07th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 4 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120036907 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR BUFFERED GROWING MEDIA - Techniques and tools reduce pH drift downward in growth media triggered by plant growth or ammoniated fertilizers. Methods and compositions provide growing media with buffering potential to prevent pH drifts in the growing media. A compost composition has a buffering potential against pH changes. A carbonate index test provides information on a buffering potential of a compost composition. A growing medium includes a compost composition with a buffering potential to provide a stable pH that is conducive to plant growth in the growing medium. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036908 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO DETER ILLICIT USES OF FERTILIZERS - Fertilizers may include one or more additives that render the fertilizer more resistant to further processing such as thermal processing and/or aqueous-based processing that may otherwise be employed in the attempt to produce explosive materials from the fertilizer. The one or more additives may include materials that increase the chances of detection by providing a visual or olfactory indication of further processing. The one or more additives may include materials that make further processing more difficult or dangerous. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036909 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CLEANING SLABS, THIN SLABS, PROFILED ELEMENTS, OR SIMILAR - A method for removing loose scale and other foreign matter from the top and/or bottom face of a cast product with the aid of flowable media which are sprayed onto the cast product by a cleaning device having at least one spraying apparatus that is disposed above the cast product and at least one spraying apparatus that is arranged below the cast product. According to the method, the amount of media and/or the effective width and/or the pressure of the media is/are controlled separately and independently of time for each spraying apparatus. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036910 | WINDING APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HELICALLY WOUND TUBULAR STRUCTURES - A winding apparatus for and method of manufacturing helically wound structures ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120036911 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ULTRATHIN-WALL SEAMLESS METAL TUBE BY COLD ROLLING METHOD - A method for producing an ultrathin-wall seamless metal tube, which employs a cold pilger mill of mechatronics drive type including a mechanism to give a feed and a turn angle to a tube material, utilizes a roll having a tapered groove whose diameter gradually increases or gradually decreases from an engaging entry side to a finishing exit side of a pair of rolls, and a tapered mandrel whose diameter similarly gradually increases from the engaging entry side to the finishing exit side to elongate the tube material by reducing a wall thickness while expanding a mid-wall diameter of the tube material. By giving amounts of a turn angle and/or a feed equivalent or nearly equivalent to the forward stroke to the tube material immediately before the start of a backward stroke, it is possible to achieve a further increase in the reduction-rate of rolling, a further reduction of wall thickness, and improvement of dimensional accuracy of the product. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036912 | CRUST BENDING APPARATUS - A crust bending apparatus includes a positioning assembling and a bending assembly. The positioning assembly includes a conveyance cylinder, a conveyance block, a positioning cylinder, a positioning rod, a positioning block, a holding cylinder, a holding rod, and a holding block. The bending assembly includes a bending cylinder, a bending rod, a bending block, first and second pivot pins, a line-to-rotation conversion member, and an outer casing. The bending rod has an end coupled to the bending cylinder and an opposite end forming a projection having a circular cross-section on a side surface thereof. The projection is received in a position constraint slot defined in the line-to-rotation conversion member. The apparatus is operated with power cylinder based mechanisms to replace human labor in bending a metal crust in order to reduce undesired influence of human factor and also to realize stable assembling operation and improve product passing rate and throughput. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036913 | MANDREL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A mandrel assembly has a mandrel, a biasing member, and a outer member. The biasing member biasly maintains the outer member in a first position, which corresponds to a contoured portion of the mandrel, when the outer member is either on the access or the blind side of a workpiece. The biasing member is compressible to allow the outer member to move into a second position as the outer member is moved through an opening in the workpiece. In the first position, the outer member includes a maximum outer circumference that is larger than the opening of the structural workpiece. In the second position, the outer member includes a maximum outer circumference that fits within the opening of the structural workpiece. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036914 | Method Of Calibrating The Meter Of A Product Distribution Apparatus And Monitoring Method - A product distribution apparatus, shown in the form of an agricultural air seeder is disclosed having sensors to measure the mass flow through the distribution system, sensors to weigh the tank and the product therein, and sensors to measure the quantity of product in the tank. The sensors are used to measure the change in the quantity of product in the tank during a calibration process where the apparatus is operated over an area and the number of rotations of the meter are recorded. The data is then used to determine a mass flow rate per revolution of the meter. A monitoring method is also disclosed in which an ‘area to empty’ and ‘product needed’ to complete a field or task is displayed to the operator. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036915 | SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A SENSOR SYSTEM - A sensor system having a substrate and a mass which is movably suspended relative to the substrate is described, the sensor system including detection arrangement for detecting a deflection of the seismic mass relative to the substrate along a deflection direction, the detection arrangement including a first measuring electrode affixed to the substrate and a second measuring electrode affixed to the substrate, and a first overlap, which is perpendicular to the deflection direction, between the first measuring electrode and the seismic mass along the deflection direction is greater than a second overlap, which is perpendicular to the deflection direction, between the second measuring electrode and the seismic mass. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036916 | Gas Sensing System - A gas detection system comprising a gas sensor having a detection surface for detecting an analyte gas, the accuracy of detection being degraded by the presence of an unwanted gas at the sensor, and a thermal scrubber layer directly adjacent said detection surface of the gas sensor defining a diffusion path for the analyte and unwanted gases to traverse through to the detection surface, the diffusion path having a sufficient length and the thermal scrubber being heated by the heater to a sufficient temperature capable of at least partially thermally decomposing the unwanted gas prior to contacting the detection surface to thereby improve the accuracy of the sensor. The system further comprises a heater that is preferably arranged to heat both the detection surface and the thermal scrubber. The invention is particularly useful for improving the performance of an NO | 2012-02-16 |
20120036917 | SENSING DEVICES AND METHODS - Embodiments of the present disclosure include devices and methods for humidity and temperature sensing. For example, in one embodiment, a sensing device can include a first surface acoustic wave (SAW) component, wherein the first SAW component is a temperature component, a second SAW component, wherein the second SAW component is a humidity component, a third SAW component, wherein the third SAW component is a reference component, and a piezoelectric layer, wherein the first SAW component, the second. SAW component, and the third SAW component are on a surface of the piezoelectric layer. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036918 | APPARATUS, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING AT LEAST ONE SAMPLE CONTAINER - An apparatus for arranging at least on sample container inside an optical measuring device includes a carrier for arranging the sample container and a ventilation device. The ventilation device is arranged adjacent to the carrier and is provided with at least one air outlet arranged above the carrier. The ventilation device includes at least one heating element for generating an airflow and heating up the airflow. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036919 | NANOWIRE SENSOR HAVING A NANOWIRE AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FILM - A nanowire sensor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a sensing element connecting the first electrode and the second electrode. The sensing element includes at least one nanowire connecting the first electrode and the second electrode and an electrically conductive film covering the at least one nanowire and extending between and contacting the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein conductance of the electrically conductive film is configured to change in the presence of at least one species to enable detection of the at least one species. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036920 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING MICRO-LEAKS - Micro-leaks are detected by means of a sniffer device including, in an original manner, a flat suction capsule ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120036921 | AMPEROMETRIC ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - An amperometric electrochemical sensor with a fixed potential used in a probe for measuring the content of an oxidation reduction substance dissolved in a liquid, in particular the chlorine content. The sensor ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120036922 | CONTROL MODULE RESPONSE TESTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A testing module includes a first input, a second input, an output, a decoder module, an analog to digital (A/D) converter, and an output generator module. The testing module receives a throttle position signal from a throttle position sensor of a vehicle at the first input. The decoder module generates a first throttle position based on a length of at least one pulse in the throttle position signal. The A/D converter generates a second throttle position based on the throttle position signal. The testing module receives user input at the second input. The output generator module generates a test signal in a single edge nibble transmission (SENT) format based on the user input and one of the first and second throttle positions. The testing module outputs the test signal to a control module of the vehicle at the output. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036923 | TRACER METHOD TO ESTIMATE RATES OF METHANE GENERATION THROUGH AUGMENTATION OR BIOSTIMULATION OF THE SUB-SURFACE - A method for determining the flux of methane newly generated through manipulation of a sub-surface environment. The method comprises: (a) measuring a baseline isotope ratio (R | 2012-02-16 |
20120036924 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING FLUID PROCESS VARIABLE IN A WELL - A sensor system for sensing a process variable of fluid at a first location including a variable resonator disposed at the first location having a resonant frequency which varies in response to the process variable of the fluid and responsively provides a resonant acoustic signal at the resonant frequency indicative of the process variable. An acoustic sensor disposed at a second location which is spaced apart from the variable resonator is configured to receive the resonant acoustic signal transmitted from the variable resonator. Measurement circuitry coupled to the acoustic sensor configured to provide a process variable output related to the process variable of the fluid in response to the received resonant acoustic signal. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036925 | Digital Flow Meter with Enhanced Turndown Ratio - A digital fluid flow meter for measuring fluid flow past a surface on one side of a wall including first and second reduced thickness areas in the wall spaced from one another, a first detector having a first temperature sensitive element thermally coupled to the first reduced thickness area to provide thermal transfer between fluid in contact with the surface and the first detector, a second detector comprising a second temperature sensitive clement thermally coupled to the second reduced thickness area of said wall to provide thermal transfer between fluid in contact with the surface and the second detector. The digital fluid flow meter includes means for sensing the temperature of the first and second temperature sensitive elements, first and second heating elements for heating the respective temperature sensitive elements proximate to the first and second detectors, respectively. The meter includes means for providing input power and control signals to the first and second heating elements and means for transmitting output signals from the temperature sensing means. The wall may be a tube having reduced diameter sections for improving the turndown ratio, total turndown and sensitivity of the digital fluid flow meter. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036926 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUSLY MEASURING THE FLOW VELOCITY AND TOTAL VOLUME OF A FLUID, IN PARTICULAR OF URINE - A device for the continuous measurement of the flow rate of a liquid, in particular the urine of a living being, comprising at least two receiving containers ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120036927 | REDUNDANT LEVEL MEASURING SYSTEM - A redundant level measuring system comprises a chamber for fluidic coupling to a process vessel whereby material level in the vessel equalizes with material level in the chamber. A float including a magnet in the chamber rises and falls with material level in the chamber. A magnet actuated visual indicator is mounted to the chamber for indicating level of the magnet in the chamber. A measurement instrument includes an antenna and a measurement circuit. The instrument is mounted atop the chamber with the antenna extending downwardly into the chamber. The measurement circuit measures time of flight of a through air signal representing level of the material in the chamber. A shield in the chamber isolates the float from the antenna. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036928 | LIQUID VOLUME INSPECTION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED FLOATING BALL - A liquid volume inspection device with improved floating ball is disclosed which comprises an internal pipe, a coil wound about the outside of the internal pipe, an external sleeve, an improved floating ball, a base and an upper fixer, in which a magnetic inductor is accommodated within the improved floating ball, the improved floating ball is installed within the internal pipe, the upper end of the internal pipe is fixedly connected in screw with the upper fixer and the lower end of the internal pipe is fixedly connected to the base; when a liquid flows into the internal pipe, the improved floating ball floats in the internal pipe, thereby forming a smaller contact area between the inner wall of the internal pipe and the improved floating ball, so that the surface of the improved floating ball is not attachable to the inner wall of the internal pipe, and the improved floating ball is allowed to change the position thereof in real-time according to the elevation of the liquid level; then the variation of electrical induction in the magnetic inductor can be induced through the coil and the liquid volume therein can be shown on the external display panel through circuitry conversion. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036929 | GAS SENSOR - A gas sensor suppresses the deterioration of gas tightness caused by failure of a sealing material. The gas sensor includes: a housing; a sensor element arranged inside the housing; a sealing material filling a gap between the sensor element and the housing; an insulation member arranged on a proximal end side of the sealing material; and an annular metal ring arranged on a proximal end side of the insulation member. The sealing material, the insulation member and the metal ring are fixed under pressure by caulking from a proximal end side to a distal. A proximal-end facing surface of an inner peripheral portion of the metal ring is spaced apart from the caulking portion in an opposing region where an inner end of the caulking portion and the metal ring face each other in an opposed manner. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036930 | EXTRUSION-COATING METHOD FOR A SENSOR DEVICE AND SENSOR DEVICE - An extrusion-coating method for a sensor device, including the following steps:
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20120036931 | Method and Apparatus to Test an Accelerometer - A technique includes using an accelerometer to provide an output signal indicative of an acceleration experienced by a movable mass of a sensor of the accelerometer. The technique includes testing the accelerometer, and the testing includes using a closed loop including the sensor to provide the output signal of the accelerometer; injecting a test signal into the loop between an output terminal of the sensor and an output terminal of the accelerometer; and indicating a performance of the accelerometer based on a response of the accelerometer to the injection of the test signal. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036932 | TESTING TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINATION OF THE DYNAMIC POISSON'S RATIO OF A MATERIAL WITH LONGITUDINAL AND CROSS-SECTIONAL RESONANT FREQUENCIES OF A CIRCULAR SOLID ROD SPECIMEN - A method of determining the dynamic Poisson's ratio of a material with a circular solid rod is provided. The method includes at least the following steps. 1. a circular solid rod specimen with the material to be determined for its dynamic Poisson's ratio is manufactured; 2. the length and diameter of the circular solid rod specimen is measured; 3. both the fundamental longitudinal and cross-sectional resonant frequencies of the circular solid rod specimen are obtained through experiments; 4. the dynamic Poisson's ratio of the material according to the formula provided in this invention is calculated; 5. the validity of geometric dimension of the circular solid rod specimen is justified. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036933 | METHOD FOR THE NON-DESTRUCTIVE AND CONTACTLESS CHARACTERIZATION OF A SUBSTANTIALLY SPHERICAL MULTILAYERED STRUCTURE AND RELATED DEVICE - A method is provided for the non-destructive and contactless characterization of a multilayered structure having a substantially spherical shape and including at least two layers, separated by interfaces. The method includes using a laser for locally heating the structure in a thermoelastic state so that the structure is vibrated in a non-destructive manner, measuring the resonance frequencies of the vibration modes of the structure and deriving at least one characteristic concerning the integrity or the shape or the mechanical behavior of the structure from the resonance frequencies of the structure. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036934 | METHOD USING ULTRASOUND FOR THE NON-DESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION OF A TEST BODY - The invention relates to a method for the non-destructive examination of a test body by means of ultrasound, whereby ultrasound waves are injected into the test body by means of one or more ultrasound transducers and ultrasound waves reflected inside the test body are received by a plurality of ultrasound transducers and are converted to ultrasound signals. The ultrasound signals are detected in individual measurement intervals and are stored individually and are accessible to offline evaluation after termination of the measurements. The inventive method allows to subsequently synthesize any acoustic irradiation angle and focusing in the physically possible volume range of the test body from the stored ultrasound signals by using corresponding reconstruction algorithms, thereby eliminating the need for additional ultrasound measurements. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036935 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING ACOUSTIC OR THERMAL LEAKGE OF AN OBJECT AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING TRANSMISSION LOSS OF AN OBJECT, USING A SOUND FOCUSING MECHANISM - A sound focusing mechanism for generating a focused source of sound, which can be used to identify the transmission loss of an object or identify areas of acoustic or thermal leakage is disclosed. The sound focusing mechanism includes a housing having at least one wall formed from a material having high sound insulating properties. A sound generating device for generating a sound is located with a central cavity within the housing. An actuator assembly is operatively connected to the sound generating device for selectively operating the sound generating device for selectively operating the sound generating device. The wall is configured to limit the transmission of the sound there through such that a focused beam or pulse sound is emitted from the mechanism through the opening. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036936 | PRESSURE SENSOR MODULE AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A pressure sensor module includes a pressure sensor, a bump, and a laminated substrate. The pressure sensor includes a semiconductor substrate; a cavity; a pressure-sensitive element; and a conductive section. The cavity is disposed inside the semiconductor substrate such that a thin-plate region of the semiconductor substrate is provided and the thin-plate region being defined as a diaphragm. The pressure-sensitive element is arranged at the diaphragm. The conductive section is electrically connected to the pressure-sensitive element and disposed on the face of the semiconductor substrate at a region excluding the diaphragm. The bump is electrically connected to the conductive section. The laminated substrate includes a wiring base material electrically connected to the pressure sensor via the bump. The wiring base material is disposed inside the laminated substrate. A face of the wiring base material is electrically connected to the bump and has an exposed area from the laminated substrate. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036937 | ELECTRONIC READOUT FOR PISTON-TYPE DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE GAUGE - A piston-type differential pressure gauge provides an electronic output for remote monitoring. A linear potentiometer, in communication with a magnetic portion of the piston of the gauge, tracks the location of the piston. Resistance change in the potentiometer can be used by an electronic circuit to provide the electronic output of the differential pressure remotely to a data acquisition system or control electronics. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036938 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A PRESSURE IN A HIGH-PRESSURE ACCUMULATOR - An injection valve is hydraulically coupled to a high-pressure accumulator in order to supply a fluid. The injection valve has a longitudinal axis, an injection needle, and an actuator. The actuator is designed to act on the injection needle. A pre-defined amount of electrical energy is supplied to the actuator in order to modify an axial length of the actuator in such a way that the injection needle moves out of the closed position. Once the pre-defined amount of electrical energy has been supplied, a first voltage value and a second voltage value are detected and/or determined by the actuator at respectively different pre-defined moments. On the basis of the first and second voltage values, a differential voltage value is determined, on the basis of which a first pressure is determined, which represents a pressure in the high-pressure accumulator. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036939 | STRUCTURAL ELEMENT FOR AN ORTHOPEDIC DEVICE - The invention relates to a structural element for an orthopedic device, comprising at least one sensor ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120036940 | COMPENSATION METHOD FOR STRUCTURAL DEFORMATION OCCURRING DURING CONSTRUCTION OF SUPER TALL BUILDING - The present invention relates to a compensation method for structural deformation occurring during construction of a super tall building, which includes the steps of: selecting horizontal and vertical members predicted to require compensation for horizontal and vertical deformation amounts; calculating deformation amounts based on the casting time of structural concrete for the selected horizontal or vertical members; determining compensation amounts based on the casting time of structural concrete for the selected horizontal or vertical members; calculating deformation amounts of the selected horizontal or vertical members up to and subsequent to the non-structural construction processes; determining compensation amounts by process of the selected horizontal or vertical members; and constructing the selected horizontal or vertical members by floors. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036941 | MAGNETO-INDUCTIVE FLOW MEASURING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH - A method for operating a magneto-inductive flow measuring system, wherein the magneto-inductive flow measuring system has a measuring tube, wherein measuring tube has a lumen for the conveying an at least slightly electrically conductive, measured substance, and wherein the magneto-inductive flow measuring system has a first and a second electrode electrically interacting with the measured substance. In a first diagnostic operation, an input voltage is applied between the first and second electrodes, wherein the input voltage produces an electrical current essentially within the lumen, and wherein the flow measuring system additionally has a third and a fourth electrode electrically interacting with the measured substance, wherein an output voltage falling between the third and fourth electrodes essentially due to the electrical current is determined, and wherein, by means of the output voltage, a state of the flow measuring system and/or a chemical and/or physical property of the measured substance is determined. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036942 | STRAIGHT TUBE ULTRASONIC FLOW METER - Provided is a straight tube ultrasonic flow meter capable eliminating error causes in the ultrasonic wave measurement, and having further improved measurement accuracy. A straight tube ultrasonic flow meter ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120036943 | Method for Manufacturing or Testing Metered-dose-ejection Devices and Testing Apparatus Therefore - For testing metered-dose-ejection devices, whether the ejected dose accords with a rated dose, the device ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120036944 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - The present invention provides an automatic analyzer, in which when a specimen that cannot be analyzed due to an abnormality or needs to be remeasured exists, the automatic analyzer can swiftly reload the specimen that cannot be analyzed due to the abnormality or needs to be remeasured without waiting for completion of a measurement of another specimen held by a rack holding the specimen that cannot be analyzed or needs to be remeasured. The automatic analyzer has means for storing information of a rack loaded in the analyzer and specimen information, displaying identification information of the rack loaded in the analyzer to a user, specifying a specimen that needs to be reanalyzed due to an abnormality or needs to be collected for a remeasurement, interrupting analysis of a specimen rack holding the specimen, and collecting the specimen rack. The automatic analyzer can collect and reload the specified specimen. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036945 | Analytic Substrate Coating Method - An apparatus and method for producing a coated analytic substrate using a compact and portable automated instrument located in the laboratory setting at the point of use which can consistently produce one or a plurality of coated analytic substrates “on demand” for using the analytic substrate immediately after coating, preferably without a step of rinsing the coated analytic substrate before use. The apparatus preferably uses applicator cartridges having a reservoir containing the coating compositions used to form the coatings. Preferably the cartridges are removable and interchangeable to facilitate the production of individual analytic substrates having different coatings or different coating patterns. These coated analytic substrates have superior specimen adhesion characteristics due to the improved quality of the coatings applied by the coating apparatus and due to the quickness with which the coated analytic substrates can be used in the lab after production. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036946 | FINGERPRINT DETECTION - The invention relates to an apparatus for and a method of detecting latent fingerprints on a previously heated substrate, such as a bullet casing following discharge of a bullet. By applying a potential difference across the substrate, and contacting the substrate with detection means, such as graphite coated beads, arranged to selectively attract to or repel from the area of a latent fingerprint on the surface, a latent fingerprint may be recovered. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036947 | MULTI-CHANNEL FREQUENCY DOMAIN TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - A test and measurement instrument including a plurality of input ports; an acquisition system coupled to the input ports and configured to acquire frequency domain data from the input ports; a user interface configured to present frequency domain controls for at least two of the input ports; and a controller configured to adjust frequency domain acquisition parameters of the acquisition system in response to the frequency domain controls such that frequency domain acquisition parameters associated with a first input port can be different from frequency domain acquisition parameters associated with a second input port. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036948 | ASSEMBLY DEVICE FOR A MEASURING PROBE FOR MEASURING PROCESS VARIABLES IN A PROCESS - An assembly device, especially a retractable assembly, for a measuring probe for measuring process variables in a process, comprising: an assembly housing with a connection system for connecting the assembly device to a process container; a tubular holder for a measuring probe, wherein the tubular holder is guided in the assembly housing axially displaceably between a measuring position in the process container and a maintenance position outside of the process container; and a damping system to damp axial shifting of the tubular holder. The damping system comprises a fluid filled, damping cylinder within the assembly housing, and a damping piston unit guided within the damping cylinder (15) in operative connection with the tubular holder. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036949 | PLANETARY CHAIN DRIVE MOTION CONVERTER AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING MOTION USING CHAIN DRIVES - The invention concerns to the area of mechanical engineering, in particular, to the ways and devices for summation of reciprocal-linear motions and for transformation of the summarized motion into unilateral rotation. The essence of the invention is a planetary chain-drive in which the chain is a driving part ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120036950 | ACTUATOR FOR A WASTEGATE OR A VARIABLE TURBINE GEOMETRY DEVICE AND METHOD OF ACTUATION - An actuator has a rotary drive and a threaded element for converting the rotary motion of the rotary drive into a reciprocating motion of a tappet connected to a hinged wastegate and/or to a variable turbine geometry device of an exhaust gas turbocharger. The tappet and/or an axle between the tappet and the threaded element is received in at least one guide comprising at least one web and allowing for at least a slight tilting or pivoting movement of the tappet in at least one direction. At least some play is present between the web and at least one broadened portion on the tappet and/or on the axle. Methods of actuating a wastegate and/or a variable turbine geometry device. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036951 | WAVE-TYPE LINEAR MOTION MECHANISM - Disclosed is a wave-type linear motion mechanism including a hydraulic pressure chamber for applying a retention force in the axial direction to a rigid screw member which moves in a linear fashion. Regulating valves are provided in the hydraulic pressure chamber, and these regulating valves open during the rotation of a wave generator so that no hydraulic pressure is exerted on the rigid screw member which moves in a linear fashion. During the rotation of the wave generator the regulating valves close to establish an airtight state in the hydraulic pressure chamber, and a hydraulic pressure is exerted as a retention force on the rigid screw member. Although restricted by the meshing strength between the rigid screw member and a flexible screw member and the buckling strength of the flexible screw member, the retention force of the wave-type linear motion mechanism is able to be increased. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036952 | CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION HAVING SPEED CONTROL - A continuously variable transmission system is provided having an input driving member drivable in alternating motion by a source of input mechanical energy. A ratchet having a ratcheting member and an output driven member is provided, wherein the output driven member is rotationally driven in a continuous rotational direction. A drive spring and a drive linkage are drivingly linked between the input driving member and the ratcheting member, wherein a drive force applied to the input driving member is transmitted to the ratcheting member via the drive spring and drive linkage. A return spring is drivingly linked to the ratcheting member to apply a return force to the ratcheting member. A control apparatus is further configured to selectively vary a deflection curve of the drive spring, wherein the variation in the deflection curve generally determines one or more of a rotational speed and torque associated with the output driven member. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036953 | Gearbox Shifting Point For Producing A Rotationally Fixed Connection Between At Least One Gearwheel And One Shaft - A gearbox shifting point for producing a rotationally fixed connection between at least one gearwheel and one shaft. The gearbox shifting point comprises a shaft, a shifting sleeve and two gearwheels. The two gearwheels are each rotatably mounted in relation to the shaft. The shifting sleeve is mounted in a rotationally secured fashion on the shaft. The shifting sleeve and the gearwheels are embodied in such a way that a positively locking, rotationally fixed connection can be produced between the shifting sleeve and in each case one gearwheel. In order to improve problems with respect to a gearshifting hole or blockage of the gearbox, the shifting sleeve interacts with the two gearwheels in such a way that at least one positively locking, rotationally fixed connection is always produced between the shifting sleeve and one of the gearwheels. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036954 | SHIFTABLE BOTTOM BRACKET GEAR TRAIN - The shiftable bottom bracket gear train according to the invention for a bicycle or the like comprises a bottom bracket tube, a gear train housing having an associated sprocket and a disk arranged parallel thereto, and a drive shaft, which penetrates the bottom bracket tube in the axial direction and is operatively connected to pedal cranks and in which a shifting axle is arranged, which is connected to a coupling piece and can be actuated from the outside by means of a shifting element. In the shiftable bottom bracket gear train, the torque support of the gear train engages on the bottom bracket tube ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120036955 | Involute gear - A gear for driving a linear member comprising a tooth tip, a tooth base, a contact face disposed between the tooth tip and the tooth base, the contact face having the shape, X=L sin(α−Θ) and Y=L cos(α−Θ), where tan(α)=(B/2+2πΘ/360) /R, L=(R{circumflex over (0)}2+(B/2+2πΘ/360/R){circumflex over (0)}2){circumflex over (0)}0.5, B=width of tooth base, R=pitch radius, Θ=relative angle of gear tooth to contacting member, a linear member comprising a plurality of holes, and the contact face engagable with the linear member through a hole. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036956 | Control Lever Unit for a Construction Machine and Construction Machine Having Such a Control Lever Unit - A control lever unit for controlling the driving and braking functions of a construction machine is provided. The control lever unit has a manual control lever actuatable by hand, this manual control lever having a hand rest surface, which renders possible the passive resting of the hand during operation. A construction machine, in particular a material compaction device, including at least one such control lever unit, is also contemplated. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036957 | MANUAL TRANSMISSION REVERSE LOCKOUT SYSTEM - A shifter assembly may include a shift lever, an actuation member, a coupling, a first cable and a second cable. The shift lever may be connected to a housing for pivotable motion relative to the housing. The actuation member may be connected to the shift lever and may be movable relative thereto between a first position and a second position. The coupling may be connected to the shift lever and may include first and second members slidably engaging each other. The first cable may have a first end connected to the second member and a second end that can be coupled to a reverse lockout mechanism. The second cable may be connected to the actuation member and the second member of the coupling such that movement of the actuation member relative to the shift lever causes corresponding motion of the second member relative to the shift lever. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036958 | SPEED REDUCING DEVICE - Provided is a speed reducing device in which a thrust load is applied from a shaft of a counterpart machine to an output shaft, the speed reducing device including: a bearing directly supporting the output shaft to be rotatable and receiving a thrust load applied to the output shaft; a hollow body including a hollow portion and rotating along with the output shaft; and a connection member inserted into the hollow portion of the hollow body to be connected to the hollow body and the shaft of the counterpart machine, wherein the bearing receives the thrust load of the shaft of the counterpart machine applied to the output shaft through the connection member. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036959 | TWO-WAY PROPELLING TYPE TRANSMISSION MECHANISM FOR BICYCLE - A two-way propelling type transmission mechanism for bicycle is disclosed having a control line operable to pull a bearing ring and a directional gear away from the series of clutch teeth of a first gear into engagement with the series of clutch teeth of a second gear so that pedaling the pedals to rotate cranks either forwardly or backwardly can drive the first gear to rotate a gear cluster in moving the bicycle forwards. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036960 | Direct processing of metallic ore concentrates into ferroalloys - A method for producing liquid ferroalloy by direct processing of manganese and chromium bearing iron compounds, by the steps: of mixing carbonaceous reductant, fluxing agent, and a binder with materials such as iron sands, metallic oxides, manganese-iron ore concentrates and/or chromium-iron ore concentrates and silica sands, to form a mixture; forming agglomerates from the mixture; feeding the agglomerates to a melting furnace with other materials; melting the feed materials at a temperature of from 1500 to 1760° C. and forming a slag and hot metal; removing the slag; tapping the hot metal as liquid ferroalloy, and utilizing the off-gases from the melting furnace as combustion fuel to drive a turbine and to generate electricity. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036961 | Method and System for Producing Pig Iron or Fluid Steel Pre-Products - A method and a plant for the production of pig iron or liquid steel semi-finished products are shown, metal oxide-containing batch materials and, if appropriate, aggregates being at least partially reduced in a reduction zone by a reduction gas, subsequently being introduced into a smelting zone and being smelted along with the supply of carbon carriers and oxygen-containing gas and along with the formation of the reduction gas. The reduction gas formed in the smelting zone is supplied to the reduction zone, reacted there and drawn off as export gas, CO | 2012-02-16 |
20120036962 | SURFACE-MODIFIED BIOMASS, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METALS USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a surface-modified biomass which is crosslinked with an amine group-containing cationic polymer on the surface of a cell biomass, its preparation method, and a method for recovering valuable metals using the same. The surface-modified biomass of the present invention has an advantage of improving adsorption of and affinity with anionic pollutants as a result of further introducing a cationic functional group by crosslinking of the amine group-containing cationic polymer on the surface of the biomass. In addition, the method for recovering valuable metals with the present invention is environment-friendly, economical, and harmless to the human body. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036963 | COPPER ANODE REFINING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for the copper anode refining is provided in which coherent jet technology is employed to heat the molten blister copper and/or melt scrap copper charges using a melting flame, oxidize the sulfur in the molten blister copper, and reduce the oxygen in the molten blister copper using top-blown coherent jet gas streams from one or more multi-functional, coherent jet lance assemblies. The present system and method employs a microprocessor-based controller operatively controlling the flow of an oxygen-containing gas, an inert gas, a reducing agent and a fuel to the coherent jet lance. The disclosed copper anode refining system and method greatly improves copper production while lowering oxidation/reduction cycle times and minimizing NO | 2012-02-16 |
20120036964 | BOTTLE OPENER - Bottle opener for opening a bottle closed with a screw cap, in particular a wine bottle, wherein the bottle opener includes an annular contact element ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120036965 | LARGE STRIKE FACE HAMMER - A hammer includes a handle and a head. The handle has a bottom end and an upper portion. The head is disposed on the upper portion of the handle and has a striking surface at one end thereof. The head includes a bell and a chamfer disposed along edges of the strike surface. The bell tapers so as to be reducing in diameter as it extends away from the chamfer. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036966 | RATCHET WRENCH WITH REVERSIBLE MECHANISM - The present invention relates to a ratchet wrench comprising a main body, a driving head, three pawls, a knurled rotatable disc, a linkage piece and a locking element. The driving head has a columned limit portion, and a polygonal columned couple portion for coupling a workpiece. The limit portion has three tangent planes with equal central angles each forming a recess cut for each pawl located. The linkage piece links the limit portion and penetrates the knurled rotatable disc to link with the locking element. The limit portion is mounted by a mounting piece which has three first sliding slots and three rails bored on it. Each pawl is guided by a relative rail, and has a rod extended upwards. The rod links to an elastic element which provides elasticity for the rod to move in radial direction. When the knurled rotatable disc is turned clockwise or counterclockwise to interact with the rod, the rod triggers the pawl to laterally move clockwise or counterclockwise, and the retaining cogs on one side of the pawl are, therefore, engaged with the ratchet teeth to control the driving head being turned clockwise or counterclockwise. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036967 | RATCHET WRENCH HAVING ROTATABLY ATTACHED SOCKETS - The ratchet wrench has a head section in at least one of its two ends. An engaging member is configured in the head section and a fitting element is in turn pin-joined to the engaging member. The rotational axis of the fitting element is orthogonal to an operational axis of the engaging member. Around the fitting element, one or more sockets of various sizes perpendicular to the rotational axis of the fitting element are provided. As such, there is no need to carry a large number of removable sockets and the sockets could be switched more quickly. In the mean time, as the ratchet wrench could be turned in a reciprocating motion to tighten or loosen a bolt or nut, without removing and refitting the ratchet wrench after each turn. The ratchet wrench of the present invention strikes a successful compromise between functionality and convenience. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036968 | RATCHET WRENCH WITH REVERSIBLE MECHANISM - The present invention discloses a ratchet wrench comprising a main body, a driving head, three pawls, a knurled rotatable disc and a locking ring. The driving head has a limit portion and a couple portion for coupling a workpiece. The limit portion has three tangent planes each forming a recess cut for pawl located. The limit portion has a cylinder linking with the locking ring. The limit portion is mounted by a mounting piece having three sliding slots and three rails. Each pawl is guided by a relative rail and has a rod linking to an elastic element. When the knurled rotatable disc is turned to interact the rod, the rod triggers the pawl, and the retaining cogs of the pawl are engaged with the ratchet teeth to control the driving head being turned clockwise or counterclockwise. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036969 | Universal Joint Coupling Mechanism for Detachably Engaging Tool Attachments - A universal joint includes first and second parts interconnected by a coupling element, and a coupling mechanism for detachably engaging tool attachments such as sockets. The disclosed coupling mechanisms include an engaging element and an actuating element. The engaging element can include a pin, and the pin can be oriented either obliquely or longitudinally in the drive stud of the universal joint. The actuating element can include a collar and a central portion that crosses the central longitudinal axis of the drive stud. The central portion can be offset along the longitudinal axis toward the coupling element, and the actuating element can be configured to extend into an aperture formed by the coupling element and the second part of the universal joint. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036970 | TORQUE MULTIPLIER - A torque multiplier includes a main body, a torque input shaft, at least one torque sensor, an angle sensor, and an information transmission circuit. The main body contains therein at least one gear train. The gear train has upper and lower ends respectively forming a torque input port and a torque output shaft. The torque output shaft is coupleable with a tool piece, such as a socket. The torque input shaft has an end fit into the torque input port and an opposite end coupleable with a torque device, such as a hand tool, an electrical tool, or a pneumatic tool. The torque device applies a torque input to the torque input shaft that in turn rotates the gear train to provide a multiplied torque output to the torque output shaft. The torque sensor is mounted to a surface of the torque output shaft of the gear train of the main body to detect the torque value of the torque output shaft and provide a torque value signal. At least one angle sensor mounted to the main body detects a horizontal angle of the main body and the torque output shaft and provides an angle value signal. The information transmission circuit is arranged inside the main body to transmit, in a wired or wireless fashion, the torque value signal and the angle value signal to at least one electronic device for storage, display or use. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036971 | Blade for providing a cut at food products - The invention relates to a blade for cutting food products, in particular sausages, comprising a cutter having two partial cutters disposed tapered toward each other in a curved surface. The invention further relates to a cutting device for cutting food products, having a blade and having a holder on which the blade is rotatably disposed. The cutting device is designed so that an end piece can be sliced off of a product, the longitudinal axis thereof being oriented substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the blade, by a rotary motion of the blade. The invention further relates to a method for processing a food product. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036972 | DUST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN A TABLE SAW - A table saw is disclosed. The table saw includes a table top which includes an opening configured to receive a saw blade, and a motor positioned under the table top and configured to rotate the saw blade about an axis of rotation, wherein a midline that defines a front portion and a rear portion of the saw blade extends through the saw blade at the axis of rotation and is perpendicular with respect to the table top when the saw blade is perpendicular with respect to the table, a blade case positioned under the table top, the blade case including a blade chamber defined by a first wall on one side of the blade, a second wall on an opposite side of the blade, and a third wall along an outer perimeter of the blade chamber, and at least one dust deflector positioned within the blade chamber between the axis of rotation and the third wall of the blade chamber, the at least one dust deflector extending through the midline. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036973 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING A MATERIAL WEB - An apparatus for processing a material web transported in a longitudinal direction through the apparatus includes a machine frame, an anvil cylinder positioned in the machine frame and rotatable around a first axis; and a tool cylinder positioned in the machine frame and rotatable around a second axis. The first and second axes of rotation are respectively oriented transverse to the longitudinal direction and parallel to the material web. The anvil cylinder and the tool cylinder are rotatable toward each other so that the material web can be guided between the anvil cylinder and the tool cylinder. The anvil cylinder and the tool cylinder are pivotally mounted to deviate by the same angle from a right angle to the longitudinal direction. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036974 | FENCE SYSTEM FOR A POWER SAW - Embodiments are directed to a fence system for use on a power saw that has a flat top surface and a saw blade extending through an opening in the top surface, the fence system comprising an elongated fence configured to be secured on the flat top surface at various positions relative to the blade, the fence having at least one flat side wall portion against which material can be positioned and moved along while the material is moved through the cutting zone, and a support unit configured to ride on the fence and contact the object to move it through the cutting zone, the unit comprising an ergonomically shaped hand pad, the unit being removably attached to the fence and movable along the length thereof and a movable arm attached to the hand pad that is configured to extend downwardly to an elevation closely adjacent to the top surface. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036975 | DISPENSER - A dispenser for dispensing wiping material through a dispensing opening, includes an outer, first housing for holding at least one roll containing a continuous web of wiping material. The first housing may further hold an inner, cassette including at least a front wall and two side walls, the cassette at least partially enclosing a feeding unit for controlling the dispensing of the web. The feeding unit includes at least a drive roller, a pressure roller and a cutting device, and the web is arranged to be fed from the roll and into the feeding unit. The cassette includes an at least partially removable hatch, which hatch, when opened, is arranged to provide access to the feeding unit. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036976 | GUARD SYSTEMS FOR TABLE SAW - A table saw is disclosed. The table saw includes a table top including an opening configured to receive a saw blade, a blade case positioned under the table top, the blade case including an interior portion with the saw blade partially positioned within the interior portion, the blade case configured to move relative to the table top, a motor coupled to the saw blade and configured to move relative to the table top, the saw motor configured to rotate the blade about a blade axis, and at least one moveable guard member positioned between the table top and the blade case, the at least one moveable guard member providing an obstruction to the interior portion of the blade case, and the at least one moveable guard member configured to pivot about a pivot axis when the motor is moved up or down or tilted relative to the table top, wherein the pivot axis is substantially perpendicular to the blade axis. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036977 | CUTTER AND ANVIL ARRANGEMENT FOR A FIBER PLACEMENT HEAD - A motorized head for applying fiber composite material to an application surface includes a drive roll assembly for applying fiber composite material to an application surface. The drive roll assembly includes a drive roll and a backup roll and a drive roll nip formed between the drive roll and the backup roll. At least one cutter is mounted on the drive roll for cutting fiber composite material, and an anvil is mounted on the backup roll to provide a shear surface for the cutter blade. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036978 | CAPO - The invention relates to a capo for use with a stringed instrument. In one aspect, the capo can comprise at least one string compressor, a frame having a longitudinal axis, and a means for individually moving the at least one string compressor that is configured to allow for the individual movement of contact portions of the at least one string compressor from a raised position to a depressed position, which is at a predetermined depth from a bottom surface of the frame. This movement of the string compressor allows for the selective application of pressure to at least one string on the instrument so that, in the depressed position, the contact portion of the selected string compressor presses a selected string among the at least one strings against the fretboard of the stringed instrument. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036979 | Variable Mechanical Acoustic Resonance Component for Musical Instrument Using Defined Resonance Index - The present invention is a variable mechanical acoustic resonance component for a musical instrument and a method for producing a variable mechanical acoustic resonance component comprising of at least two segments, each segment having distinct resonance and tone properties dependant on the properties of the segment as specified in a resonance index. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036980 | Musical Notation and Method of Teaching Same - The invention provides an apparatus and method for notating music for a harmonica. The apparatus incorporates a vertical staff in which vertical lines or tracks represent individual notes, the length of which represents duration of the note, and the horizontal location represents the physical location of the corresponding hole in a harmonica. The invention provides a rapid means of learning to play a harmonica and, for experienced players, provides a means for sight reading a new piece of music. The invention further provides ways of representing the dynamics of both pitch and loudness and a convenient way to manually transcribe musical selection for archival purposes. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036981 | ADJUSTMENT OF FAMILARITY IN A PLAYLIST THROUGH A SLIDER - Several methods and a system of an adjustment of familiarity in a playlist through a slider are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user may enter a particular artist or a song name through a keyboard. Once an artist or song is entered the user may be allowed to slide a slider from one end of the spectrum to the other end using a tuner. One end of the spectrum may denote the songs known to the user and the other end of the spectrum may denote the songs unknown to the user. The songs chosen by the user and the user's song selection history may be retrieved from a database module and displayed as a list of unknown songs. The list of unknown songs may be compared with the other songs in the database and a list of similar songs based on the user's seed may be generated as unknown songs. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036982 | Digital and Analog Output Systems for Stringed Instruments - Systems are shown herein for use in stringed musical instruments for producing digital frequency and volume data. A finger contact sensor system detects the location of one or more fingers or objects at selected locations on a finger board of the instrument. Further string movement sensor systems determine if one or more strings are being played. A control system processes information from the finger contacting and string movement sensor systems to generate a digital signal containing the frequency data corresponding to the finger contacting point on the finger board and volume data corresponding to the sensed movement of a corresponding string. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036983 | PROGRAMMABLE PICKUP DIRECTOR SWITCHING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A programmable pickup director switching system for a musical instrument having a plurality of pickup coils and a pickup director control board communicatively interconnected to the plurality of pickup coils. The system also includes a push/pull potentiometer structured and arranged to activate different combinations of one or more of the plurality of pickup coils, a main multi-position switch having m positions, and a bank select switch having n positions. Additionally, the system includes a switching matrix configured to switch one or more of the plurality of pickup coils into a signal path based on a position of at least one of the main multi-position switch, the bank select switch and the push/pull potentiometer. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036984 | Center fire pistol and rifle cartridge case polishing apparatus - What is new in the art of the invention is that it will accommodate all sizes of, Boxer style, spent center fire brass pistol and rifle casings faster, safer, more economically, more environmentally sound, with less parts (see Mancini/Galloway), and far better than the use of a media tumbler currently used for this purpose. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036985 | Reduced Collateral Damage Bomb (RCDB) and System and Method of Making Same - A reduced collateral damage bomb (RCDB) bomb casing is described and disclosed along with the system and method for making it. The RCDB bomb casing may be formed from conventional or penetrating warhead bomb casings. The RCDB bomb casing has a filler material/materials disposed on the interior walls that will assist in controlling the collateral damage caused by the finished bomb but not prevent the appropriate destructive power being delivered to a selected target. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036986 | CANISTERIZED INTERCEPTOR WITH EMBEDDED WINDINGS AND METHOD FOR SAFE ROUND DETECTION - Embodiments of a canisterized interceptor and method to prevent the launch of a canisterized interceptor that may have been penetrated by small arms fire are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the canisterized interceptor includes a composite canister for housing an interceptor. The canister includes an embedded winding to provide a conductive path and comprises a conductor arranged within composite material of the canister. A maximum spacing may be provided between windings of the conductor and penetration of the canister may be indicated by an open or short circuit in the conductive path. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036987 | MOBILE MISSILE LAUNCH SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to launching system, more particularly relates to mobile launching system for missiles. The mobile missile launch system comprising a vehicle ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120036988 | WINDOW BLAST SHIELDING SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF - A window blast shield for mounting to a window frame including a top retaining body, a bottom retaining body, a safety drapery having a strength to retard debris propelled by blast forces, the safety drapery operatively coupled with the top retaining body and the bottom retaining body, at least one safety cord disposed within a channel within at least one of the top retaining body and the bottom retaining body, wherein applying blast forces to the window blast shield the at least one of the top retaining body and the bottom retaining body fails and the at least one safety cord does not fail, and wherein the at least one safety cord supports the safety drapery allowing the safety drapery to billow and retard debris propelled by blast forces. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036989 | Gunner platform protector - A support for use with an armored vehicle, the support comprising a frame having a plurality of longitudinally extending beams connected to one another and forming therebetween a convex polygon. The support further comprises a plurality of attachment elements configured for carrying the frame and for being attached to a vehicle roof. The support is configured for being mounted on a roof of the vehicle and for carrying thereupon a gunner protection kit. The polygon is sufficiently big so as not to obstruct a top hatch of the vehicle. The ends of at least some of the beams extend beyond the polygon, and are configured for engagement with the attachment elements thereby carrying the frame by the ends. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036990 | Non-Lethal Weapon Mount System with Modular Weapon Components - The present invention is a non-lethal weapon mount system with modular weapons components comprising at least two personal protection components capable of independent activation, and a means to increase or decrease the intensity level of at least one of the personal protection components. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036991 | Automatic pneumatic valve reset system - A cup for an air valve assembly in a positive displacement pneumatic motor includes a cup body, a gas cavity, and a first pilot slot. The cup body is rectilinear and has a sliding face as one side, and the gas cavity is concave and extends into the cup body through the sliding face and terminates within the cup body. The first pilot slot extends from the gas cavity and into the cup body through the sliding face and terminates within the cup body. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036992 | PISTON MACHINE, ESPECIALLY FLUID PISTON MACHINE - A piston machine, in particular a fluid piston machine, is described as having a plurality of piston units, which have differently sized output volumes for reasons of geometry, and are able to be deactivated individually for the discrete adjustment of a total output volume of the piston machine. In this context, the larger output volume of one of the piston units is twice as high as the next smaller output volume of one of the other piston units. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036993 | COMPRESSOR VALVE ARRANGEMENT - An arrangement for a compressor ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120036994 | HYDRAULIC TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT - A hydraulic transmission circuit is provided having at least two elementary hydraulic motors, each having a secondary enclosure and a main duct for fluid feed and a secondary enclosure and a main duct for fluid discharge. A fluid distributor distributes fluid from the main ducts to the elementary motors via the secondary enclosures. A control system controls the elementary motors. Valves connecting the fluid distributor to the secondary enclosures of the first motor put a secondary enclosure into communication with a main duct independent of an operating mode of any other elementary motor. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036995 | OVERMOLDED DIAPHRAGM PUMP - The fluid section of an air operated double diaphragm pump | 2012-02-16 |
20120036996 | Piston Pumps for a Hydraulic Vehicle Brake System - A piston pump as a recirculating pump of a hydraulic traction control vehicle brake system is disclosed, with two pump pistons which are arranged in an opposed arrangement and bear on the outside against an eccentric bearing ring for their lifting drive. The pump pistons are arranged with an offset in the longitudinal direction of a pump shaft, so that they exert a moment upon the bearing ring, which moment presses rolling bodies in the rolling bearing against the pump shaft even when the forces with which the pump pistons press from outside against the bearing ring cancel one another. The rolling bodies roll even when the forces of the pump pistons are compensated. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036997 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING A GASEOUS COMPONENT - In a method and an apparatus for separating at least one gaseous component from a waste gas of an installation for producing liquid pig iron, liquid primary steel products or sponge iron, in a first step, a stream of the waste gas passes through at least one adsorption separator at a first pressure, whereby the gaseous component is largely separated from the waste gas and, in a second step, the gaseous component is largely removed from the adsorption separator at a second pressure, which is lower than the first pressure. The method and apparatus are maintenance-free, cause low investment and energy costs and has a lower space requirement by a method in which the second pressure or the desorption pressure is generated by at least one jet pump, which is fed a stream of a propellant gas at a third pressure, which is higher than the second pressure. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036998 | ELECTROSTATIC CONTROL OF AIR FLOW TO THE INLET OPENING OF AN AXIAL FAN - An air moving apparatus comprises an axial fan and an electrostatic device. The axial fan has a rotatable shaft defining a central axis of the axial fan, a plurality of blades secured to the shaft, and an air inlet opening. The electrostatic device is disposed immediately upstream of the air inlet opening of the axial fan, and includes a collector and an emitter. In one embodiment, the electrostatic device comprises a cylindrical collector coupled to ground and has a central axis aligned with the central axis of the axial fan, wherein the cylindrical collector has an inner diameter that is substantially the same as the diameter of an air inlet opening to the axial fan. The electrostatic device further comprises a plurality of emitter wires coupled to a terminal of a direct current source and extending lengthwise within the cylindrical collector. The axial fan moves air longitudinally through an air inlet opening of the axial fan, and, during operation of the axial fan, the application of an electrical potential between an emitter and a collector causes ionic air movement radially outwardly away from a central axis of the axial fan. | 2012-02-16 |
20120036999 | Method of Separating and Storing Volatile Gases - A method of using a crystallographic framework of sterically bulky calixarene molecules to selectively separate and/or store volatile gas components. Sterically bulky calix[4]arenes or their derivatives form a crystalline lattice that has relatively large lattice voids, is nonporous, and is held together predominately by van der Waals forces. The calix[4]arene lattice can form a guest-host assembly by absorbing a desired volatile gas guest component into the crystalline lattice without any phase shift or other change to the lattice structure. The crystalline calixarene can also be desirably used to purify a gas mixture by removing one or more volatile gas contaminants or by removing and storing the desired volatile gas component. This method can preferably be used to purify a hydrogen gas stream by removing the carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide contaminants or to remove and store oxygen from the air or carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide from combustion gases. | 2012-02-16 |
20120037000 | Apparatuses and Methods for Gas-Solid Separations Using Cyclones - Cyclones for gas-solid separators are described, which are especially applicable for use in a downflowing third stage separator (TSS) for the removal of dust particles, such as solid catalyst fines, from the flue gas streams exiting the catalyst regenerator in fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes. A number of important flow characteristics result from the configuration of the cyclones, particularly with respect to the relative axial lengths over which swirl vanes and central hubs of the cyclones extend. These characteristics include a decrease in growth of turbulent eddies that conventionally result from a sudden expansion, in open cross-sectional area, of gas exiting swirl vanes. | 2012-02-16 |
20120037001 | CLEAN CORONA GAS IONIZATION FOR STATIC CHARGE NEUTRALIZATION - Clean corona gas ionization by separating contaminant byproducts from corona generated ions includes establishing a non-ionized gas stream having a pressure and flowing in a downstream direction, establishing a plasma region of ions and contaminant byproducts in which the pressure is sufficiently lower than the pressure of the non-ionized gas stream to prevent at least a substantial portion of the byproducts from migrating into the non-ionized gas stream, and applying an electric field to the plasma region sufficient to induce at least a substantial portion of the ions to migrate into the non-ionized gas stream. | 2012-02-16 |
20120037002 | GAS DEHYDRATION SYSTEM WITH DESICCANT TRANSPORTER - A gas dehydrator system, including, a desiccant transport wheel configured to rotate a solid desiccant from a first dehydration section to a first regeneration section, a first gas path extending through the first dehydration section, wherein the solid desiccant is configured to collect moisture from a first gas in the first gas path, and a second gas path extending through the first regeneration section, wherein the solid desiccant is configured to release the moisture into a second gas in the second gas path to regenerate the solid desiccant. | 2012-02-16 |
20120037003 | Momentum Transfer Using Liquid Injection - Various apparatus provide for spraying high velocity droplets of liquid into a low velocity gas stream. Finely atomized droplets may quickly transfer their momentum to the gas, resulting in deceleration of the spray and acceleration of the gas. A high velocity spray of atomized liquid may transfer a substantial fraction of its kinetic energy to the gas before contacting a surface, in some aspects, suspended particles in the gas phase may be removed by high velocity liquid droplets passing through the gas. Certain aspects provide for controlling a gas flow by controlling the relative amounts of upstream and downstream momenta transferred to the gas by one or more liquid sprays. | 2012-02-16 |
20120037004 | System for purification of air in an inner space - A system for purification of air in an inner space has a housing having air inlet unit and air outlet units; air filtering means located in the housing between the air inlet unit and the air outlet units; and vertical attachment attached to the air outlet units and extending vertically upwardly so that air enters the housing at a lower level through the air inlet units and leaves the system at an outlet of the attachment at a level substantially higher than the level of the inlet units and air conditioner located in said housing, a humidifier located in the vertical attachment, a water container for supplying water to said humidifier. The air conditioner is connected with the water container so that a spray of water from the air conditioner flows into the container. | 2012-02-16 |
20120037005 | FILTER INTEGRITY MONITORING SYSTEM - A system for fluid filtration and for providing an indication of filtration operation. The system uses a filtration media for permitting flow of fluid there through and for filtering at least one material from the fluid. The filtration media has an upstream side and a downstream side. The system includes a member located adjacent to the downstream side of the filtration media and permitting flow of the fluid there through. The member retains at least some of the at least one material not filtered from the fluid by the filtration media. The member is contrast to the at least one material so that an indication of locality of reduced filtration of the at least one material is provided. | 2012-02-16 |
20120037006 | DISPOSABLE BREWING DEVICE - The invention relates to a disposable brewing device including at least one inner compartment formed by a liquid-permeable material and containing aroma material, at least one outer compartment forming a brewing container where the brewing container is formed by a liquid-impermeable material, the at least one liquid-permeable inner compartment being integrated within the brewing container. | 2012-02-16 |