| 06th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
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| 20100031609 | TRANSPORTATION OF SULPHUR FROM SOLID SULPHUR DEPOSITS, IN BLOCKS OF LARGE DIMENSIONS - Procedure for the low-risk and zero-emission transportation of sulphur from solid sulphur deposits, in blocks of large dimensions, characterized in that it comprises the formation of blocks of sulphur, having suitable dimensions for being moved, by means of water cut techniques and the wrapping of the blocks obtained in polyethylene sheets. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031610 | PACKAGING TOOLS - Packaging tools, which, in various embodiments, are adapted to assist a user in applying material from a roll of packaging material (e.g., packing tape, stretch wrap or shrink wrap) to an item or group of items. The packaging tool is typically adapted to move between: (1) a first orientation in which the packaging tool does not substantially restrict the rotation of the roll of packaging material adjacent the packaging tool; and (2) a second orientation in which the packaging tool does substantially restrict (e.g., prevent) the rotation of the roll of stretch wrap tool adjacent the packaging tool. A user typically maintains the packaging tool in the first orientation as the user wraps the packaging material about an item. The user may then move the packaging tool into the second orientation, which allows the user to pull the packaging material tight and separate the applied length of packaging material from the roll. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031611 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A VOLUME-BASED FILL PATTERN OF A MULTI-DOSE MEDICAMENT CONTAINER - A system and method for determining and communicating a volume-based fill pattern for a multi-dose medicament container is disclosed. Pill information corresponding to one or more pills for a patient to be packaged together may be obtained, and non-volume fill factors may be obtained. The volume-based fill pattern may be selected and indicated to be a cuboid volume or a packing parameter fill pattern. Pill and multi-dose medicament container data may be obtained and used to determine a fill pattern that is communicated to a filling entity for execution. The present disclosure may operate in accordance with multi-dose blister packs, and systems and methods of filling said blister packs. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031612 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF PACKAGING STACKABLE 0BJECTS, IN PARTICULAR PRINTED PRODUCTS - The present invention relates to a device ( | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031613 | Thin-part feeding device - A thin-part feeding device is provided which is compact and efficient. The device has a funnel portion with a feeding opening at the bottom thereof, a take-out tube for taking out thin parts from the funnel portion, and a receiving portion with separate opening for receiving thin parts from the discharge opening. The receiving portion is movable, and the receiving opening is sized to receive only one thin part. The device is operative to repeat a state where the receiving opening faces the discharge opening, and a state where the receiving opening is away from the discharge opening to enable thin parts to be taken out from the receiving opening. The device also features a novel, posture-correcting portion to correct vertical posture of thin parts, a delivery portion for receiving posture-corrected thin parts, and a transporting portion as described. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031614 | HORSE ORTHOTIC - Embodiments of this invention include orthotic devices for treating hoof ailments, including laminitis and founder, and methods of treating the hoof ailments using an orthotic. In one embodiment, the hoof orthotic includes a platform having a heel end, a toe end, an inside and an outside edge, the heel end comprising a center section of the platform. The toe end includes a first tip and a second tip having a space therebetween such that the toe end is not enclosed. The platform includes an upper hoof contact surface and a lower surface, the upper surface being elevated at the heel end of the platform and sloping such that the heel end has a greater vertical height than the toe end. The orthotic also includes attachment means that extend vertically from the platform for attaching the orthotic to the animal hoof. The orthotic can be made from a resilient and/or elastomeric material that may also provide cushioning and fitting advantages. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031615 | Systems and methods for filtering fuel - The present disclosure is directed to a manifold for a filter assembly. The manifold includes a first base which may define a first inlet configured to direct fuel flow to a first filter element, and a first outlet configured to direct fuel flow from the first filter element to the second filter element. The manifold includes a second base operably coupled to the first base. The second base may define a barrier which prevents the fuel flow from flowing from the first inlet to the second filter element without passing through the first filter element. The second base may also define a second inlet configured to receive fuel flow from the first outlet and direct the fuel flow to the second filter element, and a second outlet configured to receive the fuel flow from the second filter element. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031616 | Pulse Jet Air Cleaner Components; Features; Assemblies; and, Methods - According to the present disclosure a pulse jet air cleaner components, features and assemblies are described, as well as methods of use. Preferred v-pack configurations, scavenge arrangements, pulse jet arrangements and filter cartridge retention arrangements, are shown and described, for example. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031617 | PARTICLE FILTER SYSTEM INCORPORATING NANOFIBERS - A filtration device including a filtration medium having a plurality of nanofibers of diameters less than 1 micron formed into a fiber mat in the presence of an abruptly varying electric field. The filtration device includes a support attached to the filtration medium and having openings for fluid flow therethrough. A device for making a filter material. The device includes an electrospinning element configured to electrospin a plurality of fibers from a tip of the electrospinning element, a collector opposed to the electrospinning element configured to collect electrospun fibers on a surface of the collector, and an electric field modulation device configured to abruptly vary an electric field at the collector at least once during electrospinning of the fibers. A method for making a filter material. The method provides a support having openings for fluid flow therethrough, electrospins nanofibers across an entirety of the openings, and abruptly varies an electric field at the collector at least once during electrospinning of the fibers. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031618 | High dust holding capacity filter media - Provided is a method of forming a self supporting fibrous nonwoven filter media comprising dispersing glass fibers, crimped polymer fibers, and cellulosic fibers in a fluid dispersion. The dispersion is subjected to a moving forming wire to form a fibrous web. Binder is applied to the web. The web is dried and cured/melted and later pleated in a subsequent operation. Inclusion of crimped polymer fibers in filter media improves dust holding characteristics of the filter media. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031619 | Filter media including silicone and/or wax additive(s) - A method of improving filtration efficiency of a fibrous nonwoven filter media comprises providing a filter media and incorporating in the filter media one or more additives selected from the group consisting of silicone additives, wax additives, and mixtures thereof. The filter media comprises glass fibers, polymer fibers, and optionally binder. Inclusion of silicone and/or wax additive(s) in a filter media has surprisingly been found to increase filtration efficiency, for example, by 10-15%. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031620 | Riding Type Mower - A riding type mower includes: a vehicle body, a driver's seat mounted on the vehicle body; an operation part arranged around the driver's seat; a mower unit provided on the vehicle body; a shutter for closing a discharge port; a shutter moving mechanism for moving the shutter between a close position closing the discharge port and an open position opening the discharge port; and a lock mechanism for locking the shutter at the close position. The mower unit includes: a mower deck; a cutting blade installed inside the mower deck; the discharge port formed in the mower deck, through which mown grass cut by the blade is discharge from the mower unit to outside. A shutter operating tool for remotely operating the shutter moving mechanism to open and close the shutter is provided in the operation part. The lock mechanism is remotely operable from the operation part. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031621 | Small Scale Tomato Harvester - The present invention is a compact fruit-vine harvester and separation system in which the harvested fruit travels along a vertical plane inside the harvester during processing, followed by a single turn for output. The system includes a machine and related methods for harvesting vine-borne crops. The machine is relatively compact, and provides for vine borne crops to be severed, separated, cleaned and machine-sorted along a longitudinal axis before making a single turn prior to exit. Harvested fruit passing through the machine drops by as much as 18 inches less than in other harvesters, thereby reducing the potential for fruit damage. The machine incorporates a combination blower and suction system for efficient removal of unwanted dirt, vegetation and debris, and an optional roller to prevent clogging of the suction system. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031622 | SELF-SUPPORTING MERGER FOR MOWERS - A self-supporting merger for use with a cutting machine for cutting plant material, the merger having a frame, a bed assembly mounted to the frame, a support assembly for supporting the weight of the merger, and a coupling assembly for coupling the frame to the cutting machine. The bed assembly is configured for receiving cut plant material discharged by the cutting machine, and includes a conveyor movable in at least one direction for displacing the cut plant material to at least one side of the merger. The bed assembly may be movably mounted to the frame, and be movable between an engaged position wherein the bed assembly is positioned to receive the cut plant material discharged by the cutting machine, and a bypass position wherein the cut plant material discharged by the cutting machine bypasses the bed assembly. The support assembly including at least one wheel coupled to the frame. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031623 | STEEL CORD WITH IRON-ZINC ALLOY COATING - A steel cord comprises more than one steel filament ( | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031624 | FUEL HEATING VIA EXHAUST GAS EXTRACTION - A method and system for heating fuel for a gas turbine engine by using excess heat energy in the engine exhaust gas to heat the fuel and returning the cooled exhaust gas back to the engine exhaust gas stream upstream of an emissions sensor is disclosed. The method and system comprises providing a heat exchanger having an exhaust gas passage and a fuel passage, extracting high temperature exhaust gas from the engine exhaust gas stream and passing the high temperature exhaust gas through the exhaust gas passage. Fuel is passed through the fuel passage where excess heat energy in the high temperature exhaust gas is used to heat the fuel. The temperature of the heated fuel is controlled by controlling the flow of the high temperature exhaust gas through the exhaust gas passage. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031625 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING STACK TEMPERATURE - Systems and a method for controlling a temperature of an exhaust gas stack are provided. The system includes a first heat exchanger positioned upstream in exhaust gas flow communication to an exhaust gas inlet to the stack, a second heat exchanger positioned upstream in exhaust gas flow communication to the first heat exchanger, and a water side conduit configured to direct a flow of relatively hot water from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger such that a temperature of a flow of exhaust gas flowing through the first exchanger is maintained within a predetermined range. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031626 | Carbon-Kevlar uni-body rocket engine and method of making same - A rocket engine has spaced apart inner and outer skins each unitarily formed in one piece from carbon fiber fabric. The inner skin is formed on a two-part mold that is separated and removed from the inner skin after it is cured. An oxidizer ring encircles the bottom of the engine and is in flow communication with flow channels between the skins. Oxidizer tubes are connected at one end to the ring and at their other end to support brackets on the engine. The oxidizer ring is formed as an integral part of the engine by extending the outer skin over an inflatable mold, which is deflated and removed from the ring after the ring is cured. The oxidizer tube is formed on a mold with a rigid spine that holds the shape of the mold until the oxidizer tube is cured. The spine and the mold are then removed. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031627 | Heater Assemblies, Gas Turbine Engine Systems Involving Such Heater Assemblies and Methods for Manufacturing Such Heater Assemblies - Heater assemblies, gas turbine engine systems involving such heater assemblies and methods for manufacturing such heater assemblies are provided. In this regard, a representative method includes: providing a substrate; forming a heating element using a thermal sprayed metal process such that the metal heater comprises an aggregation of sprayed metal particles; attaching the heating element to the substrate; and consolidating at least some of the metal particles located at an exterior of the heating element to form an electrical contact pad of the heating element. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031628 | JET FLOW DISCHARGE NOZZLE AND JET ENGINE - A jet flow discharge nozzle includes a tubular partition wall, a tubular casing which covers an outer periphery of the tubular partition wall, and a bifurcation which extends in an axial direction of the tubular partition wall and the casing so as to support downstream ends of the tubular partition wall and the casing from outside. Inside of the tubular partition wall is defined as a flow path for a high-speed core flow. A space between the tubular partition wall and the casing is defined as a flow path for a low-speed bypass flow. A pair of first projections is provided at a downstream edge of the tubular partition wall near the bifurcation at positions symmetric about the bifurcation. One of ridges of each of the first projections faces an upstream side. The invention reduces noise by avoiding adverse effects of the presence of the bifurcation on an increase in noise. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031629 | LOCKABLE GUIDING SYSTEM FOR A MOBILE PART OF A NACELLE - The invention relates to a guiding device ( | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031630 | AIRCRAFT NACELLE THAT INCORPORATES A DEVICE FOR REVERSING THRUST - An aircraft nacelle in which a power plant is arranged and delimits a duct for a flow which assists the thrust. The nacelle includes a device for reducing, canceling, or reversing the thrust that includes at least one flap that can an active position in which it deflects—in the direction of a radial opening—at least a portion of the flow and an at-rest position in which the flap does not interfere with the flow, whereby the wall of the nacelle delimiting the duct includes at least one moving part that can occupy a first position in which it is interposed between the flow to be deflected and the flap and another position in which it releases the flap so as to allow the flap to change position and to move from the at-rest position to the active position. Each flap includes articulation elements with a first pivoting axis and a second pivoting axis, whereby the pivoting axes are essentially parallel to the vertical median axis of the nacelle. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031631 | GAS TURBINE COMPRISING A GUIDE RING AND A MIXER - A gas turbine is disclosed. The gas turbine includes a rotor which is driven by a turbine, a stator, struts that are fixed to the stator downstream from the turbine and that configure a guide ring for deflecting the rotational flow of hot gas, and a mixer arranged on the downstream end of the hot gas channel. The guide ring and the mixer are structurally and fluidically combined, the struts of the guide ring being connected to the wall structure of the mixer in the region of their radially outer ends. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031632 | CATALYST DETERIORATION DETERMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD, AND ENGINE CONTROL UNIT - A catalyst deterioration determination device capable of determining whether or not fuel is high-sulfur fuel containing much sulfur content, and properly determining whether a catalyst is deteriorated while suppressing the frequency of execution of control for recovering the catalyst from the poisoned state to the minimum. The device determines whether or not a catalyst which purifies exhaust gases exhausted from an internal combustion engine is deteriorated based on the capacity of the catalyst for purifying exhaust gases. If it is determined that the catalyst is deteriorated, first sulfur elimination control is executed for eliminating sulfur content accumulated in the catalyst. Further, when the first sulfur elimination control is terminated, the deterioration determination of the catalyst is executed. Then, when it is determined by the deterioration determination that the catalyst is not deteriorated, it is determined that the fuel is high-sulfur fuel containing lots of sulfur content. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031633 | TROUBLE DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND TROUBLE DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR NOx SENSOR - There is provided an NO | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031634 | DETERIORATION DETERMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXHAUST EMISSION REDUCTION DEVICE, AND ENGINE CONTROL UNIT - A deterioration determination device for an exhaust emission reduction device which is capable of accurately and rapidly determining deterioration of a NOx purifying catalyst. The deterioration determination device for the exhaust emission reduction device for determining deterioration of the NOx purifying catalyst includes an ECU. The ECU executes high NOx concentration control in deterioration determination, calculates a NOx supply amount based on upstream NOx concentration detected during execution of the high NOx concentration control, calculates a NOx slip amount based on downstream NOx concentration detected during execution of the high NOx concentration control, and determines the NOx purifying catalyst to be deteriorated when the condition of the NOx slip amount >a reference value is satisfied, in a case where the NOx supply amount> a reference value holds. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031635 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine wherein three-way catalysts are arranged in an exhaust passage of a first cylinder group and an exhaust passage of a second cylinder group and a common NO | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031636 | EXHAUST EMISSION PURIFICATION CONTROL DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas purification controller for controlling bed temperature of a DPF, which is arranged in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, at a target bed temperature by supplying fuel to the internal combustion engine. The exhaust gas purification controller includes a control unit and a transitional state detection unit. The control unit, when controlling the bed temperature of the exhaust gas purification catalyst, learns a supply amount of fuel that allows for correction of a difference between the catalyst bed temperature and the target bed temperature in the present state and reflects a learned value obtained through the learning on the supply amount of fuel. The transitional state detection unit detects a transitional state of an exhaust gas flow to the DPF. The control unit restricts the learning when the transitional state of the exhaust gas flow is detected. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031637 | RAPID HEATER FOR EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE - An emission control device having a catalyst matrix, a microwave heater and a microwave energy reflective sleeve which substantially surrounds an outer surface of the matrix is provided. In one example, power is supplied to the microwave generator only as long as the temperature of the catalyst matrix is less than the activation temperature of the emission control reactions. The microwave energy reflective sleeve may reflect and confine substantially all of a microwave energy received from a microwave generator and waveguide, improving the operability of the emission control device and reducing the light-off time of the emission control reactions. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031638 | DUAL ENGINE WORK VEHICLE WITH CONTROL FOR EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT REGENERATION - A work machine having dual compression ignition engines each driving motor generators providing a power output to selective loads. The compression ignition engines each have an exhaust aftertreatment device requiring regeneration in accordance with a selected parameters. A controller controls motor/generators or hydraulic pump/motors associated with the diesel engines to either transfer load between one or the other of the motor/generators or pump/motors to impose a load on one of the engines sufficiently high to produce passive regeneration. In the event that loads driven by the motor/generators or pump/motors are too low, one of the engines may be shut off or the loads increased. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031639 | System for Controlling Urea Injection Quantity of Vehicle and Method Thereof - A system for controlling urea injection quantity of a vehicle, may include an SCR device, the SCR device purifying NOx, a pump configured to supply the SCR device with a urea solution of a urea tank through a urea supply line, a dosing injector disposed on the exhaust pipe at upstream side of the SCR device and injecting the urea solution, and a control portion that closes the dosing injector not to exhaust the urea solution that is charged in the urea supply line if operation of the engine is stopped and outside temperature is higher than a predetermined base temperature, and that stops the pump and opens the dosing injector to exhaust the urea solution charged in the urea supply line to the urea tank if operation of the engine is stopped and the outside temperature is equal to or lower than the predetermined base temperature. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031640 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine, an NO | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031641 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An internal combustion engine, in which an NO | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031642 | EXHAUST PURIFICATION DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In an internal combustion engine, a urea adsorption type selective reduction catalyst is arranged in an engine exhaust passage. By feeding urea from a urea feed valve into the exhaust gas flowing into this selective reduction catalyst, the NOx included in the exhaust gas is reduced in the selective reduction catalyst. TO suppress the generation of hydrogen cyanide, an HC adsorption catalyst for adsorption of the HC in the exhaust gas is arranged in the engine exhaust passage upstream of the selective reduction catalyst. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031643 | AIR SYSTEM INCLUDING A VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGER FOR SUPPLYING AIR TO A REGENERATION SYSTEM - A system for supplying air to a regeneration system associated with an engine is disclosed. The system may include an engine including an intake manifold and an exhaust manifold. The system may also include a variable geometry turbocharger including a turbine and a compressor, the turbine in fluid communication with the exhaust manifold and the compressor in fluid communication with the intake manifold. A regeneration system may be associated with the engine, the regeneration system including a fuel injector and an air inlet, the compressor in fluid communication with the air inlet of the regeneration system. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031644 | Mounting assembly for emissions control system - An exhaust system is disclosed. The exhaust system may have an emissions control system including a mount and at least one exhaust treatment device secured to the mount. The exhaust system may also have a mounting assembly including a platform and a base frame. The emissions control system may be secured to the platform. The mounting assembly may be configured to position the emissions control system substantially adjacent to a power source. The platform may be movable relative to the base frame between a first position and a second position. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031645 | TRAP FOR EXHAUST SYSTEM - A system for trapping liquid exhaust during a cold start of an internal combustion engine is provided. As one example, a system includes, an exhaust inlet, an exchange area fluidly coupled downstream of said exhaust inlet, a trap coupled to said exchange area having a liquid exhaust chamber for collection of liquid exhaust, and a catalytic converter fluidly coupled downstream to said exchange area. In another example, a method includes condensing, at least partly, exhaust from the engine in an exchange area in an exhaust system into liquid exhaust, collecting liquid exhaust into a trap disposed in the exchange area, and evaporating the liquid exhaust into the exchange area after an evaporation temperature is reached in the trap. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031646 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS DEVICE FOR EXHAUST HEAT RECOVERY EQUIPMENT - An abnormality diagnosis device is for an exhaust heat recovery equipment including an exhaust heat absorption part absorbing exhaust heat from an engine, a heat release part releasing at least part of the heat absorbed by the absorption part to engine coolant, a circulation loop passing through the absorption part and the release part, the medium circulating around the loop, and an opening and closing valve disposed in the loop between the absorption part and the release part The equipment closes the valve to stop circulation of the medium when coolant temperature is a preset temperature or above. The device includes an abnormality determination device for determining whether the valve is in an abnormal opening state based on a heat amount transmitted from exhaust heat to coolant through the equipment, when coolant temperature is the preset temperature or above and thereby the valve is closed if the valve is normal. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031647 | Hydraulic Circuit Device - A hydraulic circuit device for activating the at least one clamping die ( | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031648 | HYDRAULIC FLOW SHARING SYSTEM FOR EXCAVATING AND PIPE LAYING WORK - A hydraulic flow sharing system for excavating and pipe laying work is provided, which can prevent the abrupt change of a traveling speed during traveling through compulsory sharing of the flow rate applied to a working device and a traveling apparatus when a combined operation, in which the traveling apparatus and the working device such as a boom are simultaneously driven, is performed. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031649 | Hydraulic Drive Device for Hydraulic Excavator - [Problem] To provide a hydraulic drive system for a hydraulic excavator, which makes it possible to efficiently perform grading work by using residual energy of pressure oil in a hydraulic circuit although no attention has been paid to the residual energy in conventional technologies. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031650 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - The present invention provides a construction machine where overheating of mounted electric devices can be prevented properly with a simple structure and a method of controlling the construction machine. For this purpose, a pump target discharge flow rate of a hydraulic pump is calculated based on an operated amount of an operating unit, a temperature of an electric device mounted on the construction machine is detected, an engine minimum speed, which is a minimum possible speed of an engine in carrying out low-speed matching for matching output of the engine and pump absorbing horsepower of the hydraulic pump to each other in a low-speed region where speed of the engine is lower than set speed, is calculated by using the detected temperature of the electric device, and a maximum value out of a corresponding speed of the pump target discharge flow rate and the engine minimum speed is generated as a candidate for an engine target speed. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031651 | Cyclic productive motion device - A submersible buoyancy motor has a water filled UP leg | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031652 | DEEP SEA GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEM - A geothermal energy system utilizes geothermal heat under the floor of a body of water. The system includes at least one well having a top and a bottom. At least one well is drilled to a sufficient depth to access geothermal heat from one or more areas under the floor. The system further includes at least one energy converter operatively coupled to the well. The at least one energy converter is configured to convert the geothermal heat to another form of energy. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031653 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE UTILIZATION OF SUPERCRITICAL SUBSURFACE STEAM IN COMBINATION WITH SUPERCRITICAL THERMAL AND HYDRAULIC POWER STATIONS - Disclosed are a method and a device for utilizing supercritical subsurface steam as combined supercritical thermal and hydraulic power stations at an efficiency of 50 percent, using molten bath superdeep drilling technology, a hydrofrac process, and the special properties of the supercritical subsurface steam, such as the drastic increase in the thermal capacity, reduced viscosity, and inorganic solubility. The multifunctional use of said technologies and physical properties of supercritical subsurface steam in the inventive method allows a supercritical subsurface boiler to be tapped rapidly and at a low cost at a great depth while making it possible to produce electricity, power, process steam, and heat almost anywhere at one tenth of the cost of conventional fuel technologies and comparable expenses. The supercritical process steam obtained from a closed forced subsurface-nature circuit is used in supercritical power stations featuring state-of-the-art steam turbine technology while the remaining pressure in the subsurface fluid is used for directly generating power and/or electricity after dissipating heat via hydraulic turbines. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031654 | Reaction Solar Turbine - The invention relates to an installation for obtaining mechanical energy from solar thermal energy, combining a conventional solar thermal installation connected to heat exchangers housed inside an externally-insulated vertical shell having an upwardly decreasing cross-section, in which an ascending air flow is generated in order to move a turbine housed at the upper end of the shell. In order to make better use of the wind at the installation a retractable orientable screen can also be installed at the point of the nozzle at which the external air current enters the shell, said screen being automatically oriented, by means of sensors, so as to maximise the flow of air entering the system using the natural currents. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031655 | STEAM TURBINE CLOSED LOOP GEO-THERMAL COOLING - A power generation system for generating electricity using a steam turbine engine that yields high-pressure steam has been developed using a preferably non-toxic coolant circulating in a closed loop that passes through a rock and earth aquifer, for directly and/or indirectly condensing the low-pressure steam from the low-pressure side of the steam turbine into a liquid phase for re-circulation to the steam turbine, whereby the coolant acts to dissipate the heat from the low-pressure steam through the aquifer to the rock and earth encasing the aquifer. In one embodiment a containment shroud is employed to recycle condensing water utilized to condense the condensing vapor emitted from a steam condenser. In a second embodiment a sealed steam condenser is utilized through which the low-pressure steam passes, and water (or other suitable fluid) from an enclosed condensing water reservoir, through which the coolant is circulated, is employed to condense the low-pressure steam in the steam condenser. In yet another embodiment, the coolant is introduced directly into the steam condenser. In a further embodiment an intermediate refrigeration system pump is employed together with the coolant, for condensing the low-pressure steam. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031656 | CONDENSER - A condenser comprises a high pressure side condenser, a high pressure side cooling tube bank, a high pressure side hot well, a low pressure side condenser, a low pressure side cooling tube bank, a pressure shroud provided inside the low pressure side condenser, a low pressure side hot well, high pressure steam introducing portion, low pressure side condensate introducing portion, a flash box which communicates with at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well, flashes a heater drain from a feed water heater, and urges at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well to recover the flashed heater drain, and a flash steam path which introduces flash steam generated inside the flash box into at least one of the high pressure side hot well and the low pressure side hot well. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031657 | Jet propelled flywheel - Jet propulsion of the flywheel is accomplished by introducing a fluid (synthetic lubricant) into the hollow shaft at the center of the flywheel. Centrifugal force carries the fluid through holes to the rim. Thus enhanced, it is now forced through a nozzle. Fluid jets opposite and tangential to the rotation of the flywheel sustain or increase the rotational speed of the flywheel. Jetted fluid is collected and re-circulated through the flywheel. This is a continuous self-perpetuating process, requiring no fossil fuel and involves no release to the environment. It can provide power on the moon, planets, or anywhere there is gravity. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031658 | GAS TURBINE FUEL METERING UNIT - A fuel system for a turbine engine is provided. The fuel system includes a positive displacement pump driven by an electric motor. The pump is rotated in a first direction to deliver fuel to the turbine engine, and a second direction for evacuating fuel from the turbine engine. A shut-off check valve is open in a first direction in response to a first differential pressure created by the pump in the first direction. The shut-off check valve is biased to a closed position when the pump is rotating in the second direction. An ecology check valve is biased to a closed position in the first direction and open in the second direction in response to a second differential pressure created by the pump. The check valves open and close automatically in response to the pressures generated by the positive displacement pump in each of the first and second rotational directions. In this manner, simple, reliable valves are utilized to regulate the flow of fuel in the fuel system. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031659 | Method and Device for Monitoring the Formation of Deposits of Solid Particles, Particularly in a Fuel Line and in the Fuel Valves of a Gas Turbine - A process is disclosed for monitoring the formation of deposits of solid particles in a fuel line having a valve. A measure for the deposits of solid particles in the fuel line is determined by determining the degree of opening of the valve passage and the quantity of fuel flowing through the valve, and by comparing them with a previously determined control value which characterizes the deposit-free line. Also disclosed is a device for monitoring the formation of deposits of solid particles in a fuel line having a valve, the device having a measurement system for determining the current fuel flow and a measurement system for determining the current valve position, as well as an evaluation system connected to the measurement systems. Also disclosed is a combustion chamber comprising a device and operated by a process according to the invention, and a gas turbine with said combustion chamber. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031660 | SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLIES FOR PRE-HEATING FUEL IN A COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANT - A system and assemblies for pre-heating fuel in a combined cycle power plant are provided. A fuel supply system includes a water heater assembly configured to heat a flow of water using progressively higher grade heat from a multi-stage heat exchanger arrangement. The fuel supply system also includes a fuel heater that includes a first flow path coupled in flow communication with a fuel flow path wherein the fuel heater includes a second flow path coupled in flow communication with a flow path for the flow of water. The fuel heater is configured to transfer heat from the flow of water to the flow of fuel. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031661 | Lean direct injection diffusion tip and related method - A nozzle for a gas turbine combustor includes a first radially outer tube defining a first passage having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet adapted to supply air to a reaction zone of the combustor. A center body is located within the first radially outer tube, the center body including a second radially intermediate tube for supplying fuel to the reaction zone and a third radially inner tube for supplying air to the reaction zone. The second intermediate tube has a first outlet end closed by a first end wall that is formed with a plurality of substantially parallel, axially-oriented air outlet passages for the additional air in the third radially inner tube, each air outlet passage having a respective plurality of associated fuel outlet passages in the first end wall for the fuel in the second radially intermediate tube. The respective plurality of associated fuel outlet passages have non-parallel center axes that intersect a center axis of the respective air outlet passage to locally mix fuel and air exiting said center body. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031662 | TURBOMACHINE INJECTION NOZZLE INCLUDING A COOLANT DELIVERY SYSTEM - An injection nozzle for a turbomachine includes a main body having a first end portion that extends to a second end portion defining an exterior wall having an outer surface. A plurality of fluid delivery tubes extend through the main body. Each of the plurality of fluid delivery tubes includes a first fluid inlet for receiving a first fluid, a second fluid inlet for receiving a second fluid and an outlet. The injection nozzle further includes a coolant delivery system arranged within the main body. The coolant delivery system guides a coolant along at least one of a portion of the exterior wall and around the plurality of fluid delivery tubes. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031663 | TURBOMACHINE WITH A DIFFUSER - A turbomachine comprising:
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| 20100031664 | Combustor liner replacement panels - A replacement panel for repairing a liner for a gas turbine engine combustor, the combustor having a combustion zone formed by inner and outer liners, the replacement panel comprising a sheet of material suitable for use in a combustor liner, at least one opening in the sheet of material, a thermal barrier material applied to the sheet of material adjacent the at least one opening; and a peripheral edge free of thermal barrier material. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031665 | FLOW SLEEVE IMPINGEMENT COOLING USING A PLENUM RING - A combustor assembly for a turbine engine includes a combustor liner, a flow sleeve and a plenum ring. The flow sleeve surrounds the combustor liner to form an annulus radially between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve. The flow sleeve has a plurality of rows of cooling holes. The plenum ring radially surrounds the combustor liner in the annulus. The plenum ring has a plurality of bypass tubes for directing axial air flow and radial flow chambers for directing radial air flow. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031666 | FLOW SLEEVE IMPINGEMENT COOLILNG BAFFLES - A combustor assembly for a turbine engine includes a combustor liner, a flow sleeve and a baffle ring. The flow sleeve surrounds the combustor liner. An annulus is formed between the flow sleeve and the combustor liner. A plurality of row of cooling holes are formed in the flow sleeve. The baffle ring radially surrounds the combustor liner and is located in the annulus. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031667 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A POWER PLANT - A method is provided for operating a power station ( | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031668 | PROCESS AND INSTALLATION FOR GENERATING ELECTRICAL ENERGY IN A GAS AND STEAM TURBINE (COMBINED CYCLE) POWER GENERATING PLANT - A process for generating electrical energy in a gas and steam turbine (combined cycle) power generating plant with a gasification gas produced from carbon carriers and oxygen-containing gas. Carbon carriers are gasified in a gassing zone with oxygen or a gas containing a large amount of oxygen. Gasification gas produced is passed through a desulfurizing zone containing a desulfurizing agent. Used desulfurizing agent is fed into the gassing zone and drawn off after the formation of a liquid slag. Desulfurized gasification gas is burned in a combustion chamber. The resulting combustion gases H | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031669 | Free Turbine Generator For Aircraft - A turbine engine for an aircraft is disclosed. The turbine includes a turbine generator which is not connected to the low or high pressure spools of the turbine engine. The generator is used to create power for use in electrical systems in the aircraft. In some embodiments, the free-turbine airfoils receive the core air through an array of variable-pitch vanes. The pitch of these vanes is alterable to control the core air so that the speed of the free turbine remains substantially constant even though engine speed fluctuates. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031670 | POWER STATION AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION - A power station ( | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031671 | INNER RING WITH INDEPENDENT THERMAL EXPANSION FOR MOUNTING GAS TURBINE FLOW PATH COMPONENTS - An inner mounting ring ( | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031672 | GAS TURBINE - There is provided a gas turbine capable of improving the durability of a main shaft by absorbing the deformation of a casing due to heat and pressure and suppressing stresses acting on the main shaft. A link plate | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031673 | CASING OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A section of a gas turbine engine including a radial spoke is provided. The spoke includes an aerodynamic shape with a leading side and a trailing side and, extending from the leading side to the trailing side, a first side and a second side, opposite the first side. The spoke also includes at least one flow guiding element arranged on at least the first side. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031674 | TE liquid cooler - A system for cooling fluid to cool and condition a race cart driver's suit, helmet or seat. The system includes Peltier effect thermoelectric coolers sandwiched to form water and air passages to cool liquid in use in a suit, helmet or seat and to expel waste heat. A thermoelectric cooler for cooling a driver worn device including a thermoelectric cooler having a first heat exchanger, an inlet for supplying one side of the first heat exchanger, and an inlet for air supplying an opposing side of the first heat exchanger. A pump for moving liquid from a reservoir on the TE cooler with a first heat exchanger to a second heat exchanger worn by a driver. A quick release device to detach the TE cooler from the second heat exchanger with a single motion depressing a single bar releases two quick connects. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031675 | ICE MAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ICE MAKING OF REFRIGERATOR - The present disclosure provides a refrigerant pipe, through which low temperature and low pressure refrigerant flows, directly on a tray, allowing for quick ice formation even when an ice maker is installed in a refrigeration compartment, and allowing for transparent chunks of ice to be made. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031676 | AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT AND METHOD - The invention relates to an air-conditioning unit ( | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031677 | REFRIGERANT SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE CAPACITY EXPANDER - A refrigerant system incorporates a variable capacity expander. A bypass line selectively bypasses at least a portion of the refrigerant approaching the expander to the intermediate expansion point within the expander. In this manner, the refrigerant expansion process is controlled more efficiently than in the prior art. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031678 | Dry ice box or infuser box with retainer system for integration with standard drinking glasses - A system for providing an infusion chamber provides a clip assembly for attachment within a drinking vessel. A box assembly contains an infusion chamber and may be attached to the clip assembly. The box assembly has a top swinging lid to accept dry ice and other materials suitable for infusion. The bottom of the box assembly features a communication void or slot at the bottom of the box to allow the contents of the box assembly to mix with the surrounding drink, but yet not fall loose into the drink. The clip features contoured adhesive wedges to assist in attachment of the clip to the inside portions of a drinking container. The clip assembly has a thin stop tab or shelf that fits into the box assembly. A side hook from the box assembly is supported by the lower portion of the stop tab or shelf of the clip assembly. The upper or top side of the stop tab or shelf is trapped by a stop tab of the box assembly. The use of dry ice within the box assembly and use of liquid such as punch in the drinking vessel, may result vapor from the dry ice to rise though the drink and out of the drink, to create a witches brew effect while cooling and mixing but not diluting the drink as typical with ice made from water. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031679 | ICE MAKER-DRIVING DEVICE FOR REFRIGERATOR FOR OPERATING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an ice maker-driving device for a refrigerator and a method for operating the same wherein the ice-making container connected to the ice-separating lever and rotated by initial circuit set is reversely rotated before forward rotation and has a protruded coupling part having a predetermined angle formed on the other side thereof, without any cooperation with the ice-separating lever, so as to be coupled with a case-fixing part, thereby allowing the ice-making container to be twistedly rotated at one side thereof according to the reverse rotation of the ice-separating lever, such that the separation of ice cubes is conducted and also the stress and tense state of the parts caused by their freezing are removed to prevent their malfunction, thereby efficiently achieving the ice-separating and storing operations. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031680 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - A vehicle air conditioning system includes a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, a humidity sensor and a controller. The compressor is configured to compress refrigerant and the condenser is fluidly coupled to the compressor to receive the refrigerant from the compressor. The evaporator is fluidly coupled to the condenser to receive the refrigerant from the condenser and fluidly coupled to the compressor to supply the refrigerant to the compressor. The humidity sensor is positioned proximate the evaporator to detect moisture density of air passing through the evaporator towards a vehicle passenger compartment. The controller is operatively coupled to the humidity sensor and the compressor to cycle the compressor on and off to maintain the moisture density in the air being cooled by the evaporator and sensed by the humidity sensor below a predetermined moisture density threshold. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031681 | ELECTRONIC BLOCK VALVE - An electrically controlled expansion valve package ( | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031682 | SOLAR AIR CONDITIONER FOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle having a solar air conditioning system which is entirely independent of the vehicle propulsion system. The vehicle comprises a body, at least two axles, a propulsive power plant, and a first electrical system serving the power plant, lighting, and other support functions of the motor vehicle. The air conditioning system has a refrigerant compressor including an electric motor, and a second electrical system comprising a battery, a photovoltaic element which charges the battery of the air conditioning system, and an on-off switch controlling the motor of the refrigerant compressor. The first electrical system is electrically unconnected to the second electrical system of the motor vehicle. The battery of the solar air conditioning system may be located proximate one axle and the refrigerant compressor may be located proximate the other axle. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031683 | HEAT SOURCE APPARATUS, HEAT SOURCE SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING HEAT SOURCE APPARATUS - A heat source apparatus in which a control device of the heat source apparatus can ascertain a stoppage of an inverter device and in which a stable operating time of the heat source apparatus can be extended is provided. The heat source apparatus includes an electric compressor that is driven by an inverter device and that compresses a refrigerant, the inverter device having a protective function that performs stoppage for device protection on the basis of a predetermined calculation by an inverter control portion, and a control device that controls cold output and/or heat output. The control device includes an inverter-protective-function estimating unit that estimates a calculation result of the protective function of the inverter control portion. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031684 | Circulating Air Refrigerating Appliance and Assembly Method Therefor - A circulating air refrigerating appliance surrounds at least one storage region and an evaporation chamber containing an evaporator. The evaporator engages with projections extending from an inner wall of the housing defining the evaporation chamber. A separating wall between the storage region and the evaporation chamber is mounted adjacently to the evaporator in the housing. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031685 | Convection Barrier - Embodiments of the present invention include a convection barrier for a freezer which may comprise a plurality of individual flaps arranged one above the other in a manner such as to be capable of forming a closed curtain of individual flaps, with each individual flap extending over a predetermined width corresponding at least to the width of the interior of the freezer and being pivotable between a closed position and an open position so as to allow access to the interior of the freezer when the flap is in the open position. Embodiments may also include actuation means attached to the individual flaps for allowing an actuator to engage the actuation means of an individual flap so as to pivot the said flap between the closed position and the open position. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031686 | MODULAR OUTBOARD HEAT EXCHANGER AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - The invention discloses a modular air conditioning, heating, and heat recovery system. Particularly, the invention discloses a modular system having the condenser and/or evaporator heat exchangers mounted outboard of the modules and being easily removable and separatable by virtue of their positioning and valving. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031687 | Conduit Joint for a Refrigerant Charging Device - A conduit joint for a refrigerant charging device comprises an upper housing including a connection tube disposed on the outer wall thereof and a first chamber formed therein, a conduit connected between the connection tube and an outlet, a first compression spring mounted in the fist chamber; a lower housing fitted on the upper housing and including a second chamber fixed therein for communicating with the first chamber and balls retained on the outer wall thereof; a leakproof ring disposed in the second chamber and on the valve stem; an action loop mounted in the second chamber and under the leakproof ring, wherein the action loop pushes the balls outward by using the leakproof ring; an outer cover fitted around the lower housing, between the outer cover and the lower housing is defined a second compression spring, wherein the outer cover is pushed to move upward by the balls. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031688 | ICE MAKER AND REFRIGERATOR - An icemaker is provided, a water overflowing preventing member is provided to be capable of rotating together with a tray. Therefore, the overflowing of the water can be prevented when the door is opened and closed and ice is discharge from the tray as the tray rotates. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031689 | DEVICE FOR THE RAPID FREEZING OF SUBSTANCES - The invention relates to a device for the rapid freezing of the surface or for the complete freezing of starting substances, in particular of food or pharmaceuticals, said device comprising a treatment zone (B), through which a cryogenic liquefied gas flows as a coolant, said gas thereby freezing at least the surfaces of the starting substances and thereby causing relative movements between the starting substances, which are immersed in the coolant. The treatment zone (B) is made up of modules (M | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031690 | REFRIGERATION DEVICE - A refrigerator includes a door having a pair of lateral spaced supports on an inside of the door, and a height-adjustable door storage compartment removably securable via a snap-in structure to the inside of the door at locations between the pair of supports at a plurality of different heights, and a support having a vertically extending guide compatibly configured with a corresponding portion of the door storage compartment. The vertically extending guide and the corresponding portion of the door storage compartment engaging one another for orienting the door storage compartment relative to the door in an installed position of the door storage compartment on the door. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031691 | Dispensing Device for Free-Flowing or Pourable Products - A dispensing device for free-flowing or pourable products, in particular in a refrigeration device. Said dispensing device has a feed pipe for a pourable product, comprising an exit opening and a shut-off flap that is situated at the exit opening, and an outlet for the free-flowing product, said outlet being attached to the flap and displaceable with the latter. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031692 | TOP-OPENING FREEZER WITH IMPROVED COOLING GAS FLOW - A top-opening freezer is presented including an outer casing and a goods compartment with a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall and two side walls. A cooling gas curtain is directed across the top opening of the goods compartment. Additionally, the side walls of the goods compartment are cooled by providing a second flow path arranged between the side walls and the outer casing, respectively. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031693 | REFRIDGERATING MACHINE - A refrigerating machine including: a cooling stage that cools a target object; a He condensation section onto which said object is mounted; a reservoir that communicates with said He condensation section, and is filled with He gas; and a heat transfer buffer member that is arranged between said cooling stage and said He condensation section, and is composed of a material having a thermal conductivity lower than that of said He condensation section. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031694 | INNER CONTAINER FOR A REFRIGERATING DEVICE - The invention relates to a container for forming within a refrigerating device an interior space that can be accessed via a door opening of the refrigerating device. The container includes a plurality of blanks forming a plurality of walls, a cooled goods support base, and a support rail such that the height of the cooled goods support is adjustably settable. A joint is formed between a blank forming the first side wall and a blank forming the rear wall, and the joint is at least partly concealed behind the support rail relative to a view into the refrigerating device through the door opening. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031695 | REFRIGERATING DEVICE - 1. In a refrigerating device comprising: a compressor that is driven by a motor; a refrigerant circulation flow passage that includes an oil separator/collector, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator; and an oil flow passage that conducts oil in the oil separator/collector to a bearing of the compressor, an oil supply opening is provided for a motor casing that stores the motor, an oil supply line for supplying oil from an oil sump of the refrigerant circulation flow passage on the discharge side of the compressor to the oil supply opening is provided, oil is supplied to the oil supply opening through the oil supply line, and oil is distributed across surfaces of windings of the motor. And an internal pressure of the motor casing is lower than a pressure in the oil sump in the refrigerant circulation flow passage on the discharge side of the compressor, consequently oil is easily distributed across the entire motor casing. In such a refrigerating device, an insulation capability of the motor does not decrease with the elapse of long time. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031696 | REFRIGERATING COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATING DEVICE USING THE SAME - A refrigerating compressor includes a hermetic container accommodating oil, a motor accommodated in the container, a compressor unit provided under the motor and driven by the motor, and a vibration-proof cover. The compressor unit has a crankshaft including a main shaft and an eccentric section, a cylinder block, a piston, a connecting rod and a feed oil pipe. The cylinder block has a bearing to support the main shaft rotatably and a cylinder. The piston reciprocates in the cylinder. The connecting rod connects the piston to the eccentric section. The feed oil-pipe is fixed to eccentric section and an end thereof is dipped in oil. The vibration-proof cover is fixed to the cylinder block and surrounds the feed oil pipe with a given distance in between. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031697 | MODULAR CO2 REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - A cascade CO2 refrigeration system includes a medium temperature loop for circulating a medium refrigerant and a low temperature loop for circulating a CO2 refrigerant. The medium temperature loop includes a heat exchanger having a first side and a second side. The first side evaporates the medium temperature refrigerant. The low temperature loop includes a discharge header for circulating the CO2 refrigerant through the second side of the heat exchanger to condense the CO2 refrigerant, a liquid-vapor separator collects liquid CO2 refrigerant and directs vapor CO2 refrigerant to the second side of the heat exchanger. A liquid CO2 supply header receives liquid CO2 refrigerant from the liquid-vapor separator. Medium temperature loads receive liquid CO2 refrigerant from the liquid supply header for use as a liquid coolant at a medium temperature. An expansion device expands liquid CO2 refrigerant from the liquid supply header into a low temperature liquid-vapor mixture for use by the low temperature loads. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031698 | Heat exchanger - An evaporator includes two header tanks and a plurality of heat exchange tubes disposed therebetween. The interior of a refrigerant inlet header section of the first header tank is divided into two spaces by a first flow diverging plate. The heat-exchange-tube-side space of the refrigerant inlet header section is divided into a plurality of sections by a first partition plate. Flow diverging openings are provided in portions of the first flow diverging plate facing the sections. The interiors of first and second intermediate header sections of the second header tank are each divided into sections, equal in number to those of the refrigerant inlet header section. The heat exchange tubes communicating with the sections of the refrigerant inlet header section communicate with the sections of the first intermediate header section, and the sections of the first intermediate header section communicate with the corresponding sections of the second intermediate header section. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031699 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIQUEFYING A HYDROCARBON STREAM - A method and apparatus for liquefying a hydrocarbon stream such as natural gas from a feed stream. A feed stream is provided and passed through at least two cooling stages. Each cooling stage involves one or more heat exchangers. One of the heat exchangers involves a first refrigerant circuit having a first refrigerant stream, and a second of the heat exchangers involves a second refrigerant circuit having a second refrigerant stream. The liquefied hydrocarbon stream is expanded and a flash vapour is separated to provide a liquefied hydrocarbon product stream and a gaseous stream. The gaseous stream, at least a part of the first refrigerant stream, and at least a part of the second refrigerant stream are passed through a heat exchanger, for the gaseous stream to provide cooling to the first and second refrigerant streams. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031700 | Liquefied natural gas and hydrocarbon gas processing - A process and an apparatus for liquefying a portion of a natural gas stream are disclosed. The natural gas stream is cooled under pressure and divided into a first stream and a second stream. The first stream is cooled, expanded to an intermediate pressure, and supplied to a lower feed point on a distillation column. The second stream is expanded to the intermediate pressure and divided into two portions. One portion is cooled and then supplied to a mid-column feed point on the distillation column; the other portion is used to cool the first stream. The bottom product from this distillation column preferentially contains the majority of any hydrocarbons heavier than methane that would otherwise reduce the purity of the liquefied natural gas, so that the overhead vapor from the distillation column contains essentially only methane and lighter components. This overhead vapor is cooled and condensed, and a portion of the condensed stream is supplied to a top feed point on the distillation column to serve as reflux. A second portion of the condensed stream is expanded to low pressure to form the liquefied natural gas stream. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031701 | DYNAMIC ITEM OF JEWELRY - A dynamic piece of jewelry, which comprises: a bezel comprising: a partially spherical base having a curved bottom and an essentially flat top; and plurality of prongs that extend in a tilted manner from said essentially flat top of the base, each of said prongs having a bottom end which is attached to said essentially flat top of said base, and a top end, and wherein said prongs are tilted such that they form a structure having an expanding cross section from the structure bottom to the structure top; a tooth at the top of each prong, for, jointly supporting a gemstone; a seat which supports said partially spherical base, said seat having a radius of curvature larger than the radius of curvature of said partially spherical base; a gemstone supported by said plurality of teeth at the top of said prongs; and a holder having a central hole, said holder being attached to said seat in such a manner that a top portion of the prongs including the gemstone protrude above said holder hole, and a bottom portion of said prongs and said partially spherical base being maintained below said holder, and wherein the cross section of said prongs structure at the holder level is slightly smaller than the hole, thereby enabling multi directional freedom of movement, although limited, of the bezel within said the limitation of said hole. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031702 | Glass ribbon producing apparatus and process for producing the same - Provided is a glass ribbon producing apparatus ( | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031703 | CONVECTION HEATING FURNACE FOR HEATING A GLASS SHEET - A convection heating furnace for a glass sheet, into which oven glass sheet ( | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031704 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CONVEX GLASS SHEETS - A method and machine for obtaining bent glass sheets. Glass sheets are brought to their softening temperature, then they are caused to travel over a shaping bed of advancing elements for advancing them which are arranged along a path having a circular arc-shaped profile, the sheets progressively assuming their shape on entering the bed and over a first shaping zone, then being hardened by tempering or cooling in a second zone of the bed until they leave, and then the bent glass sheets thus obtained are recovered. The shaping bed is produced with a profile extending in a circular arc of more than 90°, and, on leaving the shaping bed, the hardened glass sheets are moved in a direction opposite that in which they were fed in. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031705 | Knitted ribbon and its use - A ribbon which is knitted for reinforcing a hollow element has at least two knitted ribbon parts which are connected to one another by at least one continuous weft thread which is laid in repeated loops, wherein the weft thread is tied up firmly into the respective ribbon part in fastening sections which change from ribbon part to ribbon part. In dividing sections between said fastening sections, the weft thread is guided to and fro in weft thread loops between the ribbon parts, wherein the loop heads of the weft thread loops are arranged releasably and stretchably on the ribbon parts. As a result, it is possible to produce the ribbon in a relatively small width and to widen it substantially for later use by releasing and stretching the loop heads. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031706 | TEXTILE DEVICE FOR BODY PROTECTION - The invention relates to a textile device for body protection, that comprises at least one knitted elastic structure including several meshes formed by at least one yarn, the device further including a pad made of a material that is elastic at least according to its thickness, the pad being assembled with said knitted structure. The pad extends along a face of the knitted structure, and some meshes of the knitted structure extending inside the pad and are trapped by the elastic material of the pad, thus forming a composite assembly, characterised in that a portion of the pad is located outside the knitted structure. | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031707 | IRONING APPLIANCE COMPRISING A STEAM CORD PROVIDED WITH A ROTARY CONNECTOR - Steam wrinkle-removing appliance comprising a steam-producing base in which the steam can freely flow out through a hose to a wrinkle-removing tool such as a steam brush, characterized in that the hose is connected to the base by means of a swivel connector fitted into an adapted housing of said base and in that the steam tightness of the swivel connector is ensured by means of at least one circular rib ( | 2010-02-11 |
| 20100031708 | Washing machine using steam and method for controlling the same - A washing machine using steam and a method for controlling the same is disclosed. The washing machine with a steam generator ( | 2010-02-11 |
