29th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 5 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140196588 | CYMBAL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD TO PRODUCE A MULTIPLICITY OF SOUNDS - A mounting assembly with different washer assemblies for a cymbal has a stand rod, an adjusting rod, an inner fastener, an outer fastener, an inner composite washer assembly and an outer composite washer assembly. The adjusting rod is mounted pivotally on the stand rod. The inner and outer fasteners are mounted securely on the adjusting rod. The inner and outer composite washer assemblies are mounted around the adjusting rod and are mounted between the inner and outer fasteners. The cymbal is mounted around the adjusting rod and is clamped between the inner and outer composite washer assemblies. Each washer assembly has a relative hard surface and soft surface as well as different diameters to provide a multiplicity of sounds available to the percussionist. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196589 | CYMBAL STAND AND METHOD FOR SETTING UP THE SAME - A cymbal stand for mounting at least one cymbal. The cymbal stand comprises a base assembly including a base pipe, a support pipe assembly including a first support pipe, and a first locking clamp for releasably locking said first support pipe and said base pipe together. The base pipe has an upper end and a longitudinal axis. The first support pipe has a length, opposite terminal ends and a first longitudinal axis along the length. The first support pipe is telescopically and coaxially movable relative to the base pipe. The first support pipe is connected to the base pipe along the longitudinal axis of the first support pipe by the first locking clamp at a nodal point of the first support pipe. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196590 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT STRING BENDER - A musical instrument string bending apparatus for a musical instrument having at least a first and second string is disclosed. The bending apparatus includes a bender lever pivotally secured to the musical instrument, a rocker arm pivotally secured to the instrument for varying the tension in the first string in response to movement of the bender lever between the first and second positions. A rocker arm mount secures the rocker arm to the first selected string in a first bending configuration or to the second selected string in a second bending configuration. The rocker arm is movable between the first selected string and the second selected string of the musical instrument. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196591 | Method and Device for Protection of Musical Instruments - Musical instrument protection devices are provided based a removable impact absorbing ring that shields the bell of a musical instrument. A continuous offset slit in the ring receives the bell of an instrument while minimally intruding on the sound of the instrument. The absorbing ring pads and shields the bell of the instrument. Tubing of the instrument is protected with removable pieces from a resilient material which are held on with clip features. The clip features tightly fit around the circumference of the instrument's tubing. The padding provides protection from impact damage on commonly susceptible areas. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196592 | CHORD BASED METHOD OF ASSIGNING MUSICAL PITCHES TO KEYS - Improvisation or playing along with a musical group or with a song is enjoyable to people and musicians of all ability levels. However, it is easy to play notes which do not harmonize with other notes and pitches which are being played. Provided herein is a method, computer program product and electronic device for assigning a set of pitches to a plurality of physical keys of an electronic device. The method may include the steps of obtaining an input chord, disassembling the chord into at least one base note and a plurality of individual voices, arranging a predetermined number of voices of the chord according to at least one predefined rule, and assigning at least one set of pitches to a plurality of physical keys of an electronic device, said set of pitches corresponding to the base note and arranged predetermined number of voices of the chord. The present method allows a musician to freely play along without the possibility of playing an errant note as the user does not control the actual pitch associated with the physical keys being played. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196593 | System for Remotely Generating Sound from a Musical Instrument - A system for remotely generating sound from a musical instrument. In one embodiment, the system includes an input configured to receive a signal representative of the sound of a first musical instrument, an exciter for converting the signal to mechanical vibrations, and a coupling interface for coupling the mechanical vibrations into a second musical instrument. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196594 | ELECTRIC STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF DESIGNING THE SAME - An electric stringed musical instrument includes: a string which vibrates by a performance operation; a body which supports the string via a bridge; a pickup sensor mounted on a portion which vibrates by a vibration of the string, the pickup sensor being configured to detect a vibration having propagated from the string and output an electric signal; a supporter having a spring structure which supports the bridge with respect to the body; and a damper mounted on a portion which vibrates by a vibration of the string, the damper being configured to damp a vibration of the bridge. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196595 | ELECTRIC STRINGED MUSICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF DESIGNING THE SAME - An electric stringed musical instrument including: a string which vibrates by a performance operation; a body which supports the string via a bridge; a pickup sensor mounted on a portion which vibrates by a vibration of the string, the pickup sensor being configured to detect a vibration having propagated from the string and output an electric signal; and a supporter having a spring structure which supports the bridge with respect to the body to bring a vibration characteristic of the electric stringed musical instrument closer to a vibration characteristic of one acoustic stringed musical instrument. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196596 | ROPE HAVING A LOW-FRICTION STRAND - A rope and a method of constructing the rope. The rope may be of 12×12 braided construction and include a core for its length. The rope includes a plurality of primary strands, and each of the primary strands includes a plurality of fibers which may be made of a high-friction material. The rope also includes a secondary strand surrounded by the plurality of primary strands. The secondary strand includes a plurality of fibers which may be made of a low-friction material. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196597 | COUNTERMEASURE DECOY SYSTEM INTENDED TO BE MOUNTED ON AN AIRCRAFT - In order to allow decoy projectiles ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140196598 | VEHICLE AND STRUCTURE SHIELD WITH A CABLE FRAME - An ordinance, such as a rocket propelled grenade, shield includes a net with hard points at select nodes of the net and cable guides on the side of the net. Cables under tension extend through the cable guides supporting the net typically in conjunction with a top cross bar, spaced top struts, and spaced bottom struts. This framis design facilitates entering and exiting the vehicle or structure. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196599 | AUTO REGULATING GAS SYSTEM FOR SUPRESSED WEAPONS - An auto regulating gas system to automatically regulate the operating speed of an auto loading weapon having a gas operating system by restricting the gas flow from the firing of a projectile. A gas block attached to the barrel or the weapon redirects a volume of propellant gases to cycle the weapon, the gas block including a gas port for directing propellant gases received from the a gas port of the barrel into the gas system. A spring-loaded plunger assembly is positioned within the gas block, the plunger assembly including a regulator plunger having a reduced flow orifice, a regulator bushing, a regulator spring, and a regulator cap, wherein the position of the regulator plunger within the gas block automatically controls an amount of gas that is allowed to enter the gas system. A mechanical backup linkage assembly is attached to the gas block as a backup device for returning the regulator plunger to a forward position in the gas block when a muzzle device mounted on a muzzle of the firearm is removed. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196600 | AIR ENGINE WITH ROTATABLE INTAKE-EXHAUST MECHANISM - An air engine includes a cylinder, a piston, a gas supply and an intake-exhaust mechanism. The gas supply supplies a compressed gas to move the piston reciprocating in the cylinder. The intake-exhaust mechanism connected to the cylinder and the gas supply includes a body and an intake-exhaust assembly. The body has a chamber, and an intake channel, an exhaust channel, an inlet port and an outlet port, which communicate with the chamber. The intake-exhaust assembly, rotatable within the chamber, controls the inlet port to be connected to the intake channel, and further controls the outlet port to be connected to the exhaust channel, so that the compressed gas enters the cylinder via the inlet port and the intake channel to drive the piston. After driving the piston, the compressed gas becomes an exhaust gas, which is exhausted from the cylinder via the exhaust channel and the outlet port. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196601 | Uniflow Steam Engine - Improvements to the steam engine for the purpose of small scale generation of electricity using biomass fuels and for co-generation of heat and electricity using biomass fuels in both developed and less developed countries are described. The engine is particularly well adapted to co-generation where the thermal load, as in building heating and many process applications, is extremely variable, because of its ability to operate efficiently under partial load. For the same reason, it would be suited to solar generated steam. Experiments have been conducted with steam as the working fluid. The design may in some or all respects be applied to other working fluids. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196602 | ANTI-ROTATE ATTENUATION DEVICE - A piston assembly, which may be part of a concentric slave cylinder for use in an automatic transmission, is provided. The piston assembly includes a piston and a piston cylinder disposed adjacent to the piston and having portions forming a receiving slot. A piston guide is attached to the piston. The piston guide has a main body portion and an alignment protrusion extending from the main body portion. The alignment protrusion is disposed in the receiving slot of the piston cylinder. The alignment protrusion includes a main alignment portion and a spring lever. The spring lever is separated from the main alignment portion by a gap. Compressible material is disposed in the gap. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196603 | CERAMIC PLUNGER WITH AT LEAST ONE CONTROL ELEMENT - A plunger for axial movement and rotation within a pump barrel of a fuel pump comprises a substantially cylindrically shaped plunger shaft made of a ceramic material, and at least one control element for controlling a rotational angle of the plunger. The at least one control element is attached to the plunger shaft. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196604 | Method and Device for Purging Bubbles in the Pipeline of Substrate Coater and Corresponding Substrate Coater - The present invention provides a method for purging bubbles in the pipeline of a substrate coater, which at least comprises: activating an injection pump for a first time, the injection pump injecting a photoresist into the pipeline of the substrate coater from a storage container; driving the photoresist to flow in the pipeline of the substrate coater and proceeding a purging bubbles process once; closing the injection pump for a second time after finishing the purging bubbles process; and activating the injection pump again and repeating the purging bubbles process until all small bubbles in the pipeline of the substrate coater being purged after the small bubbles in the pipeline of the substrate coater accumulate in the second time. The present invention correspondingly discloses a device for purging bubbles in the pipeline of substrate coater and a substrate coater. According to the embodiment of the present invention, it can improve the purging bubbles efficiency in the pipeline and save the photoresist. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196605 | DUAL-STAGE CYCLONIC AIR SEPARATOR - A dual-stage cyclonic separator is provided for separating debris from air in a bagless surface cleaning apparatus, along with a bagless surface cleaning apparatus incorporating such a cyclonic separator. A debris collection device used with a bagless surface cleaning apparatus is also provided, along with a method of separating debris from air using a bagless surface cleaning apparatus. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196606 | DESICCANT WHEEL DEHUMIDIFIER AND HEAT EXCHANGER THEREOF - A heat exchanger of a desiccant wheel dehumidifier, disclosed in the disclosure, includes a frame and multiple heat exchange platy tubes. The frame has an air inlet and an air outlet. The multiple heat exchange platy tubes are fixed on the frame and are substantially arranged side by side with each other. Every two of the multiple heat exchange platy tubes adjacent to each other are separated at an interval from each other to form a first flow channel. Each of the multiple heat exchange platy tubes includes a main body and at least one spacing wall. The main body has multiple second flow channels therein. The at least one spacing wall is located between two of the multiple second flow channels adjacent to each other. The air inlet and the air outlet communicate with the multiple second flow channels. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196607 | HEAT EXCHANGE IN FLUID DEGASSING - In one variation, a temperature-maintenance device includes a heater ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140196608 | CAPSULE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A BEVERAGE - The capsule according to the invention consists of a capsule body having a side wall and having a base which is integral with the side wall. The capsule comprises a lid that covers the capsule body in order to form a closed chamber, wherein said chamber contains a substance for preparing a beverage. The base can be penetrated by a device arranged outside of the capsule in order to conduct a liquid through the chamber. The capsule body is made of plastic, wherein the base has a penetration area and a reinforcement area. A central area of the base is designed at the penetration area and the reinforcement area is arranged around the penetration area. The reinforcement area is designed as at least one recessed section in the base, said section(s) running substantially in the circumferential direction. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196609 | PIZZA OVEN ACCESSORY FOR A BARBECUE - This invention relates to a pizza oven accessory ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140196610 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COOKING POULTRY AND FOWL - An apparatus for cooking poultry and fowl includes a longitudinally elongated upstanding main body having a plurality of side walls and an elongated angled beam secured to the bottom wall. A pair of wing shelves are disposed along the side walls and a generally V-shaped channel is disposed along an upper surface if the beam. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196611 | BAKING PLATE FOR BAKING OVENS - A baking plate for a baking oven for producing baked products such as soft waffles, crispy wafers, pancakes and the like. The baking plate has a carrier plate and one or more baking inserts disposed thereon, which are configured for receiving the batter to be baked. The baking inserts are formed from sintered ceramic that are very sturdy and tough and have low thermal expansion. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196612 | COOKING DEVICE - A door is pivotably coupled to a lower portion or an upper portion on the front side of a box so as to be opened vertically to an opening. A gap having a predetermined space is present at the lower portion or at the upper portion between the box and the door with the door closed. The box has an aperture section on the side for introducing outside air blown by an air blower mechanism into a heating chamber. The aperture section is positioned adjacent to the gap on a side surface of the heating chamber. The outside air introduced into the heating chamber through the aperture section moves so as to traverse the opening to block vapor produced from an object being cooked by heating with a heating device from leaking through the gap to the outside of the heating chamber. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196613 | MASTICATING SEPARATOR FOR SEPARATING FRUIT OR VEGETABLE JUICE FROM FRUIT OR VEGETABLE PULP - The present invention relates to a masticating separator for separating fruit or vegetable juice from fruit or vegetable pulp. The masticating separator comprises a housing ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140196614 | JUICE EXTRACTION MODULE FOR JUICER - A juice extraction module for a juicer is provided, which includes a container formed with a juice discharge port; a sieve positioned inside of the container; a screw positioned inside of the sieve to extract juice from a material; a lid coupled to a top end of the container and formed with an input portion through which the material is input; and a safety cover rotatably installed to a main input opening of a top end of the input portion to be movable between a first position and a second position. The safety cover includes a first cover portion erected to open the main input opening in the first position and closing the main input opening in the second position; and a second cover portion formed integrally with the first cover portion, the second cover portion moving the safety cover to the second position when the second cover portion is pushed by a downward applied force from the first position, whereby the first cover portion blocks the main input opening. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196615 | Square Baler With Improved Airflow Past The Knotters - At least part of the side of the crossbeam facing the knotter is inclined at an angle of more than ninety degrees to the upper wall of the baling chamber in order to permit a smooth flow of air from the fan past the knotter. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196616 | Unknown - A pressure roller for an apparatus for compaction of empty (disposable) hollow bodies (beverage containers), particularly plastic bottles or tin cans, having at least one rotating roller that is disposed at a distance from a counter-bearing, forming a gap, has an essentially cylindrical mantle surface that possesses multiple profiled partial regions of the same type and the same width in its working region, following one another in the axial direction. These profiled partial regions are separated from one another, in each instance, by a circumferential recess. Each of these profiled partial regions—viewed axially—has multiple sections that follow one another. At least one cam-shaped projection that projects radially away from the mantle surface is disposed in one of these sections. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196617 | Round Baler Debris Catcher - A novel round baler debris catcher is provided. The round baler debris catcher comprises a pair of panels that are attached in a rigid, angled relation to each other and are adapted to span the gap between a round baler's pickup head and rear axle. The present round baler debris catcher is flexibly attached to the rear axle of the round baler such that it can accommodate the vertical movement of the round baler when the round baler is in use. By spanning the gap between the pickup head and the rear axle, the present invention prevents leaves and fines from falling therethrough and ensures that they will be incorporated into the bales generated by the round baler. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196618 | DIGITAL EMBOSSING - A method of forming a digital embossing ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140196619 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND COMPENSATING FOR SYNCHRONIZATION ERROR - The present invention relates to a printing apparatus and method for measuring and compensating for a synchronization error and the present invention has been made in an effort to provide a printing apparatus and method for measuring and compensating for a synchronization error, which may compensate for the synchronization error between a roll and a substrate support part occurring due to a deformation, and the like which is caused by a printing pressure of the roll at the time of electronic printing. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196620 | INK WIPING SYSTEM FOR AN INTAGLIO PRINTING PRESS - There is described an ink wiping system ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140196621 | ROTARY OFFSET PRINTING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRINTING ON SUBSTRATES - A method and apparatus for printing on a printing material web is disclosed. A rotary offset printing machine includes a printing unit with two plate cylinders and a blanket cylinder. The blanket cylinder prints on the printing material web and the two plate cylinders are arranged relative to each other such that respective images from the two plate cylinders are transferred to an identical position on the blanket cylinder during the printing. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196622 | STAMP ASSEMBLY - A stamp assembly has a bracket, a stamping member, an ink cartridge, a spring, a housing and a pushing device. The stamping member is mounted in the bracket and is capable of being moved in a longitudinal direction relative to the bracket and being rotated. The ink cartridge and the spring are mounted in the bracket. The housing is mounted around the bracket and has a through hole formed through a front side of the housing. The pushing device is mounted on the front side of the housing and has a pushed member. The pushed member is slidably mounted in the through hole and is capable of pushing the ink cartridge out of the bracket. With the pushing device, the stamp assembly is convenient for a user to push and remove the ink cartridge. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196623 | REDUCING PRINT QUALITY DEFECTS - Reducing print quality defects can include printing a pattern with an offset printing device having a binary ink developer roller, determining a variation for a hue shift of the printed pattern; and varying gain in a feedback loop of a servo motor coupled to the binary ink developer roller to reduce the variation. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196624 | SAFE AND ARM EXPLOSIVE TRAIN - A Safe-and-Arm system for the prevention of unintentional operation of an explosive device by interrupting a detonation train, the system employing an interruptive transfer assembly made of silicon and suitable for implementing in a MEMS device, the assembly including a silicon based transfer charge carrier on a porous explosive passageway made by etching, the passageway extending between at least two ports on the circumference of the transfer assembly, and a drive means that can mechanically bring about at least one armed state of a detonation train. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196625 | Low Energy Mechanical Operating Cartridge - A low energy mechanical operating cartridge has an inner regulator core ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140196626 | PROPELLANT GAS OPERATION/INITIATION OF A NON-PYROTECHNIC PROJECTILE TRACER - The present disclosure is directed to propellant gas initiation of a non-pyrotechnic projectile tracer. In some embodiments, cartridge-propellant gasses act upon a piston to break a frangible chemiluminescent liquid chemical ampoule to initiate a luminous reaction independently of and prior to any projectile motion. The piston may be a distinct piston, a separate component functioning as a piston, or the overall tracer container acting in the manner of a piston. Embodiments of the disclosure are applicable to direct-fire ammunition ranging from small arms through large caliber main battle tank ammunition. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196627 | RAILCAR DAMPING DEVICE - A railcar damping device includes: a tank storing a liquid; a first opening/closing valve provided in a first passage connecting a rod side chamber to a piston side chamber, which are defined by a piston, to be capable of opening and closing the first passage; a second opening/closing valve provided in a second passage connecting the piston side chamber to the tank to be capable of opening and closing the second passage; and a pump that is driven to rotate at a predetermined normal rotation speed in order to supply the liquid from the tank to the rod side chamber, wherein a rotation speed of the pump is reduced when a thrust command value is smaller than a normal lower limit value, which is a lower limit value of a thrust that can be generated by the actuator when the pump is rotated at the normal rotation speed. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196628 | RAILCAR DAMPING DEVICE - A railcar damping device includes: a tank storing a liquid; a first opening/closing valve provided in a first passage connecting a rod side chamber and a piston side chamber, which are defined by a piston, to be capable of opening and closing the first passage; a second opening/closing valve provided in a second passage connecting the piston side chamber and the tank to be capable of opening and closing the second passage; a pump that is driven to rotate at a predetermined normal rotation speed in order to supply the liquid from the tank to the rod side chamber; and a temperature determination unit that determines a temperature of the liquid supplied to the actuator, wherein a rotation speed of the pump is reduced below a normal rotation speed when the temperature determination unit determines that the temperature of the liquid is lower than a predetermined temperature. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196629 | HYDROPHILIC PAINTS USING PIGMENTS COATED WITH ANTI-OXIDANTS - Hydrophilic coating compositions and methods to make and use the compositions are disclosed. The compositions include a photocatalytic pigment material made up of an inorganic pigment and a monomeric anti-oxidants and free radical scavenger that is contacted to the surface of the inorganic pigment. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196630 | MAGENTA DYES AND THEIR PREPARATION METHODS AND APPLICATIONS - The present invention relates to a class of magenta dyes, their preparation methods and applications. The magenta dyes include the compounds which simultaneously contain carboxyl group, sulfonic acid group and the carbonyl propyl sulfurylsulfonic acid on the anthrapyridone skeleton, showing in the form of general formula (I) or their mixtures. In the general formula (I): A may be cation M | 2014-07-17 |
20140196631 | VISUAL ASSAYS FOR COATINGS INCORPORATING BIOACTIVE ENZYMES FOR CATALYTIC FUNCTIONS - Disclosed herein are materials such as a coating, comprising a lipolytic enzyme or organophosphrous compound degrading enzyme. Also disclosed herein are methods of visually detecting enzyme activity in a coating by contacting the coating with a substrate of an enzyme and a visual indicator that changes appearance upon production of a product of enzyme activity on a tack-free coating surface. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196632 | System for Manufacturing a Proportional Slurry - A novel apparatus for the manufacture of high solid content lime and/or cement slurry that can be used in stabilization applications. The novel apparatus uses nozzles directed at a diffusion baffle to insure proper wetting of the lime or cement based material in order to produce a sufficiently homogenous slurry that sufficiently remains in suspension so that it can be used in stabilization applications without the need for additional mixing. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196633 | Secondary Containment Pallet Having Flexible Walls - A secondary or spill containment pallet that is the combination of a base or reservoir member composed of a flexible, non-self-sustaining material, one or more horizontally disposed apertured deck members, and an internal load-bearing support structure capable of supporting the deck member and liquid containers disposed on the deck members. The support structure maintains the deck members a suitable distance above the bottom of the base member such that a large internal volume is created, whereby liquid leaking or spilling from the containers will be received and retained within the base member, the walls of which are suspended from or attached to the deck members. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196634 | TRANSPORT UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF THE SAME - A transport unit comprising a load carrier ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140196635 | READY TO ASSEMBLE ADJUSTABLE TABLE AND METHOD FORPACKAGING SAME - A vertically adjustable table height system having a first assembled configuration for seating and a second unassembled configuration for storage and shipping, having a horizontal seat, a support frame having leg assembly members and interchangeable legs that assemble quickly and disassemble into a configuration that optimizes space when shipped. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196636 | SAFE WEAPON CONTAINER FOR SECURELY RELEASING A DEFENSE WEAPON - Some embodiments of the invention provide a safe weapon container for securely holding a defense weapon that is only accessible to an authorized user upon one or more successful biometric inputs that authenticate the identity of the authorized user. The safe weapon container includes a safe, a surveillance camera, an audio intercom, a biometric input device, a door status contact device, a tamper switch, a delay release lock, and an internet protocol (IP) module. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196637 | A Combustion System - This invention relates to a combustion system. The combustion system includes a fireplace which has a fire base, a primary combustion zone for pyrolysising and/or combusting a biomass fuel, and a secondary combustion zone for combusting gases and/or particulate matter produced from the pyrolysis and/or combustion of the biomass fuel. The combustion system also includes an exhaust flue, the exhaust flue extending to a position near to, or adjacent, the secondary combustion zone and/or the fire base. The invention may be particularly suitable for use in relation to wood burners, either by retrofitting to existing wood burners or by incorporating into new wood burners. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196638 | COMBUSTION DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR COMBUSTING GRANULAR, SOLID FUEL - Disclosed is a combustion device and method for combusting granular, solid fuel, for example wood pellets. The combustion device includes a chamber having an outer wall and an inner wall, which inner wall divides the chamber into a combustion air space and a combustion chamber. Further, the combustion device includes at least one blast apparatus for providing primary combustion air and secondary combustion air and a rotating unit for rotating the combustion chamber. The inner surface of the combustion chamber includes a number of steps for lifting combustion fuel in the combustion chamber, when the combustion chamber is rotated. Further, primary combustion air is provided into the combustion chamber for contributing combustion of combustion fuel and for moving combustion fuel on the steps. In addition, secondary combustion air is provided into the combustion chamber for removing completely combusted fuel and/or combustion gases from the combustion chamber. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196639 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE PROCESS PARAMETERS ASSOCIATED WITH A COMBUSTION PROCESS - The present invention relates generally to the generation of steam via the use of a combustion process to produce heat and, in one embodiment, to a device, system and/or method that enables one to control one or more process parameters of a combustion process so as to yield at least one desirable change in at least one downstream parameter. In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a system and/or method for controlling at least one process parameter of a combustion process so as to yield at least one desirable change in at least one downstream process parameter associated with one or more of a wet flue gas desulfurization (WFGD) unit, a particulate collection device and/or control of additives thereto and/or a nitrogen oxide control device and/or control of additives thereto and/or additives to the system. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196640 | TRANSPORTATION OF REFINERY SOLIDS WASTE - A method for disposing of solid refinery waste is disclosed. The method includes removing solid waste constituents from inside a refinery tank using excavating machinery, delumping the solid waste constituents, and conveying the delumped solid waste constituents into a mobile tank. The method further includes transporting the delumped solid waste constituents in the mobile tank to a burning facility, adding at least one diluent, mixing, and pumping from the mobile tank a flowable mixture of refinery waste and the at least one diluent at the burning facility. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196641 | Collection and Distribution of Plant Material - A method of reclaiming disturbed land including designating an area of land with propagules as a source area and collecting a portion of the propagules from the area. A portion of the propagules are distributed on disturbed land. Propagules are collected by taking cores or elongate sections of material from the source area using cutting elements such as core tubings or cutting discs. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196642 | PLANTING UNIT FOR A SEEDING MACHINE HAVING BLOCKING MEMBER TO CONTROL HAND-OFF OF SEED FROM A SEED METER TO A SEED DELIVERY SYSTEM - A planting unit for a seeding machine having a seed meter with a metering member that moves seed sequentially along a first path to a release position at which the seed is moving in a first direction and a delivery system adapted to take seed from the metering member at the release position and control movement of the seed from the seed meter to a discharge location adjacent a seed furrow formed in soil beneath the seeding machine. The delivery system, at the release position, moves seed in a second direction along a second path. A blocking member located adjacent the first path immediately preceding the release position prevents movement of the seed in the second direction until the seed has passed the blocking member | 2014-07-17 |
20140196643 | Seed Metering Apparatus For A Farm Implement - The present invention is directed to a hopper for a seed metering system that has a series of individualized and independently controlled metering units. The hopper has a plurality of discharge openings that can be selectively opened and closed to expose an opening to a respective one of the plurality of metering units. Each seed metering unit is selectively driven by a common drive member, such as a drive shaft. When a seed metering unit is engaged with the drive member, the unit will meter granular material. On the other hand, when the seed metering unit is not engaged with the drive member, the metering unit will not meter granular material. Hence, the present invention provides a seed metering apparatus that provides effective sectional control. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196644 | Seed Delivery Apparatus For A Farm Implement - A seed metering assembly for a farm implement has a meter roller that can be accessed and removed in a relatively quick manner. The seed metering assembly includes a fluted meter roller that is segmented into a number of discrete fluted sections. Each fluted section has an associated flow control member that is selectively operable to impede the flow of granular material from a seed hopper to its corresponding section of the fluted meter roller. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196645 | Method Of Providing Sectional Control During Seeding Of a Field Using A Farm Implement - A seed metering assembly for a farm implement has a meter roller that can be accessed and removed in a relatively quick manner. The seed metering assembly includes a fluted meter roller that is segmented into a number of discrete fluted sections. Each fluted section has an associated flow control member that is selectively operable to impede the flow of granular material from a seed hopper to its corresponding section of the fluted meter roller. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196646 | Seed Metering Assembly For a Farm Implment - The present invention is directed to a seed metering assembly comprised of a set of stand-alone modular seed metering units. Each seed metering unit is selectively driven by a common drive member, such as a drive shaft. When a seed metering unit is engaged with the drive member, the unit will meter granular material. On the other hand, when the seed metering unit is not engaged with the drive member, the metering unit will not meter granular material. Hence, the present invention provides a seed metering apparatus in which the number of seed metering units can be scaled to match the number of distribution headers of a seeding implement. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196647 | Method of Forming A Mattress Cover Border Panel - A multi-needle quilting machine ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140196648 | VERTICALLY-VARIABLE OCEAN SAIL SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide mechanical sail systems, methods, apparatus, and code which allow use of the Magnus effect to provide thrust to a ship. In some embodiments, a mechanical sail system is provided which includes a silo, positioned below a deck level of a ship, a lift carriage, mounted within the silo, and supporting a first sail cylinder and a second sail cylinder, and at least a first drive motor coupled to a control system for selectively positioning the lift carriage within the silo, the control system operable to control the at least first drive motor to position the lift carriage at a top position within the silo to deploy the first and second sail cylinders. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196649 | ARRANGEMENTS FOR WINDSURFING - Tills disclosure relates to a windsurfing board kit ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140196650 | MOTORIZED WATER VEHICLE ADAPTED FOR SUPPLYING A PRESSURIZED FLUID AND ASSOCIATED DELIVERY SYSTEM - A Motorized Water Vehicle (MWV) adapted to operate as a fluid-compression station in addition to the primary transport function thereof. Such an MWV can supply compressed fluid to a third device. In a preferred and non-exhaustive manner, such an MWV can supply a passenger propulsion device allowing the propulsion device to move through the air or through a fluid. A propulsion system is thereby provided, in which a remote station is a motorized water vehicle adapted to engage with a propulsion device. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196651 | Valve Assembly for a Bilge Pump System - A valve assembly for a bilge pump system having first and second bilge pumps each connected to a single hull outlet includes a valve body having a first inlet port for connection to the first bilge pump, a second inlet port for connection to the second bilge pump, and an outlet port for connection to the hull outlet. A first one-way valve operates at the first inlet port for allowing flow into the first inlet port to the outlet port and preventing flow out of the first inlet port from the second inlet port and/or the outlet port. A second one-way valve operates at the second inlet port for allowing flow into the second inlet port to the outlet port and preventing flow out of the second inlet port from the first inlet port and/or the outlet port. The valve assembly enables the second bilge pump to be connected to the single hull outlet and eliminates the need to cut an additional outlet opening in the hull. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196652 | Solar Powered Iluminated Boat Cleat - The boat cleats of the invention are typically mounted on the watercraft and docks adjacent to the water for tying watercraft to piers as well as to other watercraft and disclose a solar powered modular structure supported within a boat cleat mechanical housing support structure. This arrangement provides savings associated with the provision of through-the-dock wiring access, easy removability for replacement, maintenance and servicing, and which is sealed against the environment. The self contained solar powered modular structure may have communications capabilities to enable distributed control and sensing. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196653 | TAILBUOY STABILIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD - Devices and methods for stabilizing a tailbuoy attached to a streamer towed during a marine survey are provided. The tailbuoy includes a floating body configured to be connected to the streamer, and a keel attached to the floating body. The keel is configured to stabilize a motion of the tailbuoy along a towing direction while in a working state, and to be switched between the working state in which the keel is partially submerged and a retracted state in which the keel is removed from water. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196654 | Floating Wind Turbine Platform with Ballast Control and Mooring System - A floating wind turbine platform includes stabilizing columns, a tower, water-entrapment plates connected to the stabilizing columns, and a ballast control system. The tower is mounted over one of the columns. The stabilizing columns include internal volumes for containing a ballast. The ballast control system includes an alignment sensor and a controller. The alignment sensor is configured to detect a rotation of the tower. The controller is configured to direct a transfer of ballast from one column to another column to adjust an alignment of the tower. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196655 | DISPLACEMENT HULL FORM NOT SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATION OF HULL SPEED - A displace hull with a shape that is both laterally symmetric and fore-to-aft symmetric is disclosed. The hull includes a pair of channels that help to manage a flow of water around the hull. The hull also includes sponsons and propellers that are located amidships on the port and starboard sides. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196656 | RESCUE BOAT - Embodiments of a rescue boat are disclosed. A rescue boat can include a port pontoon, a starboard pontoon, and a deck, the deck being attachable to the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon. A method of launching the rescue boat includes placing a port pontoon, a starboard pontoon, and a deck in proximity close to a launch point; mating the deck with the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon; attaching the deck with the port pontoon and the starboard pontoon; mounting a motor on a motor mount on the deck; and launching the rescue boat formed by the port pontoon, the deck, and the starboard pontoon. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196657 | ROTATION INDICATOR - For mounting on a wheel nut or similar a rotation indicator device includes a body of one piece construction having an annular portion to releasably fit in non-rotatable manner onto the nut and having an end wall portion provided with an indicator. The indicator is provided within the periphery of the device, at a position which, in use, overlies the nut to which it is fitted, by having at least one opening in the end wall portion with free edges configured as the indicator (e.g. pointer with tip). The one piece device may also include side walling of part annular configuration extending between the annular portion and the end wall portion with the free edges being where the side walling is not connected to the end portion. A support post may then extend between the annular portion and the end wall portion at a location remote from the side walling. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196658 | INTEGRATED CHARGE PRODUCTION ARCHITECTURE - The present invention relates to fabrication and application of compositions, devices, methods and systems for utilizing radiation more efficiently as compared to known systems. A synthesis method provides deposition of titania on a substrate without the use of an electrochemical reaction. An integrated architecture formed by the method of the present invention is comprised of vertically-oriented, one-dimensional, monocrystalline, n-type anatase nanowires in communication with a common transparent conductive substrate, and which are intercalated with a consortia of p-type quantum dots tuned for absorption of infrared and other radiation. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196659 | APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING INGOT AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING INGOT - An apparatus for fabricating an ingot includes a crucible for receiving a raw material, wherein the raw material has a shape extending in one direction. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196660 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTAL PRODUCING METHOD - A nitride semiconductor crystal producing method, includes growing a nitride semiconductor crystal over a seed crystal substrate, while applying an etching action to an outer end of the seed crystal substrate during the growing of the nitride semiconductor crystal. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196661 | OVERSPRAY PROTECTION SYSTEM - A spray system sprays an object within an enclosure. A plurality of gutters affixed to sidewalls of the enclosure catch excess spray for reuse. The gutters are affixed to sidewalls and hold a garment such that a shield is formed that protects the areas under a platen from overspray. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196662 | Nanoclad Pipe Weld Repair, Systems and Methods - An in situ apparatus, system, and method for cladding or repairing cladding in installed pipelines are presented. The apparatus can include a coating collar, a material reservoir, a cladding head, an adjustable cladding chamber, and a chamber controller. The coating collar can include an external surface, a first circumferential wall, and a second circumferential wall and forms the adjustable cladding chamber along with interior wall of the pipe. The coating collar can have an aperture to include and allow deployment of the cladding head through it. The cladding head can be operatively coupled with the cladding material reservoir to allow efficient deployment of the cladding material on the pipe surface. The chamber controller can be coupled with the adjustable cladding chamber to control dimensions of the chamber thus restricting and controlling the environment and enabling efficient functioning of the cladding head and limiting grain growth in applied nanoclad materials. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196663 | ALIGNMENT DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An aligner includes a plurality of substrate rotators and a shaft member. Each substrate rotator includes a holder, a notch detector, an electromagnetic clutch and a driving belt. Each holder sucks the back surface of the substrate under vacuum and horizontally holds the substrate. Each notch detector detects a notch formed at the substrate, and supplies a detection result to the corresponding electromagnetic clutch as a detection signal. One end of the shaft member is connected to a motor. The shaft member is continuously rotated by the motor. Each electromagnetic clutch switches to a connection state in which rotational force of an inner periphery is transmitted to an outer periphery and a disconnection state in which rotational force of the inner periphery is transmitted to the outer periphery according to a detection signal supplied from the notch detector. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196664 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TUNGSTEN HEXAFLUORIDE RECOVERY AND REUSE - Condensable materials, such as but not limited to tungsten fluoride (WF | 2014-07-17 |
20140196665 | VISION SYSTEM FOR ROBOTIC ATTACHER - A system includes a robotic arm on which at least one camera is attached. It further includes a memory and a controller communicatively coupled to the memory. The memory stores historical information associated with a dairy livestock. The historical information include a previously-determined location of a teat of the dairy livestock. The controller moves the camera on the robotic arm toward the previously-determined location of the teat. The camera generates an image of the teat of the dairy livestock from a position to which it is moved, and the controller determines a current location of the teat of the dairy livestock based at least in part on the image. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196666 | ABSORBENT PAD FOR USE WITH ANIMAL CAGING SYSTEMS - A fluid absorbent assembly includes a fluid absorbent material located in an animal cage or in a liner inserted into the cage. The fluid absorbent material may comprise or be combined with a material that absorbs or neutralizes noxious vapors. A fluid permeable animal support structure may be located over the fluid absorbent material. The fluid absorbent material, which may be contained in a pad, may be contained in a housing that also forms the animal support structure. In the event of a drinking valve leak or other fluid leak within the cage, the fluid absorbent material expands and raises any animals located within the cage. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196667 | ANIMAL ENCLOSURE - An enclosure ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140196668 | PORTABLE PET CARRIER AND VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION BAG - A portable pet carrier and vehicle transportation bag. The bag includes a plurality of straps that are capable of independently disconnecting from one another for securing and adjusting the straps around one or more components in an interior cabin of a vehicle. Stabilizing bars or elements disposed within an interior cavity of the bag help ensure balanced operation when the bag is secured within the interior cabin of the vehicle. The bag is adapted to engage with a removable cover, either during manufacturing or by a consumer for altering the look or functionality of the bag as desired. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196669 | SMALL ANIMAL LITTER CONTAINER - A small animal litter container is provided with an enclosed design that keeps animal elimination products contained within the litter material and/or the container without leakage and avoids spillage of these materials beyond the container. Cylindrical telescoping interior and exterior housing sections engage to form a covered elimination area within the container. A corresponding keyhole-type of opening in each housing section aligns when the housing sections are engaged to form an animal access door with a unique angled shape that guides an animal to the inside elimination area. A base housing section is formed with a circular cross-section unitary wall with a height that effectively captures and contains all products of elimination without leakage or spillage beyond the container. The present small animal litter container may be used effectively by all kinds of pets, including cats and dogs, whether they exhibit typical or atypical elimination behaviors or habits. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196670 | Animal Self-Grooming Device - An animal self-grooming device includes a rectangular sheet of flexible material that has an interior surface and an exterior surface. The rectangular sheet is rolled into a generally tubular-shaped enclosure that is open at opposite ends and includes a longitudinally extending seam. A plurality of bristles or tuffs is affixed to the rectangular sheet substantially along the interior surface. A pair of flexible securement band encircles the rectangular sheet about the exterior surface and has opposed ends that are secured to the rectangular sheet at opposite edges of the seam so as to prevent separation of the seam. A tubular sheath encircles the rectangular sheet and the first and second flexible securement bands. The tubular sheath has opposed open ends that cooperatively align with the opposite open ends of the rectangular sheet. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196671 | COLLAPSIBLE TACTILE MAZE PET TOY - The invention relates to a novel pet toy that utilizes tactile signals to solve the maze puzzle and is collapsible allowing for compaction during play. Soft sides allow for compaction and reconfigurable inner walls create a potentially new and unique trajectory for the solver of the maze. A treat may be placed inside for reward motivation and to activate sensory triggers of an animal though the toy could be utilized by a human child as well. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196672 | PLUG-IN LOCK FOR CONNECTING LINE ELEMENT AND AN ANIMAL TETHER WITH SUCH A PLUG-IN LOCK - A plug-in lock ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140196673 | Acoustically Enhanced Pet Animal Collar for Health & Vital Signs Monitoring, Alert and Diagnosis - An acoustically enhanced collar for monitoring vital signs of a pet animal, may comprise an elastic band having a working surface configured to wrap around a neck of a pet animal and an oppositely faced rear surface, at least one sensor element situated along a circumference of the band and configured to measure at least one bioparameter from the following bioparameters: temperature, heart rate, respiration rate, movement; at least one acoustic concentrator projecting as a bump toward the neck from the working surface on a first side of the at least one sensor element; at least one acoustic concentrator projecting as a bump toward the portion from the working surface on a second side of the at least one sensor element and acoustic balancers projecting from the rear surface at least partly behind the acoustic concentrators. Preferably, the acoustic concentrators and balancers have a base end having an “X” shape. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196674 | LIQUID-COOLED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH LIQUID-COOLED CYLINDER HEAD AND WITH LIQUID-COOLED CYLINDER BLOCK - One approach to provide engine cooling for an internal combustion engine includes pumping coolant from a pump output, in parallel, directly to a block and a head upper coolant jacket; flowing coolant from the block directly to a head lower coolant jacket; discharging coolant from the upper and lower jackets only to a control block; and selectively directing cooling from the control block to each of: a cabin heater; radiator bypass line; and the radiator. In this way, an increased demand for pre-warmed coolant can be met, for example in the case of low outside temperatures. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196675 | CRANKDISK BEARING SUPPORT FOR THE WAISSI INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An improvement to the Waissi type opposed piston internal combustion engine is proposed. The engine has at least one pair of aligned and opposed cylinders with one reciprocating double-headed piston assembly in each cylinder pair. The reciprocating motion of the piston is transmitted to the driveshaft by a rotating crankdisk, which is off-centered mounted to the driveshaft. The high friction metal to metal contact between the crankdisk and the piston contact wall is replaced by a combination of a roll resistance and friction under hydrodynamic conditions resulting to a significantly reduced total resistance between the piston and the crankdisk. This is accomplished by utilizing a bearing ring assembly slidably installed on the annular perimeter surface of the crankdisk. The bearing ring is held in place by a linear U-profile groove, which is casted or machined on each the piston contact slot wall of the integrated piston assembly respectively. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196676 | VALVE TIMIING CONTROLLER - A valve timing controller includes: a driving-side rolling body configured to rotate synchronously with an engine crankshaft; a driven-side rolling body configured to rotate in a unified manner with a camshaft for opening/closing an engine valve relative to the driving-side rolling body; an advance chamber, and a retard chamber; a torsion spring disposed in a space formed between a front plate or a rear plate of the driving-side rolling body and the driven-side rolling body and configured to bias at all times the driving-side rolling body and the driven-side rolling body in the advance direction or the retard direction; and a first cylindrical portion provided in the front plate or the rear plate and a second cylindrical portion provided in the driven-side rolling body, the first and second cylindrical portions being insertable into each other in an axial direction. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196677 | PHASE VARYING APPARATUS FOR AUTOMOBILE ENGINE - A phase varying apparatus capable of smoothly varying the phase angle of a camshaft relative to a drive rotor by comprising: a drive rotor supported by a camshaft and driven by a crankshaft; a first control rotor integral with the camshaft; a first torquing mechanism for providing the first drive rotor with a torque in one direction, and a reverse rotation mechanism for proving the first control rotor with a torque in the opposite direction, wherein the reverse rotation mechanism comprises a first radius-decreasing guide groove formed in the control rotor, a crank member adapted to rotate about a position offset from the rotational axis of the drive rotor, and a first pin mechanism mounted on the crank member and movable in the radius-decreasing guide groove, and a second operative mechanism for rotating the first control rotor in the opposite rotational direction relative to the drive rotor. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196678 | GASOLINE FUEL COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE IN FUEL INJECTED ENGINES - A method for improving performance of fuel injectors, and a method for cleaning fuel injectors for an internal combustion engine. The methods include operating the engine on a fuel composition comprising a major amount of fuel and from about 1 to about 200 ppm by weight based on a total weight of the fuel of a reaction product of (i) a hydrocarbyl substituted compound containing at least one tertiary amino group and (ii) a halogen substituted C2-C8 carboxylic acid, ester, amide, or salt thereof, wherein the reaction product as made is substantially devoid of free anion species. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196679 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - To improve a propagation speed of a flame by effectively utilizing energy of the electromagnetic wave in the combustion chamber in an internal combustion engine that promotes combustion of fuel air mixture in a combustion chamber by means of an electromagnetic wave. The internal combustion engine includes, in addition to an internal combustion engine main body and an ignition device, an electromagnetic wave emission device and a control device. The electromagnetic wave emission device emits an electromagnetic wave to the combustion chamber while the flame is being propagated after ignition of the fuel air mixture. The control device controls a frequency of the electromagnetic wave emitted to the combustion chamber in view of a resonant frequency of the combustion chamber in accordance with an operation condition of the internal combustion engine main body or a propagation condition of the flame. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196680 | CERAMIC GLOW PLUG - A ceramic glow pug has a structure in which a portion of an embedded resistor is exposed on a portion of a substrate and forms an exposed surface of an electrode taking-out portion. The resistor formed of an electrically conductive ceramic is embedded in the substrate formed of an electrically insulating ceramic, and a portion of the resistor is exposed on the surface of the substrate and has an exposed surface. The exposed surface and the embedded portion differ in stress acting on the substrate, which may decrease the breakage resistance in the vicinity of the electrode taking-out portion. The shape of the exposed surface is such that dimensions, in the axial and circumferential directions, fall within a range of 1.0 mm to 1.8 mm. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196681 | ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS - Upon gear disengagement, a pinion gear drive means actuates a pinion gear to disengage from a ring gear while the starter motor of a starting device is rotated or while injectors of an engine are caused to inject fuel into cylinders of the engine to ignite an air-fuel mixture therein, thereby releasing the gear disengagement. Applied to an idling stop-capable vehicle that engages the starter pinion gear with the engine ring gear beforehand to shorten the time to restart, the inventive control apparatus with the above feature releases unfailingly the engagement against metal-to-metal frictional force that causes the gears to be stuck with each other upon engine stop. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196682 | PRESSURIZED ENGINE ENCLOSURE WITH AIR FILTER FOR AN AGRICULTURAL WORK VEHICLE - An engine enclosure ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140196683 | COMPRESSOR COMPRISING A PRESSURE-RELIEF GROOVE - A compressor is disclosed. In one aspect, the compressor includes a pressure chamber which is delimited by at least two housing parts, the housing parts including sealing surfaces that are connected by a connection device which applies a contact pressing force between the sealing surfaces. At least one groove extending in a circumferential direction is arranged on at least one sealing surface. At least one relief opening is arranged on at least one of the housing parts. The relief opening connects the groove to the surroundings of the compressor and emanates from the groove. The groove is arranged such that when a predetermined maximum pressure is exceeded in the pressure chamber, a pressure-building medium can gather in the groove and at least partially escape through the relief opening. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196684 | SPARK PLUG FOR AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - The invention relates to a spark plug for an internal combustion engine, in particular a gas engine. The spark plug includes a middle electrode and at least one earth electrode group, each comprising one or more earth electrode platelets. The middle electrode includes at least one middle electrode platelet having a middle electrode surface, and the middle electrode surface is inclined in a range from 0° to 50°, preferably to at most 45°, to a cross-sectional plane transverse to the longitudinal axis of the spark plug. Each earth electrode platelet of an earth electrode group has an earth electrode surface facing towards the middle electrode surface, spaced apart from the earth electrode surface and running substantially parallel to the earth electrode surface. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196685 | METHODS FOR REDUCING RAW PARTICULATE ENGINE EMISSIONS - The methods described allow for reducing particulate emissions from a direction injection engine during a starting phase, while also maintaining the engine start phase within a predetermined threshold. In one particular example, the methods comprise adjusting at least one of a fuel release pressure threshold and enrichment factor based on an engine condition; activating a starting device to rotate a crankshaft coupled to an engine cylinder without injecting any fuel; supplying fuel to the cylinder based on the enrichment factor only when a fuel pressure exceeds the fuel release pressure threshold; and stratifying a cylinder charge while adjusting a fuel injection within a compression phase and/or expansion phase of the engine. In this way, an amount of fuel injected may be evaporated in the combustion chamber while preventing a combustion wall wetting, which allows for reduced particulate emissions, particularly at reduced temperatures. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196686 | GASEOUS COMMON RAIL FUEL SYSTEM AND HIGH COMPRESSION RATIO ENGINE USING SAME - A gaseous fuel engine combines the efficiencies associated with high compression ratio engines with the attractiveness of fueling with natural gas. Each engine cylinder has an associated fuel injector positioned for direct injection and supplied with gaseous fuel from a high pressure common rail. A separate ignition prechamber is also supplied with natural gas and includes an ignition device. Hot gas generated by igniting a mixture of gaseous fuel and air in the prechamber are used to ignite a much larger charge of gaseous fuel injected into the engine cylinder from the fuel injector. The engine has a compression ratio greater than 14: to 1. | 2014-07-17 |
20140196687 | In-Cylinder Dynamic Gas Blending Fuel Injector And Dual Fuel Engine - A dual fuel engine utilizes a compression ignited pilot injection of liquid diesel fuel to ignite a mixture of gaseous fuel and air in each engine cylinder. The gaseous fuel is injected at a relatively low pressure directly into the engine cylinder from a fuel injector. The liquid diesel fuel is injected directly into the engine cylinder from the same fuel injector. In-cylinder dynamic gas blending during the compression stroke can reduce potential hydrocarbon slip that could occur when unburned fuel resides in crevice volumes within the engine cylinder. | 2014-07-17 |