38th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080226368 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A disclosed image processing apparatus is capable of shifting an illegal copy preventing pattern so that an image reading device can recognize the pattern printed at the edge end of the printing range on a paper even when the printing range on the paper is changed by, for example, trimming and user settings. The apparatus includes an image output unit outputting an image to a prescribed region; an output position setting unit acquiring output region information, comparing the output region information with the illegal copy preventing pattern; and determining an output position of the illegal copy preventing pattern based on the comparison result, and a combining unit combining the illegal copy preventing pattern and image data based on the output position determined by the output position setting unit. The image output unit outputs the image combined by the combining unit. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226369 | APPARATUS FOR SCANNING DUPLEX DOCUMENT AND METHOD OF SCANNING DUPLEX DOCUMENT USING THE SAME - A method and apparatus for efficiently scanning a duplex document in which a scan unit sequentially scans both sides of a sheet of a duplex document by moving the sheet across a reader, and a reverse output unit to output the sheet after turning over the sheet. Therefore, since the sheet of a document can be fed and scanned while the second side of the previous sheet of the document is scanned, scanning time can be reduced. Particularly, the reduction in scanning time is very useful when multiple sheets of a duplex document need to be scanned. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226370 | IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In a case that it is determined that a first feeding unit is not ready to feed upon designation of a first print job that requires air feeding, start of the first print job is waited until the first feeding unit is ready to feed. In a case that a second print job that requires roll feeding is accepted during waiting for the first print job, the second print job is executed, and the first print job that requires air feeding is executed after completion of the second print job. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226371 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SCANNER - In an image scanning apparatus, documents on a document tray are transferred one by one, and an upper surface height of the documents is lowered to turn off a height detection sensor. Different kinds of control modes are performed according to a document scanning mode. In an image-quality-priority scanning mode, a transfer unit suspends transfer of the document, the document tray is elevated until the upper surface height reaches a target height that is higher by a predetermined distance after the height detection sensor is turned on, and the transfer unit resumes the transfer of the document. In a speed-priority scanning mode, while the transfer of the document is continued by the transfer unit, the document tray is elevated until the document tray reaches the target height. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226372 | Systems and Methods for Determining Media Size - In one embodiment, a system and method pertain to measuring the length of media using a first sensing system of the printing device to obtain a first length value, measuring the length of the media using a second sensing system of the printing device to obtain a second length value, and calculating a scale factor that can be applied to measurements made by the first sensing system to increase the accuracy of those measurements, wherein the scale factor is calculated relative to the first and second length values. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226373 | Lettering tape, tape cassette, tape printer - A lettering tape is formed having an integrated layered configuration in which a base layer, an ink layer, and an adhesive layer exhibiting adhesive properties when heated are sequentially stacked. When the lettering tape is selectively heated by a thermal head to form an image thereon, the heated portion of the ink layer onto which an image has been formed is adhered to the heated portion of the adhesive layer and simultaneously, the heated portion of the adhesive layer exhibits self-adhesive properties, thereby enabling transfer to the target transfer body. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226374 | Tape cassette and tape printer - A tape cassette includes an ink ribbon provided with a base film coated with an ink layer thereon and a film tape provided with a transparent film with an adhesive layer formed on one surface thereof. When an adhesive layer of the film tape and the ink layer of the ink ribbon of the tape cassette into contact at a print position, the ink layer is adhered onto the adhesive layer on condition that the adhesive layer is heated to exhibit self-adhesive properties, and characters and the like are printed on the film tape. At a tape printing apparatus with the tape cassette mounted thereon, by arranging a cutter unit immediately downstream the thermal head, a post-printing tape is cut promptly after printing. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226375 | THIN KEYPAD ASSEMBLY - A thin keypad assembly with a keypad panel of a smooth surface, a mist surface or a lines layer includes an elastic layer, a carrier and a keypad layer. The elastic layer includes a plurality of support portions, and each support portion has a protrusion. The carrier is installed on a surface of the elastic layer, and the joint surface of the carrier and the elastic layer sequentially includes a ground color layer, a function color layer and a font color layer. The keypad layer has a holder disposed on a surface of the carrier, and a plurality of protruding or flat keycaps are disposed on the holder, and a smooth surface is formed on the surface of the keycap, and the surface of the holder is a mist surface, or the surfaces of both keycap and holder are a lines layer. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226376 | PRINTER AND METHOD OF PRINTING - There is disclosed a portable printer and a method of selectively printing on any one of a plurality of label rolls housed in the printer, or on a wide roll housed in the printer. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226377 | PRINTER - A printer includes first transporting belts disposed in parallel at predetermined intervals in the direction intersecting the direction of transportation of print media. The first transporting belts transport a print medium while adsorbing the print medium. Second transporting belts disposed in parallel at predetermined intervals in the direction intersecting the direction of transportation of print media further transport the print media. The second transporting belts are separated from the first transporting belts at the downstream part of the first transporting belts in the direction of transportation of print media. A print head prints on the print medium. The position of separation at which the print medium is separated from the first transporting belts is different in the direction of transportation of print media between one of the first transporting belts and another one of the first transporting belts. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226378 | MULTI-FUNCTION COMBINATION PEN - A combination pen includes a tubular barrel having two open ends for selectively receiving different stationery devices so that different stationery devices can be combined together with the barrel. The stationery devices received in the barrel can be replaced if desire so that any combination that is desired by a user or that is of practical use can be made with respect to different kinds of stationery devices. The stationary devices can be selectively combined together for saving of space and ease of stowage. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226379 | PRESSURE FED SQUEEGE APPLICATOR - A squeegee apparatus is provided for coating mixed materials on a surface and used in combination with a source of pressurized activator and resin in fluid communication with a mixing tube having an outlet. The squeegee apparatus includes a manifold in fluid communication with the outlet of the mixing tube. The squeegee is held by either the manifold or a handle. At least one distribution tube is provided to distribute the coated material, where the tube has a length with a plurality of holes to dispense the mixed materials during use. The distribution tube is fluid communication with the outlet of the mixing tube, with the distribution tube being fastened to the manifold. Moreover, an elongated squeegee is fastened to the manifold. The squeegee has an edge configured to spread the mixed materials during use. The distribution tube and the squeegee edge are aligned along substantially parallel axes and held in fixed relationship to each other by the manifold. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226380 | Rotating Retractable Writing Instrument - The present invention relates to a rotating retractable writing instrument, which is constituted in a simpler way and can thrust a mouthpiece and a writing core element smoothly to positions ready for writing. The writing instrument by the present invention comprises a rear outer cylinder | 2008-09-18 |
20080226381 | Pen-like tool for presentations - A pen-like tool for presentations includes a main body and a Bluetooth transmission module. The Bluetooth transmission module is disposed in the main body. A metal clip is disposed on the main body and used as an antenna for the Bluetooth transmission module. The pen-like tool for presentations is able to improve the problem of carrying a lot of devices and the usability during presentations. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226382 | Fluid Applicator - Applicators for fluids such as paints utilising a roller are known and more recently utilization of an incrementally displaceable piston in order to force fluid flow to a roller has been disclosed. In order to ensure appropriate presentation of the fluid, that is to say paint, to the roller an appropriate gap between the roller and the housing is required. By position of a cam and/or flap control of a housing to roller gap is achieved. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226383 | Binder for Document - A binder for a document capable of providing excellent usability and workability by improving so that only the advantages of a conventional lever arch type ring binding implement can be utilized to increase the opening of a ring. The binding implement comprises a base part, the ring mounted on the base part and changeable between a closed attitude for binding the document and an open attitude in which the closed ring is partially opened to bind the document, and a switching mechanism mounted on the base part and switching the ring between the closed attitude and the open attitude. The ring comprises a first ring member and a second ring member brought into the open attitude and the closed attitude by the contact of the end parts thereof with each other or the separation of the end parts thereof from each other. The switching mechanism comprises a select lever swingably fitted to the base part. When the ring is in the open attitude, the select lever is so set that it can pass the opened portion of the ring and that the opening/closing speeds of the first ring member and the second ring member of the ring are different from each other. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226384 | Binder With Front Flap - An organizer product comprising front and rear covers each having inwardly and outwardly facing surfaces and being joined to define an open space therebetween; a recess formed in the outwardly facing surface of the front cover; and a recess cover mounted to the front cover for movement between covering and non-covering relation relative to the recess. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226385 | Hard cover binders having removably mounted binding mechanism - A printed material binder, comprising a hardcover binder having front and back binder panels that are joined at a spine having and inside and outside surfaces. A binder mechanism is removably mounted to said spine inside surface by a mounting mechanism providing at least one removable connection point between said binding mechanism and said spine. Many different mounting mechanisms can be used including, but not limited to, socket and stud fasteners, string/strap and hole arrangements, clip-in and shank fasteners, and ball and socket fasteners. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226386 | PLASTIC COMPONENT HAVING BREAKAWAY FEATURE - A plastic component is attached to a mounting structure by a fastener that extends at least into a mounting hole in the plastic component. The mounting hole is located near an edge corner of a cantilevered mounting tab that forms part of the plastic component. The mounting tab comprises a generally flat plate that has a depending flange that extends around a rounded comer near which the mounting hole is located and a depending sleeve that is contiguous with the mounting hole. The mounting tab has a break away portion so that the plastic component can be removed for recycling easily. Three variations of the breakaway portion are disclosed. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226387 | Structure for Connecting End Parts and Vacuum System Using the Structure - Provided are a structure for connecting end parts capable of, with simple equipment, reducing vibration, isolating electrical noise, and obtaining a degree of freedom for an installation position, and a vacuum system using the structure. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226388 | Cabinet panel bracket - A toe kick panel bracket includes integral fasteners that can be pressed into holes in side cabinet panels. The toe kick panel holds side edges of the toe kick panel in place. A groove in a bottom cabinet panel may retain a top edge of the toe kick panel. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226389 | Clamping assembly for making connections to elongated members - A connection assembly includes a base structure having a U-shaped piece with turned end walls at each end of a connecting portion with a cut out in each end wall, and a U-shaped cover piece having end walls each with a cut out, the cut outs, of each piece aligned to form an opening receiving an elongated member clamped therein by attachment of said cover pair to the u-shaped piece of the base structure. The base structure can include a second U-shaped piece having a pair of end walls each one end a connecting portion fixed to the first U-shaped piece turned 90° thereto so that the end walls of each lie between each other. A second cover piece with end walls having cut outs aligned with cut outs in the second U-shaped piece end walls may receive a second elongated member in a crossing relationship with the first elongate member. Alternatively, the second cover piece has a second elongated member fixedly projecting from the second cover piece. The second U-shaped piece could also be configured to provide a flat mounting structure for mounting various items to an elongated member. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226390 | Automatic fluid channel screen lock-unlock system - The present invention relates to a screen lock-unlock system for automatically locking and unlocking a screen that is within a fluid channel wherein the screen is rotatable relative to the channel from closed to open. The system includes an actuator comprising a flapper and a trigger, wherein the flapper is rotatably connectable to the back of the screen. The flapper is operably connected to the trigger for moving the trigger. And, the system is further summarized, according to one aspect, as follows. It includes a lock bar wherein the lock bar is rotatably attachable to a screen support structure, the lock bar being rotatable by movement of the trigger. The lock bar intercepts the rearward arc path of a blockable part (such as a flange extending laterally from the screen). The flapper is located and oriented with respect to the closed screen for at least part of the flapper to be rotatable in response to pressure from impact fluid. The trigger is located sufficiently close to the lock bar for rotation of the trigger to move the lock bar in a direction and amount needed for at least part of the lock bar to clear the blockable part, allowing the screen to open in response to pressure against the front of the screen. The screen is rotatable toward a closed position in response to the diminishment of the pressure against the front of the screen. And, the lock bar is biased in a counter-rotation direction (by part of the lock bar and/or another biasing device) to at least help hold the lock bar in and/or return it to a locked position. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226391 | High Impact Gate - This invention relates to a security gate. It is particularly related to a high impact gate able to withstand significant direct impact of vehicles and maintain a secure location by prevention of access by vehicle or foot. There is provided a high impact gate system including a lower reinforced elongated structure and an upper barrier means sized to extend across a roadway, and two spaced reinforcing means able to be positioned to at least partially overlap respective end portions of the elongated structure when the lower structure is in a closed position extending across the roadway, the reinforcing means able to provide supporting reinforcement to the elongated structure when receiving impact by vehicle or the like. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226392 | HOT-IN-PLACE ASPHALT RECYCLING MACHINE - A process and device for the recycling of asphalt including at least one preheater unit. The preheater having a heater, scarifying rakes, and a bin to dispense aggregate. Also include is a recycling machine having a heater, scarifying rakes, a plurality of extension mills, a main mill, as well as a pug mill having first and second downwardly rotating rotors, the pug mill mixes asphalt and liquid additives together to form a homogenous mix; and at least one screed for laying the homogeneously mixed asphalt to grade. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226393 | Irrigation & Drainage Pipe - An irrigating & draining apparatus comprises an outer pipe with a plurality of outer-wall irrigating & draining holes. A main waterway is residing inside said outer pipe, wherein a wall of said main waterway comprises a plurality of inner-wall irrigating & draining holes locating in a position higher than said outer-wall irrigation & drainage holes. In comparison with existing technology, this irrigating & draining apparatus will not drive vast number of sand and earth grains into irrigation & drainage holes, which avoids clog. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226394 | Leaching chamber having a diagonally ribbed top - A leaching chamber having opposing inwardly and upwardly running sidewalls extending toward a top portion is provided, wherein the leaching chamber includes a plurality of peak and valley corrugations formed by the sidewalls and extending over the top portion and a plurality of diagonally opposed ribs, the plurality of ribs extending diagonally across at least a portion of the top portion to form at least one X shaped pattern. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226395 | Bank-Sided Porosity Storage Reservoirs - Natural soils and underlying bedrock typical of channel banks near a river and floodplain system are utilized to improve the economics and efficiency of constructing an underground porosity storage reservoir. A man-made barrier, typically a slurry wall, is keyed into these banks and forms a first portion of a closed boundary for the reservoir. The channel banks between the two ends of the slurry wall form a substantially impermeable natural barrier defining a second portion of the closed boundary for the reservoir, thereby reducing the construction costs on sites appropriate for such a design. Locating the bank-sided porosity storage reservoir over naturally occurring scour regions in the bedrock can greatly increase the storage capacity. By building an embankment and extending the slurry walls higher, an open water storage area can be created on top of the reservoir that is bounded by the elevated slurry wall and the channel bank. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226396 | Seamless steel tube for use as a steel catenary riser in the touch down zone - The present invention describes an upset SCR of novel low carbon chemical composition and microstructure as well as method of manufacturing the same, which achieves higher improvement in the fatigue life as it is integral with the riser pipe section at the Touch Down Zone. The low carbon upset SCR achieves its desired properties by the thermal treatment which it is subjected to. The novel low carbon chemical composition and microstructure comprises in weight per cent, carbon 0.04-0.10, manganese 0.40-0.70, silicon 0.15-0.35, chromium 0.40-0.70, molybdenum 0.40-0.70, nickel 0.10-0.40, nitrogen 0.008 max, aluminum 0.010-0.045, sulfur 0.005 max, phosphorus 0.020 max, titanium 0.003-0.020, niobium 0.020-0.035, vanadium no more than 0.10, copper 0.20 max, tin 0.020 max, and carbon equivalent 0.43 max and PCM no more than 0.23 and having a yield strength of at least of 65000 psi, the ultimate tensile strength of at least 77000 psi and YS/UTS ratio below 0.89 in material representing the pipe body, the transition zone and the upset end. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226397 | Interactive leg guide for offshore self-elevating unit - A leg guide for use in a leg of a jack up unit adapted to provide sliding guidance of the leg during vertical movement of the leg. The leg guide has a first portion contacting an edge of a leg chord and a second portion contacting a face of the leg chord along a longitudinal plane opposite the contact plane of the first portion. The edge contacting guide has a deflecting guide unit, which uses a compressible member sandwiched between two rigid plates. As the leg moves, the teeth of the leg chord contact the edge guide unit, with the compressible member absorbing compressible loads acting on the leg chord. The second portion provides for a face plate mounted transversely to the edge contacting guide for reducing the build-up of horizontal moment acting on the leg chord during the vertical movement of the leg and for reducing bending moments acting on the leg. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226398 | Installation of Underwater Anchorages - A method of securing a load bearing structure to the bed of a sea, river or estuary. The method comprises placing the load bearing structure on the bed; forming a pile-receiving hole in the bed by means of drilling equipment which is connected to a surface vessel by flexible lines only so that the weight of the drilling equipment is supported by the bed, the drilling equipment being guided by the load bearing structure, and the load bearing structure resisting any non-vertical loads imparted to the drilling equipment; and withdrawing the drilling equipment and installing an attachment pile within the formed hole. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226399 | POLE EMBEDMENT DEVICE AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EMBEDDING POLE - A system and method for embedding structures in soil is provided. Certain embodiments include a burrowing head having a channel positioned proximate a burrowing end of the burrowing head to direct a fluid medium therethrough. Other embodiments further include a structure, such as a pole, attached to the burrowing head, and a fluid source attached to the channel. Methods of embedding the burrowing head and structure that include directing a fluid medium into soil, and lowering the burrowing head and structure assembly through the soil to a predetermined depth. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226400 | VIBRATORY CONVEYOR - A vibratory conveyor for transporting an object includes a curved deck defining a conveying surface for supporting the object, the deck having an inner edge and an outer edge. A housing has an inner wall coupled to the deck inner edge and an outer wall coupled to the deck outer edge, wherein an interior of the housing defines a conveyor chamber and the inner wall defines a central chamber. An inlet air plenum may be provided in fluid communication with a plurality of air distribution chambers positioned inside the conveyor chamber. A plurality of apertures may be formed in the plurality of air distribution chambers, the apertures arranged in an air distribution pattern. The conveyor also includes an outlet opening communicating between conveyor and central chambers. The conveyor further includes a catch floor extending across the central chamber, the floor having a discharge opening formed therein. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226401 | Material removal tool stiffened with spacers arranged along a length - An exemplary embodiment of a material removal tool has a housing at a mating end, an extension longitudinally extending from the housing to a distal end, a plurality of spacers arranged along the extension, and a nut at the distal end of the extension, wherein the plurality of spacers are formed from a material having a Young's modulus of greater than about 1.5 times that of steel. The spacers along the extension of the tool place the stiffer material of the spacer at a location of greatest resistance to bending moments (i.e. highest sectional modulus). Optionally preloading and “built-in” relief points contribute to improved performance of the material removal tool. A method of manufacturing a material removal tool and a method of machining a workpiece are also disclosed. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226402 | MILLING CUTTER AND A CUTTING INSERT FOR A MILLING CUTTER - A milling cutter, such as a surface or face milling cutter, and a cutting insert for a milling cutter. 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. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226403 | Indexable cutting insert with positive axial rake angle and multiple cutting edges - An indexable cutting insert includes a first component with an outer or top surface and side surfaces. A third component is mirror symmetric with respect to the first component about a vertical or y-axis of the cutting insert. A second component is disposed between the first and third components. Multiple cutting edges are defined at an intersection between the side surfaces and the top surface, wherein the cutting edges define a positive axial rake angle. In one embodiment, the first and third components are in the shape of a polygonal with a star appearance, and the second component is in the shape of a square. The first and third components are offset from one another by a first offset angle, while the second component is offset from the first and third components by a second offset angle to allow the cutting insert to be indexable. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226404 | THREAD CUTTING INSERT - In this thread cutting insert, on a common edge section of front and back faces of an insert main body, there is formed a pair of cutting edge sections that project from the edge section when seen from a direction facing the front and back faces, and on at least two of four projecting faces that respectively face the front and back face sides of the pair of these cutting edge sections, there is formed a thread cutting edge with the projecting face serving as a rake face. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226405 | Metal cutting inserts with abrasive bodies - The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert of a generally polygonal shape provided with a ceramic tip in a recess in at least one of its corners with a bottom surface and at least one side surface. At least the bottom surface of the recess is provided with rails with a height h being from about 50 to about 100 μm, width w being from about 100 to about 200 μm and spaced at distance l from about 0.75 to about 1.25 mm. The invention also relates to a method of making such an insert using a grinding wheel of a suitable profile before or after sintering or in the pressing operation. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226406 | Upright inclined-hole drilling jig - An improved upright drilling jig comprises two parallel panels parallelly mounted on a leveled base platform, and an inclined-hole drilling jig pivotally disposed between the sides of the parallel panels in a manner that it can be vertically adjusted. A sliding saddle is slidably and pivotally mounted at the top of the inclined-hole drilling jig through two axial bars. The rear side of the drilling jig is concavely constricted to form a bow jumper area and disposed with a discharge concavity in a manner approaching a clamping end plane. The discharge concavity has a chip hole inside that communicates with a guide axle hole. Such arrangement can achieve optimum performance of inclined hole drilling of woodwork. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226407 | BIT HOLDING APPARATUS FOR USE WITH A POWER TOOL - An apparatus includes a rotatable device, which may be a keyless chuck, a keyless chuck adapter, a collet chuck, a collet adapter, a set screw bit retaining chuck, or a set screw bit retaining adapter. The rotatable device is configured to be mounted to a power tool for rotational driving of the rotatable device. The rotatable device is configured to receive a first bit device detachably mounted in the rotatable device for powering rotational movement of the first bit device. A mounting section having at least one flat secant side is defined on the rotatable device, which is capable of being rotatably driven by the power tool. The mounting section includes at least one locking mechanism on it. The generally cylindrical mounting section is adapted for insertion in and engagement with a bit holding attachment. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226408 | Ez key registration assembly - A locating system and method for accurately positioning key blanks with respect to a key cutter where the key head is clamped between opposing jaws with the key blade working edges projecting therefrom, the key head is provided with shaped recesses having at least a partially specifically shaped edge wall and wherein at least one jaw member is provided with a projection having a correspondingly shaped sidewall, the pin being positioned with respect to the clamp such that when the key blank head is abutted against the pin with the key blank edge configuration mating to the pin sidewall configuration, the key blade will project from the jaw in a proper position for engagement by either the bitting follower or bitting cutter respectively. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226409 | Dental machining unit with tool spindle - The present invention relates to dental machining apparatus ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226410 | MOTORCYCLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM - The present invention is a motorcycle restraint system utilizing a trailing member linking the rear axle of the motorcycle to the floor of the transport vehicle via two hinge joints, allowing for automatic height adjustment. The restraint system allows the motorcycle to be transported without the use of tension straps, allowing both tires to rest on the floor of the transport vehicle against only the weight of the motorcycle. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226411 | DUAL TORQUE SETTING TENSION CONTROL FASTENER - A tension control fastener having a cylindrical shank having a pair of adjacent breakaway sections at one end. The outermost breakaway section engages an installation tool and shears off from the fastener at a first lower predetermined amount of torque, while the inner breakaway section shears off from the fastener at a second higher predetermined amount of torque. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226412 | Dowel for insertion into an opening of a wall, in particular on a vehicle body - A dowel for insertion into an opening ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226413 | Inset panel fastener - An inset panel fastener is provided primarily for honeycomb substrates, such as those employed in the aircraft industry. The inset panel fastener includes a plastic body portion and a metal female threaded nut positioned within the body. The body includes a cylindrical barrel shape having a top and a bottom. A bore extends through the body from the top to form an opening for receipt of a male fastener. The metal nut has locking threads and is positioned in body's bore at the body's top proximal extremity. The body further includes non-locking plastic female threads integrally formed into said body's bore. The plastic female threads have the same diameter as the metal threads and are immediately adjacent to the metal threads so as to form continuous threads for permitting receipt of a male threaded fastener. The metal female threads are locking threads to provide a locking action for locking a male fastener to the inset panel fastener. Meanwhile, the plastic female threads provide primary load bearing capabilities for the inset panel fastener. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226414 | THREADED INSERT FOR FASTENERS - A threaded insert for providing stronger threads to a parent material. The threaded insert includes a bushing portion having male threads on the external surface and female threads within an internal bore. The threaded insert also includes keys which lock the threaded insert into a threaded hole within the parent material. The keys are positioned within slots along the external surface of the bushing portion of the threaded insert. The slots include two substantially parallel walls which are substantially perpendicular to a bottom surface of the slots. A method for assembling the threaded insert reduces the tendency of the keys to be installed offset from the bottom surface of the slots. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226415 | Swagable Washer Locking Plate - A locking device for a rotational based fastener for fastening an object to a substrate, the device including a washer for placement between the fastener head and the object, a locking plate for removable engagement to the fastener head to prevent relative rotation of the locking plate and the fastener head, and a flexible, substantially non-elastic integral folded tab connecting the locking plate and washer, the locking plate has a first aperture to receive the the fastener shank such that the fastener head will upon tightening draw the washer into tight contact with the substrate, the locking plate is larger than the fastener head and has a second aperture of smaller or equal size than the fastener head, and the locking plate includes a swagable portion near the perimeter of the second aperture to bridge the fastener head when the locking plate is swaged over the fastener. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226416 | Anti-Rotation Device - An anti-rotation device for securing fasteners is disclosed. The device is deployed over a fastener, such as a hex nut. A plurality of panels engage the top and sides of the fastener. A wire is attached to the device, and is secured to an adjacent hard point. The tension in the wire prevents the nut from rotating but requires no modification to the hex nut, and can be removed easily if desired. A plurality of tabs located about the device provide additional gripping strength and further prevent undesired rotation of the fastener. Easy inspection of the device and its connection wire allows a user to determine that the fastener is still secure, especially desirable where the fastener is in limited access areas. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226417 | Spring Nut - A spring nut to be fastened to a bolt comprises a frame ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226418 | FASTENING ASSEMBLY - A fastening system is configured to secure a first panel to a second panel while isolating the first panel from the second panel. The fastening system may include a first retainer, a sleeve, and a fastener. The first retainer may include a planar sheet and a central opening. The sleeve includes a plurality of inwardly-canted tabs, wherein a central channel is formed through the sleeve. The sleeve is secured within the central opening of the planar sheet. The fastener is positioned within the central channel of the sleeve and the inwardly-canted tabs securely engage the fastener to prevent the fastener from retreating within the sleeve. The fastening system may also include a second retainer, wherein a portion of the sleeve snapably secures to a portion of the second retainer. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226419 | FASTENING DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A fastening device for coupling a first work-piece to a second work-piece. The fastening device includes a fastener body having a peripheral surface configured to be received in the first work-piece. The fastening device also includes a spring assembly coupled to the fastener body. The spring assembly includes a flange member, and a plurality of tunable springs extending radially outward from the flange member, the tunable springs are each configured to deform when a predetermined pressure is applied to the flange member, the predetermined pressure is sufficient to couple the first work-piece to the second work-piece. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226420 | Adjusting screw for door frames and window casings - An adjusting screw for door frames and window casings that is easy to fabricate and assemble includes a screw running through a screw sleeve. The screw sleeve has a longitudinal slit so that when a latch flange formed at a rear section of the screw passes through a first step orifice of the screw sleeve the first step orifice is expanded to a larger diameter due to elastic deformation so that the latch flange can pass through and be retained at a front orifice edge of the first step orifice. And the screw has a head end flange at the rear section to be retained at a rear orifice edge of the first step orifice. By means of such a structure fabrication is easier and assembly is faster. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226421 | Locking Assembly - The invention provides a locking assembly ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226422 | Cone-Head Thrust Screw - A thrust screw ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226423 | Multi-tiered-recess Screws | 2008-09-18 |
20080226424 | Chipless thread-forming screw - A chipless thread-forming screw ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226425 | Expansion Enhancement Device - Nested articulated split rings move relatively to each other to enlarge their outer dimension for a grip on a surrounding tubular or the wellbore. The rings can be articulated to enlarge their outside dimension with relative movement that can be initiated by dimensional expansion from within the tubular or manipulation of the tubular that creates the desired relative movement. The relative movement can be locked in after it is made to secure the grip. Different shape profiles that magnify the radial outer dimension in excess of the percentage dimensional change in the underlying tubular are contemplated. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226426 | Punch/binding machine and binding module thereof - The present invention relates to a punch/binding machine and a binding module thereof. The punch/binding machine includes a transmission device, a body, and a binding module. The transmission device receives an external force. The body is used to support the transmission device. The binding module includes a fixing rod, a fixed comb plate, an upper board, a guide element, a moving seat, and a lower board. Two ends of the fixing rod are fixed on the body. The fixed comb plate has a plurality of fixing combs, and each of the fixing combs has a flute. The upper board has a plurality of slot apertures for the fixing combs to pass through. The guide element is located on one side of the upper board in order to push a plastic comb into the flutes of the fixing combs. The moving seat has a plurality of shifting rods for pulling the plastic comb. At least one end of the moving seat is connected to the transmission device, so as to be driven by the transmission device. The lower board is located below the moving seat for providing the moving seat to slide on the surface thereof. Thereby, the binding module is formed by stacking three plates, which has a small number of components and is easily assembled. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226427 | APPARATUS FOR ACCURATELY POSITIONING AND SUPPORTING MODULAR TOOLING - A tooling apparatus for securing and positioning an end effector tooling with respect to a workpiece. The tooling apparatus includes an elongated, substantially cylindrical backbone connectable to a manipulator and at least one saddle mount connected to the backbone. At least one primary arm mount is connected to the saddle mount, and at least one substantially cylindrical primary arm is connected to the primary arm mount. At least one tooling mount is connected to the at least one primary arm and is connectable to the end effector tooling. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226428 | Substrate handling chamber with movable substrate carrier loading platform - An apparatus for processing substrates may include a substrate handling chamber having a substrate load port on a side wall, and a movable platform movably engaged with the handling chamber between a first position and a second position. The first position is such that a substrate carrier on the movable platform is inaccessible by a substrate handling robot inside the chamber. The second position is near to the load port such that a substrate carrier on the movable platform is accessible by a substrate handling robot inside the handling chamber. The movable platform is configured to rotate about a generally vertical axis between the first and second positions. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226429 | MULTI-FUNCTION VACUUM LINK - Modular wafer transport and handling facilities are combined in a variety of ways deliver greater levels of flexibility, utility, efficiency, and functionality in a vacuum semiconductor processing system. Various processing and other modules may be interconnected with tunnel-and-cart transportation systems to extend the distance and versatility of the vacuum environment. Other improvements such as bypass thermal adjusters, buffering aligners, batch processing, multifunction modules, low particle vents, cluster processing cells, and the like are incorporated to expand functionality and improve processing efficiency. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226430 | Carrying mechanism, a carrying device and a vacuum processing apparatus - A carrying device which can prevent an object to be carried from being contaminated with dust and carry the object to a correct position. The present invention is constructed by first and second parallelogram linkages. The second parallelogram linkage is formed by using a link of the first parallelogram linkage, has four sides with an equal length, and is linearly extended or retracted along a linear guide. Links of the first parallelogram linkage and links of the second parallelogram linkage are configured to rotate while being in a restrained state of 90° at pivots of both ends of the common link of the first and second parallelogram linkage, respectively. An arm is provided at a pivot of an end of a link opposed to the link of the first parallelogram linkage such that the arm rotates in a restrained state of 90° relative to the link. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226431 | Rotating Machines for Treating Containers - The invention concerns a rotating machines for treating containers. When a workstation Pi enters (&thetas; | 2008-09-18 |
20080226432 | Storage and Retrieval Unit and Method For Longitudinal Positioning on a Shelf in a Commissioning System - A storage and retrieval unit ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226433 | Method and system for extracting sorted mail items in mail processing systems - A system for extracting mail items in a mail processing system includes at least one pocket for containing at least one mail item and an extraction device. The pocket has a bottom area and two lateral walls, wherein each lateral wall has at least one opening. The pocket further includes a release mechanism at the bottom area configured to place the bottom area in an open state and a closed state. The extraction device is configured to engage the lateral walls of the pocket so that contact elements of the extraction device extend through the lateral walls and urge the at least one mail item away from inner surfaces of the lateral walls. The extraction device is further configured to cause the at least one mail item to pass through the bottom area when in the open state. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226434 | Hopper Container - An intermodal hopper container comprises a structural frame defining a rectangular volume suitable for stacking with conventional intermodal containers. The structural frame of the hopper container forms plural compartments therein. Each compartment has a hopper formed at a bottom end which tapers downwardly and inwardly to a gate member. A hatch opening at a top end of each compartment is selectively covered by a hatch cover. The compartment walls are formed of rigid structural materials fixed to and which form part of the structural frame. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226435 | LOADING AND UNLOADING APPARATUS FOR TRAILER BODY - A loading and unloading apparatus adapted for use on a wheel-supported trailer body is provided. The loading and unloading apparatus comprises a plurality of elongate support arms, a plurality of channels under the floor structure of the trailer body allowing the support arms to be mounted thereon and move longitudinally between a stored position and an operating position, at least one deck panel having two opposite end edge portions and means for securing the opposite end edge portions to the support arms. The opposite end edge portions are detachably mounted on the support arms. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226436 | Manipulation device and production system - The invention relates to a manipulation device ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226437 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPACE-EFFICIENT OBJECT STORAGE - An application for an efficient storage system includes objects held in containers or on frames. The objects are moveably organized within a building and organized in positions within a grid of rows and columns, each position large enough to hold the one of the objects. At least one empty position within the grid for shifting one of the objects from one position to another. At least one access location is provided for loading and unloading the objects and a mechanism is provided for moving the containers within the grid. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226438 | Separating device - The invention relates to a separating device ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226439 | Blade variation in dependence of the degree of throttling on fluid-flow machine - A method for the variation of at least one blade row of a fluid-flow machine, in which, in dependence of the actual operating point, in addition to an aerodynamic speed, at least one further quantity pertinent to the position of the operating point in the family of characteristics of the fluid-flow machine is employed for control. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226440 | CENTRIFUGAL WATER PUMP - A centrifugal water pump for use in a diesel engine cooling system provides an improved water pump construction including multiple features which combine to provide increased operating life for the supporting and wearing components of the pump. The improvements include one or more of: a water seal system is provided having a stationary seal and a rotating seal made of silicon carbide with at least one of the seals having embedded lubricant; an o-ring added to the stationary seal ensures that pressurized water does not get past the stationary seal; metallic bearing seals and covers to prevent leeching of the lubricant from the bearing; optimized spring force on the rotating seal; tapered shaft impeller interface to minimize torsional stresses on these components from the keyway design of the prior art; and the housing engine oil inlet is removed to prevent the direct flow of hot, dirty, and contaminated oil from damaging the water pump bearings. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226441 | Method for impingement air cooling for gas turbines - In impingement air cooling of gas turbine components, cooling air velocity packs of a certain amplitude and a given frequency are applied to impingement air openings, with intervallic annular swirl structures being formed which penetrate a cross-flow and hit a component to be cooled with high intensity, thus providing for efficient cooling. In order to obtain annular swirl structures with optimum cooling effect, the Strouhal number, which is determined by a ratio of amplitude, frequency of the velocity packs and size of impingement air cooling openings, ranges between 0.2 and 2.0, and preferably between 0.8 and 1.2. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226442 | FAN WITH MEANS FOR MONITORING WEAR - The fan comprises a support structure, a wheel which is carried by a shaft which is coupled to a drive motor and at least one ball-bearing which is interposed between the shaft and the support structure, the support structure comprising an outer conduit which encloses a bulb-like portion which has a chassis for supporting the drive motor and the wheel, the outer conduit and the bulb-like portion delimiting an annular channel for circulation of air which is caused to move by the wheel, the fan comprising means for monitoring the ageing of the bearings. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226443 | Apparatus and methods for monitoring combustion dynamics in a gas turbine engine - Apparatus, methods, and other embodiments associated with monitoring combustion dynamics in a gas turbine engine environment are described herein. In one embodiment of a system for monitoring combustion dynamics in a gas turbine engine environment, the system includes a transducer and an optical fiber. The transducer is positioned within the gas turbine engine environment, and the transducer includes a diaphragm, a window, and a Fabry-Perot gap. The diaphragm has a reflective surface, and the window has a partially reflective surface. The Fabry-Perot gap is formed between the reflective surface of the diaphragm and the partially reflective surface of the window. The optical fiber is positioned proximate to the window and directs light into the Fabry-Perot gap and receiving light reflected from the Fabry-Perot gap. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226444 | CASING ASSEMBLY - Provision of panels within casings can cause problems where retaining bolts require apertures in the casings, which in turn may reduce the structural strength of that casing. By providing a loose or snug fit ring placed within the casing and appropriate retainer elements secured to that ring which in turn appropriately presents panels it is possible to provide a casing assembly which avoids the necessity of drilling or otherwise forming holes in the casing which may reduce structural strength. The rings, retainers and the panels do not need to be mechanically fixed to the casing although where possible a ring may be secured through bolts in areas of the casing where structural strength is less important. Where there is no bolting between the ring and the casing then dam elements can be provided at each end of the assembly to prevent lateral axial movement and therefore retain panel position within the casing. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226445 | TURBOMACHINE EXHAUST CASE DRAIN - A turbomachine exhaust case ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226446 | CENTRIFUGAL IMPELLER, FAN APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided a centrifugal impeller that includes a boss portion, a plurality of first centrifugal blades, a plurality of second centrifugal blades, and a coupling portion. The boss portion is capable of rotating. The plurality of first centrifugal blades are provided to the boss portion such that the plurality of first centrifugal blades extend from the boss portion. The plurality of second centrifugal blades are provided around the boss portion such that the plurality of second centrifugal blades are spaced apart from the boss portion. The coupling portion couples the plurality of first centrifugal blades and the plurality of second centrifugal blades. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226447 | Removable Impeller for Fan - The invention concerns a removable impeller ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226448 | PROFILE DEFORMATION USING THE EXAMPLE OF A ROTOR BLADE - An aerodynamic profile includes a main profile body defining a profile depth direction and being shear-flexible in the profile depth direction, a tension-stiff and compression-stiff upper covering skin, a tension-stiff and compression-stiff lower covering skin, wherein the upper and lower covering skins envelope the main profile body, a bearingless and hingeless rear profile deformation region disposed at a rear edge region, and at least one actuator disposed in the main profile body. The at least one actuator is configured to initiate a flexural motion of the main profile body resulting in a curvature of the upper and lower covering skins and to deform the rear profile deformation region and so as to yield a flap deflection directed opposite to a direction of the flexural motion. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226449 | Combined Light Fitting and Ceiling Fan - A combined ceiling fan and light fitting (fan/light) ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226450 | Turbine with Coaxial Sets of Blades - A turbine ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226451 | Wedge shaped wind boosters - A plurality of wedge shaped wind boosters on the interior of the curved panel wind sails of a vertical axis windmill, located on a vertical steel tower producing power produced by the electric generator located in the generating room of tower at ground level. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226452 | Modular fan housing - A modular fan housing unit designed to create a focused column or columns of downwardly moving air such that there is little deflection when the column or columns of downwardly moving air arrives at the ground level. The modular fan housing includes an elongated body element having a fluid impelling device to create the downwardly moving air. At least one plate disposed within the elongated body element directs the downwardly moving air into columns. The modular fan housing unit may be coupled to another modular fan housing unit to provide additional columns of downwardly moving air. The modular fan housing units may be coupled in various configurations, depending on the type of application. Furthermore, the modular fan housing unit or multiple modular fan housing units may be coupled to an elevated structure. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226453 | Balanced Turbine Rotor Fan Blade for a Tip Turbine Engine - A fan-turbine rotor assembly for a tip turbine engine includes a multiple of fan blades, which include an inducer section ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226454 | High efficiency cooling fan - A cooling fan includes an impeller which comprises a plurality of radially extending blades, each of which includes a blade hub, a blade tip and a blade midspan approximately midway between the hub and the tip. In addition, each blade includes a camber of between about 60° and 90° at the blade hub, between about 15° and 40° at the blade midspan and between about 15° and 40° at the blade tip. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226455 | Quick click - The Quick-Click is a ceiling fan blade holder that utilizes spring-loaded balls to clamp a ceiling fan blade to it rather than traditional screws. To use The Quick Click, a user would press the spring-loaded button to make the balls move out of position and release their clamp on the fan blade. At this point, the user could remove a blade for cleaning or to change the blades. To reinsert a blade, the user would again press the spring-loaded button and insert the blade into the blade holder, lining up the holes in the fan blade with the balls located within the blade holder. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226456 | Fan assembly and method - Fans according to some embodiments of the present invention include a spider, a central hub coupled to the spider, and two or more fan blades. One or more fan design features can be employed (alone or in combination) in the fans of the present invention, including the use of spider arms and/or fan blades having twisted shapes, spider lobes having cupped shapes, spiders and/or fan blades having thinner dimensions than conventional spider and fan blades in similarly-sized fans, fan blades having narrower widths, larger camber-to-chord ratios and/or tapering camber-to-chord ratios, and embossments located on the spider or the fan blades of the fan. In addition, pre-balanced spider assemblies can be employed as an alternative to balancing a fan after assembly. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226457 | TURBOMACHINE ROTOR DISK - A turbomachine rotor disk ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226458 | TURBOMACHINE FAN - A turbomachine fan ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226459 | ROTOR BLADE FOR A BEARINGLESS ROTOR OF A ROTORCRAFT - A rotor blade for a bearingless rotor of a rotorcraft includes a flapwise-flexible and lead-lag-flexible rotor blade attachment region, an inner rotor blade segment, and an outer rotor blade segment. The inner rotor blade segment includes a blade root region and an aerodynamically effective rotor blade profile having a front profile region and a rear profile region relative to a blade depth direction. The front profile region includes a spar disposed in the blade root region and extending in the blade radius direction, the front profile region and spar embodied as a torsionally flexible hollow body in a region of the inner rotor blade segment, and the rear profile region being torsionally stiff. The front profile region and the rear profile are separated by a separation distance in the inner rotor blade segment. The torsional flexibility of the front profile region and the separation distance decreases with increasing blade radius in the inner rotor blade segment. In addition, in the outer rotor blade segment, the front and the rear profile segment are embodied as a closed, torsionally stiff profile. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226460 | COMPRESSOR ROTOR - A blade as a main body of a rotor blade has a suction side made convex and a pressure side made concave so as to have an aerofoil profile. A squealer tip having a back face continuous to the suction side and a front face matching with a center plane of the blade is formed at a distal end of the blade. The front face is coated with a hard coating. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226461 | Intensively cooled trailing edge of thin airfoils for turbine engines - A cooling system designed to cool the trailing edge of a turbine blade usable in rear stages of a turbine engine. The turbine blade may have a leading edge cooling cavity and a trailing edge cooling cavity separated by an impingement rib. The cooling system may exhaust cooling fluids through the tip of the turbine blade rather than through the trailing edge of the turbine blade to prevent premature failure at the trailing edge of the turbine blade. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226462 | CAST FEATURES FOR A TURBINE ENGINE AIRFOIL - An airfoil for a turbine engine includes a structure having a cooling passage that has a generally radially extending cooling passageway arranged interiorly relative to an exterior surface of the structure. The cooling passageway includes multiple cooling slots extending there from toward the exterior surface and interconnected by a radially extending trench. The trench breaks the exterior surface, and the exterior surface provides the lateral walls of the trench. The airfoil is manufactured by providing a core having multiple generally axially extending tabs and a generally radially extending ligament interconnecting the tabs. The structure is formed about the core to provide the airfoil with its exterior surface. The ligament breaks the exterior surface to form the radially extending trench in the exterior surface of the structure. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226463 | System And Method For Delivering A Pressurized Gas From A Cryogenic Storage Vessel - A system and method pumps process fluid from a cryogenic storage vessel to a vaporizer, and delivers the fluid as a pressurized gas. The method includes measuring process fluid temperature after the process fluid exits the vaporizer, temporarily suspending operation of the pump when the process fluid temperature is below a threshold temperature, and restarting a suspended pump if at least one predefined enabling condition is satisfied and process fluid pressure is less than a high pressure threshold. The system comprises components that cooperate with one another to execute the method, including a storage vessel, a pump, a vaporizer, a conduit for delivering a pressurized gas from the vaporizer to the end user, a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor for measuring process fluid properties within the conduit, and a controller for commanding operation of the pump responsive to temperature and pressure measurements. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226464 | Device for Driving an Electromagnet for Operating a Pump, and Related Electromagnetic Dosing Pump - The present invention concerns a device for driving an electromagnet for operating a pump, as well as the related method and the related dosing electromagnetic pump, the electromagnet comprising a primary winding and a moving element, capable to be attracted within the primary winding when an energising current is higher than a first threshold value so as to let a liquid dose into an external hydraulic circuit depending on the travel of the moving element, the device comprising a control logic unit, capable to control said energising current, the device being characterised in that the control logic unit is capable to detect said energising current so as to provide said energising current to the primary winding until said energising current assumes a second threshold value, depending on a value of the liquid dose to let into the external hydraulic circuit, higher than the first threshold value and not higher than a third threshold value in correspondence of which the moving element arrives at stop. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226465 | Operation Controlling Apparatus for Reciprocating Compressor and Method Thereof - An operation controlling apparatus for a reciprocating compressor, and a method thereof, which are capable of accurately controlling the reciprocating compressor by sensing a size of a load applied to the reciprocating compressor and a stroke estimation value of the reciprocating compressor and then compensating a parameter of a motor in the reciprocating compressor based upon the sensing, the operation controlling apparatus comprising a controlling unit a controlling unit for comparing a phase difference between a detected current and a stroke with a reference phase difference to determine a size of a load, and outputting, according to the determined size of the load, a compensation control signal to compensate a parameter of a motor and a stroke control signal to control the stroke. | 2008-09-18 |
20080226466 | Hydraulically Driven Multicylinder Pumping Machine - A hydraulically driven multicylinder diaphragm pumping machine for pumping difficult-to-pump materials comprises pump cylinders each having at one end ( | 2008-09-18 |
20080226467 | IMPELLER WITH ANTI-VAPOR LOCK MECHANISM - An impeller for preventing air-lock in a pump, the impeller in its basic embodiment includes a top plate, the top plate having a center axis and a peripheral edge, a plurality of vanes, each vane attached to the top plate, at least one small protrusion projecting from the periphery of the top plate, and at least one ventilation channel having an outlet located near the protrusion, and an inlet located near the center axis of the top plate. The present invention also contemplates a centrifuge pump and an aerator device having the impeller of the present invention. | 2008-09-18 |