27th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130167481 | Method for Sealing-in a Gas in a Bag with a Gas Filling Compartment - A method for sealing-in a gas in a bag that has therein a gas filling compartment, including the steps of: placing a blow-out port of a nozzle, which is connected to a pressurized gas supply source, against a cut-in or a hole of the bag and holding the back surface side of the bag with a backing member; blowing a gas from the nozzle into the gas filling compartment of the bag through the cut-in or the hole; gripping and thus closing the gas flow path in sealed portions surrounding the periphery of the cut-in or the hole by a blocking gripper while the gas blow-in continues, thus cutting off the flow of the gas between the cut-in or the hole and the inside of the gas filling compartment; and then sealing the cut-in or the hole, thus allowing the gas to be sealed in the gas filling compartment. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167482 | VACUUM SEALING PROCESS OF A MEMS PACKAGE - A vacuum sealing process of a micro-electrical-mechanical-system (MEMS) package is provided. Solder is applied to the rimmed bottom of a lid for the package. A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) device is attached to a substrate for the package. Solder is applied to a lipped top of the substrate. The lid and the substrate are sealed in an elevated temperature and vacuum environment. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167483 | FLEXIBLE PACKAGING FOR COMPRESSED DUCT - A container for a compressible article is disclosed, wherein the container includes first and second opposed sides having a first length, a first pair of flaps or edge attached to an end of the first and second opposed sides defining an end of the container, third and fourth opposed sides capable of having a second shorter length; and a second pair of flaps or edges attached to the third and fourth sides, the second pair of flaps having a fold line approximately aligned with the end of the container. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167484 | "PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CONTAINER FOR FOODSTUFF FROM AN ALUMINIUM-FREE PLANAR COMPOSITE WITH AN INNER LAYER BY COLD FOLDING" - The present invention relates generally to a process for the production of a container surrounding an interior, comprising the steps a. provision of a planar composite comprising i. a carrier layer, ii. a barrier layer of plastic joined to the carrier layer, iii. at least one layer of thermoplastic plastic KSa joined to the barrier layer of plastic, the at least one layer of plastic optionally being a plastics mixture of at least two plastics, b. folding of the planar composite to form a fold with at least two fold surfaces adjacent to one another and c. joining of respectively at least a part region of the at least two fold surfaces by heating the part region to form a container region, and a container obtainable by this process. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167485 | TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR STORGE UNIT AND METHOD - A tire pressure sensor storage unit and method by which tire pressure sensors which have been removed from the original wheels installed on a motor vehicle are stored. The storage unit is pressurized from a source of gas (e.g., air) so that the tire pressure sensors can be maintained at a pressure corresponding to the normal operating pressure of the tires associated with the wheels from which the sensors have been removed. The tire pressure sensors are located within respective storage chambers of the storage unit. The storage chambers are covered by a flexible, optically-transparent chamber cover that is adapted to permit signals generated by the tire pressure sensors to be transmitted to an onboard computer of the motor vehicle so as to avoid low tire pressure warning messages being sent to the vehicle operator. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167486 | MULTILAYER FILM - Multilayer film which comprises a core layer (C) and two outer layers (O—, O-2) sandwiching the core layer, wherein (i) the core layer (C) comprises a bimodal ethylene/1-butene/C | 2013-07-04 |
20130167487 | VIBRATING DEVICE FOR UNIFORM FILLING OF GRANULAR ORNAMENTS - A vibrating device for uniformly filling granular ornaments includes a base, a vibration platform, a motor, a first vibrating assembly for generating vibration in an up-down direction, and a second vibrating assembly for generating vibration in a left-right direction. The vibration platform is articulated at the base and provided with multiple through-holes for holding workpieces, such as pen caps. The motor is fixedly mounted at the base. The first vibrating assembly and the second vibrating assembly both are provided between the motor and the vibration platform. The motor drives the first vibrating assembly to make the vibration platform vibrate in the up-down direction, and at the same time drives the second vibrating assembly to make the vibration platform vibrate in the left-right direction. Thus, granular ornaments can fill the cavities of pen caps located within the through holes in the vibration platform. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167488 | HOT WIND SUPPLYING APPARATUS FOR PACKAGING PRODUCT - A hot wind supplying apparatus having high energy consumption efficiency for packaging a product by use of a heat shrink film, capable of promoting the economics of a packaging work, the hot air supplying apparatus including at least one hot wind unit configured to discharge hot wind to a packaging surface of the product, wherein the hot wind unit includes a body having a discharging hole, at least one blower fan configured to blow air to the discharging hole, at least one fan motor configured to drive the blower fan, a heater configured to heat air that is to be discharged from the discharging hole, and at least one recycling flow path configured to collect the air discharged from the discharging hole and to supply the air collected to an intake side of the blower fan. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167489 | STRAPPING DEVICE FOR PACKING MACHINE - A strapping device | 2013-07-04 |
20130167490 | FILTER ASSEMBLY - A filter assembly may include a housing, a filter element, and a layer of air-permeable material. The housing may include an inlet and an outlet. The filter element may be disposed within the housing and may include an upstream face, a downstream face, a first end face facing the inlet and extending between the upstream and downstream faces. The layer of air-permeable material may be attached to the filter element and may cover the upstream face and a portion of the first end face that is exposed to the inlet. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167491 | AIR CLEANER ARRANGEMENTS; SERVICEABLE FILTER ELEMENTS; AND, METHODS - An air cleaner arrangement or assembly is provided. The air cleaner arrangement includes a serviceable filter cartridge. The air cleaner assembly also includes an arrangement for positioning the filter cartridge into a preferred, sealing, orientation and for securing the filter cartridge in that location. Preferred serviceable filter cartridges are provided, as well as methods of assembly and use. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167492 | SEALING DEVICE AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a sealing device | 2013-07-04 |
20130167493 | V-BANK FILTER ASSEMBLY WITH REPLACEABLE FILTERS - A V-bank filter assembly and a replaceable air filter are provided. In one embodiment, the V-bank filter assembly includes a top panel and bottom panel coupled in a spaced apart relation, each of the top and bottom panels having a first edge and a second edge, a plurality of panel end seal struts extending between the top and bottom panels, each panel end seal struts having a first mating sealing feature facing the first edge of the top and bottom panels, the first mating sealing feature configured to sealingly engage a replaceable filter panel, wherein the plurality of panel end seal struts are located adjacent the second edge, and a plurality of filter panel receiving tracks defined between the top and bottom panels configured to align filter panels disposed in the tracks with a respective first mating sealing feature. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167494 | Filter and Method of the Same - the present invention is characterized in that a filter made of resin comprises a through-hole film portion ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130167495 | SELF-PROPELLED LAWN MOWER - A self-propelled lawn mower has an on-board battery, an electric blade motor for rotating a grass cutting blade, said blade motor being operationally connected to the battery, an electric drive motor for propelling the lawn mower along a grass surface to be cut, said drive motor being operationally connected to the battery, and a control unit for controlling at least the operation of the electric drive motor and of the blade motor. There is provided a speed monitor for monitoring the speed of the drive motor. This monitor is also connected to the control unit. There is also provided a motion speed selector for selecting a predetermined speed for the drive motor. The motion speed selector is also connected to the control unit. A total energy monitor is provided for monitoring the total energy consumption of the battery. The total energy consumption is the electrical energy consumed by the drive motor plus the electrical energy consumed by the blade motor. The total energy monitor is also operationally connected to the control unit. The user can select a predetermined maximum energy value by means of a maximum energy selector, which is operationally connected to the control unit. The control unit is designed to keep the speed of the lawn mower on the predetermined speed value, independently of the pushing force of the user, and to reduce the total energy as soon as the total energy exceeds the predetermined maximum energy value. The lawn mower affords a comfortable operation for the user, and the battery is protected from overload. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167496 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING SUBSTANTIALLY PURE HYBRID CEREAL SEED AND MACHINE FOR USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to a method for obtaining substantially pure hybrid cereal seed and a machine for use thereof. In particular the invention describes a method for separating hybrid barley seed from a mixed population of inbred barley seed and hybrid barley seed on the basis of a difference which is detectable via the use of near infrared light. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167497 | CUTTING UNIT - A cutting unit for agricultural machines, including a rotor carrying on a base body spaced apart tine arrangements with circumferential phase shifts between adjacent tine arrangements. Each tine arrangement includes at least one tine with a base secured to the rotor base body and an outwardly protruding triangular tine tip forming a conveying flank leading in the rotor rotation direction and extending from the tine end to a transition into the base. A cutting unit bottom forms a lower boundary of a conveying channel. Cutting blades protrude from the cutting unit bottom through the conveying channel besides moving paths of the tine tips. Scrapers are placed in a conveying direction through the conveying channel behind the rotor. A compression surface provided at the base of the tine ahead of the conveying flank in the rotor rotation direction gradually ascends at least substantially up to the transition into the conveying flank. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167498 | AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT HAVING KNIFE LOAD RESPONSIVE INFEED CUTTER - An agricultural implement having an infeed cutter is operable to automatically accommodate large objects that pass through the infeed cutter and detect and counteract jams that occur or might otherwise occur in the infeed cutter. The implement includes a plurality of knives mounted on a vertically moveable knife bed. The bed is associated with a hydraulic load-sensing system that is operable to lower the bed if a load threshold has been reached and raise the bed when the load has decreased sufficiently. Each knife is also associated with a hydraulic load-sensing system that is operable to lower the respective knife if a load threshold has been reached and raise the respective knife when the load has decreased sufficiently. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167499 | TINE PICKUP WITH NARROW TINE SPACING FOR A BALER - In one embodiment, a reel assembly for a pickup assembly of an agricultural machine, the reel assembly comprising: a rotatable bulkhead; plural rows of tines rotatable with the bulkhead; and a reel cover coupled to the bulkhead and comprising plural slots through which the tines extend. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167500 | OFFSET TINE ROWS OF A PICKUP ASSEMBLY - In one embodiment, a reel assembly for a pickup assembly of an agricultural machine, the reel assembly comprising: a rotatable shaft; a bulkhead rotatable with the shaft, the bulkhead comprising alternating tine occupying and non-tine occupying areas; a first row of tines extending from a first of the tine occupying areas according to a first orientation at a given moment in time; and a second row of tines offset from the first row, the second row of tines extending from the first of the tine occupying areas according to the first orientation at the given moment in time. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167501 | CAMLESS PICKUP WRAPPER - In one embodiment, a camless pickup assembly comprising a cam independent, rotatable reel having a plurality of tines affixed thereto and spaced apart from each other by a respective predefined first gap radially on the reel and spaced apart by a respective predefined second gap transversely across the reel; and a plurality of tine wrappers distributed transversely along the reel and occupying each of the respective second gaps, wherein a first of the plurality of tines is configured to extend past a plane of the tine wrapper surface according to a substantially constant length throughout a first arc of rotation and a second of the plurality of tines is configured to extend past the plane of the tine wrapper surface according to a gradually decreasing length throughout a second arc of rotation, the second of the plurality of tines spaced radially from the first of the plurality of tines by the predefined first gap. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167502 | FIBER-REINFORCED NANOPARTICLE-LOADED THERMOSET POLYMER COMPOSITE WIRES AND CABLES, AND METHODS - Thermoset polymer composite wires including a multiplicity of substantially continuous fibers embedded in a solidified polymer composite matrix and forming a substantially continuous filament, the solidified polymer composite matrix further including a polymer formed by curing a polymer precursor from a liquid state and a multiplicity of nanoparticles having a median diameter of one micrometer or less substantially uniformly dispersed throughout the polymer composite matrix, and optionally, a corrosion resistant sheath surrounding the substantially continuous filament. In some embodiments, the multiplicity of particles includes surface-modified particles having a core and a surface modifying agent associated with the core and reacted with the polymer cured from a liquid state. Stranded cables including one or more such thermoset polymer composite wires, and methods of making and using such thermoset polymer composite wires and stranded cables are also described. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167503 | HYBRID FIBER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a hybrid fiber fabricated with a low production cost while having excellent mechanical properties, as well as a method for fabricating the same. The disclosed hybrid fiber includes; a first filament, and a second filament different from the first filament, wherein a strength-strain curve of the hybrid fiber measured according to ASTM D 885 has at least one peak, provided that, if the strength-strain curve has at least two or more peaks, a difference in strain between a first peak having the lowest strain and a second peak having the highest strain, among the above two or more peaks, is 3% or less. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167504 | METHOD FOR REGULATING A SHORT-TERM POWER INCREASE OF A STEAM TURBINE - A method for regulating a short-term power increase of a steam turbine with an upstream waste-heat steam generator is provided. The steam turbine has a number of economizer, evaporator and super heater heating surfaces forming a flow path for a flow medium. The flow medium is tapped off from the flow path in a pressure stage and is injected into the flow path on the flow-medium side between two super heater heating surfaces of the respective pressure stage. Amount of flow medium injected is regulated with a characteristic value which is a discrepancy between the outlet temperature of the final super heater heating surface and a predetermined temperature nominal value. The temperature nominal value is reduced and the characteristic value is temporarily increased more than in proportion to the discrepancy for a time period of the reduction for achieving a short-term power increase of the steam turbine. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167505 | SEAL FOR A VARIABLE AREA FAN NOZZLE - A primary seal assembly for a variable area fan nozzle (VAFN) equipped turbofan engine includes a deformable seal and a seal retainer attached to the seal. The seal includes an inner wall and webs attached to the inner wall and extending transversely there-from. The inner wall and the webs extend circumferentially at least partially around a bypass duct of the turbofan engine. An inner surface of the inner wall interfaces with the VAFN when the VAFN is in the stowed position. The seal is compressed between the VAFN and the seal retainer when the VAFN is in the stowed position. And each of the webs is deformed into a non-planar configuration when the VAFN is in the stowed position. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167506 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR EXHAUSTING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - Disclosed herein is a method and an exhausting apparatus for an internal combustion engine including: a central exhaust passage; a first expansion chamber in an upstream portion of the exhaust system and in fluidic communication with the central exhaust passage; a second expansion chamber in a downstream portion of the exhaust system and in fluidic communication with the central exhaust passage and the first expansion chamber, forming a continuous expansion chamber throughout a length of the exhausting apparatus. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167507 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGENERATING THE PARTICULATE FILTER IN A DIESEL ENGINE - In a diesel engine equipped with a system for automatic regeneration of a particulate filter, an automatic regeneration mode is inhibited in the case where there is recorded a number higher than a pre-set threshold of unfavorable event. When the automatic regeneration mode is inhibited, an on-demand regeneration mode is simultaneously enabled, which can be activated manually by the driver. If an on-demand regeneration is not performed before the vehicle has covered a certain mileage since the automatic regeneration mode was inhibited, the vehicle is set in a condition of limited performance. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167508 | CONTROL DEVICE OF DIESEL ENGINE - A control device of a diesel engine is provided. The device includes an engine body having a cylinder, a fuel injection valve for injecting fuel into the cylinder, a valve timing control module for changing opening and closing timings of at least an intake valve or an exhaust valve, an oxidation catalyst arranged within an exhaust passage for purifying HC discharged from the cylinder, and a DPF arranged downstream of the oxidation catalyst for capturing soot within exhaust gas. The device also includes a DPF regenerating module for supplying, when a predetermined DPF regeneration condition is satisfied, HC to the oxidation catalyst to regenerate the DPF by heat generated from an oxidation reaction of HC, and a fuel cutting module for stopping, when the diesel engine is in a deceleration state, a main injection of the fuel that is performed on a compression stroke of the cylinder. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167509 | CONTROL DEVICE OF DIESEL ENGINE WITH TURBOCHARGER - A control device of a diesel engine with a turbocharger is provided. The device includes an engine body having a cylinder, a fuel injection valve, a turbine of the turbocharger, a bypass passage for bypassing the turbine, a bypass valve for opening and closing the bypass passage, an oxidation catalyst for purifying HC, and a DPF for capturing soot. The device includes a fuel cutting module for stopping, when the diesel engine is in a deceleration state, a main injection of the fuel performed on compression stroke, a DPF regenerating module for performing, when a predetermined DPF regeneration condition is satisfied, a post injection on expansion stroke to supply HC to the oxidation catalyst and regenerate the DPF by heat generated from an oxidation reaction of HC, and a bypass valve control module for controlling the bypass valve. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167510 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH EXHAUST-GAS AFTERTREATMENT ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OF SAID TYPE - A method, comprising purging a storage catalytic convertor of stored NOx by diverting only a portion of incoming exhaust flow around the catalytic device while increasing injection of reductant to the storage catalytic convertor; and responsive to the diverting, adjusting injection of an ammonia-containing fluid into recombined exhaust flow upstream of an SCR catalytic convertor. Bypass of the storage catalytic convertor reduces available oxygen and air flow through the storage catalytic convertor, providing a more advantageous environment for reduction of NO | 2013-07-04 |
20130167511 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING THE PUMP CURRENT OF A SENSOR ELEMENT - A method for operating a sensor element, in particular a lambda sensor, for determining the concentration of a gas component of a gas mixture, in which the gas component is removed from a measuring gas chamber by applying a pump voltage and the concentration of the gas component in the gas mixture is inferred therefrom. Oscillations of the pump current caused by dynamic pressure variations are taken into consideration for a correction of the sensor signal in that a frequency analysis of the pump current is carried out. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167512 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING THE DEVICE - A method for operating an exhaust gas treatment device having at least one reservoir for a reducing agent and at least one delivery device for a reducing agent, includes at least checking a filling level of the at least one reservoir, checking a current exhaust gas mass flow, and delivering reducing agent if the filling level of the at least one reservoir is below a minimum filling level and the exhaust gas mass flow is in a low-load range. A motor vehicle having the exhaust gas treatment device is also provided. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167513 | Diesel Particulate Fllter Having Three Way Catalyst Coating - Apparatuses described herein relate to a diesel particulate filter for use in a diesel engine exhaust system. The diesel particulate filter comprises a particulate filter having a plurality of filter flow channels configured to remove diesel exhaust particulates from a diesel exhaust stream. The plurality of filter flow channels are disposed for contact with the diesel exhaust stream and are coated with a three-way catalyst coating. The three-way catalyst coating may be configured to assist in soot oxidation during regeneration events as well as for the reduction of NO | 2013-07-04 |
20130167514 | ELECTRICALLY HEATED CATALYST - In an electrically heated catalyst, an electrode is connected to a heat generating element while passing through a through-hole which is formed through a case and an electrode chamber which is formed between an inner wall surface of the case and an outer circumferential surface of the heat generating element. Further, a support member, which is formed of an electric insulator material and which supports the electrode in the through-hole formed through the case, extends along the electrode to the inside of the electrode chamber. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167515 | EXHAUST HEATING APPARATUS - An exhaust heating apparatus has a housing defining a firing chamber jointed to an exhaust pipe, a fuel supply valve for injecting fuel to the firing chamber communicated with the exhaust passage through a junction port, a glow plug for igniting the injected fuel. A part of the exhaust gas flowing in the exhaust passage flows into the firing chamber and again flowing out to the exhaust passage together with a combustion gas generated in the firing chamber. An angle between a wall surface in the exhaust pipe positioned upstream of the junction port and an upstream wall surface in the housing, and an angle between a wall surface in the exhaust pipe positioned downstream of the junction port and a downstream wall surface in the housing, are set to an obtuse angle, respectively. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167516 | ARRANGEMENT FOR INTRODUCING A LIQUID MEDIUM INTO EXHAUST GASES FROM A COMBUSTION ENGINE - Arrangement for introducing a liquid medium into exhaust gases from a combustion engine, comprising a mixing duct, a first flow guide for creating a first exhaust vortex in the mixing duct such that the exhaust gases in this first exhaust vortex rotate in a first direction of rotation during their movement downstream in the mixing duct, an injector for injecting the liquid medium in the form of a finely divided spray into exhaust gases which are led into the liquid medium in an exhaust flow at the centre of the first vortex, and a second flow guide for creating a second exhaust vortex in the mixing duct concentrically with and externally about the first vortex, such that the exhaust gases in this second vortex rotate in a second direction of rotation, which is opposite to said first direction of rotation, during their movement downstream in the mixing duct. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167517 | EXHAUST GAS SYSTEM WITH CIRCULATION HEAT PIPE - An exhaust gas system includes an exhaust gas pipe with an integrated evaporator. In order to make the evaporator independent of the site of installation and the mounting position, a capillary structure is arranged between the outer sleeve pipe and the exhaust gas pipe. For increasing the efficiency of the evaporator, vapor grooves are provided in an area of an outer sheath surface of the exhaust gas pipe and fluid grooves are provided in an area of an inner mantle surface of the sleeve pipe. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167518 | Control Arrangement and Method for Activating a Plurality of Hydrualic Consumers - A control arrangement for supplying pressure medium to a plurality of consumers. A supply metering orifice and an individual pressure compensator are associated with each consumer of the plurality of consumers. The individual pressure compensator is adjusted via a central control unit. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167519 | Door Controller for Vehicles and Method for Actuating a Cylinder of a Vehicle Door - The invention relates to a door control system for vehicles, with a compressor ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130167520 | SELF-PRESSURE-REGULATING COMPRESSED AIR ENGINE COMPRISING AN INTEGRATED ACTIVE CHAMBER - An engine with an active chamber, having at least one piston ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130167521 | INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE - A forklift ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130167522 | HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A circuit for driving a hydraulic cylinder of a construction machine includes: a hydraulic pump; a tank; a control valve; a bottom side line; a rod side line; a quick return circuit having a branch line branched off from the bottom side line and led to the tank and a quick return valve which allows hydraulic fluid to be flowed through the branch line only when the control valve is switched to a contraction driving position; and a recycling circuit which supplies a part of return fluid discharged from a bottom side fluid chamber to a rod side fluid chamber of the hydraulic cylinder. The recycling circuit allows the hydraulic fluid to be flowed only from the bottom side fluid chamber into the rod side fluid chamber of the hydraulic cylinder only when the hydraulic cylinder is switched to the contraction driving position. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167523 | ARRANGEMENT FOR A SURFACE AREA ADJUSTMENT OF A RECIPROCATING WING SYSTEM IN A WAVE ENERGY RECOVERY SYSTEM - This invention relates to an arrangement for a surface area adjustment of a reciprocating wing system in a wave energy recovery system where the wave energy recovery system comprises at least a body, a set of wings fastened to a support means that is hinged at its lower ends onto the body to make a reciprocating motion in response to kinetic energy of waves or tidal currents, and a power-take-off means. The arrangement comprises at least adjustment means capable to adjust the total effective surface area of the wings. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167524 | PLASMIC TRANSITION PROCESS MOTOR - An internal expansion engine having a housing. Secured to the housing is a cylinder defining an expansion chamber. A piston is provided within the cylinder defining a wall of the expansion chamber. A charge of noble gas is provided within the expansion chamber. A magnetic field generator and radio frequency power generator is provided around the expansion chamber and an initiator system is located within the expansion chamber. The magnetic field generator, radio frequency power generator and initiator system coact to cause the noble gas to expand, pushing against the piston and generating work. The actions of the engine are monitored and controlled by an intelligent electronic control system that provides all switching needed to operate the engine and communicate with outside elements providing external control of information sources. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167525 | Apparatus and method to extract more energy efficiently in a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle - An apparatus and a method to extract more energy from liquid hydrogen than the currently used method in hydrogen fuel cells, to harness the energy efficiently, to cool down hot parts of a vehicle while using that heat to power the vehicle and to extract energy from the ambient air to power the vehicle. The apparatus uses simple thermodynamic rules to take advantage of the waste heat generated in the vehicle. The apparatus (Systematic Application of Liquid Ingredients to Harness energy, SALIH for short) will theoretically double the efficiency of a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, allowing it to travel the same distance of the current average family sedan. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167526 | BRAKE SYSTEM OF STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE - A rear brake system has a rod extending from a master cylinder that inputs the operational force of a brake pedal to the master cylinder, a coil spring coaxially arranged with the rod and providing reaction force to return the brake pedal to the state before operating the brake pedal, a reaction adjustment mechanism provided on the rod and configured so as to be movable in the axial direction of the rod. According to the position of the reaction adjustment mechanism in the axial direction of the rod, shrinkage of the coil spring in the axial direction of the rod can be adjusted. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167527 | Exhaust Pulse Energy Divider - An exhaust gas turbocharger housing ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130167528 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE HAVING AN EXHAUST-GAS AND CHARGE-AIR GUIDANCE ARRANGEMENT - An internal combustion engine has first and second non-deactivatable cylinder banks. Each cylinder bank is assigned exhaust lines which extend from exhaust manifolds. First and second exhaust-gas turbocharger in the exhaust line are assigned to the first and second cylinders, respectively. A first catalytic converter in the first exhaust line contains the first exhaust-gas turbocharger, and is arranged downstream of the first exhaust-gas turbocharger as viewed in the flow direction of the exhaust gas of the first cylinder bank. A second catalytic converter in the second exhaust line contains the second exhaust-gas turbocharger, and is arranged downstream of the second exhaust-gas turbocharger as viewed in the flow direction of the exhaust gas of the second cylinder bank. A flow transfer line is arranged between the first and the second exhaust line, and a first control element, by an exhaust-gas mass flow passing through the flow transfer line can be regulated. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167529 | METHOD FOR ROTATION OF A SHAFT USING THE FORCE OF GRAVITY - A method for generating rotational movement including supporting an output shaft for rotational movement wherein the output shaft includes at least two one-way clutch mechanisms attached thereat; positioning an infton assembly, having a weighted member and an inflatable blader, in association with each one-way clutch mechanism such that each infton assembly is surrounded by a buoyancy fluid; and controlling inlet and outlet valves of the infton assembly such that each inlet valve is opened to facilitate flow of a filling fluid having a density less than that of the buoyancy fluid into the respective inflatable bladder as the respective weighted member reaches a lower limit of travel and each outlet valve is opened to facilitate exhausting of the filling fluid within the respective inflatable bladder as the respective weighted member reaches an upper limit of travel. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167530 | HEAT TAKE-OUT DEVICE - A heat take-out device comprising an external tube, an internal tube and a pressure resistance element is provided. The external tube defines an evaporating region, a condensing region and an adiabatic region. The internal tube is deposed within the external tube and separated from the external tube by a flow channel. The pressure resistance element is deposed within the flow channel and adjacent to a conjoint portion between the adiabatic region and the evaporating region. The length of the pressure resistance element is shorter than that of the adiabatic region. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167531 | VAPOR FORMING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VAPOR FROM RADIOACTIVE DECAY MATERIAL - Example embodiments include a vapor forming apparatus, system and/or method for producing vapor from radioactive decay material. The vapor forming apparatus including an insulated container configured to enclose a nuclear waste container. The nuclear waste container includes radioactive decay material. The insulated container includes an inlet valve configured to receive vapor forming liquid. The radioactive decay material transfers heat to the vapor forming liquid. The insulated container also includes an outlet valve configured to output the vapor forming liquid heated by the radioactive decay material. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167532 | POWER GENERATOR AND RELATED ENGINE SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are disclosed for a two-part system with a gas generator and a driven engine system. In the two-part system, the first part of the system is the gas generator which produces power to operate and drive an engine. The driven engine is considered the second part of this two-part system. This method includes operating a gas generator combustion chamber that receives fuel, oxidizer, and water; an igniter coupled to the combustion chamber; and a computer controller that includes-sensors to sense pressure and temperature in the combustion chamber, wherein the computer controller controls the amount of fuel, oxidizer, and water in the chamber, and actuates the igniter. The combustion of the fuel and oxidizer combined with the steam that is produced are used to drive an engine. The system may also use an auxiliary unit to assist in the functions of the gas generator and the driven engine. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167533 | WASTE HEAT STEAM GENERATOR - A waste heat steam generator for a gas and steam turbine power plant is provided. The generator has economizer, evaporator and superheater heating surfaces which form a flow path and through which a flow medium flows. An overflow line branches off from the flow path and leads to injection valves arranged downstream at a flow side of a superheater heating surface in the flow path. The overflow line permits a brief power increase of a downstream steam turbine without resulting in an excessive loss in efficiency of the steam process. The brief power increase is permitted independently of the type of waste heat steam generator. The branch location of the overflow line is arranged upstream of an evaporator heating surface at the flow medium side and downstream of an economizer heating surface. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167534 | METHOD, HEAT ACCUMULATOR AND HEAT ACCUMULATOR SYSTEM FOR HEATING AND COOLING A WORKING FLUID - The invention relates to a method for heating and cooling a working fluid ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130167535 | Rotary Engine with Unidirectional Monatomic Gas Flow, Static Heat Exchangers - An engine/heat pump is shown. The preferred model has at least one expander, being a centrifugal pump and at least one compressor, being a centrifugal pump, the rotor for the expander and the rotor for the compressor being on the same axle. The axle and rotors and all rapidly moving parts are surrounded by the working fluid, which is a monatomic gas within a substantially stationary container not pierced by any moving part. An electric dynamo also completely surrounded by the gas rotates magnets in an aerodynamic configuration simulating a group of horseshoe magnets. The dynamo coils between the ends of the magnets are also in an aerodynamic structure but stationary. The output wires extend through the gas container wall. Heat exchangers are on the paths between compressor and expander. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167536 | MULTISTAGE PRESSURE CONDENSER AND STEAM TURBINE PLANT HAVING THE SAME - A multistage pressure condenser includes, a high pressure chamber and a low pressure chamber, a pressure partition wall which partitions an inner portion of the low pressure chamber to an upper portion and a lower portion, a cooling pipe group which condenses low pressure side steam to low pressure side condensate, a reheat chamber positioned in the lower portion of the low pressure chamber and in which the low pressure side condensate which flows down through the porous plate is stored, high pressure side steam introduction portion for introducing high pressure side steam in the high pressure chamber to the reheat chamber, liquid-film forming portion which guides the low pressure side condensate which flows down through the porous plate to the reheat chamber while dispersing the low pressure side condensate on a surface, and air feeder for promoting the flow of the high pressure side steam. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167537 | QUICK DISCONNECT COMBUSTION ENDCOVER - A clamp assembly for facilitating attachment and removal of a first component to or from a second component includes plural clamp bodies, each having at least two mutually perpendicular surfaces arranged about the first component. A substantially rigid ring is located between one surface of the clamp body and a surface of the first component. At least one fastener is provided for each of the plural clamp bodies, adapted to extend through a respective one of the plural clamp bodies and into the second component. Tooling is provided to allow for simultaneous tightening or loosening of all bolts on a single combustor. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167538 | Apparatus for mixing fuel and air in a combustion system - A fuel shroud assembly ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130167539 | FUEL NOZZLES FOR INJECTING FUEL IN A GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR - Fuel nozzles for gas turbines are provided that include liquid fuel cartridges. In one embodiment, a fuel nozzle includes a fuel plenum plate separating an air plenum from a fuel plenum. The fuel nozzle also includes a plurality of mixing tubes extending through the fuel plenum from the fuel plenum plate to a face plate. Each mixing tube includes an air inlet configured to receive air from the air plenum, a fuel inlet disposed in a tube wall within the fuel plenum to direct fuel from the fuel plenum into the mixing tube to produce a fuel-air mixture, and a fuel-air outlet configured to discharge the fuel-air mixture away from the face plate into a combustion region. The fuel nozzle further includes a liquid fuel cartridge extending through the air plenum and the fuel plenum to the face plate. The liquid fuel cartridge includes a liquid fuel passage. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167540 | COMBUSTOR OF A TURBOMACHINE - A combustor of a turbomachine is provided and includes an assembly defining an interior and being configured to direct air to flow along an annulus in a first direction about the interior and in a second direction toward the interior, the first and second directions being substantially opposed, a manifold configured to be supplied with fuel and a tubular body defining a pathway along which the air is transmittable in a third direction from the annulus to the interior, the third direction being transverse to the first and second directions. The tubular body includes a sidewall extendible through the manifold. The sidewall defines an injection hole within the manifold by which transmitted air is mixable with the fuel. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167541 | Air-Fuel Premixer for Gas Turbine Combustor with Variable Swirler - A swirler assembly in a gas turbine combustor includes a hub, a shroud, and a plurality of vanes connected between the hub and the shroud. A vane angle of the plurality of vanes is adjustable. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167542 | FLOWSLEEVE OF A TURBOMACHINE COMPONENT - A flowsleeve of a turbomachine component is provided. The flowsleeve includes an annular body including an upstream casing and a downstream casing. The upstream casing defines a fuel feed, and the downstream casing defines an airway opening, and a premixing passage. The premixing passage is fluidly coupled to the fuel feed and the airway opening and has a passage interior in which fuel and air receivable from the fuel feed and the airway opening, respectively, are combinable to form a fuel and air mixture. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167543 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COOLING A TRANSITION NOZZLE - A transition nozzle for use with a turbine assembly is provided. The transition nozzle includes a liner defining a combustion chamber therein, a wrapper circumscribing the liner such that a cooling duct is defined between the wrapper and the liner, a cooling fluid inlet configured to supply a cooling fluid to the cooling duct, and a plurality of ribs coupled between the liner and the wrapper such that a plurality of cooling channels are defined in the cooling duct. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167544 | FUEL INJECTOR - A gas turbine engine fuel injector is disclosed having a plurality of fuel injection circuits that are structured to deliver fuel to air passageways. In one non-limiting embodiment, one of the fuel injection circuits includes a plain jet airblast injector that delivers fuel to an air passageway. In some applications the plain jet can extend across the air passageway and deliver a fuel to an opposite surface to form a fuel film. The fuel film can then be sheared between an air in the air passageway and an air in a nearby air passageway. Another of the fuel injection circuits includes a fuel filmer structured to deliver fuel to an air passageway that can then be sheared by an air in the air passageway and an air in the air passageway that included the plain jet airblast injector. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167545 | COMBUSTOR SYSTEM FOR USE IN TURBINE ENGINES AND METHODS OF OPERATING A TURBINE ENGINE - A combustor system for use in a turbine engine is provided. The turbine engine includes turbine assembly that includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a combustion gas path defined therebetween. The combustor system includes a first combustor assembly and a second combustor assembly. The first combustor assembly is coupled to the turbine assembly for channeling a first flow of combustion gases through the turbine assembly. The first combustor assembly is oriented adjacent to the turbine assembly inlet to channel the first flow of combustion gases to the turbine assembly through the turbine assembly inlet. The second combustor assembly is coupled to the turbine assembly along the combustion gas path for channeling a second flow of combustion gases through the turbine assembly. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167546 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMBUSTOR - A combustor is provided in which a fuel and working fluid can be injected in an annulus. In one form the fuel and working fluid is circumferentially flowed within the annulus and traverses the annulus in an axial direction from one side to another side where the flow exits. The working fluid and air can be co-axially admitted to the combustor and in one form the working fluid can be swirled about the fuel dispensed from a fuel injector. The combustor can provide for a rich burning zone. In one embodiment the combustor is configured as an inter-turbine combustor having an outlet at one axial side of the combustor. A lean burn region can be created within a flow path of the turbine. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167547 | TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD FOR FLOWING AIR IN A TURBINE ENGINE - According to one aspect of the invention, a gas turbine engine includes a combustor, a fuel nozzle placed in an end of the combustor, and a passage configured to receive an air flow from a compressor discharge casing, wherein the passage directs the air flow into a chamber downstream of the nozzle, wherein a chamber pressure is lower than a compressor discharge casing pressure. The gas turbine engine also includes a flow control device configured to control the air flow from the compressor discharge casing into the passage. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167548 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A gas turbine includes a compressor, a combustor downstream from the compressor and a heat transfer system, wherein the heat transfer system receives a compressed working fluid from the compressor. A fluid coupling between the heat transfer system and the combustor, wherein the fluid coupling receives the compressed working fluid from the heat transfer system. A conditioner in fluid communication with the compressor and a fluid coupling between the heat transfer system and the conditioner, wherein the fluid coupling receives a cooling media from the heat transfer system. A method for operating the gas turbine includes flowing a compressed working fluid from the compressor to the heat transfer system, transferring heat energy from the compressed working fluid to the heat transfer system, flowing the compressed working fluid from the heat transfer system to a combustor, and flowing a cooling media from the heat transfer system to a compressor inlet. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167549 | COMPRESSOR GUIDE VANE AND PILOT CONTROL FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A method of controlling a turbine engine. The method may include adjusting a position of a plurality of guide vanes of a compressor. The adjusting the position of the plurality of guide vanes may be a function of a compressor temperature signal. The method may further include adjusting a quantity of fuel delivered to a combustor via a pilot assembly. The adjusting of the quantity of fuel may be a function of a temperature difference resulting from the adjusting a position of the plurality of guide vanes. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167550 | METHOD FOR MEETING A PURGE FLOW REQUIREMENT FOR A POWER PLANT AND A POWER PLANT HAVING A PURGE CONTROL SYSTEM - A method of delivering a purge flow through a gas turbomachine includes generating a purge flow, guiding the purge flow through at least one of a combustor assembly and a turbine portion of the gas turbomachine, determining a cumulative purge volume passing through the one of the combustor assembly and the turbine portion of the gas turbomachine to determine a predetermined purge volume, and discontinuing the purge flow once the predetermined purge volume has passed through the one of the combustor assembly and the turbine portion of the gas turbomachine. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167551 | TURBINE TO OPERATE AT PART-LOAD - A turbine includes a compressor to intake a fluid and to compress the fluid, a combustion chamber to heat the fluid from the compressor, a turbine section to rotate a shaft with the heated fluid from the combustion chamber, and a bypass circuit to generate a bypass flow by removing a portion of the fluid from the compressor, to heat the bypass flow, and to insert the bypass flow to the turbine section. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167552 | EXHAUST STRUT AND TURBOMACHINE INCORPRATING SAME - An exhaust strut is provided and includes a body having an airfoil-shaped cross-section defining a lead edge portion and a trailing edge portion opposite the lead edge portion, the lead edge portion and the trailing edge portion being connected by a pressure side and a suction side opposite the pressure side, at least the lead edge portion and respective sections of the pressure side and the suction side proximate to the lead edge portion being formed of shape memory alloy, and a temperature control system operably disposed at the lead edge portion and the respective sections of the pressure side and the suction side proximate to the lead edge portion to modify a temperature of the shape memory alloy. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167553 | HYPERSTATIC TRUSS COMPRISING CONNECTING RODS - A hyperstatic truss including connecting rods, used for suspension of a first ring, forming part of an engine case, inside a second ring concentric to the first ring, the connecting rods being secured at one end to the first ring and at the other end to the second ring. The tensile stiffness of the connecting rods is greater than the compressive stiffness thereof. The truss for example can be used for suspension of a ducted-fan turbine engine with an elongate bypass duct. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167554 | TEMPERATURE SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A method of assembling a temperature sensing device for a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes providing a temperature sensor and providing a housing configured to envelop the temperature sensor. The method further includes mounting the temperature sensor within the housing such that a portion of the temperature sensor is disposed outside of the housing and such that the housing is configured to receive a flow of cooling air. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167555 | ALUMINUM FAN BLADE CONSTRUCTION WITH WELDED COVER - An airfoil includes, among other possible things, a main body extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. Channels are formed into the main body, with a plurality of ribs extending intermediate the channels. A cover skin is attached to the main body. The cover skin is welded to the main body at outer edges. An adhesive is placed between inner surfaces of the cover skin and the main body. The adhesive is deposited inwardly of the outer edges of the cover skin. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167556 | COOLING AND HEATING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE SEATS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A cooling and heating apparatus for vehicle seats and a method of controlling the same, which can control the cooling or heating temperature by sensing the temperature of air before the air is introduced into a cooling and heating module. The apparatus includes: a blower fan installed in a housing so as to forcibly blow cool or hot air to an air supply channel of a vehicle seat; a temperature sensor mounted in the housing at a location at which the temperature sensor comes into contact with sucked air and senses a temperature of the sucked air; and a control unit receiving a temperature signal from the temperature sensor and controlling a cooling or heating temperature according to a characteristic value that corresponds to a state of the sucked air and is selected from characteristic values stored therein. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167557 | POWER PLANT - A power plant includes a compressor configured to compress inlet air for combustion. The power plant also includes an air separation unit configured to receive and remove nitrogen from an air supply. The power plant further includes a fluid manipulator operably coupled to the air separation unit and the compressor, wherein the fluid manipulator is configured to receive nitrogen removed from the air separation unit at an inlet pressure and an inlet temperature and produce a modified pressure and a modified temperature of the nitrogen prior to selectively delivering the nitrogen to the compressor. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167558 | COOLING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFORE FOR CO2 WASHING MACHINES - The present invention relates to a dry cleaning apparatus comprising an arrangement for cooling fluid being used as solvent in the apparatus, and a method for cooling the fluid. The cooling unit ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130167559 | HEAT PUMP AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein are a heat pump and a control method thereof. The heat pump includes an outdoor unit including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, and a first expansion valve, an indoor unit including an indoor heat exchanger and a second expansion valve, a hydro unit including a hot water heat exchanger and a third expansion valve, the hydro unit heating or cooling water through heat exchange between a refrigerant and the water, a refrigerant flow path switching member to switch refrigerant flow paths among the compressor, the outdoor heat exchanger, the indoor unit, and the hydro unit such that simultaneous heating and cooling operations and/or simultaneous cooling and heating operations through the indoor unit and the hydro unit are performed in a heat recovery mode to recover and reuse residual heat, and a controller to control the refrigerant flow path switching member such that at least one of the simultaneous operations is performed in the heat recovery mode. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167560 | ENERGY-SAVING OPTIMIZED CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REFRIGERATION PLANT ROOM - An energy-saving optimized control system for a chiller plant room comprises an industry control computer ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130167561 | METHOD OF CHILLING OR FREEZING PRODUCTS IN A CRYOGENIC SPIRAL FREEZER - An upwardly helical flow path of cryogen-rich air inside a cryogenic spiral freezer may be used to chill or freeze products. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167562 | CRYOGENIC SPIRAL FREEZER - An upwardly helical flow path of cryogen-rich air inside a cryogenic spiral freezer may be used to chill or freeze products. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167563 | APPARATUS FOR STORING ICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - In order to accomplish the objective of the present invention, according to one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for storing ice comprises: a housing which has heat insulation characteristics and the interior of which has a storage space; an ice maker which is accommodated in the housing, and which contains an ice tray for making ice; an ice bin arranged below the ice maker to store the ice made by the ice maker; a transfer member arranged within the ice bin to discharge the ice to the outside of the ice bin; a refrigerating cycle which extends into the housing, and which includes an evaporation unit attached to the outer surface of the ice tray to cool the ice tray; and a control unit which controls the operation of the refrigerating cycle and of the transfer member. Air in the storage space is directly cooled by being in contact with the evaporation unit and/or the ice tray, and the control unit operates the refrigerating cycle to cool the storage space when the temperature of the ice tray and/or of the evaporation unit becomes higher than a preset temperature (Ta). | 2013-07-04 |
20130167564 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS FOR EFFICIENT SUPPLY AIR TEMPERATURE CONTROL - A system and method of controlling a multiple condenser air conditioning system that provides for efficient regulation of air temperature. The refrigeration system includes one or more valves whose operation is preferably controlled by programmable control logic to regulate flow through the refrigerant condenser(s) and sequentially control compressor discharge pressure and temperature in response to demands for heating or reheating of a supply air flow. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167565 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF REFRIGERATOR - Provided is a method for controlling an operation of a refrigerator. Different operation modes are selected according to whether a refrigerator door is opened and closed, and according to an inner temperature and an ambient noise. Freezing capacity of a compressor, the number of rotations of an evaporator fan, and the number of rotations of a condenser fan are varied in conjunction with one another, to reduce a noise. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167566 | Ejectors and Methods of Manufacture - An ejector ( | 2013-07-04 |
20130167567 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes low-pressure side pressure detecting means for detecting the pressure of a refrigerant being sucked by a compressor, suction refrigerant temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the refrigerant being sucked by the compressor, frequency detecting means for detecting the operation frequency of the compressor, cooling target fluid inflow temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of a cooling target fluid flowing in an evaporator, cooling target fluid outflow temperature detecting means for detecting the temperature of the cooling target fluid flowing out of the evaporator, and flow rate calculating means (measuring unit, computing unit, and storage unit) for calculating the absolute quantity of the flow rate of the cooling target fluid flowing in the evaporator using a value detected by each detecting means. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167568 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING CONCENTRATION OF LIQUID-STATE REFRIGERANT OF NONAZEOTROPE REFRIGERANT MIXTURE, AND ABSORPTION TYPE, 1-STAGE COMPRESSING-ABSORBING TYPE AND 2-STAGE COMPRESSING-ABSORBING TYPE HEAT PUMP INCLUDING THE APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for measuring concentration of a liquid-state refrigerant of a nonazeotrope refrigerant mixture. A container is disposed in such a way that a liquid-state refrigerant mixture of the nonazeotrope refrigerant mixture in a saturated state is temporarily stored with set quality. By measuring temperature and pressure of the liquid-state refrigerant mixture, concentration of the liquid-state refrigerant can be calculated from a database regarding a relationship between a saturation vapor pressure, temperature, quality, and concentration of the previously-stored nonazeotrope refrigerant mixture in the saturated state. Thus, a configuration for measuring the concentration of the liquid-state refrigerant-absorbent mixture includes a container, a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor and thus is very simple and the cost for the configuration can be reduced. In addition, the container can be easily mounted on existing equipment without disturbance of a flow. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167569 | REFRIGERATOR - A structure of an auger motor assembly capable of easily installing an auger motor to drive an auger at an inside an ice making compartment, a solenoid valve to select whether to crush ice, an ice making compartment fan to flow the air at an inside the ice making compartment, and a drain hose to discharge the defrost water of the ice making tray to an outside the ice making compartment, so that the auger motor assembly is installed easily at an inside the ice making compartment by being inserted into the inside the ice making compartment through an open front surface of the ice making compartment in a sliding manner. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167570 | Conduit for using only at one end of, and for mildly defrosting, an evaporator without causing excessive heat to affect the evaporator or occupants in proximity to the evaporator - A conduit used only at one end of, and mildly defrosting, an evaporator without causing excessive heat to affect the evaporator in proximity to the evaporator. A tube includes at least one central passageway, at least one peripheral passageway, and at least one intermediate passageway. A refrigerant flows through the at least one peripheral passageway. A hot refrigerant gas flows through the at least one central passageway, and blends with the refrigerant flowing through the tube so as to form a defrosting blend. The defrosting blend defrosts along the full length of the tube, which occurs very rapidly due to contact of the hot refrigerant gas on the way to the end of the tube and then back through the at least one intermediate passageway of the tube as the blend. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167571 | CONTROLLER AND AIR CONDITIONING PROCESSING SYSTEM - A controller controls the operations of a humidity control apparatus and an air conditioner. The controller includes a power consumption detector, a target value setting processor, and an operation control unit. The power consumption detector detects the power consumption of the humidity control apparatus and the air conditioner. The target value setting processor performs optimal target value setting processing by performing first or second processing. The first processing lowers a target operating frequency of a humidity controlling compressor and a target evaporation temperature in a utilization-side heat exchanger. The second processing raises the target operating frequency and the target evaporation temperature. The optimal target value setting processing sets the target operating frequency and the target evaporation temperature so as to minimize the power consumption. The operation control unit controls the humidity control apparatus to achieve the target operating frequency and the air conditioner to achieve the target evaporation temperature. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167572 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus uses a zeotropic refrigerant mixture, in which its saturated liquid refrigerant temperature is lower than the saturated gas refrigerant temperature under the same pressure condition, as the heat source side refrigerant. When one or some of a plurality of heat exchangers related to heat medium functions as an evaporator, the air-conditioning apparatus executes an anti-freezing control that prevents the heat medium from freezing by estimating occurrence of freezing of the heat medium on the basis of a value obtained by subtracting a freezing temperature correction value that is set as a positive value larger than zero from an evaporating temperature of the refrigerant in the heat exchanger related to heat medium. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167573 | POSITIVE AIR PRESSURE ICE MAKING AND DISPENSING SYSTEM - An aseptic ice making system includes an ice making system to receive water from a water supply. The ice making system includes an ice producing subsystem to produce ice and a positive air pressure subsystem to maintain a positive air pressure environment within the ice making system. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167574 | REFRIGERATOR - A structure of an ice making tray of a refrigerator configured to discharge the excess water to generate ice having a suitable size and to crush the link of the ice generated at an ice making tray to prevent the ice from being stuck when the ice is separated from the ice making tray, the ice making tray including a bottom, a sidewall extended toward an upper side thereof from the bottom in order to form an ice making space, an opening formed at the sidewall to discharge the water supplied in excess, a partial wall unit to divide the ice making space, and a cutting rib formed at an upper side of the partition wall. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167575 | REFRIGERATOR - A structure of a driving apparatus capable of easily organizing a driving apparatus that is configured to drive an ejector of an ice maker, and preventing frost from being formed on inner compartments, the driving apparatus including a case and a driving module detachable to the inner side of the case, wherein the driving module includes an ice separating motor to drive the ejector, a circuit board to control an ice making process, an electro-motion member to deliver a rotational force of the ice separating motor to the ejector, and a module case to accommodate the components of the driving module. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167576 | Refrigerator - A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator has a refrigerator body including a storage chamber to store foods, a door configured to open or close the storage chamber, an ice maker mounted on the door and an ice maker cover to at least partially cover the ice maker, the ice maker cover including a cool air inlet port for introducing cool air at an upper portion thereof. The ice maker includes a first guide coupled to a lower portion of the ice maker to guide cool air to pass through the lower portion of the ice maker and a second guide provided at an upper side of the ice maker to guide cool air introduced through the cool air inlet port to be branched off and flowed into the upper and lower portions of the ice maker. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167577 | INTEGRATED HEATING, VENTILATION, AIR CONDITIONING, AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - A combined heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (“HVACR”) system including an HVAC sub-system and a refrigeration sub-system. The HVAC sub-system is in communication with an open space of an indoor environment and includes a first condenser, a first evaporator, and a first compressor at least partially defining a first refrigerant circuit circulating a first refrigerant for selectively conditioning an airflow within the HVAC sub | 2013-07-04 |
20130167578 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - There has been a problem of dew condensation, during a cooling operation, on a wind vane or the like provided at an air outlet because the wind speed of blown air leaking from ends in longitudinal direction of the air outlet is low, causing the entanglement of room air. | 2013-07-04 |
20130167579 | Salad Bar Cooler - A salad bar cooler comprises a top chamber | 2013-07-04 |
20130167580 | COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATING CYCLE APPARATUS USING THE SAME - In a compressor, a single refrigerant of hydrofluoroolefin having a double bond of carbon or a mixed refrigerant containing hydrofluoroolefin and hydrofluorocarbon having no double bond of carbon is used, and moreover a refrigerating machine oil containing an additive for suppressing deterioration of the refrigerating machine oil and an antiwear agent is used, the compressor including a sliding portion which is exposed to the mixed refrigerant and the refrigerating machine oil and which has a hardness of 47-55 HRC. Thus, decomposition and polymerization of the refrigerant and the refrigerating machine oil can be inhibited (i.e., occurrence of sludge can be inhibited), and antiwear property of sliding portions, e.g. vane and piston, of the compressor can be maintained. As a result, reliability of the compressor and the refrigerating cycle apparatus using the compressor can be ensured. | 2013-07-04 |