29th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130180222 | DUST REMOVAL DEVICE - A dust removal device is provided which reduces the differences, among different dusty environments, in time at which dust collection is started until the time when possible clogging may occur to significantly increase the time from the start of dust collection until the time when possible clogging occur, while improving dust removal performance. The dust removal device includes main filter | 2013-07-18 |
20130180223 | Filter Element with Percussion Band - A filter element has a reinforcement band or ring along at least a portion of the perimeter thereof and performing a support function thereat preventing or minimizing damage upon attempted percussive cleaning of the filter element by service personnel striking the perimeter against an impact surface. Alternatively, a failure band or ring is provided along at least a portion of the perimeter and performs a designated failure function to a failure condition thereat upon attempted percussive cleaning, with the failure condition providing at least one of: a) an indication to service personnel that the filter element has been damaged and should not be re-installed; and b) a deformed condition preventing re-installation. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180224 | DROPLET SHAPED FILTER FOR BAGHOUSE - A filter element includes a filter media extending along a longitudinal axis and extending circumferentially about a central passageway that extends along the longitudinal axis. The filter media defines a droplet cross-sectional shape perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. Alternatively, the filter media defines a top portion shape and a bottom portion shape, with the top and bottom cross-sectional portion shapes being asymmetric with respect to each other. The filter element may be used in a filtration arrangement for filtering dust flow. The filtration arrangement also includes a filter housing that has an opening through which dust flow is configured to enter the filter housing. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180225 | BEARING THERMOMETER SYSTEM FOR A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT - The present invention is a bearing thermometer system that includes a plurality of temperature displays that provide a digital indication of a current temperature reading of one or more bearings associated with a piece of bearing related equipment that is typically agricultural equipment. The bearing thermometer system also includes a plurality of digital thermometers that digitally indicate on the temperature display the current temperature of the one or more bearings and a plurality of wire leads that are secured to the one or more bearings and the digital thermometers and the temperature displays wire leads that place the one or more bearings in communication with the digital thermometers and the temperature displays. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180226 | Crop Lifter - A crop lifter for a mower of a harvesting machine has a support bar attachable to the mower. The support bar has a carrier. A lifter rod is detachably mounted on the carrier. The lifter rod is connectable at a multitude of positions to the carrier distanced in the longitudinal direction of the lifter rod, to the carrier. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180227 | Fastening element and de-icing device of an aircraft gas-turbine engine - The present invention relates to a fastening element, in particular to its use in a de-icing device of an aircraft gas-turbine engine, for connecting two components, with the fastening element ensuring a connection of the components with a predetermined relative movability to each other, with the fastening element including two struts arranged at an angle to each other, where two first end areas, spacedly arranged to each other, can be fastened to one of the components, and the two other second end areas can be connected to each other and fastened to the other component. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180228 | SUPERCRITICAL HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATOR REHEATER AND SUPERCRITICAL EVAPORATOR ARRANGEMENT - A supercritical heat recovery steam generator includes a duct defining an interior area and having a gas inlet and a gas outlet. The duct is configured to convey gas from the gas inlet to the gas outlet. A portion of the duct between the gas inlet and the gas outlet defines an exhaust gas flow segment of the interior area. A supercritical evaporator is disposed in the interior area and a reheater is disposed in the interior area. The reheater and the supercritical evaporator are disposed in the exhaust gas flow segment, adjacent to each other with respect to the flow of the exhaust gas. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180229 | METHOD OF DETECTING A THERMAL EVENT IN AN EXHAUST SYSTEM BASED ON TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS AND EXHAUST SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR SAME - A method of detecting a thermal event is provided that relies not only on monitored exhaust temperatures, but also on temperature gradients propagating in the direction of exhaust flow. Specifically, the method of detecting a thermal event in a vehicle exhaust system includes monitoring at least one operating parameter at multiple locations spaced in exhaust flow of the vehicle exhaust system. The method then includes initiating a protective action if the monitoring indicates that at least one respective predetermined temperature requirement and a respective predetermined temperature gradient requirement are exceeded at two of the multiple temperature sensor locations within a predetermined time period. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180230 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REGENERATION WITHIN AN AFTER-TREATMENT COMPONENT OF A COMPRESSION-IGNITION ENGINE - Method for controlling regeneration within an after-treatment component of an engine comprises receiving an upstream temperature signal, receiving a downstream temperature signal, and calculating a temperature difference based on a difference between the upstream temperature signal and the downstream temperature signal. The temperature difference is compared to a predetermined temperature change limit to determine whether the temperature difference is less than or greater than the predetermined temperature change limit. If the temperature difference is less than the predetermined temperature change limit, an estimate of accumulated particulate matter in the after-treatment component is calculated using a primary soot accumulation model. If the temperature difference is greater than the predetermined temperature change limit, an estimate of accumulated particulate matter in the after-treatment component is calculated using a secondary soot accumulation model. The estimate of accumulated particulate matter in the after-treatment component is compared to a predetermined threshold associated with the after-treatment component. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180231 | EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM - In one exemplary embodiment of an exhaust aftertreatment system, the system includes an oxidation catalyst configured to receive an exhaust gas flow from an internal combustion engine and a particulate filter positioned downstream of the oxidation catalyst, the particulate filter comprising a substrate. The system also includes a nitrogen oxide adsorbing catalyst applied to a downstream portion of the substrate and a selective catalytic reduction device positioned downstream of the nitrogen oxide adsorbing catalyst, wherein the selective catalytic reduction device is configured to remove nitrogen oxides from the exhaust gas flow. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180232 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes an exhaust treatment device provided in an exhaust passage and a burner device provided upstream of the exhaust treatment device to raise exhaust temperature. The burner device includes a fuel addition valve configured to add fuel into the exhaust passage, a first ignition device configured to ignite the added fuel, a burner catalyst provided downstream of the first ignition device, and a second ignition device provided downstream of the burner catalyst. The burner catalyst partitions the exhaust passage into an infra-catalyst passage formed inside the burner catalyst and an extra-catalyst passage formed outside the burner catalyst. The second ignition means is positioned between the extra-catalyst passage and the exhaust treatment device. Generated soot can be combusted by the second ignition device. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180233 | Exhaust Gas Treatment Device - The present invention relates to an exhaust gas treatment device ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130180234 | Double-Walled Exhaust Volume And Corresponding Manufacturing Method - An exhaust volume for combustion gases from a motor vehicle engine comprises at least one exhaust duct delimited by a wall comprising an end segment, and at least one flange having a bearing surface. The flange delimits at least one exhaust gas inlet communicating with the exhaust duct. The exhaust gas inlet is delimited by a cannon connected to the flange, with the cannon being attached to the end segment. At least one outer neck is attached to the end segment. The end segment is arranged between the flange and the outer neck, with the end segment being pierced with at least one hole between the flange and the outer neck. The end segment, the flange, and the outer neck are being secured through the addition of a filler. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180235 | Elastic Hydraulic Accumulator/Reservoir System - The invention is a combination accumulator and reservoir which stores energy when the accumulator deforms from its original shape in response to the flow of a pressurized fluid from the reservoir. The stored energy is returned when the fluid flow is reversed and the accumulator discharges the fluid and returns to its original shape. At least one part of the novelty of the invention is that the accumulator and the fluid reservoir reside in the same housing such that the volume of each varies inversely. Accordingly, the invention is more compact and weighs less than conventional accumulators. Another feature of the invention is that fluid is located around the bladder accumulator to lubricate contact between the bladder and sides of the reservoir. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180236 | POWER GENERATOR FOR EXTRACTING ENERGY FROM A LIQUID FLOW - The invention provides a device for extracting energy from a liquid flow. The device has a housing with one or more entry ports through which liquid flow can enter the housing and a plurality of exit ports through which liquid flow can leave the housing. An air compression chamber is provided along with a plurality of valve members which are operable to regulate flow of the liquid through the plurality of exit ports. The exit ports are arranged in an array inclined in the direction of liquid flow and the valve members are operable to close the exit ports downstream of the liquid flow consecutively as the liquid flow is incident thereon, thereby progressively diverting flow of the liquid towards the air compression chamber and compressing air therein, and to open the exit ports on a return flow of liquid from the air compression chamber. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180237 | HYDRAULIC TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT WITH MULTIPLE CAPACITIES - A hydraulic transmission circuit comprising three or four coupled hydraulic elementary motors, each elementary motor having a first and a second secondary enclosure. The circuit includes four distribution valves for which the respective outlet channels may be selectively connected to two main conduits for supplying fluid to and discharging fluid from the circuit. The outlet channels of the first and second valves are connected to at least one of the first secondary enclosures; those of the third and fourth valves are connected to at least one of the second secondary enclosures. Each of the elementary motors has a first secondary enclosure connected to a single valve from among the first or second valve and a second secondary enclosure connected to a single valve from among the third or fourth valve. The valve pairs thereby connected to said elementary motors respectively, are all distinct, two by two. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180238 | Beta Free Piston Stirling Engine In Free Casing Configuration Having Power Output Controlled By Controlling Casing Amplitude Of Reciprocation - The power output of a free piston Stirling engine mounted in a free casing configuration is controlled by having a spring drivingly linking the displacer to the casing and controllably varying the amplitude of reciprocation of the casing. A variable casing reciprocation restraint is linked to the casing for applying a variable restraining force to the casing. The restraining force is increased for decreasing the displacer amplitude of reciprocation and thereby decreasing the power output from the Stirling engine and the restraining force is decreased for increasing the displacer amplitude of reciprocation and thereby increasing the power output from the Stirling engine. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180239 | Two Piston, Concentric Cylinder, Alpha Free Piston Stirling Machine - A two piston, free piston, alpha Stirling cycle machine has a compression piston with a cylindrical bore that is coaxial with the cylinders in which the pistons reciprocate. An expansion piston sealingly extends into both an expansion cylinder and into the cylindrical bore in the compression piston. The expansion piston has the same diameter within both the expansion cylinder and the cylindrical bore. A spring, preferably a gas spring, drivingly connects the pistons. The reciprocation of the expansion piston varies only the volume of the expansion space and the reciprocation of the compression piston varies only the volume of the compression space. The spring that drivingly connects the pistons allows the two pistons to be properly phased without a mechanical linkage so that they can operate in a thermodynamically effective phase over a range of strokes. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180240 | WASTE HEAT RECOVERY DEVICE BYPASS ARRANGEMENT - A waste heat recovery device bypass arrangement includes a conduit having s first end and a second end adapted to connect upstream and downstream, respectively, of a waste heat recovery device, a valve in the conduit, the valve being control-table to open and close, and a controller arranged to control the valve to open in response to a first signal and close in response to a second signal. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180241 | Conveying System for Oil or Gas - The invention concerns a conveyor system for oil or gas
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20130180242 | ENGINE ASSEMBLY AND WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM - An engine assembly comprising an internal combustion engine and a waste heat recovery system, wherein the waste heat recovery system is configured to direct refrigerant around a loop which comprises:
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20130180243 | METHODS OF AUGMENTATION AND HEAT COLLECTING CONDUIT SYSTEM FOR MECHANICAL LEVERAGE AND AIR CONDITIONING - A mechanical leverage system comprising a first piston and cylinder assembly and a second piston and cylinder assembly and a first, a second and a third chamber, wherein, the first chamber comprises a first evaporator for absorbing heat from its surroundings so as to generate a gas-phase from a liquid-phase of the fluid, the second chamber comprises a second evaporator for absorbing heat from its surroundings so as to generate a gas-phase from a liquid-phase of the fluid and the third chamber comprises a condenser for expelling heat to its surroundings so as to convert a gas-phase of the fluid to a liquid-phase; wherein the second piston's cylinder is in controlled fluid communication with the second chamber and the third chamber such that the second piston acts as an expander for converting the thermal energy of the gas-phase fluid generated by the second evaporator into mechanical energy. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180244 | Model-Free Adaptive Control of Supercritical Circulating Fluidized-Bed Boilers - A novel 3-Input-3-Output (3×3) Fuel-Air Ratio Model-Free Adaptive (MFA) controller is introduced, which can effectively control key process variables including Bed Temperature, Excess O2, and Furnace Negative Pressure of combustion processes of advanced boilers. A novel 7-input-7-output (7×7) MFA control system is also described for controlling a combined 3-Input-3-Output (3×3) process of Boiler-Turbine-Generator (BTG) units and a 5×5 CFB combustion process of advanced boilers. Those boilers include Circulating Fluidized-Bed (CFB) Boilers and Once-Through Supercritical Circulating Fluidized-Bed (OTSC CFB) Boilers. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180245 | GAS TURBINE EXHAUST DIFFUSER HAVING PLASMA ACTUATOR - A gas turbine is provided, including a turbine, an exhaust diffuser, and a plasma actuator. The turbine releases an exhaust gas. The exhaust diffuser receives the exhaust gas from the turbine. The exhaust diffuser has an inlet and an outlet, and at least one wall that is disposed between the inlet and the outlet. The plasma actuator produces a plasma along the at least one wall of the diffuser. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180246 | DIFFUSER FOR A GAS TURBINE - A diffuser for a gas turbine includes an inlet adapted for coupling to the gas turbine. The diffuser also includes at least one outlet located proximate a diffuser end, wherein the diffuser end is located downstream of the inlet. The diffuser further includes an outer wall and an inner barrel that extends substantially to the diffuser end. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180247 | ELECTRO-HYDRAULIC DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A WORK MACHINE - An electro-hydraulic drive system for a work machine which drives an upper rotary body by controlling a flow rate of a hydraulic fluid by a control valve, includes an electro-hydraulic pump including a hydraulic pump driven by an engine, and a first electric motor, and an electro-hydraulic motor including a hydraulic motor rotated by the hydraulic oil supplied from the electro-hydraulic pump, and a second electric motor, and a controller which determines an operating state of the first electric motor and an operating state of the second electric motor based on a load of the electro-hydraulic pump and a load of the electro-hydraulic motor, and is able to perform an efficient operation by using a hydraulic pressure (fluid pressure) and electric power. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180248 | Combustor Nozzle/Premixer with Curved Sections - An apparatus for premixing fuel and air prior to combustion in a gas turbine engine includes an annular fuel passage receiving fuel from a fuel source. The annular fuel passage includes a fuel plenum and has a wave shape with a peak section surrounded by trough sections. An annular air passage surrounds the annular fuel passage. The annular air passage receives air to be mixed with the fuel in the fuel passage for downstream combustion. A plurality of swirler vanes are disposed in the annular air passage adjacent the fuel plenum. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180249 | SYSTEM FOR INJECTING A FLUID, COMPRESSOR AND TURBOMACHINE - A system for injecting a fluid into a wall boundary layer of a flow in a turbomachine is disclosed. The system has a plurality of nozzles which are disposed in a side wall limiting the flow and are oriented diagonally in the direction of flow. The nozzles each have a rectangular, flat nozzle cross-section. A compressor having such a system, as well as a turbomachine having such a compressor, are also disclosed. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180250 | FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS, FUEL-FLOW-RATE-CONTROL APPARATUS, AND GAS-TURBINE POWER PLANT - A fuel supply apparatus is provided with a plurality of flow-rate regulating valves that regulate the flow rate of fuel flowing in a fuel supply line; a calculating section that calculates a required flow-rate coefficient on the basis of at least a fuel pressure in the fuel flow upstream of the flow-rate regulating valves, a pressure determined in advance as a fuel pressure downstream of the flow-rate regulating valves, and the flow rate of fuel to be supplied to one fuel nozzle among different kinds of fuel nozzles, the required flow-rate coefficient being the coefficient of the flow-rate regulating valve corresponding to the one fuel nozzle; and a valve control section that controls the degree-of-opening of the flow-rate regulating valve corresponding to the one fuel nozzle on the basis of the required flow-rate coefficient. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180251 | BURNER ARRANGEMENT - A burner arrangement includes a carrier and at least two burners which are mounted on the carrier in a flow direction Each burner includes a cylindrical housing having a lance which is arranged centrally therein and having a fuel duct and which is supported on the housing via swirl blades. An attachment is arranged on the side leading to a combustion chamber At least one fuel nozzle is disposed in the attachment and is connected to the fuel duct. The at least two fuel nozzles of the at least two burners have a different functional characteristic and/or spray form, and the at least two fuel nozzles of the at least two burners with a different functional characteristic and/or spray form include at least one full jet nozzle and at least one pressure swirl nozzle. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180252 | COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY WITH IMPINGEMENT SLEEVE HOLES AND TURBULATORS - A combustor assembly for use with a gas turbine. The combustor assembly may include a liner, an impingement sleeve disposed about the liner, and an airflow channel defined between the liner and the impingement sleeve. One or more holes may be disposed through the impingement sleeve, and one or more tubulators may be disposed within the airflow channel. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180253 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING A WORKING FLUID TO A COMBUSTOR - A system for supplying a working fluid to a combustor includes a fuel nozzle, a combustion chamber, and fuel injectors circumferentially arranged around the combustion chamber. A combustor casing surrounds the combustion chamber. A distribution manifold encloses the fuel injectors, and a plenum passes through the combustor casing. A method for supplying a working fluid to a combustor includes flowing a working fluid from a compressor through a combustion chamber, diverting a portion of the working fluid into a plenum, and flowing the diverted portion of the working fluid outside of the compressor and the combustor. The method further includes flowing the diverted portion of the working fluid through a combustor casing and through a distribution manifold that encloses fuel injectors circumferentially arranged around the combustion chamber. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180254 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING A WORKING FLUID TO A COMBUSTOR - A system for supplying a working fluid to a combustor includes a fuel nozzle and a combustion chamber downstream from the fuel nozzle. A flow sleeve circumferentially surrounds the combustion chamber, and fuel injectors provide fluid communication to the combustion chamber. A distribution manifold circumferentially surrounds the fuel injectors and defines an annular plenum. A fluid passage through the distribution manifold provides fluid communication through the distribution manifold. A radial cross-sectional area of the annular plenum varies around the flow sleeve. A method for supplying a working fluid to a combustor includes flowing a working fluid through a combustion chamber, diverting a portion of the working fluid through a distribution manifold that circumferentially surrounds fuel injectors circumferentially arranged around the combustion chamber, and changing at least one of a pressure or flow rate of the diverted portion of the working fluid. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180255 | RATIONAL LATE LEAN INJECTION - A combustor section of a gas turbine includes a combustor liner, a sleeve and a fuel-air mixing tube. The combustor liner defines a combustion chamber. The sleeve surrounds the combustor liner. The combustor liner and the sleeve define an annular flow space. The fuel-air mixing tube is configured to channel a mixture of fuel and air and includes an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is in fluid communication with an exterior of the sleeve, and the outlet is in fluid communication with the combustion chamber. The combustor casing encloses the combustor section upstream relative to the inlet of the mixing tube and extends downstream. The sleeve and the combustor casing define a discharge air space. The discharge space is in fluid communication with the mixing tube. The fuel supplying device is located exteriorly of the combustor casing and is configured to inject fuel into the mixing tube. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180256 | TURBINE FUEL NOZZLE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TURBINE - According to one aspect of the invention, a fuel nozzle assembly for a turbine includes an outer conduit of a fuel nozzle and a cap assembly to receive at least a portion of the fuel nozzle. The assembly also includes a spring disposed about the outer conduit and within an annular recess of the cap assembly, wherein the spring provides frictional damping to resist movement of the fuel nozzle. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180257 | COMBUSTOR FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A combustor with a liner where each of the walls has a respective circumferential row of dilution holes defined therethrough adjacent a junction between the primary zone and the dilution zone. In the primary zone, the inner surface of each of the walls is covered by at least one heat shield attached thereto and spaced apart therefrom to allow air circulation between the inner surface and the at least one heat shield, the walls each having a plurality of cooling holes defined therethrough having a smaller diameter than that of the dilution holes. In the dilution zone, the inner surface of each of the walls is free of heat shields, and the walls each have a plurality of effusion cooling holes defined therethrough and having a smaller diameter than that of the dilution holes. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180258 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN OXYGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUND - The subject of the invention is a process for producing an oxygen-containing compound chosen from C | 2013-07-18 |
20130180259 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING POWER USING A SUPERCRITICAL FLUID - A dual cycle system for generating shaft power using a supercritical fluid and a fossil fuel. The first cycle is an open, air breathing Brayton cycle. The second cycle is a closed, supercritical fluid Brayton cycle. After compression of air in the first cycle, the compressed air flows through a first cross cycle heat exchanger through which the supercritical fluid from the second cycle flows after it has been compressed and then expanded in a turbine. In the first cross cycle heat exchanger, the compressed air is heated and the expanded supercritical fluid is cooled. Prior to expansion in a turbine, the compressed supercritical fluid flows through a second cross cycle heat exchanger through which also flows combustion gas, produced by burning a fossil fuel in the compressed air in the first cycle. In the second cross cycle heat exchanger, the combustion gas is cooled and the compressed supercritical fluid is heated. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180260 | COMBUSTOR RECOVERY METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method is disclosed for controlling gas turbine operation in response to lean blowout of a combustion can. The gas turbine comprises a pair of combustion cans. The method includes sensing that a first combustion can is extinguished during a full load operation of the gas turbine, adjusting a fuel ratio between the fuel nozzles in each can, delivering a richer fuel mixture to the fuel nozzles nearest to the cross-fire tubes, generating a cross-fire from the second combustion can to the first combustion can, detecting a recovery of the turbine load, and adjusting the fuel ratio to the normal balanced fuel distribution between the fuel nozzles in each can. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180261 | COMBUSTOR AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THERMAL STRESSES IN A COMBUSTOR - A combustor includes first and second annular casings with a joint between the first and second annular casings. A flow sleeve surrounds a combustion chamber to define an annular passage, and an annular shield inside the first annular casing extends downstream from the joint and prevents a working fluid flowing through the annular passage from contacting at least a portion of the first annular casing. A method for reducing thermal stresses in a combustor includes flowing a working fluid from a compressor through an annular passage between a combustion chamber and a flow sleeve inside the combustor, shielding the working fluid flowing through the annular passage from contact with at least a portion of a joint between first and second annular casings, and shielding the working fluid flowing through the annular passage from contact with at least a portion of the first annular casing downstream from the joint. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180262 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE ACCESSORY GEARBOX - An accessory gearbox for a gas turbine engine has a main gearbox housing for receiving a plurality of gears to drive a plurality of accessories. An input shaft has a first bevel gear at an outer end, and extends inwardly to transmit rotation to the plurality of gears. A tower shaft has a second bevel gear engaging the first bevel gear to in turn drive the input shaft. A tower shaft houses is fixed to the main gearbox housing. A method of removing a tower shaft is also disclosed. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180263 | MAGNETIC COOLING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A magnetic cooling apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The magnetic cooling apparatus provides a replacement having a simplified structure for motors providing driving force and power transmission systems of reciprocation type and rotation type cooling apparatuses. The magnetic cooling apparatus includes magnets forming a magnetic field, magnetic regeneration units formed of a magnetocaloric material that are provided with coils, and using electromagnetic force, generated when currents are supplied to the coils in the magnetic field, as kinetic energy, and a controller controlling the currents supplied to the coils of the magnetic regeneration units to control moving speeds and directions of the magnetic regeneration units. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180264 | DUAL MODE AUTOMOBILE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE - The present inventive disclosure is directed generally to an improved automobile air- conditioning system that can be operated while the automobile's engine is not running. In variations, a typical vapor-compression-cycle air-conditioning system is modified to allow the refrigerant compressor to be driven from either of two power sources: (1) from a traditional engine-mounted pulley system, or (2) from a DC-motor powered by an electrical source independent from the engine. In another variation, the air-conditioning system is driven by one or more thermal-electric-cooling (TEC) modules, wherein the TEC-based system is powered by an auxiliary DC-power source that in some variations is powered by, or at least supplemented by, a solar-energy grid. Additionally, a variation of the modified automobile air-conditioning system includes both the modified-compressor-based system and the TEC-based system, wherein the compressor-based system is used to initially cool-down an automobile passenger compartment, then is shutdown in favor of the TEC-based system. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180265 | METHOD FOR REFUELING AND OPERATING NATURAL GAS FUELED TRUCK - A method for operating a vehicle that provides refrigeration and is powered by an engine for burning liquefied natural gas. The vehicle contains on-board storage tanks for liquefied natural gas and liquid nitrogen. These two tanks are in thermal communication with each other and natural gas from the liquefied natural gas storage tank will periodically contact the liquid nitrogen and return as liquefied natural gas. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180266 | HEAT PUMP SYSTEM - Disclosed are embodiments of heat pump systems and methods for operating such systems in the heating mode while a heat pump operating parameter reaches or is equal to a predetermined operating value at which it is not advisable to use conventional heat pump systems for heating an enclosed structure. In addition to ancillary components, the heat pump systems includes indoor, outdoor and auxiliary heat exchangers, reversing and flow diverting valves, compressors, refrigerant superheat controllers, and auxiliary energy sources. During the heating mode of operation, while the heat pump operating parameter reaches or is equal to the predetermined operating value, the flow of liquid refrigerant through the outdoor heat exchangers is inhibited and is diverted to flow through the auxiliary heat exchangers. Thermal energy from the auxiliary energy source is used for evaporating the liquid refrigerant flowing through the auxiliary heat exchangers. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180267 | ICE SUPPLY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present technology are directed to devices, systems, and methods of delivering ice under high ambient temperatures. A transportable container houses an air-conditioning system with a cascade heat exchanger coupling the air-conditioning system with a separate refrigeration system in the container. The separate refrigeration system provides cooling energy for a cooling device while rejecting a heat load to the air-conditioning system for rejection to ambient temperatures. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180268 | LOW REFRIGERANT VOLUME CONDENSER FOR HYDROCARBON REFRIGERANT AND ICE MAKING MACHINE USING SAME - An ice making machine using hydrocarbon (HC), and particularly propane, as the refrigerant is disclosed. The ice making machine has components which have been modified in size, type and operation to accommodate the use of HCs, and particularly propane, in the ice making machine refrigerant system. Also disclosed is a low volume condenser especially designed for HCs, and in particular propane, to minimize the volume of flammable/explosive HC in the ice making machine refrigerant system. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180269 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130180270 | AIR-CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS - An air-cycle air conditioning system and method, using an automotive turbocharger as the core of the system, was designed and tested. Effects on engine performance were minimized while maximizing the possible cooling possible and also minimizing weight and space requirements. An unmodified automotive turbocharger was tested initially as a baseline in a Reversed-Brayton Cycle air cooling system. A second air-cycle machine, assembled from commercial turbocharger components chosen individually to optimize their performance for cooling purposes, was tested to improve the overall cycle efficiency. An optimized air-cycle air conditioning system was tested on an internal combustion engine to simulate more realistic operating conditions and performance. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180271 | CONDUCTIVE DUST DECTECTION - An apparatus is provided, which includes a dust detector, a voltage source, and a controller. The dust detector includes two opposing surfaces and a conductive dust sensor. The two opposing surfaces are disposed in spaced, opposing relation to allow for the passage of airflow between the surfaces, and the conductive dust sensor is disposed at a surface of the two opposing surfaces. The voltage source is configured and controlled to establish an electrostatic field at least partially between the two opposing surfaces to facilitate directing conductive particles in the airflow passing between the two opposing surfaces towards the dust sensor. The controller monitors for a leakage current within the conductive dust sensor and determines whether the leakage current exceeds a predetermined trigger level indicative of the presence of conductive dust, and if so, automatically indicates a conductive dust warning. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180272 | EXPANSION-VALVE CONTROL DEVICE, HEAT-SOURCE UNIT, AND EXPANSION-VALVE CONTROL METHOD - The degree-of-opening of an expansion valve is set to an appropriate degree-of-opening regardless of the load and external conditions for a heat-source unit. In a turbo refrigerator including a compressor that compresses a refrigerant; a condenser that condenses a compressed refrigerant by means of cooling water; an evaporator that evaporates a condensed refrigerant and also performs heat exchange between this refrigerant and cold water; and an expansion valve that causes a liquid-phase refrigerant retained in the condenser to expand, a expansion-valve control device ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130180273 | HEAT PUMP DEVICE, HEAT PUMP SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THREE-PHASE INVERTER - A selection unit switches between a phase θp and a phase θn different from the phase θp substantially by 180 degrees, and outputs one of them in synchronization with a carrier signal. A voltage-command generation unit generates and outputs three-phase voltage command values Vu*, Vv* and Vw* based on the phase outputted by the selection unit. A PWM-signal generation unit generates three-phase voltage command values Vu*′, Vv*′ and Vw*′ by correcting the three-phase voltage command values Vu*, Vv* and Vw* outputted by the voltage-command generation unit according to a predetermined method, and generates six drive signals corresponding to switching elements of the inverter based on the three-phase voltage command values Vu*′, Vv*′ and Vw*′ and the carrier signal. The PWM-signal generation unit outputs the generated drive signals to the corresponding switching elements of the three-phase inverter, to cause the inverter to generate a high-frequency AC voltage. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180274 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE CONTROL METHOD - An integrated air-conditioning and hot-water-supply system includes a compressor, a plate-type water heat exchanger, a hot-water-supply pressure-reducing mechanism, and an outdoor heat exchanger. Moreover, the integrated air-conditioning and hot-water-supply system includes a high-pressure sensor that detects a high pressure in the compressor, and a controller that calculates a condensing temperature of the plate-type water heat exchanger based on the high pressure detected by the high-pressure sensor. When the calculated condensing temperature is higher than or equal to a preset target condensing-temperature value, the controller performs condensing-temperature control for controlling the operating frequency of the compressor based on a difference between the calculated condensing temperature and the target condensing-temperature value, and performs opening-degree control for controlling the opening degree of the hot-water-supply pressure-reducing mechanism concurrently with the condensing-temperature control based on a difference between a current opening degree of the hot-water-supply pressure-reducing mechanism and a preset target opening-degree value. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180275 | Method for Controlling a Heat-Transfer Fluid-Compression Device of a Cryogenic Machine - Method for controlling a heat-transfer fluid compression device ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130180276 | CASCADE HEAT PUMP - Provided is a cascade heat pump. The cascade heat pump includes a first refrigerant cycle including a first compressor and a first indoor heat exchanger, a second refrigerant cycle including a second compressor and a second indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger in which a refrigerant compressed in the first compressor or the second compressor is condensed, a bypass tube allowing the refrigerant compressed in the second compressor to bypass the first compressor, thereby flowing into a discharge side of the first compressor, and a first flow rate regulating part disposed on a discharge side of the second compressor to introduce the refrigerant discharged from the second compressor into one of the first compressor and the bypass tube. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180277 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - Provided is an air-conditioning apparatus for vehicle including a main frame capable of being assembled without increasing the number of parts and the number of processes. An air-conditioning apparatus for vehicle includes a casing divided into an indoor chamber and an outdoor chamber by a partition plate, the casing including a cover placed on a top thereof, and a refrigeration cycle device placed across the indoor chamber and the outdoor chamber in the casing. Each of side plates, serving as side surfaces of the indoor chamber and the outdoor chamber, of the casing is extruded in one piece of aluminum. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180278 | REFRIGERATING APPARATUS - A refrigerating apparatus includes a high temperature side first cycle; a high temperature side second cycle; a low temperature side cycle in which carbon dioxide is used as a refrigerant; a first cascade condenser and a second cascade condenser, which each exchange heat between a high temperature side refrigerant and a low temperature side refrigerant; and a control unit lowering an evaporation temperature of a high temperature side evaporator in correspondence to the flow of the low temperature side refrigerant. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180279 | ICE MAKER FOR A REFRIGERATOR - Disclosed is an icemaker for a refrigerator, comprising: a tray for containing water to make the water into ice pieces having a predetermined shape; a water supply unit installed at one side of the tray, for supplying water to the tray; a drive unit installed to face the water supply unit with the tray being interposed therebetween; an ice separating lever rotatably assembled between the drive unit and the water supply unit to be rotated by a motor installed in the drive unit; and an ice separating heater for applying heat to the tray so that ice pieces are separated from the tray. The drive unit includes a drive unit housing, a driving motor having a driving gear, a slave gear having a rotary cam and a first magnet and coupled to a rotary shaft of the ice separating lever, a cantilever having a second magnet and rotated by the rotary cam, and first and second Hall elements corresponding to the first and second magnets, respectively. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180280 | RELATING TO COOLING - A cooling apparatus includes a cavity for receipt of a product to be cooled. A rotation device rotates a product received in the cavity and a coolant supply provides a coolant to the cavity. The rotation device is adapted to rotate the product about two parallel non-coincident axes. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180281 | HEAT EXCHANGER ARRANGEMENT AND HEAT PUMP SYSTEM - A heat exchanger arrangement is given comprising a heat exchanger ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130180282 | Simplified LNG Process - A simplified method for production of a commercial supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplied in a pressurized vessel includes taking a supply of natural gas including contaminants from a stranded well or from a pipe line and extracting from the supply gas water vapor and CO2 in a fixed bed absorption system. In a first stage the supply gas is separated into first and second streams where the first stream contains all the cold energy available from the feed stream and sufficient of the contaminants are removed to meet a product specification for the composition of the LNG supply. In a second stage the first stream is liquefied by the available cool energy for commercial pressurized supply container The second stream contains natural gas which is as much as 75% of the feed stream together with substantially all the contaminants and is used as a natural gas supply. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180283 | ARTICLE OF JEWELLERY - An article of jewellery includes a first panel ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130180284 | AMORPHOUS ALLOY, MOLDING DIE, AND METHOD FOR MOLDING OPTICAL ELEMENT - An amorphous alloy contains 68 atomic % or more and 86 atomic % or less of Re, 8 atomic % or more and 12 atomic % or less of Hf, and 0.1 atomic % or more and 5 atomic % or less of O. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180285 | GLASS-PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A glass-plate manufacturing method employing a down-draw process includes: a forming step of forming a sheet glass by making a molten glass flow downward along opposite side surfaces of a forming member and merge at a lower section of the forming member; and a cooling step of cooling the sheet glass while drawing the sheet glass downward with rollers. In the cooling step, an above-glass-strain-point temperature control step is performed which is a step of performing a temperature control in the width direction of the sheet glass in a temperature region ranging from the lower section of the forming member to where the temperature of the sheet glass falls below a temperature region near the glass strain point, and includes: first, second and third temperature control steps as defined herein. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180286 | P-Switch Pilot Operating Air Supply Controller - There is provided a system of an individual section machine (IS) having a blow side with a mold and a blow head, and a blank side, the system includes a P-Switch valve in fluid communication with an EPVB of the IS machine and with the P-Switch valve configured to control a valve pilot air supply to a predetermined pilot valve. When the P-Switch valve is activated, the blow side mold is set to an OPEN position and the associated blow head is set to an UP position. With the P-Switch valve of the system activated, the blow side machinery cannot be overridden from the blank side of the IS machine. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180287 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEDING PREHEATERS FOR GLASS MELTING INSTALLATIONS - A method and an apparatus for feeding preheaters having heating elements for the feedstock of glass melting installations. In order to distribute the feedstock in an extremely thin, but uniform layer thickness on and between the upper heating elements, thereby effectively suppressing or avoiding agglutination of particles and accumulation of the feedstock, a distributor device is arranged above the topmost heating elements including at least three pivotable distributor plates, the pivoting axes of which run in the horizontal edges of a virtual prism. The topmost distributor plate throws the feedstock alternately onto one of the distributor plates arranged underneath, which throws the caught feedstock to one of its sides sternwards. The movements of the distributor plates are controlled by sensors with an evaluation and control circuit and actuators assigned to the distributor plates with the aim of a uniform area distribution of the feedstock over the cross section of the preheater. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180288 | GLASS-SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD - To provide a glass-substrate manufacturing method with which it is possible to increase the production amount of glass substrates when manufacturing glass substrates by employing down-draw processing, as well as manufacture ideal glass substrates. A glass-substrate manufacturing method according to an aspect of the invention includes a forming step and a cooling step. In the forming step, a molten glass is formed into a sheet glass by a down-draw process. In the cooling step, the sheet glass is cooled. The cooling step includes a first cooling step, a second cooling step, and a third cooling step. In the first cooling step, the sheet glass is cooled at a first average cooling rate until the temperature of a central region of the sheet glass drops to the annealing point. In the second cooling step, the sheet glass is cooled at a second average cooling rate until the temperature of the central region drops from the annealing point to 50° C. below the strain point. In the third cooling step, the sheet glass is cooled at a third average cooling rate until the temperature of the central region drops from 50° C. below the strain point to 200° C. below the strain point. The first average cooling rate is 5.0° C./second or faster. The first average cooling rate is faster than the third average cooling rate. The third average cooling rate is faster than the second average cooling rate. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180289 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MELTING MELTABLE STOCK - A method and a device are provided for melting meltable stock, such as glass, wherein a melting furnace is heated via a burner flame generated by means of a burner port, to which fuel and oxidizer are supplied, a fuel-rich fuel-oxygen mixture being introduced into the furnace downstream from the burner port via at least one substoichiometrically operated burner and/or a fuel or fuel mixture being introduced into the furnace downstream from the burner arrangement via at least one fuel nozzle, and a gas stream containing oxygen being introduced into the furnace downstream from the at least one substoichiometrically operated burner and/or the at least one fuel nozzle. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180290 | CONTROLLING GLASSMELTING FURNACE GAS CIRCULATION - Injecting one or opposed gaseous streams into the atmosphere over molten glassmaking materials in a glassmelting furnace, in a region of the refining zone, improves the quality of the glassmelt and lessens the risk of crown corrosion. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180291 | DRUM WASHING MACHINE - A drum washing machine including a cabinet, a tub disposed at an inside of the cabinet, a drum rotatively disposed at an inside of the tub, a condensing duct configured to condense moisture in air that is introduced from an inside of the drum, and a drying duct configured to heat air being introduced from the condensing duct to supply the heated air to an inside of the drum, wherein the condensing duct is coupled to a rear of the tub, while the drying duct is positioned at an upper portion of the condensing duct and is coupled to the cabinet, and in between the condensing duct and the drying duct, a buffer coupling member configured to mediate the condensing duct and the drying duct is provided. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180292 | WASH BASKET FOR USE WITH A WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCE - The present subject matter provides a wash basket that has a plurality of fins mounted to the wash basket. The plurality of fins is configured to deliver a flow of wash fluid to the top of the wash basket using e.g., a conduit between the bottom and the top of the wash basket where the wash fluid may be directed to articles disposed within the wash basket. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180293 | WASHING MACHINE SOAP AND CHEMICAL DISPENSER WITH IMPROVED FLUSHING - A washing machine soap and chemical dispenser having a housing bottom, a top having a plurality of water inlets, and a pull tray for receiving and dispensing soap and chemicals during a washing operation. The top has a plurality of passageways communicating between the water inlets and the compartments and a flush water passageway communicating about sides of the dispenser top adjacent the outer perimeter thereof for flushing the housing bottom and tray with water free of soap and chemicals during each washing operation. The dispenser further includes at least one flush passageway having an outlet port for directing flushing water between rear walls of the tray and housing. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180294 | Removable Door Locking Mechanism - Disclosed herein is method of locking and unlocking a door that is equipped with an electronic lock, to be locked and unlocked with a removable mechanical lock, enabling orthodox Jews that observe the Sabbath laws to use the door on Saturdays. Also disclosed herein is how to fortify a hotel room door by adding a removable mechanical proprietary lock over the built-in electronic lock. These modifications can be done without damaging the door. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180295 | COMPUTER SECURITY LOCK FOR TRAPEZOIDAL SECURITY SLOT - A lock that is configured to be attached to electronic equipment requiring securing against theft and the lock comprising: a lock body; a locking element protruding from the lock body and having a forward distal section that is comparatively wider in cross-sectional size compared to a rear section thereof, the forward section configured to be insertable into a cavity formed in the equipment. The cavity has a size and shape slightly larger than the cross-sectional size of the forward section of the locking element and an interior larger in cross-sectional size than the opening of the cavity. A slidable locking pin slides alongside the locking element and into the cavity, substantially filling the space of the cavity. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180296 | Adjustable Position Blocking Device for Sliding Closures - An adjustable position blocking device for sliding closures that firmly attaches to a glass pane of a closure and limits the sliding translation of the sliding panels of the closure. One embodiment comprises an elongated track ( | 2013-07-18 |
20130180297 | STEERING DEVICE - In a steering device having a steering lock device, stress applied to a base portion of a flange section is reduced. Relief portions have round corners formed where the relief portions meet the outer periphery of the outer column, respectively. With the relief portions concave by β | 2013-07-18 |
20130180298 | HIGH SECURITY LOCK - A high security lock includes a lock bolt movable between extended and retracted positions, a bolt retraction gear coupled to the lock bolt, and a manually-driven gear. When a controller verifies that user-input information is correct for unlocking the lock, the bolt retraction gear and manually-driven gear are operatively coupled such that the gear can drive the lock bolt from the extended position to the retracted position. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180299 | MANUFACTURING OF BIOORGANIC-AUGMENTED HIGH NITROGEN-CONTAINING INORGANIC FERTILIZER - The invention describes a new method for the production of high nitrogen organically-augmented inorganic fertilizer that incorporates municipal biosolids or organic sludges that can compete with traditional fertilizers such as ammonium phosphate, ammonium sulfate and urea on the commodity fertilizer marketplace. The method creates a thixotropic paste-like material from the biosolids or organic sludge that is blended with hot or molten ammonium salts, especially a mixture of ammonium phosphate and ammonium sulfate. The invention can be an add-on to commercial production of ammonium salts or it can stand alone by manufacturing ammonium salts prior to their introduction to the conditioned biosolids. The invention is oriented to be tailored to production facilities for individual municipal waste treatment plants in order to keep manufacturing plants small with a minimization of logistics and liability. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180300 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING ROLLING POSITIONS OF ROLLING ROLLS CONSTITUTING THREE-ROLL MANDREL MILL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEAMLESS PIPES OR TUBES - [Problem to be Solved] | 2013-07-18 |
20130180301 | DRAWING PRESS WITH STABLE METAL SHEET HOLDER - The drawing press according to the invention includes a support structure for supporting a metal sheet holder which is part of a tool and supported on the press frame via the support structure. The metal sheet holder is assigned a plunger with a die tool, whereas the plunger is moved by means of a plunger drive which includes a blocking position. The blocking position is obtained, for example, by a drive which, in the locking position does not transmit any movement of the drive output to the driving servomotor. This can be achieved, for example, by an eccentric drive in the stretched position thereof. For performing the actual drawing stroke, the stamping tool is vertically movably supported. A carriage is raised or lowered by the press table by means of a table drive. As table drive, preferably a servomotor with a non-linear drive, such as an eccentric drive is used. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180302 | RING ROLLING MILL AND RING ROLLING METHOD - This ring rolling mill includes a main roll and a mandrel that are brought close to or separated from each other, and roll a peripheral portion of a ring-shaped body in a radial direction of the ring-shaped body while the ring-shaped body is rotated along its peripheral direction in a state where the peripheral portion of the ring-shaped body is pinched in the radial direction between an outer peripheral surface of the main roll, and an outer peripheral surface of the mandrel. This ring rolling mill further includes a mechanism which inclines and supports the mandrel with respect to the rotation axis of the main roll such that the gap between the outer peripheral surface of the mandrel and the outer peripheral surface of the main roll differs on one side and on the other side as seen in a direction along the rotation axis of the main roll. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180303 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PROFILE FROM A SHEET-METAL STRIP - A method for producing a profile from a sheet-metal strip is disclosed. The sheet-metal strip is bent at least twice during a first stage, where, as viewed in the cross-section of the sheet-metal strip, a center section as well as two flank sections are formed, which project angularly from two opposing end regions of the center section. During a second stage following the first stage, the center section is compressed by two complementary roller arrangements which engage on the two opposing end regions of the center section, and the sheet-metal strip is thereby locally thickened. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180304 | "MULTI-EFFECT" FORMING TOOLING FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE FORMING - A forming tooling including a fixed part and a moving part set in action by a one-way press, in a first direction, the tooling varying between an open position and a closed position in which the moving part applies pressure to the fixed part; the moving part including moving dies capable of starting to deform the metal workpiece through a translational movement of the dies in a second direction simultaneous with the translational movement of the dies in the first direction during closure of the tooling, the moving dies being capable of moving away from the metal workpiece through a reverse translational movement of the moving dies, in the second direction, simultaneously with the translational movement of the moving dies in the first direction during opening of the tooling. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180305 | Method for Producing a Flat Steel Product which can be Readily Formed, Flat Steel Product and Method for Producing a Component from such a Flat Steel Product - A readily formable flat steel product has a ductile edge layer that is from 10 to 200 μm thick and has a ductility greater than a ductility of an inner core layer of the flat steel product. The readily formable flat steel product is produced by annealing a flat steel product having a C content of from 0.1 to 0.4% by weight in a continuous furnace. The annealing is carried out under an annealing atmosphere that contains from 0.1 to 25% by vol. of H | 2013-07-18 |
20130180306 | COMPLIANT EXPANSION SWAGE - The present invention generally relates to a swage assembly that is movable from a compliant configuration having a first shape to a substantially non-compliant configuration having a second shape. In one aspect, an expansion swage for expanding a wellbore tubular is provided. The expansion swage includes a body and a solid cone disposed on the body. The expansion swage further includes a deformable cone disposed on the body, wherein the solid cone is made from a first material and the deformable cone is made from a second material and wherein the deformable cone is movable relative to the body when the expansion swage is in a compliant configuration. In another aspect, a method of expanding a wellbore tubular is provided. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180307 | GRIPPER HEAD FOR GRIPPING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MANIPULATING LONG WORKPIECES, DEVICE FOR FEEDING LONG WORKPIECES INTO AND REMOVING SAME FROM A PROCESSING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR BEND-STRAIGHTENING LONG WORKPIECES - The invention relates to a gripping head for grasping devices for manipulating a long workpiece in a horizontal arrangement. A gripping head with two clamping jaws which can be adjusted independently of one another can be used. In addition, a device for feeding long workpieces into a processing machine, and discharging them therefrom is proposed. At least one of the grasping devices may have a gripping head for gripping in a frictionally locking fashion one end of the workpiece which is conveyed here by the horizontal conveying means, and drive means for pulling the workpiece to be straightened into the processing section and for pushing the straightened workpiece out onto the at least one horizontal conveying means by means of the gripping head. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180308 | RETRACTABLE STOCK GUIDE AND METHOD FOR METAL FORMING DIES - A retractable stock guide has a stationary guide rail on which a retractable guide cap is operably supported. The guide rail and cap have two through holes at opposite ends through which two mounting studs extend to attach the stock guide to an associated die member. The holes in the guide cap are ovate, and the heads of the mounting studs are tapered, whereby tightening of the mounting stud shifts the guide cap relative to the guide rail from an aligned, retracted load/unload condition, to an inwardly protruding, extended run condition, wherein the stock strip is slidingly captured between two like stock guides and the mounting surface of the die. Two ball bearing guides can be substituted for the stationary guide rail. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180309 | Servo Hemming Press - Servo hemming press includes a direct drive system powered with a centrally located common planetary gear servo drive. A pair of connecting rods can actuate a slide vertically up and down to close the hemming tools and can perform the desired hemming operation. A planetary gear box preferably with dual output shafts is directly coupled to the crank shafts through couplings. The bottom end of the connecting rod can be connected to a pivot pin block that is secured to the base of the press. A spring-type overload protector can be incorporated between the base and the pivot pin block to protect the press from possible overloading beyond the rated tonnage capacity. The desired torque to deliver the rated tonnage to perform the hemming operation is delivered directly by a servo motor connected to the planetary gear box, thereby eliminating a flywheel and clutch of earlier systems. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180310 | EQUIPMENT FOR FORMING A FRONTAL TOOTHING, IN PARTICULAR ON AN INNER RING OF A WHEEL HUB - An apparatus including rigid plate having a first face and a second face, a plurality of through seats arranged as a circular crown about an axis of symmetry (A), perpendicular to each seat and shaped as a circular crown segment; a plurality of knives carried by the plate, each being axially slidingly guided into a seat, independently of the other knives; each knife has a head which protrudes from the seat from the side of the first face, a prismatic body having an axial length greater than the seat, and a wedge-shaped end, opposite to the head, which protrudes from the second face when the head substantially abuts against the first face; the wedge-shaped ends circumferentially having a first profile, complementary to that of the frontal toothing to be obtained, and the knives can be replaced totally or partially with others having a second profile different from the first profile. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180311 | UPPER TOOL HOLDER FOR PRESS BRAKE - A upper tool holder for a press brake includes a holder body; an upper tool clamper provided on the holder body and capable of swinging when replacing the upper tool; an auxiliary urging mechanism that functions as resistance when opening the upper tool clamper further in order to replace the upper tool, and functions so as to support a closing operation when closing the upper tool clamper from a further opened state; and a pusher provided in the auxiliary urging mechanism and urged in a closing direction of the upper tool clamper. According to the upper tool holder, unexpected drop-off of the upper tool can be prevented, so that safety can be improved. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180312 | CALIBRATION BLOCK AND METHOD - A calibration block and method for sensitivity calibration. The calibration block has a curved calibration surface having a central axis and a surface for coupling to a transducer element of an angular scanning phased array ultrasonic testing scanner. The block is configured such that the surface positions the transducer such that its scanning axis is coaxial with the central axis of the curved calibration surface. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180313 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE INTER-FIBER FRICTIONAL COEFFICIENT - Disclosed is an apparatus for determining the inter-fiber frictional coefficient of staple fibers. The apparatus comprises a pair of clamps, one fixed and the other mobile wherein, each clamp receives an end portion of a sliver therewithin. The apparatus further comprises a pair of predetermined weights, each mounted over a clamp in order to exert normal force on either end of the sliver whereby the movement of the sliver within the clamps is resisted as the mobile clamp is moves away from the fixed clamp until the sliver is severed off, a force sensor for sensing the tensile force exerted by the sliver, and a means for computing the inter-fiber frictional coefficient, which is a function of the normal force and the amount of tensile force exerted by the sliver which overcomes the inter-fiber frictional force of the sliver. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180314 | Apparatus for Measuring the Relative Speed of a Golf Putting Green - The measuring apparatus is in form of a bar having inclined parallel surfaces on each longitudinal side to define a ramp for rolling of a golf ball thereon with three notches in the ramps at different distances from the ends of the bar. Each notch is associated with a scaling factor to obtain the speed of a level green. The longest notch from one end of the bar is marked with a scaling factor of 1.00, the middle notch is marked with a scaling factor of 1.83, and the shortest notch from an end of the bar is marked with a scaling factor of 3.34. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180315 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PURGING AND LOADING SORBENT TUBES - Certain embodiments described herein are directed to devices that can be used in purging and loading applications. In some examples, a device configured to purge a sorbent tube until a desired water level is reached is provided. In other examples, a device configured to load a sorbent tube with a desired water level is provided. Systems and methods using the devices are also described. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180316 | RESONANT KNOCK SENSOR - A resonant knock sensor includes a housing, a pedestal and a vibration diaphragm. The housing is provided with a support surface therein. The pedestal is fixed in the housing and has a base with a bottom surface attached to the support surface, a support portion protruding from a top surface of the base, and a vibration piece connected to an end of the support portion. The vibration diaphragm is mounted on the vibration piece. As a result, pedestals with different geometric sizes in their support portions or vibration pieces can be selectively assembled with single sized housings and vibration diaphragms to fabricate sensors with different frequency sensibilities at a low manufacturing cost. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180317 | ON BOARD SEAT LEAKAGE DETECTION SYSTEM - Equipment and methodology are provided for performing seat leakage detection on a valve assembly including at least two valves to be tested, wherein, while both of the valve assembly valves remain closed, at least a first shut off valve of a plurality of shut off valves is closed to enable flow of fluid through manifold passages of a plurality of manifold passages to test the first valve of the valve assembly valves and, subsequently, at least another shut off valve of the plurality of shut off valves is closed to enable flow of fluid through manifold passage of the plurality of manifold passages to test the second valve of the valve assembly valves. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180318 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND COMMUNICATING MOISTURE LEAKS IN FLUID CONDUITS - A system for detecting and communicating moisture leaking from a fluid conduit of the type comprising a fitting configured to mate with the fluid conduit, the fitting including an outer surface including an outer edge portion that is enclosed within the fluid conduit when positioning the fluid conduit over at least a portion of the outer surface, wherein the system includes a sensor for detecting moisture, the sensor being positioned proximate to the outer edge portion of the fitting and configured to generate a signal representing a result of moisture detection, and a receiver configured to receive the signal generated by the sensor. The system may include a communication circuit to provide wired or wireless communication between the sensor and the receiver. Other systems and method for detecting and communicating moisture leakage are further disclosed herein. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180319 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING DAMAGE ON TRANSMISSIONS - A method for identifying possible damage in a toothed transmission stage having at least one pair of engagement toothed wheels includes measuring with a vibration transducer an oscillation signal corresponding to oscillations produced by a rolling and impact motion when teeth of a pair of the toothed wheels mesh under load during operation of the transmission stage, comparing the oscillation signal with a calibration oscillation signal, determining a torque acting on the transmission stage from a difference between the oscillation signal and the calibration oscillation signal, and evaluating the measured oscillation signal commensurate with the determined torque to identify the possible damage to the transmission stage. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180320 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A measurement device is for use with a current-type sensor unit, which, when applied with a driving voltage, is capable of reacting with a target substance for generating a sensor current that corresponds to a concentration level of the target substance, and includes: a driving unit operable to generate the driving voltage that includes alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) components; and a processing unit for receiving the sensor current from the current-type sensor unit, and operable to determine the concentration level of the target substance according to a peak-to-peak value of the sensor current received by the processing unit. | 2013-07-18 |
20130180321 | PARTICLE NUMBER COUNTING APPARATUS - To improve an offset accuracy in a particle number counting apparatus ( | 2013-07-18 |