| 35th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 2 |
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| 20100218397 | Shoe Sole with Reinforcement Structure - A shoe sole of the present invention includes a first member | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218398 | Insole Comprising a Curve Support - The invention relates to a plastic insole comprising a curve support for the metatarsus. Provided in the region of the greatest height of the curve support on the underside of the insole are a plurality of longitudinally extending stiffening ribs as well as grooves, said grooves extending from the toe region in the direction of the heel as far as the metatarsal region and so curving round in the metatarsal region to the lateral side of the insole and terminating in said region that extending between the grooves are spring strips issuing from each of the toes, wherein material can be removed from the spring strips and stiffening ribs in order individually to adapt the thickness thereof. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218399 | STRUCTURE OF MULTI-ELASTIC INSOLE FOR SHOES - The present invention relates to a structure of a multi-elastic insole for shoes wherein a plurality of polyurethane foams having different elasticity from one another are sequentially laminated on the concaved portion of the bottom surface of an insole abutting against a wearer's heel portion, thereby excellently absorbing the impacts generated from a foot sole to make the wearer feel comfortable while in use, which reduces the work load of the leg and foot and the muscle fatigue in the workers standing up for long hours on a hard floor and prevents the muscular skeletal diseases to make the workers healthy. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218400 | Shoe protector - A protector is removably affixed to a portion of a footwear article. The protector may be placed in an area to cover and protect the rearward part of the footwear article or any other portion of the footwear article, including the interior. The protector may take any number of shapes, including oblong and rectangular. Adhesive material coats the inner side to attach the protector to the footwear article. The outer side, which may be subject to many environmental factors, may be clear, transparent, decorated, infused with a fragrance, embossed, debossed, infused with a tracking device, and/or customizable. The outer side may also be reflective, glow in the dark, and/or provide text. A card to which the protector is removably attached is also provided. The card may contain embellishment and may be infused with a fragrance, either infused directly on the card or in the ink used for the embellishments. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218401 | TWO-STAGE SNOW PLOW - A snow plow includes a primary moldboard and auxiliary plow positioned behind the primary moldboard. The snow plow may be a one-way or reversible snow plow. In the later case, the primary moldboard and auxiliary plow are attached to a drive frame that is rotatable about a frame. The frame is secured to the front of a vehicle by a frame and bracket, and controlled by hydraulic mechanisms. The auxiliary plow is operated independently of the moldboard by a pair of hydraulic cylinders and includes tines or a resilient blade for clearing snow and ice that is not taken up by the primary moldboard. The device also includes a mechanism whereby the scraping edge of the secondary plow follows the same path as the scraping edge of moldboard by sliding movement of the secondary plow relative to the drive frame, and the blade of the auxiliary plow may be formed by tines or a resilient blade. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218402 | TRENCH WALL RIPPER APPARATUS - An apparatus coupled to an excavation bucket for creating a trench sidewall having indentations formed therein. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218403 | VIBRATION DAMPING DEVICE AND BUCKET FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A bucket for a construction machine including a side plate ( | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218404 | CANVAS STRETCHING SYSTEM WITH CORNER CLAMPS - A canvas or material stretching system designed to allow an inexperienced user to stretch a canvas or material on a frame without the use of stretching pliers and staples, both of which require considerable skill and strength. Special purpose corner clamps are used to secure the stretcher bars into an initial open miter frame. The purpose of this is to orient the double sided adhesive strip on the side of the stretchers towards the canvas or material while maintaining the adhesive strip from touching the canvas or material. Once alignment is achieved, the stretching bars are pressed down and attached onto the canvas or material and the corners are released. The corner clamps are removed and canvas or material corners are cut and folded into the open miter ends which also have adhesive strips. By rotating the stretchers axially 90 degrees into the final frame, thus closing the miters, and upon inserting U-shaped fasteners into grooves placed on the back of the stretcher the canvas or material is stretched and ready to display. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218405 | ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD - The present invention provides an advertisement display device that can be affixed to a seat back, tray table or other structure, that is generally viewable by one or more individuals that are seated, standing or otherwise positioned behind such structure that is protected from being opened, defaced, damaged or removed in an unauthorized manner and/or by an unauthorized individual, and that permits a relatively convenient replacement of advertisements therein. The advertisement display device is useful for advertising products, goods, services, messages, businesses, public service announcements and/or the like to consumers. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218406 | Shaped LED Light Bulb - An LED light bulb where the LED light bulb itself is molded into various shapes. The plastic lens used to surround the diode is shaped when manufactured to resemble various items, such as stars, crosses, hearts, trees, pinecones, bulbs, flat panels with designs, or any other shape the user desires. Because the entire light bulb is the LED, uniform and consistent light can be emitted from every part of the plastic lens that makes up the shaped LED light bulb, allowing the user to view the shaped LED light bulb from any angle. The shaped LED light bulb can be used individually, or strung together to form a strand of shaped lights. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218407 | SIGN CONTAINING FOOD NUTRITION INFORMATION FOR GROCERY SHOPPERS - Disclosed is printed matter for display in the proximity of food items at the grocery store that associates the printed information with the food product by use of a printed photograph of the food product and name of the food product. It also relates the benefits and efficacy of consuming the food product and its components to the consumers age, physical condition and/or gender, in words, symbols or characterizations of people and color coding of the media. It also highlights the beneficial components of the food product without the need for reading the small print on product labels. The present invention aids a grocery shopper to easily acquire and understand the efficacy and component information of the food product on the grocery store shelf. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218408 | FURNITURE HAVING REPLACEABLE PANELS - A furniture item, such as a stool, table or chair having removable decorative panels. The removable panels include a surface that is preferably convex in shape when installed and provides an area upon which advertising, promotional and/or purely aesthetic material can be displayed. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218409 | Frame saver - The Frame Saver is essentially a brace that is specially designed to reinforce frame stands when they lose their stability. Manufactured of a durable thermoplastic plastic material, this product is a splint-type apparatus, configured to slide directly onto the frame stand at the point of compromise. The device of the present invention comprises an essentially rectangular configuration comprising a sleeve having two opposing rigid sides that are configured to receive a cardboard frame support as is commonly found on table top frames | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218410 | ACCESSORY MOUNT FOR RIFLE ACCESSORY RAIL, COMMUNICATION, AND POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM - ACCESSORY ATTACHMENT - The present invention is related to weapons systems. In particular, the present invention is directed to accessory attachment systems for rifles and small arms weapons that enable attached accessory devices to draw power from a central power source and communicate with the user and/or other devices. The present invention embodies firearm systems comprising at least one mounting rail comprising at least one power connection, at least one power source, at least one rail accessory comprising a rail grabber or mount, wherein the at least one rail accessory receives electrical power from the power source. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218411 | STABLE BIPOD MOUNT AND CLAMP ASSEMBLY - A clamping assembly for releasably attaching an accessory such as a bipod to an upwardly projecting elongate support such as a picatinny-style mounting rail includes a clamping mount configured to releasably attach to the upward facing picatinny rail, so that the bipod, when deployed, suspends a device to be supported between the bipod's legs. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218412 | Deer Attractant - A deer attractant includes: an expandable visual indicator; and a cover adapted to slide over the visual indicator. The device is transitionable between a first state and a second state, so that when the device is in the first state, the cover compresses and encloses the visual indicator, and when the device is in the second state, the visual indicator is expanded and exposed, thereby attracting the animal. The visual indicator is a compressible bellows that urges itself to expand when not compressed by the cover. The device includes a vocal call that produces an audio signal when the device transitions from the first state into the second state. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218413 | Replaceable tail for fishing lure - Apparatus for a tail releasably attachable to a fishhook. A tail includes an attractor and a connector. The attractor has features that are attractive to fish, including an appearance of prey. The attractor, in one embodiment, includes a tubular member. The tubular member variously includes iridescent material and is configured to receive and hold captive accessories, such as rattles and scented pads. The attractor, in other embodiments, includes sheets, streamers, simulated worms, and/or other devices that are attractive to fish. The connector includes a plug that is attached to the attractor. The plug is a material that allows the point of a fishhook to penetrate the plug. The plug is sufficiently resilient that, after being penetrated by the point, the plug grips the fishhook shank with sufficient force that the plug is retained on the fishhook. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218414 | AMPHIPHILIC OXALAMIDE ORGANOGELATORS DESIGNED FOR GELATION OF ORGANIC SOLVENTS, WATER AND HYDROCARBON COMMERCIAL FUELS - The compounds of general formula (I) wherein: R | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218415 | HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL ETHERS FROM SUGARS AND HIGHER ALCOHOLS - Accordingly, the current invention provides a method for the manufacture of an ether of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural by reacting a hexose-containing starting material with a higher alcohol in the presence of an acid catalyst, and at a temperature in the range of from 125 to 250 degrees Centigrade. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218416 | HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL ETHERS FROM SUGARS OR HMF AND BRANCHED ALCOHOLS - The current invention provides a method for the manufacture of an ether of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural by reacting a hexose-containing starting material with a branched C3-C20 monoalcohol in the presence of a catalytic or sub-stoichiometric amount of an acid catalyst. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218417 | LIQUID FUEL COMPOSITIONS - Liquid fuel compositions comprising one or more C | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218418 | RECHARGEABLE FIRE STARTER AND LONG BURNING FUEL - A method and apparatus is disclosed for a rechargeable fire starter and a long burning fuel. The disclosure relates to a rechargeable fire starter and long burning fuel. The rechargeable fire starter and long burning fuel may comprise an absorbent having a porous mineral, or a combination of one or more porous minerals along with wood pellets. The absorbent may then be saturated with a flammable liquid. This combination provides a rechargeable fire starter and long burning fuel that is relatively impervious to moisture. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218419 | ENGINEERED FUEL FEED STOCK - Disclosed are novel engineered fuel feed stocks, feed stocks produced by the described processes, and methods of making the fuel feed stocks. Components derived from processed MSW waste streams can be used to make such feed stocks which are substantially free of glass, metals, grit and noncombustibles. These feed stocks are useful for a variety of purposes including as gasification and combustion fuels. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218420 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL-CONTAINING BRIQUETTES USING STEEL MILL DUST CONTAINING OIL - The present invention is directed to providing a production method capable of producing carbon composite briquettes having sufficient strength without excessively reducing a production capacity, even using steel mill dust containing oil. This method comprises: adding at least a carbonaceous material and a binder to steel mill dust containing oil and mixing them to form a powdery mixture; compacting the powdery mixture by means of a pressure roll to produce briquettes; and recognizing an increase/decrease in an oil content of the powdery mixture to adjust a rotation speed of the pressure roll so as to lower the rotation speed along with an increase in the oil content. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218421 | Flowerpot shield - The present invention concerns a flowerpot soil protection apparatus featuring a porous stretchable elastic fabric cylinder, wherein the fabric, while stretchable, is carefully chosen to prevent entanglement with fingers and paws. The upper edge of the cylinder features an elasticized sleeve containing a drawstring enabling the upper edge of the stretchable elastic fabric cylinder to be drawn snugly around the stem of a potted plant and secured to maintain the snug fit; the bottom edge of the cylinder features a closed elasticized sleeve containing a closed ring of elasticized cord enabling the bottom edge of the stretchable elastic fabric cylinder to be drawn and held snugly around the rim of a flowerpot containing a potted plant. The apparatus is reusable and easily installed and removed from a variety of flower pots. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218422 | Two piece plant container with water reservoir - A two part plant container includes an outer tub part having a series of step indentations around its perimeter forming horizontal rest surfaces within the outer part which are located above a lower region forming a water reservoir space. The inner part has a bottom wall areas resting on the surfaces with the inner part nested within an upper region of the outer part. A drain hole is formed through a depressed area in one of the rest surface to set the maximum water level in the reservoir which is just below lower areas of the inner part bottom wall set at the same level as the drain hole. This insures that the soil in the inner part is never wet by the water in the reservoir to prevent wicking and waterlogging of the soil while leaving only a very short gap for the roots of a plant to grow across to reach the water. Handhold features are formed into the perimeter wall of the inner part allowing easy lift out. Ribs are formed into the inner part bottom wall to stiffen the same. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218423 | AEROPONIC PLANT GROWING SYSTEM - An aeroponic plant growing system includes a water reservoir and growing chambers for growing plants in an aeroponic environment. A pump, a water distribution manifold, and water lines are used to provide water and nutrients from the water reservoir to sprayers in the growing chambers where the water and nutrients are sprayed on the roots of plants growing therein. The water distribution manifold and water lines preferably are provided as closed loop systems, such that water is provided to all sprayers despite a blockage in the manifold or a water line. Non-absorbed water and nutrients are returned to the water reservoir from the growing chambers on water return lines via a filter that includes multiple types of filter media, including filter media that support the colonization of organisms that support plant growth. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218424 | DOOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of a manufacturing an overhead garage door, includes methods, processes and/or actions for using a printing technique in the assembly line, as well as door sections, doors and printing machines. A method of manufacturing a door includes dividing a first digital image into a number of parallel sections to form multiple section images; printing with ink each of the section image on a separate paint metal door segment, and assembling the door segments so as to create an assembled door having the appearance of the first digital image. A method of manufacturing a door includes a step of applying a clearing coating material to each of the door segments. There is provided a sectional garage door that includes a first door section; and an electronic component coupled to the first door section for associating with an electronic image. A sectional door includes an image printed thereon and the electronic image being the printed on the door section. A method of manufacturing a door includes electronically detecting a door section; and responsive to the step of detecting, selecting a digital image to be printed on the door section. A sectional door may have an ink surface thereon. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218425 | INTEGRATED LOCK AND TILT-LATCH MECHANISM FOR A SLIDING WINDOW - A low-cost combination tilt-lock-latch mechanism for a sliding window that combines ease of installation and adjustment with simplicity of use. The mechanism includes at least one tilt-latch mechanism adapted for mounting in the window sash. The tilt-latch mechanism includes a housing and a plunger having a latch bolt portion retractable within the housing. A plunger latch member automatically latches the plunger in a retracted position to enable tilting of the sash. Further, the mechanism may include an actuator mechanism and a flexible linking member. The tilt-latch may include a locking member adjustable from outside the housing of the tilt latch, to lock the flexible linking member to the plunger, thereby operably coupling the actuator mechanism with the tilt-latch. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218426 | DOOR SAFETY DEVICE - A safety system for a door-to-door jamb interface is provided. The safety interface uses several slidably joined members which are coupled to the door and its associated door jamb to prevent interaction between a user and the door-to-door jamb interface. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218427 | Selective Access Electronics Pet Door - Described is an electronic pet door for automatically granting a selected animal access to a through-way defined by the electronic pet door and denying a non-selected animal access to the through-way. The selected animal carries a transmitter. The electronic pet door includes a corresponding receiver and a frame that defines the through-way, which has a tapered contour. A flap, which has a tapered contour corresponding to the through-way, is disposed within the through-way and is capable of a locked position and an unlocked position. When in the locked position, the flap denies access to the through-way. When unlocked, the flap grants an animal access to the through-way. The flap is locked and unlocked by way of a locking mechanism that shifts the flap longitudinally between the less tapered and most tapered portions of the through-way. The locking mechanism shifts the flap in response to the receiver. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218428 | DOOR PROTECTION DEVICE - This invention relates to a door protection device ( | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218429 | UPPER SEAL FOR A HORIZONTAL SIDE-MOVING DOOR - An example of a horizontal side-moving door with a side-winding or horizontally translating curtain includes an upper seal comprising an upper edge of the curtain sliding within a groove of a seal guide. To protect the door in the event of an impact, at least a portion of the curtain's upper edge can restorably pull out from within the groove. To avoid damage in certain situations, the seal guide might resiliently deflect as well. After an impact, the curtain's upper edge is automatically fed back into the groove by simply opening and closing the door. During normal operation, the curtain's upper edge advantageously deflects in response to air pressure against either side of the door. In some examples, the seal guide is of a uniform cross-section, which makes the seal guide easy to manufacture by way of a conventional plastic extrusion process. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218430 | JOINERY - A movable carriage assembly for a door track or window track is adapted to support a door or window. The carriage assembly includes a lower carriage removably joined to an upper carriage, forming an elongate gap there between which is constructed and adapted to provide a sliding surface element for a track dust cover. When the carriage assembly moves along the track, the dust cover moves through the gap of the carriage assembly and over the sliding surface element whereby the dust cover is caused to disengage from the track and re-engage with track after the carriage assembly has passed. There is also disclosed a method of installing the carriage assembly in a window or door opening for a door or window. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218431 | WASHDOWN DOOR - An example of a door with a pliable curtain includes various washdown features that make the door particularly suitable for use in food and drug related environments that demand cleanliness. To prevent product contamination, such as bacteria and other microorganisms, some examples of the door include a curtain storage track with a spiral groove machined in a unitary block of plastic, a ventilated side frame with a removable curtain guide track and a removable seal, and various curtain seams that not only join multiple sheets of the curtain together but also promote and strategically direct liquid runoff to avoid creating water-holding surfaces and to prevent liquid from dripping on products passing through the doorway. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218432 | ADJUSTABLE WALL SYSTEM - An adjustable wall system comprising horizontal and vertical members for forming a frame. Panels including mounting elements for being removably mounted to two adjacent vertical members of the frame thus forming a wall run. The vertical members include protrusions to be mounted by the mounting elements. The vertical and horizontal members may be provided with mutually mating locators. Surface mounting elements are provided to be mounted to a surface, the vertical members are mounted to these elements. A region of the vertical members is exposed between adjacent panels. This region can be used to mount display members and the like thereto or be used as a spacer. Levelers are used to bolt the freestanding wall runs to the floor. Perpendicular tabs on the horizontal members are used to connect them to other horizontal members creating dividing wall runs on straight wall runs. Angular or curved brackets are used to shape the wall run accordingly. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218433 | Hip, Ridge or Rake Shingle - A hip, ridge or rake shingle comprised of a plurality of panels sandwiched on each panel portion side of a layer of shingle material, such that each panel portion can be folded along a fold line, and wherein tabs are provided for each panel portion, adapted to be bent backwardly upon themselves, sandwiching thickening panels therebetween. The shingles can be laid up on a hip, ridge or rake of a roof, to yield desirable thickened features. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218434 | FLASHING APPARATUS FOR EXTERNAL USE ON STRUCTURES - A flashing apparatus for external use on structures is described. The flashing apparatus essentially serves as an accessory for fiber cement siding and is designed to provide a certain level of water resistance in the seams between the ends of the sections of the siding. The flashing apparatus has a forward projecting flange and comes in various heights to accommodate different sizes of fiber cement siding that may be used in constructing a structure. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218435 | CHI-BUILDER - A structure has eight walls forming an octagonal structure, wherein the walls are arranged to be self-supporting without the use of external fasteners, each wall having an internal face, a least one heat source arranged to provide heat to the structure as desired, a roof having an octagonal shape, the roof attaching to the walls without the use of external fasteners, and an enclosure formed from the walls and roof. A structure having at least three walls, wherein the walls are arranged to be self-supporting without the use of external fasteners, each wall having an internal face, a roof, the roof attaching to the walls without the use of external fasteners, and an enclosure formed from the walls and roof, wherein the walls and roof are manufactured only of natural materials. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218436 | TRANSPORTABLE BUILDING MODULE WITH TWO STRUCTURES - A transportable building module includes a first structure for defining a first enclosed space when erected at a building site and at least one elongate structural component having at least two elements that are relatively linearly slideable for linearly extending the structural component. The structural component is part of or attached to the first structure and is upright when the first structure is installed at the building site, whereupon the structural component is linearly extensible to provide part of a second structure for defining a second enclosed space above the first space. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218437 | n-fold Hyperbolic Paraboloids and Related Structures - Utilizing the three different hyperbolic paraboloids which divide each of the defining tetrahedra (DT) in half, new geometric objects have been created which have unique stacking and interlocking characteristics and are inherently strong and rigid due to their triangular and hyperbolic paraboloid faces. These geometric objects can be utilized to build aesthetic and utilitarian components such as beams, trusses, packaging foams, toys, repeating cellular structures and others. The n-fold hyperbolic paraboloids are new geometric objects. The “n-” in the title stands for any integer greater than or equal to three. The fourfold hyperbolic paraboloid (FIG. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218438 | ADJUSTABLE AND/OR REUSABLE BRACE AND KICKER METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of an adjustable and reusable brace and kicker apparatus are disclosed herein. Various embodiments may include a brace holder and an adjustable kicker. The brace holder may be configured to removably and/or adjustably receive and hold a brace in support of a form for forming a concrete structure. The brace holder may include complementary secure features configured to removably secure the brace holder, and holding features that provide a number of holding positions for selectively holding the brace in one of the holding positions. The kicker may be removably and/or adjustably mated to support the brace with at least three degrees of freedom, including a first angular degree of freedom, a second linear degree of freedom, and a third degree of mating freedom. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218439 | VIBRATION DAMPER - A vibration damper comprises a first plate | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218440 | PORTABLE LIGHT EMITTING STAGE - A portable light-emitting stage component including a deck supported by a support portion comprising at least one light-producing element, a first side, a second side substantially parallel the first side, a first end connected to the first side and the second side, and a second end substantially parallel the first end, the second end connected to the first side and the second side. The at least one light-producing element directs light through the deck. The first side includes a first rotatable latch member comprising a first hook. The first side and the axis of rotation of the first rotatable latch member are substantially coplanar or parallel. The second side includes a first receiving member comprising a first post. The support portion includes a protrusion protruding from a side or end selected from the group consisting of the first side, the second side, the first end, and the second end. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218441 | Wind Uplift Resistant Module Mounting System - Methods and devices are provided for improved rooftop solar module mounting assemblies. In one embodiment, an assembly is provided for mounting a plurality of photovoltaic devices over a roof surface. The assembly comprises of a plurality of elongate metal rods, wherein the elongate metal rods are connected together to define a support grid; a plurality of non-roof penetrating grid supports configured to elevate the support grid above the roof surface, wherein the panels are grouped to define a rigid combination of modules and beams wherein the combination covers sufficient area and has sufficient rigidity which minimizes the risk of module lift off. Some embodiments are non-ballasted systems without features added to increase the weight of the system above a minimum required for conventional wind load ballasting for solar installations. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218442 | DEEP-DRAWING DEVICE - The invention relates to a deep-drawing method and a corresponding deep-drawing device. The deep-drawing device has at least two projections ( | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218443 | COMPOSITE WALL SYSTEM - A building structure comprising a support structure having upper portion extending to adjacent a floor structure above the support structure and adapted to receive stand-off fasteners there along, a plurality of stand-off fasteners each having a lower portion and an upper portion, where the lower portion of the stand-off fasteners comprises a self-drilling end portion and an adjacent thread-forming portion and, when installed into the upper portion of the support structure, at least a portion of the upper portion of each stand-off fastener extends significantly above the upper portion of the support structure, a cementitious wall structure formed above the upper portion of the wall structure with the upper portions of the stand-off fasteners encapsulated in the cementitious wall structure. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218444 | Expandable Drywall Corner Piece - A drywall corner piece with flange surfaces forming a near right angle forming a cup for fitting over drywall corners where the web sections of the flanges have at least one strain relief channel allowing the piece to flex to different angles. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218445 | Boxable Mesh Adhesive Drywall Corner Trim - A boxable drywall corner trim including an elongated semi-rigid member that forms a pair of flanges joined at a grooved hinge along a centerline. Each of the flanges can have a thinner part and a thicker part joined at a step that is approximately parallel to the centerline a predetermined distance from the centerline. The thicker part of the flanges can form a protruding nose member that makes the piece boxable by preventing the cross-over of wet drywall mastic or mud from one flange to the other. The thinner portion of the flange may optionally be perforated with a pattern of punched holes of any configuration throughout the flange assembly. The piece can have a wall-facing paper or other fibrous layer of material that has a tacky adhesive on its wall-facing side. The adhesive can be in a pattern of dots, ridges, lines or any other pattern, or the adhesive can be continuously coated on the surface. A layer of mesh can be trapped between the semi-rigid member and the outer paper layer, the mesh may or may not optionally penetrate into the plastic or other material of the semi-rigid member. When the entire piece is hot extruded, the mesh normally penetrates the plastic. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218446 | STRUCTURE SYSTEM OF CONCRETE BUILDING FOR SELF-HEAT INSULATION - A structure system of concrete building for self-heat insulation comprises a wall ( | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218447 | THIN BRICK AND METHOD FOR MAKING - A thin brick and method of forming a thin brick having a generally rectangular base portion with a plurality of laterally extending tabs extending therefrom is provided. An outer perimeter edge of each tab and a respective opposite side of the base portion has a precise dimension. A decorative upper portion is integrally formed with the base portion and has a generally rectangular shape, sized and shaped to substantially match the size and shape of the base portion. The upper portion extending from the base portion has a thickness that is at least equal to a thickness of the base portion. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218448 | Finishing Profile For A Floor Covering And Methods For Manufacturing Such Finishing Profile - Finishing profile for a floor covering, wherein this finishing profile comprises a body with at least two portions made separable from each other, which, in the unseparated condition, are connected to each other by means of a break-off or cut-off zone, wherein, by whether or not removing one or more of the aforementioned two portions, various application possibilities of the remaining portion of the body are created, wherein, at least on the aforementioned two portions of the body, a layer-shaped covering is provided, wherein said layer-shaped covering shows an interruption at least over part of the length of the finishing profile, at the height of the transition between said two portions. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218449 | Lateral strenthening of poles - Laterally strengthening a target utility pole having an exterior surface includes providing a sheet of carbon-fiber having an inner side and an outer side; applying an adhesive to at least one of the exterior surface of the target utility pole, the inner side, and the outer side; placing the sheet against the exterior surface such that the inner side faces the exterior surface; and after the step of placing, allowing the adhesive to cure to form, in conjunction with the sheet, a strengthening layer; where the strengthening layer covers at least a portion of the exterior surface of the target utility pole. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218450 | PANEL, METHOD OF JOINING PANELS AND METHOD MANUFACTURING PANELS - A panel has a core of wood material or a wood material/plastic mixture, a top and an underside, and two opposite side edges, which have profiles that correspond to each other such that two identically configured panels can be connected and locked to one another in the horizontal (H) and vertical (V) directions by an essentially vertical joining movement. The locking in the horizontal direction (H) can be brought about by a hook connection with an upper locking section having a hook element and a lower locking section having a hook element. The locking in the vertical direction (V) can be brought about by at least one tongue element that is formed from the core in one piece and can be moved in the horizontal direction (H). The at least one tongue element provided on the lower locking section is free with respect to the core in the direction of the opposite side edge by means of an essentially vertical slot and during the joining movement snaps in behind a locking edge extending essentially in the horizontal direction (H), which locking edge is embodied on a locking projection. The tongue element is connected to the core on at least one of its two ends in the direction of its side edge (II), and the width (B | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218451 | STRUCTURAL MEMBERS WITH GRIPPING FEATURES AND JOINING ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR - A joining arrangement is provided for use in the construction of stud frame which includes a releasable attachment/detachment feature. The first member (plate) includes in at least one side wall a formation which, when members are joined, engages a corresponding formation in at least one wall of the second member (stud). The formation, such as a V-shaped protrusion, is/are disposed at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the member and the formation on the second member is disposed generally parallel to its longitudinal axis such that upon engagement of the first and second members, the respective formations in the first and second members engage such that they are in alignment, thereby, securing the first member to the second. Additionally, a plurality of protrusions, which provide a gripping feature, may be formed on the upper surface of web for inhibiting the stud from sliding, slipping, moving and/or migrating within the plate. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218452 | Adjustable Telescoping Support Mechanism for Use with Concrete Forming Systems - An adjustable telescoping support mechanism is provided that may be connected between members of two positionally separated and supported truss members for providing support for a concrete-forming surface for fabricating building floors or ceilings. The telescoping support mechanism may be easily positioned adjacent to the location of vertical concrete structures of a building, such as building support columns, stairwells or elevator shafts in order to tie in a concrete floor or ceiling to the vertical concrete structure. The mechanism provides a means for fabricating a floor or ceiling adjacent to a vertical concrete structure either prior to or after the vertical structure has been fabricated, without the need for supporting scaffolding, which impedes normal construction activity and creates safety issues. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218453 | A WALL SYSTEM - A method of constructing an external weatherpoof wall of a building | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218454 | Lava and Cement Building Block System - A novel way of building walls using lightweight lava blocks without mortar in a three step procedure, fabricating the light weight lava block, setting the block and then filling the block with a lava and cement mixture or slurry; further described is a process for fabricating the lava block from a composition of lava rock, aggregate, Portland Cement, hardening catalyst, fiber, and water. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218455 | Mulling and Sealing System for Compound Fenestration Units - A method is provided for coupling individual fenestration units together and sealing the gaps between them so as to form a sealed compound fenestration unit. The individual fenestration units include mating channels and tabs, or other connectors, that are attached to outside frame surfaces of the individual fenestration units. When the connectors are coupled together, they attach the frames of the individual fenestration units securely together in such a way that gaps are formed between the units along their joined frame surfaces. The gaps are sealed by resilient sealing strips that are configured to be inserted into the gaps, and that are formed with seals that bear against the walls of the gaps to form impervious moisture seals. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218456 | Modular Unit for Applying Opening Devices to Packages of Pourable Food Products - A modular unit for applying opening devices to packages of pourable food products includes a first conveyor for feeding the opening devices successively along a first path, a second conveyor for feeding the packages successively along a second path, a transfer mechanism for transferring the opening devices along a third path from a pickup station located along the first path, to an application station for applying the opening devices to respective packages and located along the second path, and a processing device for performing specific operations on the opening devices prior to application of the opening devices to the respective packages. The transfer mechanism defines a base module of the unit, and the processing device includes different types of processing devices forming part of different auxiliary modules selectively connectable to the base module to define different units for applying the opening devices to respective packages. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218457 | ROTARY SEAMER - A rotary seamer ( | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218458 | Machine For Cutting Products Paper Wrapping, In Particular Of Stacks Of Covers - Machine for cutting the paper wrapping ( | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218459 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PACKAGING TIRES - The invention is related to the field of transportation of automobile tires. The method for packaging tires and device are characterized in that the smaller diameter tire is compressed predominantly in one plane being perpendicular to the diameter thereof and being arranged at an angle to the plane of the larger diameter tire followed by a controllable feeding of the smaller diameter tire into the interior space of the larger diameter tire with synchronous change in the trajectory of motion. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218460 | PROCESS AND INSTALLATION FOR THE CONTINUOUS VACUUM PREPACKING OF FOOD PRODUCTS - Process for the continuous vacuum prepacking of food products that can be pasteurized and/or sterilized in a container closed by a cover that has no hooking element and is equipped with an elastic seal maintained by a forced vacuum, and the cover is opened by a vacuum-breaking system. During the placing under vacuum, the cover is kept apart from the previously filled container, superheated vapor is injected at a temperature, a flow rate and/or a time that allow the sterilization of the cover and the head space of the container by expelling air and incondensable products, in particular oxygen; the container is then pressed against the cover or vice versa, and a jet of cold water is sent onto the cover, which causes rapid cooling of the cover, the immediate condensation of the vapor phase in the head space of the container that allows the placing under deep vacuum. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218461 | VACUUM STORAGE SYSTEM - A vacuum storage system can have a storage container such as a semi-rigid bowl or a flexible thermoplastic bag and an evacuation device for evacuating the container. To draw air from the storage container, the container can be equipped with a one-way valve element attached to a exterior sidewall of the container. The valve element can interface with a nozzle of the evacuation device. The valve element is adaptable between a normal condition in which the valve element is closed, and an altered position in which the valve element is opened. To alter the valve element, the evacuation device includes a contact feature that can contact and displace the valve element. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218462 | FLEXIBLE POUCH AND METHOD OF FORMING A FLEXIBLE POUCH - A method of forming and filling the pouch includes the steps of forming each panel and joining two panels by sealing together the side edges and lower edge. The method also includes the steps of opening the pouch and filling the pouch with the product. The method further includes the steps of closing the filled pouch by forming a first closing seal extending along an upper edge of the pouch a predetermined length from the upper edge, such that there is no dead space inside the pouch between the product and the first closing seal, and forming a second seal between the first closing seal and the upper edge thereby trapping the product between the first closing seal and the second closing seal, and finishing the pouch. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218463 | Food Packages and Methods of Manufacture - A package is disclosed for containing a plurality of individual food items within a tray having an outer surrounding wrapper. The tray is configured to have enhanced rigidity in a longitudinal direction to accommodate greater applications of pressure when forming envelope seals of the outer surrounding wrapper adjacent ends of the tray. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218464 | GRIPPER FOR AN AUTOMATED MANIPULATOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF THE GRIPPER - A manipulator gripper in particular for palletizing and/or depalletizing bundles by means of a robot, has a tool flange for connection to a manipulator; a clamp stop and a counter-stop. Both extend along a lowering axis. A support base extends toward the counter-stop in an insertion plane. The counter-stop and/or the clamp stop can be shifted toward the insertion plane of the support base along the lowering axis, relative to the tool flange. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218465 | Method to reduce the cost of product software upgrades after production - A product packaging shipping container for housing and shipping a device that allows for service upgrades while the product packaging container remains closed. The product packaging container may include a set of container interfaces configured to be accessible from an exterior of the product packaging container and respectively corresponding to a set of device interfaces. The shipping container may also include a set of connections that respectively connect the set of container interfaces to the set of device interfaces, such that an external connection to the set of devices is provided while the product packaging container remains closed via access to the set of container interfaces. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218466 | VEHICLE FILTER ASSEMBLY - A vehicle filter assembly includes a housing, a cyclone-inducing structure and a self-cleaning trap mechanism. The housing has an inlet, an outlet and a trap aperture. The cyclone-inducing structure is disposed within the housing between the inlet and the outlet to separate particulate from gases passing through the housing from the inlet to the outlet. The self-cleaning trap mechanism is movably arranged with respect to the trap aperture to move between a closed orientation sealing the trap aperture and an opened orientation exposing the trap aperture to release particulate from the housing. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218467 | PORTABLE CYCLONIC DUST COLLECTOR - A portable dust collector for woodshop or other use with portable tools has a conic body that is supported on a tripod carriage formed of three legs attaching to gussets at the sides of the conic body. A divider plate within the conic body divides it into a cyclonic chamber between the divider plate and the lower nose, and a fan chamber between the divider plate and a motor plate that closes the upper mouth of the conic body. A final filter cartridge is fitted onto the outlet pipe, so that the dust collector exhausts clean, filtered air into the ambient. The final filter may be supported from a 90-degree elbow, with a removable tray for catching process dust that is knocked off the interior of the filter. The process dust in the cyclone settles into a dust collection barrel supported on a barrel cradle. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218468 | HANGING AIR FILTER - An air filter for filtering air in a refrigerator is provided, comprising a housing having a hollow body including at least a front wall, a pair of side walls, and a top and bottom wall, wherein at least one wall includes at least one aperture for the passage of air, at least one cantilever attaching means for removably securing the housing to the refrigerating apparatus, and a filter element for removable placement within the housing wherein air enters the at least one aperture, makes contact with the filter element, and leaves the air filter. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218469 | BAG FILTER AND METHOD FOR ITS CONSTRUCTION - A bag filter ( | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218470 | Vacuum Cleaner Filter Bag - The invention relates to a vacuum cleaner filter bag having a filter medium comprising a first layer consisting of a netting, a perforated sheet or a perforated non-woven with an air permeability of at least 10,000 l/(m | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218471 | HEPA (H-10) PERFORMANCE SYNTHETIC NONWOVEN AND NANOFIBER COMPOSITE FILTER MEDIA - A composite filter media structure and an associated method of making are provided. The structure includes a base substrate that includes a nonwoven fabric substrate formed from a plurality of bicomponent synthetic fibers using a spunbond process. The composite filter media structure includes a nanofiber layer deposited on one side of the base substrate by an electro-blown spinning process. In one aspect, the base substrate and the nanofiber layer are configured to provide at least an 85% filtration efficiency measured in accordance with an ASHRAE 52.2-1999 test method. In another aspect, the nanofiber layer has a basis weight of about 2.0 g/m | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218472 | Ceramic Structures And Methods Of Making Ceramic Structures - A method of firing a green structure to produce a ceramic structure may comprise heating a firing environment during a first stage of firing of a green structure over a first timed temperature cycle having an average ramp rate sufficient to substantially complete burnout of organic material prior to initiation of clay dehydration proximate a core of the ceramic structure. The method may further comprise heating the firing environment during a second stage of the firing over a second timed temperature cycle having an average ramp rate that is faster than the average ramp rate of the first timed temperature cycle. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218473 | SILICON CARBIDE POROUS BODY - There is provided a silicon carbide porous article containing silicon carbide particles as an aggregate and an oxide as a bonding material. The silicon carbide particles are bonded together in a state that pores are held among the silicon carbide particles, and an additive amount of the oxide is 0.5 g/m | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218474 | Method and Apparatus for Stalk Shear Reduction - Four (4) methods to reduce stalk shear in a corn head row unit utilize a non-variable or dependent drive system. The four methods described include altering the gearbox ratio, increasing the lengths of the fluted portion of the stalk roll, increasing stalk roll diameter or reducing the size of the gathering chain drive sprocket. This novel idea provides an apparatus and method to which genetically improved taller and healthier corn plants can be harvested with minimal amounts of material other than ears ultimately being transferred to the threshing unit. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218475 | VINE OR CANE PRUNER - A cane or vine pruning remover consists of abutting driven wheels which when moved along above vines or canes engage those rising between the wheels to strip them from the parent plant. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218476 | RAKE HEAD - The present invention relates to a rake head, typically for a lawn or garden rake, which optimizes the gathering of matter, facilitates collecting and lifting the gathered matter and also serves as a standard rake. There is provided a rake head adapted for being mounted at an end of a handle and including a first fork having a handle connector for attaching the first fork to the handle, and further including a second fork having a U-shaped connector for removably and radially mounting the second fork with respect to the first fork, the second fork being movable between an unassembled position wherein the second fork is detached from the first fork, and an assembled position wherein the second fork is fixedly disposed in parallel with respect to the first fork. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218477 | DEWATERING SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR INCREASING THE COMBINED CYCLE EFFICIENCY OF A COAL POWERPLANT - A process for treating coal includes contacting the coal with a leaching agent configured to remove a mineral from the coal; forming a wastewater stream comprising water and a concentration of a contaminant; and contacting the wastewater stream with a first side of a reverse osmosis membrane under pressure, wherein a permeate stream comprising a reduced concentration of the contaminant permeates the reverse osmosis membrane and flows from a second side of the reverse osmosis membrane, and a concentrate stream comprising an increased concentration of the contaminant is retained on the first side of the reverse osmosis membrane. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218478 | Turbine engine compressor - A counter-rotating blade stage in lieu of a stator stage may compensate for relatively low rotational speed of a gas turbine engine spool. A first spool may have at least one compressor blade stage and at least one turbine blade stage. A combustor is located between the at least one compressor blade stage and the at least one turbine blade stage along a core flowpath. The at least one counter-rotating compressor blade stage is interspersed with the first spool at least one compressor blade stage. A transmission couples the at least one additional compressor blade stage to the first spool for counter-rotation about the engine axis. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218479 | LINEAR TELESCOPIC ACTUATOR FOR MOVING A FIRST AND A SECOND ELEMENT RELATIVE TO A STATIONARY ELEMENT - The invention relates to a linear telescopic actuator for moving a first ( | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218480 | ACTUATOR FOR AN AIRCRAFT NACELLE MOBILE STRUCTURE, AND NACELLE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH ACTUATOR - This actuator for an aircraft engine nacelle mobile structure ( | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218481 | TWO-PULSE ROCKET MOTOR - In the two-pulse rocket motor in accordance with the present invention, the second propellant is set outside of the first propellant in a motor case, and the inner surface of the first propellant is exposed throughout the almost entire length in the axial direction of the motor case. Therefore, the initial burning area can be secured without deteriorating the performance. Also, by providing a weak part by bonding the barrier membranes or shaping slits on the barrier membrane, the breaking portion of barrier membrane and the behavior of barrier membrane after breakage can be controlled. Further, by setting an igniter charge having higher ignitability and a higher burning rate than the second propellant between the inner surface of the second propellant and the inner barrier membrane, the detachment of barrier membrane and the ignition of the second propellant can be assisted. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218482 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING ROCKET ENGINES - A propulsion system for a rocket engine and a method of cooling a rocket engine includes a propellant tank fluidically coupled to the rocket engine to hold a pressurized propellant, a coolant tank to hold a coolant, a first heat exchanger thermally coupled to the rocket engine and fluidically coupled to the coolant tank, a second heat exchanger thermally coupled to the propellant tank and fluidically coupled to the first heat exchanger, and a third heat exchanger disposed inside the propellant tank to thermally couple a propellant withdrawn from the tank for combustion to a propellant disposed inside the tank. The coolant flows from the coolant tank to the first heat exchanger and through the first heat exchanger to cool the rocket engine. The propellant withdrawn from the propellant tank receives heat from the propellant disposed inside the tank through the third heat exchanger to convert to a gaseous propellant when withdrawn from the propellant tank as a liquid propellant. The coolant flows from the first heat exchanger to the second heat exchanger and through the second heat exchanger to heat the propellant disposed inside the propellant tank. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218483 | CONTROLLED FAN STREAM FLOW BYPASS - A turbine engine component of a turbofan engine fitted with a bypass air valve includes at least one turbine engine component having a surface with at least one aperture, said turbine engine component located from between a bypass fan duct and a turbine exhaust nozzle of the turbofan engine; a bypass air valve includes a liner concentrically disposed about the turbine engine component and parallel to a centerline of the turbofan engine, the liner has a surface including at least one aperture and at least one impermeable region, and means for actuating the liner about the turbine engine component; and a flow transfer location comprising an area proximate to a turbine exhaust stream flow. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218484 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN SCR-EXHAUST GAS AFTER-TREATMENT SYSTEM OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method for controlling an SCR-exhaust gas after-treatment system ( | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218485 | AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROL APPARATUS AND AIR-FUEL RATIO CONTROL METHOD FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A fuel injection amount is controlled so that the air-fuel ratio of exhaust gas flowing into a catalyst ( | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218486 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE - An exhaust gas purification device includes a NO | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218487 | MODEL-BASED DIAGNOSTICS OF NOX SENSOR MALFUNCTION FOR SELECTIVE CATALYST REDUCTION SYSTEM - Methods and systems for detecting faults with nitrogen oxides sensors used to detect the presence of nitrogen oxides in an exhaust effluent gas stream emitted from a combustion engine during its operation include providing a virtual nitrogen oxides sensor measurement compared with actual nitrogen oxides content measured by nitrogen oxides sensors. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218488 | CONSTRUCTION MACHINE - A construction machine that permits an exhaust gas after-treatment device to be disposed while avoiding an increase of height and hence avoiding narrowing of an operator's visual field. A guard panel is disposed substantially in parallel with a base frame. The guard panel includes a top plate, the top plate including an opening formed at a portion thereof corresponding to an engine, and a bonnet formed so as to project upwards from the top plate and cover the opening. A first treatment section is disposed lower than the top plate and a second treatment section includes at least a portion positioned higher than the top plate through the opening and lower than the bonnet. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218489 | METHOD FOR CHECKING THE COMPLETENESS OF A REGENERATION OF A PARTICLE FILETER IN THE EXHAUST GAS OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Proposed is a method for assessing the completeness of a regeneration of a particle filter which is traversed by the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, wherein a pressure difference which is generated across the particle filter when a flow passes through the particle filter is measured and evaluated for the assessment. The method is characterized in that a time derivative of the measured pressure difference is formed and the assessment of the completeness of the regeneration takes place as a function of the time derivative. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218490 | STATIC MIXING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A STATIC MIXING ELEMENT - A static mixing element, in particular for arrangement in an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, has a grid-like component having a flow therethrough. The grid-like component is formed in one piece from an elongated metal strip. In the production of the static mixing element, the metal strip is bent to form the grid-like component. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218491 | METAL FERRITE SPINEL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - 1-100 nm metal ferrite spinel coatings are provided on substrates, preferably by using an atomic layer deposition process. The coatings are able to store energy such as solar energy, and to release that stored energy, via a redox reaction. The coating is first thermally or chemically reduced. The reduced coating is then oxidized in a second step to release energy and/or hydrogen, carbon monoxide or other reduced species. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218492 | COMPRESSED GAS-DRIVEN DEVICE WITH PASSIVE THERMODYNAMIC COMPOSITION - The present invention is directed generally to a system and method which employ a compressed gas-driven device with a passive thermodynamic composition. Certain embodiments provide a compressed gas-driven (e.g., CO | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218493 | TORQUE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINE THREE-PUMP SYSTEM - Torque control for a construction machine three-pump system that can accurately control the total absorption torque of first, second, and third hydraulic pumps and effectively use the output torque of an engine. A pump base torque computation section | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218494 | Pump Control Apparatus for Hydraulic Work Machine, Pump Control Method and Construction Machine - A pump control apparatus for a hydraulic work machine includes: a rotation speed setting device that sets a target rotation speed for an engine; a rotation speed control device that controls an engine rotation speed so as to adjust the engine rotation speed to the target rotation speed; a first variable hydraulic pump used to drive a work hydraulic actuator, driven by the engine; a second variable hydraulic pump used to drive a cooling fan, driven by the engine; and a pump control device that controls an output flow rate of the first variable hydraulic pump and an output flow rate of the second variable hydraulic pump so as to ensure that a sum of an intake torque of the first variable hydraulic pump and an intake torque of the second variable hydraulic pump does not exceed an engine output torque determined in advance based upon the target rotation speed. The pump control device a) controls the output flow rate of the second variable hydraulic pump based upon the target rotation speed and a target output flow rate of the second variable hydraulic pump assuring a required cooling air volume at the cooling fan; and b) regulates the intake torque of the first variable hydraulic pump by calculating the intake torque of the second variable hydraulic pump and subtracting the intake torque of the second variable hydraulic pump from the engine output torque determined in advance based upon the target rotation speed. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218495 | SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR STORING ENERGY IN AN ELASTIC ROPE SPRING MOTOR - Systems and devices for storing mechanical energy in a spring motor or the like are described. In one implementation, an energy storage device includes an elastic rope, a spool and a control mechanism. The elastic rope is reversibly deformable from a relaxed state to a stretched state for storing mechanical energy. The spool is coupled to the elastic rope, and is configured to maintain the elastic rope in the stretched state while the elastic rope is wound around the spool. The control mechanism is coupled to the spool and is configured to allow the spool to rotate in response to the elastic rope relaxing from the stretched state to the relaxed state for retrieval of stored mechanical energy. In some implementations, the elastic rope may be formed from an elastomer wrapped with a fiber made from carbon nanotubes or other synthetic strengthening material. | 2010-09-02 |
| 20100218496 | PASSIVE HEAT ENGINE SYSTEMS AND COMPONENTS - Methods for harnessing a heat source to produce energy are provided. One method comprises transferring heat from the heat source to a working fluid using at least one heat pipe; and performing work via the heated working fluid. Another method comprises operating a thermodynamic cycle to convert heat into work, comprising displacing a working fluid within a closed loop, said closed loop being defined by a first pathway within a working chamber, and a return pathway external to the return chamber; wherein displacement of the working fluid along the first pathway causes sympathetic displaced of a movable member held captive in the working chamber, and displacement of the working fluid along the external pathway is under influence of capillary forces; and transferring heat to the working fluid using at least one first heat pipe. Components and systems for implementing the methods are also provided. | 2010-09-02 |
