27th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110164925 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPLACING OLD UNDERGROUND CONDUITS - In a method and an apparatus for replacing old underground conduits ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110164926 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUBSEA INSTALLATIONS - There is provided a method and apparatus for lowering and/or raising a load or structure to or from the bed of a body of water. The apparatus comprises a buoyancy apparatus configured to be coupled to a load, and having positive buoyancy sufficient to lift the load. At least one receptacle is provided on the apparatus for receiving a control weight lowered from a vessel to lower or raise the assembly. The lowering method includes forming an assembly from a buoyancy apparatus and a load and submerging the assembly to a position at a first height above the bed. In a preferred embodiment the assembly is submerged by a clump weight tow system. A control weight is deployed from a vessel to the assembly to overcome the positive buoyancy of the assembly and thereby lower the load from the first height to the bed. The raising method reverses the steps of the lowering method. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164927 | SYSTEM FOR INCREASED FLOATATION AND STABILITY ON TENSION LEG PLATFORM BY EXTENDED BUOYANT PONTOONS - The disclosure provides a tension leg platform (“TLP”) with a plurality of buoyant pontoons suitable for highly disturbed seas that can expand the stability of the tension leg platform by extending at least one buoyant pontoon beyond an intersection of two pontoons. In at least one embodiment, the location of the column can be decoupled from the customary end of the pontoon. The tendons can be located at the ends of the pontoons extending beyond the intersection. In some embodiments, such as four-column TLPs, the pontoons can be extended orthogonally relative to an adjacent pontoon. The extending pontoon increases a buoyancy of the pontoon, increases a pitch stability of the TLP, and increases quayside stability. The extended pontoon can be structurally intersected with the adjacent pontoon to strengthen the extended pontoon and reduce the failure mode of such structure. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164928 | Method and Apparatus for Pile Driving - The present invention is directed to a pile driver with a lead that is capable of receiving and supporting a pile in a substantially horizontal orientation and subsequently rotating the lead and received pile from the substantially horizontal orientation to a substantially vertical orientation needed before the pile can be driven into the earth. In one embodiment of the pile driver, the chassis is of a relatively short length to be more maneuverable and the lead is capable of supporting a long and/or quite massive pile. To prevent the chassis, lead, and pile from tipping or being placed in an unstable condition, the pile driver further comprises a movable counterweight system. The method is also directed to methods of using such a pile driver to accomplish the driving of a pile. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164929 | Lite mine roof support crib and method - A mine roof support crib. The crib includes a plurality of chocks that are connected together through notches in the chocks to form at least three planes and able to support at least five tons of load. Each notch has at least one edge. A method of forming a mine roof support crib. A method of forming a chock for a mine roof crib to support a mine roof. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164930 | SUPPORT PLATFORM OF NON-CONTACT TRANSFER APPARATUS - Provided is a support platform of a non-contact transfer apparatus. The support platform is arranged horizontally and includes first and second members adding a lift force to a first force for lifting peripheral portions of a transferred object, wherein the first force is lower than a second force lifting a central portion of the transferred object. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164931 | Tool Head - A tool head is provided that can easily correct the shape of a tooth surface. Slot holes are formed in a main head body, that tilt either distally or proximately to the central axis of rotation (CAR) of the main head body. Concave tooth surface blades for cutting concave tooth surfaces are installed in the slot holes that tilt distally, and convex tooth surface blades for cutting convex tooth surfaces are formed in the slot holes that tilt proximately. By changing the amount that the concave or convex tooth surface blades protrude, the cutting portions of the concave or convex tooth surface blades are moved in either distal or proximate directions. By changing the distance from the CAR to the cutting portions in this manner, it is possible to correct the shape of the concave or convex tooth surfaces of a bevel gear. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164932 | Cutting Insert and Milling Cutter Provided with the Same - A milling cutter is provided with a cutting insert having improved main cutting edges. The main cutting edges are positioned along both lengthwise edges of a front surface, have a wave shape and are asymmetrical with each other. Main cutting edges positioned along both lengthwise edges of a back surface are rotationally symmetrical by 180 degrees from the main cutting edges of the front surface with respect to a longitudinal central axis of the cutting insert. In the milling cutter, the cutting inserts are alternately mounted in pockets formed on a side surface of the milling cutter so that the concavo-convex portions of the active main cutting edges of the cutting inserts which are adjacent to each other are staggered with respect to each other. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164933 | CLAMPING DEVICE FOR A CUTTING INSERT - An insert clamp secures a cutting insert having a central hole to a tool holder. The clamp includes a forward protrusion to be received in the central hole of the insert, a central body portion provided with a pressing part to press down the upper surface of the insert and a screw hole for a clamping screw to pass through, and a rear protrusion having a rear contact surface to come in contact with a rearward slanting surface of the tool holder. The forward protrusion is formed on the forward end of the insert clamp, an inside surface of the forward protrusion extends downward in a spaced state apart from the inner wall of the central hole of the insert, and a distal portion of the inside surface the forward protrusion is provided with a protuberance of convex curved surface to come in tangential contact with the inner wall of the insert. The pressing part is formed on the bottom surface of the central body portion of the insert clamp, and has convex curved surfaces to come in tangential contact with the upper surface of the insert on both regions of the bottom surface of the central body portion which is bisected by a central line passing through the forward protrusion and the screw hole. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164934 | ROUND CUTTING INSERT WITH ASYMMETRIC CHIPBREAKER FEATURE - A round cutting insert includes a top surface, a clearance side surface and a bottom surface. The top surface includes an asymmetric chipbreaker feature adjacent a cutting edge that includes a finishing portion, a roughing portion, and a transition portion. The asymmetric chipbreaker feature includes a first rake face extending from the cutting edge, a second rake face between a bottom face and the first rake face, and a back face between a central island and the bottom face. The second rake face and the back face are sinusoidal waveforms with different periods to cause the distances from the cutting edge to the second rake face and back face to vary. The first and second rake faces are formed at different rake angles to provide effective chip control during machining operations. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164935 | Pocket Hole Jig System - A pocket hole jig tool system includes a base on which a workpiece is supported. A drill guide support is slidably mounted to the base. Drill guide bushings are movably mounted relative to the drill guide support for clampingly engaging the workpiece and for guiding a drill for engaging the workpiece. A stop collar assembly is adjustably mounted relative to the drill guide bushings to automatically ensure a proper pocket hole location and depth for the workpiece inserted in the tool system. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164936 | INSERT FOR DRILL - A drill insert of the present invention comprises a corner part, and an upper face having a first side and a second side disposed on both sides of the corner part, respectively. The drill insert comprises a first cutting edge formed along the first side; a second cutting edge formed along the second side; a first region of the upper face located along the first cutting edge;
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20110164937 | Cutting Tool - The present invention provides a cutting tool which comprising a drill bit having an integrated deburring tool or tip which is displaceable between an extended and retracted position in order to enable both drilling and deburring operations to be carried out using a single tool, and which incorporates a number of features to increase the speed at which the deburring tip extends and retracts. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164938 | Key Duplication Machine - Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with a key duplication machine are described. In one embodiment, an assembly for duplicating a master key includes an optical imaging device, a logic, a clamping assembly, and a cutting member. The optical imaging device is capable of capturing an optical image of at least a portion of the master key. The logic is capable of determining a key pattern of the master key from the optical image of the master key. The clamping assembly is capable of clamping a key blank and the cutting member is capable of cutting a key pattern into said key blank. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164939 | MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool | 2011-07-07 |
20110164940 | IMPROVED SELF-LOCKING NUT - The invention relates to a self-locking nut ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110164941 | Fastener Device - A fastener device making a single hole to attach an item, providing a bolt, a nut and a toggle having a hollow cylindrical body with opposite U-shaped openings forming an aperture to pivot the toggle into a toggle first condition with coplanar body and bolt longitudinal axis or into a toggle second condition with perpendicular body and bolt longitudinal axis. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164942 | SCREW GROMMET - A plastic screw grommet includes a head portion and a leg portion having an end portion which is moved to a head portion side due to a screw advancing operation of a screw body inserted from the head portion side. The plastic screw grommet is structured so as to expand an intermediate portion by inserting the end portion, which is moved to the head portion side, into an inside of the intermediate portion of the leg portion between the end portion and the head portion. An outer surface of the end portion contacting an inner surface of an expanded portion of the intermediate portion at a time of the expansion is structured so as to have a shape following the inner surface of this expanded portion. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164943 | INTEGRATED FASTENER & SEALING SYSTEM FOR PLUMBING FIXTURES - A metallic bolt fastener assembly that includes a threaded shank, a head and an end, the head and a portion of the shank encapsulated with a polymer composition. The polymer composition includes a polymer material such as natural rubber, synthetic rubber or thermal plastic materials. The polymer composition provides improved corrosion resistance and superior fluid sealing properties when used as a water tank-to-toilet bowl or other similar plumbing fixture connection system. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164944 | LOW ENERGY SCREWS FOR WOOD AND SIMILAR MATERIALS - A low energy wood screw that may be inserted quickly and using less energy than conventional screws. In various embodiments, the screw may include a countersunk head having a recess for accommodating a driving tool, a tapered neck, a plurality of crown ribs extending over the head and neck, a lubricating coating, main threads with a large thread lead, and lower threads having an asymmetrical profile and extending onto a gimlet point. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164945 | BLIND RIVET AND A METHOD OF JOINING THEREWITH - The invention relates to blind rivets and to methods of joining therewith. The method of the invention is suitable for joining two or more workpieces with a blind rivet. The method includes the first step of positioning a blind rivet at a point of overlap of two or more workpieces, the blind rivet including a rivet body and a mandrel. The next step involves rotating the mandrel about a longitudinal axis thereof and contacting the mandrel with the overlapping workpieces, wherein the mandrel is rotated at a speed to cause plasticization of the overlapping workpieces. The method then involves causing the mandrel to penetrate through the plasticized overlapping workpieces and form an aperture therethrough. A further step of the method involves capturing a portion of the overlapping workpieces that is displaced upon the penetration of the mandrel and securing the rivet body within the aperture to join the overlapping workpieces. The invention also includes a workpiece penetrating and joining blind rivet. The blind rivet includes a rivet body including a shank having a first end, a second end and an axial passage extending through the shank between the first and second ends. Also included is a mandrel including a shaft positioned within the axial passage and a head at one end of the shaft for contacting a workpiece wherein the mandrel is configured so that when contacting the workpiece, being rotated about a longitudinal axis thereof at a speed to cause plasticization of the workpiece and being caused to penetrate through the plasticized workpiece the mandrel cores a portion of the plasticised workpiece, displaces the portion from the workpiece and forms an aperture in the workpiece. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164946 | EXPANDING RIVET - The invention relates to an expanding rivet having solid cap pieces ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110164947 | Fastener for ornaments having a pin - The object of the present invention is to provide a fastener for ornaments with a pin that enables smooth insertion and reliable clamping of the pin by the following solution means. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164948 | APPARATUS FOR THREADING CANS - A threading turret assembly includes a plurality of threading heads. The threading heads comprise first and second threading rollers. The threading head is configured to impart a thread onto a metallic can such that a threaded cap may be screwed onto the can to seal an opening in the can. The turret assembly is configured to rotate such that the plurality of threading heads orbit the centerline of rotation about which the turret rotates. The turret is configured to impart a rotation onto the plurality of threading heads as the threading heads orbit the center of rotation. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164949 | COMPACT EXOSKELETON ARM SUPPORT DEVICE TO COMPENSATE FOR GRAVITY - A compact exoskeleton arm support device compensates for gravity. The compact exoskeleton arm support device compensating for gravity may include at least five joints. Among the at least five joints, two joints may be driven by actuators, and the remaining joints may be driven by user force. The compact exoskeleton arm support device compensating for gravity effectively uses the actuators, thereby increasing operating efficiency and reducing production costs. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164950 | SHAFT FURNACE CHARGING DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING DISTRIBUTION CHUTE - A charging device for a shaft furnace, in particular for a blast furnace and a cooperating distribution chute are proposed, where the distribution chute has an elongated chute body providing a sliding channel for bulk material and two chute-mounting members attached laterally to either side of the chute body for mounting the distribution chute to the charging device, the charging device including a mechanism for rotating the distribution chute, the mechanism having a rotatable support rotor with two suspension flanges cooperating with the chute-mounting members of the distribution chute for mounting the distribution chute, where each chute-mounting member of the chute includes a hook-shaped portion that forms a suspension hook for mounting the distribution chute to the suspension flanges, each suspension flange in turn has a support configured for engagement with the hook-shaped portion of the chute along a hook engagement direction, and furthermore, each chute-mounting member includes an abutment portion that cooperates with a counter-abutment on the corresponding suspension flange to provide abutment in a direction transversal to the hook engagement direction (C) so as to preclude pivoting of the chute about the supports of the suspension flanges. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164951 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDETERMINED COMPONENT PLACEMENT TO A TARGET PLATFORM - The present invention relates generally to assembly techniques. According to the present invention, the alignment and probing techniques to improve the accuracy of component placement in assembly are described. More particularly, the invention includes methods and structures to detect and improve the component placement accuracy on a target platform by incorporating alignment marks on component and reference marks on target platform under various probing techniques. A set of sensors grouped in any array to form a multiple-sensor probe can detect the deviation of displaced components in assembly. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164952 | Grain cart with directional discharge - A grain cart grain discharge including a pivotable discharge chute having a first position to discharge grain from a first side of a grain cart and a second position to discharge grain from an opposite side of the cart. The discharge chute is movably mounted on a guide and pivotable about the central axis of a grain supply auger mounted at the bottom of a grain hopper. A discharge head rotatably located on an end of the discharge chute opposite the supply auger and a control located on a vehicle, the control controlling the movement of the chute from the first position to the second position and controlling a rotational position of the discharge head without leaving the cab of the vehicle. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164953 | CARGO LOADER - A cargo loader operable to load cargo into an opening of an enclosed trailer. The loader has an elongated bed with front and rear portions. A carriage is mounted on the bed and coupled to a drive assembly operable to move the carriage between the front and rear portions. Forks are mounted on the carriage and move therewith. Cargo is loaded onto the forks when the carriage is positioned on the front portion. The opening of the trailer is positioned adjacent the rear portion so that when the carriage pushes the forks and cargo thereupon longitudinally along the bed toward the rear portion, the forks and cargo are received inside the trailer. The drive assembly moves the carriage from the rear to the front portion to withdraw the forks from inside the trailer while a cargo retention assembly maintains the cargo inside the trailer. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164954 | APPARATUS FOR LOADING A RELATIVELY RIGID MATERIAL, FOR EXAMPLE CARDBOARD, AND RELATIVE LOADING METHOD - An apparatus for loading a relatively rigid material in sheets into an operating station of a processing plant, comprises at least a store for storing and feeding the sheets and a loading device. The loading device is provided at least with feed means, disposed downstream of the store with respect to the direction of feed of the sheets, and able to feed the sheets into the operating station. The apparatus also comprises detection means, disposed in correspondence with the feed means, able to detect both the position of the sheets with respect to the feed means, and also the size of the sheets fed. The detection means are also able to vary in a coordinated manner the operating conditions at least of the feed means according to the position and sizes detected. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164955 | PROCESSING CHAMBER WITH TRANSLATING WEAR PLATE FOR LIFT PIN - Embodiments of a method and apparatus for processing large area substrates including a translational wear plate and/or bushing assembly are provided for reducing the stress on a lift pin used to space substrates from a substrate support in a processing or other type of chamber. In another embodiment, an apparatus for processing substrates includes processing chamber comprising a substrate support disposed in a chamber body. A bushing assembly is disposed in the substrate support. A lift pin is disposed through the bushing assembly. A wear plate is provided that is coupled to the chamber body and aligned with the lift pin. The wear plate is movable laterally relative to a centerline of the chamber body to accommodate lateral motion of the lift pin when contacting the wear plate. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164956 | Lifting system and method for lifting bulk sized, high weight objects - A lifting system and method are disclosed for lifting bulk sized, extremely high weight objects, such as a house, other buildings, skids, chemical plant modules, refinery modules or storage facility, or the like, from one position to another position. The system includes at least one cylinder housing a respective hydraulically actuated, telescoping piston. A lifting plate having an upper face is in operable communication with the piston and is further horizontally offset from the respective piston whereby, when the lifting system is positioned for lifting the high weight object, each of the upper faces may be positioned in close proximity to the ground and under the high weight object at the lifting points, without positioning any of the pistons under the high weight object. A method of operation is also disclosed. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164957 | Method and Apparatus for Double Flow Turbine First Stage Cooling - A cooling path is defined through a double-flow steam turbine. The steam turbine includes a generator end and a turbine end and a double-flow tub diaphragm disposed axially between the generator end and the turbine end. A first stage of the steam turbine includes a plurality of first stage nozzles and a plurality of first stage buckets, and a steam path is defined from an inlet region, through the turbine end, to a steam outlet. The cooling path includes cooling holes in the tub diaphragm and root radial seals permitting steam flow beneath the tub diaphragm and around the first stage nozzles and back into the steam path before the first stage buckets. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164958 | Centrifugal reverse flow disk turbine and method to obtain rotational power thereby - A centrifugal reverse flow disk turbine for power generation, comprising; a) a turbine shaft; b) a disk rotor disposed on said turbine shaft; c) a housing, having said turbine shaft and said disk rotor, bearings, seal devices, and at least one jet nozzle means; d) a plurality of radially engraved channel for transporting working fluid from entering ports, placed axially near said turbine shaft; e) a plurality of said channels having two curvatures; first curvature has a small radius, and concaved pertinent to rotational direction of said rotor, starting from the entering port to middle of its flow path, and the second curvature has a large radius, convexed pertinent to rotational direction of said rotor, positioned near the peripheral of said rotor; a plurality of a buket attached at every flow channel, directing against nozzle disposed on said housing, thereby deriving impinging counter supersonic flow. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164959 | FAN - A bladeless fan assembly for creating an air current includes a nozzle mounted on a base housing a device for creating an air flow through the nozzle. The nozzle includes an interior passage for receiving the air flow from the base and a mouth through which the air flow is emitted. The nozzle extends about an axis to define an opening through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air flow emitted from the mouth. The nozzle includes a surface over which the mouth is arranged to direct the air flow. The surface has a diffuser portion tapering away from the axis, and a guide portion downstream from the diffuser portion and angled thereto. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164960 | HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT IN INTERNAL CAVITIES OF TURBINE ENGINE AIRFOILS - An airfoil includes a leading edge, a trailing edge, a suction side and a pressure side; a plurality of internal cooling cavities extending radially within the airfoil, one of the plurality of internal cavities extending along the trailing edge. The trailing edge is provided with a plurality of coolant exit apertures extending therealong. A plurality of vortex generators is formed on an internal surface of at least one of the pressure and suction sides of the airfoil. The vortex generators are arranged in radially spaced relationship in one of the plurality of internal cooling cavities, extending substantially parallel to and in proximity to the plurality of coolant exit apertures. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164961 | COATING SYSTEM FOR CLEARANCE CONTROL IN ROTATING MACHINERY - The invention relates to gas turbine engine seal systems having a rotating member with an abrasive tip surface disposed in rub relationship to a stationary seal member with an abradable surface. The abrasive tip surface is coated with a metallic alloy matrix having ceramic abrasive particles embedded in and projecting from the matrix. The abradable seal surface is coated with a ceramic coating. The rub relationship affords a tight operating clearance between the rotating member and the stationary seal member, thereby improving engine efficiency, reducing fuel consumption and minimizing overhaul downtime. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164962 | Turbine blade with tip brush seal - A turbine rotor blade with a brush seal formed between the blade tip and an outer shroud to form a seal for a blade outer air seal. The brush seal includes fibers made from a high temperature resistant material that has long wear life such as fibers of alumina-boria-silicate in order to withstand the temperature environment of a turbine rotor blade and to provide long life due to rubbing of the brush fibers on the relatively rotating brush seal surface. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164963 | COATING SYSTEM FOR CLEARANCE CONTROL IN ROTATING MACHINERY - The invention relates to gas turbine engine seal systems having a rotating member with an abrasive tip surface disposed in rub relationship to a stationary seal member with an abradable surface. The abrasive tip surface is coated with a metallic alloy matrix having ceramic abrasive particles embedded in and projecting from the matrix. The abradable seal surface is coated with a ceramic coating. The rub relationship affords a tight operating clearance between the rotating member and the stationary seal member, thereby improving engine efficiency, reducing fuel consumption and minimizing overhaul downtime. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164964 | SEALING AND PURGING ARRANGEMENT FOR A MAIN BEARING REGION - Apparatus for sealing and purging a bearing region includes a bearing housing having at least one hole that allows a flow of air to flow through the at least one hole, and at least one bearing seal that allows the flow of air to flow through the at least one bearing seal, thereby creating a pressure difference across the bearing seal. The apparatus also includes an air directional device having at least a portion of the flow of air to flow adjacent to the air directional device, and a pair of components having a gap between the pair of components that allows the at least a portion of the flow of air to flow through the gap, thereby purging the gap. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164965 | STEAM TURBINE STATIONARY COMPONENT SEAL - A steam turbine and a seal member between stationary components of a steam turbine are disclosed. The seal member is annular, with a cross-section having an elongated seal member and bulbous ends that are adapted to be inserted into grooves in the stationary components to form point seals between the bulbous ends and axial faces of the grooves. The bulbous ends are designed to rotate with respect to the axial faces of the annular grooves and the elongated member is designed to flex to maintain the point seals in response to a realignment of the components. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164966 | Method and apparatus to improve wake flow and power production of wind and water turbines - A wake flow injector method and apparatus are presented to improve the power production of wind and water turbines by directly injecting higher-energy fluid or air directly into the wake flow region behind the rotor or turbine. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164967 | AXIAL FLOW MACHINE HAVING AN ASYMMETRICAL COMPRESSOR INLET GUIDE BAFFLE - An axial flow machine having an asymmetrical air inlet and, downstream therefrom, a compressor having an inlet guide baffle composed of guide vanes is characterized in that at least some of the guide vanes of the inlet guide baffle have a vane profile and/or an angle of attack that deviate(s) from the remaining guide vanes. The inlet flow angle of the first compressor stage is hereby evened out circumferentially symmetrically. This is accomplished in that the different inlet angles resulting at various circumferential positions of the inlet guide baffle due to the asymmetry of the air inlet, are influenced by selective profiling and/or by selectively modifying the angle of incidence of individual guide vanes in such a way that a circumferentially symmetrical outflow angle from the inlet vane ring results. In this way, the circumferential distortions caused by the asymmetrical air inlet are minimized and, thus, circumferentially symmetrical inlet conditions are passed onto the first compressor stage, which results in an improved stability and an enhanced efficiency of the compressor. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164968 | IMPELLER FOR CENTRIFUGAL PUMP AND PUMP INCLUDING THE SAME - A centrifugal pump impeller | 2011-07-07 |
20110164969 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A VANE, SUCH A VANE AND A STATOR COMPONENT COMPRISING THE VANE - A method for producing a vane for application in a component in a gas turbine engine includes casting at least one of a vane leading edge part and a vane trailing edge part and connecting the leading edge part and the trailing edge part. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164970 | Stator blade for a turbomachine, especially a stream turbine - The invention relates to a stator blade ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110164971 | NOZZLE STAGE FOR A TURBOMACHINE COMPRESSOR - The invention relates to a nozzle stage for a turbomachine compressor, the stage comprising two coaxial shrouds, a radially inner shroud and a radially outer shroud, and radial vanes extending between the shrouds and being connected via their ends to the shrouds, together with a support for abradable material that is mounted by crimping onto the upstream and downstream edges of the inner shroud, the inner shroud presenting openings in which the radially inner ends of the vanes are inserted and fastened. The radially inner ends of the vanes are plane and do not have any projecting tenons. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164972 | HOLLOW STEAM GUIDE DIFFUSER HAVING INCREASED PRESSURE RECOVERY - A steam turbine includes a diffuser that has a bearing cone and an inner plate of a steam guide that define a passage through which steam flows. An outer plate is disposed with respect to the inner plate such that an opening is located between the inner and outer plates. At least one hole is located in the inner plate. A water tube is disposed in the opening, the water tube having water flowing therethrough which condenses at least a portion of a flow of steam flowing in the passage thereby creating at least a partial vacuum within the opening. The vacuum creates a suction effect through the at least one hole in the inner plate that can cause at least a portion of the flow of steam in the passage to attach itself to an inner surface of the inner plate. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164973 | PUMP HOUSING SUPPORT - A pump housing support for use in a pump assembly, the pump assembly including a plurality of component parts which include a seal housing, a drive shaft having a rotation axis, an impeller and a pump housing, the pump housing which includes a main liner. The pump housing support comprises: a base and a mounting member which includes a body portion to which a part of the pump housing can be mounted and a locating flange extending therefrom, the locating flange having first and second locating surfaces on opposing sides thereof, wherein the main liner is located on the first locating surface and the seal housing is located on the second locating surface. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164974 | Compressor and Method for Operating a Compressor and Fuel Cell Device with a Compressor - A compressor with a housing having an air guide section and a bearing section, and a moving part having a compressor wheel and a shaft connected to the compressor wheel in a pivot-proof manner. The shaft is pivot-supported in the bearing section, and the compressor wheel is accommodated in a first chamber of the air guide section in a pivoting manner. The shaft is driveable by an electric motor and at least one radial bearing and one axial bearing are provided for supporting the shaft in the bearing section, wherein the axial bearing has at least one magnetic bearing. The axial bearing includes at least one first bearing and a second bearing, the first bearing configured in the region of the compressor wheel and the second bearing is configured in the region of an end of the moving part facing away from the compressor wheel. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164975 | WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADES INCLUDING CONTROLLABLE DEPRESSIONS - A wind turbine system is provided. The wind turbine system includes multiple rotor blades operationally coupled to a control system, at least one of the rotor blades including an active surface fabricated on the rotor blades, wherein the control system is configured to generate control signals for formation of one or more depressions at an optimal frequency and at a number of optimal locations on the active surface based upon multiple wind flow parameters, and transmit the control signals to the rotor blades for the formation of the one or more depressions at the optimal frequency and at the number of optimal locations on the active surface. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164976 | ACTIVE ROTOR BLADE CONTROL EFFECTOR SYSTEM FOR A ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT - A helicopter includes an airframe, and a rotor system mounted to the airframe. The rotor system includes a plurality of rotor blades. Each of the plurality of rotor blades includes a root portion that extends to a tip portion through an airfoil portion. The airfoil portion includes first and second surfaces. An effector is mounted within the airfoil portion of at least one of the plurality of rotor blades. The effector includes a first end portion that extends to a second end portion through an intermediate portion, and a flap arranged at the second end portion. The effector is selectively actuated to shift from a first, stowed, position wherein the flap is positioned within the at least one rotor blade to a second, deployed, position, wherein flap projects through at least one of the first and second surfaces of the at least one rotor blade. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164977 | VERTICAL-AXIS WIND TURBINE - A vertical axis wind turbine having a vertical rotating axle and a plurality of blades each attached to an upper portion to the rotating axle and at the bottom portion to a convex base dome attached to and rotable with the vertical axle. Each blade wraps around the vertical axle and has a radial width that increases from its upper portion to its lower portion while supporting an open brow section forming a cup-like space and a wedge-like stiffener section. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164978 | BACK-UP FEATHERER - A back-up featherer is provided for an engine arrangement having a main hydraulic actuator which angularly displaces propellers of a propeller assembly of the engine arrangement. The back-up featherer has a back-up hydraulic actuator for angular displacement of the propellers, the back-up hydraulic actuator rotating with the propeller assembly. The back-up featherer further has one or more back-up fluid supply lines for transferring hydraulic fluid between a hydraulic pressure power source located on a static structure of the engine arrangement and the back-up hydraulic actuator. The back-up featherer further has a back-up hydraulic rotating coupling, the back-up fluid supply lines fluidly communicating with the back-up hydraulic actuator via the back-up rotating coupling. A static side of the back-up hydraulic rotating coupling is mounted to the static structure of the engine arrangement, and a rotating side of the back-up hydraulic rotating coupling rotates with the propeller assembly. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164979 | MECHANICAL SYSTEM FOR HIGH ACCELERATION ENVIRONMENTS - A mechanical system for high acceleration loading includes a mechanical element configured for rotational movement in a high acceleration environment. The mechanical element possesses a first density. A lubricant having a second density is disposed about the mechanical element. The first and second densities are substantially identical such that the mechanical element is substantially neutrally buoyant in the lubricant. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164980 | PROPELLER ASSEMBLY PITCH CHANGE APPARATUS - A pitch change apparatus is provided for a propeller assembly having a row of propeller blades which rotate around an axis of the assembly. The apparatus has a unison ring which is coaxial with the propeller assembly. The unison ring is movable to drive respective mechanisms for varying the pitch of the blades. The apparatus further has a plurality of pitch lock assemblies circumferentially distributed around the unison ring. Each pitch lock assembly has a free state which allows movement of the unison ring and a locked state which prevents or limits movement of the unison ring and thus prevents or limits variation of the pitch of the blades. The pitch lock assembly moves from the free to the locked state when the assembly receives a signal to lock the blades. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164981 | PATTERNED TURBOMACHINE COMPONENT AND METHOD OF FORMING A PATTERN ON A TURBOMACHINE COMPONENT - A method of forming a pattern on a turbomachine component includes adding material to selected surface regions of the turbomachine component, the material is arranged in a predetermined pattern. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164982 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A LOW DISTORTION WELD FOR ROTORS - A rotor includes a first rotor segment having a first outer surface and a second rotor segment having a second outer surface. A mechanical joint is between the first and second rotor segments, and a cavity is radially outward of the mechanical joint and beneath the first and second outer surfaces. A weld bead is between the first and second outer surfaces. A method for manufacturing a rotor includes machining a first rotor segment having a first concentric axis of rotation and machining a second rotor segment having a second concentric axis of rotation. The method further includes aligning the first rotor segment to the second rotor segment radially using a mechanical joint and applying a weld bead over a portion of the first and second rotor segments to connect the first rotor segment to the second rotor segment. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164983 | Locking Spacer Assembly - The present application describes a locking spacer assembly for use with a groove in a rotating disk. The locking spacer assembly may include a locking spacer with a leg and a wedge tool in contact with the leg so as to pull the leg inward and into the groove. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164984 | BLADE SECTION FOR A WIND TURBINE BLADE - A blade section for a wind turbine blade, the blade section extending along a longitudinal axis and having at least a first end, the blade section comprising a main blade section with a contour having an outer surface. The main blade section at the first end is provided with a number of connection elements, each connection element being pivotally engaged with the main blade section about a rotational axis. Each of the connection elements being provided with a joining means for anchoring each of the connection element to another blade section. The joining means of each of the number of connection elements is arranged in a distance from the rotational axis. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164985 | CONICAL FLUID TURBINE RUNNER - A turbine includes a cone and a plurality of curvilinear blades extending substantially along the length of the cone, from at or near the apex of the cone to at or near the base of the cone. In one embodiment, each of the curvilinear blades includes two walls, a first wall oriented substantially upstream with respect to the direction of fluid flow and a second wall oriented substantially downstream with respect to the direction of fluid flow. The first and second walls come together to form the edges of the curvilinear blades. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164986 | SYSTEM FOR IMPACT ZONE REINFORCEMENT - A system may include a structure having a leading edge and a fiber-reinforced composite cover. The fiber-reinforced composite cover may include a protective portion and a retaining portion, wherein the retaining portion extends about the structure to self-retain the protective portion along the leading edge, and the protective portion is different from the retaining portion. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164987 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A WIND TURBINE BLADE COMPRISING STEEL WIRE REINFORCED MATRIX MATERIAL - A method of manufacturing a shell construction part of a wind turbine blade, the shell construction part being made of a fibre reinforced polymer material including a polymer matrix and fibre reinforcement material embedded in the polymer matrix. The method comprises the steps of a) providing a forming structure comprising a mould cavity and having a longitudinal direction, b) placing the fibre reinforcement material in mould cavity, c) providing a resin in the mould cavity simultaneously with and/or subsequently to step b), and d) curing the resin in order to form the composite structure, wherein at least 20% by volume of the fibre reinforcement material consists of metallic wires. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164988 | TURBOCHARGER AND COMPRESSOR IMPELLER THEREFOR - The invention relates to a compressor impeller for a turbocharger, in particular in a diesel engine, and to an exhaust gas turbocharger containing such a compressor impeller. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164989 | FATIGUE LOAD RESISTANT STRUCTURES AND WELDING PROCESSES - A fatigue load resistant structure includes a fatigue loaded portion and a weldable fatigue loading resistant feature. The fatigue loaded portion includes a first elongation material. The weldable fatigue loading resistant feature includes a second elongation material secured to the fatigue loaded portion of the fatigue loaded structure. The first elongation material is less ductile than the second elongation material, and the weldable fatigue loading resistant feature can reduce, retard, or eliminate formation of cracks due to tensile and compressive forces. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164990 | MULTI-STAGE COMPRESSOR - A multi-stage compressor ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110164991 | LINEAR COMPRESSOR - A linear compressor having a compressor chamber with an end wall that includes a recess; a piston that moves in an oscillating manner in the compressor chamber; and a proximity sensor that is disposed on the end wall of the compressor chamber to detect an approach of the piston to the end wall. The proximity sensor is adjacent to the recess in the end wall and the piston has a projection which engages in the recess at a top dead center of the piston movement. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164992 | VACUUM EVACUATION DEVICE - A vacuum evacuation device including: a main pump; an auxiliary pump connected in series to the main pump; and an inter-pump piping for interconnecting an outlet of the main pump and an inlet of the auxiliary pump, wherein the main pump includes a mechanical booster pump; a ratio of the maximum power of a motor for the main pump to the maximum pumping rate of the main pump is no less than 5 W/(m | 2011-07-07 |
20110164993 | AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER CONSUMPTION OF A COMPRESSOR THEREIN - A method for controlling power consumption of a compressor of an automotive vehicle climate system may include identifying an energy source providing energy to power the compressor and selecting an operating parameter of the climate system based on the identified energy source to control power consumption of the compressor. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164994 | Axial piston compressor, in particular a compressor for the air conditioning system of a motor vehicle - Axial piston compressor, especially a compressor for the air-conditioning system of a motor vehicle, having a housing and, for drawing in and compressing a coolant, a compressor unit arranged in the housing and driven by means of a drive shaft, the compressor unit comprising pistons, which move axially back and forth in a cylinder block, and a tilt plate | 2011-07-07 |
20110164995 | FLUID PUMP - There is proposed an embodiment of an electric fluid pump of a semi-axial design wherein support ribs ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110164996 | SOLUTION SENDING PUMP - A motor is fixed to a retaining member by bolts and well nuts. The well nuts are attached to the retaining member so that their flange portions are positioned between a motor fixing portion and the retaining member, and a clearance corresponding to thickness of the flanges of the well nuts is provided between the motor fixing portion and the retaining member. Heat-conductive elastic members are sandwiched between the motor fixing portion and the retaining member. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164997 | PUMP - A circulating pump with an impeller disposed in a pump housing, by which a fluid can be delivered from a pump inlet of the pump housing to a pump outlet of the pump housing. The circulating pump includes an electric motor, the rotor of which is mechanically coupled to the impeller via a shaft such that that the impeller can be placed into an appropriate rotating movement by rotation of the rotor, and cools the rotor of the electric motor by a thermosiphon in the shaft, wherein the impeller serves as a heat sink for a working medium of the thermosiphon. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164998 | PITCH CHANGE APPARATUS - A pitch change apparatus comprises a hydraulic actuator for angular displacement of propellers of the propeller assembly. The hydraulic actuator has a piston and cylinder arrangement which defines fine and coarse fluid chambers. Increasing the volume of the fine chamber at the expense of the coarse chamber results in angular displacement of the propellers to a finer pitch. Increasing the volume of the coarse chamber at the expense of the fine chamber results in angular displacement of the propellers to a coarser pitch. The pitch change apparatus further comprises one or more fine hydraulic lines carrying hydraulic fluid to and from the fine chamber, and a coarse hydraulic line carrying hydraulic fluid to and from the coarse chamber. The apparatus further comprises a pressure-sensing check valve which fluidly isolates the coarse chamber from the coarse hydraulic line if the pressure in the coarse hydraulic line falls below a threshold pressure. | 2011-07-07 |
20110164999 | POWER PUMPING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A DOWNHOLE TOOL - A system and a method are disclosed herein that relate to powering a pumping system within a downhole tool. The system may include a turbine having a shaft extending therefrom, in which the turbine is configured to convert energy from a fluid received therein into rotational energy for the shaft. The system may further include a pumping system coupled to the shaft of the turbine, in which the pumping system includes one or more driving devices coupled to one or more displacement units. The displacement units may have a cavity formed therein, in which the cavity is configured to receive a fluid therein. The driving devices may then be configured to drive the displacement units such that the fluid is received within the cavity of the displacement units. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165000 | Hermetic Compressor - There is provided a hermetic compressor which has a simplified structure and can satisfactorily separate a lubricating oil from a refrigerant and efficiently discharge the refrigerant from a hermetic container. A discharge passage ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110165001 | HELICALLY ACTUATED POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMP AND METHOD - First and second structures are connected by helical fibers. The orientation between the first and second structures are changed, and by doing so, the positions of the helical fibers are correspondingly changed. The position of change of the helical fibers can be used for a pumping effect, or to change some other fluidic characteristics. One other fluidic characteristics, for example, may use the movement of the helical fibers as a valve. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165002 | CEILING FAN - A ceiling fan comprising: a fan motor and blade assembly, a mounting tube for suspending the fan motor and blade assembly from a ceiling, and a power supply mounted within the mounting tube configured to power the fan motor. Also a ceiling fan comprising a moulded stator frame, a raised turret integrally moulded within the frame configured to enclose and mount a motor controller, and an external user changeable auxiliary module. Also ceiling fan comprising: a totally enclosed safety extra low voltage fan motor assembly configured to be suspended from an upper side, and a sealing arrangement within the assembly providing a substantial degree of ingress protection against dust and water incident from at least an under side. Also a method comprising providing a ceiling fan comprising moulded stator frame, and mounting an external user changeable auxiliary module to a raised turret integrally moulded within the frame. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165003 | Pumping System And A Method For Pumping Fluids - The invention relates to a pumping system ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110165004 | ROTARY-TYPE 2-STAGE COMPRESSOR - The present invention provides a 2-stage rotary compressor which includes a hermetic container, a rotating shaft provided in the hermetic container and transferring a rotation force, a low pressure compression assembly including a low pressure roller eccentrically rotated around the center of the rotating shaft, a low pressure cylinder accommodating the low pressure roller, and a low pressure vane partitioning the inner space of the low pressure cylinder, a high pressure compression assembly including a high pressure roller eccentrically rotated around the center of the rotating shaft, a high pressure cylinder accommodating the high pressure roller, and a high pressure vane partitioning the inner space of the high pressure cylinder, a connection pipe providing a passage so that the refrigerant compressed in the low pressure compression assembly can be introduced into the high pressure compression assembly, and an injection pipe connected to the connection pipe. The inner diameter of a middle portion of the connection pipe is greater than the inner diameters of both end portions of the connection pipe. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165005 | PERISTALTIC PUMP AND IRRIGATION LINE - A flexible tube portion for an irrigation line connected to a supply of fluid for surgical or dental use is disclosed, wherein the flexible tube portion cooperates with rollers of a peristaltic pump for distributing fluid, and it includes means which, between two free ends thereof, define a distance, which, combined with the length of the tube portion, gives the tube portion a determined profile enabling its positioning directly underneath the raceway of the rollers of the pump. Also disclosed is a peristaltic pump including a plurality of rollers that roll over a flexible tube portion of an irrigation line connected to a supply of fluid for surgical or dental use, wherein it includes means for receiving the flexible tube portion in front of the plane in which the rollers move, then bringing the flexible tube portion underneath the rollers, and then pressing the tube portion against the rollers. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165006 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR - An object is to provide a scroll compressor capable of avoiding problems caused by abnormal wear of a retaining ring used to prevent a cylindrical ring from being detached. The scroll compressor includes a crank shaft having a crank pin ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110165007 | ROTARY ENGINE VANE HEAD METHOD AND APPARATUS - A rotary machine is described with a vane carried by a rotor in a housing. The vane includes: a central vane axis extending radially outward along a y-axis from a center of the rotor through the vane to the housing. A centrifugal force of the vane against the housing is primarily distributed with a first sealing element mounted on an end of the vane, such as a rotatable element supported by a rigid support. The rigid structure of the first sealing element facilitates use of a second flexible sealing element mounted on the vane end. The second flexible sealing element performs as a sliding seal between a trailing expansion chamber and a leading expansion chamber on opposite sides of the vane. The rigid seal and the flexible sliding seal typically function independently of each other as separate constituents of the tip or end of a given vane. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165008 | DEVICE FOR BRANCHING OFF A FLUIDIC PARTIAL FLOW - The invention relates to a device for branching a fluidic partial flow off a main flow by means of a hydraulic pump ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110165009 | GATE ROTOR AND SCREW COMPRESSOR - The present invention provides a screw compressor wherein, even if a gate rotor flexes owing to a temperature differential between a casing and a screw rotor during operation of a compressor, the gate rotor is prevented, with a simple configuration, from biting into the screw rotor, which reduces the amount of wear of the gate rotor and prevents a decline in the compressor's performance. The gate rotor ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110165010 | VANE PUMP - A vane pump includes: a rotor with slots; vanes mounted in the slots, and adapted to project from the slots; a cam ring surrounding the rotor; and a plate defining pump chambers in cooperation with the rotor, vanes and cam ring. The plate includes: a suction port; a discharge port; a first back pressure port that receives a suction-side fluid pressure, and hydraulically communicates with a first back pressure chamber corresponding to a first vane positioned in a suction region; and a second back pressure port that hydraulically communicates with a second back pressure chamber corresponding to a second vane whose distal end portion is positioned at a terminal end portion of the suction port. The second back pressure port includes: a first portion arranged to receive a discharge-side fluid pressure; and a throttling portion for restricting a fluid flow between the first portion and second back pressure chamber. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165011 | HIGH STRENGTH, HIGH TOUGHNESS STEEL ALLOY - A high strength, high toughness steel alloy is disclosed. The alloy has the following weight percent composition. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165012 | NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOY, MECHANICAL COMPONENT MADE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SUPER ALLOY, PIECE OF TURBOMACHINERY WHICH INCLUDES THE ABOVE MENTIONED COMPONENT AND RELATED METHODS - A nickel-based superalloy particularly suitable for the fabrication of mechanical components for a piece of turbomachinery that it comprises the following elements in percentage by weight: chromium between 3% and 7%; tungsten between 3% and 15%; tantalum between 4% and 6%; aluminium between 4% and 8%; carbon less than 0.8%; the remaining percentage of nickel plus impurities. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165013 | ANTITARNISH, ANTIMICROBIAL COPPER ALLOYS AND SURFACES MADE FROM SUCH ALLOYS - An antimicrobial, tarnish resistant copper alloy with a golden visual appearance comprising between about 1% and about 4% Ni, up to 3% Al, and optionally Zn and/or Mn up to a total of about 15%. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165014 | ALUMINIUM-BASED GRAIN REFINER - ALUMINIUM-BASED GRAIN REFINER, which contains zinc, titanium and carbon, synthesized by means of aluminium fusion and the subsequent addition of titanium, zinc and carbon. The microstructure of the master alloy is comprised by an alpha-aluminium matrix, intermetallic phase of TiAl | 2011-07-07 |
20110165015 | ALUMINIUM FOIL ALLOY - The present invention relates to a method of making an aluminium alloy product having a gauge below 200 μm. It also relates to an aluminium alloy product having a gauge below the same value and to containers for food packaging applications made from the aluminium alloy product. The invention is a process of manufacturing an aluminium alloy comprising the following steps: continuous casting an aluminium alloy melt of the following composition, (in weight %): Fe 1.0-1.8, Si 0.3-0.8, Mn up to 0.25, other elements less than or equal to 0.05 each and less than or equal to 0.15 in total, balance aluminium, cold rolling the cast product without an interanneal step to a gauge below 200 μm and final annealing the cold rolled product. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165016 | REFLECTIVE FILM FOR OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM AND SPUTTERING TARGET FOR FORMING REFLECTIVE FILM FOR OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is an Al-based alloy reflective film which reduces noise on an optical information recording medium by having a reflective film surface accurately reproduce grooves, pits and the like formed on a substrate, and has high reflectivity. A sputtering target which is effective for forming such a reflective film is also provided. The reflective film to be used for the optical information recording medium is substantially composed of an Al-based alloy containing 2.0-15.0 atm % of a rare-earth element, and has a crystallite size of 30 nm or smaller in the thickness direction of the reflective film. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165017 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR STERILIZING AND HOLDING BUFFERING SOLUTION CARTRIDGES - Trays comprising a base have a plurality of axial slots adapted to receive buffer or other medical solution containers within the slots. A spring or other compression element at the bottom of the slot is configured to engage a plunger at the bottom of the solution container when present in the slot so that pressure is applied to the contents of the container in order to stabilize the contents while the containers are sterilized at an elevated temperature. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165018 | AIR DECONTAMINATION UNIT - An air decontamination unit is described with a housing defining an interior, an intake and exhaust in direct communication with the interior, a blower—in operational communication with a control panel—for drawing in and moving air through the housing, which further includes a filter assembly, a UV lamp, an ozone lamp, and an ozone sensor for detecting the concentration of ozone therein—positioned in the interior of the housing, all in direct communication with the control panel. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165019 | STERILIZATION OF LIQUID DISPENSING APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for periodically sterilizing liquid dispensing apparatus, particularly vending machines, comprises circulating liquid feedstock via a return duct which incorporates an ozone generator. Ozone uptake is enhanced by chilling the circulating liquid. At the end of the sterilizing cycle a carbon based filter may be used to remove ozone from the circulating liquid. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165020 | MAINTAINING STERILE CONDITIONS IN A FLUID TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM - A capping device is configured to terminate a connector while disconnected from another connector in a fluid transportation system, e.g., for peritoneal dialysis. The connector comprises an exposed surface portion that is enclosed when the connector is connected to the other connector. The capping device comprises a body defining a chamber with an opening, a liquid-containing disinfectant in the chamber, a sealing element arranged in the opening to form a sealed cavity retaining the disinfectant, and a structure for engaging and guiding the connector towards the body such that a portion of the connector displaces the sealing element into the chamber. The sealed cavity is configured such that a displacement of the sealing element into the chamber actively presses the disinfectant out of the sealed cavity, for disinfecting at least part of the exposed surface portion. The capping device may be manufactured by introducing the liquid-containing disinfectant into the chamber through the opening, and by arranging the sealing element in the opening to form the sealed cavity. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165021 | SUB-CYCLE BASED AEROSOL DISINFECTION SYSTEM - A method of sterilising an object comprising the steps of i) placing an article to be sterilised in a sterilisation chamber; ii) providing a sterilising mist (for example hydrogen peroxide solution) to the sterilisation chamber, thereby to contact said article for a first duration; iii) providing a gas flow to said chamber for a second duration, thereby to displace, where present, said sterilising mist and to remove, where present, condensed mist from said article; wherein the total reduction in micro organisms over a time period encompassing the first duration and the second duration is less than log 6; and wherein steps ii) and iii) are repeated at least once to achieve a predetermined sterilisation parameter such as a predetermined sum total of contact time between the sterilising mist and the article, a predetermined sum total of sterilising mist provided to the sterilisation chamber or a predetermined level of sterilisation. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165022 | HYDROPHILIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICES FOR USE IN THE ASSAYING OF BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS - Diagnostic in-vitro devices for use in the assaying of biological fluids are provided which include cover plates or backing strips which exhibit hydrophilic properties to assist in transport of the biological fluid or retention of same within the device. Exemplary diagnostic devices include lateral flow devices, microfluidic devices and microtiter plates. The devices may also be comprised of low fluorescent material in order to facilitate any diagnostic determination by use of fluorescent emissions. Hydrophilic properties may be imparted to the cover plates or backing strips by physical or chemical treatment thereof. The cover plates or backing strips may exhibit heat sealable or pressure sensitive properties. | 2011-07-07 |
20110165023 | LABORATORY DEVICE UNIT HAVING A LABORATORY DEVICE AND A REMOTE CONTROL - A laboratory device unit ( | 2011-07-07 |
20110165024 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ANALYTES IN FLUID SAMPLES - A device for detecting the presence or amount of an analyte in a fluid sample and method thereof, comprises a sample collector and a receiving cup for receiving and holding the sample collector within the receiving cup. The sample collector contains a compressible absorbent member for collecting the fluid sample, and has a first position and a second, locked position within the receiving cup. The absorbent member is uncompressed in the first position and is compressed in the second, locked position. The sample collector or the receiving cup has at least one test element having reagents for detecting the presence or amount of the analyte in the fluid sample. | 2011-07-07 |