16th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110088591 | INKJET INK SET - The present invention pertains to an inkjet ink set comprising a certain aqueous, pigmented magenta inkjet ink in combination with a certain aqueous, pigmented yellow inkjet ink or a fixer ink. The pigmented magenta ink comprises Pigment Red 146 with defined particle sizes. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088592 | REACTIVE SILICON DIOXIDE COMPOUND AND OPTICAL PROTECTIVE FILM CONTAINING THE SAME - A reactive silicon dioxide compound, wherein the formula of the reactive silicon dioxide compound is shown as Formula (I): | 2011-04-21 |
20110088593 | SILVER DZ NANO-FLUID COMPOSITION FOR NANO-FIN FORMATION AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The various embodiments herein provide a nano-fluid for formation of nano-fins for use in power-plants, automobile industry and machineries comprising a metallic-ion supplier material, a base fluid, a plurality of stabilizer material and a regenerative agent. The metallic-ion supplier material includes a nano-powder of silver acetate or silver nitrate. The base fluid is deionized water. The regenerative agent is sodium borohydrate. The plurality of stabilizer material includes tri-ethanol-amine-lauryl-ether sulphate, hydroxyl-propyl-ammonium-chloride, coconut-pheti-acid-diethanolamide, coco-amido-propyl-ethanol and sodium chloride. The embodiments herein also provide a rapid and in-expensive method of producing the nano-fluid. The embodiments herein also provide a new stabilizer composition for stabilizing the nano-fluid comprising a combination of an anionic surfactant, a non-ionic surfactant, a cationic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant and a salt. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088594 | FLUOROSURFACTANTS - The present invention relates to compounds of the formulae (I), (II) and (III), to the use of compounds containing at least one perfluoro-tert-butoxy group and at least one substituted or unsubstituted aromatic end group as surface-active agent, and to a process for the preparation of compounds of the formula (II). | 2011-04-21 |
20110088596 | REINFORCED STRUCTURE COMPRISING A CEMENTITIOUS MATRIX AND ZINC COATED METAL ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a reinforced structure comprising a cementitious matrix and zinc coated metal elements. The structure comprises at least at the interface of the zinc coated metal elements and the cementitious matrix a compound selected from the group consisting of the imidazoles, the triazoles and the tetrazoles. The invention further relates to a zinc coated metal element for the reinforcement of a cementitious matrix and to a method to inhibit hydrogen gas evolution at the interface of zinc coated metal elements embedded in a cementitious matrix. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088597 | DURABLE MAGNESIUM OXYCHLORIDE CEMENT AND PROCESS THEREFOR - A magnesium oxychloride cement (MOC) composition comprising:
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20110088598 | Cementitious compositions and related systems and methods - Provided are cementitious compositions and related systems and methods. The cementitious compositions, or admixtures, according to the present invention generally comprise gypsum, a first alkaline component and glass. The admixture may further comprise fly ash, which is preferably obtained as a waste by-product from a coal-burning power plant. A method according to the present invention comprises an initial step of analyzing or receiving an analysis of a fly ash sample. Based at least in part on the analysis of the fly ash sample, a mix rate may be selected and an initial admixture can be formulated, which, when added to the fly ash sample, creates an alternative or additive to Portland cement for use in concrete, for example. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088599 | SLUMP RETAINING ADMIXTURE FOR MODIFYING CLAY ACTIVITY IN CONCRETE - The present invention relates to the use of polycationic compound in combination with a hydroxycarboxylic acid or salt thereof to enhance slump retention in cements and concretes having clay-bearing aggregates, wherein the clay otherwise absorbs or diminishes the dosage efficiency of polycarboxylate superplasticizers. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088600 | EDDY-FREE HIGH VELOCITY COOLER - A cooling system comprises serpentine cooling fluid passages cast into a work piece with carefully controlled turning radii and profiles. Individual interdigitated baffles are contoured in the plane of coolant flow to have walls that thicken and then round off at their distal ends. The outside radii at these turns is similarly rounded and controlled such that the coolant flow will not be swirled into eddies. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088601 | Steering Funnel for Bed Material in Fluidized Bed Boiler, Fluidized Bed Boiler and Method in Fluidized Bed Boiler - A fluidized bed boiler ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110088602 | SUBMERGED OXY-FUEL BURNER - A burner for melting material in a furnace includes an elongated member having a first end with a heat source, a second end with an exhaust, and a combustion chamber disposed in the elongated member interconnecting the first and second ends, a portion of the elongated member between the first and second ends in contact with the material to be melted. A method for melting the material is also provided. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088603 | Agricultural Implement Having Fluid Delivery Features - An agricultural implement is directed to delivering a fluid to the soil of an agricultural field and includes a main frame attached to an opener device, a closing device, a pivoting assembly, and an injection tine. The opener device forms a furrow in the soil, the closing device trails the opener device for closing the furrow, and the injection tine delivers the fluid towards the furrow. The injection tine has a pivoting end attached to the pivoting assembly and a bottom end extending downwardly into the furrow between the opener device and the closing device. The pivoting end is pivotably connected at the pivoting end such that the injection tine is freely pivotable in at least two independent pivotable directions relative to furrow. A diffuser is attached to the bottom end of the injection tine for expelling the fluid into the furrow. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088604 | EMBROIDERY DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING EMBROIDERY DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND SEWING MACHINE - A embroidery data processing device includes an area defining portion that defines a sewable area on the work cloth, a computation portion that computes a first characteristic quantity that specifies a size of the sewable area, a comparison portion that compares the first characteristic quantity to at least one characteristic quantity for at least one embroidery pattern that can be sewn based on the embroidery data, the at least one characteristic quantity being stored in a storage portion and specifying a size of the at least one embroidery pattern, an extraction portion that, in a case where a comparison indicates that at least one sewable pattern exists, extracts the at least one sewable pattern, the at least one sewable pattern being at least one embroidery pattern that fits within the sewable area, a notification portion that notifies a user about the at least one sewable pattern. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088605 | PUNCH DATA GENERATING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PUNCH DATA GENERATING PROGRAM - A punch data generating device generating punch data for execution with an embroiderable sewing machine including a needle bar moved up and down and mounted with a punch needle for forming penetrations on a workpiece in dot-by-dot strokes, a transfer mechanism transferring the workpiece in two directions in coordination with the movement of the punch needle to form the penetrations. The punch data generating device includes a cut data generator generating cut data constituting the punch data, the cut data being used to form the penetrations along an outline of a predetermined pattern to allow cutting of the outline; and an auxiliary cut data generator generating auxiliary cut data constituting the punch data, the auxiliary cut data being used to form penetrations contacting the outline of the pattern to form a cut that facilitates detachment of the outline from the workpiece. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088606 | PUNCH DATA GENERATING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PUNCH DATA GENERATING PROGRAM - A punch data generating device generating punch data for execution with an embroiderable sewing machine including a needle bar that is moved up and down and mounted with a punch needle for forming penetrations on a workpiece in dot-by-dot strokes, a transfer mechanism transferring the workpiece in two directions in coordination with the movement of the punch needle to form the penetrations. The punch data generating device includes a punch data generator generating punch data, the punch data including at least either of draw data being configured to instruct sequential formation of the penetrations to draw a predetermined pattern, and cut data being configured to instruct sequential formation of the penetrations along an outline of a predetermined pattern to allow cutting of the outline; and a data modifier modifying at least either of the draw data and the cut data to change how the penetrations are to be formed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088607 | WATER JET PROPULSION WATERCRAFT - A water jet propulsion watercraft includes a hull, a cockpit arranged at a hull center and including a periphery that is surrounded by a wall surface, a rear deck arranged at a hull rear portion at a rear of the cockpit and including a rear water-access area that is open to the rear, a saddle type watercraft operator seat arranged in the cockpit, a jet propulsion device attached to the hull and arranged to apply a propulsive force to the hull by sucking in water from surroundings and jetting the water, and an engine attached to the hull and arranged to apply a driving force to the jet propulsion device. The saddle type watercraft operator seat may extend in a front/rear direction of the hull and be arranged to divide an interior of the cockpit into two regions at the right and left. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088608 | BALLAST-FREE SHIP - By adjusting the amount of air supplied from compressed-air supply piping, a seawater level in an air cushion chamber is adjusted. Accordingly, even in a case of a ballast-free ship, there is secured a function to adjust a hull equivalent to an adjusting function of a ship having ballast tanks. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088609 | DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR PRESSURE PROTECTING AND DELIVERING A SUBMERGED PAYLOAD AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - A payload delivery system for protecting and delivering a payload submerged in a submersion medium includes a containment system. The containment system includes a container and a dehiscing system. The container includes a pressure-resistant shell defining a sealed containment chamber. The dehiscing system is operative to dehisce the shell to open the containment chamber to the submersion medium responsive to a prescribed event and/or a prescribed environmental condition. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088610 | Stool for paddleable watercraft - A stool for a paddleable watercraft having a support surface includes a base omnidirectionally pivotly supporting a saddle. An upper portion of the stool includes a post supporting a saddle for partially supporting a paddler in a sitting position. The base, supported by the support surface of the watercraft, includes a support assembly for the post including a bearing assembly and a flexible, resilient, cylindrical coupling omnidirectionally pivotly supporting the lower end of the post. The saddle includes a tubular member for connecting with the support assembly to place the upper portion in a stowed position wherein the post is substantially horizontal to the support surface. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088611 | EXPOSURE INDICATING DEVICE - An exposure indicating device disposed in a respirator system. The exposure indicating device comprises a diffractive optical element. The exposure indicating device comprises a material having an index of refraction that changes as a function of exposure to a chemical vapor, where the exposure indicating device provides an optical signal that changes in optical property as a function of exposure to the chemical vapor. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088612 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICON CARBIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL - A method for producing a silicon carbide single crystal including a steps of, loading a sublimation-raw material into a reaction vessel of a production apparatus for a silicon carbide single crystal, and placing a seed crystal for a silicon carbide single crystal in such a manner that the seed crystal substantially faces the sublimation-raw material, and re-crystallizing the sublimation-raw material sublimated by heating on a surface of the seed crystal to grow a silicon carbide single crystal, the method further including applying a thermosetting material containing silicon component to a back surface of the seed crystal before the placing the seed crystal in the reaction vessel of the production apparatus for the silicon carbide single crystal. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088613 | PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING THE GROWTH OF A RALOXIFENE HYDROCHLORIDE CRYSTAL - A process is described for controlling the growth of a raloxifene hydrochloride crystal i.e. for the control of raloxifene hydrochloride crystal size, comprising the steps of: a) heating under reflux a mass comprising crystalline raloxifene hydrochloride, methanol and water for a time of about 10 minutes; b) cooling the mass to 30-35° C., and c) checking the crystal size, in which steps a), b) and c) are repeated for a number of cycles n, until the desired crystal size is obtained. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088614 | POWDER PAINTING CABIN - A powder painting cabin ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110088615 | DIP COATING APPARATUS - A dip coating apparatus includes a housing and a workpiece holder movably and rotatably received in the housing. The housing includes an immersing portion configured for carrying out immersion process and a drying portion configured for carrying out drying process. The inner spaces of the immersing portion and the drying portion are communicated with each other. The lifting workpiece holder is configured for fixed workpieces thereon and moving and rotating relative to the immersing portion and the drying portion of the housing. The workpieces is driven by the lifting-rotating to carry out the immersion process and the drying process. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088616 | PAINTING BOOTH WITH POWDERED PAINT SUPPRESSION SYSTEM - A painting booth (10) with powdered paint comprises a painting chamber (11) in which the powdered paint is sprayed and an underlying service chamber (30). The painting chamber (11) has a grated floor (15) for sucking in the air in it and that leads to paint filtering and suppression groups (17). The groups (17) comprise a first inlet area (22) with cyclone air flow to cause powder to fall out from the flow into an underlying collection hopper (23) followed by filters (24, 124) that are crossed in succession by the air flow. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088617 | COATING APPARATUS - A coating device for coating an inside of a hollow body with an atomized fluid has at least one atomizing tube enclosing an atomizing channel. A pressurized propellant gas for atomizing an unatomized fluid can be introduced into the atomizing tube. The atomizing tube has at least one outlet opening and further has at least one hollow needle having a discharge opening for the unatomized fluid. The at least one hollow needle interacts with the atomizing channel and is arranged essentially coaxially thereto. The atomizing tube and the hollow needle form a Venturi arrangement. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088618 | PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR COATING FIBERS WITH A METAL BY A LIQUID METHOD - The invention relates to a process of coating fibers with a metal by a liquid method. In this process, a fiber ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110088619 | Unrolling Device for a Material Web - A towel dispenser which sprays portions of a material web pulled off from a supply roll with a disinfectant. A disinfectant supply bottle is arranged partially inside a core of the supply roll, and its liquid outlet is connected to the inlet of a diaphragm pump, which feeds into a nozzle pipe. To measure the residual material web remaining on the supply roll, an angular velocity transmitter is used which comprises a stationary reflective light barrier and a line pattern applied to the inside of the core of the supply roller. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088620 | DRUM COATER HAVING A NIR MEASURING UNIT - The film coating device having a perforated drum is provided with a stationary NIR measuring unit on the outside of the rotating drum wall. The measurement is made through the drum wall. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088621 | Organic Vapor Jet Deposition Using an Exhaust - Methods and systems for organic vapor jet deposition are provided, where an exhaust is disposed between adjacent nozzles. The exhaust may reduce pressure buildup in the nozzles and between the nozzles and the substrate, leading to improved deposition profiles, resolution, and improved nozzle-to-nozzle uniformity. The exhaust may be in fluid communication with an ambient vacuum, or may be directly connected to a vacuum source. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088622 | THIN FILM DEPOSITION APPARATUS - A thin film deposition apparatus can be simply applied to produce large-sized display devices on a mass scale and improves manufacturing yield. The thin film deposition apparatus for forming a thin film on a substrate includes: a deposition source that discharges a deposition material; a deposition source nozzle unit disposed at a side of the deposition source and including a plurality of deposition source nozzles arranged in a first direction; and a patterning slit sheet disposed opposite to the deposition source nozzle unit and including a plurality of patterning slits arranged in the first direction; wherein each of the patterning slits includes a plurality of sub-slits. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088623 | GAS TREATMENT SYSTEMS - An MOCVD reactor such as a rotating disc reactor ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110088624 | METHOD FOR THE PROTECTION OF SKIN REGIONS OF A TEAT DURING THE MILKING PROCESS, AND FILM FOR SUCH A METHOD - Disclosed is a method for protecting especially injured or stressed skin regions of a teat during the milking process. In said method, the teat is wrapped in an overlapping manner in a film that is a combination of planar support and an adhesive layer, by means of which the film sticks to itself and to the skin. The thickness and the elastic and/or plastic deformability of the adhesive layer are selected such that the adhesive layer compensates the shearing forces acting from the film onto the skin when the teat is stretched during the milking process, and/or the adhesive layer is selected in such as way as to detach from the skin without substantially injuring the corneocyte layer when a force acts on the adhesive layer in the longitudinal direction of the teat. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088625 | REMOTE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR GROUND-BASED GAME FEEDER, VARMINT GUARD, TRAY AND SKIRT ASSEMBLY AND QUAIL FEEDER - A game feeder configured for remote monitoring, the game feeder comprising a feeder body comprising a container for holding feed, a motor configured to disperse the feed, and a motor relay configured to actuate the motor; a computer, the computer comprising a wireless driver configured to communicatively couple the computer to a wireless communication network; and a sensor array having a plurality of sensors adapted to provide data on a plurality of local conditions at the game feeder, the sensor array being communicatively coupled to the computer; wherein the computer is configured to receive the data on the plurality of local conditions from the sensor array and send the data on the plurality of local conditions to the wireless communication network. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088626 | ADJUSTABLE ANIMAL FEEDER - An animal feeder is mountable to an exterior support and includes an inner housing having a cavity for containing feed and an outer housing for selectively blocking and providing access to the cavity. Access is dependent upon a force exerted on the outer housing. The animal feeder also includes an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the force required to block access. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088627 | INTEGRAL CONTROL BOX, SPINNER AND FUNNEL UNIT WITH ADJUSTABLE LEGS - A wildlife feeder with a control box assembly for engaging a bottom wall of a hopper of a wildlife feeder is provided, the bottom wall having a hopper feed dispensing opening. The hopper is supported on a multiplicity of legs above the ground. The assembly includes a motor with a drive shaft, and a spinner mounted near a removed end of the drive shaft. A control box having a control box housing is provided with an upper wall, the upper wall having an opening to allow the drive shaft to project substantially vertically therethrough. A hopper engagement plate is provided for engaging the bottom wall of the hopper adjacent the hopper feed dispensing opening. The hopper engagement plate has a base with a feed opening therethrough. The hopper engagement plate has walls with a multiplicity of legs depending therefrom. The feed opening of the base is located substantially below the hopper feed dispensing opening. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088628 | Apparatus and methods for providing drinking water and/or entertainment for pets - Apparatus and methods are disclosed that may be used for providing drinking water and/or entertaining to pets, such as while the pet is travelling away from home, riding in a car, and/or in a pet carrier during a long car ride, airplane ride, bus ride, etc. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus generally includes a base configured for engagement with a container. The apparatus may further include a reservoir and a pump in fluid communication with the reservoir, for pumping liquid from the container into the reservoir when the container is upright and the base is engaged to the container. The apparatus may be configured to allow the pump to be selectively activated by the animal to pump liquid from the container into the reservoir. An elongate fluid conduit may be operatively associated with the pump and be in fluid communication with the reservoir. The elongate fluid conduit may have a sufficient length to extend into a liquid within the container. A rotatable ball may be provided at least partially within the reservoir such that the ball rotates relative to the reservoir when licked by the animal. The ball may apply a downward force against a button operatively associated with the pump to thereby press the button to operate the pump to draw liquid from the container into an open end portion of the fluid conduit, through the fluid conduit, and into the reservoir. Liquid from the reservoir may adhere to an outer surface portion of the ball and thereby become accessible to and drinkable by the animal when the outer surface portion of the ball is rotated from an initial position within the liquid in the reservoir to a second position accessible to the animal's tongue. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088629 | Media Apparatus - The present description relates to a media apparatus that can function as an animal litter box. In one case, the media apparatus includes a media storage portion configured to define a media receiving volume. The media apparatus also includes an animal support portion that defines an opening proximate the media receiving volume. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088630 | Cat litter box and method of cleaning same - A litter box for use by house pets, such as cats having structure for mechanical separation of clumped litter and waste material from unsoiled litter and subsequent return of unsoiled litter for later use. The litter box preferably includes a first section for receiving both clean litter and the animal preparing to use the device. The first section is separated from a second section by an upstanding sieve or sifting member. The apparatus further includes a removable collection tray for receiving waste material for final disposition after separation. A method of cleaning steps which include lateral rotation and counter-rotation of the device is also disclosed. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088631 | Padding Material for Mice in Laboratories - Edible synthetic padding material is provided for mice and/for rat in laboratories. The edible synthetic padding material includes a major ingredient, a minor ingredient and adhesive. The major ingredient is made of edible natural fibers. The minor ingredient is made of nature elastic fibers. The adhesive is used to bond the major and minor ingredients. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088632 | Closed-type ornamental aquarium - The closed-type aquarium of the present invention includes a light transmissive container in which a vapor phase of air and a liquid phase of water are sealed. The liquid phase includes a shrimp, an aquatic plant and a microorganism. Further, to enhance efficiency of material recycling, the liquid phase includes a snail that has a different ecological niche than that of the shrimp and a plant dead body that supplements a resource essential for photosynthesis of the aquatic plant. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088633 | Collapsible Practice Barrels For Equine Barrel Racing - A collapsible barrel is provided for use in training for equine barrel racing. The collapsible barrel is configured and sized to approximate the dimensions of a conventional barrel used in the sport of equine barrel racing, but is constructed of sturdy, lightweight materials that enable the barrel to be transformed between a fully deployed state and a collapsed state. The collapsible barrel of the present invention is sufficiently lightweight and dimensioned, when in a collapsed state, to be easily transported, deployed for training and later stored. The flexibility of the collapsible barrel makes training ideal because it eliminates injury to the legs of the rider and the body of the horse. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088634 | Animal attracting device - An animal attracting device is provided. The animal attracting device may include a body that has an exterior body surface that has at least one recessed portion for the receipt of attractant so that the attractant may be deposited on the exterior body surface and the at least one recessed portion. An attachment member may also be included for attachment to a support member. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088635 | Protective Hen Apron - A protective bird apron includes a main body area with a length and a width and a pair of opposing lateral sections attached to the main body area at corresponding opposing edges thereof, each lateral section having a length less than the length of the main body area and a width dimensioned to extend beneath respective wings of the bird. At least one securing strap is coupled to an upper portion of the main body area and to an upper portion of at least one of the lateral sections, the main body area, the at least one of the lateral sections, and the at least one securing strap defining at least one shoulder securing area. A shoulder protector is coupled to the main body area of the back covering, disposed to protect shoulders of the bird while leaving the wings of the bird substantially unrestricted in wing-flapping movement, and has a width substantially the same or greater than an overall width of the back covering. Visible warning indicia are provided on the back covering and/or the shoulder protector. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088636 | BOILER - The present invention relates to a various kinds of boilers including a steam boiler, a hot water boiler, a waste-heat boiler and an exhaust gas boiler. Projections are provided on a heat-transfer tube which connects an upper header and a lower header with each other such that a heat-transfer area pet unit length of the heat-transfer tube becomes smaller in an upstream region than that in a downstream region of combustion gas. It is preferable that installation pitches between adjacent upper and lower projections and/or projecting lengths of the projections from the heat-transfer tube are changed such that the heat-transfer area per unit length of the heat-transfer tube becomes smaller in the upstream region than those in the downstream region of the combustion gas. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088637 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A radiator and an oil cooler are arranged at a front surface side of a cooling fan in parallel with each other in a flow direction of the cooling air, an intercooler and a condenser are arranged in parallel at a front surface side of the radiator and oil cooler, and a fuel cooler is arranged at a front surface side of the condenser. By arranging respective heat exchangers such that the heat release amount thereof sequentially increases from the upstream side toward the downstream side in the flow direction of the cooling air, each heat exchanger can efficiently release the heat of the fluid to be cooled. By arranging the fuel cooler at the front surface side of the condenser, two heat exchangers of the condenser and the fuel cooler can be accommodated within a range of the thickness dimension of the intercooler. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088638 | PUMP APPARATUS - A pump apparatus installed in a cooling system of an internal combustion engine includes: a first housing member having a generally circular recess portion; a pump rotor placed within the recess portion; and a second housing member that is fixed to the first housing member so as to define a pump operation chamber that corresponds to the recess portion. The first housing member includes a housing body portion in which the recess portion is formed, and a discharge-side cylindrical portion formed integrally with the housing body portion so as to define a discharge passageway of the cooling water. The second housing member includes a cover portion that covers an opening end side of the recess portion, and a suction-side cylindrical portion that is formed integrally with the cover portion so as to define a suction passageway of the cooling water. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088639 | FRICTION CLUTCH AND DRIVE SYSTEM FOR COOLING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF A VEHICLE WITH A FRICTION CLUTCH - A friction clutch ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110088640 | IMPROVED FILM-COOLED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The present invention provides an improved internal combustion engine that uses film cooling. Improved fuel efficiency and other parameters are achieved through the design and use of the present invention. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088641 | ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH BREATHER MECHANISM - Breather mechanism includes a breather passage opening into a crankcase, a breather chamber communicating with the crankcase via the breather passage, and a valve provided in the breather chamber and openable to allow blow-by gas to flow from the crankcase into the breather chamber once inner pressure of the crankcase exceeds a predetermined value. When the engine is placed in a laterally laid-down position, entry, into the breather chamber, of lubricating oil is prevented by the breather passage. When the engine is placed in a vertically upright position, an outlet end portion of the breather passage is located above an inlet end portion of the breather passage. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088642 | VALVE TRAIN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object of the present invention is to simplify a valve train system that can change valve operation characteristics of an intake valve(s) and/or an exhaust valve(s) mounted on an internal combustion engine while improving the response in changing valve operation characteristics. To achieve this object, according to the present invention, a valve train system of an internal combustion engine that can change valve operation characteristics of an intake valve and/or an exhaust valve comprises a plurality of changing mechanisms that change valve operation characteristics by connecting/disconnecting a plurality of power transmission members provided between a cam and a valve to/from each other, a switching pin that is provided in each changing mechanism in such a way as to be able to move forward and backward to provide switching between connection and disconnection of the plurality of power transmission members, an actuator that generates power for moving the switching pin forward and backward, and a distribution mechanism that distributes the power generated by one actuator to a plurality of switching pins. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088643 | Valve train device - In a valve drive train device, in particular for a valve drive of an internal combustion engine, with a switching unit comprising an actuator with a solenoid unit and with a control unit for monitoring switching operations of the switching unit provided for switching an axially displaceable cam element by means of a switch gate, the control unit for monitoring the switching unit is taking into account at least one characteristic value of a voltage integral over a voltage which is induced in a coil of the switching unit during the switching operation and is adjusting the value with respect to a characteristic limit value stored in the control unit. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088644 | Internal Combustion Engine Control Device and Internal Combustion Engine Control System - In an internal combustion engine control device, when the engine stops, a variable valve actuation device is controlled to change an operating mode of each of intake valves to a specific state where an all-cylinder valve closed period, during which the intake valves of all engine cylinders are all kept in their non-lifted states, occurs, and a crank position change mechanism is controlled to change a crankshaft-rotation stopped position to a crankangle included within the all-cylinder valve closed period. When restarting the engine, the variable valve actuation device is controlled to bring the operating mode of each of the intake valves closer to an engine-start desired lift characteristic suited to an engine condition, prior to cranking action. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088645 | VALVE TIMING ADJUSTER - A valve timing adjuster for an internal combustion engine adjusts valve timing. The valve timing adjuster includes a housing, a vane rotor, a regulation device, a fluid route, and an opening/closing control device. The regulation device regulates a rotational phase of the vane rotor relative to the housing to a regulation position located between a full advance position and a full retard position. The fluid route is communicated with a specific chamber that is at least one of an advance chamber and a retard chamber. The fluid route extends via a radially inner part to be communicated with atmosphere. The radially inner part is located radially between the specific chamber and a rotation center. The opening/closing control device opens and closes the fluid route. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088646 | COMBUSTION STATE DETECTION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A combustion state detection device for an internal combustion engine includes: an ignition control unit that controls activation of a primary winding for ignition; a comparison value setting unit that sets a comparison value with respect to an ion signal; and a combustion state discrimination unit that determines the occurrence of misfire depending on the magnitude of the ion signal with respect to the comparison value; wherein the ignition control unit, after generating a spark, reactivates the primary winding at least one time during one combustion stroke so that an induction voltage similar to that generated in the secondary winding at around a time when the primary winding begins to be activated for the purpose of starting combustion is generated in the secondary winding. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088647 | METHOD FOR STARTING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH START-STOP FUNCTION - In a method for starting an internal combustion engine ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110088648 | Rigid Primer Bulb Pump - A hand operated primer pump for small marine or other engines generally spark ignition engines used on stern drive boats that prevents transfer of hydrocarbons into the atmosphere. The primer generally mimics and replaces prior art rubber primer bulbs in general shape and possibly color, although it can be made in any shape or color. It generally contains a pump that delivers a precise measured amount of fuel with each stroke of the actuator. The primer can have an ergonomically designed actuator that creates the farthest distance from a fulcrum point for maximum leverage and hence, maximum ease of use. The primer is generally designed with a continuous molded fuel path to seal any source of hydrocarbon leakage as well as being made from materials that prevent transfer of hydrocarbons to the atmosphere. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088649 | Flexible Mounting System for Powertrain Mounted Components - A mounting system for powertrain components requiring axial installation and radial removal thereof is provided. A mounting flange is integrally cast with a powertrain component and extends outwardly therefrom. An opening extends through the mounting flange defining a mounting flange axis and axially receives a portion of a powertrain component for support therein, and by the mounting flange. A separation line extends diametrically across the mounting flange to define a separated portion and a remaining portion of the mounting flange. Fasteners are configured to removeably attach the separated portion to the remaining portion to thereby facilitate removal of the powertrain component from the powertrain assembly in a radial direction. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088650 | INTEGRALLY CAST BLOCK AND UPPER CRANKCASE - An integrally cast four-stroke engine mono-block includes integrally cast cylinder block, cylinder head, and portion of a crankcase including crankcase outboard and inboard walls. At least parts of outer and inner bearing bosses are integrally cast with the cylinder block with the inner bearing boss integrally cast in the inboard wall. At least one cored out longitudinally extending open valve train chamber is disposed between the outboard wall and the cast cylinder block. An alternative embodiment of the integrally cast four-stroke engine mono-block includes at least parts of an outer bearing boss and/or an inner bearing boss integrally cast in the outboard and inboard walls respectively with the cast cylinder block. At least one cored out longitudinally extending open valve train chamber is disposed between the outboard wall and the cast cylinder block. Push tube passages or a belt drive passage may be in the valve train chamber. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088651 | PORTABLE WORKING MACHINE - A portable working machine includes a gaseous-fueled engine, a working unit driven by the engine, a control unit for controlling the engine and the working unit, and an acceleration sensor capable of detecting accelerations in two mutually perpendicular horizontal directions relative to a vertical line, which is induced in the portable working machine. The control unit is configured to determine a tip angle of the portable working machine based on the horizontal accelerations detected by the acceleration sensor and issue a stop instruction to the engine when it determines that the tip angle exceeds a preset reference angle. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088652 | Ram induction system - The method of separating contaminants from a stream of incoming contaminated air to an engine is disclosed wherein the incoming contaminated air stream is separated into a relatively clean air stream and a relatively dirty air stream with the relatively clean air stream being directed to the inlet of the engine and with the relatively dirty air stream being directed to one or more purge exits and out of the system, thereby causing the purged air stream to carry at least some of the original contaminants from the incoming air stream. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088653 | Backwards Injected Engine - Fuel is injected into and through the exhaust port and into the cylinder of the piston engine during the time when the flow is reversed from the normally expected flow. The engine is able to operate with some or all of its fuel injected backwards of conventional expectations. In another embodiment the fuel is injected with solid stream injector sprays directed against exhaust valves and ports and deflected into the piston cylinder against the flow of normally aspirated or supercharged engines. This invention can apply to gasoline or diesel cycles and four and two stroke type cycles of engine. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088654 | MULTI-FUELLING AN ENGINE - A compression ignition engine is supplied with a first fuel in a flow of air and a second fuel is injected into the combustion chamber. The first fuel comprises a more volatile fuel than diesel such as ethanol, LPG or other combustible gas; the second fuel comprises diesel or biodiesel; and the second fuel is injected in multiple pulses in each ignition cycle with the first pulse acting as a pilot pulse to trigger ignition, and the timing of the second pulse being such as to modify the temperature through evaporation of the second fuel and thereby reduce the combustion temperature and mitigate knock susceptibility. Preferably the pilot pulse is followed by a single further pulse of the second fuel in the ignition cycle. The engine may be controlled to operate in two different modes, one mode for light and medium load conditions when there is only a pilot pulse injection of the second fuel which reduces NO | 2011-04-21 |
20110088655 | Fuel Injection Control Method For A Direct Injection Gaseous-Fuelled Internal Combustion Engine - The method comprises receiving from the vehicle controller, values associated with the engine speed and of another parameter indicative of the engine operating conditions, such as the total fuelling amount, and controlling the fuel injection parameters according to the engine state, which, for example, can include a normal operation mode, a filter regeneration mode, an engine protection mode, high or low transient load modes, and operating at different altitudes, through algorithms implemented in an electronic controller. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088656 | METHOD OF OPERATING A COMPRESSION IGNITION INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method of operating a combustion ignition engine comprises introducing an amount of a compressibly non-ignitable fuel into the air induction system of a compression ignition engine during the intake stroke of the engine and then injecting an amount of compressibly ignitable fuel (e.g., Diesel fuel) in the cylinder chamber at a crank angle sufficiently advanced during the compression stroke of the compression ignition engine such that the compressibly ignitable fuel and incompressible non-ignitable fuel ignite and combust such that substantially all of the fuel in the cylinder is combusted, where the amount of compressibly non-ignitable fuel introduced into the cylinder has an energy content that is at least about 50% to at most about 99% of the total energy content of the total amount of fuel introduced. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088657 | MULTI-FUEL INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - To improve an ignitability to a fuel having a low compressed ignitability in a combustion chamber in a compressed self-ignition diffusive combustion mode operation. In a multi-fuel internal combustion engine operated by introducing at least one type of fuel among at least two types of fuels having different properties into a combustion chamber or introducing a mixed fuel composed of at least the two types of fuels into the combustion chamber, an electronic control unit is provided with a fuel characteristics detection means that detects an ignitability index value as an index showing a compressed ignitability of a fuel itself introduced into the combustion chamber, and a fuel injection control means that previously injects, when a compressed self-ignition diffusive combustion is performed using a fuel in the combustion chamber, which is determined to have a low compressed ignitability based on the ignitability index value, the fuel at a predetermined timing in a period from an intake stroke to a compression stroke, and thereafter mainly injects the fuel and introduces the fuel having the low compressed ignitability into the combustion chamber. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088658 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING ENGINE IDLE SPEED IN A VEHICLE - A method for optimizing an engine idle speed in a vehicle having an engine, a motor generator unit (MGU), and an energy storage system (ESS) includes determining vehicle operating values, including at least one of: an electrical load of an accessory, a torque capacity of the MGU, a temperature of the MGU, an efficiency of the MGU, and a state of charge (SOC) of the ESS. The method also includes calculating a set of engine speed values using the set of vehicle operating values, and using a controller to command the engine idle speed as a function of the set of engine speed values. A vehicle includes an engine, an ESS, an MGU, and a controller having an algorithm adapted for optimizing an idle speed of the engine as set forth above. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088659 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TORQUE DURING ENGINE START OPERATIONS IN HYBRID VEHICLES - A control system for a hybrid vehicle that includes an internal combustion engine and an electric motor includes an engine speed control module, an air pressure control module, and an engine torque control module. The engine speed control module increases engine speed during a first calibration period based on a driver torque request and a predetermined torque threshold. The air pressure control module decreases intake manifold pressure (MAP) of the engine during a second calibration period based on the driver torque request and the predetermined torque threshold. The engine torque control module starts the engine during a period after the first and second calibration periods by activating N of M cylinders of the engine, wherein N is based on the driver torque request and the predetermined torque threshold. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088660 | Fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines - The invention relates to a fuel injection valve for internal combustion engines for injecting fuel under high pressure utilizing a nozzle needle interacting with a valve seat by longitudinal movements thereof, thus opening and closing at least one injection opening. The nozzle needle is subjected to a locking force directed toward the direction of the valve seat pressure in a control space. A control valve is configured in a valve body, by which the pressure in the control space can be adjusted. The control valve has a control valve space connected to the control space, in which a control valve member is disposed in a longitudinally movable manner, and opens and closes a connection of the control valve space to a leakage oil space by longitudinal movement. The control valve member is surrounded by pressure in the control valve space and configured such that no or very little resulting hydraulic force acts upon the control valve member in the longitudinal movement direction by the pressure in the control space, if the control valve member closes the connection of the control valve space to the leakage oil space. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088661 | COLD START SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A cylinder deactivation system comprises a fuel injection module and a cold start control module. The fuel injection module injects a desired amount of fuel into a cylinder of an engine during engine cranking. The cold start control module maintains an intake valve and an exhaust valve associated with the cylinder in respective closed positions while the desired amount of fuel is injected when at least one of an air temperature and a coolant temperature is less than a predetermined cold start temperature. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088662 | METHOD OF PACKAGING A MEMBRANE FOR USE IN A VENTING VALVE - A venting valve comprises a cover including a flow path in fluid communication with an evaporative emissions system and a liquid discriminating and vapor permeable membrane connected to the cover. At least a portion of the outer surface of the membrane comprises a plurality of alternating curved crests and valleys. In other embodiments, the membrane comprises a first and second layer defining a gap therebetween, wherein at least a portion of the membrane is spirally wound. In other embodiments, the venting valve includes at least one protrusion configured to support and shape the membrane, wherein at least a portion of the membrane is curved. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088663 | Intake Manifold of an Internal Combustion Engine and Cooling Fluid Charge Air Cooler - An intake manifold arrangement of an internal combustion engine has an intake manifold and a cooling fluid charge air cooler arranged in the intake manifold. The cooling fluid charge air cooler has cooling fluid tanks at first and second opposite ends. At least one of the cooling fluid tanks at the first end forms at least a part of the intake manifold and is an integral component of the cooling fluid charge air cooler. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088664 | GAS INTAKE DEVICE - A gas intake device for letting gases into an inlet volume of a cylinder head of a motor vehicle combustion engine includes a valve ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110088665 | Fuel Economizer Fuel Vapor System For Internal Combustion Engine - A fuel vaporizer for an internal combustion engine having a closed pressure chamber defining a volume, to be heated, and a liquid fuel supply system disposed to emit a liquid fuel spray. The closed pressure chamber may be constructed and arranged relative to the heat-transfer surface to establish between the at least one outlet and the heat-transfer surface a mixing domain in which the fuel spray, as it progresses through the volume from the outlet, is substantially heated and vaporized by mixing with re-circulated, heated fuel vapor that previously has moved over and received heat from the heat transfer surface. The fuel vaporizer may be associated with a vapor outflow passage through which pressurized vapor exits the closed pressure chamber for supply to said at least one combustion region. The heat-transfer surface may be arranged to be heated by engine coolant circulating around the exterior of the closed pressure chamber. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088666 | INLINE FUEL PREHEATER AND ATOMIZATION DEVICE - An inline fuel preheater and atomization device for an internal combustion engine having a main body including a plurality of sequentially arranged chambers including a first chamber and a final chamber, the chambers separated from each other by inter-chamber barriers having progressively smaller barrier port which enables flow across the device while atomizing the fuel and increasing pressure across the fuel rail. The device is heated by a coil containing a heat transfer fluid drawing heat from a vehicle's mechanical systems around or through which the fluid circulates and subsequently transfers the heat it absorbs to the device and to the fuel flowing through the device. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088667 | Supercharger Rotor Shaft Seal Pressure Equalization - A pressure equalization system reduces or eliminates a pressure differential across supercharger rotor shaft seals. Under high boost, rotor shaft seals often fail, allowing hot compressed air into an oil lubricated space containing rotor bearings and gears (and vented to ambient pressure), reducing oil lubricating effectiveness and resulting in increased wear and failure. Under low or non boost operation, the pressure differential is reversed causing the lubricating oil to leak into the supercharger interior and accelerated rotor seal wear. The pressure equalization system includes flow restrictive seals on both rotor shafts, separated from the rotor shaft seals by vented spaces, thereby isolating the rotor shaft seals from boost or vacuum in the supercharger interior and reducing or eliminating the pressure differential across the rotor shaft seals. Maintaining close to atmospheric pressure on both sides of the rotor shaft seals during boost and vacuum operation reduces wear and failures. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088668 | ARRANGEMENT FOR A SUPERCHARGED COMBUSTION ENGINE CONCERNING COOLERS FOR INLET AIR TO AND EXHAUST GASES FROM THE ENGINE - An arrangement for a supercharged combustion engine including a first compressor ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110088669 | Compression System for Internal Combustion Engine Including a Rotationally Uncoupled Exhaust Gas Turbine - As one example, a vehicle propulsion system is provided. The system includes: an engine with an intake air compressor and an exhaust gas turbine. Further, a control is provided to operate the compressor at a different speed than the turbine, at least under an operating condition, and to adjust an amount of opening overlap between engine valves in response to a rotational speed of the compressor. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088670 | EGR VALVE DEVICE - An EGR valve device includes a housing having an exhaust gas passage formed inside, a support shaft slidably supported within the housing through a bearing, a valve disposed on the support shaft to open and close the exhaust gas passage, an urging member for urging the support shaft in a direction to close the valve, a valve seat, insert-cast integral with the housing, for closing the exhaust gas passage by abutting against the valve, and an actuator for driving the support shaft in a direction to open the valve, wherein a plurality of recesses or projections are provided axisymmetrically or uniformly in the peripheral portion of the valve seat to be insert-cast. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088671 | EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION COOLER SYSTEM - An exhaust gas recirculation cooling system for an internal combustion engine that has an exhaust system is provided. The exhaust gas recirculation cooling system comprises a cooling fluid circuit, an exhaust gas recirculation cooler, a turbine, a condenser, and a compressor. The cooling fluid circuit has a quantity of fluid that circulates through the exhaust gas recirculation cooling system and receives heat from the exhaust gas recirculation cooling system. The exhaust gas recirculation cooler is disposed in fluid communication with the exhaust system to receive engine exhaust gas from the engine and to remove heat from the exhaust gas. The exhaust gas recirculation cooler additionally disposed in fluid communication with the cooling fluid circuit. The cooling fluid within the cooling fluid circuit receives heat within the exhaust gas recirculation cooler. The turbine is disposed in fluid communication with the cooling fluid circuit. The turbine converts heat energy within the cooling fluid circuit to mechanical energy. A condenser is disposed in fluid communication with the cooling fluid circuit. The condenser cools fluid within the cooling fluid circuit. The compressor is also disposed in fluid communication with the cooling fluid circuit. The compressor pressurizes the fluid within the cooling fluid circuit and circulates the fluid within the cooling fluid circuit. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088672 | EXHAUST HEAT RECOVERY AND EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION WITH COMMON HEAT EXCHANGER - An apparatus for a vehicle with an engine is provided that accomplishes exhaust heat recovery and exhaust gas recirculation with a common heat exchanger used for both purposes. The apparatus includes an exhaust system through which exhaust gas is discharged from the engine. A heat exchanger is positioned within the exhaust system. Coolant flow passages are provided in thermal communication with the engine and with the heat exchanger. A bypass valve is operable in a first position to direct the exhaust gas through the heat exchanger to transfer heat to the coolant flow passages in a coolant heating mode, and operable in a second position in which the exhaust gas bypasses the heat exchanger in a bypass mode during which no significant coolant heating occurs via the heat exchanger. A portion of the exhaust gas is recirculated to the engine after cooling via the heat exchanger. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088673 | MIXER FOR USE IN AN EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLY OF THE SAME - A mixing apparatus adapted for mixing the flow of intake air and exhaust gas in a mixing chamber of a combustion engine including a housing having a bore formed therethrough extending between a first open end and a second open end. The housing includes a plurality of apertures formed in a side wall thereof adjacent the first open end. A retention member is formed in the side wall adjacent the second open end and is adapted to secure the mixing apparatus within the mixing chamber. The mixing apparatus includes a flow deflector disposed in the bore of the housing. The flow deflector includes a plurality of curved deflector surfaces formed therein which correspond in number to and are aligned with the plurality of apertures. An end cap is secured to the housing at the first open end thereof for closing the bore at the first open end. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088674 | CONTROLLING EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION THROUGH MULTIPLE PATHS IN A TURBOCHARGED ENGINE SYSTEM - A method of controlling exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) in a turbocharged engine system including multiple EGR paths to account for at least one of system constraints, or dead time and/or lag time associated with at least one of the EGR paths. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088675 | BOLT AND VALVE MECHANISM THAT USES LESS GAS - The proposed invention is a new bolt and gas release valve mechanism for a projectile launching device, such as a paintball marker, that uses significantly less gas per shot than prior art devices. The open gas chamber between the projectile, such as a paintball, and the gas release mechanism is eliminated thereby requiring much less gas to be used for each launch of a given projectile. Thus, only the launching gas to propel the projectile is needed and not the additional gas required to fill the chamber in the bolt directly behind the projectile. This enables desirably smaller gas supply tanks to be used during use to launch the same number of projectiles. Also, with the present invention, more projectiles can be launched using the same gas supply tank. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088676 | SELF-LOADING BOLT ASSEMBLY FOR AIRGUNS - [PROBLEMS] Since a conventional self-loading bolt assembly for airguns is complicated in construction, the cost of its production comes expensive. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088677 | Bowstring drawing assembly for a bow - A bowstring drawing assembly for a bow has a mounting frame, an operating device and a connecting belt. The mounting frame has a bottom bar, two supporting shafts and two pulleys. The supporting shafts are connected to the bottom bar. The pulleys are connected to the supporting shafts to hold the bow. The operating device is mounted on the mounting frame and has a holding seat, a rotating rod, a worm wheel, a worm shaft and a crank shaft. The holding seat is mounted on the bottom bar. The rotating rod is rotatably connected to the holding seat. The worm wheel is mounted around the rotating rod. The worm shaft is rotatably connected to the holding seat and engages the worm wheel. The crank shaft is connected securely to the worm shaft. The connecting belt is connected to the rotating rod of the operating device to mount around the bow. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088678 | METHOD FOR RESUMING OPERATION OF WIRE SAW AND WIRE SAW - The present invention is a method for resuming operation of a wire saw comprising the steps of: slicing the workpiece while measuring and recording a displacement amount in an axial direction of each of the grooved rollers and a temperature of the workpiece during the slicing of the workpiece; suspending the slicing of the workpiece; adjusting the displacement amount in an axial direction of each of the grooved rollers and the temperature of the workpiece by supplying temperature-adjusting mediums separately temperature-controlled to the grooved rollers and the workpiece so as to be equal to the displacement amount and temperature recorded upon suspending the slicing of the workpiece respectively, after the suspending, before resuming the slicing of the workpiece; and thereafter resuming the slicing. As a result, there is provided a method for resuming operation of a wire saw and the wire saw that can suppress deterioration of nano-topography of each sliced wafer after processing and can resume to complete the slicing without generation of quality problems of a product wafer, even when the slicing of the workpiece is suspended halfway due to breaking of the wire and the like during the slicing of the workpiece, such as a semiconductor ingot, with the wire saw. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088679 | Heating element accessory having warning device - Heating element accessories such as a drip pan bowl or a metal ring surround a heating element and contain a heat warning symbol from thermochromic ink or epoxy sprayed or otherwise applied directly to the hot surfaces thereof. For cooking appliances, such as electric and gas stoves, griddles, grills or their accessories. The heat warning symbol is distanced from the heating element or its hottest portions so that the composition can withstand the high temperature on the surface. In a preferred embodiment the device is invisible when below the triggering temperature and visible thereafter. Besides improved cooking appliances, persons can in certain embodiments update their existing appliances by installing accessories with the heat warning symbol and avoid replacing entire heating elements. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088680 | HEATING COOKER - A heating cooker includes a top plate, a front frame for covering a front edge of the top plate, and opposite side frames for covering respective side edges of the top plate. A front end (edge) of each of the side frames is inserted into and covered by a side portion of the front frame. The side frame has a ridge formed on an outer surface thereof at a location a predetermined distance spaced apart from a front edge thereof such that the ridge is positioned along a rear end (edge) of the front frame. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088681 | DEVICE FOR HEATING FLUIDS - A device for heating fluids by employing a rotor-housing mechanism. The device comprises a rotor assembly comprising a cylindrical rotor attached to a shaft with an annular space defined therebetween, a multiplicity of oblique bores disposed on the surface the rotor, a closely conforming cylindrical housing enclosing the rotor air tightly. The housing is defined by a cylindrical wall with first and second end-sealing plates sealing the opposite ends of the wall. The device further comprises an inlet and an outlet for the ingress and egress of a fluid from in and out of the housing respectively. A motive means, such as an electric motor, is connected to the shaft. A fluid received within the housing is primarily subjected to fluid hammer effect and for increasing the temperature thereof substantially. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088682 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A BARBEQUE GRILL - A temperature control system for controlling the rate of flow of a flammable fluid at generally constant pressure is disclosed. The system may include a flow control apparatus that is free of a regulator mechanism, for affecting the flow of the fluid. The flow control apparatus may be operable between at least a first flow rate and a second flow rate, and may have at least one upstream opening and at least one downstream opening. The system may also include a first burner in fluid communication with the downstream opening of the flow control apparatus and a conduit in fluid communication at one end thereof with the upstream opening of the flow control apparatus, and configured at the other end thereof for connection to a fuel supply. A thermocouple may be located in the vicinity of the burner, for converting a sensed thermal state into an electrical signal. An electronic controller, in communication with the flow control apparatus, for activating the flow control apparatus to one of said first and second flow rates, and being in communication with the thermocouple for receiving the electrical signal from the thermocouple is also provided. An interface connected to the controller for manually inputting a desired temperature may be included, wherein the controller is operable to automatically cycle the flow control apparatus between the first and second flow rates until the temperature sensed by the thermocouple is similar to the desired temperature. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088683 | Fireplace asembly - A firebox assembly having a refractory firebox and a metal hood, the walls of the metal hood having an interior sheet member and an exterior sheet member defining an interior air gap for heat insulation. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088684 | Solar Energy Concentrator - The invention discloses a solar concentrator that offers a low-cost option dimensioned for supplying energy to a household. The rays of the sun are reflected and concentrated to a point focus by a combination of fixed and movable reflectors, and the heat concentrated in that manner is directed to a stationary remote absorber from where it is used to generate energy to supply the house. A plurality of safety stoppers and barriers prevent accidental misdirection of the concentrated beam. The shape and geometric arrangement of the fixed portion of the reflector array is designed so that the average amount of light received by the stationary remote absorber is maximized for all solar positions within the system's working range. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088685 | SOLAR DISH COLLECTOR SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A solar dish collector system includes a solar dish collector panel for reflecting sunlight, and a conduit adjacent the solar dish collector panel. The conduit includes a supply tube to provide fluid to be heated by the reflected sunlight, and a return tube to return the heated fluid. A collector encloses open ends of the supply and return tubes, and is positioned to receive the reflected sunlight from the solar dish collector panel. The fluid from the supply tube at least partially fills the collector and is heated by the reflected sunlight while circulating therein. The heated fluid is then returned via the return tube. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088686 | Lightweight, low cost solar energy collector - A lightweight solar concentrator of the reflecting parabolic or trough type is realized via a thin reflecting film, an inflatable structural housing and tensioned fibers. The reflector element itself is a thin, flexible, specularly-reflecting sheet or film. The film is maintained in the parabolic trough shape by means of a plurality of tensioned fibers arranged to be parallel to the longitudinal axis of the parabola. Fiber ends are terminated in two spaced anchorplates, each containing a plurality of holes, which lie on a desired parabolic contour. In a preferred embodiment, these fibers are arrayed in pairs with one fiber contacting the front side of the reflecting film and the other contacting the back side of the reflecting film. The reflective surface is thereby slidably captured between arrays of fibers, which control the shape, and position of the reflective film. Gas pressure in the inflatable housing generates fiber tension to achieve a truer parabolic shape. A plurality of bridges and or retention clips may be employed in certain embodiments to maintain the position of the reflective surface relative to the fibers. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088687 | Radiation-selective absorber coating and absorber tube with said radiation-selective absorber coating - The radiation-selective absorber coating for absorber tubes of parabolic trough collectors includes two or more barrier layers ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110088688 | Support frame for solar energy device - The present invention discloses a support frame for solar energy device, which includes at least two support bodies, and at least two lintels, each of which being provided between the two support bodies. Each of the support bodies and lintels is made of reinforced concrete. Each of the support bodies includes two supporting columns, and a transverse beam fixedly provided between two top ends of the two supporting columns respectively. Two ends of each of the lintels are fixedly provided on a transverse beam of one of the support bodies and a transverse beam of an adjacent support body, respectively. Each of the support bodies further includes a strengthened beam fixedly provided between the two supporting columns. The present invention has a lower cost, corrosion protection, long service life, higher structural strength, good normability, is capable of site pouring and adapted for any amount of solar energy devices. | 2011-04-21 |
20110088689 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING A FLUID PRODUCT - A fluid dispenser device comprising: a body ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110088690 | NASAL DELIVERY DEVICES - A nasal delivery device for and a method of delivering substance to a nasal airway of a subject, the nasal delivery device comprising : a mouthpiece ( | 2011-04-21 |
20110088691 | Nasal Devices - A nasal delivery device for and a method of delivering a substance to a nasal cavity of a subject, the delivery device including: a nosepiece for fitting to a nostril of a subject; a substance supply unit for supplying a substance for delivery through the nosepiece; and a delivery prevention mechanism for preventing delivery of a substance through the nosepiece until the nosepiece is properly fitted to the nostril of the subject. | 2011-04-21 |