| 36th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
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| 20080213016 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM CONVEYING METHOD - An image forming apparatus according to the present invention includes first and second conveying mechanisms disposed at a predetermined distance, a feeding roller for feeding an output medium for supporting a developer image to a predetermined position capable of holding the developer image, a separation roller, or a conveying roller, a cassette for housing the output medium, and a plurality of sensors capable of detecting a time for conveying the output medium between the cassette and the feeding roller and the separation roller or the conveying roller, and is capable of setting its regulating a mount of an applied pressure regulating mechanism based on the detected results of the respective sensors. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213017 | POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS - A post-processing apparatus includes: a compile tray; a post-processing member; a stacker tray; a sheet conveying path including a discharging path, a waiting path and a discharging-path switching member; a sheet conveying member; an one-end alignment medium conveying member; a discharging member; and a discharging-member controlling section. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213018 | HAND-PROPELLED SCRAPBOOKING PRINTER - A handheld, hand-propelled mobile printer is disclosed for use in printing a scrapbook item on a scrapbook sheet. The printed item may be any graphic, image, drawing, illustration, text, embellishment, or other scrapbook item. The printer receives or generates image data of the item and a user moves the printer on a scrapbook sheet for printing the item. A position module provides absolute position data so that the item is accurately printed. Use of the handheld, hand-propelled printer allows a user to add items to a scrapbook at many locations and without the need for a desktop or other stationary printer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213019 | Process for Producing Rfid Labels - The invention relates to a method for producing an RFID label using a printing method. The aim of the invention is to apply the required parts to the label in a simple manner, and preferably also to protect the antenna from mechanical damage. To this end, at least part of the antenna required for the operation of the label and part of the oscillating circuit is applied to the stock by means of sheet-fed offset printing or directly or indirectly by means of a relief-printing plate. In order to protect the oscillating circuit from damage, the application surface thereof is lowered, or the oscillating circuit and the antenna are lowered into the stock after the application process. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213020 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING CUSTOMIZED TYPESET QUESTION-BASED DOCUMENTS - The present invention generally relates to a system and method for dynamically generating customized, typeset publication quality question-based documents, such as examinations, answers and/or worked out solutions in a portable document format. More particularly, the system and method of the present invention enable users to select questions from a catalog of questions previously encrypted, loaded, and stored on a server. Additionally, the user is able to specify the sequence of the selected questions and insert heading and preamble information. Software components process this information to generate an examination document in a typeset portable document format, wherein the examination document includes the selected questions in the specified sequenced and heading and preamble information. The software concomitantly generates answer and worked-out solutions documents corresponding to the questions in the examination document. All generated documents are encrypted and stored on the system and are available for downloading. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213021 | Print Engine Controller For A Pagewidth Printer With A Four-Stage Print Pipeline - Provided is a print engine controller for a printer having a pagewidth printhead. The controller includes a serial interface, a JPEG decoder, a fax decoder, a halftoner/compositor unit, a tag encoder, a line loader/formatter unit, and an interface to the pagewidth printhead. These components together define a print control pipeline. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213022 | PRINTER WITH THERMOTRANSFER PRINT HEAD AND METHOD FOR CONTROL THEREOF - In a method for controlling a print head with a number of printing elements operating according to the thermotransfer principle, an energy quantity is fed to a printing element in a feed step in order to transfer ink from an ink carrier device associated with the print head to a substrate associated with the ink carrier device to generate an image point of a barcode, with the energy quantity being adjusted dependent on the position of the image point in the barcode. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213023 | THERMAL TRANSFER PRINTER RIBBON CASSETTE APPARATUS AND RIBBON CASSETTE MOUNTING METHOD - A thermal transfer ribbon printer ribbon cassette apparatus and a ribbon cassette mounting method by which a ribbon cassette for a thermal transfer ribbon of large roller size can be easily and reliably set in a thermal transfer printer. Focussing on the use of a main guide shaft as an initial guide, guidability along a printer main body stay and, finally, engageability of a final positioning engagement pin and a final position engagement hole, a cassette main body is formed to be attachable to a printer main body by providing a cassette main body stay in which a main guide hole to which a main guide shaft is formed detachably, a final positioning engagement pin formed in a printer main body stay, and a final positioning engagement hole formed in a handle-side base plate. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213024 | RECORDING APPARATUS AND MEDIUM STORAGE DEVICE - A movable rod member is provided that changes the shape of a medium receiver of a medium storage portion by changing the location of the movable rod member. The location of the movable rod member is changed in accordance with the condition of a medium, so as to change a method of storing the medium. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213025 | Image Generating Apparatus - An image generating apparatus capable of properly feeding papers in the body thereof and reliably suppressing wrinkling easily caused on cross-directional ends of an ink sheet is obtained. This image generating apparatus includes a print head, including a print portion pressing an ink sheet, capable of printing an image on a paper, a paper guide member guiding a transport direction for the paper when feeding the paper and an ink sheet guide member, having a central portion convexed toward a take-up direction for the ink sheet with respect to the print head in plan view, for guiding transportation of the ink sheet in printing, while a region of the paper guide member corresponding to a cross-directional end of the ink sheet integrally includes an ink sheet contact portion so shaped as to apply tension to the cross-directional end of the ink sheet. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213026 | Configuring Gaming Voucher Layouts in Gaming Machines - Systems and methods for configuring gaming voucher layouts are described herein. In one embodiment the method includes receiving, in a gaming machine, a gaming voucher layout defining a print layout for a gaming voucher. The method can also include loading the gaming voucher layout into a printer, where the printer is part of the gaming machine. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213027 | Imaging device - An imaging device includes a support platen having vacuum hold down recesses and a screen positioned on the platen. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213028 | Stick-Shaped Solid Cosmetics and Method for Producing the Same - Stick-shaped solid cosmetic | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213029 | Promotional writing instrument having objects within fluid-filled chambers - A promotional writing instrument includes an elongated barrel having a writing end and first and second longitudinally adjacent transparent chambers. Translucent fluid substantially fills the first and second chambers, and a first object is disposed within the first chamber and a second object is disposed within the second chamber. Movement of the first and second objects is viewable through the transparent first and second chambers. A portion of the barrel between the first and second chambers is substantially non-transparent and blocks from view adjacent respective portions of the first and second chambers. When the first object moves downwardly through the fluid in the first chamber, the first object disappears behind the barrel non-transparent portion substantially at the same time as the second object appears from behind the barrel non-transparent portion as the second object moves downwardly through the fluid in the second chamber. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213030 | Ink Cartridge For A Pen-Shaped Printer - An ink cartridge for a pen-shaped printer is provided. The ink cartridge includes a hollow tube with internal ribs defining elongate ink chambers within the tube for operatively storing ink, and a first end cap for sealing one end of the tube. The first end cap is configured to receive a battery for supplying the printer with electrical energy. The cartridge also includes a second end cap for sealing the other end of the tube, the second end cap being configured to position a printhead of the printer. Also included is a stylus nib and nib cap defining an aperture through which the nib protrudes and through which the printhead operatively prints ink onto a substrate. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213031 | Point for writing instrument, drawing instrument and/or marking instrument - A point for writing instruments, drawing instruments and/or marking instruments has at least one marking edge, wherein the at least one marking edge has at least one recessed area, and wherein the at least one recessed area is configured between two elevated points. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213032 | SHEET RETENTION MECHANISMS FOR SPRING CLAMP BINDERS - Spring clamp binders that include sheet retention mechanisms that provide improved performance and increase manufacturing efficiency and cost-effectiveness are described. The spring clamp binders have a cover and one or more spring clamps for holding one or more items, including sheets of physical media, such as loose sheets of paper, pages of a photoalbum, and other types of physical media. Methods of manufacturing spring clamp binders also are described. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213033 | Receiving Element - The invention relates to a receiving element comprising a bolt with an external surface that is essentially parallel to and in particular coaxial with a longitudinal axis. Said bolt can be introduced into a bore of at least one component, preferably at least two components in order to fix and/or align said component(s) for subsequent machining. The aim of the invention is to develop the receiving element whilst maintaining a simple construction in order to ensure a high dimensional stability and positioning precision over a long service life. To achieve this, the bolt comprises at least two recesses containing orifices in the vicinity of its external surface, said recesses containing pins, which consist of or comprise wear-resistant sintered material, extend through said orifices in a partial radial manner and project beyond the external surface with a predefined overhang. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213034 | Swivel fitting attachment apparatus - An exemplary, non-limiting swivel fitting attachment apparatus includes a ball fitting and a swivel fitting. The ball fitting includes a base having an attachment portion, such as a flange, arranged for attachment to a structure and a ball attachable to the base. The ball may be removably attachable or fixedly attached to the base. The swivel fitting has a first end having a socket portion that is arranged to receive the ball therein and a second end having an attachment portion that is arranged for attachment to an object. The socket portion of the swivel fitting may be expandable and closeable over the ball, and may include first and second socket portion members that are urgeable toward and away from each other. The second end of the swivel fitting may be couplable to a clevis fitting. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213035 | Joint and/or Bearing Arrangement - A joint and/or bearing arrangement ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213036 | Ball and Socket Joint - A ball and socket joint, for example, for an axle system of a motor vehicle. The ball and socket joint has an essentially ring-shaped or pot-shaped joint housing ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213037 | Hollow Body Component and Process for Manufacturing Such a Component - A hollow-bodied component, which includes at least two die-cast shell elements (1, 2), is suitable in particular for use as a steering component in motor vehicle running-gear assemblies. The hollow-bodied component has a connection zone (5, 6, 18, 19) configured on the shell elements (1, 2) to be interconnected. One connection zone (5) has one first contact area (7) with an essentially U-shaped cross-section that is located on the respective shell element (1) and the other connection zone has at least one strut-type second contact area (8) that engages in the space in the U-shaped first contact area (7) and that is located on the respective other shell element (2). The connection zones (5, 6, 18, 19) are joined in a force fit in a cold welding process that uses a contact pressure (F | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213038 | LEVER-TYPE CONNECTOR - A female housing ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213039 | SPRING FASTENING MEMBER - A spring fastening member includes two arms that can be engaged in a tube. A first protrusion and a second protrusion are respectively disposed at two corresponding sides of the spring fastening member in a direction away from the two sides of the spring fastening member when the two arms of the spring fastening member are forced to being parallel to each other. At the two corresponding sidewalls as viewed in a radial section of the tube, a first hole and a second hole are respectively disposed there for allowing the first protrusion and the second protrusion to be inserted there through. A first distance is defined between central axes of the first protrusion and the second protrusion, a second distance is defined between central axes of the first hole and the second hole, and the first distance is not equal to the second distance. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213040 | Shear Connector for Connecting at Least Two Components and System of Interconnected Components - The invention relates to a shear connector ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213041 | TRAFFIC BARRICADE HAVING INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS - The present invention is directed to traffic barricade having interchangeable base members and upright members that interconnect to each other. The base member and upright member are identical which allows the base member and the upright member to be interchanged together. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213042 | Vehicle barrier - In order to stop a moving vehicle without injury to occupants, a vehicle barrier is provided having a pair of platforms disposed on opposite sides of a roadway, and a capture net extending across the roadway between the platforms. Each platform has a rotatably mounted spool attached to a different end of the net, and a dual acting extension-compression shock absorber pivotally mounted to the spool, such that when the force or energy of an impacting vehicle on the net is applied to the shock absorbers, via rotation of the spools. Rotation of spools operate the shock absorbers in compression, and if needed, in extension. In railroad crossing application, two of the vehicle barriers are provided on either side of the railroad tracks to prevent vehicles from crossing the railroad tracks. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213043 | PICK HOLE GUARD FOR MANHOLE COVERS - Pick hole guards are provided for use in guarding pick holes on manhole covers. In some embodiments of the present invention, the pick hole guards can have a base, biasing member, and guard member. The biasing member can be attached to the base and guard member, and can bias the guard member toward a pick hole on the manhole cover to guard the pick hole. In other embodiments, the pick hole guards do not have movable guard members, but instead have retaining surfaces to serve as a receptacle for catching waste disposed through a pick hole. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213044 | Method for Stabilising and Securing Rivers, Slopes and Embankments and Contructions Which can be at Least Partially Displaced in Water, by Composite Material Made From Mineral Particles and an Epoxy Resin - The invention relates to a method for stabilizing and securing banks, hillsides and slopes, and structures present at least partly in moving waters, such as supporting and construction elements, by composite materials comprising mineral particles, preferably stones, in particular crushed rock, and an epoxy resin. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213045 | Structure and method for facilitating safe downstream passage of migrating fish around hydroelectric projects - Structure and method for safe downstream passage of juvenile fish of any species around hydroelectric dam projects using a combination of deeply submerged extended turbine intakes and surface-oriented bypass flows near the dam structure. The turbine intakes are extended upstream from the dam face. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213046 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR TREATING LANDFILLS OR CONTAMINATED SOIL - A system for the treatment of solid waste landfills or polluted soils comprising: a tube, adapted to be introduced for a suitable depth inside the landfill or soil, said tube having a series of openings appropriately spaced along its wall, adapted for the introduction of gas; a probe adapted to pass through inside said tube, having activable and deactivatable means adapted to form a seal against the internal wall of said tube, feeding means of a gas to said probe, means for appropriately injecting said gas inside said tube and/or through one or more of said openings. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213047 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINER TENSIONING IN PIPELINE REHABILITATION - A system for liner tensioning according to embodiments of the present invention includes a tubular liner inside a pipeline from a front end of the pipeline to a back end of the pipeline, the tubular liner having a front end and a back end, the tubular liner coupled to the front end of the pipeline, the back end of the tubular liner extending from the back end of the pipeline, as well as a liner clamp coupled to the back end of the tubular liner, and a tensioning element coupled to the liner clamp and the pipeline, the tensioning element configured to apply a tensioning force between the liner clamp and the pipeline. The tensioning element may include one or more braces adjustable in length to accommodate pipes of varying diameters or different lengths of liner extending from the pipe. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213048 | Method for fabricating and transporting an integrated buoyancy system - A buoyancy system includes a plurality of buoyancy joints distributed along a riser system. Each joint can include a riser pipe, an external frame disposed around a riser and a vessel, and a buoyant cladding disposed between the vessel and the frame. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213049 | Methods for Controlling Dust and Creating Bio-Crust - Methods for controlling dust and other particulates using photosynthetic organisms to create a bio-crust. The methods include applying algae to a site under conditions suitable for forming a layer over the site that provides dust control. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213050 | Environmental barrier device - An environmental barrier device includes a first member and a second member. The first member may be constructed of a first sheet material and may have a memory retaining shape. The first member may be oriented in a generally upright position and is resiliently deflectable from the generally upright position. The second member may be secured to the first member and may be constructed of a second sheet material, which may be flexible and may define a filter media. The filter media may allow the passage of water and preclude the passage of dirt and silt. The environmental barrier device includes a lower portion for positioning below ground level and an upper portion for positioning above ground level. The environmental barrier device may be driven over or otherwise deflected from a generally upright orientation and the first member may automatically return the environmental barrier device to the generally upright orientation. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213051 | BORING TOOL AND A CUTTING INSERT THEREFOR - Boring tool and a cutting insert therefor. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213052 | Indexable cutting inserts and methods for producing the same - A method of making a cutting insert includes: (i) forming a blank having a substrate and superhard material, the substrate having more than 4 pockets, the superhard material disposed within the pockets; (ii) removing cutting tips from the blank by cutting the blank along cutting lines; (iii) providing a cutting insert body having a plurality of cavities for receiving a corresponding number of cutting tips; (iv) inserting a cutting tip into each of the plurality of cavities; and (v) brazing the cutting tips to the cutting insert body. A related cutting insert includes: a cutting insert body having a plurality of cavities formed therein; a plurality of cutting tips, each of the plurality of cutting tips disposed in a respective cavity, the cutting tips having a geometry that provides a mechanical retention or lock when inserted into the cavities of the cutting insert body, the cutting tips further being brazed in the cutting insert body. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213053 | ROTARY CUTTING TOOL, SUCH AS A DRILL, COMPRISING AN EXCHANGEABLE CUTTING INSERT, AND AN EXCHANGEABLE CUTTING INSERT - A rotary cutting tool that is composed of a tool shank with at least one chucking groove or chip flute and one exchangeable cutting insert. At the tip of the shank a recess for accommodating the cutting insert is provided. The tool shank, on its circumference, has a limb with a bearing surface that is inclined relative to the tool axis and that corresponds to a likewise inclined bearing surface on a wing of the cutting insert. The inclination of the bearing surfaces produces an axial force that retains the cutting insert on the tool shank. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213054 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO MANUFACTURE ORIENTED INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL GEAR TEETH - A system and method for forming a feature on an inner surface of a gear includes a sensor for sensing the position of a feature on the gear, a cutting station having a cutting tool for forming the feature on the inner surface of the gear, and a controller. The controller is operable to determine an amount of rotation necessary to rotate either the gear or the cutting tool such that the feature on the inner surface of the gear is formed at a desired orientation relative to the feature on the outer surface of the gear. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213055 | Universal Machine for the Soft Machining of Bevel Gears and Corresponding Method - The invention relates to a device for use in production of bevel gears. The device comprises a turning machine ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213056 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MACHINING DEEP HOLE - There is provided a method for machining a deep hole, which enables prevention of scattering of a coolant and efficient discharge of shavings. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213057 | Machine Tool with Two Clamp Points on Separate Carriages - The invention relates to a machine tool for milling workpieces, provided with at least two linear displacement axes and at least one pivot axis for carrying out relative movements between a tool and the corresponding workpiece with a workpiece mounting in which a workpiece may be clamped between two clamping points, whereby one of the linear displacement axes is provided as workpiece axis of the workpiece mounting, by means of which the workpiece may be linearly driven, which is furthermore provided with a tool holder for mounting a cutting machining tool, driven in rotation about a tool axis by means of a tool drive. The same conditions are achieved for workpieces of greatly different length for a highly accurate production, whereby two physically separate carriages ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213058 | MODULAR INTERCHANGEABLE CARGO DECK - A removable, modular, cargo deck trailer system may include different types of modular, interchangeable, removable deck units which are configured to be removably and interchangeably attached to a trailer. The different types of modular, interchangeable, removable deck units may collectively include a plurality of moving apparatus for moving cargo in a lengthwise direction relative to the deck units, for moving cargo in a vertical direction relative to the deck units, and for moving cargo in at least one of a widthwise direction relative to the deck units, and in a rotating direction relative to the deck units. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213059 | UNIVERSAL APPARATUS FOR THE INSPECTION, TRANSPORTATION, AND STORAGE OF LARGE SHELL STRUCTURES - An apparatus for holding an aerospace structure, having an edge and a surface, includes a base. Coupled to the base is an edge support adapted to releasably engage the edge of the structure. Also coupled to the base is a stanchion. Moveably coupled to the stanchion is a surface support adapted to support the surface of the structure when the edge of the structure is retained by the edge support. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213060 | Load Security Device Comprising a Coupling Device with Snap Action - A lashing device includes a stretching device which is to be fastened between two fixing points that are to be secured to one another, the stretching device including stretching device parts which are each connectible to one of the fixing points. At least a first stretching device part has a stretching rod extending in the longitudinal direction of the stretching device and has a threaded portion. A second stretching device part supports a nut part which is to be screwed onto the thread of the first stretching device part. Between the first and the second stretching device part, a coupling part is arranged which, by snap action, allows mutual rotation of the two stretching device parts in at least a direction of rotation which corresponds to tightening of the stretching device and counteracts rotation in the opposite direction. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213061 | TRACK SLOT FASTENER - A fastener assembly secures loads to a track in a truck bed and is retainable within a track slot of the track. The fastener assembly may include a retainer adapted to fit at least partly within a track slot and a rotatable handle operating on the retainer, the rotatable handle being rotatable between at least an engagement position and a release position. A pressure applicator is positioned between the track and the rotatable handle, the pressure applicator having a bottom surface for applying a pressure on a top surface of the track in response to the position of the rotatable handle. The pressure applicator includes at least one projection projecting from an interior region of the bottom surface and adapted to engage a positioning scallop of the track. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213062 | CONSTANT LOAD FASTENER - Described herein are fasteners and devices for securing together several components so that the load applied to the components is constant or nearly constant. The fasteners described herein include a hyperelastic member having first end to which a first retainer is coupled and a second end to which a second retainer is coupled. The retainers are configured to contact the structures being fastened and transfer the load from the structures to the hyperelastic member. The hyperelastic member may be an elongate shaft (e.g., a rod, cylinder, strut, etc.), and is a shape memory alloy that is typically fabricated as a single crystal. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213063 | Dual-action disposable clamp - A clamp and a method for installing the clamp into at least two work pieces is provided. The clamp has a shank keyed to an expander. The expander engages the core bolt such that rotation of the core bolt bulbs the expander to clamp the work pieces. A spacer engages the shank to prevent rotation of the shank during installation. The shank has a flange fracturing at a predetermined compression load. The core bolt optionally has a first and a second break groove fracturing at predetermined compression loads. A nut is optionally provided to engage the spacer. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213064 | METHOD FOR CHEATING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN AN ELECTRIC TERMINAL DEVICE SUCH AS A CABLE SHOE AND A SHEET METAL PART, FASTENER ELEMENT AND COMPONENT ASSEMBLY - The invention relates to a method for creating an electrically conductive connection between an electric terminal device having a cavity, such as a cable shoe, and a sheet metal part. According to said method, a hollow fixing element is riveted to the sheet metal part to prevent torsion, thus producing an electrically conductive connection between the fixing element and the sheet metal part and the assembled component is then provided with an electrically non-conductive or poorly conductive protective coating, such as for example a lacquer coating or powder coating. Said method is characterized in that a receptacle for the electric terminal device is configured in the vicinity of the front face of the fixing element, to which the electric terminal device is attached, said receptacle preventing the torsion of the terminal device in relation to the fixing element and the sheet metal part and that a thread forming or cutting screw is screwed through the cavity of the electric terminal device into the hollow fixing element, said screwing action forming or cutting a thread. The invention also relates to a corresponding fixing element and an assembled component that is produced in this manner. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213065 | Joining assembly including a plastic support member and a plastic threaded element - A threaded element of plastic material for a joining assembly has a uniquely formed thread profile of a small profile angle between 30° and 50° and a rounded crest of a relatively large radius of curvature. The gap between the revolutions of the thread is of a volume which exceeds that of the thread. In order to provide for a specific cutting geometry of the thread profile the threaded element comprises a plurality of angular segments which are radially offset with respect to each other such that adjacent angular segments provide cutting edges. Furthermore, a tool and a method for making such a joining assembly are disclosed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213066 | Hay bale flake-separating and flake-dispensing system and device - A chain driven push arm advances a hay bale along a bed toward an opening including a pair of vertically aligned, spaced-apart idle wheels each including plural radiating blades. As the hay bale advances along the bed, the wheels rotate freely causing the blades to impinge on successive regions of the hay bale to separate a succession of flakes from the hay bale remainder. The bed is mounted on a wheeled truck or vehicle that is towable behind a tractor as the tractor driver remotely selectively operates the push arm to dispense flakes along the ground. An optional, towable conveyor can be used to load the bed with a succession of hay bales. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213067 | Method and System for Transferring Cargo - A terminal structure ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213068 | DATUM PLATE FOR USE IN INSTALLATIONS OF SUBSTRATE HANDLING SYSTEMS - A datum plate is provided for use in installations of substrate handling systems. The datum plate has a set of predetermined attachment locations adapted to couple the datum plate to a chamber; a set of predetermined attachment locations adapted to couple one or more automatic door opener platforms to the datum plate; and a set of predetermined attachment locations adapted to couple one or more substrate handlers contained within the chamber, to the datum plate. The attachment locations are positioned such that when the datum plate is coupled to the chamber, and the automatic door opener platform and the substrate handler are coupled to the datum plate, the substrate handler and automatic door opener platform are aligned for substrate transfer therebetween. Numerous other aspects are provided. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213069 | APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES USING THE SAME - An apparatus for fabricating semiconductor devices is provided. The apparatus includes a process equipment in which a process is performed and a transfer system attached to the process equipment to supply a substrate to the process equipment. The transfer system includes a transfer robot for moving the substrate and a light supplier for supplying ultraviolet rays to the substrate. Methods of fabricating the semiconductor devices using the apparatus are also provided. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213070 | Component placement device as well as a method for transporting substrates through such a component placement device - A component placement device suitable for placing a component on a substrate comprises at least one component feeder, at least one substrate conveyor as well as at least one component pickup and placement device for picking up a component from the component feeder and placing said component on a substrate supported by the substrate conveyor. The substrate conveyor comprises a substrate feeding portion comprising at least two substrate feed tracks extending parallel to each other, a substrate processing portion located near the component feeder, which is connected to the substrate feeding portion and which comprises a single substrate processing track, a substrate discharging portion connected to the substrate processing portion, which comprises at least two substrate discharge tracks extending parallel to each other, as well as transfer means for transferring substrates from a second substrate feed track to a first substrate feed track and from a first substrate discharge track to a second substrate discharge track. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213071 | TRANSPORT DEVICE IN AN INSTALLATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTRATES - The invention concerns a transport device in an installation for the treatment of substrates with a succession of transport segments for the continuous in-line transport of the substrates along a transport line through several treatment sections, wherein a transfer means is provided for positioning one substrate each into a stationary treatment position. The object of the invention is to improve the functionality of a transport device of the generic method to guarantee reduced cycle times. The object is achieved with a transfer means having at least two matching, mobile combination segments, by means of which the substrate is positionable, wherein the combination segments in an alternating assignment to the transport line form a transport segment. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213072 | Discharge hopper and method of discharging shaft trays filled with rod-shaped products - A discharge hopper for a tray discharge station for serially discharging shaft trays filled with rod-shaped products includes, a conveying element for carrying away the products flowing from the shaft trays and a connecting device for coupling the shaft trays to be emptied to the conveying element. The connecting device is arranged substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the conveying element to form a channel for the product flow and includes an opening for passage of the products from the shaft tray into the channel. In the region of the connecting device there is provided a closure unit to open and close the opening. The closure device is coupled to a movable actuating element so that the closure device can be opened and closed shaft by shaft in relation to the shaft tray to be emptied. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213073 | PORT STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING CONTAINERS - A port storage and distribution system for facilitating the transfer and/or storage of international shipping containers between container ships and ground transport carriers wherein an overhead grid guide track structure is provide that permits overhead transfer units to selectively engage and convey containers as required between the various ships, carriers and storage area without requiring multiple transfers of containers between different handling equipment. The system provides for container scanning and is either fully automated or partially manually controlled. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213074 | VERSATILE TRAILER DECK - The invention relates to versatile cargo trailer decks, and to methods for moving cargo onto such cargo trailer decks. In embodiment, a cargo trailer deck may have first and second moving apparatus attached to a deck member. The first moving apparatus may be adapted to move cargo between the back end of the deck member and the front end of the deck member, while the second moving apparatus may be adapted to rotate cargo from one orientation on the deck member to a second orientation on the deck member. The deck member may be adapted to move in backward, forward, left, right, vertical, and tilt directions, in order to align the deck member for loading and/or unloading cargo. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213075 | System and a Method of Controlling the Tilting of a Loadcarrying Implement of a Movable Work Machine, and a Movable Work Machine - A system is provided for controlling the tilting of a load-carrying implement of a movable work machine that includes a frame and the implement, pivotally connected to the frame, and a tilting arrangement for tilting the implement in relation to the frame. The system includes a control for controlling the tilting of the implement based upon a sensor-registered movement of the movable work machine, and for controlling the tilting of the implement such that the implement counteracts the inertia of a load carried by the implement. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213076 | Edge grip end effector - The present invention is directed to an end effector having at least three substrate support members and at least three movable substrate gripping members. In one embodiment, an end effector has at least four substrate support members and at least three movable substrate gripping members. In another embodiment, an end effector has at least four movable substrate support members and at least three movable substrate gripping members. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213077 | Articulated robot - An articulated robot includes a first arm which is horizontally angularly movable, a sectorial support plate coaxial with a center about which the first arm is angularly movable, an auxiliary arm parallel to the first arm, and a joint member connected to respective distal ends of the first arm and the auxiliary arm. An arcuate rail is mounted on the support plate. The first arm, the auxiliary arm, and the joint member make up a parallel link mechanism. The arcuate rail engages an engaging assembly mounted on an upper surface of the first arm. A second arm is angularly movably connected to the joint member, and a third arm is angularly movably connected to the distal end of the second arm. An end effector for attracting a workpiece is connected to the distal end of the third arm. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213078 | PICK AND PLACE APPARATUS - A pick and place apparatus includes a plurality of device holing elements in a predetermined arrangement; a power supply mechanism for supplying a power for controlling a horizontal pitch between the plurality of device holding elements; a power transmission mechanism for delivering the power from the power supply mechanism to the plurality of device holding elements as a translational force in a horizontal direction; a first linear motion guide mechanism for guiding horizontal movements of some of the plurality of device holding elements; and a second linear motion guide mechanism disposed below the first linear motion guide mechanism, for guiding horizontal movements of the other device holding elements. The plurality of device holding elements are slidably coupled to the first and the second linear motion guide mechanism alternately. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213079 | Apparatus and Method for Separating and Transporting Substrates - The invention relates in particular to the separation and transportation of a disc shaped substrate ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213080 | Compact Storage System and Its Application - The invention relates to a compact storage system and a corresponding method for storing frozen specimens. The compact storage system comprises one storage area, a housing with thermal insulation and at least one refrigeration unit, with which at least the storage area is coolable down to a temperature of at least −15° C. The compact storage system also comprises storage shelves arranged completely within the refrigerated storage area and a transfer area arranged above this storage area. An essentially horizontally moving robot is arranged within the transfer area. The compact storage system is characterised in that it comprises at least one essentially vertical paternoster device, with a plurality of essentially horizontally oriented storage shelves circulating on an essentially oval path. The robot working in conjunction with the paternoster device is accomplished for removing or depositing a storage shelf and/or objects from/onto a storage shelf respectively. The robot is capable of this removing or depositing, when at least one storage shelf is located in the area of the upper semicircle of the path of this paternoster device. These objects for removing or depositing are selected from a group comprising the transfer frame, container racks and containers. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213081 | Method for Grouping Boxes on a Conveyor Line and Device for Carrying Out Said Method - A method for grouping boxes, after stopping the head box of a train line, includes transversally displacing a last box of the train line with respect to the first box of the upstream line waiting for grouping and introducing a stop motion unit for holding the upstream line into the space cleared by the last box. The conveyor device includes an endless lateral rail which is used for guiding boxes and is laterally shifted at a length corresponding to at least the box longitudinal dimension and forms something like a funnel at the location of the last box of the train and a device, which is used for transversally displacing the last box by pushing it into the funnel and includes the stop motion unit holding the first box of the upstream line. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213082 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS INSPECTION METHOD AND METHOD FOR REDUCING QUANTITY OF PARTICLES ON SUBSTRATE - It is intended to prevent an increase in the quantity of particles on a test-piece substrate having undergone processing executed at a low temperature equal to or lower than 0° C. In an inspection method adopted when inspecting the state inside a processing chamber by measuring the quantity of particles on a test-piece substrate, i.e., a test-piece wafer, the test-piece wafer W having undergone a specific type of test processing inside the processing chamber is carried out into a transfer chamber via a loadlock chamber after holding it in the loadlock chamber over a predetermined length of time while delivering a dried inert gas into the loadlock chamber. The predetermined length of time is set to a value at which the increase in the quantity of particles on the test-piece wafer can be kept down at least within an acceptable range. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213083 | Vertical Axis Windmill And Wind Turbine System For Generating Electricity From Wind Energy - A lift-type wind turbine having a substantially vertical rotating shaft and a plurality of substantially vertical blades secured to the shaft. Each blade includes a front portion, a rear portion, and a pivot axis pivotally securing the rear and front portions. The rear portion pivots relative the front portion. The blades additionally include bottom and top edges positioned on each of the front portions. Each bottom edge is arranged substantially equidistant from the shaft proximate a first circumference extending substantially horizontally about the shaft, whereas each top edge is arranged substantially equidistant from the shaft proximate a second circumference extending substantially horizontally about the shaft. The blades are angled relative to the rotating shaft. The blades have an open, drag means position as well as a closed, lift means position, and passively switch between the positions based on wind speed for efficient rotation. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213084 | Gas Turbine Overspeed Protection System - An overspeed protection system for a gas turbine engine comprises: a plurality of engine speed sensors that generate engine speed signals; and a plurality of engine overspeed detection channels, each channel comprising an overspeed detector that receives and generates an overspeed signal when it detects the engine speed signal exceeding a selected value of overspeed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213085 | Steam Turbine and Method for Operation of a Steam Turbine - Disclosed is a steam turbine comprising an exterior housing and an interior housing. The exterior housing and the interior housing are provided with a fresh steam supply duct. A rotor that encompasses several impeller blades and a thrust-compensating piston is rotably mounted within the interior housing. Said interior housing is equipped with several guide blades that are disposed such that a flow duct comprising several blade stages, each of which comprises a series of impeller blades and a series of guide blades, is formed along a specific direction of flow. The interior housing is further equipped with a recirculation duct which is embodied as a pipe that communicates between a space located between the interior housing and the exterior housing and the flow duct downstream of a blade stage. The interior housing is additionally equipped with a supply duct that is configured as a pipe which communicates between the space located between the interior housing and the exterior housing and an antechamber of the thrust-compensating piston located between the thrust-compensating piston of the rotor and of the interior housing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213086 | Apparatus For Supporting a Rotating Shaft - An apparatus for supporting a rotating shaft comprising: a housing surrounding the shaft; interposed between the housing and the shaft a plurality of tilting pads which extend in contiguous manner circumferentially around the shaft, each tilting pad being able to rock in the rotation of the shaft; and interposed between each pair of adjacent tilting pads retaining means for preventing circumferential movement of the pads around the housing due to rotation of the shaft, wherein the physical relationship between at least one tilting pad and its adjacent retaining means is such that said rocking of the pad takes place without circumferential slippage of the pad around the housing. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213087 | Pump for Liquids Under Positive Pressure - A pump for liquids at positive pressure, includes a pump chamber ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213088 | Stator for a Jet Engine, a Jet Engine Comprising Such a Stator, and an Aircraft Comprising the Jet Engine - A stator for installation in a rear section of a jet engine includes a plurality of guide vanes which extend in the radial direction of the stator and between them define ducts for leading a gas. A first side of the stator in its axial direction defines an inlet for the gas and a second side, opposite the first side, defines an outlet for the gas. The guide vanes have such a shape that together they at least substantially cover the gas inlet viewed in the axial direction of the stator from the outlet side thereof. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213089 | Inflator with cooling fan - An inflator is disclosed having a housing and a motor assembly within the housing. A first output line is in fluid communication with a first end of the motor assembly to provide a cooling path of air and a high-volume flow of air. The first output line provides a guiding path for the egress of the high-volume flow of air from the housing. A second output line is in fluid communication with a second end of the motor assembly and to provide a high-pressure flow of air. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213090 | Thrust Generating Apparatus - There have been past proposals for air vehicles employing the Coanda effect. In these proposals, a jet of fluid, usually air, is made to flow radially outwardly over a dome-shaped canopy to create lift. A cross-section through the canopy is curved to follow a segment of a circle or it may have a radius of curvature that increases in the direction of flow. In the invention, the radius (r) of the canopy curve decreases towards the downstream direction (x) in a way that is related to the decrease in the width of the jet as it flows over the surface. This means that the radius of curvature decreases (instead of increasing) towards the downstream direction with the rate of decrease being progressively less rapid towards the downstream direction. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213091 | Steam Turbine - A steam turbine ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213092 | REPAIRED VANE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF REPAIRING VANE ASSEMBLIES - Methods are provided for repairing a vane assembly, where the vane assembly includes an inner annular housing, an outer annular housing, and a vane extending therebetween. In one embodiment, the method includes removing an identified section of the vane to thereby form a pocket in an inner surface of the outer annular housing, a slot through the inner annular housing, and an edge on the vane, inserting a replacement vane portion with an advanced coating through the formed slot such that a first edge of the replacement vane portion is disposed in the pocket and at least a portion of the first edge is spaced apart from at least a portion of the outer annular housing inner surface, and welding a section of the replacement vane portion to the annular inner annular housing. The repaired vane assembly is also provided. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213093 | Impeller for Pumps - A rotary wheel ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213094 | CEILING FAN WITH ROTARY BLADE SURFACE LIGHT - In a ceiling fan having a blade surface light, an annular blade surface light including a plurality of LEDs that are light emitters that are continuously placed is secured on a circumference that connects sides near tips of a plurality of rotary blades of the ceiling fan, and the light emitters are lit by a lighting controller only when they are in a predetermined range on a rotation reference circumference. LED devices housing the LEDs that are the light emitters and that are provided with cooling fins are housed in an annular LED case, and the LED case is secured to the rotary blades. Thus, the LEDs radiate heat from the cooling fins provided in the LED devices by rotation of the rotary blades, and they are intermittently lit and extinguished to prevent a temperature increase. The LEDs only in the predetermined range are lit, thereby preventing any uncomfortable feeling when LEDs are caused to flash. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213095 | Wind Turbine Pitch Bearing, and Use Hereof - The invention relates to a wind turbine including at least two pitch controlled wind turbine blades. Each blade has pitch bearings including two or more bearing rings, and pitch controlling means for pitching the blades by means of the bearings. The blades are mounted on a hubs via the pitch bearings and the pitch bearings include separate flexibility enhancing means for controlling loads in the bearings. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213096 | SEALING ELEMENT FOR USE IN A FLUID-FLOW MACHINE - A sealing element for sealing a component gap with respect to a flow, in particular for use in a fluid-flow machine, specifically in a turbomachine is provided. In addition a fluid-flow machine is provided including such a sealing element for sealing a component gap. The sealing element includes a hollow profile enclosing a cavity. Arranged in the hollow profile are a first opening and a second opening, which are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the hollow profile. The first opening is formed as an inlet opening for a cooling fluid into the cavity of the hollow profile, the second opening is formed as an outlet opening for the cooling fluid from the cavity of the hollow profile. With the sealing element arranged in a fluid-flow machine, the sealing element can consequently be internally cooled by means of the cooling fluid. Furthermore, the sealing element uses the pressure gradient occurring in the flow in the direction of flow to form a stable cooling fluid flow. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213097 | ANGLED AIRFOIL EXTENSION FOR FAN BLADE - An angled fan blade extension includes an attachment portion and an angled portion. The attachment portion is configured to facilitate securing the angled fan blade extension to the distal end of a fan blade. The angled portion is configured to extend from the distal end of the attachment portion, creating an angled extension relative to the fan blade. Adding angular fan blade extensions to fan blades may improve the airflow control, and thereby increase the utility and efficiencies of a fan. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213098 | Free-standing turbine blade - There is described a blade for a turbomachine, such as a steam turbine. The blade has a blade tip, which is curved in relation to the blade airfoil profile. The curvature has the shape of a winglet, which is known from aircraft construction. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213099 | Ni-Fe BASED FORGING SUPERALLOY EXCELLENT IN HIGH-TEMPERATURE STRENGTH AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE DUCTILITY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND STEAM TURBINE ROTOR - An Ni—Fe based superalloy forging material including 30 to 40 wt % of Fe, 14 to 16 wt % of Cr, 1.2 to 1.7 wt % of Ti, 1.1 to 1.5 wt % of Al, 1.9 to 2.7 wt % of Nb, 0.05 wt % or less of C and the remainder of Ni and inevitable impurities is solution-treated and aged, and thereby γ′ phase (Ni | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213100 | Fan Blade Structure - A fan blade comprises a first board and a second board, wherein the density of the first board is greater than that of the second board, so that the first board is used to strengthen the structure strength of the second board. Therefore, the fan blade is less likely to deform and can maintain its wind guide structure, and its life span is prolonged. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213101 | Shower Wast Pump Control - A control device ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213102 | Fluid pump having multiple outlets for exhausting fluids having different fluid flow characteristics - A pump configured to receive fluids through an inlet and direct those fluids in two directions through two or more fluid discharge outlets, wherein the fluids are discharged with different fluid characteristics, such as different pressures or flow rates. In one embodiment, the pump may include first and second pumping chambers for pumping fluids from the pump with different pressures or flow rates, or both, eliminating the need for two pumps. The fluid may be exhausted from the pump through a first fluid discharge outlet and a second fluid discharge outlet of the pump. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213103 | AXIAL FLOW FAN - An axial flow fan includes a housing defining an air inlet and an air outlet, a motor mounted to the housing and an impeller including blades. The housing includes an expanded portion adjacent the air outlet. In the expanded portion, the inner diameter of the housing increases towards the air outlet so that the expanded portion has an inner end where its diameter is smallest. The trailing edge of each blade is inclined, with respect to a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the impeller, so as to extend toward the air inlet from a radially innermost end of the edge to a radially outermost end of the edge. The radially outermost end of the trailing edge is disposed closer to the air inlet than the inner end of the expanded portion, and the radially innermost end of the of the trailing edge is disposed closer to the air outlet than inner end of the expanded portion. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213104 | Motor - A motor includes a stator, a rotor, a top magnetic structure, and a bottom magnetic structure. The stator is disposed in a frame. The rotor is also disposed in the frame, corresponding to the stator. The rotor includes a shaft extending axially from the rotor. The bottom magnetic structure is at the bottom of the frame. The top magnetic structure is on the top of the frame. The top and bottom magnetic structures are opposite to each other in an axial direction. Magnetic attraction generated between the first magnetic structure and the shaft, and the second magnetic structure and the shaft positions the shaft therebetween such that the first magnetic structure, the second magnetic structure, and the shaft are coaxially aligned. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213105 | Reciprocating Piston Pump with Air Valve, Detent and Poppets - An air valving system for a reciprocating piston pump ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213106 | Lifting Piston Fuel Pump and Method for Starting and Operating a Motor Vehicle Heating System - The invention relates to a reciprocating piston fuel pump ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213107 | Reciprocating pump - The present invention is aimed to provide a pump which can not only obtain high discharging pressure and large capacity but obtain a substantially non-pulsating flow with a miniaturized configuration and even if the pump is operated with low power. To achieve the object, a pump of the present invention is characterized in including a pump chamber ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213108 | Linear Compressor - The present invention discloses a linear compressor in which a piston is driven by a linear motor and linearly reciprocated inside a cylinder to suck, compress and discharge refrigerants. The linear compressor synchronizes an operation frequency of the linear motor with a natural frequency of the piston, considering that an elastic force of a mechanical spring and a gas spring which elastically support the piston in the motion direction is varied by load. Even if the load is varied, the linear motor is operated in the resonance state, to maximize efficiency. The linear compressor varies a stroke of the piston according to the load, thereby actively handling and rapidly overcoming the load and reducing power consumption. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213109 | Linear Compressor - A linear compressor includes a cylinder part with a cylinder bore. A piston is disposed in the bore and slidable therein. A main spring connects the cylinder part to the piston. A connecting member connects between the main spring and the piston. The connecting member passes through the air gap of a stator of a linear electric motor. At least one armature pole of the motor is located along the connecting member. The stator comprises a plurality stator parts opposed across the air gap. The cylinder part includes a tapered clamp for each stator part. The tapered clamp widens outward from the air gap. Each stator part has a matching taper and is engaged in the tapered clamp. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213110 | Apparatus and Method for Compressing a Cryogenic Media - An apparatus and method for compressing a cryogenic media is disclosed. A compressor includes a compressor chamber surrounded by a cylinder wall in which a compressor piston is moved in a linear manner, a suction valve and a pressure valve, which are arranged in the region of the lower end position of the compressor piston, and a liquid chamber which at least partially surrounds the compressor chamber. The cylinder wall defines at least one opening, which corresponds to the liquid chamber, and at least one opening, via which the gaseous medium can be extracted from the compressor chamber, where the openings are located at points on the cylinder wall that are passed by the compressor piston. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213111 | SYSTEM FOR RELEASING GAS INTO MOLTEN METAL - A device for releasing gas into molten metal includes a base having a discharge. The discharge has a first section including a first cross-sectional area and a second section including a second cross-sectional area, wherein the first section is upstream of the second section and the first cross-sectional area is smaller than the second cross-sectional area. A gas-release opening is positioned so that it can release gas into one or more of the first section or the second section. As the molten metal moves from the first cross-sectional area to the second cross-sectional area gas is released into the molten metal and the molten metal flow helps to draw the gas into the flow, thereby lowering the pressure required to release gas into the molten metal. Metal-transfer conduits other than a discharge incorporated in a pump base are also disclosed, as are pumps including either a discharge or other metal-transfer conduit according to the invention. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213112 | Load ring mounting of pumping plunger - A clamping and seal loading technique for securing the plunger sleeve to the pump housing of a single plunger fuel pump. This is achieved by providing a load ring between a sleeve retainer and the sleeve, such that the axial force applied by the retainer during installation and attachment to the plunger bore wall of the housing, is distributed more evenly on the sleeve and the sealing surface of the sleeve against the housing adjacent to the pumping chamber. The even distribution of force minimizes misalignment of the sleeve and thus maintains concentricity between the sleeve and the plunger. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213113 | Tubing holding device for roller pumps - A tubing holding device for a roller pump is disclosed. The tubing holding device is removable from the roller pump, slidably moveable and able to be opened to allow for easy exchange of tubing in roller pumps. The tubing holding device comprises a clamping mechanism that securely holds tubing in place. Tubing of various sizes may be used within a roller pump by selecting the appropriately sized tubing holding device, or by using a tubing holding device, such as one embodiment disclosed, which may be adjustable for different sizes of tubing. Roller pumps including the tubing holding devices, and methods of loading such roller pumps are also disclosed. | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213114 | Pump - A pump comprising a guide ( | 2008-09-04 |
| 20080213115 | High-Pressure Gas Compressor And Method Of Operating A High-Pressure Gas Compressor - A high-pressure gas compressor comprises a single-acting cam driven piston with a pressure compensation chamber disposed between the piston and the cam. A roller tappet assembly transmits reciprocating motion from the cam to the piston. A pressurized gas directed to the pressure compensation chamber offsets forces acting on the piston from the compression chamber gas pressure, thereby reducing Hertzian pressure between the tappet roller and the cam. Overall efficiency and durability can be improved by reducing friction between compressor components, for example by employing thin film coatings to reduce friction, pressurized oil lubrication systems and higher cylinder bore diameter to piston stroke ratios. The service life of gas seals and compression efficiency can be improved by thermal management strategies, including liquid-cooled compressor cylinder liners and intercoolers between compression stages. Employing a poppet-style intake valve and reducing parasitic volume in the compression chamber can improve compressor volumetric efficiency. | 2008-09-04 |
