42nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150292742 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMBUSTOR BASKET WITH INVERTED PLATEFINS - A gas turbine engine combustor basket has nested outer and inner liners that are separated by a gap at their respective distal downstream ends for passage of cooling air between the liners. Radially inwardly projecting platefins formed on an inner circumferential surface of the outer liner maintain the cooling air passage gap. In some embodiments effusion cooling through holes are formed in the inner liner outer circumference, oriented in the air passage gap between the fins, so that cooling air passes through the effusion holes into the cooling air passage gap. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292743 | FUEL NOZZLE HEAT SHIELD - An aft heat shield for a fuel nozzle tip includes: an annular shield wall; an annular shield flange extending radially outward from an aft end of the shield wall; an annular baffle flange surrounding the conical section, and disposed such that an axial gap is defined between the shield flange and the baffle flange, the baffle flange including a radially outer rim extending axially forward therefrom; and a plurality of impingement cooling holes passing through the baffle flange and oriented to as to direct air flow towards the shield wall. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292744 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF COMBUSTION DYNAMICS IN COMBUSTION SYSTEM - The present disclosure generally relates to a system with a gas turbine engine including a first combustor and a second combustor. The first combustor includes a first end cover with a first geometry and the second combustor includes a second end cover with a second geometry. The first geometry has one or more geometric differences relative to the second geometry. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292745 | FIREPLACE GAS INSERT - A fireplace gas insert comprising: a fire box; a gas burner tube located inside the fire box; four legs attached to the fire box, and configured to create an air gap below the fire box; a first support bar attached to at least one of the four legs, the support bar extending generally away from the from the fire box; a gas valve attached to the first support bar, and in fluid communication with the gas burner tube; an ignition module attached to the first support bar; a remote control receiver unit attached to the first support bar; a cover configured extend from the left side of a fireplace to the right side of the fireplace, and to extend from the rear of the fireplace to the front of the fireplace, and to present a front face to the room the fireplace is located in, the cover comprising: a top; a front attached to the top and located generally orthogonally to the top; an air draw opening located in the front; a firebox opening located in the top; where the top and front generally encloses and hides from view the first support, gas valve, ignition module, remote control receiver unit, and the convection sleeve, where the firebox opening is in fluid communication with the interior of the firebox; and where the air draw opening is in fluid communication with the firebox opening. A fireplace gas insert system comprising: a fireplace, a fireplace gas insert located in the fireplace, the fireplace gas insert comprising: a fire box; a gas burner tube located inside the fire box; four legs attached to the fire box, and configured to create an air gap below the fire box; a first support bar attached to at least one of the four legs, the support bar extending generally away from the from the fire box; a gas valve attached to the first support bar, and in fluid communication with the gas burner tube; an ignition module attached to the first support bar; a remote control receiver unit attached to the first support bar; a cover configured extend from the left side of the fireplace to the right side of the fireplace, and to extend from the rear of the fireplace to the front of the fireplace, and to present a front face to the room the fireplace is located in, the cover comprising: a top; a front attached to the top and located generally orthogonally to the top; an air draw opening located in the front; a firebox opening located in the top; where the top and front generally encloses and hides from view the first support, gas valve, ignition module, remote control receiver unit, and the convection sleeve, where the firebox opening is in fluid communication with the interior of the firebox; and where the air draw opening is in fluid communication with the firebox opening. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292746 | WOOD FUELLED HEATING STOVE - A wood fuelled heating stove including: a stove portion having a stove chamber therein and an fine mesh charcoal basket dividing the stove chamber into upper and lower chambers; a reduction portion having a primary combustion chamber therein and at least partly within the upper chamber of the stove chamber and having a primary grating vertically separating the primary combustion chamber from the upper chamber; an air jacket surrounding at least some of the primary combustion chamber and having a plurality of ports providing fluid communication between the primary combustion chamber and the air jacket and a primary grating providing limited flow of mobile solids and fluid between the primary combustion chamber and the stove chamber; an air passage providing fluid communication from the outside of the stove chamber to the air jacket and to the inside of the stove chamber; and a flue passage providing fluid communication from the lower chamber of the stove chamber to a flue outlet at a level above the primary combustion chamber and upper level of the stove chamber. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292747 | HOME COOKING APPLIANCE HAVING A GAS RAIL SYSTEM - A home cooking appliance includes a housing and a gas cooktop on the housing. The gas cooktop includes a lower cooktop floor and an upper cooktop surface, the gas cooktop including a cooktop burner on the upper cooktop surface. The gas cooktop includes a gas rail system on the housing and disposed between the lower cooktop floor and the upper cooktop surface. The gas rail system supports functional components of the gas cooktop needed for gas leak testing the gas cooktop. The gas rail system supports the functional components in a spaced manner from the lower cooktop floor. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292748 | Thermostat - A thermostat for gas-powered cooking appliances includes a body having an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit that respectively receive and supply a gas flow, and a chamber in fluid communication both with the inlet conduit, and also with the outlet conduit either directly, through a main opening formed at one end thereof, or indirectly, through a secondary conduit formed in the body of the thermostat, which reaches the outlet conduit bypassing the main opening. A valve that adjusts gas flow rate is coaxially fitted in the chamber and has a position that is controlled by an expandable member of a thermostatic bulb of the thermostat. The valve is axially deformable beyond a predefined load threshold and compensates for dilations of the expandable member under a normal operating condition, absorbing axial forces exerted by the thermostat knob when rotated to switch off a burner driven by the thermostat. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292749 | OVEN AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An oven including a heater arranged in a cooking compartment, a temperature sensor to sense a temperature of the cooking compartment for a plurality of preset periods of time, and a controller to reset on/offtimes of the heater for at least one of the plurality of preset periods based on a preset target temperature and a current temperature and a previous temperature of the cooking compartment, sensed by the temperature sensor, and to control a driving of the heater according to the reset on/off times. By controlling the on/off times of the heater, a ripple phenomenon which occurs because the target temperature does not remain the same may be decreased. Thus, temperature differences may be reduced during cooking of food and, accordingly, cooking ability may be enhanced. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292750 | Electric Cooking Apparatus Having an Air Flow - Provided is an electric apparatus for cooking and/or reheating food, including: a housing having a cooking tray arranged such as to receive the food to be cooked and/or reheated, a circuit for heating by ventilation, including a ventilation sleeve having an outlet arranged such as to direct an air flow onto the food to be cooked and/or reheated, and the heating means arranged in the ventilation sleeve such as to heat the air flow by radiation and by convection, wherein at least a portion of the heating means is arranged relative to the outlet of the ventilation sleeve, whereby the heat radiation produced by said portion of the heating means directly heats the food to be cooked and/or reheated. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292751 | AIR HANDLING VENT CONTROL - Techniques for use with vent covers of furnace ductworks are described herein. A vent cover may include a fan to actively pull air from the ductwork and into a room at least in part in response to a number of open or closed vents in ductwork to which the vent cover is connected. Active air movement through the vent cover may lower air pressure and/or temperature within the ductwork and increase airflow through heat exchangers of the furnace, thereby compensating for zones created by closed vent covers. A system may monitor factors consistent with a furnace over-temperature event, such as furnace operation, closed vent covers, high air pressure or temperature in ductwork, etc. A fan of a vent cover may be turned on to actively draw air through a vent covered by the vent cover. The fan may turn off after conclusion of at least one of the monitored factors. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292752 | HEAT PUMP WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE DURING COLD OUTDOOR TEMPERATURES - A heat pump system that achieves improved performance in cold weather by slowing the indoor blower motor in response to reduced temperature or pressure of the indoor liquid refrigerant line is described. A pressure transducer or temperature sensor on the indoor refrigerant line sends an electrical signal to a variable speed drive controlling the indoor blower motor, so that the indoor blower motor maintains normal speed during cooling or defrosting mode. The signal input from the pressure transducer or temperature sensor commands the variable frequency drive control to slow the fan motor down or speed it up by modifying the voltage and the frequency to the indoor motor. As a result, the indoor air handler motor slows down or speeds up to maintain the head pressure at optimal performance. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292753 | AIR CONDITIONER UNIT, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM, AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL METHOD - An air conditioner unit includes an air conditioner body, a first outgoing chamber, an outgoing connection section, an outgoing communication member, an outgoing port, and an outgoing port member. Through the first outgoing chamber, adjusted air flowing in from the air conditioner body is supplied to a target room. Through the outgoing connection section, the first outgoing chamber communicates with a second outgoing chamber of an adjacent air conditioner unit. The outgoing connection section is connected to the first outgoing chamber. The outgoing communication member is configured to open and close the outgoing connection section. Through the outgoing port, the adjusted air is supplied from the first outgoing chamber to the target room. The outgoing port member is configured to open and close the outgoing port. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292754 | AIR CONDITIONING METHOD USING A STAGED PROCESS USING A LIQUID DESICCANT - In a process and apparatus of conditioning an airstream, the airstream is contacted with a liquid desiccant absorber in each of at least two stages. The same apparatus is used as an evaporator to reconcentrate the desiccant. The desiccant for each said stage is cooled or heated externally to the absorber or evaporator using an external source of cooling supplied with a common cooling or heating fluid at each stage. The desiccant flows between the stages counter-current to the flow of the airstream such that at each step the concentration of the desiccant is reduced or increased by contact with the airstream so that the concentration in each stage is distinct from the concentration of the desiccant in the previous stages. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292755 | REMOVABLE, UNIVERSAL COVER FOR AIR DUCT REGISTER - The present disclosure describes a filtration system that can be used with existing air duct registers on a heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The filtration system has a number of layers that limit the contamination of in home air with common pollutants such as mold, bacteria, dander, odors, and the like. The filtration system may also provide for a scent that is dispersed through natural use of the HVAC system. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292756 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus divides an outdoor heat exchanger to form parallel heat exchangers and supplies part of refrigerant from a compressor to the parallel heat exchangers alternately to perform defrosting, performs medium-pressure defrosting in which part of the refrigerant from the compressor is decompressed and supplied to a parallel heat exchanger to be subjected to defrosting, and the refrigerant after being used for defrosting is injected into the compressor. A first flow switching unit performs switching of a connection mode of ends of the parallel heat exchangers on compressor side, where the pressure changes among high pressure, medium pressure, and low pressure according to operation contents, to one of three modes: a mode with the ends connected to the compressor discharge side, a mode with the ends connected to the compressor suction side, and a mode with the ends connected to neither the discharge nor suction side. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292757 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - Upon switching of an air-conditioning apparatus from an operation mode in which all of indoor units each including a use side heat exchanger are in non-operation to another operation mode in which at least one of the indoor units starts a cooling operation mode or a heating operation mode, a heat medium conveyed to the use side heat exchanger included in the indoor unit which has received a start instruction is cooled or heated to a predetermined temperature by a heat source side refrigerant, and after that, an air-sending device included in the indoor unit which starts the cooling operation mode or the heating operation mode is actuated. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292758 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DESIGNING SAME - An air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a heat-source-side heat exchanger, an expansion device, and a refrigerant flow path in at least one intermediate heat exchanger are connected by a refrigerant pipe, and a heat medium circuit in which a pump, a use-side heat exchanger, and a heat-medium flow path in the at least one intermediate heat exchanger are connected by a heat-medium conveying pipe, the heat medium circuit being configured to cause a heat medium to circulate therethrough. The at least one intermediate heat exchanger comprises a plurality of intermediate heat exchangers. The plurality of intermediate heat exchangers are operative in a heating only operation mode, a cooling only operation mode, and a cooling and heating mixed operation mode in which some of the intermediate heat exchangers serve as the condenser and others of the intermediate heat exchangers serve as the evaporator. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292759 | Closed Circulating Water Cooling Apparatus and Method - A closed circulating water cooling apparatus and method. The cooling apparatus comprises: an internal cooling apparatus, a plate heat exchanger ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292760 | Humidifier, Evaporative, No Electricity - Humidifying apparatus that works by natural evaporation to allow a humidifying effect in a room. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292761 | COAXIAL VENTILATOR - A coaxial ventilator ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292762 | HVAC SYSTEMS AND CONTROLS - The embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems and methods to control a HVAC system based on a state of an unloader of a compressor of the HVAC system. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292763 | REMOTE MAINTENANCE SERVER, TOTAL MAINTENANCE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE REMOTE MAINTENANCE SERVER AND METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure discloses a remote maintenance server for remotely maintaining at least one maintenance point provided with an air conditioner having a plurality of indoor units performing air conditioning and at least one outdoor unit connected to the indoor units to drive the indoor units including a display unit configured to display a maintenance screen for maintaining the at least one maintenance point; and a controller configured to control at least one of an operation rate, a set temperature for the plurality of indoor units and a compression capacity of a compressor contained in the air conditioner according to a control setting value, and control the display unit to display control information, which is information associated with at least one of a control state and a control result in which at least one of the control setting value, the operation rate, the set temperature and the compression capacity is controlled, in a first region on the maintenance screen. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292764 | RECONFIGURABLE NETWORK CONTROLLER - A computing device, such as a thermostat, may be structured to communicate with a network access device via a first protocol and communicate with a plurality of home automation devices via a second protocol. The computing device may also be structured to operate as a primary controller or a repeater device in a home automation system. The computing device may receive information from a server instructing the computing device to operate as the primary controller or the repeater device. Or, the computing device may determine itself whether to operate as the primary controller or repeater device. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292765 | ENCLOSURE COOLING USING EARLY COMPRESSOR TURN-OFF WITH EXTENDED FAN OPERATION - Systems and methods are described for controlling fan-only cooling. A first phase of a first cooling cycle may be initiated in an enclosure using an air conditioning system having a compressor and a fan that passes air over an evaporator coil. The first phase may include activation of the compressor and activation of the fan. A relative humidity may be measured within the enclosure during the first phase of the first cooling cycle. Subsequent to the first phase and in response to the relative humidity being determined to be below a threshold relative humidity, a second phase of the first cooling cycle may be initiated during which the fan is activated but the compressor is not activated. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292766 | PROTECTION DEVICE - The disclosure provides a protection device including a temperature detection circuit, a switch circuit, a control circuit, and a warning circuit. The temperature detection circuit outputs temperature signal to the control circuit. The control circuit obtains the temperature signal from the temperature detection circuit, and compares the temperature signal with a preset temperature range and outputs a first control signal. The warning circuit sends warning based on the first control signal. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292767 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLACEMENT OF ANGLE PLATES IN TRANSVERSE DUCT FLANGES - An apparatus and method are described for inserting angle plates in transverse duct flanges. The apparatus is especially useful in inserting angle plates into transverse duct flanges of duct fittings. Packages for holding angle plates are also described. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292768 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchange system comprising a housing ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292769 | Rechargeable Backup Electric Heating System for Power Outages - A rechargeable backup electric heating system includes a rechargeable portable electric heater, multiple rechargeable battery packs, a rapid recharging circuit, and one or more high capacity storage batteries, from which the battery packs are recharged. The rechargeable portable electric heater has a design power output of P watts, which is determined by the BTU/hr of heat output required to maintain a target temperature in living space under prevailing outdoor temperature conditions. There are n sets of rechargeable battery packs, each having a weight of B kg. At any given time, one of the battery packs is within or attached to the heater and serving as its source of electric power, and (n−1) battery packs are being recharged by the storage battery through the recharging circuit. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292770 | SOLAR THERMAL COLLECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PITCHED ROOF CONSTRUCTIONS - Disclosed herein is a solar thermal collector system that is particularly configured for installation on a pitched roof of a building. In accordance with aspects of a particular embodiment of the invention, the solar thermal collector system includes a solar thermal collector module having a glazing sheet at a top, exterior surface, and an absorber sheet within the module positioned below and spaced apart from the glazing sheet. At least the absorber sheet is fluidly connected to a fluid handling system, and carries a working fluid that is heated in the module by the sun and transfers such heat to thermal storage modules by the fluid handling system. The solar thermal collector module is preferably provided a thermally actuated valve that allows the working fluid to also flow through the glazing sheet, which results in self-regulation of the temperature of the module below a critical design temperature. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292771 | HEAT STORAGE APPARATUS - A storage apparatus and method capable of storing energy as heat for subsequent utilization. The storage apparatus is capable of operation with a fluid phase heat transfer medium to both supply and extract heat energy at the storage apparatus. Additionally, the present storage apparatus may form an integral part of an electricity generation plant powered by any renewable energy source and in particular a solar thermal energy source. The storage apparatus comprises an internal chamber containing a plurality of columns of a construction aggregate that are arranged to provide a plurality of fluid flow passageways such that a fluid is configured to flow between the columns from an inlet to an outlet to transfer heat energy to the construction aggregate. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292772 | SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM - A system comprising a structure ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292773 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR MULTIPLE HELIOSTATS - A support structure ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292774 | System and method for geothermal heat harvesting - A system and method for deploying a heat harvesting system and for harvesting heat from a geothermal well using one or more heat pipes. A heat exchanger may receive heat from one or more heat pipes for transfer to a heat receiving component. The heat pipes may be thermally coupled to the heat exchanger via a thermal gap material having a relatively low thermal conductivity. A mounting component may engage heat pipes and define a thermal gap between the heat pipes and heat exchanger. A heat spreader, having a relatively high thermal conductivity, may be used to transfer heat from the heat pipes to the thermal gap material and help define a working temperature for the heat pipes. A heat pipe deployment system may include anti-buckling supports and/or a guide to help keep the heat pipes from buckling and to guide the heat pipes into corresponding well bores during deployment. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292775 | REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL - A refrigerant system includes a vapor/compression refrigerant circulation loop ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292776 | METHOD TO CONTROL A COOLING CIRCUIT - A method to control a cooling circuit, with the cooling circuit comprising at least three evaporators, which are fluid connected to the cooling circuit in a parallel connection in individual paths, with each of the paths containing one shut-off valve, through which the flow of the refrigerant, which is circulating through the specific path, can be metered or cut off, where the shut-off valves can be activated or deactivated individually, with the individual evaporators being operative when the shut-off valve located within the specific path of the individual evaporator permits fluid flow, where a maximum of two of the at least three evaporators are operative simultaneously. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292777 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A target condensing temperature and a target evaporating temperature are changed in accordance with a load of each load side unit obtained by using load detection means, and an operating frequency of a compressor and a rotation speed of a fan are controlled such that a condensing temperature obtained by using temperature detection means coincides with the target condensing temperature and an evaporating temperature obtained by using the temperature detection means coincides with the target evaporating temperature. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292778 | CONDENSING UNIT AND FAN COIL SYSTEM - A heating and cooling system for use in high-rise residential and commercial buildings may include condensing unit having dimensions no greater than 12 inches deep by 40 inches wide by 20 inches tall and a fan coil unit coupled to the condensing unit via refrigeration tubing. The fan coil unit may have dimensions of no greater than 14 inches deep by 43 inches wide by 11 inches tall. The condensing unit may include a condenser water connection, a refrigeration tubing connection, a compressor, and a heat exchanger. The fan coil unit may include a filter rack configured to hold a MERV 13 filter, two in-line high-pressure fans, and at least one access panel on a bottom surface of the fan coil unit. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292779 | DOUBLE-COMPRESSOR AIR-SOURCE HEAT PUMP HEATING AND HEAT SUPPLY SYSTEM - The present invention includes a unit part, a heating part, a heat supply part, and an intelligent control part. The unit part includes an air-source heat pump heating part, an electric heating part, a water pipeline fittings part and a control circuit part. The control circuit part can control the heating part to use different compressor according to the temperature of water and environment; if the outflow temperature cannot reach the standard that the electric heating part would work according to the difference of inflow and outflow temperature as well as the flow quantity, to the contrary, it won't work; if both of the air-source heat pump part and the control circuit part worked but the temperature still cannot reach the set temperature that the water flow regulating valve will used to make the water stay in constant temperature. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292780 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE - A refrigeration cycle device includes a flow channel coupling member which constitutes at least one of a branching portion and a joining portion of a third refrigerant passage and a branching portion and a joining portion of a bypass passage. One of three refrigerant ports of the flow channel coupling member is directly connected to one of two refrigerant ports of a first switching device or a second switching device, and a sealing mechanism preventing a refrigerant leakage is provided in a connecting portion between the refrigerant port of the flow channel coupling member and the refrigerant port of the first switching device or the second switching device. The flow channel coupling member is fixed to one of the switching devices at a position different from a position of the sealing mechanism. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292781 | Heat Pump System in Vehicle - A heat pump system in a vehicle connected with a refrigerant line through which refrigerant flows for controlling cooling/heating of a cabin of the vehicle, including a compressor for compressing refrigerant, an outdoor heat exchanger for condensing high temperature and high pressure refrigerant compressed at the compressor, and an expansion valve for expanding the refrigerant compressed thus, may include an indoor heat exchanger arranged between the compressor and the expansion valve connected to one another with the refrigerant line, and having a partitioned inside to form individual flow passages, and a first valve connected to the compressor, the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger with the refrigerant line for changing a direction of a refrigerant flow according to cooling, heating, and dehumidifying modes of the vehicle to control the refrigerant flow along the refrigerant line. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292782 | REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS - We describe a refrigeration pill for an adiabatic solid-state magnetocaloric or electrocaloric refrigerator, the pill having longitudinal and transverse axes, said pill comprising: a housing divided along said longitudinal axis into first and second housing parts; wherein each of said housing parts comprises a thermally conducting metal skeleton within the respective said housing part; and wherein regions within said housing between elements of said skeleton comprise magnetocaloric or electrocaloric material. We also describe methods of manufacturing the pill, and various solid state refrigeration systems, and related apparatus. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292783 | COLLAPSIBLE SOLAR REFRIGERATOR - A portable refrigerator transitionable between a functional mode and a collapsed mode for use in the cold storage of foodstuffs or drinks comprising a chiller circuit, and a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a base, and at least a pair of sidewalls combined together to enclose a storage space when the portable refrigerator is in the functional mode, wherein the storage space is controllably cooled by the chiller circuit, and wherein the front wall, the rear wall, the top wall and the side walls are inwardly foldable to form a compact package when the portable refrigerator is in the collapsed mode, and wherein the top wall comprises one or more solar panels thereon. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292784 | ORGANIC RANKINE CYCLE AUGMENTED POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR MOBILE REFRIGERATION UNITS - A mobile refrigeration unit includes a refrigeration system having a plurality of electric motor driven components and an on-board power supply system for generating electric current and supplying the electric current to the plurality of electric motor driven components. The power supply system includes a first generator for generating a first portion of electric power, a second generator for generating a first portion of electric power, a fuel fired engine driving the first generator, and an organic Rankine cycle system driving the second generator. An engine exhaust line connects the fuel-fired engine in exhaust gas flow communication with the organic Rankine system. The unit may also include a storage battery and a power management system. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292785 | ENGINE ROTATIONAL SPEED CONTROL APPARATUS - A rotational speed control apparatus for an engine is provided. The engine is configured to drive a compressor and includes an ignition plug. The rotational speed control apparatus includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to: (a) correct a torque of the engine through feedback such that a rotational speed of the engine during idle operation becomes close to a target rotational speed; and (b) adjust the ignition timing such that a reserve torque that is ensured is larger when a first changeover is started than when a second changeover is started, the first changeover being a changeover from a stopped state of the compressor to a driven state of the compressor, the second changeover being a changeover from the driven state of the compressor to the stopped state of the compressor. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292786 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DEFROSTING OF AN EVAPORATOR IN CONNECTION WITH AN AIR HANDLING UNIT - Method and device for defrosting of an evaporator ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292787 | Method for Preconditioning Latent Heat Storage Elements - A method is for preconditioning at least one latent heat storage element, which is arranged in a thermally insulated, closed container having a space for accommodating goods to be transported. The latent heat storage element has a target temperature preferably slightly in excess of 0 DEG C. In such an arrangement, it is particularly practical for the accommodation space in the container to be filled with a certain amount of a coolant, particularly ice, and for the container to be closed, and therefore the latent heat storage element located in the container is cooled to the target temperature. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292788 | CONDENSER EXHAUST FAN LOCATION WITHIN A TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION UNIT - A transport refrigeration unit (TRU) for a transport refrigeration system (TRS) is described. The TRU can be configured to have an upper compartment to accommodate a compressor and an engine, and a condenser compartment that is generally positioned below the upper comportment. The condenser compartment can include a condenser and a fan at a bottom portion of the condenser compartment. The fan can be configured to blow air out of the condenser compartment in a downward direction from the bottom portion of the condenser compartment. The TRU can also have an evaporator compartment that is generally positioned behind the condenser compartment. The evaporator compartment can accommodate an evaporator that is generally positioned below the upper compartment. The evaporator compartment can have an air inlet and an air outlet that is positioned higher than the air outlet. In operation, airflow through the evaporator compartment is directed in a downward direction. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292789 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes a main circuit in which a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, a first flow control device, and a plurality of parallel heat exchangers connected in parallel to each other are sequentially connected via a pipe to allow refrigerant to circulate, a first defrost pipe that branches a part of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor and allows the refrigerant to flow into the parallel heat exchanger to be defrosted among the plurality of parallel heat exchangers, a expansion device provided in the first defrost pipe and configured to depressurize the refrigerant discharged from the compressor, and a connection switching device that allows the refrigerant flowing out of the parallel heat exchanger to be defrosted to flow into the main circuit at a position upstream of the parallel heat exchangers other than the parallel heat exchanger subject to defrosting. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292790 | COIL SUPPORT HAVING CONDENSATE MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONALITY - The embodiments described herein are directed to a coil support and a method of using the coil support for condensate management. The coil support generally functions to provide support for evaporator and/or condenser coils and facilitate the drainage of condensate away from coil headers. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292791 | COMPRESSOR MOUNTING BASE PLATE - An elongated non-metal, non corrosive compressor mounting base plate structure including: (I) a base plate ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292792 | REFRIGERATOR, INSULATED DOOR MOUNTED ON AN INSULATED CABINET OF A REFRIGERATOR, AND ARTICLE DISPENSER FOR MOUNTING WITHIN ONE OR MORE RECESSES OF AN INNER WALL OF A REFRIGERATOR DOOR - A refrigerator may include an insulated cabinet configured to preserve food, an insulated door mounted on the insulated cabinet, the insulated door being configured to close the insulated cabinet, the insulated door including an inner wall, the inner wall including one or more recesses, and an article dispenser including a dispensing portion and a mounting portion on a back side of the dispensing portion, the mounting portion being configured to removably mount the dispensing portion within the recesses, the dispensing portion being configured to store one or more articles and dispense the articles according to a user's demand. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292793 | APPLIANCE WITH AN ARTICULATING HANDLE - An appliance is provided. The appliance includes a cabinet, a door mounted to the cabinet and a handle. The appliance also includes features for pivotally mounting the handle to the door and for urging the door away from the cabinet when the handle pivots. The features can also assist with limiting or reducing a gap between the handle and the door. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292794 | REFRIGERATOR SHELF - A shelf is defined by a tempered glass panel bonded to opposing flanges of a pair of metal shelf brackets carrying hooks for connection to and adjustment along vertical trackways in refrigerator compartments. Adhesive constitutes the sole means for maintaining the shelf substantially rigidly united. Each shelf bracket includes at least one abutment surface for engaging an edge of the shelf panel or a handgrip member carried thereby to assure perfect alignment between the components during curing of the adhesive. Each shelf bracket is defined by a shelf arm and a flange with the flanges having pockets housing the adhesive. The shelf arms may additionally include uppermost projections for engaging side edges of the shelf panel and/or at least one additional flange, such that side edge portions of the shelf panel can be housed between the pair of vertically spaced longitudinally offset flanges of each shelf bracket. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292795 | REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a main body, a door, a shelf, a light source unit, and a light-guiding member. The main body includes a storage compartment. The door opens and closes the storage compartment. The shelf is detachably coupled to the storage compartment to partition the storage compartment into a plurality of spaces. The light source unit illuminates the storage compartment. The light-guiding member is disposed on at least one end of the shelf. Here, the light source unit is disposed such that a portion of light generated in the light source unit enters the light-guiding member. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292796 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A REFRIGERATING UNIT - A method for controlling a refrigerating unit that includes the steps of providing a freezing compartment, a user interface and a refrigeration circuit with a compressor; and setting a controlling routine through the user interface for avoiding freezer burns on food products to be stored in the freezing compartment, upon the setting changing the set temperature of the freezing compartment to a value from 2° C. to 10° C. lower than the previously set value, and changing the on/off control or the cooling capacity of the compressor so that temperature oscillations in the freezing compartment are limited to a range from 1° C. to 0.1° C. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292797 | METHOD OF COOLING AN INTERNAL SPACE USING A SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER - A method and system for cooling an internal space are provided. A laminate of a hydrophobic membrane and a hydrophilic membrane includes a superabsorbent polymer disposed on or encompassing the hydrophilic membrane. The superabsorbent polymer increases the wicking capacity of the hydrophilic membrane so that water from a source is distributed more rapidly across the hydrophilic membrane. The distributed water is evaporated from the hydrophilic membrane, causing evaporative cooling of the laminate and surrounding air stream(s). The cooled air stream(s) are used to cool the internal space. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292798 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FLOW RICH IN METHANE AND A FLOW RICH IN C2+ HYDROCARBONS, AND ASSOCIATED INSTALLATION - This method envisions cooling the supply flow in a first heat exchanger, separation in a first separation flask in order to produce a light upper flow and a heavy lower flow and dividing the light upper flow into a supply fraction of a dynamic pressure reduction turbine and a supply fraction of a first distillation column. A cooled reflux flow is formed from an effluent from a dynamic pressure reduction turbine, the portion of the effluent being cooled and at least partially liquefied in a heat exchanger. The cooled reflux flow is introduced from the heat exchanger into the first distillation column. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292799 | PART DRYING DEVICE AND PART WASHING DEVICE USING SUCH DRYING DEVICE - A part drying device, includes a processing chamber having a side wall closed at both ends by a bottom and an upper wall to form an enclosure, the interior of the enclosure being accessible by an opening which can be sealingly closed, a liquid outlet connected to the processing chamber to collect the liquid supplied during the drying of the part, a power supply, an air supply supplying unit for blowing air in the processing chamber to blow air on the part arranged in the processing chamber, wherein the part drying device further includes elements for blowing air on the inner walls of the processing chamber. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292800 | DRYING OF MATERIAL - There is provided a multi-module counterflow drying apparatus ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292801 | BURNER AND/OR INJECTOR PANEL APPARATUS, METHODS OF INSTALLATION AND USE OF THE SAME IN A METAL-MELTING FURNACE, AND METAL-MELTING FURNACE INCLUDING THE SAME - A burner and/or injector panel apparatus includes a flange rotatable within a cylindrical aperture in a horizontal plate and securely retainable between one or more retaining clips and the plate. Extending downward from the flange is a main body with a cylindrical chamber. A burner, burner/injector, or injector is contained within the cylindrical chamber. The main body has a helical cooling circuit extending around the cylindrical chamber and burner and/or injector. The burner and/or injector panel apparatus may be installed through a furnace wall, especially an electric arc furnace, more particularly, a balcony panel of a sump area of an electric arc furnace. The burner and/or injector panel apparatus may be tilted from horizontal or rotated around its vertical axis in order to better target a target area of a molten bath of metal with a flame, jet of oxygen, or stream of carbon particles. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292802 | Carbon Baking Furnace - A carbon baking furnace has at least one vertical baking shaft with a system and method for positioning green carbon bodies to be baked at the top of the vertical baking path and ringing the green carbon bodies with a sacrificial medium such as packing coke. The disclosure provides a system and method for controlling the delivery and removal of the sacrificial medium used to surround the carbon bodies within the baking paths. A volatile extraction system and method are provided. A system and method for unloading baked carbon bodies is disclosed. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292803 | METHOD OF MAKING A PLATE PACKAGE FOR A PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER - A plate package made according to the method includes first heat exchanger plates and second heat exchanger plates. Each heat exchanger plate has a first porthole, and the port hole of at least one of the heat exchanger plates is surrounded by a peripheral rim. The first heat exchanger plates and the second heat exchanger plates, are joined to each other and arranged side by side in such a way that the peripheral rims together define an inlet channel extending through the plate package. The peripheral rim of the first and/or the second heat exchanger plates has at least one through hole, forming a fluid passage allowing a communication between the inlet channel and the first plate interspaces. The at least one through hole is made in a condition in which the first and the second heat exchanger plates have been joined to each other to form the plate package. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292804 | HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE FOR EXCHANGING HEAT BETWEEN FLUIDS - The present invention relates to a heat exchange device for exchanging heat between two fluids circulating through insulated conduits. In the preferred example the first fluid is a hot gas originating from an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system, and the second fluid is a coolant liquid used for removing heat from the hot gas. The device according to the invention has a simple and cheap construction, lacking a shell, formed by a plurality of extruded aluminium profile segments attached by clad plates arranged perpendicularly giving rise to a very compact and light-weight configuration when it is in an operating mode. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292805 | WASTE WATER HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM - A waste water heat recovery system may include a waste water conduit, a plurality of heat exchanger modules, an inlet manifold, and an outlet manifold. The plurality of heat exchanger modules may be disposed on an outer surface of the waste water conduit. Each of the plurality of heat exchanger modules may include a first conduction member, a second conduction member, and a serpentine potable water conduit seated between the first and second conduction members. The inlet manifold may receive potable water from a water source and may be fluidly connected to an inlet of the potable water conduit of each of the plurality of heat exchanger modules. The outlet manifold may be fluidly connected to an outlet of the potable water conduit of each of the plurality of heat exchanger modules. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292806 | HEATING SYSTEM FOR HEATING FLUID IN A TANK - A heating system for heating fluid in a tank includes a heating device for heating and pumping water to a tank heater via a hose. The tank heater has a pump connected to a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has a plurality of tubes disposed in a housing that receive fluid from the tank. The heating device pumps hot water through the heat exchanger to transfer heat to fluid in the tubes and the back to the heating device. The pump circulates fluid within the heat exchanger. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292807 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD FOR HEATING A FRACTURING FLUID - A heat exchanger comprises a shell internally divided into a hot fluid vessel and a cold fluid vessel by a pipe retaining plate having a plurality of apertures sealingly retaining a corresponding number of heat pipes, each of which has a hot end in the hot fluid vessel and a cold end in the cold fluid vessel. The hot fluid vessel is internally configured to direct a hot fluid through a porous dispersion plate that distributes the hot fluid amongst the hot ends of the heat pipes. The cold fluid vessel has an internal baffle that defines a serpentine channel that guides a cold fluid through the cold fluid vessel. Fracturing fluid may be heated by streaming flue gas exhausted from an incinerator through the hot fluid vessel while simultaneously streaming the fracturing fluid through the cold fluid vessel. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292808 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE NANO HEAT TRANSFER PLATE TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A superconductive nano heat transfer plate type heat exchanger consisting of a plurality of superconductive nano plate bundles by welding, the plate bundles being formed by welding a plurality of heat transfer plates together and sealed in vacuum, each of the plate bundles comprising an evaporation zone and a condensation zone, inside the plate bundle is padded a superconductive nano medium. The heat exchanger enhances heat transfer efficiency and may perform highly efficient heat transfer at different pressures, different temperatures, within different application scopes. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292809 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ARRANGEMENT FOR STORING THERMAL ENERGY - The invention relates to a method for operating an arrangement ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292810 | THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM COMPRISING A COMBINED HEATING AND COOLING MACHINE AND A METHOD FOR USING THE THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a thermal energy storage system comprising an energy storage ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292811 | HEAT AND MASS EXCHANGERS HAVING EXTRUDED PLATES - A heat and mass exchanger including a plurality of vertical plates that are spaced apart from one another by gaps so as to allow a first gas to flow between the plates. Each plate includes a front wall that defines a front surface of the plate, a back wall that defines a back surface of the plate, and separate, parallel channels disposed between the front and back walls. The parallel channels include a first set of parallel channels, a first liquid flowing within the first set of channels and over one of the front or back surfaces of the plate, the first liquid having a bulk composition comprising one or more constituents, the first gas having at least one constituent in common with the first liquid, and a second set of parallel channels, a first fluid flowing within the second set of channels. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292812 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes: a heat exchange body through which a fluid serving as a cooled object passes; and a coolant passage which is provided in at least one of a central portion and an outer circumferential portion of the heat exchange body, and through which a coolant exchanging heat with the heat exchange body flows, wherein the heat exchange body includes: a first heat transfer means which extends from a central portion to an outer circumferential portion; and a second heat transfer means which extends in a circumferential direction, and which intersects the first heat transfer means, a heat transfer efficiency of the first heat transfer means is greater than that of the second heat transfer means. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292813 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger may include a block for separately conducting first and second fluids, and a box. The block may have flat tubes through which the first fluid is flowable and each of which may have a narrow tube side and a wide tube side. The box may have a base, the flat tubes being guided into the base via corresponding through-openings in the base. Each through-opening may have at least one raised edge, with at least one narrow edge side and at least one wide edge side, surrounding the corresponding flat tube. The wide edge side may be higher than the narrow edge side. The two may transition into one another via an inclination with a recess that may have a height lower than that of the narrow edge side. A contact surface edge may have a height lower at the recess than at the narrow edge side. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292814 | EVAPORATOR AND A METHOD FOR FORMING AN EVAPORATOR - An evaporator is provided. The evaporator includes a conduit and a spine fin assembly positioned on an outer surface of the conduit. The spine fin assembly has a first plurality of spine fins and a second plurality of spine fins that are wound about the conduit and extend away from the outer surface of the conduit. The spine fins of the first plurality of spine fins are offset from the spine fins of the second plurality of spine fins. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292815 | SUSCEPTOR WITH RADIATION SOURCE COMPENSATION - Embodiments described herein relate to an apparatus and methods for temperature measurement. A susceptor may be configured to support a substrate on a first surface and second surface of the substrate may be oriented opposite the first surface. One or more reflective features may be formed on the second surface. The one or more reflective features may be disposed in various patterns at a radius viewed by a temperature sensor. The one or more reflective features may provide for increased reflection of radiation from the second surface of the susceptor and provide more accurate temperature calculations from a thermal signal detected by the temperature sensor. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292816 | COIL SUPPORT PAD HAVING CONDENSATE DRAINAGE FUNCTIONALITY - The embodiments described herein are directed to a coil support pad for condensate drainage and a method of manufacturing the coil support pad. The coil support pad generally functions to provide support for outdoor coils and facilitate the drainage of condensate away from the coils. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292817 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger which employs porous tubes wherein tube melting at the time of attaching the porous tubes to the header tanks is prevented, the heat exchanger provided with an entry header tank which has an inflow port, an exit header tank which has an outflow port, and a plurality of tubes having passages for refrigerant flowing between the entry header tank and the exit header tank, the tubes being porous tubes which are formed by bending or rolling from flat sheets and being brazed at the two end parts to the entry header tank and exit header tank, wherein the outer surfaces of the tubes are provided with brazing materials which are used for brazing to the entry header tank and exit header tank and wherein the inner surface and outer surface of the entry header tank and exit header tank are made brazing material-free. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292818 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes at least two manifolds which are fluidly connected to one another by multiple tubes, and a porous metal structure which at least partially surrounds the tubes. The heat exchanger has a plate-like form with a front side and a rear side. The metal structure is formed by a multiplicity of sheets which are held in each case between two adjacent tubes and, on at least one of the front and rear sides of the heat exchanger, extend across at least one adjacent tube. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292819 | HEAT EXCHANGER ASSEMBLY - The present disclosure relates to an assembly forming a heat exchanger or part of a heat exchanger. The assembly comprises a core with at least one insert in the form of a side plate, and a header plate attached to the or each insert by at least one snap fit connection. Accordingly, the assembling process of the assembly can be facilitated, and cost of the assembly can be reduced. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292820 | HEAT EXCHANGER - In a composite-type heat exchanger capable of exchanging heat among three types of fluids, an outside air passage is provided in a periphery of refrigerant tubes and coolant tubes, and the outside air passage includes outer fins that promote heat exchange among a refrigerant, an outside air and a coolant. The outer fins include refrigerant side heat connecting portions configured to thermally connect the refrigerant tubes, and coolant side heat connecting portions configured to thermally connect the refrigerant tubes and the coolant tubes. In a first core portion including most downstream refrigerant tubes which constitute a final path, which is the most downstream side path in a direction of the refrigerant flow, the refrigerant side heat connecting portions is larger in number than the coolant side heat connecting portions. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292821 | COOLING DEVICE HAVING AN ELASTIC FIXING MEMBER AND A VALVE HOLDER GROUP - A cooling device has an elastic fixing member for fixing a valve which is cooperating with a compressor and disposed in a compressor room of a heat insulated body. The cooling device includes a bearing bracket for fixing the valve in the compressor room. The uniform elastic fixing member has at least one rear directional fixing extension for insertion into at least one locking hole of the bearing bracket, at least one fixing extension formed opposite the rear directional fixing extension for insertion into at least one hole on the valve, and an insulator section for reclining the valve. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292822 | DEVICE FOR CLOSING INNER TUBES IN A TUBULAR HEAT EXCHANGER - A device for closing at least one inner tube in a tubular heat exchanger. The device comprises a main body provided with inner tube through holes and at least one plug configured to be inserted into the at least one inner tube. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292823 | Liquid Distribution Device - A liquid distribution device for fluid cooling devices particularly for cooling towers comprises at least one primary distribution pipe or at least one primary distribution trough, wherein a plurality of secondary distribution pipes are connected to the at least one primary distribution pipe or the at least one primary distribution trough, wherein the secondary distribution pipes are provided with nozzles, wherein the secondary distribution pipes at least section-wise have an angular cross-section and are formed from a fiber reinforced plastic. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292824 | SUBSEA HEAT EXCHANGER, CLEANING TOOL AND APPURTENANT METHOD - Subsea heat exchanger ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292825 | SUPER & SUBSONIC GAS REGULATOR ASSEMBLY - A retro fit capable super & subsonic gas regulator assembly designed to interface with an auto-loading gas operated host firearm is provided to replace existing gas systems. The gas regulator assembly optimizes gas flow into the host firearm's operating system. The gas regulator has a spring actuated gas regulator and cross-pin including a flat that disengages with the gas regulator when the gas regulator is rotated to allow the gas flow to be set to one of a plurality of gas settings e.g., four. In embodiments, setting one is optimal for using supersonic ammunition with a silencer, setting two is optimal for using supersonic ammunition without a silencer, setting three is optimal for subsonic ammunition, and setting four turns the gas flow off optimizing sound reduction and providing for manual operation of the host firearm. The system works by precisely metering gas entering the operating system and not by exhausting excess gas into the atmosphere. The super & subsonic gas regulator assembly provides optimal performance with both subsonic and supersonic ammunition in a single firearm allowing the operator full advantage. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292826 | SELF-LEVELING FOLLOWER AND MAGAZINE - A follower for a firearm magazine is disclosed, with a platform that may support a cartridge and has a top surface defining a plane and a bottom surface. The front end may be coupled to a front portion of the platform and engage a spring and a magazine body. The interior surface of the front end may be substantially perpendicular to the bottom surface of the platform and form an obtuse angle with the plane of the platform. The rear end may be coupled to a rear portion of the platform and engage the spring and the magazine body. The interior surface of the rear end may be perpendicular to the bottom surface of the platform and form an acute angle with the plane of the platform. The front end may extend further below the platform than does the rear end. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292827 | SAFETY DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE LONG-BARRELLED FIREARM OR PNEUMATIC WEAPON - 1. Safety device for a portable long-barrelled firearm or pneumatic weapon ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292828 | FIRE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR FIREARMS - A striker-fired firearm in one embodiment includes a trigger assembly including a trigger and trigger bar supported by a frame, a rotatable sear operable to hold a spring-biased striker in a cocked ready-to-fire position, and a rotatable sear blocker operable to prevent rotation of the sear. The trigger bar is operably linked to the sear and blocker such that pulling the trigger rotates the sear and blocker. When the blocker is in a blocking position, the blocker engages and prevents movement of the sear and release of the striker in the absence of a trigger pull. When the blocker is in a non-blocking position effectuated by pulling the trigger, the blocker disengages the sear which rotates and releases the striker to fire the firearm. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292829 | FIREARM SUPPRESSOR - A firearm suppressor ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292830 | STACKABLE SHOOTING REST SYSTEM - A stackable shooting rest system to support and stabilize a firearm. The stackable shooting rest system includes a plurality of stackable supports. Each of the stackable supports includes first and second side members. The first and second side members include an upper surface defining at least one male engagement feature and a lower surface defining at least one female engagement feature. At least two of the stackable supports are stackable with the male engagement feature of the upper surface of one of the stackable supports nesting within the female engagement feature of the lower surface of the other stackable support. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292831 | PROTECTIVE COVERING FOR A RIFLE - A protective covering system includes a plurality of precut protective coverings configured from a waterproof material. Each of the precut protective coverings are configured to accommodate actuation of functional features and proper operation of the firearm. T protective covering system includes two precut protective coverings configured to substantially cover the upper receiver, two precut protective coverings configured to substantially cover the lower receiver, two precut protective coverings configured to substantially cover the pistol grip, two precut protective coverings configured to substantially cover the magazine well, two precut protective coverings configured to substantially cover the magazine, a precut protective covering configured to cover the ejection port cover, a precut protective covering configured to cover the forward assist, and a precut protective covering configured to cover the Picatinny rail such that the installation and removal of additional firearm accessories from the Picatinny rail is not impaired. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292832 | COMPOUND BOW STRUCTURE - A compound bow structure includes a riser having a grip and a recess is defined in the inside of the grip. A first cam and a second cam are respectively connected to the two limbs and a string is connected between the first and second cams. Two cables each have a first end connected to the first/second cam corresponding thereto. The two cables each have a second end which has two split sub-cables. The sub-cables of the two cables are respectively connected to two sides of the first/second cam corresponding thereto. A protector is connected to the inside of the grip and located to cover the recess of the grip. A gap is formed between the grip and the protector to accommodate the user's hand. The distance between the lowest point of the recess and the string is smaller than ⅕ of the length of the string. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292833 | Rear Sling Mount - A sling mount or attachment for the rear portion of a firearm is provided. The sling mount includes a cap and a base, removably coupled by screws around a buffer tube of a firearm. The sling mount further includes a connection loop positioned below the opening created by coupling the cap to the base. In some embodiments, the connection loop extends in a vertical plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the buffer tube, and is centrally located underneath it. A user may attach a sling to the connection loop via a snaphook in order to accomplish a one-point or two-point sling design. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292834 | Quick Conversion Sling - A sling for coupling a firearm to a user is disclosed. The sling comprises a front sling section having a front end and a rear end, a front connector located at the front end for connecting the front sling section to the firearm, and a front buckle having a handle that adjusts the length of the sling. The handle includes a first member extending outwardly from the front sling section and a second member transverse to first member, such that, when the second member is pulled in a first direction, the length of front sling section lengthens, and when the second member is pulled in a second direction, the length of the front sling section shortens. The sling further comprises rear sling section coupled to the front sling section and having a front portion and a rear portion, a rear buckle detachably coupling the front portion to the rear portion, a rear connector for connecting the rear sling section to the firearm, and a middle connector. The front connector releasably couples to the middle connector to form a loop. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292835 | Thumb Tab Actuator for Sling Snaphook - A thumb tab actuator for a firearm sling snap-hook is provided. The thumb tab actuator includes a body having a surface that engages a lever of a snap-hook that pivots in a first plane. The actuator body is adapted to be removably mounted to the lever, and the body includes a tab extending outwardly in a second plane transverse to the first plane when the body is mounted to the lever, such that the lever pivots in response to a force exerted on the tab. A user may couple the thumb tab to the snap-hook via a screw or other fastener. In some embodiments, the thumb tab includes a second tab for an ambidextrous configuration. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292836 | THERMAL MARKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONTROL - A target marking system includes a light source emitting a thermal beam and an optics assembly directing the thermal beam to impact a target, the target directing radiation to the optics assembly in response to the impact. The target marking system further includes a detector, and an optics assembly optically connected to the detector. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292837 | Sight Module for Firearm - A sight module for a firearm having a barrel axis includes a base for detachably attaching onto the firearm, a first optic upwardly extended from the base to define a first sight axis parallel to the barrel axis of the firearm, and a second optic sidewardly extended from the first optic to define a second sight axis parallel to the barrel axis of the firearm and orientated at an offset angle with respect to the first sight axis, wherein a distance between the first sight axis and the barrel axis equals to a distance between the second sight axis and the barrel axis. Therefore, a user is able to maintain the same cheek weld on the firearm stock to view one of the first and second optics in order to quickly switch between the first and second optics by simply rotating the firearm. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292838 | ARMOR COUPLER - A coupler for the attachment of an armor panel to a structure to be protected, the coupler having a first end unit configured for attachment to the armor panel and a second end unit configured for attachment to the structure, the units being axially spaced from one another by an elongated plate member having, in cross-section taken along a plane perpendicular to the axial direction, an asymmetric shape allowing the plate to be differently susceptible to bending forces in at least two different directions. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292839 | ARMOR PLATED DEVICE - An armor plated assembly ( | 2015-10-15 |
20150292840 | DETACHABLE SHIELD FOR TACTICAL EQUIPMENT BOX - A detachable shield for tactical equipment box has a rectangular form, an outer surface and an opposite inner surface, a long first edge and a second edge, at least two hinges upon the first edge that cooperate with second hinges mounted to a box, a second lock component that cooperates with a prime lock component mounted to a box opposite the second hinges, and a handle joined to the inner surface. The first hinges, handle, and second lock component join to the shield without fracturing it. The first hinges separate from the second hinges so that a law enforcement officer can take the shield from the box for use as protection from projectiles. In an alternate embodiment, the second component joins to the inner surface along with a reinforcing strip along the second edge. | 2015-10-15 |
20150292841 | Security door - A stile and rail ballistic security door containing bullet proof materials within a metal or synthetic material frame including a plurality of window panes and thermal break means to eliminate condensation problems therein. The door contains a multi-layer exterior core providing extra strength and rigidity. | 2015-10-15 |