32nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100202803 | Developer-Accommodating Vessel and Developing Device - A toner cartridge is mountable on a process cartridge. The process cartridge includes a supply roller. The toner cartridge includes a first accommodating unit and an agitating member. The first toner accommodating unit has a peripheral surface in which an inner hollow space for accommodating a toner is formed. The agitating member is disposed in the first toner accommodating unit and rotates in a rotating direction to agitate the toner. The peripheral surface has a wall portion formed with a first supply-hole at an upstream side in the rotating direction. The wall portion is curved about a reference line as a center of curvature and depressed inward the first toner accommodating unit. The reference line is outside of the first toner accommodating unit in a radial direction of the agitating member and extending in a prescribed direction. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202804 | PRINTING MACHINE AND PRINTING METHOD THEREFOR - A printing machine having a colorant support, a transfer device, a delivery apparatus, and a colorant stripper. The transfer device is arranged to transfer colorant from a reservoir onto the colorant support such that during operation of the printing machine, a colorant is transferred from the transfer device onto the colorant support. The delivery apparatus is arranged to deliver at least part of the colorant from the colorant support onto a printing medium or a transfer means. The colorant support and the colorant stripper are arranged so that during operation of the printing machine, non-consumed colorant is transferred from the colorant support onto the colorant stripper. The invention is also a method for printing using such an apparatus. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202805 | DEVELOPMENT DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A development device includes a developer containing part containing two-component developer, a cylindrical developer carrier to carry by rotation the developer to a development range, a first developer transport member disposed in the developer containing part, to supply the developer to the developer carrier while transporting the developer in an axial direction of the developer carrier, and a magnetic field generator disposed inside the developer carrier, having three developer-carrying magnetic poles, consisting of a development pole to generate a first magnetic field in the development range, a pre-development pole to generate a second magnetic field to transport the developer supplied from the developer containing part to the development range, and a post-development pole to generate a third magnetic field disposed between the first magnetic field and the second magnetic field, to transport the developer to a release position where the developer is separated from the developer carrier. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202806 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a developer carrying member, contactable to the image bearing member, for carrying a developer to a developing position to develop an electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member with the developer; a supplying member for supplying the developer to the developer carrying member, wherein a peripheral speed of the developer carrying member is not less than 1.05 times and not more than 1.20 times a peripheral speed of the image bearing member, and an arithmetic average roughness Ra is not less than 0.20 times and not more than 0.33 times a volume average particle size of the developer, wherein a potential applied to the supplying member is different from a potential applied to the developer carrying member toward a larger potential of a regular charge polarity of the developer. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202807 | TECHNIQUE AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING CONTAMINATION BUILD-UP ON FUSER ROLL BY REDUCTION OF STATIC CHARGE BUILD-UP IN IGEN3 FUSER SUBSYSTEM - A method and system for reducing contamination build-up within a fuser roll system are disclosed. The method and system includes a donor roll in rotational combination with a fuser roll. The donor roll can be configured to transfer a toner release agent to the fuser roll to reduce toner build-up on the surface of the fuser roll. A grounded static brush can be located proximate to the donor roll. The grounded static brush can be configured to inductively remove electrostatic discharge from the surface of the donor roll. The reduced electrostatic reduces contamination build-up on the fuser roll, and therefore increases the cycle life of the components of the fuser roll system. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202808 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FUSER NIP BALANCE CONTROL - An apparatus ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100202809 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - In a fixing device, a fixed member is provided inside a loop formed by a belt member, and is pressed against a rotary member via the belt member to form a nip portion between the rotary member and the belt member through which a recording medium bearing a toner image passes. In the fixed member, a low-friction sheet member is wrapped around a body in a sliding direction of the belt member in which the belt member slides over the fixed member in such a manner that the low-friction sheet member covers a surface of the body opposing the nip portion. At least one plate spring presses the low-friction sheet member against the body to apply a predetermined tension to the low-friction sheet member. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202810 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - An image bearing apparatus includes an image heating belt configured and positioned to heat a toner image on a sheet in a nip; an opposing roller, disposed opposed to the image heating belt, configured to form the nip between the image heating belt and itself; a pad, disposed so as to sandwich the image heating belt between the opposing roller and itself, configured to press the image heating belt toward the opposing roller in the nip; a pressure device configured and positioned to press at least one of the pad and the opposing roller so that the image heating belt is pressed between the pad and the opposing roller in the nip; a pressure changing device configured and positioned to change a pressure in the nip by the pressing device. The pad has a thickness, at its longitudinal central portion, larger than that at its longitudinal end portions. The pad has two curved surfaces, each of the two curved surfaces being curved toward the opposing roller so that the longitudinal central portion of the pad is closer to the opposing roller than the longitudinal end portions of the pad. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202811 | Reducing image artifact reduction method - Often times the glossing process results in an image artifact consisting of locally lighter image a fixed distance from the lead edge as a print is glossed. This artifact is most visible in areas of medium but consistent image. The present invention provides methods for reducing this artifact. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202812 | LUBRICANT APPLYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A lubricant applying device, includes: an image carrier; a lubricant; a lubricant applying member that contacts the image carrier and the lubricant, and maintains a portion of the lubricant on an outer periphery of the lubricant applying member due to rotating so as to apply the lubricant to the image carrier; and a solid material that is adjacently provided with the lubricant on an upstream side in a rotation direction of the lubricant applying member, wherein the solid material has a higher level of hardness than the lubricant and is worn out due to contact with the lubricant applying member. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202813 | IMAGE FORMING MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - There is provided an image forming mechanism including: an image carrier containing a lubricant in a photosensitive layer that is formed on a surface of the image carrier, and on which an electrostatic latent image is formed; a developing section developing the electrostatic latent image into a visible image by a developer that contains the lubricant; and a cleaning member formed with a first layer that contacts the photosensitive layer, and a second layer that is formed of a material having a lower modulus of repulsion elasticity than the first layer and that is layered with the first layer and that does not contact the surface of the image carrier. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202814 | SHEET BINDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet binding apparatus which forms concavity and the convexity on a sheet bundle including a plurality of sheets in a thickness direction so as to bind the sheet bundle, the sheet binding apparatus includes: a pair of concave-convex members, each of which has concave-convex portion in the thickness direction of the sheet bundle and which forms the concavity and the convexity on the sheet bundle in the thickness direction while niping the sheet bundle therebetween; wherein in the pair of concave-convex members, one of the concave-convex members has a greater difference in height of the concave-convex portion than that of the other concave-convex member which engages with the above-described concave-convex member. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202815 | INTERLOCKED ROLL TYPE APPARATUS - An interlocked roll type apparatus comprises: a first spool, two first flanges, a second spool, and two second flanges. The first flange has a first surface, a second surface, and a first periphery surface. The first surface has a first round protruding part. The first periphery surface has at least a first arc part, and the first arc part has a first arc protruding part protruding from the first surface. The second flange has a third surface, a fourth surface, and a second periphery surface. The second periphery surface has at least a second arc part having a second arc protruding part protruding from the third surface. The second arc part and the second arc protruding part are fastened with the first round protruding part of the first flange. The fourth surface has a second arc trench part for fastened with the first arc protruding part of the first flange. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202816 | HYBRID PRINTER - A printing device comprising a casing having a first part housing a first printing mechanism which comprises a printhead and a platen located at a print zone, and a holder for holding a roll of precut label stock in a position to pass through the print zone, and a second part housing a second printing mechanism which comprises a printhead and a platen located at a print zone and means for receiving a cassette housing image receiving tape in a position to pass through the print zone. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202817 | ROLL PAPER HOLDING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS AND HOLDING METHOD OF ROLL PAPER HOLDING APPARATUS - A roll paper holding apparatus includes a pull-out unit which can be pulled out and housed through an opening formed in a printing apparatus main body, a paper holding section which is provided in the pull-out unit and rotatably holds a roll paper in which a paper is wound into a roll shape, a contact body which is provided in the pull-out unit, and is openable and closable to the paper holding section according to a pull-out operation and a housing operation of the pull-out unit with respect to the printing apparatus main body, and an urging section which is provided in the pull-out unit, and urges the contact body opened to the paper holding section in a direction of contacting with a frame forming the opening of the printing apparatus main body when the pull-out unit is pulled out from the printing apparatus main body. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202818 | DEVICE FOR FEEDING A PRINTING-MATERIAL WEB TO AN ELECTROGRAPHIC PRINTING DEVICE - In a device for supplying a printing substrate web to an internal transport path of the printing substrate web of a printing device, a device accepts the printing substrate web from the printing substrate web source. A drive unit is provided at an output of the device and draws the printing substrate web from the device. A buffer device having a buffer reservoir is provided at an output of the drive unit. The buffer reservoir has a negative pressure device that generates a negative pressure in a buffer reservoir. The negative pressure acts on the printing substrate web to pull the printing substrate web drawn by the drive unit into the buffer reservoir and thereby tensions the printing substrate web before it is supplied to the internal transport path. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202819 | PAPER CUTTING DEVICE AND PRINTER - A paper cutting device comprising a fixed blade, a movable blade, a movable blade drive mechanism for moving the movable blade, wherein the movable blade and the fixed blade are disposed in substantially perpendicular positions. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202820 | cGMP COMPLIANT INDELIBLE INK PENS, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - The present invention conveniently and practically addresses a significant need. The invention provides pens that are clearly labeled with a phrase to indicate that the pens contain GMP-compliant indelible ink. In one aspect, the invention provides an apparatus for writing, comprising: (i) indelible ink; (ii) a construction suitable for containing the indelible ink; and (iii) a text-based label on an outer surface of the construction, wherein the label comprises a word or phrase intended to validate the apparatus for GMP compliance, FDA compliance, and/or EMEA compliance. In another aspect, a method is disclosed for providing a writing procedure that is GMP-compliant, FDA-compliant, and/or EMEA-compliant. In yet another aspect, the invention describes a method for labeling a pen containing indelible ink. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202821 | DEVICES FOR MARKING AND TAGGING BOOKS OR OTHER WRITING SURFACES - A device for marking and tagging locations in a book comprises an instrument having a tip to mark a surface, a body, a cap to cover the tip and a strap a strap forming a closed loop. The body includes a shell having a cavity to receive the instrument so that the tip extends past the shell, a bookmark extending away from the shell asymmetrically, the bookmark having a generally flat surface for removably connecting one or more tags, and a latch. The cap includes a bore for receiving the instrument, and a catch received by the latch so that the cap is selectably positionable in two positions. In a first position the tip extends through the bore and past the cap. In a second position the tip is covered by the cap. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202822 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING BODY-SHAPED PENHOLDERS - This relates to body-shaped penholders. In some embodiments, the penholder can be shaped like a body by, for example, including appendages such as arms and legs. In some embodiments, body parts such as, for example, tails, wings or any other suitable body parts can be included on the penholder. In some embodiments, accessories, clothing, props, faces or any other suitable enhancements can be combined with the penholder. A pen can then be decoratively and enjoyably stored in the penholder. In this manner, the penholder can favorably increase a person's fun and enjoyment by allowing a person to, for example, interact with, play with, or create a collection of the penholders. In addition, the penholder can add further functionality to a pen by converting the pen from a mere writing tool into a toy. This may favorably encourage a child to, for example, complete their school work or write creative stories. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202823 | CLAMPING ARRANGEMENT AND EJECTOR AND CONICAL RING FOR THE SAME - A clamping arrangement for the force-fit connection of an outer component arrangement having a recess to an inner component arrangement, the clamping arrangement including an inner conical ring and an outer conical ring wherein one of the conical rings has bores for the leadthrough of clamping screws and the respective other conical ring has threaded bores for screwing in the clamping screws to brace the inner and outer conical rings against one another via the mutually facing first and second conical peripheral surfaces, and against the inner and outer component arrangement. At least one of the bores for the leadthrough of the clamping screw having an ejector thread for an ejector screw and the diameter of the ejector thread being greater than the diameter of the corresponding clamping screw. The clamping arrangement further including an ejector ring with an ejector bore for the leadthrough of the ejector screw which can be screwed into the ejector thread and the ejector ring having an ejector surface for engaging a clamping screw head of a clamping screw that is incompletely screwed into the corresponding threaded bore for the transmission of an ejector force onto the clamping screw head during the screwing in of the ejector screw. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202824 | CONNECTOR FOR CONNECTING TWO HOLLOW SECTION-PIECE ENDS - Connector ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100202825 | SNAP-IN PIVOT PIN FOR UNIVERSAL JOINTS - A universal joint employs snap-in press pins to rotatably secure the center knuckle with the surrounding drive shaft cup providing a simplified assembly process. The press pins install flush or sub-flush with the outside of the steering shaft cup. A snap-lock feature permits one-direction axial movement only. Each snap pin includes a barb-like tapered flange with a lead-in ramp to aid installation. Once installed, a radially extending base on the backside of the flange abuts the inside wall of the drive shaft cup. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202826 | SNAP-IN PIVOT PIN FOR UNIVERSAL JOINTS - A universal joint employs snap-in press pins to rotatably secure the center knuckle with the surrounding drive shaft cup providing a simplified assembly process. The press pins install flush or sub-flush with the outside of the steering shaft cup. A snap-lock feature permits one-direction axial movement only. Each snap pin includes a barb-like tapered flange with a lead-in ramp to aid installation. Once installed, a radially extending base on the backside of the flange abuts the inside wall of the drive shaft cup. A locking clip may be employed to prevent removal of the snap pin. The locking clip includes two axially extending legs with barbs located at the end of each leg, said legs being resiliently biased outwardly and abutting an inside wall of said drive shaft cup when fully engaged with the pin. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202827 | Quick Release Joint System For Assembling Frames - A frame joint system including a first frame member and a second frame member. The frame members include laterally opening channels running axially thereof. The frame members are adapted to be rigidly secured together by quick release coupling. Embodiments of the frame joint system include mitered corner, end-to-face, face-to-face and end-to-end joints. The quick release coupling includes at least a first sleeve member and a gripping member. The gripping member is nested within the first sleeve member, and the first sleeve member is nested within the first frame member. The gripping member includes gripping elements that mate with a slot in a box rail element fixedly associated with the second frame member. Activating the gripping elements pulls the two frame members together into a rigid joint. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202828 | Barrier - A collapsible barrier ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100202829 | Vehicle Barrier with Release Mechanism - A barrier for arresting a vehicle. The barrier includes a net spanning an area through which the vehicle may pass, an anchor coupled to the net, a support arm arranged on one side of the area through which the vehicle may pass, a raising/lowering mechanism for raising and lowering the support arm, and a release mechanism arranged on the support arm, the release mechanism having an upper and a lower protrusion forming an interior space to accommodate a member coupled to the net, and the member and the release mechanism become uncoupled upon application to the net of at least a predetermined threshold force. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202830 | DEVICE REDUCING SPEED OF VEHICLES TRAVELLING ON A ROADWAY - The invention relates to a device reducing speed of vehicles travelling on a roadway, formed by at least one strip of flexible material, rubber or other similar material, made up of several hollow chambers which are interconnected by a calibrated conduit which enables the controlled passage of the fluid filling said chambers from that flattened by the wheel of the vehicle towards the adjacent chambers. The fluid contained therein is water, or a non-Newtonian fluid offering the higher viscosity, the higher the stress gradient applied thereto is, the fluid itself acting as means for controlling the resistance to deformation of the strip as the higher is the speed of impact of the vehicle in said strip. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202831 | Adjustable screed - An improved screed for contouring cementitious material around a central drain is described. The screed includes a drain pivot element adapted and constructed to be rotatably secured in a drain depression. An elongated material contact element adapted and constructed to uniformly contour the surface of cementitous material is provided. A height adjustment element connects the drain pivot element to the material contact element. The height adjustment element is used to set the operating height of the material contact element, the drain pivot element is secured to the drain, and the material contact element is placed in contact with the cementitious material and rotated to contour the material surrounding the drain into a uniform, generally frustoconical configuration generally concentric with the drain. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202832 | Civil Engineering Machine For Spreading Material For Spreading On Soils Or Base Materials - The invention relates to a civil engineering machine for spreading material for spreading on soils or base materials, and in particular to a civil engineering machine for spreading binders for soil or base material stabilization, which has a container ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100202833 | UNFOLDING RIDE-ON POWER TROWEL - Disclosed is an unfolding ride-on machine having a frame, a front cover and back cover supported by the frame, and internal workings supported by the frame and contained within an internal space. A right side cover and left side cover are pivotally connected to the frame. A seat platform is pivotally connected to the front or back covers. Each of the right side cover, left side cover, and seat platform are configured to pivotally transition between a closed configuration and an open configuration. In the open configuration, the internal workings are readily accessible. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202834 | Snow transportation system - A method for collecting and transporting snow includes the steps of providing a snow blower mounted to an inclined alpine mountain-side and a pipe cooperating with the snow blower to remove snow from the snow blower to a downhill location remote from the snow blower, urging snow into the snow blower and propelling snow from the snow blower into the pipe via a diffuser, transporting the snow downhill in the pipe, and delivering the snow from the pipe at a downhill location below the elevation of the snow blower. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202835 | Multilayer Films Having Breathable Regions for Use in Broadcast Fumigation - The present technology generally relates to multilayer films having breathable regions which are suitable for use as broadcast fumigation films and for other applications. More particularly, the present technology relates to multilayer films comprising at least one breathable layer and at least one barrier layer, where the layers are arranged so that the multilayer film has at least one region, such as at the edge of the film, that is breathable throughout its thickness. The present technology also relates to methods of manufacturing and using such multilayer films. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202836 | SOIL OR ROCK CONDITIONING MACHINE - A soil and/or rock conditioning machine including a feed hopper to feed material to be conditioned to a feed conveyor and a mixing chamber including one or more rotors to accelerate the material particles direct from the end of the feed conveyor against inclined surfaces in the mixing chamber. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202837 | PIPE GRIPPER DEVICE FOR PULLING PIPE AND METHODS OF USE - A pipe gripper device including first and second gripper bodies and a clevis assembly. The gripper bodies each have a head and an arm. The head forms a slot. The arm defines a grip segment proximate a leading end and forms a textured exterior surface. The arms are pivotably coupled and slidably contact one another along corresponding interiors. The clevis assembly includes a clevis mounted to the heads by a pin passing through the respective slots. The gripper device is transitionable between a contracted state and an expanded state by pivoting of the gripper bodies at the corresponding pivot points, with the pin sliding within the slots to define a limit of the expanded state. In the contracted state, the grip segments are readily inserted into a pipe; upon transitioning toward the expanded state, the grip segments engage the pipe interior for application of a pulling force. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202838 | ROCK BOLT - A hollow rock bolt comprising a shaft having a spiral form protruding from the exterior surface of the shaft, wherein the spiral form has a flank angle of between 30° and 60°. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202839 | DOUBLE-SIDED CUTTING INSERTS FOR HIGH FEED MILLING - A double-sided cutting insert with a plurality of indexable convex cutting edges can have a top face and a bottom face, at least three convex cutting edges on each face connected by at least three nose corners, at least three peripheral side surfaces extending from each face toward a virtual middle plane; and a common lateral seating surface on each peripheral side surface. Each convex cutting edge can have at least a curved cutting edge region, and can further have a primary substantially straight cutting edge region intermediate the curved cutting edge region and the nose corner. Each peripheral side surface can further have a primary planar facet associated with the primary substantially straight cutting edge, and each face may also be single-handed in same direction. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202840 | CUTTING TOOL, METHOD OF FORMING CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CUTTING TOOL - A cutting tip including a cutting edge portion made of a high-hardness material to take a thin-plate shape; and a support portion made of a material which is more worn in contact with a workpiece than the cutting edge portion not to exert a machining action on the workpiece even in contact with the workpiece, and securing and supporting the cutting edge portion on a reverse side of a rake face of the cutting edge portion. Thus, the width of flank wear is prevented from increasing and chipping of the cutting edge is prevented, so that the life of the cutting tip can be extended. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202841 | BORING MACHINE FOR TURBINE CASINGS - A boring machine including a rotatable boring bar carrying a tool holder that is movable radially of the boring bar, wherein a sensor is provided on the tool holder to sense the proximity thereof to a work piece having a variable radius of curvature in a plane perpendicular to the boring bar. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202842 | MULTIPLE CHUCK HAND TOOL | 2010-08-12 |
20100202843 | REAMER - The invention proposes a reamer having
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20100202844 | Combination of Center Drill and Drill Holding Tool - A drill holding tool includes a shaft and a drill-holding portion which has a recess defined axially in an outer periphery thereof so as to receive a flat center drill therein which has one end protrudes out from the distal end of the drill-holding portion. The recess is defined by two sidewalls and a bottom surface, and a threaded hole is defined through the bottom surface. Two semi-circular reception holes are defined in two insides of the two sidewalls and two positioning pieces are received in the reception holes. The center drill includes a positioning hole corresponding to the threaded hole in the recess and two semi-circular positioning notches in which the two positioning pieces are partially received. The center drill is a flat piece which saves material required and the positioning notches allow the center drill to be quickly and precisely positioned. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202845 | MULTI-PIECE DRILL HEAD AND DRILL INCLUDING THE SAME - One non-limiting aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a multi-piece spade drill head for a spade drill, wherein the spade drill includes an elongate body portion and a cutting portion removably secured to an end of the body portion. The multi-piece spade drill head includes at least two insert pieces, each piece including a cutting edge. The at least two insert pieces are configured to be removably secured to the body portion of the spade drill adjacent one another and with the cutting edges of the insert pieces aligned to together form a cutting edge on an end of the spade drill. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202846 | Tool Mounted Stud Finder - A tool adapter is disclosed configured to locate a stud such as that in a wall of a structure. The adapter comprises a mounting portion configured to releasably attach externally to a tool, and a detector portion configured to detect the presence of a stud. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202847 | TOOL FOR MACHINING A WORK PIECE AND METHOD FOR MACHINING A WORK PIECE - The invention relates to a machine tool for machining a work piece having a main spindle unit with a preferably vertical spindle axis, and a machining spindle unit, particularly a hobbing spindle unit that is arranged next to the spindle axis in a direction crosswise to the spindle axis to accommodate a machining tool, with said machining spindle unit being displaceable along a first guiding direction, in particular vertically (z) by means of a first guide and crosswise, preferably perpendicularly (x) or approximately perpendicularly displaceable to the first guiding direction, particularly the vertical, by means of a second guide, can advance to a work piece clamped in the main spindle unit, and can swivel around a swivel axis (B), preferably perpendicularly to the spindle axis (A) of the machining spindle unit, and with the machining tool having an arbitrary number of helically arranged machining elements, in particular a single- or multi threaded generating means, adapted to execute generating teeth manufacturing methods. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202848 | MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool including a base frame, a workpiece table, a machining unit, and a connection portion is disclosed. The base frame has a machining area. The base frame includes two left and right side frames and a connection frame connecting the two side frames. The workpiece table is arranged on the base frame in the machining area. The machining unit is arranged on an upper portion of the base frame and includes a spindle device. A connection portion connects the machining unit and the base frame in a detachable manner. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202849 | DUAL USE TRANSPORT VEHICLE - A transport vehicle includes a chassis ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100202850 | TIE-DOWN DEVICE - The present invention relates to a tie-down device comprising a base member and a retaining member, the retaining member having first and second retaining means suitable to retain the device in a channel, recess or the like, the first retaining means being engageable with a part of the channel or structure associated with the channel, and the second retaining means being engageable with another part of the channel or structure associated with the channel by pushing the retaining member to a distal position away from the base member and twisting the retaining member whilst in the distal position into engagement with the channel or structure associated with the channel. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202851 | Fastener for arranging a rod element on a mounting channel - The invention relates to a fastener ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100202852 | No-tools panel coupler and insert - A coupler to be embedded in a first (e.g., flat) panel and an insert to be embedded in a second (e.g., flat) panel to be joined to the first panel during the assembly of an article, for example, of furniture. The coupler includes a coupler body, a cam bolt rotatable within the coupler body, a cam head carried by and rotatable with the cam bolt, and a lever extending from the cam bolt to a location outside the coupler body at which to receive a rotational pushing force. The insert has a hollow interior, a closed leading end extending laterally across the hollow interior, and a window formed in the closed leading end and communicating with the hollow interior. The cam head of the coupler is moved through the window in the closed leading end of the insert. A rotational force applied to the lever causes the cam bolt to rotate within the coupler body, which rotation is imparted to the cam head. The cam head is correspondingly rotated at the hollow interior of the insert so as to move out of alignment with the window in the closed leading end thereof to be relocated below the closed leading end. Accordingly, the coupler and the insert are connected in mating interlocking engagement with one another, whereby the first and second panels will be joined to one another without the use of tools or additional hardware fasteners. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202853 | Fastening device for mounting on a mounting rail - A fastening device ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100202854 | SHOCK ABSORBING FASTENER - A fastener for driving into a substrate has a head having an upper surface and a lower surface, a penetrating tip and a shank extending from the lower surface of the head to the penetrating tip. At least one deformable feature is formed on the head. The deformable feature is configured to absorb energy and to deform. When a driving element is driven onto the head to drive the fastener into the substrate, the deformable feature absorbs energy and is deformed as the head contacts the substrate. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202855 | ASSEMBLY - An assembly comprises first and second components provided with holes receiving a retaining element in the form of a pin, in order to retain the components together. The pin is made from a shape memory effect material, and is inserted into the holes in a straight configuration, following which a change in temperature causes a retaining portion of the pin to deform into a second configuration, in which withdrawal of the pin is prevented. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202856 | ISOLATOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF INSTALLATION - An isolator assembly which may be used, for example, to secure a fuel rail to a cylinder head. The isolator assembly includes a bolt, washer and compressive elements. When using the isolator assembly to mount a fuel rail, preferably initially the washer and a first compressive element are retained on the bolt. A shaft end of the bolt is then inserted into a mounting boss of the fuel rail, and a second compressive element is engaged with both the fuel rail and a threaded portion of the bolt. The bolt is then threaded into the cylinder head, causing the second compressive element to come into contact with the cylinder head and compress, along with the first compressive element. When fully installed, the first compressive element isolates the fuel rail from the bolt itself (and the washer), and the second compressive element isolates the cylinder head from the fuel rail. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202857 | BOOKMAKING APPARATUS - A bookmaking apparatus includes a first path to convey a sheet bundle, a second path intersecting the first path to convey a cover sheet, a joining stage disposed at an intersection of the first path and the second path, a gripping conveyance device arranged for gripping and conveying the sheet bundle along the first path, an adhesive application device for applying adhesive to a bottom side edge of the sheet bundle, a backup member arranged to support the cover sheet at the joining stage, and a folding conveyance device for folding and conveying the cover sheet and sheet bundle. After the cover sheet and the sheet bundle are adhered together and before the backup member retracts from the first path to a position outside the first path, the gripping conveyance device is retracted to separate a bottom edge of the sheet bundle from the backup member. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202858 | BOOKBINDING COIL END CUTTING AND CRIMPING MACHINE - A machine for cutting and crimping the ends of a helical coil inserted into holes at an edge of a book to hold the coil in place is adjustable to accommodate different diameters of coil. A guide member for centering the axis of the coil in a centering direction is adjustable to accommodate different diameter coils and for adjusting the location of the axis in an adjustment direction at right angles to the centering direction depending upon the diameter of the coil. A cutting device has a blade movable in a slot of an anvil to shear on one side and to bend on the other side to form a crimped end portion. The adjustment of the axis causes the cutting device to cut the end portion longer for larger coils. The cutting device is adjustable to rotate the anvil relative to the axis to accommodate different helix angles. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202859 | DRYWALL LIFT - A foot-actuated lifter for drywall sheets comprises a base with a rocker between a foot-engaged toe. The device can be locked in any of several height positions. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202860 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MINIMIZING CONTAMINATION IN SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING CHAMBER - A semiconductor processing apparatus includes a reaction chamber, a loading chamber, a movable support, a drive mechanism, and a control system. The reaction chamber includes a baseplate. The baseplate includes an opening. The movable support is configured to hold a workpiece. The drive mechanism is configured to move a workpiece held on the support towards the opening of the baseplate into a processing position. The control system is configured to create a positive pressure gradient between the reaction chamber and the loading chamber while the workpiece support is in motion. Purge gases flow from the reaction chamber into the loading chamber while the workpiece support is in motion. The control system is configured to create a negative pressure gradient between the reaction chamber and the loading chamber while the workpiece is being processed. Purge gases can flow from the loading chamber into the reaction chamber while the workpiece support is in the processing position, unless the reaction chamber is sealed from the loading chamber in the processing position. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202861 | TRANSFER SYSTEM - A transfer system includes: a first shelf disposed to block an original transfer path from a transfer position at which the transporting vehicle transfers the transported object to the port and can transfer the transported object with the transporting vehicle; a second shelf which puts the transported object; a displacing device can reciprocate the transported object with respect to the first shelf and the port in a first direction, toward and away from the processing apparatus, and which can reciprocate the transported object at first direction position, which is away in the first direction by the transported object from the first shelf and the port, in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a communicating device which receives a transfer request from the transporting vehicle, which can transmit a transfer permission to the transporting vehicle. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202862 | APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE WHEEL MAINTENANCE - A vehicle wheel rotation apparatus including a base defining first and second flanges, first and second rollers cooperatively supported between the flanges and defining a longitudinal axis of rotation, a stationary loading bar cooperatively supported between the first and second flanges, and a non-skid bottom surface associated with the base. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202863 | Hand Truck Ramp - A hand truck ramp unit mounts to a hand truck rack unit which pivots on hinges. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202864 | SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING BIOMASS FOR COLLECTION, TRANSPORT, OR PROCESSING - A system for conveying biomass is disclosed. The system is configured to convey biomass for collection, transport, or processing. The system comprises a housing comprising an opening configured for the entry of biomass, at least one shoe skid configured to offset the housing in a vertical orientation, an apparatus at least partially within the housing comprising at least one rotating blade assembly, and a conduit configured to discharge biomass from the housing so that biomass entering into the housing can be projected by the apparatus through the conduit for collection or transport. The system may comprise conduit that is extendable and has articulation segments for vertical movement. The system may comprise a housing that comprises a member to dislodge the biomass from a pile to flow into the opening. The system may comprise at least one shoe skid that comprises a large surface area and projects forward of the housing. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202865 | COMPONENT TRANSFER DEVICE AND METHOD - A component transfer device according to the present invention includes a holding mechanism ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100202866 | Transfer System - In a transfer system, transport beams are displaced in three types of motions, i.e. toward each other, along a longitudinal extension thereof for advancement, and up and down. Two of these types of motions are triggered by a double-function motor. Such a double-function motor includes a shaft, which simultaneously rotates and displaces back and forth in linear fashion along the longitudinal extension thereof. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202867 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A mode selection is carried out prior to the outward transfer of a substrate to be processed from an indexer block. When a “processing sequence priority mode” is selected, a transport path for the substrate is defined prior to the outward transfer of the substrate. The definition of the transport path is carried out by determining to which of a plurality of parallel processing parts for performing each parallel process the substrate is to be transported. Next, based on the defined transport path, an adjustment is made to a processing condition established for each substrate processing part included in the transport path. Thereafter, the unprocessed substrate is transferred outwardly from the indexer block, and is transported and processed along the defined transport path. On the other hand, when a “throughput priority mode” is selected, a substrate is transported to a vacant one of the plurality of parallel processing parts. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202868 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR LIFTING AND LOWERING VERTICALLY MOUNTED DEVICES - A lifting and lowering apparatus may include: at least one cable, at least one pulley connected to the at least one cable, at least one drive member connected to the at least one cable for driving the at least one cable in at least one direction, a moveable payload attachment member for attaching to a payload to be at least one of lifted and lowered, an attachment member guide attached to the moveable payload attachment member, and an alignment guide for positioning at a position. The moveable payload attachment member may be at least one of lifted and lowered by the at least one cable. Both the attachment member guide and the alignment guide may be shaped to force the attachment member guide into a pre-determined mating position and orientation against the alignment guide at the position. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202869 | HUBLESS WINDMILL - Systems, apparatus and methods for generating power from fluid motion, such as wind are provided. The apparatus is a wing-shaped airfoil with cup-shaped indentations that allow the airfoil to harness wind energy throughout a wide range of wind speeds and from different wind directions. The indentations harness wind energy at low wind speeds while the wing-shape generates a lifting force at high wind speeds to harness wind energy. The system comprises one or more of the devices configured in a hollow, generally cylindrical, shape and connected to a ring frame. The system rotates about an axis running through the center of the ring frame. The rotational motion of the system generates electrical power via a generator. The method is a method for generating electrical power from the rotational motion of the system. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202870 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING A THRUST BEARING FOR A ROTATING MACHINE USING PUMPAGE - A fluid machine and method of operating the same includes a pump portion having a pump impeller chamber, a pump inlet and a pump outlet and a turbine portion having a turbine impeller chamber, a turbine inlet and a turbine outlet. A shaft extends between the pump impeller chamber and the turbine impeller chamber. The shaft has a shaft passage therethrough. A turbine impeller is coupled to the impeller end of the shaft disposed within the impeller chamber. The turbine impeller has vanes at least one of which comprises a vane passage therethrough. A thrust bearing is in fluid communication with said vane passage. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202871 | Gearbox For A Wind Turbine, A Method Of Converting Wind Energy And Use Of A Gearbox - A gearbox for a wind turbine. The gearbox includes at least one first epicyclical gear stage, at least one second gear stage, and a torque transferring shaft including a shaft part and a connection part, wherein the torque transferring shaft is adapted for connecting a first gear of the first epicyclical gear stage with a second gear of the second gear stage and wherein the torque transferring shaft is connected to the second gear stage via the connection part to form a torque-transferring connection area between the connection part and the second gear stage and wherein the outer diameter of the shaft part of the torque transferring shaft is smaller than an inner diameter of the connection area between said torque transferring shaft and said second gear stage. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202872 | MULTILAYER SHIELDING RING FOR A FLIGHT DRIVING MECHANISM - A shielding ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100202873 | Ceramic Matrix Composite Turbine Engine - In one embodiment a transition section for a turbine engine is provided that includes one or more components constructed of a ceramic matrix composite. The transition section may fluidly connect a high-pressure turbine and a low-pressure turbine within the gas turbine engine. The transition section may include a transition duct and a variable area turbine nozzle. One or both of the transition duct and the variable area turbine nozzle may be constructed of the ceramic matrix composite. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202874 | VARIABLE NOZZLE MECHANISM - When changing a nozzle blade angle by rotating a drive ring, a contact load generated between an inner circumferential surface of the drive ring and an outer circumferential surface of a mount can be reduced, allowing the drive ring to rotate smoothly and reducing the amount of wear and a driving force. It is also possible to reduce an impact force, such as engine vibrations, generated at the drive ring when an external force acts, reducing the risk of damage. A plurality of notches ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100202875 | COMPRESSOR-SIDE SHAFT SEAL OF AN EXHAUST-GAS TURBOCHARGER - The piston ring sealing points of a sealing apparatus between the rotor and the housing of a continuous-flow machine each have a piston ring, a cylindrical contact surface, which is directed radially inward, on the housing, as well as an axial stop on the rotor. In this case, the piston ring of the outer piston ring sealing point has a larger external radius and a smaller internal radius than the piston ring of the inner piston ring sealing point. At the same time, the outer piston ring sealing point has a smaller internal radius than the inner piston ring sealing point. Because of the V-shaped arrangement concept, there is no need for a steel ring, shrunk onto the rotor, between the piston ring sealing points. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202876 | STEAM TURBINE FACILITY - Provided is a steam turbine facility capable of suppressing the possibility of vibration occurrence and a drastic increase in facility cost, thereby realizing an increase in size of the facility, even if steam conditions of 650° C. or higher are adopted. In a steam turbine facility including a high-pressure turbine, an intermediate-pressure turbine, and a low-pressure turbine, the intermediate-pressure turbine is separated into a first intermediate-pressure turbine on a high-temperature and high-pressure side and a second intermediate-pressure turbine on a low-temperature and low-temperature side, at least any one of the rotors and casings of the steam-introduction-side turbines into which steam with a temperature of 650° C. or higher is introduced is formed from Ni-based alloy, and at least any one of the overall rotors and the overall casings of the turbines are constructed by joining together a plurality of rotor members or casing members by welding. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202877 | TURBOCHARGER DIFFUSER - A housing ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100202878 | Turbo Engine and Method for Producing Such a Turbo Engine - A flow machine having a housing, an axial diffuser, a rotor for deflecting a fluid between an axial direction and a radial direction, a spiral, and an axial diffuser insert which is at least partially received in the housing. A spiral contour is formed in the diffuser insert and, together with the housing, defines the spiral. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202879 | EXTRACTION UNIT FOR TURBINE AND RELATED METHOD - An extraction unit for a steam turbine includes an end plate mounted downstream of a selected stage of a steam turbine, the end plate sealing the selected stage from the atmosphere, and an extraction pipe passing through the end plate for extracting steam from the selected stage. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202880 | COATING FOR GAS BEARING - The invention relates to a vacuum pump in which the gas bearing is coated with a hard layer, and to a process for preparing such gas bearing of a vacuum pump. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202881 | DOWNWIND POWER PLANT, AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING A DOWNWIND POWER PLANT - The present invention concerns a downwind power plant ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100202882 | BLADE ASSEMBLY FOR A CEILING FAN - A blade assembly for a ceiling fan includes a mounting arm, a bearing, a cover, a spiral spring, a blade, and three screws. The mounting arm has a plate. The plate has a boss. The boss has a split. The bearing is sleeved on the boss. The cover has a stub. The stub has a receiving recess for receiving the bearing. The cover has a through hole for passing the boss. The cover has three bosses. The spiral spring has one end sleeved on the boss of the cover and the other end engaged with the split. The blade has three mounting holes and corresponding to the boss of the cover. The three screws pass through the mounting holes and fasten with the bosses of the cover. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202883 | Advanced vertical shaft wind turbine power generator - A design for a scalable advanced design vertical shaft wind turbine power generator which incorporates a superior symmetrical blade configuration and a unique blade mounting approach which utilizes aerodynamic forces to provide wide changes in blade positions o optimize efficiency and eliminates the need for expensive mechanical control devices while minimizing manufacturing, operational and maintenance costs. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202884 | Device for locking a rotor blade of a wind turbine - A device for locking a rotor blade of a wind turbine which has an adjustment system for the blade pitch angle of the rotor blade, wherein the adjustment system has a drive which features a motor and a gearbox with an input shaft that bears an external toothing, characterised by a locking pin rotatably mounted around its longitudinal axis, which engages with the external toothing in a locking position, and releases the external toothing in an unlocked position, wherein the locking pin has an end portion whose free end stands eccentric to the longitudinal axis of the locking pin. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202885 | Epicyclic Gear Stage For A Wind Turbine Gearbox, A Wind Turbine Gearbox And A Wind Turbine - An epicyclic gear stage for a wind turbine gearbox including a sun gear, at least two planet gears, engaged with the sun gear, an annulus gear, a first planet carrier flange connected to one side of at least two of the planet gears, and a second planet carrier flange connected to the other side of least two of the planet gears. Torque from the wind turbine rotor is transferred via a torque transfer part connected to at least one of the first and second planet carrier flanges at one or more torque transferring zones and the one or more torque transferring zones are located between a first and a second plane, the planes being substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the sun gear. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202886 | CENTRIFUGAL FAN - A centrifugal fan has a circular main plate driven and rotated by a motor rotary shaft, a plurality of blades fixed to an outer circumferential portion of the main plate and spaced apart at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the main plate, and a side plate attached to ends of the blades opposite to the main plate. An air inlet port is formed at the center of the side plate. The side plate inclines outward in centrifugal directions from the air inlet port and has an arcuate cross section with a predetermined radius of curvature. A dead water region reducing space is formed between the blades and the side plate. The dead water region reducing space forms a smooth flow between the two surfaces of each blade, bringing about desirable blade performance. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202887 | RADIAL OR DIAGONAL FAN WHEEL - The present invention relates to a fan wheel in a version as a radial or diagonal fan, consisting of a shroud with an inlet port, of a baseplate and of a plurality of fan blades arranged so as to be distributed over the circumference of the inlet port and around an axis of rotation. The shroud and/or the baseplate have/has in this case a nonrotationally symmetrical geometry which in each case has a continuous and point-invariable profile, as seen in the axial or axially parallel direction. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202888 | VIBRATION DAMPER ASSEMBLY - A vibration damper assembly is provided between two shrouds of adjacent turbine blades. A pair of confronting passages are provided, one in each of the shrouds and a vibration damper is located in both of the confronting passages. The vibration damper comprises a structure which when heated expands outwardly so as to engage with the walls of the passages. The vibration damper may be a sheet metal shape memory nickel base alloy wound into an open spiral and provided in circular cross-section passages. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202889 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LIGHTWEIGHT TURBINE BLADE - A method for producing a lightweight turbine blade for a gas turbine is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes casting of a blade element with a blade wall and at least one cavity enclosed by the blade wall. The blade wall is at least partially reduced in thickness by machining after the casting. This provides a method for producing a blade element, in which the wall thickness of the blade wall can be adapted to the mechanical load of the blade element, and the weight of the blade element can be reduced at the same time. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202890 | TURBINE OF A GAS TURBINE - A turbine of a gas turbine, in particular of a gas turbine aircraft engine, having a rotor that has at least one moving blade ring and having a stator that has at least one guide blade ring, moving blades of the, or each, moving blade ring and/or guide blades of the, or each, guide blade ring being fashioned as hollow blades having at least one cavity, wherein on at least one side of at least one moving blade and/or guide blade fashioned as a hollow blade, in a blade wall holes are made that connect the, or each, cavity to the surrounding environment of the respective moving blade and/or guide blade, so that the respective cavity can be used as a resonator or sound muffler in order to reduce the sound radiated by the turbine during operation. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202891 | LOW-PRESSURE TURBINE ROTOR - The object of the invention is to provide a low-pressure turbine rotor capable of maintaining mechanical strength characteristics, and without problems in terms of quality without increasing manufacturing costs and manufacturing days, even if high temperature steam is introduced into the low-pressure turbine. A low-pressure turbine rotor used in a steam turbine facility including a high-pressure turbine, an intermediate-pressure turbine, and a low-pressure turbine includes a member formed from 1CrMoV steel, 2.25CrMoV steel, or 10CrMoV steel arranged on a steam inlet side, and a member formed from 3.5Ni steel arranged on a steam outlet side, which are joined together by welding. Alternatively, the member arranged on the steam inlet side and the member arranged on the steam outlet side, both of which are formed from 3.5Ni steel, are joined together by welding, and the member arranged on the steam inlet side is made of low-impurity 3.5Ni steel containing, by weight %, Si: 0.1% or less, Mn: 0.1% or less, and inevitable impurities containing, by weight %, P: 0.02% or less, S: 0.02% or less, Sn: 0.02% or less, As: 0.02% or less, Sb: 0.02% or less, Al: 0.02% or less, and Cu: 0.1% or less. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202892 | Thermal protection of rotor blades - A spinner mounting at least one propeller hub and having a blade platform for each hub formed on the spinner body formed from a thermal insulating material capable of withstanding exhaust gasses. The platform is formed in a shape that presents an aerodynamic surface in the direction of travel of the system, preferably at a predetermined effective blade angle so as to act in concert with the blade and the gas path to minimize drag or to optimize thrust. The system may include two sets of propeller blades, and each includes a spinner and blade platform. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202893 | MOTOR/PUMP ASSEMBLY - A motor/pump assembly for a motor vehicle brake system including a pump and a motor driving the pump, the pump having opposite working diaphragms which are, in each case, mounted between a pump casing and a cover and thereby delimit a space and which can be moved by a crank drive, the space being assigned, in each case, an inlet duct with an inlet valve and an outlet duct with an outlet valve. The outlet ducts are arranged in the covers and in the pump casing such that air displaced out of the spaces is conducted into an inner space surrounding the crank drive of the pump casing and that an air outlet unit be provided, which allows a low-noise blow-out of the air from the inner space as a result of the deflection of the air. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202894 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RE-BUILDING A PUMP - In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method may include installing a first seal around a motor shaft. The method may also include installing a second seal around the motor shaft, wherein the second seal and the first seal may form a hydrodynamic seal when the motor shaft rotates. The method may further include installing a spacer in-between the second seal and the first seal. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202895 | MULTI-CHAMBERED PUMP - A multi-chambered pumping system is provided comprising an input cylinder configured to pump a source substance into a vessel and an effluent cylinder configured to receive an effluent from the vessel. The cylinders regulate the pressure of the source substance input into the vessel and recover the pressure of an effluent output from the vessel to pump additional quantities of source substance into the vessel. In each cylinder, a piston creates a boundary between two sections: a fluid section configured to receive working fluid and an effluent or input process section to receive the same. The fluid sections of the cylinders are in fluid communication. A guide rod is attached to each piston and may be operably sized to compensate for a pressure difference between a pressure at which the source substance is pumped into a vessel and the pressure at which an effluent is output from the vessel. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202896 | PUMP MOTOR PROTECTOR WITH REDUNDANT SHAFT SEAL - An electric submersible pump device having a motor part, a pump part, and a protector part. The protector part includes redundant shaft seal parts. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202897 | HIGH PRESSURE PUMP CONTROL - A feedback control loop for a high pressure pump modifies the accumulator velocity and pressure during solvent transfer. The accumulator velocity is adjusted to maintain the system pressure equal to the expected pressure to thereby eliminate the effect of the flow deficit created by a thermal effect. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202898 | JET PUMP ASSEMBLY - A jet pump assembly includes a fuel supply conduit, a first jet pump integrally formed as a single piece with the fuel supply conduit and in fluid communication with the fuel supply conduit, a second jet pump integrally formed as a single piece with the fuel supply conduit and in fluid communication with the fuel supply conduit, and an inlet conduit integrally formed as a single piece with the second jet pump. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202899 | ASPIRATORS - Aspirators for inflating devices such as (but not limited to) aircraft evacuation slides and rafts are detailed. Housings of the aspirators may be made of wound filaments of composite materials, reducing their weight as compared to conventional metal structures. Such actions as reconfiguring and repositioning jet nozzles within the housings also contribute to enhancing performance of the aspirators. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202900 | HYDROSTATIC MACHINE HAVING A CONTROL DEVICE HAVING A RETURN ELEMENT FOR CONTROLLING A REGULATING VALVE - The invention relates to a hydrostatic machine having an actuating device for adjusting a displacement volume of the hydrostatic machine, wherein the actuating device has a return element ( | 2010-08-12 |
20100202901 | SELF LUBRICATING PUMP - A self-lubricating water-cooled piston-style water pump has a unitary pump housing with a crankcase in direct water communication with the water pump inlet. A low pressure chamber is in direct water communication with the crankcase. A compression chamber is in direct pressurized water communication with a high pressure water manifold through a one-way valve. A high pressure water pump outlet extends outwardly from the manifold to the exterior of the housing. A crankshaft is connected to a connecting rod and a plunger rod, both of which are lubricated and water-cooled in the crankcase. A compression plunger has water channels therethrough connected to the plunger rod and in water communication with the low pressure chamber. The plunger is reciprocal within the compression chamber. A second one-way valve is on the plunger in the compression chamber to let water into the compression chamber. | 2010-08-12 |
20100202902 | HYDRAULIC APPARATUS - In a hydraulic apparatus, a first rotating member and a second rotating member are provided so as to be relatively rotatable with a same central axis, a cam is provided on the first rotating member, pistons are arranged on the second rotating member so as to be opposed to the cam, the pistons are pressed against the cam to contact by compression coil springs, oil chambers of which volumes are expanded and contracted according to movements of the pistons are provided on the second rotating member, first and second fluid paths through which oil flows into and out from the oil chambers are provided, and a path switching device for switching an inflow direction and an outflow direction of the oil in the first and second fluid paths according to difference in pressure between the first and second fluid paths is provided. | 2010-08-12 |