32nd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090193860 | MULTIPOINT DOOR LOCK - A lock assembly that secures a door to an adjacent frame. The assembly includes an elongated base, a cam assembly mounted to the base including a housing, a lever, and a sliding member having a first end slidably connected to the lever and movable in a direction perpendicular to the base by rotation of the lever, an extension actuator having a proximal end movably connected to a second end of the sliding member, and a lock mechanism mounted to the elongated base and movable between unlocked and locked positions. The second end of the sliding member extends to a position within the housing upon full rotation of the lever. The extension actuator and base may permit modular addition of lock mechanisms at multiple locations. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193861 | POWER STEERING LOCK APPARATUS - The present invention provides a power steering lock apparatus having a high reliability which can be actuated by minimum control part and communication wires. In a power steering lock apparatus including a lock bolt, an actuator, an actuator driving part, position detecting part, and a slave control part, and being structured such that the slave control part executes a control in accordance with a control signal output by a host control part, the host control part outputs an integrity confirmation code signal to the slave control part, the slave control part executes a computing process by using the input integrity confirmation code signal as a parameter, and outputs a result of computation as an integrity confirmation information to the host control part, and the host control part outputs an engine start signal when the host control part determines that the slave control part is normally activated, and the lock bolt indicates an unlock position state. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193862 | LOCK WITH COMBINATION PINS OF NON-CIRCULAR SECTION AND ECCENTRICITY CAPABLE OF BEING POSITIONED IN ROTATION AND LOCK KEY WITH COMBINATION INDENTATIONS DIFFICULT TO REPRODUCE FRAUDULENTLY - The present invention proposes a lock with combination pins of non-circular section and eccentricity capable of being positioned in rotation, according to which the seatings or housing orifices for the pin-counterpin sets are aligned. At least one of these same orifices in the rotor two semi-pins are housed together, abutting each other and being provided with respective eccentric tips. The eccentric tips of the pair of semi-pins housed in a same orifice are capable of operating in combination indentations belonging to a same or to two different rows of cuts provided in the shaft of the key. The semi-pins of which have paraxial projections, which are reciprocal with corners formed in the transversal section of the orifice corresponding to the seating. Each semi-pin has a counterpin associated with it, which is mounted against a spring. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193863 | Process for Removing and Recovering Phosphorus from Animal Waste - A process for extraction and recovery of phosphorus from solid animal wastes such as for example, poultry litter waste, includes the steps of phosphorus extraction, phosphorus recovery, and phosphorus recovery enhancement. The process can be performed in batch or continuous mode. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193864 | REPEATABLE BENDER ANGLE APPARATUS - Repeatable bending angle apparatus incorporated into existing manually or pneumatically operated metal stock bending apparatus permits making a number of successive bends of metal stock having similar characteristics. A disk is rotatably mounted below the bending apparatus bending arm with its center located at the bending arm axis. The disk can be rotated and locked at any bending angle. In a first embodiment, using manual bending power, an upward extension from the disk into the bending arm path provides a stop for successive bends at identical angles. Second and third embodiments use pneumatic power. The second embodiment utilizes a spring loaded insert from the stop to give the operator an indication of where to stop the apparatus at the desired angle before the disk will be rotated by the bending arm bearing against the stop. In the third embodiment the stop mounts a valve with a spring loaded extension which shuts off air to a pneumatic pump which stops the bending arm at the same angle when the bending arm depresses the valve extension for successive bends of equal angles. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193865 | Guided keeper assembly and method for metal forming dies - A guided keeper assembly and method for metal forming dies includes a base having a mounting face, a connector portion and a central aperture. A guide pin has a cylindrical center portion closely received in the central aperture of the base for reciprocation, an enlarged first end with an alignment member, and an outwardly opening circumferential groove. A retainer ring is removably mounted in and protrudes radially outwardly of the groove to securely, yet detachably, retain the base on the guide pin between the enlarged head and the retainer ring in an assembled condition to facilitate transport and mounting of the guided keeper assembly. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193866 | Minimizing circumferential transition lines during container shaping operations - The invention provides a method of designing shaping tools for metal containers (such as metal bottles) to minimize the formation of visible transition lines or ripples conventionally produced in such procedures as die necking and outward flaring. The method involves carefully measuring differences between an actual shape produced and a design shape resulting from an original set of shaping tools. The tools are then refined in design to take into account metal spring back and the effect of one shaping stage on the results of previous stages. The redesign goes through several iterations to ensure that each change produces an improvement of the formed container. In this way, the formation of transition lines can be minimized because the actual shape of the container more closely resembles the smooth design shape. Dies designed in this way are then used for commercial shaping operations. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193867 | Adjusting cylinders in rolling stands, including vertical edging stands - An adjusting cylinder for long, rapid lifting movements in rolling stands, including vertical edging stands, wherein each adjusting cylinder has at least one piston which acts through the bearing chocks of at least one work roll or of an interposed roll to adjust a work roll on both sides, wherein each adjusting cylinder has a piston that is equipped with two oppositely directed piston rods, and each piston is inserted in a recess in the cylinder base or cylinder cover, such that the base and cover have coaxially arranged bores through which the piston rods pass. The surface formed by the piston and the piston rod is smaller than the surface formed by the piston and the piston rod. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193868 | Method of producing ultra thin wall metallic tube by cold drawing process - In a method of producing an ultra thin wall metallic tube by a cold drawing process in which a drawing machine is used, a wall thickness of the metallic tube is reduced to perform drawing while a tube-wall centerline diameter of a tube material is expanded, using a solid die which gradually increases in diameter from its engaging inlet side toward its work-ending outlet side and a plug or a tapered mandrel bar which gradually increases in diameter over a corresponding distance from the engaging inlet side of the solid die toward the work-ending outlet side of the solid die, whereby the wall thickness can dramatically be reduced. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193869 | Metal blank for container bodies - Exemplary embodiments of the invention relate to a container blank of defined shape, a method of feeding the blanks, and apparatus for feeding the blanks. The blanks are shaped or contoured in such a way that mutual adhesion between the blanks of a nested stack of such blanks can be broken, thus facilitating the delivery of individual blanks from the stack. The shaping of the blanks is effective to cause the blanks to separate from each other or to tilt mutually by a small distance when one blank is moved at approximately right angles to the stack. This allows ingress of air between the blanks that eliminates the mutual adhesion. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193870 | DRAWING METHOD OF WORK PIECE IN NON-CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL SHAPE AND APPARATUS FOR IT - The present invention aims at providing a drawing method of work piece in non-circular cylindrical shape capable of eliminating swollen part, without causing any creases or depression on the formed face, by performing drawing to the swollen part produced in a region near the minor axis of the work piece in non-circular cylindrical shape. It is a drawing method for drawing the end part of the work piece into a circular cylindrical shape, comprising a spindle mechanism | 2009-08-06 |
20090193871 | RADIAL EXPANSION SYSTEM - A radial expansion system. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193872 | GAS SENSOR CHIP AND GAS SENSOR PROVIDED THEREWITH - To provide a gas sensor chip, and a gas sensor provided therewith, capable of producing stable output characteristics over an extended period of time even when installed in a harsh environment such as a boiler smokestack carrying exhaust gasses. There is a backside structure wherein a catalyst carrier that contacts a gas to be measured is disposed on one side of a thermal conductor, a temperature sensing portion is disposed in a location that does not contact the gas to be measured, on the other side of the thermal conductor, and the temperature sensing portion measures the temperature corresponding to the temperature of the catalyst carrier through the thermal conductor, to enable the sensing of the amount of flow over an extended period of time without the temperature sensing portion being negatively affected by the gas to be measured. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193873 | FUEL PROPERTY SENSOR AND FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY - A fuel property sensor, which is installed to a fuel tank of a fuel tank assembly, senses a property of fuel at the fuel tank. First and second electrodes of the fuel property sensor are made of an electrically conductive material and are exposed in a fuel flow passage in a housing of the fuel property sensor such that the first and second electrodes are generally parallel to a flow direction of fuel in the fuel flow passage and are spaced from each other by a predetermined distance. The fuel property sensor determines the property of the fuel based on a capacitance, which is generated between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193874 | METHOD FOR CHEMICAL SENSOR FABRICATION AND RELATED SENSOR - A method includes forming a hole in a first wafer and forming a sensor structure in or on a second wafer. The second wafer includes a piezoelectric material. The method also includes bonding the first wafer and the second wafer, where the sensor structure is located between the wafers. The method further includes forming a sensing layer by depositing material between the wafers through the hole in the first wafer. The sensing layer could be formed by depositing a sensing layer material on the second wafer using direct printing. Also, the hole through the first wafer could be formed using ultrasonic milling, micro-drilling, laser drilling, wet etching, and/or plasma etching. A spacer material could be used to bond the wafers together, such as frit glass paste or an organic adhesive. Trenches could be formed in the first wafer to facilitate easier separation of multiple sensors. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193875 | LASER INDICATOR FOR REMOTE MEASURING DEVICES AND METHODS THEREFOR - Provided is a device for use in locating the origin of a phenomenon of interest, including a sensor capable of detecting the presence of the phenomenon of interest and generating a detection signal in response thereto. The device also includes a phenomenon origin locator to monitor the detection signal and project light toward the origin when the detection signal satisfies a selected criteria level, thereby indicating the origin of the phenomenon of interest. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193876 | Sniffer lead detector comprising a detector with a quartz window - A sniffer leak detector comprising a detector with a quartz window, the window being selectively permeable to a tracer gas. The quartz window is located in a suction chamber that is connected to a vacuum pump. To reduce the response time, a gas guidance plate is situated in the suction chamber, the guidance plate and quartz window together delimiting a narrow gas guidance chamber. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193877 | Pipeline Pressure Tool - An apparatus and method for pressure testing one or more sections of a pipeline are provided. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus includes a first high pressure seal and a second high pressure seal adapted to isolate a test volume located within a section of the pipeline between the first and second high pressure seals. The apparatus also includes at least one flexible member connecting the first high pressure seal to the second high pressure seal, the at least one flexible member adapted to permit movement of the first high pressure seal relative to the second high pressure seal, allowing the apparatus to travel through a curvature in the pipeline. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193878 | METHOD FOR DETECTING LEVELS OF OVERALL VISCOSITY OF A SAMPLE OF WHOLE BLOOD - A method for detecting levels of viscosity of a sample of whole blood, comprising the steps of providing a curve of the kinetics of optical density of the sample of whole blood, said curve comprising a first point (b) having a value of optical density and a point (c) of minimum value of said optical density; determining the value of the drop between the value of optical density in correspondence with the point (b) and the minimum value of optical density in correspondence with the point (c); obtaining information, based on the value of drop, on the value of viscosity of said sample of whole blood, wherein a low value of the drop of optical density corresponds to a higher level of viscosity of the sample of blood and a high value of the drop corresponds to a lower level of viscosity of the sample of blood. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193879 | SOLVENT DELIVERY DEVICE AND ANALYTICAL SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is a stable solvent delivery device capable of delivering solvent both at high pressure and at constant flow rate. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193880 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAMPLES - A system and method for preparing samples for analyte testing. The sample preparation system can include a freestanding receptacle. The method can include providing a liquid composition comprising a source and a diluent, and positioning the liquid composition in a reservoir defined by the freestanding receptacle. The method can further include filtering the liquid composition to form a filtrate comprising an analyte of interest, removing at least a portion of the filtrate from the sample preparation system to form a sample, and analyzing the sample for the analyte of interest. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193881 | Method, Apparatus, and Nanoindenter for Determining an Elastic Ratio of Indentation Work - A method for determining an elastic ratio of indentation work of an indentation of a material surface to a sampling depth is described. The method may include: placing an indenter probe on the material surface; indenting the material surface to a maximum depth greater than the sampling depth by increasing a vertical force on the probe, while recording the force as a first function of depth; retracting the probe from the material surface by decreasing the force, while recording the force as a second function of depth; and calculating the elastic ratio of indentation work for the sampling depth from the recorded functions. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193882 | Method and device for detecting the exchange of sheathed-element glow plugs in a combustion engine - A method and a device for detecting the exchange of sheathed-element glow plugs (GPE) in a combustion engine, in which at least one electric characteristic quantity of at least one glow plug is measured at the beginning of a driving cycle, an instantaneous value of this characteristic quantity is determined and compared to at least one stored value of the same electric variable quantity of this glow plug, which was determined at the beginning of at least one preceding driving cycle, and if the deviation of the instantaneous value from the stored value exceeds a specifiable threshold value, an exchange of the glow plug (GPE) will be inferred. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193883 | TEST BENCH - A test bench for simulating oscillations with at least one roller that has a running face on at least part of which a roadway covering is applied. The roller is rotatably mounted and supported by an axle. At least one excitation device is provided, which additionally moves the roller in at least one spatial direction, in particular in the vertical direction of the vehicle. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193884 | MOBILE VACUUM SAMPLING SYSTEM - A mobile vacuum sampling system comprising: an inlet; a first filter; a gas sample vacuum pump; a solenoid valve; a sample tube; a pressure gauge; a first block valve; a second filter; a micro filter; a gasifier; a gas analyzer; and a computational, recording and/or analysis display device; wherein a natural gas stream enters the gas sample vacuum pump via the inlet and is compressed to between 3 and 5 psig; wherein the sample tube collects natural gas to be analyzed; wherein the gas analyzer is portable; wherein the gas analyzer analyzes gas samples from the sample tube; and wherein the entire system is contained within a truck or other mobile unit. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193885 | FLOW METERING DEVICE - A fluid flow metering device comprises a ball valve locatable in a fluid flow, having at least two transverse bores through the ball valve, a first transverse bore and a second transverse bore. The first transverse bore includes a fluid flow metering apparatus for measuring the rate of fluid flow through the first transverse bore. The ball valve is preferably rotatable between a first metering position where fluid is flowable through the first transverse bore and a second open position where fluid is flowable through the second transverse bore. In addition, the second transverse bore is dimensioned so that a tool is movable through the second transverse bore when the ball valve is in the second open position. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193886 | Water Usage and Temperature Monitoring Device - A water and temperature monitoring device for measuring and indicating fluid temperature and fluid flow rate includes a body connected between a fluid inlet and fluid outlet, the body having an interior; and a faceplate on the body. A temperature indicator is supported on the faceplate, and a fluid flowmeter is in contact with the fluid in the interior of the body. A fluid flow rate indicator is also supported on the faceplate, the fluid flow rate indicator being responsive to the fluid flow rate indicated by the fluid flowmeter. A temperature sensor is connected to the temperature indicator. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193887 | Temperature-Measuring Device - A temperature-measuring device with a sensing head and a pipe piece is disclosed. The sensing head is embedded in the pipe piece. The pipe piece is provided for conducting a medium whose temperature is detected by the sensing head. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193888 | Non-Contact Radar Based Level Measurement Device - A system and method for using a probe-based guided-wave radar sensor to measure fluid level in a container in a non-contact mode are provided. The system and method of the current invention replaces a wall section of the fluid container, such as a steel slurry tub with a panel of radar-transparent material, such as plastic. The level probe is mounted external to the container, adjacent to the radar-transparent panel. By avoiding contact between the sensor probe and the fluid, whether the fluid be cement slurry or another fluid prone to probe degradation, it is possible to eliminate the possibility of contamination, build-up, caking and/or damage to the probe along with the associated degradation in sensor performance. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193889 | MEASUREMENT TOOL AND METHOD OF USE - This invention relates to a measurement tool, and in particular to a measurement tool for use in determining the density and/or viscosity of a stationary or moving fluid. The measurement tool has been designed for use in borehole applications during the location and exploitation of oil and gas reserves. The measurement tool has a resilient pipe with a substantially uniform cross-section along its length, and the fluid is located within the pipe. The pipe carries an exciter which is connected to a signal generator, the exciter and signal generator being adapted to impart transverse and/or rotational oscillations to the pipe. Measuring the frequency of the oscillations can be used to determine the density and/or the viscosity of the fluid within the pipe. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193890 | Measuring Cap - A cap for a bottle that may be used as a means to measure liquid or flowable contents being poured from a bottle. The portion of the cap used for measuring is inclined upward to its rim for accurate measurement and reading of the numbers and/or other markers. The opposite side of the measuring portion has an upright surrounding wall that extends from the rim, to form a second fluid retaining volume or storage area when covered with an optional top. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193891 | Sensor ,Sensor Component and Method for Producing a Sensor - A sensor, a sensor component and a method for manufacturing a sensor are provided, in which sensors for measuring absolute values are inserted into cost-effective and technically simple plastic housings of the usual construction type, without having negative effects on the long-term stability of the absolute measuring values supplied by such sensors. In particular, parameter drifts and offsets in the parameters are induced by arranging a sensor element above an application-specific semiconductor element which evaluates the sensor's signals, and is connected to it via a flip-chip connection. Mechanical, thermal and moisture stresses are prevented and compensated for by introducing a suitable quantity of gel into the plastic housing. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193892 | DUAL MODE SENSING FOR VIBRATORY GYROSCOPE - An angular rate sensor is disclosed. The angular rate sensor comprises a substrate and a drive subsystem partially supported by a substrate. The drive subsystem includes at least one spring, at least one anchor, and at least one mass; the at least one mass of the drive subsystem is oscillated by at least one actuator along a first axis. Coriolis force acts on moving the drive subsystem along or around a second axis in response to angular velocity of the substrate around the third axis. The angular rate sensor also includes a sense subsystem partially supported by a substrate. The sense subsystem includes at least one spring, at least one anchor, and at least one mass. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193893 | ANGULAR VELOCITY SENSOR - Provided is an angular velocity sensor including: a reference vibrator supported so as to generate reciprocating rotational vibration about a first rotation axis as a center; a detection vibrator supported by the reference vibrator so as to generate reciprocating rotational vibration about a second rotation axis, which is different from the first rotation axis, as a center; a reference vibration generating unit for allowing the reference vibrator to generate reciprocating rotational vibration; and a detection unit for detecting a displacement amount of the detection vibrator with respect to the reference vibrator, which is in association with the reciprocating rotational vibration of the detection vibrator. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193894 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE ROTATIONAL SPEED IN A WIND ENERGY PLANT - An apparatus for monitoring the rotational speed in a wind energy plant, with a rotor shaft which is driven by the rotor and runs out into a gear unit, and with a generator shaft, which connects an output shaft of the gear unit with a generator/converter unit, characterised by a first rotational speed detection unit on the rotor shaft and a second rotational speed detection unit on the generator shaft, wherein each rotational speed detection unit has at least two rotational speed sensors working independently from each other, an analysing unit for the rotational speed, to which the measured signals of the rotational speed detection units are applied and which generates an error signal for a rotational overspeed when a certain maximum value for the rotational speed is exceeded. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193895 | Sound field measuring method and sound field measuring device - A sound field measuring device according to the present invention uses a measurement signal which has at least one change point and whose frequency spectrum has a shape corresponding to a shape of a frequency spectrum of a background noise. This enables a sound field measurement, which is for measuring an impulse response or transfer function of a sound field space which is a linear time-invariant system to be measured, to be performed with a high S/N ratio over a wide frequency band. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193896 | TURBOCHARGER ROTATIONAL SPEED SENSOR - An internal combustion engine system having a turbocharger having compressor driven by a turbine through a common shaft is disclosed. An acoustic sensor is displaced from the compressor and positioned relative to the compressor to detect sound waves emitted by the compressor during rotation of the compressor about the common shaft by the turbine and for producing an electrical signal in response to such detected sound waves. A processor is responsive to the produced electrical signal for controlling operation of the engine system during operation of such engine system. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193897 | COMPOSITION FOR MATERIAL SENSING AND RELATED METHOD AND APPARATUS - A sensor includes a piezoelectric substrate and conductive elements formed in or over the substrate. The sensor also includes a sensing layer formed over the substrate. The sensing layer has one or more properties (such as a mass loading, an electrical property, or a visco-elastic property) that vary based on at least one measurand to be measured by the sensor (such as carbon dioxide). This may affect, for example, a propagation velocity of acoustic waves in the sensor and/or a resonant frequency of the sensor. The sensing layer includes a combination of polyaniline and carbonic anhydrase. The combination of polyaniline and carbonic anhydrase could be formed using an emeraldine base. For instance, an aniline can be dissolved in water to form a mixture, and hydrochloric acid and an oxidant can be added to the mixture. A chemical polymerization of the aniline in the mixture can be performed to form polyanilne. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193898 | ULTRASONIC WAVE VIBRATING APPARATUS - An ultrasonic wave vibrating apparatus includes a passive element converting electric energy to ultrasonic vibration, electrodes, a horn body arranged in a forward side of the element and amplifying the vibration, a backing arranged in the base side of the element and backing the element, and a horn connecting portion having one end connected to the body and the other end connected to the backing to connect the body and the backing to each other with the element sandwiched between the body and the backing. At least one of the body, the connecting portion and the backing is formed of metallic glass. The body and the connecting portion can be formed of the metallic glass integrally with each other. A cover covering the element may be included, and the cover, the body and the connecting portion can be formed of the metallic glass integrally with each other. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193899 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR ULTRASONIC CHARACTERIZATION OF DEFORMED STRUCTURES - Generally speaking, the method of the present invention is performed by making various ultrasonic scans at preselected orientations along the length of a material being tested. Data from the scans are then plotted together with various calculated parameters that are calculated from this data. Lines or curves are then fitted to the respective plotted points. Review of these plotted curves allows the location and severity of defects within these sections to be determined and quantified. With this information various other decisions related to how, when or whether repair or replacement of a particular portion of a structure can be made. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193900 | ORDER TRACKING METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention describes an order tracking system ( | 2009-08-06 |
20090193901 | Sensor for Detecting Arcing Faults - The present invention is directed to a sensor for detecting arcing faults, the sensor combining a photodetector, a pressure detector, and an accelerometer along with integrated circuitry. The circuitry controls each detector, operates the self-test circuitry, conditions the signals from the detectors, and communicates with the external network. The circuitry receives commands from the network and transmits the output decision from the sensor. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193902 | Gas Pressure Sensor With Temperature Compensation - A pressure sensor for sensing a fluid pressure comprising: a first chamber including a first conductive membrane, wherein a fluid is sealed within the first chamber at a reference pressure such that the first conductive membrane deflects from pressure differences between the reference and the fluid pressure; a second chamber including a second conductive membrane sealed from the fluid pressure, wherein the second membrane deflects in response to a change in temperature which the pressure sensor is exposed thereto; and a circuit in electrical communication with the first and second conductive membrane, the circuit being configured to obtain a first and second signal from the first and second conductive membranes respectively, the first and second signals being indicative of the deflection of the first and second conductive membranes, wherein the circuit adjusts the first signal by the second signal to generate an output signal indicative of the fluid pressure. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193903 | METHOD FOR SENSOR FABRICATION AND RELATED SENSOR AND SYSTEM - A method includes forming multiple trenches in a first wafer, forming a sensor structure on a first surface of a second wafer, and bonding the first wafer and the second wafer. The method also includes etching a second surface of the second wafer to form a sensor diaphragm in the second wafer. The method further includes removing a portion of the first wafer by cutting the first wafer in multiple areas of the first wafer associated with the trenches. A sensor includes a substrate and a surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonator on a first surface of the substrate. The sensor also includes a bonding pad electrically coupled to the SAW resonator and a notch formed in a second surface of the substrate. The sensor further includes a cover separated from the first surface of the substrate by a spacer. The SAW resonator is located between the cover and the substrate. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193904 | SENSOR ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS AND SENSOR ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD - A filter upstream-side pressure sensor detects the pressure on an upstream side of a filter. A filter downstream-side pressure calculating device subtracts an actual measurement value of the pressure difference between the upstream side and the downstream side of the filter from a pressure value on the upstream side of the filter. Based on this subtraction, the filter downstream-side pressure calculating device calculates a pressure value on the downstream side of the filter. A filter downstream-side pressure estimating device estimates a pressure value on the downstream side of the filter. An abnormality detection device compares the difference between the calculated pressure value and the estimated pressure value with a threshold. If the difference exceeds the threshold, it is determined that at least one of a differential pressure sensor and the filter upstream-side pressure sensor is not working normally. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193905 | Pressure Sensor Package Structure - Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a package having pressure sensor including a first substrate having a fixed electrode bonded to a second substrate having a movable electrode disposed at a predetermined interval from the fixed electrode, a support substrate with an opening for storing the second substrate, and a resin layer for fixing the pressure sensor and the support substrate. The pressure sensor may be packaged on the support substrate via the first substrate and a bonding member in a state where the second substrate is fit within the opening. The package for the pressure sensor may be sufficiently thin to be employed for the use on a minimum area. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193906 | COMPOSITE FIBRE AND RELATED DETECTION SYSTEM - This invention relates to a composite fibre including at least a first and second component, wherein at least one of the components is an optical fiber, and the components are intertwined. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193907 | Roller Chain Wear Gauge - The present disclosure relates to a handheld, single-piece wear gauge for chains, and more specifically, to a wear gauge with an elongated body carved into segments with markings, varied widths, and varied heights arranged along a guiding back rail. A roller chain wear gauge includes a single-piece body with a measuring end and a handle connected to the measuring end, wherein the measuring end includes a plurality of adjacent and contiguous calibrated segments each having a measuring length, a measuring width, and a measurement marking, and wherein the measuring end defines on one side a back rail formed by an alignment of a first side of each of the calibrated segments and a step function formed by the second side of each of the calibrated segments. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193908 | Fluid Flow Controller - The present invention relates to a magnetic flow controller which transforms a slow reduction in pressure of fluid flow over time to a measurable fluid flow. Once a threshold pressure differential is reached, a flow passage through the flow controller opens rapidly to a relatively large opening, thereby generating a volume of fluid at high flux flowing through the passage, particularly to permit the measurement of the volume of fluid in a conventional flow meter. The device of the present invention integrates this low flux and transforms it to a measurable fluid flux, so that the fluid can be measured by the fluid meter within its optimum error range. This is accomplished while maintaining a pressure drop in the flow meter which is within the permitted standards. Thus, the invention provides relatively sharp shifts between substantially high flux flow and no flow, in a pulse-like manner. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193909 | CHASSIS DYNAMOMETER - A chassis dynamometer for a vehicle has a motor having a rotor, rollers on which wheels of the vehicle are disposed, a flange portion extending inward in a radial direction from each of the rollers, and a rotor bracket for supporting the rotor of the motor. The flange portion and the rotor bracket are connected via a torque meter capable of measuring at least an outer peripheral tangential force of said roller. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193910 | Method For Measuring Loads On A Friction Stir Welding Tool - An apparatus and method are provided for measuring loads on a rotating friction stir welding tool of a friction stir welding machine. The apparatus includes a frame that can be connected to the friction stir welding machine, and rollers rotatably connected to the frame are structured to contact and rotate with the friction stir welding tool. Each roller is adapted to adjust in a respective direction and communicate with a respective load cell so that the load cells detect a positional characteristic of the rollers and measure loads applied to the rotating friction stir welding tool during operation. The rollers can contact the rotating tool directly during operation of the machine, such as while the rotating tools is being moved through a workpiece to form a friction stir weld joint, to measure the loads on the tool in the direction of movement of the tool and a direction normal to the movement, i.e., the path and path normal directions. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193911 | AIR SAMPLING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A sampling system includes a collection module including a gas handler, and a flow controller in communication with the gas handler of the collection module. The flow controller controls the gas handler to move a selected volume of gas through the collection module. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193912 | SAMPLING OF INDIVIDUAL ROD-LIKE ARTICLES OF THE TOBACCO-PROCESSING INDUSTRY FROM A MASSFLOW - Method for sampling individual rod-like articles of the tobacco-processing industry from an article massflow via a sampling unit. The article massflow includes a plurality of rod-like articles arranged longitudinally and axially parallel to each other and is conveyed along a conveying section at a predetermined conveyor speed. The method includes moving the sampling unit parallel to a conveyor direction of the article massflow, capturing at least one individual rod-like article from the article massflow with the sampling unit, and removing the captured at least one individual rod-like article from the article massflow in a direction at an angle to the conveyor direction of the article massflow. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193913 | ANALYTICAL DEVICE - An analytical device according to the present invention comprises a liquid accommodating chamber | 2009-08-06 |
20090193914 | Torque Transfer Device - A torque transfer device for efficiently increasing the torque transferred from a drive unit to another device (e.g. transmission, sprocket, etc.). The torque transfer device generally includes a drive unit, a first rotating member rotatably attached to the drive unit, wherein the drive unit rotates the first rotating member, a receiving unit, a first rotating member rotatably attached to the receiving unit and a connecting arm attached to a first attachment point of the first rotating member and a second attachment point of the second rotating member. The first attachment point is offset from a first rotational axis of the first rotating member and the second attachment point is offset from a second rotational axis of the second rotating member. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193915 | SEPARABLE BALL SCREW - A separable ball screw comprises a screw shaft having a helical groove; a transfer ring, a plurality of balls and a separable nut being sequentially engaged to the screw shaft; the balls being distributed in the holes in the annular surface of the transfer ring; the transfer ring being hollowed, the retaining ring enclosing around the screw shaft; the plurality of holes being formed in the annular surface; the balls being received in the holes; the balls being received in the holes of the transfer ring as power transfer medium between the transfer ring and the screw shaft; and a separable nut having a hollow center; the separable nut enclosing around the transfer ring; an inner annular surface of the separable nut having at least one grooves; the inner annular surface and the groove serving for limiting positions of the balls. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193916 | Ball screw unit - The outer diameter of a spline nut and the inner diameter of a nut body holding portion of a housing gradually decrease in the downward direction. A ball screw protection unit includes a nut body taper face that is formed in the outer peripheral face of the spline nut, a holding portion taper face that is formed in the nut body holding portion, and a disc spring that is provided at the upper end of the spline nut and that biases the spline nut in such a direction that a friction force between the nut body taper face and the holding portion taper face increases (downward direction). | 2009-08-06 |
20090193917 | Actuator - An actuator comprising a reversible electric motor, which over a gearing, drives an activation element which can move back and forth. The activation element is of the non-self-locking type. Furthermore the motor and gearing are of a non self locking type. A brake holds the activation element in any position, when the electric motor is inactive, said brake can be released by means of a release mechanism. The motor is used as generator when the brake is released and the generator voltage from it is used to adjust the velocity of the activation element. Thus, a quick release is provided, where the activation element can be disengaged and adjusted evading gear and motor, and where the movement of the activation element, during the disengagement, occurs with a controlled velocity. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193918 | TWIN CLUTCH TRANSMISSION - A twin clutch transmission for reducing the frequency of hit noise occurring in a dog clutch when shifting from neutral to a first speed. The twin clutch transmission includes a plurality of pairs of gears according to the number of speed stages between dual-structured main shafts and a countershaft. A twin clutch is disposed on the main shafts wherein a rotational drive force of an engine is transferred or blocked. A transmission between adjacent speed change gears on each shaft by a dog clutch occurs with a shift drum for switching between an engagement condition of the dog clutch by driving a shift fork. The patterns of guide grooves in the shift drum are formed wherein the dog clutches for a first speed gear and a second speed gear engage simultaneously when the shift drum is rotated by predetermined angles to shift from neutral to the first speed. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193919 | Automated shift transmission - In an automated split path transmission with at least six forward speeds and three characteristic transmission steps (s | 2009-08-06 |
20090193920 | Ball screw unit - A housing has a screw shaft passing wall in which a through hole, through which a screw shaft passes, is formed. A spline outer cylinder is held at one end by the screw shaft passing wall, and a disc spring that biases the spline outer cylinder toward the screw shaft passing wall is arranged at the other end of the spline outer cylinder. A tapered recess is formed in one end face of the spline outer cylinder, and a tapered projection that is fitted in the tapered recess is formed in a face of the screw shaft passing wall of the housing, which faces the spline outer cylinder. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193921 | SPEED CHANGE OPERATION APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE - A speed change operation apparatus for a vehicle can comprise an operating lever for performing speed change operation of a transmission of a vehicle by a pivotal operation of the operating lever. An operating knob can be secured on the tip end of the operating lever and adapted to be gripped by a driver of vehicle. A push knob can be mounted on the operation knob and adapted to be actuated by a driver to descent a lock-pin rod arranged within the operating lever. The push knob can be outsert-molded by soft resin at its first portion abutting the lock-pin rod when the push knob is actuated or at its second portion abutting the operating knob after the actuation of the push knob. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193922 | CABLE-TYPE DRIVING FORCE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM - A cable-type driving force transmission mechanism includes a driving member including first and second end pin attachment holes, a cable including an inner wire and an outer tube, whose one end is detachably and immovably attached to an outer tube attachment portion, a cable end pin including a shaft portion and first and second arm portions, and a first plate spring including first and second engagement pieces for rotating the cable end pin and for restricting an inverse direction of the cable end pin, wherein the end pin attachment hole includes a rotation allowing hole portion and a deformation allowing hole portion, and an end portion of the inner wire is connected to the driving member via the cable end pin and the end portion of the outer tube is attachable to the outer tube attachment portion from an outside of the housing. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193923 | Motor control apparatus - In an automatic transmission position control by a motor, it is determined whether the present instant belongs to a starting period, that is, the present instant is immediately after resetting of a control unit or application of power to it. If it is the starting period, an actual shift position that is detected from an output of an output shaft sensor for detecting a rotation position of a motor is set as an instructed shift position. With this measure, even if the control unit is reset for a certain reason while the vehicle is running, the instructed shift position is not changed in association with the resetting. This prevents trouble that the shift position is switched contrary to the intention of the driver, whereby the reliability of a position switching control can be increased. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193924 | Two-Dimension Linear Platform - A two-dimension linear platform comprises a first displacement module and a second displacement module. The first displacement module includes a carrying member, at least one active linear module and at least one passive linear module. The active linear module and the passive linear module of the first displacement are parallel and opposite each other and are both disposed on the carrying member of the first displacement module. The second displacement module includes a carrying member, at least one active linear module and at least one passive linear module. The carrying member of the second displacement module is disposed on the active linear module and the passive linear module of the first displacement module. The active linear module and the passive linear module of the second displacement module are parallel and opposite each other and are disposed on the carrying member of the second displacement module. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193925 | Three-Axis Displacement Platform - A three-axis displacement platform comprises a first-axis linear device, a second-axis linear device, a third-axis linear device, a support frame and a balance weight. The three-axis displacement platform is formed by superposing the first-axis linear device, the second linear device, the support frame and the third-axis linear device on upon another, thus reducing the assembly space of the three-axis displacement platform. The balance weight is superposed on the support frame to balance weight, thus improving the displacement accuracy. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193926 | Motion Transmitting Cable Liner and Assemblies Containing Same - Disclosed is cable assemblies, liners for cable assemblies and method for making same. The liner ( | 2009-08-06 |
20090193927 | Locking device of a bicycle brake cable - A locking device of a bicycle brake cable includes a locking portion including a through hole defined therein. The locking portion has a hole and a threaded hole defined therein and communicating with the through hole, wherein the threaded hole extends to an outer periphery of the locking portion. A clamping device is mounted in the locking portion. The clamping device includes a first clamping block, a second clamping block and a drive piece. The first clamping block is partially and securely received in the hole and extending into the through hole. The second clamping block is and pivotally mounted to the drive piece and faces the first clamping block, the drive piece having a threaded outer periphery and screwed into the threaded hole with the second clamping block, the drive piece drives the second clamping block moved toward the first clamping block for securely clamping the brake cable. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193928 | Accelerator pedal adjustment mechanism - The invention relates to a mechanism for the adjustment of an accelerator pedal, comprising a support part ( | 2009-08-06 |
20090193929 | Foldable Control Lever Structure Of Motorcycle Handle - The invention is related to a foldable control lever structure of motorcycle handle which mainly comprises a control lever, a pivot base and a pivot set, wherein said pivot base is pivotally combined with said control lever enabling said control lever to relatively perform 0-90 degrees pivotally folding effect, thereby said control lever can be properly folded without causing damage in case of motorcycle falling down causing the control lever to hit the ground, and further through pivotal offset between said pivot base and pivot set matching with the external top-pushing spring and internal adjuster buttoning bolt design, relative relationship between said control lever and said motorcycle handle grip can be micro-adjusted according to palm size difference of riders, thereby to obtain best handiness of operation. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193930 | HANDLEBAR TWIST-GRIP CONTROL LOCK - A control-holding device to be mounted so as to selectively engage the end of a twist-grip control and hold it still at the discretion of the user, the device including an interchangeable mounting means that may be specific to the machine to which it is attached, a stationary element connected to the machine through the mounting means, a moving element which is manipulated to allow or disallow engagement with the twist-grip, an elastic or propulsive element that presses the moving element to engage the twist-grip when the moving element is manipulated in the prescribed way, and a standard means to mount accessories onto the outboard side of the mechanism. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193931 | PARKING LOCK ARRANGEMENT - A parking lock arrangement for a motor vehicle gearbox. A parking lock cog can be fixed to a shaft of the motor vehicle gearbox rotatable about a first axis. A parking lock pawl is supported so that it can pivot about a second axis. An actuating mechanism can pivot the parking lock pawl into a locking position, in which the parking lock pawl meshes with the parking lock cog. A release mechanism can pivot the parking lock pawl out of the locking position into a release position, in which the parking lock pawl is decoupled from the parking lock cog. The actuating mechanism has a cam, which is supported so that it can pivot about a third axis and which in a first cam position holds the parking lock pawl in the locking position. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193932 | Tool for Machining Workpiece Surfaces - It is suggested here that a tool for the machining of workpiece surfaces, with at least one adjustable, geometrically defined cutting edge ( | 2009-08-06 |
20090193933 | Pre-Processing Materials Using Encapsulation Technologies - A method and apparatus for conducting a metallurgical process. In one form, iron oxides in the form of mill scale is placed in a container and subjected to heat thereby largely reducing the mill scale and largely converting it to metallic iron that can then be used in steel making processes, such as electric arc furnaces and the like. In one form, the container prevents volatile gases (such as gases given off when oily mill scale is heated) for a sufficient time so that the volatile gases heated to a high enough temperature to maximize pyrolysis and decomposition. In one form, vents are provided in the containers that are aligned with collection vents in the heating furnace so that any volatile gases may be easily removed without loss of large quantities of heat. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193934 | PROCESS FOR DE-OILING STEELMAKING SLUDGES AND WASTEWATER STREAMS - The present invention is directed to a process for treating an oily mixture consisting of hydrocarbons, solid particles, and water. The steps of the process include placing the oily mixture into a reactor chamber, purging the reactor chamber with an inert gas, and creating a steam bath within the inert gas filled reactor chamber, the steam surge freeing hydrocarbon matter from the solid particles. The process further includes elevating reactor chamber temperature to a boiling point temperature corresponding to the hydrocarbons in the oily mixture, the elevated temperature vaporizing the hydrocarbons are vaporized within inert atmosphere. The reaction chamber is vented and the off-gas is processed into a hydrocarbon product while the de-oiled solid particles are discharged from the reaction chamber as a raw material or for disposal. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193935 | Method for Manufacturing High Strength Ultra-Fine/Nano-Structured Al/Aln or Al Alloy/Aln Composite Materials - The present invention relates to the a method for manufacturing high strength ultra-fine/nano-structured aluminum/aluminum nitride or aluminum alloy/aluminum nitride composites using mechanical milling or mechanical alloying process which is conducted in the nitride-forming atmosphere such as nitrogen gas (N), ammonia gas (NH) or mixed gas including both gases, subsequent heat treatment process, and hot consolidation process. Also, high strength ultra-fine/nano-structured Al/ALN or Al alloy/ALN composite materials fabricated by the method of present invention have superior mechanical strength and heat resistance to those fabricated by conventional powder metallurgy process or liquid processes. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193936 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN OXYGEN FURNACE QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM - A method for control of a basic oxygen furnace includes creating a computer-implemented model of the basic oxygen furnace based on support vector regression (SVR) such that the model is configured to produce a prediction of first turndown quality of the basic oxygen furnace. Historical data associated the first turndown quality is received. The model is applied to the historical data to produce a prediction of first turndown quality, which is compared to an actual measurement of first turndown quality. The control recipe for the basic oxygen furnace based at least in part upon a result of the comparison. The system generally includes a preprocessor, a database configured to store historical data associated with first turndown quality of the basic oxygen furnace, a prediction module coupled to the database, and a run-to-run control module. A graphical user interface is provided for visualization and adjustment of data. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193937 | SEALANT BOTTLE SNAP-IN FEATURE FOR VEHICLE TEMPORARY MOBILITY KIT - A temporary mobility kit directed to a release arrangement for selectively releasing a sealant bottle from the base of the kit is provided. The temporary mobility kit includes a removable sealant bottle and a kit base. A recessed release button is provided in the kit base. The release button is part of a slidable retaining member which is slidably fitted to a snap-in ring assembly. The snap-in ring assembly is fitted to the kit base. An oval-shaped opening is defined in the slidable retaining member. Resilient members are provided to resist movement of the slidable retaining member. The sealant bottle has a base on which a locking collar is formed. The locking collar can be passed through the oval-shaped opening of the slidable retaining member and is locked into position therewith. The slidable retaining member is ordinarily in a locked or retaining position to hold the sealant bottle in place. A release tool is provided for manipulation of the recessed release button. When the release tool is pressed against the recessed release button, the slidable retaining member is moved from its locking position to its unlocking position, and the sealant bottle is released therefrom. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193938 | Fastener Guiding Tool - A fastener guiding tool includes a head containing a plurality of indentations of different dimensions for receiving fasteners. Optionally, a magnetic inset element is disposed within each of the indentations. The head may additionally include a level and measure marks. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193939 | Ratchet Wrench - A wrench adapted to engage a workpiece to drive the workpiece rotationally. In one embodiment, the wrench comprises a head, a first jaw, and a second jaw. The first jaw carried by the head and forms a first workpiece engaging surface. The second jaw is carried by the head and forms a second workpiece engaging surface such that (i) if the head is rotated about a workpiece disposed between the first workpiece engaging surface and the second workpiece engaging surface in a first rotational direction, the first workpiece engaging surface and the second workpiece engaging surface rotationally drive the workpiece in the first rotational direction, and (ii) if the head is rotated about the workpiece disposed between the first workpiece engaging surface and the second workpiece engaging surface in a second rotational direction opposite from the first rotational direction, the first workpiece engaging surface and the second workpiece engaging surface slide along the workpiece as the head rotates in the second rotational direction independent from the workpiece. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193940 | JAW PIPE WRENCH WITH RESILIENT MEMBER - The present invention pertains to a jaw pipe wrench with resilient member comprising a wrench body penetrating through an actuating jaw, where a resilient member mounted and provides with one flat surface leans against said wrench body, so as to drive a serrated section of the wrench body firmly contacting with a serrated section of actuating jaw. While in manipulation, users initially propel the actuating jaw and synchronically compress the resilient member, the serrated section of the wrench body thus moves away from the serrated section of the actuating jaw, whereby users can freely raise or descend the actuating jaw in time of clamping, thus increasing the convenience of using. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193941 | Ratchet Wrench - A wrench adapted to engage a workpiece to drive the workpiece rotationally. In one embodiment, the wrench comprises a handle, a head, a first jaw, a track, a second jaw, and a biasing member. The first jaw is disposed on the head such that the position of the first jaw is adjustable toward and away from the jaw support along a first path, thereby enabling the wrench to be adapted for engagement with workpieces of different sizes. The second jaw is slidably seated in the track formed on the jaw support to slide along a second path between a first position and a second position. The second jaw further cooperates with the first jaw to grasp a workpiece therebetween and drive the workpiece in a first rotational direction if the head is driven in the first rotational direction by the handle. If the head is driven by the handle in a second rotational direction the engagement between the second jaw and the workpiece applies a force to the second jaw that slides the second jaw from the first position toward the second position, which enables the head to be rotated independently from the workpiece in the second rotational direction | 2009-08-06 |
20090193942 | Spreading Pliers - The invention relates to pliers for changing the distance of two activation surfaces of a connection or fitting for conduits. The change of the distance correlates with an elastic or plastic deformation of at least one component of the fitting including a radial crimping process. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193943 | Adjustable pliers - The present invention discloses pliers including first and second members having first and second jaw members, respectively, and a first handle and a second handle. The jaws have first and second workpiece engaging surfaces constructed and arranged to generally correspond to first and second surfaces of a standardized workpiece, such as a hexagonal nut. A pivot assembly is provided to interact between the first and second members, which includes a plurality of pivot retaining regions disposed on the first jaw member and a pivot structure disposed within the second member. The pivot structure is engageable at a selected one of the retaining regions to adjust a relative position of a pivot axis between the first and second members so as to adjust an extent of relative spacing between the first and second jaws of the pliers. The second member and the pivot structure are capable of relative movement with respect to one another so that the first workpiece engaging surfaces and the second workpiece engaging surfaces orient themselves into engagement with the first and second surfaces of the standardized workpiece, respectively. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193944 | Ratchet device - A ratchet device includes a housing having a number of teeth formed in a chamber of the housing, a follower having a stem engaged into the housing, a pawl disposed in the follower and having a number of teeth for engaging with the teeth of the housing, and a control ferrule attached to the follower and anchored between the follower and the housing and coupled to the pawl for controlling the teeth of the pawl to selectively engage with the teeth of the housing in order to control the rotating direction of the housing by the follower. An actuating member is attached to the control ferrule, and a spring member is attached to the actuating member and engage with the pawl for coupling the control ferrule to the pawl. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193945 | TOOL FOR TORSION BAR REPAIR - A method and tool assembly ( | 2009-08-06 |
20090193946 | DIRECT BLADE DRIVE - A food-slicer includes a motor, a motor shaft rotatably connected to the motor, and a blade mounted directly to an end portion of the motor shaft. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193947 | Multipurpose cutting tool - A multipurpose cutting tool comprising a multi-function handle housing with a multi-function blade that can be used in a variety of different ways to open a variety of different packages. The multipurpose cutting tool can be used to safely and easily open almost any product packaging. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193948 | Sheet Cutter Assembly - A sheet cutter assembly concurrently cuts a leading edge and a trailing edge of an image. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193949 | Tool units for cutting devices - A tool unit for a cutting device includes a rotary blade, a blade case for covering at least a part of the blade case, and a drive device mounted to the blade case for rotatably driving the rotary blade. A handle is attached to the drive device. The blade case has a front support portion. The handle has a rear support portion. When the tool unit is used for a portable cutting device, the front support portion can be vertically pivotally supported by a front portion of the base, and the rear support portion can be supported by a guide member such that a position of the rear support portion can be changed relative to the guide member for enabling adjustment of a cutting depth of the rotary blade into the workpiece. When the tool unit is used for a table cutting device, the front support portion can be vertically pivotally supported by the table. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193950 | Automatic Rail Saw - An automatic rail saw includes a frame adapted to be lowered onto a railroad rail by a crane. A lower end of the frame includes a channel for receiving the rail. A releasable clamp mechanism on the frame is operable to clamp the rail in the channel. A saw blade is mounted on the frame for rotation about a rotational axis and for linear movement along a cutting path extending through the channel for cutting of the rail with said blade. The blade is driven by a blade motor and moved along the cutting path by a drive motor. A control system adjusts the rate at which the saw blade moves along the cutting path based on measured parameters such as blade speed, current draw of the drive motor and hydraulic pressure at the drive motor. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193951 | Modular spring retainer and method for metal forming dies and the like - A modular spring retainer and method for metal forming dies includes a base shaped for detachable connection with an associated die plate, having a threaded central aperture, and an adjacent lock dowel aperture which extends through the threaded central aperture to form a window. A cylindrically-shaped spring retainer is configured to receive a spring therein, and has a threaded exterior portion which engages the threaded central aperture of the base, such that mutual rotation of the same adjusts the longitudinal position of the spring. A locking dowel is closely received in the lock dowel aperture in the base, and has an unthreaded exterior surface which protrudes through the window and abuttingly engages an adjacent portion of the threaded exterior surface of the spring retainer to securely, yet detachably, retain the spring member in a selected longitudinal position. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193952 | SECTIONING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE - A sectioning device for sectioning food and non-food items includes a frame, a cutter removably positioned on the frame and press means positioned on the frame for pushing an item against and through the cutter. The sectioning device also includes means for moving, in a single continuous motion, at least one of the cutter and the press means between a neutral position and a sectioning position. The press means and the cutter are configured such that an item to be sectioned, positioned between the cutter and the press means is sectioned in its entirety upon movement from the neutral position to the sectioning position. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193953 | VEGETABLE CUTTING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to an apparatus for cutting vegetables of different sizes and densities in a quick, safe and efficient manner The apparatus embodied herein provides an automated cutting process requiring only one operator who need not apply any physical exertion during the cutting process, and need not place his or her hands in the vicinity of the blade, as is necessary in conventional cutting methods using saws, guillotines and the like. The speed of the cutting blade bearing down on the vegetable is adjustable by varying the air pressure to a cylinder which actuates movement of the blade. This is advantageous in that the speed of the blade can be changed to suit particular sizes and densities of vegetable. The use of pneumatics further provides an extremely swift blade motion which reduces the likelihood of bruising to the vegetable as well as inaccurate portioning. Furthermore, when using such equipment, the quality of the cut will not be impaired over significant periods of use. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193954 | After-treatment method and facility for a coarse aluminum casting - This invention resolves the problem in which a robot of the existing method cannot efficiently carry coarse aluminum castings to a first and a second machining unit. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193955 | Crush Cutter Arrangement Having An Exchange Aid For The Crush Cutter - A cutter arrangement including a crush cutter holder with a pneumatically actuatable piston and a fork-shaped blade holder supported thereby. A crush cutter is disposed in a positively engaging manner between the arms of the fork. For exchange purposes, the crush cutter can be displaced and moved out of the fork. A lower blade is associated with the crush cutter. A lever is disposed on the housing of the crush cutter holder so as to be pivotable about a bearing point. The lever is pivotable out of a release position for the crush cutter into a first contact position against the outer periphery of the crush cutter, and furthermore into a displacement position for the crush cutter leading to release of the crush cutter from the fork. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193956 | Wind instrument ligature - A musical instrument ligature using at least one stalk which act as the contact points between the ligature and the reed when it is clamped onto the mouthpiece of a wind instrument. The stalks are preferably positioned so as to be non-parallel to each other thereby effecting varying contact points between the ligature and the reed. The ligature is slid over the mouthpiece of an instrument and tightened as desired using a set of butterfly screws and nuts positioned at the ends of the metallic band forming the ligature. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193957 | CHIME BAR ASSEMBLY - A chime bar assembly includes a hollow body with a resonation space defined therein and a top opening is defined in a top of the hollow body. A metal plate is located above the top opening and supported by two rubber plates. A hitting device is connected to the rear end of the hollow body and includes a case which includes lugs to which a pivotal end of a rod is pivotably connected. An operation unit is connected to the case and pushes the pivotal end of the rod so that the sphere is lowered to hit the metal plate. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193958 | Double Idiophone - An idiophone comprising a first idiophonic member, a second idiophonic member, and, a means for swingably fastening said second idiophonic member within said first idiophonic member; and where the idiophone may take the form of a bell with a tuning fork for a clapper. | 2009-08-06 |
20090193959 | AUDIO RECORDING ANALYSIS AND RATING - An audio recording is processed and evaluated. A sequence of identified notes corresponding to the audio recording is determined by iteratively identifying potential notes within the audio recording. A rating for the audio recording is determined using a tuning rating and an expression rating. The audio recording includes a recording of at least a portion of a musical composition. | 2009-08-06 |