04th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120020746 | MODULAR BLOCK - Modular block ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120020747 | Pneumatic Conveying Process for Particulate Materials - A pneumatic conveying process transports plastic pellets from a manufacturing source to a bulk silo for storage before being delivered to the ultimate production utilization of the plastic pellets. Multiple types or multiple sources of plastic pellets can be fed through a common pneumatic conveying conduit to respective bulk silos for temporary storage with diverter valves being utilized to direct product into and out of the common conveying conduit. Expanded elbow fittings are deployed at each directional change in the conveying lines to eliminate the creation of streamers at conduit bends. The plastic pellets are conveyed at a medium velocity between dense and dilute phases to provide a gentle conveying operation. A closed loop air supply system is used for dedusting devices providing a final removal of dust and debris from the stored product before being delivered to the ultimate utilization facility. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020748 | TOOL OF MACHINE TOOL - A tool of a machine tool includes a tool body | 2012-01-26 |
20120020749 | CARBIDE END MILL AND CUTTING METHOD USING THE END MILL - Provided is a long life carbide end mill which can perform stable cutting in high-efficiency machining such as die machining and parts machining. A cutting method using such an end mill is also provided. When a certain wavy or nicked peripheral cutting edge is considered a reference peripheral cutting edge with reference phases in a pitch of the reference peripheral cutting edge, wherein the distance of each reference phase is an amount corresponding to a value obtained by dividing the pitch of the nicks or waveform of each peripheral cutting edge by the number of the cutting edges; and the phase of at least one of the remaining peripheral cutting edges is deviated in the direction of the tool axis from the corresponding reference phase by an amount corresponding to 5% or less (excluding 0%) of the pitch. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020750 | MULTI-EDGED MACHINING TOOL FOR POST-MACHINING OF BORES - The invention relates to a multi-edged machining tool for the post-machining or precision machining of bores. The tool has at least one cutting insert with a pre-determined nominal diameter measurement and with cutting edges that are distributed substantially uniformly around the periphery, in addition to a guide body assembly that is axially offset in relation to said edges. The guide body assembly can be an integral component of a substantially cylindrical guide body that consists of a solid carbide. In some embodiments, said guide body forms at least n helical guide ribs which are equidistant around the periphery and which have a nominal diameter substantially smaller than the nominal diameter measurement of the cutting insert by a value equating to double the dimension of the lubricant gap that is formed during the operation of the tool. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020751 | Multi-directionally fluted rotary cutting tool - A rotary cutting tool having a longitudinal body with a rotational axis, comprising a proximal aspect allowing for insertion into an unmotorized or motorized drill, a distal aspect with one or more cutting edges, and two or more fluted segments, among which at least two orientations of fluting are present. A plurality of spacing, shaping, or surfacing may be present between the cutting edge and fluted segments or between fluted segments, and the diameter of the cutting edge may be different than a given point between the distal and proximal aspects of the device. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020752 | ROTARY SPINDLE HEAD WITH GEAR REDUCER - A rotary spindle head with gear reducer is provided, which comprises a rotary spindle unit, a fork-shaped type spindle base and a driving unit. The fork-shaped spindle base is for linking up the rotary spindle unit with a machine tool, and the driving unit comprises a torque motor and a gear reducer which are sited coaxially on the fork-shaped spindle base. The gear reducer is connected to the rotary spindle unit to drive and rotate the rotary spindle unit in the fork-shaped spindle base. The gear reducer is designed to lower decelerating rate. Besides, the input and output of the gear reducer are coaxial design, the torque of torque motor could be magnified to several times and maintain higher rotational speed to do the high speed light cutting and high torque heavy cutting work. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020753 | MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool comprising a machine frame having dimensionally rigid side walls, each including top-side horizontal guide rails. A compound slide is displaceable in or on the guide rails. On the front of the compound slide is a machining unit comprising a spindle head which is vertically displaceable. A workpiece mounting unit is disposed in the space between the side walls. The workpiece mounting unit may have a workpiece table or a workpiece chucking device. In order to form an enlarged access to the work area of the machine tool, one side wall is shorter at the front than the other side wall. Further, the linear guides or guide rails mounted to the side walls of the machine frame may be aligned at an acute angle α to the vertical center plane of the machine frame. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020754 | ROTARY SPINDLE HEAD FOR MACHINE TOOL - A rotary spindle head for a machine tool, comprises a rotary spindle unit, a fork-shaped spindle base, and a driving unit, wherein the fork-shaped spindle base is disposed to the machine tool and is rotatably connecting to the rotary spindle unit, while the driving unit, having a torque motor and a planetary-gear speed reducer coaxially coupled to the torque motor, is coupled to the fork-shaped spindle base. The planetary-gear speed reducer is coupled to the rotary spindle unit for driving the rotary spindle unit to rotate within the fork-shaped spindle base. Since the planetary-gear speed reducer has lower speed reduction ratio and has a speed reducing design with the coaxial arrangement of the input/output shafts, it is capable of magnifying the torque of the torque motor for retaining a higher rotation speed so that the rotary spindle head can be utilized for high-speed light-machining and high-torque heavy-machining. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020755 | HORIZONTAL MACHINE TOOL - A horizontal machine tool ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120020756 | END EFFECTOR - A quill style drilling/milling end effector with high tool positioning accuracy, a pressure foot with fast response in force and displacement feedback, and with automatic mounting and dismounting, normality sensing, and through the tool coolant delivery. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020757 | SAFETY TACK - A safety tack has a pin that is extended from a head of the tack in one state and retracted into the head in another state. The pin retracts and extends into and from the head by using a turning mechanism similar to the mechanism that allows a bolt to turn into and out of a complimentary component (e.g. a nut). By having the retracted state, the tack can be handled without injury; and by having the extended configuration, the tack can be used to tack one object to another. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020758 | Drilling Rig Pipe Transfer Systems and Methods - Automated systems and apparatus for transferring tubulars (tubulars used in wellbore and derrick operations, such as casing, tubing, drill pipe, etc.) or stands of pipe from one location to another in a derrick, e.g. from a fingerboard to a well center are described. The system includes a fully automated drill pipe handling system to move and position the drill pipe through all the steps of the drilling process. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020759 | SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS - Linear semiconductor handling systems provide more balanced processing capacity using various techniques to provide increased processing capacity to relatively slow processes. This may include use of hexagonal vacuum chambers to provide additional facets for slow process modules, use of circulating process modules to provide more processing capacity at a single facet of a vacuum chamber, or the use of wide process modules having multiple processing sites. This approach may be used, for example, to balance processing capacity in a typical process that includes plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition steps and bevel etch steps. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020760 | TRANSPORTATION CARRIER FOR GLASS SUBSTRATE - A glass substrate transportation carrier is provided, which includes a base; a glass holding stage for adsorbing a glass substrate; an elevating mechanism disposed between the base and the glass holding stage; an overturning mechanism disposed between the elevating mechanism and the glass holding stage; a rotating mechanism disposed between the overturning mechanism and the elevating mechanism; and a telescopic mechanism disposed between the overturning mechanism and the glass holding stage. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020761 | BALE WAGON UNLOADING/PUSH-OFF SYSTEM - A system for unloading bales from a bale wagon including a mobile trailer frame and a bed frame pivotably movable with respect to the trailer frame between a first position for receiving bales and a second position for unloading bales. A push-off member is provided for pushing bales off of the bed frame when the bed frame is in the second position. A pushing device is connected to the trailer frame. The push-off member is selectably connectable to the pushing device when the bed frame is in the second position. The push-off member is disconnected from the pushing device when the bed frame is not in the second position. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020762 | LOAD LIFTING TRAILER - The invention relates to a load lifting trailer including a frame and a bed operatively attached to the frame for actuated movement between trailing and loading positions. A pivot plate having first, second and third connectors pivotally attach the frame to the bed and to each other, and when actuated by a linear extensible actuator provides the necessary force for moving the bed relative to the frame of the trailer up and down between trailing and loading positions. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020763 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF LOADING AND UNLOADING A VEHICLE - Disclosed is system configured to place a load in a motor vehicle. The system includes a beam defining a first end configured to receive the load, and a second end configured to receive a counter force to the load; and a base defining a fulcrum for the beam, such that the second end of the beam receives a constraining force from a ceiling of the vehicle, the constraining force thereby acting as the counter force. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020764 | CARGO HANDLING APPARATUS MODULE - A goods handling' apparatus for a cargo storage and transport vehicle includes a movable cargo platform continuous with a portion of cargo enclosure floor, when the cargo platform is in an upper position. Cargo may be slid between the trailer floor and the cargo platform. A vertical actuator raises and lowers the cargo platform between the upper position and a lower position atop the ground or other vehicle support surface whereupon cargo may be slid between the cargo platform and the ground or other positions. The cargo platform is disposed substantially within the plan perimeter of the floor of the cargo module during raising and lowering. A modular system may be integrated into the cargo enclosure, or may be incorporated into a modular enclosure for appending to a cargo box of the prior art. An underside is disposed in vertically adjusting communication with the cargo platform. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020765 | COMPONENT MOUNTING APPARATUS - In a component mounting apparatus, when one of first and second board transfer devices is performing the unloading and loading of boards, a controller operates a component placing device to mount components on a first or second board loaded by the other board transfer device. Thus, it is possible to effectively utilize the time which is taken for the unloading and the loading of either boards, for component mountings on the other board, so that the efficiency in producing boards can be enhanced. Further, since the controller executes a control so that while component mountings are performed on the first boards of M-sheets on the first board transfer device, component mountings are performed on the second boards of N-sheets on the second board transfer device, it is realized to suppress the occurrence of an intermediate stock of either boards where the first boards of the M-sheets and the second boards of the N-sheets are required. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020766 | Prefeeding corrugated boards to box finishing machines - Method and apparatus for prefeeding corrugated boards to a box finishing machine wherein a stack of rectangular boards are moved to a first conveyor with the long dimension of the boards extending transverse to the direction of movement of said first conveyor. The stack is then rotated to place the long dimension of the boards in alignment with the direction of movement of said first conveyor, and then moving the rotated stack to a second conveyor for feeding to a box finishing machine with the long dimension of the boards in alignment with the direction or path of movement of the boards through the box finishing machine. The stack is transferred to the first conveyor from an elevator which contains a supply of boards larger than the stack. Three different types of apparatus are disclosed for rotating the stack. One is a plurality of conveyor belts whose speeds may be varied to rotate the boards. Another is a turntable with a set of belt conveyors and a set of rollers. The third is a vertical chute whose guides rotate the boards as they descend through the chute. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020767 | Packing Station and Order-Picking Method - An order-picking system and method that includes a high-bay warehouse, at least one tray warehouse, at least one packing station, at least one shipping station and a conveyor technique to bring the tray loaded with the pallet layer into the tray warehouse. The conveyor technique may be a conveyor, a storage machine and/or a lift. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020768 | COOLED CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENT FOR A GAS TURBINE - A cooled constructional element for a gas turbine includes a wall having a front and a rear side. The front side is configured to be thermally loaded during operation of the turbine, and the rear side has a plurality of pins projecting therefrom in a two-dimensional distribution, the two-dimensional distribution including a higher density distribution of pins in a critical zone of the cooled constructional element than in the remaining regions of the cooled constructional element. A device is configured to create jets of a cooling medium that are directed onto the rear side of the wall in a region of the plurality of pins so as to cool the rear side of the wall by impingement. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020769 | FLUID DETECTION IN TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTS - A system for detecting the presence of one or more fluids in a rotating component of a gas turbine engine. A first reflector structure includes a first face that receives light from the light source. The first reflector structure reflects at least a substantial portion of the received light from the light source if a second face thereof is in the presence of a first fluid and does not reflect a substantial portion of the received light from the light source if the second face is in the presence of a second fluid. A reflection receiver structure receives light reflected by the first reflector structure. If the reflection receiver structure receives a first predetermined amount of light reflected by the first reflector structure it can be determined that the second face of the first reflector structure is not in the presence of the second fluid. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020770 | ENERGY ABSORBING APPARATUS IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine includes a casing, a first diaphragm assembly, a second diaphragm assembly, and first energy absorbing apparatus. The casing has a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface including an annular slot extending circumferentially therein. The first diaphragm assembly includes a first inner structure, a first outer structure and a plurality of airfoils extending between the first inner and outer structures. The second diaphragm assembly includes a second inner structure, a second outer structure and a plurality of airfoils extending between the second inner and outer structures. The first energy absorbing apparatus engages a first end portion of the first outer structure so as to absorb at least portions of unsteady aerodynamic loads and steady rotational loads generated by the first diaphragm assembly. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020771 | ONE-PIECE COMPRESSOR AND TURBINE CONTAINMENT SYSTEM - A compressor shroud for containing fragments of a compressor impeller and a turbine wheel within a gas turbine engine. The compressor shroud includes a compressor containment section, a turbine containment section, and a containment continuity section. The containment continuity section connects the compressor containment section and the turbine containment section to form a one-piece part. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020772 | PROTECTIVE SCREEN ASSEMBLY FOR FANS - Disclosed is a protective screen assembly ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120020773 | Filter cassette, filter arrangement, and gas turbine with such filter cassette - A filter cassette ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120020774 | ASSEMBLY BETWEEN A COMPRESSOR SHAFT TRUNNION AND A BEVEL GEAR FOR DRIVING AN ACCESSORY GEARBOX OF A TURBOMACHINE - The invention relates to an assembly between a compressor shaft trunnion and a bevel gear for driving an accessory gearbox of a turbomachine. The assembly comprises a bevel gear, a compressor shaft trunnion arranged coaxially inside the bevel gear, torque transmission means between the compressor shaft trunnion and the bevel gear, a lock nut for preventing the bevel gear from moving axially on the compressor shaft trunnion, the lock nut being suitable for being screwed onto the bevel gear and including a shoulder projecting radially outwards and suitable for coming into axial abutment firstly upstream against a stop nut screwed onto an upstream end of the compressor shaft trunnion, and secondly downstream against a bearing surface of the compressor shaft trunnion, and an anti-rotation pin for preventing the lock nut from rotating. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020775 | FLOW SPLITTER ASSEMBLY FOR STEAM TURBOMACHINE AND METHOD - A turbomachine includes a first turbine portion and a second turbine portion. A flow splitter assembly is coupled between the first and second turbine portions. The flow splitter assembly includes a first end portion including a first mounting member and a second end portion including a second mounting member. A flow diverting member is positioned between the first and second end portions. The flow diverting member includes a first end section having a first mounting element coupled to the first mounting member and a second end section having a second mounting element coupled to the second mounting member. The flow diverting member includes a flow diverting surface. A first locking member engages the first mounting element and the first mounting member, and a second locking member engages the second mounting element and the second mounting member. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020776 | VARIABLE DIFFUSER ACTUATION LINKAGE FOR A CABIN AIR COMPRESSOR - A variable diffuser for a rotating machine includes a multiple of diffuser vanes mounted to a drive ring. The multiple of diffuser vanes are movable in unison between a maximum flow position and a minimum flow position in response to rotation of a crank to rotate the drive ring about a centerline through a link arm. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020777 | DURABLE PUMPS FOR ABRASIVES - Durable pumps for abrasives are provided. In one implementation, an example centrifugal pump or pump stage for subsurface operation has a thrust washer located inside the circumference of a close-fitting clearance seal between an impeller shroud and the diffuser. The relocation of the thrust washer allows the clearance seal to protect the thrust washer from abrasives while the thrust washer supports the impeller against the reaction forces of axial fluid flow. In one implementation, the radius or size of a thrust washer or other seal-like feature is reduced in order to increase exposure of the bottom impeller shroud to pressured fluid, thus balancing pressure at the top and bottom of the impeller to decrease friction between the impeller and the thrust washer. Reducing the radius of the thrust washer also reduces surface area of the washer subject to friction and reduces the moment arm of a braking torque on the rotating impeller, thereby reducing power loss in the pump. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020778 | DIAGONAL FAN - A diagonal fan for gaseous media has a diagonal impeller with a plurality of vanes, which are fastened on a carrier plate, and a guide device, adjoining the diagonal impeller in the axial direction on the outflow side, for increasing the pressure of the medium, with a plurality of guide vanes. The vanes of the diagonal impeller and/or the guide vanes of the guide device are three-dimensionally twisted. By means of an intake unit, the gaseous medium can be directed into the diagonal impeller. The intake unit and/or an exhaust unit, by means of which the gaseous medium can be directed out of the guide device, is, or are, provided as an exchangeable module and can be fastened on the diagonal fan by means of a fastening element. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020779 | LOW MASS DIFFUSER VANE - A wedge-type diffuser includes a diffuser floor and a plurality of wedge-shaped vanes. The wedge-shaped vanes extend from the diffuser floor and have a top surface, a leading edge and a trailing edge. Each of the wedge-shaped vanes has a slot extending from the trailing edge toward the leading edge. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020780 | AXIAL FLOW FUN - The invention is directed to dual purposes of increasing air volume and reducing noises of an inline axial flow fan. In the inline axial flow fan including a first axial flow fan unit | 2012-01-26 |
20120020781 | LUBE PUMP RETENTION METHOD - A lube pump has a housing with a flange extending radially outwardly from a body of the housing. At least one rotor is received within the housing, and a shaft for powering the rotor extends away from the flange. A retention plate is positioned on an end of the flange closing the housing. A first set of bolts secure the flange to the retention plate. A second set of bolts secure the flange to the gearbox. The two sets of bolts extend in opposed directions. A gearbox including such a lube pump is also disclosed and claimed. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020782 | FAN CASE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A method for suspending a fan case and a fan case assembly in which a fan case is suspended are disclosed herein. The fan case assembly includes an inner ring encircling an axis. The fan case assembly also includes a first outer ring encircling the axis and having an annular flange. The fan case assembly also includes a plurality of struts each extending radially outward from an inner end engaged with the inner ring to an outer end engaged with the first outer ring. The fan case assembly also includes a second outer ring abutting the first outer ring along the axis. The fan case assembly also includes a plurality of leaves each fixed to the second outer ring and extending along the axis. The leaves are slid over an outer surface of the first outer ring to engage the first and second outer rings together. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020783 | SLINGER SHIELD STRUCTURE - A slinger shield structure is provided and includes a first annular disc, having a body, opposing faces defining an aperture extending through the body and through-holes extending through the body, which are arrayed around the aperture, a second annular disc having a body and opposing faces defining an aperture extending through the body, a hub for connection with the first and second annular discs at the respective apertures and radial vanes suspended between the first and second annular discs at a distance from the hub to define radial channels between adjacent radial vanes and drainage channels between the radial vanes and the hub. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020784 | ANTI-ROTATION FEATURE FOR AIR TURBINE STARTER - A turbine balance assembly has a turbine rotor and shaft. Bearings are positioned radially outwardly of the shaft. A bearing sleeve is positioned radially outwardly of the bearings, and supports the bearings. The bearing sleeve extends along an axial length defined by a rotational axis of the shaft, and has a turbine rotor end adjacent to the turbine rotor, and a remote end. A radially outwardly extending flange on the bearing sleeve extends radially outwardly of a support portion of the bearing sleeve at the turbine rotor end. The flange has a nominal outer diameter, and includes a slot for receiving an anti-rotation tab from a gear cage over a first circumferential extent. A bearing sleeve incorporates the anti-rotation feature, and a gear cage incorporates its portion of the anti-rotation feature. An air turbine starter, and a method of installing components of a turbine balance assembly are also disclosed. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020785 | Shaft-Sealing Device - A shaft-sealing device includes an outer ring for receiving a shaft sleeve to rotate therewith. A magnetic-field generating unit is mounted the around rotary shaft and includes inner and outer magnetic rings. The outer magnetic ring is mounted in the outer ring. A gap is defined between an inner periphery of the outer magnetic ring and an outer periphery of the inner magnetic ring and is filled with a magnetic liquid. One or both of the inner and outer magnetic rings provide magnetic force to retain the magnetic liquid in the gap. A seal ring is mounted between the outer magnetic ring and an end of the outer ring. A lip extends from an inner periphery of the seal ring toward or away from the end of the outer ring and is at a non-parallel angle to a radial direction of the seal ring to form a seal around the rotary shaft. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020786 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUNDANT TURBINE CONTROL - A method and system for redundant turbine control is provided. The method includes classifying first and second turbine control units (TCUs) as a primary and secondary TCUs and receiving, in parallel, monitored data from a wind turbine at both the primary TCU and secondary TCU. The primary TCU periodically calculates state information based on received monitored data and any previously calculated state information, and communicates the state information from the primary TCU to the secondary TCU after each computation cycle. The secondary TCU stores the state information into memory while the primary TCU sends control messages to the wind turbine. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020787 | COOLED BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE - A cooled blade for a gas turbine includes a blade airfoil extending between leading and trailing edges in a flow direction and on suction and pressure sides is delimited by a wall, which include an interior space in which cooling air flows towards the trailing edge in the flow direction and discharges to the outside in the region of the trailing edge. The pressure-side wall terminates at a distance in front of the trailing edge in the flow direction, forming a pressure-side lip, such that the cooling air discharges from the interior space on the pressure side. Multiple ribs subdivides the interior space, parallel to the flow direction, into a plurality of parallel cooling passages which create a high pressure drop and in which turbulators are arranged for increasing cooling. Before the outlet, multiple flow barriers are provided in the cooling air flow path, distributed transversely to the flow direction. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020788 | WIND ENERGY SYSTEM - Wind energy systems comprise a wind accelerator having a support assembly and an outer structure surrounding the support assembly. The wind accelerator has a front region and a rear region. The rear region is substantially wider than the front region, and the outer structure tapers from the rear region to the front region. One or more turbines are mounted on the support assembly at or near the rear region of the wind accelerator or at or near the widest point of the wind accelerator. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020789 | TURBINE WHEEL HAVING DE-TUNED BLADES AND INCLUDING A DAMPER DEVICE - A turbine wheel including: a plurality of first and second blades, at least one of the first blades being adjacent to at least one of the second blades; a disk presenting an axis of rotation and a periphery having the blades mounted thereat, each of the blades including a head solid with a root engaged in a housing that opens to the periphery of the disk, each of the blades including a keying mechanism including a respective shelf arranged between the head and the root of the blade, the shelves of the first blades presenting an azimuth length different from the azimuth length of the shelves of the second blades; and a damper device arranged at least between the adjacent blades, the damper device being arranged between the shelves of the blades and the periphery of the disk. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020790 | Personal Propulsion Device With Hands Free Control - An improved personal propulsion device that generally imparts thrust directly to the user. The device allows hands free control of thrust magnitude and direction so both hands can grasp and control bicycle handlebars and brakes, watercraft paddles, ski poles or other apparatuses. The device is adjustable vertically, on the users' back, higher to allow sitting in a canoe or wheelchair and lower for standing on skates, skis, kick scooters etc. In one embodiment, the device includes an air compressor that is operatively connected to a cam mechanism engaged with the propulsion mechanism to provide compressed air. In another embodiment, the device includes a gap control mechanism to reduce or increase the size of the air inlet gap between the lip of the propeller shroud and an air horn to decrease noise levels or increase propulsion. The air horn can be gradiently flexible and warpable to allow controlled movement thereof. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020791 | RECEPTOR FOR WIND TURBINE BLADE LIGHTNING PROTECTION - A receptor assembly for lightning protection of an object, such as a wind turbine blade, includes a receptor disk configured to be placed on a surface of the object, a receptor block insulator with an integral receptor block, a cover that engages the receptor block insulator, and a cap that engages the cover. The receptor disk and the receptor block may be made of electrically conductive materials, and the cover, and the cap, and the receptor block insulator may define a chamber among them that is lined with an electrically-conductive coating sandwiched between relatively high dielectric media to electrically isolate and shield internal parts of the receptor assembly from receiving a lightning strike directly. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020792 | WIND POWER PLANT - The invention is directed to a wind power plant having a rotor mounted rotatably about an axis directed approximately in the wind direction, and having at least two mutually concentric annular elements for connection to oppositely rotatable system components of the wind power plant, one of which comprises means for connection to the rotor of the wind power plant or to a drive shaft of a gearbox coupled thereto; at least one element having a freewheel characteristic is disposed between the two connection elements and together with them forms a freewheel, at least one connection element being provided with at least one integrated raceway for a row of rolling bodies rolling thereon. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020793 | Turbine blade system - A turbine blade system including a first turbine blade and a second turbine blade being arranged adjacent to each other shall be suited to allow a particularly secure and reliable operation of a turbine. To this end, the turbine blades are in contact in a first surface area and separated from each other in a second surface area, wherein the first turbine blade includes a pocket containing a damping piece in the second surface area. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020794 | ROTOR WITH INLET PERIMETERS - A device for use in a molten metal pump helps alleviate jams between rotating rotor blades and a stationary pump base. The device includes inlet perimeters that partially define one or more openings, and one or more rotor blades, wherein each rotor blade has a portion that directs molten metal into a pump chamber, and a portion that directs molten metal outwards. Each rotor blade may also include a recess that makes an opening larger to enable more molten metal to pass through the openings. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020795 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR FAN - A mounting apparatus for mounting a system fan and an exterior fan to a chassis includes a mounting bracket and a plurality of connecting members. The mounting bracket includes a rectangular hollow frame and x-shaped spoke fixed in the rectangular hollow frame. Each of the connecting members includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion extending from an end of the first connecting portion. The system fan is secured to the chassis by the first connecting portion each running through the mounting bracket, the chassis, and the system fan. The exterior fan is secured to the chassis by fastening means each running through the exterior fan and one second connecting portion of the connecting members. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020796 | RETAINING RING - A retaining ring presenting, on its periphery, a plurality of radial bores, each of the bores being able to receive a blade root. The retaining ring also includes at least one first radial opening traversed by a compression tube and at least one second radial opening, the at least first radial opening and the at least second radial opening being separated from each other by at least one of the bores of the plurality of radial bores. The ventilation device finds a particularly interesting application in the field of turbine engines including a pusher open rotor. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020797 | VORTEX REDUCING DEVICE FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine engine has a vortex reducing device therein that includes a retainer and paddles. The retainer is arcuate in shape and has a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots that extend through it. The paddles are circumferentially spaced about the retainer and extend outward thereform. Each paddle is disposed between adjacent slots. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020798 | FAIRING FOR WIND TURBINE BLADE - The invention relates to a fairing adapted to be mounted on a wind turbine blade ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120020799 | OPTIMIZED AERODYNAMIC PROFILE FOR A TURBINE BLADE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A ROTARY WHEEL OF THE THIRD STAGE OF A TURBINE - When cold and in the non-coated state, the aerodynamic profile is substantially identical to a nominal profile determined by the Cartesian coordinates X,Y,Z′ given in Table 1, in which the coordinate Z′ is the quotient D/H where D is the distance of the point under consideration from a first reference plane P | 2012-01-26 |
20120020800 | OPTIMIZED AERODYNAMIC PROFILE FOR A TURBINE VANE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A NOZZLE OF THE THIRD STAGE OF A TURBINE - When cold and in the non-coated state, the aerodynamic profile is substantially identical to a nominal profile determined by the Cartesian coordinates X,Y,Z′ given in Table 1, in which the coordinate Z′ is the quotient D/H where D is the distance of the point under consideration from a first reference plane P | 2012-01-26 |
20120020801 | STRUCTURAL ELEMENT FOR AN AIRCRAFT OR SPACECRAFT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT - The present invention provides a structural element, in particular for an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising a core, the material density of which varies, at least in portions, in order to optimise the natural vibration behaviour of the structural element. The present invention further provides a method for producing a structural element, in particular for an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising the following steps: providing a structural element which has a core; determining the natural vibration behaviour of the structural element; and varying the material density of the core of the structural element, at least in portions, in such a way that the natural vibration behaviour of the structural element is optimised. The present invention provides still further an aircraft or spacecraft and a rotor blade, in particular for a wind turbine, comprising such a structural element. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020802 | COMPRESSOR BLADE OF A GAS-TURBINE ENGINE WITH A SELF-SHARPENING LEADING-EDGE STRUCTURE - A compressor blade | 2012-01-26 |
20120020803 | TURBINE BLADES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A blade for use in a wind turbine comprises a pressure side and suction side meeting at a trailing edge and leading edge, the pressure side having a pressure side surface and the suction side having a suction side surface, the pressure side surface and suction side surface for providing lift to the turbine blade upon the flow of air from the leading edge to the trailing edge and over the pressure side and suction side surfaces, the pressure side and suction side extending from a root portion to a tip portion of the turbine blade. In some situations, the root portion is non-aerodynamic. The aerodynamics of such a blade is improved with the aid of pneumatic blowing through one or more blown passages for providing pressurized air (or other fluid) to a suction side and/or pressure side of the blade. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020804 | TURBINE NOZZLE SEGMENT HAVING ARCUATE CONCAVE LEADING EDGE - Turbine nozzle segments with trimmed leading edges are disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, a turbine static nozzle airfoil includes: an arcuate concave leading edge; and a substantially flat trailing edge. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020805 | REVERSE CAVITY BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A rotor blade for a turbine engine includes an airfoil section which extends from a platform section opposite a root section, the airfoil section defines a cavity which extends from an airfoil tip section toward a root section. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020806 | OPTIMIZED AERODYNAMIC PROFILE FOR A TURBINE VANE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A NOZZLE OF THE FOURTH STAGE OF A TURBINE - When cold and in the non-coated state, the aerodynamic profile is substantially identical to a nominal profile determined by the Cartesian coordinates X,Y,Z′ given in Table 1, in which the coordinate Z′ is the quotient D/H where D is the distance of the point under consideration from a first reference plane PO situated at the base of the nominal profile, and H is the height of said profile measured from the first reference plane to a second reference plane P | 2012-01-26 |
20120020807 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOISE CONTROL IN HYDRAULIC PUMPS - A method for attenuating hydraulic pump flow pulses is described. The method includes pumping a fluid at a first hydraulic flow rate to an operating device via the pump, the flow being in the form of discrete fluid pulses. Further, the method includes obtaining values of plurality of parameters related to the pulses produced by the pump and attenuating the pulses by modifying the first hydraulic flow rate to a second hydraulic flow rate based on the obtained values. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020808 | Wireless Monitoring of Pump Jack Sucker Rod Loading and Position - Forces on and respective positions of a pump jack sucker rod are determined in real time by load cells attached to the sucker rod and a position sensor, and are stored for further processing. A wireless transmitter transmits stored load and position values, calculated process parameters, and/or exception alerts to a wireless spread spectrum receiver that can be coupled to a motor speed controller used to set the rotational speed of the pump jack motor, and/or to monitoring systems, such as a central controller used to optimize total field production. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020809 | IDLE DOWN CONTROL FOR A PRESSURE WASHER - A method of controlling the speed of an engine includes positioning a throttle at an operating position between an idle position that reduces the engine speed to an idle speed, and a normal speed position at which the engine runs at a speed greater than the idle speed, collecting a fluid within a manifold, sensing a pressure within the manifold, and adjusting the operating position of the throttle in response to the sensed pressure. When the sensed pressure is low, the throttle is moved toward the idle position and when the pressure is high, the throttle is moved toward the normal speed position. The method further includes positioning an unloader downstream of the manifold, the manifold configured in one of a first position in which the unloader directs fluid from the manifold to the pump, and a second position in which the unloader directs fluid to a point of use. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020810 | Priming Protection - Embodiments of the invention provide a pumping system for at least one aquatic application. The pumping system includes a pump, a motor coupled to the pump, and a controller in communication with the motor. The controller determines an actual power consumption of the motor and compares the actual power consumption to a reference power consumption. The controller also determines that the pump is in an unprimed condition if the actual power consumption is less than the reference power consumption and that the pump is in a primed condition if the actual power consumption is at least equal to the reference power consumption. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020811 | Fan Control - The present disclosure relates to a hydraulic fan control circuit for a machine, in particular for a motor vehicle, a construction machine or a lifting device, with at least one hydraulic pump and at least one hydraulic motor for driving at least one fan, wherein the hydraulic motor driving torque of at least one hydraulic motor is controllable by adjusting the absorption volume. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020812 | Pump Having an Electromagnetic Clutch System - A water pump includes a housing, a pumping mechanism, and a pulley that receives an input torque. Rotation of a clutch disk provides a rotational force to the pumping mechanism. A ferromagnetic clutch ring rotates in unison with the pulley. The clutch ring moves between a disengaged position and an engaged position to selectively rotate the clutch disk in response to the input torque. A magnet disposed on the clutch disk attracts the clutch ring toward the engaged position, and an electromagnetic coil is operable to selectively diminish the attraction of the clutch ring to the magnet to move the clutch ring between the engaged and disengaged positions. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020813 | MICRO COMPRESSOR - A compressor is provided. The compressor includes a housing, a valve plate, a cylinder block, piston units, a cam element, a driving shaft and a motor. The valve plate is fixed to one end of the housing. The cylinder block is rotatable relative to the valve plate and has cylinder bores disposed in a circumferential direction. A portion of the cylinder block is received in the valve plate. The piston units are disposed the cylinder bores. The cam element is fixed to the housing and is in contact with one end of the piston unit. The cam element has an inclined cam surface. One end of the driving shaft is coupled to the cylinder block. The motor is fixed to an opposite end of the housing, while a rotating shaft is coupled to an opposite end of the driving shaft. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020814 | CONTROL VALVE FOR VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - There is provided a control valve for a variable displacement compressor capable of directly connecting a plunger to a valve rod in a relatively easy way, and realizing an improvement in assemblability, reduction in costs, and the like. A connecting cylinder for directly connecting the plunger to the valve rod is provided. The valve rod is provided with a mushroom-like or flange-like part. The connecting cylinder is provided with an elastic locking piece which, by pushing the mushroom-like or flange-like part into the elastic locking piece, is pushed and opened outward in a radial direction so as for the mushroom-like or flange-like part to pass through the elastic locking piece, and which, after the passing of the mushroom-like or flange-like part, is restored to an original shape due to elasticity which the elastic locking piece has, and locks the mushroom-like or flange-like part. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020815 | COMPRESSOR AND OXYGEN CONDENSING DEVICE - Provided is a compressor, and an oxygen concentrator, that achieve low noise by which the noise does not leak directly to the exterior upon generation of compressed air through suction of raw air, and that allow reducing power consumption of a driving motor. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020816 | PUMP - A pump includes: a branch pipe extending from a pump body for branching a part of raw water introduced from outside through a raw water inlet; a first tank having an exhaust pipe of an engine accommodated therein, the raw water supplied via the branch pipe being evaporated by heat of the exhaust pipe; a second tank provided over the first tank and having the branch pipe accommodated therein, vapor produced by evaporation of the raw water in the first tank being condensed into water droplets in the second tank; and a communication pipe interconnecting the first and second tanks in communication with each other. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020817 | RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR - Provided is a reciprocating compressor having a structure in which friction losses between a shaft and a bearing can be reduced without impairing the ability of the bearing to support the shaft. A reciprocating compressor ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120020818 | AIR COMPRESSOR STRUCTURE FOR PAINT SPRAYING - An air compressor structure for paint spraying includes: a housing having an internal receiving space; an envelope body mated with the housing and having an internal chamber and an outlet in communication with the chamber; a magnetization unit disposed in the receiving space, the magnetization unit including a main body and at least one magnetic member disposed on the main body, the main body having a first end and a second end, a first winding assembly and a second winding assembly being respectively positioned on two sides of the magnetic member; and a first membrane and a second membrane disposed in the receiving space and arranged beside the first and second ends of the magnetization unit. The magnetization unit can reciprocally drive the first and second membranes to vibrate and produce compressed air. The compressed air is output and directly supplied to a paint spray gun for paint spraying operation. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020819 | BUSH BEARING FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF AND HERMETIC COMPRESSOR HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a bush bearing, a fabricating method thereof and a hermetic compressor having the same. A lubricant member of the bush bearing can be adhered onto a housing or press-fitted therein so as to remarkably increase the thickness of the lubricant member, whereby the bush bearing can be more resistant to abrasion, and upon applying the same to the compressor, abrasion of a crank shaft or the bush bearing can be reduced. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020820 | Rotary pump - A rotary pump intended to pump a fluid in a system on board a vehicle, such pump comprising a stator, a rotation axle attached both to a mechanical pumping element and a magnetic rotor, and electrical connections. The rotor, the stator and the electrical connections are overmolded in a leaktight manner with a plastic. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020821 | ROCKING PISTON TYPE COMPRESSOR - A rocking piston type compressor is provided with a piston rod, a lip ring, and a ring holding member. The lip ring includes a center portion fixed by the ring holding member, and a lip portion upwardly extending around the center portion along a periphery of the ring holding member. The ring holding member includes a flange portion covering at least a part of an upper end surface of lip portion. A back pressure introducing portion is provided in a part of the flange portion. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020822 | PERISTALTIC PUMP - A peristaltic pump system including an arcuate pressing surface, a force element that applies an occluding force towards the pressing surface, a drive mechanism that drives the force element, a diaphragm disposed between the pressing surface and the force element that defines a pump cavity, an actuator strip disposed between the diaphragm and the force element that receives the occluding force, deflects to deform the diaphragm, and occludes the pump cavity, a support structure that retains the actuator and diaphragm positions relative to the pressing surface, and a restitution mechanism that recovers the open pump cavity configuration. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020823 | ROTATING AND RECIPROCATING PISTON DEVICE - The present document describes a rotating and reciprocating piston device comprising: chambers disposed about a chamber axis, the chambers having two ends and a port for passage of a fluid at each one of the ends of the chambers; pistons having two ends, each one of the pistons slidably positioned within a respective one of the chambers thereby determining a space at either end of each piston within its respective chamber; and a track forming a closed circuit through which the chamber axis passes, the track for determining a position of a piston within its respective chamber and hence the space on either side thereof. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020824 | ROOTS SUPERCHARGER WITH A SHUNT PULSATION TRAP - A shunt pulsation trap for a Roots supercharger reduces pulsation, NVH and improves efficiency without significantly increasing overall size of the supercharger. Generally, a Roots supercharger with the shunt pulsation trap has a pair of interconnected and synchronized parallel multi-helical-lobe rotors housed in a transfer chamber with the same number of lobes for propelling flow from a suction port to a discharge port of the transfer chamber without internal compression. The shunt pulsation trap comprises an inner casing as an integral part of the transfer chamber, and an outer casing oversized surrounding the inner casing, therein housed various pulsation dampening means or pulsation energy recovery means or pulsation containment means, at least one injection port (trap inlet) branching off from the transfer chamber into the pulsation trap chamber and a feedback region (trap outlet) communicating with the supercharger outlet pressure. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020825 | DISPLACEMENT PUMP WITH SUCTION GROOVE - A displacement pump, including a pump chamber and a regulating chamber which are separated from each other by a piston, wherein the pump has a device with which fluid flowing from the pump chamber toward the regulating chamber can be drained. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020826 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ARTICLE HAVING A CAVITY - A method for producing an article ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120020827 | FERRITIC STAINLESS STEEL WITH EXCELLENT HEAT RESISTANCE - A ferritic stainless steel contains no expensive elements such as Mo and W, is free from the oxidation resistance loss caused by addition of Cu, and thereby has excellent levels of oxidation resistance (including water vapor oxidation resistance), thermal fatigue property, and high-temperature fatigue property. The ferritic stainless steel contains, in mass %, C at 0.015% or less, Si at 0.4 to 1.0%, Mn at 1.0% or less, P at 0.040% or less, S at 0.010% or less, Cr at 16 to 23%, Al at 0.2 to 1.0%, N at 0.015% or less, Cu at 1.0 to 2.5%, Nb at 0.3 to 0.65%, Ti at 0.5% or less, Mo at 0.1% or less, and W at 0.1% or less, the Si and the Al satisfying a relation Si (%)≧Al (%). | 2012-01-26 |
20120020828 | METHOD OF PREVENTING OXIDATION OF METALS IN THERMAL SPRAYING - The invention relates to a method for preventing the oxidation of metals in thermal spraying by coating the metallic powders to be used with nanocarbides, to a coating achieved using the method as well as to a method for treating the metal powder with nanocarbides. The methods according to the invention are suitable for all metal powders used in thermal spraying and, as the invention enables the use of cheaper materials, they are economically extremely advantageous. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020829 | HEAT-RESISTANT ALUMINUM ALLOY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a heat-resistant aluminum alloy including aluminum and two types of alloy elements which are combined while forming a homogeneous solid solution reinforcing phase. The disclosed heat-resistant aluminum alloy includes the alloy elements that form a homogeneous solid solution and do not have a solvus line with respect to aluminum as a matrix metal and, therefore, the formed homogeneous solid solution reinforcing phase does not react with aluminum even at a temperature up to 300° C., thus not becoming coarse or undergoing phase decomposition. Consequently, the disclosed aluminum alloy may have remarkably enhanced heat resistance. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020830 | Apparatus And Method For Using Ozone As A Disinfectant - A method of sterilizing a closed environment is provided in which an ozone generator is placed into the closed environment; it then generates ozone to a predetermined ozone concentration and increases the humidity of the closed environment. The ozone concentration is maintained at the predetermined ozone concentration for a predetermined period of time, and after the period of time has expired, the ozone is depleted. When the ozone concentration is reduced to a predetermined safe level, the ozone generator signals | 2012-01-26 |
20120020831 | AIRFLOW CONTROLLING DEVICE AND METHOD - The airflow controlling device includes a bacteria counting portion counting bacteria of a controlled space; a first smoothing processing portion performing a first smoothing process on the bacteria count; a second smoothing processing portion performing a second smoothing process on the bacteria count; a bacteria reducing capability storing portion storing a bacteria reducing capability relative to each flow rate; a first flow rate evaluating portion selecting a flow rate matching a bacteria reducing capability compatible with an increase in a bacteria count forecasted from the processing result of the first smoothing processing portion; a second flow rate evaluating portion selecting a flow rate matching a bacteria reducing capability compatible with an increase in a bacteria count forecasted from the processing result of the second smoothing processing portion; and a flow rate determining portion selecting a flow rate into the controlled space based on the flow rates selected by the first and second flow rate evaluating portions. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020832 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ABATEMENT OF ALLERGENS, PATHOGENS, AND VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS - An air treatment system including an ozone generator and a humidifier is disclosed herein. The ozone generator and the humidifier may be configured to communicate with one another. The ozone generator and the humidifier may be configured to communicate with a communications hub. The ozone generator, the humidifier and/or the hub may be configured to communicate with other devices. Methods for using the devices and systems are also disclosed. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020833 | MICROBIOLOGICALLY SOUND AND STABLE SOLUTIONS OF GAMMA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE SALT FOR THE TREATMENT OF NARCOLEPSY - Disclosed are formulations of gamma-hydroxybutyrate in an aqueous medium that are resistant to microbial growth. Also disclosed are formulations of gamma-hydroxybutyrate that are also resistant to the conversion into GBL. Disclosed are methods to treat sleep disorders, including narcolepsy, with these stable formulations of GHB. The present invention also provides methods to treat alcohol and opiate withdrawal, reduced levels of growth hormone, increased intracranial pressure, and physical pain in a patient. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020834 | Intracavity Ultrasound Probe Disinfectant System - A disinfectant system for intracavity ultrasound probes in disclosed generally including a housing, a disinfectant chamber positioned in the housing and receiving at least one ultrasound probe, a container for containing a disinfectant solution fluidly coupled to the disinfectant chamber, at least one pump for supplying the disinfection solution from the container to the disinfection chamber and from the disinfection chamber to the container, and a controller for automated operation of the disinfectant system, wherein the disinfectant solution is a multi-use disinfectant solution. A method for disinfecting intracavity ultrasound probes is also disclosed generally including placing at least one ultrasound probe into a disinfectant chamber, supplying a disinfectant solution from a container to the disinfectant chamber via a pump, and returning the solution to the container via the pump, wherein the steps of supplying and returning the disinfectant solution are controlled by a controller. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020835 | Microchip - A microchip having a substrate, a cover member joined to one surface of the substrate, and a flow path formed on at least one of joined surfaces of the substrate and the cover member, wherein the microchip includes: a well which is an first opening for communicating into the flow path with a surface opposite to the joined surface of the substrate and is arranged on the substrate; and a chimney which is a member arranged so as to project from the surface opposite to the joined surface of the substrate and has an second opening which communicating into the well, wherein a liquid rise prevention section is formed in the chimney to prevent the liquid from rising to a top portion of the chimney. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020836 | PIPETTING NOZZLE FOR AUTOANALYZER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AND AUTOANALYZER USING SAME - In an autoanalyzer for analyzing samples, such as urine and blood, analytical and measured values are prevented from being affected by carry-over caused by the repeated use of a pipetting nozzle. A molecular layer for inhibiting the adsorption of biological polymers is formed by coating surfaces of the pipetting nozzle with a polyethylene glycol derivative chemisorbed thereto, thereby reducing carry-over caused by the pipetting nozzle. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020837 | Portable Apparatus for Improved Sample Analysis - The present invention is an improved apparatus for sample analysis. The apparatus employs an assay component containing a membrane having one or a plurality of analyte-specific binding agents attached thereto, a means for absorbing liquid, and a piston means for drawing analytes through said membrane into said means for absorbing liquid. The apparatus is configured to be portable and provide a detector for detecting binding of an analyte to an analyte-specific binding agent, a plurality of data acquisition components, and a computer for integrating, analyzing and storing the detected analyte specific binding and acquired data. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020838 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS DEVICE AND DISPENSING DEVICE - An automatic analysis device | 2012-01-26 |
20120020839 | ANALYTICAL TEST ELEMENT AND PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION - An analytical test element is provided having a surface comprising a chemical detection layer on which a spreading net is disposed, the spreading net being configured to provide for the planar distribution of a liquid sample on the detection layer. The spreading net generally comprises a filament structure coated with a metallic layer that is oxidized at least on one or more surface portions thereof facing the detection layer. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020840 | DETECTION SYSTEM - A system for detecting small quantities of agent such as DNA in a larger volume of substance is disclosed. The system includes a radiation emitter arranged so as to emit radiation on to a quantity of substance containing the agent. The incident radiation excites the agent causing it to emit radiation detectable by suitable detection means. The incident and emitted radiation are directed by a light guide that also acts so as to contain the substance being monitored. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020841 | BLADED REACTOR FOR THE PYROLYSIS OF HYDROCARBONS - A bladed reactor for the pyrolysis of hydrocarbons comprises a rotor with working blades that form an axial bladed cascade, a fixed toroidal collar that adjoins the ends of said blades, and a housing that surrounds the collar and the periphery of the rotor in such a manner that a passage with an annular meridional section is formed. One or more barriers are mounted in the passage, an inlet orifice being arranged after each barrier and an outlet orifice being arranged in front of each barrier. Nozzle blades forming a nozzle cascade are mounted on the inlet side of the rotor cascade, and diffuser blades forming a diffuser cascade are mounted on the outlet side of the rotor cascade. There is a space without blades between the outlet of the diffuser cascade and the inlet of the nozzle cascade. The group of nozzle blades arranged directly after each barrier can be separated off from the remaining nozzle blades by a diaphragm such that a channel is formed connecting the corresponding inlet orifice to said group of blades, which makes it easier to start up the reactor. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020842 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING AND RECLAIMING ANAESTHETIC AGENTS AND FOR REMOVING NITROUS OXIDE FROM EXHAUST GASES - A system for collecting an anaesthetic agent, having at least one anaesthetic gas scavenging system (AGSS) for receiving exhaust gas from a plurality of sources, the exhaust gas including the anaesthetic agent to be collected, each AGSS comprising at least one power source for providing suction of the exhaust gas from the plurality of sources under negative pressure, and a central collection system for receiving the exhaust gas, the central collection system comprising at least one collector for collecting the anaesthetic agent from the exhaust gas, wherein the at least one collector is configured to adsorb the anaesthetic agent from the exhaust gas. The central collection system may be configured to received the exhaust gases from the at least one AGSS, with the central collection system being located downstream of the at least one AGSS. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020843 | VANADIUM-FREE DIESEL OXIDATION CATALYST AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - The invention relates to a method for producing a catalytic composition, wherein the catalytic composition has a high activity and selectivity with regard to the oxidation of CO and a reduced activity with regard to the oxidation of NO. The invention also relates to the catalyst produced using the method according to the invention. Finally, the invention is directed towards an exhaust-gas cleaning system which comprises the catalyst according to the invention. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020844 | Apparatus for Treating a Substance with Wave Energy from Plasma and an Electrical Arc - An apparatus for synergistically combining a plasma with a comminution means such as a fluid kinetic energy mill (jet mill), preferably in a single reactor and/or in a single process step is provided by the present invention. Within the apparatus of the invention potential energy is converted into kinetic energy and subsequently into angular momentum by means of wave energy, for comminuting, reacting and separation of feed materials. Apparatuss of use of the apparatus in the practice of various processes are also provided by the present invention. | 2012-01-26 |
20120020845 | Plasma apparatus for termination of radioactive and other wasters - The apparatus is proposed for termination of radioactive and other wastes particularly for physical processing of radioactive waste with simultaneous production of hydrogen, oxygen, and electric energy. It includes an ion divider, a plasma chamber communicated with the ion divider, a controllable hydrogen-oxygen dispenser introducing hydrogen and oxygen into the plasma chamber, transformer pipe coils, a transformer chamber surrounded by the transformer coils, the transformer chamber communicated with the plasma chamber, equipment for supplying water and steam into the transformer coils, cooling equipment for receiving ionized steam from the transformer coils and cooling the steam, a sprayer receiving the ionized steam from the cooling equipment and introducing the steam into the ion divider; and dispenser equipment for introducing radio-active wastes and/or worked-out rocket fuels into the transformer chamber, wherein the radio-active wastes and/or worked-out rocket fuels are terminated. Supplemental equipment is also illustrated and described. | 2012-01-26 |