| 40th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 3 |
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| 20080236041 | VEGETATION ROOFING SYSTEM - A vegetation roofing tray comprising an interconnecting lip is provided. The interconnecting lip on the sidewall of a tray engages with a sidewall of an adjacent tray, securely interconnecting the adjacent trays side-by-side together. A securing device penetrating the sidewalls of adjacent trays may also be used to secure the adjacent trays together. A vegetation roofing system is also provided. The system includes two or more trays and an irrigation hose disposed across the trays. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236042 | Rural municipal waste-to-energy system and methods - A rural municipal waste-to-energy system and method converting waste to fuel gas through anaerobic digestion (AD) and pyrolysis/gasification. Fuel gases derived during the processes are combined and used to generate electricity. The amount of MSW normally collected by a municipality may be inadequate in volume to produce enough fuel gas with which to generate electricity sufficient to serve the entire community. It may be necessary, therefore, for additional wastes from the surrounding area to be included. The municipality must have its own public electric utility to be able to charge rates necessary for profitability. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236043 | Method for Producing and Preparing Fast Pyrolysis Products from Biomass for an Entrained-Flow Pressure Gasification - A method is provided for producing and preparing fast pyrolysis products from a biomass for entrained-flow pressure gasification that includes: heating of the biomass under exclusion of oxygen in a pyrolysis reactor, a temperature of between 400 to 600° C. being established for one to 50 seconds, such that the biomass reacts to form porous pyrolysis coke, pyrolysis condensate and pyrolysis gas; and drawing off the pyrolysis gas; condensing vaporous constituents of the pyrolysis condensate in a plurality of condensation stages so as to: condense, in a first condensation stage, at temperatures above the dew point of water, a low-temperature carbonization tar from the vaporous constituents; and condense and separate at temperatures between 0° C. and the dew point of water, in at least one subsequent condensation stage, an aqueous solution of oxygen-containing organic compounds. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236044 | Anti-Jamming Device in the Field of Motor Vehicles - The invention relates to an anti-jamming device in the field of motor vehicles, which is used for preventing an object from getting caught. Said anti-jamming device comprises an actuating means ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236045 | Safety gate system having an electronic display - A safety gate system having an electronic display for seamless integration into a barrier with electronic display capabilities. The safety gate system includes a post and a gate hinged to the post. The gate face and post carry electronic display modules which appear when the gate is closed, as continuous with and seamlessly integrated into the display of the barrier. Preferably, the hinges are four-bar hinges, most preferably two sets of paired four-bar hinges. The safety gate also includes a lower chase or sill which allows both signal wiring and power to pass under the gate. Braced rear legs compensate for the cantilever forces of the gates when open. A latch, preferably an electromagnetic latch, auto-releases in response to a pre-set sufficient force level, such as arising crowd surge forces, being applied to the gate, as well as being remotely releasable. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236046 | Tamper Proof Locking Device for Window Balance Carriers - A tamper proof interlock insert for window balance carriers that is non-permanently installed into a drop-in carrier to prevent the unauthorized removal of the sash from the window frame. The interlock insert is inserted into the channel by the window manufacturer after the pivot bar, which connects to the sash, has been inserted into the carrier. Once the interlock insert is installed in the carrier, the pivot bar cannot be removed. Since the interlock insert is non-permanently installed in the carrier it can be disengaged from the carrier relatively easily by a trained technician in the event that the sash must be removed from the window for repair or replacement. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236047 | TRANSPORTING SYSTEM WITH FIRE DOOR, RAIL APPARATUS WITH FIRE DOOR, AND TRANSPORTING SYSTEM - A transporting system with a fire door ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236048 | Door operating system - A door operator is configured to operate a door that is rotatable about an axis of rotation between an open position and a closed position. In one embodiment, the door operator comprises an output shaft, a closing assembly, and a motor. The output shaft is rotatable between a first position and a second position, and is coupled to the door such that rotation of the output shaft pivots the door about the axis of rotation and rotation of the door about the axis of rotation rotates the output shaft. The closing assembly is coupled to the output shaft to apply a torque to the output shaft, wherein the torque applied by the closing assembly rotates the output shaft such that the rotation of the output shaft by the closing assembly rotates the door toward the closed position. The motor is coupled to the output shaft. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236049 | Window carrier assembly for automotive window regulator - A window carrier assembly for an automotive window regulator. The carrier assembly is a composite assembly of a center body section preferably formed of injection molded plastic material and a pair of window clamps that are snap assembled to the carrier body section. The window regulator assembly preferably is used in connection with a single rail-type window regulator. The body section of the carrier assembly features a cable end receiving socket which allows both ends of the drive cable to be installed in a manner which can be done rapidly in component assembly. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236050 | Cerium oxide powder, method for preparing the same, and CMP slurry comprising the same - Disclosed is cerium oxide powder for a CMP abrasive, which can improve polishing selectivity of a silicon oxide layer to a silicon nitride layer and/or within-wafer non-uniformity (WIWNU) during chemical mechanical polishing in a semiconductor fabricating process. More particularly, the cerium oxide powder is obtained by using cerium carbonate having a hexagonal crystal structure as a precursor. Also, CMP slurry comprising the cerium oxide powder as an abrasive, and a shallow trench isolation method for a semiconductor device using the CMP slurry as polishing slurry are disclosed. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236051 | AGGLOMERATE ABRASIVE GRAINS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - An abrasive agglomerate includes a plurality of abrasive grains bonded together in a three-dimensional structure by a substantially continuous, non-porous inorganic binder, wherein the abrasive grains have an average size of between about 0.5 microns and about 1500 microns, the inorganic binder is less than about 75 percent, by weight, of the abrasive agglomerate, and the bulk density of the abrasive agglomerate is less than about 90 percent of the bulk density of the abrasive grains. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236052 | Vacuum Insulated Building Panel - The present invention relates to vacuum insulated building panels. The insulating building panel of this invention uses suction pressure created by a vacuum as the sole means of attachments between two parallel steel ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236053 | ROOM DISPLAY FOR FUNERARY PRODUCTS - A display system for casket selection comprises a back wall, actual utilitarian and ornamental casket features mounted to the back wall, and a display adjacent the back wall. The display is operable to display facsimiles of the actual utilitarian and ornamental casket features. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236054 | ARCHITECTURAL SYSTEM HAVING TRANSFERRABLE LIFE SUPPORT CART - An architectural system adaptable to patient acuity level has a headwall unit with a cavity, a ceiling unit, and a column coupled to the ceiling unit. The column is movable between a first position in which at least a majority of the column is situated in the cavity and a second position in which the column is situated outside the cavity. Various types of patient-care equipment is also disclosed. The patient-care equipment is included in, or is coupleable to, one or more of the ceiling unit, the headwall unit, or the column. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236055 | FOLDABLE HABITATION - The foldable habitation can be unfolded and deployed to satisfy dwelling needs, and can be folded into a compact configuration for displacement or storage, for example. The foldable habitation has a base with an elongated central floor portion, a frame secured to and vertically extending from the central floor portion, and a covering having a central roof portion mounted to the upper portion of the frame. The foldable habitation can be provided as a cottage unit which can be displaced from year to year, a movable motel unit, or an office unit which can be installed on a temporary construction site, to give three examples of the numerous possibilities. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236056 | MODULAR BUILDINGS - A modular building comprises a support frame for various modules forming the floor, roof and external wall of the building. The floor is provided by floor modules that can be slid or lifted into place within the support frame. Room modules may be incorporated into the floor. Services may be installed in the modules. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236057 | Dome Kit, Structure and Method - A new and useful Dome Kit, dome shaped structural system and method of assembling a dome shaped structural system is provided. The Dome Kit and method are used to form a dome shaped structural system comprising a compression ring, a lower ring that is larger than the compression ring and spaced below the compression ring, and a plurality of ribs connected with the compression ring. The lower ring, the compression ring, lower ring and connected ribs form a dome shaped structural system; i.e. a structural system with a dome shaped appearance. New and useful structure is provided for coupling the ribs to the compression ring and to the lower ring. Such structure is particularly useful when the ribs are formed of metal (e.g. steel). | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236058 | Roof panel systems for building construction - Roof panels and roof panel assemblies, comprising roof panels and ridge beams, assemblies are disclosed for use in building construction. The roof panels and ridge beams comprise components formed of composite materials, and certain aspects of the invention include designs that provide for the absorption of solar heat and the promotion of hot air flow within the roof to heat the interior building or generate electricity, among other attributes. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236059 | Removable grade pin system - The removable grade pin system includes a base pin and a removable upper pin. The base pin is a rod that is driven into the ground within the concrete form, typically such that the head of the base pin is approximately two inches below the desired level of concrete. The upper pin is a rod with a hollow bore formed in its lower end having a diameter slightly larger than the head of the base pin so that the upper pin telescopes over the base pin. The upper pin has an annular plate or disc extending about its center or medial section to mark the desired level of the concrete. The upper end of the upper pin provides a handle to remove the upper pin when the desired level of concrete has been poured into the form. The position of the circular plate on the upper pin may be adjustable. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236060 | TELESCOPING TOWER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A mast section for a telescoping tower system is made by aligning press brake tools along the length of the metal sheet at spaced width locations and forming the corners of the tube. After forming of the last corner, an opening remains along the length of the tube. The press brake male tool axis is offset sufficiently to permit the tool to apply forming force to the last corner of the tube through the opening, and is sized to remove the tool from the opening. At least three mast sections are nested to form the tower system. Pulleys for a cable extension system are mounted near the upper and lower ends of a wall of an intermediate mast section, with one of the pulleys being oriented at an acute angle to the mast section wall to permit routing of the cable. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236061 | Floor slab support system - A floor slab support system for jacking and stabilizing a sagging or cracked floor or other such slab. Holes of 3½″ diameter, for example, are drilled through the slab and a pipe pier driven downwardly until reaching bottom. A connector sleeve matching the slab hole size is temporarily suspended in the slab hole and L shaped brackets are inserted into the sleeve and maneuvered to extend outwardly through slots in the sleeve to engage the underside of the slab. A threaded rod with a threaded positioning member and a bottom stop is inserted through the sleeve and into the pipe pier, and the L brackets extended through the sleeve and maintained outwardly by the threaded positioning member. Once in position, the threaded rod is rotated to screw the sleeve and brackets upwardly to support the slab. Finally, the top of the rod is cut off and the hole filled with concrete. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236062 | Ventilation Sleeve for Concrete Foundation Walls - A vent for a building structure, specifically for the foundation thereof, having a bi-directional breakaway swing door that releases in either direction once a predetermined PSI of pressure is applied thereto. This is done to meet building codes in flood prone areas and to protect the structure in the event of flooding as the breakaway door opens accordingly once 10-20 PSI is exerted thereupon. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236063 | Ashtray, Smoking Room Provided with an Ashtray - An ashtray ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236064 | Tactile tile with improved reinforced embedment plate - Disclosed is an embedment tile for producing a tactilely detectable surface in a moldable material and method for using same. The tile comprises a tile member having a pattern of upwardly extending projections on its upper surface forming a tactilely detectable pattern, and a cross beam joined to the lower surface of the tile member. The cross beam defines a hollow chamber and apertures to allow for the release of air and inflow of moldable material to secure the embedment tile when the moldable material hardens. The cross beam can define a lower open portion at a cross beam end portion that eases installation by permitting a more direct flow path into the chamber for moldable material. The embedment tile can also include a reinforcing member joined to the lower surface of the tile member and/or a transverse reinforcing member joined to a lower surface of the tile member. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236065 | Modular concrete stair truss system - A system for establishing modular concrete truss stairway during construction of a multi-floor building having concrete decks provides two pre-cast concrete stringers of plural stairsteps and a cast-in-place intermediate landing therebetween forming a stair truss structurally attached to and communicating between two vertically spaced adjacent concrete decks. The intermediate concrete landing is carried between the adjacent vertically spaced decks by adjacent end portions of the stringers. Internal reinforcement in the concrete decks, in each stringer and in the intermediate landing is operatively interconnected to provide structural rigidity to the stair truss. Concurrent pouring of concrete for the upper deck, the intermediate landing and a blocked out area defined in a lower deck structurally attaches the stair truss therebetween providing an operative stairway upon hardening of the concrete. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236066 | Segmented spiral staircase and kit for its construction - A segmented spiral staircase and kit for its construction has a plurality of laterally extending step segments. Each step segment has a step surface with an inboard, donut-shaped end section and lower downwardly extending support members. Each step segment also has an upstanding baluster rail member connected by screws to the outboard end of the step surface. The step segments are each rotatably mounted, at their respective inboard end sections, in offset fashion through a vertically standing support post. The baluster rail members of the step segments are configured to be aligned adjacent to each other and are connected one to the other by screws. Spacer sleeves separate each of the step segments, whose lower support members are positioned against the vertical surfaces of the sleeves. Alternate stacking of the sleeves and step segments and connection of the baluster rail members produces a sturdy staircase structure which also includes an upper landing member. The relatively lightweight nature of the components of the kit make assembly easy and, by simply removing the screw connections between baluster rail members, a step segment or entire section of the staircase made up of several step segments can be rotated around the vertical support post to alter the configuration of the staircase. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236067 | Glazing Component Connection and Method - There is disclosed a glazing component connector ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236068 | DRYWALL CHANNEL WITH PRE-PUNCHED LOCATING TABS - A wall channel for a drywall ceiling has a generally U-shaped cross-section with a vertical leg interconnecting two generally-horizontal legs. The lower horizontal leg is adapted to support an inverted tee-runner that has a vertical web and opposed flanges, the opposed flanges being adapted to rest on the horizontal leg of the wall angle. The lower horizontal leg is formed with a plurality of pairs of locating tabs that are spaced apart a distance sufficient to accommodate the width of the opposed flanges of the tee-runner. The upper horizontal leg is formed with a plurality of pairs of locating tabs that are spaced apart a distance sufficient to accommodate the width of the reinforcing bulb of the tee-runner. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236069 | Lightweight concrete panel - A lightweight cast concrete panel including concrete having a wet weight of between about 132 to about 140 pounds per cubic foot, and air content of between about 7 to about 11 percent. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236070 | BUILDING STRUCTURE INTENDED TO HOST COMPUTER DATA - The present invention relates a building structure ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236071 | Sheet metal corner studs - Corner studs ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236072 | Hollow wall base - A flexible, extruded plastic wall structure with a hollow core is presented along with a method of making the same. The wall structure has an overall flat back wall, an overall front wall and at least one support wall extending between and confined to the interior surfaces of the overall back wall and the overall front wall; the overall back wall, the overall front wall and the at least one support wall having a generally uniform thickness and defining at least two defined spaces. The wall structure includes sections, where the rear wall of each section is flat from the bottom of the wall structure to the top of the wall structure. The hollow wall structure has a front wall having vertically disposed sections with different contours. The method includes using extrusion die for heating and extruding plastics using a multi-functional insert within the die and air pressure to create a hollow core in the wall structure. The hollow core allows less material to flow though the die so that the die stays hotter and the flow of the extruded plastic is not impeded. The resulting extruded plastic wall structure is comprised of a generally thick portion, a generally thin portion and a profile on the face or front of the wall structure. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236073 | Low cost rail-transportable wind turbine tower - A wind turbine tower is provided that will accommodate rail transport of wind turbine sections. The wind turbine tower includes a plurality of axial tubular sections, wherein the sections including an outer diameter no greater than a designated maximum diameter; a main structural element for each of the axial tubular sections, with the structural element being of a generally cylindrical shape; and corner reinforcements for the main structural elements. The corner reinforcements are provided generally equidistant around the circumference of the main structural element about 90 degrees apart. Corner supports may further be provided to support the corner reinforcements from a foundation of the wind turbine tower. With the corner reinforcements attached to the main structural elements, the combination falls within a space envelope that may be accommodated for rail transport. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236074 | Apparatus and Method of Forming Molds for a Building Foundation - A mold for the foundation of a building is constructed through the use of a plurality of forms. The forms having first and second connectors providing connection of the forms to create the mold when the connectors are aligned. One of the plurality of forms having a bend allowing the form to various angles. The mold may form a variety of shapes, such as squares and circles. The forms are connected together by a releasable locking mechanism that passes through openings located in the connectors on the form when the connectors are aligned. The release locking mechanism connects the forms and provides stability to the mold to resist the pressure exerted when the foundation is formed. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236075 | Tower Foundation System And Method For Providing Such System - The present invention relates to a tower foundation system ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236076 | MATERIAL FOR PRODUCTION OF JUNCTIONS BETWEEN TWO OBJECTS - The invention relates to a material for the formation of connections between two objects, for example between a roofing tile and a ridge tile. This material is a deformable filter foam, which is impregnated with a substance which is cured when exposed to air. Before the connection is formed, the filter foam with the substance impregnating it, is sealed airtight. When the connection is to be formed, the airtight seal is removed and the substance introduced between the objects to be connected. Due to the exposure to air, which is now possible, the substance becomes cured. This lends the previously soft filter foam a solid structure. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236077 | Wall paneling material - A wall paneling material having a high strength to weight ratio and a lateral load bearing strength, comprising a centrally disposed sinusoidal corrugated sheet metal sandwiched between a first layer and a second layer of foam material. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236078 | Attic Insulation with Desiccant - A method of reducing the amount of cooling energy required to cool a building is provided. The method includes disposing a porous insulating material substantially covering the ceiling in the attic space of the building to a substantial depth. The porous insulating material includes a desiccant. The method further includes permitting the desiccant-bearing porous insulating material to adsorb water moisture from the attic space and then permitting the adsorbed water moisture to desorb from the desiccant-bearing porous insulating material into the enclosed room of the building, whereby the temperature of the desiccant-bearing porous insulating material is reduced, resulting in a reduction in the amount of cooling energy required to cool the building. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236079 | Process of Treating a Synthetic Shingle and Shingle Made Thereby - Synthetic shingles are made and treated, such that upper surfaces thereof that are to be weather-exposed in the installed condition, are scuffed, abraded, or scraped in such a manner that different visual appearances occur between abraded zones and unabraded (or lesser abraded) depressions, to enhance the natural-appearing materials that the synthetic shingles are designed to resemble. The shingles and the abrading medium have motion relative to each other. The abrading medium may take on various forms, such as a roller, a brush, a pad, etc. Some portions of the upper surface of the shingle remain unabraded, preferably being those portions that are depressed relative to higher portions of the shingle. The shingle may be of a single layer construction, or a multi-layer laminate. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236080 | Simulated bark siding and method of manufacturing same - A synthetic composition panel having a surface which resembles a tree bark is provided. The synthetic composition panel defines a series of irregular grooves and indentations which extend varied distances into the thickness of the panel. The irregular pattern of the grooves, the angles of the grooves, and the depth of the grooves contribute to a panel having an appearance of a tree bark product. The panel has sufficient strength to be used as a roofing product, interior siding, exterior siding, and can be fashioned into decorative trim items such as door moldings, window moldings, and door frame moldings. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236081 | Insulated building block - An insulated building block having a three-section configuration wherein a first cementitious segment containing the internal core hole of the block is interlocked with second cementitious segment by a serpentine configured insulated insert. The insulation insert is operatively arranged to have multiple lips that mate with various indented ledges on each of the other segments in a location proximate to the surface of the cementitious segments. The insulating insert is also configured with wedge holes that accommodate wedges which press into the installation to maintain continuity of the block. The insulation insert has groves that in combination with the other segments form a trough in fluid communication with weep holes which extend through the insulation insert which allows for condensation and seepage of water to drain from the block. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236082 | Protective barrier material having low visual impact - A protective material for wrapping a building under construction, after construction, and building materials on a job site but not yet used in the framework construction. The protective material is formed from a synthetic composite sheet having a visual noise reductive colorization for providing low visual impact of the building under construction in its surrounding environment. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236083 | Modular Concrete Wall System - Disclosed is a modular poured concrete wall system that addresses the needs not optimally met by the prior art, where inexpensive small light interlocking forms are quickly and readily assembled, to produce the desired aesthetically pleasing appearance of a brick wall system. The forms remain in place as part of the final structure and finished surface of the walls. Thus, a footer track assembly is affixed to a standard concrete footer or foundation. Then the modular forms are assembled upon the footer track, stacked together to produce the appearance of a brick wall. As each row or two of forms are assembled, the forms are filled with concrete. Following the concrete pour, additional forms are assembled on the top of the prior forms, to produce additional rows. By repeating this process, the full height of the wall can be quickly reached. The method may include steel rebar, such as for horizontal bond beams and for vertical strength. In an alternative embodiment, curved modular forms may be assembled to produce a circular column, where the exterior surface is finished as a decorative brick appearance. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236084 | DISPOSABLE CASING FOR THERMALLY INSULATED WALLS IN REINFORCED CONCRETE - A Disposable casing ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236085 | Tiles With Bottom-Side Extensions and Method for Installation - Apparatus and processes that include tiles having an extending member that is disposed within a concavity on the bottom side of the tile and that extends a distance therefrom. The extending member may additionally be coupled to an anchor member disposed within the concavity on the bottom side of the tile. The extending member is set within a substrate such that it is held fast, thereby improving the bonding of the tile to the substrate. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236086 | Cavity Wall - The cavity wall of the present invention includes wall body frames and wall panels, the wall body frame and the wall panels are connected together fixedly by bond or connection elements; the wall body frame including: a top frame bar fixed on a ceiling; a bottom frame bar fixed on a ground; and, one or more middle frame bar fixed uprightly between the top frame bar and the bottom frame bar. Compared with the conventional building method, building material can be saved, construction cost can be reduced and building time can be largely shortened according to the present invention. The wall body of the present invention can be demolished and rebuilt easily, and the demolished materials can be reused and thereby saving resource. With a hollow structure of the cavity wall of the present invention, can facilitate the installation of the water pipes, electric wires, gas pipes etc. Some home facilities such as wardrobes, book shelves, shoes cabinet, document cases, safe box, household appliances, puddle, water tank, can be disposed inside the wall, and the space inside a room can be used fully. Functional material can be filled inside the wall body to adjust temperature, humidity and noise in the room. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236087 | WEATHER STRIPS - A weather strip ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236088 | Locking Element for a Fixing System for Plate-Shaped Panels, a Fixing System with Said Locking Element, Panels with Said Fixing System, Methods for Locking Panels and a Method of Automatically Mounting a Locking Element to a Panel as Well as an Apparatus Therefore - The locking element for quadrangular plate-shaped panels having an insertion portion for insertion into a locking groove provided in the longitudinal direction of an edge of a first panel and a locking portion for engagement into a latching recess of an undercut configuration provided in a laid configuration of the panels in an opposite edge of a second panel and extending in the longitudinal direction of the edge and in opposite relationship to the locking groove. The locking portion includes a resilient latching tongue which during assembly of the two panels is automatically latchable into the latching recess into a latching position. The locking element has an anchor and the locking element can be captively anchored by the anchor with its insertion portion in the locking groove. A method for locking the panels and mounting the panels is also enclosed | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236089 | Frame, Particularly for a Door, Window, or Facade Element - A frame for doors, windows, or facade elements has a profiled frame section to be arranged in a wall opening, wherein the profiled frame section has at least one basic profiled frame section. The profiled frame section has a multifunctional chamber extending substantially across at least one side of the frame. At least one part of the multifunctional chamber is part of the basic profiled frame section. A venting system having a moveable venting element is arranged at least partially within the multifunctional chamber. The venting element forms an air passage. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236090 | Modular building structures - Presented are methods of assembling and disassembling a modular unit so that the modular unit. The modular unit includes at least a concrete column with an embedded steel receptacle and an access port, and a concrete joist/slab with an embedded steel receptacle and an access port. The methods include inserting a first end of the rigid member into the steel receptacle of the joist/slab and a second end of the rigid member into the steel receptacle of the column to form the modular unit. The first and second ends of the rigid member are releasably coupled to the steel receptacles of the joist/slab and column, respectively. The first and second ends of the rigid member are then decoupled from the steel receptacles of the joist/slab and column, respectively. The joist/slab, column, and rigid member are separated so that at least joist/slab and column can be reused and/or recycled. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236091 | TAPERED LOAD PLATE FOR TRANSFERRING LOADS BETWEEN CAST-IN-PLACE SLABS - A tapered load plate transfers loads across a joint between adjacent concrete floor slabs. The top and bottom surfaces may taper from approximately 4 inches wide to a narrow substantially pointed end over a length of approximately 12 inches. The tapered load plate accommodates differential shrinkage of cast-in-place concrete slabs. When adjacent slabs move away from each other, the narrow end of the tapered load plate moves out of the void that it created in the slab thus allowing the slabs to move relative to one another in a direction parallel to the joint. Tapered load plates may be assembled into a load-plate basket with the direction of the taper alternating from one tapered load plate to the next to account for off-center saw cuts. A tapered load plate and an end cap may be used to provide load transfer across an expansion joint. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236092 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TERRAZZO TILES, TERRAZZO TILES AND FLOORING SYSTEM ASSEMBLED WITH TERRAZZO TILES - A method of manufacturing terrazzo tiles and tiles manufactured in accordance with the method is described. A resin, curing agent, filler, and pigment are poured into a mold. Stone chips are then poured into the mold to settle with the majority at the bottom of the mold. Thereafter, curing occurs to result in rough tiles which are ground and then polished with the upper surface being the resulting tile surface at which the majority of the stones settle. The tiles are assembled onto a floor with grout lines resulting from spacing of the tiles, one from another. Grout is then poured in and skived, and the floor polished to result in a sealed monolithic surface. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236093 | PORTA JACK FOR FLOORING - An improved method and apparatus for urging a flooring strip into close or tight engagement with the adjacent flooring strip, which has already been fixed into position, and holding the flooring strip securely in position for nailing or otherwise fixing the flooring strip. The invented device has a base plate with having holes therein for attachment to a floor (subfloor), a rack and pinion gear arrangement where the rack has an angle iron style pusher-puller ram pusher at the end of the rack, the end of the base plate having a removable shoe, and a rack housing situated on the base plate with an associated pinion gear engaging the rack and operated by a levering handle for urging the flooring strip into position for installation. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236094 | Device for leveling and aligning tiles and method for leveling and aligning tiles - A tile leveling device is provided. The device includes a main member, a first section extending transversely from the main member for receiving a first tile and a second section extending transversely from the main member in a direction opposite the first section for receiving a second tile. A member is provided for penetrating the main member and exerting a force on the tiles for leveling them relative to each other. A method for leveling tiles is also provided. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236095 | Door frame system - The present invention relates to a door frame system including a door frame having a vertical reference face and a horizontal reference face formed perpendicularly to each other on the opposite face to the inclined guide face, a guide groove formed below the horizontal reference face, and bridges formed below the guide groove and having screw holes cut facing each other and a plurality of bolt holes passed along the longitudinal direction of the door frame through the side portions distant from the vertical center portions thereof for inserting a socket bolt thereto; a pressure bench having a plate glass-compressing face formed facing the vertical reference face of the door frame for compressing a plate glass, a horizontal face formed perpendicular to the plate glass-compressing face, and a pressure generation face formed on the rear portion thereof; a compression rail having a generally triangular-shaped section for compressing the pressure bench; and a brush assembly having a brush formed of thick hairs for preventing external dust and contaminated air from entering the interior of the door frame system. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236096 | Method for Providing an Oblong Shaped Piece and for Inserting Said Shaped Piece Into a Hollow Section Bar From Which a Spacer for Insulated Glass Panes is Formed - The invention relates to a method for providing a moulded body ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236097 | NOISE ISOLATING UNDERLAYMENT - A noise-reducing substrate for use in a flooring system, the flooring system having a subfloor and a decorative upper layer. The substrate comprises a series of edge butted panels, each of which has a bottom surface, a top surface and side surfaces. Each panel's top surface and oppositely facing bottom surface are parallel to each other and are spaced apart by the thickness of the substrate. A profile in the bottom surface of the substrate changes the substrate's effective stiffness and improves the noise isolation of the substrate compared to the stiffness and noise isolation of the panel without the profile. Additionally, the profile reduces the weight of the panel, thereby reducing manufacturing and installation costs. When the substrate is positioned between the subfloor and the decorative top layer, the material hardness and the flat profile of the upper surface provide a platform with the strength and texture required to allow for installation of the decorative floor layer without the need for an additional rigid backing material. Such a system greatly improves the impact noise reduction on a variety of floor/ceiling systems while keeping the installation cost low and the adding very little to the total system thickness. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236098 | BEVERAGE FILLING MACHINE LOCK LEVER AND METHODS FOR USE - The invention is directed to lock levers for use in an automatic beverage machine for filling cans for example, and a method and kit for installation of lock levers in such a machine. The method may include the steps of supplying a kit having a plurality of lock levers for installation in association with a filling machine, with the plurality of lock levers comprising a regular size lock lever with a first dimension associated with the height of the engagement surface relative to the axis of rotation of the lever, and at least one other lock size lever having a second dimension associated with the height of the engagement surface relative to the axis of rotation of the lever. The second dimension is a reduced or increased dimension relative to the first dimension. The at least one other lock size lever enables use thereof to accommodate any difference in positioning of an associated lift platform of the machine from a predetermined height relative to the filling valve of the machine, with the second dimension substantially correcting the height to the predetermined height. The regular size and other size lock levers may include an L-shaped configuration with a first and second leg, with the first and second leg being coupled by a corner portion. One of the first or second legs comprises an engagement surface at its distal end. The transition from the engagement surface to the outer surface of the leg utilizes a first radius extending from the corner region and a second blending radius extending from the first radius to the engagement surface. The second radius may be less than the first radius so as to remove material from this region adjacent the engagement surface. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236099 | Packaging for Electrical Equipment - Packaging for electrical equipment is disclosed in which metal electrically conductive staples are stapled—in contrast to tacked—through the packaging to provide an electrical path between the inside and the outside of the packaging. On the inside of the packaging, each staple clutches and is electrically connected to a wire that is connected to a jack on the electrical equipment. This provides an electrical path between the outside of the packaging and the electrical equipment. When the electrical equipment is to be tested or configured, the testing tool is connected to the staples on the outside of the packaging with spring-load clips. This provides as many electrical paths between the testing tool and the electrical equipment as necessary or desirable and for very little cost. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236100 | SMALL-OBJECT FEEDER FOR BLISTER-PACKAGING MACHINE - An apparatus for filling small objects into upwardly open blisters of a strip moving in a transport direction and formed with an array of the blisters has a feeder formed by a carrier or base plate juxtaposed with the strip and formed with an array of throughgoing holes aligned with the pockets of the strip and respective tubes joined seamlessly to the plate at the holes and extending upward from the plate. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236101 | SHEET PROCESSING SYSTEM - A sheet processing system includes a banding machine which uses a large band to bundle first collected bundles fed out by a bundle collecting device and then feeds out the bundled first collected bundles as a first bunch of sealed five bundles, the a banding machine then using the large band to bundle again second collected bundles fed out by the bundle collecting device and then feeding out the bundled second collected bundles as a second bunch of sealed five bundles, and a bundle handling device which lays the first and second bunches of sealed five bundles fed out by the banding machine on top of each other so that small bands around the first and second bunches are staggered, the bundle handling device then feeding out the first and second bunches laid on top of each other. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236102 | METHOD OF PACKAGING SEAMED FLUX-CORED WELDING WIRE INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT AND PACKAGE OF SEAMED FLUX-CORED WELDING WIRE INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT - A method of packaging a seamed flux-cored welding wire intermediate product in which a flux is filled in a mild steel outer shell includes the steps of forming a stacked product by depositing or winding a seamed flux-cored welding wire intermediate product around a central member in the form of a coil using the central member as the center, packaging the stacked product in a metal package together with a desiccant, and deaerating and sealing the metal package. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236103 | SYSTEMS WITH COOPERATING RERUCKERS FOR PRODUCING ENCASED PRODUCTS AND RELATED DEVICES, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS - Reruckers and associated methods and systems configured to automatically reruck netting in an upstream direction on a netting chute or horn proximate in time to a clipping operation to pull a clipped end portion of the netting snugly against a discharge end of the chute or horn. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236104 | PROTECTION AND STORAGE OF COLLECTABLES - An apparatus for protection and storage of collectables and for use with a vacuum pump, the apparatus having a sealed container, an access panel, a sealed air dam to receive a nozzle of the vacuum pump while maintaining constant pressure inside the container during insertion into the nozzle, a dial lock to simultaneously seal and unseal the container and lock and unlock the access panel when the dial lock is closed and opened, respectively, and a vacuum indicator. Also, a method for protection and storage of collectables and for use with a vacuum pump, the method including enclosing, accessing, sealing and forming a vacuum in a space, selectively penetrating the enclosed space with the vacuum pump, and indicating whether a vacuum is formed. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236105 | Method and Apparatus for Filling Bags - Method and apparatus for filling bags wherein bags are filled one by one with a filling material and thereafter closed by means of an oscillating structure of an ultrasonic welding device. A parameter for the oscillating behavior of the oscillating structure is determined at no-load between closing two bags. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236106 | Capsule Filling Machine and Method For Producing Sealed Capsules - A capsule filling machine ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236107 | Sealing System for High-Pressure and Temperature Containers - A sealing system for a container ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236108 | Package Wrapping Machine with Detection of Lip Features of Trayed Products to be Wrapped - A package wrapping machine includes a wrapping station where film is to be manipulated during a packaging operation. A support is provided for holding rolled film, the support located to permit film to be drawn into the wrapping station. A sensor arrangement detects package size data that is used to set one or more wrap parameters. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236109 | Method and a Unit for Producing Blister Packs by Cutting a Blister Band - A method and a relative unit ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236110 | Method for manufacturing flexible tube containers - An improved method for manufacturing collapsible tube containers for fluid materials, including the known steps of providing a hollow tube, forming an integrated compression-molded shoulder having a dispensing opening, and applying a selectively removable closure. The method includes the novel step of positioning a means for applying the closure in coaxial relation to the tube, and applying the closure while the tube is supported on a mandrel used for supporting the tube during formation of the shoulder, rather than applying the closure at another location. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236111 | Bitless Bridle with Crossover Reinstrap Stabilizer - A bitless bridle with crossover reinstrap stabilizer in English and Western style for riding, driving and training horses and like animals that achieves improved turning and slowing/stopping by threading reinstraps through a crossover reinstrap stabilizer under the horse's jaw, lining the inside of the noseband with rubber gripping or similar textured material, and improved arrangement of component straps. In both styles, a single crownpiece strap over the poll attaches on each side of the face to reinstraps that pass across the animal's cheek, through a crossover rein strap stabilizer under its jaw, then through rings attached to a noseband, and finally to reins. Pulling on a single rein places pressure on the reinstrap on the cheek of the opposite side of the animal's head, causing it to turn in the direction pulled. Pulling on a both reins places pressure on the noseband and the poll, causing the animal to slow or stop. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236112 | ROPE HALTER APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE - A rope halter apparatus, for use in conjunction with a rope, to form an adjustable halter, comprising: a body; a hook coupled to the body; a ring coupled to the body; and at least two bracket legs coupled to the body. A method of using the rope halter apparatus comprising: forming a first loop in a rope by placing a first end of the rope adjacent a first midpoint of the rope; placing the first end of the rope and the first midpoint of the rope between at least one set of bracket legs of a rope halter apparatus; placing a second end of the rope over an animal's neck; placing the first loop over the animal's nose; forming a second loop; placing the second loop through the ring and around the hook of the rope halter apparatus; and pulling the second end of the rope. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236113 | Filter Assembly and Adaptor - A device for adapting a cover for an existing air filter assembly to seal an end portion of a replacement cylindrical air filter having a round cross-sectional shape is disclosed. The cover has a plate with a radially inner convex guide separated from a radially outer convex guide by a concave receiver, a tightening member connected to the plate, and a catch having a first end movably connected to the tightening member, and the catch having a second end configured to engage a keeper, the tightening member adjustable to vary a distance between the catch and the plate. An adaptor is attachable to the plate of the cover. The adaptor has a first side for engagement with the plate and an opposing second side for engagement with an end portion of a cylindrical filter. The first side has a sealing surface extending radially inwardly from a peripheral edge. The sealing surface has a sufficient area to overlap a portion of the radially inner guide of the plate and a portion of the receiver when the adaptor is attached to the plate. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236114 | RECLAMATION OF GASEOUS SUBSTANCES FROM BOILER FLUE GAS FOR OIL RECOVERY - Systems and techniques for the reclamation from boiler flue gas of all or substantially all gaseous substances for well injection oil recovery. A system can include one or more of a boiler for generating high pressure steam, a high pressure water pump, a tower scrubber, an induced draft fan, an absorber, a separating tank, a heat exchanger, a regenerator, a reboiler, a steam boiler, a water segregator, a carbon dioxide compressor, a purifier, a nitrogen compressor, drying beds, adsorption beds, a carbon dioxide pressurizer, a nitrogen pressurizer and a mixing tank of which: the boiler for generating high pressure steam, the tower scrubber, the absorber, the regenerator and the adsorption beds connect with each other in turn. In addition, the mixing tank connects by pipelines with a gas injection tube of an oil well. Mixed gases of carbon dioxide and nitrogen can be obtained for injection into the oil well, thus gaining favorable results of crude oil output increase as well as environment protection. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236115 | HONEYCOMB FILTER AND EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE - A honeycomb filter includes a pillar shape honeycomb structure that has a plurality of cells, which are arranged in a honeycomb shape and partitioned by cell walls, and a plug that seals either one of open ends of each cell. In the honeycomb filter, the plug has a shell that occupies a peripheral region near the cell wall and a core that occupies a central region including the central axis of the cell. The Young's modulus of the shell differs from the Young's modulus of the core. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236116 | Dust Collecting Mechanism - A dust collecting mechanism for an air pump, in particular, an electromagnetic vibrational pump having a compact structure, capable of realizing the efficiency of dust collecting ability is disclosed. The mechanism is simple in assembly work. An inlet and an outlet for fluid are provided in the mechanism at a barrier chamber of the mechanism provided in at least one portion of a housing. A plurality of cross walls at which 1 or 2 or more of vent holes are provided are arranged in the mechanism. At least the position of the vent hole of the adjacent cross wall is different among a plurality of the cross walls. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236117 | EQUIPMENT FOR PRESSURIZED ADSORPTION AND LIQUIFICATION OF CARBON DIOXIDE FROM BOILER FLUE GAS FOR OIL RECOVERY BY WELL INJECTION - An equipment for the pressurized adsorption and liquification of carbon dioxide from boiler flue gas for oil recovery by well injection comprising boiler for generating high pressure steam | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236118 | Exhaust particulate filter for a machine engine system and assembly method therefor - An exhaust particulate filter for an engine system includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet and a shell shaped to fit the particulate filter within a predefined spatial envelope. Filter elements arranged in a bundle and having a packing arrangement are positioned within the housing. Each of the filter elements includes a perforated tube wrapped with fibrous metallic filter media. The bundle defines a perimetric line at least partially matched to the shape of the shell. An assembly method for a particulate filter includes arranging filter elements in a packing structure within a bundle, the bundle having peripherally located filter elements and internally located filter elements. The filter elements each include a perforated tube wrapped with fibrous metallic filter media. The assembly method further includes positioning the bundle of filter elements within a housing having a shape at least partially matched to a shape of the bundle. A unique method of joining various of the components via swagging is also disclosed. Clamping of the filter media, and joints between filter element and support plates, may be achieved via swagging, for example. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236119 | Exhaust gas particulate filter for a machine and filter cartridge therefor - An exhaust particulate filter for an engine system includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet and a shell shaped to fit the particulate filter within a predefined spatial envelope. Filter elements are arranged in a composite filter assembly and are packed within a housing. Each of the filter elements includes a cartridge having a frame wrapped with fibrous metallic filter media. The composite filter assembly has a shape corresponding to the shape of the shell. Each cartridge of the composite filter assembly is reversibly coupled with a frame internal of the shell via trapping elements having a release state and a trapping state. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236120 | Prefilters for Devices with Air Filter - Prefilter improves efficiency of cleaning process by preventing clogging of filter with dirt or other particles. The polished surface allows easy removal of dirt with one shake. Prefilter extends life of filter. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236121 | Filter Element - A filter element has a zigzag-shaped fold pack of folds. At least one terminal element is folded parallel to the folds of the fold pack. The at least one terminal element has a first leg, a second leg, and a third leg. The first leg is arranged substantially perpendicularly to a flow direction of a medium flowing through the filter element. The first, second and third legs are delimited by folds of the at least one terminal element. The first and second legs are positioned substantially at a right angle relative to one another. The third leg projects laterally away from the filter element to form a peripheral seal. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236122 | HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE, EXHAUST GAS TREATING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING EXHAUST GAS TREATING APPARATUS - A honeycomb structure including plural cells with holes arranged in a longitudinal direction, a peripheral wall, and a defective portion formed on the peripheral wall that is mended with a mending material that is in a color different from the color of the peripheral wall. Also, a method is provided for manufacturing a honeycomb structure including plural cells with holes arranged in a longitudinal direction and a peripheral wall which method involves mending a defective portion formed on the peripheral wall of the honeycomb structure with a mending material in a color different from the color of the peripheral wall. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236123 | Honeycomb Ceramic Particulate Filtration Substrate, a Particulate Filter and a Filtration System as Well as Production Methods Thereof - A honeycomb ceramic filtration substrate, a filter made of the said substrate and a filter system made of the said filter and their production methods are published in the present invention. The said substrates are extruded with a paste comprising (by portion): SiC: 1; Clay: 0.05-0.5; Flour: 0.1-0.35; grease: 0.025-0.05; Water: 0.2-0.35. The said sintered substrate has a honeycomb structure with cells density ranging from 4˜62 cells/cm | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236124 | Portable, Manually-Guided Implement and Shaft System Therefor - A shaft system for a portable, manually-guided implement, including an upper connector and a lower connector for connection to adjoining components. The shaft system has a guide tube portion and a drive shaft portion supported in the guide tube portion by at least one support bushing. The guide tube portion is made of carbon fiber reinforced polymeric material. In at least one region of the periphery of the support bushing a first spacing is formed between the support bushing and the guide tube portion, wherein the first spacing is up to approximately 15% of the inner diameter of the guide tube portion. The shaft system can be utilized with a portable, manually-guided implement. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236125 | Climb-Up Assist Structure for Mower Unit - A mower unit configured to be supported to a work vehicle at a position between front wheels and rear wheels, comprises a mower deck; at least one blade supported by the mower deck; a climb-up assist member in which an inclined surface is formed for assisting the wheels in climbing over the mower unit; and a connecting device for detachably connecting the climb-up assist member to the mower unit in a service position in which the inclined surface assists the wheels in climbing over the mower unit. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236126 | Destemming Device and Method for Harvesting Machines - The destemming device is installed on a harvesting machine, between the sloping end of the harvesting conveyors and the harvest collection bowls pertaining to the machine. The destemming device includes, upstream in the direction of the supply of the rough harvest, an extractor system for extracting the juice and the grapes detached from the stems by the crop package; and, downstream, a stemmer provided with an inlet that communicates with the sloping end of the extractor system. The stemmer enables the hacking of the bunches forming the remaining part of the harvest, and the rejection of the stems, plant waste and other undesirable products. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236127 | LOW-BUSH BERRY HARVESTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The low-bush berry harvester that has a plurality of interspaced berry-picking units movable along a closed-loop berry-picking path. The closed-loop berry picking path is non-circular, but rather designed with a relatively straight lower portion configured and adapted to be level with the ground during use. Hence, the berry-picking units are slidable against the ground in the straight lower portion of the berry-picking path to pick berries, and are pivotable in an upper portion of the berry-picking path to drop picked berries for collection. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236128 | Take Up Arrangement With A Position Of The Tine Carriers Dependent Upon The Direction Of Rotation - A crop take-up arrangement is provided. The crop take-up arrangement includes a take-up rotor having several tine carriers with tines fastened to it that can be moved along a circular track, supported, free to rotate, about their axes of rotation. A housing contains the take-up rotor with strippers between which elongated intervening spaces remain through which the radially outer regions of the tines extend outward over a part of the circular track of the tine carriers. A drive shaft can be driven in two directions of rotation to drive the tine carriers around the circular track. It is proposed that the tine carriers be supported in bearings so as to pivot about their longitudinal axes between two end positions and be able to move between the end position as a function of the direction of rotation of the drive shaft. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236129 | Combination Tool - A combination tool has a rake portion and a fork portion in which the angle between the portions is preferably about 180 degrees. In further preferred aspects, the handle of the tools contemplated herein has two angled portions, and the two portions have an offset of at least 2 inches. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236130 | WIRE ROPE FOR RUNNING WIRE - In a rope of a type of filling a resin constituting other member between strands, there is provided a wire rope for a running wire capable of promoting fatigue life by reducing a wire breakage at a point of being contacted to a core rope by precisely constraining a movement of a wire and reducing an elongation. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236131 | CABLE PROTECTION AND GUIDE DEVICE - A cable protection and guide device wherein the wear of the cable is suppressed. The detachment of the partitioning wall plate is simplified. Pairs of right and left link plates, flexional inner circumferential side plates, flexional outer circumferential side plates and partitioning wall plates form a link body. The flexional inner circumferential side plate includes an abutting flap and an inner circumferential side flap integral therewith. Inner locking groove is formed in the inner circumferential connecting plate over the width direction in a stepped manner. A hook shaped locking proximal portion of the partitioning wall plate interengages an inner locking groove. Flexional outer circumferential side plate includes an outer locking groove extended in the width direction of the cable accommodating space and locks a locking front end portion of the partitioning wall plate. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236132 | System and method for generating electricity from super critical water oxidation process - Systems and method for generating electricity using heat from a SCWO reaction. The system may comprise a pump that pumps the mixture undergoing the SCWO reaction to a pressure above the critical pressure point for the mixture. The pressurized mixture is heated, by a heating system, above the critical temperature point for the mixture. The SCWO reaction occurs in a reaction chamber. The reaction chamber is in thermal communication with a vessel that holds water such that the heat from the mixture heats the water into steam. The steam powers a steam turbine, which is connected to an electrical generator to thereby generate electricity. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236133 | TURBOMACHINE FRONT PORTION COMPRISING A DEFLECTOR SYSTEM FOR DEFLECTING FOREIGN BODIES, SUCH AS HAILSTONES - The present invention relates to a turbomachine front portion ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236134 | Exhaust Gas Simulation System With Dual Path Temperature Control For Control Of Exhaust Temperature - A temperature control system and method for use with an exhaust flow simulation system. A typical exhaust flow simulator is a burner-based system, in which exhaust from a combustive burner is exhausted through an exhaust line. A temperature control section divides the exhaust from the burner line into two paths: a cool path and an uncooled (hot) path. The cool path uses a heat exchanger to cool the exhaust. The cool path also has a control valve that controls the relative portions of hot and cool exhaust, which are re-mixed downstream the valve into an exhaust line. Various embodiments have different configurations for the two paths. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236135 | Combined power plant - A combined power plant that is capable of reducing the time required for restarting is provided. The combined power plant includes a gas turbine power generating unit having a gas turbine; a steam turbine power generating unit having a steam turbine; a steam supplying unit for supplying steam to the gas turbine and the steam turbine; a first steam pipe for guiding the steam from the steam supplying unit to the gas turbine; a second steam pipe for guiding the steam from the gas turbine to the steam supplying unit; a first control unit for controlling the inflow of the steam from the first steam pipe to the gas turbine; a second control unit for controlling the outflow of the steam from the gas turbine to the second steam pipe; a discharge unit for discharging the steam from inside the gas turbine to outside the gas turbine; a fluid supplying unit for introducing a fluid in order to push out the steam from inside the gas turbine; and a bypass pipe for guiding the steam in the first steam pipe to the second steam pipe. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236136 | LINKAGE SYSTEM WITH WEAR REDUCTION - A linkage system includes a pivot bias assembly at each pivot which removes internal clearances and resultant vibratory wear. The pivot bias assembly includes a cavity which defines an axis transverse to the pivot axis. A spring biased piston is located therein to provide a radial load toward the rotation pivot to close radial clearances. The spring loaded piston reduces all the radial internal clearances to zero to reduce vibratory wear created by engine vibratory inputs. An assembly flat is positioned such that the component is assembled in a non-operating angular position such that the spring biased piston is under minimal or no load then the component is rotated into operating position so as to preload the spring biased piston. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236137 | ACOUSTIC FLOW STRAIGHTENER FOR TURBOJET ENGINE FAN CASING - The present invention relates to a structural or non-structural turbojet engine fan casing connecting arm ( | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236138 | Arrangement for Propelling an Aircraft, Aircraft and Outlet Nozzle for a Jet Engine - The invention relates to an arrangement for propelling an aircraft comprising a jet engine and an outlet nozzle arranged downstream of the jet engine. The jet engine is of a type which generates an internal core flow and an external fan flow. A part of the outlet nozzle has an internal surface which defines a gas duct for the fan flow. The aforementioned part of the outlet nozzle includes a wall structure that is arranged at a distance from the internal surface such that it separates the gas duct for the fan flow from an internal gas duct for the core flow. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236139 | Power generation system - To provide a power generation system that prevents a reduction in the efficiency of a steam turbine due to an aperture adjustment of a turbine governing valve. There is provided a power generation system comprising: a furnace in which a solid fuel or a liquid fuel is combusted; a steam turbine that generates electric power by rotating a turbine rotor using steam generated by the furnace; a superheater that is provided between the furnace and the steam turbine and that superheats the steam; a first steam piping that connects the furnace to the superheater; a second steam piping that connects the superheater to the steam turbine; a first valve provided in the first steam piping; a turbine governing valve provided in the second steam piping; and a control section that adjusts an aperture of the first valve according to a load of the steam turbine. | 2008-10-02 |
| 20080236140 | Noncircular transient fluid fuel injector control channels in propellant injector combustion systems - A fuel injector system for combustion engines and motors, such as pulsed bipropellant thrusters, includes noncircular fuel and oxidizer injectors at the ends of respective dribble channels for controlling the mixture ratio of the propellants passing into a combustion chambers for maintaining a desire or ideal mixture ratio as determined by the cross-sectional area of the injectors well suited for pulse combustion fuel injector systems. | 2008-10-02 |
