39th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080232877 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an image forming apparatus including an image forming section which forms an image on a sheet and a conveyance section which conveys the sheet to the image forming section, the conveyance section includes: a registration roller, a plurality of loop forming rollers which cause the sheet to form a loop, provided upstream of the registration roller in a sheet conveyance direction and arranged in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, a skew detection sensor which detects a skew of the sheet, and a conveyance roller provided upstream of the loop forming roller; and a control section which controls independently each of the plurality of loop forming rollers based on the detected result of the skew detection sensor. The conveyance roller is swung in the direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232878 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section which forms an image on a sheet; a conveyance section which conveys the sheet to the image forming section, having a registration roller, a plurality of loop forming rollers which cause the sheet to form a loop, provided upstream of the registration roller in a sheet conveyance direction and arranged in a direction perpendicular to the sheet conveyance direction, a skew detection sensor which detects a skew of the sheet, and a conveyance roller provided upstream of the loop forming roller; and a control section which controls a driving of the conveyance section. The control section controls independently each of the plurality of loop forming rollers based on the detected result of the skew detection sensor. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232879 | Conveying device and image forming apparatus - A first longitudinal registration correcting unit corrects a misalignment of a recording medium in its conveying direction. A lateral registration correcting unit corrects a misalignment of the recording medium in its width direction after the misalignment in the conveying direction is corrected by the first longitudinal registration correcting unit. A second longitudinal registration correcting unit corrects the misalignment of the recording medium in the conveying direction again after the misalignment in the width direction is corrected by the lateral registration correcting unit. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232880 | Sheet conveying device and image forming apparatus - A sheet conveying device includes a pair of upstream rollers and a pair of downstream rollers each including a drive roller and a driven roller, a calculating unit, and a control unit. The upstream rollers include a measuring unit that obtains speed information of the upstream rollers. The calculating unit calculates a target value based on the speed information. The control unit controls the speed of the drive roller of the downstream rollers based on the target value. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232881 | Image forming apparatus and method of forming image - In an image forming apparatus, a recording medium is temporarily stopped at an upstream of a fixing unit when the recording medium needs to be stopped for a longer time between the fixing unit and a curved path. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232882 | Printed Medium Management Apparatus - A printed medium management apparatus includes: a controller that outputs print data generated from file data, and outputs tag data comprising search data including a search word; a print unit that prints an image based on the print data on a recording medium equipped with a non-contact tag; a data recording unit that records the tag data on the non-contact tag; and a search unit that wirelessly communicates with a plurality of non-contact tags, on which search words are recorded by the data recording unit, to search for a non-contact tag on which an inputted search word is recorded. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232883 | High-frequency RIFD printer - There is disclosed a printer having a print head and a high frequency magnetic coupler to magnetically couple with high frequency RFID transponders in a web at or near the print head. The coupler couples magnetically to only one transponder at a time that is generally aligned with one or more inductors, and magnetic radiation from the inductor(s) may be at least partly shielded from upstream transponders, and a grounded conductor in the upstream side of the coupler diminishes radiation to upstream transponders. One embodiment includes spaced inductors disposed along a generally transverse line across the web, and in another embodiment an elongate inductor extends along a line generally transverse of the web. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232884 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ONTO COLOURED SUBSTRATES - A method for printing an electronic image comprising a plurality of pixels onto a substrate using a computer-assisted image processing system, said method comprising the step of using alpha channel information in combination with substrate color information to calculate the transparency level that needs to be applied to each pixel. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232885 | Systems and Methods for Creating Customized Activities - Embodiments of the present invention include systems and methods for creating customized activities. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method comprising storing a plurality of activity records, storing a plurality of text elements, storing a plurality of template letters with fillable fields, receiving a plurality of customized text elements from a user and a selection of an activity record, associating template letters with the activity, and associating text elements and customized text with the activity to generate customized correspondence. For example, in one embodiment a print control document is generated for printing customized mailers. In one embodiment, the system receives a message and encodes the message. The message may be the location of a hidden gift, for example. The print control document may include the encoded message and the encoded message is included in at least one of the mailers. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232886 | Label tape, label tape cartridge, and label producing apparatus - A tag label producing apparatus has a cartridge holder for setting a first roll configured by winding a base tape equipped with identification marks, which include marks formed by two black strips and arranged with a pitch 2Pp and marks formed by one black strip and arranged with the pitch 2Pp, at a plurality of portions, a feeding roller driving shaft that feeds the base tape supplied from the first roll attached to the cartridge holder a print head that makes a predetermined print on the base tape or a cover film to be bonded thereto, and a mark sensor that detects the identification mark on the base tape, and controls the feeding roller driving shaft and the print head in coordination with each other in accordance with the detection result of the identification mark by the mark sensor. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232887 | OUTPUT SYSTEM, PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND PRINTING DEVICE, PRINT INSTRUCTION PROGRAM, PRINTING DEVICE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND PRINTING DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM, AND PRINTING METHOD - An output system having an output device that performs output based on output data so that the output device performs the output after having acquired authentication. In the system, an operating state controlling unit outputs a power-save-cancel command for causing a power-saving state to be changed into an active state to a power-save switching unit after a device having an output data storing unit acquires the output data, and a transition-to-power-save command for causing the state to be changed from the active state to the power-saving state is outputted to the power-save switching unit when the output process of the output data is completed by an output process completion detecting unit. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232888 | Ink ribbon cartridge for a label printer - An ink ribbon cartridge is used in a label printer, including: a frame having two opposite side boards, a top board, and a bottom board, of which the top and bottom boards are mounted to top and bottom ends of the side boards; two first pivots respectively mounted to opposing surfaces of the opposite side boards and horizontally opposite to each other; two second pivots respectively mounted to the opposing surfaces of the opposite side boards and horizontally opposite to each other, the second pivots being arranged lower than the first pivots; and two channel structures including two first guides and two second guides, which are formed on the opposing surfaces of the opposite side boards and opposite to each other so as to delimit the two channel structures for guiding a printing module of the label printer along the channel structures for coupling to the ink ribbon cartridge. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232889 | Ink ribbon cassette and printing apparatus - An ink ribbon cassette which is used in printing apparatus and is able to prevent the ink ribbon from getting across the lengthways embankment to cause dual movement even if in the case that the ink ribbon is extended for prolong the life of the ink ribbon cassette. In the ink ribbon cassette, a lengthways embankment is furnished near to an ejecting opening of ink ribbon cassette in ink ribbon lodging section, that makes an interval the ink ribbon 3 passes becomes narrow and uniformly extends to an embankment of upper cover from an embankment of lower cover; or dual embankments are furnished on ink ribbon movement path at the downstream side of ink ribbon lodging section, that respectively protrudes from upper cover and lower cover; or protruding portions are respectively furnished near to entering opening and ejecting opening of ink ribbon lodging section. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232890 | Movable print head for a label printer - A movable print head is provided for a label printer, including: a control panel module having two pivots arranged on opposite sides of the control panel module and coupled to opposite sides of a body of the label printer to serve as rotational center for rotation of the control panel module; and a printing module fixed to an internal vertical surface of the control panel module and including two guide-in devices on opposite sides of the printing module to guide in an ink ribbon cartridge and a print head arranged between the two guide-in devices. The two guide-in devices of the printing module are movable in unison with the rotation of the control panel module to effect movable adjustment for guiding in the ink ribbon cartridge. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232891 | Input Device - An input device including a keypad, the keypad comprising wrist support means and curved key area. The wrist support means of each keypad comprises a generally flat portion having a plurality of soft cushioned pads protruding from the upper surface of the flat portion. The key area is contiguous to the wrist support means such that the key area has a negative convex curve. Thus in use a portion of the key area remote the wrist support means is positioned at a lower spatial position than the portion of the key area contiguous with the wrist support means. The key area has a plurality of keys positioned on the upper surface. The keys are arranged in a series of curved rows so that a central key in each row is further from the users wrist relative to at least one of the end keys in each row. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232892 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PRINTER SEPARATOR PAGES - An arrangement is provided wherein a printer used with a host device is operated to generate print batch separator pages using the same blank sheets as are used to print respective pages of successive print jobs. The printer is directed to print a visually distinctive graphic indicator, such as a separator border, trim, header, visible banner or other visual indicator or markings. This eliminates the need for an additional printer separator page tray. Usefully, a host device is operated to generate a separator command in a specified PDL language. A printer control device receives the page separator PDL command, and software contained in the printer control converts the PDL command into a printer readable format (PRF). A printer component responsive to the PRF command then operates the printer to print the specified separator page. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232893 | Method and Device For Printing on the Surface of a Strip-Type Medium - Label printers for labels without a carrier strip are problematic in that the self-adhesive coated surface ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232894 | High frequency RFID printer - There is disclosed a printer having a print head and a high frequency magnetic coupler to magnetically couple with high frequency RFID transponders in a web at or near the print head. The coupler couples magnetically to only one transponder at a time that is generally aligned with one or more inductors, and magnetic radiation from the inductor(s) may be at least partly shielded from upstream transponders, and a ground conductor in the upstream side of the coupler diminishes radiation to upstream transponders. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232895 | Strengthened structure for the body of a label printer - A strengthened structure for a body of a label printer is disclosed, including: a plurality of metal tubes extending through the body of the label printer and each having first and second ends respectively fixed to first and second side portions of the body of the label printer to structurally strengthen the body of the label printer; and two covering layers attached to and covering the first and second side portions of the body of the label printer, wherein the covering layers include shock-absorption materials to buffer external impact acting on the body of the label printer. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232896 | Container for Holding and Dispensing a Curable Product - A container suitable for dispensing dispensable moisture sensitive curable products such as a CA with a container body which forms an internal reservoir for holding the product a dispensing aperture provided in the container body. Opposing side wall have a curved profile along its path between the front and rear walls which is arranged to regulate a compressibility ratio between the compressive force regulated to move at least one of the front and rear walls toward the other and the distance compressed so that a yield point is not reached, within a compressive dispensing range of movement of said at least one wall, beyond which the container becomes substantially easier to compress. The dispensing force required is predictable and regular while a desired flexibility is achieved. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232897 | Tilting Connector - In order to arrest a first profile, which has a groove provided with an undercut, a second profile, which has a location opening, whereby preventing these profiles from rotating, there is provided the invention provides a tilting connector in the form of a body extending along a longitudinal extension for fastening in a groove, which is provided with an undercut, of the first profile. This body comprises: a base; a web, which projects from the base, extends along the longitudinal extension and which serves to laterally fasten the tilting connector in the groove, a base area projecting above the web forming a stop surface for interlocking with the undercut; a first hole for an anchor bolt for inserting into a second profile, and; a second hole for a lever bolt. The stop surface has a first stop area and a second stop area, which are situated with an angle (β) with regard to one another whereby forming a tilting edge between them that is provided for resting and forming a lever projection on a rear side of the undercut. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232898 | Lock pin with pushbutton-operated axial locking and free bearing - A lock pin with pushbutton-operated axial locking has two locking elements which point in opposite directions and are mounted in radially outwards directed recesses in the body. To ensure a good, wear-resistant pivotal mounting of the two locking elements, combined with good locking action and resistance to shearing, the invention provides that the locking elements create a virtual, freely guided pivoting axis in their connection zone. The result is a pinless mounting of the locking elements. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232899 | Constructions Means - A construction element in the form of an openable clamping element ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232900 | Water Collecting Structure and Drainage Structure Using the Same - The invention relates to a water collecting structure | 2008-09-25 |
20080232901 | Security barrier - An apparatus and method for installing and deploying a barrier utilizing one or more gas generators. The invention includes a barrier component installed beneath the ground surface or substantially parallel to the ground and raised by activation of the gas generator. The device can be trigger automatically without human intervention and thereby faster deployment of the barrier. The barrier can include a reactive component. The barrier can include plurality of telescoping barrier subcomponents. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232902 | Security barrier - An apparatus and method for installing and deploying a barrier utilizing one or more gas generators. The invention includes a barrier component installed beneath the ground surface or substantially parallel to the ground and raised by activation of the gas generator. The device can be trigger automatically without human intervention and thereby faster deployment of the barrier. The barrier can include a reactive component. The barrier can include plurality of telescoping barrier subcomponents. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232903 | Pavement marker, kit and method - A kit containing thermoplastic pavement markers for convenience in transportation and application at a jobsite. The pavement markers have light colored projections on the upper surface to deflect water and reflect light for ease in viewing during rain, darkness and other adverse conditions. The method describes the application of the pavement markers on a road or other substrate for strong adhesion to asphalt and concrete. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232904 | In-situ surfactant and chemical oxidant flushing for complete remediation of contaminants and methods of using same - The present invention relates to the removal of subsurface contaminants and methods of using same. In more particular, but not by way of limitation, the present invention relates to an integrated method for remediating subsurface contaminants through the use of a low concentration surfactant solution (and methods of making and using novel surfactant solutions) followed by an abiotic polishing process to thereafter achieve a substantially reduced subsurface contaminant concentration that surfactant flushing alone cannot achieve. The present invention is focused on remediation of high viscosity hydrocarbons, such as heating oils or coal tars, with a combination of pre-injection of bio-co-solvent and surfactant (and polymer) flush approach. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232905 | Device for Regulating the Buckling of Underwater Pipes - For regulating the lateral buckling of a section of pipe, at least one device permanently applies a force to a point on the section of pipe. The force is preferably applied substantially horizontally and perpendicular to the axis of the pipe. Preferably, two of the devices that apply equal and opposing forces are positioned at a distance from each other along the section of a pipe. Each device comprises a clamp, a cable, a return device and a buoy or a weight. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232906 | Pile anchor foundation - A circular concrete cap foundation poured in-situ within a perimeter forming corrugated metal pipe set atop or within an excavated pit and enclosing a series of circumferentially spaced pile anchors. The circular concrete cap foundation supports sets of inner and outer circumferentially spaced tower anchor bolts having their lower ends anchored to an embedded anchor ring and their upper ends projecting vertically and upwardly out the top of the circular foundation to engage the base flange of a supported tower. The pile anchors are formed with perimeter corrugated metal pipes set deep in subsurface soils with cementitious material surrounding and partially bonding to a centralized steel bolt or tendon which extends through the cap foundation. The tower anchor bolts and the pile anchor bolts are both partially encased in a PVC sleeve so that the bolts can be post-tensioned. The pile anchors are in tension only and serve to pull the cap foundation down to compress the underlying ground soils. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232907 | Pneumatic Conveying Device for Bulk Material - Apparatus for delivering a bulk material ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232908 | Pneumatic Cartridge - The invention relates to a pneumatic cartridge CA that is constituted by a cylinder CY provided with two endpieces and having at least one opening. The cartridge has at least one automatically-closing transfer device CH | 2008-09-25 |
20080232909 | Assembly For Rotating A Cutting Insert During A Turning Operation And Inserts Used Therein - A cutting insert rotated about its axis may be utilized during a metalworking operation and applied against the rotating workpiece to enhance tool performance. The cutting insert is secured within a toolholder having features to secure the insert but at the same time make for efficient removal of the insert from the toolholder. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232910 | Cutting Tool and System for Attaching a Cutting Member to a Cutter - A system for attaching a cutting member to a cutter body includes a pin, a clamping bolt and an adjustment bolt. The pin has a longitudinal axis and at least a first attachment bore and a second attachment bore. The clamping bolt has a clamping section which is formed to releasably secure the cutting member to the cutter body and has a first attachment section which is formed to be releasably secured in the first attachment bore of the pin. The system may have an adjustment bolt that has an adjustment section which is formed to adjust the position of the cutting member relative to the cutter body and has a second attachment section which is formed to be releasably secured in the second attachment bore of the pin. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232911 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR ROTATING A CUTTING INSERT DURING A TURNING OPERATION AND INSERTS USED THEREIN - A cutting insert rotated about its axis may be utilized during a metalworking operation and applied against the rotating workpiece to enhance tool performance. A method, including an assembly with a rotatable insert mounted to a toolholder may be utilized to achieve this result. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232912 | Cutting Insert for a Milling Cutter - A fully indexable square cutting insert has four side surfaces connecting to two end surfaces. At the intersection of each side surface with an end surface is a primary cutting edge which extends from an insert corner and along a first side surface, in a downward direction towards a median plane. A wiper extends from the same insert corner and along an adjacent side surface, in an upward direction away from the median plane, to rise above an abutment surface of an associated end surface. The geometry of the cutting insert and of the insert pocket in which the insert is seated are such that the primary cutting edge has a positive axial angle (helix), while the insert has an overall negative axial angle for providing axial clearance and an overall negative radial angle for providing radial clearance. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232913 | Concentric Clamping for Drill Spindles - Methods and systems for concentric clamping for manufacturing assemblies are disclosed. In one embodiment, a drilling assembly includes a spindle assembly configured to perform a drilling operation at a drilling location on a workpiece, and a clamping assembly having an actuator concentrically disposed about the spindle assembly. A nosepiece is coupled to the actuator and is configured to apply a clamping force concentrically about the drilling location on the workpiece. The actuator may include an inner housing having an outwardly extending flange, and an outer housing disposed about the flange of the inner housing. Pressurization of a first chamber moves the inner housing forwardly and applies the clamping force of the nosepiece against the workpiece, and pressurization of a second chamber moves the inner housing aftwardly and retracts the nosepiece away from the workpiece. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232914 | Drill Spindles with Inline Direct Drive Feed - Spindle assemblies with inline direct drive feed are disclosed. In one embodiment, a manufacturing system includes a support structure configured to be positioned proximate a workpiece, a carriage moveably coupled to the support structure, and a head assembly coupled to the carriage. The head assembly includes a spindle assembly, comprising a feed unit and a spindle unit. The feed unit includes a feed motor coupled to a drive mechanism, the feed motor and the drive mechanism being disposed along a longitudinal axis of the spindle assembly. The spindle unit has an aft end operatively coupled to the drive mechanism of the feed unit, the spindle unit including a fluid-driven motor coupled to a tool collet chuck, the spindle unit being configured to translate along the longitudinal axis by actuation of the feed motor. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232915 | TWIST DRILL FOR DRILLING WITH A COUNTERSINK CUTTING ARRANGEMENT, AND A CUTTING TOOL WITH A COUNTERSINK CUTTING ARRANGEMENT, AND A CUTTING-CHAMFERING TOOL - A twist drill for drilling with a countersink cutting arrangement, and a cutting tool with a countersink cutting arrangement, and a cutting-chamfering tool. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232916 | Process and Device for Producing Threads, Especially for Boring Rods or the Like - The present invention proposes a process for producing threads, especially for boring rods or the like, wherein the workpiece and the lathe tool have a relative rotary motion at a high velocity about an axis of the workpiece and a relative longitudinal motion at a low velocity compared to the above velocity, and wherein an oscillating radial relative rotary motion is brought about, furthermore, between the lathe tool and the workpiece, wherein the radial oscillating motion is generated mechanically, the radial oscillating motion being synchronized, in particular, with the relative rotary motion. The present invention pertains, furthermore, to a device for producing threads by a means for generating the radial mechanical oscillating motion, where the radial oscillating motion is synchronized, in particular, with the relative rotary motion. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232917 | Rail Loading Train for Transporting Long Welded Rails - A rail loading train for transporting long welded rails includes a device at the end of the rail loading train for anchoring the rails. The device includes a plurality of insertion devices each being provided for anchoring a single rail and having an inserting opening and a rail stop. Each insertion device has two clamping jaws which are spaced from one another in a direction extending perpendicularly to a rail web of the rail to be clamped, for forming the inserting opening. At least one clamping jaw is equipped with a clamping device for contacting the rail web and for automatic force-locking connection to said rail web, effective against a direction of insertion. Both clamping jaws are constructed for being spaced from one another for releasing the force-locking connection to the rail web. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232918 | DEVICE FOR STOWING A ROAD VEHICLE ON A BEARING PLANE SO THAT IT CAN BE TRANSPORTED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE - The device ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232919 | AUTO-RACK RAILROAD CAR VEHICLE WHEEL CHOCK - A vehicle wheel chock for a vehicle restraint system for an auto-rack railroad car which secures a vehicle in the auto-rack railroad car. The vehicle wheel chock is configured to be positioned on a grating adjacent to a tire of the vehicle. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232920 | DEVICE FOR HANDLING UNIT LOADS - The present invention relates to a device for gripping a unit load during handling of same, said device comprising an attachment portion for attaching the device to the unit load, a gripping portion (for engaging with a handling means) which is embodied in the form of a container corner, and a set of at least two said gripping devices adapted in a certain way to the unit load or at least to elements of the unit load. The invention also relates to a transport vehicle for the unit load, comprising a towing vehicle and a trailer that are connected to each other via the unit load during transportation thereof, and which have holding devices for the unit load on their facing ends, comprising a set of said gripping devices. The holding devices comprise container brackets, the arrangement of said container brackets being adapted to the unit load or at least to elements of the unit load, by means of gripping devices adapted and fastened to said unit load, in such a way that the container brackets can clamp onto the container corners of the devices fastened to the unit load. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232921 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESTRAINING A CARGO PALLET - A method and device for restraining a cargo pallet disposed on the floor of a truck or other container comprising positioning adjacent the cargo pallet a plastic brace, engaging the plastic brace and the cargo pallet, and securing the plastic brace to the floor with a fastener. The plastic brace may have a monolithic construction and may be formed by injection molding. The plastic brace may comprise a first wall having a first side for engaging the floor defining a hole, and a second side; a second wall having a first side for engaging the cargo pallet, and a second side, the second wall extending at an angle of about 90 degrees relative to the first wall; and a gusset interconnecting the second side of the first wall with the second side of the second wall. The plastic brace may further include a raised reinforcement extending from the second side of the first wall and disposed about the hole. The raised reinforcement may have a truncated conical configuration. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232922 | Cargo bracing device - A cargo bracing device includes a base having two side plates for rotatably attaching a reel drum, one or more toothed discs attached to the reel drum and controlled to rotate relative to the base with a stop, an operating arm having two legs rotatably attached to the reel drum, a catch device attached to the operating arm and engaged with the toothed disc, and an anchoring device may detachably anchor the catch device to the operating arm for limiting the catch device to slide relative to the legs of the operating arm and for preventing the operating arm from being disengaged from the reel drum. The operating arm includes an opening formed in each leg for detachably engaging with the reel drum and for preventing the cargo from being stolen by the unauthorized persons. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232923 | SELF-ATTACHING NUT - A self-attaching nut having a central pilot projecting from an end face of the body portion, an annular groove surrounding the pilot and an annular panel support face surrounding the groove, wherein the outer side wall includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced notches, each having an outer wall which extends from the bottom wall of the annular groove to the panel support face and the bottom wall of the groove includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced radial ribs integral with either the outer or inner side walls of the annular groove having a radial end spaced from the opposed side wall and a top face inclined toward the bottom wall of the annular groove providing improved torque resistance and push-off strength. Alternating circumferentially overlapping radial ribs integral with the pilot and the outer groove wall and ribs which extend below the bottom wall of the groove are also disclosed. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232924 | Nut System and Aircraft Engine Mounting Structure Comprising Same - The invention relates to a nut system ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232925 | Screw with Waved Thread - The present invention is in particular to a plurality of thread portions formed in the second threaded section which forms a wave shape base directrix and spirally surrounds on the shank. Moreover, the upper flanks and the lower flanks extending from said thread portions of said second threaded section also spirally surround as a wave shape base directrix on said shank. Therefore, while in operation, by said thread portions and said upper and lower flanks interlaced and disposed in a waved shape, more portions will increase for cutting; therefore, the cutting efficiency will enhance, the cutting speed will increase, and the torque will reduce. Moreover, the present invention will not loosen or drop out after it is well screwed. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232926 | Screw - The present invention is in particular to a first threaded section and a second threaded section both consisted of a plurality of threads are spirally disposed on the shank and connecting each other. Moreover, said first threaded section is a continuous threaded section, and said second threaded section is a non-continuous threaded section. While in operation, with said first threaded screwing, the user can save more labor in screwing the present invention. Further accompanying with said non-continuous second threaded section, the debris cut from the object can be accumulated inside said second threaded section and connected together. Therefore, the present invention will be well fastened into the object after screwing. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232927 | Protective cap - A protective cap for a threaded valve stem has a protective end, an open end, and a wall between the protective end and the open end. The wall has an internal surface and may have a plurality of ribs located on the internal surface, wherein the ribs have a tapered portion facing the open end for use in guiding the threaded valve stem into the center of the protective cap as it is inserted. The protective cap also has a plurality of projections connected to the internal surface of the wall for engaging the external threads of the valve stem, to prevent easy removal of the cap. The protective end and/or the wall also has a plurality of vent openings. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232928 | SLEEVE PROTECTED FASTENER - A fastener system for use with a powder actuated tool. The system include a pin, a metallic washer surrounding a portion of the pin at the second end; and a plastic sleeve disposed between the metallic washer and the pin. The plastic sleeve includes a cap portion and an sleeve portion, the cap portion disposed on the top side of the metallic washer coincident with the head of the pin. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232929 | Breakable staple - The embodiment pertains to an improvement upon staples, (FIGS. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232930 | Self-Piercing Rotationally Symmetrical Rivet - Rotationally symmetric self-pierce rivet ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232931 | Method and arrangement for producing an adhesive-bound printed item composed of several printed products - A method and arrangement is provided for producing an adhesive-bound printed item composed of a plurality of printed products. The printed products are gathered into loose book blocks along a first conveying section of a conveying track for a circulating conveyor while positioned transverse to a conveying direction and inclined counter to the conveying direction. The book blocks are then accelerated in an additional section of the circulating conveyor to obtain a larger divisional spacing between the printed products. The book blocks are transferred from the additional section of the circulating conveyor to clamps of a transporter and pivoted to an upright position where one side edge is approximately parallel to the conveying direction. The book blocks are transferred from the clamps of the transporter into respective circulating conveying clamps of an adhesive binder. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232932 | MANIPULATOR - A manipulator comprises an operation command unit provided with an attitude adjusting unit and an end effector control unit, a connecting unit having one end connected to the operation command unit, a working unit connected to the other end of the connecting unit and provided with an end effector and a support unit supporting the end effector for motions, and a control unit that transmits an operation command provided by the attitude adjusting unit to the support unit to adjust the attitude of the end effector and transmits an operation command provided by the end effector control unit to the end effector to operate the end effector. The support unit includes a first joint capable of turning about a first axis perpendicular to the center axis of the connecting unit, and a second joint capable of turning about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The end effector can be turned for rolling about an axis substantially parallel to the second axis of the second joint. The attitude adjusting unit has a third joint having a third axis perpendicular to the center line of the connecting unit. The end effector control unit is formed such that the fingers of an operator gripping operating members included in the end effector control unit extend substantially in parallel to the fourth axis. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232933 | Robotic Chamber Support Pedestal - 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. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232934 | MODULAR CLUSTER TOOL - A modular cluster tool is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a system, comprises a wafer transfer station that includes a first vacuum chamber that stores a plurality of semiconductor wafers. The system also includes an equipment front end module interface, and two or more shuttle lock interfaces. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232935 | Apparatus for removing a semiconductor workpiece from within a fixture - The present invention provides a chucking station apparatus for removing a semiconductor workpiece positioned within a chuck, which includes a retainer member and a support member. The chucking station includes an upper assembly and a lower assembly operably connected to the upper assembly by an actuator assembly. The lower assembly has a receiver that receives the chuck and the workpiece residing between the retainer and support members. When the upper and lower assemblies are in the closed position, a separator element of the lower assembly exerts a force upon an outer periphery of the support member to disengage it from the retainer member. In an open position where the upper and lower assemblies are spaced a distance apart, the support member is disconnected from the retainer member to expose the workpiece. A release assembly of the lower assembly elevates the workpiece to present it for removal from the chucking station. The chucking station can include a vacuum system that provides suction in order to secure the retainer member or the support member to the upper and lower assemblies, respectively. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232936 | DISK PROCESSING APPARATUS - A disk processing apparatus having a plurality of processing units, a plurality of feed stackers, and a plurality of discharge stackers. The plurality of processing units subject label sides of disks to printing, or the like. A disk is fed from a first prior-to-being-printed stacker to the processing unit, and a processed disk is discharged to a first processed stacker. A disk is fed from a second prior-to-being-printed stacker to the other processing unit, and a processed disk is discharged to a second processed stacker. When the other processing unit is anomalous, the disk is fed from the second prior-to-being-printed stacker to the processing unit, and a processed disk is discharged to the second processed stacker, thereby performing substitute processing. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232937 | Substrate transfer apparatus, substrate transfer method, and storage medium - A substrate transfer apparatus | 2008-09-25 |
20080232938 | BIN TRANSPORTER SYSTEM - A bin transporter system is used for moving bins or trays from the exit end of a security checkpoint conveyor to the entrance end of the conveyor. The system includes one or more support stands and a roller assembly attached to the stands. The roller assembly includes an elongate bin guide and roller conveyors attached to the inside of the bin guide. The roller assembly is held in a longitudinally inclined orientation, for gravity-actuated movement of the bin along the bin guide, as facilitated by the roller conveyors. Additionally, when bins are placed in the bin guide against the roller conveyors for movement along the bin guide, the bins lie at a laterally tilted orientation, either generally horizontally or generally vertically. This prevents the bins from falling out the front of the roller assembly, in cases where the bin guide has an open front portion. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232939 | Flat Panel Display Substrate Testing System - A flat panel display substrate (FPDS) testing system configured such that prior to testing, the FPDS is loaded into a pallet to prevent breakage, and to provide electrical connections to test pads on the FPDS. The system achieves high throughput by testing FPDSs using one or more charged particle beams simultaneously with the following operations: unloading of already-tested substrates, loading of substrates ready for testing, assembly of pallets, and alignment of electrical contactors to a large number of FPDS test pads. The system design eliminates a prior art X-Y stage, and all moving electrical connections to the FPDS during testing, reducing costs and improving reliability. In one embodiment, the FPDS testing system has three subsystems: a process chamber, loadlock assembly, and pallet elevator; in another embodiment, the functions of loadlock and pallet elevator are combined to reduce system footprint. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232940 | Charging Device for a Shaft Furnace - A charging device for charging a shaft furnace, including a rotary distributor and a variable drive for rotating the rotary distributor about an essentially vertical axis of rotation, where the rotary distributor includes a plurality of guiding members which form sliding channels for charge material, and where the rotary distributor comprises a junction slide from which each guiding member issues and which is arranged such that a flow of charge material slides via one specific guiding member in function of the velocity and/or the sense of rotation of the rotary distributor. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232941 | Vehicle For Moving Separate Pieces of Luggage Between a Luggage Depot and an Aeroplane - The invention relates to a vehicle ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232942 | Warehouse loader - Disclosed is a warehouse loader that has two extendable platform sections. One of those sections is hinged to a deck that extends to a driving deck where the operator can stand when moving the loader. The other section is hinged to the first section and can be aligned with the first section to create a platform that extends outwardly from the deck and can be accessed by the operator directly from the deck. The illustrated sections are between 12 and 36 inches wide, can support 300 pounds of weight, and weigh less than 40 pounds. The second section may be 1-3 inches narrower than the first section, and arranged so that it folds against one side of the first section. A spring-loaded latch can be arranged to selectively hold the first section in an upright position, with the second section folded against it. A manually-operable positioning hook can be used to selectively engage receptacles in the platform sections, making it easier to fold or unfold the sections. To retrieve a spilled article, the warehouse loader is first positioned at an open location adjacent the spilled article. The foldable platform is then extended from the loader into the open location, where it may be supported by pallet supports. The operator can then stand on the foldable platform while retrieving the spilled article. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232943 | Electric Fork-Lift Truck and Process for Manufacturing the Same - The fork-lift truck comprises a body ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232944 | Automatic Folding Fork Device for Forklift Trucks - Disclosed herein is an automatic folding fork device for forklift trucks. The folding fork device is operated so that forks are rotated upwards and folded by the rotation of a hydraulic motor when a driver driving in a forklift truck easily manipulates a lever or switch, thus allowing the forklift truck to move safely, with the forks in a folded state. Further, this invention is constructed so that external threaded parts, having threads formed in opposite directions, are provided on both sides of the outer circumferential surface of a shaft, and coupling pipes having internal threaded parts corresponding to the external threaded parts are provided, thus allowing an interval between the forks mounted to the coupling pipes to be adjusted, according to the rotating direction of the hydraulic motor. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232945 | Work Positioning Device - A work positioning device has a base and first and second support arms pivotally supported on the base. Each support arm has a primary supporting surface, upon which the object is arranged to be supported, and which is pivotal between an upright position in which the primary supporting surface extends generally upward and a lateral position in which the primary supporting surface extends generally laterally. First and second actuators are coupled between the base and the first and second support arms respectively to displace the first and second support arms between their upright and lateral positions. The arms are located on the base relative to one another such that the primary supporting surfaces confront one another so as to be arranged to clamp the object therebetween when both the first and second support arms are in the upright position. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232946 | CONFORMAL GRIPPING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a conformal gripping device. In an embodiment of the present invention a conformal gripper device may be disclosed comprising a frame that includes an array of movable pins. The device may also include a roller locking and unlocking system within the frame. The system may comprise a pair of locking rollers for each row of gripper pins to facilitate locking and unlocking the array of gripper pins on a column-by-column basis. The system may also include a striker element that may force the locking rollers to roll along an angled roll surface to facilitate unlocking of the array of pins on a column-by-column basis. The system may further include an electromagnetic actuator or solenoid and permanent magnets to facilitate movement of the striker element and the locking rollers. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232947 | SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER HANDLING AND TRANSPORT - 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. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232948 | SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER HANDLING AND TRANSPORT - 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. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232949 | Turbomachine Having an Axially Displaceable Rotor - The invention relates to a compressor, which is axially flowed through, for a gas turbine having an axially displaceable rotor. An annular flow channel, which narrows in an axial direction, is formed between a rotationally fixed outer delimiting surface and an inner delimiting surface on the rotor. A stationary ring comprised of guide profiles and at least one ring comprised of moving profiles attached to the rotor are placed inside said annular flow channel. The end of each moving or guide blade is located opposite an axial section of one of both delimiting surfaces while forming a radial gap. The aim of the invention is to provide a non-positive-displacement machine having an axially displaceable rotor whose velocity losses are at least not increased during an axial displacement of the rotor. To this end, the invention provides that the size of the radial gap between the end of each moving or guide blade and the opposite axial section of the delimiting surface is constant at least over the path of displacement of the rotor, and the radial gap extends parallel to the rotation axis of the rotor. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232950 | METHOD FOR DETECTING ROTATING STALL IN A COMPRESSOR - A system and method is provided for detecting and controlling rotating stall in the diffuser region of a compressor. A pressure transducer is placed in the gas flow path downstream of the impeller, preferably in the compressor discharge passage or the diffuser, to measure the sound or acoustic pressure phenomenon. Next, the signal from the pressure transducer is processed either using analog or digital techniques to determine the presence of rotating stall. Rotating stall is detected by comparing the detected energy amount, which detected energy amount is based on the measured acoustic pressure, with a predetermined threshold amount corresponding to the presence of rotating stall. Finally, an appropriate corrective action is taken to change the operation of the compressor in response to the detection of rotating stall. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232951 | Fan Case Reinforcement in a Gas Turbine Jet Engine - Described is reinforcement of a fan case in a gas turbine jet engine. In one embodiment, a containment ring and a hear resistance ring are shrink interference fit on the inside diameter of the fan case, the containment ring where the large fan blades turn, and the heat resistance ring where heated air from backfiring heats up the fan case. In one example, the containment ring is made of a sue alloy to provide added strength to the fan case should a fan blade break, containing the fan blade within the fan case. Also, the containment ring may extent forward of at least the leading edge of each fan blade and aft of at least the trailing edge of each fan blade. The heat resistance ring is made of titanium or other suitable material. Additionally, one or more stiffener rings may be shrink interference fit on the outside diameter of the fan case. The containment ring and stiffener rings can reduce the flight weight of the fan case and lower the material costs, while increasing the containment strength of the fan case. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232952 | Compressor with Controllable Recirculation and Method Therefor - There is provided a compressor ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232953 | INTER-TURBINE CASING WITH COOLING CIRCUIT, AND TURBOFAN COMPRISING IT - The invention relates to an inter-turbine casing ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232954 | VACUUM SYSTEM FOR CONVEYING A HIGH AMOUNT OF SUPPLEMENTAL LIQUID - A pump apparatus for conveying a gas-liquid mixture comprises a first pump ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232955 | FAN UNIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH FAN UNIT, METHOD OF OPENING/CLOSING SHUTTER OF FAN UNIT, AND SHUTTER - There is provided a fan unit including a shutter capable of closing the shutter despite a change in installation direction of the fan unit, an electronic apparatus including such fan unit, a method of opening/closing the fan unit, and the shutter. In the fan unit with the shutter, the shutter is opened and closed in different directions according to the installation direction of the fan unit. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232956 | Turbine Blade and Gas Turbine Equipped with a Turbine Blade - The invention relates to a turbine blade ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232957 | WIND TURBINE WITH MIXERS AND EJECTORS - A Mixer/Ejector Wind Turbine (“MEWT”) system is disclosed which routinely exceeds the efficiencies of prior wind turbines. In the preferred embodiment, Applicants' MEWT incorporates advanced flow mixing technology, single and multi-stage ejector technology, aircraft and propulsion aerodynamics and noise abatement technologies in a unique manner to fluid-dynamically improve the operational effectiveness and efficiency of wind turbines, so that its operating efficiency routinely exceeds the Betz limit. Applicants' preferred MEWT embodiment comprises: an aerodynamically contoured turbine shroud with an inlet; a ring of stator vanes; a ring of rotating blades (i.e., an impeller) in line with the stator vanes; and a mixer/ejector pump to increase the flow volume through the turbine while rapidly mixing the low energy turbine exit flow with high energy bypass wind flow. The MEWT can produce three or more time the power of its un-shrouded counterparts for the same frontal area, and can increase the productivity of wind farms by a factor of two or more. The same MEWT is safer and quieter providing improved wind turbine options for populated areas. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232958 | SPIRAL BLOWER - A dryer blower for carwash facilities comprising a volute housing for an impeller having an axial intake and a tangential air outlet. The volute housing is characterized by a spiral channel of increasing cross-sectional area as a result of an increasing width and substantially constant radial dimension. The spiral housing terminates in a long, narrow output to create an air knife which effectively strips water from the surfaces of a just washed vehicle. The housing can be asymmetric or symmetric and housings can be arranged in side by side tandem to create additional length in the air outlet. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232959 | Compressor - A compressor comprises an impeller ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232960 | Fluid return in the splitter of turbomachines with bypass-flow configuration - A turbomachine, includes an annular flow duct, which downstream of at least one stage, is divided into an outer annular bypass duct and an inner annular core-flow duct via a concentrically arranged splitter, wherein the splitter is designed as an intermediate casing with at least one inner volume, through which fluid may be returned between core-flow stages. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232961 | FAN AND FAN FRAME THEREOF - A fan frame of a fan includes a main body, a base and at least one connecting element. The main body has at least one mounting portion and at least one auxiliary passage, which are not communicated with each other. A main passage is disposed in the main body, and the auxiliary passage is obliquely communicated with the main passage from the upper part of the main body. The base is disposed in the central portion of the main body. The connecting element is disposed between the main body and the base. A fan including such fan frame is also disclosed. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232962 | TURBOMACHINE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLY THEREOF USING A SPLIT HOUSING DESIGN - The present invention provides an improved design for turbomachinery, such as blowers and compressors, for providing pressurized process gas. The improved design comprises two housing portions that fit together to form an interior cavity in which a preassembled rotating assembly may be installed and balanced. Each housing portion includes an interior compartment designed and shaped to correspond to desired positions of components of the rotating assembly. After the preassembled rotating assembly is seated within the interior compartment of the lower housing portion and balanced, the upper housing portion can be fitted to the lower housing portion to complete the machine housing and encompass and hold the rotating assembly in place without the need to remove or disassemble the rotating assembly. A collector cover can thereafter be attached to the assembled machine housing to enclose an impeller operatively mounted on a rotating shaft of the rotating assembly. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232963 | TURBINE SHROUD SEGMENT TRANSPIRATION COOLING WITH INDIVIDUAL CAST INLET AND OUTLET CAVITIES - A shroud segment of a turbine shroud of a gas turbine engine comprises a platform with front and rear legs. The platform defines a plurality of axially extending holes with individual inlets on an outer surface of the platform for transpiration cooling of the platform of the turbine shroud segment. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232964 | Daisy fan - Here is disclosed an elongate style portable mechanical fan device having an elongate body handle portion including a four blade fan device mounted on the top end of the body portion. The elongate handle portion is designed with a spring loaded grip for mechanical squeeze operation. A twist top scent canister is mounted on center at the top of the four blade fan device. A further embodiment contemplates that scent drops may be added to a mini sponge located in this scent canister or a scent stick may be added in place of the mini sponge, so that the rotating fan blades will disseminate the scent emanating from the scent canister. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232965 | Articulated False Seabed - A support system for at least one water drivable turbine ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232966 | Detachable blade assembly for horizontal-axis wind turbine - A blade assembly for a horizontal-axis wind turbine includes a hub, and a plurality of detachable blade units each mounted on a periphery of the hub and each including a plurality of blades detachably connected with each other by a plurality of connecting devices. Thus, the blade assembly comprises a hub and a plurality of detachable blade units so that all parts of the blade assembly are detachable to reduce the whole volume of the blade assembly before assembly, thereby facilitating packaging, storage and transportation of the blade assembly. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232967 | Centrifugal Fan - The invention relates to an impeller device ( | 2008-09-25 |
20080232968 | NON-AXISYMMETRIC END WALL CONTOURING FOR A TURBOMACHINE BLADE ROW - A turbomachine blade row is provided having a hub that includes a non-axisymmetric end wall modified by a transformation function. The blade row further includes a circumferential row of a plurality of airfoil members radially extending from the non-axisymmetric end wall of the hub and forming a plurality of sectoral passages there between. A radius of the non-axisymmetric end wall is determined by a transformation function including a plurality of geometric parameters defined by a user based on flow conditions. The plurality of geometric parameters provide for modification of the end wall in both an axial and a tangential direction to includes a plurality of concave profiled regions and convex profiled regions. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232969 | ROTARY ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBOMACHINE FAN - A rotary assembly for a turbomachine fan comprises: a disk rotatable about an axis; a plurality of blades fastened by their roots to said disk and extending radially outwards from said disk; and a plurality of inter-blade platforms, each extending between two adjacent blades and defining the inner profile for the flow section of the fluid passing through the fan. On their facing side faces, these adjacent blades present slides between which said platform can slide, these slides limiting outward radial movement of said platform. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232970 | Mold Assembly and Method for Injection Molding of an Impeller, and Impeller Formed by Said Method - A mold assembly and a method for injection molding of an impeller, and an impeller formed by the method are provided. The mold assembly comprises a first mold, a central mold, and a second mold. The central mold encircles the first mold, and the second mold matches with the first mold and the central mold to form a mold cavity, complementary in shape to the impeller. The melted plastic material is injected into the aforementioned mold cavity. After the plastic material is cured, the central mold is adapted to enclose the cured plastic material. The cured plastic material is removed from the first mold, and then is removed from the central mold and the second mold to form the impeller. The blade portion of the impeller is radially connected to an edge of a central portion of the impeller. The blade portion has a plurality of blades, equally spaced apart with one another in sequence along the edge. Each of the blades comprises a smooth surface without an ejector pin mark. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232971 | Coated turbine blade - The invention refers to a coated turbine blade for a gas turbine, having blade walls divided into sections with locally adapted material temperatures. The cooler material temperatures of the blade walls are at the points where the support ribs merge into the blade walls. The regions with higher material temperatures of the blade walls are at the positions where cavities are arranged inside the blade walls. This is achieved via a ceramic thermal barrier coating having different layer thicknesses that allow different material temperatures. The region of the surface of the blade wall which faces the working medium and lies opposite an internal rib has a thicker thermal barrier coating than a region of the surface of the blade wall which is cooled via a cooling medium that flows in the cavities. This results in homogenization of the material temperature in the connecting regions, which results in prolonged blade life. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232972 | BLADE FIXING FOR A BLADE IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - The blade fixing comprises a firtree having a width between two opposite surfaces, each defining a plurality of successive necks separated from one another by arcuate lobes. Each of the opposite surfaces is substantially flat and substantially parallel to the other at the narrowest point of a first one of the necks that is closest to the platform. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232973 | Propeller blade - An improved propeller blade is presented. The improved blade has a slot near the tip. This improved blade outperforms and is more efficient than other modified and unmodified blade tip configurations. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232974 | FAN ROTATION CONTROL METHOD, FAN ROTATION CONTROL SYSTEM, AND FAN ROTATION CONTROL PROGRAM - The present invention aims to appropriately cool an operation unit and to suppress power consumption and noise according to the configuration and the operation state in a computer system of an enclosure. A plurality of system cooling fans for cooling the operation unit of the computer system installed in the enclosure and an enclosure management module for controlling the rotation of each system cooling fan are arranged, where the enclosure management module stores in advance the supply cooling amount which is to be supplied to the operation unit by each system cooling fan, acquires information related to a temperature of the operation unit and calculates a necessary cooling amount which is to be required in the operation unit based on the information, and determines the rotation number of each system cooling fan based on the supply cooling amount and the necessary cooling amount. | 2008-09-25 |
20080232975 | Pressure-operated mechanism and water pump including the same - A pulley is fixed to a housing of a water pump, the pulley being connected to an output shaft of an internal combustion engine so that the pulley is driven through the output shaft. In the housing, a slider moves to and fro due to a change in pressure in a pressure chamber, which causes the magnetic flux passing through a magnet and an inductor ring of a rotary cylinder to vary, so that the driving force of the internal combustion engine is variably transmitted to the rotary cylinder. The pressure chamber is connected to an intake air passage and an atmospheric air introducing portion through a pressure path, and the state of communication is changed by a VSV. The pressure passage is provided with an orifice for preventing rapid change in pressure in the pressure chamber when the VSV is switched | 2008-09-25 |
20080232976 | SHOWER FLOW SIMULATOR - A method of simulating water flow through a shower waste pump which is controllable by a water-flow detector, the method comprising the step of by-passing the water-flow detector with a water-flow simulator device. The in use simulator device simulates the presence of water and thus causes the shower waste pump to operate without the need for water. A water-flow simulator device is also provided. | 2008-09-25 |