51st week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090308016 | Light Steel Trusses and Truss Systems - A truss chord for use in a light steel truss includes a flange portion, a pair of web portions and at least one wing. The flange portion has an end and an end portion. The end portion has a double thickness. The pair of web portions extend substantially orthogonally from the flange portion and are spaced inwardly from the ends of the flange portion. The at least one wing extends outwardly substantially orthogonally from at least one of the pair of web portions. There is provided an alternate embodiment wherein the wing having a plurality of spaced apart holes formed therein. There is also provided a truss web. As well there is a truss which uses the truss chords and truss webs and a truss system which uses a plurality of trusses. In addition there is a mass customization system for the trusses. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308017 | REINFORCING BAR ANCHORAGE - A reinforcing bar anchorage | 2009-12-17 |
20090308018 | STARTING PLATFORM WEDGE ANCHOR ASSEMBLY - An anchor for a rectangular tube employs a wedge assembly, whereby rotation of an adjustment bolt of the wedge assembly moves an upper and lower wedge member together, and the wedge engagement with a central wedge member causes said central wedge member to move toward engagement with the tube, thereby securing the tube within a base body. Clevis pins and corresponding key hole slots mount the wedge assembly to a base, while allowing easy removal of the wedge when desired. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308019 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATION OF STRUCTURES USED IN CONSTRUCTION OF TOWER BASE SUPPORTS - Disclosed are apparatus and corresponding methodologies for providing a base support, such as including concrete, and used such as for a wind-driven generator. Precast concrete cylinders are stacked in place upon a platform that may be partially precast and partially cast in place during assembly and supported, in certain embodiments, by plural concrete legs, the other ends of which are supported on a unitary or subdivided concrete foundation. In other embodiments, the platform may be supported by ribbed concrete panels. The concrete cylinders are glued together using an epoxy and then secured by an internal vertical post tension system extending from the platform to the upper most cylinder. Methodologies and apparatus for fabrication of concrete structure used in constructing the base support are also disclosed, with a focus on staves and various ring piece constructions. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308020 | ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an energy conversion device including a roofing material having one or more open channels and one or more photovoltaic modules, characterised in that the one or more photovoltaic modules is bonded directly or indirectly to the roofing material so as to form one or more covered channels through which fluid can flow. In this manner an energy conversion device may be formed in a standard roofing material combining the benefits of Photovoltaic modules to generate electricity and a solar thermal collector to provide heat from the Sun in a single integrated device. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308021 | Temporary Arm Gain and Saddle - A non-boring support system, or a temporary arm gain, is described. The support system enables attaching a supporting arm to an existing utility pole. The support system can include a securing assembly and a mounting member. The securing assembly can define an aperture sufficiently large enough to receive and secure the supporting arm. The mounting member can be adapted to mount the securing assembly to the utility pole. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308022 | Thermal Barrier System - A thermal barrier system includes a plurality of panels including at least two panels separated from each other so as to define a space between the panels, where each panel of the at least two panels is separated from another panel via at least one spacer structure. Each panel is further formed of an insulation material having a thermal conductivity in the range of about 0.023 W/(m*K) to about 0.099 W/(m*K). In an example embodiment, the insulation material forming the panels has a density of no greater than about 30 lb/ft | 2009-12-17 |
20090308023 | SPOUT MOUNTING METHOD AND SPOUT - A spout mounting method and a spout that enable smooth and high-speed mounting of the spout onto a pouch. The method includes an insertion step of inserting the spout (S) into the pouch (P) so that a mounting portion (IP) of the spout (S) is held between not-yet-sealed opening edges, a temporary fixation step of temporarily fixing the spout (S), inserted in the pouch (P), to the pouch (P), and a sealing step of fixing the mounting portion (IP) of the spout (S), temporarily fixed to the pouch (P), to the opening edges of the pouch (P) by heat-sealing. In the temporary fixation step, the opening edges of the pouch (P) are fixed together by spot-sealing near edges on both sides of the mounting portion (IP) of the spout (S) so that the spout (S) is held by the opening edges of the pouch (P). | 2009-12-17 |
20090308024 | TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND BOXING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - A transport apparatus for transporting an article, which is a bag formed from a flexible packaging material, includes a first transport part and a second transport part. The first transport part is configured and arranged to transport the article in a predetermined transport direction with the article being supported from below by a transport surface of the first transport part. The second transport part is configured and arranged to transport the article in the predetermined transport direction while exerting a downward force on a portion of an upper surface of the article being transported by the first transport part. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308025 | Ball grip and friction engaging capping chuck - A capping chuck including alignment balls for engaging the cap knurling. The capping chuck can also include internal knurling, and a friction engaging element for cap retention during the bottling process. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308026 | Machine for Raising Planar Articles - A machine for raising planar articles ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308027 | Method and Device for Stacking Packaged Food Slices - Method and device for producing packs | 2009-12-17 |
20090308028 | Forming, Filling and Sealing Machine, and Methods For Producing, Filing and Closing Bags - (EN) The invention relates to a forming, filling and sealing machine ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308029 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BAGGING MATERIAL - The present invention provides an apparatus for bagging material into a film. The film has at least two overlapping sheets and at least one open edge. The apparatus a pair of spaced apart carriages and a pair of clamp assemblies movably mounted to a respective carriage. The clamp assemblies are pivotally movable relative to the respective carriage and vertically moveable along the length of the respective carriage. The clamp assemblies engage the film and open the film by separating the overlapping sheets. The clamp assemblies are moved downwardly along the length of the respective carriages so as to provide for the opened film to progressively bag material positioned thereunder. The clamp assembly includes a clamp having a pair of clamping members which are configured to grip a portion of the overlapping sheets for separation thereof. A method for bagging material into a film is also disclosed. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308030 | LOAD PORT CONFIGURATIONS FOR SMALL LOT SIZE SUBSTRATE CARRIERS - In a first aspect, a method of opening a substrate carrier is provided. The method includes moving the substrate carrier such that a door of the substrate carrier contacts a supporting member; employing the supporting member to support the door; moving a housing of the substrate carrier away from the supporting member; and pivoting the supporting member and door below a bottom surface of the substrate carrier. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308031 | Gripper for an automatic bag filling apparatus - In an intermittently rotating table type bag filling apparatus, a plurality of pairs of grippers being provided at equal intervals around an intermittently rotating table, the grippers including pairs of left and right swing levers mounted on the intermittently rotating table, gripper arms affixed to swing levers, chuck sections installed in the tip end portions of the gripper arms, and chuck open/close mechanisms that open and close chuck sections. Gripper arms are cylindrical, and air cylinders and link mechanisms that constitute chuck open/close mechanism are installed inside the tube bodies of the gripper arms. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308032 | Dust Filter Bag - A dust filter bag is in the shape of a flat bag for a vacuum cleaner, which is formed from a first layer and a second layer made of a weldable material. The layers are welded together circumferentially along the circumference thereof. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308033 | MODIFIED HEXAGONAL PERFORATED PATTERN - Described herein are various embodiments of a modified hexagonal perforated pattern and objects within which the pattern is formed. For example, according to one representative embodiment, an apparatus includes an object and a perforated pattern formed in the object. The perforated pattern includes a plurality of perforations through which matter is flowable. Each of the perforations includes a modified hexagonal shape including a hexagon having six rounded corners. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308034 | Evacuation value arrangements; pulse jet air cleaner systems using same; and, method - Methods, techniques, and constructions are provided for use to apply an evacuation valve arrangement on an air cleaner assembly that is configured for pulse jet operation. An example evacuation valve arrangement is provided which comprises a valve member in the form of a sleeve that extends completely around a sidewall portion of an air cleaner housing of a pulse jet air cleaner. Examples are depicted in which the sidewall portion can comprise: a portion of a housing sidewall section that surrounds an installed filter cartridge, in use; a portion of an access cover; or, a drop tube secured to a portion of the housing, for example either on an access cover or on another portion of a housing. Specific features and alternatives are described. Also, methods of assembly and operation are described. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308035 | Optimization of cellular structures especially for exhaust-gas cleaning of combustion assemblies and other fields of application - The invention relates to a device through which a fluid can flow and that has a cellular structure, a system for modular optimization of cellular structures, and also a method for producing such structures. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308036 | AGRICULTURAL HARVESTER WITH DUAL ENGINES AND ELECTRICAL POWER COUPLING - An agricultural harvester includes a first power unit having a first rated output. The first power unit is couplable with a first primary load, including a threshing system load. A second power unit has a second rated output. The second power unit is couplable with a second primary load, including a propulsion load. A first motor/generator is mechanically coupled with the first power unit, and a second motor/generator is mechanically coupled with the second power unit. The second motor/generator is configured to electrically drive at least one external load. The second motor/generator and the first motor/generator are electrically coupled together. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308037 | Sliding Pulley Drive Mechanism in Cutting Platform of Lawn Mower - The present invention relates to a sliding pulley drive mechanism in cutting platform of lawn mower. An engine for the pulley drive mechanism is fixed to a chassis; a cutting platform is connected to the chassis, and can move up and down in relation to the chassis; a bracket is fixed to the cutting platform; cutting platform drive belts are fitted over the output shaft of the engine, an external spline shaft is fixed to the output shaft of the engine, and a belt pulley with an internal spline is mounted on an external spline shaft; the cutting platform drive belt is mounted on the belt pulley with an internal spline; the lower end of the belt pulley with an internal spline is connected with a shock absorbing bushing, a bearing, and a bearing base plate. The bearing base plate is connected to the bracket. In this invention, with a spline mechanism, the belt pulley on the engine can slide up or down on the output shaft of the engine as the elevation of the cutting platform is adjusted, so that the cutting platform drive belts are kept in the same plane, and therefore the belt service lifespan is elongated. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308038 | Rear Discharge Mower - A rear discharge mower comprising: a first shaft; a first blade that is rotated in unison with the first shaft; a second shaft that is configured to be rotated in a direction opposite from a rotational direction of the first shaft; a second blade that is rotated in unison with the second shaft, wherein a grass-clippings discharge path is formed through which grass clippings are discharged in a rearward direction from the area between the first shaft and second shaft; an enclosing casing that supports the blade shafts; and a power train that is accommodated in the enclosing casing and that transmits power to the first and second blade shafts. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308039 | Lawn mower with suspended ergonomic seat - Embodiments of the invention provide a lawn mower including a frame, a seat or operator station, one or more handles, and a suspension unit coupled between the frame and the seat or operator station. The lawn mower can include one or more pivot members with a first portion coupled to the frame at a pivot location forward of the seat or operator station and a second portion coupled to the seat or operator station. The one or more pivot members can allow the seat or operator station and the one or more handles to move with respect to the frame while the suspension unit absorbs a portion of shock caused by riding over the uneven terrain. The seat can be positioned at least partially between a first drive wheel and a second drive wheel and at least partially along a drive axis. The seat can be declined with respect to a horizontal plane so that the operator's upper torso leans forward at an angle with respect to a vertical plane when the operator is sitting on the seat. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308040 | INDEPENDENT SUSPENSION FOR LAWNMOWERS, CUTTING DECKS AND OFF-ROAD VEHICLES - A suspension apparatus for off-road vehicle includes a plurality of linear actuators, each coupled to a power source and attached to a respective one of the plurality of wheels and frame or body of the vehicle for moving the respective one of the plurality of wheels away from the frame or the body upon receiving a first command signal or moving the respective one of the plurality of wheels toward the frame or the body upon receiving a second command signal. Tilt sensors are provided with each tilt sensor mounted directly on or in close proximity to the respective one of the plurality of wheels for sensing its vertical attitude relative to a predetermined level condition and selectively generating each of a first and second position signals. A control device receives first and second position signals and outputs respective first and second command signals. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308041 | Altering the fatty acid composition of rice - The present invention relates to rice oil, rice bran and rice seeds which have altered levels of oleic acid, palmitic acid and/or linoleic acid. The present invention also provides methods for genetically modifying rice plants such that rice oil, rice bran and rice seeds produced therefrom have altered levels of oleic acid, palmitic acid and/or linoleic acid. Specifically this is achieved through modulation of Fad2 and/or FatB expression. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308042 | DRAPER BELT CONSTRUCTION TO CONTROL TRANSLATION - A draper platform includes a frame, a cutter bar, at least one conveyor assembly with two rollers, and a conveyor belt surrounding both rollers. Each of the rollers are mounted to a respective support frame that is independently pivotally mounted to the frame around a transverse axis at its rear end. An assembly for guiding the conveyor belt on the rollers is provided. It includes a ridge on an interior side of the belt and a groove within the roller. The ridge and the groove are provided in the vicinity of the rear end of the rollers. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308043 | Quick Switching Mechanism for Side Discharge Unit and Grass Chopper Unit of a Lawn Mower - The present disclosed invention relates to a quick switching mechanism for the side discharge unit and the chopper unit of a lawn mower: a side discharge unit and a chopper unit are mounted at the grass outlet on a cutting platform; wherein, the side discharge unit comprises a grass discharging gear shaft, a grass discharging hood mounted on the grass discharging gear shaft; the grass chopper unit comprises a grass chopping gear shaft, a grass chopping closing plate mounted on the grass chopping gear shaft; the small gear on the grass discharging gear shaft is engaged to the big gear on the grass chopping gear shaft; a guy wire is mounted on the cutting platform, and is connected to a rotary arm mounted on one end of the grass chopping gear shaft. In the invention, the current grass discharging hood is kept, and therefore the safety of grass discharging is not compromised; during the mowing process, when the mower runs into a place (e.g., a kerb, shrub, etc.) where the grass discharging process is difficult, the mower can be switched from grass discharging mode to grass chopping mode immediately; after the mower passes the place, it can be switched back to grass discharging mode quickly; if the mower runs into a narrow place (e.g., the space between two trees), the mower can be switching from wide discharging mode to narrow discharging mode immediately; the mower can be switched back quickly after it passes through the place. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308044 | LAWN MOWER BLADE ASSEMBLY FOR QUICK BLADE REPLACEMENT AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A lawn mower blade assembly for a rotatable driveshaft includes a blade mount to be secured to the rotatable driveshaft and a cutting blade removably coupled to the blade mount and defining therewith a blade base unit having at least one wedge surface thereon. At least one sliding retainer removably couples the cutting blade to the blade mount and is slidably movable between a locked position and a released position. The at least one sliding retainer has at least one wedge surface thereon cooperating with the at least one wedge surface of the blade base unit to securely couple the cutting blade to the blade mount when in the locked position. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308045 | LAWN MOWER BLADE ASSEMBLY HAVING BLADE MOUNT FOR QUICK BLADE REPLACEMENT AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A lawn mower blade assembly for a rotatable driveshaft includes a blade mount to be secured to the rotatable driveshaft and having at least one wedge surface thereon. A cutting blade is removably coupled to the blade mount. At least one sliding retainer removably couples the cutting blade to the blade mount and is slidably movable between a locked position and a released position. The at least one sliding retainer has at least one wedge surface thereon cooperating with the at least one wedge surface of the blade mount to securely couple the cutting blade to the blade mount when in the locked position. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308046 | SHEARS-TYPE VIBRATOR FOR SHAKING TREES - The present invention is a scissor-type vibrator for shaking trees wherein one of the arms thereof extends backwards to achieve a better working lever so that, on gripping the tree, the hydraulic piston that connects the two scissor arms expands, thus increasing the tightening torque whilst reducing the hydraulic pressure, and furthermore, to bring about the vibration, the scissor-type vibrator has a cam to which a synchronised single or double rotation may be applied and the vibration time may be regulated. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308047 | Sewing thread - An improved sewing thread and method of making it where at least one strand of spun yarn is composed of 100% staple fibers and has a high level of single twist that is equal to or greater than 4 more turns per inch than that of the ply twisted final product. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308048 | ANTISTATIC POLYESTER FALSE TWISTED YARN, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION, AND ANTISTATIC SPECIAL CONJUGATED FALSE TWISTED YARN COMPRISING ANTISTATIC POLYESTER FALSE TWISTED YARN - An unstretched filament composed of a PET-based aromatic polyester multifilament comprising a polyoxyalkylene-based polyether and an organic ionic compound is subjected to simultaneous stretching and false twisting under specified conditions to produce a polyester false twisted yarn, whereby rapid and stable false twisting can be accomplished without section deformation or fluff generation during false twisting, and the resulting yarn has a highly satisfactory hand quality and a fibrillation resistant fiber structure, while also exhibiting a highly durable antistatic property. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308049 | ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM - An electric propulsion system including a plasma chamber having a first output aperture having first acceleration and screen grids, and a second output aperture having second acceleration and screen grids. The screen grids are maintained at a constant positive potential. In use, ions are expelled from the two apertures in anti-parallel directions. By independently controlling the potentials of the acceleration grids to adjust the rates of ion extraction from the output apertures, small resultant thrusts at the μN level may be obtained and the resultant thrust maybe continuously reduced to zero. By closing off apertures of one of the screen grids, thrust at the mN may be obtained with sub-μN accuracy. The system therefore provides functionality previously achievable only with plural types of electric propulsion system, providing weight and complexity savings for satellites or space-probes comprising such systems. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308050 | MULTIDIRECTIONAL TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine engine comprising a compressor, a combustion chamber, and at least two turbines mounted oppositely to the combustion chamber, such that the gas turbine engine is capable of generating multidirectional thrust. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308051 | HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE AND AIR-TO-AIR INTERCOOLER - An improved heat exchanger tube which can be used in an air-to-air intercooler or other air-to-air heat exchangers. The cooling tube has a first tube with an inner and outer surface and a second tube with an inner and outer surface. The second tube is located inside the first tube. There are one or more walls extending from the inner surface of the first tube to the outer surface of the second tube. A plurality of fins are located on the outer surface of the first tube. The fins can take the form of individual circular fins or one or more helical fins. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308052 | METHODS OF INCREASING ACCURACY OF SOOT LOAD ESTIMATES - A method for improving the effectiveness of filters by increasing accuracy of an estimate of particulate matter loading remaining in the filter after cleaning. In one embodiment, the disclosed method includes removing soot from the DPF by cleaning, and measuring parameters for a set of predetermined criteria. The amount of soot present in the DPF is then estimated based on delta pressure. The resulting estimated soot load value accounts for the noise factors such as ash loading after extended operation. The value is then used to adjust for future measurements of soot loading in the DPF after subsequent regeneration treatments and/or used to diagnose the effectiveness of the cleaning. The method can also be applied to diagnostics of the DPF. When discrepancies between DPSLE and model-based soot load estimate are observed in healthy regenerations, failure modes such as plugged filter, extreme ash loading or substrate melting can be detected. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308053 | Exhaust Purification Device of Internal Combustion Engine | 2009-12-17 |
20090308054 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING NOx REDUCTION SYSTEM - To provide a method for controlling a NOx reduction system which can remove NO | 2009-12-17 |
20090308055 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE - The catalyst smell reducing control in which the fuel cutoff is performed is not executed regardless of the catalyst smelling flag Fs | 2009-12-17 |
20090308056 | PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR THE PURIFICATION OF EXHAUST GAS - The invention relates to a procedure for purifying exhaust gas in the exhaust gas duct of a combustion engine with an exhaust gas purification system and a SCR-catalyzer that is arranged in the exhaust gas purification system for a selective catalytic reduction of nitrous gases (SCR), whereby reducing agents for the selective catalytic reduction of nitrous gases can be added to the exhaust gas in direction of the flow before the SCR-catalyzer. According to the invention it is provided that the exhaust gas is led through a catalyzer for converting nitrous gases with hydrocarbons and subsequently through the SCR-catalyzer and that the operating parameters are adjusted in a first operating phase in such a way, that nitrous gases are mostly converted at the catalyzer for converting nitrous gases with hydrocarbons and that the operating parameters are adjusted in a second operating phase in such a way, that nitrous gases are mostly converted at the SCR-catalyzer. The adjustments for the first operating phase are selected at the start of the combustion engine. The catalyzer is heated to its operating temperature in this operating phase for the conversion of nitrous gases with hydrocarbons. Because it is arranged before the SCR-catalyzer and a particle filter that is usually arranged in front of it, its heating takes place very fast and the output of nitrous gases in the starting phase of the combustion engine can be reduced as opposed to the state of the art. The normal operation of the combustion engine is characterized by a lean mixture composition and therefore by an oxygen-rich exhaust gas. This is adjusted in the second operating phase, in which nitrous gases are converted in the SCR-catalyzer that is now heated to its operating temperature. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308057 | EXHAUST LINE OF A DIESEL ENGINE AND DESULFATION METHOD - A method for desulfating an NOx trap of an exhaust line of a diesel engine, the method to extract during the operation of the engine at least one portion of the fixed sulphur compounds in the NOx trap. The method produces a reformate via a reformer device from the fuel of the engine, preheat the NOx trap via injection of the reformate in the flow of exhaust gases, in an injection point located downstream of the engine is upstream of the NOx trap, until a predetermined desulfation temperature is reached in the NOx trap, then bypasses the flow of exhaust gases from a bypass point of the exhaust line located upstream of the injection point, and continues the injection of reformate in the NOx trap to produce the desulfation, the richness of the mixture supplying the diesel engine not being affected in the method. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308058 | DETERIORATION DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR CATALYST, CATALYST DETERIORATION DETERMINING METHOD, AND ENGINE CONTROL UNIT - A deterioration determination device for a catalyst, which is capable of accurately determining deterioration of a catalyst without being influenced by the response delays of outputs from the upstream and downstream oxygen concentration parameter sensors. The deterioration determination device includes upstream and downstream LAF sensors for detecting respective upstream and downstream oxygen concentration parameters. After switching exhaust gases flowing through the former parameter sensor into the catalyst to a reduction atmosphere, an upstream oxygen concentration parameter detected for comparison when a predetermined time period elapses after it exceeds a predetermined value is compared with a downstream oxygen concentration parameter detected for comparison when the predetermined time period elapses after it exceeds the predetermined value. Based results of the comparison, deterioration of the catalyst is determined. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308059 | CATALYST WARMING-UP CONTROL DEVICE - A catalyst is provided in an exhaust passage of an engine and an evaporating section of a heat recovery device is provided upstream of the catalyst in the exhaust passage. An ECU performs an operation for compulsorily oscillating an air-fuel ratio between a lean state and a rich state as compared to a theoretical air-fuel ratio when temperature of the catalyst reaches temperature at which the catalyst has a predetermined purification capacity after the engine is started. The ECU restricts a flow of a working fluid in the heat recovery device until the temperature of the catalyst reaches the temperature at which the catalyst has the predetermined purification capacity after the engine is started. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308060 | Process for purifying exhaust gases and apparatus for purifying exhaust gases - A process for purifying exhaust gases includes the steps of collecting PMs, forcibly exhausting PMs, and purifying PMs. In the step of purifying PMs, PMs in exhaust gases are collected with a filter. In the step of forcibly exhausting PMs, PMs, which are collected on the filter, are exhausted by blowing a pressurized gas onto the filter, thereby forming PMs-containing gases. In the step of purifying PMs, PMs, which are contained in the PMs-containing gases, are purified by contacting an oxidizing agent with the PMs-containing gases, thereby removing the PMs from the PMs-containing gases by means of oxidation. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308061 | Cangrier-M1 machine or C-M1 the powerful miracle perpetual motion machine designed for hydroelectric power generation water recycling concept - When water is pumped manually to the overhead tank, the weight of the water is felt on the opposite end of the lever. Thus, an equal or heavier weights to counter that weight is thought of. This idea works on the output process but not on the input process. However, unlike conventional water pumps, C-M1 works on both processes using techniques (the invention) that employ the underlying principle of equilibrium or perfect balance. These techniques have resulted to the discovery of C-M1, a very powerful perpetual motion machine capable of using equal or heavier weights to counter the weights on the other end of the lever on both the input and output operations. Therefore, since it is perfectly balance, pumping out 1 cubic meter of 10 water per stroke through a 1.6-meter diameter 500-meter high pipe, with a total water weight of 1,000 tons, is simple and easy job for C-M1. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308062 | Hydraulic Steering System and Method - A hydraulic steering system has a steering linkage and an actuator actuating the steering linkage. Pressurized hydraulic fluid can be fed to the actuator and removed from the actuator through a return pipe. A device installed into the return pipe counteracts volume flow pulsations by damming up the hydraulic fluid return flow. The device dams up the hydraulic fluid only in the event of an occurrence of a volume flow pulsation. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308063 | HYDRODYNAMIC COUPLING - A hydrodynamic coupling has an impeller and a turbine wheel that together form a toroidal working chamber. Viewed as an axial section through the hydrodynamic coupling the working chamber has a circular or essentially circular cross-section with a convexity in the axial direction on the circumference in the radially outer area of said turbine wheel and/or in the radially inner area of said impeller. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308064 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a drive device ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308065 | HYDRAULIC OUTPUT DRIVE SHAFT GENERATOR - The invention relates to a mobile machine having a traction drive and working hydraulics. The drive unit has a radial piston pump which is driven by a drive set and supplies working hydraulics. The radial piston pump is arranged on the axis of the output drive shaft of the drive set, between the drive set and a gearbox which is connected thereto via the output drive shaft. The drive set, the radial piston pump and the gearbox in this case form a compact drive unit. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308066 | Motor Control Device for Construction Machinery - A motor control device for construction machinery includes a hydraulic pump; a hydraulic motor driven by pressure oil from the hydraulic pump; a control valve that controls a flow of the pressure oil from the hydraulic pump to the hydraulic motor; a pair of main conduit lines that connect the hydraulic motor and the control valve on a delivery side and a return side thereof; an operation member that operates a spool of the control valve to either a neutral position that does not allow the pressure oil for driving from the hydraulic pump to pass through control valve to the hydraulic motor or a non-neutral position that allows the pressure oil for driving to pass through the control valve to the hydraulic motor; a braking pressure generating device that generates braking pressure in the main conduit lines on the return side in a state where the spool of the control valve is positioned in the neutral position as a result of being operated by the operation member, the braking pressure opposing rotation of the hydraulic motor; and a flow control device for allowing the pressure oil from the hydraulic pump to flow into the pair of main conduit lines while the braking pressure is generated by the braking pressure generating device. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308067 | Hydraulic Drive - The present invention relates to a hydraulic drive which comprises a hydraulic motor having a first hydraulic connector and a second hydraulic connector, wherein the pressure applied at the first hydraulic connector of the hydraulic motor and the pressure applied at the second hydraulic connector of the hydraulic motor are each separately adjustable. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308068 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - Boom operating valves, a stick operating valve, etc. for respectively controlling hydraulic fluid fed from hydraulic pumps to boom cylinders, a stick cylinder, and other actuators are provided with center by-pass lines Cb. A stick-in meter-out load pressure compensating valve is provided on a rod-side return line, which extends from a rod side of the stick cylinder to a tank. A pressure sensor is provided at the rod side of the stick cylinder so as to detect pressure of hydraulic fluid fed to the rod side. The center by-pass line Cb associated with the stick operating valve is provided with an electromagnetic relief valve for controlling the pressure in the portion of the center bypass line downstream from the stick operating valve so as to increase the pressure in accordance with. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308069 | Pump Unit And Working Vehicle - A pump unit applied to a working vehicle includes an input shaft operatively connected to an output shaft of a driving source, first and second hydraulic pump bodies, a pump housing that accommodates the first and second hydraulic pump bodies having respective rotational axis lines parallel to the input shaft, a PTO shaft, and a mounting housing that couples the pump housing with the driving source in a state that the pump housing is free from the vehicle frame. The input shaft is supported by the pump and is parallel to the output shaft of the driving source, and extends outwardly from a surface of the pump housing that faces the driving source and is inserted into the mounting housing. The PTO shaft is supported by the pump housing and is parallel to the input shaft and extends outwardly from a surface of the pump housing that is opposite to the surface that faces the driving source. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308070 | EGR SYSTEM WITH DEDICATED EGR CYLINDERS - Improved exhaust gas recirculation system and methods that use one or more of the engine's cylinders as dedicated EGR cylinders. All of the exhaust from the dedicated EGR cylinders is recirculated back to the engine intake. Thus, the EGR rate is constant, but the EGR mass flow may be controlled by adjusting the air-fuel ratio of the dedicated EGR cylinders or by using various variable valve timing techniques. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308071 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes an exhaust gas recirculation unit; an intercooler that is provided in the intake passage, at a position downstream of a position to which the exhaust gas is recirculated back; a bypass passage through which an intake air flow bypasses the intercooler. When it is determined that the pH of the condensed water obtained from the exhaust gas is at the level at which the intercooler corrodes in the state where the exhaust gas is recirculated back by the exhaust gas recirculation unit, the control apparatus executes a control for cutting off an intake air flow toward the intercooler to direct the intake air flow only to the bypass passage. Thus, it is possible to ensure reliability of the intercooler. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308072 | Solar Energy Conversion Using Brayton Cycle System - A modified Brayton Cycle Engine employs solar radiation to heat a metal hydride material in a storage unit. Hydrogen driven from the metal hydride material is recombined with the material at a controlled rate in an exothermic reaction for heating a compressible Brayton working fluid for driving a turbine to which an electric generator is coupled for converting solar radiation to electricity. A compressor, also coupled to the turbine, compresses the Brayton working fluid before it is heated by the solar radiation. Heat from a solar MHD generator may also be used to heat the Brayton working fluid. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308073 | OXYGEN ENHANCED COMBUSTION IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES - The present invention relates to a system for carrying out oxygen-enhanced combustion in an industrial process wherein the industrial process, an oxygen supply system or a source of oxygen, a heat recovery network, and an alternative Rankine cycle system based on a working fluid other than steam are integrated to achieve improved throughput and efficiency, and a method for oxygen-enhanced combustion in an industrial process using said system. Examples of industrial processes include cement production, steel reheat applications, glass production, aluminum and copper melting, as well as any industrial process that uses process heater, furnaces where combustion is carried out using an oxidant stream with oxygen content higher’ than that in ambient air and up to 100%. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308074 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ENERGY USING A SENSIBLE HEAT DURING MANUFACTURING OF MOLTEN IRON AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ENERGY USING THE SAME - An apparatus for generating energy using sensible heat of an offgas during manufacture of molten iron and a method for generating energy using the same are provided. The method for generating energy includes i) providing an offgas discharged from an apparatus for manufacturing molten iron including a reduction reactor that provides reduced iron that is reduced from iron ore and a melter-gasifier that melts the reduced iron to manufacture molten iron; ii) converting cooling water into high pressure steam by contacting the cooling water with the offgas; and iii) generating energy from at least one steam turbine by supplying the high pressure steam to the steam turbine and rotating the steam turbine. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308075 | TURBINE EXHAUST SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING THE SAME - A turbine exhaust system includes an exhaust hood inner casing that involves the turbine rotor; an exhaust hood outer casing that forms an exhaust hood, together with the exhaust hood inner casing; a flow guide that forms an annular diffuser flow path; and exhaust hood upper part flow guides each of which serves as means for separating annular plane upper part exhaust steam within a range including a vertical upward flow out of exhaust steam radially discharging from the flow guide into the exhaust hood, from other exhaust steam, to thereby introduce the separated steam to the condenser, wherein exhaust steam introduction-side end faces thereof are located further toward the upper side than the horizontal plane containing the central axis of the turbine rotor. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308076 | AIR CYCLE MACHINE TURBINE OUTLET HEATED DIFFUSER - The turbine outlet heated diffuser may include a cavity positioned immediately downstream of an air cycle machine turbine. The turbine outlet heated diffuser may be designed to prevent or reduce ice formation at the turbine outlet by heating the diffuser wall. The cavity may receive a heated flow from an air cycle machine compressor discharge and provide a cavity outlet flow to a turbine inlet plenum. The design of the heated diffuser is such to minimize the cycle performance impact that results from the addition of an air cycle machine icing protection feature. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308077 | HOLE PATTERN FOR GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR - A combustor for a turbine engine includes an outer liner having a row of circumferentially distributed outer combustion air holes and an inner liner circumscribed by the outer liner and having a row of circumferentially distributed inner combustion air holes. The inner and outer liners each include at least a major air hole having a first hole size, an intermediate air hole having a second hole size, and a minor air hole having a third hole size. The first, second, and third hole sizes are all different from each other. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308078 | ENGINE MOUNTING APPARATUS - An engine mounting apparatus having a yoke carrier block and a main mount block, the yoke carrier block being connectable to the main mount block, the main mount block being connected to the engine by at least one engine attachment link for transferring loads from an engine in a normal load path during normal operation of the engine mounting arrangement, characterised in that the yoke carrier block is connected to a further engine attachment link independently of the main mount block, the further engine attachment link being unloaded during normal operation of the engine mounting arrangement and arranged to transfer loads from the engine in the event of a failure of one or more components in the normal load path. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308079 | SHUTTLE TYPE MAGNETIC REFRIGERATOR - The present invention relates to a shuttle type magnetic refrigerator wherein a cold-side heat exchanger | 2009-12-17 |
20090308080 | Air Conditioning System - An air conditioning system includes at least a magnetic disc disposed in parallel along a rotary shaft thereof, permanent magnets installed within rotational radii of the respective magnetic discs, and applying magnetic fields to the magnetic disc rotating within a predetermined section, a heat exchanger for heating installed on a side of the permanent magnets, and having at least a heat radiation fin, and a heat exchanger for cooling installed on a side opposite the permanent magnets, and having at least a heat absorption fin. The air conditioning system has a simple structure, is safe from the fear of environmental pollution, and is suitable for a next-generation air conditioning system to be applied to a hybrid or electric automobile because it does not use engine heat or a refrigerant | 2009-12-17 |
20090308081 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP COOLING USING MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS AND RECYCLED POWER - Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that cools an integrated circuit (IC) chip within a computer system. During operation, the system converts heat generated by a heat-generating device within the computer system during operation of the computer system into thermoelectric power. Next, the system supplies the thermoelectric power to drive a fluid pump. Finally, the system uses the fluid pump to conduct heat away from the IC chip. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308082 | Heating/Cooling System for a Motorcycle Rider - A motorcycle rider is heated by the steps of: transferring heat from atmosphere to a thermally conductive element mounted on a motorcycle by the Peltier effect; and circulating working liquid in a closed cycle from the thermally conductive element, through a garment worn by the motorcycle rider via an inlet coupling thereto and an outlet coupling therefrom, and then back to the thermally conductive element. In an alternative arrangement, a motorcycle rider is cooled by the steps of: circulating working liquid in a closed cycle through a garment worn by the rider via an outlet coupling therefrom, via a thermally conductive element mounted on the motorcycle, and then back to the an inlet coupling to the garment; and transferring heat from the thermally conductive element to atmosphere by the Peltier effect. In either case, both the inlet coupling and the outlet coupling are separable to allow the motorcycle rider to leave the motorcycle while still wearing the garment. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308083 | Method for Filling a Pressure Vessel, Provided for a Cryogenic Storage Medium, in particular Hydrogen - In a method for filling a cryo-compressed tank of a motor vehicle with a cryogenic storage medium, such as hydrogen, which can be stored in the tank under absolute pressure values in an order of magnitude of 150 bar or more, the hydrogen is taken in the liquid state at a suitable saturation temperature under essentially ambient pressure from a large supply vessel. Following removal from the large supply vessel, the hydrogen is compressed essentially adiabatically with a cryo pump and then is introduced at super critical pressure (13 bar or more) into the cryo-compressed tank. Preferably beforehand it is also re-cooled to approximately 20 K passing it through a heat exchanger, disposed in the hydrogen, stored in the large supply vessel. Before filling with new storage medium, the residual storage medium, contained in the cryo-compressed tank, can be removed from the cryo-compressed tank and introduced into the large supply vessel. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308084 | COOLER/COUNTER MERCHANDISING DISPLAY UNIT - A cooler/counter merchandising display unit combination wherein a merchandising cooler is integrated into various counter arrangements, the cooler being substantially contained within the footprint of the merchandising counter or check-out counter arrangement. In one embodiment, a modular refrigerated cooler is interfaced with a docking base unit which can be positioned, secured or interfaced at the end of a particular service counter, or between two counter portions. In another embodiment, the docking base unit is integrally formed into the merchandising counter and the modular refrigerated cooler is again interfaced with the integrated docking base unit. In still another embodiment, the service counter, docking base unit and refrigerated cooler are all integrated into a one-piece counter arrangement. At least one access door is provided on the cooler to allow consumers to retrieve products therefrom and at least one of the walls forming the cooler compartment includes a transparent window to allow consumers to view the products positioned within the cooler compartment. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308085 | ROTATING ICEMAKER ASSEMBLY - An icemaker assembly disposed within a refrigerator is configured for continuous freezing of water and continuous harvesting of ice. The icemaker assembly includes a rotating ice mold having a plurality of ice forming compartments. A water distributor is operably disposed above the ice mold for supplying water individually to each of the plurality of ice forming compartments. The water distributor supplies the water at a flow rate which is dependent on a rotational speed of the ice mold. The rotating ice mold is rotatable such that each ice forming compartment is movable to a first position for receiving water from the water distributor and movable to a second position for harvesting ice. At the first position, each ice forming compartment is at a first temperature for rapidly freezing the water received from the water distributor. At the second position, each ice forming compartment is at a second, higher temperature for releasing the ice therein. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308086 | REFRIGERANT SYSTEM WITH MULTI-SPEED PULSE WIDTH MODULATED COMPRESSOR - A refrigerant system is provided with a compressor having a motor that is operable at least at two distinct speeds. The pulse width modulation control is provided to cycle a compressor motor operation between its at least two speeds at a specific rate to exactly match thermal load demands in a conditioned space. The present invention reduces cycling and other efficiency losses as have been experienced in the prior art, as well as minimizes cost and may improve reliability. Also, the present invention can be utilized in conjunction with other known unloading techniques. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308087 | Arrangement and Method for Dehumidifying Greenhouse Air and a Greenhouse - A system for drying and cooling greenhouse air, the system comprising water distribution means ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308088 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner is provided with a refrigerant circuit and an operation controller. The refrigerant circuit includes a heat source unit, a refrigerant communication pipe, an expansion mechanism, and a utilization unit. The heat source unit has a compression mechanism and a heat source side heat exchanger. The heat source unit is connected to the refrigerant communication pipe. The utilization unit has a utilization side heat exchanger and is connected to the refrigerant gas communication pipe. The operation controller performs an oil-return operation in advance for returning oil pooled in the refrigerant circuit when a refrigerant quantity judging operation is carried out for judging the refrigerant quantity inside the refrigerant circuit. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308089 | Control System, Integrated Control Apparatus, And Control Program - An object of the present invention is to provide a control system, an integrated control apparatus, and a control program that are capable of well maintaining freshness and quality of food articles, by reducing time for performing a recovery operation following a frost removing operation of cooling devices. In response to a start of the frost removing operation of a first showcase, an integrated control apparatus provides a second device controller (device control unit) with a “lower limit cooling instruction (increase instruction)” to increase the refrigerant supplied to a second showcase to an amount larger than that before the frost removing operation starts. In response to the “lower limit cooling instruction (increase instruction),” the second device controller (device control unit) increases the amount of the refrigerant supplied to the second showcase. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308090 | COOLING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus and method to cool compressors, condensing coils, and similar devices. The compressor or condensing coil is cooled by the delivery of water, which may be ambient temperature or chilled. In one embodiment, the water is delivered to a mesh filter or screen via one or more mist spray nozzles. Water conduits may be integrated with the filter frame. The method to control the delivery of the water is designed to conserve water. The control circuit comprises a microcontroller device which contains programming that receives inputs, including but not limited to, outside ambient air temperature, condenser liquid line temperature, relative humidity and electric current, and uses said inputs to provide a stepwise level of control (“solenoid open time”) of water delivery commensurate with outside air temperature and relative humidity. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308091 | Waste Heat Air Conditioner - A system for use as an air conditioning and heating system that uses waste heat to dehydrate a desiccant. The desiccant is then used to dry air. A water sprayed onto an extended, fanned surface is used to harness evaporative cooling of air in contact with the evaporator surface. According to one aspect of the invention, plant spray irrigation surfaces are used as a means to expose water in a dried air environment to cool the air by contact and to produce cool air. The combination of cooled and dried air produces a comfortable environment, i.e., air conditioning. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308092 | OPERATING DEVICE FOR AIR CONDITIONER - An operating device for an air conditioner, includes: an operating member which is slidably operated to move in vertical and horizontal directions in an operation region; holding means for holding the operating member at an arbitrary position in the operation region; vertical position detecting means for detecting a vertical position of the operating member in the operation region; horizontal position detecting means for detecting a horizontal position of the operating member in the operation region; and control means for setting a first function on the basis of the detection result of the vertical position detecting means and setting a second function on the basis of the detection result of the horizontal position detecting means, wherein one of the first and second functions is a temperature regulation function, and the other thereof is an air volume control function. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308093 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS SHELTER WITH AIR DISTRIBUTION ASSEMBLY - A mobile communications shelter comprising a personnel accessible chamber containing racks of stacked electronic communications equipment positioned along or adjacent to interior walls of the chamber, and a refrigeration apparatus mounted outside of the chamber and configured to supply cooled air to the chamber, is characterized by an air distribution assembly having a plurality of air ducts configured for directing cooled air supplied by the refrigeration apparatus to a plurality of selected vertical levels of the equipment. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308094 | REFRIGERATING DEVICE COMPRISING A SUBDIVIDED INTERIOR - A refrigerating device is subdivided, by means of a thermally insulating intermediate base, into two areas wherein the temperature can be controlled independently from each other. The intermediate base comprises a plate which is bordered on the front and rear edges thereof by extrusion profiles. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308095 | Ice maker and refrigerator having the same - Disclosed are an ice maker and a refrigerator having the same. The refrigerator includes a storage compartment, a storage compartment door for opening/closing the storage compartment, and an ice maker including an ice making tray for producing pieces of ice, and a water dispense cup for dispensing water supplied from a water supply pipe to the ice making tray. A water guide section is formed in the water dispense cup to guide the water, which is supplied from the water supply pipe, to a region below the water supply pipe so that ice pieces are prevented from being accumulated in the water dispense cup. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308096 | REFRIGERATOR - According to the preferred embodiments of the present invention a refrigerator provided with a home-bar and a dispenser is proposed. The refrigerator includes a body in which storage compartments are formed; a body door selectively opening/closing the storage compartments; a home-bar door provided in the body door; and a dispenser provided in the home-bar door. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308097 | Refrigerating device with cooling of circulating air - The invention relates to a housing that encloses an inner chamber, a cold air pipe that extends in a wall of the housing separated from the inner chamber by an insulating layer, and a transition piece that connects one end of the cold air pipe to an air inlet of the inner chamber. The transition piece includes a guide wall that extends from one end of the insulating layer to an edge of the air inlet adjacent to the one end of the insulating layer, connecting a wall of the cold air pipe that is adjacent to the insulating layer to the adjacent edge of the air inlet in a continuous manner. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308098 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a storage compartment, and a shelf assembly provided in the storage compartment to be vertically adjustable, wherein the shelf assembly includes a support unit provided to be movable obliquely, and a shelf unit which is mounted on the support unit to move up and down according to an oblique movement of the support unit. The refrigerator has a simple structure capable of lifting a shelf up and down, thereby facilitating the manufacture and reducing manufacturing costs. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308099 | Humidity control system - A humidity control system ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308100 | Rectification apparatus using a heat pump - An apparatus for stripping and strengthening and subsequent condensing and final strengthening of an easily vaporizable component of a preferably aqueous mixture permits the heat necessary for stripping and strengthening to be transferred through a common heat transmission body ( | 2009-12-17 |
20090308101 | Propane Recovery Methods and Configurations - High-pressure feed gas is chilled and expanded to condense a portion of the feed gas into a C2+ enriched liquid phase and a C2+ depleted vapor phase. The liquid phase is expanded to provide additional cooling for the feed gas and deethanizer reflux prior to being fed to the deethanizer while the vapor is combined with residue gas of a deethanizer. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308102 | TUNGSTEN RING COMPOSITION - A method of forming a jewelry article comprises the steps of (a) providing a powder mixture comprising tungsten and one or more of: titanium carbide, chromium carbide, nickel, molybdenum, vanadium carbide and iron, (b) placing the powder mixture in a mold and (c) applying sufficient pressure and temperature to the powder mixture to form a solid jewelry article. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308103 | ADJUSTABLE FINGER RING - An adjustable finger ring includes an ornament member and a pair of shank members held by the ornament member. The ornament member includes an E-shaped setting section and a clipping section pivotally connected with the setting section. The setting section has two side-by-side grooves disposed at a bottom side thereof. Each of the grooves is provided with a projected pin. The shank member is substantially C-shaped and provided with a flat top section and a curved bottom section. A width and a thickness of the top section are corresponding to the groove. The top section includes a plurality of adjustment holes disposed along a longitudinal direction thereof. The shank members are received in the grooves and held by the setting section and the clipping section. The size of the ring is adjusted by inserting the projected pin into one of the adjustment holes. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308104 | GEMSTONE CUT - A novel gemstone cut that has 162 facets such that the crown has 65 separate facets and the pavilion has 97 separate facets. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308105 | Mask and method for sealing a glass envelope - A mask for laser sealing a temperature and environmentally sensitive element, such as an OLED device, surrounded by a frit wall between first and second substrates. The mask is opaque and has a transparent elongate transmission region. The width of the transmission region may be substantially equal to the width of the frit wall. A strip of opaque mask material extends approximately along a longitudinal center line of the elongate transmission region. The mask is located between a laser and the first or second substrate. The laser emits a generally circular beam having a diameter that is larger than the width of the frit wall and is directed through the transmission region in the mask, such that opaque portions of the mask block portions the laser beam and the transparent transmission region allows a portion of the laser beam to pass through the mask and impinge upon the frit wall to melt the frit wall, thereby joining the first and second substrates and hermetically sealing the element therebetween. A process and system for sealing such an element between a first substrate and a second substrate separated by at least one frit wall employing such mask. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308106 | Electric furnace extension method and extension apparatus for optical fiber glass preform - An electric furnace extending method and apparatus for an optical fiber glass body alignment when connecting the extension use body and pulling member and making it possible to immediately start the extension after the fusing of the connection portion. A centering mechanism for centering the free end portion of the body and member on the furnace center side is provided between the furnace pipe of the electric furnace and grips of the extension use glass body and between the furnace pipe and the pulling member. The free end portion is centered by this centering mechanism, then the gripped sides of the body and member are fixed, the front ends of the two free end portions are abutted and fused and bonded at the highest temperature portion inside the electric furnace, then the highest temperature portion is moved to the extension portion of the glass body side and the extending of the glass body is commenced. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308107 | KNITTED FABRIC AND SPORTS CLOTHING - A knitted fabric containing a composite yarn is provided, which is characterized in that the composite yarn is constituted of two or more kinds of false-twist crimped yarns and has a torque of not more than 30 T/m. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308108 | KNITWEAR HAVING OPEN PART IN BODY TUBULAR PART, AND METHOD OF KNITTING THE SAME - A method of knitting a knitwear having an open part with a desired shape in which overlapping state of the open part is freely designed; the method comprising the steps of (a) to (f):
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20090308109 | Modular System for Drums of Laundry Care Devices - A modular system for drums of laundry care devices including at least one of washing machines and driers, the modular system including at least two similarly configured base bodies for securing to a respective drum, wherein the at least two similarly configured base bodies are configured for mounted receipt of at least two different functional parts, with the at least two different functional parts being interchangeable on a respective one of the at least two different base bodies. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308110 | Washing machine - A washing machine is provided. The washing machine controls a dehydration rotation speed by detecting a phase difference between a ball balancer and the laundry. Further, the washing machine controls a dehydration rotation speed at a dehydration segment based on a dehydration rotation speed of a driving device. Thereby, the washing machine minimizes energy using in a dehydration process by accelerating the dehydration rotation speed at a point at which a phase difference between the ball balancer and the laundry is a maximum. Further, by accelerating the dehydration rotation speed at a point at which the phase difference is a maximum, a vibration of the washing machine is remarkably reduced. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308111 | LAUNDRY APPLIANCE - The invention relates to a laundry appliance with a washing additive dispenser. The laundry appliance comprises a cabinet, a vessel for accommodating laundry, and a motor for rotating the vessel relative to the cabinet. The vessel is rotatably supported within a water tight enclosure. The axis of rotation is substantially horizontal and substantially parallel to a front panel of the cabinet. In an open condition, the cabinet provides access to the vessel via a vessel access area. A washing additive dispenser for dispensing additives to washing fluid contained in the water tight enclosure is positioned so that user access to the dispenser is located in the vessel access area. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308112 | Multiple door locking control - The method of controlling unlocking of one or both side by side doors, that include providing two rotary input devices; providing first means responsive to rotation of one of the devices, to unlock one of the doors; providing second means responsive to rotation of the other of the devices to unlock both of the doors, the second means operatively coupled to the first means, to activate the first means after predetermined rotation of the other device. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308113 | LOCKER LOCK - A lock includes a lock housing, a lock interface, a rotary locking member, a locking bolt, and a locking mechanism. The rotary locking member extends from a side portion of the lock housing, the rotary locking member being rotatable about a first axis between a locking position and a releasing position. The locking bolt is configured to hold the rotary locking element in the locking position when the locking bolt is in a first position and to allow the rotary locking member to rotate from the locking position to the releasing position when the locking bolt is in a second position. The locking mechanism is configured to slide the locking bolt from the first position to the second position in response to proper manipulation of the lock interface. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308114 | LOCKING SYSTEM - A linking system includes a machine body having an inside support frame and a hinged front cover panel with a locating bar, a retaining bar shaped like an open end spanner and pivotally mounted inside the machine body and having a push block at the bottom side, a spring member mounted inside the machine body for biasing the retaining bar from an unlocking position to a locking position for securing the locating bar to lock the front cover panel in the close position, and a lock cylinder mounted on one side of the machine body and having a swivel bar rotatable with a predetermined key to move the push block, releasing the locating bar from the retaining bar and allowing the front cover panel to be automatically opened. | 2009-12-17 |
20090308115 | Electronic locker lock - A locker lock fits a standard locker door three-hole door prep, with all electronics contained in a single housing mounted on the front of the locker door and a latch device behind the locker door. The locker lock preferably includes a keypad to allow rotation of a handle or knob, and also includes a manager's override and power jump terminal. | 2009-12-17 |