51st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100319297 | Clamp and Method of Clamping - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a clamping apparatus ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319298 | DOOR, DEEP DRAW MOLDED DOOR FACING, AND METHODS OF FORMING DOOR AND FACING - The present invention relates to a wood composite panel having a major planar portion, at least one panel portion, and an inwardly extending contoured portion surrounding the panel portion and interconnecting the major planar portion and the panel portion. The contoured portion defines an inter-relationship between a vector angle and a deep draw depth that achieve a satisfactory stretch factor. The present invention also relates to a door having the disclosed wood composite door facings, and methods of forming the facing and door. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319299 | Profile arrangement with connecting elemet for sectional girders - A profile arrangement ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319300 | ENVELOPE INSERTING APPARATUS - An inserting apparatus for inserting documents into envelopes comprising an envelope holder for holding an envelope in a document inserting position, wherein a first upstream end of the envelope is in an open position for receiving said document, a document displacement arrangement for displacing the document along a document inserting path into the envelope, wherein the apparatus further comprises a document steering arrangement arranged opposite to an envelope crease line provided between an envelope flap and an envelope body. The arrangement comprises steering elements spaced apart along a central axis that in use is substantially aligned with the envelope crease line. The steering elements are interconnected such that in use said respective steering elements are rotatable about the central axis in a similar direction with a similar speed during a similar time interval. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319301 | Machine For packaging Mattresses - The machine ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319302 | PREFORMED DECORATIVE WRAPPER AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - A preformed decorative wrapper for covering a flower pot has an open upper end, an open lower end, and a sidewall extending therebetween. At least a portion of the preformed decorative wrapper extends beyond an upper end of the pot and at least a portion of a lower end of the flower pot extends through the open lower end of the preformed decorative wrapper. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319303 | CONTAINER WITH MOISTURE CONTROL CAPACITY - A multifunctional vessel which for holding products, including pharmaceutical products, such as DPI or soft gel tablets, which vessel includes an outer vessel, and a moisture control material, comprising a moisture control substance, such as silica gel or clay, blended with a plastic material placed within or formed as part of the outer vessel, wherein the moisture control substance is partially or fully hydrated after formation of the final product. The moisture control material can be formed in any shape for placement within the vessel or it can be layered with the vessel to form an inner layer thereof. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319304 | METHOD OF SEALING A PILL RECEPTACLE WITH A COVER SHEET MEMBER - A pill receptacle has a number of recessed pill compartments formed therein. The method comprises the steps of providing a cover sheet member that has a sealing sheet with a top identification surface on which information can be printed and a bottom adhesive surface provided with an adhesive. The cover sheet member further has a protective sheet that removably overlays the sealing sheet on its adhesive surface. First weakness zones are provided on the cover sheet member, that extend transversely through the sealing sheet and the protective sheet in a registering fashion to define first cutaway lines on the cover sheet member. A fraction of the cover sheet member is separated from the rest of the cover sheet member along at least some of the first cutaway lines, including concurrently separating corresponding fractions of the sealing sheet and the protective sheet in registering fashion. The protective sheet fraction is peeled away from the sealing sheet fraction on the cover sheet member fraction. The selected pill compartments are covered and individually sealed by applying the adhesive surface of the sealing sheet fraction on the pill receptacle whereby the adhesive surface of the sealing sheet fraction adheres to the pill receptacle about the pill compartments. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319305 | Vertical type vacuum packing machine - This invention relates to a vertical type packing machine, in which film-bag delivering, material feeding, evacuation and film-bag sealing processes are conducted in vertically conveying mode, wherein the object to be packed, after weight control through the weighing device, is fed into the vacuum packing device through an inlet hopper having a packing film-bag inserted from the top end thereof, the packing film-bag being cut by a primary cutting section of a blade set in the primary mould-closing state of the vacuum packing device so as to make a bag-opening, the air within the film-bag being exhausted to ambience by the evacuation process conducted in complete mould-closing state, simultaneously the bag-opening of the precedent packing film-bag and the bottom of the subsequent packing film-bag being sealed separately, then a cutting process being conducted between the sealed bag-opening of the precedent packing film-bag and the sealed bottom of the subsequent packing film-bag by a secondary cutting section of the blade set, finally the mould being opened so that the vacuum packing of the material delivered in vertical direction is completed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319306 | WEDGE APPARATUS FOR A STIRRUP TO ALLEVIATE KNEE PAIN IN HORSEBACK RIDERS - A wedge apparatus for a stirrup for reducing alleviating pain on a horseback rider's knees and ankles, the stirrup comprising a pair of opposing side bars, a hangar bar portion and a footrest bar, the wedge apparatus comprising (a) a wedge associated with the footrest bar, the wedge having a lateral portion and a medial portion, the lateral portion being thicker than and tapering toward the medial portion; (b) an impact-absorbing material; and, (c) an attachment means for attaching the wedge and the impact-absorbing material to the footrest bar. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319307 | DUST COLLECTING APPARATUS OF VACUUM CLEANER HAVING FUNCTION OF REMOVING DUST DETACHED FROM FILTER - A dust collecting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner is provided. The dust collecting apparatus includes a centrifugal separating portion, a dust receptacle to collect dust which is separated by the centrifugal separating portion and a filter portion having a filter unit separating dust from an air current discharged from the centrifugal separating portion. The filtering portion further includes a dust removing unit to detach the filter dust caught in the filter unit, and a dust discharge member to move the filter dust to an upstream of the centrifugal separating portion. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319308 | ECOLOGICALLY CLEAN METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WATER HARVESTING FROM AIR - The invention provides an ecologically clean method and apparatus for water harvesting from air. The method is based on changing of thermodynamic state properties of air wind getting a rotation and passing through convergent-divergent nozzles. The apparatus is a water condensation engine exposed to humid wind. The constructive solution has no moving solid parts, and the incoming wind is an inherent moving component of the engine. It comprises a cascade of sequentially arranged horn-tubes and a set of stationary wing-like details. Those horn-tubes transform the wind into a fast and cooled out-flowing air flux coming-and-hitting upon the set of wing-like details, where the air portions are accelerated and eddying. The inner static pressure and temperature decrease in the air portions. The decrease in static pressure and temperature triggers off condensation of water-vapors into water-aerosols. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319309 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURAL BODY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A honeycomb structural body including a ceramic block having a flat shape and comprising a plurality of honeycomb units, a sealing material layer bonding the honeycomb units and comprising a sealing material paste, and a peripheral sealing material layer formed on a peripheral portion of the ceramic block. The flat shape has a cross-section which is bisected by an axis, the sealing material layer forms an angle diagonal with respect to the axis of the flat shape, the sealing material layer has end portions abutting against the peripheral sealing layer at a diagonal angle, and each of the honeycomb units has through holes extending in a longitudinal direction of the ceramic block and a partition wall portion between the through holes. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319310 | FIBER WEB HAVING A HIGH STIFFNESS - The fiber webs described herein may be incorporated into filter media and filter elements. The webs may exhibit a high permeability and stiffness, at a low thickness. The stiffness can be sufficient for the webs to be pleated to include sharp, well-defined peaks which can be maintained in a stable configuration during use. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319311 | IMPLEMENT FLOTATION AND SUSPENSION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention relate to implement flotation and suspension systems typically utilized with agricultural equipment wherein an “implement” can be a brush, rake, broom, or any tool utilized to contact the ground surface; “flotation” refers to the ability of the systems to maintain a substantially consistent force applied by the implement on the ground surface it contacts and thus maintain a substantially consistent spacing between the ground surface being traversed (regardless of the regularity of the surface) and the implement section not in contact with the ground surface; and “suspension” refers to the suspension of some or all of the weight of the implement in relation to the surface being traversed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319312 | LAWN MOWER DECK AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A method for making a lawn mower deck is disclosed, which method comprises providing a sheet blank ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319313 | POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE REAL TWIST YARN AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The PTFE real twist yarn of the present invention is a PTFE real twist yarn obtained by twisting a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) multi-filament slit yarn. The yarn has a circular cross-section with a circularity in the range of 10/8 to 10/10, where the circularity is expressed by the ratio between the major axis width and the minor axis width, the average fineness of filaments is in the range of 1.5 to 200 dtex, a fineness D is in the range of 50 to 6000 dtex, and a twist coefficient K expressed by Formula (1) is in the range of 10000 to 35000: | 2010-12-23 |
20100319314 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE - An exhaust gas treatment device has a housing and a hollow body through which exhaust gas flows and which is accommodated in the housing. The hollow body consists at least partly of a gas permeable substrate. The hollow body is connected at least one end to a wall member arranged in the housing and formed to be flexible in the axial direction. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319315 | DETECTING PARTICULATE MATTER LOAD DENSITY WITHIN A PARTICULATE FILTER - A control system includes a heater control module and a particulate matter (PM) load module. The heater control module selectively activates an electric heater to initiate regeneration in a zone of a particulate filter and deactivates the electric heater after the regeneration is initiated. The regeneration continues along a length of the particulate filter after the electric heater is deactivated. The PM load module determines a PM load based on an outlet temperature of the particulate filter after the regeneration is initiated. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319316 | OXIDATION CATALYST FAULT DIAGNOSIS UNIT AND OXIDATION CATALYST FAULT DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST PURIFICATION APPARATUS - To provide an oxidation catalyst fault diagnosis unit and fault diagnosis method that can perform fault diagnosis of an oxidation catalyst with good precision in a desired time period and an internal combustion engine exhaust purification apparatus equipped with the oxidation catalyst fault diagnosis unit. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319317 | AMMONIA VAPOR STORAGE AND PURGE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of operating a reductant delivery and storage system of a vehicle, comprising of storing an ammonia-containing fluid in a first storage device, generating ammonia vapors in the first storage device and storing said generated ammonia vapors in a second storage device, purging said stored vapors from the second storage device to an exhaust of the engine, delivering said ammonia-containing fluid to said exhaust of the engine, and adjusting at least one of an amount of ammonia-containing fluid delivered and an amount of vapors purged to said exhaust based on the other of said at least one of said amount of ammonia-containing fluid delivered and said amount of vapors purged to said exhaust. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319318 | DEGRADATION DIAGNOSIS DEVICE FOR CATALYST - A temperature increasing degree of the catalytic outflow exhaust temperature at the time the exhaust air-fuel ratio is changed to the rich side is found in respect to each of a plurality of the catalytic inflow exhaust temperatures. A grade (S) of the temperature increasing degree is found based upon the inflow exhaust temperature and the temperature increasing degree to determine degradation of the catalyst based upon at least one of a maximum value (Smax) of the grade and the inflow exhaust temperature (Tinmax) corresponding to the maximum value. An accurate catalyst degradation diagnosis can be carried out since not only the temperature increasing degree but also the inflow exhaust temperature are taken into account. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319319 | DPF ACCUMULATION AMOUNT ESTIMATING APPARATUS - A DPF accumulation amount estimating apparatus uses an integrated PM accumulation amount estimation logic which combines the difference between an engine PM emission amount and a PM regeneration amount and a DPF differential pressure model, thereby achieving minimized influences of changes in an exhaust gas flow rate and the like with resultant improved estimation accuracy. The DPF accumulation amount estimating apparatus for estimating the accumulation amount in a DPF (diesel particulate filter) provided therewith for removing PM (particulates (particulate matters)) in an exhaust gas, and includes a PM emission amount model in which a PM emission amount is set on the basis of the operating condition of an engine, a PM regeneration amount model in which a PM regeneration amount is set on the basis of the temperature difference between an outlet temperature and an inlet temperature of the DPF, and a DPF differential pressure model in which a PM accumulation amount is set on the basis of the differential pressure between an exhaust gas flow rate and the DPF, wherein the estimated PM accumulation amount of the DPF is calculated by adding a corrected PM accumulation amount obtained by correcting the estimated value of the DPF differential pressure model by using a coefficient K, which is determined on the basis of an engine speed and the fuel injection amount of an engine, to a difference between a PM emission amount and a PM regeneration amount. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319320 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING A LEAN NOX TRAP AND TWO-WAY CATALYST AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - An exhaust gas treatment system for a diesel engine is disclosed. The exhaust gas treatment system includes a lean NO | 2010-12-23 |
20100319321 | Engine Powered Machine - An engine powered machine is provided with an economical exhaust gas purification system capable of avoiding overheating. The engine powered machine is provided with an exhaust gas purification system that injects a reducing agent into an exhaust pipe of an engine by a reducing agent feeder to detoxify nitrogen oxides in exhaust gases. A cooling fan, the driving or stopping of which is controlled by a controller, is arranged as a cooling device for a reducing agent tank in which the reducing agent to be injected by the reducing agent feeder is stored. When a detected temperature signal output from a reducing agent temperature detector has become higher than a cooling initiation temperature stored in a storage unit, the controller drives the cooling fan to initiate cooling of the reducing agent tank. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319322 | METERING SYSTEM FOR INJECTING A UREA SOLUTION INTO THE EXHAUST GAS FLOW OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a metering system for injecting a urea solution into the exhaust gas flow ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319323 | Engine aftertreatment system with exhaust lambda control - An aftertreatment device for reducing nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matter (PM), hydrocarbon (HC), and carbon monoxide (CO) generated by a compression-ignition (CI) engine. In this device, lean exhaust air generated in the CI engine is converted to rich exhaust air, and energy used for the conversion is recycled using an energy recovery device. The result rich exhaust air then pass through an oxidation catalyst, where NOx is reduced with CO and HC. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319324 | Exhaust Gas Treatment System Including an HC-SCR and Two-way Catalyst and Method of Using the Same - An exhaust gas treatment system for a diesel engine is disclosed. The exhaust gas treatment system includes a hydrocarbon selective catalytic reduction catalyst (HC-SCR) in fluid communication with a diesel engine to receive an exhaust gas flow therefrom. The system also includes a two-way catalyst in fluid communication with the HC-SCR to receive the exhaust gas flow therefrom, the two-way catalyst comprising a urea selective catalytic reduction catalyst and a diesel particulate filter (DPF). | 2010-12-23 |
20100319325 | DEVICE FOR METERING FUEL INTO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Proposed is a device for metering fuel into the exhaust system of an internal combustion engine. An injection valve is arranged in the exhaust system and is cooled by a flowing cooling liquid even in its closed state. The injection valve is supplied with fuel via a fuel inflow, from which a first partial flow is injected into the exhaust gas and from which a second partial flow is recirculated via a fuel collecting return line into a fuel storage tank. The fuel inflow is fed from a low-pressure system of an injection system which serves for metering fuel for combustions which take place in a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. The device has a damping mechanism, which is hydraulically connected to the fuel inflow, for damping pressure oscillations. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319326 | METERING DEVICE FOR LIQUID REDUCING AGENT - The invention relates to a metering device for introducing liquid reducing agent into an exhaust gas pipe. The metering device has a working tank with contents, a delivery unit which is connected to the working tank and the delivery direction of which can be reversed, and a metering valve which is connected to the delivery unit. The metering valve is supplied with contents by the delivery unit and is designed to dispense the tank contents in a discharge direction. The metering valve is designed and connected to the delivery unit in such a way that the delivery unit establishes a negative pressure between the delivery unit and the metering valve when the delivery direction is reversed. The negative pressure causes gas to be drawn off through the metering valve against the discharge direction. The invention also relates to a method for operating a metering device for introducing liquid reducing agent into an exhaust gas tract. The method has the steps of providing a delivery unit that is connected to a metering valve and to a working tank, and discharging liquid reducing agent via a metering valve in a discharge direction. The method further has the step of emptying the metering valve by drawing gas into an emptying flow direction, which is the opposite direction from the discharge direction, achieved by operating the delivery unit in the opposite direction to that of the delivery direction. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319327 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION METHOD - An exhaust gas purification device has: a bypass passage ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319328 | FUEL INJECTION CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a fuel injection control device that affords a wider lower limit range of injection amount by a injector for cylinder outside injection, and that can respond to injection requirements over a wider injection amount range. A fuel injection control device includes: a injector | 2010-12-23 |
20100319329 | AIRLESS THERMAL REGENERATOR OR ENHANCER WITH MIXER - A combustor comprises a fuel-fired burner for a vehicle application. In one example, the fuel-fired burner is configured to regenerate a particulate filter where the fuel-fired burner comprises one of a thermal regenerator or thermal enhancer that operates with airless fuel injection. A fuel nozzle supplies fuel to the fuel-fired burner and an igniter ignites fuel sprayed from the fuel nozzle. A mixer is positioned downstream of the fuel nozzle and upstream of the igniter and operates to reduce fuel droplet size, which improves ignition. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319330 | BURNER FOR DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER REGENERATION - Provided is a burner using electric discharge as an ignition source such as arc or plasma rotating with flow, and more particularly, to a DPF regenerating burner that improves ignition performance of the burner by having a metal ball on a conical electrode surface where electricity is discharged, inducing accurate electric discharge through a metal ball, and supplying a fuel-air mixture toward the metal ball. The DPF regeneration burner includes a fuel-air mixture supplying unit having an injecting unit be connected to a reaction unit to supply the fuel-air mixture to the reaction unit; and a metal ball on a circumference of the electrode to ignite the injected fuel-air mixture. The DPF regenerating burner generates electric discharge in an electrode surface where a metal ball is located. The ignition performance is improved by accurately supplying a fuel-air mixture at a location where the electric discharge is generated. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319331 | Diesel Particulate Filter Regeneration System Including Shore Station - The present disclosure relates to a diesel exhaust treatment device including a catalytic converter positioned upstream from a diesel particulate filter. An electric heater is positioned between the catalytic converter and the diesel particulate filter. A shore station can be used to provide power and combustion air to the diesel exhaust treatment device during regeneration of the diesel particulate filter. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319332 | METHOD FOR THE COATING OF A DIESEL PARTICLE FILTER AND DIESEL PARTICLE FILTER PRODUCED THEREBY - To equip a diesel particle filter with a zeolite-containing coating uniformly over the entire length of the particle filter and with a further zeolite-free coating which is applied, from the entry side of the filter, solely up to a specific length of the filter, it is proposed, first, to apply the zeolite-free coating from the entry side of the filter and only thereafter to apply the zeolite-containing coating over the entire length of the filter from the exit side of the filter. As a result of this sequence of coatings, a better adhesive strength of the coatings than when both coatings are applied from the entry side is ensured. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319333 | Thermal diffuser - In a land vehicle of the type having an engine and an exhaust system including an exhaust pipe, a flow diffuser for the exhaust pipe generally includes a substantially tubular body having an outer wall, an interior, and first and second ends, the first end being an exhaust inlet configured to be attachable to an exhaust pipe, the second end being an exhaust discharge portion having an exit plane, a plurality of radial struts extending inwardly from the inner surface of the outer wall to the center of the exit plane for dividing the exhaust discharge portion divided into a plurality of exit channels, and a plurality of air channels extending from the outer wall to the interior of the tubular body configured for delivering air to the interior of the tubular body. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319334 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED PULSATION DAMPING - A hydraulic system comprising a receiving body with electrohydraulic valve, with at least one hydraulic pump, and with channels for connecting the pump to at least one hydraulic load. A pulsation situation arises as a result of the delivery of a pressure medium by the pump and/or as a result of pressure medium being withdrawn by the load. At least one damping unit is provided, having a plurality of pulsation damping means such as, in particular, a damping chamber, and orifice. The hydraulic system provides a uniform and cost-effective solution for different operating situations and prevents a decrease in comfort. The damping unit has at least one switching means for adjusting the action of said damping unit to a varied pulsation situation by connecting or disconnecting one or more damping means. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319335 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a hydraulic system with a feed pump for feeding hydraulic fluid, wherein the feed pump is driven by a hydraulic drive motor. The invention furthermore comprises a method for feeding hydraulic fluid into a hydraulic system via a feed pump, wherein the feed pump is driven by a hydraulic drive motor. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319336 | Leakage Detection System in a Wind Turbine - In one aspect, a hydraulic system including a reservoir, a hydraulic device, a first sensor, a second sensor and a controller is described. The reservoir is connected to the hydraulic device for supplying hydraulic fluid to and from the hydraulic device. The first sensor is adapted for measuring a first volume of the hydraulic fluid in the reservoir. The second sensor is connected to the hydraulic device such that at least one parameter being indicative for a second volume of the hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic device is measurable. The controller is adapted for calculating the second volume of the hydraulic fluid based on the at least one parameter. The controller is adapted for determining a leakage of hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic system based on the first volume and the second volume. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319337 | HYDROSTATIC DRIVE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a hydrostatic drive system having a pump ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319338 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR EXCAVATOR - A hydraulic circuit for an excavator is provided, which includes at least one first working device control valve having a first traveling control valve and a first boom control valve successively installed along a first center bypass line from a downstream side of a first hydraulic pump, at least one second working device control valve having a second traveling control valve and a second boom control valve successively installed along a second center bypass line from a downstream side of a second hydraulic pump, a third hydraulic pump providing fluid pressure to a swing motor installed on a third center bypass line, a swing control valve installed on a downstream side of the third hydraulic pump and shifted, in accordance with a valve switching signal input from the outside, to supply hydraulic fluid discharged from the third hydraulic pump to the swing motor, and a boom confluence line connected between an output port of the swing control valve and an input port of the boom control value to make the hydraulic fluid discharged from the third hydraulic pump join hydraulic fluid on the input port side of the boom control valve through the third center bypass line when the direction of the boom control valve is changed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319339 | Hydraulic motor using buoyant and gravitational forces to generate kinetic energy - A motor mounted on a structural support with a pivot at its center line which comprises a cylindrical vessel for holding a fluid in a closed system and in which a buoyant cylinder containing a lighter fluid is allowed to free float so that a continuous chain attached to each end of the buoyant cylinder may be used to transfer energy to a energy storage unit, a crank or a generator. A weighted piston that operates in a pressure tank which force a compressed gas against the piston through pre-sequenced automatic activated valves to force the piston to rise a re determined distance, causing the motor to become top heavy and rotate 180 degrees by gravity and relocks in place to repeat the cycle. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319340 | DEVICE FOR CONVERTING A BIDIRECTIONAL ROTATION MOTION AROUND TWO ROTATION AXES INTO AN UNIDIRECTIONAL ROTATION MOTION AROUND A SINGLE ROTATION AXIS, AND POWER PRODUCTION SYSTEM USING SAID DEVICE - A device producing unidirectional rotation motion as output from any bidirectional rotation motion as input, includes: —a first input rotation axis ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319341 | Non-linear actuator system and method - An embodiment of a system and method for moving an object in one axis includes one or more fluid inflatable containers which are arranged to transmit fluid pressure to a plunger, such that a flexible membrane of the fluid inflatable container engages with the plunger and forms a rolling lobe in response to changes in volume. The fluid inflatable containers are enclosed within an enclosure or drum, and a shaft runs axially through the center of the enclosure. The system further includes one or more control valves operably connected to the one or more fluid inflatable containers for controlling the volume of fluid in the one or more containers. By changing the volume of fluid in the one or more containers the object is moved. In an embodiment an arced plunger is used to assist in creating the rolling lobe. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319342 | EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A reductant delivery system for an exhaust treatment system of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The system includes a turbocharger fluidly coupled to, and configured to receive exhaust gas from, the internal combustion engine. An exhaust gas driven turbine wheel is disposed for rotation in a turbine housing of the turbocharger. A reductant injection device is fluid communication with the exhaust gas driven turbine wheel, a reductant tank having a reductant stored therein and a conduit system fluidly connecting the reductant tank with the reductant injection device. Reductant is delivered to the reductant injection device for delivery of the reductant to the exhaust gas driven turbine wheel. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319343 | TURBOCHARGER WITH TWO-STAGE COMPRESSOR, INCLUDING A TWIN-WHEEL PARALLEL-FLOW FIRST STAGE - A single-shaft exhaust gas-driven turbocharger includes two parallel-flow first-stage centrifugal compressors in series with a single second-stage centrifugal compressor, and a one-stage turbine arranged to drive both the first- and second-stage centrifugal compressors via a single shaft on which the compressors and turbine are fixedly mounted. The compressor housing defines from one to a plurality of circumferentially spaced inlet ducts for the second wheel of the first stage, and from one to a plurality of circumferentially spaced interstage ducts leading from a vaneless diffuser of the first stage into the inlet of the second stage. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319344 | COMPRESSOR WHEEL - A compressor wheel ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319345 | Multifunctional Vehicle Wheel System - This invention relates to transportation and energy production technologies, capture and storage of exhaust gases of vehicles, fuel and energy efficiencies of vehicles, electrical production within vehicles and reducing the environmental harm done by vehicles. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319346 | SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING WASTE HEAT - A waste heat recovery system includes at least two integrated rankine cycle systems coupled to at least two separate heat sources having different temperatures. The first rankine cycle system is coupled to a first heat source and configured to circulate a first working fluid. The second rankine cycle system is coupled to at least one second heat source and configured to circulate a second working fluid. The first and second working fluid are circulatable in heat exchange relationship through a cascading heat exchange unit for condensation of the first working fluid in the first rankine cycle system and evaporation of the second working fluid in the second rankine cycle system. At least one recuperator having a hot side and a cold side is disposed in the first rankine cycle system, second rankine cycle system, or combinations thereof. The at least one recuperator is configured to desuperheat and preheat the first working fluid, second working fluid, or combinations thereof. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319347 | SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING AND DECONTAMINATING GROUND WATER - The invention relates to a system for the exploitation of geothermal heat and for conveying and decontaminating ground water. Said system comprises a main pipe ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319348 | WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM - A waste heat recovery system in which hot waste fluids, such as flue gasses, pass through a fluid heat exchanger configured to transfer energy in the form of heat to a heat transfer liquid, preferably molten salt. The energy in the molten salt is used to generate useable power such as electrical energy. The waste gas heat recovery system is especially adapted for use with batch processes, such as steelmaking and copper converting, and allows continuous or substantially continuous power production. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319349 | Attenuation of Combustion Dynamics Using a Herschel-Quincke Filter - A can-annular gas turbine engine including a casing defining an annulus for receiving air flow from a compressor. A combustor basket is supported within the casing, and a swirler assembly is located within the basket and includes an air inlet and an outlet located in a combustion chamber. The swirler assembly is configured to discharge a fuel/air mixture from the outlet downstream into the combustion chamber. An acoustic filter is provided comprising a Herschel-Quincke tube having a first open end at the annulus and a second open end adjacent to the swirler assembly within the combustion chamber. Components of acoustic pressure oscillations travel along two paths of different lengths from one end of the Herschel-Quincke tube to the opposite end of the tube where out of phase components of the pressure oscillations interact to attenuate the pressure oscillations. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319350 | Flashback Resistant Fuel Injection System - A fuel injector assembly includes a fuel injector that provides fuel to be mixed with air for ignition in a combustor. The fuel injector assembly includes a fuel shroud and a plurality of spanning members. The spanning members are spaced circumferentially on the fuel shroud between the fuel shroud and a base plate assembly, which supports the fuel injector assembly within the combustor. The spanning members space the fuel shroud from the base plate assembly such that an annular gap is formed therebetween. The gap permits a flow of purge air therethrough to be mixed with compressed air entering the fuel shroud and with fuel provided by the fuel injector. The spanning members comprise elongate members having upstream ends that are circumferentially offset from opposed downstream ends so that the spanning members provide tangential velocity to the purge air flowing through the annular gap. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319351 | GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR - Provided is a gas turbine combustor capable of reducing the size of a low-temperature air layer of pilot air formed between a pilot flame and a premixed flame and of improving the flame stability of the premixed flame. A gas turbine combustor, which is provided with a pilot burner that is provided at the center portion of a combustor main body formed in a cylindrical shape to form a pilot flame, and a plurality of main burners arranged so as to surround the outer periphery of the pilot burner to form a premixed flame, includes, as the ignition improving part, a channel blocking member that reduces the size of the low-temperature air layer of the pilot air formed between the pilot flame and the premixed flame. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319352 | PRECHORDED TURBINE NOZZLE - A turbine nozzle includes radially inner and outer bands integrally joined to opposite ends of an airfoil. The outer band has forward and aft hooks extending radially outwardly at axially opposite ends. And the hooks have different prechorded circumferential curvatures. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319353 | Multiple Fuel Circuits for Syngas/NG DLN in a Premixed Nozzle - A fuel/air premixer for use in a burner in a combustion system of an industrial gas turbine includes an air inlet, a fixed nozzle geometry, and an annular mixing passage. The fuel/air premixer mixes fuel and air in the annular mixing passage for injection into a combustor reaction zone. A plurality of fuel sources are connected with the fixed nozzle geometry, and each of the fuel sources is cooperable with the fixed nozzle geometry to effect multiple fuel flow variations including variations in fuel type, fuel blend, volumetric flow, and pressure ratios. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319354 | LOW CARBON EMISSIONS COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT AND PROCESS - A low carbon emissions, combined cycle power plant utilizes vortex nozzles ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319355 | HEATING A REACTION CHAMBER - An air/fuel mixture is received in an oxidation reaction chamber. The air/fuel mixture has a low concentration of fuel, for example, below a lower explosive limit (LEL). The mixture is received while a temperature of a region in the oxidation reaction chamber is below a temperature sufficient to oxidize the fuel. The temperature of the region is raised to at least the oxidation temperature (the temperature sufficient to oxidize the fuel) primarily using heat energy released from oxidizing the air/fuel mixture in a different region in the reaction chamber. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319356 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COMPRESSOR - A control apparatus for controlling a compressor driven by a driving unit generating driving power by a gas turbine and an electric motor includes: a temperature detection section for detecting an exhaust gas temperature of the gas turbine; and a control section for generating a motor torque instruction value for the electric motor based on the detected exhaust gas temperature. Such a control apparatus can realize a control so as not to distribute a load on the electric motor when the exhaust gas temperature of the gas turbine is low and a driving power is low. As a result, the operation efficiency can be enhanced. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319357 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR STARTING A TURBINE ENGINE FITTED TO A HELICOPTER, MAKING USE OF AN ELECTRICAL ENERGY SOURCE THAT INCLUDES DISCHARGE BOOSTER MEMBERS - The invention provides a device and a method for starting at least one turbine engine ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319358 | Nosecone ice protection system for a gas turbine engine - A system includes a first anti-icing electrothermal heater located at tip of a gas turbine engine nosecone, and a plurality of anti-icing electrothermal heater strips extending rearward from the first anti-icing electrothermal heater along the nosecone. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319359 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEATING TURBINE FUEL IN A SIMPLE CYCLE PLANT - In certain embodiments, a system includes a fuel heater. The fuel heater includes a first heat exchanger configured to receive compressed air from a compressor and to transfer heat from the compressed air to a cooled intermediate heat transfer media to generate a heated intermediate heat transfer media. The fuel heater also includes a second heat exchanger configured to receive the heated intermediate heat transfer media from the first heat exchanger and to transfer heat from the heated intermediate heat transfer media to a fuel. The first heat exchanger is configured to receive the cooled intermediate heat transfer media from the second heat exchanger. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319360 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING A CRYOGENIC FLUID - A dispensing head for dispensing a cryogenic fluid may comprise a flow passage configured to be placed in flow communication with a reservoir containing a cryogenic fluid, the flow passage defining a flow passage inlet opening configured to receive the cryogenic fluid from the reservoir, and a flow passage outlet opening opposite the flow passage inlet opening. The dispensing head may further comprise a dispensing member configured to dispense the cryogenic fluid, the dispensing member defining a lumen having a lumen inlet opening and a lumen outlet opening; and at least one porous member disposed in the flow passage, the at least one porous member being configured as a primary flow regulation mechanism to limit a flow rate of the cryogenic fluid as it flows from the reservoir to the lumen outlet opening. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319361 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A GASIFIED HYDROCARBON STREAM; METHOD OF LIQUEFYING A GASEOUS HYDROCARBON STREAM; AND A CYCLIC PROCESS WHEREIN COOLING AND RE-WARMING A NITROGEN-BASED STREAM, AND WHEREIN LIQUEFYING AND REGASIFYING A HYDROCARVON STREAM - A first liquefied hydrocarbon stream is provided from a first source and a second liquefied hydrocarbon stream is provided from a second source. The second liquefied hydrocarbon stream has been liquefied by cooling solely against a first cooled nitrogen-based stream. The first and second liquefied hydrocarbon streams are gasified to produce a gasified hydrocarbon stream, thereby cooling a gaseous nitrogen-based stream against the gasifying first and second liquefied hydrocarbon streams to provide a second cooled nitrogen-based stream. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319362 | REFRIGERANT SYSTEM DETECTION METHOD, REFRIGERANT SYSTEM DETECTION SYSTEM AND STORAGE COMPONENT WITH REFRIGERANT SYSTEM DETECTION PROGRAM - A refrigerant system detection method for detecting refrigerant systems in an air conditioning system includes a drive step, an operation inhibition step and a recording step. The air conditioning system includes a plurality of indoor units having temperature sensors respectively connected to a plurality of outdoor units. The drive step puts the plurality of outdoor units into a driven state after a start-up time. The operation inhibition step stops or weakens the outdoor units one unit at a time after the drive step. The recording step correlates and records the outdoor units in which operation has been inhibited and the indoor units in which detection values of the temperature sensors have changed as a result of the outdoor units being inhibited. A refrigerant system detection system includes the connected indoor and outdoor units and a management component configured to perform the method. A storage component includes a program to perform the method. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319363 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RAPIDLY CHILLING OR WARMING A FLUID IN A CONTAINER - A method and apparatus for rapidly chilling or heating a container of liquid is provided. The method may include angularly oscillating the container in the presence of a coolant to impart inertial flow to the liquid contained in the container. Various devices for achieving accelerated cooling of liquids are disclosed. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319364 | INSULATED AND REFRIGERATED BEVERAGE TRANSPORT LINE - An insulated and refrigerated beverage transport line provides enhanced temperature control of one or more beverages conveyed through the transport line. A plurality of coolant lines carrying a re-circulated coolant makes contact with the one or more product lines. One or more empty lines, referred to as packers, may be placed between the coolant lines and the product lines to provide a dimensionally stable and tight group of lines that are bundled together. An external insulation is provided over the bundle of lines to further enhance insulation for the beverage being transported through the product lines. At least one dedicated coolant return line may be placed remote from the other lines. The dedicated coolant return line carries the highest temperature coolant found in a beverage transport system. Independent and separate insulation of this dedicated coolant return line prevents inadvertent heat transfer to the one or more product lines. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319365 | CROSS FLOW TUNNEL FREEZER SYSTEM - A system processes a food product with a cooling gas and includes a housing with a chamber; a blower in communication with the chamber for circulating the cooling gas; a baffle disposed in the chamber for dividing the chamber into a first region for exposing the food product to the cooling gas and a second region in which the cooling gas is moved by the blower for recirculation to the first region of the chamber; an arcuate member disposed in the chamber in spaced relationship with the baffle for providing a flow path between the first and second regions, the arcuate member coacting with the baffle to guide the cooling gas into the flow path; and conveyor means disposed for movement through at least one of the first and second regions for supporting and delivering the food product through the cooling gas. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319366 | ICE MAKER, REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME, AND ICE MAKING METHOD THEREOF - An ice maker, a refrigerator including the ice maker, and an ice making method are provided. The ice maker includes a tray having a predetermined length into which water is supplied to make ice. The ice maker is configured to mechanically separate the ice from the tray by using pistons which are driven by a motor. This permits the ice maker to have a reduced size, and occupy a small area, thereby implementing a slim configuration of a refrigerator. Furthermore, since an installation height of the ice maker is lowered, a path for supplying cool air may be shortened. This arrangement prevent loss of cool air being supplied to the ice making chamber. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319367 | ICE MAKER, REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME, AND ICE MAKING METHOD THEREOF - An ice maker, a refrigerator including the ice maker, and an ice making method are provided. The ice maker includes a tray having a predetermined length and to which water is supplied to make ice. The ice maker is configured to mechanically separate the ice from the tray by using pistons which are driven by being pressed by structures. This allows the ice maker to have a reduced size, and a small occupation area, thereby implementing a slim configuration of a refrigerator. Furthermore, since an installation height of the ice maker is lowered, a path for supplying cool air may be shortened. This may prevent loss of cool air being supplied to the ice making chamber. Since the ice maker has a simplified configuration and precise operation controls, the fabrication costs may be reduced, and inferiority of the ice maker due to malfunctions may be prevented. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319368 | SUPERCOOLING RECOGNITION METHOD AND SUPERCOOLING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a supercooling recognition method and a supercooling apparatus which can rapidly and precisely judge whether a stored object is maintained in a supercooled state on the basis of a temperature thereof. A supercooling recognition method according to the present invention includes the steps of: cooling a stored object to below a temperature of a maximum ice crystal formation zone thereof; and judging whether the stored object is maintained in a supercooled state on the basis of a temperature thereof during the cooling step. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319369 | Valve and subcooler for storing refrigerant - A reversible HVAC heating/cooling refrigerant system includes a novel valve system that allows an outdoor heat exchanger to function as a subcooler during a cooling or defrost mode and function as a receiver tank for storing excess liquid refrigerant during a heating mode. In the heating mode, a cooling expansion valve is kept slightly open to flood the subcooler with liquid refrigerant while a heating expansion valve is regulated to maintain a desired level of superheat at the suction side of the refrigerant system's compressor. The novel valve system also serves as a pressure relief valve to protect the subcooler from excess pressure caused by thermal expansion of liquid refrigerant trapped within the subcooler. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319370 | INDIRECT EVAPORATIVE COOLER USING MEMBRANE-CONTAINED, LIQUID DESICCANT FOR DEHUMIDIFICATION - An indirect evaporative cooler for cooling inlet supply air from a first temperature to a second, lower temperature using a stream of liquid coolant and a stream of exhaust or purge air. The cooler includes a first flow channel for inlet supply air and a second flow channel adjacent the first for exhaust air. The first and second flow channels are defined in part by sheets of a membrane permeable to water vapor such that mass is transferred as a vapor through the membrane from the inlet supply air to a contained liquid desiccant for dehumidification and also to the exhaust air as heat is transferred from the inlet supply air to the liquid coolant. A separation wall divides the liquid desiccant and the coolant but allows heat to be transferred from the supply air to the coolant which releases water vapor to the counter or cross flowing exhaust air. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319371 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRYING COMPRESSED GASES - Method and apparatus for drying compressed air, comprising an adsorption dryer ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319372 | PULSE WIDTH MODULATION WITH REDUCED SUCTION PRESSURE TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY - The present invention relates to a way of reducing the amount of energy required to partially compress a refrigerant in a compressor operating in a rapidly cycled unloaded mode. A valve on a suction line is closed when the compressor moves to the unloaded condition. In this manner, the amount of energy required to partially compress the refrigerant in the compressor, at the unloaded condition, is dramatically reduced. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319373 | Ice-making unit and refrigerator having the same - Disclosed herein are an ice-making unit, which uses a cooling unit in which a refrigerant pipe is received, and a refrigerator having the same. The cooling unit includes a cooler for conduction of coldness, an inner surface of the cooler coming into direct contact with the refrigerant pipe, realizing a direct cooling type ice making operation. A rotatable tray is provided under the cooling unit, so that an ice-separating member attached to the cooling unit pushes ice upon rotation of the tray, allowing the ice to be discharged in a direction opposite to the rotating direction of the tray. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319374 | REFRIGERATING APPLIANCE COMPRISING A NO-FROST SYSTEM - A refrigerating appliance having at least one storage compartment cooled by circulating air; a mobile control element to control at least one circulation condition of the circulating air in the storage compartment; a motor to adjust the mobile control element; a control unit to adjust, by means of the motor, a position of the mobile control element according to a circulation condition value that is specified by a user; and a data memory; wherein at least one assignment value is stored in the data memory that assigns the circulation condition value suitable for at least one type of cooled item. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319375 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air conditioning apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes: an engine; an outdoor unit including a compressor driven by the engine to inhale a refrigerant, and compress and discharge the inhaled refrigerant and an outdoor heat exchanger; an indoor unit including an indoor heat exchanger; a controlling unit which controls a rotational speed of the compressor to be lower than a predetermined upper limit rotational speed; an outdoor temperature detecting unit which detects an outdoor temperature; an in-box temperature detecting unit which detects an in-box temperature within an enclosure box which accommodates therein the engine and the compressor; a correcting unit which corrects an upper limit rotational speed of the compressor when the outdoor temperature exceeds a predetermined outdoor temperature; a canceling unit which cancels the correction of the upper limit rotational speed when the in-box temperature is lower than a predetermined in-box temperature. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319376 | HEAT SOURCE UNIT OF REFRIGERATION SYSTEM AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - A heat source circuit ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319377 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - In a refrigeration apparatus ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319378 | HOT-WATER STORAGE TYPE HOT-WATER SUPPLY DEVICE AND HOT-WATER STORAGE TYPE HEATING AND HOT-WATER SUPPLY DEVICE - A hot-water storage type hot-water supply device includes a heat pump unit ( | 2010-12-23 |
20100319379 | HEAT EXCHANGER COIL WITH WING TUBE PROFILE FOR A REFRIGERATED MERCHANDISER - A heat exchanger coil for a heat exchanger assembly that has a housing defining at least one airflow path and that is adapted to receive an airflow for heating or cooling refrigerant in the heat exchanger coil. The heat exchanger coil includes a substantially cylindrical tube for receiving the refrigerant, and at least one plate coupled to the tube and oriented so that the direction of the airflow adapted to enter the housing is non-orthogonal relative to the orientation of the plate. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319380 | OUTDOOR UNIT FOR AIR CONDITIONER - The present invention aims to prevent freezing of water droplets, etc. between a fan and a bell mouth. An outdoor unit for an air conditioner includes an eaves member that is placed above an air outlet formed by a bell mouth in close adherence with a front panel, and that protrudes toward a side of an outlet grille. Particularly, the eaves member is placed with a space from the outlet grille. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319381 | Body Armor Suite Cooling System - A body cooling system is provided for utilization with a protective suit worn by a person. The cooling system includes an external air flow source that produces an air flow and blows it in free atmosphere towards an evaporative cooling apparatus. A fluid volume flows from the cooling apparatus to a conduit contained in an undersuit worn under the protective overcoat. A pump circulates fluid through the conduit. The undersuit includes both an envelope, surrounding an outer surface of the conduit, and a cloth layer, situated closest to the skin, to aid in a transfer of heat from a body to the fluid flowing in the conduit. The evaporative cooling apparatus can include a radiator body having finger-like projections extending therefrom. A fluid channel is formed within the evaporative cooling apparatus for egress of the heated fluid carried away from the undersuit. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319382 | Blanket That Keeps A Person's Body Cool In The Hot Sun Complete With Matching Bag - A cooling mat having a top sheet of a glossy vinyl material, a bottom sheet of a glossy vinyl material attached to the top sheet to provide a mat having a cavity located between the top and bottom sheets of glossy vinyl and a water/gel mixture located in the cavity between the top and bottom sheets of glossy vinyl. A cap and nozzle assembly is located on the top sheet of glossy vinyl material for passing the water/gel mixture into the cavity and fabric edging is located around the perimeter of the mat. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319383 | REFRIGERATOR AND REFRIGERATOR DOOR - Provided are a refrigerator and a refrigerator door. The refrigerator and refrigerator door include a transparent member provided behind an exterior member defining the exterior of the refrigerator, a light emitting member provided on an extending line of an outer end of the transparent member to radiate light toward the transparent member, and a diffusing portion formed at one side of the transparent member. Light from the light emitting member passes through the transparent member and a pattern on the exterior member to be diffused to the outside. Through this configuration producing a soft glow of light, aesthetics can be improved and opulence can be enhanced. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319384 | SYSTEM FOR COOLING GAS TURBINE INLET AIR - A system includes a turbine air quality device. The turbine air quality device includes a liquid desiccant path configured to circulate a liquid desiccant through an air flow directed to a turbine inlet. The turbine air quality device also includes a porous media disposed in the liquid desiccant path, wherein the porous media is configured to pass the air flow in direct contact with the liquid desiccant. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319385 | CAM MECHANISM AND ICE MAKING DEVICE - A cam mechanism may include a rotation cam body, a first moved member which is urged so as to move along an inner side cam face formed on the rotation cam body, and a second moved member which is urged so as to move along an outer side cam face formed on the rotation cam body. An end face of the rotation cam body is formed with a surrounding wall part, a protruding part protruded from the end face on an inner peripheral side so as to face the surrounding wall part and, a part of which is formed as a discontinuity portion, and a recessed part formed so as to recess from the end face in an area sandwiched between the surrounding wall part and the discontinuity portion. The inner side cam face is structured of an inner wall face of the protruding part and an inner wall portion directing to an inner side in a radial direction of the recessed part. The cam mechanism may be effectively utilized in an ice making device. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319386 | REFREEZABLE ICE BARREL - Provided is a refreezable barrel for chilling a plurality of items. The refreezable barrel includes a cooler body defining an open end and a closed end portion. The cooler body defines a cavity extending from the open end towards the closed end portion. The cavity is configured to receive the plurality of items. A cooling element is disposed within the cooler body and is refreezable to mitigate temperature rise within the cooler body. The refreezable barrel also includes a cooler stand defining a recess configured to engage with the closed end portion of the cooler body. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319387 | REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a refrigerator configured to improve the structure of an ice-making chamber provided to a refrigerator door, thereby efficiently supplying cool air into the ice-making chamber. The refrigerator includes a main body including a storage chamber, a refrigerator door rotatably coupled to the main body, an ice-making device provided to the refrigerator door and configured to make ice, an ice-making unit provided to the ice-making device and including a cool air introduction part, a freezing core vertically arranged in the ice-making unit and cooled by cool air, and an ice tray configured to receive at least one portion of the freezing core therein, wherein the cool air introduction part is provided on an upper side of the freezing core. Cool air is efficiently introduced into the ice-making chamber, thereby increasing the amount of ice made. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319388 | Lever for dispenser and refrigerator having the same - A refrigerator having an operation lever for a dispenser includes first and second levers interconnected to perform respectively different functions. At least one of the first and second levers is moved relative to the other one. Accordingly, the operability and the aesthetic appearance of the refrigerator may be improved. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319389 | LEVER FOR DISPENSER AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME - A refrigerator having an operation lever for a dispenser includes first and second levers interconnected to perform respectively different functions. At least one of the first and second levers is moved relative to the other one. Accordingly, the operability and the aesthetic appearance of the refrigerator may be improved. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319390 | REFRIGERATOR WITH A PLURALITY OF CONTROL PANELS - A refrigerator with a plurality of control panels comprises a refrigerator body having a plurality of cooling chambers, a first control panel configured to set temperature conditions of some of the cooling chambers, and a second control panel configured to set temperature conditions of others of the cooling chamber. The refrigerator enhances a user's convenience through simple and precise manipulations. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319391 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator including an extractable container, and a conveying unit formed in an inner space of a vertical wall of the extractable container. The conveying unit includes a guide part to guide the movement of a partition member that divides a storage space of the extractable container, and a fixing part to restrict the movement of the partition member | 2010-12-23 |
20100319392 | CAPACITY VARYING TYPE ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A capacity varying type rotary compressor and a refrigeration system having the same are provided. The capacity varying type rotary compressor includes a casing that contains a certain amount of oil and maintains a discharge pressure state; a motor installed in the casing that generates a driving force; one or more cylinder assembly fixed in the casing, having a compression space that compresses a refrigerant by a rolling piston that performs an orbit motion and a vane that performs a linear motion by contacting the rolling piston, and having a vane pressure chamber formed at a rear side of the vane that implements a normal driving as the vane contacts the rolling piston or a saving driving as the vane is separated from the rolling piston; and a mode switching device that selectively supplies a suction pressure or a discharge pressure to the vane pressure chamber of the cylinder assembly according to a driving mode. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319393 | Ejector cycle system - An ejector cycle system with a refrigerant cycle through which refrigerant flows includes an ejector disposed downstream of a radiator, a first evaporator that evaporates refrigerant flowing out of the ejector, a throttling unit located in a branch passage and depressurizes refrigerant to adjust a flow rate of refrigerant, and a second evaporator located downstream of the throttling unit. In the ejector cycle system, a flow ratio adjusting means adjusts a flow ratio between a first refrigerant flow amount depressurized and expanded in a nozzle portion of the ejector and a second refrigerant flow amount drawn into a refrigerant suction port of the ejector, based on a physical quantity related to at least one of a state of refrigerant in the refrigerant cycle, a temperature of a space to be cooled by the first and second evaporators, and an ambient temperature of the space. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319394 | COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - A compressor includes a compression mechanism having lower and upper stage compression chambers. Refrigerant compressed in the lower-stage compression chamber is further compressed in the higher-stage compression chamber. An intermediate injection pipe is arranged to inject refrigerant between the lower-stage and the higher-stage compression chambers. The compression mechanism includes at least one fixed member having a fixed end plate, and at least one movable member having a movable end plate section facing the fixed end plate with at least one of the compression chambers interposed between the end plate sections. At least one intermediate back pressure chamber is formed to face a back surface of the movable end plate section. The intermediate back pressure chamber communicates with a discharge side of the lower-stage compression chamber, and is arranged such that internal pressure of the intermediate back pressure chamber acts on the movable end plate section. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319395 | HEAT EXCHANGER - An heat exchanger for use in a vapor compression system is disclosed and includes a shell, a first tube bundle, a hood and a distributor. The first tube bundle includes a plurality of tubes extending substantially horizontally in the shell. The hood covers the first tube bundle. The distributor is configured and positioned to distribute fluid onto at least one tube of the plurality of tubes. | 2010-12-23 |
20100319396 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIQUEFYING HYDROCARBON STREAMS - A method of cooling at least two hydrocarbon streams such as natural gas, the method at least comprising the steps of: (a) providing at least first and second hydrocarbon streams ( | 2010-12-23 |