50th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100316423 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor including a conductive substrate, a photosensitive layer, and a cross-linked resin surface layer comprising a cross-linked resin having a charge transport structure, which satisfies the following inequations: | 2010-12-16 |
20100316424 | CLEANING BLADE FOR IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning blade for image-forming apparatuses is provided which is reduced in the coefficient of friction to attain a shortened slipping distance and thereby produce excellent cleaning performance. The cleaning blade can be easily produced at low cost. The cleaning blade for image-forming apparatus is formed from a thermoplastic elastomer comprising: a rubber ingredient comprising any one of a hydrogenerated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (HNBR), carboxylated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (XNBR), hydrogenerated carboxylated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (HXNBR), styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR), and ethylene/propylene/diene copolymer rubber (EPDM); and a thermoplastic fluororesin powder incorporated as the only resin powder in the rubber ingredient. The thermoplastic fluororesin powder has been incorporated in an amount of 1-80 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber ingredient. The thermoplastic fluororesin powder has an average particle diameter of 0.1-20 um. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316425 | RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYANCE MECHANISM CONNECTING APPARATUS, SHEET FINISHING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM CONVEYING METHOD - A connecting apparatus includes a rotation conveyance section whose end is positioned below a recording medium discharge port of a recording medium discharging apparatus, and which is constructed separately from an inlet roller to nip and convey a recording medium and is rotated to receive and guide the recording medium discharged from the recording medium discharging apparatus to an inside of a recording medium receiving apparatus, and an upper conveyance mechanism whose end is positioned above the recording medium discharge port of the recording medium discharging apparatus and which is constructed separately from the inlet roller. An upper end of the connecting apparatus at a recording medium discharging apparatus side is positioned above the recording medium discharge port of the recording medium discharging apparatus, and a lower end is positioned below the recording medium discharge port of the recording medium discharging apparatus. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316426 | PRINTING CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND PRINTING CONTROL PROGRAM - A method for controlling printing control apparatus for printing an image on any of a plurality of recording media each set in a plurality of storage units includes inputting a plurality of print jobs, and determining an execution order of the plurality of print jobs in a range in which printing is consecutively executed on the recording medium fed from the same storage unit based on a type of the recording medium corresponding to each of the input plurality of print jobs, and in which each of the input print jobs is not postponed more than a predetermined condition. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316427 | PRINTER - A printer that includes a cassette housing portion into which a tape cassette is detachably installed in a vertical direction, a feeding device that feeds the tape mounted in the tape cassette, a printing head that performs printing on the tape, a platen roller that is located facing the printing head, a roller holder that rotatably supports the platen roller, a mechanical sensor having a switch terminal that is capable of protruding and retracting, a sensor holder that holds the mechanical sensor between the shaft of the roller holder and the platen roller and that is capable of moving independently of the roller holder between a third position and a fourth position, and a determination device that determines the type of the tape based on protrusion and retraction of the switch terminal. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316428 | PENCIL - The invention relates to a pencil, such as a writing, drawing, or sketching pen, having a pencil lead ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100316429 | DAMP TELESCOPIC TUBE AND A DAMP WRITING PEN - A damp telescopic tube and a damp writing pen are disclosed. The damp telescopic tube has at least two metallic tubes in different diameters to be fitted together, which can change the total length of the damp telescopic tube by a small tube slipped over a big tube telescopically. This can solve the questions of controlling handle feeling, quality instability and fricative bad voice between metallic tubes. The damp telescopic tube has at least two metallic tubes in different diameters. A small diameter tube is fitted in a big diameter tube in the two adjacent tubes. A limited location member is provided between the small diameter tube and the big diameter tube. A plastic piston is provided in the end of the small diameter tube which located inside of the big diameter tube and keeps in touch with the inside wall of the big diameter tube. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316430 | MEDICAL SKIN APPLICATOR APPARATUS - A medical skin applicator apparatus includes a fluid housing having a fluid chamber for storing a medical agent and an applicator coupled to the housing. The fluid housing has a penetrable wall to permit access to the fluid chamber and release of the medical agent therefrom. The applicator includes an applicator surface for applying the medical agent to a patient. The applicator has a penetrating member adapted to penetrate the penetrable wall of the fluid housing upon achieving a predetermined coupled relation of the fluid housing and the applicator, to thereby permit the medical agent to be dispensed from the fluid chamber and applied to the patient with the applicator surface. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316431 | WRITING INSTRUMENT WITH ERASER PROTECTED BY A SLEEVE - A writing instrument that includes a shaft and an eraser exit device. The eraser exit device includes an eraser protection sleeve that is mobile at least in rotation relative to the shaft so that the eraser can assume a maximum exit configuration and a retraction configuration, and an eraser holder provided with at least a first longitudinal guiding member directly interacting with a first complementary guiding member connected to the shaft so as to prevent any rotation movement between the holder and the shaft, and provided with at least a second guiding member that interacts with a second complementary guiding member connected to the sleeve. The sleeve has a front portion surrounding the rear end of the shaft and a rear portion having an inner guiding portion including the second complementary guiding member. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316432 | CLEANING TOOL - A cleaning tool ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100316433 | POWERED PAINTING SYSTEM - A painting system comprises a pressurized paint canister and a pressure fed paint brush or powered paint roller connectable to the pressurized paint canister. The canister includes a paint reservoir, a self-sealing gas pressure fitting in fluid communication with the paint reservoir and configured to be connected to a gas pressure source, a paint outlet in fluid communication with the paint reservoir, and a removable cap for filling the paint reservoir with paint. The brush assembly includes a main body having a handle and a brush stock and a bristle bundle secured in the brush stock. A plurality of fluid distribution members extend into the bristle assembly and are multidirectionally flexible such that the distribution members flex substantially freely with the flex of the bristles in any direction. The fluid distribution members prevent paint flow when in an unflexed state and allow flow onto the bristles only when flexed. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316434 | OVER CAP BRUSH FOR DISPENSING BOTTLE - An over cap brush for a squeeze dispensing bottle comprising a body injection molded as a single piece, the body being formed of a relatively soft elastomeric material, the body including a circular end wall, a generally cylindrical skirt at an outer periphery of the end wall defining a central axis and extending in one direction along the axis, the end wall having a central through hole and an outer face with a multitude of bristles distributed about the hole and extending axially from said face in a direction opposite the one direction, the skirt being of sufficient length so as to extend along the threads of a screw-on cap to retain the over cap brush on the cap by frictionally engaging the exterior of the skirt of the cap while the cap is disposed on a squeeze dispensing bottle. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316435 | Device and method for aligning and securing a ring binder mechanism - A ring binder mechanism having at least one pair of half-ring members that are movable between a first position, wherein the half-ring members are closed, and a second position, wherein the half-ring members are open, and at least one generally tubular member to facilitate alignment and securement of the at least one pair of half ring members when moved from the second, open position to the first, closed position. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316436 | BINDING OF STACKED FLAT PARTS - Method and apparatus for binding stacked flat parts, and bound stacked flat parts. The stacked flat parts are provided with perforations. The method includes coupling several individual fingers on an outer sheet, applying an adhesive to a predetermined area of the fingers, inserting the fingers into the perforations of the stacked flat parts, so that the fingers are bent in a spiral-like manner, and positioning an portion of each finger in overlapping contact with the predetermined area of respective fingers. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316437 | Thermal Expansion Compensation Method and System - A method and system that compensates for thermal induced stresses in structures composed of different materials fastened together. The system utilizes three compensation mounts made from a material with a coefficient of thermal expansion that is between that of the two materials being fastened together. These mounts can be linear or, for a thinner structure, the mounts are “C” shaped. The size of the “C” mounts and fastening locations are calculated based on the coefficient of thermal expansion for the two materials being fastened together and the “C” mount material. The geometry of the “C” mounts allows for fastening the two planar surfaces without introducing a large thickness increase to the structure. This system allows for materials to be fastened together, and when placed in an environment with temperature fluctuations, the system experiences zero, minimal or insignificant amounts of thermal induced stress. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316438 | CONNECTOR FOR STICK - The present invention proposes a locking mechanism for poles. The locking mechanism includes a support rod, inserted into a first unit shaft at a first end thereof and locked to a second unit shaft at a second end thereof, with threads formed around the outer circumferential surface thereof; and a pressure locking unit movably engaged with the threads of the support rod and having longitudinal slits formed to open in one direction and at least two pressure parts formed in a longitudinal direction. The locking pressure of the pressure locking unit is imposed on the unit shafts at multiple longitudinally spaced points, thus dispersing or distributing the locking strength in the longitudinal direction and increasing both the locking strength and the resistance against both longitudinal compressive force and longitudinal tensile force, thereby preventing the locked unit shafts from suddenly slipping towards each other. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316439 | MOUNTING SYSTEM - A mounting system with a receiver arrangement with an annular gland nut and an annular receiver bushing. The bushing having an inner passage and an oppositely facing outer surface. The outer bushing surface having at least one receiver-bearing surface shaped to engage a bearing surface of the mounting opening to align the receiver laterally within the opening. The bushing further including a support edge to position the receiver axially within the mounting opening. The annular gland nut having an OD thread configured to threadingly engage an ID thread in the mounting opening and having a contact edge to engage the receiver and force the support edge of the receiver against the bottom ledge of the mounting opening thereby securing the receiver axially in the mounting opening. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316440 | STAMPED LINK FOR SUPPORTING AN ENGINE - A torque arm for securing the position of a power train relative to a motor vehicle includes a first mount and a second mount. The first mount and the second mount are spaced by a body portion. The first mount is formed by a continuous ring defining a first central opening and is integral with the body portion. The second mount is formed by a loop defining a second central opening and the loop extends from the body portion at an opposite end of the body portion from the continuous ring. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316441 | JOINING DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR A RIGID CONNECTION BETWEEN MAGNETICALLY ANCHORABLE BAR-SHAPED ELEMENTS - A joining device for structural magnetic assemblies including elongated modular elements ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100316442 | In-line coupling pipe - An in-line coupling pipe is provided having a plurality of first corrugations with a male portion at one end of the pipe and a female portion at the other end. The diameter at the crest of the first corrugation being a first distance. The male portion having a second corrugation with the diameter at the crest of the second corrugation being a second distance. The male portion of having a third corrugation intermediate the first corrugation and the second corrugation, with the diameter at the crest of the third corrugation being a third distance. The male portion having a fourth corrugation intermediate the first corrugation and the third corrugation, with the diameter at the crest of the fourth corrugation being a fourth distance, with the first distance being greater than the second or third or fourth distances, the second distance being greater than the third distance, and the fourth distance being greater than second or third distances. The second corrugation has a recess formed therein. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316443 | Trail Marking System and Method - A plurality of biodegradable stakes for use as trail markers that are coated with a biodegradable coating comprised of an adhesive and a fluorescing compound for inserting into the ground such that the coated surface of the marker is exposed at various distances from each other such that the stakes glow when a source of ultra-violet light is present and thus form a route or trail by which a person can find their way to a point of interest even in low light conditions, while remaining unobtrusive so that one has difficulty seeing the stake without ultraviolet light and unless one is specifically looking for it thereby not detracting from the natural appearance of the location. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316444 | ROAD MAINTENANCE METHOD AND VEHICLE - The cutting blades and smoothing blades of a road maintenance vehicle are adjustable in position with respect to the wheels to avoid extremes in changes in the depth of a cut by a blade or the height of the blades caused by wheels of the vehicle dropping into low places in a road. By including a selected number of wheels mounted to the same stiff frame, the wheels riding on the highest part of the road will lift the rigid frame and other wheels rather than the wheels riding on the lowest part of the road determining the depth of the cut of the cutting blades. The height of the blades with respect to the wheels can then be adjusted so that they never cut too deep and overly stress the blades but do cut the highest elevations of the road and move the loose dirt and gravel into the lower parts of the road. A first frame is supported by wheels and a second frame is movably mounted to the first frame. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316445 | METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS ON-SITE REPAVING OF AN ASPHALT MIXTURE LAYER OF PAVED ROAD PAVEMENT AND A MOTOR-DRIVEN VEHICLE SYSTEM THEREFOR - Problem to be Solved The present invention provides a method for continuous on-site repaving of an asphalt mixture layer of a road pavement and a motor-driven vehicle system therefor, while moving the motor-driven vehicle system. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316446 | Method and system for bioreaction - Novel bioreactor systems, adapted to provide continuous batch incubation of microbes, especially bacteria, are provided. Bioreactor bags are preloaded with inert microbes prior to being shipped to the user. The inert microbes may be substantially dry or in other inert forms, and are stored in soluble containers within the bioreactor bags. Multiple sterile, preloaded, disposable bioreactor bags are used in a self-contained housing. The bags are automatically incubated in the housing and dispensed, preferably into an irrigation system. The system provides serial batch production of useful microbes for a week or more, without further supervision or intervention. Methods of manufacture, methods of use, methods of sales, and methods of farming are also provided. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316447 | INORGANIC-ORGANIC BINDER, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF - A process for the preparation of a binder comprising a heterocondensate of (i) a hydrolysable silicon compound having at least one nonhydrolysable organic radical without polymerizable group and (ii) a metal and/or boron compound. The process comprises hydrolyzing (i) with water, adding (ii) to the resultant reaction mixture after the water in the reaction mixture is substantially consumed, and, optionally, adding an organic binder component to the heterocondensate and/or a precursor thereof. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316448 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LAYING A PIPELINE - The present invention consists in a system and a method for installation of duct lines and/or pipelines comprising a pipe shop, supporting, rolling and guiding elements previously provided along a path of duct line/pipeline designed to be formed, the quantity of elements varying according to the length and the characteristics of the path, the said pipe shop comprising within the same a facility for welding, inspection and finishing of the pipes for forming the duct line/pipeline, the elements comprising a supporting base and a roller. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316449 | MODULAR TOPSIDES SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING DUAL INSTALLATION CAPABILITIES FOR OFFSHORE STRUCTURES - The present disclosure provides an improved method and system for loading a topsides onto an offshore structure by functional modules. A module support frame forms a supporting structure to which production modules can be assembled. The production modules are adapted to extract or process hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon well in an offshore location. One production module is a well bay production module to which other production modules can be coupled, including a drilling support production module, separation production module, export module, and utility module. The module support frame can be loaded onto floating barges and other modules assembled thereto to allow the barges to provide incremental and controlled support during the loading process and for the floatover installation. The barges can be floated out to the offshore structure and loaded onto the offshore structure by methods including a floatover method or with a heavy-lift crane vessel. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316450 | METHOD FOR INSTALLING AN OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE AND A BARGE SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for installing an offshore wind turbine ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100316451 | PILING AND DRILLING RIG WITH FOLDABLE DEFLECTION APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a piling and drilling rig having a leader, a deflection apparatus for the deflection a rope which is pivotally connected to the head of the leader in a manner pivotable between at least one transport position and at least one working position, with the deflection apparatus being rotatable about an axis standing obliquely on the axis of extent of the leader. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316452 | Throwaway Insert and Milling Tool Equipped With the Same - A throwaway insert enabling the use of a holder for a long period and having excellent chip evacuation is provided. The throwaway insert is formed in a substantially polygonal plate shape and includes a rake face formed on an upper surface thereof, a relief face formed on a side surface thereof, a main cutting edge formed along a ridge representing an intersection of the rake face and the relief face, which is divided into a plurality of main cutting edge divisions by at least one groove formed on the relief face, and a projection formed so as to protrude from the rake face in correspondence with each of the main cutting edge divisions. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316453 | Cutting Tool Having a Bidirectional Adjustment Mechanism - An adjustment mechanism allows for bidirectional adjustment of the position of a cutting insert retained in a cutting tool by a securing screw. The adjustment mechanism includes an adjustment screw, a slider, the cutting insert and the securing screw. The rotation of the adjustment screw in opposite senses results in the bidirectional axial adjustment of the position of the cutting insert, while the securing screw is fixed in and retains the cutting insert. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316454 | INSERT SEAT ADAPTER - A tool holder as a carrier tool for a cutting tool for turning, milling and drilling applications for the machining of primarily metal materials, having an incorporated receiving recess with seat walls for receiving a cutting body, wherein the cutting body is fastened with fastening means. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316455 | Vacuum Attachment for a Rotary Tool - A vacuum attachment for attachment to a rotary tool such as a drill is provided, wherein the vacuum attachment comprises a housing, a vacuum section having an air flow means powered by the rotary tool, a dust and debris collection area having an opening at one end, and which is separated from said air flow means by a filtering device located at a second end, and a rotary tool connection device connecting said air flow means to said rotary tool, wherein said connection device is directly connected to said rotary tool such that rotation of said rotary tool effects rotation of said air flow means. The vacuum attachment also preferably contains a rotation assembly comprising gears and/or belts and pulleys, which is used to increase the rotational speed of the air flow means to a value greater than the rotational speed of the drill. The vacuum attachment can be used to collect minor amounts of dust and debris generated by, for example, the use of the rotary tool. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316456 | Twist Drill With Negative Axial Rake Transition Between The Lip And The Secondary Cutting Edge - A drill for making a hole within a workpiece has a body extending along a longitudinal axis, at least one flute extending along the body, and a drill point extending from the end of the body. The drill point has a periphery and is comprised of a chisel edge, a primary cutting edge extending inwardly from the periphery, a secondary cutting edge extending outwardly from the chisel edge, and a tertiary cutting edge connecting the primary cutting edge with the secondary cutting edge, wherein the tertiary cutting edge has a negative axial rake angle. A method for producing such a drill point is also disclosed wherein in one grinding pass a gash forms the axial rake angle of the secondary cutting edge, and in a separate grinding pass a portion of the secondary cutting edge is removed to produce a tertiary cutting edge having an axial rake angle that is negative. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316457 | DETACHABLE OPERATING HANDLE FOR A POWER TOOL - A detachable operating handle for an elongated handheld portable power tool with a nose portion having an output shaft and a slidable operating switch having an outer recess and being configured to slide between on and off positions, the handle comprising a housing configured to cooperatively mate with the power tool housing and be attached at least to the nose portion of the power tool, the housing having an elongated handle portion, a trigger located in the bottom of the handle portion positioned to be moved between depressed and rest positions by a user's finger while holding the handle portion, a linkage mechanism for interconnecting the trigger and the switch, and the linkage mechanism having a lockout mechanism for preventing the trigger from moving the switch when the lockout mechanism is in a locked position and permitting the trigger to move the switch when in a release position. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316458 | Automated Material Removal in Composite Structures - A composite structure containing an out-of-tolerance area is restored using an automated material removal method. The location of an out-of-tolerance area within the structure is determined by non-destructive inspection and a volume of the structure to be removed is selected based on the location of the out-of-tolerance area. An automatic material removal tool is programmed and used to remove the selected volume of material. The volume of removed material may be is replaced by an integrated patch. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316459 | TOOL COUPLING - The invention relates to a tool coupling for connecting a tool carrier which can be driven in a rotating manner, in particular a milling tool with a machine spindle or an adapter connected to a spindle, wherein four drivers in a crosswise formation are provided for transmitting torque between the said parts and in the clamping state engage in four recesses. To allow the tool coupling to be easily operated and to be of a simple construction, and also to counteract undesired jamming, it is proposed that the drivers respectively have on the side transmitting the torque a planar face which lies with full surface-area contact against a wall of a groove-shaped recess in the clamping state, that on the opposite side the driver has a smaller positively or frictionally engaging contact with the wall there of the groove-shaped recess and that a quick-acting clamping device is provided for the axial clamping of the tool carrier and the spindle or an adapter. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316460 | MOVEABLE TIEDOWN - A system for securing objects in an aircraft can comprise a structure in an aircraft having a plurality of receiving holes and a tie down. The tie down can comprise a housing and a fitting. The housing can have at least one engagement pin for selective positioning wherever the receiving holes are located. The fitting can be capable of receiving and securing a restraint to the housing and configured to rotate about the engagement pin to facilitate securing objects in an aircraft. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316461 | Inflatable cargo cushion - Systems and methods are described for the use of an inflatable cushion (cargo cushion) that is capable of rapidly surrounding odd shaped cargo in a shipping container that enables the cargo to be secured during transportation without fear of damage to the cargo. The cargo cushion can be reused, if necessary (thereby preventing waste) and provides varying degrees of securement via adjustment of the inflation pressure and/or adjustment of the cargo cushion location in the shipping container. Because air can be utilized, the weight of the cargo cushion is nominal as compared to competing cargo securing systems. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316462 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESTRAINING CARGO - A method and apparatus for restraining cargo in a trailer is provided. The apparatus has four components: a mobile cargo stop, a chain, means for anchoring the chain to the trailer floor near the trailer front wall, and a front wall liner mounted to the trailer front wall. The chain runs from the anchoring means near the trailer front wall, under the cargo, and is affixed to the cargo stop with a turnbuckle hook. The cargo is restrained between the front wall liner and the cargo stop by tightening the chain using a cinching device mounted on the cargo stop. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316463 | Unitary void filling apparatus for use with various pallet sizes and loads, and method of using the same - A unitary void filling apparatus for use as a lengthwise void spacer which is capable of preventing movement of a load disposed on a pallet, protecting the load from end-to-end forces, and acting as a dust cover. The apparatus consists of a frame folded to make a central area, which fits on top of the load, and two vertical sides, which hangs over opposite ends of the load. Attached to each vertical side are covered void fillers, each adapted to substantially fill any lengthwise underhang and protect the load from end-to-end forces. The central area of the frame supports the vertical sides to which the void fillers are attached, thereby holding the void fillers in the proper position and also preventing dust from accumulating on the cargo. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316464 | MOUNTING STRIP FOR MOUNTING A FORMED PART ON A CHASSIS BODY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a mounting strip for mounting a formed part on a body of a motor vehicle. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316465 | METHOD OF ATTACHING SETTING AND USING A SELF-DRILLING ANCHOR SCREW WITH ONE TOOL - A unique self-drilling anchor screw is configured so that it can be set and used to secure a first object to a second object using only one tool to save time and effort. A nut of the screw engages a nut stop when turning in reverse, thereby driving rotation of the screw in reverse. The screw has a drill bit tip adapted for drilling a hole while turning in reverse. A hole is drilled using the drill bit tip while turning the nut in reverse with a socket wrench of the one tool. After drilling the hole, the nut is turned in the forward direction with the socket wrench to engage a sleeve member of the screw, which sets the screw in the second object. Then, the nut is further turned forward using the socket wrench to tighten the nut against the first object located between the nut and the second object. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316466 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THREADED INSERT WITH AN INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL THREAD, AND THREADED INSERT - The invention relates to a method for producing a threaded insert having an internal and external thread which have different thread pitches or the same thread pitch, wherein the threaded insert is wound from a profile strip which, on the one side thereof, is pre-shaped with the profile of the external thread, and on the other side thereof, is pre-shaped with the profile of the internal thread, and to a threaded insert which is generated by means of said method. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316467 | SUBSTRATE STORAGE FACILITY - A substrate storage facility comprises a multilevel shelf, on which a plurality of cassettes with airtight covers accommodating a plurality of substrates can be placed; a substrate transport portion, moveably positioned on the front-face side of the multilevel shelf, which opens and closes the airtight covers of the cassettes with airtight covers placed on the multilevel shelf, and which transports the substrates between cassettes with airtight covers; and, a cassette transport portion, moveably positioned on the rear-face side of the multilevel shelf, which carries cassettes with airtight covers into and out of all the cassette placement positions of the multilevel shelf. By means of this substrate storage facility, interchange processing of substrates accommodated in cassettes, as well as carrying in and out of cassettes when appropriate, can be performed. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316468 | STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM - A storage and retrieval system including a vertical array of storage levels, each storage level having, picking aisles, storage locations, disposed within the picking aisles, and at least one transfer deck providing access to the picking aisles, a multilevel vertical conveyor system configured to transport the uncontained case units to and from the vertical array of storage levels, each storage level being configured to receive uncontained case units from the multilevel vertical conveyor system, at least one autonomous transport located on each storage level for transporting the uncontained case units between respective storage locations and the multilevel vertical conveyor system, and a controller configured to create a primary access path through the transfer decks and picking aisles to a predetermined one of the storage locations and at least one secondary access path to the predetermined one of the storage locations when the primary path is impassible. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316469 | AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORTS FOR STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS - An autonomous transport vehicle for transferring case units to and from predefined storage areas in an automated case unit storage system, the automated case unit storage system including an array of multilevel storage racks with picking aisles passing therebetween and at least one multilevel vertical conveyor having movable shelves, the autonomous transport vehicle including a frame configured to traverse the picking aisles and a transfer deck connecting the picking aisles to the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor for transferring case units between the predefined storage areas and the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor, and a controller connected to the frame, the controller being configured to effect movement of the autonomous transport vehicle through the picking aisles for accessing each storage area within a respective level of the array of multilevel storage racks and each shelf of the at least one multilevel vertical conveyor. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316470 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS - A warehouse storage and retrieval system including an array of multilevel storage racks having at least one transfer deck, picking isles and storage areas disposed along picking isles, the storage areas being configured to hold differing loads, and a controller including a management module configured to variably size the storage areas of the array of multilevel storage rack modules and assign each of the variably sized storage areas to a corresponding one of the differing loads, wherein the storage and retrieval system is arranged to transport the differing loads for placement in the variably sized storage areas assigned by the controller. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316471 | Automatic storage system - The front automatic storage system includes a plurality of shelves, a transferring apparatus, and a moveable frame. The shelves are arranged facing a semiconductor processing apparatus and at least one of the shelves is positioned above a transfer port of the semiconductor processing apparatus. The transferring apparatus is contrived to move among the shelves and transfer cassettes C between any shelf and the transfer port. The frame is contrived such that it can move the transferring apparatus and the at least one shelf positioned above the transfer port. The frame is also contrived such that it can move in a first horizontal direction toward and away from a first position where the at least one shelf is arranged above the transfer section. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316472 | SOLIDS DISTRIBUTOR FOR INJECTION PLANTS, BLAST FURNACES AND THE LIKE - A solids distributor for injection plants includes a collecting chamber having a plurality of lance lines leading away from the chamber. The chamber has a supply connection for a solid to be distributed and is surrounded by a common wall in which a plurality of ports is formed. The lance lines are connected to the ports, and an annular gap is formed in front of the ports and along the common wall. A pressure vessel is arranged geodetically above the collecting chamber, the lower part of the pressure vessel being designed as a bunker, having an outlet providing a direct and continuous junction to the supply connection and an upper part designed as a gas space. The collecting chamber may include a central displacement body which forms the annular gap with the common wall and which may be an upwardly tapering cone which projects out of the collecting chamber. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316473 | DEVICE FOR UNLOADING TRAYS USING A PIVOT MEMBER - The device ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100316474 | Kayak handling system - An L-shaped member has a forwardly extending horizontal leg and an upwardly extending vertical leg. The horizontal leg has a forward end removably couplable with respect to a hitch of a vehicle. The vertical leg has an upper end. A roller assembly includes a U-shaped support. The U-shaped support has a horizontal central portion coupled to the upper end of the vertical leg. The U-shaped support has upwardly extending vertical end legs and a shaft rotatably supported by the end legs. The roller assembly includes primary rollers rotatably supported on the shaft. A spacer is provided between the primary rollers. A bottom of an object is positionable upon the primary rollers and pushed into position upon a roof of the vehicle. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316475 | Attachment for extending the cargo carrying length of a vechicle - The present invention is directed to an attachment for extending the cargo carrying length of a vehicle comprising a base frame having at least one swiveling wheel. A hitch assembly is mounted to the front end of the base frame. A bed for carrying cargo is integrated with the base frame. The bed includes a translation frame coupled with a pivot frame. The pivot frame has front and back pivot ends and a pivot axis. The pivot axis of the pivot frame is parallel to and approximately midway between the front and back pivot frame ends. The pivot frame engages the base frame along the pivot axis. A translation mechanism is connected between the pivot frame and the translation frame for translating the translation frame relative to the pivot frame. A pivot mechanism is connected between the base frame and the pivot frame for pivoting the pivot frame around the pivot axis in order to lower the back end of the translation frame to the ground. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316476 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SINGULATING OPHTHALMIC LENSES - The present invention relates to a method and a device for singulating ophthalmic lenses, particularly contact lenses. The method and the device are suitable for integration into an automated production of ophthalmic lenses, particularly contact lenses. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316477 | TRAVERSE SYSTEM - A traverse system for transporting a moving cart to working lines includes a base frame disposed along moving direction of the moving cart, a shuttle unit comprising a plurality of roller rotatably disposed on the base frame and a cover plate, and a moving unit disposed on the shuttle unit and configured to reciprocate along the base frame by operation of a cylinder so as to transport the moving cart. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316478 | PICK-AND-PLACE MODULE FOR TEST HANDLER - A pick-and-place module for test handlers is disclosed that includes a main body and a kit. The main body forms vacuum paths therein and the kit also forms vacuum passages therein. The kit is detachably mounted to the main body in a hook coupling manner. The pick-and-place module can be applied to all customer trays having different loading capabilities when only the kit of the pick-and-place module needs to be replaced, so there is no need to manufacture the entire pick-and-place module and this reduces manufacturing costs. The pick-and-place module can reduce the amount of resources to be replaced and reduce the replacement time since the kit can be easily removed from the main body of the pick-and-place module in a hook manner. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316479 | Method and Device of Handling Packages - A method and device for handling packs or similar unit loads in a packaging plant where packs exiting from a packaging machine are distributed and in the process optionally rotated and palletized in a palletizer, wherein distribution, rotation and palletizing are performed essentially continuously and directly consecutively from the packaging machine to the palletizer. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316480 | METHOD FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING A PALLET AND CORRESPONDING PALLETIZER - A method for loading a pallet, including placing packages in layers on a first pallet disposed in a first pallet disposed in a first plane, providing a second pallet above the packed first pallet in a second plane, and transporting the packed first pallet away. Also, a method for unloading for unloading a pallet, including removing packages, particularly bottle crates, in layers from a first pallet disposed in a first plane, providing a second packed pallet below the first pallet in a second plane, and transporting the first pallet away. Also, a corresponding palletizer for loading or unloading a pallet in layers. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316481 | DEVICE FOR CENTERING CIRCULAR MEMBERS AND COATING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - To provide a coating device capable of easily attaining the centering of circular members such as lenses without causing the device to become complex. A portion for centering the center axis of the lens is provided on the front side of a lens-holding portion of the coating device, and a chute portion for feeding the lens is provided on the rear side thereof. The centering portion is provided with a support shaft for swinging the holding portion, and a circular eccentric cam is provided on the lower surface of the holding member. Upon rotating the circular eccentric cam, the holding member is tilted, and the lens placed on the chute portion slides onto the centering portion where the center position of the lens in the right-and-left direction thereof is attained. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316482 | Method for the disposal of waste - A method for collecting waste, wherein a disposer places a flexible dumpster near a waste disposal site whereby a truck-mounted forklift can be utilized to engage forks with the side portions of the flexible dumpster for loading and disposal. Accordingly, large dumpsters do not have to dropped off at the waste disposal site and large trucks no longer have to be utilized. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316483 | TRANSPORT METHOD FOR DISK-SHAPED WORKPIECES - A transport method for disk-shaped semiconductor wafer workpieces has a horizontally movable transport arm with two elongated carrying elements at one end, for receiving the workpiece. A cassette which includes a comb structure at each side for receiving several workpieces, is inserted free of contact between two adjacent combs with workpieces therein for vertically lifting a workpiece. The carrying elements are disposed such that during a cassette engagement they are each positioned substantially adjacent and parallel to the comb structure along a comb, and in this region along and between two adjacent comb planes on one side of the cassette, a scanning beam is provided for workpiece acquisition. The scanning beam is relatively height-positionable with respect to the cassette and is tilted about a small angle with respect to the horizontal workpiece plane. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316484 | MECHANICAL JOINT FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A mechanical joint for a gas turbine engine includes:(a) an annular first component having an annular, radially-extending first flange; (b) an annular second component having an annular, radially-extending second flange abutting the first flange; (c) a plurality of generally radially-extending radial channels passing through at least one of the first and second flanges; (d) a plurality of generally axially-extending channels extending through the first flange and communicating with respective ones of the radial channels; and (e) a plurality of fasteners clamping the first and second flanges together. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316485 | TURBOCHARGER - In a turbocharger with an oil thrower | 2010-12-16 |
20100316486 | COOLED COMPONENT FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - There is disclosed a cooled component for a gas turbine engine, the component preferably taking the form of a shrouded turbine blade, and having a segment region defining a segment of an annulus for the passage of hot gases therethrough. The segment region has a pair of opposed side faces configured to lie substantially adjacent respective corresponding side faces of the segments of similar operationally and circumferentially adjacent components when a series of such components are mounted in an engine such that their respective segments define an annulus. The component of the present invention is characterised by the provision of an elongate cooling slot in at least one of said side faces, said cooling slot being arranged in fluid communication with at least one flow passage within said segment region for the supply of cooling fluid to said slot, the slot being substantially closed at its upstream end and open at its downstream end so as to define an outlet for said cooling fluid at the operationally downstream region of said side face. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316487 | WIND TURBINE - A shrouded wind turbine includes a shroud with an exterior surface that includes a smooth outer surface. The smooth outer surface is large enough that additional devices, particularly advertising displays or solar panels, can be mounted to the shroud to more efficiently use available surface area, both on the wind turbine itself and on the footprint of the wind turbine. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316488 | MIXING HOTTER STEAM WITH COOLER STEAM FOR INTRODUCTION INTO DOWNSTREAM TURBINE - Apparatus and methods are presented for mixing a high temperature steam, perhaps leaked from an upstream turbine, with the cooler steam from a lower temperature, downstream turbine and introducing the mixture into the downstream turbine. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316489 | SUPERCHARGER DEVICE - A supercharger device, including, at least one of a variable turbine and a compressor geometry; a guide vane device arranged in a housing, wherein the guide vane device includes at least one vane mounting ring; at least one guide vane is at least one of rotatably mounted thereon the vane mounting ring and rotatably mounted therein the vane mounting ring; and an adjusting ring arranged coaxially to the vane mounting ring and mounted on the latter, which is rotated relative to the vane mounting ring. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316490 | TURBOCHARGER HAVING NOZZLE RING LOCATING PIN AND AN INTEGRATED LOCATOR AND HEAT SHIELD - A turbocharger with a variable nozzle includes a pin mounted in the center housing and extending axially therefrom and engaged in a hole in the nozzle ring to orient the nozzle ring rotationally relative to the center housing. A portion of a length of the pin has a substantially greater compliance than the remainder of the length such that the pin has a flexible tip that engages the hole in the nozzle ring. The flexible tip reduces constraint of thermal deformation of the nozzle ring. The pin portion of greater compliance can be a section of the tube that is slit and expanded. The turbocharger can also include a one-piece locator and heat shield having a locating portion abutting the center housing and the nozzle ring for radially locating the nozzle ring relative to the center housing, and having a shield portion shielding the center housing from hot exhaust gas. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316491 | THERMAL INSULATION STRUCTURE FOR STRUCTURAL MEMBER, AND SCROLL STRUCTURE - To provide a thermal insulation structure for a structural member and a scroll structure which can be easily used even in integrally constructed structural members and which can ensure reliability and thermal insulation properties. Provided are securing portions ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100316492 | Cooling Structure For Gas Turbine Transition Duct - A transition duct for conveying hot combustion gas from a combustor to a turbine in a gas turbine engine. The transition duct includes a panel including a middle subpanel, an inner subpanel spaced from an inner side of the middle subpanel to form an inner plenum, and an outer subpanel spaced from an outer side of the middle subpanel to form an outer plenum. The outer subpanel includes a plurality of outer diffusion holes to meter cooling air into the outer plenum. The middle subpanel includes a plurality of effusion holes to allow cooling air to flow from the outer plenum to the inner plenum. The inner subpanel includes a plurality of film holes for passing a flow of cooling air from the inner plenum through the film holes into an axial gas flow path adjacent to the inner side of the inner subpanel. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316493 | TURBINE WITH MIXERS AND EJECTORS - A Mixer/Ejector Wind Turbine (“MEWT”) system is disclosed which routinely exceeds the efficiencies of prior wind turbines. Unique ejector concepts are used to fluid-dynamically improve many operational characteristics of conventional wind turbines for potential power generation improvements of 50% and above. Applicants' preferred MEWT embodiment comprises: an aerodynamically contoured turbine shroud with an inlet; a ring of stator vanes; a ring of rotating blades (i.e., an impeller) in line with the stator vanes; and a mixer/ejector pump to increase the flow volume through the turbine while rapidly mixing the low energy turbine exit flow with high energy bypass fluid flow. The MEWT can produce three or more time the power of its un-shrouded counterparts for the same frontal area, and can increase the productivity of wind farms by a factor of two or more. The same MEWT is safer and quieter providing improved wind turbine options for populated areas. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316494 | TURBINE HOUSING FOR GAS TURBOCHARGERS - A turbine housing for exhaust gas turbochargers includes an outlet pipe and an external housing connected therewith. A rotor housing is disposed in the external housing and has a pipe-shaped neck operably coupled with the outlet pipe and axially displaceable relative to the same. A separate sealing ring is positioned operably between the neck and the outlet pipe, supported by the outlet pipe, and has an inwardly turned sealing portion sealingly and slidingly engaging the neck to form a secure gas seal therebetween. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316495 | Lighting and Heating Assembly for a Ceiling Fan - A lighting and heating assembly is provided. The lighting and heating assembly is configured for mounting to an existing ceiling fan. The lighting and heating assembly includes a lighting assembly for distributing light and a heating assembly for providing heat to the air circulated by the ceiling fan. The lighting assembly is attachable to the ceiling fan and has the heating assembly detachably connected thereto, which allows the lighting assembly to be used without the heating assembly. Additionally, the lighting and heating assembly is adjustable such that the lighting assembly and/or heating assembly are repositionable at desired locations in relation to one another and the air flow generated by the ceiling fan. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316496 | TRAPPED SPRING BALANCE WEIGHT AND ROTOR ASSEMBLY - A balance weight for a turbine rotor includes: (a) a block-like centerbody; (b) a pair of resilient spring arms extending laterally from opposite sides of the centerbody, the centerbody and the spring arms collectively defining an arcuate shape; and (c) at least one locating structure extending from a radially outer surface of the balance weight. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316497 | Impeller For A Pump - An impeller for a pump, in particular for a cooling water pump of an internal combustion engine, having an impeller body having a hub, a suction-side cover disk having a central opening for suctioning a delivery medium, and having at least one blade, which is connected in one piece to the suction-side cover disk, and which has an inner section in the area of the central opening and an outer section in the area of the suction-side cover disk, the blade being implemented as three-dimensionally curved in the inner section and essentially two-dimensionally in the outer section, the impeller having a pressure-side cover disk, which is implemented as a separate part and is fixedly rotationally connected to the impeller body. The pressure-side cover disk has at least one grooved depression, shaped corresponding to the front face and the profile of the blade, for the blade for the formfitting connection thereto, on the side facing toward the blade, the impeller being produced in a casting method and each blade being free of overlaps and undercuts. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316498 | FAN MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY - A method of making a fan ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100316499 | ROTOR HEAD OF WIND POWER GENERATOR AND WIND POWER GENERATOR - A pitch drive device of a wind power generator capable of preventing the loss of reliability of the pitch drive device with a simple structure and a wind power generator are provided. A rotor head of a wind power generator in which a plurality of wind turbine blades are radially attached around a rotation axis is formed by joining a plurality of separately formed front rotor head and rear rotor head, and joint portions of the front rotor head and the rear rotor head are formed in a plane intersecting the rotation axis. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316500 | Wind turbine rotor blade and airfoil section - The present invention includes a set of airfoils, U rails and V rails taken together to describe a blade for use with a horizontal axis wind turbine. The blade's design includes a maximum thickness higher than conventional blades employed for the same use thereby providing better load bearing structural characteristics while at the same time maintaining the requisite aerodynamic qualities for similar blades. The blade has a Reynolds number in the range of about 1.1 to 1.3×10 | 2010-12-16 |
20100316501 | OMNI-DIRECTIONAL FAN DEVICE - An omni-directional air flow device, for example, a fan or a vent associated with a fan, comprises a swivel control point providing almost a spherical range of motion of the air flow device so that air may flow in any direction. The omni-directional air flow device may comprise a user input device for receiving a program for controlling movement of the air flow device through a pre-determined path within the spherical range of motion and for controlling air flow velocity as the air flow device follows the pre-determined path. Moreover, the device may further comprise a controller and memory for storing data representing the pre-determined path and varying air flow velocities along the path. When provided with temperature and humidity sensors coupled to the processor, the processor may calculate a comfort index and adjust the pre-determined path or air flow velocity accordingly. Links between the sensors and the processor, the swivel point and the processor and the user input device and the processor may be wireless. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316502 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMPELLER OF CENTRIFUGAL ROTARY MACHINE AND IMPELLER OF CENTRIFUGAL ROTARY MACHINE - A method of manufacturing an impeller of a centrifugal rotary machine, the impeller being formed in a substantially disk shape and including a passageway curved to follow the axial direction in an inner peripheral side of the impeller and to follow the radial direction as it goes to an outer peripheral side thereof, the method includes: a first passageway forming step of setting a rotation center at a position on one side of the axial direction where a curvature center of the passageway is located relative to a disk forming an external shape of the impeller, and rotating a processing tool about the rotation center relative to the disk so as to form at least a part of the passageway from a position which is an inner peripheral end of the passageway of the disk toward the outer peripheral side. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316503 | PUMP UNIT - The invention relates to a pump assembly with a pump ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100316504 | Positive Displacement Pumping System - A positive displacement pumping system for use in deep wells includes a drive system and one or two pumps. In the preferred embodiment, the drive system includes an electrical motor, a speed reducer, and a rotary-to-reciprocal motion converter. Alternatively, the drive system includes a windmill, a variable transmission, and a counterbalance. The counterbalance can be either weights or a second alternating pump. The pumps include a central hollow discharge tube and one or more vertically aligned pumping chambers in fluid communication with the central discharge tube. Within each pumping chamber, a valve arrangement, which includes a piston or shuttle member and fluid intakes, causes fluid to fill and then drain from the pumping chambers as the central hollow discharge tube reciprocates. In operation, the drive system causes the central hollow discharge tube in the pump to reciprocate and thereby cause the fluid to travel from each pumping chamber into to the central discharge tube. In the preferred embodiment, fluid is pumped on both the upstroke and downstroke of the central discharge tube. Alternatively, fluid is discharged on only the upstroke. Fluid from the central discharge tube is discharged from the pump into a discharge field. The amount of fluid discharged on each stroke depends on the number and size of pumping chambers and the length of the stroke. A greater number of pumping chambers causes a greater discharge of fluid at a higher velocity into the discharge field. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316505 | Compressor Freeze Up Prevention in Cold Weather - The present embodiments provide a control system and method that is able to automatically cycle one or more compressor valves, for example to prevent freeze up. For example, in one embodiment, a system includes a compressor having a compression device configured to increase a pressure of a gas, a valve configured to control flow of the gas from the compression device, and a controller configured to cycle the valve to reduce buildup of contaminants in the compressor. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316506 | ENGINE FUEL PUMP DRIVE SYSTEM - A fuel pump drive mechanism may include a fuel pump rocker arm and a fulcrum member. The fuel pump rocker arm may have a first end defining a cam engagement region and a second end defining a fuel pump engagement region. The fulcrum member may be engaged with the rocker arm and may be displaceable between first and second positions. The fulcrum member may engage the rocker arm at a first location between the first and second ends when in the first position and may engage the rocker arm at a second location between the first location and the second end when in the second position. The rocker arm may provide a first pump stroke for the lifter when the fulcrum member is in the first position and a second pump stroke for the lifter less than the first pump stroke when the fulcrum member is in the second position. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316507 | Split discharge vane pump and fluid metering system therefor - A split discharge vane pump is disclosed having a pump body that includes an interior pumping chamber having a central axis and defining a continuous peripheral cam surface, the cam surface including four quadrantal cam segments, wherein diametrically opposed cam segments have identical cam profiles, and each cam segment defines an inlet arc, a discharge arc and two seal arcs. A rotor is mounted for axial rotation within the pumping chamber and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart radially extending vanes are mounted for radial movement within the rotor, wherein the plurality of vanes define an equal number of circumferentially spaced apart buckets which extend between the rotor and the cam surface of the pumping chamber for carrying pressurized fluid. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316508 | Heat-Dissipating Fan - A heat-dissipating fan includes a shaft seat. A coil base is coupled to the shaft seat. The coil base includes a base portion and a coil unit coupled to the base portion. The base portion includes a connection port electrically connected to the coil unit. The connection port is connected to a drive circuit. An impeller includes a hub and a permanent magnet. A shaft is coupled to the hub and rotatably coupled to the shaft seat about an axis. The permanent magnet is coupled to the hub and aligned with the coil unit. Since the coil base does not include electronic elements of the drive circuit, the axial height of the heat-dissipating fan is reduced, and the structure of the heat-dissipating fan is simplified. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316509 | Miniature Fan - A miniature fan includes a housing having a mounting portion with a shaft seat. A base is mounted to the mounting portion of the housing. The base includes first and second faces spaced along an axis. An outer layer is provided on the first face of the base. A bottom layer is provided on the second face of the base. The base further includes a coil unit intermediate the outer layer and the bottom layer. The coil unit is electrically connected to a drive circuit. An impeller includes a shaft and a permanent magnet. The shaft is coupled to the shaft seat of the housing and rotatable about the axis. The permanent magnet is aligned with the coil unit. The axial height of the miniature fan is reduced, and the structure of the miniature fan is simplified. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316510 | RECIPROCATING PISTON MACHINE - A reciprocating piston machine is proposed, in particular for motor vehicles, comprising a drive shaft ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100316511 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN - A centrifugal fan is provided, in which the value of static pressure with respect to the flow rate, namely, the flow rate-static pressure characteristic may be set to a relatively arbitrary value without increasing noise. An impeller of the centrifugal fan comprises an impeller body, a plurality of stems, a blade mounting member, a plurality of main blades, and a plurality of sub blades. The main blades are shaped to suck air into a casing through a suction port when the impeller rotates in a direction of normal rotation. The sub blades are shaped to suck air into the casing through the suction port when the impeller rotates in a direction of reverse rotation opposite to the direction of normal direction. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316512 | DIAPHRAGM PUMP WITH TWO DIAPHRAGM HEADS AND TWO SEPARATE PUMP HOUSINGS - A diaphragm pump ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100316513 | LINEAR COMPRESSOR - A linear compressor comprises: a fixed member including a cylinder for providing a refrigerant compression space; a movable member, which includes a piston for compressing refrigerant inside the cylinder and a supporter composed of a center portion being aligned with a center of the piston and a support portion extended radially of the piston and which makes a linear reciprocating movement about the fixed member; a plurality of mainsprings supported on the support portion of the supporter, for elastically supporting the piston in an axial direction; and a mass member, which includes a center portion to couple with the center portion of the supporter and a plurality of ends extended from the center portion to maintain an air-gap towards the support portion of the supporter and towards the mainsprings. The linear compressor of the present invention can accommodate a maximum mass member in a defined space of a linearly reciprocating movable member, so material loss is prevented and more installation space can be secured. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316514 | Heat-Dissipating Fan - A heat-dissipating fan includes a housing having a peripheral wall defining a compartment receiving a shaft seat. The peripheral wall includes a wire-guiding slot in communication with the compartment. A base is coupled to the housing and includes a coil unit and a connection port electrically connected to the coil unit. The connection port faces the wire-guiding slot. A power line includes a first end connected to the connection port and a second end extending through the wire-guiding slot. An impeller includes a hub, a shaft mounted to the hub and coupled to the shaft seat, and a permanent magnet mounted to the hub. The permanent magnet faces the coil unit. The connection port is located on a reference line passing through the shaft seat and the wire-guiding slot. A distance between the connection port and the wire-guiding slot is shortened to enhance assembling convenience of the power line. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316515 | HERMETIC COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - A valve plate includes a suction port to which gas to be compressed in a compression chamber flows in and a discharge port from which gas compressed in the compression chamber is discharged, a projection that appears from the discharge port with the reciprocating movement of the piston is arranged at a position facing the discharge port at a distal end face of the piston, and the projection includes a flat surface extending parallel to a reciprocating direction of the piston, so that a highly efficient hermetic type compressor that reduces the dead volume of the discharge port and reduces the loss in the compression chamber and the discharge port is provided. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316516 | PERISTALTIC PUMP - The invention concerns an improved peristaltic pump including at least one elastically flattenable tube and at least two assemblies of two pressing elements placed opposite each other, each of said assemblies being configured to compress the tube at a different point from the pump. These two pressing elements of a single assembly are placed on either side of the tube, at least one of the pressing elements of this single assembly is mobile such that the distance separating the pressing elements of the single assembly is adjustable, to allow the pressing members to be placed in a rest position, in which the tube is not compressed by the pressing elements, or to allow the pressing elements to be placed in a position compressing the tube. Advantageously, the adjustment is made automatically when the peristaltic pump or pumping is started or stopped. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316517 | SWASH PLATE OF A SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR AND THE SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - The object of the present invention is to provide a swash plate which fulfils the basic properties required for a swash plate, which are stable boundary lubricating state by lubricating oil, without forming a metal spray coating layer comprising a copper type or aluminum type material on the surface of the substrate | 2010-12-16 |
20100316518 | Progressing Cavity Pump/Motor - A progressing cavity pump/motor includes an upper stator tube ( | 2010-12-16 |
20100316519 | FRICTION DRIVE PUMP FOR TRANSFER CASES, ETC. - A pump having an actuator mounted on a rotatable shaft, and a pump mounted on the shaft, which is selectively engageable with the actuator. When the actuator is actuated, the pump will receive rotational force from the shaft, creating a pumping action. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316520 | LIQUID PUMP - The invention relates to a liquid pump having a pump housing, a pump unit for generating a pilot pressure, a drive shaft used to drive the pump unit and guided out of the pump housing on a drive/output side, and a sealing unit sealing the passage. When the liquid pump is subjected to an admission pressure, the pressurized liquid generates, in the region of the sealing unit, at least one pressure field facing the sealing unit and at least one pressure field facing away from the sealing unit. According to the invention, an asymmetrical arrangement of the pressure fields is provided. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316521 | LOW ALLOYED STEEL POWDER - A water atomised prealloyed iron-based steel powder is provided which comprises by weight-%: 0.4-2.0 Cr, 0.1-0.8 Mn, less than 0.1 V, less than 0.1 Mo, less than 0.1 Ni, less than 0.2 Cu, less than 0.1 C, less than 0.25 O, less than 0.5 of unavoidable impurities, and the balance being iron. | 2010-12-16 |
20100316522 | DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL ALLOY AND USE OF THIS ALLOY - The present invention relates to a duplex stainless steel alloy containing in weight-%: C max 0.03%, Si<0.30%, Mn 0-3.0%, P max 0.030%, S max 0.050%, Cr 25-29%, Ni 5-9%, Mo 4.5-8%, W 0-3%, Cu 0-2%, Co 0-3%, Ti 0-2%, Al 0-0.05%, B 0-0.01%, Ca 0-0.01%, and N 0.35-0.60%, balance Fe and normal occurring impurities, wherein the ferrite content is 30-70 volume-%, and wherein each weight-% of Mo above may optionally be replaced by two (2) weight-% W. | 2010-12-16 |