42nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 35 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110255938 | BOLT RETENTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A unitized component assembly includes an component having an aperture, and a plurality of discrete projections extending into the aperture and spaced apart from one another about the perimeter of the aperture, and a fastener having a head and a shank extending from the head. The shank includes a necked portion and a threaded portion adjacent the necked portion. The shank is positioned in the aperture such that the necked portion is in facing relationship with the projections. The threaded portion is engageable with the projections to provide an axial stop for limiting movement of the fastener relative to the component | 2011-10-20 |
20110255939 | Device for manufacturing perfect-bound products - In a machine ( | 2011-10-20 |
20110255940 | Cartridge-type-loading transit case system and method for loading electronic racks in a receiver rack - A cartridge-type-loading transit case system and method for loading electronic racks in a receiver rack aligning a front side of the transit case with a modular slot of the receiver rack and sliding a slidable sliding rack out of the transit case into the modular slot by exerting a force from a rear slide of the transit case. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255941 | PORTABLE SILO WITH ADJUSTABLE LEGS - A portable storage silo includes a cylindrical tank of a height of the order of 45 feet and a diameter of the order of 13 feet with a filling opening at a top of the tank. The tank is raised from the ground on legs which extend to a base holding a discharge opening above the ground. The base has a transverse dimension roughly equal to that of the tank so that it is unstable in uneven terrain and four stabilizer arms are connected to the base at spaced positions around the base. Each stabilizer arm is movable from a first retracted position raised from the base to a second extended position extending outwardly to respective side of the base for stabilizing the base against tilting and is movable about an upstanding axis at the base so as to move the arm so that its angle around the base is adjustable. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255942 | CAR DUMPER DUST COLLECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus for rotary dumping of rail cars, including a material receiving pit. A rotary rail car dumper includes a rotational frame supporting at least one baffle. The rotational frame is configured to dump a load from a rail car during rotational motion of the rotational frame between an upright position wherein the entire load is in the rail car and a dumping position wherein the load can exit the rail car. A backside airflow diverter is located beneath the rotational frame and includes a curved upper surface. A lower margin of the at least one baffle contacts the curved upper surface during at least part of the rotational motion of the rotational frame. A backside hood is located beneath the backside airflow diverter on the back side of the pit. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255943 | AUTOMOBILE LUGGAGE COMPARTMENT STORAGE DEVICE - A luggage compartment storage device for moving a heavy item from a low easy access point to a high storage surface. A base frame is rigidly mounted to the high storage surface. A slide is connected to the base frame. A sliding frame is connected to the slide. Rear swing arms and front swing arms are pivotally connected to the sliding frame. A damper is connected between the rear swing arms and the sliding frame. A platform support frame is pivotally connected to the front swing arms and the rear swing arms. A platform is supported by the platform support frame. A pull down handle is pivotally connected to the front swing arms. The position of the pull down handle is lockable. A locking device is used for locking the platform support frame in place when the platform is at the high storage surface. The user manipulates the pull down handle to move the heavy item between the high storage surface and the low easy access point. In a preferred embodiment, the heavy item is a cooler and the base frame is rigidly mounted to shelving installed in the luggage compartment of an SUV. In another preferred embodiment, a cutting board is sliding attached to the bottom of the platform support frame. In other preferred embodiments the storage device is utilized for storage assistance in work vehicles, workshops, garages, basements, stock rooms, motor homes, closets and for assisting in disabled access. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255944 | LIFTING APPARATUS FOR USE IN A TRUCK BED - A lifting apparatus has a support structure, a frame pivotally connected to the support structure, an actuating means connected to the frame so as to move the frame between a retracted position and an extended position, a lifting bar pivotally connected to the frame, and a linkage having one end pivotally connected to the support structure and an opposite end connected to the lifting bar. The lifting bar has a first strut with one end pivotally to the frame, a second strut with the one end pivotally affixed to the frame, and a cross member affixed adjacent to opposite ends of the first and second struts and extending thereacross. The linkage includes a first link and a second link each having fixed lengths. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255945 | CASH HANDLING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a system for transporting a sheaf of notes from a storage location to a dispensing outlet. The system comprises a conveyor apparatus, a carrier within which the sheaf is transported through the conveyor apparatus, and an extractor for removing the sheaf from the carrier. The carrier comprises a resiliently biased gripper for gripping the sheaf with a first gripping force. The extractor comprises an extraction gripping device configured to grip the sheaf with a second gripping force, which is greater than the first gripping force. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255946 | Separator Belt Finger Count Apparatus and Method - The invention provides a method and apparatus for separating a stack of folded sheets by inserting a first, second, third and fourth count fingers into four successive openings in the stack, and separating the stack between the second and third count fingers. Where separation is carried out after a desired number of folded sheets have passed the third count finger, a completed pack having the desired number of sheets may be formed downstream from the third count finger. The count fingers may be operatively mounted in count finger cassettes. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255947 | Vehicle Winch Side-Mount System - A vehicle winch side-mount system including a platform and a winch mounting structure configured to engage a mount of a winching device. The vehicle winch side-mount system is configured to be retained by the weight a vehicle tire. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255948 | Suction Device - A suction device includes a handle assembly, a tube and a suction cup. The handle assembly includes a body defining a Venturi vacuum generator. The Venturi vacuum generator includes an inlet passage, an outlet passage and a valve bore. The inlet passage includes an inlet port. The outlet passage includes an outlet port and a suction port. A valve is disposed in the valve bore of the body. The valve provides selective fluid communication between the inlet passage and the outlet passage. An actuator is engaged to the body. The actuator is adapted to actuate the valve. The tube has a first axial end and an oppositely disposed second axial end. The first axial end is engaged to the handle assembly. The suction cup is engaged to the second axial end of the tube. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255949 | LOADABLE CONTAINER WITH A SHELF - There is provided a container with a pallet with a loadable upper side and a closable sidewall. The container comprises at least three sides to be placed on top of the pallet in order to define a loadable volume. The container is adapted to be collapsed in case of no loaded objects onto the upper side of the pallet. The container comprises shelves suitable to be loaded with objects and at least one side of the sidewall is suitable to be opened in order to load the pallet randomly under the shelf and on the shelf. The shelves are mounted to one of the sides of the sidewall by mounting means. The container comprises at least a first shelf mounted on a first side of the sidewall and at least a second shelf mounted on another side opposite to the first side suitable to be connected with shelf connection means. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255950 | System and Method for Sealing a Vapor Deposition Source - A system and method for movably sealing a vapor deposition source is described. One embodiment includes a system for coating a substrate, the system comprising a deposition chamber; a vapor pocket located within the deposition chamber; and an at least one movable seal, wherein the at least one movable seal is configured to form a first seal with a first portion of a substrate, and wherein the first seal is configured to prevent a vapor from leaking past the first portion of the substrate out of the vapor pocket. In some embodiments, the movable seal may comprise a first flange, wherein the first flange forms a wall of the vapor pocket; and a second flange, wherein the second flange is configured to be movably disposed within a first groove of the source block. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255951 | Axial Thrust Balanced Impeller For Use With A Downhole Electrical Submersible Pump - An electrical submersible pumping system having a pump, a motor, a shaft connecting the pump and motor. Coaxially stacked rotating impellers and stationary diffusers are coaxially housed within the pump. Radial ports are formed in a hub of the diffusers that direct fluid pressurized by an impeller to a cavity formed on the shroud of the impeller. Axial ports are formed in the shrouds of the impellers that direct fluid from the cavity to a fluid flow passage within the impeller. Strategic placement and sizing of the radial and axial ports balances thrust forces exerted onto the impeller. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255952 | COMPRESSOR GAS FLOW DEFLECTOR AND COMPRESSOR INCORPORATING THE SAME - A turbocharger compressor includes a compressor housing having a housing wall that includes a shroud that defines a central air channel and a compressor inlet in fluid communication with the central channel and an inlet duct. It also includes a compressor wheel configured to draw air into the compressor inlet from the inlet duct and create a main airflow in the central air channel axially toward a compressor outlet. The compressor also includes a bypass channel that extends between an opening in the main channel located between the compressor inlet and compressor outlet proximate the compressor blades and the compressor inlet. The compressor also includes a deflector that includes a deflector surface that is configured to direct a bypass airflow in the bypass channel, and flowing in a direction from the main channel toward the compressor inlet, into the compressor inlet axially and radially inwardly toward the compressor wheel. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255953 | Turbo machine and method to reduce vibration in turbo machines - A turbo machine ( | 2011-10-20 |
20110255954 | FLUID-DRIVEN MILL - A fluid-driven mill includes: a supporting unit including a vertical shaft and a plurality of stoppers; and a plurality of vertical plate members, each of which is pivoted to the supporting unit so as to be rotatable relative to the supporting unit about a corresponding rotational axis which is parallel to a central vertical axis defined by the vertical shaft between a pushing position and a release position. The vertical plate members are angularly displaced from each other and are disposed around the central vertical axis. The stoppers are disposed between the vertical shaft and an imaginary cylindrical plane formed by the rotational axes. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255955 | CHARGING DEVICE - A charging device may include a turbine housing and a bearing housing. The bearing housing may have a bearing arrangement for a shaft carrying a turbine wheel and a compressor wheel. A gasket may be arranged by metal-to-metal connection between a radially orientated flat surface of the turbine housing and a radially orientated flat surface of the bearing housing. The gasket may be resilient. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255956 | Gas turbine having cooling insert - A gas turbine including a plurality of rotor blades assembled into rotor blade rows and arranged on a turbine shaft and including a plurality of guide vanes assembled into guide van rows and mounted on a turbine housing by means of a guide van carrier is provided. The guide vane carrier includes a plurality of cooling air holes, and has a particularly high efficiency, while maintaining maximum operating reliability. Therefore, a cooling insert is introduced into a cooling air hole. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255957 | FAN WITH REDUCED NOISE - Four tapered portions are formed on an end portion of an inner wall surface of an air channel at four locations corresponding to four corners of the profile of a surface of a housing where a suction port is formed. The four tapered portions are each inclined outwardly in a radial direction of a rotary shaft from a discharge port side toward the suction port side and extending in a rotational direction of an impeller. The tapered portions each include a main portion which is shaped such that an angle formed between the main portion and an axis of the rotary shaft gradually becomes smaller from one end of the main portion located rearward as viewed in the rotational direction of the impeller toward the other end of the main portion located forward as viewed in the rotational direction of the impeller. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255958 | SEAL MEMBER FOR HOT GAS PATH COMPONENT - A seal member for a hot gas path component in a gas turbine system is provided. The seal member includes a first seal pin, a second seal pin spaced from the first seal pin, and at least one cross-member. The at least one cross-member has a first end and a second end, and may be joined at the first end to the first seal pin and at the second end to the second seal pin. The at least one cross-member is configured to force the first and second seal pins apart when the seal member is subjected to a centrifugal force. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255959 | TURBINE ALIGNMENT CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A turbine that includes a rotor, an inner turbine shell, an outer turbine shell, and a sliding engagement between the inner turbine shell and the outer turbine shell. The inner turbine shell is a single piece construction that completely surrounds at least a portion of the rotor, and the outer turbine shell surrounds the inner turbine shell. A method for aligning turbine components that includes aligning a single-piece inner turbine shell substantially concentric with a rotor and surrounding the single-piece inner turbine shell with an outer turbine shell. The method further includes supporting the single-piece inner turbine shell with respect to the outer turbine shell using a bearing assembly between the single-piece inner turbine shell and the outer turbine shell. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255960 | SPECIALTY PUMP WITH HEAT EXCHANGER AND SYSTEM - A specialty pump and heat exchange system having a fluid pump driven by a gear assembly. The fluid pump has a pump casing and an inboard head that form a fluid passageway when connected together. The gear assembly uses lubricant in the transmission and that lubricant is cooled by being pumped from the gear assembly through a lubricant passageway in the inboard head and then recycled back to the gear assembly for further use. In addition to cooling the lubricant, the system warms the fluid pump and/or fluid passing through the fluid pump. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255961 | SOLID FEED GUIDE APPARATUS FOR A SOLID FEED PUMP - In one embodiment, a system includes a solid feed pump. The solid feed pump includes a housing, a rotor disposed in the housing, a curved passage disposed between the rotor and the housing, an inlet port coupled to the curved passage, an outlet port coupled to the curved passage, a solid feed guide extending across the curved passage, and multiple discrete contacts distributed along an interface between the solid feed guide and the rotor. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255962 | DIFFUSER HAVING BLADES WITH APERTURES - A diffuser for a mixed flow or centrifugal compressor of a gas turbine. The diffuser includes at least one vane presenting a pressure side, a suction side, and a first flank. The vane includes a plurality of orifices opening out into the suction side and/or the pressure side and communicating with at least one cavity formed in the vane, the cavity extending transversely relative to the vane and opening out into its first flank. The cross section of the cavity varies in the transverse direction of the vane, the cross section increasing towards the first flank. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255963 | CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - Provided is a centrifugal compressor having improved operation performance to improve durability. The centrifugal compressor includes an impeller connected to a rotary shaft and configured to radially eject a fluid suctioned in an axial direction upon rotation thereof; a shroud configured to cover front and rear sides of the impeller and having a suction port formed to face one surface of the impeller at a center of one side thereof; a volute chamber formed at an outer periphery of the shroud in a circumferential direction thereof and configured to guide the fluid ejected by the impeller to an ejection port; and a regulator installed at one side of the shroud and configured to selectively communicate a space formed at the other surface of the impeller with the outside. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255964 | BYPASS DUCT OF A TURBOFAN ENGINE - On a turbofan engine, at least one of the downstream guide vanes ( | 2011-10-20 |
20110255965 | FAN STRUCTURE AND STATOR MODULE THEREFOR - A fan structure comprises a stator module and a fan frame, the stator module comprises a fixing plate, an insulating holder, and a stator core. The fixing plate has a first surface, an opposite second surface and at least one fixing portion formed on the second surface and having a first engaging portion. The insulating holder has a first side facing the second surface of the fixing plate, an opposite second side and at least one catching member formed on the first side and having a second engaging portion. The stator core is coupled to the insulating holder. The fan frame has a base, the base is located between the fixing plate and the insulating holder, wherein the first engaging portion of the fixing member is engaged with the second engaging portion of the catching member. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255966 | Arrangement Comprising a Shaft Seal - A shaft seal for sealing a gap between a shaft and a casing is provided. The shaft seal includes a plurality of sealing modules, at least one fluid supply and one fluid drain, and a first main seal on which a major partial pressure difference occurs. Conventional shaft seals of the above type require significant amounts of additional barrier fluid in regular intervals to ensure suitable pressure gradients. In the presently proposed shaft seal, the first main seal is designed as a radial double seal which is defined by two gas seals having respective rotating sealing surfaces and stationary sealing surfaces, the pair of sealing surfaces being opposite each other in a respective sealing plane. The sealing planes extend in a substantially radial manner relative to the shaft. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255967 | ACTIVE FORCE GENERATION/ISOLATION SYSTEM EMPLOYING MAGNETO RHEOLOGICAL FLUID (MRF) - A system for reducing vibrations in a rotating system uses a variable viscosity medium that is redistributed in a housing connected to the rotating system. Specifically, the medium is responsive to a control signal that is generated as a function of rotational speed of the rotational system. The control signal activates a triggering device that promotes a change in viscosity of the medium such that it is distributed within the housing in a manner that reduces vibratory loads. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255968 | ADJUSTER DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT, COMBINATION OF AN ADJUSTER DEVICE AND AN ADJUSTER DEVICE FAULT RECOGNITION FUNCTION, FAULT-TOLERANT ADJUSTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONFIGURING THE ADJUSTER SYSTEM - An adjustment device to be coupled to an adjustment flap of an aircraft, with an actuator, adjustment kinematics, and a gearing, wherein the adjustment device can be coupled to a controller/monitor for purposes of its actuation. The adjustment device includes a first load sensor, on the input side of the actuator for determining the load arising on the input side due to actuation of the adjustment flap, and a second load sensor, on the output side of the actuator for determining the load arising on the output side due to actuation. The first load sensor and second load sensor are functionally linked with a fault-recognition function for receiving sensor values ascertained by the load sensors, to assign a fault state to the adjustment device. A combination of an adjustment device and a fault recognition function, a fault-tolerant adjustment system, and a method for reconfiguring the adjustment system are also provided. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255969 | WIND TURBINE WITH CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wind turbine assembly comprising a turbine having turbine blades, said turbine being arranged to generate a rotational energy as the turbine blades are engaged by a wind, characterized in that said wind turbine assembly further comprises an emergency brake that is operationally connected to the turbine blades for pitching the turbine blades towards a rest position by the rotational energy of the turbine, when the emergency brake is activated. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255970 | Impeller for water pump - A present invention's object is to maintain a discharge performance by making a discharge flow rate constant in a low rotation region of an engine rotation speed and to reduce the discharge flow rate in a high rotation region. The present invention consists of a housing case, an impeller base provided with plural holes and plural elliptical elongated holes, a vane body provided with a rotary shaft on an inner peripheral side and a rocking shaft on an outer peripheral side, a plate cam in which an elongated groove is formed on an outer peripheral side of a disc portion and a single torsion spring. The spring and the plate cam are housed in the housing case and the impeller base. The rotary shaft is inserted rotatably into the holes, and the rocking shaft is movably inserted into the elliptical elongated holes and the elongated groove. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255971 | APPARATUS FOR OSCILLATING A FOIL IN A FLUID - The invention relates to an apparatus for oscillating a foil in a fluid. The apparatus according to the invention comprises a first crank mechanism and a second crank mechanism connected to a foil. Said first crank mechanism and said second crank mechanism have different crank pin offsets, are functionally connected such that when driven the speed of revolution of said first crank mechanism is the same as the speed of revolution of said second crank mechanism, and are out of phase with each other. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255972 | MULTI-ELEMENT WIND TURBINE AIRFOILS AND WIND TURBINES INCORPORATING THE SAME - The present invention relates to wind turbines and more particularly to a multi-element airfoil for a vertical or horizontal axis wind turbine. In one embodiment, a vertical wind turbine includes a plurality of blades arranged in an annular path around a central axis of rotation. Each blade includes a first element and a second element that are nestable together. The first element has a concave rear surface, and the second element has a convex leading surface. Each of at least 45% of the blades generates a lift in a direction of rotation of the turbine that is greater than a drag generated by the same blade. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255973 | DAMPING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR DAMPING ROTOR BLADE VIBRATIONS, A ROTOR BLADE, AND A ROTOR - A damping system for damping vibrations of a rotor blade of a rotor of a turbomachine is disclosed. A damping element is guided on a support such that the damping element is radially outwardly movable during a rotation of the rotor and is contactable with a lower platform area of a rotor blade. A circumferential contact surface is formed by an elevation on the lower platform area, where the circumferential contact surface is a limit stop for a movement of the damping element. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255974 | CONFIGURABLE WINGLET FOR WIND TURBINE BLADES - A wind turbine includes a plurality of rotor blades for converting wind energy to rotational energy. The rotor blades have winglets that are configurable. A sensor senses a parameter and generates a sensed signal indicative of the parameter. A processor receives the sensed signal for generates an actuator signal in response thereto. An actuator is associated with each of the winglets for configuring the winglets in response to the actuator signal. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255975 | TURBINES - The invention generally relates to turbines that efficiently process air or fluid flow while producing substantially no vibrational effects. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a turbine including a rotatable shaft, and at least one blade connected to the rotatable shaft, in which the blade includes a helical shape and an angle of about 180° or greater. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255976 | Manufacturing method for closed vane wheels - In a manufacturing method for closed vane wheels having vanes ( | 2011-10-20 |
20110255977 | TURBINE ENGINE SPACER - A turbine is provided and includes a spacer having an annular body formed with opposing outward and inward surfaces and an orifice extending through the body from the outward to the inward surface, an assembly to secure the spacer around a rotor axially between sequential buckets of a forward turbine stage and an aft turbine stage, the spacer forming an annular passage around the rotor into which a fluid flows through the orifice and a circuit fluidly coupled to the annular passage to deliver the fluid from between the sequential buckets of the forward turbine stage and the aft turbine stage to an axial location forward of the forward turbine stage. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255978 | Locking Assembly For Circumferential Attachments - A locking spacer assembly is provided for use with a rotor blade assembly. The locking spacer assembly includes a first end portion, a second end portion, at least one securing device, and a center portion positioned between the first end portion and the second end portion. An opening is defined between the center portion and at least one of the first end portion and the second end portion. The opening is configured to receive the securing device. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255979 | IMPELLER FOR TURBINE - An impeller for a turbine includes an impeller body formed by alternately stacking and fixing two or more types of disk blades, a base plate, and a rotating shaft. A plurality of pressed vane sections projecting from one surface are formed on the base plate of each disk blade, and recessed spaces are formed in the pressed vane sections, respectively. The projecting rear sections of the pressed vane sections are affixed to the other surface of the base plate of the adjacent disk blade, and disposed in the recessed spaces of the pressed vane sections of the adjacent disk blade in the mutually crossing direction. A part of a working gas is moved in the recessed spaces, and moved forward in the rotating direction over the projecting rear sections. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255980 | Method for repairing a rotor system of a turbomachine, annular element for a rotor system of a turbomachine, and rotor system for a turbomachine - A method for repairing a rotor system ( | 2011-10-20 |
20110255981 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AN INTEGRALLY BLADED ROTOR, AND ROTOR - A method for manufacturing an integrally bladed rotor ( | 2011-10-20 |
20110255982 | TURBINE BLADE RETENTION DEVICE - A turbine blade assembly has a turbine blade with a root section and an airfoil section. The root section has one of a radially extending groove or flange, and a retainer element has the other of the groove and the flange. The groove receives the flange to hold the retainer element and the blade together. The retainer element has axial ends extending radially inwardly to secure a turbine blade assembly within a disk slot in a turbine rotor disk. A method is also disclosed. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255983 | DEVICE FOR ATTACHING HAMMER CLAMP BLADES, ASSOCIATED COMPRESSOR HUB, COMPRESSOR AND TURBINE ENGINE - The invention relates to a locking device for enabling the circular locking of a set of blades provided with a hammer base ( | 2011-10-20 |
20110255984 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING GRAIN BOUNDARIES IN SHROUDED AIRFOILS - A turbine bucket includes an airfoil and a shroud. The shroud includes first and second bearing surfaces, and the first and second bearing surfaces each comprise a single grain structure. A method for forming a turbine bucket includes orienting a mold vertically, wherein the mold includes a first portion that defines a shank, a second portion connected to the first portion that defines an airfoil, and a third portion connected to the second portion that defines a shroud, wherein the third portion includes first and second sides, and wherein the first portion is higher than the second portion and the second portion is higher than the third portion. The method further includes flowing a molten metal into the mold and selectively growing large single grains in at least one of the first or second sides. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255985 | BLADES - A rotor blade | 2011-10-20 |
20110255986 | BLADES - A turbine blade ( | 2011-10-20 |
20110255987 | COMPOUND BALDE OF A FAN - The invention relates to a compound blade and a fan installed with it. The compound blade is composed of at least a flexible layer and a rigid layer, with the rigid layer smaller than the flexible layer. So the edge of the compound blade is only formed of the flexible layer after the flexible layer combined with the rigid layer. A fan installed with the compound blade can not only run without danger because of the flexible layer, but also run as efficiently as a general one owing to the rigid layer. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255988 | PRECIPITATION HARDENABLE MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL AND STEAM TURBINE BLADE USING THE SAME - A precipitation hardenable martensitic stainless steel excellent in the stability of martensite, having the high strength, high toughness and high corrosion resistance is provided. The precipitation hardenable martensitic stainless steel contains at a mass rate, C: 0.05-0.10%, Cr: 12.0-13.0%, Ni: 6.0-7.0%, Mo: 1.0-2.0%, Si: 0.01-0.05%, Mn: 0.06-1.0%, Nb: 0.3-0.5%, V: 0.3-0.5%, Ti: 1.5-2.5%, Al: 1.0-2.3%, and the remainder consisting of Fe and an unavoidable impurity. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255989 | Cooling system of ring segment and gas turbine - In a cooling system of ring segment that cools a ring segment of a gas turbine, the segment body of the ring segment is constituted from a collision plate that has a small hole that blows out cooling air, a cooling space that is enclosed by the collision plate and the main body of the segment body; a first cavity that receives the cooling air from the cooling space; and a first cooling passage, of which one end communicates with the first cavity, and the other end blows out the cooling air from openings that are arranged in the side end portion into combustion gas; the openings of the first cooling passages being arranged so that the arrangement pitch of the openings becomes smaller or the opening area of the openings becomes larger on the upstream in the flow direction of the combustion gas than the openings on the downstream, and are arranged so that the arrangement pitch of the openings becomes larger or the opening area of the openings becomes smaller on the downstream in the flow direction of the combustion gas than the openings on the upstream. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255990 | BLADES - A rotor blade for a gas turbine engine has an aerofoil portion and a tip region. The tip region is at the radially outermost end of the blade. The radially outermost surface carries abrasive material (not shown) to interact with an abradable surface. The tip has a recess in which cooling air outlets are formed. The recess is open in a circumferential direction. This allows cooling air outlets to be formed without interference from the abrasive material, and inhibits any tendency for abrasion debris to collect in the recess and interfere with the flow of cooling air. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255991 | INTEGRALLY BLADED ROTOR DISK FOR A TURBINE - An integrally bladed rotor disk ( | 2011-10-20 |
20110255992 | Pump controller - The present invention provides a technique using current sensing to control the pressure at constant level without the direct sensing of the pressure. This technique will help to reduce dependency solely on switch or sensor and their non linearity and other associated problems such as the non-repetitive behavior, being affected by EMI etc. The technique includes using a pump controller featuring one or more modules configured to respond to one or more input signals containing information about current provided from a pump; and configured to provide one or more output signals containing information to control the pump to operate at a substantially constant pressure without the direct sensing of pump pressure. The one or more modules control the operation of the pump based at least partly on a table of characteristics related to voltage and current that is calibrated for each pump. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255993 | PRECOMPRESSION EFFECT IN PUMP BODY - The current application discloses various embodiments where a pre-compressive force is applied to a defined zone of the fluid end of a pump so as to extend the operational life of the fluid end by reducing stress and fatigue level at the defined zone of the fluid end. In one embodiment, the defined zone comprises one or more recesses near the piston bore of the fluid end. In another embodiment, the defined zone comprises one or more recesses near the inlet bore of the fluid end. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255994 | AIR COMPRESSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION - Air compressor systems, upgrade kits, computer readable medium, and methods for controlling an air compressor for improved performance. The methods may include receiving a working air requirement; determining an estimated air pressure of the air compressor to deliver the working air requirement; measuring a pressure of the air compressor; comparing the measured pressure with the calculated estimated air pressure; if the measured pressure of the air compressor is greater than the determined estimated air pressure by a predetermined greater amount, then decreasing an output control of the air compressor; and if the measured pressure of the air compressor is less than the calculated estimated air pressure by a predetermined lesser amount then increasing the output control of the air compressor. The air compressor may be controlled based on a measured pressure of delivered working air. An oil control system may shut off oil to parts of the air compressor. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255995 | AIR COMPRESSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION - Air compressor systems, upgrade kits, computer readable medium, and methods for controlling an air compressor for improved performance. The methods may include receiving a working air requirement; determining an estimated air pressure of the air compressor to deliver the working air requirement; measuring a pressure of the air compressor; comparing the measured pressure with the calculated estimated air pressure; if the measured pressure of the air compressor is greater than the determined estimated air pressure by a predetermined greater amount, then decreasing an output control of the air compressor; and if the measured pressure of the air compressor is less than the calculated estimated air pressure by a predetermined lesser amount then increasing the output control of the air compressor. The air compressor may be controlled based on a measured pressure of delivered working air. An oil control system may shut off oil to parts of the air compressor. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255996 | INVERTED FLUID DISPENSING PUMP AND DISPENSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF USING AN INVERTED PUMP - A valve system for controlling a flow of a fluid is provided that includes a port including a valve seat, and a ball adapted to cooperate with the valve seat to seal the port. The valve system also includes an arrangement for magnetically positioning the ball on the valve seat. A method for operating a pump is provided that includes releasing a piston causing the piston to return to an unactuated position to increase the interior volume forcing fluid in a reservoir to move into the piston body through a port due to a pressure differential between the interior volume and the reservoir. The method also includes sealing the port with a ball after the piston returns to an unactuated position and the pressure differential falls below a threshold by magnetically attracting the ball to a valve seat of the port. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255997 | HYDRAULIC GRAVITY RAMP PUMP - A piston type pumping apparatus comprises a vertically oriented cylinder having a top and a bottom with a first aperture. There are first and second passageways for liquid in the cylinder at the top and bottom respectively thereof. A piston is reciprocatingly mounted within the cylinder and has an area against which pressurized fluid acts in the direction of movement of the piston. A hollow piston rod is connected to the piston and extends below the piston and slidably through the first aperture. There is a reload chamber below the cylinder. The piston rod extends slidably into the reload chamber and has a third passageway for liquid communicating thereto. A first one-way valve is located in the third passageway. There is also a fourth passageway that extends from the reload chamber to a source of liquid to be pumped and a second one-way valve therein. | 2011-10-20 |
20110255998 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PUMPING LIQUIDS USING A PNEUMATIC POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMP - A method of pumping a liquid using at least one operating tank ( | 2011-10-20 |
20110255999 | USE OF A ROLLING-ELEMENT BEARING FOR BEARING ROTATING COMPONENTS IN VACUUM DEVICES AND VACUUM DEVICE - A rolling-element bearing for bearing rotating components in vacuum devices includes a plurality of rolling elements ( | 2011-10-20 |
20110256000 | LOCAL BACKUP HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR FOR AIRCRAFT CONTROL SYSTEMS - A backup system is provided that has a local electric motor and pump for some or all of hydraulic actuators. A local backup hydraulic actuator has two power sources, hydraulic as primary and electrical as backup. During normal operation, the hydraulic actuator receives pressurized fluid from a hydraulic system and the fluid flow to the chambers is controlled by a servo valve. If the hydraulic system fails, the electronic controller detects the failure by observing the signal indicative of the pressure from the pressure sensor, and the controller powers the local hydraulic pump to provide high pressure hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator via the servo valve. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256001 | Reciprocating Compressor - A reciprocating compressor provided with a piston, which is compact and having high sealing performance is provided. A reciprocating compressor includes: a low-pressure compressor unit having a low-pressure piston and a low-pressure cylinder for compressing air with the low-pressure piston reciprocating while oscillating within the low-pressure cylinder; a high-pressure compressor unit having a high-pressure piston and a high-pressure cylinder for further compressing the air compressed in the low-pressure compressor unit with the high-pressure piston reciprocating while oscillating within the high-pressure cylinder; and a motor for driving the low-pressure compressor unit and the high-pressure compressor unit. A maximum tilt angle during oscillation of the low-pressure piston is made larger than a maximum tilt angle during oscillation of the high-pressure piston. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256002 | Electric Compressor Having Drive Circuit Integrated Thereinto - Disclosed is a drive circuit-integrated electric compressor, which is adapted to cool a power semiconductor element in a motor drive circuit with good efficiency without increasing the temperature of sucked refrigerant gas and while suppressing increase in pressure loss in a path for cooling. Specifically disclosed is a drive circuit-integrated electric compressor into which a motor drive circuit having a power semiconductor element is incorporated integrally, characterized in that the electric compressor is configured so that the power semiconductor element in the drive circuit is cooled by refrigerant gas to be discharged. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256003 | DRY VACUUM PUMP - Between an exhaust chamber and a lubrication chamber, a second seal that seals between a cylinder that partitions the exhaust chamber and a first shaft and a first seal that seals between a side cover that partitions the lubrication chamber and the first shaft are provided. A gas introduction space to which a seal gas is supplied is provided between the second seal | 2011-10-20 |
20110256004 | Piezoelectric devices and methods and circuits for driving same - A drive circuit ( | 2011-10-20 |
20110256005 | MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE AND ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT UTILIZING THE SAME - Brushless DC motor ( | 2011-10-20 |
20110256006 | Apparatus for removing standing water - A manually-operated, self-contained apparatus for removing standing water from an athletic field. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256007 | Three stage scroll vacuum pump - A three stage vacuum pump has three stages of fixed scrolls and orbiting scrolls that operate simultaneously. A motor drives the second orbiting scroll within the third fixed scroll upon three equally spaced idlers. One idler then transmits rotation and torque into the second stage. The second orbiting scroll to has involutes upon both surfaces to engage the second fixed scroll inwardly and the first fixed scroll outwardly. The first fixed scroll has fins upon its back that extend into the atmosphere to transfer heat to air cool the invention. This pump also has a fan accelerating heat transfer. The pump operates the scrolls directly from a motor or from a motor and magnetic coupling so that the atmosphere does not infiltrate the pump. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256008 | SCREW COMPRESSOR HAVING LUBRICATING OIL SYSTEM - Providing a screw compressor | 2011-10-20 |
20110256009 | COMPRESSOR HAVING CAPACITY MODULATION SYSTEM - A compressor includes a housing, a first scroll member, a second scroll member and a modulation assembly. The first scroll member includes a first end plate having a discharge passage, a first spiral wrap, and a first aperture extending through the first end plate. The second scroll member includes a second end plate having a second spiral wrap extending therefrom and meshingly engaged with the first spiral wrap to form a series of pockets. The first aperture is in communication with a first of the pockets. The modulation assembly is in communication with the first aperture and is operable in a full capacity mode where the first aperture is isolated from a suction pressure region providing full capacity operation and in a reduced capacity mode where the first aperture is in communication with the suction pressure region providing approximately zero capacity operation. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256010 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR - A scroll compressor that suffers no decrease in compression performance due to leakage resulting from a twisting assembly error is provided. This scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll, each including a spiral wrap protruding from an end plate and having the same tooth thickness (Tr) and the same base-circle radius (b) defining an involute surface. The fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll are offset from each other by an orbiting radius (ρ) and mesh such that the respective wraps face each other with a phase shift of 180°. The orbiting scroll revolves/orbits along a circular orbit with the orbiting radius (ρ) to compress a gas while a rotation-preventing mechanism prevents rotation of the orbiting scroll. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256011 | SCREW COMPRESSOR - A single screw compressor is arranged to vent the flutes of its main rotor at all times, without having to provide a check valve in the discharge port of the main rotor casing. An additional outlet port in the casing vents gas from the discharge ends of the flutes into the body of a slide instead of to the discharge port. The vented gas is guided to an exit port of the slide, from where it can reach either the discharge port or the bypass port of the casing at all times during use of the compressor and under all loading conditions. The design of the slide further allows the use of an offset •′ discharge port in the casing, in relation to the main rotor. This means that pressure acting through the discharge port in use of the compressor tends to press the slide against another structure than the main rotor, for instance a bearing housing, giving better support to the slide. The slide also provides an improved oil delivery arrangement. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256012 | POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMP WITH IMPELLER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING - A rotary positive displacement pump ( | 2011-10-20 |
20110256013 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING REGENERATED TARGET - A sintering method with uniaxial pressing includes: a powder filling step of disposing a spent target in an inner space of a frame jig having the inner space piercing in a uniaxial direction, and filling the inner space with a raw material powder for a target to cover an erosion part side of the spent target with the raw material powder for a target, a cushioning-material disposition step of disposing a deformable cushioning material so that the raw material powder for a target with which the inner space has been filled in the powder filling step is sandwiched between the spent target and the deformable cushioning material; and a sintering step of pressing the raw material powder for a target with which the inner space has been filled and the spent target in the uniaxial direction through the cushioning material and sintering them. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256014 | GRAPHENE/METAL NANOCOMPOSITE POWDER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Graphene/metal nanocomposite powder and a method of preparing the same are provided. The graphene/metal nanocomposite powder includes a base metal and graphenes dispersed in the base metal. The graphenes act as a reinforcing material for the base metal. The graphenes are interposed as thin film types between metal particles of the base metal and bonded to the metal particles. The graphenes contained in the base metal have a volume fraction exceeding 0 vol % and less than 30 vol % corresponding to a limit within which a structural change of the graphenes due to a reaction between the graphenes is prevented. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256015 | METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A METAL PART - A method for the manufacture of a metal part, the method including the steps: a) compacting agglomerated spherical metal powder to a preform, b) debinding and sintering the preform to a part at a temperature not exceeding 1275° C., c) performing one of the following steps: i) compacting the part to a density of more than 95% of the theoretical density, or ii) compacting the part to a density of less than 95% of the theoretical density and sintering the part at a temperature not exceeding 1275° C. to a density of more than 95% of the theoretical density, and d) subjecting the part to hot isostatic pressing at a temperature not exceeding 1200° C. The method provides an industrial process to produce fully dense parts from alloys which normally cannot be produced and still give good impact properties, which is vital for many applications where there alloys are used. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256016 | METAL INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS - A metal injection molding process for manufacturing a MIM article with a final main body and a final threaded hole defined in the final main body, is provided. The metal injection molding process includes forming a green MIM article including a green body, the green body having the same shape as, but larger than the final main body; tapping the green body to define a green threaded hole in the green body, the green threaded hole having the same shape, but larger than the final threaded hole; debinding the green MIM article to remove the plastic binders from between the metal powders; and sintering the green MIM article to form the MIM article by shrinking the green body to form the final main body and shrinking the green threaded hole to form the final threaded hole. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256017 | HIGH TEMPERATURE CAST IRON WITH NIOBIUM AND HAVING COMPACTED GRAPHITE STRUCTURES - A product including an iron casting alloy including iron, niobium and compacted graphite structures. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256018 | Ni-Based Single Crystal Superalloy with Good Creep Property - A Ni-based single crystal superalloy with good resistance to creep deformation and creep life at a high temperature is formed by adjusting the quantity of relatively inexpensive alloy elements while minimizing the quantity of expensive alloy elements. The Ni-based single crystal superalloy with good creep properties comprises Co: 11.5˜13.5%, Cr: 3.0˜5.0%, Mo: 0.7˜2.0%, W: 8.5˜10.5%, Al: 4.5˜6.5%, Ti: 0.5˜2.0%, Ta: 6.0˜8.0%, Re: 2.0˜4.0%, Ru: 0.1˜2.0% in Weight %, with the rest of the superalloy comprising Ni and other inevitable impurities. In addition, the superalloy has a mixed structure of the γ matrix and γ′ particles. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256019 | SELF-STERILIZING USER INPUT DEVICE - Technologies are described herein for providing sterilization of a touchscreen or other tactile input surface of a user input device. A self-sterilizing user input device includes a touchscreen for receiving tactile user input and an ultraviolet (UV) light source that emits UV light onto a touchscreen at a sterilization wavelength. A controller selectively activates and deactivates the UV light source according to whether a user is at or near the user input device. According to one aspect, the user input device includes a backlight to illuminate the touchscreen. The UV light source is positioned with the backlight to provide the UV light from a rear side of the touchscreen. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256020 | Method and an Apparatus for Sterilizing Packaging Material - A method and an apparatus for sterilizing packaging material for use in packaging for protein containing products, such as food products or medical drugs. The packaging material is sterilized by irradiating it using a beam of ionizing radiation, such as an electron beam or a beam of gamma rays. Afterwards, the packaging material is processed in such a manner that protein reactive substances or compounds formed in the packaging material during the irradiation step are at least partly removed or rendered inreactive with respect to proteins. The processing step may advantageously be performed by heating the packaging material. Preferably, the processing step involves accelerating diffusion from the packaging material of protein reactive substances or compounds. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256021 | STERILE LIQUID TRANSFER PORT - A sterilization system for a sterile liquid transfer port system includes an isolation wall having a first and second side, an alpha assembly spanning a port in the isolation wall between the first and second sides of the isolation wall and a beta assembly configured for connection with the alpha assembly from the first side of the isolation wall for sterile transfer of a product. The system further includes a docking cover on the first side of the isolation wall which can mate to the beta assembly during a sterilization process. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256022 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER - An automatic analyzer is provided that can promptly process a request for additional test items for a sample being analyzed or an error that has occurred in the sample. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256023 | SAMPLE PLATE FOR A BIOCHEMICAL ANALYZER - A sample plate for a biochemical analyzer is provided, which includes a main shaft, an inner plate, an outer plate, a refrigeration bin, a tubing portion, a cooling fluid inlet and a cooling fluid outlet. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256024 | Modular Analyte Monitoring Device - A modular analyte monitoring device comprising a base module and an attachment module is disclosed. The attachment module is removably coupled to the base module and includes a program storing component having a program update stored therein to be transmitted to the base module when coupled. The base module may thereafter operate using the program update. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256025 | IMMUNOASSAY PRODUCT AND PROCESS - The invention is directed to an apparatus useful in conducting detection of compounds on blotting membranes. The device is comprised of several layers including a porous support layer below the blotting membrane(s), a flow distributor above the blotting membrane(s) and optionally a well on the flow distributor to contain the liquid to the desired area and to allow for lower starting volumes of such liquid. Preferably, the flow distributor is a non-binding or low binding hydrophilic porous membrane such as a 0.22 micron membrane and the support layer is a grid or sintered porous material. The distributor and support are held together to form an envelope around the membrane(s). The use of a hinge, clips and other such devices is preferred in doing so. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256026 | MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICE AND SAMPLE TESTING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A microfluidic device having a delay structure and a sample testing apparatus including the microfluidic device are provided. The microfluidic device includes: a reaction chamber which contains a reagent capable of reacting with a sample; a distribution channel through which the sample is provided to the reaction chamber; an inlet channel through which the at least one reaction chamber is connected with the distribution channel; and a delay structure which is located between the at least one reaction chamber and the distribution channel, and delays movement of contents of the reaction chamber to the distribution channel. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256027 | OZONATED WATER SPRAYING SYSTEM WITH ENERGY RESOURCE CONVERSION, AND OZONATED WATER SPRAYING APPARATUS THEREOF - An ozonated water spraying system with energy resource conversion is disclosed. The system includes an ozonated water spraying apparatus and an energy resource conversion device. The ozonated water spraying apparatus has an ozone generation unit, a mixing and spraying unit, and a water flow detection unit, in which the ozone generation unit is for generating ozone. The mixing and spraying unit couples with the ozone generation unit, for mixing the generated ozone with water and spraying the ozonated water out. Further, the water flow detection unit, coupled to the ozone generation unit and the mixing and spraying unit, is capable of detecting whether water flows through the mixing and spraying unit so as to control the ozone generation unit in response to the detection result. Additionally, the energy resource conversion unit is for converting energy resource into electrical power to provide the requisite power to the ozonated water spraying apparatus. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256028 | Event-triggered self-sterilization of article surfaces - Solutions for limiting the undesirable spread of pathogens by indirect contact are provided. The solutions involve event-controlled self-sterilization of contact surfaces on articles or fixtures. A self-sterilizing contact surface structure allows chemical sterilizing agents to controllably flow in response to a contact event, from within the article to exude upon a portion of the contact surface. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256029 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR REDUCING HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANTS - The disclosure provides methods and systems for sequestering and/or reducing sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides and/or carbon dioxide present in industrial effluent fluid streams. A solid particulate material comprising a slag component, a binder component (distinct from the slag component), and optionally water is formed and then contacted with the effluent fluid stream to reduce at least one of the sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and/or carbon dioxide. The contacting of the effluent stream may occur in a packed bed reactor with the solid dry particulate material. Methods of reducing pollutants from exhaust generated by combustion sources, lime and/or cement kilns, iron and/or steel furnaces, and the like are provided. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256030 | Pyrogenic Silicic Acid Manufactured in a Small-Scale Production Plant - Disclosed is a flame reactor characterized in that the flame reactor comprises a reactor chamber having a volume of 1 m | 2011-10-20 |
20110256031 | Automated polymer-synthesis system - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to automated-polymer-synthesis systems that include discrete reagent-solution-addition, wait-time, and reagent-solution-draining sub-systems which together significantly increase throughput and decrease sub-system idle time. The automated-polymer-synthesis systems that represent embodiments of the present invention additionally include switches at points in which carriers can be received from multiple input paths or output to multiple different output paths. The automated-polymer-synthesis systems that represent embodiments of the present invention generally include an input spur and output spur in addition to a main loop, allowing carriers containing only completed polymers to be removed and new carriers input, so that carriers traverse the automated-polymer-synthesis systems independently from one another. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256032 | Exhaust Gas Treatment Device - The present invention relates to an exhaust gas treatment device for an exhaust system of a combustion engine, more preferably of a motor vehicle, with a housing comprising a jacket and an outlet funnel, and with at least one exhaust gas treatment element which is arranged in the jacket and is axially supported on the housing via a support ring. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256033 | Devices And Methods Of Heat Removal From Exothermic High Temperature Reaction Processes - Devices and methods are presented in which heat transfer from the surface of a high-temperature exothermic reaction mass is removed while largely maintaining the temperature of the mass at a desired level by allowing heat to radiate from the surface of the reaction mass to a first absorber that forms part of a reactor vessel, from which the heat is then removed using a second absorber. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256034 | Apparatus for the Synthesis of Anhydrous Hydrogen Halide and Anhydrous Carbon Dioxide - An apparatus for the synthesis of anhydrous hydrogen halide fluids from organic halide fluids, such as perfluorocarbon fluids and refrigerant fluids, and anhydrous carbon dioxide for the environmentally safe disposition thereof. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256035 | CLATHRATE HYDRATE WITH LATENT HEAT STORING CAPABILITY, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, LATENT HEAT STORING MEDIUM, AND METHOD OF INCREASING AMOUNT OF LATENT HEAT OF CLATHRATE HYDRATE AND PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR INCREASING AMOUNT OF LATENT HEAT OF CLATHRATE HYDRATE - An apparatus for production of a clathrate hydrate with enhanced latent heat storing capability includes a gas supplier for supplying a gas to an aqueous solution containing a quaternary ammonium compound, and a cooler for cooling the aqueous solution, the apparatus producing the clathrate hydrate with enhanced latent heat storing capability including both the quaternary ammonium compound and the gas as guests by supplying the gas to the aqueous solution with the gas supplier in the stage of cooling with the cooler. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256036 | REACTOR INTERNAL STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A coating of niobium oxide, zirconium titanate, or nickel titanate is formed on at least a part of a surface of a jet pump member constituting a jet pump serving as a reactor internal structure of a boiling water reactor. Further, a solution containing, e.g., a niobium compound is applied to at least a part of the surface of the jet pump member constituting the jet pump, and the jet pump member coated with the solution is heat-treated to form a coating of, e.g., niobium oxide. With this configuration, the jet pump member constituting the jet pump of the boiling water reactor is provided such that deposition of crud can be sufficiently suppressed on the jet pump member. | 2011-10-20 |
20110256037 | OPTIMIZED LIQUID-PHASE OXIDATION - Disclosed is an optimized process and apparatus for more efficiently and economically carrying out the liquid-phase oxidation of an oxidizable compound. Such liquid-phase oxidation is carried out in a bubble column reactor that provides for a highly efficient reaction at relatively low temperatures. When the oxidized compound is para-xylene and the product from the oxidation reaction is crude terephthalic acid (CTA), such CTA product can be purified and separated by more economical techniques than could be employed if the CTA were formed by a conventional high-temperature oxidation process. | 2011-10-20 |