41st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100260558 | TOOL FOR THE MACHINING OF WORKPIECES - The invention relates to a tool ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260559 | BALL END MILL - This aims to provide a ball end mill capable of preventing the occurrence of a ‘pluck’ off a work face. The ball end mill ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260560 | COATED TOOL - The invention concerns a cutting tool having a base body and a single-layer or multi-layer coating applied thereto. To provide cutting tools which are improved over the state of the art it is proposed according to the invention that the coating includes at least one two-phase or multi-phase layer which contains at least two different phases of metal oxide, wherein the at least one two-phase or multi-phase layer is electrically conductive. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260561 | SURFACE COATED CUTTING TOOL - A surface-coated cutting tool of the present invention includes a substrate and a coated layer formed on the substrate, and the coated layer is a physical-vapor-deposition layer having a thickness of 10 μm or more. A surface region having a thickness of 1 μm from a surface of the coated layer includes a first region whose integrated residual stress is a compressive stress and a second region whose integrated residual stress is a tensile stress, and the integrated residual stress of the surface region falls within the range of −1.5 to 1.5 GPa in any region included in the surface region. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260562 | NON-CORE DRILL BIT - A non-core drill bit is provided with a metallic seat | 2010-10-14 |
20100260563 | DRIVEN TOOL ASSEMBLY - A driven tool assembly that uses the cutting tool coolant to also lubricate and cool the driven tool. The driven tool housing has at least one coolant intake port, at least one coolant discharge port, and a shank for mounting the driven tool assembly to a machine tool. An input shaft and an output shaft are rotatably mounted in the driven tool housing, and a transmission transmits power from the input shaft to the output shaft. A seal is disposed between the housing and the input shaft. Typically, at least one passageway fluidly communicates the coolant intake port with the input shaft, the output shaft, the transmission, the bearings, and the coolant outlet port. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260564 | METHOD FOR CODING A DRILLING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for coding a drilling device for an aircraft. The method comprises: placing a drilling template with at least a drilling hole on a work piece; placing a drilling bushing in the drilling hole of the drilling template; placing the drilling device in the drilling hole of the drilling template; wherein the drilling bushing comprises a coding master device, in particular a bushing edge; wherein the drilling device comprises a coding sleeve device and wherein the coding sleeve device is adapted for engaging with the coding master device. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260565 | Depth Gauge For Drill Bit - A drill bit has a shank portion having a plurality of SDS-type slots, a cutting portion comprising at least one cutting flute, and an intermediate portion connecting the shank to the cutting portion, the intermediate portion including at least one additional slot. A depth gauge includes a body configured to receive the drill bit, a retention mechanism coupled to the body and having an inward projection to removably couple the body to the at least one additional slot in the drill bit, and a cap coupled to the body such that the cap contacts a workpiece surface to prevent the drill bit from entering the workpiece more than a predetermined depth, wherein the cap is movable relative to the body among a plurality of positions, wherein each of the plurality of positions corresponds to a different predetermined drilling depth. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260566 | SCREW TAP AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A SCREW TAP - This invention relates to a screw tap which is rotatable about a rotational axis and has a number of thread-cutting teeth, which respectively have a radially outer tip cutter and are disposed mutually offset, with a predefined thread pitch, in an arrangement running spirally or helically around the rotational axis. In a lead region adjoining one end of the screw tap axially to the rotational axis, the maximum radial distance of the tip cutters of the thread-cutting teeth from the rotational axis increases with increasing axial distance of the tip cutters from one end of the screw tap according to a predefined radial distance function. At least some of the thread-cutting teeth in the lead region, at least in the region of the tip cutters, respectively have a defined cutter rounding between tool face and tool flank. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260567 | Rotary Tool, in Particular a Drill - In order to provide a rotary tool, in particular a drill, with a long service life together with high-quality drill holes, particularly in the case of through bores, the invention provides a cutting head which extends along a rotational axis and has a plurality of main cutting edges which extend radially outwards and each end at a cutting corner having a corner bevel, wherein the corner bevels are of differing designs, specifically in the form of a roughing bevel and in the form of a finishing bevel. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260568 | THREAD MILLING CUTTER - As shown in a development view of FIG. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260569 | Mill bed - A mill bed for use in association with a mill includes a base frame, an outer frame and an inner frame. The outer frame is moveably attached to the base frame whereby it is at least partially rotatable around an outer axis. The inner frame is rotatably attached to the outer frame and at least partially rotatable around an inner axis. A control system is operably attached to the outer frame and the inner frame to control movement of the outer and inner frames. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260570 | Machine, Especially Machine Tool - The invention relates to a machine, especially a machine tool, e.g. a milling machine ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260571 | Cargo Bar - The present disclosure provides a cargo bar having high load strength. The cargo bar generally comprises an outer sheath and an inner cylindrical telescoping portion. The telescoping portion has a ribbed section with ribs formed from the walls of the telescoping portion. Fastened to the outer sheath is a handle mechanism comprising a handle frame and a lever, the lever having teeth for gripping the ribs of the inner telescoping portion. The handle may be moved from an open position to a closed position, thereby extending the inner portion away from the outer portion through the interaction of the teeth with the ribs of the inner bar. Increased strength is provided by the ribs formed from the walls of the telescoping portion. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260572 | INSTALLABLE ASSEMBLY HAVING AN EXPANDABLE OUTER MEMBER AND A FASTENER WITH A MANDREL - A fastener assembly is installable in an opening of a workpiece and includes an outer member and a fastener. The fastener is movable through a passageway of the outer member. The fastener includes a mandrel and a stem. The mandrel is dimensioned to radially expand the outer member. The stem has an expansion portion and a propping portion. The expansion portion radially expands the outer member after the outer member has been expanded by the mandrel. The propping portion keeps the expanded outer member in an installed expanded configuration. The outer member and fastener are installed in a single operation to reduce installation time. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260573 | UTILITY STRAP - A utility strap which may be used to retain utility lines may include a finger defining a receiving section wherein the receiving section is sized to hold utility lines; a tab extending from one end of the finger wherein the tab defines an attaching surface and the tab contains at least one aperture on the attaching surface; a bushing sized to fit into the at least one aperture and the bushing having a through hole sized to receive fasteners. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260574 | RETAINING CAM FOR A ROTARY FASTENER - A retaining cam ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260575 | Precision positioning and fastening system - A locator/fastener has a first outer member with a precision-machined external body portion, a retention head protruding from a first end, and a multi-diameter throughbore. A fastener, which may take the form of a cap screw, floats in the throughbore of the locator with the threaded portion protruding from a second end of the locator. A receiver has an internal precision-machined surface which contacts the precision-machined body portion of the locator and a threaded bore which receives the protruding fastener. By separating the locating and fastening functions, a quick connect disconnect device is created which does not bind or gall. A hangar system allows a sub-base plate to be attached to a base using the locator-fastener disclosed herein. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260576 | Securing Nut - In order to improve a securing nut comprising a base member which is provided around its circumference with a key face contour, a threaded bolt receptacle which is provided with an internal thread and passes through the base member in the direction of a central axis as well as at least one clamping element which is provided on the base member, in such a manner that it is, on the one hand, simple to produce and, on the other hand, allows reliable clamping without damaging the threaded bolt it is suggested that the clamping element be a collar which is arranged on one side of the base member and in which the internal thread is continued, and that the collar extend around the threaded bolt receptacle in an essentially closed manner in circumferential direction with respect to the central axis. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260577 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE - To obtain a mounting structure capable of being applied to mount an object to be mounted by absorbing a central position variation between a pin and a female mounting member in more directions. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260578 | CAPTIVE SECURING ARRANGEMENT - A captive securing arrangement for securing a connection element in an opening with a securing element that protects the connection element from falling out. The securing element is constructed integrally from one of the components to be connected and projects in the radial direction into the opening, reducing the opening. The connection element is constructed as a screw that has a shaft diameter D | 2010-10-14 |
20100260579 | CORNER-CUT CORRUGATED FASTENER - A corner-cut corrugated fastener in accordance with the principles of the invention includes one or more features to facilitate fastening corner joints. The corrugated fastener includes a corrugated body member having a leading edge and a trailing edge opposite the leading edge. The corrugated body member may have a notch along the trailing edge, or chamfers at opposing ends of the leading edge, or both a notch along the trailing edge and chamfers at opposing ends of the leading edge. Additionally or alternatively, the corrugated body member may include a corrugation that extends a full length of each lateral edge extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge in order to provide enhanced strength. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260580 | LOCKING ELEMENT AND BOLTED JOINT - A locking element for locking in a bolted joint, the locking element comprising one side comprising a pattern of radially extending cams, the main surface of which having a helix configuration, the pitch of the cams exceeding the pitch of the threads involved in the bolted joint. The locking element is especially characterized in that the locking element is a washer intended to be applied as a single locking element in the joint and in that the other, the opposite, side of the washer comprises mechanical means for providing a locking action for preventing rotation between said other side and a surface against which said other side is intended to act. The invention also relates to a bolted joint. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260581 | Sheet finisher and image forming system provided therewith - In a sheet finisher including an adhesive coating section, a movement mechanism, a control section that controls actions of the adhesive coating section and of the movement mechanism, is capable of multiple coating on a spine of a sheet bundle by causing the movement mechanism to move the adhesive coating section reciprocally and relatively with respect to the spine, and is capable of conducting a preparation process to cause the rotary adhesive supplying section to rotate for a prescribed period of time in a rotation direction corresponding to a movement direction of the adhesive coating section under a condition of no coating of the adhesive on the spine of the sheet bundle, after the movement direction of the adhesive coating section and the rotation direction of the rotary adhesive supplying section are switched, following the reciprocating movement in the case of the multiple coating. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260582 | Bookbinding Apparatus - In binding a cover sheet together with a sheet bundle, ever-accurate spine-creasing irrespective of bundle thickness is made possible. A sheet stacker stacks sheets into bundles, an adhesive applicator applies adhesive to a spine part of the sheet bundles, and a cover-sheet binder binds cover sheets together with the spine parts. The cover-sheet binder is constituted from a left-and-right pair of spine-creasing press members arranged free to shift between standby and spine-creasing positions; a shifter that reciprocates the spine-creasing press members between the standby and spine-creasing positions; and a controller. The controller functions to vary, in accordance with sheet bundle thickness, any of: (1) the standby position of the press members; (2) the start time of an operation whereby the press members are shifted from the standby to the spine-creasing position; or (3) the traveling speed of the press members in shifting from the standby to the spine-creasing position. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260583 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A measurement apparatus includes a support frame to support a feed mechanism, an orientation mechanism, a measurement mechanism, a transfer mechanism, and an unloading mechanism. The feed mechanism includes a first holding assembly, a first elevation assembly, a second elevation assembly, and a first clipping assembly. The first elevation assembly and the second elevation assembly are positioned under the holding assembly, and the first clipping assembly is positioned over the holding assembly. The measurement mechanism includes a support stage and at least one calibration head. The transfer mechanism includes at least one pickup head. The orientation mechanism includes a driving member and a securing assembly driven by the driving member. The unloading mechanism has the same structure as the feed mechanism. The disclosure further provides a measuring method using the measurement apparatus. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260584 | CAR DUMPER DUST COLLECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus for rotary dumping of rail cars, including a material receiving pit. A rotational frame is disposed at least partially in the pit, is configured to dump a load from a rail car during rotational motion. A backside airflow diverter is disposed within the pit along with a backside hood for removing contaminated air. At least one baffle contacts the upper surface of the backside airflow diverter during at least a portion of the rotational motion. The invention includes an end of hood close off panel extending substantially from a platen supporting wall to the backside air flow diverter or an end ring baffle that extends from a grizzly upwardly to approximately the perimeter of a supporting ring and from the backside airflow diverter toward a dump side of the pit whereby dust laden air is substantially prevented from escaping from the pit under the end ring baffle. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260585 | FLUSH-MOUNTED VEHICLE RESTRAINTS - A vehicle restraint installed within a pit underneath a dock leveler of a loading dock platform includes a single actuator that both extends and raises a barrier into engagement with a vehicle's ICC bar. When the barrier is in a retracted, stored position, the barrier is underneath the dock leveler and behind a front face of the loading dock platform. To engage the vehicle's ICC bar, the single actuator extends to first push the barrier along a first track to an intermediate position. That same actuator then pushes the barrier along a second track to a raised, operative position where the barrier engages and captures the vehicle's ICC bar. A spring coupled to the actuator provides the barrier with freedom to float along the second track to accommodate similar incidental movement of the ICC bar as the vehicle is serviced at the dock. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260586 | WHEEL RESTRAINT SYSTEMS - A wheel restraint for restraining a vehicle at a loading dock includes a wheel chock suspended from a tether. The tether hangs from an overhead beam such that the wheel chock can be swung down and underneath the vehicle and placed directly in front of a wheel of the vehicle. A pin can be used to help hold the chock to an anchor that is fastened to a driveway of the loading dock. The orientation of the pin and the anchor holes in which the pin can be selectively inserted prevents the chock from tipping back and makes the restraint more tolerant of dirt, ice and other contaminants. In some examples, an offset between the beam and the wheel results in the tether urging the chock toward the anchor. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260587 | Vehicle Mounted Lift Assembly - A lift assembly connects to a receiver hitch and utilizes a plurality of parallel arms connecting a vertical mounting post to a center support in a lift frame that is raised and lowered by the lift assembly. The lift assembly is configured so that the parallel arms rotate from vertical to an inclined angle as the lift frame is lowered, but the arms do not extend below the horizontal as they extend rearward from the mounting post. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260588 | Collapsible Storage and Transportation System - A flexible fluid storage system for holding large volumes of fluid and a process and apparatus for the handling and transportation of the flexible storage system is provided. The flexible storage system includes a main storage bag with an attachment apron with fingers, a ground sheet, a lay flat tube for fluid circulation, a pressure release port, and fill/drain ports. The flexible storage system is configured for attachment to a trailer and reel system such that the flexible storage system can be mechanically rolled onto or off of a reel on a semi-truck trailer bed for easy transportation, deployment, and storage of the flexible storage system. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260589 | SUBSTRATE SUPPORTING MEANS HAVING WIRE AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An apparatus includes: a process chamber for treating a substrate; a susceptor in the process chamber; a supporting frame over the susceptor; and at least one wire connected to the supporting frame. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260590 | POST-PULLER AND METHOD - A method of removing a T-type fence post from the earth with a powered, mobile piece of equipment controlled by a human operator includes attaching a substantially flat plate to a lift arm of the powered mobile piece of equipment such that the plate hangs substantially vertically from the lift arm and can move in an arc, the plate having a opening with a top wall and a bottom wall, moving the powered, mobile piece of equipment in a first direction to pull the plate over the fence post such that an upper portion of the post enters the opening with the bottom and upper walls of the opening engaging the post with sufficient force to retain the post in the opening when the post is pulled from the earth and raising the lift arm to pull the post from the earth in a substantially vertical direction. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260591 | Spanwise split variable guide vane and related method - Accordingly, in one aspect, the invention relates to a variable guide vane for an axial flow compressor comprising: a first radially outer vane section; and a second radially inner vane section; the first and second vane sections angularly adjustable relative to each other about a longitudinal radial axis of the vane. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260592 | GUIDED WIND KITE FOR INCREASED WIND TURBINE POWER OUTPUT - A wind turbine system includes a kite positioned upstream to a turbine to direct wind to the turbine, thereby increasing revolutions per minutes and power output of the turbine. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260593 | FLUID TURBINE DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO FLUID TURBINE DEVICES - Fluid turbine devices and methods related to fluid turbine devices are disclosed herein. One example method includes deflecting a first portion of a fluid flow from a return path of at least a portion of a vertical blade assembly, while permitting a second portion of the fluid flow to enter a drive path of the vertical blade assembly. One example fluid turbine device includes a vertical blade assembly having multiple blades and a shroud rotatable relative to the vertical blade assembly. The shroud includes a leading edge portion for deflecting a first portion of a fluid flow from entering a return path of at least a portion of the vertical blade assembly and a portion defining multiple openings configured to permit fluid from within a compartment defined by the vertical blade assembly to exhaust out of the return path. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260594 | VACUUM LINE - A vacuum line ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260595 | FLOW REGULATION MECHANISM FOR TURBOCHARGER COMPRESSOR - A turbocharger ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260596 | Hydraulic bulb turbine with mixed-flow propeller runner - The invention is a Bulb turbine with mixed-flow propeller runner instead of axial flow propeller runner. The main area of application for the invention are the large tidal power plants (Fundy Bay, Severn Lake, etc.) with barrages where the propeller runners are working together with DC generators located in the bulbs. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260597 | VARIABLE-VANE ASSEMBLY HAVING FIXED GUIDE PINS FOR UNISON RING - A variable-vane assembly for a variable nozzle turbine comprises a nozzle ring supporting a plurality of vanes affixed to vane arms that are engaged in recesses in the inner edge of a unison ring. The unison ring is rotatable about the axis of the nozzle ring so as to pivot the vane arms, thereby pivoting the vanes in unison. A plurality of guide pins for the unison ring are inserted into apertures in the nozzle ring and are rigidly affixed therein such that the guide pins are non-rotatably secured to the nozzle ring with a guide portion of each guide pin projecting axially from the face of the nozzle ring. Each guide portion defines a shoulder radially overlapping the inner edge of the unison ring such that the unison ring is restrained by the guide pins against excessive movement in both radial and axial directions. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260598 | THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TURBINES - A thermal control system for a turbine casing ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260599 | ROTARY MACHINE - To reduce the size of a rotary machine and to provide a rotary machine in which it is possible to achieve an improvement in reliability and performance of the rotary machine. A first casing ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260600 | FAN ASSEMBLY - A fan assembly includes a fan, two mounting members fixed to two opposite sides of the fan, and a fixing plate. Each of the mounting members includes an inner wall facing the fan and an outer wall away from the fan. The outer wall of each of the mounting members defines a recess and forms a block adjacent to a bottom of the mounting member. The blocks of the mounting members are adjacent to a first end of the fan. The fixing plate includes two engaging members respectively engaging in the recesses of the mounting members, a stop plate engaging with a second end opposite to the first end of the fan, and two resilient tabs respectively resisting against the blocks of the mounting members to sandwich the fan between the resilient tabs and the stop plate. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260601 | PATCH PLUG REPAIR OF A COMPRESSOR CASE STATOR RING HOOK, NEAR THE HORIZONTAL JOINT - A compressor case, and an associated method, repaired from damage to a segment of a stator ring hook. Two halves are engaged together at flange faces that define parting lines and that define a hollow interior, the ring hook being located at the interior, compressor case material having been removed at the stator ring hook location and a location of one of the flange faces to provide a space. A patch plug is slid into the space from the one flange face, the shape of the patch plug being complementary to a shape of the missing material space and inter-fitting therein, with an end of the patch plug being located at the one flange face to face an opposed half of the case with the two halves together. A fastener fastens the patch plug to the case and extending from the interior, through the patch plug, to the case. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260602 | INLET SECTION OF AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE NACELLE - A nacelle inlet for an aircraft engine of a type having an engine fan case with a forward flange includes an acoustic inner barrel having a forward edge and an aft edge, an outer shell having a nose lip portion with a trailing inner edge, and an outer barrel portion having an aft portion. The nacelle inlet also includes an aft attachment flange configured to attach the inlet to the forward flange of the engine fan case, and an aft bulkhead having an aft end and connecting the outer barrel portion of the outer shell to the aft attachment flange. The forward edge of the acoustic inner barrel is connected to the trailing inner edge of the nose lip portion, and the aft portion of the inner barrel is attached to the aft attachment flange. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260603 | Variable Length Wind Turbine Blade Having Transition Area Elements - A wind turbine blade having a longitudinal axis is provided. The wind turbine blade includes a root portion and a tip portion. The root portion has a supported end and an unsupported end. The tip portion is configured to be slidably received within the unsupported end of the root portion. A transverse gap is defined between the root portion and the tip portion. A transition element is affixed to the unsupported end of the root portion such that the transition element at least partially bridges the transverse gap. The wind turbine blade may further include blade cleaning elements and/or sensing elements, particularly in the vicinity of the transition element. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260604 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY OF TURBINES - Arrangements of turbines are described. The turbines are staggered or aligned in the downwind direction. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260605 | BALANCE WEIGHT - A balance weight adapted to be assembled to a nose cone assembly of a turbine engine for improving a balance of the nose cone assembly is disclosed herein. The balance weight is one-piece and formed from a plurality of different materials including at least first and second materials. The first and second materials are arranged substantially heterogeneously relative to one another such that said first and second materials are separate from one another and fixed together. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260606 | NAUTICAL VARIABLE-PITCH PROPELLER - Nautical variable-pitch propeller of the type comprising a hub driven by a drive shaft, an outer case externally constrained to the hub, and one or more blades, wherein each blade is constrained to the outer case freely to rotate around the (Y-Y) axis of an own shaft, the afore said outer case making each blade to rotate around the axis (X-X) of the hub, as well as a device for regulating the angular position of the blade around the (Y-Y) axis of its own shaft relatively to the hub. Advantageously, the regulating device comprises at least one moving member and means for transmitting movement from the moving member to the shaft of the blade, according to at least two different laws of motion transmission. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260607 | AUTONOMIC ROTOR SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT - A rotor system for an aircraft including a rotor ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260608 | PROPELLER FAN - Provided is a propeller fan that can prevent deformation of the propeller fan while maintaining the basic performance thereof, such as the air blowing performance, efficiency, and noise performance. In a plastic propeller fan including a hub and a plurality of blades integrally molded in a radial pattern on the outer circumference of the hub, assuming that the radial size of each blade from the base to the outer peripheral edge is 100, a ring member that joins the plurality of blades together is provided at a dimension position of 5 to 45 from the outer peripheral edge. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260609 | Advanced booster rotor blade - A rotor airfoil having a leading edge extending from a root to a tip, an inner span region and an outer span region the leading edge having a sweep angle profile such that the sweep angle increases from the root a first height location at a first rate of change of sweep angle that is substantially constant and thereafter increases at a second rate of change of sweep angle that is substantially constant. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260610 | BLADE FOR AN AXIAL COMPRESSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure provides blades, and the modification thereof, for stages | 2010-10-14 |
20100260611 | WIND TURBINE BLADE | 2010-10-14 |
20100260612 | WIND TURBINE BLADE AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING SAME - A wind turbine blade including a number of segments attached together end-to-end in a predetermined arrangement so that the respective covering subassemblies of the segments cooperate to form a substantially smooth surface of the wind turbine blade. Each segment includes a number of fiber tubes extending along preselected lengths of the segment respectively, the fiber tubes being laterally spaced apart from each other respectively to define gaps therebetween. The segment also includes a covering subassembly at least partially supported by the fiber tubes and at least partially defining an internal cavity. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260613 | Process for preventing the formation of secondary reaction zone in susceptible articles, and articles manufactured using same - A process for reducing secondary reaction zone formation articles includes the steps of non-selective removing an external surface of an as-cast article free of coating to form an as-cast article having a surface substantially free of residual surface stress; and applying a coating material upon the surface substantially free of residual surface stress to form a coated as-cast article having a coating layer disposed upon the surface substantially free of residual surface stress. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260614 | WIND TURBINE BLADE WITH SUBMERGED BOUNDARY LAYER CONTROL MEANS COMPRISING CROSSING SUB-CHANNELS - A wind turbine blade having a longitudinal direction with a root end and a tip end as well as a chord extending in a transverse direction between a leading edge and a trailing edge is described. The blade comprises a flow control surface with a suction side and a pressure side. A number of boundary layer control means is formed in the flow control surface. The boundary layer control means include a channel submerged in the flow control surface with a first end facing towards the leading edge and a second end facing towards the trailing edge of the blade. The channel further comprises a bottom surface extending from the first end to the second end. The channel at the first end comprises a first channel zone comprising a first sub-channel having a first cross-sectional area and a second sub-channel having a second cross-sectional area, the first sub-channel and the second sub-channel crossing each other at a point of crossing. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260615 | Multi-pump sequencing - A pump system for pumping a viscous material that includes N positive displacement pumps, where N is an integer greater than two, and a hydraulic drive. Each pump has an inlet and an outlet therefrom, and a pair of cylinders each with a piston movable in a reciprocating stroke cycle therein. The hydraulic drive is connected to the N positive displacement pumps to reciprocate the pistons within the cylinders. The stroke cycle includes a discharging stroke and a filling stroke. The discharging stroke and the filling stroke of the N positive displacement pumps are staggered from one another by 1/N stroke positions such that no two pumps have pistons in the same stroke position at the same time. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260616 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING COUNTER-ROTATING AXIAL-FLOW FAN - A counter-rotating axial-flow fan may be controlled to improve both cooling efficiency and operating efficiency. A first motor and a second motor are started in a given starting mode. Then, if the temperature of an object to be cooled is higher than a given reference temperature, the rotational speed of the first motor and the rotational speed of the second motor are controlled in a predetermined cooling efficiency mode that gives priority to cooling the object to be cooled over the operating efficiency of the counter-rotating axial-flow fan. If the temperature of the object to be cooled is equal to or lower than the given reference temperature, the rotational speeds of the first and second motors are controlled in a predetermined operating efficiency mode that maintains the object to be cooled at a temperature equal to or lower than the given reference temperature and reduces the power consumption of the counter-rotating axial-flow fan. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260617 | VALVE BASED OR VISCOSITY BASED CONTROL OF A FLUID PUMP - A pump control for controlling a fluid pump for pumping a fluid, the pump control comprising a pump oil path comprising an oil pump and at least one valve, the oil pump being adapted for pumping pump oil to the fluid pump, the at least one valve being arranged downstream of the oil pump, and a control unit adapted for controlling a pump oil pressure in the fluid pump by switching the at least one valve so that the fluid can be pumped in response to the pump oil pressure. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260618 | Systems, Methods, and Media for Circulating Fluid in an Algae Cultivation Pond - Systems, methods and media for generating fluid flow in an algae cultivation pond are disclosed. Circulation of fluid in the algae cultivation pond is initiated via at least one jet. The circulation of fluid generates a velocity of fluid flow of at least ten centimeters per second in the algae cultivation pond. A head is provided to the at least one jet that overcomes a head loss associated with the velocity of fluid flow of at least ten centimeters per second in the algae cultivation pond. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260619 | Displacement Control System for Variable Displacement Compressor - A displacement control system (A) of a variable displacement compressor comprises a target pressure setting means ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260620 | SCREW COMPRESSOR - A screw compressor includes a casing, a screw rotor disposed in a cylinder portion of the casing to define a compression chamber, and a capacity control slide valve. Fluid sucked into the compression chamber is compressed by rotation of the screw rotor. The slide valve is slidable along a rotation axis of the screw rotor and is opposed to an outer circumferential surface of the screw rotor. The slide valve includes a dynamic pressure generator formed on an opposed surface of the slide valve that is opposed to the screw rotor to generate a dynamic pressure using fluid in contact with the opposed surface of the slide valve. The slide valve is configured so that the dynamic pressure generated by the dynamic pressure generator avoids contact between the slide valve and the screw rotor. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260621 | HERMETIC COMPRESSOR - A compression element is provided with a block, a piston, a valve plate arranged in an opening end of a compression chamber and forming a suction hole, a suction valve, a suction muffler forming a sound absorbing space and provided with a communication pipe, and a cylinder head, the communication pipe has a suction muffler outlet portion communicated with the suction hole, is arranged in such a manner as to extend in a vertical direction with respect to a center line passing through the suction hole, and is arranged in such a manner that a part of the suction muffler outlet portion covers a part of the suction hole in the suction muffler outlet portion positioned in a downstream side of refrigerant gas flowing through the communication pipe, in the case of projection the suction muffler outlet portion in a direction of a center line. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260622 | ENERGY CONVERSION HYDRAULIC PLANT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH PLANT - The invention relates to a hydraulic plant (I) that defines a path ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260623 | FLUID TRANSPORTING DEVICE USING CONDUCTIVE POLYMER - A fluid transporting device is provided with a pump chamber that has a pump function for sucking and discharging a fluid, and is filled therein with the fluid, a casing unit which forms one portion of a wall surface of the pump chamber, a diaphragm which is formed by a conductive polymer film that is subjected to electrochemomechanical expansion and contraction, and forms one portion of the wall surface of the pump chamber, an electrolyte chamber that contains an electrolyte therein, with one portion of the electrolyte being made in contact with the diaphragm, a power supply that applies a voltage to the diaphragm, and a pressure maintaining unit that maintains a pressure to be applied to the diaphragm. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260624 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENERGIZING AND DISTRIBUTING FLUIDS - The present disclosure provides various pumps and compressors for energizing fluids. In accordance with a preferred embodiment, pumps are provided for compressing hydrogen gas produced by electrolysis at a first location. The pump includes a bore with a piston disposed in the bore, and a magnetic drive external to the bore. The piston is moved through the bore to compress the fluid using permanent magnets or electromagnets. Using the disclosed embodiments, hydrogen compressed at a first location can be directed to a second location, such as a power plant or a fueling station. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260625 | CONCRETE PUMP - A Concrete Pump is a mechanical device compromising of round funnel shape hoper, Pump outlet, rotating pressure and wear plates, to which are attached rotating pump cylinders, opposite rotating wear plate and press against it is stationary wear plate to which is attached hoper's outlet and pump's outlet flange. Pump functioning as follow; Concrete from hoper passing through stationary and rotating wear plates into one pump cylinder, in same time concrete from other cylinder (previously field with concrete) is been pushed through rotating wear plate and through stationary wear plate into pump's outlet. When pistons reach the end of cylinders the rotating wear plates and concrete cylinders rotate by 180 degrees and process is repeated again. Pump is designated so as to entire volume of concrete or simular pumping substance is pumped out of the hoper. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260626 | MICROPUMP FOR CONTINUOUS MICROFLUIDICS - The invention relates to a micropump comprising an inclusion fluid accommodated in a chamber of the microchannel, and means to convey a portion of said inclusion into the axial area of said chamber and for displacing said portion along the longitudinal axis of the microchannel, so as to cause the flow of a fluid of interest (F) along the longitudinal axis of the microchannel ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260627 | LINEAR COMPRESSOR - A linear compressor comprises: a stationary member including a cylinder ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260628 | LINEAR COMPRESSOR - The present invention provides a linear compressor, including: a cylinder having a compression space of refrigerant therein; a piston linearly reciprocated inside the cylinder in an axis direction to compress the refrigerant; and a frame having a mounting hole so that one end of the cylinder can be mounted thereon, and also having a deformation prevention portion in some section around the mounting hole brought into contact with the one end of the cylinder. Even though the size of the cylinder is increased and the size of the frame is limited, the frame is provided with enough strength to support the cylinder, thereby reducing fastening deformations and improving operation reliability. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260629 | LINEAR COMPRESSOR - The present invention provides a linear compressor including: a shell ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260630 | ENGINE COOLING FAN ASSEMBLY - A fan assembly that includes a fan having a fan hub and motor having a drive shaft and a drive member coupled to the drive shaft for rotation with the drive shaft. The fan hub includes an inner face and an outer face. The drive member contacts the inner face of the fan hub to define a plurality of discrete drive member contact zones between the drive member and the inner face of the fan hub. A clip engages the drive shaft and the outer face of the fan hub to couple the fan to the drive shaft. The clip contacts the outer face of the fan hub to define a plurality of discrete clip contact zones between the clip and the outer face of the fan hub. The plurality of drive member contact zones are generally aligned with the plurality of clip contact zones. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260631 | MULTI-PIECE CONNECTING ROD - A reciprocating pump assembly having a pump within a housing. The pump having a crankshaft that rotates and a crosshead that is connected to a plunger via a pony rod. The plunger pumps fluid through cylinders in the pump. A connecting rod connects at one end to the crankshaft and at another end to the crosshead to translate the crankshaft's rotational movement into linear movement of the crosshead and thereby the plunger. The connecting rod is fabricated from multiple pieces, with the body of the connecting rod fabricated out of light weight aluminum and the end connected to the crosshead fabricated out of steel. The steel end of the connecting rod can withstand the stress at the crosshead. The lighter weight of the connecting rod lightens the weight of the pump and its transportation is easier and less costly. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260632 | Foam pump with bellows spring - A spring member extending from a first end to a second end about a longitudinal axis, the spring having an inherent bias to assume an extended position with a first end spaced from the second end along the axis, the spring assuming compressed positions when compressed by forces applied parallel to the axis, in the compressed positions the spring resiliently urges its first and second ends axially away from each other toward the extended position, the spring member having a wall in the shape of a solid of revolution rotated about the axis and defining a central cavity therein open at the first end of the spring and substantially closed at the second end of the spring, the wall when in the unbiased extended position having a greatest diameter at the first end and a least diameter at the second end, a plurality of openings through the wall, the openings disposed symmetrically both circumferentially and axially relative to each other. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260633 | TUBE PUMP AND TUBE FOR TUBE PUMP - A tube pump includes tubes, hooks, tube receivers, three or more fingers, and a drive mechanism. The tubes each include intermediate tubes, connectors, and end tubes. The tubes are attached by engaging the connectors with the hooks provided on upper and lower sides. The intermediate tubes are provided along the tube receivers. Tube press portions of the fingers are provided between the intermediate tubes. The fingers are driven by the drive mechanism so that the tube press portions are reciprocated between a position where one of the intermediate tubes is squeezed and a position where the other of the intermediate tubes is squeezed. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260634 | Volumetric Pump With Reciprocated and Rotated Piston - A volumetric pump ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260635 | DISCHARGE VALVE FOR LINEAR COMPRESSOR - A discharge valve is adapted to a linear compressor which is elastically supported in an axial direction by a discharge valve spring and which opens/closes a compression space defined between a cylinder and a piston, the discharge valve comprising: a body made from a metal material; and a coating layer made from a plastic material to wrap the body. The linear compressor provided with such a discharge valve is ensured with a satisfactory level of strength with less use of materials. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260636 | MOINEAU PUMP - A Moineau pump or Moineau compressor includes a conically designed inner ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260637 | SINGLE-SCREW COMPRESSOR - A single-screw compressor includes a screw rotor including a spiral groove, a casing, and a gate rotor. The gate rotor includes a plurality of radial gates configured to mesh with the spiral groove. A clearance between one of the gates disposed in the spiral groove and a wall surface of a discharge side portion of the spiral groove is larger than a clearance between the gate disposed in the spiral groove and a wall surface of a suction side portion of the spiral groove. The wall surface of the discharge side portion of the spiral groove is a portion extending from a predetermined position of the spiral groove at a certain point in a compression phase to the terminal end of the spiral groove. The wall surface of the suction side portion of the spiral groove being a portion other than the discharge side portion. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260638 | GEAR PUMP - A gear pump includes: a first pump constructed from a first drive gear rotated by driving of a drive shaft and a first driven gear rotatably arranged coaxially with a rotary shaft; and a second pump constructed from a second drive gear rotatably provided coaxially with the rotary shaft and a second driven gear. The rotary shaft allows the first driven gear and the second drive gear to engage with and disengage from each other in a rotation direction by movement to an axial direction. When the discharge pressure is higher than predetermined pressure, rotation of the first driven gear is not transmitted to the second drive gear and only the first pump operates. When the discharge pressure becomes the predetermined pressure or less, the rotation of the first driven gear is transmitted to the second drive gear and the first and the second pumps operate. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260639 | SCREW COMPRESSOR - A screw compressor includes a rotatable screw rotor and a plurality of gate rotors. The screw rotor has helical grooves formed in an outer circumferential surface of the screw rotor. The gate rotors have a plurality of radially disposed teeth meshing with the grooves of the screw rotor. The helical grooves include a first screw groove and a second screw groove. The first screw groove compresses a fluid from one end side of the screw rotor to an other end side of the screw rotor. The second screw groove compresses the fluid from the other end side of the screw rotor to the one end side of the screw rotor. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260640 | High Purity Ytterbium, Sputtering Target Made Thereof, Thin Film Containing the Same, and Method of Producing the Same - Provided is a method of producing high purity ytterbium, wherein the high purity ytterbium is obtained by reducing crude ytterbium oxide in a vacuum with reducing metals composed of metals having a low vapor pressure, and selectively distilling ytterbium. Additionally provided are methods of achieving the high purification of ytterbium which has a high vapor pressure and is hard to refine in a molten state, and high purity ytterbium obtained thereby. Further provided is technology for efficiently and stably obtaining a sputtering target made of high purity material ytterbium, and a thin film for metal gates containing high purity material ytterbium. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260641 | METHOD OF MAKING A CEMENTED CARBIDE POWDER WITH LOW SINTERING SHRINKAGE AND THE POWDER OBTAINED - A method of making cemented carbide powder with low sintering shrinkage including WC and 4-15 wt-% Co and up to 20 wt-% cubic carbide forming elements from the Groups 4 and 5 of the Periodic Table of the Elements by the powder metallurgical techniques wet milling, pressing and sintering. According to the method wet milling is performed in a rotating ball mill with a ratio between the weight of milling bodies and powder of 2-5. The milling bodies are shaped either as spheres or cylinders with semi-spherical end surfaces. The spherical bodies have a diameter of 10 to 15 mm and the cylindrical bodies have a diameter and height of 10 to 15 mm. The composition of the milling bodies is WC with 6 to 10 wt-% Co. A powder made according to the method is described. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260642 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LAMINAR FLOW ON A SENSING SURFACE - Methods and devices are provided for controlling a fluid flow over a sensing surface within a flow cell. The methods employ laminar flow techniques to position a fluid flow over one or more discrete sensing areas on the sensing surface of the flow cell. Such methods permit selective sensitization of the discrete sensing areas, and provide selective contact of the discrete sensing areas with a sample fluid flow. Immobilization of a ligand upon the discrete sensing area, followed by selective contact with an analyte contained within the sample fluid flow, allows analysis by a wide variety of techniques. Sensitized sensing surfaces, and sensor devices and systems are also provided. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260643 | PORTABLE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM HAVING BIOPHOTONIC SENSOR - There is provided a portable measuring system having a biophotonic sensor. The portable measuring system also includes a tunable light source, an output intensity detector and an output wavelength detector, which are mounted therein. The portable measuring system can precisely measure a variation in the reflectivity spectrum and/or the transmittance spectrum of the biophotonic sensor before and after an antigen-antibody reaction by varying the wavelength of the tunable light source. Thus, the concentration of the antigen is precisely measured. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260644 | SYSTEM FOR PURIFYING AIR THROUGH GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - An air purifying system includes one or more air permeable photocatalytic elements defining a core cavity having a sealed top end and an open bottom end. A sealed air flow path ensures that air travels from an outside of the core cavity, through the one or more photocatalytic elements, into the core cavity, to be expelled through the open bottom end. A UV radiation source disposed within the core cavity irradiates air travelling along the sealed flow path and an interior of the one or more photocatalytic elements. Each photocatalytic element is manufactured using a substrate, that is conductive of and transparent to UV radiation, coated with a photocatalyst. A non-photocatalytically active material is initially coated on the substrate and is then converted to a photocatalyst by calcination. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260645 | ANTIMICROBIAL POROUS SUBSTRATE AND A METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - A method of preparing an antimicrobial air filter comprising the steps of: soaking a porous material in a silver nanoparticle colloid; and coating the porous material embedded with silver nanoparticles with a silane quaternary ammonium polymer such that the loss of silver nanoparticles is reduced. The resultant filter may be used in an air treatment device. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260646 | Light-Emitting Smell-Altering Aroma Dispenser - A light-emitting smell-altering aroma dispenser includes a casing having a bottom opening blocked by a base member, heater members supported on trays above a control circuit board in the casing, tubular aroma containers inserted through the top wall of the casing into the heater members at the trays and holding a respective aromatic substance for heating by the heater members to release a pleasant smell subject to the control of the control circuit board, and light emitting devices controlled by the control circuit board to emit light toward the aroma containers when the aroma substance in the aroma containers is being heated to release a pleasant smell. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260647 | INTEGRATED PLANT FOR PRODUCING 2-ETHYL-HEXANOL AND METHACRYLIC ACID - An integrated facility is disclosed for simultaneous production of butanal and methacrylic acid products where the facility utilizes a mixed methacrolein and isobutanal stream to make methacrylic acid. The facility is also designed to utilize downstream n-butanal products such as n-butanol and/or 2-ethyl-hexanol to make butyl-methacrylates and 2-ethyl-hexyl-methacrylate. A method is also disclosed which integrates the production of butanal derived products and methacrylic acid derived products. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260648 | Sterilization Device for a Dental Appliance - The present invention relates to a sterilization device for a dental appliance, which is primarily assembled from an upper cover, a holding body and a base, wherein a load supporting portion is formed at one end of the holding body, and the load supporting portion is fitted with a bacteria removal member. Moreover, a power supply device is disposed between the holding body and the base. Accordingly, an object to be sterilized is placed in the load supporting portion, and an electrical connection is effected with the bacteria removal member by means of the power supply device, thereby causing the bacteria removal member to release ozone (O | 2010-10-14 |
20100260649 | DEEP CONVERSION COMBINING THE DEMETALLIZATION AND THE CONVERSION OF CRUDES, RESIDUES OR HEAVY OILS INTO LIGHT LIQUIDS WITH PURE OR IMPURE OXYGENATED COMPOUNDS - A process for the conversion of hydrocarbons that are solid or have a high boiling temperature and may be laden with metals, sulfur or sediments, into liquids (gasolines, gas oil, fuels) with the help of a jet of gas properly superheated between 600 and 800° C. The process comprises preheating a feed | 2010-10-14 |
20100260650 | Apparatus for Carbon Nanotube Synthesis - A production amount and a yield in a carbon nanotube producing device are improved. Inside a reaction pipe ( | 2010-10-14 |
20100260651 | Cooling System and Shell-Type Reactor with Such Cooling System - A cooling system for use in a shell-type reactor includes vertically extending double tubes with an inner tube and an outer tube closed at its lower end. The system also includes a distributor for supplying a fluid cooling medium into the upper end of the inner tubes and a horizontally extending plate, which on its upper surface includes at least two upwardly open, parallel grooves. Two adjacent grooves are separated by a common inner wall. At least one outer tube, having an upper end, is disposed in each groove, through the plate. Each outer tube is tightly welded to the plate on the groove base. The upper, open side of each groove is closed with a lid, so that each groove forms a collector for discharging the cooling medium from the outer tubes. Each inner tube opens through the lid into a distributor and is tightly attached to the lid. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260652 | Catalyst for the removal of nitrogen oxides and method for the removal of nitrogen oxides with the same - The present invention provides a catalyst which can sufficiently remove nitrogen oxides in an exhaust gas. The catalyst for removing nitrogen oxides to achieve an object of the present invention includes a monolithic support which is coated with a lower layer containing a catalytic component A comprising cerium oxide and an upper layer containing a catalytic component B comprising at least one kind of metal selected from a group consisting of copper, manganese, iron, cobalt and nickel or a compound thereof, and zeolite. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260653 | Removing Carbon Dioxide From Waste Streams Through Co-Generation of Carbonate And/Or Bicarbonate Minerals - Apparatuses and methods for removing carbon dioxide and other pollutants from a gas stream are provided. The methods include obtaining hydroxide in an aqueous mixture, and mixing the hydroxide with the gas stream to produce carbonate and/or bicarbonate. Some of the apparatuses of the present invention comprise an electrolysis chamber for providing hydroxide and mixing equipment for mixing the hydroxide with a gas stream including carbon dioxide to form an admixture including carbonate and/or bicarbonate. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260654 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENTRAINED-FLOW SULFATION OF FLUE GAS CONSTITUENTS - A method for entrained-flow sulfation of sulfatable flue gas constituents of an oxygen-containing flue gas in an incineration plant having at least one combustion chamber and a waste gas burnout zone includes passing the oxygen-containing flue gas through the waste gas burnout zone. The oxygen-containing flue gas is tempered by lowering a temperature of the oxygen-containing flue gas. The oxygen-containing flue gas is passed through a sufation zone so that the oxygen-containing flue gas has a temperature interval of between 700 and 900° C. during a time period of between 2 and 20 s so as to convert sulfatable flue gas constituents present in the oxygen-containing flue gas to solid sulfate-containing ash particles so as to reduce a halide concentration in ash deposits thereof. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260655 | AMMONIA SYNTHESIS APPARATUS AND PROCESS - An ammonia synthesis apparatus includes: a first gas channel; a second gas channel disposed outside the first gas channel; a third gas channel disposed outside the second gas channel; an air supply unit that supplies air to the second or third gas channel; a water supply unit that supplies water to the first gas channel; and a heat supply unit that supplies heat to the first gas channel. A metal or a metal oxide that reduces water to produce hydrogen is placed in the first gas channel. An ammonia synthesis catalyst is placed in the second gas channel located downstream of the downstream end portion of the first gas channel. The second and third gas channels are at least partially partitioned by an oxygen permeation membrane, or a nitrogen permeation membrane, so that oxygen is supplied to the third gas channel, and nitrogen is supplied to the second gas channel. | 2010-10-14 |
20100260656 | GROUP III NITRIDE CRYSTAL, METHOD FOR GROWING THE GROUP III NITRIDE CRYSTAL, AND APPARATUS FOR GROWING THE SAME - When a group III nitride crystal is grown in a pressurized atmosphere of a nitrogen-containing gas from a melt | 2010-10-14 |
20100260657 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND CARBON DIOXIDE RECOVERY - There are provided methods and apparatus allowing effective production of high purity hydrogen and recovery of carbon dioxide. There is disclosed a method of hydrogen production and carbon dioxide recovery for producing hydrogen and recovering carbon dioxide from a carbon-containing fuel, the method including a membrane separation reforming step of, with the use of a reformer provided with a hydrogen-permeable membrane, reforming the carbon-containing fuel and simultaneously separating hydrogen to obtain a hydrogen-permeable membrane permeated gas which is a gas having permeated the hydrogen-permeable membrane and a reformer off-gas which is a gas not having permeated the hydrogen-permeable membrane, and the method further comprising: with the use of a hydrogen separation membrane and a carbon dioxide separation membrane, treating the reformer off-gas to obtain a hydrogen-enriched gas and a carbon dioxide-enriched gas; or subjecting the reformer off-gas to a shift reaction and then separating the resulting gas into a carbon dioxide-enriched gas and a gas enriched in components other than carbon dioxide. Also disclosed is an apparatus for carrying out the method. | 2010-10-14 |