30th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140202078 | COLLAPSIBLE PLANT CONTAINER - A collapsible plant container has a collapsible body in a tapered shape with corrugated body wall and a base attached to the body. The plant container further includes a water leakage passage located at the center of the base. The water storage tank is disposed outside of the water leakage passage. The water storage tank is higher than the water leakage passage. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202079 | GAS DISTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENT FOR ROTARY REACTOR - A port assembly for controlling the delivery of gases into the horizontal rotating reactor such as kiln gasifier is disclosed for introducing reactant gases. The port assembly comprises a cylindrical conduit is divided into noncommunicating four or more sections extending through the entire length of the kiln and supported by the stationary end plates of the rotating kiln gasifier. Each section of the conduit communicates with external supply of the reactant gases and each supply of reactant gases is independently controlled in terms of the composition and quantity. Each section of the port assembly communicates with the interior of the kiln gasifier through the plurality of nozzles are confined in the lower part of the conduit. The number and the size of the nozzles in individual section of the conduit is based on the desired flow of gases and available pressure for the supply of the reactant gases. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202080 | PROCESS AND A REACTION APPARATUS FOR THE GASIFICATION OF WET BIOMASS - A process for the gasification of wet biomass. The process comprises heating wet biomass at a pressure in the range of from 22.1 MPa to 35 MPa. The wet biomass is heated from a temperature of at most T | 2014-07-24 |
20140202081 | WOOD STORM WINDOW - A wood storm window includes: an upper panel including a fixed pane of glass fixed within the upper panel from the exterior side of the wood storm window; a lower panel including an insect screen secured within the lower panel from the interior side of the wood storm window; and a removeable storm sash that may be positioned at varying positions along the interior side of the wood storm window, wherein the removal of the storm sash provides access to repair or replace the insect screen without needing to remove the wood storm window from an installed position. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202082 | SAFER HINGE AND LATCH SYSTEM FOR LIVESTOCK ACCESS - The gate latching device of this invention is optionally a one piece design, although it could be constructed by interconnecting several individual components. An alley post channel blank is formed in such a manner that it has protruding slotted tabs for bolting the post bracket to the floor. This feature allows the alley post bracket to be a direct replacement of the conventional post design for updating existing applications. The formed bracket is also optionally formed from one piece of steel and is provided with appropriate mounting holes installed. The formed bracket is optionally free from protruding tabs that can cause injury to personnel and livestock. A latch security plate activates automatically when the gate is closed. As soon as the gate is closed it is secure. The latch security plate can be applied in other applications, including wall brackets, feeder brackets, back to back brackets and other similar applications. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202083 | FRAMING FOR PANELS - Frameworks for walls sliding in an opening defining an outer surface, especially for windows and French windows, arranged to support one wall, the outer surface being aligned with the ceiling or floor of the building in which the framework is arranged, the framework including a stationary frame, an intermediate element attached to the wall, and movement means allowing the wall to move relative to the stationary frame, the framework comprising at least one through-groove through which the intermediate element passes, and a slider is connected to one of the ends of the intermediate element, and the movement means engages with the slider and/or with the stationary frame to move the wall along a predetermined path, the stationary frame being positioned entirely above or below the outer surface such that the stationary frame does not project any elements from the opening. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202084 | EMERGENCY EGRESS SYSTEM - An emergency egress system and method features a mount securable externally to a vehicle hull about an opening therein and including a first portion of a releasable hinge structure. A window assembly includes a second portion of the releasable hinge structure hingedly attaching the window assembly to the mount over the hull opening. An ejection subsystem is releasably attached to the armor window automatically opening window assembly and ejecting the window assembly. A latch subsystem is actuatable from inside the hull (and optionally from outside the hull) releasably locking the armor window assembly with respect to the mount in a first configuration and unlocking the armor window assembly with respect to the mount in a second configuration. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202085 | BONDED ABRASIVE ARTICLE AND METHOD OF FORMING - An abrasive article includes a body having abrasive grains contained within a bond material comprising a metal or metal alloy, wherein the body comprises a ratio of V | 2014-07-24 |
20140202086 | GUTTER PROTECTION SYSTEM - A gutter protector is provided. The gutter protector includes: an upper fastener configured to secure the gutter protector above a gutter rear wall; a lower fastener configured to secure the gutter protector to a top front edge; a non-rigid permeable member extended tautly and smoothly, once installed, between the upper fastener and the lower fastener, the gutter protector provided with openings to permit passage of water while shedding debris; and a riser integrally formed with the upper fastener and configured to provide a rear rise to create a downward slope across the permeable member from the upper fastener to the lower fastener, having a float, to shed debris from the gutter yet allow water to pass through the permeable member. In at least one embodiment, the gutter protection system includes a channel integrally formed with the non-rigid permeable member to facilitate water drop off. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202087 | WORK PLATFORM SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE STRUCTURE WITH INTERNAL CAVITY, AND RELATED METHODS OF ASSEMBLY AND USE - Work platform systems and related methods of assembly and use are disclosed herein. In one exemplary embodiment, a method of installing a work platform system into an internal cavity of a structure includes supporting a first platform portion at a first location, and adding a plurality of additional platform portions to the first platform portion, where successive ones of the additional platform portions are respectively positioned at respective locations that are successively farther outward away from the first platform portion. The method further includes coupling the additional platform portions to one or more other locations, and detaching the additional platform portions from one another. The method additionally includes lowering or raising one or more of the first and additional platform portions to one or more additional levels below or above the first level, where the work platform system includes the first and additional platform portions. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202088 | DEPLOYMENT SHELTER - A deployment shelter has: a top panel; and a floor panel provided below the top panel so as to form an internal space between the top panel and the floor panel, the deployment shelter further having: an upper and a lower frame to which the top panel and the floor panel are fixed; a louver board pivotably provided to an end portion of the top panel, the louver board being movable between a stored state and a deployed state; a movable floor panel pivotably provided to an end portion of the floor panel, the movable floor panel being movable between a stored state and a deployed state; a side panel pivotably provided to a free end of the movable floor panel, and movable between a stored state and a deployed state; and a movable wall pivotably provided to the frame, and movable between a stored state and a deployed state. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202089 | DEPLOYMENT SHELTER - An object of the present invention is to provide a deployment shelter which can be changed between a stored state and a deployed state by smoothly driving movable panels. The deployment shelter | 2014-07-24 |
20140202090 | Bird Spike With Plastic Base Having Upper Recesses - A deterrent device can include an elongated base having a plurality of spikes coupled to the base that are configured to extend from the base such that the spikes alternate on each side of the base between a lower-angled spike and an upper-angled spike. The base can further include first and second wings that each has a width that is at least twice a width of the base. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202091 | HEXOID ARCH AND SHELTER STRUCTURE - An arch and a shelter structure made from at least one arch. The arch is made up of two ribs, each having a curved top portion beginning at said top end of the arch that follows a curve of an ellipse having a major axis equal in length to the span of the arch and a minor axis equal in length to the height of the arch. A curved side portion is joined to each rib by a fillet blend section. The curved top portions of the two ribs contact one another and are attached to one another to form an arch having a half-hexoid shape. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202092 | SOLAR COLLECTOR AND BUILDING INCLUDING A SOLAR COLLECTOR ROOF - A self-contained structural assembly wherein the roof is exclusively formed by a flat plate type, solar thermal panel (STP) designed to heat water, having a transparent glazing. The STP is designed with lateral riser tubes as the flow path of the heat transfer fluid. The STP includes header tubes that are configured to protrude out the back of the STP. A shed having at least four walls that form the frame upon which the STP rests. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202093 | ROOFING CAP SYSTEM - A vented ridge cap assembly can include an upper ridge cap member and one or more non-continuous members configured to support the ridge cap member at a position spaced above a roof of a structure. The non-continuous members include one or more gaps to allow air to pass there through. The ridge cap assembly can optionally include a non-continuous member with one or more folds so as to define two or more parallel walls which can provide enhanced rigidity and/or wind resistance. Optionally, the roof cap assembly can include lower mounting portions for mating with upper surface of a roof structure. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202094 | System for Mounting Wall Panels to a Wall Structure - A system for mounting wall panels to a wall, includes wall panels, each including a main wall panel, and at least two bent end sections with a cut-out section and a wall thickness; and a plurality of main fastening extrusions, each including a base section to be secured to the wall, and two parallel, spaced apart flexible and resilient bent end securing walls extending from the base section, each bent end securing wall including a projection facing the other bent end securing wall, the bent end securing walls spaced apart corresponding to the wall thickness of two bent end sections, such that pressing of the bent end sections into the spacing between the bent end securing walls causes biasing away of the bent end securing walls until the projections engage in respective cut-out sections with the bent end sections being at least in near abutting relation. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202095 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING COLUMNS - A column includes a shaft, a capital assembly, and a base assembly. The capital assembly has an indexing member that attaches to an overhead support. The indexing member aligns the capital, which in turn, vertically aligns the shaft. The base assembly includes a retaining ring that attaches to an underlying support surface. The retaining ring has a plurality of notches arranged to form a cross-hair with an intersection located at the center of the retaining ring. The column also includes an alignment mechanism configured to be suspended from a center of the indexing member. When being aligned, the alignment mechanism is suspended below the indexing member substantially over the center of the retaining ring. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202096 | DRAINAGE SYSTEM FOR USE IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION - A flashing and drainage system for use in a cavity wall construction, including a flashing member, is disclosed. The flashing member includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The flashing member may be provided in the form of a continuous roll. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202097 | Framed Forming Panel System - A framed forming panel system a plurality of lightweight framed foam panels secured to a plurality of load bearing members having a user defined spacing to form a panel wall; ceiling for floor with a fastening region lattice. Each lightweight framed form panel composed a channel formed in a frame to receive a lightweight panel of foam. Fixation of framed panels to load bearing members in opposition to one another allows the panel walls, ceiling or floor to function as a form to retain an insulative mass placed within the voids created by the opposing framed panels. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202098 | BINDING ELEMENT FOR A BUILDING WALL STRUCTURE - A binding element for a building wall structure, wherein said binding element comprises an elongated steel element coated with a thermoplastic material, and wherein the coated thermoplastic material has a uniform thickness on each straight portion of the elongated steel element. The building wall structure comprising an inner wall, an outer wall spaced from said inner wall and provided with at least one insulation layer(s) in between, at least one binding element comprising an elongated steel element coated with a thermoplastic material interconnecting said outer wall and inner wall through the insulation layer, wherein ends of said binding element is fixed to the said outer wall and said inner wall respectively and wherein middle portion of said binding element is in contact with the said insulation layer(s). The binding element may comprise a intermediate metallic coating selected from a group consisting of copper, copper alloy, zinc, zinc alloy, nickel, nickel alloy, tin or tin alloy or combinations thereof. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202099 | SUPPORT PLATE FOR INSTALLING TILE - A support for installing facing materials such as ceramic tiles on a substrate such as floors, walls and ceilings wherein the support plate has a plurality of spaced apart recesses in the plate material, with the recesses being open at the top surface and have solid sidewalls and a base, and a plurality of slots in the non-recessed portions of the plate material extending through the top surface and bottom surface, the slots joining one or more adjacent recesses. The support plate of the invention is used for tile installations between the substrate and such tile. Thin-set mortar that is used to secure the tile to the support plate flows into the recesses and into the slots forming a continuous bond between the mortar and the adjacent slots providing for a strong bond between the support plate, mortar and the tiles. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202100 | INSULATED WALL MODULE - The construction of a wall module of superior insulation properties required for passive buildings, the method of its industrial production for easy to install at erection site as technical design of the load bearing steel truss of the defined height, width and thickness, made of appropriate shaped steel elements, of appropriate dimensions, positioned appropriately to form the structure and fixed in compliance with all relevant requirements of the professional building practice and regulations. Steel elements are mostly C elements, horizontal ( | 2014-07-24 |
20140202101 | ROOF STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a roof structure. The structure comprises support members defining openings. Bridge members extend between the support members. End portions of the bridge members are able to be received by the openings in the support members such that the end portions can be inhibited from being withdrawn from the openings. A safety barrier is supported by the bridge members. The structure also comprises an insulating layer including insulation pockets and being supported by the safety barrier. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202102 | STRUCTURAL ELEMENT FOR HEAT-INSULATING PURPOSES - Structural element for heat-insulating purposes between two structural parts, in particular between a building (A) and a projecting exterior part (B), formed of an insulating body ( | 2014-07-24 |
20140202103 | Membrane Interface for Building Apertures - An expanding seal for preventing water and air intrusion in gaps formed between aperture-engaged components of a wall which are surrounded by stucco or the like is provided. The device is configured to prevent moisture ingress between formed gaps created as stucco surfaces expand and contract over time which can exacerbate gaps. A first side of the body of the device engages the fixture while the opposing side is adapted for an embedded engagement with cured stucco whereby intrusion into gaps is prevented by elastic expansion and contraction of the seal. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202104 | THERMAL INSULATION COMPOSITE SYSTEM, BUILDING COMPRISING SUCH A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THERMAL INSULATION COMPOSITE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a thermal insulation composite system, comprising a plurality of panel-shaped thermal insulating bodies and a plurality of fixing devices for fixing the thermal insulating bodies to an external wall of a building, wherein each of the fixing devices contains a fixing plate for fixing the fixing device to the outer wall, a connecting bridge mounted on the surface side of the fixing plate, and an insert plate that is fixed to the fixing plate via the connecting bridge in a plane substantially parallel to the fixing plate. At least a first portion of the insert plate is designed for relative engagement in the first slot of at least a first of the thermal insulation bodies. The connecting bridge is designed for complete relative engagement in a second slot of the at least one first thermal insulation body, said second slot corresponding to the thickness of the connecting bridge. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202105 | System and Method for a Supported Architectural Design - A supported architectural structure is presented. A plurality of primary supports configured to couple with one or more architectural structures. A plurality of flexible fins, where at least one of the plurality of flexible fins includes an inner edge and an outer edge, where the inner edge includes a plurality of attachment points. A plurality of secondary supports configured to couple with the plurality of primary supports, where at least one of the secondary supports includes a plurality of fin slots configured to couple with the plurality of attachment points. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202106 | SIDING PANEL SYSTEM - A panel for attachment to a mounting surface includes a fastener edge defined along one edge of the panel and a butt edge defined opposite the fastener edge. The fastener edge contacts the mounting surface. The panel includes a plurality of raised faces formed between the fastener edge and the butt edge. The raised faces are oriented at a first angle to the mounting surface, such that the raised faces are further from the mounting surface toward the butt edge. The panel also includes a tapered keyway linking each of the raised faces. The tapered keyway extends from the raised faces toward the mounting surface and is at a second angle to the raised faces. An offset hem is formed on the fastener edge and extends away from the mounting surface. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202107 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A WALL FROM PREFABRICATED WALL PARTS AND A WALL ASSEMBLY - A method of assembling a wall from prefabricated wall parts, wherein
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20140202108 | FLOOR PANEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The present subject matter relates to systems and methods for arranging a plurality of floor panels having a center panel having a perimeter edge and a plurality of first panels each having an inner edge and an outer edge opposing the inner edge. The inner edge of each of the plurality of first panels can be configured for engaging the perimeter edge of the center panel, whereby the plurality of first panels can form a first ring configured to substantially surround the center panel. At least one additional plurality of panels can be configured for engagement together to form at least one additional ring configured to substantially surround the first ring and the center panel. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202109 | SIDING PANEL SYSTEM WITH RANDOMIZED ELEMENTS - A siding system includes a plurality of siding panels having a substrate formed to define a plurality of decorative units. Each of the decorative units includes an average unit distance that is equal to the sum of an average width of the decorative units, and an average width of keyways separating the decorative units. An actual centerline of each of the decorative units is horizontally located within a maximum offset tolerance of a theoretical horizontal center of each of the decorative units. The theoretical horizontal center of each of the decorative units is located at a center location distance measured from a first vertical edge of the substrate. A second siding panel is disposed vertically above a first siding panel when attached to the wall surface. The second siding panel is horizontally offset relative to the first siding panel a panel offset distance. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202110 | Finishing Set for Floor Covering and Holder, as well as Finishing Profile, for a Finishing Set, and Method for Manufacturing a Finishing Profile and a Skirting Board - Finishing set for a floor covering, whereby this finishing set at least consists of, on the one hand, a finishing profile and, on the other hand, a holder with at least an attachment portion for attaching said finishing profile at the holder, characterized in that the holder comprises an underlay portion, which at choice can or cannot be provided underneath the remaining portion of the holder, as well as a stop-forming positioning portion. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202111 | MODULAR BUILDING BLOCKS WITH INTERLOCKING REINFORCEMENT RODS - A modular building block assembly comprises a modular building block having a first load-bearing surface with a key. There is a recess in the key. The recess has a shoulder disposed therein and side walls extending from the shoulder to a mouth thereof. A reinforcement rod extends into the recess and a coupling for connecting vertically aligned reinforcement rods is disposed in the recess. The vertically aligned reinforcement rods each threadedly engage the coupling. A locking plate engages the coupling to prevent the coupling from rotating relative to the locking plate. The locking plate sits within the recess and rotation of the locking plate within the recess is prevented by the side walls of the recess. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202112 | Method and System for Mounting Wall Panels to a Wall - A method of assembling wall panels includes mounting a plurality of PVC fastening extrusions to a wall in a predetermined parallel, spaced apart relationship, each having a length much greater than a length of a wall panel and having two spaced apart resilient bent end securing walls extending from a base, each securing wall having a projection, each wall panel having a main wall panel and four bent end sections with recesses and corner openings, pressing a bent end section into the spacing between the securing walls to cause deformation and snapping back thereof a projection engages in a respective recess, sliding said wall panel along the parallel, spaced apart fastening extrusions to a desired position with the corner openings permitting said sliding action, and repeating the steps of pressing and sliding for additional wall panels. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202113 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING WALL PANELS TO A WALL - A method of assembling wall panels includes mounting a plurality of PVC fastening extrusions to a wall in a predetermined parallel, spaced apart relationship, each having a length much greater than a length of a wall panel and having two spaced apart resilient bent end securing walls extending from a base, each securing wall having a projection, each wall panel having a main wall panel and four bent end sections with recesses and corner openings, pressing a bent end section into the spacing between the securing walls to cause deformation and snapping back thereof a projection engages in a respective recess, sliding said wall panel along the parallel, spaced apart fastening extrusions to a desired position with the corner openings permitting said sliding action, and repeating the steps of pressing and sliding for additional wall panels. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202114 | Relocatable Habitat Unit and Method of Assembly - A construction set and method for assembling a Relocatable Habitat Unit (RHU) requires a plurality of flat panels that include male (M) and female (F) connectors located on their respective peripheries. The entire RHU can then be assembled using a single, hand-operated tool to engage a selected M with a selected F. First the floor is established and leveled. Next, starting at a corner, the wails are erected around the floor. Finally, the roof is created. A same, hand-operated tool is used for each task. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202115 | Sealing Module of a Vacuum Packing Machine - A sealing module of a vacuum packing machine includes a base, a sealing bar, an air bag, and two guide posts. The sealing bar is mounted on the guide posts which are secured on the base. The sealing bar has a bottom provided with a substantially inverted T-shaped mounting groove. The air bag is mounted in the mounting groove. The mounting groove has two opposite sides each provided with an arcuate positioning recess. Thus, the sealing bar is located between the guide posts by the mounting groove and the arcuate positioning recess, so that the sealing bar is locked onto and detached from the base easily and quickly. In addition, the sealing bar can be detached from the guide posts easily and quickly, so that the sealing module is disassembled quickly and can be cleaned easily. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202116 | Self-Contained Devices for Treating Medical Waste and Methods if Their Use - Disclosed and claimed herein are devices for the treatment of medical waste using high temperature and pressure steam. The devices are designed to be self-contained and are movable by one person of average strength and ability. The devices are self-contained and require no special installation, connections, plumbing or permanent or semi-permanent electrical connections. Disclosed and claimed herein are methods using the disclosed and claimed devices. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202117 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHRINKING END SEAMS AROUND A PRODUCT - A method for shrinking selected spaced apart portions of film wrapped around a series of products of similar dimension being conveyed by a conveyor along a path in a selected direction is provide. The method involves the steps of: (a) indexing the conveyor and stopping the conveyor; (b) while the conveyor is stopped, causing heated fluid to flow from one or more nozzles so that a first heated fluid flow impinges upon selected portions of film in the vicinity of a product leading edge and a second heated fluid flow impinges upon selected portion of film in the vicinity of a product trailing edge; (b) repeating steps (a) and (b) multiple times so that, for multiple instances of the product, selected portions of film along both trailing and leading edges of each instance of the product are caused to shrink. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202118 | Packing Method and Unit for Producing a Rigid Package with a Hollow Rib - A packing method and unit ( | 2014-07-24 |
20140202119 | FLAPPER GATE FORMING TUBE ASSEMBLY FOR PACKAGED PRODUCE CONTAINERS - A system for reducing metal and product-in-seal contamination in a package of produce product is provided. The system includes a tube and a flapper gate assembly. The flapper gate assembly is connected to the top of the tube, and includes a pivot and a flapper gate. The pivot is positioned outside the tube. The flapper gate is positioned inside the tube and is connected to the pivot. The flapper gate is configured to regulate product flow in the tube by rotating around the pivot when the pivot is rotated. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202120 | MACHINE FOR ASSEMBLING, FILLING AND SEALING PORTIONED BEVERAGE CAPSULES - The machine for assembling, filling and sealing capsules for portioned beverages comprises a station for loading the capsules to be assembled, a station for unloading the assembled, filled and sealed capsules, a plurality of processing stations comprising at least one station for metering a product into the capsules and at least one station for sealing the capsules filled with the product, and an intermittent conveyor for conveying the capsules sequentially along a feed path to the unloading station through the processing stations, the feed path having at least a first stretch which extends along a first lateral longitudinal side of the machine and at least a second stretch which extends along a second lateral longitudinal side of the machine opposite the first lateral side. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202121 | CONICAL LIGHT FOD MOMENTUM PARTICLE SEPARATOR PROTECTOR - A system for preventing foreign objects from entering an air unit of an aircraft is provided including a reverse J-tube mounted to a wall of the ram air header. The first end of the reverse J-tube defines a portion of a cool fluid flowpath. The ram air header also includes a particle separator that is removably mounted to the first end of the reverse J-tube. The particle separator prevents foreign objects from entering the cool fluid flowpath. The particle separator has a generally conical shape. An airflow, opposite the direction of the cool fluid flowpath removes foreign objects from a surface of the particle separator. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202122 | Modular Pulse Jet Fabric Filter - A modular design for large pulse jet fabric filters (PJFF) is divided into similar compartments, which are each “shop-fabricated” in quarter sections prior to delivery to the power plant site. The quarter sections of the compartments are modular and sized so that they can be fabricated at a shop located away from the power plant site and transported by truck over public roads to the power plant site. Once delivered to the site, the quarter sections are bolted together and seal welded to form a PJFF compartment, without requiring additional internal fabrication or welding. The assembled compartment is then lifted onto the support structure as an assembled unit and bolted and/or welded in place. The additional components of the PJFF may also be shop-fabricated offsite to further the benefits of the modular design. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202123 | Filter Element, Device For Folding a Filter Medium Web and Process For Producing a Zigzag-Folded Filter Element - A filter element has a multi-layered filter medium web with several layers that is folded along folding lines. The filter medium web has at least one functional region in at least one section located between adjacent folding lines. The at least one functional region is a first embossment. The layers of the filter medium web are firmly bonded to each other along the first embossment. A device for folding a multi-layered filter medium web has an energy-introducing embossing unit that embosses the filter medium web fed by a feed unit to the embossing unit. A folding unit for folding the filter medium web along folding lines is provided. The energy-introducing embossing unit embosses and firmly bonds the layers of the filter medium web along at least one functional region in at least one section of the filter medium web located between adjacent folding lines. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202124 | HONEYCOMB FILTER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - There is provided a honeycomb filter including a honeycomb base material including a porous partition wall parent material; plugged portions arranged in open frontal areas of predetermined cells in an end surface on an inflow side of the fluid, and open frontal areas of the remaining cells in an end surface on an outflow side of the fluid; and a porous collecting layer disposed on the surface of the partition wall parent material in the remaining cells. In a cross section orthogonal to an extending direction of the cells, a shape of the cells is a rectangular shape, and a thickness of a portion of the collecting layer which is positioned in each of corner portions of each of the cells is from one to three times that of a portion of the collecting layer which is positioned in the center of each of sides of the cell. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202125 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE, HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE, AND PARTICULATE FILTER - A method of manufacturing a honeycomb structure comprises a step of forming a molded article by molding a raw material containing a ceramic powder and a pore-forming agent; and a step of manufacturing a honeycomb structure by sintering the molded article, wherein the pore-forming agent is powder formed of a material that disappears at a sintering temperature or less where the molded article is sintered, the powder is obtained by mixing a small particle size powder and a large particle size powder, a median particle size of which a ratio of a cumulative mass with respect to a total mass of the small particle size powder is 50% is 5 to 20 μm, a median particle size of which a ratio of a cumulative mass with respect to a total mass of the large particle size powder is 50% is 30 μm or more, and a ninety-percentage particle size of which a ratio of a cumulative mass with respect to a total mass of the large particle size powder is 90% is 80 μm or less. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202126 | Detection Device for Detection of a Foreign Object for an Agricultural Harvesting Machine - A vibration sensor is mounted on the central shaft, such that it senses vibrations induced into the feed roll assembly in a direction transverse to the rotational axis of the feed roll. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202127 | Front attachment for harvesting corn - A front attachment for harvesting corn for a self-propelled combine harvester includes a snapping unit for separating the corn cobs from the remaining components of the corn plant. The snapping unit has snapping rollers that rotate in opposite directions. An overload clutch is disposed within a drive train of the snapping unit. A drive system is optimized in that an overload clutch is directly assigned to each of the snapping rollers. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202128 | Mower Deck Trimmer Assembly - A trimmer assembly for attachment onto the mower deck of a riding mower is provided. The assembly comprises an L-shaped attachment and a height adjustment attachment. The L-shaped attachment is connected to the trim blade spindle of a riding mower, and comprises a pulley surface and a downward extending trim shaft holding surface. A series of pulleys within the L-shaped attachment are connected together by a trimmer drive belt that facilitates the movement of the trimmer shaft when the trim blade spindle rotates. The height adjustment comprises an upstanding shaft with a lever attached thereon. The lever is pivotally attached onto the top of the upstanding shaft, and comprises a foot actuatable handle, whereby the movement of the handle alters the height of the L-shaped attachment. The device further includes a pair of wheels that enable side-to-side movement, and a spring loaded mount that provides protection against damages from impacts. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202129 | OVERFEED ROLLER ASSEMBLY, TEXTILE MACHINE, AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING TENSION IN A RUNNING YARN - An overfeed roller assembly for use on a rotating drive shaft of a textile machine is adapted for adjusting downstream tension in a continuous moving length of yarn. The overfeed roller assembly comprises a base assembly designed for mounting on the drive shaft, and an annular yarn tension adjuster carried by the base assembly. The tension adjuster comprises opposing closely spaced yarn-contacting walls. The yarn-contacting walls define a shallow generally serpentine depression in the tension adjuster adapted for receiving the continuous moving length of yarn. Yarn tension downstream of the roller assembly is thereby reduced as the moving yarn meanders through the tension adjuster in frictional contact with the yarn-contacting walls of the serpentine depression. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202130 | MULTI-COLOR PYROMETRY IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A multi-color pyrometry imaging system for a high-temperature asset includes at least one viewing port in optical communication with at least one high-temperature component of the high-temperature asset. The system also includes at least one camera device in optical communication with the at least one viewing port. The at least one camera device includes a camera enclosure and at least one camera aperture defined in the camera enclosure, The at least one camera aperture is in optical communication with the at least one viewing port. The at least one camera device also includes a multi-color filtering mechanism coupled to the enclosure. The multi-color filtering mechanism is configured to sequentially transmit photons within a first predetermined wavelength band and transmit photons within a second predetermined wavelength band that is different than the first predetermined wavelength band. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202131 | PLASMA MICRO-THRUSTER - A plasma micro-thruster, including: an elongate and substantially non-conductive tube having a first end to receive a supply of propellant gas, and an open second end to act as an exhaust; first, second, and third electrodes extending circumferentially around the tube and being mutually spaced along a longitudinal axis of the tube, the third electrode being longitudinally interposed between the first and second electrodes; wherein the tube and the first, second and third electrodes are configured to generate a plasma from propellant gas flowing though the tube from the first end of the tube when the third electrode receives radio frequency power and the first and second electrodes are electrically grounded relative to the third electrode, such that the expansion of the plasma from the open end of the tube generates a corresponding thrust. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202132 | HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID ROCKET PROPELLANT - Disclosed is a process of fueling a rocket engine or air-breathing engine for a hypersonic vehicle with a high performance hydrocarbon fuel characterized by a hydrogen content greater than 14.3% by weight, a hydrogen to carbon atomic ratio greater than 2.0 and/or a heat of combustion greater than 18.7 KBtu/lb. The disclosed fuels generally have a paraffin content that is at least 90% by mass and a C | 2014-07-24 |
20140202133 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE MID TURBINE FRAME WITH FLOW TURNING FEATURES - A gas turbine engine includes first and second stages having a rotational axis. A circumferential array of airfoils is arranged axially between the first stage and the second stage. At least one of the airfoils have a curvature provided equidistantly between pressure and suction sides. The airfoils extend from a leading edge to a trailing edge at a midspan plane along the airfoil. An angle is defined between first and second lines respectively tangent to the intersection of the midspan plane and the curvature at airfoil leading and trailing edges. The angle is equal to or greater than about 10°. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202134 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HEAT RECOVERY DEVICE IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for controlling a heat recovery device in an internal combustion engine, in particular, for a motor vehicle. The heat recovery device is provided with a circuit for a working medium having an evaporator of an expansion machine that is arranged in an exhaust gas flow path of the internal combustion engine, a condensor, an expansion tank, and a feed pump. The working temperature of the working medium is controlled by varying the mass flow of the working fluid as a function of at least one operating parameter. A setpoint value of the working medium mass flow of an exhaust gas flow path of an exhaust gas tract and/or an exhaust gas recirculation line is calculated on the basis of a base setpoint value for the working medium mass flow. The base setpoint value for the working medium mass flow is at least a function of the exhaust gas temperature, preferably upstream of the evaporator, and of the exhaust gas mass flow in the exhaust gas flow path. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202135 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HUMIDITY DETECTION VIA AN EXHAUST GAS SENSOR - Various methods and system are described for determining ambient humidity via an exhaust gas sensor disposed in an exhaust system of an engine. In one example, a reference voltage of the sensor is modulated between a first and second voltage during non-fueling conditions of the engine. The ambient humidity is determined based on an average change in pumping current while the voltage is modulated. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202136 | EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE, METHOD FOR PROCESSING EXHAUST GAS, AND MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to an exhaust-gas treatment device for processing exhaust gas from a combustion aggregate, especially a diesel engine. Moreover, the present invention relates to a method for processing exhaust gas from a combustion aggregate by means of selective catalytic reaction, and it also relates to a motor vehicle in which the method according to the invention is implemented or which has the exhaust-gas treatment device according to the invention. It is provided that the exhaust-gas treatment device comprises an exhaust-gas system and, arranged in it, an oxidation catalyst, a reduction catalyst for selective catalytic reduction, and a particle filter, whereby the oxidation catalyst is arranged upstream from the reduction catalyst and the reduction catalyst is arranged upstream from the particle filter. The reduction catalyst ( | 2014-07-24 |
20140202137 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH TURBO SUPERCHARGER - An object of the present invention is to control a supercharge pressure in such a manner as not to interfere with warming-up of an exhaust gas purifying catalyst, in an internal combustion engine with a turbo supercharger. To this end, a control device for an internal combustion engine with a turbo supercharger provided by the present invention makes a determined value of a target supercharge pressure with respect to a same target intake pressure smaller when a request to warm up the exhaust gas purifying catalyst is present, as compared with when the request is absent. Note that the target intake pressure is determined based on a target air amount determined from a requested torque for the internal combustion engine. The present control device operates a throttle based on the target intake pressure and an actual supercharge pressure, and operates a wastegate valve based on the target supercharge pressure. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202138 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to an exhaust control device of an engine ( | 2014-07-24 |
20140202139 | Hydrocarbon Delivery Apparatus - An apparatus for controlling hydrocarbon delivery in an exhaust gas processing system of an engine that includes a heat generating device and a DPF, comprising a fuel injector and a control manifold, which has a pressure chamber holding compressed air for separating hydrocarbon from exhaust gas, and is fluidly connected to the fuel injector, a fuel control solenoid valve for controlling hydrocarbon supply, a pressure sensor, and a volume changing device, which provides a linear relationship between its volume change and pressure change in the control manifold. With the volume changing device, a deterioration factor value indicative of performance change of the hydrocarbon delivery device can be calculated for compensating temperature control, calculating the hydrocarbon conversion efficiencies of the heat generating device and the DPF in the exhaust gas processing system, detecting failures and mal-functions in the exhaust gas processing system and the engine. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202140 | PRE-TURBOCHARGER CATALYST - Embodiments of a pre-turbo catalyst positioned within a turbine in a turbocharger of an engine are disclosed. In one example approach, a turbocharger for an engine comprises a turbine and a catalyst substrate mounted directly within the turbine. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202141 | Mixing Device for an Exhaust System of a Vehicle - A mixing device for an exhaust system of a vehicle includes an inlet pipe, through which exhaust gas can enter a mixing chamber of the mixing device, and an outlet pipe for the exhaust gas to leave the mixing chamber. The inlet pipe and the outlet pipe form an angle. The mixing chamber includes an opening for an outlet of a dosage device, by means of which a reducing agent for exhaust gas aftertreatment is introducible into the mixing chamber. A baffle is arranged at a wall of the inlet pipe a baffle, which is induces a turbulence in the exhaust gas flow entering the mixing chamber. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202142 | DIESEL EXHAUST FLUID TANK FOR AN OFF-ROAD VEHICLE - A diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) tank for an off-road vehicle including a first conduit channel molded into an exterior surface of the DEF tank, at a first depth, in which the first conduit channel is configured to guide a first conduit along the exterior surface of the DEF tank. The DEF tank further including a second conduit channel molded into the exterior surface of the DEF tank at a second depth, different than the first depth, in which the second conduit channel is configured to guide a second conduit, and the first depth and the second depth are selected to create a vertical gap between the first conduit and the second conduit at an intersection of the conduits. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202143 | CYLINDER HEAD - A cylinder head capable of improving a productivity of a cylinder head having an exhaust collecting portion and improving a cooling efficiency of the exhaust collecting portion is disclosed. An exhaust collecting portion | 2014-07-24 |
20140202144 | COMBINED PUMP AND ENERGY RECOVERY TURBINE - The combined pump and energy recovery turbine includes at least one fluid flow pressurizing a sliding vane pump and a sliding vane energy recovery turbine that recovers energy from a second fluid flow, such as the brine discharge from an RO seawater desalination system. A cylindrical rotor has two sliding vanes in respective slots, the rotor being concentrically disposed within an oval-shaped enclosure defining two mirror image crescent-shaped chambers, each chamber having inlet and outlet passageways. The first chamber pressurizes the first fluid flow, and the second chamber functions as a second outflow-driven energy recovery turbine, thus enabling the single rotor device to operate as a pressurizing pump on the first fluid flow, and second outflow-driven energy recovery turbine recovering energy from the pressure drop in the second fluid flow. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202145 | Control Device and Control Method of Electric Booster - A control device and a control method of an electric booster include an assist function by an electrical actuator. An input piston of the electric booster moves along an axial direction within the booster piston in response to an operation of a brake pedal. During a brake operation, the control device controls an electric motor to integrally move the input piston and the booster piston while retaining a length of a gap between the input piston and the booster piston. In addition, when starting an internal-combustion engine, the control device performs a control of shortening the length of the gap to prepare for a decrease in power supply voltage of the electric motor. Therefore, a force in a return direction applied to the input piston from the booster piston in association with a power supply drop is suppressed, and causing a driver to feel a sense of discomfort is suppressed. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202146 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER - A method for operating a wave energy converter for converting energy from a wave motion of a fluid into a different form of energy includes at least one rotor and at least one energy converter that is coupled to the at least one rotor. A first torque that acts on the at least one rotor is generated by the wave motion, and a second torque (M1) that acts on the at least one rotor is generated by the at least one energy converter. The second torque (M1) is specified during a control of the energy converter. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202147 | Heat Engine with High Efficiency Attributable to Temperature Responsive Equilibrium Reactions and Method for Optimization - Heat engines perform a thermodynamic cycle, making use of working fluid which increases pressure and/or volume in response to temperature, resulting in the transformation of heat into useful work. The present invention makes use of a particular type of working fluid that undergoes one or more reversible chemical reactions in response to an increase in temperature, to increase the molar quantity of fluid, producing more useful work and higher thermal efficiency than similar, conventional engines. One embodiment takes the form of a Stirling engine, with a regenerative heat exchange process which recovers most of the energy required to cause the chemical dissociation, ensuring efficiency gain. A method for selecting the working fluid, useful temperature ranges for the engine, and other operating parameters is also claimed. Other types of embodiments may take the form of turbine engines, with one embodiment being a turbine engine that approximates an Ericsson cycle. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202148 | Actuator - The invention refers to an actuator with a movable controlling element ( | 2014-07-24 |
20140202149 | Waste Heat Recovery System for Controlling EGR Outlet Temperature - An engine system and various methods for controlling the outlet temperature of an EGR stream before entering an engine intake system are disclosed. In a system and the various methods, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve is positioned within an EGR passage fluidly connecting an engine exhaust stream and an engine intake stream, while a waste heat recovery (WHR) system is used to recover heat from the EGR stream. An engine control unit (ECU) is coupled to various sensors and valves to divert working fluid in the WHR system from cooling the EGR exhaust flow below a level which favors production of condensation in the engine intake system. The ECU operates to divert working fluid flow away from the EGR boiler when sensors indicate characteristics of either the exhaust flow or the intake stream which might lead to heavy condensation. A three-way valve is also used to divert the working fluid to a variable expansion valve fluidly coupled to the three-way valve in response to a signal from one of the sensors to prevent damage to the system turbine. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202150 | Reciprocating Exhaust Mechanism for Energy Recuperation and Gas Recirculation - The reciprocating piston of an exhaust pressure wave charger for a combustion engine has an integrated hydraulic piston and an air piston transferring exhaust gas energy into mechanical power and provides exhaust gas for the combustion chamber. The fluid communication between hydraulic piston and hydraulic circuit is controlled by valves to extract the exhaust energy during the expansion stroke and advance the charger piston back into top end position. The hydraulic piston has two faces for adapting the hydraulic piston force more closely to the exhaust gas forces. Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is provided by an air piston and valves controlling the flow of exhaust gas into the combustion chamber. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202151 | Hybrid Air-Cooled Condenser For Power Plants and Other Applications - A hybrid air-cooled condenser system. The system may be provided by converting one among the many air-cooled condensers or condenser bays of a conventional condenser system to an evaporative cooler or condenser. The evaporative condenser may be plumbed in the condenser system to be in series in the vapor path with, upstream or downstream of, the air-cooled condensers. In one embodiment, the working fluid flows from an output or discharge header of the air-cooled section or assembly of the hybrid condensing system to an inlet of the evaporatively cooled section, e.g., to one or more evaporative coolers or condensers. In one modeled geothermal power plant, the condensing load on the air-cooled section was reduced by 50 percent when compared to a fully air-cooled condenser system. The condenser arrangement may be used to improve summer time performance of geothermal power plants. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202152 | Cold State Engine for Utilising Air Thermal Energy to Output Work, Refrigeration and Water - A cold state engine utilising air heat energy to output work, refrigeration and water, includes a first cycle and a second cycle. The first cycle comprises of vaporiser, expander, and working fluid pump. The second cycle includes a vaporiser, circulation pump, air heat exchanger. The two cycles are opera lively interconnected via at least a vaporiser, piping, valves, sensors and a generator. Using air or water as a high temperature heat source, an expander generates cryogenic liquid as a low temperature heat source, using natural gases (such as N2, He, Air, CO2 etc.) as a working fluid, based on methods of cryogenic working fluid thermodynamic—refrigeration cycle and frost-free two stage heat exchange cycle. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202153 | METHOD OF IMPROVING NITRATE SALT COMPOSITIONS BY MEANS OF NITRIC ACID FOR USE AS HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM OR HEAT STORAGE MEDIUM - Method of maintaining or widening the long-term operating temperature range of a heat transfer medium and/or heat storage medium comprising a nitrate salt composition selected from the group consisting of alkali metal nitrate and alkaline earth metal nitrate and optionally alkali metal nitrite and alkaline earth metal nitrite, wherein the nitrate salt composition is brought into contact with an additive comprising the components nitric acid and/or nitrous acid and oxygen-comprising gas having an oxygen partial pressure which is equal to or greater than that in air and/or oxygen-generating compounds and optionally nitrogen oxides and/or compounds which generate further nitrogen oxide. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202154 | RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM - An integrated renewable energy system is provided for a tall multi-story building including solar, wind, and hydrogen subsystems. The solar subsystem includes a plurality of photovoltaic panels to produce a first source of electrical energy and a concentrated solar thermal system for producing a second source of electrical energy. The concentrated solar thermal system includes plurality of directional mirrors operative to concentrate solar energy onto a plurality of stream producing vessels and a turbine generator operative to receive steam expanded from the vessels to drive a turbine of the generator. The wind subsystem includes at least one wind turbine to produce a third source of electrical energy. The hydrogen subsystem includes an artificial photosynthesis (photoelectrolysis) system for producing hydrogen and a fuel cell receiving the hydrogen for producing a fourth source of electrical energy through reverse hydrolysis. The artificial photosynthesis (photoelectrolysis) system receives one of the first, second and third sources of electrical current to separate hydrogen from a hydrogen-based fluid (water H 2 O) to produce a supply of hydrogen. The hydrogen subsystem also includes a containment system for storing the hydrogen for subsequent use by the fuel cell. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202155 | SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A solar thermal electric power generation system using heating medium that undergoes phase change between liquid phase and vapor phase, including a Fresnel type heat collectors for heating the heating medium by solar thermal energy, a gas turbine generating device for generating electric power while discharging exhaust gas, a heating device including a first channel through which the heating medium flows and a second channel which is located near the first channel and through which the exhaust gas from the gas turbine generating device flows, a vapor-liquid separating device for separating the heating medium having been heated by the heating device into vapor phase and liquid phase, and a turbine generating device driven by the heating medium in vapor phase separated by the vapor-liquid separating device. The heating device heats the heating medium in the first channel by the exhaust gas in the second channel. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202156 | STEAM POWER PLANT WITH AN ADDITIONAL FLEXIBLE SOLAR SYSTEM FOR THE FLEXIBLE INTEGRATION OF SOLAR ENERGY - A thermal power plant is described comprising a solar collector field and a heat storage to allow the use of the thermal energy collected by the solar field with a time delay for the production of electricity in the steam power plant. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202157 | THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE FOR COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS - Thermal storage systems that preferably do not create substantially any additional back pressure or create minimal additional back pressure and their applications in combined cycle power plants are disclosed. In one embodiment of the method for efficient response to load variations in a combined cycle power plant, the method includes providing, through a thermal storage tank, a flow path for fluid exiting a gas turbine, placing in the flow path a storage medium comprising high thermal conductivity heat resistance media, preferably particles, the particles being in contact with each other and defining voids between the particles in order to facilitate flow of the fluid in a predetermined direction constituting a longitudinal direction, arrangement of the particles constituting a packed bed, dimensions of the particles and of the packed bed being selected such that a resultant back pressure to the gas turbine is at most a predetermined back pressure. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202158 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE HEAT EXCHANGERS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A heat exchanger assembly comprises a heat exchanger body including a first fluid circuit and a second fluid circuit. The first circuit includes a first bypass valve in flow communication with a first fluid circuit inlet channel. The first fluid circuit also includes a plurality of cooling channels in flow communication with the first bypass valve. The first bypass valve is configured to channel a first fluid to the plurality of cooling channels during a first mode of operation to facilitate reducing a temperature of the first fluid. The second fluid circuit includes a second bypass valve configured to facilitate a flow of a second fluid through at least a portion of the heat exchanger body during the first mode of operation. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202160 | GAS TURBINE SYSTEM WITH MANIFOLD - A system including a gas turbine engine, including a combustor configured to generate products of combustion, a turbine driven by the products of combustion from the combustor, a compressor having a compressor discharge leading into a chamber between the combustor and a compressor discharge casing, an extraction manifold coupled to the combustor, wherein the extraction manifold is fluidly coupled to the chamber. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202161 | COMBUSTOR AND ROTATING MACHINE - A combustor includes: a combustor basket configured to surround a fuel nozzle from an outer circumferential side, and a plurality of connecting members formed in a circumferential direction at intervals to connect a rear end of the combustor basket and a casing and configured to define a flow path through which compressed air introduced into the combustor basket flows. A circulation direction of the compressed air flowing through the flow path is configured to be reversed at a rear end of the combustor basket and the compressed air is introduced into the fuel nozzle. The flow path is partially or entirely inclined in the circumferential direction to blow the compressed air. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202162 | FUEL EFFICIENT ULTRA-LOW EMISSION AND IMPROVED PATTERN FACTOR COLORLESS DISTRIBUTED COMBUSTION FOR STATIONARY AND PROPULSION GAS TURBINE APPLICATIONS - Colorless distributed combustion (CDC) reactors or green combustion gas turbine combustors having a combustion chamber are presented for improved performance of gas turbine combustion engines. The combustors are configured and designed for providing a superior pattern factor (uniform thermal field in the combustion zone) and a reduction or complete elimination of pollutants emission from the combustor (i.e., zero emission gas turbine combustor) and uniform thermal field in the entire combustion zone to provide significantly improved pattern factor. Colorless distributed combustion is achieved with fuel and air entering the combustion chamber via one or more injection ports as non-premixed, or premixed. Rectangular, cylindrical, stadium and elliptical shaped combustors are presented with injection ports and exit ports located in various locations of the combustors. The mixture preparation between fuel and air with the hot combustion products is carried out either with the gases present in the combustion chamber or via a communication link between the exit gases from the combustor back to the combustion chamber. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202163 | EFFUSION PLATE USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHODS - Additive manufacturing techniques may be utilized to construct effusion plates. Such additive manufacturing techniques may include defining a configuration for an effusion plate having one or more internal cooling channels. The manufacturing techniques may further include depositing a powder into a chamber, applying an energy source to the deposited powder, and consolidating the powder into a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the defined configuration. Such methods may be implemented to construct an effusion plate having one or more channels with a curved cross-sectional geometry. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202164 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE NOZZLE INCLUDING HOUSING HAVING SCALLOPED ROOT REGIONS - A gas turbine engine exhaust nozzle comprises a housing having an aft end that terminates in a row of chevrons. At least one surface of the housing has scalloped root regions proximate bases of adjacent chevrons. The scalloped root regions have a reduced thickness relative to the rest of the aft end. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202165 | OXIDIZING FUEL IN MULTIPLE OPERATING MODES - A fuel oxidizer system is operated in a first operating mode. In the first operating mode, a mixture that includes fuel from a fuel source is compressed in a compressor of the fuel oxidizer system; the fuel of the compressed mixture is oxidized in a reaction chamber of the fuel oxidizer system; and the oxidized fuel is expanded to generate rotational kinetic energy. The fuel oxidizer system is operated in a second operating mode. In the second operating mode, fuel from the fuel source is directed to bypass the compressor, and the fuel that bypassed the compressor is oxidized in the reaction chamber. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202166 | METHOD OF OPERATING A GAS TURBINE FOR REDUCED AMMONIA SLIP - Described herein are methods of operating a gas turbine engine ( | 2014-07-24 |
20140202167 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - The power generation system includes a fuel cell that generates electric power using a fuel gas, a gas turbine including an air compressor, a combustor, and a turbine, an exhaust fuel line that introduces an exhaust fuel gas discharged from the fuel cell into the combustor, a branch exhaust fuel line branching off midway from the exhaust fuel line, a switching unit that sends the exhaust fuel gas to one of the branch exhaust fuel line and the combustor, and a heating portion that heats the exhaust fuel line at a downstream side of the switching unit. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202168 | CONTINUOUS RING COMPOSITE TURBINE SHROUD - A composite annular shroud supported by a support assembly including at least one ring and at least partially disposed within the ring. The shroud is biased against and in sealing engagement with an inner flange of the ring. A three ring assembly includes the inner ring disposed radially inwardly of a middle ring disposed radially inwardly of an outer ring and the shroud at least partially disposed within the inner ring. At least three clocking pins extend radially inwardly from the middle ring through slots in the inner ring into notches in the shroud. The middle ring may be an aft end of a support ring fixedly connected to an engine backbone. Mounting pins may be press fitted into pin holes in the middle ring and extend radially outwardly from the middle ring through radial holes in the outer ring. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202169 | ASSEMBLY FORMED BY A TURBINE ENGINE AND A SYSTEM FOR ATTACHING IT TO AN AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE - In an assembly including a bypass turbine engine and an attachment system attaching the turbine engine to an aircraft structure, the attachment system includes a mast, at least two rear attachments connecting the mast to two rear attachment points of the turbine engine, and a rear covering covering the rear attachments and providing a streamlined fairing. The rear covering includes two side walls, each including a first portion extending along and in proximity of the mast and extending rearwards, and a second portion projecting sideways relative to the first portion towards its outside, to cover the rear attachments. Each second portion is substantially a bulge and is connected to the first portion along a curved connection line extending between front and rear points situated substantially level with an inner longitudinal edge of the first portion to minimize the impact on a flow of bypass stream leaving the bypass passage. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202170 | Composite Articles and Methods - An article has a polymeric substrate and a coating system. The coating system includes a metallic plating and a polymeric coating atop the metallic plating. The metallic plating has a thickness of at least 0.05 mm. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202171 | PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OF MAGNETOCALORIC CASCADES THROUGH OPTIMIZED MATERIAL ARRANGEMENT - A magnetocaloric cascade containing at least three different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures, which are arranged in succession by descending Curie temperature, wherein none of the different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures has a higher layer performance Lp than the magnetocaloric material with the highest Curie temperature and wherein at least one of the different magnetocaloric materials with different Curie temperatures has as lower layer performance Lp than the magnetocaloric material with the highest Curie temperature wherein Lp of a particular magnetocaloric material being calculated according to formula (I): | 2014-07-24 |
20140202172 | Cold Finger For Cryocoolers - Method for fabricating a cold finger for attachment to a base assembly of a cold head of a Stirling cycle or pulse tube cryocooler. The exterior of a titanium alloy workpiece is machined to form a cylindrical outer surface. The exterior surface of the titanium workpiece is nickel plated and then brazed to a stainless steel workpiece to form an integral body. The brazed stainless steel workpiece is machined to form it into an adapter ring for attachment to the base assembly. An intermediate segment of the titanium workpiece is machined into a cylindrical surface including removing all of the nickel plating from the intermediate segment and removing a portion of underlying titanium alloy to reduce the diameter of the titanium alloy workpiece in order to reduce the thickness of the cold finger wall. The interior of the integral body is machined to form a cylindrical interior surface. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202173 | CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR - A cryogenic refrigerator includes a compressor that compresses a working gas; a displacer to which the working gas compressed by the compressor is supplied; a drive mechanism that includes a drive shaft and is configured to drive the displacer; a motor that drives the drive mechanism; a housing that accommodates the drive mechanism; a valve mechanism that adjusts a pressure of the working gas supplied to the displacer; a pipe that supplies the working gas from the compressor to the valve mechanism; and a branch pipe that branches out from the supply pipe and is connected to a space formed between the drive shaft and the housing. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202174 | Closed Cycle 1 K Refrigeration System - A closed-cycle refrigerator provides cooling to extremely low temperatures, particularly in the range of 0.5 K to 2.0 K. A 4 K pulse-tube cryocooler cold head or G-M cryocooler cold head liquefies helium in a first cooling chamber at a pressure at approximately 1 atmosphere. Liquid helium flows from the first cooling chamber, through a Joule-Thomson valve, and into a second cooling chamber under a pressure differential created by a pump. Helium vapor extracted from the second cooling chamber by the pump is routed back to the first cooling chamber to be re-condensed. This closed-cycle design provides continuous cooling below 2 K. Cryocooler cold head cold sections have no physical contact with subsequent cooling elements, such as the first and second cooling chambers to reduce vibration transfer. In some embodiments the cryocooler cold head is connected to a vacuum chamber via a vibration damping coupler to further reduce vibration transfer. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202175 | SINGLE-STAGE DOUBLE-ACTING TRAVELING-WAVE THERMOACOUSTIC SYSTEM - The present invention provides a single-stage double-acting traveling-wave thermoacoustic system, comprising three elementary units; each unit comprises a linear motor and a thermoacoustic conversion device. The linear motor comprises a cylinder and a piston; the piston can perform straight reciprocating motion in the cylinder. The thermoacoustic conversion device comprises a first heat exchanger, a heat regenerator, a second heat exchanger, a thermal buffer tube and a third heat exchanger connected in sequence, the first heat exchanger and the third heat exchanger of each thermoacoustic conversion device are connected to cylinder cavities of different linear motors respectively, forming a loop structure of a gas medium flow. The system comprises a thermal buffer tube and a third heat exchanger, making the temperature of gas medium given feedback to the cylinder cavity of another linear motor be close to the room temperature, ensuring the piston and cylinder working at room temperature. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202176 | CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT EXPANDER - Systems and methods are disclosed that expand environmental support for an HVAC system with an HVAC fluid circulating throughout by vaporizing a cryogen; and sparging the vaporized cryogen to dispense sparge bubbles to the HVAC fluid to cool the HVAC fluid. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202177 | COOLING WATER PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - A cooling system uses a closed circuit cooling tower in series with a chiller to either lower the chiller operating point or completely cool the chill water without use of the chiller, depending on weather conditions. The process and system expands the entire function of the cooling process with a control system design that examines the power consumed by all the devices of the system, the actual load being introduced into the system, water temperatures, and weather conditions, and makes decisions based on performance criteria through the control device's program algorithms. | 2014-07-24 |
20140202178 | MULTIPLE CIRCUIT COOLING SYSTEM - The present application provides a cooling system having a refrigerant-to-refrigerant heat exchanger having first and second flow passages extending therethrough and a cold plate having first and second flow passages extending therethrough, the first flow passage of the cold plate configured to communicate with the first flow passage of the heat exchanger and the second flow passage of the cold plate configured to communicate with the second flow passage of the heat exchanger. During low ambient air temperatures, a vehicle battery is cooled to its operational temperatures by the cold plate without having to operate a vapor compression loop. | 2014-07-24 |