23rd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090139203 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TAILORING THE EQUIVALENCE RATIO IN A VALVED PULSE DETONATION COMBUSTOR - A pulse detonation combustor assembly contains at least one PDC tube, a mechanical air flow valve which directs an air flow into the PDC tube, where the mechanical air flow assembly changes a rate of the air flow into the PDC tube during a fill stage of the PDC tube. The assembly also contains a fuel flow control valve which directs fuel to the PDC tube and changes the rate of the fuel flow into PDC tube. By controlling the flow of the fuel and air into the PDC tube the equivalence ratio profile of the PDC tube can be tailored and controlled. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139204 | Hybrid Rocket System - The present invention describes a hybrid rocket motor that includes a first solid reactant and at least one thrust nozzle and at least one moveable combustion control member within the hybrid rocket motor that restricts the contact of a first fluid reactant in the combustion chamber. In this way, it is then possible to regulate the exposure of the solid reactant to the fluid reactant and thus control thrust. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139205 | Pourable centerport inhibitor for solid propellant rocket motors - A pourable opaque centerport for solid propellant rocket motors and method for applying the same are disclosed. The pourable centerport inhibitor for solid propellant rocket motors has a curing system that includes a prepolymer and a curing agent. The prepolymer and the curing agent are combined to form a pourable polymeric binder that cures into an amorphous solid. The pourable centerport inhibitor also includes an opaque agent. The pourable centerport inhibitor may also include a plasticizer. The plasticizer, the prepolymer, and the curing agent are preferably the same type that is in the solid propellant with which it will be used in conjunction. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139206 | Dual-mode chemical-electric thrusters for spacecraft - Spacecraft thrusters capable of dual-mode operation, and a method of applying s propulsion to a spacecraft using a dual-mode thruster are provided. In one embodiment, the thrusters of the current invention can operate as a chemical motor to provide high thrust and low propellant exhaust velocity to achieve fast maneuverability, or as an electric propulsion thruster to provide low thrust and high exhaust velocity to perform maneuvers with a minimal amount of propellant. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139207 | Thermo-electric auxiliary power unit - An auxiliary power unit disclosed. The auxiliary power unit includes an exhaust passage configured to direct a flow of exhaust from a primary mover, a catalyst substrate disposed within the exhaust passage, and a heater configured to heat the catalyst substrate. The auxiliary power unit also includes a cooling jacket associated with the exhaust passage. The auxiliary power unit further includes a thermo-electric device disposed between the cooling jacket and the exhaust passage. The thermo-electric device is configured to generate electrical power from a temperature gradient created by the heater and the cooling jacket when the primary mover is non-operational. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139208 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A POROUS STRUCTURE USING SILICA-BASED PORE-FORMING AGENTS - The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a porous silicon carbide structure of the honeycomb type, said process being characterized in that it comprises the following steps: forming of a paste from a mixture of silicon carbide grains, the diameter d | 2009-06-04 |
20090139209 | Metering apparatus and method for operating it - In a metering apparatus for the metered introduction of a first medium into an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine, which includes a conditioning apparatus in which also a second medium is introduced via a dispensing apparatus which is connected to the conditioning apparatus and via which the first medium and the second medium are introduced into the exhaust gas system, a supply unit for supplying a third medium, which is different from the second medium in its physical properties and/or its chemical composition, is connected to the conditioning apparatus for cleaning of the conditioning apparatus and the dispensing apparatus from constituent parts of the first medium by the third medium or a mixture of the second and the third medium. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139210 | Gas concentration sensor drift and failure detection system - A system for detecting when a gas concentration sensor has drifted or failed is disclosed. The system has a first gas concentration sensor configured to detect a first gas concentration and generate a corresponding first signal. The system also has a second gas concentration sensor configured to detect a second gas concentration and generate a corresponding second signal. In addition, the system has a controller in communication with the first and second gas concentration sensors. Based on the first and second signals, the controller is configured to provide an out-of-tolerance gas concentration sensor warning. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139211 | TIMER-BASED WARNING STRUCTURE FOR DETECTING AND INDICATING AN OVERLOADED DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER - An engine ( | 2009-06-04 |
20090139212 | DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE FOR NOx SENSOR - The ECU performs an on-board diagnosis for a NOx sensor. The diagnosis is carried out when an exhaust system of an engine is fully cooled after shut-down of the engine. The diagnosis is carried out after a temperature in the exhaust passage is lowered to an ambient temperature. In the diagnosis proceeding, the ECU activates a heater attached on the NOx sensor. The ECU detects a heating performance of the heater and determines whether the heating performance is sufficient or not. The NOx sensor is in a stable condition after the engine system is fully cooled. Therefore, it is possible to perform the diagnosis while eliminating or suppressing influences of operating conditions of the engine system and a residual heat in the exhaust system. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139213 | ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A deviation amount of a downstream air-fuel ratio sensed with a downstream air-fuel ratio sensor, which senses an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas downstream of a catalyst, from a target air-fuel ratio is integrated during a period in which the downstream air-fuel ratio continuously shows deviations from the target air-fuel ratio while main feedback control and sub feedback control are performed based on outputs of an upstream air-fuel ratio sensor and the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor respectively. The thus-calculated continuous deviation amount of the downstream air-fuel ratio (deterioration degree of exhaust gas purification rate) is compared with an abnormality determination value to determine existence/nonexistence of an abnormal state where the exhaust gas purification rate is deteriorated by an air-fuel ratio variation among cylinders (i.e., state where control center of main feedback control has shifted). | 2009-06-04 |
20090139214 | Exhaust Treatment System Having A Diverter Valve - An exhaust treatment system is provided having a tank configured to store a supply of reductant. The system also has a heat source configured to heat the reductant and a diverter valve configured to regulate the heat source. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139215 | METHODS FOR REDUCING EMISSIONS FROM DIESEL ENGINES - A method is provided for operating a diesel engine with reduced emissions. The method comprises combusting a first biodiesel blend fuel in a diesel engine resulting in the production of diesel exhaust gases containing NOx. The diesel exhaust gases are admixed with a second biodiesel blend fuel, and the second biodiesel blend fuel is hydrolyzed to form reducing agents. The diesel exhaust gases containing NOx are passed through an NOx-reducing catalyst to reduce the NOx through a selective catalytic reduction reaction with the reducing agents. The invention further provides a method for operating a diesel engine with reduced emissions, comprising combusting a first biodiesel blend fuel in a diesel engine resulting in the production of diesel exhaust gases containing NOx. A second biodiesel blend fuel is converted in a fuel processor thereby forming reducing agents, and the diesel exhaust gases are admixed with the reducing agents. The diesel exhaust gases containing NOx are passed through an NOx-reducing catalyst to reduce the NOx through a selective catalytic reduction reaction with the reducing agents. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139216 | EGR PULSE ATTENUATION - A pulse attenuator for the EGR line of an internal combustion engine in which a main flow path has a pair of branch flow paths extending from the upstream portion of a venturi. The branch flow paths have a precisely determined length so as to reintroduce pulses back to the main flow path in a way that smoothes the flow. The pulses may be reconnected to the main flow path downstream of the point at which they are extracted or at the same point. The length of the branch passages may be different to provide attenuation of pulses at different engine rpms. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139217 | EXHAUST GAS TEMPERATURE REDUCTION DEVICE FOR AFTERTREATMENT DEVICES - A motor vehicle exhaust system has at least a first housing for a pollution control element, a nozzle in the housing and a ventilation path into the housing through which outside air is drawn into the exhaust system for mixing with an exhaust flow following the nozzle. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139218 | Forced Air Exhaust Cooling System - An exhaust system to remove exhaust from an engine of a vehicle may include a first exhaust member to conduct the exhaust from the engine of the vehicle to the atmosphere and a source of pressurized fluid which may be air or gas to conduct the pressurized fluid to the first exhaust member to cool the exhaust from the engine of the vehicle. The source of pressurized fluid may be a blower, and the source of pressurized fluids may be a air dam. The blower may be connected to a battery of the vehicle, and the blower may include a sensor to determine if a predetermined speed has been reached to allow ram air input or to warn of back pressure, high temperature or current flow. The sensor may inactivate the blower when the predetermined speed has been reached. The source of pressurized fluid may be compressed air, and the source of the pressurized fluid may be refrigerated air. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139219 | EXHAUST CONDUIT - The invention concerns an exhaust conduit ( | 2009-06-04 |
20090139220 | AIR-GAP INSULATED EXHAUST MANIFOLD - An air gap insulated exhaust manifold includes several inlet tubes which are fit into one another so as to be movable relative to each other and complement each other so as to constitute a collecting chamber. The inlet tubes are surrounded by an outlet tube, an air gap resulting between the inlet and outlet tubes. Two shell-type intermediate plates are provided in this air gap and complement each other so as to constitute a hollow body, which prevents that any leakage flows directly hit the outlet tube. The intermediate plates are produced by deep-drawing a pimpled foil. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139221 | METERING SHEET AND ISO-GRID ARRANGEMENT FOR A NON AXI-SYMMETRIC SHAPED COOLING LINER WITHIN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE EXHAUST DUCT - A cooling liner having a liner hot sheet formed as a relatively thick iso-grid structure having iso-grid ribs, which extend from a surface between the ribs. A multitude of metering sheets are mounted directly to the liner hot sheet surface. Each metering sheet is mounted to the iso-grid to define a multitude of discrete chambers. A seal is located in a pattern along a subset of the iso-grid ribs to further segregate the surface covered by each metering sheet into a further number of discrete subchambers. Each metering sheet includes a multitude of metering sheet apertures and the surface between the iso-grid ribs of the liner hot sheet include a multitude of hot sheet apertures. By varying the ratio between the number of metering sheet apertures and the number of hot sheet apertures, the pressure in each chamber is defined to efficiently maintain the minimum desired pressure ratio across the hot sheet without undue wastage of cooling airflow. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139222 | System for storing, delivering and recovering energy - A system is described for storing, delivering and recovering energy, provided with a cylinder-piston assembly for absorbing a mass-induced load, which assembly is in fluid connection with a pressure source. The effective surface area of the piston of the cylinder-piston assembly is variable. The cylinder-piston assembly consists of, for instance, a number of cylinders connected in parallel, which can be selectively powered by the pressure source. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139223 | FUEL EFFICIENT HYDRAULIC POWER STEERING - A hydraulic power steering system that maintains proportional pressure control between an input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear by relying upon a control valve. A pressure differential is maintained between the input side of a gear and assist pressures internal to the steering gear throughout certain events. Those events include running the pump to fully charge the accumulator, idling the pump after fully charging the accumulator, discharging pressure from the fully charged accumulator at an onset of a steering event having a demand for steering load, recovering the discharged pressure of the accumulator by running the pump after turning on the pump at the onset of the steering event, and opening the relief valve in the valve manifold during the steering event. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139224 | Device and method of continuously variable transmission of traveling vehicle - A variable capacity pump and two variable capacity motors are connected in a closed circuit. First to fourth drive gears are fitted to motor shafts of the variable capacity motors via clutches. A first driven gear, which meshes with the first and third drive gears, and a second driven gear which meshes with the second and fourth drive gears are fitted to an output shaft. Equivalent capacities of the variable capacity motors are made different. Control is exerted such that the capacities are decreased to zero in order of equivalent capacities. To decrease the capacity of each variable capacity motor, the gear change ratio of the variable capacity motor the capacity of which has decreased to zero is changed to decrease the equivalent capacity and, at the same time, the capacity is increased to maximum. This increases the gear change ratio for the continuously variable transmission and controls acceleration. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139225 | HYDRAULIC INERTER MECHANISM - The invention provides a hydraulic inerter mechanism, including: a hydraulic cylinder; a hydraulic motor connected to the hydraulic cylinder, with an output shaft thereon for converting the motion of the hydraulic cylinder from rectilinear motion to rotary motion; and an inertia body disposed on the output shaft. In operation, an external force applied to the inerter mechanism causes displacement of the piston, thereby pushing working fluid inside the hydraulic cylinder to generate a pressure difference between an inlet and an outlet of a hydraulic motor. The differential pressure consequently drives the hydraulic motor to rotate, and then the output shaft further drives the inertia body to rotate, thereby attaining inerter characteristics. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139226 | Hydraulic control apparatus for marine reversing gear assembly for watercraft - A hydraulic control apparatus for marine reversing gear assembly for watercraft includes a pressure reducing valve | 2009-06-04 |
20090139227 | ROTARY HEAT ENGINE - A rotary heat engine having a cylinder and a rotor having a rotating shaft rotatably placed in the cylinder. The cylinder has a heat receiving section for supplying heat to the inside of the cylinder and a heat radiating section for radiating heat from the inside. The engine also has an engine section body and an operation liquid storage section. A vaporized gas supply channel and a gas recovery channel communicating with the inside of the cylinder are provided, respectively, on the heat receiving section side and heat radiating section side of the cylinder in the engine section body. The operation liquid storage section is between the vaporized gas supply channel and the gas collection channel in order to aggregate and liquefy recovered gas and is installed such that both channels fluidly communicate with each other. Also, the operation liquid storage section has a heat insulation dam provided with a through hole for preventing backflow of fluid flowing inside. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139228 | Exhaust Gas Turbocharger for An Internal Combustion Engine and Device for Switching An Air Guiding Device of An Exhaust Gas Turbocharger - An exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine has a compressor arranged in an intake tract of an internal combustion engine for precompression of air passing through the intake tract to the compressor. A switchable air guiding device is arranged upstream of the compressor, wherein the switchable air guiding device supplies an air flow to the compressor in at least two different ways. The air guiding device has at least two components, wherein the at least two components are substantially made from plastic material. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139229 | Exhaust manifold - In an exhaust manifold for an internal combustion engine including a central part with tow exhaust gas flow ducts extending from the central part in opposite directions for collecting exhaust gas from first and respectively second cylinder groups of the engine, the center part includes a first control valve for controlling the exhaust gas flow from the first and the second cylinder groups to first and second turbine inlet flow passages, a second control valve for controlling the exhaust gas pressure and a third control valve for controlling the exhaust gas recirculation rate. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139230 | Natural gas compression system - A natural gas compression system is provided. The system may include a natural gas compressor configured to compress, and thereby pump, natural gas through a pipeline. The system may also include a natural gas burning engine, operatively coupled to the gas compressor, the engine being supplied with air by an induction system. The induction system may include a supercharger driven by the engine and configured to compress intake air and a turbocharger downstream from the supercharger and driven by exhaust gases produced by the engine. The induction system may also include a supercharger compressor bypass configured to selectively recirculate a portion of the compressed output of the supercharger upstream of the supercharger. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139231 | Turbocompound engine drive - In a turbocompound engine drive including an engine with a crankshaft, an exhaust gas turbine operatively connected to the crankshaft via a reduction gear structure and a hydrodynamic clutch providing together for a power transmission path between the engine a freewheel is integrated into the power transmission path between the turbine and the crankshaft of the engine for disconnecting the turbine from the engine when the turbine speed is lower than the comparable engine speed to prevent the turbine from being driven by the engine. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139232 | Ambient Temperature Energy Generating System - A system for generating energy which utilizes motive chemicals | 2009-06-04 |
20090139233 | ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTED POWER GENERATING SYSTEM - A power generating system comprises a water supply system for supplying water; a solar heating device having a water inlet and a water outlet; the water inlet being connected to the water supply system; the solar heating device receiving water from the water supply system and then the water being preheated in the solar heating device; a steam generating device connected to the water outlet of the solar heating device for storing hot water preheated from the solar heating device; a hydrogen-fuel generating device for electrolyzing water into hydrogen and oxygen as fuels; a combustion heating device for reheating hot water from the steam generating device; the fuel of the combustion heating device being hydrogen and oxygen from the hydrogen-fuel generating device; and a steam electric-power generator receiving steam from the steam generating device for generating electric power and then the electric power being outputted. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139234 | CARBON DIOXIDE AS FUEL FOR POWER GENERATION AND SEQUESTRATION SYSTEM - An integrated energy production system and carbon dioxide reaction system for enhancing the energy efficiency and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions of thermally activated power production methods. The system utilizes heat of reaction from the carbon dioxide reaction system to directly reduce the fuel requirements of the thermally activated power production method. The system, when utilizing a reverse fuel cell, achieves concurrent carbon dioxide sequestration resulting from the fuel combustion. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139235 | Catalytically Stabilized Gas Turbine Combustor - A gas turbine combustor. The gas turbine combustor may include a central combustion nozzle with a catalyst therein and a number of outer combustion nozzles surrounding the central combustion nozzle. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139236 | PREMIXING DEVICE FOR ENHANCED FLAMEHOLDING AND FLASH BACK RESISTANCE - A premixing device is provided. The premixing device includes a fuel inlet configured to introduce a fuel within the premixing device and an air inlet configured to introduce air within the premixing device. The premixing device also includes a plurality of swirler vanes configured to provide a swirl movement to the fuel and/or air to facilitate mixing of the fuel and air to form a gaseous pre-mix, wherein a shape of each of the plurality of swirler vanes is selected to control an axial velocity profile of the fuel and/or air within the premixing device. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139237 | Low residence combustor fuel nozzle - Embodiments for an apparatus and associated method for reducing the residence time in a gas turbine combustor are disclosed. The embodiments of the present invention comprise a fuel nozzle that extends to a downstream plane of an end cap for a combustion liner where the axial distance of the premixer is reduced, however the swirl for mixing the fuel and air, is increased. As a result, the mixing of the fuel and air is essentially unchanged, thereby allowing higher air pressures and operating temperatures within the premixer without inducing auto-ignition. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139238 | AIRFLOW DISTRIBUTION TO A LOW EMISSIONS COMBUSTOR - An apparatus and method of providing a gas turbine combustor having increased combustion stability and reducing pressure drop across a gas turbine combustor is disclosed. A plurality of vanes is fixed to a flow sleeve radially between the flow sleeve and a combustion liner. The plurality of vanes serve to direct a flow of air entering the region between the flow sleeve and combustion liner in a substantially axial direction, such that components of tangential velocity are removed thereby providing a more uniform flow of air the combustion chamber and reducing the amount of pressure lost due attempting to straighten the airflow by pressure drop alone. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139239 | QUENCH JET ARRANGEMENT FOR ANNULAR RICH-QUENCH-LEAN GAS TURBINE COMBUSTORS - An outer liner of a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of liner regions arranged adjacent one another and separated by boundary lines; and a plurality of air admission holes formed in the liner regions. The air admission holes within each liner region form a V-pattern. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139240 | Gas-turbine lean combustor with fuel nozzle with controlled fuel inhomogeneity - A gas-turbine lean combustor includes a combustion chamber ( | 2009-06-04 |
20090139241 | COMBUSTING SYSTEM, REMODELING METHOD FOR COMBUSTING SYSTEM, AND FUEL INJECTION METHOD FOR COMBUSTING SYSTEM - The present invention improves the reliability of a combusting system including multiple combustors and improves an environmental performance thereof. The invention includes a device that delays the start time of fuel injection from a fuel nozzle of a combustor including a ignitor from the start time of fuel injection from a fuel nozzle of the combustor not including the ignitor. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139242 | Burners for a gas-turbine engine - A burner for a gas-turbine engine has a frustoconical burner shell, at least two swirler arrangements, which are connected to the shell and are spaced apart around the circumference of the shell between its two ends, and a combustion chamber disposed downstream of a wider end of the shell. Each of the swirler arrangements includes an air swirler and a pre-combustion chamber disposed downstream of the air swirler, and a longitudinal axis of each swirler arrangement intersects a line parallel to, and spaced apart from, the longitudinal axis of the shell. The swirler arrangements are preferably connected to the shell at the same axial point. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139243 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH PYLON MOUNTED ACCESSORY DRIVE - A gas turbine engine includes an accessory gearbox within an engine pylori. The accessory components may be mounted within the engine pylori to save weight and space within the core nacelle as well as provide a relatively lower temperature operating environment. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139244 | DEVICES FOR COOLING AND POWER - Certain embodiments disclosed herein are directed to devices for cooling. In certain examples, a thermoelectric device comprising a substrate and a superlattice coupled to the substrate is disclosed. In some examples, the superlattice includes a first semi-conducting material and a second semi-conducting material coupled to the first semi-conducting material to provide an interface between the first and second semi-conducting materials. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139245 | THERMOELECTRICALLY AIR CONDITIONED TRANSIT CASE - Systems and methods for cooling the contents within a portable case, such as a transit case, using a thermoelectric air conditioner. Thermoelectric air conditioners are used with, and mounted on or in, a transit case for maintaining a desired air temperature within the transit case. In one embodiment, the thermoelectric air conditioner can be incorporated, concealed within the housing and/or cover of the transit case. In this embodiment, the thermoelectric air conditioner is protected by the design of the case, the mounting arrangement, the shock-mounted frame, etc. Alternatively, the thermoelectric air conditioner is mounted partially internal and partially external to the transit case. In another embodiment, the thermoelectric air conditioner is mounted external to the transit case. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139246 | REMOTE SOFTWARE LOADING FOR REFRIGERANT SYSTEM - A refrigerant system control software upgrades are remotely downloaded over information carrying media. The software upgrades can be timed to occur when the Internet traffic is low. Once the upgrade has been received, a verification test may be performed for the refrigerant system components affected by the software upgrade. The test is monitored, and the results are sent back to the remote location such that the remote location can ensure the software upgrade was successful. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139247 | RAPID CHILLING APPARATUS FOR BEVERAGES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Rapid chilling apparatus for beverages comprising a receptacle ( | 2009-06-04 |
20090139248 | ENVIRONMENTALLY ADAPTABLE TRANSPORT DEVICE - Disclosed is a device for the transport of temperature sensitive products including an insulated container, an insulated lid, a fastener to secure the lid to the container, an active heat exchanger, a thermal circuit to circulate heat exchange, a temperature sensor read by a temperature regulating circuit that maintains a temperature range, a power source, and a support frame that arranges the elements of the device with the overall center of mass at a location adapted for transport and storage of the device. Disclosed is also a method of transport for temperature sensitive products including securing the temperature sensitive product within an insulated container with a lid, removing heat from the container to maintain a temperature range, strapping the device onto the user's back and adjusting to the shape of the user, freeing both hands during transport of the device, and minimizing hindrances to user mobility caused by the device. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139249 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING FRESHNESS OF FOODS - An apparatus for maintaining the freshness of foods is provided. The apparatus comprises first and second electrodes spaced oppositely to a predetermined distance, a voltage generator unit applying voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, heat transfer means connected to the first electrode or the second electrode to absorb heat from the space between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a temperature control unit controlling the heat transfer means such that the space between the first electrode and the second electrode is of predetermined temperature, whereby the heat transfer means is connected to the electrode for voltage application, so that both the application of electric field and the temperature regulation are advantageously obtained using a single electrode without installing a separate device for temperature regulation. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139250 | Defrost indicator - A defrost indicator is configured such that the process of freezing and defrosting the defrost indicator places the defrost indicator into a state that is not completely reversed by refreezing, so that one can detect whether the defrost indicator defrosted and refroze or never defrosted by observing its current state. In an embodiment, the defrost indicator is initially placed in a first state before being frozen (e.g., upside down with fluid in an upper chamber). Freezing the defrost indicator places it in a second state (e.g., with the fluid frozen in the upper chamber). Then when the defrost indicator is defrosted, the defrost indicator is placed into a third state that is different than the first state (e.g., right-side-up with liquid fluid in the lower chamber). If the defrost indicator is again frozen, the defrost indicator is placed into a fourth state (e.g., the fluid frozen in the lower chamber). | 2009-06-04 |
20090139251 | Air-Conditioning System - An air-conditioning system capable of reducing traffic of signals and effectively performing control and management operations without causing heavy traffic is obtained. In an air-conditioning system including one or more indoor units | 2009-06-04 |
20090139252 | Indoor unit of an air conditioner - An indoor unit of an air conditioner is capable of both enhancing the design thereof and preventing the reduction of the air blowing performance. The indoor unit of an air conditioner has a front grill and a design panel. The front grill is provided with an outlet. A front panel covers the outlet in the front view during shutdown, and moves so as to open the outlet during operation. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139253 | REFRIGERATION APPARATUS - Disclosed is a refrigeration apparatus capable of minimizing the pressure loss of a refrigerant circulated through an internal heat exchanger and capable of improving a cooling capability. A refrigeration apparatus in which a compressor, a radiator, an electronic expansion valve and an evaporator are successively annularly connected to one another to constitute a refrigerant circuit includes a refrigerator unit provided with the compressor and the radiator, and a cooling unit provided with the electronic expansion valve and the evaporator, the refrigerator unit is connected to one or a plurality of cooling units via a communication pipe to constitute the refrigerant cycle, an internal heat exchanger which performs heat exchange between a refrigerant discharged from the radiator and a refrigerant discharged from the evaporator is constituted of a double tube, and the internal heat exchanger is provided in the cooling unit. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139254 | Thermodynamic closed loop desiccant rotor system and process - A thermodynamic closed loop desiccant rotor system and process utilizes at least one closed recirculation loop that provides interchangeable energy directly to the desiccant material and various rotor isolated zoning configurations in combination with various arrangements of energy exchange devices and refrigeration components to maximize the interchangeable and recovered energy capability and capacity through both closed thermodynamic cycles and open cycle processes for significantly improved efficiency and energy conservation. The present desiccant rotor system may be utilized in an air conditioning system for dehumidification, humidification, moisture removal, and capture of moisture, and in other applications to remove unwanted gases. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139255 | DEVICE FOR INCREASING THE HEAT OUTPUT AND ENERGY STORAGE IN A HEAT PUMP - A device for controlling the heat output of a heat pump, with a storage circuit, wherein heat energy can be stored in a storage container, comprises means for receiving a volume flow of a heat carrier medium from a condenser of the heat pump and means in the circuit of the heat carrier medium for controllably feeding a volume flow of the heat carrier medium from a condenser of the heat pump to a desuperheater. In an embodiment of the invention, the device further comprises means in the refrigeration circuit of the heat pump for feeding the heat carrier medium from the desuperheater to the condenser of the heat pump. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139256 | Liebherr-hausgerate ochsenhausen GmbH D-88416 ochsenhausen - The present invention relates to a refrigerator and/or freezer with an ice cube maker and with conveying means for conveying the ice cubes, wherein the conveying means are configured such that they are operable in different conveying directions. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139257 | Machine for making and dispensing frozen food products such as crushed-ice drinks, sorbets and the like - A machine for making and dispensing frozen food products such as crushed-ice drinks, sorbets and the like comprises a tank ( | 2009-06-04 |
20090139258 | Method and Device for Producing Ice Droplets on Demand - A method and device for producing ice droplets on-demand in a refrigerator is provided wherein small water droplets are dropped from a valve through a supercooled chamber where the water freezes and forms ice pieces, such as in the form of pellets, while free-falling through the chamber, with the ice being directed to a dispenser assembly. The size and dispensing rate of the droplets can be selected by a user and regulated by a controller. The method and device eliminates the need for bulk ice storage and dispensing components. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139259 | APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING LEAKAGE OF COOLING AIR FOR REFRIGERATOR - Disclosed is an apparatus for preventing leakage of cooling air in a refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator main body having a storage chamber for storing food therein; a shelf for dividing the storage space and placing food thereon; an inner door for opening/closing an opened front face of the unit storage space divided by the shelf and preventing the leakage of cooling air; and a guide unit guiding a horizontal-linear reciprocating motion of the inner door as it angularly rotates for opening/closing the opened front face of the unit storage space. Accordingly, the leakage of cooling air in other unit storage spaces can be prevented when food is taken out from one of a plurality of unit storage spaces provided in the storage chamber of the refrigerator, thereby minimizing a temperature change in the storage chamber as well as minimizing the loss of cooling air. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139260 | Door opening and closing mechanism - A door opening and closing mechanism in which a door to be attached to a body having an opening is separated from, and made in contact with the periphery of the opening so that the opening is opened and closed, is provided with: a handle that is shaft-supported on the door and allowed to pivot with an operation portion being held; and a lever member that has a supporting portion that is attached to the door so as to freely pivot thereon, a connecting portion that is connected to the handle so as to freely pivot thereon on the same side as the operation portion with respect to the rotation axis of the handle, and a contact portion that is placed on the side opposite to the connecting portion with respect to the supporting portion, and arranged face to face with the periphery of the opening, and in this structure when the operation portion is pulled, the contact portion is allowed to press the body so that the door is separated from the periphery of the opening with a predetermined distance. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139261 | COOLER FOR HEATER-CONTAINING BOX - There is provided a cooler for heater-containing box in which an outside air fan for carrying air on an outside air path and an inside air fan for carrying air on an inside air path are arranged such that a rotating shaft of each fan is in parallel with an air intake direction, and a heat exchanger for exchanging sensible heat of outside air and inside air is arranged between the outside air path and the inside air path such that a suction port at a longitudinal air-path side of the heat exchanger is aligned with a blowout port of the fan. The cooler for heater-containing box capable of making the depth thinner can be provided. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139262 | EXPANDER-COMPRESSOR UNIT - An the expander-compressor unit ( | 2009-06-04 |
20090139263 | THERMOSYPHON REBOILER FOR THE DENITROGENATION OF LIQUID NATURAL GAS - Processes are provided for the denitrogenation of a crude LNG stream. A crude LNG stream is expanded and then cooled in a thermosyphon reboiler. The resultant crude LNG stream is introduced into a nitrogen rejection column, wherein the nitrogen content of the LNG is reduced as the liquid flows down the column. A nitrogen-enriched vapor stream is withdrawn from the top of the column, and a first, and optionally a second, nitrogen-diminished liquid stream is withdrawn from the bottom of the column. The first stream may be recovered as a LNG product, and the second stream is passed through the thermosyphon reboiler, cooling the crude LNG stream, while partially vaporizing the second stream. The vaporized second stream is reinjected into the column at a level above the level of withdrawal of the second nitrogen-diminished bottoms LNG stream to provide column boilup. Alternatively, the thermosyphon reboiler is placed within the column. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139264 | ANTIQUE JEWELRY ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - A gold plated jewelry article that has an antique, ancient or aged appearance and methods of making the same. The method includes providing a matte finish on an engravable article having a desired shape and being made of a metal or alloy that is less precious than gold; plating all visible surfaces of the engravable article with a thin layer of gold; and engraving characters on at least one surface of the engravable article. During use, the gold plated jewelry article wears or deteriorates to exhibit the antique, ancient or aged appearance. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139265 | Method and device for manufacturing silica glass | 2009-06-04 |
20090139266 | Recycled glass items and method of making - A method of making decorative glass objects of any of a wide variety of appearances, structures and functions teaches that recycled glass bottles may be cut into disks, rings and other shapes using a diamond dust blade on a bandsaw, then firing the glass objects in a glass kiln to the point of slumping but not to melting, and finally by grinding the objects with a diamond head glass grinder. Glass objects made by the method of the invention betray their recycled origins with an eye-pleasing organic quality to finish and shape. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139267 | Bottom plate lift mechanism for a glassware forming machine - A bottom plate lift mechanism for a glassware forming machine includes a bottom plate assembly having at least one bottom plate on a base with a passage for feeding cooling air to the bottom plate. The bottom plate assembly is mounted on a housing that has a cooling air chamber for directing cooling wind to the bottom plate assembly. A lift mechanism is operatively coupled to the housing for selectively raising and lowering the housing and the bottom plate assembly mounted on the housing. The housing has an opening to the cooling air chamber for receiving a cooling air control cartridge to control passage of cooling wind through the chamber to the bottom plate assembly. A plurality of control cartridges are interchangeably insertable through the opening into the chamber for selectively controlling passage of cooling air to the bottom plate assembly in different cooling modes of operation associated with the cartridges. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139268 | Optical glass, precision press-molding preform, optical element and processes for production of these - Provided are optical glasses having a phosphate-containing composition that can materialize highly useful optical properties including high-refractivity and high-dispersion properties; an optical glass comprising P | 2009-06-04 |
20090139269 | Fiber Cure with Extended Irradiators - A method for producing an optical fiber that includes a method for producing an optical fiber, said method comprising: (i) drawing a bare optical fiber from a preform along a first pathway at a rate of at least 10 m/sec; (ii) contacting said bare optical fiber with a region of fluid in a fluid bearing and redirecting said bare optical fiber along a second pathway as said bare optical fiber is drawn across said region of fluid cushion; (iii) coating the bare optical fiber; and (iv) irradiating said coated fiber in at least one irradiation zone to at least partially cure said coating, while subjecting the optical fiber to UV light. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139270 | Fiber air turn for low attenuation fiber - A method for forming an optical fiber includes drawing the optical fiber from a glass supply and treating the fiber by maintaining the optical fiber in a treatment zone wherein the fiber is cooled at a specified cooling rate. The optical fiber treatment reduces the tendency of the optical fiber to increase in attenuation due to Rayleigh scattering, and/or over time following formation of the optical fiber due to heat aging. Methods for producing optical fibers along nonlinear paths incorporating fluid bearings are also provided thereby allowing for increased vertical space for the fiber treatment zone. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139271 | Method And Arrangement For Feeding, With Yarn Of Constant Absorbed Length, A Textile Machine Operating On A Plurality Of Yarns - A method for feeding a plurality of yarns with constant values of fed length to a textile machine ( | 2009-06-04 |
20090139272 | Magnetic Actuator, Particularly for Selection Devices in Hosiery Knitting Machines or the Like - A magnetic actuator, particularly for selection devices in hosiery knitting machines or the like, comprising a main magnet, which has at least two poles arranged side by side and separated by a discontinuity, and a selection electromagnet, which is provided with at least one pole arranged in alignment with the discontinuity and spaced laterally with respect to it. The selection electromagnet can be actuated to generate or eliminate or reduce a magnetic attraction force at the pole of the selection electromagnet. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139273 | LAUNDRY MACHINE - A laundry machine is provided capable of washing or drying laundry. The laundry machine, includes a cabinet, a first washing tub that receives laundry disposed within the cabinet, a housing disposed adjacent the cabinet, a second washing tub provided within the housing that receives laundry, and at least one support device that supports the second washing tub with respect to the housing, substantially preventing vertical displacement of the second washing tub due to the weight of the second washing tub and limiting the displacement of the second washing tub due to vibration thereof. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139274 | DRUM TYPE WASHING MACHINE - A drum-type washing machine is disclosed. The drum-type washing machine includes a case formed with an opening part for receiving therethrough laundry to be washed, a door opening and closing the opening part, a tub mounted in the case to receive wash water, a drum rotatably mounted in the tub, and a path compensation unit disposed at an inner lower end of the tub to facilitate flow of fluid while the drum is rotating. According to this drum-type washing machine, the dehydration efficiency can be improved. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139275 | LAUNDRY MACHINE - A laundry machine capable of washing and/or drying laundry is provided. The laundry machine includes a first washing tub provided in a cabinet, a housing having a space formed therein, the housing being insertable into and withdrawable from the cabinet, a second washing tub provided in the housing to receive laundry separately from the first washing tub, and a fixing member that fixes the second washing tub to restrict movement of the second washing tub. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139276 | Washing machine - The present invention relates to washing machines, and more particularly, a washing machine which has two laundry holding spaces in one washing machine body. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139277 | Steam generator , and laundry device and method thereof - Disclosed herein are a steam generator ( | 2009-06-04 |
20090139278 | Washing machine and control method thereof - A washing machine and a control method thereof are disclosed. The control method includes supplying water into a tub, washing an object to be washed via rotation of a drum, rinsing the washed object, and dehydrating the washed object to remove moisture from the object. In the water supply step, steam is ejected simultaneously with the supply of water, to regulate the interior temperature of the drum. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139279 | Multi-lock security device and detaching device for use therewith - A security device for use in association with a security pin includes a tag body, a spring lock and a magnetic lock. The tag body has a body aperture formed therein adapted to receive the security pin. The spring lock is situated within the tag body and has a spring lock aperture formed therein in registration with the body aperture. The spring lock is adapted to engage the security pin when in an engaged position and release the security pin when in a released position. The magnetic lock is within the tag body and has a magnetic lock aperture. The magnetic lock is adapted to engage the security pin when in an engaged position and to release the security pin when in a release position. The spring lock and the magnetic lock need to both be in the released position to successfully remove the security pin form the security device. A detaching device to move the spring lock and the magnetic lock into the released such that they are both in the release position at the same time is also shown. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139280 | LOCKING DEVICE WITH PASSAGE - A lock device for use with a key is disclosed. The lock device includes a locking spindle including a plurality of locking spindle bores and a passage extending axially along an axial length of the locking spindle, and a driver structure including a plurality of driver structure bores. An interface between the driver structure and the locking spindle forms a shear line. The lock device also includes a plurality of combination pins in the plurality of locking spindle bores, and a plurality of driver pins in the driver structure bores in the driver structure, the plurality of driver pins being respectively associated with the plurality of combination pins. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139281 | LOCK MECHANISM FOR ROTATABLE COVER - A lock mechanism for a rotatable cover adapted for use with a case is disclosed. The rotatable cover includes a fastener and a first positioning portion. The lock mechanism includes a first fixing element and a first elastic member. The first fixing element has a locking hole for engagingly receiving the fastener. The first fixing element includes a first board, a second board positioned opposite to the first board, a connecting portion and a protrusion portion. A slot is formed between the first board and the second board. The connecting portion is disposed above the first board and the second board and connected to the protrusion portion. The protrusion portion includes a pivot shaft and a second positioning portion. The pivot shaft is inserted into a pivot portion of the case. The first elastic member is located between the first positioning portion and the second positioning portion. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139282 | Dial lock for luggage - To unlock and re-rock a dial lock for a traveling bag for inspection, a center lock | 2009-06-04 |
20090139283 | HIDDEN LOCK LOCKED TO AN INNER SIDE OF A DOORPLATE - A hidden lock locked to an inner side of a doorplate comprises a top seat assembly; a top rod; the top seat assembly being assembled to the top rod; a linking rod installed to a lower side of the top rod; a lower rod; a lower head; a top seat assembly; a resisting unit. The connecting shaft having a groove, plurality of slots, a plurality of holes, an upper engaging tube and a lower engaging tube. A bent stop is extended from the resisting unit. When a top rod reduces inwards, the stop will resist against a neck of the top rod to prevent a lower head to contact the ground. A pin device is installed for retaining the lock in high temperature. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139284 | Electric steering lock device - An electric steering lock device of the invention includes: a rotating body (worm wheel) that is driven by a motor to rotate in an unlocking direction and a locking direction; a first cam section and a second cam section provided in the worm wheel; a lock member that follows the first cam section to be displaced between a lock position and an unlock position; and a lever member that follows the second cam section and that is positioned, when the lock member is positioned at the unlock position, at a waiting position at which the lock member is allowed to move, and that is positioned, when the lock member is moved to the lock position, at a retention position at which the lock member is blocked from moving to the unlock position. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139285 | Steering Lock Device - The present invention relates to a steering lock device for antitheft of vehicle and aims to assure the safety of the steering lock device against secondary collision, on one hand, and to improve visual impression of peripheral domain of the steering column by closing an apertural areas for insertion of tilt lever operating knob with a cover of the steering lock device. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139286 | DOOR LOCK CONTROL DEVICE IN HEATING COOKER - There is provided a door lock control device in a heating cooker that prevents a door from being accidentally unlocked when the door is locked and a temperature inside the heating cooker is a predetermined temperature or more such as during self-cleaning, and provides safe handling of the heating cooker. Even in general door lock and unlock states, when the temperature inside the cooker is low and a thermal switch | 2009-06-04 |
20090139287 | Circuit Arrangement for Locking and/or Unlocking a Door Lock, Especially in an Electric Appliance - A circuit arrangement for locking and/or unlocking a door lock, especially in an electric appliance that is provided with a door for closing or opening a work area. Said circuit arrangement comprises an electrically actuated door lock actuator which acts upon a locking member when a current flows through the actuator, said locking member locking or unlocking the door lock. A series connection that is composed of two switching devices is arranged in the triggering circuit of the door lock actuator, said two switching devices being controllable by the control device which emits output signals to actuate the two switching devices once specific triggering signals have been fed to the control device. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139288 | Device and method for opening a pin tumbler type of lock - The invention is a device for opening a pin tumbler type of lock, wherein the pin tumbler type of lock has a number of driver pins and a number of key pins, each of the key pins aligned with one of the driver pins. The device has a housing with a key end and a spring end. A spring inside the housing is located at the spring end of the housing. A slide has a first end fitting inside the housing and abutting an end of the spring. A trigger mechanism is attached to the housing and engages the slide. A key holder is attached to a second end of the slide. A bottom cut key is inserted into the key holder. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139289 | BIOWASTE TREATMENT - A method of treating bio waste including the steps of (1) fermenting substantially raw biowaste in a pathogen reduction stage under anaerobic conditions for a predetermined period at a temperature in the mesophillic temperature range and (2) subsequently separating the solid and liquid phases to produce a fermented cake and fermented liquor. The fermented cake has at least 15% solids on dry basis and contains over 500 mg/L ammonia, over 1,000 mg/L total Volatile Fatty Acids (tVFA) and | 2009-06-04 |
20090139290 | METHOD AND PLANT FOR INTEGRATED MONITORING AND CONTROL OF STRIP FLATNESS AND STRIP PROFILE - Apparatus and method of controlling strip geometry in casting strip having a rolling mill. A target thickness profile is calculated as a function of the measured entry thickness profile of the strip while satisfying profile and flatness parameters. A differential strain feedback from longitudinal strain in the strip is calculated by a control system by comparing the exit thickness profile with the target thickness profile, and a control signal is generated to control a device capable of affecting the geometry of the strip processed by the hot rolling mill. A feed-forward control reference and/or sensitivity vector may also be calculated as a function of the target thickness profile, and used in generating the control signal sent to the control device. The control device may be selected from one or more of the group consisting of a bending controller, gap controller and coolant controller. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139291 | Method for manufacturing a coiler drum and a coiler drum - A method for manufacturing a coiler drum to be used in a coiler furnace and a coiler drum. The method comprises the step of forming a trinickel aluminide containing surface layer onto a coiler drum body. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139292 | Closing Method and Closing Machine - A closing machine includes left and right chuck spindles ( | 2009-06-04 |
20090139293 | HEMMING METHOD AND HEMMING APPARATUS - A movable die | 2009-06-04 |
20090139294 | HEMMING APPARATUS - A lower platen of the hemming apparatus is provided with a hem punch capable of being pressed against an inner periphery bent portion of a workpiece having a frame and a cam follower. The cam follower is disposed on the lower platen to come outside the frame of the workpiece. The cam follower and the hem punch are connected through a connecting member. An upper platen of the hemming apparatus is provided with a driver cam engageable against the cam follower. The driver cam moves the cam follower, whereby the hem punch is pressed against the inner periphery bent portion. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139295 | Method for manufacturing eccentrically expanded pipe - A method for manufacturing an eccentrically expanded pipe in which the plate thickness of the peripheral surface on the large expanding side that tends to easily produce cracks and necking is suppressed from becoming thin is provided. The problem is solved with a method for manufacturing an eccentrically expanded pipe plastically deforming an end of a pipe to an eccentrically expanded pipe part through an eccentrically expanding step; said eccentrically expanding step includes a first eccentrically expanding step, expanding an peripheral surface of the end of the pipe opposing to a peripheral surface finally expanded to be a final product, and a second eccentrically expanding step, expanding the peripheral surface finally expanded to be the final product. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139296 | Holder for Press Dies - A press die holder holds an upper die with its receiving structure above the die body. This configuration allows the die to be removed from the holder in the configuration in which it will be loaded into the press. The operator does not have to flip the die over before loading the die into the press. The holder may be configured to hold a lower die with its receiving structure disposed below the die body. This also prevents the lower die from being flipped over when it is removed from the holder and loaded into the press. One configuration of the invention provides a holder having a pair of fingers that engage the pair of continuous grooves defined by the receiving structure of the die so that the die hangs from the fingers. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139297 | CALIBRATION STRIP AND THE LASER CALIBRATION SYSTEM USING THEREOF - A calibration strip and a laser calibration system using thereof are disclosed. The calibration strip is comprised of: a substrate; and a light impermissible layer, having a calibration pattern formed thereon while being formed on the substrate. The light impermissible layer is an opaque layer, being formed on the surface of the substrate by coating, electroplating or adhering. The substrate, manufactured by the principle for enabling the color or brightness of the substrate to have high contrast comparing with those of the light impermissible layer, can be a structure of a layer of transparent material and a light source; a layer of transparent material and a backlight source; or a metal film having a reflective layer formed thereon. Since, in the laser calibration system, the calibration strip with the calibration pattern is imaged by an imaging device and then the captured image is send to a processing unit where it is analyzed, the time-consuming and inaccurate off-line manual calibration is no longer required and the laser calibration system can be adapted for various lasers regardless of their spectra. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139298 | Disposable measurement arrangement and method of testing and/or calibrating it - A measurement arrangement comprising a flexible disposable container and a disposable measurement probe for measuring an analytical property of a medium. The measurement probe is mounted on an inside wall of the disposable container and comprises a sensing element extending into the container, which is ready to use and which produces reliable measurement results. The disposable measurement arrangement comprises a closed capsule containing a buffer solution and a tether connecting said capsule to said probe. The container, the measurement probe, the capsule and the buffer solution are sterilized. The sensing element is inserted in the buffer solution during storage and the capsule is removed from the sensing element during measurement operation. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139299 | INNOVATIVE GAS MONITORING WITH SPACIAL AND TEMPORAL ANALYSIS - The present invention relates to the monitoring of gas concentrations possible in very low ranges (i.e., low ppb and even ppt ranges) and especially use thereof in environmental monitoring, exposure assessment, bomb detection, and health studies. The invention can use a spatial and temporal assessment of gas concentrations that enables the sources of the gas in question to be located and identified which is useful in environmental and health field but can also be applied to other fields an example of which is detecting and locating explosives. This technology can uses small, light weight, and low power components that allow for the monitor to be portable and even worn on a person as a personal monitor. This technology can be used in a stationary monitors as well. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139300 | AUTO-CALIBRATING METERING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A method of auto-calibrating a meter is provided herein. The method can include disposing a sensor within a sensor dispenser associated with a tag element wherein the tag element is configured to store a plurality of sensor-specific information as well as communicate the information to a meter. Next, the method can include placing the sensor dispenser into communication with a meter which is configured to receive and retain a sensor from the sensor dispenser, and also configured to receive the sensor-specific information from the tag element thereby allowing the meter to perform an auto-calibration procedure which is at least partially dependent upon the sensor-specific information. Similarly, a system for auto-calibrating a meter is also provided herein. Additionally, various embodiments of a meter and various embodiments a sensor dispenser are also provided herein. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139301 | APARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING THE SENSITIVITY OF A MOISTURE SENSOR - A water moisture sensor calibration apparatus, comprising: a moisture sensor probe whose surface is marked with graduated lines, text or other markings, whereby the probe may be inserted to calibrate the sensitivity or the dry/moist threshold value of the sensor to a defined level. | 2009-06-04 |
20090139302 | RESONANCE RESPONSE TESTING ON A BEARING - An apparatus and associated method is provided for holding an inner race of a bearing stationary with respect to rotational movement while leaving a hub that is fixed in rotation with an outer race of the bearing unencumbered. The hub is excited by contactingly engaging it with a predetermined mechanical force. The resonance response of the hub to the excitation is determined and used to characterize the bearing qualitatively. | 2009-06-04 |