38th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 43 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130243485 | CHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A charging device includes a charging member including an endless cylindrical flexible base member and conductive contactors provided along an outer peripheral surface of the base member, the charging member being attracted to a charged member in a pressure applied state by electrostatic attraction force responsive to a charging voltage applied to the charging member or by the electrostatic attraction force and self-weight of the charging member, the charging member charging the charged member; and a voltage applying member that applies the charging voltage to the charging member. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243486 | DISCHARGE WIRE ANCHORING MECHANISM, CHARGER USING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A discharge wire anchoring mechanism that is includable in an image forming apparatus together with an image carrier and a charger including at least one replaceable discharge wire to uniformly charge a surface of the image carrier. The discharge wire anchoring mechanism includes a wire holder to retain the at least one discharge wire with tension in preparation of anchoring the at least one discharge wire and separating from the at least one discharge wire after the at least one discharge wire is anchored to the charger. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243487 | LIGHT PROJECTING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE INCLUDING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE IMAGE READING DEVICE - A light projecting device includes a base board, a light guiding member, a holding member, a cover, and a positioning member. A plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged in a line on the base board in a main scan direction. The light guiding member faces a radiation surface of the light-emitting elements and guides light projected from the light-emitting elements to an irradiation region of an illuminated object. The holding member holds the base board. The cover covers the base board and the light guiding member. The positioning member positions the light guiding member on the holding member. The holding member and the cover sandwich the light guiding member positioned by the positioning member. The light projecting device includes the holding member, the light guiding member, the base board, and the cover as a single unit which is detachably mountable relative to a chassis of the light projecting device. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243488 | TONER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner including: toner base particles; and external additive, the toner base particles each comprising binder resin and colorant, wherein the external additive comprises coalesced particles, the coalesced particles are each a non-spherical secondary particle in which primary particles are coalesced together, and an index of a particle size distribution of the coalesced particles is expressed by Formula (1): | 2013-09-19 |
20130243489 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS - A developing apparatus, including: a developing sleeve; a magnet configured to cause the sleeve to carry the developer and including a first magnetic pole and a second magnetic pole; a supply chamber configured to supply the developer to the sleeve; a collection chamber configured to collect the developer used for development; a first conveyance member and a second conveyance member provided in the supply chamber and the collection chamber, respectively; and a third conveyance member configured to convey the developer collected in the collection chamber in a direction opposite to a developer conveying direction in the collection chamber, wherein a center of the third conveyance member is arranged below a zone and overlaps the zone, which is defined on a surface of the sleeve between a local maximal peak of a magnetic flux density of the first magnetic pole and a local minimal peak of the magnetic flux density. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243490 | DRIVE TRANSMISSION STRUCTURE, DEVELOPER TRANSPORT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A drive transmission structure includes a driven shaft, a drive shaft, and a bearing member. The driven shaft has a drive receiving gear attached thereto and a first shaft portion near the drive receiving gear, to which a rotational force is transmitted. The drive shaft has a drive transmitting gear attached thereto and a second shaft portion near the drive transmitting gear. The drive transmitting gear is engaged with the drive receiving gear so as to transmit the rotational force. The bearing member has a first bearing and a second bearing, which respectively support the first shaft portion and the second shaft portion. In the drive transmission structure, the axis of the drive shaft does not intersect and is non-parallel to the axis of the driven shaft, and the first and second bearings are integrally formed with the bearing member. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243491 | POWDER CONTAINER, POWDER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME - A powder container includes a powder chamber for containing powder for forming images, a powder outlet formed in a face of the powder container, and a shutter assembly to open and close the powder outlet and including first and second shutters. The first shutter is movable between a sealing position to close the powder outlet and an open position to open the powder outlet and includes a pressed member to cancel retention of the first shutter at the sealing position. The second shutter includes a pressing projection that interferes with the pressed member of the first shutter and is movable between a shielding position to cover the pressed member without interference between the pressing projection and the pressed member and a releasing position to press the pressed member with the pressing projection. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243492 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - The present application discloses a developing device including a housing having a connection surface to which the container connects. The connection surface is provided with a feed port for feeding the developer. The developing device includes a shutter mechanism configured to selectively open and close the feed port. The shutter mechanism includes a shutter piece, which moves between a closing position for closing the feed port and an opening position for opening the feed port, and a squeezing mechanism, which protrudes from the shutter piece situated in the closing position to squeeze the developer into the housing through the feed port. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243493 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a first developer carrier that carries developer on a peripheral surface thereof; a second developer carrier that carries the developer on a peripheral surface thereof; a supplying section that supplies the developer to the peripheral surface of the first developer carrier; a layer thickness regulating member that regulates a layer thickness of the developer supplied to the peripheral surface of the first developer carrier by the supplying section; a first transfer magnetic pole disposed in an interior of the first developer carrier; a second transfer magnetic pole disposed in an interior of the second developer carrier; a first downstream magnetic pole disposed in the interior of the first developer carrier; and a second downstream magnetic pole disposed in the interior of the second developer carrier. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243494 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a developer supporting rotator, toner supporting rotator and voltage application unit. The toner supporting rotator is arranged opposite to a developer supporting rotator, supports toner supplied from the developer supporting rotator, and forms a toner layer by a magnetic brush. The voltage application unit causes the toner supported by the toner supporting rotator to an electrostatic latent image on a surface of an image carrier to develop it into a toner image. A longitudinal end portion of the toner supporting side magnetic member is positioned longitudinally more outside than a longitudinal end portion of the developer supporting side magnetic member. A surface of the second rotating sleeve positioned more outside than the end of the developer supporting side magnetic member is composed of a surface of low adherence with lower toner adherence and a higher dielectric constant than those of a surface positioned inside thereof. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243495 | DEVELOPING APPARATUS - In the case where V-groove portions in a surface of a developing sleeve are located in the closest position between the developing sleeve and a regulating blade, an angle θ formed by a slope surface of the regulating blade with a downstream surface of a V-groove in a rotation direction of the developing sleeve is set to less than 90°. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243496 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - A developing device includes a developer bearing member, a layer restricting member, a facing magnet and a nonmagnetic member. The developer bearing member has a sleeve for bearing magnetic toner and a fixed magnet included inside the sleeve. The layer restricting member faces one magnetic pole of the fixed magnet, is arranged at a distance from the sleeve and made of a magnetic material. The facing magnet is arranged upstream of the layer restricting member in a rotation direction of the sleeve and at a distance from the sleeve, includes a first facing surface facing a position overlapping with a position with a maximum magnetic force of the one magnetic pole and has a magnetic pole having the same polarity as the one magnetic pole on the first facing surface. The nonmagnetic member is connected at an upstream side of the facing magnet in the rotation direction. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243497 | DEVELOPER SUPPLY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A developer supply device is provided that includes an electric-field transfer board having transfer electrodes arranged along a developer transfer path so as to transfer development agent from a developer storage section along the developer transfer path when a multi-phase alternating-current voltage is applied to the transfer electrodes, a brush roller disposed to face an intended device in a developer supplying position and face the electric-field transfer board in a developer carrying position so as to receive the development agent from the electric-field transfer board and supply the received development agent to the intended device, and a regulating member disposed to contact the brush roller in a position between the developer carrying position and the developer supplying position so as to regulate an amount of the development agent on the brush roller. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243498 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing apparatus for an image forming apparatus, the developing apparatus comprising a developer carrying member for carrying a developer to develop an electrostatic latent image formed on an image bearing member; and a regulating member contacted to the developer carrying member to regulate a layer thickness of the developer on the developer carrying member, wherein the developer carrying member includes a surface layer having a storage modulus E′ satisfying 15 Pa≦E′≦30 Pa, the regulating member includes an free end having a curved surface to define a space with the surface layer to provide an entrance for the developer, and the curved surface has a radius of curvature R satisfying 100 μm≦R≦500 μm. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243499 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS UNIT INCORPORATING SAME - A development device includes a developer bearer to carry developer thereon and receive a development bias and a developer regulator to adjust an amount of developer carried on the developer bearer. Multiple recesses recessed from a reference surface area are formed in a surface of the developer bearer, the developer bearer includes a conductive base in which the recesses are formed, and the conductive base in the reference surface area is coated with an insulative surface layer. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243500 | Electrophotographic Roller with Resistance to Nip Banding - An endless electrophotographic member, such as a developer roller, which indicates an improved resistance to nip banding. The improvement to nip banding may be provided by the use of an organic salt within a roller surface region. The roller may provide, at a nip location, a resistive surface layer having an electrical resistance that avoids the development of nip banding and relatively dark regions on printed media. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243501 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes an endless belt, a fixing rotating body that contacts with and separates from the belt and fixes an image formed on a recording medium nipped between the fixing rotating body and the belt while rotating in contact with the belt, a support member provided so that the belt slides on the support member during circulation, the support member supporting a load provided when the fixing rotating body is in contact with the belt so as to form a nip portion where the recording medium is nipped between the belt and the fixing rotating body, a guide member that guides the recording medium to separate the recording medium from the belt after the recording medium passes through the nip portion, and a moving unit that moves the guide member away from the belt along with separation of the fixing rotating body from the belt. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243502 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a first radiating portion that includes plural light sources arranged along a first direction at a determined interval, and radiates light on a recording medium on which a toner image is formed and which is transported in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and an optical member that includes plural transmission regions through which the light radiated by the plural light sources is transmitted and includes plural light diffusion portions diffusing the light in the first direction on each of the plural transmission regions. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243503 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND GLOSS CONTROL METHOD - An image forming apparatus for forming an image on a recording medium includes a fixing unit configured to fix on a recording medium, a toner image formed on the recording medium, through heating and pressurization and a gloss control unit configured to lower gloss of a surface of the toner image by charging the surface of the toner image fixed onto the recording medium and heating the toner image such that toner contained in the toner image reaches a softening point or higher thereof. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243504 | IMAGE DECOLORIZING DEVICE WITH MOVABLE CONTACT PARTS, AND RELATED METHOD - An image decolorizing device according to an embodiment comprises a heating unit configured to generate heat and apply the heat to a recording medium, and a pressure roller that forms a nip with the heating unit. The image decolorizing device further comprises a first contact part positioned in contact with the heating unit at a first position upstream of the nip in a rotation direction of the heating unit and fixed in the rotating direction, and a second contact part positioned in contact with the heating unit at a second position upstream of the nip in the rotation direction and fixed in the rotating direction. In the image decolorizing device, the first and second contact parts are configured to apply a voltage to the heating unit causing the heating unit to generate heat over a heating area between the first and second positions. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243505 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus, a cleaning unit includes: a cleaning blade that scrapes off untransferred toner remaining on an image support; an application brush that contacts the image support on the downstream side in the rotational direction of the image support relative to the cleaning blade, the application brush rotating in a counter direction at a contact position with the image support, thereby scratching off lubricant particles from a solid lubricant provided at its periphery, and supporting and feeding the lubricant particles toward the contact position with the image support; and a moving force providing unit that provides the lubricant being fed by the application brush with an electrical moving force toward the image support, on the upstream side in the rotational direction of the application brush relative to the contact position of the image support and the application brush. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243506 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus including at least a photoreceptor; and a cleaning blade formed of a strip-shaped elastic blade to contact an edge line to the surface of the photoreceptor, wherein the photoreceptor includes a surface layer comprising a particulate material, and the edge line of the cleaning blade includes a substrate of the elastic blade; a mixed layer having a thickness not less than 1.0 μm, formed of the substrate and at least one of an acrylic resin and a methacrylic resin, located at the surface of the substrate; and a surface layer having a thickness not less than 0.1 μm, formed of at least one of an acrylic resin and a methacrylic resin, located on the surface of the substrate. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243507 | CLEANING BLADE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A cleaning blade, including a strip-shaped elastic blade to contact the surface of a member to be cleaned, traveling on an edge line of the elastic blade, to remove a powder from the surface thereof, wherein the edge line of the elastic blade is impregnated with an ultraviolet curable resin including a fluorinated acrylic monomer, a surface layer harder than the elastic blade is formed on each of an under surface thereof, having the edge line as one line of the under surface and facing the member, and an apical surface thereof, having the edge line as one line of the apical surface and being parallel to a direction of the thickness thereof, and the apical surface is impregnated with the ultraviolet curable resin at a depth of from 50 to 150 μm and the under surface is impregnated therewith at a depth of from 20 to 100 μm. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243508 | Image Forming Apparatus - An image forming apparatus, including: an electrophotographic image forming unit which forms an image on a recording medium; a fixing unit which thermally fixes the image; an insulating chute disposed between the image forming unit and the fixing unit, including: a guide face and a back face, and configured to guide the image-formed recording medium to the fixing unit; and a planar metal member disposed on the back face and expanding to a first end edge portion as an edge portion of one of end portions of the chute nearer to the fixing unit. The metal member includes a second end edge portion that is an edge portion of one of end portions of the metal member nearer to the fixing unit. The second end edge portion has an acute angle in cross section as viewed in a widthwise direction of the recording medium. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243509 | PRINT LABEL PRODUCING APPARATUS - This disclosure discloses print label producing apparatus comprising a controller, a memory including a first sub memory, a second sub memory, and a third sub memory, and the controller being configured to execute a decoration setting process to perform at least one of a first sub decoration setting process for setting a decoration style randomly, a second sub decoration setting process for setting a frame randomly, and a third sub decoration setting process for setting a symbol randomly, a first print data generating process for generating first print data, by means of including at least one or more results of the decoration setting process of any of the decoration style of one or more types randomly set, the frame of one type randomly set, or the symbol of one type randomly set, and a first coordination control process for controlling the feeder and the printing head. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243510 | CONFIGURABLE PRINTER FOR DIFFERENT PAPER SIZES AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING A PRINTER FOR DIFFERENT PAPER SIZES - In accordance with one example embodiment of a configurable printer for different paper sizes and types in accordance with the present invention, the configurable printer may comprise a print mechanism, a controller for controlling the print mechanism, a paper bucket for receiving a first sized paper roll to be printed, a divider for a paper bucket for reducing a width of the paper bucket to accept a second sized paper roll which is smaller than the first sized paper roll, and a bucket sensor adapted to sense at least one of insertion of the divider into the paper bucket and removal of the divider from the paper bucket and to provide a paper size signal to the controller. The controller controls the print mechanism in response to the paper size signal from the bucket sensor. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243511 | SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - A sheet processing device includes a clamp configured to clamp an edge portion of a sheet, the edge portion being on a side of an edge parallel to a direction in which the sheet has been conveyed; a first processing unit configured to perform a first process on the sheet at the side of the edge, the first processing unit being disposed at a first position; a second processing unit configured to perform a second process on the sheet at the side of the edge, the second processing unit being disposed at a second position that is different from the first position in a vertical direction; and a moving unit configured to move the clamp from the first position to the second position or vice versa so that the clamp moves on a loop passing through the first position and the second position. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243512 | PRINTER WITH LABEL SELF-STRIPPING MECHANISM - A printer is described herein that is equipped to internally remove the backings off of self-adhesive label paper, exposing an adhesive layer when ejected from the printer. A user desiring to print some sort of indicia on the self-adhesive paper need only initiate printing, and a label with exposed adhesive is ejected from the printer. A print side of the paper is split from a backing inside the printer pulling preceding print sides and backings at certain tensions, thereby creating a particularly effective separation angle. A ribbon break shaft and one or more rollers create the correct tension in the print sides, while a platen roller and cantilever leaf spring create the correct tension in the backings. In some embodiments, the optimal separation angle lies between 19 and 25 degrees. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243513 | PACKAGING AND APPLICATOR FOR SKIN CARE PRODUCT - Packaging for a consumer healthcare product that may be applied with an applicator sold with the packaging. The applicator is configured to mate with and thereby to be coupled with a portion of the packaging. The portion of the packaging to which the applicator is coupled may be a rigid portion and/or a stock item. In one embodiment, the applicator has a coupling element that extends around a cap of the packaging to couple the applicator to the cap in a substantially secure manner. The applicator may specifically be designed for manipulation by the user's fingers, and may be ergonomically formed to facilitate manipulation and use thereof by application of finger pressure (e.g., pressure from the user's index finger) thereto. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243514 | Precision Liquid Applicator - A precision liquid applicator is disclosed for dispensing an applicator liquid from a container onto a surface. The precision liquid applicator comprises a closure defining a terminal orifice and a valve seat. A valve comprises a precision applicator tip extending through the terminal orifice and comprises a valve seal for sealing with the valve seat. A depression of the precision applicator tip onto the surface displaces the valve seal from the sealing surface for providing an annular passageway between the precision applicator tip and the terminal orifice to enable the flow of the applicator liquid onto the surface. A valve stop cooperates with a stop wall for limiting movement of the valve to control a cross-sectional area of the passageway between the precision applicator tip and the terminal orifice and for ensuring the precision applicator tip extends beyond the second end of the closure. The precision liquid applicator is suitable for applying paint into a scratch within a painted surface without excessive application of paint outside of the scratch. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243515 | HAND-WRITING INPUT SYSTEM - A hand-writing input system includes a hand-writing input device and an image capture device. The hand-writing input device includes a penholder, a writing head and an infrared light source. The penholder includes a writing end and an opposite top end. The writing head is arranged on the writing end. The writing head actually writes on paper, and the image capture device picks up the track of the infrared light source or the track of the target of the IR light. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243516 | COUPLING, ROTOR, AND ASSEMBLY FOR A PUMP - A coupling for pump, in particular a vacuum pump. The coupling has at least one feed for lubricant. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243517 | SCREW MOTION MECHANISM AND DAMPING APPARATUS USING SAME - The screw motion mechanism includes: a threaded shaft having an outer peripheral surface provided with a helical thread groove, the threaded shaft having at least one axial end coupled to a first structural body; a nut member held in a rotatable manner with respect to a second structural body which is movable in an axial direction of the threaded shaft with respect to the first structural body, the nut member being threadedly engaged with the threaded shaft; and a spherical joint for coupling the at least one axial end of the threaded shaft to the first structural body, the spherical joint including: a spherical portion; and a sphere receiving portion for housing the spherical portion. When assuming an axial force applied to the threaded shaft as a variable, a line of a rotational torque intersects with a line of a sliding torque in a graph. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243518 | ANTI-SWAY DEVICE ADAPTER - An angled adapter configured for engagement between a carrier-mounted bicycle cradle and a bicycle anti-sway device. The adapter includes an adapter body. The adapter body has a cradle engagement portion at a top end thereof and an anti-sway engagement portion at a bottom end thereof. The adapter body also includes an angled extension portion interconnected between the cradle engagement portion and the anti-sway engagement portion. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243519 | CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT OF A DRIVE UNIT ON A SLIDE OF A PRESS - A connection arrangement of a force- and movement-transmitting drive unit includes a press comprising at least a drive unit, a slide and a part with a thread. The drive unit is mounted at a pull or push point of the slide. A first connecting element comprises a nut mounted movably in the slide. The first connecting element and the part form a releasable connection. The part is releasably connected to an additional connecting part with a thread. The drive unit is connected to the slide via the releasable connection. The first connecting element is mounted movably in the slide. When the drive unit is in a released state or in a removed state, the additional connecting part can be separated from the part to at least partially remain in the first connecting element or in the releasable connection. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243520 | HINGE WITH SECURING FEATURES - Disclosed is a hinge with securing features, the hinge including a first hinge body portion including a first frame association end and a nesting cavity, the first frame association end and the nesting cavity being disposed at opposite ends of the first hinge body portion, a second hinge body portion defining a second frame association end and a nesting body configured for nesting in the nesting cavity of the first hinge body portion, the second frame association end and the nesting body being disposed at opposite ends of the second hinge body portion, wherein the first hinge body portion and the second hinge body portion are rotatably associated via a pivot point, and at least one securing feature configured for securing the nesting body within the nesting cavity in a manner that prevents rotation of the first body portion relative to the second body portion about the pivot point. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243521 | Latching Device for Insertion into a Tube for Latching Movement of the Tube Relative to an External Element - A latching device for insertion into a tube provides two large flat buttons one on each side to lock the tube relative to an outer tube or to two parallel plates. A tubular housing with open ends slides into the tube between the side walls of the tube with the ends of the housing substantially butting inside surfaces of the side walls. The buttons are mounted on respective slide members mounted in the housing spring biased apart so that the buttons can be depressed. One or two set screws acting as stop members can be inserted after the housing is moved to the required location in the tube to prevent depression of the buttons to a position inward of the inner surface of the tube so that the housing is held in place. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243522 | CLAMP ASSEMBLY - A clamp assembly for securing together in a superimposed relationship two elongate members each having a pair of opposite edge regions, includes a clamping frame having four frame members, the frame members of a first pair of the frame members being spaced apart by a second pair and the frame members of the second pair being spaced apart by the first pair, the second pair allowing the spacing of the frame members of the first pair to be varied whereby the first pair may be brought into contact with opposite edge regions of a first of the elongate members and/or the first pair allowing the spacing of the frame members of the second pair to be varied whereby the second pair may be brought into contact with opposite edge regions of the second of the elongate members, the two pairs of frame members being interconnected by first connection elements. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243523 | DEVICE FOR RETAINING AN ATTACHED PART ON A CARRIER PART AND ARRANGEMENT HAVING SUCH A DEVICE AND HAVING AN ATTACHED PART - A device for retaining an attached part on a carrier part, including a clip part and an unlocking part displaceably supported in the clip part. In a release position of the unlocking part, latching legs of the clip part engage behind the carrier part while, in a dismantling position of the unlocking part, the latching legs are not engaged with the carrier part so that the attached part can be removed from the carrier part. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243524 | Connection Assembly For Interconnecting To A Frame - A connection assembly is provided for interconnecting to a frame. The connection assembly including a generally flat plate. The plate is defined by an inner face, an outer face and a first pair of bolt-receiving bores therethrough. The pair of bolt-receiving bores extend between the inner face and the outer face along bore axes at acute angles to the outer face. A first lip extends from the inner face of the plate along a first axis and a second lip extends from the inner face of the plate along a second axis generally perpendicular to the second axis. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243525 | Water Permeable Traffic Bearing System, Method And Drainage Joint For Use With Same - Making a water permeable traffic bearing system includes preparing a compound water permeable base in contact with a native substrate, and installing a drainage system having a plurality of elongate drainage joints over the prepared water permeable base. Each of the drainage joints defines a plurality of vertical drainage conduits opening at upper and lower sides and in fluid communication with a storage volume defined by the water permeable base. Making the water permeable traffic bearing system further includes forming a segmental mat having a plurality of water impermeable surface pads abutting the plurality of drainage joints, at least in part by filling voids extending horizontally between the drainage joints with a curable paving material, and curing the paving material within the voids, in contact with each of the water permeable base and the drainage joints. Installing the drainage system further includes tuning precipitation handling of the traffic bearing system, at least in part by setting a spacing and a number of the drainage joints responsive to, a water throughput factor of the traffic bearing system and a structural factor of the segmental mat. The drainage joints may have upwardly and downwardly oriented legs joined via a bridge in an H-configuration. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243526 | Vibration Damper - A vibration reducing interface which uses interconnected layers of three or more concentrically arranged isolators to reduce vibrations in tools, vehicles, machines, weapons and anything else which uses pumps, compressors, engines, motors, spinning elements, out of balance loads or inconsistent, variable loading. The vibration reducing interface provides for tiering arranged isolators for reducing varying degrees and directions of vibration. The vibration reducing interface reduces vibration and its related negative affects including injury, damage and reduced control in relation to use of tools, vehicles, machines, weapons and other equipment. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243527 | Tidal Flow Generation Structures - A tidal energy generation structure for sea bed mounting includes sea bed penetrating support foot structures pre-assembled with the structure and deployed with the structure when setting on the sea-bed. The sea bed penetrating support foot structures are assembled in fixed position relative to one another and on a rigid frame and including a respective a penetrating tip which is arranged to penetrate into the sea bed surface under the weight of the tidal energy generation structure, when deployed on the sea bed. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243528 | Formation of Underground Constructions - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for the formation of underground structures. The method includes the provision of the formation of at least two spaced support structures which are provided to include a slide track thereon to receive and allow the sliding movement therealong of a roof structure which is moved into position once the support structures are formed to form the underground structure. The support structures can include piled foundations and include a series of units in which the slide tracks are formed. Further articles can be provided to allow the excretion of lubricant to allow the movement of the structure units into position to be improved. Said articles can also be used subsequently to receive a filler material to allow any spaces between the structure and surrounding soil or rock to be filled. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243529 | MARINE TENSIONER - The invention is directed to a marine tensioner ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130243530 | Deep Trench Rod Loader Apparatus - The present invention relates to a pipe handling assembly for use with a rod pushing and pulling machine in pipe bursting and pipe replacement operations. The assembly uses a rod transport assembly to transport a rod from a vertical receiving position to a horizontal receiving position. A rod transfer assembly then axially advances the rod in a horizontal receiving position to the rod pushing and pulling machine where the rod can be incorporated into a drill string. The rod handling assembly also can be used for transporting rods out of an excavation pit after they have been broken off from a rod string by a rod pushing and pulling machine. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243531 | PROCESS FOR INSTALLING AN OFFSHORE TOWER - Process for installing an offshore tower, specifically a substructure, which basically comprises the following steps: a) dry manufacturing a foundation comprising a block ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130243532 | Method and device for driving a multiplicity of piles into a seabed - A plurality of piles is arranged in frame elements in an axially displaceable manner. Hammers are positioned on the piles. After driving of the piles into a seabed, the hammers are connected to the frame elements, wherein the frame elements together with the hammers are lifted to the surface of the water and to the seaborne vessel by a crane. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243533 | Method for Installing a Helical Pier with Polyurthane Resin Grout - A method for installing a helical pier using a polyurethane resin grout that results in a support structure capable of bearing heavy loads and exhibiting high lateral strength which is also nontoxic and non-hazardous to the environment | 2013-09-19 |
20130243534 | TAMPING DEVICE WITH SYNCHRONIZING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAME - A tamping device for soil compaction having an upper mass with a drive and a lower mass that can be moved relative to the upper mass with a soil contacting element. In order to cause a working movement of the soil contacting element, a vibration generating device is provided. In addition to the vibration generating device, a manipulating device, for example in the form of a damping body, is provided in an operatively connected manner between the upper mass and the lower mass. The damping properties of the damping body can be modifiable. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243535 | COATING-POWDER-SUPPLY APPARATUS - The coating-powder-supply apparatus according to the invention comprises a powder-storage container, a powder conveyor, in order to convey powder out of the powder-storage container, and a set of scales, in order to weigh the powder located in the powder-storage container. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243536 | ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE OPERATION OF A VACUUM WASTE COLLECTION SYSTEM - Vacuum waste collection system is provided ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130243537 | INSERT - An insert includes a rake angle set corresponding to the hardness of a material to be cut and that can suppress an increase in the material cost even when the strength of a cut edge section is increased. The insert has a polygonal shape and includes a cutting edge portion on at least one side of the polygonal shape. The cutting edge portion includes a rake face having a convex formed on one of opposite surfaces in the thickness direction, a flank face having a concave formed on a surface intersecting with the one surface in the thickness direction and a concave cutting edge that is formed between the rake face and the flank face. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243538 | Stud Finder and Laser Level Assembly for a Power Drill - A power tool includes a housing that encloses a motor, and a collet configured to be driven to rotate by the motor. The collet defines a drill axis about which the collet is configured to rotate. The power tool also includes a sensor assembly having a front wall with a wall contact surface. The front wall includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion that define a gap therebetween. An object sensor is secured to the front wall proximate the gap. A support member includes a first end portion attached to the front wall and a second end portion attached to the housing. The support member extends from the housing to position the front wall forwardly of the collet such that the drill axis intersects the gap. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243539 | METHOD FOR CHAMFERING BEVEL GEARS - A chamfering method comprising defining a tooth edge utilizing theoretical data, defining an actual tooth edge utilizing the theoretical tooth edge data, defining a motion path of a chamfering tool and chamfering the actual tooth edge by moving the chamfering tool and the actual tooth edge relative to one another according to the motion path to chamfer the actual tooth edge. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243540 | METHOD FOR MACHINING A WORKPIECE - In a method for machining a workpiece, an end face gearing is created on the end face of the workpiece by hob peeling. The workpiece is rotated about the Z axis in relation to a coordinate system with X, Y and Z axes arranged perpendicularly to one another. During creation of the end face gearing, the feed direction of the hob peeling tool encloses with the axis of rotation of the hob peeling tool an angle which is greater than 0° and less than 35°. The hob peeling tool is arranged in the X-Z plane at an angle to the X axis which is greater than 0° and less than 20°. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243541 | COMBINED THERMAL FIT AND ROTATIONAL LOCKING MACHINE TOOL ASSEMBLY - An illustrative embodiment of a machine tool assembly has a tool holder, a keyed recess, and a cutting tool. The assembly prevents relative rotation and substantially reduces eccentricity between a cutting tool and a tool holder. The tool holder has a receiving bore axially formed at the tool end of the tool holder. The keyed recess is at the base of the receiving bore. The keyed recess has multiple corners formed around an inner surface of the recess. The cutting tool has a cylindrical shank and multiple edges formed on the machine tool end of the shank. The cylindrical receiving bore has diameter that is less than the diameter of the tool shank so that a thermal transitional fit is provided. Coupling of the cutting tool and holder includes heating the holder until the diameter of the bore expands sufficiently to receive the tool shank. When inserted within the bore of the holder and into the keyed recess, the multiple edges of the cutting tool abut with the multiple corners of the recess. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243542 | BLIND RIVET WITH A PLASTIC RIVET BODY - A blind rivet made of plastic, the shank of the body has a first region located between the head and the foot end, and the first region has a reduced first wall thickness. Within the first region is located a second region with a second wall thickness further reduced as compared to the first region. The first and second regions are arranged such that, as a result of the rivet setting process, the wall of the shank forms a roll fold with an annular bead that is pressed axially against the blind side of the workpiece. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243543 | CONNECTOR - A blind fastener for clamping together two components through which the fastener extends comprises a sleeve having a radially expandable first end, a threaded fastener for extending through the sleeve, an expansion head threadedly mounted on the threaded fastener whereby movement of the expansion head towards the second end of the sleeve expands the first end, a collar for engaging with the second end of the sleeve and having an aperture through which the threaded fastener extends, the threaded fastener having a head formation for rotation of the threaded when the collar is positioned between the head portion and the sleeve, and said second end of the sleeve and the confronting surface of the collar comprising inter-engaging formations which resist relative rotation of the sleeve and collar but permit their axial separation. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243544 | DOUBLE-ACTING LOCKWASHER - The invention relates to a locking washer which is to be inserted between a bearing element ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130243545 | QUICK THREADED ROD LOCKING DEVICES AND METHOD - A threaded rod hanger has quick lock plunger mechanism that includes plunger pieces within a tapered hole in a housing. The plunger pieces have tapered outer surfaces. A spring within the housing presses the plunger pieces toward the narrow end of the bore, with the spring located between the plunger pieces and a back plate that closes off part of a wide end of the tapered bore. The plunger pieces have internally threaded surfaces that engage threads on a threaded rod that is inserted into the bore, between the plunger pieces. Once the threaded rod has been inserted between the plunger pieces and released, the plunger pieces are pushed toward the narrow bore end. This causes the plunger pieces to press inward, automatically causing the internal plunger half threads to engage the external threads on the threaded rod. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243546 | Anchor Assembly for Fastener - An anchor assembly for walls comprises a toggle member and a strap member pivotally mounted together, and a locking member. In a first position, the toggle member is aligned with the strap member for insertion through a hole in the wall, whereas in a second position, the toggle member extends behind the wall angularly to the strap member which extends from the toggle member through the hole. The locking member is adapted to be displaced along the strap member until it engages the wall and to be locked on the strap member to prevent the locking member from displacing away from the toggle member. Therefore, the locking member and the toggle member are connected by the strap member and imprison the wall by abutting respectively the visible and hidden sides thereof. A fastener introduced through the locking member and the wall threadably engages an opening defined in the toggle member. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243547 | SCREW CAPABLE OF RAPIDLY DRILLING AND CUTTING - A screw capable of drilling and cutting includes two inclined cutting planes with a cutting edge formed on a convergence of the cutting planes. A tapered positioning member extends from the convergence of the cutting planes, where the cutting edge is divided into dual sub cutting edges by means of the positioning member. Each sub cutting edge has an inclined angle. An included angle included by the sub cutting edges is smaller than 180 degrees. Threads spiral on a shank and extend to the sub cutting edges. Setting the positioning member against on an object permits a steady performance during the first stage of screwing. Subsequently, the sub cutting edges provides a scraping effect on the object during drilling. Torque is reduced and drilling speed is promoted. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243548 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOLDING METAL LAMINATE FILM | 2013-09-19 |
20130243549 | Method of Forming a Can End Having a Moveable Portion - Methods for producing a can end having a moveable portion disposed beneath a tab are disclosed. In one embodiment, a can end having a center panel may be formed. A moveable portion may be formed in the center panel. The moveable portion may be in a downward position after it is formed. The can end may then be restrained such that a portion of the center panel that is adjacent to the moveable portion is unrestrained. While the can end is restrained, the moveable portion may be moved into an upward position. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243550 | Substrate Processing Apparatus, Method of Processing Substrate, Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device and Non Transitory Computer Readable Recording Medium on which Program for Performing Method of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device is Recorded - Provided are a substrate processing apparatus, a method of processing a substrate, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, and a non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing a program for performing the method of manufacturing the semiconductor device, that are capable of improving manufacturing throughput of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a substrate to be processed, a transfer chamber under a vacuum atmosphere, a substrate transfer unit installed at the transfer chamber and configured to transfer the substrate, at least two process chambers installed near the transfer chamber and configured to process the substrate, at least two gate valves installed between the transfer chamber and the at least two process chambers, and a control unit configured to control the substrate transfer unit and the at least two gate valves, wherein the control unit opens and closes the at least two gate valves while the substrate transfer unit transfers the substrate. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243551 | ARTICLE STORAGE DEVICE AND ARTICLE TRANSFER METHOD - The article storage device ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130243552 | Feed Auger Assembly Comprising Concentric Auger Sections - A feed auger assembly which conveys particular material to an implement includes a first auger housing with a first auger flight rotatable therein, a second auger housing concentrically receiving the first auger housing therein so as to define an annular space therebetween, and a second auger flight rotatable within the annular space. The discharge end of the first auger housing is arranged to discharge into the annular space between the intermediate end and the outlet end of the second auger housing as the first auger housing is longitudinally slidable relative to the second auger housing in the longitudinal direction. The distance between the inlet end of first auger housing and the outlet end of the second auger housing is thus adjustable during a conveying operation of the augers being rotated within the respective housings. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243553 | BULK MATERIAL STORAGE APPARATUS - Bulk material storage apparatus including adjustable leg members and lift apparatuses and methods of using such apparatus. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243554 | ADAPTER TO UNLOAD REAR LOADING CONTAINER INTO SIDE LOADING COMPACTION BODY - An adapter to allow a sideloading refuse collection body to empty a rear loading container having trunnions. The adapter has a pair of spaced apart trunnion pockets to receive opposing trunnions of the container. A pair of lock arms on the adapter can be lowered against the tops of opposing sides of the container to lock the container in the trunnion pockets and against a stabilizer which engages the front wall of the container. The adapter includes a guide plate aligned with and extending from the front wall of the container. Lift arms on the collection body are joined to opposing sides of the adapter. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243555 | Box Lifting Assembly for Dump Trucks or Similar Vehicles - There is provided a lifting assembly for selectively loading a container onto a chassis of a vehicle and unloading the container from the chassis, the lifting assembly comprising: a frame connected to the chassis; an arm having a first end pivotably connected to the frame and a second end releasably connectable to the container; and a pivoting actuator having a first actuator portion pivotably connected to the frame and a second actuator portion pivotably connected to the arm between the first and second ends thereof, the second actuator portion being linearly movable relative to the first actuator portion for pivoting the arm relative to the frame to selectively move the container towards the frame and away from the frame. There is further provided a cargo-carrying vehicle comprising the lifting assembly and a method for unloading a container mounted on a chassis of a vehicle from the vehicle. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243556 | WORK VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK VEHICLE - A work vehicle includes an engine, a throttle opening degree setting unit, first and second hydraulic pumps driven by the engine, a travel hydraulic motor driven by hydraulic fluid discharged from the first hydraulic pump, a work implement driven by hydraulic fluid discharged from the second hydraulic pump. A first control unit is configured to determine a work phase of the work implement and to set an upper limit for the throttle opening degree in accordance with the work phase. A second control unit is configured to control output of the engine based on the smaller of the throttle opening degree set by the throttle opening degree setting unit and the throttle opening degree set by the first control unit. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243557 | HYBRID CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - Provided is a hybrid construction machine capable of letting the operator immediately stop the swing structure by performing a stopping operation for ordinary construction machines even when the swing structure moves differently from the operator's will for some reason. The hybrid construction machine comprises: an inverter controller which outputs a PWM signal to an inverter and thereby controls the revolution speed of an electric motor; a first electric circuit including blocking means which blocks the PWM signal outputted from the inverter controller to the inverter in response to either an immobilization selection inputted through a gate lock lever switch or an OFF selection inputted through an ignition switch; and a second electric circuit including a swing brake solenoid valve which activates a swing brake in response to either the immobilization selection inputted through the gate lock lever switch or the OFF selection inputted through the ignition switch. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243558 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING ARTICLE LAYERS BETWEEN ADJACENT MODULES - A method and apparatus for horizontally shifting an article group or article layer, composed of a plurality of articles, from a first position and/or from a conveying movement into a second rest position while largely maintaining the relative positions of the articles in the article layer or group to each other, said transfer being effected by at least one first pusher bar engaging with the articles located at the back of the article group or article layer, as considered in relation to the conveying or feed direction. A support bar, which is at least temporarily allocated to the articles located at the front of the article group or layer, as considered in relation to the conveying direction, moves ahead at a slight distance from or abuts on the foremost articles of the article group or layer at least immediately before or on reaching the rest position. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243559 | WINDMILL CONVEYANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A conveyance system and method for delivering at least one component of a windmill to a location is provided. The system is provided with a transporter and a transfer system. The transporter is positionable adjacent a base at the location. The transfer system is provided with a plurality of rails, a support and at least one slider. The rails are positionable on the base and the transporter. The support has a first portion of the rails of the transporter thereon. The support is positionable along a second portion of the rails on a surface of the transporter, and slidably movable between a retracted and an extended position whereby the support is selectively positionable adjacent the base. The slider carries the component(s) of the windmill. The slider is slidably movable along the rails of the transporter and the base whereby the component(s) is/are slidably transferrable between the transporter and the base. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243560 | LOCKING GATE DEVICE - A locking gate device suitable for selectively blocking the flow of fluid and/or articles through a pair of openings defined by two spaced-apart members is provided. The spaced-apart members may be opposing walls or flanges of two adjacent processing chambers or vessels in a pressurized heating system. The locking gate device includes a gate assembly that is movable within a gate-receiving space defined between opposed sealing surfaces of the spaced-apart members. The gate assembly comprises a pair of sealing plates and a drive member shiftable relative to the sealing plates. As the drive member is shifted between a retracted position and an extended position, a pair of bearings disposed between the sealing plates and the drive member forces the sealing plates outwardly to contact the sealing surfaces of the spaced-apart members. This substantially blocks the flow-through openings defined by one or both sealing surfaces and restricts flow therethrough. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243561 | PHARMACEUTICAL STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND METHODS OF STORING AND RETRIEVING PHARMACEUTICALS - A pharmaceutical storage and retrieval device and a method of accessing and loading the device. The device includes a housing, at least one port with controlled access to inventory stored within the device, a robotic transfer mechanism for moving inventory items to and from the controlled port, software for tracking the inventory and users of the device, and an interface with the pharmacy software system to track and monitor which inventory is authorized for access by each user and which inventory is needed to fill a prescription. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243562 | Method for uploading crop stored in a grain tank of a harvesting device - A method for unloading crop stored in a grain tank of a self-propelled combine harvester into a drivable collecting container equipped with a drive unit includes positioning the collecting container relative to the combine harvester and moving the collecting container parallel thereto while the crop is fed to the collecting container directly or indirectly by way of a grain tank discharge pipe equipped with an outlet chute, simultaneously with the harvesting operation. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243563 | Sliding loading lifting system - The present invention relates to a motorized device that can be operated by one person to load or unload a platform containing cargo or a wheel chock attached to a motorcycle or multi-wheeled vehicle, or bins and containers holding cargo. The device taught herein is employed to lift or move the cargo to the level of the truck bed or storage area and move into the storage or travel to a second position. Also disclosed is a sliding ramp apparatus for moving cargo to a higher level or lower level or movement on the same plane or level using incline, horizontal or vertical movement. When mounted on a platform or motorized vehicle, any cargo: machinery, motorcycle, containers, palettes, drums, supplies, etc. can be loaded or unloaded in or on a vehicle or platform in a lifting or lowering manner. When mounted on any surface, any cargo (worktables, machinery, crates, containers, pallets, drums, supplies, boats, etc.) can be moved horizontally and/or vertically for access or convenient height, human contact or manipulation of cargo or process in manufacture. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243564 | EXHAUST DIFFUSER FOR TURBINE - An exhaust diffuser for a turbine includes an inlet configured to receive exhaust gas from a last stage bucket of the turbine and an exhaust gas guide surface configured to guide the exhaust gas. A curvature of the guide surface comprises a first angle with respect to an axis of the turbine and a ratio of a guide surface axial length to the active length of the last stage bucket which is between about 0.45 to 0.70. A method of diffusing exhaust of a turbine includes energizing a boundary layer along a curved exhaust flow guide surface of an exhaust diffuser with over tip leakage of a last stage bucket of the turbine. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243565 | STEAM TURBINE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING MOISTURE FROM THE STEAM TURBINE - A steam turbine includes an inner casing that at least partially defines the steam flow path, a passage for extending through the inner casing to at least partially define a moisture flow path out of the steam flow path, and a seal operably connected to the passage. The seal has a first position associated with a first set of operating conditions within the steam flow path and a second position associated with a second set of operating conditions within the steam flow path. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243566 | PUMP, PUMP SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PUMP, AND COOLING SYSTEM - A pump includes: an impeller that moves fluid; a housing section, provided adjacent to a channel for the fluid, that communicate with the channel; and a controller that positions the impeller in the channel during a driving of the impeller and houses the impeller in the housing section during a stoppage of driving of the impeller. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243567 | FAN ARRAY FAN SECTION IN AIR-HANDLING SYSTEMS - A fan array fan section in an air-handling system includes a plurality of fan units arranged in a fan array and positioned within an air-handling compartment. One preferred embodiment may include an array controller programmed to operate the plurality of fan units at peak efficiency. The plurality of fan units may be arranged in a true array configuration, a spaced pattern array configuration, a checker board array configuration, rows slightly offset array configuration, columns slightly offset array configuration, or a staggered array configuration. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243568 | Self-Cleaning Cover Plate in a Pump with Radial Flow - The invention relates to a cover plate ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130243569 | NACELLE FOR A WIND TURBINE - Disclosed is a nacelle for a wind turbine which includes a generator, a load-carrying structure, a support structure, an electrical system, a yaw system, a control system and a housing. The generator includes a rotating part and a stationary part and the stationary part is connectable to the load-carrying structure. The load-carrying structure includes the yaw system and the control system. The support structure includes the electrical system and the support structure is connectable to the load-carrying structure. The housing is segmented and is connectable to at least the load-carrying structure. The generator, the load-carrying structure and the support structure are separate modules and the separate modules and the segmented housing are connectable at an erection site of the wind turbine to build the nacelle. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243570 | Hydraulic Turbomachine - The invention relates to a hydraulic turbomachine comprising a runner acted upon by water, said runner having a plurality of guide vanes, a spiral housing enclosing the runner, a traverse ring having two traverse ring decks that are interconnected by cross-beams, and lengths of pipe enveloping the traverse ring, said lengths of pipe being interconnected one after the other in the circumferential direction and the flow-sections thereof tapering in the flow direction of the water. The invention is characterized by the following features: at least one reinforcing element is mounted on the outer circumference of the spiral housing in the region of the connecting point between two lengths of pipe, which reinforcing element locally interconnects two lengths of pipe at a time; a plurality of reinforcing elements which are distributed on the circumference of the spiral housing above the connecting point between two lengths of pipe; and the reinforcing element is mounted on the spiral housing in the region of the transition from the spiral housing to the respective traverse ring deck. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243571 | CONTROLLABLE COOLANT PUMP WITH A MULTI-PART MODULAR CONSTRUCTION - A controlled coolant pump of an internal combustion engine with a pump housing in which a pump shaft is rotatably supported and which has a belt wheel on one end side. A coolant is forced by a pump shaft impeller as a volume flow via a suction connection into a spiral channel of the coolant pump. The volume flow is influenced by a guide plate device that interacts with the impeller and has a guide plate that is continuously adjustable in the axial direction between two end positions and also includes an actuation unit that interacts with the pump shaft. The two-part pump shaft of the coolant pump includes modules that can be inserted into the pump housing assembled into one structural unit via an interface. The actuation unit allocated directly to a module includes a displacement pump with pump outlet valve and a guide plate device. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243572 | EXHAUST-GAS TURBOCHARGER - An exhaust-gas turbocharger ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130243573 | SMART PUMP - A smart water pump includes a housing ( | 2013-09-19 |
20130243574 | OPERATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD FOR STEAM TURBINE - A speed controller generates a speed control output signal based on an output target value and a detected speed of a steam turbine, an extraction pressure controller generates an extraction pressure control output signal based on an extraction flow rate target value and a detected extraction pressure of the steam turbine, and when operation signals of a governor valve and an extraction control valve are generated with reference to an extraction map for deriving opening degrees of the valves at an operation point determined depending on the signals, the extraction map is used with a scale of the extraction pressure control output signal in the extraction map being corrected to be multiplied by “extraction flow rate target value/extraction flow rate actual value” based on a regularly detected extraction flow rate actual value of the steam turbine. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243575 | COOLING PEDESTAL ARRAY - A turbine engine component includes a first surface to be cooled by a flow of cooling air. The first surface includes a pedestal array and a first row of contour bumps. The pedestal array includes first and second rows of pedestals extending from the first surface. The second row of pedestals runs in a direction generally parallel to the first row of pedestals. The first row of contour bumps extends from the first surface between the first row of pedestals and the second row of pedestals and runs parallel to the first row of pedestals. The first row of contour bumps is aligned such that at least one of the contour bumps of the first row of contour bumps is positioned at least one of immediately downstream of a pedestal of the first row of pedestals and immediately upstream of a pedestal of the second row of pedestals. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243576 | GAS TURBINE - A gas turbine includes a blade ring which faces blades from the outer side in a radial direction perpendicular to a turbine shaft, and a channel provided in the blade ring | 2013-09-19 |
20130243577 | MONITORING OF CLEARANCE - The clearance between a stationary object (such as a gas turbine engine casing) and one or more moving objects (such as the blades of a rotating turbine) is measured using a pair of electrical proximity sensors mounted on the stationary object with their sensitive fields directed towards the path of the moving object(s) and at angle to each other. The clearance is calculated by deriving a time interval between interceptions of the respective moving object with the sensitive fields of the two sensors and from the geometry of the set up. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243578 | Pipeline Pump with Thermal Protection - A pipeline pump with thermal protection includes a motor, a handle arranged on the motor, a pump body arranged on a motor shaft, a water outlet and a water inlet arranged on the pump body, and an impeller arranged inside the pump body. One side of the pump body is fixed and sealed with a pump cover. A temperature detecting device is fixed on the pump body. The temperature detecting device is connected to a circuit board. The pump body is made of a copper material, a blind hole is provided on the pump body, and the temperature detecting device is sealed on the pump body through a thermally conductive adhesive. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243579 | BARRING GEAR ASSEMBLY FOR DRIVING IN ROTATION A SHAFT OF A TURBO-ALTERNATOR GROUP - The barring gear assembly is designed to drive in rotation a shaft of a turbo-alternator group having an axis of rotation A. The barring gear assembly includes a main wheel fixed on said shaft and defining lateral sides located on either side of the axis of rotation A, a barring gear module having a support piece on which is mounted a clutch system for coupling and uncoupling a secondary shaft to and from the main wheel, the secondary shaft being driven by an auxiliary motor, and the barring gear module being positioned on one of said lateral sides (C | 2013-09-19 |
20130243580 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE VARIABLE STATOR VANE ASSEMBLY - A variable stator vane assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a variable stator vane and a non-structural fairing on the variable stator vane. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243581 | Bearing housing shroud - A turbocharger including a turbine wheel having a hub-to-tip ratio of no more than 60% and blades with a high turning angle, a turbine housing forming an inwardly spiraling primary-scroll passageway that significantly converges to produce highly accelerated airflow into the turbine at high circumferential angles, and a two-sided parallel compressor. The compressor and turbine each produce substantially no axial force, allowing the use of minimal axial thrust bearings. The bearing housing forms a shroud for the internal side of the compressor wheel. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243582 | COMPRESSOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A compressor casing to allow easy assemblage and disassembling, a compressor provided with the same, and a method of assembling the compressor are provided. The compressor casing includes a substantially tubular casing, a plurality of sealing surfaces provided on an inner circumferential surface of the casing along an axial direction thereof, a sealing means provided for each sealing surface, a substantially cylindrical bundle for accommodating a blade inside and for being assembled to the casing so as to contact with the sealing surfaces, and a roller provided on an outer circumferential surface of the bundle, for rolling on the inner circumferential surface of the casing when the bundle is assembled to or removed from the casing. The sealing surfaces are connected with one another tapered surfaces. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243583 | Vacuum Pump - In a rotor blade cylindrical portion or a stator portion in which thread grooves are formed, convex surfaces (thread groove peak surfaces) configuring the peak sections of the thread grooves are cut by a desired amount over the entire circumference (a circumferential direction of the thread grooves) of a certain range in an axial direction. As a result, the gap on the lower side of the thread groove portion can partially be expanded by cutting the thread groove peak surfaces by a desired amount. | 2013-09-19 |
20130243584 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN - A centrifugal fan is disclosed. The centrifugal fan includes a fan device and a case. The fan device includes an impeller and a plurality of blades, wherein the plurality of blades are mounted separately around the impeller. The case is provided to allow the fan device to be disposed and to rotate inside it. The case includes a top cover, a bottom cover, and a side wall. The side wall is mounted between the top cover and the bottom cover. The side wall includes a fixed part and a deformable part. The fixed part is connected with the top cover and the bottom cover, and the deformable part is connected with the fixed part. | 2013-09-19 |