| 10th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
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| 20130058683 | IMAGE BEARING MEMBER DRIVE UNIT THAT DRIVES IMAGE BEARING MEMBER, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE BEARING MEMBER DRIVE UNIT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image bearing member drive unit which is capable of performing excellent follow-up of random disturbances without increasing the costs and further with reduced energy loss. The image bearing member drive unit is formed by a brushless DC motor, a rotational position detector, a rotary encoder, a drive circuit, a motor driver IC, and a controller. The rotary encoder detects a drive speed of the image bearing member driven by the brushless DC motor. Drive current for the brushless DC motor is controlled according to the detected drive speed and a target speed. When a short brake signal for braking the brushless DC motor is on, current in a direction opposite to the drive current is generated to thereby brake the brushless DC motor. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058684 | Developing Device Provided with Thickness-Regulating Member - A developing device includes: a first frame; a second frame; a developer-carrying member; and a thickness-regulating member. The first frame includes: a pair of first walls opposed with each other; and a second wall connecting the pair of first walls and having a first fixing part. The second frame includes a third wall opposed to the second wall and attached to the pair of first walls when assembled to the first frame. The developer-carrying member has an axis extending in a first direction, is configured to rotate about the axis, and is disposed between the pair of first walls. The thickness-regulating member is fixed to the first fixing part and is configured to regulate a thickness of developer carried on the developer-carrying member. The third wall is disposed between the second wall and the thickness-regulating member. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058685 | DEVELOPING ROLLER, DEVELOPING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing roller including: a core metal; and an elastic layer formed on an outer circumference of the core metal, wherein an outermost surface of the developing roller is roughened, and wherein a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of indentation power is 10% to 21%, wherein the indentation power is measured by a micro-indentation test at 120 locations with 3 degrees apart on a circumference of the developing roller, which is at a center of the developing roller with respect to a longitudinal direction. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058686 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus, including: an image bearing member; a charging device configured to charge a surface of the image bearing member; a power source configured to apply a voltage to the charging device; an exposure device configured to irradiate the surface of the image bearing member with a light beam to form an electrostatic latent image; a developing device configured to develop the latent image into a toner image; and a reading device configured to read a color registration toner image obtained by developing, by the developing device, a color registration electrostatic latent image formed on the surface of the image bearing member by the exposure device within a period from a time when the power source is started up to apply the voltage to the charging device to a time when a potential of the surface of the image bearing member reaches a potential for usual image formation. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058687 | BELT DRIVING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A belt driving apparatus includes: an endless belt having a stepped region at its edge; a driving member for driving the endless belt; a moving member for moving the endless belt in a widthwise direction; a mark provided at a part of the endless belt with respect to a circumferential direction and located at a position corresponding to the stepped region of the endless belt with respect to a rotational direction; a mark detecting member for detecting the mark during rotation of the endless belt; an edge position detecting member for detecting a widthwise position of at least one of edges of the endless belt during rotation; and a controller for controlling, after the mark detecting member detects the mark, the moving member on the basis of a detection result of the edge other than the stepped region of the endless belt. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058688 | TRANSFER DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a transfer device that is used for transferring a developer image hold on a surface of an image supporting body to a first face of a transfer member transported and includes a transfer member that includes a conductive surface layer that is rotatable around a first rotation axis and be elastically transformed, forms a second contact area, which differs from the first contact area in a transporting direction of the transfer member, by contacting with a second face of the transfer member, and is supplied with a transfer voltage used for transferring the developer image onto the first face of the transfer member, a transformation unit that elastically transforms the transfer member, and an adjustment unit that adjusts a shape of the second contact area by adjusting the degree of elastic transformation of the transfer member. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058689 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A pair of meander regulating rollers are disposed on the paper input side at both the longitudinal ends of a fixing roller. If a fixing belt moves off to one side end from the correct position, the meander regulating roller arranged on the one side end presses the fixing belt so as to produce a force of moving the belt to the other side end, whereby the fixing belt is stabilized in a state where the belt is held by the meander regulating roller on the one side end. On the other hand, if the fixing belt moves off to the opposite side end due to uneven temperature distribution, imbalance nip load or the like in the axial direction, it is possible to restrain the meandering in a similar manner by means of the meander regulating roller on the other side end. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058690 | ROTATIONAL HEATING MEMBER, AND IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS HAVING ROTATIONAL HEATING MEMBER - An image heating rotatable member for heating an image on a recording material, comprising a base layer; a heat generation layer, provided on the base layer, for generating heat by being supplied with electric power; an electrode layer, provided outside of the heat generation layer with respect to a widthwise direction and having an electric resistance which is smaller than that of the heat generation layer, for supplying the electric power to heat generation layer; an elastic layer provided on the electrode layer and having a length longer than that of the electrode layer measured in the widthwise direction; and a parting layer provided on the elastic layer and having a length which is substantially equal to the length of the electrode layer measured in the widthwise direction; | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058691 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS - A fixing device comprising: an endless fixing belt having a multilayer structure including a non-magnetic conductive layer and a first magnetic conductive layer, the non-magnetic conductive layer having a thickness smaller than a skin depth of a material thereof, the first magnetic conductive layer having a thickness smaller than a skin depth of a material thereof and being located farther from an outside surface of the fixing belt than the non-magnetic conductive layer; and a supporting member disposed inside the endless fixing belt and including a second magnetic conductive layer having a thickness smaller than a skin depth of a material thereof. The first magnetic conductive layer and the second magnetic conductive layer have a higher specific resistance than the non-magnetic conductive layer, and the first magnetic conductive layer has been manufactured by plastic forming or plating. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058692 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND STORAGE DEVICE - An image forming apparatus including: a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet; a printing unit configured to drive a developing device accommodating developer therein, supply the developer from the developing device to a photosensitive member having an electrostatic latent image formed thereon to thus form a developer image, and transfer the developer image onto the sheet, in accordance with the conveyance of the sheet by the conveyance unit; a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a remaining life span of the developing device based on a driving amount of the developing device; and an adjusting unit configured to adjust a distance between the sheets being conveyed by the conveyance unit based on the remaining life span of the developing device acquired by the first acquisition unit. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058693 | Sheet Conveying Device, Fixing Device, and Wet-Type Image Forming Apparatus - A sheet conveying device configured to convey a sheet of paper from upstream to downstream of a conveying route includes a plurality of wire ropes configured to support and convey the sheet of paper in the conveying route, in which the plurality of wire ropes are arranged apart from each other, and at least two of the wire ropes are arranged so that a distance between them becomes larger as they come closer to downstream of the conveying route. The sheet conveying device can reduce an area of contact with the sheet of paper and reduce the occurrence of abnormal conveyance when conveying the sheet of paper. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058694 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The number of circulatable sheets and the conveying speed of a sheet are decided by referring to a storage unit which stores the number of circulatable sheets and the conveying speed of a sheet in correspondence with the type and size of a sheet, and the resolution of an image to be printed. It is determined whether the conveying speed of the feed surface of a sheet to be fed next to the printing unit and that of a feed surface to be refed next to the printing unit coincide with each other. It is determined whether the conveying speed of the feed surface of the sheet to be fed next to the printing unit and that of the feed surface or the refeed surface of a sheet immediately previously fed to the printing unit differ from each other. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058695 | HEAT SINKING - A printed circuit assembly includes a printed circuit board, a heat generating component attached to the printed circuit board at a first location, a formed conductive substrate including a protrusion extending toward the printed circuit board corresponding to the heat generating component, and a thermally conductive pad disposed between the printed circuit board and the protrusion of the formed substrate. The formed conductive substrate is configured to flex the protrusion to relieve stress at the heat generating component attachment. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058696 | DOCUMENT CREATING DEVICE, TAPE PRINTING APPARATUS, AND DOCUMENT CREATING METHOD - A document creating device capable of creating plural paragraphs, each including one or more lines, the paragraphs being arrayed in a left-right direction that is a direction of line, the device comprising: a new paragraph creating unit for creating a new paragraph when a right cursor key for shifting a character spacing to the right is pressed in the state where a cursor is placed on a final character in a final line of the paragraph. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058697 | PAPER EDGE CLEANER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE PAPER EDGE CLEANER - A paper edge cleaner in which paper is carried along a paper guide by a paper carrying roller. A grinder grinds both sides of the paper parallel to the paper movement to remove burr from the paper. The paper is supported by a support. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058698 | Applicator for fluid products - The applicator is primarily directed to the dispensing and application of fluid products, such as soaps to a person. The applicator is designed for one hand use and is comprised of a base with a cover extending from the base. The base supports a container with the product on an upper surface and has an applicator surface on a lower surface. The base has an aperture of a defined shape on a lower surface to deliver product from the container for application to a person. Depending from the cover is a fitment for applying a force to a surface of the container to cause a valve on the container to open. The fitment is comprised of an inner portion and an outer portion with the relative movement of these portions applying the force on the container to dispense product. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058699 | TARGETED DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS - A targeted delivery system for personal care products allowing for delivery of a personal care product to a specific site comprising a top member having a longitudinal central axis having at one extremity one or more recessed chambers, a bottom member having a longitudinal central axis attached to the top member along the edges of the top and bottom members creating a cylinder that can be inserted onto the finger of the user permitting targeted application of a personal care product to a specific site. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058700 | PRESS LIPSTICK ASSEMBLY - A press lipstick assembly includes a case, leap stick, cap, and a driving mechanism. The case includes a lower case and an upper case arranged to an upper end of the lower case. The columned lipstick is arranged inside the upper case and capable of being pushed out from the upper case. The cap can cover upon the upper case. The driving mechanism has a push button exposed out of a lower end of the lower case for being pressed. The lipstick will be raised up with a predetermined distance by a singe press of the push button so that the use of the lipstick is well controlled. Through above components, the press lipstick assembly is portable and easy to handle. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058701 | LIPSTICK ASSEMBLY HAVING AUTOMATIC CAP - The lipstick assembly has an outer tube, a middle tube, a rotational control base, and a lipstick base. A vertical groove is configured on an inner surface of the outer tube for joining and confining the middle tube to move only up and down. Helical grooves are configured separately in an upper section and a lower section on an inner surface of the middle tube. The lower helical groove is joined to the rotational control base whereas the upper helical groove is joined to the lipstick base. When the rotational control base is twisted in one direction, the middle tube is raised upward to force a cap of the outer tube to open. Then, by twisting the rotational control base in an opposite direction, the middle tube is retracted and the cap automatically seals the lipstick assembly. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058702 | Non-Consumable Writing Implement With Consumable Tip Having Constant Orientation - In an embodiment of the disclosed technology, a non-consumable writing implement, such as a mechanical pencil, with a consumable tip has a body with an outer housing. (See definitions in the “Summary” section). An inner retainer with a gripping mechanism is adapted to grip a consumable product held therein. That is, in one embodiment, a piece of graphite is gripped inside a mechanical pencil. The inner retainer, held within the outer housing, and a ballast attached to the inner retainer, are rotatable with respect to the outer housing. The ballast rotates the gripping mechanism and the consumable product. In this manner, a user desiring to have the tip of the consumable product always in the same orientation as he writes, may use this device to do so. A damper and detent mechanism may be employed to prevent harmonic movement or turning of the consumable product during writing. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058703 | PEN WITH PRESSURIZING MECHANISM TO PRESSURIZE INK REFILL - A pressurizing-type pen has a compression cylinder fitted to a rear portion of a refill holder which holds an ink-containing refill. A return spring holder holding an elastic airtight member is inserted inside the refill holder. When the compression cylinder advances, the refill holder also advances and presses the airtight member to bring the inner face of the airtight member into close contact with the refill to close a vent path. When the compression cylinder further advances, the rear space of the refill is pressurized by a compression chamber provided within the compression cylinder. Then, following the advance movement of the compression cylinder, the airtight member and the return spring holder advance together with the refill holder and the refill, and the refill is thereby maintained at the writing position. The elastic member does not make sliding contact with the refill and therefore is not abraded. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058704 | SQUEEZE CONTAINER - A squeeze container ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058705 | FILE BINDER AND DOCUMENT ORGANIZER - Disclosed herein is an organizer comprising a unique structural configuration to house and store both non-perforated documents and perforated documents. The organizer comprises a ring binder that is associated with an expandable compartment that is arranged peripheral to the ring binder. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058706 | Unified universal rack connector - A unified bicycle rear rack connector which may comprise of two arms or strips extending from a first end securable to the rear rack, to a second end which is securable to a bike frame such that the two strips are capable of moving one over each other horizontally. Further, the two strips are joined by a fastener, such as a fastener is a nut and bolt combination, passing through overlapping holes in the two strips of the connector. Moreover, at least one of the overlapping holes is elongated to enable securing an increase or decrease of width of a connector surface parallel to the major plain of the connector that central bolt once tightened makes the assembly laterally stiff. Once the connector is fastened to the rear rack, the connector can move in a plastic fashion in a substantially vertical direction. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058707 | MODULAR FURNITURE - A modular furniture has multiple first furniture parts, multiple second furniture parts and multiple assembling devices. The second furniture parts are respectively connected to the first furniture parts and each has a mounting recess. The assembling devices are respectively mounted between the first furniture parts and the second furniture parts, and each assembling device has a holding kit and an engaging frame. The holding kit is connected to one of the first furniture parts and has a positioning rod and a pushing element. The engaging frame is mounted in the mounting recess of one of the second furniture parts, selectively engages the holding kit and has an engaging panel and two engaging recesses formed in the engaging panel. One of the engaging recesses selectively engages the positioning rod in the annular groove and the other engaging recess selectively engages the engaging rod. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058708 | JACKET STRUCTURE FOR OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTIONS - Jacket structure for offshore constructions, particularly jacket structure for offshore wind turbines, including a number of first and second profiles, whereby the first profiles include rods in axial alignment and the second profiles include rods in an angled alignment relative to the first profiles, and a number of node members providing a connection site for the second profiles, wherein the node members are connected to the first profiles and/or at least one adapter profile connected to at least one first profile of the jacket structure via a bolted connection. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058709 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE BETWEEN HOLLOW OUTPUT SHAFT AND DRIVEN SHAFT, AND SPEED REDUCER - There is provided a connection structure between a hollow output shaft of a speed reducer, which is provided with the hollow output shaft including a hollow portion, and a driven shaft of a counterpart machine inserted into the hollow portion of the hollow output shaft. The connection structure includes a communication passage through which the hollow portion of the hollow output shaft communicates with an internal space of the speed reducer. A space, which includes clearance between the hollow output shaft and the driven shaft, is formed as a closed space. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058710 | Rotating Drive Shaft Coupling - A rotatable coupling is used with a replaceable developer cartridge and electrostatographic image devices. The coupling has a driven portion and a driving portion. The driven portion has a shaft with a connecting portion that has a plurality of helical involute teeth extending outwardly. The driving portion has an end with a gear shaft and a twisted petaline recess in the gear shaft. The sides of the recess are engageable with the helical involute teeth so that the driving portion drives the driven portion and transmit torque. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058711 | MODULAR POWER TOOL - A connection arrangement for releasably connecting an electrical device and a power control module, the power control module including a device for controlling the supply of electrical power to the functional component. The connection arrangement includes a first connecting portion associated with the electrical device or the power control module and configured to engage with a second connecting portion associated with the other one of the device and module. The first connecting portion including a first locking member and the second connecting portion including a second locking member, wherein when the first and second connection portions are engaged the first and second locking members are movable relative to each other between an unlocked position in which the first and second connection portions are separable and a locked position in which the first and second connection portions are locked together. Preferably, the electrical device is a power tool module. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058712 | ATTACHING STRUCTURE USING CLIPS - An attaching structure using a clip for attaching an article of a vehicle to a panel secured to a vehicle body in a condition in which an article body of the article is inserted into an opening formed in the panel, may include an engagement portion formed in the article body, and a retainer portion formed in the clip and capable of being connected to the article body via the engagement portion. The engagement portion and the retainer portion are arranged and constructed such that the retainer portion can overlap a periphery of the engagement portion when the retainer portion is connected to the article body via the engagement portion. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058713 | WICK ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING AN UNDERDRAIN - A wick assembly for installation under a roadway according to the invention includes a perforated drain pipe, an inner sheet of a wicking fabric disposed on the perforated drain pipe in a manner effective to cover the perforations therein, an outer sheet of a wicking fabric, and a layer of filter aggregates confined between the inner and outer wicking fabric sheets to form a wick drain in combination with the perforated drain pipe. Water passes through the sheets and filter aggregates in order to enter the perforated drain pipe through the perforations therein. The wick drain may be disposed inside an outer pipe with the outer fabric sheet in slidable contact with the inner periphery of the pipe casing. The outer pipe casing serves to protect the wick drain during installation and is later removed once the wick drain is in position. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058714 | KERBSTONE AND STOP FOR BUS TRAFFIC - A kerbstone ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058715 | MAT WITH INDENTED GRAPPLE RECEIVER - A mat with an upper road side and a lower ground contacting side, the mat comprising: a frame supporting one or more boards; and a grapple receiver formed in an interior portion of the mat and indented from one or both of the upper road side and the lower ground contacting side to allow grapple jaws to grip the grapple receiver between the grapple jaws. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058716 | Air-blowing-type Road Surface Snow-melting System - Provided is an air-blowing-type road surface snow-melting system which makes it possible to reduce the height of a hollow roadbed body while also making the amount of air blown out from an air-permeable structure substantially uniform. An air-blowing-type road surface snow-melting system ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058717 | ARRANGEMENT FOR PROVIDING A PULSING COMPRESSIVE FORCE - The invention relates to a soil compacting device having an exciter part ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058718 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DUST CONTROL AND FREEZE CONDITIONING - Dust control and/or freeze conditioning compositions and methods of using the compositions are provided. In an embodiment, the present invention provides methods of utilizing the dust control and/or freeze conditioning products. For example, the method can comprise preventing the agglomeration of particulate material comprising coal and the adhesion thereof to surfaces in subfreezing weather. The method can also comprise preventing dust formation from particulate material handling processes. The dust control and/or freeze conditioning compositions can comprise a bottom stream derived from a biodiesel manufacturing process. The dust control and/or freeze conditioning compositions can also comprise a bottom stream of transesterification reactions involving triglycerides. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058719 | Mobile Asphalt Concrete Production Machine - A mobile asphalt production machine which includes support for different asphalt concrete recipes including a plurality of aggregate storage bins which work on combination with a fines or sands storage bin. The individual bins have separated feeding chutes to the mixing trough. The machinery also includes a removable pan at the elevator transfer station to accommodate changeover from one grade aggregate material to another. Further, a controller is provided which delivers appropriate ingredients while also measuring process parameters to adjust various input requirements. Further, a dust and particulate recapturing system is provided which recycles particulate matter back into the ribbon of mixed material with a binding agent. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058720 | APPARATUS TO REVERSE WAVE MOMENTUM - An apparatus to reverse the momentum of large waves. The apparatus includes a primary body having an upper surface, a first face and a second face. The first face and the second face are spaced from one another by a hollow space located below the upper surface. The first face includes an array of ports arranged to receive and transmit water into and out of the hollow space. The first face is curvilinear to deflect and divert water of incoming waves and, with water exiting the hollow space, reverse the momentum of following water. The apparatus is configured to minimizes or eliminate the harm to humans and the destruction of property experienced as a result of tsunami waves. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058721 | DRAINAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods for drainage management, including a pipe that is cut along a longitudinal section thereof; and a pipe block having a curved section corresponding to a diameter of the cut pipe and including supporting legs. The curved section of the pipe block is configured to support the cut pipe. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058722 | Aquatic Recovery and Repair System - An Oil/Gas Recovery System, a Rotating Encasement Fitting (REF) and Methods of Using. The Oil/Gas Recovery System comprises a flexible shroud open at an end facing a leaking drill line arising from the bottom of a body of water, a recovery system operably coupled to the flexible shroud by an intake line, and a delivery system, operably coupled to the flexible shroud by a delivery line. The flexible shroud is adapted to be lowered or raised in a body of water, so that the open end encloses a source of crude oil or gas to be recovered. The Rotating Encasement Fitting (REF) for sealing a compromised pipeline fracture, comprises bladder glands at each end of the REF and a pipeline having a fracture therein. The bladder glands can be activated by a supply line or remotely supplied for multiple charges. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058723 | Apparatus and Method for Limiting Ice Formation - A container adapted to be placed near a walkway or road and adapted to receive a solid ice prevention composition such as salt pellets. The container has an entrance opening and an exit opening. The entrance opening of the container may be connected to a downspout directly or via a connecting member to direct water from the downspout into the container. Water enters the container through the entrance opening and mixes with the ice prevention composition to create a solution having a reduced freezing point. The solution exits the container through the exit opening where it is able to flow in its liquid state even after the ambient air temperature falls below thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058724 | NOVEL MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR IN-SITU ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION OF CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS - Effective in-situ injection technology for the remediation of dense nonaqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) such as trichloroethylene (TCE) benefits from the use of decontamination agents that effectively migrate through the soil media, and react efficiently with both dissolved TCE and bulk TCE. A novel decontamination system contains highly uniform carbon microspheres preferably in the optimal size range for transport through the soil. The microspheres are preferably enveloped in a polyelectrolyte (such as carboxymethyl cellulose, CMC) to which preferably a bimetallic nanoparticle system of zerovalent iron and Pd is attached. The carbon serves as a strong adsorbent to TCE, while the bimetallic nanoparticles system provides the reactivity. The polyelectrolyte serves to stabilize the carbon microspheres in aqueous solution. The overall system resembles a colloidal micelle with a hydrophilic shell (the polyelectrolyte coating) and a hard hydrophobic core (carbon). In contact with bulk TCE, there is a sharp partitioning of the system to the TCE side of the interface due to the hydrophobicity of the core. These multifunctional systems appear to satisfy criteria related to remediation and are relatively inexpensive and made with potentially environmentally benign materials. An aerosol process is preferably used to produce zerovalent iron particles supported on carbon. A method of lubricating includes creating carbon microspheres produced from a monosaccharide or polysaccharide, the carbon microspheres having a diameter of 50 nm to 6 microns, coating the microspheres with a surface coating and using the carbon microspheres as a lubricant. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058725 | SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING HEAT FROM AN EFFLUENT FLOWING IN A DUCT, AND HEAT EXCHANGER FOR SUCH A SYSTEM - Disclosed is a system for extracting heat from an effluent duct ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058726 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO SPLIT PIPE NEAR UTILITIES - A splitter system and methods are shown. Examples of splitter systems provide limited possibility of damage to adjacent utilities in the ground. Further, examples of splitter systems relax a shape memory of split pipe, which in turn reduces friction in a splitting operation. Configurations are further shown that provide lubrication to splitting operations in a number of locations along a splitter system. Configurations are also shown that provide electrical isolation to cutting blades. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058727 | Sea Floor Anchoring Apparatus - A sea floor anchoring apparatus including a first and second tubes, the second tube extending through the first tube's hollow bore and forming an annulus between the first and second tubes; rotary bearings interconnecting the first and second tubes for rotation of the second tube within the first tube; sand agitating teeth attached to the second tube's lower end; a turbine pump connected to the first and second tubes for, upon the rotation of the second tube, driving the water downwardly through the annulus; and a motor and motor housing assembly further interconnecting the first and second tubes, the motor turning the second tube, the teeth, and the turbine. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058728 | FEEDER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VAPOR TRANSPORT DEPOSITION SYSTEM - An improved feeder system and method for a vapor transport deposition system that includes a carrier gas bypass flow line to allow for continuous carrier gas flow to a vaporizer unit when a vibratory unit which supplies powdered material and carrier gas to the vaporizer unit is out of service. A process gas flow line to the vibratory unit may be included when the powdered material contains a powdered dopant in the material mix. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058729 | Cutting Tool - A cutting tool includes a cutting insert and a tool holder. The tool holder includes: a base for supporting a bottom surface of the cutting insert; a clamping arm for pressing a top surface of the cutting insert; an insert receiving space formed between the bottom surface of the clamping arm and the base; and a supporting surface which defines an end of the insert receiving space and supports an end of the cutting insert. The cutting insert includes: a first pressing region on the front portion of the top surface which is oriented in a vertically upward direction; and a second pressing region on the rear portion of the top surface which is oriented at an angle in the front direction. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058730 | Device and method for machining a cylinder bore by means of a geometrically defined cutter and a geometrically undefined cutter - The invention relates to a device ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058731 | Portable Magnetic Positioning Tool - Apparatus and methods for positioning one or more components relative to a work surface are provided. The apparatus can include a frame having a first support member extending therefrom. At least one extendable member can be disposed on the first support member. The extendable member can be adapted to move in a linear direction. At least one magnet can be disposed on the frame. The magnet can include at least one contact side that can be switchable between a magnetized state and a non-magnetized state. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058732 | DEVICE FOR REMOTE-CONTROLLED, SUBMARINE MACHINING UNIT - There is described a device for a remote controlled, submarine machining unit arranged for machining of a surface on an installation element by rotation and axial displacement of a tool head and also displacement of one or more cutter holders relative to the tool head, the machining unit being provided with means for releasable mounting of the machining unit at or on the installation element, wherein the tool head is fastened in a rotor shaft axially displaceably supported in a frame and axially rigidly supported in a primary adjustment works enclosing an end portion of the rotor shaft; and a secondary adjustment works is connected to the rotor shaft and comprises means arranged for transfer of a rotary movement of an adjustment handle projecting from the rotor shaft end portion, to a displacement of the cutter holders. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058733 | ROD-SHAPED TOOL HOLDER FOR ATTACHING CUTTING BITS AT NODES - The present invention relates to a rod-shaped tool holder ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058734 | COMBINED DRILL AND REAMER TOOL - A drill-reamer tool comprises a shank portion and a cutting portion coaxial with the shank portion, the cutting portion having an operational portion comprising at least one twist drill spiral roughing cutting edge associated with a land margin, a land clearance and a flute. The cutting portion further comprises at least one spiral finishing edge interlaced with the spiral roughing cutting edge and having associated therewith only a land margin and a flute. The land margin of said finishing edge being provided with a plurality of reamer cutting edges spiraling in an opposite direction to that of the roughing cutting edge. The reamer cutting edges being configured to cut a larger hole than said roughing edge. The operational portion being dimensioned such that during operation, both the roughing cutting edge and the reamer cutting edge are simultaneously operative. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058735 | STRUCTURE OF CONCRETE SCREW - A concrete screw includes a rod body which has a top end forming a head for tightening operation and a bottom end forming an engaging section. A first thread is formed on the rod body and extends, at a helix angle between 16 and 23 degrees, from the head toward the engaging section. The first thread has a top-side flank that defines a first thread flank angle ranging from 90 to 120 degrees with respect to the rod body. The first thread has a pitch that ranges from 5 mm to 20 mm. Three cutting notches are formed in and distributed along the first thread and are close to the engaging section. The cutting notches have a depth substantially corresponding to a distance from an apex of the first thread to the rod body. The rod body may selectively form a second thread extending between the head and the engaging section. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058736 | Drivable eye bolt - An eye bolt has an elongate threaded shank having a longitudinal axis and a loop projection, such as a circular loop, extending from one end of the shank and a driving head rigidly mounted on the loop projection coaxially with the axis. To facilitate insertion into a material, the shank may include a self drilling and self tapping portion at the opposite end portion of the shank. A rotational driving force applied to the driving head causes the self drilling and self tapping portion to drill a hole in the material into which the threaded portion on the shank is screwed. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058737 | Electrically Insulating Cage Nut - An electrically insulating cage nut ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058738 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A print job for ring binding is received and page information contained in the print job is acquired. Based on the page information, it is determined whether a sheet used as a back cover in the ring binding is a sequential insert sheet whose insertion order is determined in advance. When it is determined that the sheet used as the back cover is a sequential insert sheet, control is performed such that the insert sheet used as the back cover is printed by discharging insert sheets up to the insert sheet just before the insert sheet used as the back cover out of a set of sequential insert sheets. Then, sheets used as inner sheets in the ring binding and a sheet used as a front cover in the ring binding are printed in order. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058739 | MULTI-FUNCTION BINDING MACHINE - A multi-function binding machine is proposed. The multi-function binding machine ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058740 | Workpiece Transfer Apparatus - The vacuum seal unit of a workpiece transfer apparatus includes a plurality of seal rings and a cooling flow passage formed so as to circulate through inside a rotating shaft and a workpiece transfer mechanism. The seal rings adjacent to each other with a spacing therebetween, out of the plurality of seal rings, and the rotating shaft define a first space and a second space independent from each other and respectively surrounding the periphery of the rotating shaft. An end portion of the cooling flow passage communicates with the first space, and the other end of the cooling flow passage communicates with the second space. Even when the rotating shaft is rotating about the axial center, a coolant supplied to the second space can flow through the cooling flow passage and be supplied to the first space, thereby enabling cooling with high efficiency without restriction on the angle of rotation. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058741 | HANDLER AND PART INSPECTION APPARATUS - A handler includes at least one transport section which transports a transport target onto a base. The transport section includes a plurality of first elevating sections which respectively move up and down a plurality of gripping sections which grip the transport target, and a single second elevating section which moves up and down all the plurality of first elevating sections. In connection of the transport target to a connection destination, a part of the plurality of first elevating sections are driven to descend, and the remaining part thereof are driven to ascend. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058742 | TRANSFER DEVICE - A transfer device transfers an object stored on one of a plurality of shelf plates of a shelf. The transfer device includes two pillars vertically standing in front of the shelf, an upper rail attached to upper front surfaces of the two pillars so as to tie the two pillars together, a vertical rail provided in a plane including the two pillars and slidably connected to a side surface of the upper rail, a lower rail provided under the vertical rail, attached to lower portions of the two pillars, and connected to the vertical rail in a manner which allows the vertical rail to slide, and a holding unit slidably connected to a side surface of the vertical rail and arranged to detachably hold the object. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058743 | Container storage add-on for bare workpiece stocker - The present invention relates to apparatuses and methods to store and transfer objects, and more particularly to workpiece stocker configurations such as stocker for semiconductor wafers, reticles or carrier boxes. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058744 | Bulk Material Handling System and Carrier Therefor - A system including a receptacle having an inlet for receiving a poke material therethrough and a carrier for supporting a flexible bag with a closable discharge spout, containing a bulk material to be deposited in such receptacle, and means operable upon a bag loaded with bulk material being supported thereon such spout being aligned with such receptacle inlet and such spout being opening for jostling such bag to enhance the discharge of material through such spout into such receptacle, wherein such carrier and such receptacle are provided with cooperating configurations facilitating the positioning of such carrier relative to such receptacle with said bag spout aligned with such receptacle inlet. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058745 | LEVEL LIFT TRAILER WITH DETACHABLE CARGO BED - An open center trailer with spring suspended axels which straddle a detached cargo bed, which was loaded on the ground, said trailer level lifts the cargo bed by pulling said cargo bed up its channel ramps to an elevated transport height, and consequently level lowers and detaches from this load bed at another location. This load may be a cargo utility platform, or an enclosed cargo box, or a horse traveling compartment, or a dump bed, or a highway light, or a traffic speed sign. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058746 | CLAMPING ASSEMBLY FOR LOAD-CARRYING VEHICLE - A clamping assembly for a load-carrying vehicle capable of exerting an adjustable clamping force, comprises first and second clamp arms, and first and second clamp arm sensing elements. The first and second clamp arms are movable towards and away from each other to contact and exert a clamping force on a load sufficient for lifting the load and transporting the load. The first clamp arm sensing elements are positioned at spaced apart locations on the first clamp arm. The second clamp arm sensing elements are positioned at spaced apart locations on the second clamp arm. The first clamp arm sensing elements and the second clamp arm sensing elements are configured sense and feed back forces exerted by the first and second clamp arms, respectively, in engaging the load such that the clamp arms can be moved relative to each other to adjust the clamping force applied to the load. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058747 | Construction Machinery - [Problem] To provide a construction machine with a step arranged in an operator's cab, which makes it possible to enlarge the shape or dimensions of the step without increasing a swing radius. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058748 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REINFORCEMENT OF A LOAD BEARING STRUCTURE - A reinforcement device for a load bearing structure is disclosed. The reinforcement device may include a tubular wall including a first end, a second end, a throat disposed between the first end and the second end, and a curved portion disposed between the throat and each of the first end and the second end. The tubular wall may also include a first dimension at the throat and a second dimension at each of the first and second ends, the first dimension being smaller than the second dimension. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058749 | WORKING ROBOT AND PROCESSING PLANT - A working robot according to an embodiment includes an arm part and a plurality of motors. The arm part includes a plurality of arm members. The plurality of motors respectively drives the plurality of arm members. Herein, rated powers respectively corresponding to the motors are the same. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058750 | HYBRID CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A hybrid construction machine is capable of performing satisfactory operations even when trouble occurs that disables the electric motor from outputting torque. The hybrid construction has both a hydraulic motor and an electric motor driving the swing structure and a controller for switching between a hydraulic/electric hybrid swing mode (using both the hydraulic motor and the electric motor) and a hydraulic-alone swing mode (using only the hydraulic motor). The switching is executed while achieving satisfactory operability and performance in each mode. Normally, an energy saving operation is performed in the hydraulic/electric hybrid swing mode. When the electric amount of an electricity storage device has gone out of a prescribed range or an abnormality has occurred in an electric system (e.g., failure of an inverter), the swing mode is switched to the hydraulic-alone swing mode so that driving with normal braking torque is possible by the hydraulic motor alone. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058751 | MICROMANIPULATION SYSTEM COMPRISING A PROTECTIVE SYSTEM FOR CAPILLARIES - A manipulation system for microscope applications comprises a micromanipulation tool ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058752 | EQUIPMENT FOR TRANSFERRING BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT CONTAINERS WITH ADJUSTABLE INCLINATION OF ITS TRANSLATION AXIS - An equipment is described for transferring biological products containers from an interface support to a transport device and vice-versa for biological containers, positioned at different heights, comprising a frame to which a holding device for biological products containers is connected vertically mobile with respect to said frame and provided with fingers suitable to hold, transfer and release a container for biological products. Said frame is integer with sliding means along a bar fixed to an inclinable body, said inclinable body being in its turn rotatingly connected to a sustaining body, and regulation means for the inclination of said inclinable body, and consequently of said bar, with respect to said sustaining body being present in function of the difference of height existing between said interfacing support and said transport device for biological products containers. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058753 | Palletizer Puller Bar - In an item-handling device, a layer head includes an item layer building platform defining an item receiving plane, the layer building platform being vertically positionable. A puller bar mounts to the layer head and moves in relation thereto within a plane above the item-receiving plane. The puller bar is positionable between a retracted position above the layer building platform and an extended position offset from the layer building platform. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058754 | LIFTING UNIT FOR LIFTING A ROTOR OF A WIND ENERGY INSTALLATION - There is provided a lifting unit for lifting a rotor of a wind power installation. The lifting unit has at least one first sling for looping around a region of a rotor blade on a rotor of the wind power installation, which region is near the rotor blade root, at least one transverse strut, at least one first and second strut or sling portion, and at least one first and second hinge unit. The at least one first and second struts or sling portions extend between the at least one first and second hinge units and the transverse strut. The lifting unit further has at least one second sling having first and second sling portions and a strut. The first ends of the first and second sling portions are fixed to the first and second hinge units. The second sling is adapted to be arranged around a rotor blade stub. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058755 | HIGH TONNAGE TRAILER COMBINATION, TRAILER COMPONENTS, AND METHOD OF USE - A trailer combination and trailer components are designed to provide dual functionality in terms of hauling a very high tonnage piece of heavy equipment and typical weight pieces of heavy equipment. To accomplish this, a trailer auxiliary is provided to connect to a typical low boy trailer. The trailer auxiliary has mechanisms to provide a bed assembly that is designed to link to the low boy trailer so that the bed assembly and bed of the trailer auxiliary receive the high tonnage piece of equipment. The trailer auxiliary can be equipped with ramps to interface with the trailer and auxiliary to facilitate the loading of the heavy equipment. The trailer combination also includes a hauling vehicle for each of the low boy trailer and auxiliary, with a spacing bar assembly mounted to one of the vehicles to link the vehicles together when hauling the trailer and the auxiliary. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058756 | FLOW DISCOURAGER INTEGRATED TURBINE INTER-STAGE U-RING - A gas turbine having rotor discs ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058757 | PRIMING VALVE SYSTEM FOR PRE-PRIMING CENTRIFUGAL PUMP INTAKES - A priming valve for priming a centrifugal pump includes a valve assembly separating an inlet chamber from an outlet chamber. The inlet chamber is fluidly coupled to an intake for the centrifugal pump and the outlet chamber is fluidly coupled to a priming pump. A control valve is provided to operate the valve assembly in order to fluidly connect the inlet chamber with the outlet chamber. While the valve assembly fluidly connects the inlet chamber with the outlet chamber, the priming pump can operate to replace air in the intake and the centrifugal pump with water. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058758 | WIND TURBINE INSTALLED ON THE TOP FLOOR OF A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, PARTICULARLY IN AN URBAN AREA - A vertical axis wind turbine installed on the top floor of a residential building, particularly in an urban area, is provided with a rotor fitted with blades and actuated by the wind, thus driving a generator to provide electrical power. The wind turbine includes a wind-channelling base which extends through a funnel, particularly a diverging tapered funnel, at the neck of which the rotor is placed. The rotor includes a median channelling hub mounted on the inner part of the neck of the funnel. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058759 | House Architectural Complex Wind-concentrating Type And An Open-field Structure Group Wind-concentrating Type Wind Power Hub Generating Station/Power Station - A house architectural complex and open-field structure wind-concentrating type wind power hub generating station or power station are provided, which use the relation that the power of a wind driven generator is proportional to the third power of the wind speed, and use the wind-concentrating structure of our invention and transmission mode principle thereof so as to increase the speed of the natural wind about 3˜8 m/sec with probability above 80% to 50˜70 m/sec, then the power of a unit area of the blade will be increased by about 100˜340 times; a high architectural complex with an area of 60,000 m | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058760 | AXIAL COMPRESSOR WITH AN INJECTION DEVICE FOR INJECTING A FLUID - An axial compressor is disclosed for compressing air, such as for a gas turbine. The axial compressor can include a rotor, having a multiplicity of rotor blades, and rotor casing. The casing and rotor can form an annular gas passage. Outside the gas passage an annular and concentric bleed air chamber, can include at least one bleed air slot in functional communication with the gas passage. At least one injection device having at least one nozzle which can inject the fluid into the gas passage via the bleed air slot. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058761 | MULTI-STAGE INTEGRALLY GEARED COMPRESSOR - A multi-stage integrally geared compressor includes a first process stage, a second process stage and a gearbox for coupling the two process stages to each other at different rotational speeds. The gearbox further couples a compressor drive shaft to the two process stages at a further rotational speed, which is different from the rotational speeds of the process stages. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058762 | Turbo Compressor - In order to improve a turbo compressor comprising a compressor housing, in which an incoming gas volume flow is supplied to an impeller channel through an inlet channel, is compressed in the impeller channel by an impeller and is discharged from the impeller channel via an outlet channel, and a flow diversion channel which is provided in the compressor housing, extends outside of the impeller channel and the inlet channel, opens into the inlet channel with an opening on the inlet side and into the impeller channel with an opening on the impeller side and conveys a diversion volume flow between the openings as a function of a difference in pressure, in such a manner that it can be operated optimally with volume flows which are far below the volume flow provided for the design point it is suggested that the flow diversion channel have a cross-sectional flow area increasing in size up to the opening on the inlet side proceeding from the opening on the impeller side. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058763 | Device for adjusting variable guide vanes - A device for adjusting variable guide vanes of an axial-flow machine includes a control rod that adjusts an angular position of the variable guide vanes and is pivotably connected to a shaft. Each of a first and a second bracket has a first end connectable to a casing of the machine. A first joint is fixed to a second end of the first bracket and provides adjustable positioning of a first end of the shaft. A second joint is fixed to a second end of the second bracket and provides adjustable positioning of a second end of the shaft. The two joints are spatially positioned to each other solely via a first fixed connection between the first end of the first bracket to the casing and via a second fixed connection between the first end of the second bracket to the casing. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058764 | STEPPED, CONICAL HONEYCOMB SEAL CARRIER - A seal carrier for a seal used between rotating and non-rotating components includes an arcuate sheet metal seal carrier body formed to include a stepped, conical configuration wherein an inner diameter at a forward end is larger than the diameter at an aft end, with plural stepped sections defined by alternating radial and axial portions between the forward end and the aft end. Each axial portion is adapted to carry a seal element, preferably a honeycomb seal. Mounting flanges are provided at the forward end and the aft end of the arcuate sheet metal seal carrier body to enable attachment to the non-rotating component. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058765 | ROTARY MACHINE SEAL ASSEMBLY WITH BUTT GAP SEAL ELEMENTS - Systems and devices for substantially fluidly isolating portions of a rotary machine are disclosed. In one embodiment, a seal assembly for a rotary machine includes: a complementary set of seal segments configured relative one another so as to form a substantially continuous body with butt gaps between the seal segments, the segments including: a head flange; and an axial neck connected to the head flange, wherein the axial neck extends radially inboard and includes an axial slot formed substantially there through; and at least one butt gap seal element, wherein the at least one butt gap seal element includes an axial flange and a radial flange, the axial flange disposed within the axial slots of adjacent seal segments; and the radial flange extending radially inboard from the axial slots to a proximity of the rotary machine substantially forming a barrier to axial flow through the butt gap. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058766 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for a Labyrinth Seal - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods and apparatus for providing a labyrinth seal. In an example embodiment, a method is provided for sealing a flow path between a stationary element and a rotating element of a turbomachine. The method can include disposing at least one fixture on an inner surface of a stationary element associated with the turbomachine; disposing a packing ring linked via a spring element to the fixture wherein the packing ring comprises at least one bore; and disposing, according to a predetermined profile, a plurality of interdigitated packing ring teeth and rotor teeth intermediate to the packing ring and the rotating element; wherein the bore, packing ring teeth, and rotor teeth, cooperate to counter a moment associated with one or more axial forces. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058767 | CENTRIFUGAL PUMP, A SHAFT SLEEVE AND A STATIONARY SEAL MEMBER - The present invention relates to a centrifugal pump, a shaft sleeve and a stationary seal member for a static seal used in connection with a dynamic sealing of a centrifugal pump. The invention relates to a static seal the clearance of which may be adjusted while the pump is running. Especially the invention discusses the novel structure of such a static seal. A characterizing feature of a centrifugal pump comprising a pump housing ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058768 | GAS TURBINE ENGINES WITH ABRADABLE TURBINE SEAL ASSEMBLIES - A turbine section of a gas turbine engine includes a housing, a rotor assembly, and a seal assembly. The rotor assembly includes a rotor disk, a rotor platform coupled to the rotor disk, and a rotor blade extending from the rotor platform into the mainstream hot gas flow path. The stator assembly includes a stator platform with a stator vane that extends from the stator platform into the mainstream hot gas flow path. The seal assembly includes a first flow discourager extending in a first direction from the rotor platform, a second flow discourager extending in a second direction from the stator platform, the first flow discourager axially overlapping the second flow discourager such that the second flow discourager is interior to the first flow discourager in a radial direction, a hard coating applied to the first flow discourager, and an abradable coating applied to the second flow discourager. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058769 | COMPRESSOR END HEAD HEATING ARRANGEMENT - A compressor end head for providing a thermal barrier near a mechanical seal includes an inner end head and an outer end head. The outer end head includes an opening in the center for enclosing the inner end head, an outlet and grooves alongside surfaces radially adjacent the opening. The inner end head has an opening in the center, an inlet, grooves in the opening for enclosing an end portion of a compressor shaft and a flow path along an outer surface. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058770 | FASTENING FLANGE - A flange for fastening a line to a pump casing, includes: a pump casing passage; and a plurality of stop members protruding in the passage and angularly distributed around the passage, the position of the flange being angularly adjustable by the stop members. A pump may include the fastening flange. A method for adjusting the position of the flange in relation to the pump is also disclosed. This method makes it possible to avoid the position of the pump casing being imposed by the orientation of the fastening flange of the pump casing. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058771 | SPRING-TENSIONED STATOR RESTRAINING STRAP - A vane assembly of a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced vanes extending radially between an outer case and an inner case. A spring-tensioned stator restraining strap is provided around the outer case and surrounding outer ends of the respective vanes. The outer ends of the vanes are received in corresponding openings defined in the outer case and project radially outwardly from the outer case. The spring-tensioned strap compresses the respective vanes radially and inwardly in position. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058772 | LAVAL NOZZLE - In a Laval nozzle ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058773 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MATERIAL FOR ROTARY MACHINE COMPONENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ROTARY MACHINE COMPONENT, MATERIAL FOR ROTARY MACHINE COMPONENT, ROTARY MACHINE COMPONENT, AND CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - A method of manufacturing a material for a rotary machine component, by performing at least a solution treatment on a material made of a duplex stainless steel, wherein, in the solution treatment, the material is heated to a temperature in a range of 950 to 1100° C. and is thereafter cooled to 700° C. at an average cooling rate of equal to or greater than 20° C./min. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058774 | VOLUTE SHAPED PUMP CASING WITH SPLITTER RIB - A volute shaped pump casing for a centrifugal pump includes a chamber for housing at least one impeller rotatable around an axis of rotation and a volute shaped chamber which forms a flow channel and which contains a splitter rib for dividing the flow channel formed wherein in a section perpendicular to the axis of rotation a mean camber line is positioned equidistantly between an inner and outer surface of the splitter rib, where the thickness of the splitter rib is varied along the mean camber line and for the mean camber line unwrapped to a straight line there is a maximum in the thickness, s, of the splitter rib, wherein said maximum is positioned at a distance L from the leading edge of the splitter rib, and wherein the distance L is in the range between 1.4 times the maximum thickness s and 6 times the maximum thickness s. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058775 | CATCHER RING ASSEMBLY - A catcher ring assembly ( | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058776 | AERODYNAMIC COUPLING BETWEEN TWO ANNULAR ROWS OF STATIONARY VANES IN A TURBINE ENGINE - A turbine engine has at least two successive annular rows of stationary vanes, e.g. formed by the vanes of a nozzle and by an annular row of casing arms arranged downstream from the nozzle Each casing arm extends substantially in a radial plane passing between the trailing edges of two adjacent stationary vanes of the nozzle, and the pitch between these two stationary vanes is greater than the pitch between the other stationary vanes of the nozzle, in such a manner that the wakes formed at the trailing edges of these two stationary vanes pass respectively on either side of the corresponding casing arm. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058777 | SUBMERSIBLE PUMP STAGE - A submersible pump stage comprises an impeller comprising a first front top disc and a first rear top disc, first blades located between the front and the rear top discs, a bushing and a diffuser comprising a second front top disc and a second rear top disc, second blades located between the second front and second rear top discs. The second rear top disc has through holes passing in end surfaces and located circumferentially. A number of the through holes is selected at least equal to a number of interblade channels. The holes are made so as to provide an overflow of a liquid from a front pocket of this stage of the submersible pump into each interblade channel of a preceding stage diffuser. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058778 | FABRICATED INTERMEDIATE CASE WITH ENGINE MOUNTS - A fabricated engine case has a plurality of circumferentially spaced struts radially extending between an outer case and an inner case. A mount apparatus is affixed to the outer case of the engine case. The mount apparatus is a mount base radially spaced apart from a circumferential skin of the outer case and a load bearing member extending radially inwardly to connect the mount base to an outer end of one of the struts. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058779 | TURBINE CASING ASSEMBLY MOUNTING PIN - In certain embodiments of the present disclosure a turbine casing assembly is described. The turbine casing assembly includes an inner casing and an outer casing surrounding the inner casing. The outer casing includes a first outer casing section and a second outer casing section that join together along a flange. Two bolts extend through the flange and join together the first outer casing section and the second outer casing section. A pin having a first segment having a first diameter and a second segment having a second diameter extends through the inner casing and the outer casing and supports the inner casing relative to the outer casing. The pin has a first diameter that is greater than the second diameter and is located between the two bolts along the axis of the flange. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058780 | TURBINE CASING ASSEMBLY MOUNTING PIN - In certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a turbine casing assembly is described. The turbine casing assembly includes an inner casing and an outer casing surrounding the inner casing. The outer casing has a first outer casing section and a second outer casing section that join together along a flange. A bolt extends through the flange and joins together the first outer casing section and the second outer casing section. The turbine casing assembly further includes a pin. The pin has a segment defining an opening therethrough. The pin extends through the inner casing and the outer casing and supports the inner casing relative to the outer casing. The bolt passes through the opening defined by the pin. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058781 | FAN MODULE - A fan module includes a housing, a connecting member, and a fan assembly. The housing includes a bottom wall and a sidewall extending up from the bottom wall. The connecting member is slidably mounted to the bottom wall. The fan assembly includes a frame slidably mounted on the connecting member, and a fan detachably received in the frame. | 2013-03-07 |
| 20130058782 | VACUUM PUMP - Disclosed is a low-cost composite-type vacuum pump having a strength capable of withstanding high loads and using a cylindrical rotor formed from a fiber-reinforced plastic material. Having a turbo-molecular pump section ( | 2013-03-07 |
