08th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110041426 | System and methods for providing a waterproofing form for structural waterproofing - The present system and method enables water entering a dwelling or structure to be contained and removed, while preventing evaporation of the water into the interior of the dwelling. Embodiments of the present invention can comprise a waterproofing system comprising a waterproofing form, affixable to a first surface of a wall at a mounting angle, and comprising a vapor barrier retainer for detachably affixing a vapor barrier to the waterproofing form, and a gutter channel, disposed at a pitch angle, and in fluid communication with the first surface of the wall, the vapor barrier, and a collection area, where the pitch angle and the mounting angle are the same angle, and where the pitch angle causes the water to flow through the gutter channel to the collection area for removal. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041427 | GLAZING PANEL - An insulating glazing panel including two glass panes held in spaced apart relation by a peripherally extending assembly including a spacer (including profile lengths, corners and at least one connection) and a first sealant. The two glass panes and the assembly define a first, closed interpane space and a second, open interpane space. A second sealant is provided in the second, open interpane space and coats the assembly. The thickness of the second sealant coating the majority of the spacer's outermost points that are not at a corner or connection position is less than or equal to 1 mm; and the thickness of the second sealant adjacent to the glass panes, measured parallel to the glass panes from the spacer's outermost point level at the majority of the positions that are not a corner or a connection, is more than 1 mm. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041428 | ROOF STRUCTURE FOR A SOLAR SYSTEM - A roof structure ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110041429 | PROFILES FOR FIXING RIGID PLATES - The present invention relates to profiles for attaching rigid plates, especially photovoltaic modules, to a roof and to a method and system for attaching photovoltaic modules to a roof structure with the help of profiles. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041430 | INTEGRATED STORM SHUTTER INCLUDING LATCH PIN CORNER CONNECTION AND/OR CENTER LOUVER SUPPORT RAIL - A shutter having a unitary frame formed by four perimeter rails, each having a receptacle at each of its distal ends, with four connection members, each having structure inserted into and secured within one receptacle of each of two of the perimeter rails. Optionally, a latch pin is movable through a guide hole formed in one of the corner connection members. A further option is louvers extending through a center support. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041431 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING WINDOWS AND DOORS IN TIMBER FRAME CONSTRUCTION - A timber frame panel ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110041432 | SLEEVE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING - Herein is disclosed a sleeve system and methods of using the system. The system uses an elongated open-ended sleeve, and mounting plate parts which mate with each other to form a mounting plate and which are securable to each other and to a wall. The mounting plate thus formed comprises a collar which, when the mounting plates parts are secured together, presses against portions of the outer surface of the sleeve to hold the sleeve in place. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041433 | Method to Compress Prefabricated Deck Units with External Tensioned Structural Elements - A structural system comprised of prefabricated deck units spaced along longitudinal load-carrying members with tensioned structural elements, typically anchored in longitudinal load-carrying members, which produce longitudinal axial compression in these units. During construction, prefabricated deck units are erected on top of and supported by the longitudinal load-carrying members via leveling devices. Leveling devices permit relative motion between the longitudinal load-carrying members and the prefabricated deck units, except at two ends of a structural unit, where deck connection units are connected to longitudinal members. In the longitudinal direction, each girder line contains more than one girder or girder segment and the girders or girder segments are not continuous during tensioning. The girder support allows the girder or girder segments to move in the longitudinal direction. When the tensioned structural elements are stressed, the longitudinal component of the tensioned structural element can become compression in the deck. Tensioned structural elements in the girder or girder segments are deviated relative to the horizontal plane of the prefabricated deck units, subsequently enhancing the load-carrying capacity of the longitudinal load-carrying members. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041434 | Cafe - A café may include a food purchasing area, a primary dining area, and a primary child play area. The primary child play area may be defined by at least one wall positioned within a central region of the primary dining area. The wall(s) may be substantially transparent. Seats may be positioned around the primary child play area to enable parents to view children within the primary child play area. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041435 | JOINING ELEMENT BETWEEN MODULES FOR CONSTRUCTIONS - Flexible joining element for constructions for placing between contiguous parts of said construction in order to transmit vertical or horizontal loads, which includes at least one body made of braided and pressed steel strands that support said loads, with said braided and pressed steel strands being characterised by a deformation-tension curve that has a zone of shallower slope A and a zone of steeper slope B, with said body using in relation to said curve the zone of greater slope B, thus providing a material especially suited for the stacking of prefabricated modules for construction, particularly due to its deformation-tension characteristics and its high level of predictability which make it very practical for predicting the response of the structure. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041436 | Removable attachment system for buildings - The present invention discloses an attachment system for use in a building comprising a plurality of first wall sections, a plurality of horizontal planks resting on the first wall sections, and a plurality of second wall sections resting on the horizontal planks. The system includes a plurality of threaded rods holding the system together, and may be made of concrete or similar material. The system may be disassembled and reassembled without affecting the structural integrity of the building. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041437 | Foundation stabilization system for manufactured housing - A foundation system for bracing a manufactured home on its foundation is disclosed comprising a plurality of vertically stacked blocks stacked on footings, and a plurality of elongated braces connected to the mobile home and a foundation footing. A plurality of elongated braces comprising unitary brace tubes, flexible joints, and footing anchor tabs at first ends of the brace tubes, and adapted to connect to an I-beam of the home at a second remote end of the brace tube. Each footing anchors including a major leg and a minor leg, the major and minor legs being flattened to form an anchor tab intersecting the longitudinal axis of the brace tube at an acute angle of inclination. The flexible joint provides a degree of rotation of the brace tube relative to the anchor tab so that the angle of inclination may be changed. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041438 | CONSTRUCTION OF A WIND ENERGY PLANT - A wind power plant with a tubular tower, wherein the tubular tower will be or is arranged above a foundation body, preferably arranged in the ground, and the tubular tower has a tower foot flange, which is or will be connected with the foundation body by means of a flange connection, on its bottom side. The wind power plant is characterized in that at least one injection hose is or will be arranged in the area of the top side of the foundation body facing the tower foot flange, in particular on the top side of the foundation body, or at least one injection hose is or will be arranged on the top side between the tower foot flange and the top side of the foundation body facing the tower foot flange or a connection part is provided in the foundation Body. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041439 | APPARATUS, ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FORMING A DECORATIVE FEATURE ON A STRUCTURE - There is disclosed apparatus for use in forming a decorative feature on a structure, and a method of forming a decorative feature on a structure. In an embodiment of the invention, apparatus ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110041440 | Shutter with side pull bar - A shutter having a rectangular frame, and louvres, and with a side pull bar located along one edge of the frame and connected to the adjacent ends of the louvres, the louvres being pivotally mounted in the frame in parallel relation to one another, and being rotatable between open and closed positions, and having a pull bar having a plurality of hinge assemblies, a hinge sleeve member at one end on each louvre, each respective hinge assemblies being engaged with a respective sleeve member, and an anti rotation formation on each sleeve member engaging the interior of its respective louvre so as to to retain said sleeve member in its respective louvre. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041441 | Fastener for lightweight concrete panel and panel assembly - The lightweight concrete panel is comprised of a thin concrete slab, a standard stud frame, optional insulation strips to increase its thermal performance for exterior wall applications, and specially engineered blind rivets or screws that connects the thin concrete slab to the metal frame. The specially engineered blind rivet has a protruding and shaped head that can act as an anchor when embedded in the hardened concrete slab and has an optional elastic cover in its embedded head to allow slight movement of the concrete slab. The engineered screw with an elastic cover can also be used as the connecting device that allow slight movement of the concrete slab. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041442 | Fastener for lightweight concrete panel and panel assembly - The lightweight concrete panel is comprised of a thin concrete slab, a standard steel stud frame, optional insulation strips to increase its thermal performance for exterior wall applications, and specially engineered blind rivets or screws that connect the thin concrete slab to the metal frame. The specially engineered blind rivet has a protruding and shaped head that acts as an anchor when embedded in the hardened concrete slab and has an optional elastic cover in its embedded head to allow slight movement of the concrete slab. The engineered screw with an elastic cover can also be used as the connecting device that allows slight movement of the concrete slab. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041443 | NON-COMBUSTIBLE REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS LIGHTWEIGHT PANELS AND METAL FRAME SYSTEM FOR ROOFING - A roofing system including horizontal or sloped metal framing members, for example, C-joists, U-joists, open web joists, or other metal frame systems that support a reinforced, lightweight, dimensionally stable SCP panel. The roofing system is non-combustible, water durable, mold and rot resistant, termite resistant and is capable of resisting shear loads equal to or exceeding shear loads provided by plywood or oriented strand board panels. The panels employ one or more layers of a continuous phase resulting from the curing of an aqueous mixture of inorganic binder, for example, calcium sulfate alpha hemihydrate, hydraulic cement, an active pozzolan and lime. The continuous phase is reinforced with glass fibers and contains lightweight filler particles, for example, ceramic microspheres. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041444 | Convection baffle for hollow blocks - The convection baffle for hollow blocks increases the R-value of a hollow block when one or more convection dampers are received within passages defined through the hollow block. The convection baffle includes an upper wall having laterally opposed first and second side edges, a lower wall having laterally opposed first and second side edges, first and second laterally opposed sidewalls, and a central wall having opposed upper and lower edges. The convection baffle is substantially G-shaped. The convection baffle decreases convection current flow within the passage of the hollow block to increase the overall R-value of the hollow block. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041445 | Shingle with Interlocking Water Diverter Tabs - A shingle includes a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, an upper end, a lower end, a first side, and a second side. The body has a width defined as the distance between the first and second sides and a length defined by the distance between the upper and lower ends. In a preferred embodiment, the shingle also includes a water diverter tab attached to the first side for channeling water onto the top surface of a lower adjacent shingle, and a recess adjacent to the second side for receiving the water diverter tab of a laterally adjacent shingle in an interlocking manner. An anchor tab attached to the second side secures the lower ends of adjacent, interlocked shingles. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041446 | Shingle and Method of Using the Shingle - A shingle and a method of roofing using a plurality of the shingles. The shingle comprises an upper surface comprising an attachment area and an exposed area having a coating and an inking. The attachment area is in a plane lower than a plane of the exposed area and extends longitudinally along a top of the exposed area and horizontally along a side of the exposed area. The shingle comprises a bottom surface opposite the upper surface and an adhesive layer applied to a length of the attachment area adjacent to the exposed area. The shingles are attached to each other by the adhesive layer. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041447 | LINKING SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A LINK BETWEEN BUILDING ELEMENTS - The invention concerns a linking system ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110041448 | CASTED CONCRETE STONE WITH OPPOSED MOLDED TEXTURED SURFACES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A casted concrete stone having opposed parallel surfaces formed in a mold and wherein the opposed parallel surfaces have a molded textured surface. The concrete stone is fabricated by a dry-cast concrete mold wherein a profiling plate is provided with mold bottom wall formations each having a textured outer surface. A bond release film or spray or permanent coating is provided on the textured outer surface of the mold bottom wall formations. Mold forming side walls are disposed about the mold bottom wall formations. After the mold is filled with a dry-cast concrete mixture a top plate, having mold top wall formations, is disposed over the mold forming side walls with the mold top wall formations disposed inside respective ones of the molds to close the molds. Pressure and vibration is applied to compact the dry-cast concrete whereby to form a dry-cast concrete stone with opposed molded textured surfaces. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041449 | Concrete anchor - An anchor for attaching a structure to a concrete structure, comprises an anchor rod having a lower threaded portion for being embedded in a concrete structure and an upper portion for extending outside the concrete structure; an anchor body including a first threaded central opening for threadedly receiving one end portion of the lower threaded portion; and a support including a floor. The support includes a second central threaded opening through the floor portion for threadedly receiving another end portion of the lower portion. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041450 | Concrete anchor - An anchor for supporting a load comprises an anchor rod having a lower threaded portion for being embedded in a concrete structure and an upper portion for extending outside the concrete structure; a metallic body attached to the lower portion, the body including a top surface and a bottom surface joined by a vertical side surface; and the side surface including at least one shoulder extending therefrom. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041451 | BUILDING SUPPORT SYSTEM - A roofing support system includes a spacer bracket having a lower edge adapted to pierce through a layer of insulation to abut in direct contact with a purlin, a fastener that fastens the spacer bracket to the purlin, and an upper portion adapted to support a beam above the insulation layer and in spaced relationship to the purlin. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041452 | Edge-molding system for floor coverings - An edge molding providing an edging for a floor covering such as a carpet, rug, tile and the like floor coverings comprising a stepped-molding which attaches to a subfloor edge through a hook and loop means to provide an edge molding for a floor covering which floor covering is attached to the subfloor through a means of a hook and loop arrangement. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041453 | Method of framing a wall penetration - A method of affixing a frame around a wall penetration such as a window box before siding panels are affixed to the wall. The frame has front and back faces and inner and outer edges, a primary channel extending along the outer edge, and a flange extending along the outer edge, The steps include: placing the window frame around the window box; affixing the flange to the wall; placing a first panel against the wall and inserting a vertical edge of the first panel into a primary channel of the frame; affixing the first panel to the wall; inserting a vertical edge of a second panel into the primary channel and engaging a longitudinal edge of the second panel with a longitudinal edge of the first panel; affixing the second panel to the wall; and repeating steps until the all sides of the frame engage siding panels. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041454 | DOOR, METHOD OF MAKING DOOR, AND STACK OF DOORS - A door, method of making a door, and stack of doors includes providing a door having front and back skins that have differing, but complementary profiles, one for the front side of the door and one for the back side of the door where each allows and fits onto the other, while still providing direct contact in the stile and rail zones of the door permitting conventional door layup practices. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041455 | Gusset plate construction - A method of constructing plates from tetrahedral and or pyramid shaped cups joined to one another at their base perimeter in an array and joined at their apexes to a flat sheet resulting in a rigid plate with open tetrahedral or pyramid shaped cups on one side and a flat surface on the other. Between the cup shape and flat sheet pipes and or wires may be run. The plates may be made in any size and various materials. Joining of the shapes may be as molded or secondary by fasteners, gluing or welding. Variations of the method include mirroring said tetrahedral or pyramid shaped cups joined at the base and joining them at their apexes with or without a flat sheet between. In addition the sheets may be curved. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041456 | ROTARY CONVEYOR COMPRISING A GRIPPER MECHANISM - The components of a rotary conveyor ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110041457 | HOT PUNCH ASSEMBLY FOR PROVIDING AN OPENING IN PACKAGING MATERIAL - A punch assembly is provided in a form, fill, and seal machine that provides a package that includes a sealed end portion and contains an article. The punch assembly includes a housing, and a heat sink provided in and retained by the housing, where the heat sink includes a punch tip that is to provide an opening in the sealed end portion of the package. The punch assembly also includes a coil heater contacting the heat sink to provide heat to the heat sink and the punch tip, where one or more air gaps are provided between the housing and the heat sink to prevent heat transfer from the heat sink to a seal jaw assembly of the form, fill, and seal machine. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041458 | STEPLESS ADJUSTABLE FILM PACKING DEVICE - A stepless adjustable film packing device for a roll of film without a reel includes a first tube and a second tube. The first tube is formed with a first threaded portion. The second tube is formed with a second threaded portion corresponding to the first threaded portion of the first tube for engaging with the first threaded portion. Thereby, the length of the film packing device is adjustable by adjusting the first threaded portion with respect to the second threaded portion according to the width of a roll of film. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041459 | Method and Apparatus for Producing Wrapped Bales - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing wrapped bales. Bales ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110041460 | Film For Stretch Hood Applications And Method For Using Same - Provided are films wherein at least one layer of the film comprises a first polymer component and a second polymer component. The first polymer component comprises propylene-derived units and ethylene-derived units and/or a C4 to C20 alpha-olefin. The second polymer component comprises ethylene-derived units and a units derived from a co-polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated ester. The films are particularly useful in stretch hood applications. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041461 | PACKAGING MATERIAL DISPENSER - A packaging material dispenser includes a brake arm with a horizontal portion that rests across the width of the peripheral surface of a roll of packaging material and includes a cutting tool arranged on the brake horizontal portion to aid in cutting across the width of the packaging material. The cutting tool is a slider-cutter that rides along a channel along the horizontal portion to enable the slider-cutter to ride within the channel to cut the packaging material. In another approach, the cutting tool is a stationary tear initiator configured to initiate a tear at one edge of the packaging material to facilitate tearing across the rest of the width of the packaging material. The brake arm is rotatably connected to a mast of the dispenser capable of holding at least one roll of packaging material on a support arm and allowing rotation of the roll thereabout. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041462 | INFLATABLE DEVCIE WITH AIR BAG AND A PACKAGING METHOD BY USING THE SAME - An inflatable device with air bag includes an air bag, two first assembly portions and two second assembly portions. The two first assembly portions are respectively fastened at two sides of the air bag, and the two second assembly portions are respectively fastened at another two sides of the air bag. The two second assembly portions correspond to the two first assembly portions. Thereby, by utilizing the assembly portions to repeatedly assemble the air bags, the dimension of the inflatable device with air bag is quickly expanded to a proper size to wrap the objects with different sizes. It prevents the object from being impacted, and achieves the waterproof effect and the moisture-proof effect. A packaging method by using the inflatable device with air bag is also disclosed. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041463 | Cigarette Packing Machine for Producing a Rigid, Hinged-Lid Packet - A cigarette packing machine for producing a rigid packet with a hinged lid has a first packing unit which folds a first blank about a group of cigarettes to form an outer container with a hinged lid; and a second packing unit which folds a second blank about the outer container to form a tubular slide surrounding the outer container to slide axially with respect to the outer container; the tubular slide has a transmission member, in turn having a first end integral with the lid, a second end opposite the first end and integral with the slide, and a deformable intermediate portion having a U-shaped fold between the outer container and the slide. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041464 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEALING PACKING CONTAINERS - A method for clearing stalled containers in a taping or other container sealer includes the steps of (i) conveying a container to a sealing station, (ii) sealing the container with a sealer at the sealing station as the container travels through the sealing station, (iii) detecting a stalled container in the sealing station, and (iv) raising the sealer upon detection of a stalled container in the sealing station to relieve the stalled condition so that the container travels through the sealing station and is sealed by the sealer. Raising the sealer can clear the stalled container, thereby minimizing or eliminating events that require an operator's attention. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041465 | Cap Tightening Mechanism and Capping System and Method Incorporating Same - A mechanism for tightening a partially threaded cap on a container passing along a production line. The mechanism includes a first member having a first end and a second end. The first end being structured to be coupled at or near the production line and the second end being rotatable with respect to the first end. The mechanism further including a second member coupled to the second end of the first member and rotatable therewith. The second member having a plurality of cap engaging portions, each of the cap engaging portions being structured to engage the partially threaded cap on a container passing along the production line in a manner that tightens the partially threaded cap. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041466 | STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING A DISPOSABLE VACUUM BAG - The present invention provides a storage system having a storage device having at least one polymeric sheet sealed along a portion of its' periphery to provide an opening to a storage space; a resealable closure structure adapted to seal the opening to the storage space, the resealable closure structure comprising selectively engaging male and female profiles and a sealing compound comprising liquid silicone and at least one filler in proportions suitable for at least incidental contact to food items contained within the storage space; a vacuum valve assembly disposed on the polymeric sheet; a stand-off structure disposed adjacent to the vacuum valve assembly, wherein the stand-off structure has a series of raised surfaces facing the vacuum valve assembly; a portable vacuum pump assembly structured to engage the vacuum valve assembly; and a liquid separator assembly coupled to the portable vacuum pump assembly. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041467 | Ice bagging apparatus - An ice bagging apparatus ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110041468 | Smoke Evacuation System - A smoke evacuating system for use during surgical procedures, particularly minimally invasive procedures involving the use of a laser or cautery at a surgical site having an associated higher than ambient pressure, wherein the system includes a filter with a site side and an outlet side and a fluid conduit extending between the surgical site and the filter. The filter includes a filter media and a housing substantially surrounding the filter media with a space between the filter media and the housing to collect condensed vapor. The filter exhibits low resistance or a low pressure drop and resists fluid flow, whereby the higher than ambient pressure is not substantially diminished and generates a fluid flow in the fluid flow path tending to carry smoke to and through the filter. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041469 | Ceramic Radial Wall Flow Particulate Filter - The present disclosure relates to radial wall flow particulate filters comprised of ceramic material. The filters include a filter body that has a plurality of adjacent troughs circumferentially arranged around a longitudinal axis. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041470 | FLUID ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING A PURIFICATION ELEMENT - This invention relates to a fluid assembly comprising a fluid handling device ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110041471 | ELECTRET WEBS WITH CHARGE-ENHANCING ADDITIVES - Electret webs are presented which include a blend of a thermoplastic resin and a charge additive. The charge additives include ester-substituted and amide-substituted trianilino triazine materials. The webs prepared from the blends may be in the form of films or non-woven fibrous webs. Non-woven microfiber webs are useful as filtration media. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041472 | AUGER STRIPPER ARRANGEMENT FOR CORN HEAD - A corn head includes plural pairs of first and second laterally spaced rotating stalk rolls each having outer fluting and plural outer arrays of spaced knife members extending along the length of each stalk roll. Corn stalks are directed by rotating pick-up cones each disposed forward of a respective stalk roll into the space between adjacent stalk rolls, where the stalks are directed downwardly through the inter-roll space and are reduced by the cutting action of the rotating knives. Each pick-up cone and its associated stalk roll rotate in opposite directions as do the two stalk rolls. Disposed above and extending along the length of the stalk rolls are a closely spaced upper auger and stripper plate which remove an ear of corn from the stalk and direct the ear to the combine for further processing. A skid plate is disposed adjacent a lower, forward portion of each pick-up cone. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041473 | Apparatus And Method For In Situ Gas-Phase Preparation And Predetermined Deflagration Of Nitrocellulose - An apparatus and method for in situ gas-phase formation and deflagration of nitrocellulose. A nitrating agent such as nitric acid and cellulose are delivered separately to a reaction chamber, where a brief heating pulse initiates nitration of the cellulose and deflagration of the nitrocellulose thus produced. Discharge of the high-pressure gases produced by the deflagration from the reaction chamber can then be used to drive an actuator, turbine, etc. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041474 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE INGESTION OF AN OBJECT BY AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE DURING A MISSION - The invention relates to a method and a system for detecting the ingestion of an object by an aircraft turbine engine during a mission. The method includes the steps of acquiring during the mission digital images of the operating fan of the turbine engine, these images being acquired at an acquisition frequency proportional to the speed of rotation of the fan and to the number of blades of the fan (E | 2011-02-24 |
20110041475 | ELASTOMER STRUCTURES, ROCKET MOTORS INCLUDING ELASTOMER STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FORMING STRUCTURES FROM LAYERED VISCOELASTIC MATERIALS - Methods of forming structures from layered viscoelastic materials are disclosed. In some embodiments, such methods may include covering at least a portion of a first viscoelastic material layer disposed on a substrate with a portion of at least a second viscoelastic material layer and containing a quantity of gas within a space defined between a portion of the substrate, a portion of the first viscoelastic material layer and a portion of the second viscoelastic material layer. The methods may further include forming at least one discrete fluid path between the defined space containing the quantity of gas and the vacuum, and removing at least a portion of the quantity of gas from the defined space through the at least one discrete fluid path. Additionally, elastomer structures comprising at least one void defined therein, the at least one void exhibiting at least a partial vacuum, are disclosed. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041476 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING OXYGEN CONCENTRATION DOWNSTREAM A DIESEL OXIDATION CATALYST - A method and a control system are provided for estimating oxygen concentration downstream a diesel oxidation catalyst within a diesel engine system. The method includes, but is not limited to at least an intake manifold, a combustion chamber, an exhaust manifold, and the diesel oxidation catalyst located in the exhaust line upstream a diesel particulate filter, the method comprising: determining unburned fuel mass flow ejected from the combustion chamber, determining air mass fraction in the exhaust manifold, estimating air mass fraction downstream the diesel oxidation catalyst as a function of said unburned fuel mass flow and said air mass fraction in the exhaust manifold, estimating oxygen concentration downstream the diesel oxidation catalyst as a function of the estimated air mass fraction downstream the diesel oxidation catalyst. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041477 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REDUCING AGENT INJECTION IN A SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION SYSTEM - An engine control system includes a dosing control module and an offset determination module. The dosing control module actuates an injector to inject a first amount of reducing agent into exhaust gas produced by an engine during a period when a temperature of the exhaust gas is greater than a predetermined temperature threshold. The offset determination module determines an efficiency of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) material based on measured amounts of nitrogen oxide (NOx) during the period and expected NOx amounts, wherein the measured amounts of NOx are measured at locations upstream and downstream from the SCR material, and wherein the expected NOx amounts are based on the temperature of the exhaust gas and the first amount of reducing agent. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041478 | Exhaust Gas-Aftertreatment Device and Control Method Thereof - The present invention relates to an exhaust gas-aftertreatment device and a control method thereof. More specifically, the invention relates to an exhaust gas-aftertreatment device, which employs a burner and a metal filter, so that the filter can be regenerated within a short time at high temperature, and wherein the burner is operated when the vehicle is idling, and wherein the filter can be efficiently regenerated by forming a flame in a stable manner using a dispersion means, and which furthermore has enhanced durability, and to a method for controlling the same. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041479 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION METHOD AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM - Disclosed is an exhaust gas purification method, and also disclosed is an exhaust gas purification system ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110041480 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust purification apparatus for internal combustion engine having a selective reduction catalyst that while maintaining a high NOx reduction ratio, inhibits any ammonia discharge downstream of the selective reduction catalyst. In the exhaust purification apparatus ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110041481 | Method of controlling nox purification system, and nox purification system - Provided is a method of controlling a NOx purification system configured to reduce NOx contained in an exhaust gas by including an oxidation catalyst device ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110041482 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas aftertreatment device includes a single intake path for an exhaust gas feedstream from an internal combustion engine and a coated substrate including a first substrate portion fluidly in parallel with a second substrate portion. A flow modification device selectively restricts flow of the exhaust gas feedstream exclusively to the first substrate portion, exclusively to the second substrate portion, and concurrently to the first substrate portion and the second substrate portion in controllably variable proportions. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041483 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUEL IN AN EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING TEMPORARY ENGINE CONTROL - An exhaust treatment system associated with a power source is disclosed. The exhaust treatment system may have a filter located to remove particulate matter from a flow of exhaust, and a regeneration device located proximal the filter. The exhaust treatment system may also have a first fluid handling component located upstream of the power source to vary an amount of oxygen in the flow of exhaust, a second fluid handling component located downstream of the power source to vary the amount of exhaust air flow in the exhaust circuit, and a controller in communication with the regeneration device and the fluid handling component. The controller may determine a need for filter regeneration, and determine adjustments to the first and second fluid handling components required to provide sufficient oxygen and air mass flow in the exhaust for filter regeneration. The controller may further determine an effect the adjustments will have on operation of the power source, and determine corrections for the power source to account for the effects. The controller may substantially simultaneously implement the adjustments and the corrections. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041484 | EVAPORATION UNIT FOR PRODUCING GASEOUS AMMONIA AND DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AN EVAPORATION UNIT - An evaporation unit for producing a gas flow including ammonia, in particular in connection with an SCR system in motor vehicles, includes at least a housing, at least one meandering flow channel delimited by a closed wall and having an inlet and an outlet and at least one heat conductor disposed in a first evaporation section of the at least one flow channel coaxially between the housing and the wall. A device and a motor vehicle having the evaporation unit are also provided. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041485 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE - The invention has its object to provide an exhaust emission control device which can be favorably mounted on a vehicle without causing relative twisting between a particulate filter and a selective reduction catalyst. In the exhaust emission control device in which a particulate filter and a selective reduction catalyst are housed by casings, respectively, and arranged side by side such that inlet ends of the filter and the catalyst are oriented to one and the same direction, an S-shaped communication passage being provided for introduction of the exhaust gas from an outlet end of the filter to an inlet end of the adjacent catalyst through antithetical turnabout, urea water being addible intermediately of the communication passage, the casings for the filter and catalyst are integrally restrained by rigid plates (restraining members). | 2011-02-24 |
20110041486 | APPARATUS OF CATALYST FOR PURIFYING EXHAUST GAS AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING EXHAUST GAS - An apparatus of a catalyst for purifying exhaust gas suitable as a three-way catalyst (TWC) apparatus to be used for purifying carbon monoxide (CO), a hydrocarbon (HC) and a nitrogen oxide (NO | 2011-02-24 |
20110041487 | CATALYST APPARATUS AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object is to provide a technology with which the temperature of exhaust gas can be raised with improved efficiency in cases where a catalyst apparatus including a catalyst having an oxidizing ability is provided in an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine. According to the present invention, a catalyst apparatus | 2011-02-24 |
20110041488 | EXHAUST SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object of the present invention is to provide a technology that enables efficient utilization of the purification capability of an exhaust gas purification apparatus. To achieve the object, according to the present invention, in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine provided with a reducing agent supply apparatus that supplies a reducing agent to the exhaust gas before it flows into an exhaust gas purification apparatus, an extension chamber is provided downstream of the position at which the reducing agent supply apparatus supplies the reducing agent to the exhaust gas and upstream of the exhaust gas purification apparatus. The extension chamber is provided with a back step flow creating portion that creates a back step flow of the exhaust gas in the extension chamber and a swirling flow creating portion that creates a swirling flow. As the exhaust gas and the reducing agent flow into the extension chamber as described above, the mixing of the exhaust gas and the reducing agent is promoted by a combined effect of the back step flow and the swirling flow, and partial localization of the distribution of the flow rate is eliminated. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041489 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING LIQUID FLOW IN A PIPELINE - A method and apparatus for producing liquid flow in a pipeline which is provided with at least one turbine device to extract energy from the liquid flow, wherein stream is used to produce liquid flow in the pipeline and through the turbine. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041490 | HYDRAULIC ENERGY ACCUMULATOR - Example energy storage systems ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110041491 | HEAT ENGINE WITH EXTERNAL HOT SOURCE - A heat engine with external hot source in which the engine has at least one variable volume working chamber for a working gas, and a distribution mechanism that connects this chamber to a cold input from an energy receiving path during an outgoing transfer phase and to a hot output of the energy receiving path during an incoming transfer phase, the energy receiving path being intended to heat the working gas outside the chamber on contact with the external hot source, wherein the distribution mechanism is timed in such a way as to: maintain pressure in the energy receiving path; during stable operation, connect the working chamber with the cold input from the energy receiving path whilst the pressure in the chamber is lower than the pressure in the energy receiving path. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041492 | Stirling engine with thermoelectric control - The present invention provides apparatus and methods for utilizing thermoelectric devices to control the operation of a Stirling type engine. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041493 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TURBOCHARGER CONTROL - Methods are provided for controlling a turbocharged engine having a throttle and a turbocharger. One example method comprises, moving the throttle during boosted conditions, separating out effects on the throttle inlet pressure into a first portion corresponding to disturbances caused by the movement of the throttle, and a second, remaining, portion. The method further comprises adjusting the turbocharger based on the second portion and not the first portion. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041494 | COMPRESSOR, TURBINE AND TURBOCHARGER - A compressor for compressing a gas, the compressor comprising: a housing having an axial inlet and an annular outlet volute; an impeller wheel including a plurality of blades, the wheel being rotatably mounted within the housing between said inlet and outlet volute; the axial inlet being defined by a tubular inducer portion of the housing and the annular outlet volute being defined by an annular diffuser passage surrounding the impeller, the diffuser having an annular outlet communicating with the outlet volute; the housing having an inner wall defining a surface located in close proximity to radially outer edges of the impeller blades which sweep across said surface as the impeller wheel rotates; wherein the compressor housing incorporates at least one section comprised of a deformable, energy absorbing material arranged to deform and absorb energy generated as a result of impellor wheel failure. A turbine incorporating similar deformable, energy absorbing materials is also described, as are turbochargers incorporating such a compressor and/or turbine. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041495 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION - Exhaust gas recirculation systems and methods related to internal combustion engines are provided. In one embodiment, a system comprises an engine having at least a first cylinder group and a second cylinder group, with at least one cylinder in each cylinder group, an intake manifold having an inlet and a first outlet coupled to the first cylinder group and a second outlet coupled to the second cylinder group, an intake passage coupled to the intake manifold inlet, and first and second exhaust manifolds coupled to the first and second cylinder groups, respectively. An exhaust gas recirculation system is further coupled between the second exhaust manifold and the intake passage, and has a number of openings positioned within the intake passage, the number of openings equal to or greater than a number of cylinders having an intake event between successive exhaust events occurring in the second cylinder group. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041496 | Method and Device for Generating Compressed Air and for Blowing it into an Internal Combustion Engine - The invention relates to a method for producing compressed air and for injecting the same in an internal combustion engine, in particular a diesel motor, comprising an exhaust turbocharger. The method has the following steps: determination of operating parameters of the internal combustion engine to identify operating states of the internal combustion engine; production of compressed air by the internal combustion engine using the determined operating parameter in an operating state without combustion and storage of the produced compressed air; and injection of the stored compressed air into the combustion engine using the determined operating parameter in an operating state with combustion of the internal combustion engine in order to increase the pressure in an induction cycle. The invention also relates to a corresponding device. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041497 | TWO-STAGE TURBOCHARGED ENGINE SYSTEM - A Two-stage turbocharged engine system includes, but is not limited to an internal combustion engine, a high-pressure turbocharger having a high-pressure turbine for rotating a high-pressure compressor through a connecting shaft, a low-pressure turbocharger having a low-pressure turbine for rotating a low-pressure compressor by means of a connecting shaft, a low-pressure intake line for fluidly connecting the outlet of low-pressure compressor to the inlet of high-pressure compressor, an high-pressure intake line for fluidly connecting the outlet of high-pressure compressor to an air cooler, and a bypass device for selectively fluidly connecting a first branching point located in low-pressure intake line to a second branching point located in high-pressure intake line, to thereby bypassing the high-pressure compressor; said bypass device being located closer to the low-pressure compressor than to the high-pressure compressor. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041498 | EXHAUST GAS SYSTEM - An exhaust gas system configured for an internal combustion engine includes a cylinder head having at least two cylinders, a single exhaust duct emerging from the cylinder head, an individual exhaust duct provided between each cylinder and the single exhaust duct, and a reservoir of fixed volume integrated in the cylinder head and coupled to the single exhaust duct via a connecting duct. A reservoir valve is provided in the connecting duct in some embodiments. According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed in which the reservoir valve is commanded to an open position when flow through the single exhaust duct is large and commanded to a closed position when flowrate through the single exhaust duct is small. In some embodiments, a turbine, with a selectable volume upstream of the impeller, is coupled to the cylinder head. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041499 | LOW DIFFERENTIAL TEMPERATURE ROTARY ENGINES - An engine for extracting energy from a heat source, comprising a support, a shaft rotatably coupled to the support and being rotatable in a first direction, a plurality of vessels coupled to and spaced about the shaft, a working fluid provided in the plurality of vessels, and a plurality of conduits connecting the vessels together in a circuitous fluid circuit. Each conduit has an outlet end connected to one of the plurality of vessels, an inlet end connected to another one of the plurality of vessels, and a one-way check valve configured to allow the working fluid to flow out of the one vessel via the outlet end, through the conduit and into the another vessel via the inlet end. The plurality of vessels and conduits are shaped and arranged about the shaft and the working fluid is selected so that when the one vessel is heated by the heat source the working fluid in the one vessel experiences an increase in vapour pressure causing at least part of the working fluid to flow from the one vessel into the another vessel located above the one vessel so as to produce a gravitational moment that encourages rotation of the shaft in the first direction. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041500 | SUPPLEMENTAL HEATING FOR GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM - Extracting energy from a naturally-occurring underground hot rock formation includes enabling fluid to flow, at least partially under the influence of gravity, through a fluid injection well to the hot rock formation, converting the kinetic energy of the flowing fluid into electricity, using at least a portion of the generated electricity to preheat the fluid before it reaches the hot rock formation, heating the fluid with the hot rock formation and, subsequently, extracting energy from the heated fluid for use in connection with an application. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041501 | Power generation directly from compressed air for exploiting wind and solar power - This invention relates to a Compressed Air Turbine-Generator, or CAT-G that will enable the ability to manage energy gathered from ecologically friendly sources, such as solar and wind power. Compressed Air Energy Storage, (C.A.E.S.), is a promising mode of clean energy storage. A major challenge facing this technology is the need to efficiently convert the compressed air energy into electricity. Conventionally, high-pressure air is used only to improve the efficiency of a conventional jet powered turbine generator. The focus herein is on a new technology that efficiently converts the energy stored in compressed air directly into electrical power without producing greenhouse byproduct gases or other pollutants. This new capability will add important flexibility to the optimization of ecologically friendly energy systems. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041502 | POWER PLANT USING ORGANIC WORKING FLUIDS - A closed Rankine cycle power plant using an organic working fluid includes a solar trough collector for heating an organic working fluid, a flash vaporizer for vaporizing the heated organic working fluid, a turbine receiving and expanding the vaporized organic working fluid for producing power or electricity, a condenser for condensing the expanded organic working fluid and a pump for circulating the condensed organic working fluid to the solar trough collector. Heated organic working fluid in the flash vaporizer that is not vaporized is returned to the solar trough collector. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041503 | Turbine Protection Device - An object of the present invention is to provide a turbine protection device which can interrupt backflow from a deaerator to a turbine completely even if a check valve provided between the deaerator and the turbine can not interrupt the steam flow between the deaerator and the turbine completely. In order to achieve the above object, a control unit sends commands to a shutdown valve device so as to close the shutdown valve device when a differential pressure resulted from subtracting a pressure of a extraction steam from a pressure within the deaerator becomes greater than or equal to a first predetermined value. As a result, the backflow from the deaerator to the turbine is interrupted by a stop valve of the shutdown valve device. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041504 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INCREASING MODIFIED WOBBE INDEX CONTROL RANGE - A system and method for controlling the temperature of a fuel gas. The system and method includes mixing an intermediate pressure feedwater stream from the heat recovery steam generator with a high pressure feedwater stream from the heat recovery steam generator, then using that mixture to heat the fuel gas mixture. The system and method may provide for improved control over the Modified Wobbe Index of the fuel gas, which may allow for greater variation in the composition of the fuel gas. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041505 | Waste Heat Utilization Device for Internal Combustion Engine - A waste heat utilization device ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110041506 | ADIABATIC EXPANSION HEAT ENGINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING - In an adiabatic expansion heat engine, adiabatically expanded low pressure fluid is returned to a source of high pressure fluid through a balance of internal pressures or forces that balances out the resistance to the flow of the fluid being pumped from the low pressure to the high pressure with the high pressure fluid metered into the working chamber. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041507 | Integral Liner and Venturi for Eliminating Air Leakage - A combustion liner assembly for a gas turbine combustor includes a plurality of fuel nozzles disposed circumferentially about a central axis of the combustor, and a venturi section disposed downstream of the fuel nozzles and connected to a head end of the liner assembly. The venturi section defines an annular throat area downstream of the fuel nozzles. A liner sleeve is connected to and commences at a downstream end of the venturi section. At least a portion of the venturi section serves as a liner upstream of the liner sleeve. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041508 | Burner - A burner for a gas turbine including a burner housing is provided. Provided is a lean-rich partially premixed low emission burner for a gas turbine combustor providing stable ignition and combustion process at all engine load conditions. At the upstream end of that burner a pilot combustor creates a flow of an unquenched concentration of radicals and heat. Respectively provided is a plurality of quarl sections surrounding the exit of the pilot combustor, a main combustion room defined downstream the pilot combustor and at least a first channel defined as an annular space between an upstream quarl section and the closest downstream quarl section providing air and fuel to a main flame in the combustion room. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041509 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD | 2011-02-24 |
20110041510 | FUEL CONTROL APPARATUS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - In an apparatus for controlling a flow rate of fuel to be supplied to a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine having a turbine rotated by combustion gas injected from the combustion chamber and a compressor for compressing air to be supplied to the combustion chamber, a first fuel flow rate at starting of the engine is calculated based on at least the detected output pressure of the compressor. In addition, a second fuel flow rate at starting of the engine is calculated based on at least the detected temperature of the inflowing air, the exhaust gas temperature and the rotational speed of the compressor, one of the first and second fuel flow rates is selected based on the detected exhaust gas temperature and operation of a fuel metering valve is controlled based on the selected fuel flow rate, thereby enabling to prevent white smoke at engine starting even when the engine is in the unstable range where the exhaust gas temperature is low. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041511 | Gas turbine engine - A bypass turbofan gas turbine engine is started by means of electric starter motor mounted directly about a downstream end or upstream of the low pressure spool of the engine. This causes air to be driven by a fan through a bypass duct around the engine casing. Closures close to substantially seal an outlet of the bypass duct, and the air is directed into a combustion chamber of the engine and through the turbines, causing the high pressure spool to pick up speed for starting. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041512 | OVERSPEED PROTECTION APPARATUS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - In an overspeed protection apparatus for a gas turbine engine having a turbine rotated by combustion gas injected from a combustion chamber to drive a compressor, a fuel shutoff valve to shut off fuel to be supplied to the engine and a controller controlling operation of the fuel shutoff valve based on a turbine rotational speed to protect the turbine from overspeed, an outlet pressure of the compressor is detected and compared with a threshold value when a shutoff command is outputted, and the fuel shutoff valve is determined to be failed when the detected pressure is not less than the threshold value, thereby enabling to promptly detect the fuel shutoff valve failure without additional installing sensor, thereby enhancing the reliability | 2011-02-24 |
20110041513 | POLYCRYSTALLINE MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIALS - What are described are polycrystalline magnetocaloric materials of the general formula | 2011-02-24 |
20110041514 | THERMAL FLUX GENERATING DEVICE WITH MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIAL - The thermal flux generating device ( | 2011-02-24 |
20110041515 | High Efficiency, Corrosion Resistant Heat Exchanger and Method of Use Thereof - Disclosed are anodically protected, corrosion resistant, self cleaning, high efficiency, submerged tube and plate heat exchangers. Also disclosed are systems for purifying liquids using the anodically protected, corrosion resistant, self cleaning, high efficiency, submerged tube and plate heat exchangers. Further disclosed are methods for purifying liquids using the anodically protected, corrosion resistant, self cleaning, high efficiency, submerged tube and plate heat exchangers. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041516 | HEAT PUMP FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE ENVIRONMENTS - A component has an outer wall defining an interior chamber to be cooled. Electronic equipment is mounted within the outer wall in the chamber. A thermoelectric cooler has a cool node positioned to be within the chamber, and a hot node positioned outwardly of the outer wall. A fuel cell provides electricity to the thermoelectric cooler. The fuel cell is mounted outwardly of the outer wall. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041517 | METHOD FOR REFORMING EXHAUST GAS GENERATED FROM METALLURGICAL FURNACE, METHOD FOR COOLING EXHAUST GAS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A reforming method of a metallurgical furnace generated exhaust gas includes reforming a high temperature exhaust gas discharged from a metallurgical furnace by adding a reducing agent to the gas, wherein addition of the reducing agent is initiated when an oxygen concentration in the exhaust gas is 1 vol % or less, and a reforming reaction is completed when a temperature of the exhaust gas is 800° C. or higher, and an apparatus thereof. The reducing agent is blown from a reducing agent blowing nozzle having a double pipe structure. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041518 | METHOD OF STORING AND TRANSPORTING LIGHT GASES - A method and system of storing and transporting gases comprising mixing the gases with liquid natural gas to form a mixture. The mixture is a liquid-liquid mixture or slurry, and is stored in vessel configured for maintaining the mixture at a first location. The mixture is transported to a second location for storage in vessel for maintaining the mixture. The mixture is removed from the second location storage vessel for separation and use in additional processes. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041519 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR STORING AND/OR FILTERING A SUBSTANCE - Apparatuses, systems, and methods for loading and/or unloading a substance into or from a sorption media. A substance is presented at an edge of the sorption media, which comprises parallel layers of a sorption material. To load (i.e., via absorption and/or adsorption) the substance into the sorption media, heat is transferred away from the sorption media, a loading voltage is applied to the sorption media, and/or a pressure is increased relative to the sorption media. To unload the substance from the sorption media, heat is transferred into the sorption media, a voltage of an opposite polarity from the loading voltage is applied to the sorption media, and/or a pressure is decreased relative to the sorption media. In some embodiments, the sorption media includes surface structures that may load molecules of the substance. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041520 | CRYOSTAT AND BIOMAGNETIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH RADIOFREQUENCY SHIELDING - An inventive cryostat for use in a biomagnetic measurement system. The cryostat comprises at least one inner vessel and at least one outer vessel, and at least one cavity arranged between the inner vessel and the outer vessel, wherein negative pressure can be applied to the cavity. At least one radiation shield for shielding the cryostat from electromagnetic radiation is housed in the cavity. The cryostat furthermore comprises at least one ground lead for connecting the radiation shield to an electrical ground or earth. The ground lead is connected to the radiation shield in the cavity. The cryostat has at least one electrical feed-through, by means of which the ground lead can be contacted electrically from an outer side of the cryostat through the outer vessel. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041521 | LINED BEVERAGE-COOLING CONTAINER - A lined beverage-cooling container is disclosed, the container comprises a carton lined with a watertight liner bag. The walls of the bag are higher than the walls of the carton. Because the bag expands past the walls of the carton, a cavity for holding ice is formed on top of the carton. A method of use such container is also disclosed. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041522 | ADAPTER SYSTEM AND METHOD - Various embodiments of adapter systems and related apparatus, and methods of operating the same are described. The adapter of the systems is couplable to an outlet of a fluid source and an inlet of a routing device. The adapter includes a plunger configured to engage an integrated valve of the fluid source and to receive a member of the routing device. The routing device member includes an end capable of breaking a seal. Coupling of the routing device to the outlet may advance the plunger such that plunger engages the integrated valve and at least partially opens the integrated valve. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041523 | CHARGE MANAGEMENT IN REFRIGERANT VAPOR COMPRESSION SYSTEMS - A refrigerant vapor compression system includes a compression device, a refrigerant heat rejection heat exchanger, an expansion device, and a refrigerant heat absorption heat exchanger disposed in a closed-loop refrigerant circuit in serial refrigerant flow relationship. A refrigerant storage device is connected by at least one refrigerant line in fluid communication with the refrigerant circuit and a flow control device interdisposed in that refrigerant line. Refrigerant may be selectively withdrawn from and returned to the high-pressure side of the refrigerant circuit; or withdrawn from and returned to the low-pressure side of the refrigerant circuit; or withdrawn from the high-pressure side of the refrigerant circuit and returned to the low-pressure side of the refrigerant circuit. The refrigerant may be withdrawn from and returned to the refrigerant circuit during operation or during an off-cycle. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041524 | REFRIGERANT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT BY SUBCOOLING AT INTERMEDIATE TEMPERATURES - A refrigerant system operates in an environment defined by three distinct temperature levels, such as, for instance, the outdoor ambient temperature level, the indoor temperature level and the refrigeration temperature level. The refrigerant system is provided with an air-to-refrigerant heat exchanger located within the general indoor environment and connected to receive the flow of refrigerant from a heat rejection heat exchanger. The air-to-refrigerant heat exchanger gives off heat to the indoor air and in the process further cools the refrigerant flowing to an expansion device to thereby increase the cooling effect provided by an evaporator to the refrigeration area. Provisions are also made to partially or entirely bypass the air-to-refrigerant heat exchanger and/or the heat rejection heat exchanger, on a selective basis. | 2011-02-24 |
20110041525 | CONTROL METHOD OF REFRIGERATOR - The present invention relates to a control method of a refrigerator which operates a cooling cycle including two storage compartments, a compressor, a condenser, a valve, fans, and evaporators for cooling the respective storage compartments, with one of the fans ( | 2011-02-24 |