20th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110116823 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, HEATING UNIT USING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING SAID HEATING UNIT - The invention reduces loss produced when a power supply device supplies power to a fixing unit of a copier, thereby contributing to a reduction in size, a saving in terms of energy and lower cost. To achieve this, it is arranged so that it is possible to vary the capacitance of a resonant capacitor C | 2011-05-19 |
20110116824 | FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A feeding apparatus includes: an insulative feeding apparatus main body; plural first feeder lines used for supply of electric power; and a second feeder line used for supply of electric power at a voltage different from a voltage of the electric power respectively supplied with the plural first feeder lines, the feeding apparatus main body having: a first support member that supports the plural first feeder lines; and a second support member that supports the second feeder line, the first support member having: a wall surface part having a wall surface; and at least one projection projected from the wall surface in a direction crossing the wall surface, the plural first feeder lines being provided in space formed between the first support member and the second support member, and mutually partitioned from each other with the at least one projection, and the second feeder line being provided on a side of a surface of the second support member opposite to a surface on a side opposite to the plural first feeder lines. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116825 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CARRYING PROCESS CARTRIDGES ON A MOVABLE MEMBER - A color electrophotographic image forming apparatus is usable with process cartridges that each include an electrophotographic photosensitive drum. The image forming apparatus includes a movable member that is movable between an inside of the main assembly of the apparatus and an outside of the main assembly of the apparatus in a direction crossing with a longitudinal direction of the drum while carrying the cartridges. A main assembly electrical contact is provided inside the main assembly along a movement path of the movable member. An intermediary electrical contact is provided and includes a first electrical contact portion that is disposed inside the movable member, with the intermediary electrical contact being electrically connectable to a cartridge electrical contact of a cartridge, and a second electrical contact portion is disposed outside the movable member, with the second electrical contact portion electrically connectable to a main assembly electrical contact provided in the main assembly. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116826 | COOLING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A cooling device having a cooling unit including an air suction port that is disposed at a front surface side of a main body of the cooling device to suck air, and an air exhaust port that is disposed at a rear surface side of the main body of the cooling device to exhaust air, in which the cooling unit transfers heat from a cooling target to air sucked from the air suction port to cool the cooling target, and discharges the heat-transferred air from the air exhaust port. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116827 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A copier comprises a housing, an image reading section, an image forming section, a paper discharge section, a paper supply section. and an ion generating unit. The ion generating unit is disposed below the paper discharge section and above the paper supply section. The ion generating unit includes a duct that defines a path of flow guiding air sucked from outside of the housing to outside of the housing again. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116828 | ION GENERATING UNIT WITH ION GENERATING FUNCTION AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH - An ion generating unit comprises a duct, an ion generating device, a mounting plate and a fan. The duct is configured so as to have an air intake port at a first end and so as to have an exhaust port at a second end. The ion generating device is disposed inside the duct. The mounting plate is configured so as to serve to attach the duct to the housing. The mounting plate has an opening aperture communicating with the duct, and is configured so as to be attachable to the housing and so as to function as a part of the housing when it is attached to the housing. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116829 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An elastic layer and a top layer of an intermediate transfer belt are configured such that an elastic modulus in a sub-scanning direction is larger than an elastic modulus in a main-scanning direction. Accordingly, when a toner image is transferred onto the intermediate transfer belt, a pressure applied to and affect on a toner is reduced as well as deformation at a sliding-contact portion between the intermediate transfer belt and a cleaning blade can be suppressed. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116830 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS - An image-forming apparatus includes: a housing including a first frame member and a second frame member opposed to the first frame member; plural image-forming units each including an image-holding member on which an image is formed, the image-holding member having a rotation shaft; a supporting unit provided to the first frame member, the supporting unit having plural insertion holes each receiving and supporting an end portion of a rotation shaft of a corresponding one of the plural image-holding members inserted in an insertion direction from the second frame member to the first frame member; and plural flat elastic bodies provided to the respective insertion holes, each flat elastic body having a plate member that is bent to form: an attachment part that is attached to a surface of the supporting unit facing in a direction opposite to the insertion direction; a leg part extending from the attachment part in the direction opposite to the insertion direction; and an elastic part extending from the leg part in the insertion direction through the insertion hole to press the end portion of the rotation shaft against an edge of the insertion hole at a position spaced apart from the insertion hole in the insertion direction. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116831 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus includes an operating portion that moves between a first operating position in which each of positioning members is moved to each of positioning positions and a second operating position in which each of the positioning members is moved to each of releasing positions through each of transmitting members and each of transmitted members when a first transmitting member and a first transmitted member are coupled to each other, and that carries out the movement to a first operating position to move a second positioning member to a second positioning position through a second transmitting member and a second transmitted member and carries out the movement to a second operating position to move the second positioning member to a second releasing position when the first transmitting member and the first transmitted member are decoupled from each other. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116832 | PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge is provided detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a frame for supporting the electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a developing roller, and a developer supplying roller. The process cartridge further includes portions-to-be-supported, portions-to-be-positioned, a portion-to-be-urged, and a cartridge side developer supply roller bias contact. The process cartridge can be positioned with high accuracy relative to the main assembly of an image forming apparatus. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116833 | COLOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A color image forming apparatus to which a plurality of cartridges are detachably mounted, including: main body side positioning portions provided on an apparatus main body; a cartridge supporting member detachably supporting the cartridges having cartridge side electric contacts and cartridge side positioned portions, and movable among a first position for forming images, a second position retracted from the first position, and a third position where the cartridges are pulled out of the main body; a pressing member pressing the positioned portions on the positioning portions; and main body side electric contacts provided on the main body, wherein the electric contacts are directly and electrically connected to the electric contacts when the positioned portions are pressed on the positioning portions by the pressing member. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116834 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member; a charging device for electrically charging the photosensitive member; an exposure device for exposing to light the photosensitive member charged by the charging device to form an electrostatic image on the photosensitive member; a developing device for developing the electrostatic image on the photosensitive member with toner to form a toner image; a transfer portion for transferring the toner image from the photosensitive member onto an image receiving member; a toner charging portion, disposed upstream of the charging device and downstream of the transfer portion with respect to a rotational direction of the photosensitive member, for electrically charging the toner remaining on the photosensitive member without being transferred onto the image receiving member; and control portion for controlling the charging device and the exposure device so that a stripe-shaped electrostatic image is repeatedly formed in substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of the photosensitive member and discharges the toner, deposited on the toner charging portion, to the photosensitive member. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116835 | SCANNING OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A scanning optical apparatus includes scanning units, a deflector. Each of the apparatuses includes a light source, an imaging optical system including imaging optical elements imaging a beam deflected by the deflector on a scanning surface. The scanning surfaces are scanned with beams in opposing directions. When a main scanning direction of the first scanning unit is a Y positive direction, a sign is the same between θ | 2011-05-19 |
20110116836 | DRIVING UNIT FOR PHOTO CONDUCTOR DRUM CARTRIDGE - A driving unit for a photo conductor drum cartridge is assembled with a shaft of the photo conductor drum cartridge, including a gear and a conducting plate mounted on the gear. The conducting plate is provided with an elastic arm and defines an imaginary axis parallel to the shaft. When the elastic arm of the conducting plate is perpendicular to the imaginary axis, a distance L is defined between a distal end of the elastic arm and the imaginary axis. The distance L is longer than or equal to a radius d of an annular groove portion of the shaft and shorter than a radius D of the shaft. By means of this design, the driving unit can be reusable and provide a convenient detachment of a photo conductor drum. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116837 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS - An optical scanning apparatus includes a first optical member for receiving a plurality of light beams with an interval and for causing a first group of beams to emerge with a narrower interval, the first optical member being rotatable to adjust the interval of the beams emergent therefrom; a second optical member for receiving a second light beam and the first group of beams emergent from the first optical member with an interval and for causing a third group of beams to emerge with a narrower interval, the second optical member being rotatable to change the interval between the first group of beams and the second beam; and deflecting means for scanningly deflecting a third group of beams emergent from the second optical member. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116838 | DUAL DIVERTER - A method and system for printing image documents using a variety of toners where some toners using a multi-development station having two or more development stations. These toners are co-printed prior to fixing, on the receiver by the multi-development station. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116839 | DEVELOPING AGENT - The developing agent is selected to have a distribution of adhesive force to the surface of an image carrier, which is configured such that the ratio of the developing agent having an adhesive force which is not less than 2.5 times as high as an average value of a distribution of adhesive force is 3% by weight or less based on an entire weight of the developing agent. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116840 | Multicolor electrophotographic print engine - A method and system for printing image documents using a variety of toners where some toners using a multi-development station having two or more development stations. These toners are co-printed prior to fixing, on the receiver by the multi-development station. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116841 | TONER HAVING MULTIPLE INFLECTION POINTS ON STORAGE MODULUS CURVE WITH RESPECT TO TEMPERATURE AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - Provided are a toner and a method of preparing the same. The toner includes a binder resin, a coloring agent, and at least one additive, and a storage modulus curve of the toner with respect to temperature has multiple inflection points. The toner may be used in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116842 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND POWDER CONTAINER - An image forming apparatus includes: an accommodation portion accommodating a tubular powder container containing a powder; and a guide portion guiding a guided portion provided to the powder container. The guided portion includes: a base portion provided with one end portion at downstream side in an insertion direction of the powder container and the other end portion at upstream side, and a part of the one end portion provided along the axial direction and protruding from an outer circumferential surface of the powder container toward a radial direction; a first facing portion provided along the axial direction, protruding from the base portion in one direction and arranged to face the outer circumferential surface with a gap; and a second facing portion provided along the axial direction, protruding from the base portion in a direction opposite to the one direction and arranged to face the outer circumferential surface with a gap. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116843 | POWDER CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A powder container includes: a cylindrical powder containing portion that contains a powder, and is able to be pulled out of an image forming apparatus; a covering member facing an outer surface of the powder containing portion, being provided to be movable on a movement route along an axial direction of the powder containing portion, the covering member, whose movement is regulated by a protruding portion of the apparatus, moving relative to the powder containing portion, thereby covering a specific portion on a lower side of the powder containing portion when the powder containing portion is pulled out of the apparatus; and a pressing portion provided between the outer surface of the powder containing portion and the movement route of the covering member, the pressing portion pressing the protruding portion when the powder containing portion is pulled out of the apparatus, thereby removing the regulation provided by the protruding portion. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116844 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS OR TRANSFER ROLLER USED IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a transfer roller. The transfer roller includes an elastic layer disposed on a metal core bar. The elastic layer is made of a non-foamed solid rubber. The surface of the elastic layer includes a plurality of convex portions extending in a line in the axis direction of the transfer roller. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116845 | MULTIPASS ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT ENGINE - A method and system for printing image documents using a variety of toners where some toners using a multi-development station having two or more development stations. These toners are co-printed prior to fixing, on the receiver by the multi-development station. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116846 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; an image forming portion for forming a toner image on the image bearing member; an intermediary transfer belt for carrying the toner image transferred from the image bearing member; a transfer belt for carrying and conveying a recording material; an attraction portion for electrostatically attracting the recording material to the transfer belt; a transfer portion for transferring the toner image from the intermediary transfer belt onto the recording material attracted to the transfer belt; and an electrode member, disposed downstream of the attraction portion and upstream of the transfer portion with respect to a movement direction of the transfer belt, being contacted to an inner surface of the transfer belt. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116847 | BELT DRIVE APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A belt drive apparatus includes: a rotatable first roller; a rotatable second roller; a belt member stretched by the first and the second rollers so as to be capable of being conveyed by the first roller and the second roller; and a restraint member provided on at least one of the two ends of the second roller and including a belt receiving surface to be brought into contact with an edge portion of the belt member. The belt receiving surface and an axis of the second roller make an angle that is not smaller than 93° but not larger than 115°. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116848 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A fixing device includes an endless belt, a fuser pad, a pressure member, a tubular belt holder, and a reinforcing member. The endless belt is looped into a generally cylindrical configuration extending in an axial direction. The fuser pad extends in the axial direction inside the loop of endless belt. The pressure member extends in the axial direction with the belt interposed between the fuser pad and the pressure member. The pressure member is pressed against the fuser pad through the fuser belt to form a fixing nip. The belt holder extends in the axial direction inside the loop of endless belt to retain the belt in shape along an outer circumference thereof. The belt holder accommodates the fuser pad in a longitudinal side slot defined on one side thereof. The reinforcing member is disposed inside the tubular belt holder to reinforce the belt holder around the side slot. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116849 | INDUCTION HEATED MEMBER - Exemplary embodiments provide an induction heating member including a substrate and a heating layer disposed on the substrate. The heating layer includes carbon nanotubes and metal. An outer layer is disposed on the heating layer and includes a fluoropolymer. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116850 | HEATING MEMBER INCLUDING RESISTIVE HEATING LAYER, AND FUSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE HEATING MEMBER - A heating member includes a resistive heating layer disposed on an outermost layer of the heating member, where the resistive heating layer comprises a conductive filler distributed in a base material and where the resistive heating layer emits heat when supplied with an electric current from an electrode, and a contacting unit which exposes the conductive filler of the resistive heating layer and contacts the electrode.. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116851 | LASER FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE LASER FIXING DEVICE - A defective laser element detector gives a fault detection of every laser element in each laser array. A controller determines whether the fault can be compensated for by the other laser elements, taking into account the arrangement, variation and other factors of available laser elements. If it is determined that the fault can be compensated, the controller increases the power of other laser elements individually based on comprehensive evaluation from the parameters such as irradiation areas, amounts of irradiation, irradiation timing and the like of the other adjacent laser elements in the same array including the fault and in the other arrays, so as to compensate the area of irradiation to be irradiated by the defective laser element as a whole. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116852 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND HUMIDIFICATION DEVICE - An image forming system including: an image forming apparatus to perform fixing processing on a sheet based on setting information on a job, and outputs the sheet on which the fixing processing is performed; a humidification device to moisten the sheet outputted from the image forming apparatus, wherein the humidification device including: a pair of humidification rollers to contact with each other so as to form a nip part, and to moisten the sheet which passes through the nip part; a water-supply roller to contact with the humidification rollers so as to supply moisture to the humidification rollers; and a control section to perform dry control of the humidification rollers at a timing when the sheet does not pass through the nip part after the water-supply roller supplies the moisture to the humidification rollers. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116853 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING COLOR TONES OF PRINTED MATTER - Provided is a method for adjusting color tones of a printed matter. The method includes a displaying step of displaying an image of a printed matter on a display apparatus ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116854 | Stenographic Keyboard Device Providing Extended Set of Keys and Method for Electronically Adjusting Key Depth Sensitivity - A method for entering information through a keyboard of a stenographic machine includes the steps of entering a first stenographic character by transitioning a key in a first set of keys from a first rest position to a fully depressed position at a given distance away from a first upper surface in a key-depressing direction, transitioning at least one key in a second set of keys from a second rest position to a second depressed position, the second rest position being further from the first rest position in the key-depressing direction than the given distance, and, while the at least one key in the second set of keys is in the second depressed position, entering at least a portion of a second stenographic character different from the first stenographic character by transitioning the at least one key in the first set of keys from the first rest position to a depressed position. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116855 | Adjustable Stenographic Keyboard Device and Method for Electronically Adjusting Key Depth Sensitivity - A stenographic device includes a display, a memory, keys of a stenographic keyboard, each key having a resting position where the key is un-actuated, a depressed position where the key is actuated to register a key stroke, and a range of depression positions therebetween, and a processor communicatively coupled to the display, memory, and the keys. The processor causes the display to graphically show a respective depression indicator of a current one of the depression positions for each of the keys, stores in the memory a respective key-press registration point for each of the keys, the registration point being a depression position located within the range of depression positions and indicating when the respective key is in the actuated state, and causes the display to graphically show a respective registration indicator corresponding to the stored registration point for each of the keys. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116856 | PRINTING DEVICE HAVING RETRACTABLE NIB ACTUATED PRINTER - A printing device is provided having a nib configured to retract into the device when pressed upon a surface, an ink supply, and ink ejection nozzles in fluid communication with the ink supply and configured to print ink upon the surface responsive to the retraction of the nib. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116857 | Retractable Substance Dispenser - Disclosed is a cosmetic dispenser comprising a reservoir configured to hold a substance; an applicator selectively extendable or retractable from the dispenser; and, means for ejecting the substance in the reservoir through the applicator. Also disclosed are methods related to the use of the cosmetic dispenser. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116858 | Dispensing Toothbrush - The invention provides an electrically driven dispensing device, particularly a toothbrush, utilising replaceable pressurised cartridges, of the bag-in-can type. The toothbrush has a ‘top-loading’ structure in which the cartridge is housed in a recess at the brush end of the toothbrush handle, the recess being accessible by removing the brush head. Other features include an elastomeric valve outlet located on the brush head which can also function as a tooth wiping or polishing blade, and a non-linear drive shaft which enables the brush head to be driven from a motor located at the based end of the handle whilst keeping the handle slim in design. The invention further provides bag-in-can pressurised cartridges for use in such a brush. Advantages of such cartridges include the ability to uniformly dose dentifrice of high solids content, or dentifrice otherwise having a high viscosity. The invention further provides replaceable heads for such a brush. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116859 | DEVICE FOR MOUNTING A HYBRID TRANSMISSION ON AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A device for mounting a hybrid transmission, comprising a transmission unit and a hybrid module, onto an internal combustion engine, namely, for coupling a transmission shaft ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116860 | Securing Attachments to a Medical Supply Unit - A medical supply unit is provided including at least one carrier provided with coupling devices with fixing rails. In the fixing rails, fixing elements of an adapter engage, which are locked in the fixing rail by an operating means actuated by hand by means of a locking means. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116861 | BATTERY PACK LOCKING DEVICE - The present application provides a battery pack locking device, comprising a button, a snap element for engaging the battery pack with an electrical appliance, a linkage controlled by the button, a spring provided below the button and a support. The snap element is hinged to the support at one end and the first end of the linkage is disposed below the button. When the button is pressed down, the first end moves down and the second end of the linkage moves upwardly relative to the first end. Also, the snap connecting portion moves downwardly in a curved path without squeezing the snap groove of the electrical appliance, resulting in decreased friction between the parts and a reduced force necessary to press down the button. Accordingly, the battery pack can be easily mounted to and removed from an electrical appliance. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116862 | LOCK - A lock includes a lock head, a fixing base and a locking component. The lock head has a first portion, a second portion and a neck portion, wherein the diameter of the neck portion is less than those of the first and the second portions. The fixing base has an opening, wherein the first and the neck portions are disposed. The locking component pivoted at an end of the fixing base includes a pivot shaft and a swing part. The pivot shaft goes through the swing part and the fixing base so that the swing part is able to rotate about the pivot shaft. The swing part has a latch portion. When the swing part is at a locking position, the latch portion is locked at an accommodating space formed by the neck, the first and the second portions so as to fix the lock head in the fixing base. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116863 | SHAFT-HUB CONNECTION - The invention relates to a shaft-hub connection having a hub seat ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116864 | CLAMPING SYSTEM AND SELF ADVANCING SUPPORT PLATFORM - Clamp for clamping an article including a plurality of pads ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116865 | SIDEWALK GRADER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A sidewalk grader provided for grading a sidewalk base disposed along a curb of an existing road structure. The sidewalk grader comprises a tracking assembly fixable to a vertically adjustable backfill blade of a compact excavator positioned to move forward over an existing road structure to advance the sidewalk grader. The tracking assembly comprises a vertically adjustable tracking means disposed for engagement with the top surface of the curb, to provide a reference point. A grading assembly is mounted to the tracking assembly. The grading assembly comprises a frame, and a grading blade rotatingly mounted to the frame to permit adjustment of slope of the blade. An adjustable link connects the grading blade to the frame to adjustable fix their relative position. The tracking means is vertically adjustable to enable the same to engage with the surface of a curb for reference to enable precise adjustment, control, and positioning of the grading assembly, and for maintaining the desired position of the sidewalk grader in relation to the curb as the sidewalk grader advances along the existing road structure. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116866 | COMPACTION WHEEL CLEAT - A compactor wheel having a compactor cleat mountable on a compactor wheel is disclosed. The compactor cleat includes a base affixable to a compactor wheel and a body secured to the base and extending radially outward from the base, with the body comprising an arrangement of protrusions generally dividing the body into four protrusion quadrants. Each of the four protrusion quadrants is angled away from other respective protrusion quadrants such that forcing the protrusions of the cleat into a malleable material causes the malleable material to diversify along the four protrusion quadrants. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116867 | Vibratory Percussion Rammers and Methods of Making Vibratory Percussion Rammers - A vibratory percussion rammer includes a gear box, a percussion delivery unit extending downwardly from the gear box, and one or more slide bearings disposed in the percussion delivery unit between adjacent surfaces of reciprocating metal components. The slide bearings are made from a sheet of plastic material that is curved into the shape of a tube having a C-shape in cross section and define an open seam extending the entire length of the slide bearing. Slide bearings according to this design can be disposed in the percussion delivery unit to eliminate some or all of the metal-on-metal contact between reciprocating components, including between the ram and shaft assembly and spring box and the guide cylinder, the spring separator and the spring box, and the shaft of a ram and shaft assembly and an upper end of the spring box. The seam width of any slide bearing is wider than the anticipated width-wise thermal expansion of the slide bearing during normal operation. When a plurality of slide bearings are used, the slide bearing that is the easiest to replace has a seam selected to close and fail at a temperature in excess of normal operating temperature that is lower than the excess temperature leading to failure of other slide bearings. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116868 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING AN UNDERGROUND TUNNEL OR HOLE TO CREATE AN IMPERVIOUS PLUG FOR THE STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS, PARTICULARLY RADIOACTIVE, WASTE - A method for the construction of a gallery or a shaft leading to an underground facility intended for the medium- or long-term storage of hazardous wastes, including an excavation of at least one determined length of the gallery carried out by using a method of prior preparation by protection or reinforcement of the materials prior to the excavation, in a part of the gallery intended to subsequently receive a plug that is sealed to liquids or gasses. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116869 | Crouse Oil Spill Response System - This invention relates to oil spill response. This invention is several independent inventions making up a system. Each part of the system can be used by itself, with each other, and or with any other oil spill response equipment or system. This provides particular methods of crating barriers between the oil and areas to be protected, a method of gaining access to environmentally sensitive areas for spill clean up and response, a particular method of suctioning the spilled oil or pollutants, particular equipment used to suction oil from the water surface, and a way to create efficiency in the clean up and response operations. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116870 | ARRANGEMENT FOR PRODUCING LINEAR STANDING WAVES - The arrangement for producing linear standing waves comprises: a transverse structure (Q) which is arranged at least substantially perpendicularly to the flow direction (S), this structure being designed in such a way that the outflow is converted from a streaming flowing movement (Froude number <1) into a shooting flowing movement (Froude number >1); a ramp ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116871 | Water Control Apparatus - The invention relates to improved water control gates and related inflatable actuators, and associated sealing, manufacture and operation apparatus and methods. Advancements in technologies related to air fitting design, inflated bladder stress relief, inflatable bladder strength enhancement, water gate related slide friction mitigation, abutment and other impounded water seals, gate panel fabrication, traffic accommodating water impoundment structures, and water gate panel system operation efficiency, as well as nappe aeration, hinges, and bladder manufacture technology are disclosed herein. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116872 | Composition and method for remediation of heavy metal contaminated substances - The present invention relates to a composition and method for remediation of heavy metal contaminated substances. More particularly, the present invention relates to a composition and method for remediating soil, paint chips, paint dusts, surfaces, and other substances contaminated with heavy metals by application of an aqueous suspension of phosphate compound. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to remediating soil, paint chips, paint dusts, surfaces, and other substances contaminated with lead by at least one application of an aqueous suspension of tricalcium phosphate, surfactant, thixotrope, and a chloride source. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116873 | System for Forming a Movable Slab Foundation - A system for forming a movable slab foundation has a slab foundation, a support pier, and a housing positioned within the support pier. A support sleeve is positioned within and is substantially surrounded by the housing. Portions of the support sleeve are encased within the slab foundation. The support sleeve is capable of axial movement relative to the housing. A guide plate is connected to the lower end of the support sleeve. A cavity is defined by the space between the guide plate and the lower end of the housing. A port is located in and extends through the guide plate and into the cavity. The slab foundation, the support sleeve, and the guide plate are raised to a desired height relative to the housing. The cavity is filled with support media through the port to secure the position of the slab foundation, the support sleeve, and the guide plate. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116874 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDLING PILES - A pile driving system for driving a pile comprising a support system comprising an arm assembly, an engaging system comprising a primary housing and a secondary housing, a suspension system, a vibratory system, and first and second clamp assemblies. The first clamp assembly rigidly connects the secondary housing to the pile. The second clamp assembly rigidly connects the secondary housing to the pile. The second clamp assembly rigidly connects the secondary housing to the side portion of the pile. The tip portion of the at least one pick member engages at least one sheet pile of a substantially horizontal stack of sheet piles to remove the at least one sheet pile from the stack of sheet piles. The pile driving system drives the pile using at least one of a driving force generated by the support system and a vibrational force generated by the vibratory system. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116875 | MODULAR AXLE GUARD FOR COMPACTOR WHEEL - A compactor wheel is disclosed that includes a hub mountable to an axle of a compaction machine and a rim mounted around an outer circumference of the hub, with the rim having a wrapper and inner and outer circumferential edges. The compactor wheel also includes a modular axle guard positioned near the inner circumferential edge and extending outward from the wrapper, the modular axle guard having a plurality of guard modules arranged about an outer circumference of the rim. Each of the guard modules includes a pair of wedge segments affixed to the wrapper and positioned on the wrapper in a spaced apart relationship and a guard segment positioned on the wrapper and seated between the pair of wedge segments. The guard segment includes a portion that extends radially outward from the wrapper and beyond the pair of wedge segments. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116876 | RETAINING WALL - A retaining wall for retaining matter on a side thereof comprising: a plurality of upwardly projecting primary sheet piles spaced apart from each other and having first structural properties comprising at least one of weight, size, strength and depth to be installed in a supporting body; and one or more intermediate panels of material arranged so as to span the gap between a pair primary sheet piles and to retain at least a portion of the retained matter, wherein the one or more intermediate panels have second structural properties different from the first structural properties. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116877 | ROTATING CUTTING TOOL WITH SUPPORT ELEMENT - The invention relates to a rotating cutting tool, in particular a boring tool for use in machine tools. The cutting tool comprises at least one cutting insert, designed as an indexable insert, that has an active main blade located near a corner of the insert, the outer end of said blade defining a circular flight path radius (R) as the blade rotates, said blade penetrating into a work piece at a pre-determined cutting depth (t) near a pre-formed round hole. Also provided is a secondary blade that is disposed opposite to an advancing direction and that aligns with the outermost end of the main blade, the entire length of said blade having a smaller radius than the circular flight path radius (R) of the main blade, wherein a secondary blade free surface aligns with the secondary blade opposite to the direction of rotation. A unique characteristic of the invention is that the secondary blade free surface comprises a support part disposed at a distance from the secondary blade, the peripheral radius of said part being larger than the circular flight path radius R of the active main blade by an overshoot amount (Y). | 2011-05-19 |
20110116878 | Indexable Cutting Insert - The invention relates to a cutting insert having two working surfaces facing away from each other and having a through hole extending between the working surfaces for receiving a fastening bolt, having a peripheral cutter rim having a cutting edge on each working surface and a central recess surrounded annularly by the cutter rim, having a number of segment-like molded parts corresponding to the number of different cutter positions of a working surface, for positioning the cutting insert in the corresponding cutting position. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116879 | Clamping Member, Tool Holder and Indexable Cutting Tool - A clamping member for reliably inserting a protrusion portion thereof into a mounting hole of a cutting insert so as to engage the protrusion portion with an inner peripheral surface of the cutting insert and strongly clamp the cutting insert on a tool holder. The clamping member includes a body having a top surface engageable with a head of a clamping bolt, a bottom surface facing the tool holder and a bolt hole for insertion of the clamping bolt, and a protrusion portion protruding from the bottom surface and being engageable with a mounting hole formed in the cutting insert. The protrusion portion has an inclined surface facing toward a rotational direction about a center axis of the clamping bolt, the inclined surface is inclined so that the protrusion portion is gradually tapered from a base side thereof proximate the bottom surface toward an end side thereof distal from the bottom surface. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116880 | TOOL RADIUS ADJUSTING SYSTEM FOR BORING HOLDER, TOOL RADIUS ADJUSTING METHOD IN MACHINE TOOL, AND MACHINE TOOL - A boring holder in a tool radius adjusting system is provided with a cutting blade and fine and coarse motion adjusting mechanisms each capable of adjusting the position of the cutting blade relative to a rotational axis of the boring holder. The tool radius adjusting system is provided with a tool radius measuring device for measuring the tool radius of the boring holder and a controller configured to calculate a compensation amount based on a tool radius measured by the tool radius measuring device and a target tool radius and to operate the fine and coarse motion adjusting mechanisms based on the compensation amount so that the tool radius is brought into agreement with the target tool radius. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116881 | TAPPING MACHINE AND TAP DIE, AND METHOD OF DETECTING OVERSTROKE OF TAP - An adapter ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116882 | Inner and outer thread tapping tool - A thread tapping tool includes a housing, an inner thread tapping device and an outer thread tapping device each having a gear wheel for changeably engaging into the housing, a lock device for detachably locking either of the gear wheels to the housing, and a switch device having a pivotal pawl for engaging with either of the gear wheels and for controlling the driving directions of the gear wheels by the housing, and for allowing the inner thread tapping device and the outer thread tapping device to selectively tap or form an inner thread in a work piece with a tapping mandrel or to selectively tap or form an outer thread in the shaft members or the other work pieces. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116883 | Damper for a Cutting Tool - A cutting tool includes a blade, a seat, a shank and a damper. The blade is connected to the seat. The seat is connected to the shank. The shank includes a pocket defined therein and a thread formed on the wall of the pocket. A damper is inserted in the pocket. The damper includes a thread formed on the periphery for engagement with the thread of the shank, with a small gap defined between the threads. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116884 | HELICAL BIT TOOL - A helical bit tool includes a bit head ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116885 | FACE HOB HYPOID GEAR TOOTH TOP-LAND RADIUS BY COMMON CHAMFER TOOL - A ring gear or pinion common outside chamfer tool and a common inside chamfer tool are disclosed. The common chamfer tools comprise a shank, a tip end and a chamfering edge. The shank is attachable to a gear cutter and has a tip end formed on the distal end thereof. The chamfering edge is positioned within the tip end and is configured to form a tooth top-land radius of multiple gear ratios. A method of designing a ring gear or pinion common outside chamfer tool and common inside chamfer tool for multiple gear ratios is also described. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116886 | APPARATUS FOR SECURING A CONTAINER ON A PLATFORM OF A TRANSPORT VEHICLE - The invention relates to an apparatus for securing a container on a platform of a transport vehicle, in particular on a lifting platform of a floor-bound and automatically guided transport vehicle, with securing elements which are supported on the platform and bear against the container to secure same. A multiplicity of securing elements are arranged moveably on the platform in such a manner that, depending on the position and type of a container deposited on the platform, a first group of the multiplicity of securing elements is moved from the container into a passive position, and a second group of the multiplicity of securing elements is moved from the container into an operating position or remains in the operating position in which the second group of securing elements secures the container against slipping from the platform. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116887 | ALIGNED AND AXIALLY LOADED PIG INJECTOR VALVE, THREADED CONNECTION AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING THREADED MEMBERS - A threaded connection comprising a first threaded member threadably connected with a second threaded member and an axial loading member. The first threaded member defines an opening for passage of the axial loading member therethrough, wherein the axial loading member protrudes from the first threaded member when in an extended position. The second threaded member has a loading surface defining a recess therein for receipt of the axial loading member when in the extended position such that the axial loading member bears on the loading surface and imparts an axial tensile force between the first and second threaded members. A method for connecting the members includes threading together the first and second threaded members, and passing the axial loading member through the opening defined by the first threaded member, so as to bear on the second threaded member within the recess, imparting the axial tensile force between the threaded members. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116888 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING COMPOSITE HARDWARE, AND RIVETING MEMBER ENABLING IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF - The invention relates to a method for assembling parts (P | 2011-05-19 |
20110116889 | FASTENER AND APPARATUS EMPLOYING FASTENER - An apparatus includes a fastener. The fastener includes a plurality of first and second ridges on an outer surface of the fastener. The first and second ridges have different pitches. The fastener is capable of being embedded into a member, and the first and second ridges are capable of creating counter forces when a twisting force is applied to the fastener. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116890 | FASTENER - There is provided a fastener which can be brought into firm engagement with a mounting hole without being affected by a change in thickness of a member in which the mounting hole is provided or a larger or smaller inside diameter of the mounting hole. This fastener | 2011-05-19 |
20110116891 | Security Fastener For Wheels With A Recess Hole - A security fastener is for installation on a wheel having a recess hole. The security fastener includes a first end portion and a second medial portion. The first end portion is arranged so that it will be exposed outside, at or inside an entrance to the recess hole when the fastener is installed on the wheel, and has a security feature that resists fastener removal using conventional tools to grip the first end portion. The second medial portion has an external key-receiving lock pattern and is arranged so that a side wall region thereof will extend within the recess hole when the fastener is installed. The lock pattern is provided on the sidewall region and will be exposed outside, at or inside the entrance to the recess hole. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116892 | FASTENER WITH IMPROVED TORQUE BEARING SURFACE - Improved fasteners are provided for minimizing deformation in the corner region of the bearing surfaces. The bearing surfaces have a primary bearing surface and a recessed bearing surface. The primary bearing surfaces may be oriented in a hexagonal shape with opposing surfaces parallel to each other. The recessed bearing surface is disposed inwardly from the primary bearing surface and extends from the primary bearing surface to the end of the bearing surface. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116893 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR SHEET-METAL PARTS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide a connection structure for sheet-metal parts that permits two sheet-metal parts to be screwed to each other with good conductivity by a simple process in a simple structure, and an image forming apparatus provided with the connection structure. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116894 | Self-Tapping Screw - A self-tapping screw includes a threaded shank, a drill bit and a head. The drill bit is provided with two blades each provided with at least one cutting slot. Thus, the cutting slot of each of the two blades performs a cutting action during the tapping process to aid the tapping action of the two blades so as to increase the self-tapping velocity of the blades and to shorten the working time of the drill bit. In addition, the cutting slot of each of the two blades can proceed the cutting and tapping action to prevent the drill bit from being inoperative when the two blades are broken or worn out during a long-term utilization so as to enhance the lifetime of the self-tapping screw. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116895 | ASSEMBLY IMPROVING, LOW MASS, FASTENER HEAD - An assembly improving, lower mass fastener head that is easier to handle and reduces the amount of material that is required in manufacturing the fastener comprises three lugs at multiples of 60 degrees around an axis of a threaded body. Those portions of a hex head that are not necessary for application and transmission of torque, nor necessary to resist axial loading, nor necessary to axially stabilize the fastener head within current driving tooling may be removed. Compatibility with existing hex head tools is maintained while improving handling of the fastener by an assembler and reducing material used in the fastener head. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116896 | Strip of metallic fasteners adhered to each other - To provide a strip of metallic fasteners adhered to each other using a coating agent that needs no halogenated substance, as represented by vinyl chloride resin, at all, achieves performance equivalent to or better than that of a conventional coating agent for metallic fasteners, and has an improved blocking resistance, which used to be insufficient with the conventional products, whereby helping productivity to increase and to reduce load on environment. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116897 | FLOATING JOINT SYSTEM FOR PANELS ON A SUPPORT STRUCTURE - The joint is at first made through bolts ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116898 | FASTENER FOR LENSES - A fastener, particularly for lenses, has an elastically deformable elongated body that is suitable to be inserted in through holes formed in one of the members to be joined; the elongated body comprises a substantially cylindrical stem that has a first end that forms a wider head and a second end that forms a plurality of frustum-shaped members that are arranged in series; the bases of the frustum-shaped members are directed towards the wider head the second end terminates into an extension, the diameter of the wide head and the diameter of the bases are greater than the diameter of the stem. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116899 | REFUSE DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM - In general, in one aspect, the disclosure describes a collection vehicle capable of weighing refuse deposited by each customer and transferring the data to a billing system. The weight of a full and empty waste container may be calculated at an arm arrangement using stain gauges. The weight of the contents may be determined after the contents are dumped in a compartment. The compartment may also be capable of sorting out hazardous waste. The vehicle may also be capable of accepting containers having certain contents not normally collected by the vehicle and storing the containers on the vehicle. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116900 | SUBSTRATE ALIGNMENT APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to an apparatus and method for accurately aligning a plurality of substrates arranged in a planar array for batch processing. In one embodiment, the substrate alignment apparatus includes an array of oversized, recessed pockets for receiving the plurality of substrates. The substrate alignment apparatus may pick up the plurality of substrates from a location in which each substrate is not accurately positioned. Each pocket is configured at an angle from horizontal such that each substrate slides to a predefined corner of the pocket resulting in accurate alignment of each substrate. A vibration, tilting, directional brushes, or gas cushion may be provided to the substrate alignment apparatus to aid in low friction alignment of each substrate within its respective pocket. In one embodiment, the substrate alignment apparatus is an end effector for use on a transfer robot for use in a cluster-type processing system. In another embodiment, the substrate alignment apparatus is an alignment table for use in an in-line processing system. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116901 | Fall Prevention Assembly for Parking Lifts - A fall prevention assembly for vertical lift systems for storage and in particular for parking motor vehicles, the lift system comprising a frame extending upward from a base and at least one platform that is raised vertically within that frame responsive to a lift mechanism upon which a vehicle is parked, the fall prevention assembly comprising a series of metal bars of sufficient size and strength to resist bending attached to the base of the unit and extending upward through a series of bushings mounted strategically on each platform usually at the corners. These bushings can be designed with ridges or teeth inside. As long as the platform or platforms remain level and in proper alignment with the lifting system and within the frame the bushings simply move up and down along the metal bars. In the case of the failure of a lifting means the platform or platforms would become unlevel or tilt and the bushings would bind upon the metal bar. The placement of the bushings on the platform as well as the length of the bushings and the closeness of the fit between the metal bar and the bushing would determine the amount the platform would be allowed to tilt. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116902 | CABLE REEL TRAILER - The present invention pertains to a trailer for lifting and transporting cable reels. The trailer has a base, a pair of substantially perpendicular cantilevers, and a latch assembly. The cantilevers lift a cable reel off of the ground, and the latch assembly transfers at least a portion of the weight of the reel from the cantilevers to the base. The base is mounted on wheels and can be pulled or pushed by a vehicle connected to the base. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116903 | LOADER ATTACHMENT MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR MOVABLE WORK VEHICLE AND LOADER EQUIPPED WITH SAID LOADER MOUNTING APPARATUS - A loader attachment mounting apparatus for movable work vehicles, which is used for mounting a work attachment, such as a bale gripper, a bucket or a hook, to the front end of a loader that is movably installed on the front surface of the movable work vehicles, such as a tractor. A loader equipped with the loader attachment mounting apparatus is also provided. In the loader attachment mounting apparatus, an attachment can be easily attached to and easily detached from the attachment mounting apparatus and the attachment mounted to the loader can be easily movable to the left and right, thus improving work efficiency and work reliability of the movable work vehicles. The apparatus includes left and right attachment coupling brackets connected to the loader, and an attachment transfer device including left and right attachment coupling units connected to the attachment coupling brackets. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116904 | System, Apparatus, and Method for Item Handling - Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products for item handling, including in-feeding and individually out-feeding of items, such as pieces of mail, parcels, or articles of manufacture. Destacking each successive leading item, individually, in a stack or series of items by automatically adapting, in real time, to varying item presentment conditions. Each successive leading item can be moved and output without unwanted or unacceptable movement of any following item or items, by selective activation of components to move and/or assist with moving the leading item for output therefrom. Selective activation can be based on presentment information associated with each leading item in the stack or series, and the leading item can be output after a series of controlled movements thereof. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116905 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING ELONGATED, CUMBERSOME LOADS - Elongated, cumbersome goods are transported using articulated trucks and unloaded using a crane. A method and an apparatus for transporting and use as crane for elongated, cumbersome loads over wide distances even under unfavorable infrastructure is proposed comprising a cable-guided lifting member, wherein when changing the transport mode to the crane mode the transported goods remain in the transport unit and the process is remotely controllable from the ground. In the transport mode, the load ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116906 | AIRFOIL COMPONENT WEAR INDICATOR - An example airfoil assembly includes an airfoil body extending between a leading edge, a trailing edge, a suction side, and a pressure side. The assembly further includes a first protective sheath, an indicator sheath, and a second protective sheath. The first protective sheath has an outer side and an inner side that forms a cavity for receiving at least a portion of the airfoil body. The inner side being bonded to the leading edge of the airfoil body. A portion of the indicator sheath is positioned forward the first sheath relative to the leading edge of the airfoil. A portion of the second protective sheath is positioned forward the indicator sheath relative to the leading edge of the airfoil. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116907 | AXIAL TURBINE - An axial turbine includes a plurality of stages each comprising a plurality of stationary blades arranged in a row along the turbine circumferential direction and a plurality of moving blades in a row parallel to the stationary blades, each of the moving blade being disposed downstream of a respective one of the corresponding stationary blade in a flow direction of a working fluid so as to be opposed to the corresponding stationary blade. Herein, each of the stationary blades is formed so that the intersection line between the outer peripheral portion of the stationary blade constituting a stage having moving blades longer than moving blades in a preceding stage and a plane containing the central axis of the turbine, has a flow path constant diameter portion that includes at least an outlet outer peripheral portion of the stationary blade and that is parallel to the turbine central axis. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116908 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH AN ARRANGEMENT FOR MEASURING THE SHAFT ROTATION SPEED - A gas turbine engine includes an arrangement for measuring shaft rotation speed, including a laser source ( | 2011-05-19 |
20110116909 | Ventilator | 2011-05-19 |
20110116910 | BUTTERFLY VALVE FOR TURBOCHARGER SYSTEMS - A butterfly valve for a turbocharger system in which the leak path through the valve is controlled by keeping the clearance between either a shaft of the valve and two bushings small or the clearance between the bushings and the counter bores in the valve element small, and making the other clearance larger. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116911 | VARIABLE GEOMETRY TURBINE - A variable geometry turbine comprises a turbine wheel supported in a housing for rotation about a turbine axis. An exhaust gas inlet passageway is defined between a shroud and a wall of a nozzle ring. The shroud is moveable in the axial direction to vary the size of the inlet passageway. The nozzle ring has an array of vanes that extends across the inlet passageway. An array of openings is provided in the shroud for receipt of the array of vanes. The shroud is part of a substantially annular axially moveable sleeve that is slidably disposed on an annular supporting wall. At least one biasing member is disposed between the moveable sleeve and the support and is designed to apply a circumferentially distributed force in the radial direction so as to maintain concentric alignment of the supporting wall and the sleeve. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116912 | ZONED DISCONTINUOUS COATING FOR HIGH PRESSURE TURBINE COMPONENT - A turbine component has an airfoil extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge, and has an outer surface. A coating includes at least two discontinuous areas that are spaced from each other such that there is an area of uncoated surface between the discontinuous areas of coating. In addition, a method of providing such a coating is disclosed. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116913 | HYDRODYNAMIC TORQUE CONVERTER - The invention relates to a hydrodynamic torque converter having a pump shell including blades, a turbine shell including blades, a torus-shaped flow cycle. The blades are configured to be attached at the respective shells through inner walls and the inner walls of the turbine shell and of the pump shell form an inner torus with outer surfaces facing the flow cycle and an end of an extension of the inner wall of at least one shell and an end of an extension of an adjacent shell are disposed in a plane and extend over one another and define a gap between one another. A transition from the extensions is configured to be hydrodynamically smooth. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116914 | DECENTRALIZED SOURCE SEPARATION SEWAGE SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for treating sewage The apparatus receives sewage at a receiving compartment and separates solids from liquids at the receiving compartment. The solids can be extracted from the receiving compartment by an auger. The liquid sewage flows through a series of treatment compartment containing rotating biological contactor discs for treatment by these rotating biological contactor discs. The rotating biological contactor discs are secured to a rotating shaft. The rotating shaft and the auger are powered by a quasi-submerged turbine displaced by a flow of air. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116915 | Steam Turbine Having a Cooling Apparatus - A turbomachine comprising a rotor, an inner housing, and an outer housing is proposed. The inner housing is arranged around the rotor and the outer housing is arranged around the inner housing, An encapsulation is arranged around the inner housing. An annular channel and holes into a chamber are provided between the encapsulation and the inner-housing outer surface, and steam flows out again via holes which are situated in the encapsulation. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116916 | DEVICE FOR SHROUDING AN AIRCRAFT NACELLE - An aircraft nacelle includes an air intake followed at the upper part by a part that is integral with the mast, called a cap, and at least one door with a curved profile that includes a stiffening device arranged at the edge upstream from the door and which includes:
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20110116917 | Compressor Stator Vane - A compressor component having a non-linear thickness distribution along the span length is disclosed. By altering the thickness distribution to a non-linear arrangement so as to locally increase airfoil thickness proximate a mid-span location, the natural frequency of the airfoil is increased so as to not coincide with a critical engine order of the compressor. Further, the present invention provides a novel airfoil profile in accordance with the coordinates of Table 1. The present invention also includes a carrier segment or disk fabricated from a material so as to eliminate corrosion with the compressor component. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116918 | METHOD AND MACHINERY WITH COMBINED PARTICLE SEPARATION AND FLOW REGULATION DEVICES - A method for assembling turbomachinery having combined particle separation device and flow regulating device is provided. The turbomachinery includes a casing; a compressor attached to an inside of the casing, the compressor having a shaft supported by bearings; and a cooling system mounted inside the casing and configured to cool the bearings of the compressor with a cooling fluid. The cooling system includes a particle separation device configured to separate particles from the cooling fluid, and a flow regulation device that fluidly communicates with the particle separation device without contacting the particle separation device. The flow regulation device is disposed adjacent to the particle separation device within a wall of the casing. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116919 | SUPPORT BAR FOR TURBINE DIAPHRAGM THAT FACILITATES REDUCED MAINTENANCE CYCLE TIME AND COST - A support bar for a turbine diaphragm that facilitates reduced maintenance cycle time and cost is provided. In one aspect, the support bar is secured to the turbine diaphragm vertically rather than horizontally, allowing access to remove a lower diaphragm half without having to remove the rotor for maintenance. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116920 | SEGMENTED THERMALLY INSULATING COATING - A gas turbine article includes a substrate, a plurality of geometric surface features that protrude from the substrate, and a thermally insulating topcoat disposed over the plurality of geometric surface features. The thermally insulating topcoat includes segmented portions that are separated by faults that extend through the topcoat from the geometric surface features. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116921 | WATER PUMP PROVIDED WITH A BEARING - A water pump that is equipped with a bearing, may include a drive shaft, at least two bearings of an arc type that are mounted around the exterior circumference of the drive shaft and being engaged with each other, a housing that fixes the at least two bearings of the art type therein such that the drive shaft can rotate in the at least two bearings of the arc type. | 2011-05-19 |
20110116922 | OSCILLATION REDUCING SUSPENSION DEVICE FOR A FAN MOTOR OF A COMBUSTION-POWERED TOOL - An oscillation reducing suspension device for a fan motor of a combustion-powered tool includes a holding web member mounted on a cylinder head and having a central opening to be sleeved on the motor, first and second retaining members disposed to hoop around the motor, and first and second damping members each disposed between the holding web member and a respective one of the first and second retaining members so as to counteract an axial vibration force, thereby minimizing the impact of the axial vibration force. | 2011-05-19 |