10th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110058899 | Paver Having Dowel Bar Inserter With Automated Dowel Bar Feeder - A slipform paver for laying down a strip of concrete over a ground surface and for intermittently inserting into the strip spaced-apart dowel bars that are oriented substantially parallel to the length of the strip that is being laid down. The paver has a dowel bar inserter unit that orients the dowel bars substantially parallel to the travel direction of the paver and places the dowel bars into the concrete as the strip is being laid down. The inserter has a pair of spaced-apart, endless transport chains oriented transversely to the travel direction that substantially extends across a width of the inserter unit. Each chain defines upper and lower strands with turn-around chain sections at respective ends of the chain strands. A plurality of pairs of generally L-shaped opposing cups carried by exterior sides of the chain hold the dowel bars so that they can drop downwardly from the cups towards the concrete strip when the pair of cups holding the dowel bar are on the exterior chain side that faces downwardly. The chains move in a single direction, and a dowel bar holding magazine is located above the upwardly facing sides of the chains. The magazine stores a multiplicity of dowel bars and is configured to gravitationally move the dowel bars towards the chains for pick-up by pairs of L-shaped cups as the chains move the cups past a dowel bar loading station defined by the magazine proximate one of the chain turn-around sections. Elastic bands having ends fixedly attached to the magazine extend generally about a portion of a convexly curved dowel bar engaging surface defined by a wheel and resiliently bias the dowel bars moving along the chain turn-around section against the wheel. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058900 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF IRRIGATING SOIL - In a apparatus for irrigating soil for cultivating plants, a water supply pipe is buried in soil, plural porous pipes being connected to in a conduit while disposed at proper positions of the conduit in the water supply pipe, fine pores being provided in a wall surface of the porous pipe, the fine pores being not provided in a wall surface of the conduit that is able to pass water; both ends of the water supply pipe are connected to a water tank at positions lower than the porous pipe; a water surface of the water tank is usually maintained at a level horizontally equal to or lower than the porous pipe; the water supply pipe is saturated with water from the water tank; water is intermittently supplied to the water tank; and a position of the water surface in the water tank is set slightly higher than positions of the porous pipes buried in the soil, and a water partial pressure of the water tank is set to a slightly positive pressure. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058901 | GAS AND LIQUID EXTRACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A gas and liquid extraction system and method to efficiently capture the gas generated from the decomposition of organic matter, generally referred herein as the biomass, present in a landfill is disclosed herein. The system and method taking in account the presence of high amount of water and proposing landfilling methodology to allow the efficient capture of an as high as possible amount of gas from each and every ton of biomass contained in the landfill which is heterogeneous, anisotropic in nature and unsteady in term of fluid flow behavior. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058902 | DOCK CATWAY WITH IMPROVED NOSE PIECE, DOCK BUMPER AND PLATFORM - A dock catway is comprised of a catway frame adapted at a near end to be secured to a dock. The dock catway has a nose piece structure at a far end of the catway frame. At least one dock bumper is secured to a side wall of the catway structure. A platform is provided on a top end of the catway frame. The nose piece is molded with two layers of polyethylene. An inner one of the layers is of a lighter contrasting color than an outer one of the layers, wherein the outer one of the two layers is at least partly machined to form delineations having increased translucency to conduct light from one or more internal light sources secured inside the nose piece. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058903 | Telescopic shoring system - This invention discloses a telescopic shoring system comprising rail posts composed by at least an outer member and an inner member, and large shoring panels. The outer member and inner member of the rail post have laterally, on either side, at least one panel guide allowing the shoring panels to slide within. The outer member of the rail post has a frontal guide adapted to interlock the back guide provided to the inner member but sliding relatively to each other. The shoring panels are arranged on each side of the excavation while the rail post are placed on each corner holding on either side the shoring panels which create a multi-stepped shoring box. The outer members of the rail post with shoring panels create an outer or upper shoring box while the inner members of the rail post in combination with shoring panels create an inner or lower shoring box. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058904 | Stabilizing Reinforcement For Use In Reinforced Soil Works - Stabilizing reinforcement ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058905 | DEVICE FOR DISCHARGING A SOLID MATERIAL FROM A CONTAINER - With a device for discharge, particularly of a very fine-grained solid material or solid material mixture, from a container having a discharge funnel in the direction of gravity, underneath the main container part, a solution is to be created, with which the disadvantages of double-wall cone designs, particularly also at high system pressures, are avoided, with a simple, versatile design. This is achieved in that a part ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058906 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING BAGGED PRODUCTS - An apparatus and method are provided for conveying bags containing a product, for example bags of crisps or other snack food. The apparatus comprises an elongate flexible tube, for example of a fabric-based material, along which air is caused to flow. The bags are introduced into the flexible tube at a first location so that they are carried along by the air flow from the first location to a second location, where they are removed from the air flow. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058907 | HIGH SPEED MILLING CUTTER WITH TAPERED PIN - A milling cutter includes a shank and upper portion with an insert pocket. The insert pocket includes a bottom surface, a radial support wall and an axial support wall. A cutting insert includes a hole extending from a bottom surface. A tapered pin includes a lower portion and a tapered upper portion. A spring engages the lower portion of the tapered pin and provides an upward biasing force on the tapered pin. A center axis of the tapered pin is closer to the radial support wall than a center axis of the hole of the cutting insert such that the tapered pin exerts pressure against the hole of the cutting insert to cause one of the side walls of the cutting insert to be forced against the radial support wall of the insert pocket when the cutting insert is mounted in the insert pocket. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058908 | HOLDER FOR A CHIP-REMOVING TOOL INSERT - The present invention relates to a holder for a machining tool insert, in particular a lancing or cutting insert, having an approximately beam-shaped cutter holder, a cavity formed inside the end thereof, which serves as a receiving pocket for the tool insert and is bounded by clamping jaws that define the clearance width of the receiving pocket, a slot extending with a first end to within the proximity of the inner edge of the receiving pocket so as to permit elastic pivotability of one of the clamping jaws, and having a clamping arrangement comprising an actuation member for producing a clamping force that acts within the region of the slot upon the pivotable clamping jaw. In order to attain improved absorption of transverse force components acting upon the pivotable clamping jaw, it is furthermore provided in said holder that the second end of the slot extends within the proximity of the lateral edge of the cutter holder, with an elastic connecting web that bridges the second end of the slot being disposed between the pivotable clamping jaw and the cutter holder. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058909 | Cutting Tool - A cutting tool is disclosed. The cutting tool comprises a substrate and a coating layer on the substrate. The coating layer consists of nitride or carbonitride containing Ti and Al, and has a thickness of 3 to 9 μm on a flank face. A first intensity ratio I(400)/I(311) of the coating layer on an outer surface is larger than the first intensity ratio of the coating layer on the substrate side. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058910 | ACTUATED MATERIAL REMOVAL TOOL - Material removal tool ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058911 | MACHINE TOOL FOR INCORPORATING GEAR TEETH INTO THE INNER SIDE OF AN ANNULAR WORKPIECE - The invention is directed to a machine tool for incorporating gear teeth into the inner side of an annular workpiece by metal cutting, with | 2011-03-10 |
20110058912 | THERMALLY STABILIZED (Ti,Si)N LAYER FOR CUTTING TOOL INSERT - A cutting tool insert includes a body of cemented carbide, cermet, ceramics, cubic boron nitride based material or high speed steel and a hard and wear resistant coating including at least one metal nitride layer. The coating includes at least one layer of a thermally stabilized cubic structured (Ti | 2011-03-10 |
20110058913 | TOOL HEAD FOR USE IN A MULTIAXIS MACHINE, MULTIAXIS MACHINE HAVING SUCH A TOOL HEAD, AND USE OF SUCH A MACHINE - Tool head ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058914 | TIE-DOWN CLEAT FOR A MOVING VEHICLE - A tie-down cleat removably secured at the vehicle's license plate area with the same screw used for securing the license plate. The cleat serves as an attachment point for a rope, etc. that is being used to maintain a vehicle's trunk lid or cargo hatch door in a substantially fixed unlatched position with respect to the vehicle when the trunk or cargo area is overfilled or otherwise preventing the lid or door from being latched and in a fully closed position. In another embodiment the cleat is provided with a slot for insertion of a top license plate portion for securing the cleat, with or without attachment also by the license plate screw. The slot can also be sized to receive the top of a vehicle window for securing the cleat at the vehicle window to serve as rope attachment points for securing an item to the vehicle's roof. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058915 | FASTENER ASSEMBLY - A fastener adapted to join a first component to a second component. The fastener includes a first connecting end adapted to engage a slot opening in the first component, and a second connecting end adapted for press-fit insertion into an opening in the second component. The first connecting end includes a raised edge collar defining a concave surface facing away from the second connecting end and an opposing platform surface disposed above the raised edge collar in spaced relation to the raised edge collar with a post member extending between the raised edge collar and the opposing platform surface. The first connecting end is adapted to hold the first component in sandwiched relation between the raised edge collar and the opposing platform surface. The raised edge collar includes a segmented perimeter wall including a plurality of cut-outs defining substantially independently flexible segments between the cut-outs. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058916 | SELF-INTERLOCKING SLEEVE-CORE SHEAR PIN FASTENER - A novel one piece integrated fastener is provided which includes a deformable sleeve for receiving a pin where the pin has an elongated pin shank, terminating at a first pin end in a pin head and terminating at a second pin end in an externally threaded portion, and a transitional section integrally connected between the first pin end and the second pin end. The deformable sleeve may include a hollow tubular shank terminating at a first sleeve end in a sleeve head having an opening for receiving the pin and terminating at a second sleeve end having an internal sleeve head surface for engagement with the external pin head side surface when in an assembled position. The sleeve includes a first sleeve section, a second sleeve section and a third sleeve section having an internal surface for engaging the externally threaded portion of the pin upon installation. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058917 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING BY MILLING THE SPINE REGION OF A BOOK BLOCK CLAMPED INTO A CONVEYING ARRANGEMENT CLAMPING DEVICE WITH THE OVERHANGING SPINE PROJECTING DOWNWARD - With an apparatus for the processing by milling of the overhanging spine ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058918 | WINDMILL CONVEYANCE AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A conveyance system and method for delivering at least one component of a windmill to a location is provided. The system is provided with a transporter and a transfer system. The transporter is positionable adjacent a base at the location. The transfer system is provided with a plurality of rails, a support and at least one slider. The rails are positionable on the base and the transporter. The support has a first portion of the rails of the transporter thereon. The support is positionable along a second portion of the rails on a surface of the transporter, and slidably movable between a retracted and an extended position whereby the support is selectively positionable adjacent the base. The slider carries the component(s) of the windmill. The slider is slidably movable along the rails of the transporter and the base whereby the component(s) is/are slidably transferrable between the transporter and the base. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058919 | MECHANICAL MODULARITY CHAMBERS - The present invention relates to a seal carrier plate and a system of interchangeable chambers. A seal carrier plate is provided, wherein the seal carrier plate is adapted for being located between a first chamber and a second chamber and adapted for sealing the first chamber with respect to the second chamber from the environment, and wherein the seal carrier plate comprises an opening for transferring of substrates from the first chamber to the second chamber. Further, a system of interchangeable chambers is provided, wherein the chambers are adapted for accommodating a seal carrier plate on at least one side of the chamber with an opening. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058920 | SYSTEM FOR PACKING AND SHIPPING EROSION CONTROL BLANKETS - A system for packing and shipping erosion control blankets that maximizes the use of the interior space of a shipping container. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, the system relates to packing, handling, storing and shipping of erosion control blankets adapted for delivery to customers with the most efficient use of space during shipping. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058921 | MOUNTING KIT - This invention relates to a mounting kit for fitting on the rear of a carrier vehicle chassis to receive a piggyback forklift truck having a pair of front wheels and a pair of height adjustable, forwardly projecting, load engaging tines. The mounting kit comprises a mounting frame having a pair of tine receiving sockets, a pair of forklift support receiving brackets and a pair of adjustable wheel abutment plates, one on each side of the tine receiving sockets, moveable forwards and backwards parallel to the longitudinal axis of the carrier vehicle. By having such an arrangement, various different forms of piggyback forklift truck may be mounted onto a chassis having the mounting kit thereon. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058922 | TRUCK LOADING SYSTEM - A system and method for loading solid state materials into shipping containers including trucking containers is disclosed. The system includes a movable frame having walls extending therealong and a trolley incorporated to the movable frame for receiving solid state materials. The system further includes two self moving parts, a pair of pusher rods and a basket system incorporated to the trolley. The at least one trolley and the at least one frame may be moved by way of at least one electric motor. The system is configured to load solid state materials quickly and efficiently by way of an automated roller-tracked bucket mechanism. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058923 | CARGO TRANSFER SYSTEM USING A PALLETIZED RACK - A system, method, and apparatus for palletizing cargo on a rack for shipment are provided. The system generally includes a tiered rack having a base tier, a support framework extending from the base tier, and a second tier adjustably attached to the support framework. The system may further include a plurality of lower frame support members positioned longitudinally across the bottom of the base tier, and a plurality of pneumatically actuated rollers spaced to cooperatively engage the plurality of lower frame support members, the rollers being selectively extendable from a plurality of raised tracks positioned longitudinally along a floor of the railcar, where the rollers are configured to pneumatically extend past an upper surface of the track when actuated and allow for linear motion there over. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058924 | DEVICE FOR UNLOADING COMPARTMENT TRAYS, USED IN TOBACCO INDUSTRY, FILLED WITH ROD SHAPED ELEMENTS - Device provided for unloading compartment trays ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058925 | WINDMILL HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A handler for handling at least one component of a windmill is provided. The handler is provided with at least one grip and a bracing. The grip(s) are for releasably receiving the component(s) of the windmill. The grip has at least one foot positionable on a base for supporting the component(s) of the windmill on a surface thereof. The bracing is operatively connectable to the grip(s), and is receivable by a carrier for transport thereby whereby the component(s) is/are transportable by the carrier. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058926 | SEMI-AUTOMATIC AND/OR FULLY-AUTOMATIC ORDER-PICKING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a semi-automatic and/or fully automatic order-picking system and a corresponding apparatus and a method which facilitates efficient order picking at low technical outlay. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058927 | GRIPPER FOR A CONTACT LENS AND PROCESS FOR TRANSPORTING A CONTACT LENS - A gripper ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058928 | CENTRIFUGAL PUMP WITH THRUST BALANCE HOLES IN DIFFUSER - A centrifugal pump has alternating impellers and diffusers. One or more vent holes extend through one or more vanes of one or more diffusers. In an upthrust condition, high pressure production fluid from an upper impeller is able to pass through the one or more vent holes, and thereby exert force on the preceding impeller. The force exerted on the preceding impeller offsets the upthrust force acting against the preceding impeller. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058929 | HYDROKINETIC TURBINE STRUCTURE AND SYSTEM - A hydrokinetic turbine system, including a plurality of hydrokinetic turbines is installed on a bed of a body of water. Each turbine has a shroud with a forward entrance portion and rear exit portion. The shroud includes a propeller disposed in a middle portion thereof. An inner surface of the shroud includes a plurality of rifling vanes formed therein to induce water entering the forward entrance portion to rotate in a vortex-like fashion. A plurality of pre-spin guard blades disposed adjacent the forward entrance portion also induce rotation of water and serve to provide a barrier preventing objects from passing into the forward entrance portion. A plurality of stabilizers extending from an exterior surface of the shroud that position the forward entrance portion in the direction of current flow. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058930 | MOTOR/PUMP WITH SPIRAL WOUND STATOR TUBE - A pump/motor includes a stator ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058931 | INJECTING AIR INTO THE ANNULUS OF A TURBOMACHINE COMPRESSOR - A turbomachine compressor including variable-pitch vanes, each including an airfoil connected via a plate of circular outline to a pivot guided to pivot in an orifice in a casing, the plate including an air feed duct including one end for communication with a passage formed in the casing when the vane is in a first position, so as to inject air into the annulus of the compressor upstream from the vane, and to be closed by the casing when the vane is in a second position. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058932 | VARIABLE STATOR VANE ASSEMBLIES - A variable stator vane assembly for a gas turbine engine has a projection protruding from the upper stem of the vane and which engages an aperture in the vane lever to provide a visual indication of correct alignment between the lever and the vane. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058933 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDIRECTING A LEAKAGE CURRENT - A device for redirecting a leakage current flowing between a stator and a rotor is disclosed. The device includes a sealing element for interrupting the leakage current, an outlet opening disposed on the rotor, and a guide which is configured to direct the leakage current past the sealing element to the outlet opening. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058934 | Cooled Turbine Airfoil Fabricated From Sheet Material - A turbine airfoil ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058935 | FAN - A fan assembly for creating an air current, the fan assembly having a base including a system for creating an air flow and a side wall that, at least partially encloses the system for creating the air flow and has a plurality of air inlets, wherein the plurality of air inlets allow air to enter the base, and a nozzle, mounted on the base, having an interior passage for receiving the air flow from the base, and a mouth through which the air flow is emitted from the fan assembly. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058936 | TURBINE DUCT ARRANGEMENT - A wind turbine duct arrangement having a plurality of frusto-conical ducts each having an open apex and an open base defining an air intake, the ducts radially joined at their apexes to define a convergence zone wherein operatively rotating blades of a turbine may be installed transverse to the plurality of ducts. In use, the turbine duct arrangement provides a combination catchment and channelling area through the open bases of the plurality of ducts for channelling wind intake through the arrangement onto blades of a wind turbine transversely installed in the convergence zone defined by the radially joined apexes of the plurality of ducts. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058937 | NACELLE CONFIGURATIONS FOR A SHROUDED WIND TURBINE - A shrouded wind turbine comprises a shroud disposed about an impeller. The impeller surrounds a nacelle body which is shaped to enhance smooth flow of wind through the impeller. Some embodiments include an inlet and an outlet in the nacelle body, allowing airflow through an interior cavity. Other nacelle bodies may be tapered, flared, include mixing lobes around a trailing edge, or may have other shapes that enhance fluid flow. Some nacelle bodies include an annular groove that promotes flow attachment. Maintaining airflow attachment to the nacelle body within the turbine increases the energy generation capacity of the wind turbine. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058938 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN - A centrifugal fan includes an impeller and a housing receiving the impeller therein. The impeller includes a hub and blades extending radially from the hub. The housing includes a bottom wall, a sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall and a bracket for supporting the impeller thereon. The bottom wall defines an air inlet therein. A plurality of protruding posts extend downwardly from a bottom surface of the bottom wall around the air inlet. Each of the protruding posts defines a screw hole therein. The bracket is located in the air inlet. The bracket defines a plurality of through holes corresponding to the protruding posts respectively. The protruding posts of the bottom wall are respectively inserted into the through holes of the bracket. A plurality of bolts are respectively screwed into the screw holes of the protruding posts to connect the bracket and the bottom wall together. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058939 | TURBINE EXHAUST DIFFUSER WITH A GAS JET PRODUCING A COANDA EFFECT FLOW CONTROL - An exhaust diffuser system and method for a turbine engine includes an inner boundary and an outer boundary with a flow path defined therebetween. The inner boundary is defined at least in part by a hub structure that has an upstream end and a downstream end. The outer boundary may include a region in which the outer boundary extends radially inward toward the hub structure and may direct at least a portion of an exhaust flow in the diffuser toward the hub structure. The hub structure includes at least one jet exit located on the hub structure adjacent to the upstream end of the tail cone. The jet exit discharges a flow of gas substantially tangential to an outer surface of the tail cone to produce a Coanda effect and direct a portion of the exhaust flow in the diffuser toward the inner boundary. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058940 | GAS TURBINE - A gas turbine is provided including a compressor, a combustion chamber, a guide vane row and a rotor airfoil row. The guide vane row includes a plurality of guide vane airfoils having a blade and an inner platform. The ratio between the pitch and the leading edge diameter of the guide vane airfoils is between 6.3-7.6 and the ratio between the platform length and the leading edge diameter of the guide vane airfoils is between 4.0-5.5. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058941 | CENTRIPETAL AIR BLEED FROM A TURBOMACHINE COMPRESSOR ROTOR - A compressor rotor for a turbomachine including at least two disks on a common axis carrying blades and connected together by a tubular wall, forming a surface of revolution, and a centripetal air bleed mechanism including air passages passing through the tubular wall, together with a wall extending along the tubular wall from the through passages up to one of the disks to channel the air stream inside the tubular wall. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058942 | BALANCING DEVICE AND METHOD - The invention relates to a balancing device comprising a nut | 2011-03-10 |
20110058943 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BRAKING THE ROTOR OF A WIND ENERGY PLANT - The invention relates to a method and device for braking the rotor of a wind energy plant, comprising rotor blades ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058944 | Hybrid Multi-Element Tapered Rotating Tower - The specification discloses a rotating turbine tower. The tower rotates to maintain the turbine facing into the wind. This allows structure optimization. The tower structure is comprised of a leading edge and a trailing edge, with joining panels between the edge structures. The tower edges are the main structural components of the tower. The separation of the edges tapers to follow the bending moment on the tower, reducing the need to taper material thickness. The tapering shape of the tower structure matches the primary edgewise moment distribution. The tower can be assembled on site from components, thereby facilitating transportation to the tower site. The material properties and shape can be selected based upon the tower maintaining a near constant orientation with the wind. This can save weight and costs. The tower architecture can be of differing shapes such as a triangle or a structure tapering at each end. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058945 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device including a frame, a fan, and at least one light emitting component or light guiding component is provided. The fan is pivotally connected to the frame, and the at least one light emitting component or light guiding component is disposed on at least one of the frame and the fan. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058946 | FAN AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A FAN - The invention relates to a fan, particularly a radial fan, having a fan hub with a rotational axis. A plurality of fan blades is disposed about the rotational axis for deflecting an air flow. The invention provides that an adjustment device is provided at the fan blades for the rotational speed-dependant adjustment of an air flow. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058947 | Fan Blade Mounting System - A ceiling fan ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058948 | WINDMILL PROPELLER BLADE AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A windmill blade which comprises reinforcing fibers in a toughened resin matrix. The resin matrix is made from a composition which comprises (a) one or more epoxy resins and/or one or more epoxy vinyl ester resins, (b) one or more reactive diluents, and (c) at least one amphiphilic block copolymer. The amphiphilic block copolymer comprises at least two different polyether blocks and is present in the composition in an amount of from about 0.5% to about 10% by volume, based on the total volume of the matrix composition. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058949 | Turbine Airfoil Fabricated From Tapered Extrusions - An airfoil ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058950 | PROTECTING FILM FOR BLADE OF WIND POWER GENERATOR - The present invention provides a protection film for blades to be adhered to the blade surface of wind power generators, which has a substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer on one surface of the substrate. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058951 | TURBINE BLADE OF A GAS TURBINE AND METHOD FOR COATING A TURBINE BLADE OF A GAS TURBINE - A turbine blade of a gas turbine is disclosed. The turbine blade includes a blade pan, a blade root, and a platform positioned between the blade pan and the blade root. The turbine blade is provided with an anti-corrosion coating at least in regions, in particular on a lower side of the platform and/or in the transition region between the lower side of the platform and the blade root. The anti-corrosion coating is a diffusion coating having a chromium content in the surface region of more than 30% by weight. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058952 | HIGH-TEMPERATURE ANTI-CORROSIVE LAYER AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - A method for producing a high-temperature protective layer containing metal on a metallic high-temperature material is disclosed. The metal is deposited on the high-temperature material via the gaseous phase to form the high-temperature protective layer. The high-temperature material is held at a diffusion temperature for a specific length of time so that at least a portion of the deposited metal is diffused into the high temperature material to form a diffusion zone and where the high-temperature material is not in contact with solids or liquids in the region of the surface to be coated, but merely has a solid/gas interface. Also disclosed is a component made of a high-temperature material with a hot-gas anti-corrosive layer containing chromium. There is a coating layer containing chromium applied to the surface of the high-temperature material, a diffusion layer in the high-temperature material, and a build-up zone between the coating layer and the diffusion layer. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058953 | TURBINE BLADE - A turbine blade is provided having an airfoil and a platform manufactured in two separate pieces, which are joined together. The blade includes a seal, which is a mechanically decoupled seal, interposed between the airfoil and platform in a position closer to a hot gases path than a joint. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058954 | Nickel base alloy and use of it, turbine blade or vane and gas turbine - A nickel base alloy is provided which includes the following components by weight: Co: 2.75 to 3.25% Cr: 11.5 to 12.5% Mo: 2.75 to 3.25% Al: 3.75 to 4.25% Ti: 4.1 to 4.9% Ta: 1.75 to 2.25% C: 0.006 to 0.04% B: ≦0.01% Zr: ≦0.01% Hf: ≦1.25% Nb: ≦1.25% balance Ni. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058955 | ROTOR BLADE FOR ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT HAVING DEFORMABLE PROTRUSIONS TO REDUCE BLADE VORTEX INTERACTION NOISE - A rotor blade for a rotary wing aircraft, which rotates about and is combined with a rotation shaft of the rotary wing aircraft. The rotor blade includes a body combined with the rotation shaft and including a leading edge that is a front edge in a direction of rotation; and a plurality of deformable protrusions formed on the leading edge of the body in a radial direction of rotation, and deformable between a first shape protruding forward in the direction of rotation and a second shape not protruding forward in the direction of rotation such that BVI noise generated when a vortex formed near a blade tip collides with the rotor blade is selectively reduced whenever necessary. The deformable protrusions are formed in a region from a point spaced apart from the rotation shaft by 75% of a radius of rotation to a point spaced apart from the rotation shaft by 90% of the radius of rotation. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058956 | HYBRID MULTI-ELEMENT TAPERED ROTATING TOWER - The specification discloses a rotating turbine tower. The tower rotates to maintain the turbine facing into the wind. This allows structural optimization. The tower structure is comprised of a leading edge and a trailing edge, with joining panels between the edge structures. The tower edges are the main structural components of the tower. The separation of the edges tapers to follow the thrust bending moment on the tower, reducing the need to taper material thickness. The tapering shape of the tower structure matches the primary edgewise moment distribution. The tower can be assembled on site from components, thereby facilitating transportation to the tower site. The material properties and shape can be selected based upon the tower maintaining a near constant orientation with the wind. This can save weight and costs. The tower architecture can be of differing shapes such as a triangle or a structure tapering at each end. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058957 | BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE - A blade is provided for a gas turbine, especially for the low-pressure turbine of a gas turbine with sequential combustion, and is produced in accordance with a casting process and has a blade airfoil which extends in the radial direction between an inner platform and an outer platform, and in the interior of which extends a cooling passage, bypassing the platforms, and through which flows a cooling medium, especially cooling air, for cooling the blade. In the outer and/or inner platform there are core outlet openings which arise from the use of a casting core and which connect the cooling passage to the outside space and are sealed off by means of a sealing element. Optimum cooling is ensured by the sealing elements being formed and inserted into the core outlet openings so that they align with the wall surface of the cooling passage in a flush manner. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058958 | COOLED AEROFOIL BLADE OR VANE - An aerofoil blade or vane ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058959 | MUD PUMP CYLINDER ASSEMBLY AND LINER SYSTEM - A fluid section for a reciprocating pump comprises a cylinder assembly including a housing having a central axis, a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a throughbore extending axially between the first end and the second end. In addition, the cylinder assembly includes a liner disposed within the throughbore of the housing. Further, the cylinder assembly includes an end cap coupled to the second end of the housing. Still further, the cylinder assembly includes an annulus radially positioned between the liner and the housing, the annulus being in fluid communication with the throughbore of the liner. Moreover, the fluid section includes a piston slidingly disposed in the throughbore of the liner. The piston is adapted to compress a fluid disposed in a pumping chamber within the liner extending axially through the throughbore of the liner between the piston and the first end of the housing. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058960 | METHOD OF DETECTING IMPACT BETWEEN CYLINDER AND PISTON DRIVEN BY A LINEAR MOTOR, DETECTOR OF IMPACT BETWEEN A CYLINDER AND PISTON DRIVEN BY A LINEAR MOTOR, GAS COMPRESSOR, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A CYLINDER AND A PISTON SET DRIVEN BY A LINEAR MOTOR GAS COMPRESSOR, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A CYLINDER AND APISTON SET DRIVEN A LINEAR MOTOR - A method of detecting the occurrence of impact or collision between a cylinder ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058961 | COMBINED OIL LEVEL OR CONDITION SENSOR AND SIGHT OIL LEVEL GAGE - The invention provides an oil level or condition sensor featuring a housing and a baffle or plate arrangement arranged in the housing, where the baffle or plate arrangement forms a capacitor when the housing is filled with oil, the baffle or plate arrangement being responsive to a signal, for providing an oil level or condition sensor signal containing information about the level or condition of the oil in the housing. The baffle or plate arrangement may include one or more plates or a single or multiple star shaped baffles. The one or more plates or multiple star shaped baffles are spaced apart to form the capacitor. The level or condition of the oil within the baffle or plate arrangement changes the inductance. The single or multiple star shaped baffles each have a small hole in the center which provides a visual indication of the oil level. The housing has a transparent window. The inductance change can be measured and used to send alarms or warnings. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058962 | COMPRESSOR FOR USE IN A VEHICLE - A compressor for use in a vehicle includes a mechanical compression mechanism including a first casing and a drive shaft. The first casing has therein a first suction chamber and a first discharge chamber. The drive shaft is rotatably supported by the first casing and mechanically driven by a drive source for compression of refrigerant. The compressor further includes a linear electric compression mechanism including a second casing and a piston. The second casing has therein a second suction chamber and a second discharge chamber. The piston is reciprocally movable in the second casing and driven by electromagnetic force for compression of refrigerant. The first casing is integrated with the second casing so as to allow at least one of fluid communication between the first suction chamber and the second suction chamber and between the first discharge chamber and the second discharge chamber. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058963 | Inner Rotor Type Motor and Heat Dissipating Fan Including the Inner Rotor Type Motor - An inner rotor type motor includes a base having a pivotal portion. A stator is mounted to the base and includes a body and a coil unit engaged with the body and surrounding a hole of the body. A rotor includes a rotatable member, a shaft, and a permanent magnet. The rotatable member includes an engaging portion and a sidewall provided along a periphery of the engaging portion extending into the hole of the stator. The shaft includes an end coupled to the engaging portion. The other end of the shaft is coupled to the pivotal portion. The permanent magnet is mounted to an outer periphery of the rotatable member and aligned with the coil unit. The axial length of the shaft without permanent magnet mounted thereto can be reduced, allowing reduction of axial heights of the motor and a heat dissipating fan utilizing the motor. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058964 | LINEAR MOTOR AND RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR EMPLOYING THE SAME - There are provided a linear motor for generating a linear reciprocating motion force, and a reciprocating compressor for compressing a refrigerant by employing the linear motor. The linear motor and the reciprocating compressor employing the same can reduce the number of inverter switches by employing a coil unit whose winding method is improved and a power supply apparatus whose connection to the coil unit and other circuits are improved, and can make it easy to control and reduce production costs by simplifying the circuit configuration. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058965 | IN-LINE FLOW MIXER - A flow-conditioning system includes a pump, process tubing coupling the pump to a source of multiple component process fluid, and an in-line flow-mixing device positioned in the process tubing upstream of the pump. A system includes a well disposed below a body of water and providing a source of multiple component fluid, a pump disposed in and exposed to the water, process tubing coupling the pump to the well, and an in-line flow-mixing device positioned in the process tubing upstream of the pump. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058966 | FLUSHING SYSTEM - An apparatus includes a pump, a motor operatively coupled to the pump, and a flushing system. The motor includes a stator and a rotor disposed in a rotor cavity isolated from the stator. The flushing system is operable to provide a flushing medium to the rotor cavity. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058967 | MAGNETIC INDUCTOR ROTARY MACHINE AND FLUID TRANSFER APPARATUS THAT USES THE SAME - A high-efficiency magnetic inductor rotary machine in which eddy current loss is reduced even if driven at super-high-speed rotation, and a fluid transfer apparatus that uses the same. In the magnetic inductor rotary machines, first and second stator cores are disposed coaxially such that circumferential positions of teeth are aligned, and first and second rotor cores are fixed coaxially to a rotating shaft such that salient poles are offset by a pitch of half a salient pole circumferentially, and are disposed on an inner peripheral side of the first and second stator cores. A salient pole width of the salient poles of the first and second rotor cores is configured so as to be greater than an opening width of slots of a stator. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058968 | RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR - The present invention discloses a reciprocating compressor which can linearly reciprocate a piston inside a cylinder as a linear motor is driven, compress a refrigerant by sucking the refrigerant into a compression space between the cylinder and the piston, and then discharge the same. In the reciprocating compressor, the piston is operated at a top dead center position and in a resonance state by symmetrically applying a voltage even if load is varied, the elastic coefficient of the mechanical spring is set in consideration of the degree of shift of the piston influenced by the gas springs varied by load, and the initial value of the piston for maintaining the stroke of the piston is set so as to correspond to a required cooling capacity condition. Accordingly, electric power consumption caused by applying an asymmetrical voltage can be reduced, a tuning operation for applying an asymmetrical voltage can be omitted, thereby decreasing inconvenience. Further, the piston is operated at the top dead center position and in the resonance state under all load conditions, thereby further increasing operation frequency. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058969 | Peristaltic Pump with Torque Relief - A peristaltic pump for dispensing liquid is described and includes a front housing and a rear housing snap-fitted together to define a chamber having a recessed area and a rotor confined therein, a plurality of rollers mounted in the rotor, and a flexible tube compressed at equally spaced intervals by the plurality of rollers. The rotor undergoes a gradual increase in torque as a benefit of the recessed area, rather than an immediate high-torque load at the start of each pump cycle. Further, the pump is resistant to constant torques and vibrations caused by a machine to which it is attached so that the pump does not become loose and fall apart. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058970 | ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND METHOD - An aspect of the present disclosure involves a rotary compressor that is primarily optimized for use without the need for liquid lubricants, such as in the flow path of the fluid being compressed, and is efficient and quiet to use. The compressors described herein are efficient, run quietly, use less power, and last longer than those previously known in the art. The compressors are useful for medical applications and other clean gas applications, for instance, where lubricants could contaminate the fluid being compressed and/or increased noise and/or vibration may be problematic. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058971 | INJECTION TUBES FOR INJECTION OF FLUID INTO A SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A scroll compressor is provided with injection tubes which extend through an upper shell and into a fixed scroll member. The injection tubes are fixed relative to the fixed scroll member, and may be press-fit or otherwise secured. This arrangement simplifies the provision of injection ports into a scroll compressor. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058972 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR CAPACITY MODULATION WITH SOLENOID MOUNTED OUTSIDE A COMPRESSOR SHELL - At least one bypass opening is formed in a base of a scroll member, and communicates with at least one compression chamber. The bypass opening communicates with a passage leading to a suction pressure chamber within a compressor shell. A valve includes an element electrically powered to move between a first position at which it blocks flow of refrigerant from the bypass port to the passage leading to the suction pressure chamber, and a second position at which it allows flow of refrigerant between the bypass port and the passage leading to the suction pressure chamber. A portion of the valve, which is electrically powered, is mounted outside of the compressor shell. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058973 | MOTOR-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR - A motor-driven compressor includes a compression mechanism, an electric motor, a compressor housing, a conductive member, a terminal base, an insulating member, a connection terminal, a wire assembly, a terminal housing, first and second holes formed through the terminal housing and first and second seal members. The conductive member extends from the inside to the outside of the compressor housing and connected electrically to the connection terminal at a terminal connection. The wire assembly has a core wire connecting electrically between the connecting terminal and the electric motor, and an insulator covering the core wire. The terminal housing disposed in the compressor housing covers the terminal connection. The wire assembly has an insulating tube covering the insulator, wherein both ends of the insulating tube are opened for communicating with the inside and the outside of the terminal housing through a clearance formed between the insulating tube and the insulator. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058974 | OPTIMIZED HELIX ANGLE ROTORS FOR ROOTS-STYLE SUPERCHARGER - A Roots-type blower has first and second meshed, lobed rotors disposed in first and second chambers of a housing. Each lobe has first and second axially facing end surfaces defining a twist angle that is a function, at least partially, of the number of lobes on each rotor, and each lobe further defines a helix angle that is a function of the twist angle and an axial length between the first and second axially facing end surfaces of said lobe. The lobes cooperate with an adjacent surface of the housing to define at least one blowhole that defines a control volume, occurs in a cyclic manner, and moves linearly in a direction toward the outlet port. The blowhole provides communication between adjacent control volumes. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058975 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A BIMETALLIC PART - A method of processing a bimetallic part includes depositing an intermediary material having a metal powder onto a tooling surface of a cavity of a tool, transforming the intermediary material into a metal layer having a first composition on the tooling surface, and forming a metal core having a second, different composition in the cavity such that the metal layer bonds to the metal core to form a bimetallic part. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058976 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MAGNETIZABLE METAL SHAPED BODY - A method for producing a magnetizable metal shaped body comprising a ferromagnetic starting material that is present in powder and in particulate form, using the following steps: (a) first compaction of the starting material (S | 2011-03-10 |
20110058977 | NI BASED CASTING ALLOY AND TURBINE CASING - A Ni based cast alloy consisting essentially of C: 0.01 to 0.2% by weight, Si: 0.5 to 4.0% by weight, Cr: 14 to 22% by weight, Mo+W: 4.0 to 10% by weight, B: 0.001 to 0.02% by weight, Co: up to 10% by weight, Al: up to 0.5% by weight, Ti: up to 0.5% by weight, Nb: up to 5.0% by weight, Fe: up to 10% by weight, the balance being Ni and incidental impurities, wherein a γ′ phase precipitates in a matrix phase thereof. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058978 | NICKEL BASE WROUGHT ALLOY - A nickel base alloy includes: by mass, 0.001 to 0.1% of carbon; 12 to 23% of chromium; 15 to 25% of cobalt; 3.5 to 5.0% of aluminum; 4 to 12% of molybdenum; 0.1 to 7.0% of tungsten; and a total amount of Ti, Ta and Nb being not more than 0.5%. A parameter Ps represented by a formula ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058979 | BONDING WIRE - [Issues to be Solved] Second bonding failures caused by attached oxide of additive elements on high purity Au bonding wire are to be resolved. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058980 | FILLER METAL ALLOY COMPOSITIONS - Provided is a filler metal alloy composition capable of improving appearance of a welded zone and fluidity, penetration, etc., of an inexpensive filler metal by minimizing a content of silver (Ag) and adding tin (Sn) and silicon (Si) components. The filler metal alloy composition, brazed to a joint between parent metals to stably join the parent metals formed of the same material or different materials, is characterized in that the composition comprises silver (Ag), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), tin (Sn), silicon (Si), and other unavoidable impurities. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058981 | METHOD OF DEACTIVATING CONTAMINANTS IN A REGION USING A MOBILE DEACTIVATION APPARATUS - A mobile deactivation apparatus for deactivating contaminants within a defined region that includes a source of a vaporous deactivating agent, a gas handling system, a support member, a drive means, a control system, and a power system is disclosed. The gas handling system dispenses the vaporous deactivating agent to the defined region. The support member is movable in the defined region and supports the source of the vaporous deactivating agent and the gas handling system. The support member can be propelled by the drive means. The control system is programmed to control the operation of the gas handling system and the drive means. A power system is provided to supply power to the mobile deactivation apparatus. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058982 | METHOD FOR RADIATION STERILIZATION OF HYDROPHILIC POLYMER-COATED MEDICAL DEVICE - A radiation sterilization method of a disposable medical device and a manufacturing method are provided, which method comprising the steps of packaging a disposable medical device, which has applied thereto with hydrophilic polymer coating, with a gas permeable packaging material, controlling a product moisture content of the thus packaged medical device by maintaining the device in a given humidity atmosphere for not less than a time at which an equilibrated moisture content is reached, and subjecting, to radiation sterilization, the medical device whose product moisture content has been controlled, so that an eluted matter is reduced in amount and a sliding performance is ensured according to the radiation sterilization method of the hydrophilic polymer-coated, disposable medical device and the manufacturing method. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058983 | DEVICE FOR THE FILTERING A COMPLEX LIQUID SUCH AS BLOOD, IN PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO AN AUTOTRANSFUSER - A device for the filtration of a complex fluid composition such as blood, includes a base ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058984 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - The automatic analyzer uses a marker that is to be attached to a measurement object. The marker is made of a substance that becomes excited when irradiated. The automatic analyzer has a function of varying irradiation intensity, and controls the intensity of light emitted from an item marker by adjusting the irradiation intensity for each analysis item or for each analysis vessel. Further, the automatic analyzer has a function of controlling the at least one of the position and angle of an analysis vessel during irradiation, and controls the amount of radiation to the measurement object by adjusting at least one of the distance and angle between an irradiation light source and analysis vessel for each analysis item. Furthermore, the automatic analyzer has a function of varying the integration time of photometric means and controls the integration time for each analysis item or for each analysis vessel. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058985 | ANALYSIS DEVICE AND AN ANALYSIS APPARATUS USING THE ANALYSIS DEVICE - An analysis device comprises a separation chamber for separating a sample solution into a solution component and a solid component, a holding channel, a mixing chamber connected to the holding channel, an overflow channel connected between the holding channel and the separation chamber, a sample overflow chamber into which the sample solution remaining in the separation chamber is discharged, and a joint channel connecting the separation chamber and the sample overflow chamber. After the separated solution component fills the overflow channel with priority, the separated solid component is transferred to the holding channel via the overflow channel, and a predetermined amount of the solid component is measured. The solid component in the holding channel is transferred to the mixing chamber by a centrifugal force, and simultaneously, the sample solution remaining in the separation chamber is discharged to the sample overflow chamber by the siphon effect of the joint channel. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058986 | ISOLATOR - An isolator includes a work chamber, a sterilizing substance supply unit, a gas flow channel pressure adjustment unit, a work chamber barometer, and a controller. The controller is configured to control execution of a gas flow channel leak test for checking a gas leak in a gas flow channel based on a detection result by the work chamber barometer after making the gas flow channel pressure adjustment unit increase or decrease the pressure in the gas flow channel, and is configured to control supply of the sterilizing substance by the sterilizing substance supply unit. The controller performs heating of a heater, which accompanies the supply of the sterilizing substance, in parallel with the gas flow channel leak test. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058987 | Apparatus for Extracting Gaseous Specimens to be Measured from a Production Process and System - An apparatus and a system for extracting gaseous specimens to be measured, preferably during the production of polycrystalline silicon, are disclosed. The apparatus according to the invention is a flange-like device ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058988 | Reactor for the Production of Polycrystalline Silicon - A reactor ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058989 | APPARATUS FOR CONTACTING HYDROCARBON FEED AND CATALYST - An apparatus for distributing a deflecting media into an axial center of a riser to push catalyst outwardly toward the feed injectors ensures better contacting between hydrocarbon feed and catalyst. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058990 | CERAMIC FILTER ELEMENT - The reduction of nitrogen oxides in gas is carried out, by means of selective reaction of the nitrogen oxide with the reducing agent in the in the solid catalyst. In order to achieve high catalytic activity, the above is carried out at high gas temperatures. As a rule, ceramic filter elements, coated with catalytic material are used. This does, however, give rise to the risk the catalytically active components are stripped from the filter during the hot gas filtration. A ceramic filter element with support material in the form of particles, with binder material and catalytic material is thus disclosed, whereby the binder material comprises catalytic material, or the binder material is partly replaced by the catalyst material and the support material particles ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058991 | GASIFICATION DEVICE WITH SLAG REMOVAL FACILITY - A device for the gasification of liquid or fine-grain solid fuel materials in an entrained bed reactor, at temperatures above the ash melting point and at a pressure of 0.3 to 8 MPa, including a gasification reactor and a water bath being arranged in a pressure vessel. The water bath being installed below the gasification reactor and the a/m gasification reactor being designed in such a manner that the synthesis gas produced is withdrawn in the upper section of the reactor, the liquid slag precipitating on the walls of the reactor chamber and then having a free downflow, without any solidification of the surface of the said slag. The lower side of the reaction chamber has an outlet opening with a drop-off edge so that the downstream of liquid slag can freely fall from the drop-off edge. A slag removal duct is arranged below the opening and reaches down into the water bath, the upper wall section of the slag removal duct is penetrated by a cooling agent and the internal side of the duct is completely lined with a temperature-resistant insulating compound. The lower section of the slag removal duct which reaches down into the water bath is wetted by a water film on the internal side, the upper and lower sections being connected with each other in such a manner that the water film of the upper wall section does not come into contact with the wall section penetrated by a cooling agent nor with the insulating compound. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058992 | PROCESS FOR CRACKING A HYDROCARBON FEED - A process for cracking a hydrocarbon feed in a reactor assembly comprising: a reactor vessel; a solid catalyst inlet by which catalyst is introduced and a solid catalyst outlet by which catalyst is removed from the reactor vessel; a plurality of feed nozzles by which feed is introduced at the bottom of the vessel; a product outlet for removing a product mixture of gas and solid catalyst at the upper part of the reactor; at least one partition plate, that divides the interior of the reactor vessel into two or more compartments, wherein the partition plate intersects the solid catalyst inlet. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058993 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An optical measurement apparatus is provided for conducting a test by efficiently reading color development of a reagent after reaction by optical measurement. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058994 | TEST INSTRUMENT AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - It is an object to provide a test instrument and an optical measurement apparatus which enable easy matching of test results when tests by optical measurement are performed with respect to a large number of patients. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058995 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - An object is to provide an optical measurement apparatus for performing an efficient test by optical measurement without incurring incorrect measurements. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058996 | REFORMER FOR CONVERTING GASEOUS FUEL AND OXIDIZING AGENT INTO A REFORMATE - The invention relates to a reformer for reacting fuel and oxidant into reformate, comprising a reforming zone ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110058997 | PROCESS FOR CHLORINATING RESOURCES CONTAINING RECOVERABLE METALS - A process for chlorinating ore, slag, mill scale, scrap, dust and other resources containing recoverable metals from the groups 4-6, 8-12, and 14 in the periodic table. The process comprises: a) forming a liquid fused salt melt consisting essentially of aluminum chloride and at least one other metal chloride selected from the group consisting of alkali metal chlorides and alkaline earth metal chlorides, wherein the aluminum chloride content in the liquid salt melt exceeds 10% by weight; b) introducing the recoverable metal resources into said liquid salt melt: c) reacting the aluminum chloride as chlorine donor with said recoverable metal resource to form metal chlorides, which are dissolved in the salt melt; and d) recovering the formed metal chlorides from the salt melt. | 2011-03-10 |
20110058998 | Recovering Metal Values from a Metalliferrous Material - There is provided a method of treating a metalliferrous material, comprising providing a metalliferrous material including at least one target metallic element, solubilising the metalliferrous material so as to effect production of an intermediate product including an operative solution. The operative solution includes a solvent component and a solute component. The solute component includes at least one solute component-based target metallic element and each one of the at least one solute component-based target metallic element corresponds to a one of the at least one target metallic element of the metalliferrous material such that the operative solution includes at least one target metallic element. The operative solution is contacted with an operative reagent in an operative reaction zone so as to effect production of a product mixture including an operative reaction product and hydronium ion, wherein the operative reaction product includes at least one operative reaction product-based target metallic element and each one of the at least one operative reaction product-based target metallic element corresponds to a one of the at least one solute component-based target metallic element of the operative solution. At least one hydronium ion depletion agent is provided in the operative reaction zone such that contacting between any one of the at least one hydronium ion depletion agent and the hydronium ion in the operative reaction zone effects a reactive process which consumes the hydronium ion. Each one of the at least one hydronium ion depletion agent include s at least one dissolved aluminium complex material. | 2011-03-10 |