06th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120031051 | DEVICE FOR PACKAGING A PRODUCT IN A CORRESPONDING CONTAINER | 2012-02-09 |
20120031052 | ROLL OF FOLDED WRAPPING MATERIAL - A roll of folded wrapping material such as a packaging or gift material and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The roll is constructed of a folded length of sheet material that may be wrapped about an inner core or tube. The length of the core used to form the roll of folded wrapping material can therefore be reduced to about half of the length of a core of a standard roll of wrapping material, thereby reducing the amount of shelf space needed to store the roll. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031053 | Method For Securing A Load To A Pallet With A Roped Film Web - An apparatus and method for wrapping a palletized load are provided. The apparatus preferably includes a film dispenser for dispensing a film web, at least one drive down roller configured to engage the width of the film web, and at least one roping mechanism. The at least one roping mechanism may be a cable rolling element configured to roll a portion of the film web into a rolled cable of film. The apparatus may also include an assembly for providing relative rotation between the load and the dispenser to wrap a roped portion of the film web around a base of the load/top portion of a pallet supporting the load. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031054 | ICE BAGGING SYSTEM - An ice bagging system that comprises a compressed flake nugget ice maker and an ice bagging device that receives compressed flake nugget ice dispensed from the ice maker. The ice bagging device includes at least one bag into which the compressed flake nugget ice is dropped. The ice bagging device is configured to seal and drop the bag of compressed flake nugget ice once a predetermined quantity of ice has been loaded into the at least one bag. An ice merchandiser supports at least the ice bagging device. The ice merchandiser is adapted to receive the at least one bag of compressed flake nugget ice dropped from the ice bagging device. Whereby the compressed flake nugget ice is dispensed from the ice maker directly to the bag of the ice bagging device and the at least one bag of compressed flake nugget ice is dropped directly from the ice bagging device into the ice merchandiser. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031055 | PACKAGING CONTAINERS HAVING CONFORMATION INDUCTION MEMBERS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME - Packaging containers for packaging various materials, including granular, flowable and food materials, are described herein. The packaging containers include conformation induction member(s) that are involved in controlling the contour of the filled container. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031056 | Container End Closure With Optional Secondary Vent Opening - The present invention relates to an opening device for a beverage container. More specifically, the invention relates to a metal end closure having a primary opening area and at least one optional secondary vent opening which can be opened with the same pull tab. The primary opening area of the metal end closure may be opened by utilizing a pull tab interconnected to a central panel, the pull tab being adapted for applying a downward force to form a first opening. Subsequently, the pull tab is rotated and the tail end lifted to form a second opening in the end closure. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031057 | HORSE BIT - A horse bit has a mouth bar and two control bars. The mouth bar is arched and is in the range of 5 mm to 10 mm in diameter and its length is dependent on the size of the horse. The control bars are formed integrally with, and from the same material as, the mouth bar and are located at opposed ends of the control bar. The mouth bar and the control bars are substantially coplanar. Each control bar is angled inwardly and makes an angle that is in the range of 75° to 90° with the adjacent portion of the mouth bar. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031058 | FILTER ARRANGEMENTS; HOUSINGS; ASSEMBLIES; AND, METHODS - Air cleaner and preferred components for an air cleaner are provided. In certain arrangements, a band is permanently mounted to the media pack, surrounding the media. Also, the cartridge is non-circular and includes a radial seal thereon. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031059 | FILTER ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED GASKET - A filter gasket seals at least one mitered corner of a filter frame having a substantially planar first surface and an adjacent side surface. The gasket comprises at least first and second elongated gasket segments formed from compressible material. Each segment has a substantially planar surface adapted to contact the substantially planar first surface of the filter frame. The first and second gasket segments also each include an end which, when brought into joined engagement with the end of the other gasket segment, forms an interlocking miter joint to seal the at least one mitered corner of the filter frame. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031060 | AIR CLEANER ARRANGEMENTS; COMPONENTS; AND, METHODS - An air cleaner assembly and components therefor are described. The components include features of an air cleaner housing; advantageous main filter cartridges; and, advantageous safety filter cartridge features. Features of the main filter cartridge are provided to engage an access cover of the assembly, and a cartridge support within the housing, in a preferred manner. Methods of assembly and use are also described. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031061 | Honeycomb Manufacturing Method Using Ground Nut Shells And Honeycomb Body Produced Thereby - A method of manufacturing a honeycomb body is disclosed having the steps of mixing inorganic source materials, a nut shell pore former, and forming aids to form a plasticized batch, wherein the nut shell pore former has a particle size distribution with 20 μm≦d | 2012-02-09 |
20120031062 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURAL BODY - An object of the present invention is to provide a honeycomb structural body which is low in pressure loss and can prolong a period up to a regenerating process. The present invention is directed to a columnar honeycomb structural body comprising a large number of through holes placed in parallel with one another in a length direction with wall portion interposed therebetween, wherein: each of the through holes has one of ends sealed; one end face of the through hole differs in opening area from the other end face thereof; a ceramic material which constitutes the wall portion has an average pore diameter in a range from 5 to 30 μm; and the rate of capacity of micro pores each having a pore diameter two or more times larger than the average pore diameter is set to 30% or less of the capacity of the entire micro pores. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031063 | LOW-BASIS-WEIGHT FILTER MEDIA FOR AIR FILTERS - An object of the present invention is to improve a problem of the decrease in the internal tearing strength and water repellency in accordance with the decrease in the basis weight of a filter medium for air filters, and to provide a filter medium for air filters that can also address a demand for flame retardancy. The low-basis-weight filter medium for air filters according to the present invention is characterized by glass short fibers (A) and short fibers of hydrophobic chemical synthetic fibers each having a fiber diameter of 5 μm or less (B), as raw material fibers of the filter medium, by a mass ratio (A/B) in the range of from 70/30 to 95/5; a hydrophobic synthetic resin-based binder is added to the filter medium by 3 to 10 parts by mass of with respect to 100 parts by mass of the raw material fibers; and the filter medium has a basis weight of from 25 g/m | 2012-02-09 |
20120031064 | DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOWER WITH ROTARY CUTTER DISKS - A crop harvesting header includes a cutter bar mounted on a frame carrying a plurality of generally horizontal cutter disks. The cutter bar includes a first longitudinally extending hollow gear case and a second longitudinally extending hollow gear case divided at a position along the length of the cutter bar so as to form first and second separate sections. Each gear case includes a gear train of spur gears to drive the cutter disks. On each section the outermost disk is connected to an upstanding drive shaft with a right angle gear box connected to an upper end with a drive transfer shaft connecting the first and second gear boxes, an input hydraulic drive motor to the first gear box and an output shaft and the second gear box for driving the conditioner. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031065 | Agricultural Machine to Rake Agricultural Products - An agricultural machine to rake a mass of hay, or other agricultural product, including at least a trailer-mounted frame, and an arm on which a plurality of operating tools are rotatably mounted. The arm is constrained to the frame so as to selectively move between a first operating condition in which the operating tools are in cooperation with the ground, and a second inactive condition in which the operating tools are raised from the ground in a position substantially parallel to the ground itself. The agricultural machine includes articulation members, interposed between the frame and the arm and includes a first positioning portion attached to the frame and a second positioning portion to which the arm is constrained. The first positioning portion and the second positioning portion are pivoted with respect to each other by elements of an articulation pin, in order to move the arm between the two conditions, operating and inactive. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031066 | CHOPPING CORN STALKS AND LIKE CROP RESIDUE - A method of lifting corn stalks from a field surface and chopping the corn stalks with a rotary mower comprises configuring blades of the blade assembly such that as the blade assembly rotates, air is drawn upward under the mower deck; configuring the rotary mower such that an area of a circle defined by a circular path of outer tips of blades of the blade assembly is greater than 60 square feet; and rotating the blade assembly such that the outer tips of the blades move at a speed greater than 20,000 feet per minute and such that the air drawn upward under the mower deck draws corn stalks up from the field surface into contact with the blades. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031067 | TURBULATED ARRANGEMENT OF THERMOELECTRIC ELEMENTS FOR UTILIZING WASTE HEAT GENERATED FROM TURBINE ENGINE - Disclosed is a turbulated arrangement of thermoelectric elements for utilizing waste heat generated from a turbine engine. The turbulated arrangement of thermoelectric elements is located within the turbine casing at a heat exhaust end of the turbine engine. The turbulated arrangement of thermoelectric elements convert heat exhaust generated from the turbine engine into electrical energy. In one embodiment, the electrical energy generated from the turbulated arrangement of thermoelectric elements can be used to power electrical components located about the turbine engine. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031068 | COMPRESSED AIR PLENUM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A compressed air supply system for routing compressed air from a compressor to at least one combustor of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The compressed air supply system may be formed from one or more plenums having an upstream end in fluid communication with an inner chamber of the compressor in which air is compressed and having a downstream end in fluid communication with the at least one combustor. Channeling compressed air through the plenum reduces damage to other components by confining the compressed air within the plenum. An upstream end of the plenum may be sealed to at least a portion of the compressor, and a downstream end of the plenum may be sealed to at least a portion of one or more combustors. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031069 | COMBINED CYCLE POWER GENERATING DEVICE - A combined cycle power generating device in which the exhaust heat of the gas turbine reheats the steam discharged out of the high pressure chamber of the steam turbine so that the reheated steam is supplied to the intermediate-pressure chamber in order to increase the power output of the steam turbine, wherein the cooling steam that has cooled the gas turbine is supplied to the intermediate-pressure chamber via a cooling steam inlet different from the inlet of the reheat steam that is reheated by the exhaust heat of the gas turbine, so that the cooling steam is used for cooling purpose, the temperature of the cooling steam being higher than the temperature of the steam discharged out of the high pressure chamber. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031070 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING PLASMA AND USING PLASMA IN A ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELD - Systems and methods establish plasma in a rotating magnetic field. An exemplary embodiment is a plasma thruster that establishes a first transverse magnetic field with respect to a system axis of a plasma propulsion system; establishes a second transverse magnetic field oriented orthogonally to the first transverse magnetic field, wherein the second transverse magnetic field is out of phase with the first transverse magnetic field; and establishes a magnetic field aligned with the system axis using a plurality of magnet elements oriented along the system axis. A plasma containment portion defines an interior region, wherein an interior region of a plasma containment portion accommodates a plasma that is established by a rotating magnetic field component that is cooperatively established by the first transverse magnetic field and the second transverse magnetic field, and wherein the plasma is accelerated out of the plasma containment portion by magnetic forces to generate a propulsion force. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031071 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A TURBOREACTOR NACELLE - The invention relates to a system for controlling a plurality of actuators ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120031072 | Target Particulate Matter Filter Regeneration and Temperature Control System - A regeneration system includes a particulate matter (PM) filter loading module that determines a current soot loading level of a PM filter. A PM filter temperature module determines a temperature of the PM filter. An exhaust flow rate module determines an exhaust flow rate of the PM filter. A control module deactivates an air pump of an air pump circuit and operates an engine within a predetermined range of stoichiometry based on the current soot loading, the temperature and the exhaust flow rate. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031073 | Supply arrangement for supplying an exhaust gas system with a solution including a reduction agent, an internal combustion engine, a generator uint and a method as well as a control arrangement therefor - In a supply arrangement for supplying a solution containing a reducing agent, in particular urea, to an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine wherein a supply line extending from a storage tank to an injector which is connected to the exhaust gas system includes an operating tank and a dosing arrangement, a return line extends between the dosing arrangement and the storage tank and the dosing arrangement includes a directional valve for directing solution to the injector during a first operating mode in which the engine is operating and, in a second operating mode in which the engine is shut down, directing the solution back to the storage tank for emptying the operating tank. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031074 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGENERATING A PARTICLE FILTER - A method and device for monitoring and controlling the regeneration of a particle filter in an exhaust gas duct of an internal combustion engine which has a three-way catalytic converter downstream of the particle filter, wherein the particle filter is regenerated by oxidative burning of the particles during a regeneration phase, wherein oxygen consumption is balanced, directly or indirectly, during the regeneration phase via the temporal variation of a first signal of a first lambda probe, which is arranged upstream of the particle filter, in comparison to the temporal variation of a second signal of a second lambda probe, which is arranged downstream of the particle filter. A lambda value of λ=1 is set downstream of the three-way catalytic converter during the regeneration of the particle filter by means of lambda control and the second lambda probe which is arranged downstream of the three-way catalytic converter. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031075 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING OXYGEN STORAGE CAPACITY - The oxygen storage capacity of an oxygen store associated with a catalytic converter of a combustion engine is computed by forming an integral which begins at the time of a changeover in the exposure, e.g., from rich to lean, and ends when the output signal of a post-catalytic converter lambda probe is less than a threshold value. A correction is performed to take into a consideration a time offset in the signals of the post-catalytic converter lambda probe. In particular, the time offset is measured to determine a time at which the integration should have been terminated, wherein this time is inferred retroactively. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031076 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REGENERATING A PARTICLE FILTER - A method for the targeted initiation of a regeneration of a particle filter in an exhaust-gas duct of an internal combustion engine which has a catalytic converter downstream of the particle filter in the flow direction of the exhaust gas, the regeneration of the particle filter taking place by means of an oxidative burn-off of the particles during the regeneration phase. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031077 | PM SENSOR, PM AMOUNT SENSING DEVICE FOR EXHAUST GAS, AND ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Provided is a PM sensor capable of sensing the amount of particulate matter, and a PM amount sensing device for exhaust gas. Also provided is an abnormality detection apparatus for an internal combustion engine, which is capable of sensing abnormality of a particulate filter. The PM sensor and the PM amount sensing device are mounted in an exhaust pipe of an internal combustion engine. In the exhaust pipe, installed are an air-fuel ratio sensor, a filter, and an air-fuel ratio sensor in sequence in the direction of the flow of exhaust gas. The filter is a compact filter for trapping fine particles. The ECU has a function of calculating a difference ΔI | 2012-02-09 |
20120031078 | SENSOR CONTROLLER - A sensor controller for a particulate matter detection sensor includes a signal output circuit connected to the particulate matter detection sensor such that a sensor detection value is changeable in a predetermined output range by the signal output circuit, a heater configured to heat an attachment portion so as to burn and remove particulate matter attached to the attachment portion, a learning portion for calculating a sensor standard value in a state where the resistance between a pair of opposed electrodes is reduced based on an obtained sensor detection value and for storing the sensor standard value as a learning value, and a correcting portion for correcting the sensor detection value based on the sensor standard value stored by the learning portion. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031079 | HYBRID POWERTRAIN SYSTEM INCLUDING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND A STIRLING ENGINE - An exhaust aftertreatment system for treating an exhaust gas feedstream of an internal combustion engine includes a catalytic converter, a fluidic circuit and a Stirling engine. The Stirling engine is configured to transform thermal energy from a working fluid heat exchanger to mechanical power that is transferable to an electric motor/generator to generate electric power. The Stirling engine is configured to transform mechanical power from the electric motor/generator to thermal energy transferable to the working fluid heat exchanger. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031080 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING PEAK TEMPERATURE IN A VEHICLE PARTICULATE FILTER - A vehicle includes an internal combustion engine having an exhaust port, a regenerable particulate filter in fluid communication with the exhaust port, and a host machine which calculates a predicted peak temperature in the particulate filter. The host machine automatically executes a control action when the predicted peak temperature exceeds a calibrated threshold, thus preventing the peak temperature from being realized. A soot model may be used to estimate filter soot loads and corresponding burn rates, with the host machine extracting information from the soot model to calculate the predicted peak temperature. A system for use aboard the vehicle includes the particulate filter and host machine configured as noted above. A method for use aboard the vehicle includes calculating a predicted peak temperature in the particulate filter using the host machine, and automatically executing a control action when the predicted peak temperature exceeds a calibrated threshold. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031081 | Method and apparatus for reducing harmful emissions from combustion - The preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a combustion engine that combines unburned fuel elements in a pulsating engine exhaust stream into a catalytic converter resulting in reduced nitrous oxide and carbon monoxide emissions over an extended life of the catalytic converter. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031082 | INTEGRATED HEATER ASSEMBLY FOR A TANK, METHODS FOR INSTALLING AND MANUFACTURING SUCH AN ASSEMBLYAND A VEHICLE INLUDING SUCH A HEATER ASSEMBLY - An integrated heater assembly ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120031083 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING DIESEL ENGINE EXHAUST GAS - An apparatus for treating Diesel engine exhaust gas includes a filter unit which is located in the upstream side of a flow passage in a Diesel engine exhaust duct, the filter unit being composed of a plural number of filter chambers which are thermally insulated from each other and selectively opened for admission of the exhaust gas. Located in the downstream side is a nitrogen oxide treatment section to induce reactions between nitrogen oxides and reductant gas components of the exhaust gas. The exhaust gas is admitted into one of the filter chambers in one time period to trap particulate material on a filter in a filter chamber while letting reductant gas components of the exhaust gas pass through toward the nitrogen oxide treatment section which is located in the downstream side. In the nitrogen oxide treatment section, reducing reactions are induced between nitrogen oxides and reductant gas components of the exhaust gas in the presence of a nitrogen oxide reduction catalyst. Concurrently, in a filter chamber which is disconnected from an exhaust gas inlet passage, a heater is turned on to burn off particulate matter trapped on a filter in a filter chamber. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031084 | TANK ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - A tank assembly includes a tank defining a chamber that is configured to store a selectively variable volume of liquid. A positive temperature coefficient heater is disposed within the chamber. A source of electrical energy is in selective electrical communication with the heater and is configured to transfer electrical current to the heater. A controller is operatively connected to the heater and is configured to monitor the amount of electrical current to the heater. The controller is programmed to determine the volume of liquid in the chamber based on the amount of current transferred to the heater. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031085 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFYING CATALYST - An exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes two catalyst layers containing a fire resistant inorganic compound carrying a catalyst component in an exhaust gas passage of a base material provided with the exhaust gas passage penetrating through the base material from the exhaust gas introduction port side to discharge port side, wherein each catalyst layer is formed by supporting the catalyst component on a different fire resistant inorganic compound, a catalyst layer extended from the exhaust gas introduction port side to the exhaust gas discharge port side and a catalyst layer extended from the exhaust gas discharge port side to the exhaust gas introduction port side are formed such that the catalyst layers are overlapped on each other and the exhaust gas introduction port side is coated only with one of the catalyst layers and the exhaust gas discharge port side is coated only with the other. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031086 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY DISENGAGING A CLUTCH TO PROTECT ENGINES FROM DAMAGE - Embodiments of the present invention are generally related to methods and devices for use with vehicles that include a clutch, a transmission, a slave cylinder, a master cylinder and an engine. In accordance with an embodiment, a device includes a primary piston configured to urge hydraulic fluid into a slave cylinder, when the primary piston is moved from a first position to a second position, to thereby disengage the clutch from the transmission. The primary piston is normally movable from the first position to the second position by hydraulic actuation of a master cylinder. A secondary piston is configured to selectively apply force to the primary piston, to move the primary piston from the first position to the second position, when the secondary piston is selectively actuated. The secondary piston can be selectively actuated by a secondary fluid, such as a compressed gas. Methods and devices are used to selectively disengage the clutch from the transmission when an operating condition that can be damaging to the engine is detected. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031087 | HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT WITH MULTIPLE PUMPS - A hydraulic circuit includes at least one actuator that may be powered for performing a function. A plurality of valves are associated with the at least one actuator for controlling a flow of fluid into and out of the at least one actuator. The hydraulic circuit also includes multiple pumps for supplying fluid to the at least one actuator. The multiple pumps includes a first pump for primarily powering the at least one actuator for movement in a first direction and a second pump for primarily powering the at least one actuator for movement in a second direction, opposite the first direction. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031088 | HYDRAULIC DRIVE SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A hydraulic drive system for a construction machine allows automatic changes of the operational characteristics of a boom directional control valve by judging whether or not a hydraulic boom cylinder needs driving pressure at the time of a boom lowering operation. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031089 | Axial Bearing For Use In A Hydraulic Device, A Hydraulic Transformer And A Vehicle With A Hydraulic Drive System - An axial bearing between a first part and a second part that presses with an axial load against the first part and can rotate around a rotation axis relative to the first part comprising a circular or arc-shaped ridge on the first part centered around the rotation axis, a pressure source for providing pressurized hydraulic fluid on a first side of the circular or arc-shaped ridge, an adjustable gap between the circular or arc shaped ridge and a bearing surface on the second part, wherein the pressurized hydraulic fluid flows through the adjustable gap to a second side of the circular or arc-shaped ridge. In accordance with the invention the circular or arc-shaped ridge or the bearing surface include a ridge chamber for locally creating a larger adjustable gap between the circular or arc-shaped ridge and the bearing surface. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031090 | CIRCULAR MOVEMENT ELECTRICITY GENERATING MACHINE - Hydraulic strength machine in circular movement generating electricity in two different generation spots and mechanical strength machine in circular movement generating electricity, being that that the hydraulic strength machine in circular movement generating electricity in two different generation spots | 2012-02-09 |
20120031091 | HIGH EFFICIENCY ENERGY CONVERSION - A high efficiency energy conversion system disclosed herein incorporates a piston assembly including a sealed cylinder for storing a working fluid and an energy conversion element attached to the piston assembly. A kinematic mechanism such as a cam lobe or a scotch yoke may be used as the energy conversion element. In one implementation, the kinematic mechanism may be configured to provide rapid piston expansion in a manner so as not to allow the expanding working fluid inside the piston to achieve thermodynamic equilibrium. In an alternate implementation, the kinematic mechanism is further adapted to generate a compression stroke in a manner to provide the working fluid inside the piston to achieve thermodynamic equilibrium conditions throughout the compression stroke. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031092 | Internal combustion engine and method for operating an internal combustion engine - In an internal combustion engine with a high pressure exhaust gas turbocharger and a low pressure exhaust gas turbocharger connected in series, a bypass line including a blow-off valve extending around the high pressure and connected to the turbine of the low pressure exhaust gas turbocharger so that the exhaust gas can be conducted into a first inlet flow passage of the low pressure turbine in radial direction of the turbine wheel, the low pressure exhaust gas turbocharger comprises a second inlet flow by means of which the exhaust gas from the high pressure is directed onto the turbine wheel of the low pressure exhaust gas turbocharger in an axial or semi-axial flow direction. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031093 | Large water turbine - This invention captures hydrokinetic energy to do work such as produce electricity. The hydrokinetic flow exerts a torque on a turbine wheel. The wheel causes a set of tanks to rotate around a horizontal centerline. Working fluid drains from tanks near the top of the wheel to drive a conventional turbine before draining into lower tanks. Although a mechanical power transmission driven by the turbine wheel is simpler in concept, scale up to large slowly rotating wheels encounters increasingly difficult design problems: transmission of 1 kW at 1 rpm requires 6,959 ft-lb. In contrast, the conventional turbine of the fluid drive system provides mechanical power for use at a much higher speed than the turbine wheel. Therefore, very large engines can be built without a step-up transmission or components that must withstand extremely large torque loads. One unit can produce reliable 24/7 utility-scale base-load electrical power. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031094 | SOLAR RECEIVER HAVING BACK POSITIONED HEADER - A solar receiver includes at least two receiver panels having a common outer front surface for receiving incident solar radiation from a field of mirrors. The receiver panels include an array of side by side arranged heat exchange tubes which have a substantially straight main portion which extend in an upwards longitudinal direction and an inwards extending portion for a connection to an input or output header for respectively distributing or collecting fluid to or from the heat exchange tubes. The receiver panels are spaced apart in the upwards direction at a distance of Z cm. The header for the solar receiver is spaced behind the front surface at a distance of A cm, wherein the quotient of Z and A, Z/A, at the most equals the quotient of a vertical V and a horizontal H distance, V/H, from the header to a most far positioned mirror. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031095 | ABSORBER PIPE FOR THE TROUGH COLLECTOR OF A SOLAR POWER PLANT - The absorber pipe | 2012-02-09 |
20120031096 | Low Grade Heat Recovery from Process Streams for Power Generation - Methods are described for generating electrical power from low grade heat sources from refining and petrochemical processes, including overhead vapors from vapor-liquid contacting apparatuses such as distillation columns, absorbers, strippers, quenching towers, scrubbers, etc. In many cases, these overhead vapors exit the apparatuses at a temperature from about 90° C. (194° F.) to about 175° C. (347° F.). Rather than rejecting the low temperature heat contained in these vapors to cooling air and/or cooling water, the vapors may instead be used to evaporate an organic working fluid. The vapors of the working fluid may then be sent to a turbine to drive a generator or other load. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031097 | MULTI-PREMIXER FUEL NOZZLE - The present application provides a fuel nozzle for use in a gas turbine. The fuel nozzle may include a mounting flange, a number of premixers attached to each other, and a number of gas pathways extending from the mounting flange to the number of premixers. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031098 | FUEL NOZZLE WITH CENTRAL BODY COOLING SYSTEM - A fuel nozzle for turbine engine includes a cooling shroud located at the downstream end of the fuel nozzle to help cool the downstream end of the fuel nozzle. The cooling shroud surrounds the exterior circumference of the downstream end of the fuel nozzle. A flow of air is admitted into the cooling shroud and the flow of air travels in the downstream direction through a first passageway which covers the exterior of the fuel nozzle. The cooling air flow then turns 180° and travels in the upstream direction through a second passageway which is located concentrically outside the first passageway. The airflow then leaves the upstream end of the cooling shroud and enters the interior of the fuel nozzle. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031099 | COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A TURBINE ENGINE AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING SAME - A combustor assembly that includes a combustor liner having a centerline axis and defining a combustion chamber there within. A plurality of fuel nozzles extends through the combustion liner. An annular flowsleeve is coupled radially outward from the combustor liner such that an annular flow path is defined between the flowsleeve and the combustor liner. The flowsleeve includes a forward surface that extends between an upper endwall and a lower endwall. The upper endwall is positioned a first distance from the plurality of fuel nozzles. The lower endwall is positioned a second distance from the plurality of fuel nozzles that is different than the first distance. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031100 | Generating Power Using an Ion Transport Membrane - In some implementations, a system may include a compressor, a heat exchanger and an ITM. The compressor is configured to receive an air stream and compress the air stream to generate a pressurized stream. The heat exchanger is configured to receive the pressured stream and indirectly heat the pressurized stream using heat from an oxygen stream from an Ion Transport Membrane (ITM). The ITM is configured to receive the heated pressurized stream and generate an oxygen stream and the non-permeate stream, wherein the non-permeate stream is passed to a gas turbine burner and the oxygen stream is passed to the heat exchanger. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031101 | GAS TURBINE WITH FLOW SEPARATION AND RECIRCULATION - A method is provided for CO | 2012-02-09 |
20120031102 | TURBINE COMBUSTOR WITH FUEL NOZZLES HAVING INNER AND OUTER FUEL CIRCUITS - A combustor cap assembly for a turbine engine includes a combustor cap and a plurality of fuel nozzles mounted on the combustor cap. One or more of the fuel nozzles would include two separate fuel circuits which are individually controllable. The combustor cap assembly would be controlled so that individual fuel circuits of the fuel nozzles are operated or deliberately shut off to provide for physical separation between the flow of fuel delivered by adjacent fuel nozzles and/or so that adjacent fuel nozzles operate at different pressure differentials. Operating a combustor cap assembly in this fashion helps to reduce or eliminate the generation of undesirable and potentially harmful noise. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031103 | Combustor and the Method of Fuel Supply and Converting Fuel Nozzle for Advanced Humid Air Turbine - A fuel control device and method of a gas turbine combustor, for advanced humid air turbines, in which plural combustion units comprising plural fuel nozzles for supplying fuel and plural air nozzles for supplying air for combustion are provided. A part of the plural combustion units are more excellent in flame stabilizing performance than the other combustion units. A fuel ratio, at which fuel is fed to the part of the combustion units is set on the basis of internal temperature of the humidification tower and internal pressure of the humidification tower to control a flow ratio of the fuel fed to the plural combustion units. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031104 | TURBINE ENGINE - A turbine engine is disclosed herein. The turbine engine includes a starter/generator operable to deliver rotational power in a first mode of operation and to generate electrical power in a second mode of operation. The turbine engine also includes an accessory gear box mechanically coupled to the starter/generator. The turbine engine also includes a shaft mechanically coupled to the accessory gear box such that the accessory gear box is operably disposed between the shaft and the starter/generator. The turbine engine also includes a clutch operably disposed between the accessory gear box and the starter generator. The clutch is operable to slip in and out of full engagement in response to a first predetermined level of torque between the starter/generator and the accessory gear box. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031105 | PRESSURE-ACTUATED PLUG - A plug for regulating a flow of gas in a system is disclosed. The plug includes a housing disposed on a temperature boundary in a system. The housing defines a passage for flowing gas therethrough. The plug further includes at least one pressure-actuated valve disposed in the passage and movable between an open position and a closed position. The at least one pressure-actuated valve moves from the open position to the closed position as the pressure of the gas increases and moves from the closed position to the open position as the pressure of the gas decreases. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031106 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TEMPERATURE WITHIN A TURBINE SYSTEM - A system includes a radiation detector array configured to direct a field of view toward multiple conduits within a fluid flow path from a turbine into a heat exchanger. The radiation detector array is configured to output a signal indicative of a multi-dimensional temperature profile of the fluid flow path based on thermal radiation emitted by the conduits. The system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the radiation detector array. The controller is configured to determine a temperature variation across the fluid flow path based on the signal, and to compare the temperature variation to a threshold value. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031107 | THERMAL GENERATOR USING MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIAL - A thermal generator ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120031108 | MAGNETIC REFRIGERATING DEVICE AND MAGNETIC REFRIGERATING SYSTEM - The magnetic refrigerating device according to one embodiment includes a fixed container filled with a refrigerant, the fixed container including a magnetic material container that is filled with a magnetic material and that can move in the fixed container and an elastic member provided at the end of the magnetic material container. The magnetic refrigerating device also includes a magnetic-field applying/removing mechanism that is provided at the outside of the fixed container, and that can apply and remove a magnetic field to and from the magnetic material and can generate a magnetic torque to the magnetic material container in moving direction of the magnetic material container. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031109 | Magnetocaloric refrigerator - The invention is for an apparatus and method for a refrigerator and a heat pump based on the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) offering a simpler, lighter, robust, more compact, environmentally compatible, and energy efficient alternative to traditional vapor-compression devices. The subject magnetocaloric apparatus alternately exposes a suitable magnetocaloric material to strong and weak magnetic field while switching heat to and from the material by a mechanical commutator using a thin layer of suitable thermal interface fluid to enhance heat transfer. The invention may be practiced with multiple magnetocaloric stages to attain large differences in temperature. Key applications include thermal management of electronics, as well as industrial and home refrigeration, heating, and air conditioning. The invention offers a simpler, lighter, compact, and robust apparatus compared to magnetocaloric devices of prior art. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031110 | CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR COUPLING STRUCTURE - For providing a refrigerator coupling structure for enabling attaching/detaching and re-cooling of the refrigerator in a short time-period, by suppressing a heat movement from the refrigerator at the room temperature to an object to be cooled, which is cooled down to cryogenic temperature when attaching a cryogenic refrigerator thereon, while suppressing a volume of heat invasion into the object to be cooled, it has a heat contact portion having a flexible portion at least in a part thereof, which is coupled with a cold stage of the cryogenic refrigerator | 2012-02-09 |
20120031111 | DIRECT CONTACT TURBO-CHILL CHAMBER USING SECONDARY COOLANT - An appliance system that includes an appliance and a turbo-chilling chamber is provided. In one embodiment, the turbo-chilling chamber for chilling a beverage within a beverage container or a foodstuff is operably engaged to an interior surface of the appliance and typically includes a rigid outer wall; a flexible inner wall defining a coolant chamber; and at least one coolant spaced between the rigid outer wall and flexible inner wall in the coolant chamber. The flexible inner wall defines a receiving space, accommodates various sized beverage containers or foodstuffs, and moves between a first position and a second position. The coolant within the coolant chamber is typically at higher than atmospheric pressure when the flexible inner wall is in the second position and a lesser pressure when the flexible inner wall is in the first position. The method of turbo-chilling a beverage container/beverage/foodstuff within the turbo-chilling chamber is also provided. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031112 | TURBO-CHILL CHAMBER WITH AIR-FLOW BOOSTER - An appliance system including an appliance and a turbo-chilling chamber is provided. The turbo-chilling chamber has a main body portion that typically includes: a rigid distal wall surrounding a foodstuff receiving space that accommodates variously sized foodstuffs (beverage containers); a rigid inner wall having at least one aperture along the length thereof and surrounding the foodstuff when the foodstuff is within the foodstuff receiving space; and a rigid intermediate wall between the rigid inner wall and the rigid distal wall that defines a coolant chamber between the rigid distal wall and the rigid intermediate wall and also defines an air cooling channel between the rigid intermediate wall and the rigid inner wall. A fan moves air through the air cooling channel and the at least one aperture and past the foodstuff. A method of turbo-chilling a foodstuff/beverage container/beverage within the turbo-chilling chamber is also provided. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031113 | Method and apparatus for regeneration water - Ice condensed in a portion in a case in which a cryogenic refrigerator is installed, which is cooled by the cryogenic refrigerator, is melted by increasing a temperature of the ice to a melting point of the ice or higher. Then, while the temperature of the melted ice and a pressure thereof are kept to be equal to or higher than a freezing point of water, the pressure is reduced by rough evacuation so as to vaporize water. At a time at which the water is discharged, the pressure is further reduced so as to discharge water vapor. In this manner, regeneration of water is performed in accordance with a state of the water (i.e., a solid state, a liquid state, and a gas state), thereby shortening a regeneration time. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031114 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING CLEAR ICE - A method for making clear ice comprising: filling a water sump to a predetermined level; contacting a refrigerant to an evaporator; circulating water from the sump over the evaporator to form ice on the evaporator; monitoring the water level in the sump; and monitoring the conductivity of the water in the sump to determine if the conductivity of the water is equal to or greater than a predetermined conductivity valve, (i) if the conductivity is not equal to or greater than the predetermined conductivity valve and if the water level reaches a predetermined lower water level, then complete the ice making cycle and initiate the harvest cycle; or (ii) if the conductivity is equal to or greater than the predetermined conductivity valve and if the water level has not reached a predetermined lower water level, then add additional water to the water sump. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031115 | LOW PRESSURE CONTROL FOR SIGNALING A TIME DELAY FOR ICE MAKING CYCLE START UP - A method of making ice in an ice making machine comprising: (a) compressing vaporized refrigerant, cooling the compressed refrigerant to condense it into a liquid, feeding the condensed refrigerant through an expansion device and vaporizing the refrigerant in an evaporator to create freezing temperatures in an ice-forming mold to freeze water into ice in the shape of mold cavities during an ice making mode; (b) heating the ice making mold to release the ice therefrom in a harvest mode by separating vaporous and liquid refrigerant within a receiver interconnected between the condenser and the expansion device and feeding vapor from the receiver to the evaporator, wherein the ice-forming mold, evaporator and receiver are disposed in an ice machine unit, and the compressor and condenser are disposed in a condensing unit; (c) determining if the ice making machine is on and if an ice bin switch is closed: if the ice machine is on and the bin switch is closed, then check a low pressure switch: if the low pressure switch is not closed, then return to step (i) above; or if the low pressure switch is closed, then set a time delay for a predetermined time delay; and (d) determining if the predetermined time delay has elapsed: if the predetermined time delay has elapsed, then return to step (d); or if the predetermined time delay has elapsed, then initiate another the ice making mode. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031116 | System and Method for Accurately Recharging an Air Conditioning System - A method of adding refrigerant to an air conditioning system. The method includes measuring a first pressure inside of the air conditioning system and a second pressure inside of a container that holds refrigerant being added to the air conditioning system. The method also includes comparing the difference between the two measured pressures to empirical data in order to determine how long to pulse additional refrigerant into the air conditioning system. In addition, an apparatus configured to add refrigerant to an air conditioning system. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031117 | EVAPORATIVE COOLER MEDIA KIT AND METHOD OF USE - Evaporative cooler media kits and methods of use are disclosed. The media kit is for providing replacement media for use in one or more of a plurality of evaporative coolers. The media kit comprises a plurality of main media components, a plurality of distribution media components, a first width adjustment component, and a second width adjustment component. The method is for installing replacement media in an evaporative cooler is disclosed. The method comprises arranging a plurality of main media components side by side within the opening of the frame, inserting at least one distribution media component in a first gap extending between a top surface of the main media components and a top of the frame, and inserting at least one width adjustment component in a second gap extending between a side surface of the main media components and a side of the frame. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031118 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POWER CONTROL OF IONIC CLEANERS FOR ICE MACHINES USING PULSE WIDTH MODULATION - A method for decontaminating air in an ice making machine, comprising: controlling the level of ozone outputted from an ozone generator by modulating the voltage using pulse width modulation; and contacting the air with the ozone. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031119 | ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE COOLING SYSTEM - A heat transfer fluid can be cooled using the atmospheric thermal lapse rate. The heat transfer fluid can be ascended to a predetermined altitude above ground level where a temperature of the atmosphere is less than a temperature at the ground level. The heat transfer fluid can be cooled to a predetermined temperature by heat exchange between the heat transfer fluid and the atmosphere. The heat transfer fluid can then be descended to ground level while inhibiting heat transfer with the atmosphere tending to warm the cooled fluid. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031120 | Defrosting a Freezing Unit and Liquid Purification - A method and system for liquid purification and defrosting a freezing unit harvests energy released as heat from a condenser. Liquid received from a source into a first liquid storage container is heated using heat collected from the condenser using at least one heat conducting rod. A second liquid storage container connected to the first liquid storage container is maintained at a lower temperature than the first liquid storage container. As a first portion of heated liquid is transferred from the first liquid storage container to the second liquid storage container, bacteria in the first portion of heated liquid is denatured as a result of the temperature change, and the liquid is purified. Filters may also be used to improve purification. A second portion of heated liquid is transferred between the first liquid storage container and a freezing unit via at least one heat conducting pipe causing defrosting of the freezing unit. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031121 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AIR CONDITIONER - In an air conditioner having a refrigerant conducted in a cooling circuit, the cooling circuit includes, but is not limited to at least one vaporizer situated on a low-pressure side, a condenser situated on a high pressure side, a compressor connected between low-pressure side and high pressure side, and a thermostatic expansion valve connected between high pressure side and low pressure side, furthermore, an inner heat exchanger being provided for transferring heat from the refrigerant on the high-pressure side to refrigerant on the low-pressure side, and the thermostatic expansion valve having a head with a control filling, the characteristic curve of the control filling having a slope s with approximately 0.75 bar/10° C.≦s≦1.05 bar/10° C. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031122 | Method to improve heating temperature of heat pump and second-type high temperature absorption heat pump - The method to improve the heating temperature of heat pump and the second-type high temperature absorption heat pump both belong to the field of heat pump technology. We can get the corresponding second-type high temperature absorption heat pump based on the second-type low temperature absorption heat pump as following ways. In the second-type low temperature absorption heat pump, we add the new added steam bleeding chamber, the new added absorber, then new added throttle or the new added liquid refrigerant pump, the new added solution pump and the new added solution heat exchanger. And some pipes are connected in a reasonable way. Or we adjust the connection of some pipes too. Then we can achieve correspondingly the three-stage high temperature second-type absorption heat pump or the high temperature second-type absorption heat pump with multi-terminal heating or the recuperative high temperature second-type absorption heat pump by combining some other components. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031123 | Heat Transfer Arrangement and Electronic Housing Comprising a Heat Transfer Arrangement and Method of Controlling Heat Transfer - A heat transfer arrangement ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120031124 | EDGE-LIT INDICATOR FOR AN APPLIANCE DISPENSER - An indicator for a dispenser is disclosed. The indicator includes at least one display layer having at least one display surface surrounded by at least one edge surface, the at least one display layer being transparent in a direction of the at least one edge surface; at least one light source configured to transmit light through the at least one display layer in the direction of the at least one edge surface; and at least one pattern portion disposed in the at least one display surface such that light from the at least one light source is redirected through the at least one pattern portion. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031125 | ENERGY-SAVING SYSTEM AND CONTAINER DATA CENTER INCLUDING THE SAME - An energy-saving system includes first and second infrared emitters, first and second infrared receivers, an air conditioner, and a controller. The infrared receivers send out detecting signals when the infrared receivers do not receive infrared signals of the infrared emitters. The controller controls the air conditioner to adjust temperature in a container data center according to the order of receiving the detecting signals of the first infrared receiver and the second infrared receiver. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031126 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN ICE MAKER - A system for ice making includes a controller, a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, a water sump, a curtain disposed adjacent to the evaporator, a water distributor in communication with the water sump to draw water from the water sump and distribute the water over the evaporator during an ice making cycle, a water level sensor disposed in the water sump. The water sensor detects a high water level and signals the controller to initiate an ice making cycle, the sensor further detects a low water level in the sump and signals the controller to terminate the ice making cycle and initiates a harvest cycle. The system further includes a curtain sensor disposed about the curtain that detects when a harvest cycle has ended and sends a signal to a controller to fill the sump with water. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031127 | Defrost Fan Control Device - A defrost fan control device for a refrigerator is provided. The device comprises a container, a heat exchanger, a chamber, a suction pump, a condensate spraying device, an evaporation coil, and a blower. The suction pump is for sucking up the condensate from the container. The condensate spraying device is for spraying the condensate sucked up by the suction pump within the chamber. The evaporation coil is disposed around the condensate spraying device such that the condensate from the suction pump lands on an inner surface of the evaporation coil and evaporates the condensate. The blower is for inducing air flow within the chamber, whereby the evaporated condensate is exhausted from the chamber. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031128 | Heating And Cooling Circuit With Self Heat-Up Function For Air-Conditioning System Of Electric Vehicle - The presently disclosed invention uses a heating and cooling circuit to produce both heating and cooling effects through one single air-conditioning unit. It operates in one refrigeration cycle to provide both heating and cooling effects to control the temperature in an electric vehicle's passenger compartment. It also includes a self heat-up component to prevent the outside heat exchanger from getting frozen when the outside temperature drops below 32° F. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031129 | TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED COMPARTMENT AND METHOD FOR A REFRIGERATOR - A secondary loop temperature control circuit for a temperature-controlled region in a compartment of a refrigerator is shown. The secondary loop temperature control circuit has a reservoir, configured to have a medium flow there through. A first heat exchanger is in flow communication with the reservoir and is configured to have the medium flow there through. The first heat exchanger is in thermal communication with the temperature-controlled region. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031130 | RELAY UNIT AND AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A relay unit connected to one or a plurality of outdoor units and a plurality of indoor units by different pipeline systems, respectively, so as to exchange heat between a refrigerant circulating through the outdoor unit and a heat medium different from the refrigerant and to circulate the heat medium through the indoor unit, provided with a valve block unit in which a plurality of valve blocks integrated with at least a plurality of branch pipes connected to the indoor unit, a plurality of main pipes which become channels for the heat medium relating to the heat exchange, and heat medium flow direction switching devices that switch the main pipes to communicate with the branch pipes are connected. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031131 | Vehicle, in particular motor vehicle, having absoption refrigerating machine - A motor vehicle has a drive device or engine which generates waste heat. An air conditioning system cools a passenger compartment and/or at least one component of the vehicle. The cooling device is designed as an absorption refrigerating machine which utilizes the waste heat from the drive device, in particular as a diffusion absorption refrigerating machine. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031132 | TRAILER REFRIGERATING APPARATUS - A generator ( | 2012-02-09 |
20120031133 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner having a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a radiator, a pressure-reducing device and an evaporator, a total heat exchanger for performing heat-exchange between outdoor air and air under cooling operation using the evaporator for a room to be air-conditioned, and for ventilating the room to be air-conditioned, and a desiccant rotor having a moisture adsorbing area for adsorbing moisture in the outdoor air when the outdoor air is introduced, and regenerating the moisture adsorbing area by heat of the radiator, the outdoor air successively flowing through the total heat exchanger, the evaporator and the moisture adsorbing area in this order and then entering the room to be air-conditioned. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031134 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An indoor unit includes a heat exchanger provided on the downstream side of a fan and formed with a plurality of lower end portions in a vertical cross section from the front side to the back side of a casing, a plurality of drain pans provided below the lower end portions of the heat exchanger and configured to collect drain water occurring on the heat exchanger, and a drain channel provided between the drain pans and configured to be a flow channel of the drain, and a connecting port to which a drain hose configured to drain the drain water collected by the drain pans to the outside of the casing, and one of the drain pans is arranged to a level equal to or higher than the level of the other drain pan, and the drain channel is provided on the drain pan arranged on the back side of the casing. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031135 | Apparatus for Producing Flake Ice and Method for Cleaning, Descaling and/or Disinfecting an Apparatus for Producing Flake Ice - An apparatus for producing flake ice from a liquid is, and a process for cleaning an apparatus for producing flake ice are disclosed. The apparatus is equipped with a rotatably disposed evaporator roller, a shaft on the evaporator roller, the shaft transmitting a torque from a drive unit to the evaporator roller, with a scraper to remove ice formed from the liquid on the surface of the evaporator roller, with a pan to receive the liquid, in which pan the evaporator roller is at least partially immersed, and with a cleaning device to effect cleaning, descaling, and/or disinfection. The cleaning device includes at least one supply inlet for a cleaning liquid discharging into the pan, and one circulation device that circulates the cleaning liquid in the pan and creates a flow on the part of the cleaning liquid in the pan. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031136 | REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator is provided. Usability and efficiency of a storage space are improved in the refrigerator. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031137 | FROZEN BEVERAGE DEVICE - A frozen beverage device has a container and sealable cover to convert a liquid, such as a non-alcoholic or alcoholic beverage into an at least semi-frozen slurry containing ice crystals. Freezing devices, which may have a range of shapes, contain refrigerant to form a thin layer of ice/ice crystals on the deformable walls of the freezing devices, the ice crystals being released therefrom due to agitation of the liquid by shaking/rotation and/or squeezing on the container and/or cover. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031138 | WATER SUPPLY APPARATUS IN REFRIGERATOR - A water supply apparatus arranged in a door of a refrigerator, for conveying water to an icemaker of the refrigerator. The apparatus has a water tube for delivering water from a water source, a support block attached to an inner surface of the door, a fill tube assembled to the support block and in fluid communication with the water tube, and a gasket disposed between the support block and the door for sealing an insulator in the door. The gasket has a hole through which the fill tube extends to convey the water from the water tube to the icemaker. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031139 | INDOOR UNIT OF AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An indoor unit includes a casing having a suction port formed on an upper portion and a blow-out port on a lower side of a front surface portion, an axial-flow or mixed-flow fan provided on the downstream side of the suction port in the casing, and a heat exchanger provided in the casing at a position on the downstream side of the fan and on the upstream side of the blow-out port. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of fins arranged side by side with predetermined gaps therebetween and a plurality of heat-transfer tubes penetrating through the plurality of fins. The heat exchanger is configured in such a manner that the air-flow resistance of an area facing the outer peripheral side of the fan is larger than the air-flow resistance of an area facing a center portion of the fan. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031140 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM THEREOF - Disclosed herein is an thermal management system for an electric vehicle, comprising a heat generating component cooling device and a heat pump device, wherein the heat pump device comprises a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a throttling element and a second heat exchanger which are connected through pipelines and form a loop; the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger are both dual channel exchanger, two channels of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger are sealed and isolated respectively, first channels of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger communicate with other components of the heat pump device through pipelines; the heat generating component cooling device communicates with second channels of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger respectively to form loops which can be closed, and the two loops formed by the heat generating component cooling device with the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger respectively can be open alternatively. The thermal management system of the present invention can ensure full use of the heat from heat generating components in the electric vehicle and improve the cooling effect of the heat generating components and the comfort of the cabin. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031141 | Fluid Machine, and Refrigerant Circuit and Waste Heat Utilization Device Using the Fluid Machine - [Purpose] To provide a fluid machine, and a refrigerant circuit and a waste heat utilization device using the fluid machine, whereby the size and cost of a Rankine circuit and thus of the waste heat utilization device can be reduced while preventing an abnormally high pressure from being developed in the Rankine circuit and also improving starting performance of the Rankine circuit. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031142 | Ice Bag with Air Release Valve for Therapeutic Treatment - A system simultaneously applies compression and cooling to a body part. An ice bag has a removable cap for inserting ice and removing water. An air release valve in the cap allows release of air from the ice bag without removing or loosening the cap. A compression wrap is a unitary sheet of elastic material having a central body with straps extending therefrom. A hole in the central body receives the neck of the ice bag, which is positioned over the body part. The unitary body and straps of the sheet apply pressure via the ice bag. Air released into the ice bag from melting ice is removed via the air release valve without disturbing the compression wrap or the cap. The compression wrap contracts to compensate for the volume of the released air, thus maintaining continuous pressure on and thermal contact with the body part. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031143 | PROCESS AND APPARTUS FOR REMOVING GASEOUS CONTAMINANTS FROM GAS STREAM COMPRISING GASEOUS CONTAMINANTS - An apparatus and process for removing gaseous contaminants from a feed gas comprising methane and gaseous contaminants, in which the feed gas is cooled to obtain a slurry comprising solid contaminant, liquid contaminant and a methane enriched gaseous phase. The slurry is introduced into a separation device from which the methane enriched gaseous phase is removed. The slurry is diluted with liquid contaminant and passed through a heat exchanger wherein solid contaminant is melted into liquid contaminant. A stream comprising liquid contaminant is removed from the separation device at a position below the slurry level in the separation device by means of a pump and at least part of the removed liquid contaminant is recovered as a stream product and at least part is recycled and introduced into the separation device to dilute the slurry inside the separation device. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031144 | Cryogenic System For Removing Acid Gases From A Hydrocarbon Gas Stream, and Method of Removing Acid Gases - A system for removing acid gases from a raw gas stream the system includes a cryogenic distillation tower. The tower receives and separates the raw gas stream into an overhead methane stream and a bottom liquefied acid gas stream. Refrigeration equipment downstream of the cryogenic distillation tower cools the overhead methane stream and returns a portion of the overhead methane stream to the cryogenic distillation tower as liquid reflux. The system also may include a first molecular sieve bed upstream of the distillation tower and a second molecular sieve bed downstream of the distillation tower. The first molecular sieve bed adsorbs water while the second molecular sieve bed adsorbs additional acid gases from the cooled overhead methane stream. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031145 | Method of fabricating decoratively-cracked glass vessels - A method of fabricating a decoratively-cracked glass vessel includes gathering a gob of molten glass and depositing the molten-glass gob into a pre-form mold. A quantity of gas is injected into the pre-form mold in order to form the gob into a pre-form vessel having at least one pre-form wall defining a pre-form vessel exterior surface and a pre-form vessel interior surface defining a pre-form cavity. The self-supporting, but still hot, pre-form vessel is removed from the pre-form mold and a surface of the pre-form vessel is rapidly cooled in order to crack in the cooled surface. The heated pre-form vessel is situated within a finish mold and a quantity of gas is injected into the pre-form cavity in order to seal cracks and form the pre-form vessel into a finished vessel having at least one finished vessel wall defining finished vessel interior and exterior surfaces between which cracks are visible. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031146 | Method of fabricating randomly-colorized glass vessels - A method of fabricating a randomly-colorized glass vessel includes gathering an initial gob of molten primary glass. A quantity of secondary-glass particles is introduced into the initial gob in order to form a particle-containing gob. The secondary-glass particles are made from a secondary glass that contrasts in color with the primary glass. The particle-containing gob is then heated sufficiently to melt the secondary-glass particles and create flows of the secondary glass within the primary glass. Once the desired flows have been created, the gob of primary and secondary glass is introduced into a vessel-defining mold. The mold is sealed and a quantity of gas is injected into the mold in order to form the gob of primary and secondary glass into a vessel. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031147 | Method and Apparatus for Machining Thin-Film Layer of Workpiece - An apparatus for machining a thin-film layer of a workpiece, which is a transparent glass on which a thin-film layer is disposed on a top surface thereof, includes a workpiece-underside support mechanism for supporting the workpiece in a vertical direction by an air floatation mechanism and a suction mechanism, a clamp device for gripping the workpiece so as to follow the movement in the vertical direction of the workpiece, and a machining head for machining the thin-film layer with a laser beam. The machining head machines the thin-film layer on the top surface of the workpiece by irradiating the workpiece with a laser beam entering through the underside of the workpiece. Further including nozzles, the thin-film layer is machined while the cooling medium is delivered from the nozzles disposed by the thin-film layer side. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031148 | Method and apparatus for detecting accidental stops of the yarn on a knitting line - A knitting line comprises a plurality of yarn feeders from which a downstream machine draws respective yarns. The machine is provided with selection elements adapted to vary the state of selection of the yarn feeders in relation to the angular position of the machine. Each of the yarn feeders is provided with a stationary drum and with a yarn count sensor arranged to generate a pulse per each yarn loop unwound from the drum. A selection signal is periodically sent to the yarn feeders, which is indicative of the state of selection of the individual feeders in relation to the angular position of the machine. For each of the selected feeders, a threshold time interval is continuously calculated, which corresponds to the maximum interval between two successive pulses, above which it should be regarded that an accidental stop of the yarn has occurred, and is updated in real time as a function of the yarn-drawing speed, the delay from the last pulse is continuously measured and compared with the updated threshold time interval, and the downstream machine is stopped when the measured delay exceeds the updated threshold interval. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031149 | TEXTILE WITH LEATHER THREADS - A textile made according to this invention includes two thread systems, such as a weft and a warp system, one of the threads systems including a yarn made of a leather filament. The textile can be woven using a plain or complex pattern and its yarns can have different colors to achieve an esthetically pleasing look. | 2012-02-09 |
20120031150 | LAUNDRY MACHINE - The present application relates to a laundry machine, which comprises a tub ( | 2012-02-09 |