| 35th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
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| 20110211863 | COUPLING PART, PHOTOSENSITIVE DRUM, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A process cartridge detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly includes a motor, a main assembly side gear for receiving driving force from the motor, a hole defined by twisted surfaces, the hole being substantially coaxial with the gear, and a main assembly side grounding contact provided in the hole, the process cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum; process mechanisms actable on the photosensitive drum; and a projection engageable with the twisted surfaces, the projection being provided at a longitudinal end of the photosensitive drum, wherein when the main assembly side gear rotates with the hole and projection engaged with each other, rotational driving force is transmitted from the gear to the photosensitive drum through engagement between the hole and the projection; and a cartridge side grounding contact electrically connected with the electrophotographic photosensitive drum for electrically grounding the electrophotographic photosensitive drum when the process cartridge is mounted to the main assembly of the apparatus, the cartridge side grounding contact being provided on the projection so as to be electrically connectable with the main assembly side grounding contact | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211864 | CARTRIDGES, SUCH AS DEVELOPER CARTRIDGES, FOR AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, SUCH AS A PRINTER - A cartridge includes an engagement gear which includes a first engaging portion and is configured to selectively rotate. The cartridge also includes a rotational body which includes a second engaging portion, and a center axis of the rotational body is aligned with a center axis of the engagement gear. Moreover, the cartridge includes an extension portion which is positioned offset from a center of rotation of the rotational body. The engagement gear and the rotational body are configured to selectively be positioned in one of a first state in which the second engaging portion and the first engaging portion are separated from each other, and a second state in which the second engaging portion engages the first engaging portion. The rotational body is configured to rotate with the engagement gear when the engagement gear rotates and the engagement gear and the rotational body are in the second state. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211865 | Image Forming Device Including Process Unit Provided with Handle - An image forming device includes a main casing, a support member, a plurality of developing cartridges, a handle provided to the support member, and a pair of interfering parts provided at both ends of the support member. Each developing cartridge includes a casing and a developing member supported by the casing. A gap between the pair of interfering parts is narrower than a length of the developing member, and the pair of interfering parts is located between the handle and one of the developing cartridges. Each of the interfering parts has a higher height than the handle. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211866 | Image Forming Device Having Process Unit That Can Be Pulled Out Thereof - An image forming device includes a main body, a support unit, a driving unit, a developer cartridge, a moving member, a transmitting member, and a detection member. The support unit can be pulled out from the main body in a removing direction. The developer cartridge is detachably mounted in the support unit and has a driving member. The driving member is driven by the driving unit when the developer cartridge is mounted in the support unit. The moving member moves when the driving member is driven by the driving unit. The transmitting member is provided to the support unit and is rotatable about a rotational axis which extends perpendicular to the removing direction and a longitudinal direction of a photosensitive member. When the moving member contacts the transmitting member, the transmitting member rotates. The detection member detects a rotation of the transmitting member. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211867 | Image Forming Device Having Process Unit That Can Be Pulled Out Thereof - The process unit includes a casing, a developer unit, and a switching unit. The developer unit is movable between an image-forming position and a detached position. The developer unit includes a drive force input unit and a drive force transmitting unit. A drive force is inputted into the drive force input unit from outside of the developer unit. The drive force transmitting unit transmits the drive force. The switching member is for switching the drive force transmitting unit between a transmitting state and an interrupting state. The switching member switches the drive force transmitting unit to the transmitting state when the developer unit is at the image-forming position, and the switching member switches the drive force transmitting unit to the interrupting state when the developer unit is at the detached position. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211868 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a developing device provided movably in a direction in which the developing device is to be moved away from the image bearing member; a supplying device, provided with a supply port through which a developer is to be supplied, for supplying the developer; a shutter member provided so that the supply port can be covered and uncovered; a first interrelating mechanism for moving the shutter member from an opposing position in which the shutter member opposes the supply port to a retracted position in interrelation with a mounting operation of the developing device; and a second interrelating mechanism for moving the shutter member from the retracted position to the opposing position in interrelation with a demounting operation of the developing device. The second interrelating mechanism includes an engaging portion for engaging the shutter member with the developing device by moving the shutter member to the retracted position and includes a releasing portion for releasing engagement between the shutter member and the developing device by moving the shutter member to the opposing position. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211869 | MANUFACTURING METHOD, SURFACE-EMITTING LASER DEVICE, SURFACE-EMITTING LASER ARRAY, OPTICAL SCANNER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A manufacturing method for manufacturing a surface-emitting laser device includes the steps of forming a laminated body in which a lower reflecting mirror, a resonator structure including an active layer, and an upper reflecting layer having a selective oxidized layer are laminated on a substrate; etching the laminated body to form a mesa structure having the selective oxidized layer exposed at side surfaces thereof; selectively oxidizing the selective oxidized layer from the side surfaces of the mesa structure to form a constriction structure in which a current passing region is surrounded by an oxide; forming a separating groove at a position away from the mesa structure; passivating an outermost front surface of at least a part of the laminated body exposed when the separating groove is formed; and coating a passivated part with a dielectric body. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211870 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device is provided. A developing device bears a developer stored in a developer tank on a developing roller and conveys the developer to a photoreceptor drum to develop an electrostatic latent image. A doctor blade is provided to come into pressure-contact with the developing roller, and regulates layer thickness of the developer borne on the developing roller. The doctor blade has an elastic rubber section and a support section. The support section has a fixation section that is formed into a plate shape in parallel to the axis of the developing roller and is fixed to the developer tank, and an insertion section that continues from the fixation section and is inserted into the elastic rubber section. The insertion section has an proximity curved section that is curved in a direction in proximity to the developing roller. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211871 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member; a belt unit which is rotatable in contact with the image bearing member and which is capable of being drawn out of a main assembly of the image forming apparatus; a cam for switching a position of the belt member relative to the image bearing member; a motor for rotating the cam; control means for controlling the motor to contact and space the belt member relative to the image bearing member; a lever movable between a first position in which the belt unit is fixed to the main assembly of the image forming apparatus and a second position in which the belt unit is capable of drawn out of the main assembly of the image forming apparatus; and a spacing mechanism for spacing the belt from the image bearing member by converting movement of the lever from the first position to the second position to a rotation of the cam, when the belt member is contacted to the image bearing member. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211872 | ROLL SUPPORTING MECHANISM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ASSEMBLY BODY - A roll supporting mechanism rotatably supports an electrically-conducted roll. The roll supporting mechanism includes an electrically-conducting portion that contacts with a circumferential portion of an outer periphery of the electrically-conducted roll to conduct electricity to the electrically-conducted roll, and an insulating portion that contacts with the other circumferential portion of the outer periphery of the electrically-conducted roll at a contact portion smaller than a contact portion of the electrically-conducting portion and that is formed by an insulating material. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211873 | SHEET PRESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A sheet pressing device includes plurality of pressing members and a support member. The plurality of pressing members is provided on a downstream side in a discharging direction of fixing unit which carries out a fixing treatment over a sheet having an unfixed image transferred thereonto along the discharging direction. The plurality of pressing members presses both ends of the sheet in a direction along a surface of the sheet carried out the fixing treatment by the fixing unit and in a direction crossing the discharging direction. The support member supports the plurality of pressing members movably in such a direction as to approach or separate from the sheet when the sheet passes through the sheet pressing device. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211874 | Image Forming Device With Holding Unit Engagement Mechanism - An image forming device includes: a main body; a plurality of image forming units; a holding unit; and an engagement mechanism. Each of the plurality of image forming units has a developing portion. The holding unit holds the plurality of image forming units. The plurality of image forming units are aligned in the holding unit in a predetermined drawing direction. The holding unit is configured so as to be drawn out in the predetermined drawing direction from a storage position where the holding unit is stored in the main body. The holding unit sequentially reaches a plurality of different drawing positions while moving in the predetermined drawing direction. The plurality of image forming units are sequentially exposed to the outside while the holding unit sequentially reaches the plurality of drawing positions. The engagement mechanism is configured to engage the holding unit with the main body when the holding unit reaches each of the plurality of drawing positions. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211875 | Image forming apparatus - An image forming apparatus is disclosed that includes a fixing device including: a fixing member; and a pressure member configured to be pressed against the fixing member in order to form a nip portion, wherein a sheet configured to be fed into the nip portion in order to fix unfixed toner image thereon; a compressor configured to supply compressed air; a nozzle configured to be disposed at an outlet side of the nip portion and to blast the compressed air to an adhered portion of the sheet to the fixing member; and a controller configured to correct open-time of the nozzle based on image forming condition and to control number of times that the compressed air is blasted to the sheet in accordance with length of corrected open-time, wherein the open-time of the nozzle is determined in accordance with basis weight of the sheet. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211876 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A fixing device includes a flexible, endless belt-shaped fixing member that rotates in a predetermined direction of rotation, a substantially cylindrical metal heat conductor provided inside a loop formed by the fixing member and facing an inner circumferential surface of the fixing member, a pressing member that presses the fixing member against the metal heat conductor to form a nip between the fixing member and the pressing member through which a recording medium bearing a toner image passes, and a separator that presses the fixing member against the metal heat conductor, provided downstream from the nip in the direction of rotation of the fixing member and contacting the recording medium discharged from the nip to separate the recording medium from the fixing member and guide the recording medium out of the fixing device. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211877 | FUSER OIL APPLICATOR AND CLEANER IN A SINGLE WEB CARTRIDGE SYSTEM IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH FUSER ROLL - According to aspects of the embodiments there is provided a cassette cleaning web having an agent metering tube that can apply oil via a drip pipe to a web as it enters a nip within the fusing surface. Dispensing the oil as it enters the nip increases the transportation and the holding capacity of the web. The cassette cleaning web can reduce the oil-on-copy to less than 3 mg/copy and more specifically to less than 1 mg/copy which would allow for adequate post finishing applications while still using amino functionalized fuser oil in the fuser subsystem. The cassette cleaning web reduces the contamination of the oil-sump because used web materials are wound up and oil or contaminate materials like wax, toner are retained in the spent web cartridge. This invention enables reduced oil-on-copy, eliminates the bulky and expensive release agent management system, and also provides a direct cleaning to the surface of the fuser roll. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211878 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device comprises: a heating rotary member and a pressurizing rotary member, which form a nip, and guiding members for guiding a recording sheet that has passed through the nip. In a cross-section perpendicular to a rotation axis of the heating rotary member, La connects axial centers of two rotary members, Lb is perpendicular to La, P is on a guiding surface of one of the guiding members and horizontally closer to the pressurizing rotary member than any other points thereon, said one of the guiding members being closer to the heating rotary member than the other, Lc passes through P and is tangent to an outer circumference of the heating rotary member near the nip, and D is a P-La distance. Here, heating rotary member diameter×1.6≦D| 2011-09-01 | |
| 20110211879 | APPARATUSES USEFUL IN PRINTING ONTO MEDIA AND METHODS OF MITIGATING MEDIA EDGE WEAR EFFECTS ON FIXING BELTS IN PRINTING - Apparatuses useful in printing and methods of mitigating media edge wear effects on fixing belts in printing are provided. An exemplary apparatus useful for printing onto media includes a first roll including a first surface; a second roll including a second surface; a fixing member including a third surface; a fixing belt supported on the first surface and second surface, the fixing belt including a surface forming a nip with the fixing member; a registration distribution system for translating the first roll, second roll, fixing member and fixing belt, as a unit, transversely with respect to a media travel path of media received at the nip; and a belt steering mechanism connected to the second roll for translating the fixing belt across the first surface of the first roll at the nip, transversely to the media travel path, while the registration distribution system translates the first roll, second roll, fixing member and fixing belt transversely to the media travel path. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211880 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device has a regulating mechanism for maintaining a contact portion of a pressing member in a state in which the contact portion does not contact with a fixing roll through a fixing belt from a second area to a first area or a state in which a pressure is reduced so that the contact portion contacts with the fixing roll when switching from a state in which the contact portion is placed in the second area to a state in which the contact portion is placed in the first area is carried out by a switching mechanism, and making a transition for the contact portion of the pressing member into a contact state at a predetermined pressure when the first area is reached. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211881 | Fixing Device - There is provided a fixing device for thermally fixing a developing agent image to a sheet. The fixing device includes a tubular flexible member, a nip member, a backup member and a restricting member. The tubular flexible member has an inner peripheral surface defining an internal space and an outer peripheral surface opposite to the inner peripheral surface, the tubular flexible member defining an axis extending in an axial direction. The nip member is disposed within the internal space. The backup member is configured to provide a nip region in cooperation with the nip member for nipping the tubular flexible member between the backup member and the nip member. The restricting member is configured to restrict the tubular flexible member from moving in the axial direction, the restricting member having a base section, an inner guide protruding inward from the base section in the axial direction for guiding the inner peripheral surface and an outer guide protruding inward from the base section in the axial direction for guiding the outer peripheral surface, the inner guide having a portion whose protruding end is positioned inward of a protruding end of the outer guide in the axial direction. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211882 | Fixing Device - There is provided a fixing device for thermally fixing a developing agent image to a sheet. The fixing device includes a tubular flexible member, a nip member, a backup member and a restricting member. The tubular flexible member has an inner peripheral surface defining an internal space and an outer peripheral surface opposite to the inner peripheral surface, the tubular flexible member defining an axis extending in an axial direction. The nip member is disposed within the internal space. The backup member is configured to provide a nip region in cooperation with the nip member for nipping the tubular flexible member between the backup member and the nip member. The restricting member is configured to restrict the tubular flexible member from moving in the axial direction, the restricting member having a base section, an inner guide protruding inward from the base section in the axial direction for guiding the inner peripheral surface and an outer guide protruding inward from the base section in the axial direction for guiding the outer peripheral surface, the inner guide having a portion whose protruding end is positioned inward of a protruding end of the outer guide in the axial direction. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211883 | CLEANING BLADE FOR ELECTROSTATOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - A cleaning blade member including a polymer substrate and a fluorinated polyurethane ceramer coating surface layer. The polymer substrate may comprise polyurethane. The fluorinated polyurethane ceramer coating may comprise a fluorinated polyurethane silicate hybrid organic-inorganic network formed as a reaction product of a fluorinated polyurethane having terminal reactive alkoxysilane groups with a tetraalkoxysilane compound. The fluorinated polyurethane ceramer coating may be coated on the polymer substrate of the cleaning blade without any primer layer therebetween. Also described is an electrostatographic apparatus comprising a toner-contacting member and such a fluorinated ceramer coated cleaning blade for the toner-contacting member. The toner-contacting member may comprise an endless transport web. The fluorinated ceramer enhances the ability of particles to be released from the surface therefore reducing contamination generated due to particles attached to the surface. Coating of a cleaning blade made of polyurethane with such fluorinated ceramer resulted in improved cleaning performance. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211884 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND FRAMES WITH MULTIPLE STAGES OF MOVEMENT - An image recording apparatus includes an image forming section, a first frame for supporting the imager forming section, a second frame for supporting the first frame loosely, and a supporting section disposed on an apparatus body for supporting the second frame in a rotatable manner, wherein the first frame moves in association with a rotation of the second frame. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211885 | PRINTING APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a reverse unit configured to wind a sheet printed at a print unit around the reverse unit and to reverse the sides of the sheet, and the reverse unit includes a winding rotary member having a cylindrical shape, and a skew correcting unit configured to correct skewing of sheets to be led into the winding rotary member. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211886 | ACTIVE SHEET STRIPPING FROM BELT VIA SMALL RADIUS FEATURE - This invention provides a method to strip a media sheet that is adhered to an image carrying belt surface so that the sheet can follow the subsequent intended path through a marking system. The belt can be a photoconductor belt or an intermediate transfer belt. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211887 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A cleaning brush is not made slidably contact suctioning endless belts which pass inlets, and the cleaning brush is made slidably contact non-suctioning endless belts which do not pass the inlets. Consequently, it is possible to bring out paper dust and transfer remaining toner which adhere to the suctioning endless belts in attracting areas in which the inlet holes are formed, to the exterior of the apparatus by means of sheets to be conveyed. By contrast with this, from non-suctioning endless belts, the cleaning brush can clean and remove paper dust and transfer remaining toner which adhere to the non-suctioning endless belts. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211888 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus arranged to produce groups of printed sheets. Each group includes a plurality of sequential sheets. The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of storage units each configured to store the printed sheets produced by an image forming unit, a sorter unit configured to sort the printed sheets of a group into a plurality of portions, wherein the sheets in each portion are in sequential order, and to output each of the portions to a different storage unit, and a display unit configured to display an indication of the storage unit storing the portion including the first or the last sheet of the group such that a user is directed to collect the portion including the first or the last sheet of the group from the indicated storage unit first. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211889 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS - A decurling unit regulates a decurling force so as to be smaller when a sheet is returned from a printing unit to a sheet feeding unit than when the sheet is fed from the sheet feeding unit to the printing unit. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211890 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND DECURLING DEVICE - With front face printing, the sheet fed from a sheet feeding unit is led into a nipped position between a first pinch roller and a decurling roller from a first direction, and is discharged by decurling force being applied thereto at the decurling roller. On the other hand, the sheet fed from a reverse unit is led into the nipped position from a second direction opposite to the first direction, and is discharged by decurling force being applied thereto at the decurling roller. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211891 | POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A post-processing apparatus includes a second sheet conveying portion that conveys a paper sheet, a movement portion that displaces in a displacement direction that is different from the conveying direction of the paper sheet in the second conveying portion, a sheet edge detection portion that is disposed on the movement portion and detects the position of the paper sheet, a punching processing portion that is disposed on the movement portion, and that executes a punching process at a predetermined position on the paper sheet based on the position of the paper sheet detected by the sheet edge detection portion, and a post-processing control portion that controls the second sheet conveying portion to stop the conveying of the paper sheet when the sheet edge detection portion detects that the paper sheet is positioned on an abnormal conveying path that diverges from a normal conveying path within a conveying path region. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211892 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A print control apparatus having a decision unit, a print control unit, and a determination unit. The decision unit decides a print order for duplex printing on a continuous sheet. The print control unit causes the print unit to execute a continuous print of first face images on a first face and second face images on a second face after completion of the print on the first face in accordance with the decided print order. In a case where the determination unit determines that an interruption factor occurs before the completion of the print on the first face, the print control unit performs switches to a print on the second face and to cause the print unit to execute a print of any second face image that is predetermined to be arranged on the second face relative to any first face image already printed on the first face. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211893 | PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS AND PRINT CONTROL METHOD - A print control apparatus may include a determination unit and a print control unit. The print control apparatus causes a printing unit to perform duplex printing on a continuous sheet and the determination unit determines whether a continuous sheet usable by a first print job is the same as a continuous sheet usable by a second print job. If the determination unit determines that the two continuous sheets are the same, the print control unit perform controls to, cause the printing unit to continuously print images of the first print job to be arranged on a first surface of the continuous sheet and images of the second print job to be arranged on the first surface and thereafter cause the printing unit to print images of the first print job and the second print job to be arranged on an opposite surface of the continuous sheet. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211894 | TAPE CASSETTE - A tape cassette includes a first guide member provided between a feed portion and a discharge slot, and positioned on or immediately before the discharge slot, on an upstream side in a travel direction of a ink ribbon, wherein the first guide member bends and guides travel of the ink ribbon in the predetermined direction while making contact with a reverse side of a inked surface of the ink ribbon and a second guide member provided between the feed portion and the discharge slot, and positioned on an upstream side in the travel direction of the ink ribbon with respect to the first guide member, wherein the second guide member bends and guides the travel of the ink ribbon in the predetermined direction while making contact with the reverse side of the inked surface of the ink ribbon. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211895 | Image forming apparatus and threshold setting method - A moving unit causes a relative movement of a web and a mark detecting unit for detecting a ground color of the web and a mark color in a predetermined direction. A measuring unit measures a measurement value corresponding to a moving amount of the mark detecting unit with respect to the web in a time from when a detected color is switched from the ground color to the mark color till when a detected color is back to the ground color. A setting unit sets a threshold used for determining whether the color detected is the ground color or the mark color on the basis of the mark color detected by the mark detecting unit at the time when the mark detecting unit is moved in a reverse direction for a distance of half the measurement value since the color detected is back to the ground color. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211896 | PRINTING APPARATUS - An apparatus may include a print head, multiple roller pairs to convey a sheet, a direct sensor, and a control unit. The print head prints on a conveyed sheet. The multiple roller pairs nip the sheet at an upstream side of the print head to convey the sheet, nip the sheet at a downstream side of the print head, and nip the sheet at an upstream side of a first roller pair to convey the sheet. The direct sensor measures a surface of the conveyed sheet at a measurement position between a nip position of the first roller pair and a nip position of a third roller pair to obtain information relating to a movement state of the sheet. The control unit controls to correct at least one of driving control of the print head and conveying control of the sheet, based on the information obtained by the direct sensor. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211897 | PRINTING APPARATUS, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SHEET WINDING DEVICE - A device includes a winding rotary member having a cylindrical shape; a holder having a rotating member, which is provided in the vicinity of a cylindrical surface of the winding rotary member, capable of nipping and conveying the sheet; a first driving mechanism configured to rotate the winding rotary member; and a second driving mechanism configured to rotate the rotating member. The winding rotary member rotates with the sheet is nipped with the rotatable holder, whereby the sheet is wound around the winding rotary member. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211898 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF PRINTING APPARATUS - A disabled state in which sheets cannot be discharged at a discharge unit while printing is detected. Upon detecting the disabled state, printing is continued at a printing unit, and a sheet printed upon is evacuated to a storage unit without cutting into a plurality of cut sheets at a cutter unit. After the disabled state is resolved, the sheet which has been evacuated to the storage unit is sent to the cutter unit so as to be cut into the cut sheets, and discharged at the discharge unit. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211899 | PRINT CONTROL METHOD AND PRINT APPARATUS - A cut mark is recorded in an area between one image and the next image to be printed, and the recorded cut mark is to be detected. When the cut mark cannot be detected, a position of the cut mark is estimated based on information on an already detected cut mark and information on a length of the image printed after said already detected cut mark. A first cut position and a second cut position for cutting off the area are set based on the estimation. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211900 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CUTTING DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes a first conveying unit provided downstream an image forming unit; a second conveying unit provided downstream the first conveying unit; a first cutting unit provided downstream the second conveying unit; and a second cutting unit provided downstream the first cutting unit. One of the first and second cutting units cuts an upstream end of an image on the continuous sheet, the other cuts a downstream end of the same image. The second conveying unit is stopped during the cutting by the first cutting unit to form a loop of the continuous sheet, and then if the cutting is ended, the second conveying unit conveys the continuous sheet at a higher conveyance speed than a conveyance speed by the first conveying unit to reduce the loop. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211901 | FLUID DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR AN ORAL CARE IMPLEMENT - A fluid delivery system usable in an oral care implement and a reservoir containing a flowable substance. A capillary channel formed of one or more wicking or capillary members extends through at least a portion of the oral care implement to deliver flowable substance(s) through one or more outlets via capillary action. In one embodiment, the rate of fluid flow through the capillary channel is different in at least a first flow section than in a second flow section. In another embodiment, the rate of flow between flow sections of the wicking member is different than in at least one of the flow sections. A variety of flowable substances can be administered for therapeutic, hygienic, and/or other benefits, such as fresh breath, tooth whitening, tooth sensitivity, plaque and/or tartar control, or producing sensations of heat, cool, or tingling. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211902 | Rotary Applicator for Cosmetic Product - An applicator for a cosmetic product comprising a handle and an application nozzle, including at least one applicator support and a thumb wheel, defining an application roller which is movable in rotation with respect to said applicator support, said thumb wheel interiorly comprising a rigid core and on at least a part of its exterior surface, a transfer material or a material for temporarily holding said cosmetic product, including a circular application surface of average thickness E, adapted to deposit said product with a line of constant width during the application, said circular application surface corresponding to the larger diameter D of said thumb wheel, the thumb wheel having a shaping factor D/E>5. The applicator provides convenient application and leads to a different aspect of the product that is applied. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211903 | REMOTELY ACTUATED COUPLING FOR A MODULAR SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING ATTACHMENTS TO A CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A modular system for connecting attachments to the extension aim of a construction machine, wherein each module has a standardized coupling arrangement. As a result, each module is compatible with another module to provide great versatility in configuring the machine. Additionally, the system includes a variety of different modules and a mechanism for remotely activating the coupling between modules. An automatically actuated coupling system may be utilized for securing together adjacent modules. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211904 | LOCK MECHANISM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A retractable locking mechanism comprising a lever having a handle end opposite a rotation end and a pivot point positioned between the handle end and the rotation end such that the lever pivots about an axis of rotation of the lever; a first cam positioned on the rotation end of the lever; an actuator with a front end and a back end, the front end attached to the pivot point of the lever; a lack disposed adjacent to the actuator and the lock having a first end and a second end and an axis of rotation of the lock and wherein pivoting the lever moves the actuator along a plane of the actuator to contact and rotate the lock in one of a locked state and an unlocked state. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211905 | Coupling rod of a turbocharger - The invention relates to a coupling rod ( | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211906 | METHOD OF FORMING AN ANCHOR ON AN INSULATED CABLE - The invention relates to a method of forming an anchor on an insulated cable so as, for example, to attach an electrical power cable to an electrical apparatus. The method includes the steps of providing a wicking material in contact with the insulation of the cable; introducing a liquid, settable adhesive into the wicking material on the insulated cable; and allowing the liquid, settable adhesive to be wicked into the wicking material and to set so as to bond the wicking material to the insulation of the cable and form a projecting anchor on the insulated cable. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211907 | COLLAPSIBLE A-FRAME FOR ROAD BARRIERS - A collapsible A-frame ( | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211908 | TRAFFIC BEARING STRUCTURE WITH PERMEABLE PAVEMENT - A traffic bearing structure with a permeable pavement includes a subgrade, a base positioned on top of the subgrade, and a wear surface positioned on top of the base. The base includes aggregate compacted in a single lift, where the aggregate in the base includes different sized particles mixed together. The wear surface includes a permeable pavement. The particle size distribution of the aggregate in the base is selected to provide adequate stability and permeability for the permeable pavement. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211909 | Method and apparatus for aggregate-dispensing hopper conveyance and tracking - A dual-hopper aggregate spreader for spreading a layer of loose aggregate onto a road surface usually consists of a receiving hopper for the loose aggregate, and two (dual) second dispensing hoppers. In the preferred embodiment the conveyance of the dispensing hoppers is facilitated, in conjunction with other mechanical apparatuses, by a minimum of two conveyance glides, instead of rollers, gears, sprockets, etc., attached to a stationary frame that carries and aids in the conveyance of the dual dispensing hoppers, a minimum of two conveyance glides attached to the dual dispensing hoppers that then come into direct contact with the aforementioned frame glides, and, lastly, a minimum of two —one per side—tracking glides attached to the dual dispensing hopper's sides immediately adjacent and perpendicular to the conveyance glides. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211910 | LEVELING BLADE, VIBRATING SCREED INCLUDING THE BLADE, AND KIT FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A leveling blade mounts onto a support bracket of a vibrating screed, and a vibrating screed includes the same. The leveling blade has a substantially vertical portion for mounting onto the support bracket, as well as a substantially slanted portion and a substantially horizontal portion, which results in the leveling blade having a particular profile. The vibrating screed includes also a vibration-generating assembly, being operatively mounted onto the support bracket of the vibrating screed for imparting vibrations to the leveling blade via the support bracket so as to enable carrying out a surfacing of a substantially malleable material with the vibrating screed by passing the leveling blade provided with vibrations about the substantially malleable material. A kit is also provided for assembling such a vibrating screed. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211911 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING MULTIPHASE EXTRACTION OF CONTAMINANTS - A method is taught for applying vacuum pulses to enhance multiphase vacuum extraction of vapours and liquids from contaminated subsurface wells. The method involves first initiating continuous multiphase vacuum extraction from the subsurface well. Then one or more short vacuum pulses are imparted to the subsurface environment, to momentarily interrupt flow of vapours and liquids in the subsurface well. Time is allowed for a vacuum to build up in the extraction apparatus; and then the vacuum build up is rapidly released to momentarily increase velocity of vapours and liquids being extracted from the subsurface well. A device is further taught for imparting vacuum pulses to enhance multiphase extraction from contaminated subsurface wells, comprising a vacuum pulse tool having an inlet in fluid communication with the subsurface well and an outlet and one or more multiphase extraction vacuum pumps, connected to the outlet of the vacuum pulse tool. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211912 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REMEDIATING CONTAMINATED SOIL - A system and method for remediation of contaminated soil are provided. The system comprises a soil remediation cell of contaminated soil and a plurality of multi-functional conduits located within the contaminated soil. Each multi-functional conduit defines a reaction housing. The multi-functional conduits includes heating elements for introducing heat into the contaminated soil for volatilizing the contaminants located within the contaminated soil, without utilizing mechanically driven forced air. This produces a contaminated vapor. The system and allows for re-circulation of vapors generated during breakdown of contaminants allowing for use of the re-circulated vapor for heat production and energy use. The system may be utilized for remote access and portability to disparate locations whereby the system does not require use of a container or receptacle. A substantial portion of the contaminants in the contaminated vapor are destroyed in the reaction housing. A substantially non-contaminated vapor is produced in which at least about 80% by weight of the contaminants have been destroyed. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211913 | Method And System Of Laying Underwater Pipelines In The Bed Of A Body Of Water - A method of laying underwater pipelines in the bed of a body of water, the method including laying an underwater pipeline along a given path on the bed of the body of water; breaking up a ground mass along the path to a given depth in the bed; and fluidifying the broken ground mass beneath the underwater pipeline to sink the underwater pipeline into the fluidified ground mass. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211914 | MAINTENANCE PLATFORM FOR OFF-SHORE CONSTRUCTION - The invention relates to a maintenance platform ( | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211915 | JACKING SYSTEM - A jacking system for jacking a structure, includes a leg having a longitudinal axis and including first engagement parts along the leg, and a guiding frame displaceable along the leg. The guiding frame includes at least a first, second, third and fourth actuator, the actuators each having a first and second actuator part which in operation can displace with respect to one another along the leg, the first actuator part of the actuators coupled to the guiding frame, the second actuator parts of the actuators each coupled to first engagement parts for engaging and disengaging the first engagement parts of the leg for providing abutment in the longitudinal direction of the leg, the second actuator parts of the actuators displaceable along the leg past one another, and the actuators being arranged in pairs opposite one another with respect to a longitudinal plane of the leg. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211916 | APPARATUS FOR STORAGE VESSEL DEPLOYMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - An apparatus for storage vessel deployment includes a plow for deployment of a flexible vessel that includes a body having an outer wall and an inner wall extending along a bore passing through the body. The body also has an intermediate wall extending between the outer wall and the inner wall, wherein a vessel cavity is formed between the inner and outer walls that is configured to receive the flexible vessel in a pre-deployment configuration. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211917 | Method and Apparatus for Driving a Pile into a Substrate - A pile guide for supporting a pile as it is driven into a substrate, comprises: a base frame having a planar substrate-engaging surface; and a pile guide member mounted on the base frame, the pile guide member being configured to guide a pile in a predetermined direction therethrough as it is driven into a substrate. The pile guide member is pivotally mounted on the base frame, with pivotal movement of the pile guide member varying the predetermined direction relative to the planar substrate-engaging surface of the base frame. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211918 | LANDSCAPING WALL AND MOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHODS - A landscaping wall includes concrete blocks dry stacked to form a wall. At least one of the blocks has a channel in the lower or upper surface of the block. An accessory mounting bar having a mounting portion and an outer end is positioned in the channel of the at least one block. At least one of an accessory or an accessory holder on the outer end of the mounting bar extends beyond the front face of the at least one block. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211919 | PNEUMATIC CONVEY SYSTEM WITH CONSTANT VELOCITY PICKUP - An pneumatic convey device that employs active vacuum pressure monitoring using either a pressure sensor or vacuum motor power consumption to maintain a constant velocity pickup point, reduce product damage, increase capacity per vacuum pressure when the system is running at less than designed vacuum and reduce energy consumption at the point where the material convey starts. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211920 | MATERIAL SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and a method for feeding a solid into a solid deposition system is described. Solid contained in a hopper is directed into a vibratory bowl. The frequency of the vibrations of the vibratory bowl can be modulated by a feedback system. The solid can then be entrained in a carrier gas which can flow to a distributor for deposition on a substrate. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211921 | Coupler for a Quick Change Insert Rotary Cutting Tool - A coupler for a quick change rotary cutting tool assembly allowing a cutter to be quickly and releasably coupled to a shank wherein the coupler has a cylindrical portion with a threaded portion to engage the shank and a portion with a transverse groove with undercut walls to form recesses. The cutter has an anchor made as a disk with parallel flats which engage the recesses of the cylindrical portion to releasably secure the cutter to the shank. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211922 | BALL END MILL - A ball end mill in which a ball end cutting edge ( | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211923 | Cutting Tool Assembly Having a Clamping Mechanism - A cutting tool assembly includes a tool body and a clamping mechanism for releasably clamping a cutting insert to the tool body. The clamping mechanism includes a rotatable cam member, a coupling member, a biasing spring and a clamping element. The rotation of the rotatable cam member in opposite senses results in the adjustment of the position of the coupling member in opposite directions, which results in a displacement of the clamping element, and therefore changing the locking position to a releasing position and vice versa. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211924 | DRILL - A guide portion prevents the drilling hole from curving due to a skipping rope phenomenon, and also prevents the inner wall face of the drilling hole from being damaged, so that its surface roughness can be improved. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211925 | Method for Generating a Thread by a Tool machine, Coupling Device and Tool Machine - The invention relates to a method for generating a thread by a numerically-controlled tool machine (or: machine tool) using a thread generation tool, the thread generation tool being rotated by a tool spindle and simultaneously advanced according to the thread pitch in the axial direction, in order to generate a thread in a borehole of a workpiece. In order to increase the working velocity of the thread generation, the invention provides that the rotational velocity (ω | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211926 | CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL AND CUTTING METHOD FOR WORKPIECE USING THE SAME - A cutting insert has a main body which is provided with an upper surface, a side surface, at least one groove which is formed in the side surface and which extends to the upper surface at one end, and a plurality of split cutting blades which are split by the at least one groove. The upper surface is provided with inclined portions corresponding to the split cutting blades. The distance of respective lower ends of the inclined portions from the corresponding split cutting blades increases toward the centers of the corresponding cutting blades in a plan view. A cutting tool having the cutting insert and a method for cutting a workpiece using the cutting tool are also provided. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211927 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING AN AUTOMOBILE INTERIOR TRIM PART WITH AN AIRBAG COVER AND TO THE ASSOCIATED MACHINE - A process to manufacture a vehicle interior trim with an airbag cover, the process including: obtaining an interior trim part; and creating a weakening line around at least a part of a defined area of said interior trim part, said defined area being the airbag cover, characterized in that the weakening line is created by milling along the weakening line a number of holes, the holes being milled by a milling machine having a milling tool and a stitching axis for moving the milling tool substantially perpendicularly to a zone of the trim part to be milled. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211928 | SPINDLE DRIVE APPARATUS AND METHODS - Systems and methods are disclosed for material treatment within a member or for removal of material from within a member. Embodiments have a spindle powered by a motor or motors positionable within the member during operation of the spindle; and, in certain particular aspects, such systems and methods are for forming a stator for a downhole motor. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211929 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MAKING A DENTAL WORKPIECE - A method of making a dental workpiece is provided. The method comprises the steps of suspending machining of the workpiece, exposing the workpiece to a first air jet; and causing relative movement between the first air jet and the workpiece under numeric control. The method may facilitate manufacturing of dental workpieces. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211930 | PORTABLE TIE-DOWN ANCHOR DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND KIT - At least one embodiment pertains to a portable tie-down anchor device, system, and kit comprising: a fabric body having a first end; a first clasp coupled to the first end of the fabric body; a tie-down hardware device coupled to the fabric body and configured to adjust a length of the anchor device; a second clasp coupled to the tie-down hardware device; and a plurality of holes positioned along a length of the fabric body, and wherein the anchor device is configured to secure cargo to a truck bed. The plurality of holes provide additional anchor points for the truck bed, and are adapted to receive an end of a securement device, such as a bungee cord, netting, rope, tarp, or an adjustable strap. The first clasp and the second clasp are each configured to removeably couple to a permanent anchor located in or about the truck bed. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211931 | FASTENING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FASTENING AN ELEMENT IN A KEYHOLE-SHAPED CUTOUT IN A WALL - A fastening device for fastening an element in a keyhole-shaped cutout in a wall includes a retaining element which in the fastened state of the fastening device is designed to rest against a front side of the wall, and to at least partially cover an edge of a narrower opening of the key-shaped section in a wall. The fastening device also includes a support element which in the fastened state of the fastening device is designed to engage through a wider opening of the keyhole-shaped cutout in the wall, and to support the fastening device against a lateral edge of the wider opening during fastening. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211932 | SELF-PIERCING NUT ELEMENT AND COMPONENT ASSEMBLY CONSISTING OF THE NUT ELEMENT AND A SHEET METAL PART - A piercing nut element having a strength in the range between 700 and 900 MPa which is designed to be pressed into the sheet metal part. The nut element is characterized in that the self-piercing attachment of the nut element into a sheet metal part of higher strength, or into a sheet metal part with a thickness greater than 3.5 mm, the nut element is designed in such a way that the piercing section has a peripheral extending groove below the sheet metal contact surface and in that the piercing section has a piercing edge at its free end face with the piercing edge being spaced from the boundary of the groove adjacent to the piercing section by a peripheral surface having an axial height which corresponds to at least 30% and preferably to at least 50% of the sheet metal thickness, wherein the radial wall thickness of the piercing section in the region of its free end face from the outer side of the piercing section up to the nominal diameter of the thread corresponds to a thickness between 1.2 to 1.8 and preferably 1.5 times the intended sheet metal thickness. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211933 | ATTACHMENT FASTENER WITH A SEALING WASHER - The invention relates to an attachment fastener that comprises a body ( | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211934 | SCREW HAVING UNDERSIDE POCKETS - A self-countersinking, self-tapping screw has a head with a substantially flat underside that acts like a washer for bearing against a surface of a material into which the screw is inserted. On an underside of the head are one or more material-receiving pockets. These pockets receive material when the head of the screw bears against the surface. These pockets thus help lock the screw in place, i.e. help to prevent the screw from loosening over time. These pockets may have a circular or non-circular shape. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211935 | BOOKBINDING APPARATUS, BOOKBINDING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - In a bookbinding apparatus, an adhesive applying portion applies an adhesive to an end face of a sheet bundle allowed to stand in the substantially vertical direction, a storage portion that gathers and stores the sheet bundle which is applied with the adhesive and bound in the adhesive applying portion while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction, transport means for conveying the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction from the adhesive applying portion to the storage portion along a substantially vertical transport path, and a cutting portion which is provided on the transport path between the adhesive applying portion and the storage portion, and which cuts an end face of the sheet bundle while letting the sheet bundle stand in the substantially vertical direction. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211936 | CONVEYING DEVICE AND VACUUM APPARATUS - The present invention provides a technology for holding an object to be reliably conveyed for the sake of high speed conveyance not only in a low temperature environment but also in a high temperature environment, and for reducing dust while conveying the object to be conveyed. A conveying device includes a link mechanism, which can expand and contract, has a plurality of arms to which power from a drive source is transmitted, and a mounting section which is connected to an operating tip section of the link mechanism through a drive link section and on which a substrate is mounted. The mounting section has latch sections for making contact with and latching side portions of the substrate. The drive link sections of the link mechanism are provided with cam mechanism-based pressing means. The pressing means includes cam drive surfaces which are formed on the drive link sections of the link mechanism, and a follower mechanism section having a protruded-shaped pressing section which has follower rollers being in contact with and capable of following the cam drive surfaces and is guided and moved toward the latch sections of the mounting section by movement of the follower rollers. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211937 | MANIPULATOR - A manipulator for a load has a stand, an accommodation connected to the stand ( | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211938 | Compliant End Of Arm Tooling For A Robot | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211939 | POSTAL SORTING MACHINE WITH A CARRIAGE FOR HANDLING MAILPIECES - A sorting machine for sorting mailpieces such as letters and flats, said machine having at least one row of sorting outlets ( | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTION OF STATOR VANES - Embodiments of the invention include an inspection system to inspect internal components of a compressor of a gas turbine engine. The inspection system includes an image recording assembly having one or more image recording devices, light sources, storage devices, and power supplies. The image recording assembly may be inserted into a compressor without removal of the compressor housing or disassembly of the compressor. The image recording assembly may be removably coupled to a rotary component of the compressor, e.g., a rotor blade, and used to record images of stationary components, e.g., stator vanes, of the compressor. The images may be inspected to identify wear and/or defects in the stationary components, e.g., stator vanes | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211941 | STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING BETWEEN ROTATION SHAFT AND LEVER, METHOD FOR MOUNTING BETWEEN ROTATION SHAFT AND LEVER, AND FLUID MACHINE - A structure that mounts to a rotation shaft a lever that causes this rotation shaft to rotate, including a plurality of engaging members that are provided in the lever so as to be offset from the center axis of the rotation shaft, and that are capable of advancing toward and retracting from the outer periphery of the rotation shaft, and a plurality of abutted faces that are provided on the outer periphery of the rotation shaft so that the distal end faces of the plurality of engaging members respectively make contact, in which, when at least one of the engaging members and the abutted face that corresponds to that engaging member are in contact, relative rotation of the rotation shaft about the axis thereof in one direction with respect to the lever is restricted, and when another engaging member and another abutted face corresponding to the engaging member are in contact, relative rotation of the rotation shaft about the axis thereof in the other direction with respect to the lever is restricted. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211942 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A LEAKAGE CONTROLLED FAN HOUSING - A method and system for a fan assembly that includes a fan casing having a longitudinal centerline axis extending from an upstream inlet opening to a downstream outlet opening is provided. The fan assembly also includes a first substantially cylindrical casing segment extending circumferentially about and substantially axially aligned with tips of a plurality of blades extending from a rotor hub, the first casing segment including a first inner diameter that is greater than the rotor diameter, a second casing segment configured to extend axially in a direction opposite a flow of fluid through the fan casing, the second casing segment including a second inner diameter, the second inner diameter less than the first inner diameter and the rotor diameter, and a third casing segment including the first inner diameter along a first circumferential edge, the second inner diameter along a second circumferential edge, and a surface extending therebetween. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211943 | PANELLED ASSEMBLY - A panelled assembly has a spacer | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211944 | AIR CONDITIONER - There is provided an air conditioner having a fan guard assembly which is easy to assemble, and the transversal crosspieces of the fan guard assembly are not easily disengaged from the longitudinal crosspieces. The air conditioner includes: an air conditioner, comprising: a housing accommodating therein an air delivery fan and having a discharge opening from which an airflow generated by the air delivery fan is blown out; and a fan guard assembly disposed between the air delivery fan and the discharge opening, in the housing, wherein the fan guard assembly includes a first member having a protruding portion protruding in such a manner as to form a retaining groove, and a second member held in the retaining groove of the first member; and the protruding portion protrudes in such a manner that, in a side view, the protruding portion intersects a rectilinear line passing a center point of the second member held by the retaining groove and an arbitrary point P | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211945 | METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A CIRCULAR REVOLUTION THERMOMECHANICAL PART INCLUDING A TITANIUM-BASED LOAD-BEARING SUBSTRATE LINED WITH STEEL OR SUPERALLOY, A TURBOMACHINE COMPRESSOR HOUSING WHICH IS RESISTANT TO TITANIUM FIRE OBTAINED ACCORDING TO THIS METHOD - A method for manufacture of a compressor housing which is resistant to a titanium fire (burning titanium). An explosion cladding of a circular blank made of steel, or steel alloy, or superalloy which is incombustible in the presence of a titanium fire is accomplished on a circular blank made from titanium or titanium alloy. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211946 | WELDED NOZZLE ASSEMBLY FOR A STEAM TURBINE AND ASSEMBLY FIXTURES - A nozzle blade and nozzle ring assembly includes a nozzle blade having radially inner and outer sidewalls with an airfoil portion extending therebetween; the inner and outer sidewalls walls formed with axially-extending first surface features along forward and aft marginal edges of the inner and outer sidewalls, respectively; and radially inner and outer nozzle rings formed with corresponding axially-extending second surface features mated with the first surface features, wherein the radially inner and outer sidewalls are welded to the radially inner and outer nozzle rings only along the mated first and second surface features. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211947 | Bypass duct of a turbo engine - A guide blade ring ( | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211948 | FAN BRACKET AND FAN FIXING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A fan bracket and the fan fixing apparatus using the same are disclosed, in which the fan bracket, including a pair of fixing members, is used for fixing a fan assembly inside a housing. Each fixing member has a first panel and two positioning elements, in which the first panel is configured with a first end, a second end and a first side in a manner that the first and the second ends are located opposite to one another while enabling the first side to be located between the two ends. In an embodiment, there is at least one fixing plate disposed on the first side that each fixing plate has at least one first screw hole. Moreover, the two fixing members are symmetrically and respectively disposed at the first and the second ends of the first panel whereas each fixing member is configured with a second screw hole. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211949 | FREE-TIPPED AXIAL FAN ASSEMBLY - A free-tipped axial fan assembly includes fan having a blade tip geometry which provides a desired blade loading in the presence of a tip gap. The maximum camber exhibits a sudden and significant increase as the blade tip radius R is closely approached in the direction of increasing radial position. In some constructions, the maximum camber at the blade tip radius R is at least 10 percent greater than the maximum camber at a radial position r where r/R=0.95. In some constructions, the blade angle increases by more than 0.01 radians from a radial position r where r/R=0.95 to the blade tip radius R. The maximum camber at the blade tip radius R is at least 0.06 times the chord length in some constructions. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211950 | Method of dynamic energy-saving superconductive propeller interaction with a fluid medium - In a propeller system a process of dynamic energy-saving superconductive propeller interaction with a fluid medium comprises providing a perforation on the working blade surfaces having the different pressures, with an element possibility of the dynamic fluid medium flow connection between said blade perforations; and modulating a value of said connection of the blade so-called “breathing surfaces” in dependence on a change of a value of at least one controlled characteristic influencing a dynamic energy efficiency of a propeller process such that a dynamic structure-energetically optimization of said modulated surface-energy interaction is provided. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211951 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF AN OFF-SHORE WIND TURBINE - A method for operating an off-shore wind turbine and a wind-turbine is provided. The off-shore wind turbine is at least temporarily situated in water and includes a rotor with at least one rotor blade and a pitch drive system coupled to the at least one rotor blade. The pitch drive system is adapted for pitching the at least one rotor blade, wherein the wind turbine further includes a wind turbine control. The method includes determining at least one of a water condition; in dependence of the outcome of the determining, defining peak shaver settings; and pitching the at least one rotor blade according to the peak shaver settings. Furthermore, the wind turbine has a sensor adapted for measuring one of the water current speed, the water current direction and the water level at or close to the wind turbine. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211952 | ROTOR BLADE FOR WIND TURBINE - A rotor blade for a wind turbine and a method for reducing rotor blade noise are disclosed. The rotor blade includes a body having exterior surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root, the surfaces further defining an interior. The rotor blade further includes at least one purge conduit defined in the tip and configured for exhausting air from the interior such that the air generally reduces noise at the tip. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211953 | Concentric Rotor Control System - A rotor control system including a collective control rod positioned internal to a rotor shaft, the rotor shaft for imparting torque to rotor blades; and a cyclic control rod positioned internal to and concentric with the collective control rod. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211954 | LIFT DEVICE FOR ROTOR BLADE IN WIND TURBINE - A lift device for a rotor blade and a method for increasing the lift of a rotor blade for a wind turbine are disclosed. The rotor blade has exterior surfaces defining a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The lift device includes a first aerodynamic surface configured for mounting to the pressure side of the rotor blade, and a second opposing aerodynamic surface configured to interact with wind flowing past the lift device. The lift device has a generally increasing cross-sectional area in a flow direction of the wind. The lift device is configured to increase the lift of the rotor blade. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211955 | Wind turbine - A wind turbine having a nacelle being rotatably disposed on a tower is proposed. The nacelle has a first cavity, a generator housing portion disposed upstream to the nacelle having a second cavity, a hub disposed upstream to the generator housing portion with attached rotor blades at it having a third cavity. The first, second and third cavities communicates with one another. A rail-system has at least one rail-element having a device for lifting and/or transporting. The device for lifting and/or transporting is movable along the rail-system. The rail-system at least partially extends through at least two adjacent cavities. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211956 | PARALLEL-CONNECTED MATRIX INTEGRATED WIND POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A parallel-connected matrix integrated wind power generation system, which includes: a plurality of Savonius wind turbines and a plurality of phase angle positioning components among wind turbines and a plurality of distance positioning components among wind turbines; meanwhile, the phase angle positioning components among wind turbines also have the function to transfer the mechanical energy of wind turbine, and the plurality of Savonius wind turbines are arranged in parallel way; the distance positioning components among wind turbines are connected to those plurality of Savonius wind turbines so that fixed distances are maintained among the plurality of Savonius wind turbines; moreover, the phase angle positioning components among wind turbines are connected to the plurality of Savonius wind turbines so that fixed phase angle differences are maintained among the plurality of Savonius wind turbines; furthermore, Savonius wind turbine of this system is further installed with flow-guiding plate, and the structural cross-section of flow-guiding plate is in between Clark Y and NACA 0015, which is calculated and decided according to real wind field CFD; furthermore, the flow-guiding plate can be used to adjust the force taken by different phase angle of the plurality of Savonius wind turbines, which is helpful to the enhancement the space utilization efficiency of wind field and the reinforcement of energy collection efficiency of wind power, that is, the wind power generation efficiency of integrated wind power generation system of a plurality of Savonius wind turbines can be greatly enhanced; moreover, this system is also applicable to parallel-connected and integrated wind power generation system that modifies Savonius wind turbine from two-bladed type to three-bladed type or multi-bladed type wind turbine. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211957 | SELF REGULATING WIND TURBINE - A wind turbine for use in a wide range of wind conditions is disclosed. The wind turbine uses blade pitch change and/or blade folding to accommodate wind conditions and maintain a substantially constant speed. The blades are configured to fold in unison for balanced wind turbine operation. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211958 | WIND-POWER-GENERATOR FAN UNIT AND WIND POWER GENERATOR - There are provided a wind-power-generator fan unit and a wind power generator in which the consumption of driving power for a cooler fan that cools a device provided in the wind power generator can be reduced. This wind-power-generator fan unit includes cooler fans that discharge air in a housing that accommodates devices that perform at least power generation by the rotational operation of rotor blades to the outside of the housing through the devices; and a control unit that controls the operation of the cooler fans on the basis of the temperatures of the devices and the operating states of the devices. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211959 | BLADE WITH ADAPTIVE TWISTING, AND A ROTOR PROVIDED WITH SUCH A BLADE - A rotor blade ( | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211960 | Vertical windmill - The vertical windmill includes a rotatable wind wheel column mounted to a base. The column includes a plurality of hollow wheel hubs stacked vertically atop each other. Each wheel hub includes a plurality of radiating mounting arms equidistantly spaced around the axis of the wheel hub such that the arms of an adjacent hub are angularly offset with respect to the other. A plurality of mounting assemblies is disposed on each of the mounting arms for mounting an array of wing blades. Each alternate stacked wheel hub and mounting arms together forms a wind wheel with vertically oriented wing blades mounted between upper and lower spaced arms such that the top wheel is interconnected with the lower wheel at a height less than the height of the blades. Each array of blades may freely rotate or be positively rotated to orient the blades for optimum usage of wind power in rotating the column. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211961 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BRAKING IN A WIND TURBINE - A braking system for a wind turbine is provided. The system includes one or more motors for driving a part of the wind turbine, a first group of brakes for braking the part of the wind turbine, and a second group of brakes for braking the part of the wind turbine. The first group of brakes is in a normally closed condition and the second group of brakes is in a normally open condition, so that a default brake torque can be selectively chosen that is less than a maximum brake torque. | 2011-09-01 |
| 20110211962 | DRIVETRAIN FOR GENERATOR IN WIND TURBINE - A wind turbine and a drivetrain for a generator is provided. The drivetrain includes a hub configured to provide an input rotational speed, and a planetary gearbox in communication with the hub. The planetary gearbox includes a stationary or rotatable carrier and a plurality of planet gears. The planetary gearbox is configured to convert the input rotational speed to an output rotational speed, and includes at least one sun gear. The hub can be rigidly connected to the rotatable ring gear. | 2011-09-01 |
