04th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090022514 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes a cover and a supporting unit. The supporting unit includes a holding member, a supporting member, a first biasing unit, and a positioning unit. The holding member holds the transferring member. The supporting member movably supports the holding member, so that the transferring member can move toward or away from a specific member arranged in the main body. The first biasing unit biases the transferring member toward the specific member. When the cover is in a closed state, the transferring member is pressed against the specific member. The positioning unit performs positioning of the supporting member with respect to the main body. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022515 | Image Forming Device and Fixing Unit - A fixing unit is disposed at a position closer to a rear side wall than to a front side wall of a casing. A top wall is formed with a depressed portion depressed toward inside the casing. The depressed portion serves as a sheet discharge tray for receiving a recording medium that has passed through the fixing unit. The sheet discharge tray includes a tray member detachably disposed at the top wall. The rear side wall is formed with an opening through which the fixing unit is removed. When the tray member is disposed at the top wall, the tray member is positioned above and adjacent to the fixing unit and overlaps the fixing unit when viewed through the opening, thereby preventing the fixing unit from being removed from the casing. The fixing unit is removable through the opening when the tray member is detached from the top wall. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022516 | Image forming apparatus and damper - In an image forming apparatus, an upper unit rotates about a first shaft provided in an image forming device for forming an image on a sheet with respect to the image forming device. A slide portion is provided on the upper unit to slide in a forward direction toward a side of the image forming device in which the first shaft is provided and a backward direction opposite to the forward direction. The forward direction and the backward direction are perpendicular to an axial direction of the first shaft. A force applier applies a force to the upper unit in an open direction in which the upper unit is opened with respect to the image forming device. A force adjuster decreases the force applied by the force applier to the upper unit as the slide portion slides with respect to the upper unit in the forward direction. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022517 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An inexpensive image forming apparatus, which can suppress a ghost to obtain an image maintaining satisfactory density and gradations for a long time. The apparatus including an electrophotographic photosensitive member, a contact charger in contact with the photosensitive member for charging the photosensitive member, a charging voltage applying device for applying direct current voltage to the contact charger, a charging current detector for detecting electric current flowing through the contact charger, a pre-exposure device for exposing the photosensitive member to light to remove residual charge on the photosensitive member, and a pre-exposure light amount controller for controlling an exposure light amount of the pre-exposure device in image formation based on the results of detection by the charging current detector when the exposure light amount of the pre-exposure device is changed with direct current voltage applied from the charging voltage applying device to the contact charger during non-image formation. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022518 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A compact optical scanning apparatus capable of desirably correcting an f characteristic, a field curvature, and other aberrations, and an image forming apparatus using the same, which includes an incident optical system (LA) for guiding a beam from a light source ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022519 | EXTERNAL ADDITIVE, TONER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To a toner used in an image forming apparatus is added an external additive whose main components are oxide fine particles in which dimethylsilyl groups are introduced to surfaces thereof, and whose volatilizing amount of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane in a first volatilizing test is 0.2 μg or less. Consequently, it is possible to prevent foreign matters from attaching to a discharging electrode included in the image forming apparatus. The first volatilizing test is performed in such a manner that 2 g of the external additive is put in a sealing container and the inside of the sealing container is kept at 120° C. for 10 minutes so that octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane volatilizes from the external additive. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022520 | Optical writing device and image forming apparatus - An optical writing device that writes electrostatic latent images on an image carrier by irradiating and scanning the image carrier with an optical beam includes an optical element, a support housing configured to support members constituting the optical writing device, a pair of optical-element holding members opposing each other in a principal scanning direction and arranged in the support housing, and a displacing member configured to displace at least one of the pair of optical-element holding members relatively to the support housing on a plane perpendicular to the principal scanning direction. The optical-element holding member is made of a material having a coefficient of linear expansion smaller than that of the support housing. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022521 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPLE COLOR DEVELOPERS USING A CAMMING MECHANISM - Aspects of this disclosure describe a multi-pass printer having a photoreceptor device mounted on an axis, a developer that is arranged adjacent to the photoreceptor device and is moving between a first portion and a second position, and a camming mechanism mounted on the axis that acts upon the developer to urge the developer between the firs and second positions. The camming mechanism can further include a camming disc that is mounted to rotate about the axis. The camming disc can also have an outer periphery edge having a first portion defined by a first radius and a second portion defined by a second radius. The camming mechanism can also have a developer roll spacing cam having an effective radius that maintains a spacing between the developer and the photoreceptor drum. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022522 | TONER CARTRIDGE AND MECHANISM OF INSTALLING AND REMOVING THE SAME - In accordance with a replacing mechanism of the present invention, a toner cartridge is replaced from a main body of an image forming apparatus by performing, in a substantially same timing, an operation of closing a toner pouring opening with a cover by a levering action; and an operation of displacing the toner cartridge from the main body of the image forming apparatus to an operator side, the toner cartridge being provided with a flange portion. The toner cartridge cannot be pulled out unless the toner pouring opening is fully closed by the shutter member. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022523 | DEVELOPMENT UNIT, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAME - A development unit includes a toner carrying device, a regulating member, and a toner leak protection member. The toner carrying device having a first electrode and a second electrode arrayed with an interval. The first and second electrodes are supplied with a given voltage to set an electric field, changing in a time cycle, between the first and second electrodes. The electric field is used to hop toner over the toner carrying device to form a toner cloud for developing a latent image. The regulating member regulates an amount of toner on the toner carrying device. The toner leak protection member, made from a conductive material, prevents leakage of toner, and is supplied with a bias voltage. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022524 | METHOD OF DETECTING PAGES SUBJECT TO RELOAD ARTIFACT - A method for determining if an image to be printed is subject to reload artifact, includes providing an image (which may be a low resolution version of the image) to be printed; locating within the image a first area to be printed requiring toner of sufficient quantity to cause reload of the donor roll; locating within the image a second area substantially one rotation of the donor roll subsequent to the first area; determining if the second region is a region of high area toner coverage, wherein high area toner coverage comprises toner coverage exceeding a predetermined threshold value; if the second region is a region of high area toner coverage, determining if the second region contains high frequency content; if the second region contains high frequency content, the second region is not subject to reload artifact; else the second region is subject to reload artifact. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022525 | HYBRID PRINTING SYSTEM - A hybrid printing system including (a) a machine frame; (b) a multi-color image producing module mounted within the machine frame and including color image output terminals and an endless intermediate transfer member for receiving color images from the color image output terminals to form a multi-color image; (c) a separate black image producing module mounted within the machine frame spaced from the multi-color image producing module and including a black image output terminal; and (d) a print media transport/transfer module mounted within the machine frame for receiving and moving image receiving print media through the machine frame, the print media transport/transfer module including a repositionable electrostatic transport/transfer member having multi-positions including (i) a first position forming a first image transfer nip with the endless intermediate transfer member, and (ii) a second position forming a second image transfer nip with the black image output terminal. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022526 | Color Gamut and Enhanced Transfer Using Hybrid Architecture Design - A color printing machine with a hybrid development architecture is provided including a photoreceptor, a first and second set of development housings, a biased transfer belt, and a fuser. The first set of development housings are arranged in an image-on-image configuration in proximity to the photoreceptor. The biased transfer belt is in proximity to the photoreceptor at a transfer station. The second set of development housings are arranged in a tandem configuration in proximity to the biased transfer belt. The fuser is in proximity to the biased transfer belt. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022527 | REPLACEMENT UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF ATTACHING REPLACEMENT UNIT OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A replacement unit having a toner bottle and a fixing liquid bottle integrated with each other is attached to a printer main body (image forming apparatus main body). Toner particles accommodated in the toner bottle are allowed to be supplied to a development device of the image forming apparatus main body. A sheet member (sealing unit) of a liquid supplying port of the fixing liquid bottle is broken by an insertion pin provided in the printer main body in synchronization with the attachment of the replacement unit to the printer main body. A toner fixing liquid including a softening agent for softening the toner particles and a solvent for dissolving or dispersing the softening agent is supplied from the fixing liquid bottle to a fixing liquid storage of a fixing device of the printer main body. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022528 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device is provided in image forming apparatuses such as a printer and the like and performs a fixing by heating to a recording sheet on which a toner image is transferred. The fixing device includes: a heating source adapted for performing fixing of a toner image onto a recording medium by heat; a fixing roller including a thin-wall cylinder rotatable about an axis thereof and carrying the heating source therein, the recording medium being placed on a peripheral surface of the cylinder; an annular heat-insulating member coaxially mounted on an outside surface of the fixing roller; and a C-shaped stopper attached to the peripheral surface of the fixing roller for preventing the annular heat-insulating member from moving out of the fixing roller, the C-shaped stopper including at least three engaging portions. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022529 | Vibration method to reduce and/or eliminate friction/noise - A small vibrator is connected to a cleaning blade or cleaning blade holder in an electrostatic marking system. This vibrator in a cycle out step moves the blade up and down and reduces thereby overall contact with the photoconductor surface; this reduces any noise caused by blade contact with the photoconductor surface during cycling out or down of the marking procedure. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022530 | BLADE FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A blade for an electrophotographic apparatus is provided which is prevented from turning up, achieves wear resistance, and has excellent cleaning properties. The blade is composed of a support member and a blade member formed of a thermosetting polyurethane elastomer, which are joined together. The blade member has a structure in which a nitrogen concentration continuously increases from the inside of a contact part coming into contact with a counterpart member toward the surface of the contact part. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022531 | TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND METHOD OF MAKING TONER CARTRIDGE REUSABLE - A toner cartridge is configured by integrally arranging a fresh toner storing chamber and a residual toner collection chamber. Fresh toner is filled in the fresh toner storing chamber through a fresh toner filling opening. Residual toner is conveyed in the residual toner collection chamber through a residual toner conveying opening. Two residual toner discharging openings are created in the residual toner collection chamber through which the residual toner is discharged. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022532 | Waste toner collecting device and image forming apparatus loaded therewith - A waste toner collecting device includes: a waste toner collecting bag being stretchable; a toner conveyance part fitted with the waste toner collecting bag, and conveying a waste toner and also discharging the waste toner toward the waste toner collecting bag; and a holding member for the waste toner collecting bag, which holding member is attached to a terminal end part of the waste toner collecting bag, is capable of being fitted to the toner conveyance part by holding the waste toner collecting bag between the holding member and the toner conveyance part while folding the waste toner collecting bag more compactly than in a used state, and is attachable to and removable from the toner conveyance part. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022533 | CLOSING AUXILIARY DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH - A closing auxiliary device includes an automatic sheet feeder, a closing auxiliary handle, and a magnet and a metal portion. The automatic sheet feeder is provided in the apparatus main body while being openable and closable by a hinge unit. The closing auxiliary handle is rotatably provided in one side portion of the automatic sheet feeder. The magnet and the metal portion fix the closing auxiliary handle and the automatic sheet feeder. When the automatic sheet feeder is opened to form a predetermined angle between the automatic sheet feeder and the apparatus main body, the closing auxiliary handle is released from the automatic sheet feeder to which the closing auxiliary handle is fixed by the magnet and the metal portion. A projection portion and a rotation control portion are provided in the closing auxiliary handle. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022534 | SHEET TRANSPORT PATH SWITCHING MECHANISM - A sheet transport path switching mechanism includes a movable guide to be moved rotatably about a support shaft parallel to the width direction of a transport path so as to selectively take either a main posture where the movable guide directs a sheet to the downstream side of a main transport path relative to a branch point, and a branch posture where the movable guide directs a sheet to a branch transport path. An engagement hook is provided in an apparatus body and supports a central region in the longitudinal direction of the movable guide to prevent the movable guide from being deformed due to interference with a sheet fed toward the branch transport path. The mechanism prevents deformation of the movable guide while facilitating reduction in material and production costs and adequately meeting requirements of waste treatment. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022535 | DUAL OPPOSED PRINT HEAD ENVELOPE PRINTER - According to some embodiments, a method is provided. The method comprises printing a return address on a mail piece, and printing a destination address on the mail piece. A first print head assembly prints the return address and a second print head assembly prints the destination address. At least part of the return address is printed simultaneously with at least part of the destination address. The first print head assembly prints in a first direction and the second print head assembly prints in a second direction, where the first direction is opposite of the second direction. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022536 | SOUND BASED MEDIA DRIVE - Various methods and apparatus relating to sensing sounds of a medium being driven and to adjusting driving of the medium as the medium is being driven based upon the sensed sounds are disclosed. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022537 | PRINTING MEDIUM SUPPLYING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A printing medium supplying unit comprises a printing medium loading plate configured to move up and down based on an amount of printing medium loaded on the printing medium loading plate and an elevation control unit configured to adjust an elevation height of the printing medium loading plate such that a standby position of the printing medium loading plate can vary based on an amount of the printing medium loaded on the printing medium loading plate, wherein the standby position of the printing medium loading plate is a position in which the printing medium loading plate does not supply the printing medium to an image forming unit. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022538 | Apparatus with Electrical Crush Protector and Printing Press Having the Apparatus - An apparatus for safely operating at least two components which are movable relative to one another in a machine for processing printing materials, includes drive motors each driving a respective one of the movable components. At least one control computer detects movement of the movable components. The control computer is set up in such a way that, if a spacing is reduced between the movable components, at least that movable component, which is the cause for the reduction in the spacing between the movable components, is brought to a standstill. A printing press having the apparatus is also provided. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022539 | RECORDING MEDIUM SUPPORT DEVICE AND RECORDING APPARATUS - A recording medium support device includes the following elements. A feed tray is capable of receiving stacked recording media. A recording medium support is pivotably connected to the feed tray. The support is switchable between a closing position and an opening position by pivoting. An anti-falling section prevents the recording medium support from falling to the closing position by coming into contact with the base of the recording medium support in the opening position. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022540 | FLOOR FINISH APPLICATOR - A pull-behind floor finish applicator wherein a peristaltic pump is employed in conjunction with disposable conduit tubing obviate any clean up of the pump. This applicator is adaptable to receiving bag in the box floor finish, thus reducing cleaning time. The applicator employs a minimum number of disposable parts thus making it economical to produce. A mop is employed to apply floor finish to easily accessible areas in one instance, yet allows the mop to be used independently for application of floor finish to not so easily accessible areas. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022541 | PACKAGING AND APPLICATOR DEVICE INCLUDING A STIFFENER SUPPORTING A BLOCK OF AT LEAST ONE COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a packaging and applicator device for applying at least one cosmetic composition, the device comprising:
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20090022542 | APPLICATOR DEVICE FOR APPLICATION OF A LIQUID MEDIUM - An applicator device serves for application of a liquid medium. The applicator device has a reservoir for the medium and an applicator. The applicator is surrounded by a protective sleeve in the reservoir. The protective sleeve is rigidly connected with the reservoir. The inner diameter of the protective sleeve is constant in the vicinity of an applicator tip of the applicator and exceeds the outer diameter of the applicator penetrating into the reservoir. The protective sleeve extends down to a bottom of the reservoir and bears against the bottom via a resilient sleeve portion. As a result, an applicator device is obtained which provides for protection of the applicator tip and is easy to fabricate. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022543 | File folder extender - A file extension plate apparatus for a file folder, comprising vertically aligned pairs of stakes for the purpose of increasing the number of paper bundles readily visible to the user, and to allow the simple and uncomplicated accessibility, addition or extraction of pages or files therein. The stakes are preferably arranged in substantially horizontal groups of two, and upon each group of stakes at least one paper bundle may be attached. The file extension plate apparatus includes a primary file plate affixed to a file folder front, back, or partition, and a series of extension plates attached thereto in an overlapping fashion. The vertically aligned pairs of stakes extend outward from the series of extension plates and the primary file plate, and are each configured to receive a paper bundle such that each bundle is accessible to a user without disturbing the other bundles. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022544 | Cable Coupler Having Retained Wedges - A cable coupler includes a body having a first end, a second end, and first and second passageways sized and shaped to receive a cable, with each passageway including a tapered portion. A wedge assembly is disposed in each tapered portion to secure a cable to the body. A clip assembly is attached to the body adjacent the tapered portion of each of the passageways and is shiftable between a closed position in which the clip assembly is positioned to prevent an adjacent one of the wedge assemblies from exiting the corresponding passageway and an open position in which the adjacent wedge assembly is insertable into the tapered portion of the corresponding passageway. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022545 | JOINT FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE PILE SECTIONS - The invention relates to providing a stiff pile splice ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022546 | TRAFFIC CONTROL SPEED BUMP - A method for at least slowing a vehicle moving along a surface, the method comprising: providing first and second panels rotatably disposed on the surface and capable of extending above the surface, wherein each of the first and second panels rotate in a different and opposite direction; providing at least one center panel disposed between the first and second panels, the center panel being capable of being deployed into a position extended from the surface; detecting at least one of a vehicle speed, vehicle type, and vehicle weight; and controlling one or more of the first, second, and center panels based on the detecting. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022547 | Roadside barrier marker structure - An improved roadside barrier marker structure, mainly comprises two triangular marker bodies, and a semicircular groove being disposed on one of the marker bodies with its bottom connected to a base, and a cylindrical cylinder disposed at the center of the base; a cylindrical cylinder disposed on the upper section of another marker body, and a plurality of light emitting diodes (L.E.D.) arranged in partitions, and a base being connected to its bottom having a battery base and a control circuit; an L.E.D. control circuit for coupling to the surface of marker body further comprising a magnetic spring switch; a rectangular magnet, embedded into the cylindrical cylinder at the base of the marker body; with both marker bodies passing through the groove, the cylinder being fixed to the bolt cylinder, such that the bases of the marker bodies being coupled in a cross overlapping. When the present invention is used during car trouble, the system will automatically light up the blinking L.E.D. with the sensing of magnetic switch by the magnet in order to improve the warning effect of the roadside barrier marker. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022548 | Wave attenuator and security barrier system - module - A module for a wave attenuation system formed by connecting a plurality of panels in a structure positioned in a body of water, causes the dissipation of wave energy. Different configurations of panel, having different flow characteristics, used in the structure, and different types of connector used to connect panels, create different patterns of water flow within the structure, and contribute to wave energy dissipation. Units deployed in harbors, rivers, marinas and the like, help to prevent beach erosion and can facilitate beach nourishment. Embodiments can be utilized as a security barrier, preventing intrusion by trespassers, divers or various sized boats. A variety of sensors can be mounted to the structures, enabling detection of movement, chemical and biological agents, explosives or radiation. A submersible gate, comprising panels and a buoyancy control mechanism, allows for passage of boats and can be controlled remotely. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022549 | Obstruction Device for Flowing Waterways - The invention concerns an obstruction device for flowing waterways and rivulets of all kinds, in particular for torrents and similar river beds, with a flexible barrier element in the form of a catchment net ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022550 | System and Method for Lining an Earthen Formation - A method of lining an earthen formation pit includes covering at least a portion of the pit with a polymer. A portion of the polymer-covered area may be additionally covered with bentonite. The bentonite and polymer combine, when hydrated, to form a layer that is substantially water impermeable. A portion of the formation may be covered by a protective slurry of water and cement. A portion of the formation may be covered by a water-resistant layer such as, for example, a plastic tarpaulin. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022551 | Method and apparatus providing internal structural reinforcements for canal and levee walls - A levee, canal or aqueduct wall is internally supported by tensional members such as cables which stretch across the width of the waterway. In embodiments the tensional members may leave a space between the topmost member and the water level, so as to allow for passage of sea vessels above the cables. Vertical or horizontal struts or individual anchors attached to the ends of the cables may be positioned within, partially within or outside of the walls. Due to the strength of the device, the waterway wall may even be constructed at an angle to the vertical, even leaning outwards. External guying tensional members may be anchored and may connect to the wall or the internal tensional members to provide tensional support to prevent motion in the inward direction, either temporarily (such as during construction) or permanently. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022552 | Silt fencing system - A transportable and reusable silt fencing system for use at a construction site to prevent sediment and soil erosion comprises tension rods, a male section, a female section, and a fencing material having sleeve supports for the rods to slide in and support the fencing material. The tension rods are collapsible. The rods collapse when a truck drives over the fence, but re-assume their original form once the truck has passed. If a fence longer than the fencing section is required, additional fencing sections may be attached by connecting a male section of one fence section with the female section of another fence section. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022553 | Clamping tool holder - A clamping tool holder includes a tool holder body and a clamp for clamping a cutting insert. The clamp causes the cutting insert to press against the bottom and the side walls of an insert-receiving pocket of the tool holder body. The tool holder body has an inclined surface sloping inward in a direction away from the insert-receiving pocket. The clamp has an inclined surface that acts as a ramp with the inclined surface of the tool holder body. A guide pin prevents the clamp from twisting during tightening or loosening of the clamp. When a clamp screw is tightened, a nub of the clamp engages only an inside rearward surface of a mounting bore of the insert along a line of contact and the top surface of the cutting insert. In addition, only a forward lower face of a head portion of the clamp screw engages a top surface of the clamp. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022554 | Tool and Machine for Machining Operations Posing an Inverse Operation Risk - The invention relates to a tool ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022555 | Positive-Feed Machine Tool Permitting a Clearing Operation - A tool, such as a pneumatic tool, includes a casing, tool-holder spindle extending along an axis, and a drive mechanism for the tool-holder spindle. The mechanism uses a first member for driving the spindle in rotation about its axis and a second member for driving the spindle in translation along its axis. The second drive member is screwed onto a threaded portion of the spindle so that the spindle advances or returns as a function of the relative rate of rotation of the drive members. The second drive member is displaced along the axis between an advanced position and a returned position. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022556 | LASER-GUIDED COORDINATION HOLE DRILLING - A laser-guided coordination hole tool for precisely drilling holes in large parts includes a positioning table, a bushing cavity for receiving drill bushings, a clamping device, and a laser target. A laser-guided coordination hole tool may include a software interlock to prevent drilling in an improper location on the part. A method of drilling coordination holes includes probing a part to determine its reference frame, rigidly affixing a laser-guided coordination hole tool to the part, probing a target on the laser-guided coordination hole tool to determine the reference frame for the laser-guided coordination hole tool, accurately positioning a drill bushing over the hole location, and drilling a hole. A system for drilling coordination holes includes a laser-guided coordination hole tool, a bushing, a tooling, a drill motor, a laser tracker, and a computer running a coordination-hole drilling program. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022557 | AUTOMATED CHUCK EXCHANGE USING ROTATING TURRET - A tool including a drive shaft having an axis of rotation and a plurality of bit holders interchangeable with one another at a position of use. The bit holders are mounted at arcuately-spaced positions on a turret rotatable around an axis that is set at an angle to the axis of rotation of the drive shaft. The drive shaft is reciprocal between first and second axially-spaced locations at which, respectively, the drive shaft is engaged and disengaged from the bit holder at the position of use. The positioning of the drive shaft at the second location establishes a drive connection between the drive shaft and the turret so that subsequent operation of the drive shaft rotates the turret to interchange the positions of the bit holders at the position of use. The drive shaft is adapted to return to the first location and restore the drive connection with a new bit holder at the position of use after the turret has been rotated. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022558 | Method of Drilling Holes in Glass Plate and Apparatus Thereof - An apparatus for drilling holes in a glass plate has a supporting member for sucking and supporting a glass plate which is used for an automobile window or the like, as described later, and the supporting member is comprised of a suction pad for sucking the glass plate and a pair of supports for supporting the glass plate on an outer side of the suction pad. The supports are detachably mounted on the outer side of the suction pad, and the supporting member is adapted to rotate about the suction pad in an R direction. The apparatus for drilling holes in a glass plate further includes a hole forming means for forming in the glass plate holes shown in FIG. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022559 | Rotary tube notching apparatus - A rotary tube notching apparatus capable of operable attachment to a powered rotational drive device such as a drill, is comprised of a surface mountable tube support assembly capable a length of straight tubing to be notched; a height adjustable carriage assembly slidably mounted to the tube support assembly to enable offset notching, a turret assembly rotatably mounted to the carriage assembly to enable angled notching, and a shaft rotatably and slidably mounted within said turret assembly for receiving a cutting tool. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022560 | Cutting or Parting Tool - A cutting or parting tool including at least one cutting tooth connected with a basic element. The cutting tooth has a layer of carbide or of a mixture of carbide and polycrystalline diamonds. Furthermore, the carbide or mixture layer is connected to a carrier element of the cutting tooth made of a weldable material which is welded to the basic element. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022561 | ROTARY CUTTING TOOL - A rotary cutting tool especially adapted for cutting composite materials. The geometry of the cutting tool provides cutting forces that are controlled and directed to the inside of the hole being drilled. The cutting tool of one embodiment of the present invention preferably has a through hole or bore extending axially through the cutting tool. The through hole is preferably operatively connectable to a fluid source such as a vacuum or coolant source. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022562 | Multiple flex-shaft adapter for electric drill - A multiple flex-shaft adapter coupled to an electric drill has a housing assembly attaching to the drill at one end and to a plurality of flex-shafts at an opposite end. The flex-shafts have specialized drill bits attached thereto for performing different nail operations. A gear assembly is located in the housing assembly for transferring power from the drill to the plurality of flex-shafts. Preferably, an operator selects a switching member corresponding to a desired one of the plurality of flex-shafts and pushes the member horizontally into the housing. After entering the housing assembly, the switching member rises up towards the gear assembly. Subsequently, the operator inserts the desired one of the plurality of flex-shafts into the housing assembly through a receiver to engage the gear assembly. In turn, power is transferred from the drill through the gear assembly to the desired one. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022563 | System for removing boiler tube stubs - A rotary milling head for boiler tube stub removal with cylindrical cutting pieces removably secured to the milling head by forces exerted by the material being cut and by friction, without any separate securing element. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022564 | Anchor for screw fastener - An anchor for a screw fastener for hollow walls and doors and solid walls and doors, the anchor of two-piece construction having a nose piece with conical end portion and a cooperative lock nut which is drawn over the conical end portion of the nose piece upon influence of rotation of the screw causing the lock nut fingers to flare out and engage the interior surface of a hollow wall or the circumferential surface of a bore in a solid wall. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022565 | Method of Driving a T-Nut Into a Pre-Drilled Hole in a Work Piece, an Apparatus For Carrying Out the Method, a T-Nut Strip and a T-Nut - The invention relates to a T-nut insertion method and an apparatus of the type for driving T-nuts into e.g. a wooden work piece with predrilled holes. A T-nut strip with improved and controllable rupture characteristics is also disclosed. Finally, embodiments of T-nuts with T-nut strip cutting protrusions or shapes are also disclosed. By applying the method according to the invention, a safe and precise insertion of T-nuts is obtained without the risk of T-nuts accidentally being driven from the apparatus and without the risk of the T-nuts being driven into the work piece at locations beside the predrilled holes. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022566 | MOUNTING UNIT FOR THE FASTENING EYELET OF A BELT BUCKLE - A mounting unit ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022567 | FASTENER PROVIDED WITH A SNAP-ENGAGEMENT FOOT FOR THRUSTING THROUGH A HOLE IN A PANEL - The fastener comprises a head and a snap-engagement foot comprising a rigid core and curved flexible wings. Each wing has a convex surface bordered by said core, by a longitudinal edge surface and by a transverse edge surface. Each transverse edge surface has, viewed by an observer viewing said convex surface, a V-shape of which the point, which is directed outwardly, is located at said inflection plane. The core is a hub about which at least three said wings are regularly spaced. Each wing comprises a corner delimited by said longitudinal edge surface and by a shoulder and a web less thick than the corner, disposed between the hub and the shoulder. Each wing is adapted to flex by elastic deformation towards the convex surface of the neighboring wing. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022568 | SELF-TAPPING CONCRETE SCREW - In order to improve the holding force of a self-tapping concrete screw ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022569 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING FLANGE PORTIONS TO DUCTS - A flange to be assembled to a duct member includes a plurality of pre-fabricated apertures or areas of weakened wall strength for receiving fasteners to assemble the flange to the end of a duct member. The apertures may be spaced apart such that the fasteners can be inserted at regular intervals along the length of the flange and the length of the end of the duct member. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022570 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEDING BIOMASS INTO A PRESSURIZED VESSEL - A system, method and apparatus for feeding biomass into a pressurized vessel. The apparatus includes: a screw feeding housing with a drive motor, and a screw; and a biomass inlet, wherein the biomass is dropped in the biomass inlet and the screw feeds the biomass into the pressurized vessel. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022571 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH MOTORS INTEGRAL TO CHAMBER WALLS - A substrate transport apparatus including a peripheral wall having an inner surface that defines a substrate transport chamber capable of holding an isolated atmosphere, at least one substantially ring shaped motor having at least one stator module located within the peripheral wall, between the inner surface and an adjacent outer surface of the peripheral wall and at least one rotor suspended substantially without contact within the transport chamber such that a surface of the peripheral wall encompassed by the ring shaped motor is configured for attachment thereto of a predetermined device and at least one substrate transport arm connected to the at least one rotor and having at least one end effector configured to hold at least one substrate. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022572 | Cluster tool with a linear source - Systems and methods combining a cluster chamber with linear sources are described. A plurality of wafers is mounted on a pallet. A central robot in a cluster chamber moves the pallet among chambers connected to the cluster chamber chamber. At least one of the chambers connected to the cluster chamber includes a linear deposition source, the pallet moveable relative to the linear deposition source. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022573 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING PRINTED PRODUCTS CONVEYED IN AN SHINGLED FLOW TO A TRANSPORTER WITH CIRCULATING CLAMPS - An apparatus and method for transferring printed products conveyed in a shingled flow in a conveying direction by a conveyor to a transporter positioned above the conveyor. The shingled flow is conveyed with circulating clamps. Each printed product respectively projects with a leading end over a front end of a following printed product in the conveying direction and the circulating clamps respectively clamp the leading end of the printed products. Each printed product is lifted from below along one side of the shingled flow in a transfer region formed by the shingled flow and the above-positioned transporter. After the printed products are is lifted up, a trailing end of each printed product is gripped by a clamp of the transporter and then the printed products are further transported. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022574 | WORKPIECE LOADING SYSTEM - A wafer loading system accommodates sufficient wafer carriers to substantially maximize the processing speed capability of wafer processing systems. Wafer carriers are placed into and removed from the loading system by one or two overhead carrier loading elements, such as overhead track systems. Carriers may be loaded or removed while other carriers are in work. One or more transfer robots may move wafers from the carriers to buffers. Methods of operating the loading system allow delivery and removal of wafers to and from the processing systems to meet or exceed the processing speeds of the processing systems. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022575 | Article storing apparatus - An article storing apparatus is adapted to store an article transported by a carriage traveling along a traveling rail provided on a ceiling while being suspended. A storage space is provided above the ceiling. A rack is disposed in the storage space and adapted to store the article. A loader/unloader is operable to load the article from the carriage to the rack, and to unload the article from the rack to the carriage. A hoist transporter is movable in a vertical direction through the ceiling to transport the article between an inside and an outside of the storage space, and operable to deliver the article to the carriage and receive the article from the carriage. A storage transporter is disposed in the storage space and movable between the hoist transporter and the rack, and operable to deliver the article to the rack and receive the article from the rack. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022576 | IMPELLER DRIVE FOR A WATER JET PROPULSION UNIT - A water propulsion unit having an intake housing, a pump housing and an outlet with two spaced apart counter rotating impellers being located in the pump housing. The impeller blades on one impeller have an opposite pitch to the blades of the second impeller. The impellers are configured so that one of the impellers will impart less energy to the water as it passes the blades of the impeller than the second impeller. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022577 | Bearing Screw - Main rotor features rotor blades, mounted on the outside of a split bowl-shaped bushing; a centrifugal fan is mounted inside the bushing and fan blades rotate in direction opposite to the rotation of rotor blades. Rotor blades are encased in an external drum attached to its ends, which, in turn, is fastened to a bushing with bolts; a centrifugal fan is constructed as a disc with blades and no casing. Alternatively, rotor blades can be mounted on the outside of a split bowl-shaped bushing while the centrifugal fan is placed inside, and equipped with an external drum. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022578 | Exhaust-gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine - In an exhaust-gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine comprising an exhaust-gas turbine arranged in an exhaust strand of the internal combustion engine and a compressor arranged in an intake tract and connected to the exhaust gas turbine so as to be driven thereby, the compressor including a compressor wheel and a compressor housing surrounding the compressor wheel and having an inlet duct, a dynamic pressure probe is provided upstream of the compressor wheel in the inlet duct for measuring at least the total pressure in the air flow into the compressor. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022579 | BURN RESISTANT ORGANIC MATRIX COMPOSITE MATERIAL - A burn resistant composite article includes at least one composite layer having first fibers within a first organic resin matrix. At least one burn resistance layer is disposed adjacent the at least one composite layer. The burn resistance layer includes second fibers within a second organic resin matrix. The composite layer and the burn resistance layer each have an associated thermal resistance, and the thermal resistance of the burn resistance layer is greater than the thermal resistance of the composite layer. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022580 | VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGER, VANE RING ASSEMBLY WITH RETAINING MEMBER - A vane ring assembly which includes a lower vane ring ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022581 | TURBOCHARGER COMPRISING ADJUSTABLE GUIDE BLADES, BLADE LEVER AND ADJUSTING RING THEREFOR - The invention relates to a turbocharger ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022582 | PUMP FOR PUMPING CONTAMINATED LIQUID INCLUDING SOLID MATTER - The invention relates to a pump for pumping contaminated liquid including solid matter, comprising an impeller ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022583 | Turbine blade with a cover plate and a protective layer applied to the cover plate - The invention relates to a turbine blade with a cover plate shaped onto the pan of the blade. The aim of the invention is to provide a turbine blade of this type that, while having a high level of efficiency, is designed for a particularly reliable and safe operation in a turbine, particularly of a steam turbine. To this end, the invention provides that a protective layer made on an alternative material is applied to the surface of the cover plate facing away from the pan of the blade. The friction behavior with regard to a turbine component, particularly a sealing strip, which is opposite the protective layer, can be specifically influenced whereby enabling favorable emergency running properties to be provided in the event of rubbing. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022584 | PUMP FOR HYDROMILL - A pump for digging equipment is for the construction of diaphragms The equipment envisages in its end part drums ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022585 | Rotor for a Rotary Machine and a Rotary Machine - The invention relates to a rotor for a rotary machine and to a rotary machine equipped with said rotor, wherein the rotor revolves in a gaseous or liquid medium and has, at least on one of its lateral surfaces, a profile with at least one convex elevation for producing a pressure difference. This rotor is characterized by the fact that the convex elevation is formed as an airfoil profile of an aircraft, and the rotor has an axial cavity on the inside. In this case, the rotor is connected to at least one chamber for guiding the medium provided in or away, wherein at least one passage opening is provided between the cavity and the outer lateral surface in the region of the airfoil profile. Such a rotor within different housing formations forms a rotary machine, which can be used as a pump, a compressor, a condenser, a blower, a turbomachine, a turbine or as a pressure neutralizer. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022586 | Axial diffuser for a centrifugal compressor - The effective efficiency of a centrifugal compressor can be improved by achieving a uniform distribution of fluid velocity across the outlet end of a fluid passage of an axial diffuser for the centrifugal compressor and a high static pressure recovery ratio Cp in the axial diffuser passage. The cross section of each axial diffuser passage is configured such that a relatively high velocity fluid flow in an upstream part of the diffuser passage is directed toward a negative pressure side of a cross section thereof. It can be accomplished by directing a minor axis of a cross section of the diffuser passage substantially perpendicularly to a direction directed from a center of the cross section of the diffuser passage to the central axial line of an impeller or directing the minor axis toward the central axial line of the impeller. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022587 | HOUSING ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN FAN UNIT AND FAN UNIT INCLUDING THE SAME - A housing assembly for a fan unit includes an upper housing having a lower engaging portion adjacent to its lower end surface and a lower housing having an upper engaging portion adjacent to its upper end surface. When one of the upper and lower housings rotates relative to the other about a center axis of the housings in a first direction with the opposing end surfaces of the housings in axial contact, the lower and upper engaging portions engage with each other. While the lower and upper engaging portions are in engagement, one of the lower and upper engaging portions presses the other in both axial directions to cause elastic axial deformation of the other; and one of the lower and upper engaging portions presses the other toward both the first direction and a second direction opposite thereto to cause elastic circumferential deformation of the other. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022588 | Electric fan module and airflow conduction structure thereof - The present invention discloses an electric fan module and an airflow conduction structure thereof, wherein the airflow conduction structure is coupled to an electric fan and guides the central airflow to fan blades to reduce wind resistance and wind shear. The airflow conduction structure has an airflow conduction body and at least one airflow conduction groove arranged axially on the airflow conduction body. The airflow conduction body has a first end face and a second end face, and the first end face is greater than the second end face. The airflow conduction grooves are arranged between the first and second end faces. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022589 | Variable Speed Hub - A method of adjusting the speed of blades rotating in a rotor plane on a wind turbine, wherein the angle between at least two blades in the rotor plane is changed, whereby the tip speed of each individual blade can be optimised relative to the current speed of the wind experienced by the blade. Hereby it is possible to take into consideration the variation of the wind as a function of the height above ground level, and the yield of the wind turbine can be increased. The angular displacement of each blade can be changed individually independently of the remainder of the blades and cyclically. The method also comprises that each blade is accelerated on its way upwards in the rotation cycle and decelerated on its way down. Further details are provided about a system for controlling blades in a wind turbine comprising one or more wind speed meters, position meters, and/or acceleration meters, based on which parameters control of the angular displacement of each blade in the rotor plane is performed. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022590 | Method of balancing a suction unit comprising a ventilator and an electric motor - A method of manufacturing an electrical suction unit for use in a vacuum cleaner includes a turbine unit and an electrical motor with a rotor and a stator. The turbine unit is attached to the rotor and forms, together with the rotor, a rotatable part of the suction unit, which is rotatable about an axis of rotation. An amount of material is removed from the rotor and from the turbine unit to torque-balance the rotatable part of the suction unit. In this manner, the amount of material to be removed from the rotor to torque-balance the rotatable part is considerably reduced, so that the adverse influence of the removal of the material from the rotor on the performance of the electrical motor is limited. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022591 | STEAM TURBINE AND ROTATING BLADE - A blade mountable to a disc comprises a blade platform and a blade root extending from the blade platform. The blade root comprises first, second, and third hooks and first, second and third necks. Each hook comprises a contact surface and a non-contact surface, and an angle between each contact surface and each non-contact surface is optimized to reduce local and average stresses. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022592 | Clamped plate seal - A seal for a dovetail joint in a turbomachine is provided. The seal includes an arcuate member having a first end, a middle portion and a second end. The seal also includes sealing means, which include at least one sealing member. The sealing member can comprise a first sealing member connected to the first end and/or a second sealing member connected to the second end. The dovetail joint is the interface between a bucket dovetail and a rotor dovetail groove, and the seal reduces the amount of cooling flow leakage from the dovetail joint. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022593 | FAN BLADE RETAINING STRUCTURE | 2009-01-22 |
20090022594 | Wear prevention spring for turbine blade - A turbine airfoil support system for supporting a turbine blade to prevent wear during turning gear operation when a rotor assembly supporting the turbine blade rotates at about two revolutions per minute (RPM) to keep the turbine ready for quick startup requirements. The turbine airfoil support system may be formed from a radial biasing spring positioned between a radially outermost point of a disk steeple extending from a rotor assembly and a radially inner surface of the platform. The radial biasing spring may be formed from a first flat member with a disk steeple engaging surface, a second flat member with a blade platform engaging surface, a bent biasing section extending from the first flat member to the second flat member and biasing the first and second flat members away from each other, and a stress reducing member extending from the second flat member toward the first flat member. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022595 | STEAM TURBINE AND ROTATING BLADE - A blade is mountable to a disc. The blade comprises a blade platform and a blade root extending from the blade platform. The blade root comprises a first hook and a second hook, a first neck between the first hook and the blade platform, and a second neck between the first hook and the second hook. Each hook comprises a contact surface and a non-contact surface. An angle between each contact surface and each non-contact surface is optimized to reduce local stresses. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022596 | Steam Turbine Rotating Blade - A rotating blade for a steam turbine includes a root section and an airfoil section contiguous with the root section. The airfoil section is shaped to optimize aerodynamic performance while providing optimized flow distribution and minimal centrifugal and bending stresses. The blade also includes a tip section continuous with the airfoil section, and a cover formed as part of the tip section. The cover defines a radial seal that serves to minimize tip losses. The rotating blade is capable of running at operating speeds between 5626 and 11250 rotations per minute. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022597 | Apparatus For The Generation Of Power From A Flowing Fluid - Apparatus for the generation of electrical or mechanical energy from a flowing fluid. The apparatus includes at least one blade of substantially helical configuration. The blade has a plurality of blade sections. Action of the flowing fluid on the blade causes it to rotate around its axis. The rotational motion is used to generate electrical or mechanical energy. Also disclosed is a helical blade wherein the pitch length and/or radii varies along the length of the helical blade profile. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022598 | Wind turbine rotor blade and wind turbine rotor - A wind turbine rotor blade is provided which includes a root end and a tip end located opposite the root end. A leading edge extends from the root end to the tip end. A trailing edge extends from the root end to the tip end. A span direction is defined by a line extending linearly from the root end to the tip end. A chord direction is perpendicular to the span direction and lies in the plane extending through the leading edge and the trailing edge. A shoulder is the point of the maximum chord-wise extension. An airfoil portion extends from the shoulder to the tip end. The airfoil portion comprises a span-wise interval begging before the tip end and extending to or close to the tip end and in which the distribution of the chord-wise extension is increased as compared to the load optimised distribution of the chord-wise extension. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022599 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING A STEAM TURBINE BUCKET - A method of assembling a turbine bucket is provided. The bucket includes a dovetail portion, an airfoil portion, and a root that extends between the airfoil portion and the dovetail portion. The turbine bucket includes a pressure side and a suction side that are connected together at a leading edge and a trailing edge. The method includes forming at least one pocket within the turbine bucket, such that the pocket is formed within the pressure side. The method also includes forming at least one pin within the at least one pocket. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022600 | Steam Turbine Rotating Blade - A rotating blade for a steam turbine includes a root section and an airfoil section contiguous with the root section. The airfoil section is shaped to optimize aerodynamic performance while providing optimized flow distribution and minimal centrifugal and bending stresses. The blade also includes a tip section continuous with the airfoil section, and a cover formed as part of the tip section. The cover defines a radial seal that serves to minimize tip losses. The rotating blade is capable of running at operating speeds between 5626 and 11250 rotations per minute. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022601 | Steam Turbine Rotating Blade - A rotating blade for a steam turbine includes a root section and an airfoil section contiguous with the root section. The airfoil section is shaped to optimize aerodynamic performance while providing optimized flow distribution and minimal centrifugal and bending stresses. The blade also includes a tip section continuous with the airfoil section, and a cover formed as part of the tip section. The cover defines a radial seal that serves to minimize tip losses. The rotating blade is capable of running at operating speeds between 5626 and 11250 rotations per minute. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022602 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RESISTING DISABLING FOULING OF COMPRESSORS IN MULTISTAGE COMPRESSION SYSTEMS - A method of operating a multistage gas compressor system including providing a plurality of compressor stages connected in series, receiving a gas flow having contaminants within a gas passage, and supplying solvent to the gas passage at or upstream of a compressor in a compressor stage of the plurality of compressor stages to entrap or dissolve the contaminants in the gas flow. The method includes resisting disabling fouling of the compressor in the compressor stage from any contaminants entrapped or dissolved in the solvent, for example, by controlling a discharge temperature of the compressor, and/or using a type of compressor that is not susceptible to being disabled by fouling in at least the first stage. The discharge temperature can be controlled by providing the compressor with a pressure ratio selected to provide a desired discharge temperature. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022603 | Method for the Pneumatic Conveying of Water-Absorbent Polymer Particles - A process for pneumatic delivery of water-absorbing polymer particles, the compressor used for pneumatic delivery having a steep characteristic and the initial gas rate in the delivery corresponding to a Froude number of from 10 to 18. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022604 | Suction structure in piston type compressor - A suction structure is provided for allowing refrigerant from a suction pressure region in a piston type compressor. The compressor includes a rotary valve. The suction structure includes a shifting device which shifts between a connecting state and a disconnecting state. In the connecting state an outlet of a supply passage of the rotary valve is connected to a suction pressure region and in the disconnecting state the outlet of the supply passage is disconnected from the suction pressure region. The shifting device includes a valve body, a return spring, and a permanent magnet. The valve body is movable between a connecting position and a disconnecting position. The return spring urges the valve body from the connecting position toward the disconnecting position. The permanent magnet attracts the valve body by magnetic force from the connecting position toward the disconnecting position. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022605 | HERMETIC COMPRESSOR - A hermetic compressor having improved configuration of a cylinder head to more efficiently attenuate noise and vibration of refrigerant discharge. The hermetic compressor includes a cylinder block having a compression chamber in which a piston rectilinearly reciprocates, and a cylinder head coupled with the cylinder block to hermetically seal the compression chamber. The cylinder head has a suction chamber and discharge chamber, which are partitioned from each other. The suction chamber serves to guide a refrigerant to be introduced into the compression chamber, and the discharge chamber serves to guide the refrigerant, which was delivered from the compression chamber after being compressed in the compression chamber, to the outside. The hermetic compressor also includes a valve device interposed between the cylinder block and the cylinder head, to control movement of the refrigerant from the suction chamber to the compression chamber or from the compression chamber to the discharge chamber. A partition member having a bore is detachably mounted in the cylinder head, to divide the discharge chamber into two parts, in order to integrally define a Helmholtz resonator in the discharge chamber. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022606 | Water Pump - In one embodiment of the present invention, a water pump ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022607 | ARRANGEMENT FOR DELIVERING FLUIDS - An arrangement for delivering fluids has a fluid pump having a pump wheel ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022608 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR THE OIL PUMP OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION - A drive device ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022609 | DEVICE FOR HYDROPROTECTION OF A BOREHOLE PUMP ELECTRIC MOTOR - The invention relates to crude oil production, and can be suitably used for hydroprotection of submersible electric centrifugal motors. A hydroprotection protector of a borehole pump electric motor comprises at least one stage, which stage includes a cylindrical body ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022610 | MOTOR CENTRIFUGAL PUMP - The invention relates to a motor centrifugal pump having a plastic-injection-moulded stator core of the electric motor, wherein cooling channels are arranged in the plastic, through which channels the conveying medium flows. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022611 | COOLING FAN - A cooling fan includes a fan housing ( | 2009-01-22 |
20090022612 | Variable Capacity Vane Pump With Dual Control Chambers - A variable capacity vane pump is provided, the pump having a pump control ring which is moveable to alter the capacity of the pump and the pump can be operated at either of at least two selected equilibrium pressures. The pump ring is moved by at least first and second control chambers, the control chambers abutting the control ring such that pressurized fluid supplied to them acts on the pump control ring to move the pump control ring to reduce the volumetric capacity of the pump. When pressurized fluid is supplied to only one control chamber, the pump operates at a first equilibrium pressure and when pressurized fluid is also supplied to the second chamber, the pump operates at a second equilibrium pressure. If desired, pressurized fluid can also be supplied only to the second control chamber to operate the pump at a third equilibrium pressure and/or additional control chambers can be provided if required. | 2009-01-22 |
20090022613 | Asynchronous non-constant-pitch spiral scroll-type fluid displacement machine - A scroll-type spiral fluid displacement machine having at least one pair of interfitting scroll elements. The scroll vanes of the scroll elements are constructed upon a base line spiral defined by the equation: | 2009-01-22 |