening to detect toner concentration in developer. A supply controlling unit is provided to determine an excess or a shortage in the amount of supplied toner based on image information correspondingly to a detection result by the toner concentration sensor, and to correct the driving amount of a toner supplying unit that has been determined based on the image information correspondingly to the recognized excess or shortage in the amount of supplied toner. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086321 | DYNAMIC PHOTO RECEPTOR WEAR RATE ADJUSTMENT BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR FEEDBACK - A xerographic marking engine adjusts a charging actuator value, such as an AC peak-to-peak voltage or an AC peak-to-peak current, based on a determined knee value, V | 2010-04-08 |
20100086322 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A supply control unit is configured to, in a successive image-forming operation, perform a process of successively generating a driving control pattern for a toner supply device based on image information of each page, and synthesizing an unused portion of the driving control pattern which is obtained by eliminating a portion of the driving control pattern already reflected on a driving control of the toner supply device from the driving control pattern generated based on image information of a previous page with a driving control pattern generated based on a subsequent page. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086323 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: a supplying section for supplying developer; a first developing roller including plural magnetic poles and a first sleeve arranged rotatable to the first developing roller; a second developing roller including plural magnetic poles and a second sleeve arranged rotatable to the second developing roller, the second developing roller arranged adjacent to the first developing roller and parallel to the same; an electrode arranged between the first and second developing rollers; and a voltage applying unit for applying bias voltages each having different electric potential corresponding to the first developing roller, the second developing roller and the electrode, wherein an absolute value of the bias voltage to be applied to the electrode is larger than that of the bias voltage to be applied to the first developing roller and smaller than that of the bias voltage to be applied to the second developing roller. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086324 | FUSERS, PRINTING APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF FUSING TONER ON MEDIA - Fusers, printing apparatuses and methods of fusing toner on media are disclosed. An embodiment of the fusers comprises a pressure roll including an outer surface; a continuous fuser belt including an inner surface and an outer fusing surface contacting the outer surface at a nip; and a heater disposed inside of the fuser belt, the fuser belt being rotatable relative to the heater. The heater includes at least one heating surface contacting the inner surface and adapted to pre-heat a portion of the fuser belt before the portion is rotated to the nip, and to heat the pre-heated portion at the nip. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086325 | Architecture for an Image-Forming Device - An image forming device includes a body having a top, a bottom, a front and a back. In one embodiment, a plurality of horizontally-aligned imaging units, each comprising a photoconductive member, transfer toner images to an intermediate transfer mechanism located below the plurality of imaging units. A pick mechanism may pick media sheets from a media input tray and feeds the media towards the front of the body. For duplex printing, the media sheets may travel along a duplex path that extends along the front of the body. In one embodiment, an access door at the front of the body pivots between a closed position and an open position. In the open position, a user may gain access to both media paths. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086326 | IMAGE HEATING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus comprising a heating rotating body which heats a toner image while nipping and conveying a recording material bearing the toner image, a fan which cools down the heating rotating body, and a duct adapted in such a manner that air which is blown by the fan so as to cool down the heating rotating body does not pass through a recording material conveying path. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086327 | SYSTEM FOR INSTALLING A CONTINUOUS BELT IN A MARKING SYSTEM - This invention involves a kit or cartridge useful in installing an endless belt into a belt-containing system such as a xerographic marking system. The cartridge has a sheath to house all of the components of the cartridge. These components are:
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20100086328 | ORGANIC PHOTORECEPTOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ORGANIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An organic photoreceptor having a photosensitive layer, an electric conductive support, and a protective layer is disclosed, in which the protective layer comprises a composition produced by reacting metal oxide particles having a reactive organic group and an anti-oxidant. A production method of the same, an image forming apparatus and a process cartridge using the same are also disclosed. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086329 | LASER SCANNING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a laser scanning unit and an image forming apparatus having the same. The laser scanning unit may include a polygon minor connected to a rotor of a driving motor, a member disposed opposite the rotor in the axial direction of a rotating shaft of the driving motor and a flux-reduction unit configured to reduce the flux of air or any other gas flowing in the space between the rotor and the member. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086330 | Electrophotographic Photosensitive Body, Process for Manufacturing the Same, and Image Forming Apparatus Provided with Such Electrophotographic Photosensitive Body - [Problems] To provide an electrophotographic photosensitive body which can perform object identification management more appropriately without having a substantial effect on printing, and to provide its production method and an image forming apparatus equipped with that electrophotographic photosensitive body. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086331 | Exposure Head and Image Forming Device - An exposure head includes a substrate through which light from light-emitting elements provided on a first surface of the substrate penetrates from the first surface to a second surface. A rod lens array is provided on the second surface of the substrate to image the light from the second surface. A light transparent member is provided between the substrate and the rod lens array and fixed to the second surface of the substrate and the rod lens array. A support member supports the first surface of the substrate. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086332 | Image Forming Device With Downsizing Arrangement of Fixing Device - An image forming device includes a frame, a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a transfer roller, a heating roller, a backup roller, a peeling claw, and a protection member. The photosensitive drum has a surface on which a latent image is formable. The developing roller develops the latent image to provide a toner image. The transfer roller transfers the toner image onto a recording medium. The heating roller has a heating surface and a shaft supported to the frame and extending in a direction. The backup roller has a shaft supported to the frame and extending in the direction. The backup roller is in pressure contact with the heating roller. The peeling claw has a tip end in sliding contact with the heating surface of the heating roller. The protection member is configured to protect the peeling claw and prevent a user from accessing to the peeling claw. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086333 | FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a fixing unit of an image forming apparatus, the fixing unit including a first roller; a second roller which forms a nip together with the first roller; and a nip adjuster which is provided in at least one end part of the first roller and includes a restrictive ring formed with a plurality of cam profiles for regulating an axis distance between the first roller and the second roller to be varied to adjust a width of the nip. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086334 | Fixing device and image forming apparatus incorporating same - A fixing device includes a fixing nip and a guide member to guide a recording medium transported through a recording media transport pathway to the fixing nip, disposed upstream from the fixing nip in a direction in which the recording medium is transported and facing an unfixed-image side of the recording media. The guide member includes a guide face, the guide face including a first guide face and a second guide face located where at least a trailing-edge of the recording medium approaches the guide member as the recording medium is transported through the recording media transport pathway and which is inclined with respect to the first guide face away from the recording media transport pathway, and a first spur rotatably provided on the guide member and projecting into the recording media transport pathway from a connection portion between the first guide face and the second guide face. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086335 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image heating apparatus includes a coil for generating magnetic flux; a belt member, including an electroconductive layer for generating heat by the magnetic flux generated from the coil, for heating an image on a recording material by the heat generated by the electroconductive layer; a first pressing member contactable to an inner surface of the belt member; a second pressing member for pressing the belt member against the first pressing member to nip and convey the recording material; a coil unit, including the coil, provided oppositely to an outer surface of the belt member; a moving mechanism capable of moving the coil unit between a first position in which the image on the recording material is to be heated and a second position in which the coil unit is moved away from the belt member; and a pressure changing mechanism for changing a pressure between the first pressing member and the second pressing member. The pressure changing mechanism reduces the pressure between the first pressing member and the second pressing member in interrelation with an operation for moving the coil unit away from the belt member by the moving mechanism. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086336 | TONER FIXING APPARATUS AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING DEVICE - A toner fixing apparatus characterized by provision of a provisional fixing portion provided with a provisional fixing component having an infrared heater irradiating infrared radiation onto a printed surface of the web and a main fixing portion provided downstream in the web flow in the provisional fixing portion and nipping the web with heat rollers performing a main fixing operation or having a plurality of main fixing units. According to this invention, a toner fixing apparatus and an electrophotographic printing device including the toner fixing apparatus are provided which display excellent fixing properties during multicolor image formation, excellent heating efficiency and excellent economy with respect to installation space. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086337 | WASTE TONER CARTRIDGE PROCESSING EQUIPMENT - In a waste toner cartridge processing equipment ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086338 | Transfer control mechanism for printer and transfer control method - A conveyance control mechanism for a printer including an image forming unit forming an image on a sheet being conveyed on a conveyance route, includes a curl detector configured to detect a curl of the sheet conveyed on the conveyance route, in an upstream of the image forming unit on the conveyance route. The conveyance route controller may drive and stop the conveyance route differently depending on whether the curl detector detects a curl at either a front end or at a position other than the front end. When the curl detector detects a curl of the sheet, an image forming route where the image forming unit performs an image formation may be separated and retreated from the conveyance route and the sheet being conveyed may be discharged onto the retreated image forming route. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086339 | System And Method For Facilitating Cutting Of Media Having A Phase Change Ink Image - A system cuts media printed with phase change ink in a manner that reduces the ink debris produced by cutting solidified ink. The system includes a heater configured to heat phase change ink on the media moving through the heater to a temperature at which the ink is malleable, the temperature being above room temperature and below a temperature at which phase change ink melts, and a cutter configured to receive the media after the media has been heated by the heater and to cut the media. The blade of the cutter may also be heated to facilitate media cutting with a reduced likelihood of solid ink debris being generated. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086340 | Cutting mechanism for printing apparatus, and printing apparatus including the same - A cutting mechanism for a printing apparatus that cuts a printing medium and includes a fixed blade having first through holes and a movable blade having second through holes and slidingly movable with respect to the fixed blade, wherein each of first openings of the first through holes on a first sliding face is at least partly included in a first overlapping portion, each of second openings of the second through holes on a second sliding face is at least partly included in a second overlapping portion, and the first openings and the second openings are located at positions such that the first openings and the second openings do not overlap completely with each other in a direction orthogonal to a movement direction of the movable blade with respect to the fixed blade. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086341 | Printer - To provide a thermal printer in which cutting performance with respect to a recording sheet is enhanced, a thermal printer ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086342 | Cleaning Device Handle - Provided is a cleaning device handle that includes two chambers or hollow elements, in which fluid is transferred from one to the other before being sprayed out. In one specific device, one of the two chambers or hollow elements is slidable into the other, and each includes a one-way valve. In another, all or substantially all of the apparatus is enclosed within a tubular outer housing to result in a look and feel that is nearly identical to a conventional non-spraying mop/cleaner handle. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086343 | REGULATOR STRUCTURE OF CARTRIDGE ROLLER BALL PEN - A regulator structure of a cartridge roller ball pen is provided. The regulator structure is disposed within a front shell. A through hole is disposed in the center of the regulator for the disposal of a cotton core. A plurality of buffer regions formed of guide vanes is disposed on the surface of the regulator. A guide gap is disposed on an end of the regulator. Additionally, an ink discharge hole is disposed on the surface of the regulator. The ink discharge hole is communicated with the through hole. Thus, ink that expanded in volume due to heat is ink discharge buffered, and the ink is guided back into a cartridge ink box after the temperature is restored, so as to prevent the pollution resulted from ink ejected from the front end of the front shell, and to reduce the ink waste. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086344 | System for Supplying Paint from can to Brush - The present invention describes a system for supplying paint, for painting, consisting of a brush or roller that in its central part has a manual suction pump built in the actual brush or control part of the roller where the paint arrives in order to be dispensed to the bristles; said pump consists of the connection of a circular cavity, located in a lower piece, with a central, round perforation in an upper piece, said pieces forming the brush. In the outer upper part of the chamber there is a channel that surrounds the entire central perforation but leaves a border between said channel and the edge of the perforation, in such a manner that the channel houses a ring that will tension and fix an elastic membrane functioning as a bellows for the suction and the expulsion of the paint. It also consists of a container for storing paint, which may be a can or closed container that has a perforation in the central upper part via which tubing is inserted for carrying the paint to the brush. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086345 | SWIVEL FOR HEAVY LOADS - A swivel for heavy loads includes two mutually rotatable parts ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086346 | CONNECTOR PIECE FOR THE ARTICULATED CONNECTION OF COMPONENTS LOCATED IN THE SUSPENSION OF A VEHICLE - A connector piece for the articulated connection of structural elements of a chassis of a motor vehicle. The connector piece has a main body, formed from at least one metal sheet, which has at least one bearing or joint and includes a housing connected to the main body and an inner part which is fitted within an inside space of the housing and can move relative to the housing. The housing comprises a housing portion that surrounds the inside space and includes at least two sheet-metal strips that are arranged adjacent one another, in a longitudinal direction, and are bent between their ends, in opposite directions transverse to the longitudinal direction, such that the metal strips partially surround the inside space on different sides. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086347 | Ball Joint and Sealing Collar for Such a Ball Joint - A ball joint includes a housing, a ball stud, a ball head, and a sealing collar which rests against the housing and the ball stud, in order to seal between the same, the sealing collar having an additional sealing section that is integrally formed therewith and additionally seals between the housing and the ball head. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086348 | METHOD OF JOINING CABLE RACKS, AND A SPLICE PLATE - Disclosed is a technique of joining two cable racks together in a longitudinal direction thereof. A splice plate is used which has two insertion holes each formed at a position corresponding to a first one of two joint holes in each of adjacent ends of each of two longitudinally-aligned pairs of primary beams of two cable racks, and two lock protrusions each formed at a position corresponding to the other second joint hole, in a manner engageable with the second joint hole. The adjacent ends of the longitudinally-aligned pair of primary beams are joined together by means of engagement between the lock protrusions of the splice plate and the second joint holes of the adjacent ends of the longitudinally-aligned pair of primary beams, and fastening between two bolt and two nuts through the first insertion holes and the insertion holes of the splice plate. Thus, two cable racks can be joined together by performing a bolting operation only at a single position in each of the adjacent ends of the longitudinally-aligned pair of primary beams. This makes it possible to reduce by half a time of joining operation while suppressing a trouble in the joining operation. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086349 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISABLING A GROUND ENGAGING TRACTION DEVICE OF A LAND VEHICLE - An apparatus and a method for disabling a ground engaging traction device of a land vehicle includes at least one penetrator configured to breach the traction device, an articulated strap configured to move between a retracted arrangement and an extended arrangement, an inflatable bladder configured to deploy the articulated strip to the extended arrangement, and a retractor configured to retract the articulated strip to the retracted arrangement. The articulated strip includes a plurality of plates coupled to the penetrators and a plurality of joints, wherein individual joint couples individual adjacent plates. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086350 | BOLLARD ASSEMBLY - A bollard assembly having a post and a sleeve. The post has a cylindrical post wall forming a cavity and a passage in the post wall. The passage has a first section that extends longitudinally along the post wall and a second section that intersects the first section and extends crosswise to the first section. The sleeve has a cylindrical sleeve wall forming a cavity and a latch pin that is attached to the sleeve wall and extends into the cavity. The sleeve is adapted to receive the post such that the latch pin travels through the passage in the post wall. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086351 | Dowel sleeves - A dowel sleeve has a tubular body with a mounting assembly at one end for releasable connection to a construction plate, and a leg support engagable at the other end for adjustable support. The construction plate has spaced non-circular holes. A first flange of the mounting assembly has a complementary profile, of smaller dimensions, to the non-circular holes, while a second flange has a similar profile, of larger dimensions, with its major-axis non-aligned with the major-axis of the first flange. The first flange is inserted through one of the non-circular holes, and the tubular body is rotated so the first and second flanges engage opposed faces of the construction plate. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086352 | DOWEL BAR LOADER - A dowel bar loader comprising an inlet for receiving dowel bars, an outlet for delivering dowel bars, and a serpentine path connecting the inlet to the outlet. The path includes at least three changes in direction between the inlet and the outlet. In preferred embodiments, the path can include seven changes in direction or more. In one embodiment, the changes in direction comprises an angle change of at least about twenty-five degrees. The dowel bar loader further includes a control mechanism positioned to control movement of dowel bars in the path, and a spacer mechanism for spacing the dowel bars from each other in preparation for delivery to the dowel bar inserter. Preferably, the control mechanism is upstream of the spacer mechanism and spaced from the outlet. In one embodiment, the control mechanism comprises a control wheel that rotates completely around during normal operation. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086353 | COMPACTOR WITH SMOOTH HOSE ROUTING - A compactor with a hose routing includes a drum connected to a frame with a support. The frame defines an interior space of the compactor and includes a plate through which an opening extends to the interior space. A hose assembly extends from an end of the drum through the opening to the interior space without the use of bulkheads. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086354 | EXTENSION PLATE FOR A COMPACTOR AND METHOD - An extension plate for use in a compactor includes an elongate body extending between a first surface configured to be coupled to the compactor frame and a second surface configured to be coupled to a support of the compactor. The first surface includes a first opening aligning with an opening into an interior of the compactor. A second opening in at least one of the elongate body or the second surface communicates with the first opening to allow passage of a hose through the extension plate and through the opening in the frame into the interior space. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086355 | Hardened material for creating seaweed bed - To provide a hardened material for creating a seaweed bed that can efficiently supply ferrous ions to organisms. Cement, steel and iron slag crushed to 40 mm or less, decomposed hardwood chips on the order of 20 to 80 mm, and water are mixed, and the obtained mixture is cast into a formwork. The mixture is then cured within the formwork until it hardens. Next, the concrete obtained by being hardened within the formwork is crushed so as to have a mass per unit volume of 2 to 3 tons/m | 2010-04-08 |
20100086356 | BLUFF PENETRATING OUTFALL DRAINAGE SYSTEM - A system and method to remove surface water from a watershed atop a hill behind a bluff to an outfall point near a toe of the bluff, and a method to build the system. The system includes a catch basin structure and a catch basin drain pipe directionally bored from the catch basin structure to the outfall point. The location of the catch basin is determined based on a location of the outfall point and a desired slope of the catch basin drain pipe. The catch basin structure has a catch basin with an opening near its bottom, and a cover structure that provides a sculpted, rounded and smooth transition from the opening to a reducing pipe coupled with the catch basin drain pipe. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086357 | Fish passes - A fish pass comprises material ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086358 | Multi-Purpose Vent - Disclosed is a foundation vent that provides air ventilation and flood relief for an enclosed area. A screen is included to prevent items such as insects, small animals, debris, and organic matter, including buoyant materials due to a flood, from entering the enclosed area. A removable screen and exterior screen stop allow the owner to easily inspect, maintain, clean, and repair the foundation vent. The foundation vent is also designed as a non-engineered, non-mechanical opening, which allows the air and flood water ratings of the foundation vent to be based upon the actual net clear open area. Such design eliminates the need for a vapor barrier and/or specialized structural engineering of the foundation. The dual operation of the foundation vent as a flood grate also allows rising flood water to penetrate and recede from the enclosed area, which equalizes the hydrostatic pressure on either side of the foundation wall. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086359 | METHOD OF DIRECTING DRILLING PATTERN IN CURVED TUNNELS, ROCK DRILLING RIG, AND SOFTWARE PRODUCT - A method of determining a direction of a drilling pattern in tunnel curve calculation to be executed in a control unit of a rock drilling rig. The invention further relates to a storage device including software product implementing the method, and a rock drilling rig. A tunnel line of a tunnel to be excavated is determined e.g. by using curve fitting. A location of a drilling site on the tunnel line is communicated to the control unit and a navigation plane of the drilling pattern is positioned on the tunnel line. A start point of a round is positioned on the tunnel line and a length of the round is provided. Further, an end point of the round is positioned at a distance corresponding with the length of the round from the start point and a coordinate system of the drilling pattern is directed such that one of its axes points from the start point to the end point. Finally, different coordinate systems are transformed. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086360 | LAY RAMP FOR AN UNDERWATER-PIPELINE LAYING VESSEL, LAY RAMP ACTUATING METHOD, AND LAYING VESSEL COMPRISING SUCH A LAY RAMP - A lay ramp for an underwater-pipeline laying vessel has an inside ramp hinged to the laying vessel; an outside ramp hinged to the inside ramp; and an actuating device having a first actuating assembly for rotating the inside ramp with respect to the laying vessel, and a second actuating assembly secured to the outside ramp and to the first actuating assembly to rotate the outside ramp with respect to the inside ramp. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086361 | PIPE PUSHING AND HANDLING - Apparatus and corresponding methods for pipe pushing and/or handling in which the auxiliary supply lines of an excavator are used to power a hydraulic clamp for gripping the pipe, and the articulated arm of the excavator is used for manoeuvring the pipe. Such apparatus includes: a pair of jaws having cooperating pipe-gripping surfaces; a hydraulic ram coupled to the jaws and capable of actuating the jaws to grip a pipe between the pipe-gripping surfaces; a connection portion arranged to connect the apparatus to an articulated arm of the excavator; and a hydraulic fluid distributor arranged to distribute pressurised hydraulic fluid from auxiliary hydraulic supply lines of the excavator to the hydraulic ram. Thus, when the apparatus is connected to an excavator the jaws can be actuated by control of the supply of pressurised hydraulic fluid from the auxiliary supply lines of the excavator, and the apparatus (and pipe) can be moved by control of the position and orientation of the excavator arm. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086362 | Floating stucture for support of mixed use facilities - A method for providing a sustainable offshore community that includes a floatable, low cost platform structure which covers a large amount of real estate and is supported above the surface of the ocean from columns which pass through the structure such that the extremities of the structure are supported with stays that run from the top of the columns to the extremities of the platform. This type of staying structure permits the formation of the large floatable platform for supporting self sustaining communities by providing sizeable living and recreational areas, thus to permit an offshore community to exist at sea for a number of years. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086363 | DEVICE FOR PROTECTING A SUBSEA STRUCTURE AND METHODS RELATING TO SAME - A device for protecting a subsea structure from damage due to impact from falling objects. The device includes a lower shell that can be positioned over the subsea structure on the sea bed. The lower shell has a non-articulating cross sectional shape that provides a conduit between the lower shell and the sea bed. An upper shell is fixed to an outer surface of the lower shell and has a cross sectional shape that provides a conduit between the outer surface of the lower shell and the upper shell. The upper shell is sized and configured to be disposed on the lower shell. The lower shell can include footings to providing bearing support on the sea bed or may be positioned on separate footings or foundation on the sea bed. Methods of making the device and using the device to protect subsea structures are also disclosed. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086364 | Subsea Suction Pile Crane System - A subsea suction pile crane system comprises a suction pile and a crane mounted on the suction pile. The crane comprises a rotatable mounting surface, a winch, and a boom having a proximal section attached to the rotatable mounting surface such that the boom can pivot with respect to the mounting surface, and a distal section opposite the proximal section. In embodiments, a plurality of suction piles may be sed. The crane system is typically hydraulically operated. A preferred embodiment of the invention may further comprise a remotely operated vehicle comprising a hydraulic power supply operatively coupled to the crane, and a manipulator arm mounted on the distal section of the boom and operatively coupled to the hydraulic power supply. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086365 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYMENT OF A COLD WATER PIPE - A cold water pumping system comprises a center tube and a cold water pipe surrounding the center tube. The cold water pipe is supported from a bottom end of the center tube and an impeller is coupled to the bottom end of the center tube. The impeller is operable to move water through the cold water pipe, wherein the cold water pipe is comprised of a plurality of segments. Each segment of the cold water pipe comprises at least two frame sections configured to be coupled together to surround the center tube and a removable skin configured to be inserted throughout the perimeter of the at least two sections. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086366 | APPARATUS FOR THE CREATION OF OUTER SURFACES FOR STRUCTURES - The present invention provides an apparatus for creating an outer surface effect of a structure wherein at least one wall of the structure defines a support surface, the apparatus comprising means defining a covering surface which overlies the support surface but is movable therefrom, so that a quantity of material to create the outer surface effect can be positioned between the support surface and the covering surface, and wherein the covering surface is in the form of a panel. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086367 | CALCIFICATION METHOD USING CALCIFYING BACTERIA - The invention relates to a method for improving the strength of a porous or permeable material. The invention particularly relates to a method comprising: contacting at least one type of calcification bacteria with a porous or permeable material; contacting the calcification bacteria with a calcification medium; said method or process further comprising: contact the calcification bacteria with an adhesion agent and the assimilation of the adhesion agent by the calcification bacteria. The invention can be used for reinforcing floors, in particular liquefiable floors, for the stabilisation of slopes, for the calcification of non organic or organic substrates, and for the restoration or protection of a frontage. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086368 | PROCESS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF POWDERED MATERIAL - The invention concerns a process and a device ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086369 | Processes for improving tool life and surface finish in high speed machining - Processes for high speed machining of workpiece materials using high performance tools with prolonged tool life and improved surface finish are provided by vibrating the tool and/or the workpiece at a frequency greater than the frequency of shear localization in the primary shear zone or chip segmentation occurring in the absence of tool vibration, with an amplitude sufficient to break up the tool-chip atomic contact, thereby decreasing the tool-chip contact length through decreasing the tool-chip contact time, thereby suppressing accelerated chemical tool wear caused by dissolution of the tool into the workpiece by nanocrystalline grain boundary diffusion and grain boundary sliding mechanisms by preventing shear localization associated with nanocrystalline grain formation in the primary shear zone of the chip, and suppressing oxidation wear of the tool by preventing segmentation of the chip. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086370 | SURFACE COATING FILM, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF, CUTTING TOOL AND MACHINE TOOL - Provided is a surface coating film having a high degree of hardness and an excellent oxidation-resistance, and a method of manufacturing thereof, a cutting tool and a cutting machine. In the surface coating film, an oxidation-resistance layer containing, as a main component, a complex oxide of Li and at least Al, is coated on the outer surface of a base material, direct thereonto or through the intermediary of a highly hard coating layer. Further, in a method of manufacturing a surface coating film, the base material as it is or a highly hard coating layer coated substance in which a highly hard coating layer is coated on the outer surface of the base material is supported in a hermetic container with the use of a holder arranged in the container, then a complex oxide forming target formed from an Li and at least Al as main components, is arranged in the container into which oxygen is then fed, and en electric discharge is effected between the complex oxide forming target as an anode and the holder as a cathode so as to form an oxidation-resistance layer on the outer surface of the base material or the highly hard coating layer coated substance. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086371 | TWIST DRILL HAVING AT LEAST TWO CUTTING INSERTS AT THE TIP EACH WITH ITS OWN J-SHAPED CHIP GUIDING FLUTE AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A twist drill having at least two cutting inserts at the tip each with its own J-shaped chip guiding flute and a method for the production thereof. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086372 | HOLE SAW AND SLUG REMOVER - A hole saw with slug remover including a top cylindrical housing; a bottom cylindrical housing attached to the top cylindrical housing, the bottom cylindrical housing having teeth for cutting; a pilot drill extending through the top cylindrical housing and bottom cylindrical housing; a drive screw rotatably affixed to the top cylindrical housing, the drive screw having a threaded exterior; and an ejection plunger engaging the threaded exterior of the drive screw wherein the ejection plunger is forced downward to eject a slug when the drive screw rotates counter-clockwise and is forced upward when the drive screw rotates clockwise. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086373 | CUTTING TOOL - A tool comprising a cutting section, on which a multiplicity of blades or cutting edges and flutes are formed; a shank section, which forms a chucking section on a side which faces away from the cutting section, wherein a number of fluid channels which corresponds to the number of flutes is formed in the chucking section, which channels in each case have an axial discharge opening and lead along the shank to an associated flute of the cutting section. Also, a method for supplying the blades of such a tool with a pressurized fluid. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086374 | DYNAMICALLY OPTIMIZED MACHINE TOOL HAVING SUPERIMPOSED DRIVE SYSTEMS - The invention relates to a method for controlling movement of at least one subassembly of a machine tool, wherein the subassembly includes a rotatable spindle supported at the subassembly by at least one magnetic bearing having at least one bearing gap, wherein the subassembly is moved along a path smoothed by a controller with respect to an exact path, wherein the spindle in its housing is moved along a differential path by means of the magnetic bearing, and wherein the addition (superimposition) of the smoothed path and the differential path generated therewith results in the exact path. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086375 | Wheelchair Passenger Securement Station - The inventions described and claimed herein are systems or components for an automated rear-facing wheelchair passenger station and include a forward excursion barrier for preventing forward movement of a wheelchair, lateral excursion barriers for preventing undesired movement of a wheelchair, and an electro-pneumatic control system. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086376 | Expandable collet anchor systems with captive studs - A collet body and captive stud combination is disclosed wherein the collet body has a first end and adjacent first wall portion, and a protrusion extending from an exterior surface thereof. The first wall portion also defines at least two secondary slots to create at least two fingers. The collet body also has a second end including a collet head and an opening for receiving a stud. At least a portion of an interior surface of the collet body is threaded to rotationally receive a threaded stud. The stud includes a head, a body portion being at least partially threaded, a distal end and at least one radially extending protrusion at or proximate to the distal end. The protrusion may be circumferentially continuous or discontinuous. The stud body portion is sized to fit through the collet body second end, and to prevent dislocation of the stud from the collet body once inserted in a collet body, the maximum diameter of the stud at the radially extending protrusion is greater than the minimum diameter of any essentially non-elastic portion of the collet body. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086377 | Vibration isolation fastener insert - A vibration isolation fastener insert structure adapted to be partially or wholly snugly received in a hole in a panel comprising: | 2010-04-08 |
20100086378 | SYMMETRICALLY STEPPED BORE COUPLER NUT - A coupler nut with multiple bore diameters that are symmetrically stepped in both directions away from the center bore diameter. The bore diameter at the center is the smallest, and each pair of steps away from the center bore increases the bore diameter. This means that the coupler nut has no single, correct vertical orientation. It has no top or bottom, and as such is vertically ambidextrous. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086379 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PRODUCING PERFECT BOUND BOOK BLOCKS - A method for producing perfect-bound book blocks for books or similar printed products, including driving successively arranged clamps to circulate along an endless path of a perfect binding apparatus, positioning loose book blocks composed of gathered printed sheets inside conveying units of a conveying device, supplying the book blocks upon or prior to reaching the transfer region below the endless path to the clamps of the perfect binding apparatus, the supplying including inserting the book blocks into the clamps pivoted by approximately 90° around a perpendicular axis from a processing position for the book blocks and clamping the book blocks in the clamps with spines facing downwards, and transporting the clamped book blocks in an upright position for further processing in the perfect binding apparatus. An arrangement for producing perfect-bound book blocks is also provided. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086380 | SCISSOR LIFT TRANSFER ROBOT - A method and apparatus for a transfer robot that may be used in a vacuum environment is described. The transfer robot includes a lift assembly comprising a first platform and a second platform coupled to the first platform by a plurality of support members, the plurality of support members comprising a first pair of support members and a second pair of support members, a first drive assembly coupled to a portion of the plurality of support members, the first drive assembly providing a motive force to the plurality of support members to move the second platform in a first linear direction relative to the first platform, and an end effector disposed on the second platform and movable in a second linear direction by a second drive assembly, the second linear direction being orthogonal to the first linear direction. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086381 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a vacuum processing apparatus for performing a desired process for a substrate after establishing a vacuum atmosphere therein. More particularly, the vacuum processing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, which is divided into a chamber body and an upper cover. The upper cover is configured to be easily opened away from and closed to the chamber body. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086382 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a vacuum processing apparatus for performing a desired process for a substrate after establishing a vacuum atmosphere therein. More particularly, the vacuum processing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, which is divided into a chamber body and an upper cover. The upper cover is configured to be easily opened away from and closed to the chamber body. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086383 | VACUUM PROCESSING APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a vacuum processing apparatus for performing a desired process for a substrate after establishing a vacuum atmosphere therein. More particularly, the vacuum processing apparatus includes a vacuum chamber, which is divided into a chamber body and an upper cover. The upper cover is configured to be easily opened away from and closed to the chamber body. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086384 | HANDLING DEVICE FOR DRIVING, DIPPING AND TURNING MOTORVEHICLE AND VAN BODYWORKS, TRUCK CABINS AND METAL ARTICLE VESSELS INTO PROCESSING BASINS - A device for driving, dipping and turning bodyworks of motor vehicles, vans, truck cabs and metal article vessels, into processing basin, and for withdrawing the above elements from the processing basins, comprises a slidable framework, which can slide on sliding rails, supporting a pair of arms bearing, at free end portions thereof, a swinging shaft adapted to bear a supporting skid for supporting a bodywork, the sliding framework comprising at least a winch driving a drum, for winding a rope coupled to a respective arm at the swinging shaft, the slidable framework further comprises at least a rack, therealong an end portion of the respective arms coupled to framework slides. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086385 | Shuttle Cars for Use in Automated Parking - A system of shuttle cars for transporting a vehicle in an automated parking facility. Each shuttle car includes an x-shuttle that supports two z-shuttles. The z-shuttles move from the x-shuttle and under the vehicle for transport. The z-shuttles locate and engage the front and rear tires of a vehicle to lift the vehicle from the floor. Once the z-shuttles have engage the vehicle tires, the z-shuttles return to the x-shuttle so that the x-shuttle can transport the vehicle (and the z-shuttles) to and from the appropriate parking space. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086386 | CAR SLIDER ASSEMBLY - A slider assembly for loading and unloading a vehicle from a trailer includes a frame assembly movable between retracted and extended positions, a drive system including a drive motor and a linkage assembly operably coupling the drive motor with the frame assembly, wherein the drive system moves the frame assembly between the retracted and the extended positions thereof, and a wheel assembly movable between an extending position, wherein the wheel assembly extends away from the frame assembly and supports the frame above a ground surface and an angular ramp extending rearwardly of the trailer, and a retracted position, wherein the wheel assembly is retracted to a position proximate the frame assembly, and wherein the wheel assembly supports the frame assembly at a substantially constant height above a ground surface as the frame assembly is moved between the retracted and extended positions, and a controller adapted to control the drive system and move the frame assembly between the retracted and extended positions thereof, and to control the wheel assembly between the retracted and extended positions. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086387 | Trash receptacle loading frame - The trash receptacle loading frame is a trash container cradle engageable with a front load or rear load hook truck for loading and transport on the truck. The trash receptacle loading frame allows one truck to do many different duties, maximizing potential and efficiency of the operator. The inventive cradle features a substantially open rectangular steel frame provided at a front end with an upstanding truck hook engaging component and at a rear end with hooks for engagement with the grab bars of both front and rear load containers. The rear latching hooks may include two safety latches at the top to lock in the top bar of the container, on rear load models, as well as two bars that will lock in place to keep the container from shifting left or right during transport, thus securing the container to the attachment. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086388 | System and Method for Oilfield Service Equipment Transportation and Placement - A system for oilfield service equipment transportation and placement comprises a street-legal truck having a tool skid handling system and a tool skid. The tool skid may be offloaded from, and loaded onto, the truck, by means of the tool skid handling system, while requiring only a single person to carry out the loading or offloading. Preferably, the tool skid holds all specialized service equipment for carrying out a particular job at a wellsite, for example running a string of casing or other threaded connection tubulars. The tool skid handling system has a hydraulically powered arm with a hook on the end, and enables one person (namely, the driver of the truck) to load and offload the fully loaded tool skid with no additional assistance. Exemplary methods for using the system are also disclosed. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086389 | Container transfer system for uploading and downloading mating container relative to a transport vehicle - A container transfer system for a transport vehicle includes a lift assembly which has spaced lift lugs that can extend into spaced recesses in the floor of a mating storage container and attachment straps that respectively extend from opposite ends of a mast to connection elements on the respective sides of the container to connect the container to the lift assembly and enable the lift assembly to lift the container onto the vehicle for transport to another location and thereafter download the container off the vehicle. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086390 | LIGHT WEIGHT, STRONG, FIRE RETARDANT DUNNAGE PLATFORM BAG AND SYSTEM OF LOADING, DISPENSING AND USING BAG - The present invention relates to methods of manufacturing lightweight thermoplastic dunnage platform decks or repairing and reusing damaged lightweight thermoplastic dunnage platform decks to be mounted with molded feet. In an embodiment of the present invention, a dunnage platform with damaged feet is modified such that the damaged feet are removed and replacement feet are attached. In an embodiment of the present invention, the damaged feet of a dunnage platform are removed and the resulting dunnage platform deck is shipped to a desired site whereupon molded feet are attached to the dunnage platform deck and the dunnage platform generated from the deck and molded feet is used for shipping cargo. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086391 | Hose Handling Apparatus - A hose handling apparatus for gripping, advancing, and maneuvering a high pressure hose is provided. The hose handling apparatus comprises a support member comprising a first end, a middle section, and a second end, a generally cylindrical handle detachably connected to and substantially perpendicular to the first end of the support member forming a rigid connection with the support member to provide grip to a user's hand, a first generally cylindrical curvilinear gripping element detachably connected to and substantially perpendicular to the middle section of the support member, and a second generally cylindrical curvilinear gripping element detachably connected to and substantially perpendicular to the second end of the support member. The support member is angled at the middle section. The handle and the gripping elements form a parallel configuration which is perpendicular to a planar surface of the support member. The gripping elements grip the hose positioned between them firmly. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086392 | SEMICONDUCTOR CONTAINER OPENING/CLOSING APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A method is provided of manufacturing semiconductor devices formed on a semiconductor wafer, including placing the wafer in a semiconductor container and conveying the container to a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus. An opening of the container is opposed to an opening of the apparatus such that an opener of the apparatus holds a lid of the opening the container. A key of the opener is inserted to a latch groove of the lid, and the key is rotated to contact a latch of the lid. The openings are connected such that a velocity differential pressure ratio obtained by dividing the maximum velocity when the opener holding the lid horizontally moves away from the opening of the container, by the differential pressure between the inside pressure and the outside pressure of the apparatus, is set to be 0.06 ((m/s)/Pa) or less, and then the wafer is processed. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086393 | TURBINE WITH MIXERS AND EJECTORS - A Mixer/Ejector Wind/Water Turbine (“MEWT”) system is disclosed which routinely exceeds the efficiencies of prior wind/water turbines. Unique ejector concepts are used to fluid-dynamically improve many operational characteristics of conventional wind/water turbines for potential power generation improvements of 50% and above. Applicants' preferred MEWT embodiment comprises: an aerodynamically contoured turbine shroud with an inlet; a ring of stator vanes; a ring of rotating blades (i.e., an impeller) in line with the stator vanes; and a mixer/ejector pump to increase the flow volume through the turbine while rapidly mixing the low energy turbine exit flow with high energy bypass fluid flow. The MEWT can produce three or more time the power of its un-shrouded counterparts for the same frontal area, and can increase the productivity of wind farms by a factor of two or more. The same MEWT is safer and quieter providing improved wind turbine options for populated areas. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086394 | HYDRAULIC MACHINE - A hydraulic machine having a hydro turbine runner which has a crown at a center and a band along an outer periphery, and is formed around the axis of rotation, long blades which are arranged along the circumferential direction of the axis of rotation, and whose center-side ends are supported by the crown, and periphery-side ends are supported by the band, and short blades which are arranged between the long blades, and whose center-side ends are supported by the crown, periphery-side ends are supported by the band, and rear edges are curved in a rotation direction of the hydro turbine runner in turbine operation, on a plane of projection perpendicular to the axis of rotation. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086395 | Cooling Fan with Oil-impregnated Bearing - A cooling fan with oil-impregnated bearing includes a base portion, a bearing, a fan hub, and a coil assembly. The base portion has a forward extended bearing housing, into which the bearing is tightly fitted with a colloidal material applied between them. The fan hub is mounted on and around the bearing housing, and has a rearward extended rotary shaft extended through a centered shaft hole of the bearing. An oil receiving space is formed on a wall of the shaft hole at a predetermined position. The coil assembly is externally tightly fitted around the bearing housing with a colloidal material applied between them. With the colloidal material, the bearing and the coil assembly can be associated with the bearing housing without detriment to the effective porosity of the bearing and the dimensional precision of the bearing housing. The oil receiving space also prevents the lubricating oil from leaking out. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086396 | DUAL INLET REGENERATIVE AIR PUMP - The present invention relates to a pump arrangement ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086397 | Surface Treatments for Turbine Components to Reduce Particle Accumulation During Use Thereof - A turbine engine component includes at least one treated surface wherein the treated surface has a surface roughness (Ra) of less than 12 microinches; and a hard coating disposed on the superfinished surface, wherein the hard coating is a nitride and/or a carbide material at a thickness of less than 50 microns formed using electron beam physical vapor deposition, cathodic arc evaporation, or magnetron sputtering. disclosed are methods for substantially preventing micropitting on a surface of a turbine engine component. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086398 | METHOD FOR COATING SLIDING SURFACE OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE MEMBER, HIGH-TEMPERATURE MEMBER AND ELECTRODE FOR ELECTRO-DISCHARGE SURFACE TREATMENT - A sliding surface of a high-temperature portion is subjected to an electro-discharge surface treatment with one or both of a high-temperature hard material (4) and a material having a lubricating property at a high temperature (6). The high-temperature hard material (4) is any or a mixture of cBN, TiC, TiN, TiAlN, TiB | 2010-04-08 |
20100086399 | HIGH SPEED AIR COMPRESSION SYSTEM - A moving-air energy recovery system including an air horn having serially disposed segments of differing flare rates, which intercepts a large area of moving air to channel and transform the flow of moving air into a more concentrated, higher velocity of air flow. This higher velocity air flow is applied to turbine vanes which are connected to an armature that provides a mechanical energy output from the incident air flow on a rotating shaft. In one embodiment, the shaft is connected to a electric generator to generate electric power, which may be applied to stationary applications such as emergency home power, and to mobile applications such as augmenting automobile propulsion. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086400 | INTAKE DEVICE AND A PUMP STATION - In a first aspect the invention relates to an intake device ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086401 | Stator vane assembly - A stator vane assembly comprising inner and outer support rings connected by an annular array of stator vanes at locations around the supporting rings, at least one of said stator vanes in said array being a separate, pre-formed stator vane which is slidably connected to one or both of the supporting rings for radial movement relative to the respective support ring thereby to accommodate relative radial expansion of the support rings. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086402 | HIGH EFFICIENCY SUPERCHARGER OUTLET - A supercharger is provided that includes a housing having a first end and a second end. The housing may at least partially define a chamber and may include at least one rotor disposed within the chamber. The supercharger includes an inlet port proximate the first end of the housing and an outlet port proximate the second end of the housing. The supercharger further includes a relief chamber in fluid communication with the chamber. In an embodiment, the relief chamber may extend in the axial direction and may have a depth in the axial direction that is equal to at least about 10% of the axial length of the rotor. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086403 | LUBRICATION OF WINDMILLING JOURNAL BEARINGS - A support shaft provides lubrication to a journal bearing during windmilling operation of a gear set. A primary oil pump provides oil from an oil supply during driven operation of the fan, and a secondary oil pump provides oil from an internal sump during windmilling operation of the fan. During driven operation of the fan, oil is pumped with the primary oil pump through a primary oil flow path to an outer surface of the support shaft. During windmilling fan operation, oil is pumped from an internal sump with a secondary oil pump through the secondary oil flow path. The secondary oil flow path has a smaller flow capacity, and the secondary oil pump is a smaller capacity pump. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086404 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR DRIVING FIRST AND SECOND LIFT ROTORS OF A ROTORCRAFT HAVING TWIN ROTORS IN TANDEM - A drive device (D) for driving first and second lift rotors ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086405 | IMPELLER, FAN APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMPELLER - An impeller, a fan apparatus, and a method of manufacturing the impeller are provided. The impeller includes a support portion, a plurality of rotor blades, and a joining member. The joining member is a substantially annular member provided to strengthen the rotor blades against influence of a centrifugal force, and extends in a circumferential direction along a circle centered on a central axis so as to join the rotor blades to one another. In each of the rotor blades, a point of intersection of a leading edge of the rotor blade with a radially outer end of the rotor blade is positioned forward, with respect to a rotation direction, relative to a point of intersection of the leading edge with an outside surface of the support portion. The joining member is positioned radially inwards of the radially outer end of each of the rotor blades. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086406 | VERTICAL-AXIS WIND TURBINE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates to a vertical-axis wind turbine and at least 2 turbine blades, wherein every turbine blade is connected via a supporting arm and a connecting element that can be purely tensile-loaded to the rotatable vertical axis. According to the invention, between the connecting element that can be purely tensile-loaded and the supporting arm a blade is provided that is convex at an angle of attack side defined by the turbine blades and is concave at the other side. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a wind turbine. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086407 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR - Wind power plant rotor comprising one or more rotor blades and stiffening elements to stiffen the rotor, where the rotor blades are arranged such that they can turn around their longitudinal axes relative to corresponding rotor stiffening elements. Each rotor blade may comprise at least two rotor blade parts where the outer rotor blade part may be turnably arranged relative to the inner rotor blade part. The solution facilitates use of longer or slimmer rotor blades while strength and stiffness increase. The fatigue forces are thereby reduced while the corresponding tower structure can be made stiffer and lighter. Manufacturing and transport costs are reduced. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086408 | FAN BLADE CONNECTION - A fan blade connection system and method for connecting at least one composite blade ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086409 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR - A wind turbine rotor comprising a hub and a plurality of blades. The hub comprises a plurality of sites, each having a pair of spaced apart annular bearings for receiving a respective wind turbine blade. Each blade has a spar extending along a substantial portion of the length of the blade and protrudes from the proximal end of the blade. The spar protrudes into and is rotatably received within the respective spaced apart bearings and is fixed to the hub. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086410 | MIXING IMPELLER - An impeller for use in association with an extraction plate adapted for defibering liquid slurry stock and causing defibered material to pass through the extraction plate. The impeller includes a cylindrical central body portion and a plurality of vanes extending outwardly in a generally tangential direction from the central body portion. The vane leading face height from an extraction side to an air foil surface is substantially constant from the vane outer end to where the vane is attached to the central body portion at the radially outward edge of the central body portion, and then thereafter gradually decreasing in height from the radially outward edge of the body central portion to the airfoil surface at the vane inner end. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086411 | MODERATE DENSITY, LOW DENSITY, AND EXTREMELY LOW DENSITY SINGLE CRYSTAL ALLOYS FOR HIGH AN2 APPLICATIONS - A single crystal alloy for high AN | 2010-04-08 |
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20100086413 | ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR - There is provided an electric compressor capable of being actuated rapidly. During the time when the operation of an automotive air conditioner is stopping, by heating a motor | 2010-04-08 |
20100086414 | HYBRID INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND AIR MOTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - A hybrid internal combustion engine and air motor system is provided and includes at least one chamber having a drivable member and at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve, and a reservoir connected to the chamber through at least one of the intake valve and the exhaust valve. The system further comprises a computer configured to calculate air compressor efficiency during an air compressor mode of operation and select an intake and exhaust valve opening and closing timing sequence for maximizing air compressor efficiency and/or a computer configured to calculate air motor efficiency during an air motor mode of operation and select an intake and exhaust valve opening and closing timing sequence for maximizing air motor efficiency. | 2010-04-08 |
20100086415 | Reciprocating compressor - In a reciprocating compressor with delivery rate control the actuation device ( | 2010-04-08 |
20100086416 | THERMO-PNEUMATIC PERISTALTIC PUMP - A thermo-pneumatic peristaltic pump. A heating base board includes at least one heater. A membrane disposition board is disposed on the heating base board and includes at least one membrane chamber. The membrane chamber includes a first chamber body and a second chamber body. The first chamber body connects to the second chamber body and covers the heater. A fluidic receiving board is disposed on the membrane disposition board and includes at least one fluidic chamber, a fluidic inlet, and a fluidic outlet. The fluidic chamber is connected between the fluidic inlet and the fluidic outlet and is disposed on the second chamber body of the membrane chamber. | 2010-04-08 |