| 14th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
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| 20110081192 | Cone to Boom Interconnection - A cone to boom interconnection, the cone provided with an annular mating groove of the cone dimensioned to receive a distal end of the boom. At least one retention groove and at least one gasket groove provided in the sidewall(s) of the mating groove. Alternatively, the gasket groove may be provided in a distal end of the boom. A gasket seated in the at least one gasket groove, sealing between the sidewall of the mating groove and the boom. A glue between the boom and the annular mating groove. The glue adhered to the boom as an annular retention lip within the at least one retention groove, whereby the cone is mechanically retained upon the boom. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081193 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT RELATED TO A SWING DAMPER - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement pertaining to a swing damper, particularly a swing damper ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081194 | BALL JOINT - A ball joint comprising a housing ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081195 | CONNECTION UNIT OF A CHAIN - A connection unit of a chain includes two outer link plates each having a first hole and a second hole. The second hole has a first recess and a second recess which communicates with the first recess. The first recess has a diameter larger than that of the second recess. The second recess includes an inner surface and a stepped engaging surface which is perpendicular to the inner surface. A stop surface is perpendicularly connected to the engaging surface. At least one first protrusion extends from the inner surface. A pin is securely fixed in the first hole and includes an engaging portion. A neck is located beside the engaging portion and has a diameter smaller than that of the engaging portion. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081196 | Space Frame Connection Members - It will be clearly seen that the bolt-like piece ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081197 | JUNCTION ELEMENT - The invention relates to a junction element ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081198 | FASTENER, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING ELONGATED MEMBERS - A fastener for fixedly connecting two members in spaced relation to one another includes a substantially cylindrical shaft having two opposed ends and a central collar portion positioned between the ends. At least one outwardly extending cylindrical ridge is positioned adjacent the central collar portion on either side thereof. Each end of the shaft is inserted longitudinally into apertures defined in the members. The at least one ridge assists in retaining the respective shaft in a respective aperture. A connecting system and a method for connecting two elongated members with the fasteners is also provided. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081199 | Ground stake for deterring driven vehicles - A ground stake for deterring driven vehicles consists of an integral, unitary body with an upper section, a lower section, and an elongated intermediate section. The lower section consists of a ground piercing rod member with an anchoring element adapted to be compelled into the ground to maintain the stake in an immobile position within the ground on real property. The upper section provides the appearance of a decorative stake with a pointed upstanding tip, giving the observer the impression that the stake is solid metal which will cause damage to any vehicle driven onto the property. In actuality, both the upper section and intermediate section, which interconnects the upper and lower sections, are made of a bendable, pliable material which, upon impact with the tires of a vehicle, will give way and bend. Thus, the ground stake, by appearing to extend up as a solid metal stake, will deter drivers. Nevertheless, it is actually safe for cars and individuals. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081200 | Cable Housing System with Angled Lid Sections - An embedded housing system storing cables below the surface in a protected environment, with a moveable surface lid lying flush with the existing surface and following the crown or slope across the travel path. The surface lid includes lid sections extending from the housing with at least one lid section having at least one edge extending from the housing at an angle. The cables are readily raised out of the housing structure to obstruct traffic across the travel path, or lowered into the housing system to allow unobstructed traffic passage. The housing support structure is prefabricated in sections, selectively attached to match the existing crown or slope across the travel path, and then installed below the surface. Surface lid sections remain connected while opening simultaneously across the sloping travel path, using an interlocking mechanism. Rain water is inhibited from entering the housing support structure by the surface lid, but if it seeps inside, it will drain away by gravity. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081201 | Reflective roadway warning system indicating incorrect vehicular travel direction - A plurality of reflector devices each having a reflective element, the reflector devices embeddable in the roadway of an off ramp, or in the curbing of an off ramp, and/or in the guardrails adjacent an off ramp or other one way street, the reflector warning system providing a visible alarm or alert to a driver in day or night conditions or low visibility that the driver has mistakenly or inadvertently turned his vehicle onto and is proceeding up an off ramp or other road way to another intersecting highway, and as such will encounter oncoming opposing traffic such that the driver can stop, reverse, and correct the mistake. The reflector devices embedded in the roadway depending upon their spacing will also provide a significantly tactile feedback to the driver that he is proceeding in the wrong direction by causing a vibration to the tires which is transmittable to the steering wheel. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081202 | GEOMORPHOLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION PROCESS AND SYSTEMS - The present invention includes methods for investigating a site for possible selective removal of sediment containing a contaminant. The methods include calculating an adjusted contaminant concentration for sediment zones on the site. The site preferably contains a water course. The methods may also include determining whether sediment zone need remediation by comparing the adjusted contaminant concentration to a standard. The invention also includes a system for carrying out the described methods, at least partially implemented in a computer. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081203 | Movable pipeline tee - The method of protecting two subsea pipelines which cross each other in a subsea environment from damaging one another when subsea currents slide the upper pipeline along the upper surface of the lower pipeline by providing roller around the upper pipeline and rollers around the lower pipeline which are connected together by a rotatable connection which allows the sets of roller to match the angle of the pipeline. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081204 | PIPELINE GUIDE ASSEMBLIES - The present invention relates to a pipeline guide assembly for a pipeline laying vessel, the pipeline guide assembly comprising:—a plurality of segments ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081205 | PIPE SPLITTING APPARATUS WITH CABLE ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM - Pipe splitting apparatuses and systems including a replaceable blade, and methods therefor, are provided. In various examples, a cable retention and release mechanism is configured to releasably engage a cable and includes one or more segments of a pipe splitting apparatus including a cable passage. A segmented collet includes tapered segments and is disposed within a tapered portion of a cable passage of the one or more segments. Channel surfaces of the tapered segments together form a cable channel through the segmented collet. The cable channel is configured to widen in a disengaged position of the segmented collet and narrow in an engaged position of the segmented collet. A spring is disposed within the spring pocket of the one or more segments to bias the segmented collet distally in the engaged position. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081206 | JOINTED PIPE SPLITTER WITH PNEUMATIC HAMMER - A pipe splitting assembly includes an articulating hammer nose assembly having a pipe splitting cutter and a rotatable joint coupled with the pipe splitting cutter. A pneumatic hammer is distal to the articulating hammer nose assembly, The pneumatic hammer is configured to drive the articulating hammer nose assembly proximally away from the pneumatic hammer. The rotatable joint is coupled between the pipe splitting cutter and the pneumatic hammer, and the articulating hammer nose assembly is rotatable into one or more angles relative to the pneumatic hammer through the rotatable joint. A cable coupling is interposed between the pneumatic hammer and the articulated hammer nose assembly. The cable coupling is configured to attach a cable to the pipe splitting assembly. The cable coupling and the rotatable joint are configured to transmit to the pipe splitting cutter a compression force from the cable coupling and dynamic percussive forces from the pneumatic hammer. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081207 | SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING MARINE BIO-FOULING OF AN UNDERWATER STRUCTURE - A biomimetic system for mitigating marine bio-fouling is disclosed which is based upon the sacrificial skin mechanism found in the pilot whale species. The anti-bio-fouling system is characterized by the continuous in-situ underwater formation of a conformal protective skin around a submerged object or structure and employs a circulatory system embedded in a diffuser layer conformably fitted and secured to the structure to controllably deliver a sacrificial skin-forming material to the structural surface. The system advantageously utilizes the unique chemical properties of the skin-forming material to alter the material's viscosity in response to contact with sea water such that the material is uniformly distributed over the structure surface by a self-diffusion process, notwithstanding structural configuration or gravitational orientation, thus forming a stabilized waterproof layer or sacrificial skin. The sacrificial skin controllably self-dissolves and is shed in response to continuous contact with sea water, thereby carrying away the marine bio-fouling material. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081208 | AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTABLE CAISSON CLAMP - A clamp system for operatively connecting a vibratory device to a plurality of caissons defining at least first and second diameters comprises a structural member, first and second clamps comprising first and second lock systems, respectively, and a clamp displacement system. The first and second clamps are supported by the structural member. The first and second lock systems fix the first and second clamps relative to the structural member. The clamp displacement system comprises at least one clamp displacement motor supported by the structural member and a mechanical link assembly connected between the at least one clamp displacement motor and the first and second clamps. Operation of the at least one clamp displacement motor allows the first and second clamps to be remotely displaced relative to the structural member such that the first and second clamps are spaced along the structural member as appropriate for either of the first and second diameters. Operation of the first and second locks systems fixes the first and second clamps relative to the structural member. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081209 | SHIM PLATE FOR MILLING TOOLS FOR CHIP REMOVING MACHINING AS WELL AS A MILLING TOOL HAVING SUCH A SHIM PLATE - A shim plate for milling tools for chip removing machining, including an upperside, an underside, and at least one side surface extending between the upperside and the underside and forming an angle≦90° with the upperside. A through hole includes a first section mouthing in the upperside, and a second section mouthing in the underside and having a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the first section. The upperside at least partially transforms into the side surface via an edge portion configured to be an active auxiliary chip-removing cutting edge upon failure of a cooperating cutting insert. The edge portion includes a chamfer surface that forms an obtuse angle (δ) with the upperside. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081210 | CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL AND CUTTING METHOD USING THE SAME - A cutting insert is provided with an upper surface, a lower surface, side surfaces for interconnecting the upper surface and the lower surface, cutting edges located at the intersections between the upper surface and the side surfaces, and grooves located in the side surfaces, extending from the upper surface toward the lower surface, and dividing the cutting edges. Each of the grooves is provided with a first edge and a second edge which are located at the edges of the groove in the width direction thereof and extending from the upper surface toward the lower surface. In a side view, the first edge has a first separated section located on the upper surface side and, as the first edge extends toward the lower surface, separated away from a reference line which passes through the midpoint of the groove in the width direction thereof and is substantially perpendicular to the lower surface. Also, in the side view, the second edge has a second separated section located on the upper surface side and separated away from the reference line as the second edge extends toward the lower surface. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081211 | Tool and inserts for milling splines - The invention discloses an improved tool and inserts for concurrently milling multiple splines on a round (rod) material. Replaceable inserts having teeth formed to have their cutting edges shaped in the arc of a circle are disclosed. The inserts each include at least two sets of rough milling teeth. The tool holder shank includes recesses which provide a common or universal unit for receiving various sized groupings, each comprising an insert, a wedge for securing the insert, and a supporting member for the insert. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081212 | TOOL INTERFACE - A tool interface ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081213 | Cutting Insert and Method of Manufacture Thereof - A cutting insert and a method for manufacturing a cutting insert has a peripheral surface extending between a top surface and a bottom surface, the peripheral surface including a corner surface extending between a first side surface and a second side surface. At least one of the first and second side surfaces is substantially planar and the corner surface has at least a substantial curved unground portion. The corner surface is a residual portion of a blank corner surface of an insert blank which remains intact following grinding of at least one of the first and second side surfaces. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081214 | Dust Collector for use with Drill Bit or Drill Bit Depth Stop - A dust collector is disclosed for use with a drill bit or a depth stop that is coupled to a drill bit. The dust collector includes a rear attachment portion configured to be axially fixed to a drill bit or to a drill bit depth stop that is axially fixed to a drill bit. An intermediate non-collapsible portion is attached to a front end of the rear attachment portion. The intermediate non-collapsible portion defines a dust-collecting pocket and is structured to inhibit collapse as the drill bit is inserted into a workpiece. A front collapsible portion is attached to a front end of the intermediate non-collapsible portion and at least partially collapses as the drill bit is inserted into a workpiece. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081215 | TWIST DRILL - Provided is a double-angle twist drill that increases the quality of drilling without increasing the amount of manufacturing work or the like. A secondary cutting edge | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081216 | SPINDLE DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL - The damping property of a rear rolling bearing ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081217 | Expansion anchor - A multi-part expansion anchor ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081218 | METAL PLATE MEMBER FIXATION DEVICE - A metal plate member fixation device includes a barrel for bonding to a mounting through hole of a first metal plate member, a lock screw bolt inserted through the barrel for threading into a screw hole of a second metal plate member to lock the first and second metal plate members together, a cap molded on the head of the lock screw bolt, a spring member sleeved onto the shank of the lock screw bolt and stopped against the shoulder of the lock screw bolt and an annular inside step of the barrel, and a compressively deformable annular stop member positioned in an annular inside locating groove in the barrel around the shank of the lock screw bolt for stopping against one end of the thread of the lock screw bolt to prohibit escape of the lock screw bolt from the barrel. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081219 | FASTENING MECHANISM - A fastening mechanism which is easy to handle and operate. The fastening mechanism includes a bolster, a bolt, at least two elbows, and a support bracket. The bolster is provided with several retainer walls externally disposed, one side thereof being formed into an opening and the inside thereof being formed into a hollow space with a passage through which the bolt can pass. At least two elbows extend from the bottom end of the retainer walls. When the bolt mates with the inner thread formed in the retainer wall, a friction plate formed with the support bracket lodges into a tapered slot between two retainer walls so that the support bracket cannot move against the retainer walls. The at least two elbows angle outwards to retain the support bracket when the bolt is traveling along the inner thread. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081220 | FASTENER AND METHOD OF PROLONGING USE OF A DRIVER BLADE IN A FASTENING TOOL - A fastener and a method for reducing wear on a driver blade in a fastening tool includes applying a layer of solid-based lubricant between the head of a fastener and a driver blade end. The fastener is for use in a fastening tool and includes a head, a shank, and a layer of lubricant on the head of the fastener. The lubricant is graphite, molybdenum disulfide, tungsten disulfide, boron nitride, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), nano-diamonds, calcium stearate, sodium stearate, oils, greases, waxes, thermoplastic polymers, or another lubricant that exhibits similar characteristics. Aromatic polyamides (such as Kevlar™), ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene, powdered glass, glass fibers, thermoplastic polymers, and thermoset polymers also are contemplate to provide a barrier to contact between the driver blade and fastener head. The lubricant is sprayed, rolled, brushed, blotted or otherwise applied between the head of the fastener and the driver blade end prior to firing the fastening tool. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081221 | SYSTEM FOR FEEDING GLASS SHEETS TO AT LEAST ONE SHEET PROCESSING LINE AND PRODUCTION PLANT COMPRISING THIS SYSTEM - A system for feeding glass sheets to at least one sheet processing line has a sheet withdrawal station, in which are housed stands for supporting packs of sheets and a loading machine mobile in a rectilinear transfer direction to withdraw the sheets from the stands and transfer them to the processing line; the stands being arranged along the transfer direction on opposite sides of the loading machine and having first and, respectively, second inclined side resting surfaces of the respective sheet pack facing the loading machine and converging one towards the other and downwards, and being mobile from and towards the withdrawal station under the thrust of a common transfer unit. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081222 | MULTI-TRACK HANDLING AND STORAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A multi-track handling and storage apparatus includes at least two main tracks, at least two cranes and an intelligent integrated logic system. The main tracks are arranged separately, and every two adjacent main tracks are connected by at least one switching track. Bottoms of the cranes are slidably disposed on the main tracks. The intelligent integrated logic system includes a command receiving unit, a database unit, an analyzing unit, a crane dispatching unit and a route selection unit which are integrated with each other. The above-mentioned main tracks, switching tracks and cranes are controlled by the units of the intelligent integrated logic system. The present invention further provides a multi-track handling and storage method. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081223 | APPARATUS FOR OBJECT PROCESSING - The present invention provides apparatuses for processing an object just as semiconductor chips and dies. The first embodiment comprises two or more pick and place heads (FIG. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081224 | HANDLING SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING, REMOVING OR INSERTING ROD-LIKE ELEMENTS - The invention relates to a handling system for transporting, removing or inserting rod-like elements from or into a storage frame ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081225 | REDUCED FOOTPRINT SUBSTRATE INTERLEAVER FOR FOOD PREPARATION LINE - A food processing system having a slicer/former for food preparations having a feed conveyor, a stacker for stacking food preparations, and n interleaver for inserting a substrate under a food preparation from the food slicer/former as it transitions to the stacker. The interleaver is arranged such that a portion of the interleaver is located beneath the feed conveyor of the slicer/former. The interleaver includes an interleaver conveyor which extends from the feed conveyor to the stacker in-feed conveyor, and an overall length of the interleaver conveyor is less than a length of the interleaver in order to provide a reduced footprint interleaver for new and retro-fit applications having a limited length for the food processing system. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081226 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A WIND TURBINE - The present disclosure relates to a method for operating a wind turbine with the steps: detection of the values of predetermined operating parameters by means of suitable sensors, detection of at least one predetermined initial condition, comparison of the detected values to stored values of the operating parameters. The disclosure further relates to a wind turbine for implementing the method. Therefore, the object of the present disclosure is, to be able to adapt the operation of a wind turbine to changes using a method of the type named above, such that when the detected parameter values deviate from the stored parameter values, as a function of the initial condition, either the stored parameter values are adapted to the detected parameter values or the operation of the wind turbine is influenced as a function of the detected parameter values. In this way, the disclosure is based on the knowledge that, from a pragmatic view, the formation of ice on a rotor blade is also a (temporary, meteorologically-related) change to the rotor blade shape. From this it follows that the formation of ice on the rotor blades always leads to a change of the aerodynamic profile and thus to a negative effect of the output of the wind turbine. However, deviations from this shape and thus deviations in the magnitude of the generated output also result just from manufacturing-dependent deviations of the rotor blades from the predetermined optimum shape and from gradual soiling of the rotor blades during operation. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081227 | IMPACTOR CONTAINMENT - An impactor containment system including a laminate material, the laminate material having a face sheet, a cellular filling providing a crushable layer one side of which layer is arranged on the face sheet, and a stiff backing layer arranged on other side of the crushable layer, wherein the face sheet is provided with zones of weakness. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081228 | INTERTURBINE VANE WITH MULTIPLE AIR CHAMBERS - A gas turbine engine has a mid turbine frame disposed between turbine rotor assemblies. The mid turbine frame includes hollow airfoils radially extending through an annular gas path duct. The airfoils each include a double-walled leading edge structure to define a front chamber separated from a rear chamber defined in the remaining space within the airfoil. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081229 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING A CONNECTOR TO DEPOSITED MATERIAL - A method for attaching a connector to deposited material includes the steps of depositing material on a substrate using a thin- or thick-film deposition process and attaching at least one connector to the deposited material using a high energy beam welding process. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081230 | METHOD FOR FORMING A PRESSURE MEASUREMENT HOLE IN A COMPONENT - A method for forming a pressure measurement hole in a component includes the step of forming a hole in a body of the component, the hole extending from a body surface of the component. An insert having a longitudinal passage is fitted into the hole such that the insert protrudes from the body surface. The protruding end of the insert is machined to define an insert surface profile matched to the body surface profile and displaced from the body surface by a distance substantially equal to a thickness of a covering layer that is to be bonded onto the body surface. A blocking pin is inserted into the insert passage. The covering layer is then bonded to the body surface in the region of the hole and insert after which the blocking pin is removed from the insert to open the pressure measurement hole. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081231 | PUMP BEARING ARRANGEMENT - A pump bearing arrangement, suitable particularly for rapidly rotating pumps such as turbomolecular pumps, comprises a pump rotor ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081232 | ENHANCED AXIAL AIR MOVER SYSTEM WITH GRILL - Implementations of an enhanced axial air mover system address various issues such as drying performance, transportability, storage, use, and assembly. Some implementations include ergonomic positioning of a carrying handle relative to positioning of a fan-assembly to make the system easier to carry. Enclosures with variable diameter profiles increase air flow performance. A floor edge allows for flush positioning of the air mover's outlet to improve flow of air. Various supports and engagement members allow for horizontal and/or vertical engagement of a plurality of the air movers for storage or increased air moving capacity for a given application. An alignment guide assists with positioning of the air mover with respect to a room wall to enhance air flow within the room. A cord retaining system provides an enhanced approach for securing the air mover's electrical cord. Grill guards have slotted ends to assist with assembly of the air mover. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081233 | ENHANCED AXIAL AIR MOVER SYSTEM WITH MATRIX - Implementations of an enhanced axial air mover system address various issues such as drying performance, transportability, storage, use, and assembly. Some implementations include ergonomic positioning of a carrying handle relative to positioning of a fan-assembly to make the system easier to carry. Enclosures with variable diameter profiles increase air flow performance. A floor edge allows for flush positioning of the air mover's outlet to improve flow of air. Various supports and engagement members allow for horizontal and/or vertical engagement of a plurality of the air movers for storage or increased air moving capacity for a given application. An alignment guide assists with positioning of the air mover with respect to a room wall to enhance air flow within the room. A cord retaining system provides an enhanced approach for securing the air mover's electrical cord. Grill guards have slotted ends to assist with assembly of the air mover. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081234 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE THERMAL EXPANSION JOINT - A thermal expansion joint apparatus includes an insert extending passages passing through respective first and second components to loosely restrain the first component between the second component and an enlarged head of the insert thereby allowing thermal expansion of the respective first and second components relative to each other. The insert is secured to the second component by a fastener which can be removed, for example, when the insert is to be removed from the engine. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081235 | TURBINE ENGINE ALLOYS AND CRYSTALLINE ORIENTATIONS - A method is provided for engineering a single crystal cast gas turbine engine first component for cooperating with a second component. An at least local first operational stress on the first component is determined. The first operational stress has a first direction. A crystal orientation within the component or a physical configuration of the component is selected so that the first operational stress produces a desired engagement of the first component with the second component associated with either a negative Poisson's effect or high Poisson's effect in a second direction. Single crystal or highly textured iron- and nickel-base alloys enable one to use such effect in high temperature and/or corrosive environments. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081236 | STATIC SEAL - The static seal ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081237 | SEALING FOR VANE SEGMENTS - A seal housing is provided to substantially cover at least one duct wall of vane array duct of a gas turbine engine, and one example arrangement is employed in a mid-turbine frame. The arrangement provides improved sealing of the vane array duct through the provision of a plurality of cavities extending along the duct wall. The arrangement may also include insulation tubes to assist in sealing around load transfer spokes passing through the vane array. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081238 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE SHEET METAL VANE - A gas turbine engine stator vane has a sheet metal body with a pressure surface and a suction surface extending chordwise from a leading edge to a trailing edge. The sheet metal body has opposed pressure and suction side trailing end portions that meet at a joint upstream from the trailing edge of the airfoil. The pressure and suction surfaces of the sheet metal body are parallel to one another between the joint and the trailing edge, thereby forming a straight non-tapering trailing edge section from the joint to the trailing edge of the airfoil. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081239 | FABRICATED STATIC VANE RING - A strut configuration of a static vane ring used in a gas turbine engine having an enlarged end section at least at one of the opposed ends thereof to be welded or brazed to either an outer or inner duct wall of the vane ring. The enlarged end section provides a inner corner curve with a predetermined fillet radius between the strut and the duct wall. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081240 | FABRICATED GAS TURBINE VANE RING - A static vane ring for gas turbine engines includes a plurality of radial struts extending between and interconnecting outer and inner duct walls which define an annular duct therebetween. A load transfer apparatus is attached to at least one of the outer and inner duct walls to transfer load from vane to ring, and between vanes. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081241 | ENHANCED AXIAL AIR MOVER SYSTEM WITH FLOOR EDGE - Implementations of an enhanced axial air mover system address various issues such as drying performance, transportability, storage, use, and assembly. Some implementations include ergonomic positioning of a carrying handle relative to positioning of a fan-assembly to make the system easier to carry. Enclosures with variable diameter profiles increase air flow performance. A floor edge allows for flush positioning of the air mover's outlet to improve flow of air. Various supports and engagement members allow for horizontal and/or vertical engagement of a plurality of the air movers for storage or increased air moving capacity for a given application. An alignment guide assists with positioning of the air mover with respect to a room wall to enhance air flow within the room. A cord retaining system provides an enhanced approach for securing the air mover's electrical cord. Grill guards have slotted ends to assist with assembly of the air mover. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081242 | ENHANCED AXIAL AIR MOVER SYSTEM WITH ENCLOSURE PROFILE - Implementations of an enhanced axial air mover system address various issues such as drying performance, transportability, storage, use, and assembly. Some implementations include ergonomic positioning of a carrying handle relative to positioning of a fan-assembly to make the system easier to carry. Enclosures with variable diameter profiles increase air flow performance. A floor edge allows for flush positioning of the air mover's outlet to improve flow of air. Various supports and engagement members allow for horizontal and/or vertical engagement of a plurality of the air movers for storage or increased air moving capacity for a given application. An alignment guide assists with positioning of the air mover with respect to a room wall to enhance air flow within the room. A cord retaining system provides an enhanced approach for securing the air mover's electrical cord. Grill guards have slotted ends to assist with assembly of the air mover. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081243 | Helical airfoil wind turbines - An improved wind energy generator is described. This invention is a wind turbine that utilizes airfoils in unique designs that are made of lightweight materials. The turbine is manufactured by low cost production methods as portable units that are stacked in series to provide for significant power harvesting. The use of three dimensional twisted airfoils enable high efficiency and easy start up. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081244 | Spiral design - New design of wind and or water mill, which utilizes natural motion to create electricity. Using a spiral shape design compared to the traditional wind and or water mill designs already in use today. Using a spiral shape design with a tapering angled blade and or size and or a guide, the blades should allow for less drag and increase wind and or water spiral affect efficiency. And the Spiral Design can also be used to replace traditional propellors, efficiently utilizing the motion for thrust. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081245 | RADIAL SEAL PIN - The present application provides a turbine bucket. The turbine bucket may include a shank, a radial seal pin slot positioned on the shank, and a seal pin positioned within the radial seal pin slot. The seal pin may include a pair of shouldered ends. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081246 | AIR FENCE FOR FAN BLADE - A fan comprises a rotatable hub, a plurality of fan blades coupled with the hub, and a plurality of air fences coupled with the fan blades. Each fan blade has a free end and an opposite end secured to the hub. The air fences are positioned at selected locations along the length of the fan blades, between the ends of the fan blades. Each air fence includes a fin, which may extend upwardly or downwardly from the fan blade. Each air fence may be formed of a resilient material and may be configured to allow the air fence to be snapped onto a fan blade. Each air fence may define an opening through which a fan blade may be inserted. One or more surfaces of the air fence may be contoured to complement a surface contour of an airfoil shaped fan blade. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081247 | Wind Turbine Blade - A sectional blade for a wind turbine comprising a first and a second blade section extending in opposite directions from a blade joint, and each blade section comprising a spar section forming a structural member of the blade. The blade sections are structurally connected by a spar bridge over a spar joint, which comprises a center beam of two extending beam caps joined by one or more extending beam webs. The spar joint further comprises at least two extending spar caps and one or more extending spar webs connecting the spar caps to opposite sides of the center beam. A method of manufacturing such a sectional blade is also disclosed. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081248 | Wind Turbine Blade - A sectional blade for a wind turbine comprising a first and a second blade section extending in opposite directions from a blade joint, and each blade section comprising a spar section forming a structural member of the blade. The blade sections are structurally connected by a spar bridge extending into the first and second blade sections to facilitate joining of the blade sections. The spar bridge comprises a stiffening member protruding from the spar bridge in a chord wise direction of the blade for increasing the edgewise stiffness of the blade, and wherein a part of the surface of the stiffening member is shaped to follow an inner surface contour of the blade. A method of manufacturing such a sectional blade is also disclosed. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081249 | HOLLOW TURBINE BLADE - A blade for a turbine engine made by the diffusion-bonding/superplastic-forming (DB/SPF) process has a hollow skin made of front and back panels | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081250 | Hydro-kinetic transport wheel - A hydrodynamic impulse waterwheel turbine designed to exploit the head of watercourses. The waterwheel is contained within a wheel well mass housing enclosure, which maintains half of said waterwheel out of the water stream, wherein a multiplicity of interlocking inner wheels, with a novel designed of multifaceted cells, uniformly spaced within the periphery and the interior of said waterwheel, will turn in relationship to the waterwheel axis, presenting a new facet of the cell to the incoming water flow as it turns, increasing their efficiency exponentially, referred to as the actual water inflow rate to the plant per unit of time and the actual available head. The space between the cells is maintained vertically and horizontally but the location of the cells are offset in relationship to the cell immediately in front, allowing the free flow of the water throughout the waterwheel maintaining the waterwheel turning at the same velocity of the water stream. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081251 | FREE-STANDING, IMMERSIBLE POWER GENERATION PLANT COMPRISING AN AXIAL TURBINE - The invention relates to an immersible power generation plant driven by a water flow, particularly a tidal current, comprising a water turbine in the form of an axial turbine with an associated rotational axis. The water turbine comprises at least one turbine blade that is designed such that the course of the threading line of the profile sections thereof deviates from the radial flow when projected on the rotational plane. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081252 | Vane or blade for an axial flow compressor - A compressor vane or compressor blade is provided. The axial flow compressor includes an axial direction, a radial direction, a compressor hub and a compressor casing. The vane or blade includes an airfoil with airfoil sections having a span, a chamber line and a leading edge at which the chamber line includes a leading edge blade angle with the axial direction of the compressor and a trailing edge at which the chamber line includes a trailing edge blade angle with the axial direction of the compressor. The airfoil sections are stacked at the leading edge on a straight line extending along a radial direction of the compressor from the compressor hub towards a compressor casing and in that the leading edge angles of the airfoil sections vary along the span and are larger for airfoil sections close to the hub and close to the wall than for mid-span airfoil sections. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081253 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE BALANCING - An apparatus and method for balancing a gas turbine engine rotor includes a plurality of balancing weights adapted to be selectively attached to at least one of inlets or outlets of a cooling passage of the rotor. The weights include cooling access which permits coolant to communicate with the cooling passage. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081254 | COMPRESSOR FOR A REFRIGERATION CYCLE, REFRIGERATION CYCLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A compressor ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081255 | Controlling Pumps for Improved Energy Efficiency - A method for improving the energy efficiency of a pump system. The method includes measuring an instantaneous power consumption of the pump system, measuring an instantaneous fluid flow rate of the pump system, and determining an instantaneous specific energy consumption (SEC) of the pump system based on the instantaneous power consumption and the instantaneous fluid flow rate. The method then adjusts the speed of a pump in response to the determined SEC. The above steps may be performed a number of times to seek a reduced value of the instantaneous SEC of the pump system. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081256 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING A LIQUID LEVEL - A system, method and device may be used to monitor fluid levels in a borehole. The system includes a pulse generator to generate a pulse of electromagnetic energy to propagate along the wellbore towards a surface of the fluid, a detector to detect a portion of the electromagnetic pulse reflected from the surface of the fluid and propagated along the wellbore towards the detector, a processor to analyze detected signals to determine a level of the surface of the fluid, and a pump controller to control the operation of a pump located in the wellbore based on the fluid surface level. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081257 | DRIVETRAIN AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SUPPLY TO A COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM - The invention relates to a drivetrain, in particular motor vehicle drivetrain, | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081258 | FAN AND MOTOR HAVING MULTIPLE INSULATORS WITH AN AXIALLY PROTRUDING CONDUCTOR PIN - In a motor, axially upper and lower end surfaces of the stator core are substantially covered by a first insulator and a second insulator, both of which are made of resin. A boss is arranged circumferentially between two neighboring teeth. Three bosses are arranged at three out of four positions defined between any two neighboring teeth. A conductor pin is inserted into each boss along an axial direction. The boss includes a hole extending axially upward from the axially lower end thereof, in which a conductor pin is fitted. An axially lower position of the conductor pin axially downwardly protrudes from the boss. The conductor pin is inserted into each of the notched portions arranged to the circuit board, and is soldered with the circuit board such that the conductor pin and the circuit board are electrically connected. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081259 | WAVE-POWERED, RECIPROCATING HOSE PERISTALTIC PUMP - A wave-powered peristaltic hose pump, typically installed in a body of fluid upon which waves occur. It is characterized by a peristaltic hose which is reciprocally drawn through one or more anchored compression pulley blocks by opposing buoyant members reacting to undulating wave action. Occlusion of the hose by the compression pulley block causes a reciprocating inflow and outflow of water which is converted to a one-way outflow by a set of valves. When tensile loads are beyond the capabilities of the the peristaltic hose itself, it is installed within a low-stretch, flexible support means linked to the opposing buoyant members in a manner which minimizes tensile loading of the peristaltic hose. The apparatus is employed to deliver a flow of pressurized seawater to power driven devices or processes such as but not limited to desalinators, electricity generators, hydraulic motors and hydrogen fuel generators. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081260 | PRESSURE WASHER PUMP AND ENGINE SYSTEM - A pressure washer system includes an internal combustion engine and a water pump. The internal combustion engine includes an engine block forming a chamber and a cover for the chamber. The cover has an area designed to hold a lubricant. Additionally, the engine includes a crankshaft within the chamber. The water pump includes a pumping mechanism, an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid passage. The pumping mechanism is powered by the crankshaft. Water enters the pump through the inlet and exits the pump through the outlet. The fluid passage extends between the inlet and the outlet. A portion of the fluid passage is formed in the cover of the engine. Heat transfers from the lubricant of the engine to the water of the water pump during operation of the pressure washer system. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081261 | PRESSURE WASHER PUMP AND ENGINE SYSTEM - A pressure washer system includes an engine block, a water conduit, a water pump, and a spray gun. The engine block is for a horizontally-shafted internal combustion engine, and has a chamber therein. The chamber is designed to contain oil for cooling and lubricating the internal combustion engine. The water conduit has a garden hose connector on an end thereof, and is fastened to the engine block. As such, heat transfers from the engine block to a flow of water passing through the water conduit during operation of the internal combustion engine. The water pump is coupled to the water conduit, where the flow of water is driven by the water pump. The spray gun is coupled to the water pump, where the flow of water exits the pressure washer system via the spray gun. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081262 | MOTOR-DIRECTLY CONNECTED COMPRESSOR UNIT - To provide a motor-directly connected compressor unit which is equipped with a cooling means for suppressing the heating of the compressor and is easy to transfer without upsizing the compressor unit in size or weight, the compressor unit is configured such that a sirocco fan | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081263 | INDUCTION MOTOR AND HERMETIC COMPRESSOR - It is an object to obtain a highly efficient induction motor which does not degrade the fitting strength of shrink-fit and of which the starting torque is high, and further to obtain a highly reliable hermetic compressor which suppresses the oil amount flowing out of the hermetic compressor. According to the present invention, an induction motor includes a stator having a winding to be inserted to a plurality of stator slots formed along an inner circumferential edge of a stator iron core; and a rotor | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081264 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A scroll compressor has an electric motor portion, a compression mechanism portion connected to the electric motor portion, and an oil sump for lubricating oil in a sealed container and compresses a refrigerant in the compression mechanism portion. A used refrigerant is a halogenated hydrocarbon or a hydrocarbon having a carbon double bond in the composition or is a mixture containing one of the same. A sliding surface of at least one of two components constituting a sliding portion having a relation of sliding to each other in a sealed container is structured in such a way that an iron metal or an aluminum metal is not directly exposed. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081265 | Pulse pump - The pulse pump is driven by an electric motor and gear reduction driving an eccentric rotor, which, in turn, oscillates a mechanism actuating a diaphragm to transfer fluid through one-way check valves. The pump may be used in a number of different applications, but is particularly useful in applying biodegradation material to consume grease and other biodegradable matter typically found in drainage systems of food processing facilities, converting such matter into carbon dioxide and water. The device includes a system for placing the mechanism in a neutral position when the pump is deactivated, to avoid causing the diaphragm to take a set toward either extreme of travel when parked for an extended time. One embodiment incorporates a multiple piece actuator assembly having a diaphragm sandwiched between components. Another embodiment uses a single piece actuator having a circumferential groove, with the diaphragm having a toroid configuration and attaching within the groove. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081266 | FAN, BEARING AND SLEEVE THEREOF - A bearing includes an axial hole and a plurality of first grooves. The first grooves are formed on the inner wall of the bearing, and extends through the top surface and to the outer wall of the bearing. The lubricant oil originally held in the bearing can be guided to flow around the whole bearing effectively. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081267 | PUMP - A fluid pump comprising a chamber which, in use, contains a fluid to be pumped, the chamber including a main cavity having a substantially cylindrical shape bounded by first and second end walls and a side wall and a secondary cavity extending radially outwards of the main cavity, one or more actuators which, in use, cause oscillatory motion of the first end wall in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the first end wall, and whereby, in use, the axial oscillations of the end walls drive radial oscillations of the fluid pressure in the main cavity, and wherein the secondary cavity spaces the side wall from the first end wall such that the first end wall can move relative to the side wall when the actuator is activated. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081268 | PUMP BODY - A multiplex fluid pump assembled from a plurality of pump bodies connected side by side between opposing end plates with a plurality of fasteners tightened to compress the pump bodies between the end plates. Raised surfaces on opposite exterior side surfaces of each pump body are engaged with an adjacent end plate or an adjacent pump body to apply a pre-compressive force at the raised surfaces and thereby inhibit the initiation of fatigue cracks. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081269 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A scroll compressor includes an orbiting scroll member, a non-orbiting scroll member, a spacing block, and an annular pressure piece. The non-orbiting scroll member is disposed on the orbiting scroll member. The spacing block has a first annular recess and at least one first through hole. The spacing block is disposed on the non-orbiting scroll member. The first through hole is located within the first annular recess and penetrates the spacing block. The annular pressure piece has a second annular recess and at least one second through hole. The second through hole is located within the second annular recess and penetrates the annular pressure piece. The annular pressure piece is accommodated within the first annular recess. One side disposed with the second annular recess of the annular pressure piece faces the spacing block. The annular pressure piece is located between the spacing block and the non-orbiting scroll member. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081270 | LIGNITE-BASED URETHANE RESINS WITH ENHANCED SUSPENSION PROPERTIES AND FOUNDRY SAND BINDER PERFORMANCE - Described herein, in the preferred embodiment, is a leonardite-based polyurethane resin binder that may be used, among other applications, as a binder in combination with foundry aggregate, e.g., sand, for molding or casting metal parts. The binders described herein comprise a humic substance, preferably leonardite, combined with a polymerizable isocyanate, a polymerizable polyol, and a polymerization catalyst to make a polyurethane resin binder in situ in a foundry aggregate, such as sand. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081271 | LOW-LEAD COPPER ALLOY - The present invention provides a low-lead copper alloy, which includes 0.05 to 0.3 wt % of lead, 0.3 to 0.8 wt % of aluminum, 0.01 to 3 wt % of bismuth, 1 to 4 wt % of silicon, 0.1 to 1 wt % of tin, and more than 93.6% of copper and zinc, wherein copper is in an amount ranging from 61 to 78 wt %. The low-lead copper alloy of the present invention has excellent toughness and processability, and can provide increased resistance in an environment with a high concentration of chlorine ions. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081272 | LOW-LEAD COPPER ALLOY - The present invention provides a low-lead copper alloy, comprising 0.05 to 0.3 wt % of lead (Pb), 0.3 to 0.8 wt % of aluminum (Al), 0.01 to 0.4 wt % of bismuth (Bi), 0.1 to 2 wt % of nickel (Ni), and more than 96.5 wt % of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn), wherein copper is in an amount ranging from 58 to 70 wt %. The low-lead copper alloy of the present invention has excellent material properties as well as good toughness and processability, thereby increasing the alloy strength and corrosion resistance thereof. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081273 | AIR SANITIZATION SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE SPEED FAN - An air sanitization system including a reactive oxygen species generator, a variable speed fan, a pathogen sensor and a controller. The reactive oxygen species generator generates reactive oxygen species from an oxygen-containing gas and discharges the reactive oxygen species to a conditioned space. The variable speed fan directs the oxygen-containing gas to the reactive oxygen species generator at a controlled speed. The pathogen sensor senses a level of airborne pathogens in the conditioned space and generates a signal indicative of the level of pathogens sensed. The controller receives the signal from the pathogen sensor and varies the speed of the variable speed fan in response to the signal to decrease a speed of the variable speed fan in response to an increase in the level of airborne pathogens sensed by the pathogen sensor. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081274 | UV disinfectant device for biofilm flow cell - A UV (ultraviolet) light disinfectant apparatus useful with a biofilm flow cell for in-line, non-invasive disinfecting of medium flow to and from the flow cell is provided. The disinfectant apparatus includes a UV chamber having a UV light source therein and one or more UV light-transmissive tubes that extend through the UV chamber and through which the fluid medium flows through the UV chamber for exposure to UV light for purposes of disinfectation. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081275 | Microfluidic structure - Pressure-operable microfluidic structure for the bubble-free combining of two liquid volumes with a fluid chamber that has a feed opening, as well as an inlet and outlet channel emerging into the fluid chamber, wherein the fluid chamber has a cross section that broadens out relative to the inlet channel in the direction of flow from the inlet to the outlet channel and is designed, thanks to the broadened cross section, to broaden a first liquid volume that is essentially pressure-driven and conducted through the inlet channel and through the fluid chamber to a cross section at least approximately corresponding to the full cross section of the fluid chamber, while the fluid chamber has a holding position and is configured so that a second liquid volume, placed in the fluid chamber through the feed opening, can be held in the region of the holding position and the second liquid volume when the first liquid volume is moved through by pressure can be taken up by the latter and delivered as a combined liquid volume through the fluid chamber and into the outlet channel. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081276 | PARTICULATE SENSING ELEMENT AND PARTICULATE SENSOR HAVING THE PARTICULATE SENSING ELEMENT - A particulate sensing element that detects a concentration of electrically conductive particulates PM in a gas to be measured includes a sensing portion exposed to the gas to be measured in which a pair of sensing electrodes that face each other formed with a predetermined gap therebetween on a surface of an electrically insulating heat resistant base plate, and a heating element that heats the sensing portion to a predetermined temperature, wherein a catalyst layer that can oxidize the electrically conductive particulates PM is formed at least on a part of a portion except the sensing portion exposed to the gas to be measured. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081277 | REGENERATIVE THERMAL OXIDISER - A heat exchanger for a regenerative thermal oxidiser is described. The heat exchanger has a heat exchange bed that is disposed within a housing. The heat exchange bed is disposed parallel to the longest axis of the housing. A cavity is formed at either side of the heat exchange bed. Channels in the heat exchange bed link the two cavities. Because the heat exchange bed is disposed parallel to the longest axis of the housing, the area of the heat exchange bed facing the cavities is maximised, and the length of the channels is minimised, this reduces the pressure required to drive gas through the heat exchanger. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081278 | REACTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN SULPHIDE - The present invention describes a reactor ( | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081279 | Alkaline metal fuel pulse generator - A method of dispensing small discrete quantities of fluidized alkaline metals fuels through a plurality of spindle shaft orifices into a hydrolyzation chamber at a high spindle shaft rotational speed. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081280 | MICROFLUIDIC CHIP AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided are a microfluidic chip and a method of fabricating the same. The microfluidic chip includes: a lower substrate; an upper substrate formed of a silicone resin, wherein the lower substrate and the upper substrate, bonded together, provide a channel through which a fluid can flow and a chamber to receive the fluid; and an organic thin film formed on the upper surface of the lower substrate except for portions on which the lower substrate and the upper substrate are attached to each other. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081281 | VALVE-MANIFOLD LABORATORY GLASSWARE FOR CHEMICAL LABORATORY AUTOMATION AND OTHER APPLICATION - An article of laboratory glassware for directing the flow of chemical materials is described. The article includes a glass manifold having a plurality of input ports and at least one output port, and a plurality of stopcocks. Each stopcock has an inlet port and an outlet port connected by a passageway through the plug. Each of the stopcock output ports is connected to one of the manifold input ports, and each of the stopcock input ports is connected with one end of a hollow glass tube, and the other end of the hollow glass tube is connected to a female ground glass joint. The output ports of the manifold are terminated to a male ground glass joint. Each plug is rotated by an electrical motor or a servo, and sensed by a sensor. The rotation of each rotating plug is controlled by a computer. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081282 | Flow distribution device for downflow catalytic reactors - The invention is a fluid distribution device for coupling with a fluid distribution conduit or chimney for improving the distribution of downwardly flowing poly-phase mixture including at least one gas phase and at least one liquid phase, above at least one catalyst bed of granular solid catalytic material. The fluid distribution device for receiving the liquid and gas phases has one or more openings in the top and/or upper portion of its height through which a gas phase can enter and has a gas conduit that opens to a mixing cavity within the device. The fluid distribution device further comprises one or more lateral openings for liquid ingress. The lateral opening or openings allow the liquid to enter a liquid conduit that opens to the internal mixing cavity. The mixing cavity allows intimate contact between the liquid and gas phases. Therefore the flow distribution device of the invention provides improved tolerance for tray out of levelness. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081283 | PYROMETALLURGICAL PROCESS FOR TREATING MOLYBDENITE CONTAINING LEAD SULFIDE - A method of removing lead sulfide contained in refined molybdenite powder concentrates (major component; MoS | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081284 | TREATMENT OF BAUXITE RESIDUE AND SPENT POT LINING - Methods of treating spent pot lining (SPL) and bauxite residue are disclosed. The treatment processes are capable of producing a ferrosilicon alloy, an off-gas, and/or a byproduct material resulting in the safe disposal of SPL and bauxite residue. The treatment processes may be continuously carried out in an electric arc furnace at a temperature in the range of from about 1500° C. to about 2200° C. and for a period of from about 15 to about 100 minutes. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081285 | COLD SELECTIVE CATALYTIC REDUCTION - A system to control the emissions of a fluid stream in a cyclical fashion utilizing an up-flow cycle and a down-flow cycle. The system may include a first inlet and a first outlet at a first end of the system and a second inlet and a second outlet at a second end of the system, a catalyst zone between the first end and second end, two heat transfer zones, at least one heat transfer zone positioned between the catalyst zone and the first end of the system and between the catalyst zone and the second end of the system, and two heating zones, at least one heating zone positioned between the catalyst zone and each of the at least one heat transfer zones. The symmetrical arrangement permits a bi-directional fluid cycle to recover a portion of the energy supplied to the system during each cycle. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081286 | SCRUBBER FOR REMOVING HEAVY METALS FROM GASES - A wet scrubber, a liquor for a wet scrubber, and a power-plant comprising a wet scrubber are described. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081287 | GAS DEACIDIZING METHOD USING AN ABSORBENT SOLUTION WITH VAPORIZATION AND/OR PURIFICATION OF A FRACTION OF THE REGENERATED ABSORBENT SOLUTION - The gaseous effluent to be treated is contacted in column C | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081288 | APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The invention relates to a gas liquid contactor and effluent cleaning system and method and more particularly to an array of nozzles configured to produce uniformly spaced flat liquid jets with reduced linear stability. An embodiment of the invention is directed towards a stability unit used with nozzles of a gas liquid contactor and/or an enhancer for stable jet formation, and more particularly to reducing the stability of liquid jets formed from nozzles of the gas liquid contactor. Another aspect of the invention relates to operating the apparatus at a condition that reduces the stability of liquid jets, e.g., a droplet generator apparatus. Yet another aspect of the invention relates to operation of the apparatus with an aqueous slurry. Still another aspect of the invention is directed towards to an apparatus for substantially separating at least two fluids. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081289 | METHOD FOR REGENERATING SILICON FROM SILICON WASTE AND SILICON MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME - A method for regenerating silicon from silicon waste includes: placing and mixing silicon waste, a solvent having pH of approximately 5 to approximately 6, and a surfactant within a container; and injecting air into the container to separate floating matters and precipitates. Accordingly, since silicon is easily separated from the silicon waste, the regeneration yield of silicon is increased. Since the regenerated silicon is recyclable, it may be possible to obtain important substitution effect of high-purity silicon the entire amount of which depends on import. Moreover, environmental pollution may be reduced because the amount of the silicon waste disposed of by burial is decreased. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081290 | APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN GAS - A gasifier for organic matter is provided in which a layer of ceramic balls function to both mill clinkers and catalyse hydrogen gas production. The ceramic balls comprise at least one catalyst suitable for lowering the activation energy of the various reactions involved in producing hydrogen gas. A process for production of a product gas comprising hydrogen is also provided. | 2011-04-07 |
| 20110081291 | MULTI WATER-GAS SHIFT MEMBRANE REACTOR FOR PRODUCING HIGH CONCENTRATION HYDROGEN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a multi water-gas shift membrane reactor for producing high-concentration hydrogen and a method for producing hydrogen using the same. More specifically, disclosed are a multi water-gas shift membrane reactor wherein high-concentration carbon monoxide, obtained by dry-gasification performed by reacting dry bituminous coal with water and oxygen, reacts with water gas in the presence of catalysts in a single reactor, to produce hydrogen and carbon dioxide and separate highly pure hydrogen and carbon dioxide through a separation membrane arranged in a low region, and a method for producing hydrogen. | 2011-04-07 |
