46th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080279643 | Milling Cutter Head - The invention relates to a milling cutter head having a plurality of blade holders ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080279644 | CUTTING TOOL INSERT HAVING INTERNAL MICRODUCT FOR COOLANT - A cutting tool insert includes: a body defining a rake face, a flank face, and a cutting edge at an intersection of the rake and flank faces; and a cooling microduct within the body. A portion of the microduct extends along the cutting edge not more than 0.5 millimeter from the rake face, and not more than 0.5 millimeter from the flank face. The microduct has a cross-sectional area of not more than 1.0 square millimeter. The microduct is adapted to permit the flow of a coolant therethrough to transfer heat away from the cutting edge and extend the useful life of the insert. Secondary conduits having cross-sectional area no larger than 0.004 square millimeter may communicate between the microduct and the rake and/or flank face to exhaust coolant behind the cutting edge and further enhance cooling. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279645 | TOOL ASSEMBLY - The present invention discloses a tool assembly being capable of reducing considerably an axial length of a working member (tool), in particular, a length of a male spigot to be coupled with a coupling member and transmitting a torque to a working member without generating a loss by means of a secure coupling between a male spigot of a working member (tool) having a short length and a coupling member. A tool assembly according to the present invention comprises a tool including a head to be approached to a work-piece, a male spigot extended from a rear end of the head and a flange formed at a border portion between the head and the male spigot and having a ring shaped flat rear surface; and a coupling member consisting of a first section having a cavity formed on a central portion of a front side thereof for receiving the male spigot and a second section formed at a rear side of the first section and connected to a driving means. The male spigot has a tapered surface formed on a side thereof, a through hole communicated with the cavity is formed on a side of the first section of the coupling member, and an end of a coupling screw coupled with the through holes is capable of pressurizing the tapered surface of the male spigot received in the cavity. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279646 | Core Cutter - A core cutter that enables debris generated by cutting from inside of the core cutter to be easily discharged therefrom is disclosed. A core cutter comprising a core body | 2008-11-13 |
20080279647 | SPADE BIT - The drill bit comprises a cutting blade formed at one end of a shank. The cutting blade has a pair of cutting shoulders that extend inwardly from the outer sides of the blade toward the bit axis. A tip having converging sides that create a point extends from the shoulders. The cutting edge of each shoulder is beveled with respect to the plane of the face of the blade. A flute is provided on the leading portion of each blade face adjacent the cutting edges. Each flute is a smooth curve that creates a substantially uninterrupted recess on each face of the blade that facilitates chip removal, increases the drill rate and lowers the power required to drill a hole. A non-stick coating may be applied to the blade to further facilitate chip removal. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279648 | DRILL DRIVER WITH CHUCK-MOUNTED DRILL ACCESSORIES - A power tool with a tool portion and at least one attachment. The tool portion has a tool body and a drill chuck. The drill chuck includes a rotatable spindle, a plurality of jaws that are coupled to the rotatable spindle and a cover that is disposed about the jaws and which is not coupled for rotation with the rotatable spindle. The attachment is coupled the cover of the drill chuck. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279649 | Track slot fastener - A slidably retainable fastener assembly for securing loads to a track is provided with a retainer adapted to fit at least partly within a track slot and a member operating on the retainer, the member being positionable in at least a first position and a second position. When the member is positioned in the first position, the member causes the retainer to disengage the track slot thereby allowing the fastener to be movable within the track slot, and when the member is positioned in the second position, the member causes the retainer to engage the track slot thereby causing the fastener to remain stationary within the track slot. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279650 | Device for Fastening an Attachment to a Support Page - A device for fastening an attachment ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080279651 | Captive Fastener with Unique Engaging and Locking Mechanism - A captive fastener generally comprising a receptacle, a bayonet assembly, and a locking assembly for locking the bayonet assembly to the receptacle. The receptacle extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a pair of parallel extending spiral raceways formed in the inner surface of a central opening that extends therethrough, and a keyway formed adjacent its terminus. The bayonet assembly includes a pair of bayonets that are adapted to ride in the raceways and a key positioned at the end of a plunger and is adapted to engage the keyway thereby locking the bayonet assembly in the receptacle. The locking assembly includes the plunger that when manipulated by a tool either engages or disengages the key from the keyway. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279652 | Bore serration for locking threaded inserts against rotation - A bore serration for locking externally serrated inserts ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080279653 | SCREW HEAD FORMATION - A screw having in its head a recess that includes two or three non-circular superimposed recess-tiers. The depth of each recess-tier is less than 1.35 mm and there is less than 1° draw in each recess. The screw head recess is formed using a punch ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080279654 | HIDDEN DECK FASTENER AND METHOD OF USE - A hidden deck fastener for joining adjacent deck boards and securing the boards to an underlying joist includes a biscuit core having an upper face and a lower face, two supporting leg members attached to the lower face, arranged on opposite sides of a central region of the biscuit core and extending downwardly, a screw well located in the central region, the screw well having a central cavity within the upper face and a controlled flash continuous with the lower face, the controlled flash defining the bottom of the well, a ridge defining a central beam extending through a least a lower portion of the screw well, the central beam extending between the leg members through the central region of the biscuit core, and foot members connected to the lower end of the legs, defined by a living hinge groove at the lower end of the legs. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279655 | Stone block transporting crawler-climber - Twinned circular, parallel arrays of spoke-like second-class levers ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080279656 | Transfer apparatus - A transfer apparatus includes a stationary base, a swivel rotatably supported by the stationary base, and a linear movement mechanism supported by the swivel and including guide rails. Hands for carrying works are supported by the guide rails and movable along a horizontal straight travel path by the operation of the linear movement mechanism. A heat reflector is provided between the hands and the guide rails. A refrigerant circulation channel includes annular spaces for ensuring constant communication between a passage on the side of the stationary base and a passage on the side of the swivel. The refrigerant circulation channel includes cooling pipes held in contact with the heat reflector. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279657 | HANDLING APPARATUS FOR INFORMATION STORAGE DISKS AND CONVEYING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - A handling apparatus for information storage disks includes a conveying apparatus and a mounting base. The conveying apparatus includes a body, a conveying arm, a transmission device and a driving device. The body includes an arm holder. The arm holder has a guide channel. The guide channel includes a transverse passage and a longitudinal passage. The conveying arm is movably mounted in the arm holder and moves along the guide channel. The transmission device connects the driving device to the conveying arm so that the driving device moves the conveying arm in the guide channel. When the conveying arm moves in the transverse passage, the conveying arm has at least one linear self-alignment for positioning. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279658 | BATCH EQUIPMENT ROBOTS AND METHODS WITHIN EQUIPMENT WORK-PIECE TRANSFER FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC FACTORY - The present invention generally comprises equipment for an automated high volume batch work-piece manufacturing factory comprising work-piece handling and work-piece processing in a high productivity factory architecture capable of producing 1,000 or more work-piece an hour. The work-pieces may be presented to the equipment from a stacked supply to a parallel array. Additionally, the work-pieces may be transferred between manufacturing architectures by an array to array batch transfer. The work-pieces may be transferred within the manufacturing architecture in a parallel to parallel batch transfer operation. The robotic operations may be between robotic devices, between robotic devices and processing equipment, and within processing equipment. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279659 | TRANSFERRING DEVICE AND TRANSFERRING METHOD - A transferring device | 2008-11-13 |
20080279660 | POSTAL WEIGHING PLATFORM WITH INTEGRATED FEEDING AND DESKEWING FUNCTIONS - The present invention includes apparatus and methods for handling mailpieces. A mailpiece handling device includes a substantially horizontal deck for receiving a mailpiece. The device also includes a substantially vertical registration wall that extends upwardly from an edge of the deck. The device further includes a disk mounted for rotation in a circular opening in the deck adjacent the registration wall. The disk has a substantially horizontal surface. In addition, the device includes an arm mounted above the disk so as to be pivotable in a horizontal direction. Also, the device includes a steering member mounted at a free end of the arm. The steering member is for applying downward pressure to a mailpiece that is in contact with the disk. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279661 | Multi-tier parking lot with a waterproof parking space under each ground parking space - A parking lot having a plurality of parking spaces with a waterproof underground structure therebelow as an additional parking space is provided. The underground structure has a first waterproof member mounted around opening. A hydraulically-powered platform is mounted in the underground structure. A hydraulically-powered cover has a peripheral second waterproof member. In response to parking an automobile on the platform the platform is activated to lower and the cover is adapted to close onto the underground structure, and the second waterproof member is sealingly engaged with the first waterproof member when the platform lowers to a stop position in the underground structure. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279662 | COMPACT REFUSE CART LIFTER WITH ROTATING LATCH - A compact lifter is disclosed which allows for an improved operating envelope of the liftplate. The lifter utilizes a motor having 210 degrees of rotation and lifting arms of a unique geometry to rotate a liftplate from a retracted position below and in front of the lifter baseplate to a dumping position wherein the opening of a refuse cart is located substantially forward of an inner hopper or container edge. As a result, refuse is dumped further into the container or vehicle hopper, which minimizes the number of packing cycles required as multiple refuse carts are emptied. The liftplate is attached to the motor using dual lifting arms, and includes a fixed upper hook. A rotating, retractable lower hooking mechanism holds the refuse cart during dumping. The compact design improves ground clearance when the lifter is retracted, permits the dumping of large commercial containers over the lifter, and requires no modification of the hopper structure of a rear-loading refuse collection vehicle. The lifter may be mounted over a wide range of mounting heights and maintain engagement with refuse carts without altering the structural components of the lifter. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279663 | Multiple function landscaping system and method - A multiple function landscaping method and system is capable of operating with or without a dump box. A lower lift, crane or hoist can be utilized by itself or in combination with an upper positioned dump box. The novel usage of a single truck bed to achieve such functions as tree delivery, debris removal and top soil delivery enables landscaping to be more efficiently and economically performed, thus providing a significant advantage to the environment. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279664 | CARGO HAULING SYSTEM - A cargo hauling system is dimensioned to fit a truck bed or SUV cargo space. The bin moves forwardly and rearwardly relative to the truck bed or cargo space, selectively pivots for dumping the load contents of the bin from the rear of the vehicle, or is selectively removed from the vehicle to leave at a job site, and/or allow the vehicle to be used without the removable bin. A pivot arm assembly advantageously mounted to a conventional trailer hitch receiver installed on vehicles of this type. The pivot arm assembly includes a support bar received within the trailer hitch receiver. A generally U-shaped support structure includes a transverse arm and first and second upright arms extending therefrom having first, lower ends secured to the transverse arm. Rollers are rotatably secured adjacent outer terminal ends of the first and second upright arms, respectively. The rollers cooperate with first and second guide rails secured to an underside of the bin. In addition, roller members are preferably provided along an undersurface of the bin to facilitate rolling movement of relative to the truck bed/cargo space. A loading, unloading ramp assembly is independently and conveniently secured to the pivot arm assembly. Wheels provided adjacent an outer terminal end of a ramp cooperate with a closed loop assembly for selectively loading and unloading the bin from the vehicle along the ramp. By using the motive power of the vehicle, one end of the bin is urged by the closed loop chain along the ramp as driven by the force supplied by the wheels at the terminal end of the ramp. A self-tightening mounting assembly is preferably used to secure the pivot arm assembly to the receiver of the trailer hitch. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279665 | Method for the placement and transport of heavy equipment onto the cargo area of a cargo-bearing vehicle and apparatus therefor - A method and apparatus for the placement and transport of heavy equipment into the cargo area of a cargo-bearing vehicle wherein a collapsible cargo cart designed to hold heavy equipment up to 1000 pounds that has a frame portion, a releasable cargo-holding planar base portion, a removable handle, a first set of legs attached to the frame portion, a second set of legs attached frame portion and a means for allowing the frame to slide into the cargo area of a cargo-bearing vehicle. A crane support can optionally be attached the frame to allow a crane to lift heavy equipment situated beneath the frame portion when the base portion is released creating a space therebetween. One or more braking mechanisms can be added to the frame to prevent the cart from moving once put in place in the cargo area of the cargo-bearing vehicle. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279666 | Apparatus and method for lifting containers - A lifting apparatus is adapted for use in lifting a container having a pair of channels, each of the channels having a pair of open ends. The lifting apparatus includes an elongated support bar and a hook assembly mounted on each end of the support bar. Each of the hook assemblies includes a pair of hooks and a hydraulic cylinder and piston for rotating the hooks between open and closed positions. The container is lifted by lowering the support bar with the hooks in the open position until the hooks can be rotated into the open ends of the two channels. The hooks are then rotated to the closed position so that the hooks extend into the channels. The lifting apparatus is then raised to lift the container. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279667 | Tow truck with underlift control - A vehicle includes a chassis and an underlift supported by the chassis. The underlift includes a boom including a vehicle engaging device coupled to the boom and a movement actuator for moving the boom. The underlift further includes a control system configured to restrict actuation of the movement actuator when the boom moves to a predetermined position; and an operator control coupled to the control system that allows the operator to control the movement actuator after actuation of the movement actuator has been restricted. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279668 | Utility truck combined with hoist, lift or crane elements - A utility truck is specially modified in order to accommodate a lift, hoist or crane unit. Portions of the utility truck elongated lateral tool boxes and compartments are cut out and shelving is provided to support the lower portions of the lift or crane. The design allows a load such as a large electrical or telephone box to be transported and unloaded by a single operator. The design enables protection from the harsher winter conditions of colder parts of the earth such as the north U.S. and Canada. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279669 | Storage Rack With a Multiplicity of Rack Units - A storage rack with a multiplicity of rack units ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080279670 | Method For Depositing a Freely Moving, Flat Object - In a method for depositing a flat object dropping freely into a lower compartment, a wall of the compartment at an angle in relation to a vertical is used as a flat deposit point for a flat side of the flat object. During passage of the flat object into the lower compartment an angular momentum is imparted to the flat object such that an angle of incidence between the wall and the flat side of the flat object is minimized. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279671 | PAPER PICK WITH MECHANICAL REFERENCE - A picking mechanism may include a mechanical reference system for establishing the approximate number of sheets that will be “picked” from a larger stack each time the picking process occurs. A pick moves toward the stack of paper to insert itself between two sheets of paper at a level in the stack that is determined by the place the pick resides relative to the stack. In the preferred embodiment, the pick resides at said position because it is positioned at a adjustably fixed relationship to a reference member and the reference member rests on the top of the stack of paper when the pick is in a retracted position. Thus, the vertical distance between the reference member (and the top of the stack) and the point (edge) of the pick determines how many sheets will be picked at a time. Once the picking occurs, the user may easily grasp and remove the picked stack for further handling, and, with preferably with a “flick” of the handle or a quick holding of the handle in a position that retracts the pick from the vicinity of the stack, the picking unit is free to move/slide down toward the new, shorter stack so that the reference member again rests on top of the stack, and the process may start all over again. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279672 | BATCH EQUIPMENT ROBOTS AND METHODS OF STACK TO ARRAY WORK-PIECE TRANSFER FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC FACTORY - The present invention generally comprises equipment for an automated high volume batch work-piece manufacturing factory comprising work-piece handling and work-piece processing in a high productivity factory architecture capable of producing 1,000 or more work-piece an hour. The work-pieces may be presented to the equipment from a stacked supply to a parallel array. Additionally, the work-pieces may be transferred between manufacturing architectures by an array to array batch transfer. The work-pieces may be transferred within the manufacturing architecture in a parallel to parallel batch transfer operation. The robotic operations may be between robotic devices, between robotic devices and processing equipment, and within processing equipment. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279673 | Pin conveyor for printed sheet material and transfer unit - A pin conveyor for printed sheet material has a chain, a plurality of pins extending from the chain to push printed sheet material, and a receipt area for the printed sheet material, the chain and pins passing through the receipt area. The receipt area has at least one of the following a non-linear cross-section with the chain and pins passing through the receipt area, an inclined transport section of the chain, or a belt contacting the printed sheet material and running at or slower than a speed of the chain. A transfer unit with an overhead conveying unit and a method for delivering printed sheet material is also provided. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279674 | OPERATIVE METHOD OF A MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - An operative method of a manufacturing system for processing a substrate is provided. The manufacturing system includes at least a handling system, two deposition apparatus groups, an etching apparatus group, a photolithography apparatus group and two photoresist-striping apparatus groups. The handling system has a plurality of handling paths comprising at least two connected ring paths, which are connected in a common path. These deposition apparatus groups and the photoresist-striping apparatus groups are located on the two ring paths respectively. The etching apparatus group is located on the common path. The photolithography apparatus group is located on the two ring paths between the two deposition apparatus groups. The manufacturing system of the present invention thus combines the advantages of the group-type manufacturing system and the continuous-type manufacturing system. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279675 | OPERATION OF AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE AFTER EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN - A method of emergency operation of an aircraft turbofan engine during an aircraft flight is provided. The engine includes a fan shaft with a fan, and an electric motor/generator mounted for rotation therewith. The method includes shutting down the engine while allowing the engine to windmill, operating the electric motor/generator to rotate the shaft at a determined windmilling speed which is desired for the fan shaft, and operating the engine at the desired windmilling speed for substantially a remainder of the aircraft flight. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279676 | Turbine Anti-Rotating Stall Schedule - A method of starting up a turbine with a compressor have an inlet guide vane, a number of bleed valves, and a number of blades so as to limit the duration in a rotating stall window. The method may include starting rotation of the blades, increasing the speed of the rotation of the blades, closing one or more bleed valves so as to shift the rotating stall window to a higher rotational speed, partially opening the inlet guide vane to a position outside the rotating stall window, and opening the bleed valves while partially closing the inlet guide vane such that the number of blades pass through the rotating stall window. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279677 | Fan array fan section in air-handling systems - A fan array fan section in an air-handling system includes a plurality of fan units arranged in a fan array and positioned within an air-handling compartment. One preferred embodiment may include an array controller programmed to operate the plurality of fan units at peak efficiency. The plurality of fan units may be arranged in a true array configuration, a spaced pattern array configuration, a checker board array configuration, rows slightly offset array configuration, columns slightly offset array configuration, or a staggered array configuration. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279678 | Abradable CMC stacked laminate ring segment for a gas turbine - A pattern of depressions ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080279679 | Multivane segment mounting arrangement for a gas turbine - A mounting arrangement ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080279680 | Multistage Centrifugal Compressor - A multistage centrifugal compressor includes a rotary shaft, and multistage impellers attached to the rotary shaft. Each of the impellers includes a hub, a shroud and blades therebetween in a radial cascade arrangement. An annular suction passage for guiding the fluid flow from the inward radial direction to a blade inlet is disposed upstream of the centrifugal impeller. A diffuser is disposed downstream of the centrifugal impeller. A bend portion is disposed downstream of the diffuser, and a return channel with a guide blade portion is disposed downstream of the bend portion. The annular suction passage at a hub side includes an axial parallel portion. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279681 | Centrifugal Blower - An object is to provide a centrifugal blower with reduced noise. The centrifugal blower is provided with: an impeller; a casing that houses the impeller and forms a spiral flow passage that surrounds a radial direction outside of the impeller; and a driving device that rotates the impeller about an axis. The impeller has: a bottom plate; a plurality of blades provided on a same circumference of the bottom plate; and a substantially annular plate shape shroud that has the blades interposed between it and the bottom plate, and that is disposed concentric with the bottom plate, and that connects end sections of the respective blades. The shroud has: an inclined section that comes closer to the bottom plate moving from a radial direction inside to a radial direction outside; and a shroud side barrier that rises from a position on the radial direction outside of the inclined section towards a side opposite to the bottom plate. The casing is provided with a bell-mouth that opens from a radial direction inside of the shroud to a radial direction outside, and a casing side barrier that projects to an area between the inner periphery of the shroud and the shroud side barrier. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279682 | Impeller Assembly and Method of Using Same - An impeller assembly including a pair of plates with one of the plates having a plurality of blades and an interlock structure for aligning and coupling the plates together. A disclosed example of the interlock structure includes a plurality of latch members extending from one plate and locking into apertures of the other plate. The interlock structure may also include a plurality of channels engaging the blades. The blades of the impeller may engage a pair of latch members in a saddle manner. A method of using the impeller assembly within an air blower is also disclosed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279683 | Liner retention system - Apparatus and method for securing a cylinder liner to a pumping module. A first part of an assembly housing pistons is fastened to a pumping module and a second part of the assembly is brought against the first so that the pistons act on tensioning plates which each have a stud rod extending therefrom through the assembly at an end distal to the pumping module. Each rod has a first portion substantially surrounded in an elastomeric member and a second portion threaded to receive a nut. The rods are passed through a clamping ring on the cylinder liner and the nut is attached to the rod. Actuating the pistons causes initial compression of the elastomeric member by the tension plate and allows tightening of the nut toward the pumping module. Release of the pistons then causes expansion of the elastomeric member to forcibly compel the cylinder liner towards the pumping module. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279684 | COMPOSITE SHAFT - A turbine shaft may be used to remove a heat load from pliant bearings without requiring the use of a process fluid for cooling the turbine shaft. The turbine shaft comprises a heat conductive sleeve disposed between an outer surface of a tie rod shaft and an inner surface of a bearing journal; the heat conductive sleeve having a sleeve inner surface separated from a sleeve outer surface by a sleeve thickness; the heat conductive sleeve having a first end separated from a second end longitudinally about a center axis; the sleeve outer surface being in physical contact with the inner surface of the bearing journal; and the heat conductive sleeve having a thermal conductivity that is greater than a thermal conductivity of the bearing journal. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279685 | Helicopter Rotor Control System with Individual Blade Control - Controlling the pitch of individual rotor blades of a helicopter to reduce control loads, vibration and noise in or from the rotating rotor control elements. The system generates blade dynamics signals representing dynamic forces acting on either or both of the rotating and non-rotating elements of the helicopter, including rotor blades of a rotating assembly. The system extracts information representing at least one dynamic force, generates a dynamic force compensation output that represents a compensation for the dynamic force, and generates, from flight control signals and the dynamic force compensation output, a compensated pitch actuator control signal for each rotor blade wherein the compensation factor of the pitch control signal compensates for the dynamic force. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279686 | Wind Turbine Comprising At Least One Gearbox And An Epicyclic Gearbox - The invention relates to a wind turbine comprising at least one gearbox. The gearbox comprises one or more sensors for measuring condition values of the wind turbine, and is characterized in that the one or more sensors are mounted on one or more rotating parts of the gearbox. The invention further relates to an epicyclic gearbox comprising a gearbox housing, one or more gearbox parts rotating in relation to the housing, and one or more sensors for measuring condition values of the gearbox. The epicyclic gearbox is characterized in that, the one or more sensors are mounted on one or more of the rotating parts of the gearbox. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279687 | Waterwheel Apparatus and Methods - An improved waterwheel and methods for its use are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the waterwheel is an undershot waterwheel utilized for electrical power generation. In another embodiment, the waterwheel may be partially or fully submerged. The waterwheel of the present invention may additionally be utilized to provide potable water, oxygen and hydrogen gases. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure contained herein. This Abstract is submitted with the explicit understanding that it will not be used to interpret or to limit the scope or the meaning of the claims. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279688 | HEATED ENGINE NOSE CONE USING SPIRAL CHANNELS - A nose cone of a turbomachine, such as an aircraft engine, is heated to prevent ice formation. The nose cone is configured as a conical shell positioned concentrically over an inner shell with a space therebetween. Spiral spacers in the space provide distributed passages through which heated lubricating oil flows. A system for separating entrained air from the lubricating oil as part of this mechanism is disclosed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279689 | Propeller Blade Bearing, Especially for Propeller Blades of Aircraft Propellers that Can be Adjusted Along Their Longitudinal Axis - The invention relates to a propeller blade bearing, for the propeller blades of aircraft propellers that can be adjusted along their longitudinal axis, a plurality of propeller blades being individually fastened on a propeller hub in a corresponding number of blade seats. Every propeller blade, at its blade base, has a primary adjustable bearing and a secondary adjustable bearing and is received so as to be rotatable along its longitudinal axis inside a blade seat. The primary and the secondary adjustable bearing are configured as angular contact ball bearings that have respective upper bearing races and lower bearing races and rolling bodies interposed between said bearing races. A lubricating oil reservoir is arranged in the propeller hub and supplies the primary and the secondary adjustable bearing with lubricating oil when the propeller rotates. Every propeller blade is configured as a completely pre-assembled unit with the primary adjusting bearing and the secondary adjusting bearing. The upper bearing races of the primary and the secondary adjustable bearing are connected to respective lubricating oil overflow rings which axially enclose the lower bearing races on one side and which allow to store the lubricating oil from the lubricating oil reservoir in the propeller hub mainly in the adjustable bearings. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279690 | WIND HARNESSING SYSTEM - A wind harnessing system comprises a substantially grooved shell disposed about a rigid frame. The grooved shell can be constructed of lightweight shell panels connected to one another and to the frame. Alternatively, the grooved shell can be constructed of inflatable shell sections. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279691 | Three-part stator blade - A blade for a stator in a torque converter, including: a first blade segment connected to an inner circumferential section of the stator; at least one second blade segment, separately formed from the first blade segment, and connected to the inner circumferential section; and a third blade segment, separately formed from the first and second blade segments, and connected to the inner circumferential section. In some aspects, the first, second, and third blade segments include respective outer radial portions and the outer radial portions are fixedly connected. In some aspects, the first and second blade segments are in contact and the second and third blade segments are in contact. In some aspects, the first, second, and third blade segments include respective edges and the first and second blade segments are in contact along the respective edges and the second and third blade segments are in contact along the respective edges. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279692 | Stepped stator blade - A blade for a stator in a torque converter including a first face, which includes a first step, and a second face located substantially circumferentially opposite the first face. In one embodiment, the first face includes first and second disjointed or misaligned segments, and the first step connects the first and second segments. In another embodiment, the second face includes a second step. In yet another embodiment, the second face includes third and fourth disjointed or misaligned segments, and the second step connects the first and second segments. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279693 | Heat-dissipating fan structure able to dispaly representation - A heat-dissipating fan structure able to display a representation includes a fan body and a plurality of images. The fan body includes a socket and a fan. The fan is pivotally connected to the socket and has a hub and a plurality of blades. Each of the blades is connected to the hub and respectively to a positioning structure. The images are respectively attached onto the blades in a manner to be positioned with the assistance of the positioning structure. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279694 | FAN AND FAN ASSEMBLY - A fan includes an impeller, a motor, a circuit board, a fan frame and a connecting member. The motor is used to drive the impeller to rotate. The circuit board is electrically connected to the motor. The impeller and the motor are accommodated in the fan frame. The connecting member is disposed at one side of the fan frame. The circuit board is disposed between the connecting member and the fan frame. Also, a fan assembly including such two fans is also disclosed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279695 | Enhanced turbine airfoil cooling - The ends of cooling air passages in turbine blades and/or vanes of a gas turbine engine are provided with turbulation promoters to enhance the cooling of such structures as inner and outer shrouds and the like to accommodate thermal loads thereon. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279696 | Airfoil for a turbine of a gas turbine engine - An airfoil for a turbine of a gas turbine engine is provided. The airfoil comprises a main body comprising a wall structure defining an inner cavity adapted to receive a cooling air. The wall structure includes a first diffusion region and at least one first metering opening extending from the inner cavity to the first diffusion region. The wall structure further comprises at least one cooling circuit comprising a second diffusion region and at least one second metering opening extending from the first diffusion region to the second diffusion region. The at least one cooling circuit may further comprise at least one third metering opening, at least one third diffusion region and a fourth diffusion region. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279697 | Turbine airfoil with enhanced cooling - An airfoil for a turbine of a gas turbine engine is provided comprising an outer wall structure defining at least one inner cavity adapted to receive a cooling fluid. The wall structure comprises at least one cooling fluid path circuit communicating with the at least one inner cavity. The cooling fluid path circuit comprises: at least one metering opening extending from an inner surface of the wall structure such that the metering opening communicates with the at least one inner cavity; at least one intermediate diffusion region communicating with the metering opening; an intermediate metering opening positioned downstream from the intermediate diffusion region and communicating with the intermediate diffusion region; and, an end diffusion region positioned downstream from the intermediate metering opening for communicating with the intermediate metering opening and extending to an exit in an outer surface of the wall structure. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279698 | CONTROLLED MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC FLUIDIC NETWORKS AND STIRRERS - The present invention relates to controlled, magnetohydrodynamically-driven, fluidic networks containing a plurality of individually controlled branches. The branches consist of conduits equipped with pairs of electrodes that are controlled by electrode controllers. In operation, the network is placed within a magnetic field and potentials or currents are applied across electrode pairs within the various branches of the network in specifically determined magnitudes and polarities for specifically determined time intervals in accordance with an activation sequence that may be determined by an algorithm. Placed within a temperature gradient, at least a part of the network can act as a thermal cycler for use in biological interactions that employ temperature variations. The invention also relates to magnetohydrodynamic stirrers comprising a conduit or cavity having at least two electrodes disposed in such an orientation that, upon the application of a potential or current across the electrode pair within a magnetic field, secondary flows such as chaotic advection is generated. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279699 | FEED PUMP - The disclosure relates to a feed pump for hydraulic media having an input and an output. A pressure-reducing element is connected to the output, at the output of the element the system pressure being present and the output being connected to a consumer, wherein the output is connected to the first input of a pump controller, the second input being connected to the output of the pressure-reducing element, and wherein the pump controller adjusts the feed pump toward maximum delivery if the system pressure is smaller than a minimum pressure or if the system pressure is smaller than the feed pressure, and wherein parallel to the pump controller a pressure limiter is switched such that at the first input thereof the feed pressure is present and at the control input the system pressure is present, wherein the pressure limiter opens if the feed pressure is greater than a desired quantity. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279700 | HYDRAULIC DRIVE SYSTEM WITH NEUTRAL DRIFT COMPENSATION - A hydraulic drive system for storing and releasing hydraulic fluid includes a high pressure storage device, a low pressure storage device, and a pump-motor operating at a range of pump-motor speeds for converting between hydraulic energy and mechanical energy. The pump-motor is disposed between the high pressure device and the low pressure device. In normal operation, the hydraulic drive system enters a motoring mode where hydraulic energy is released from the high pressure storage device and converted to mechanical energy using the pump-motor. It also enters a pumping mode where mechanical energy is converted into hydraulic energy. A neutral state exists where hydraulic energy is neither stored nor released from the high pressure storage device. When the pump-motor includes a swash-plate or similar structure, compensating for drift during normal operation helps to promote efficient operation of the hydraulic drive system. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279701 | External hydraulic pump for motor vehicle transmission - This invention pertains to a motor vehicle having a standard drive train including an engine, a torque converter and a transmission, in which the hydraulic fluid required for proper operation of the torque converter and transmission is supplied by an externally mounted, electrically operated pump, with associated fluid storage tank and heat exchanger and requisite fluid circuitry. The torque converter may be offset from the central axis of the engine and transmission, and driven in the offset position by mechanical means, such as a chain or gearing. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279702 | HANDHELD VACUUM SUCTION DEVICE - A handheld vacuum suction device includes: an exterior case; a cap that includes a suction nozzle; a pressure switch unit that includes a pressure switch having a slide body configured to descend against a spring when a pressure in the cap falls below a predetermined pressure, to thereby cut off power supply, and a vertical through suction duct; a vacuum pump that includes an inlet port connected to the suction duct and sucks in air; and a control that includes an actuating switch, and is electrically connected to the vacuum pump and the pressure switch to control the actuation of the vacuum pump. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279703 | COMPRESSOR HERMETIC TERMINAL - A compressor including a shell having an aperture. A drive mechanism is disposed within the shell, and a compression mechanism is driven by the drive mechanism. A hermetic terminal assembly is provided in the aperture including a cup-shaped housing surrounded by an annular flange. The annular flange is secured to an inner surface of the shell a distance away from the aperture. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279704 | PUMP WITH ROTATING INLET - A device for use in a molten metal pump helps alleviate jams between a rotating rotor and stationary inlet. The device includes an inlet structure including one or more openings and a displacement structure that preferably includes one or more rotor blades. The inlet structure and displacement structure are connected to one another (preferably, but not necessarily, as a unitary piece), thus enabling them both to rotate. A pump including the device is also enclosed. The invention further includes a bearing surface for an impeller or for a device according to the invention, wherein the bearing surface includes grooves that help reduce molten metal build up between the bearing surface of the impeller or device and the bearing surface of a pump chamber. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279705 | Externally Assisted Valve for a Positive Displacement Pump - A positive displacement pump having a valve with an actuation guide for assisting its actuation. The valve may be configured for controlling fluid communication relative to a chamber of the pump with the valve actuation guide positioned external to the chamber and configured to assist in the controlling. The valve actuation guide itself may include an arm extending into a valve actuation assembly below the valve. In such embodiments, the arm may be reciprocated by crankshaft, hydraulic, or other means. Alternatively, the valve actuation assembly may include electromagnetic means for assisting in actuation of the valve. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279706 | Valve-Seat Interface Architecture - A pump assembly with valve-seat interface architecture configured to extend the life of pump components and the assembly. A valve of the pump assembly is equipped with a conformable valve insert that is configured with a circumferential component having the capacity to reduce the radial strain of its own deformation upon its striking of a valve seat at the interface within the pump assembly. The circumferential component may include a concave surface about the insert, a rounded abutment at the strike surface of the insert, or a core mechanism within the insert that is of greater energy absorbing character than surrounding material of the insert. Additionally, the valve seat itself may be configured for more even wear over time and equipped with a conformable seat insert to reduce wear on the valve insert. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279707 | High-Pressure Pump, in Particular for a Fuel Injection Apparatus of an Internal Combustion Engine - The high-pressure pump has at least one pump element which has a pump plunger which is driven in a reciprocating motion and defines a pump working space into which fuel is drawn in from a fuel feed via an inlet valve during the suction stroke of the pump plunger and from which fuel is displaced into a high-pressure region via an outlet valve during the delivery stroke of the pump plunger. The inlet valve and/or the outlet valve has a valve member at least approximately in the shape of a ball which interacts by means of a sealing surface with a valve seat arranged in a valve housing. By means of the valve member, in the open state, when said valve member is lifted with its sealing surface from the valve seat, a first cross section of flow is cleared between the valve member and the valve seat, and downstream of the first cross section of flow, a second cross section of flow is formed between the valve member and the valve housing. In the direction of flow between the first cross section of flow and the second cross section of flow, a third cross section of flow is formed between the valve member and the valve housing, said third cross section of flow being larger than the first cross section of flow and the second cross section of flow. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279708 | Screw Compressor with Oil Feed System - A rotary screw compressor with an oil feed system that has a plurality of oil orifice nozzles to feed oil to the compressor rotors and the compressor bearings. One of the oil orifice nozzles is generally always provided with a regulated flow of oil. At least one and preferably two on/off oil valves can be selectively opened and closed. Each of the on/off oil valves are of a different size and are selectively opened and closed to step regulate the amount of oil being fed to the compression chamber according to a predetermined compression chamber discharge temperature. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279709 | Driven Vane Compressor - A rotary vane device comprising a rotor and a vane positioned in a pumping chamber in a housing for rotation about respective eccentric axes, wherein the rotor has a rotor slot in which the vane is positioned, characterized by the vane being driven and the rotor following the vane. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279710 | Method of producing exfoliated graphite composite compositions for fuel cell flow field plates - A method of producing an electrically conductive composite composition, which is particularly useful for fuel cell bipolar plate applications. The method comprises: (a) providing a supply of expandable graphite powder; (b) providing a supply of a non-expandable powder component comprising a binder or matrix material; (c) blending the expandable graphite with the non-expandable powder component to form a powder mixture wherein the non-expandable powder component is in the amount of between 3% and 60% by weight based on the total weight of the powder mixture; (d) exposing the powder mixture to a temperature sufficient for exfoliating the expandable graphite to obtain a compressible mixture comprising expanded graphite worms and the non-expandable component; (e) compressing the compressible mixture at a pressure within the range of from about 5 psi to about 50,000 psi in predetermined directions into predetermined forms of cohered graphite composite compact; and (f) treating the so-formed cohered graphite composite to activate the binder or matrix material thereby promoting adhesion within the compact to produce the desired composite composition. Preferably, the non-expandable powder component further comprises an isotropy-promoting agent such as non-expandable graphite particles. Further preferably, step (e) comprises compressing the mixture in at least two directions. The method leads to composite plates with exceptionally high thickness-direction electrical conductivity. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279711 | Manufacturing Method For Oxide Dispersed Alloy - The present invention provides a manufacturing method for an oxide-dispersed alloy in which dispersed particles consisting of oxides of one or two or more kinds of additive metals are dispersed in a matrix metal, comprising the steps of (a) manufacturing alloy powder or an alloy wire rod consisting of the matrix metal and the additive metal; (b) oxidizing the additive metal in the alloy powder by water to form dispersed particles by introducing the alloy powder or alloy wire rod into a high-energy ball mill with water and by making agitation; and (c) moldedin solidifying the alloy powder or alloy wire rod after oxidation. The present invention is especially useful in manufacturing an oxide-dispersed alloy in which the free energy of oxide formation of the matrix metal is higher than water standard free energy of formation, and the free energy of oxide formation of the additive metal is lower than water standard free energy of formation. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279712 | Ferritic stainless steel sheet with excellent thermal fatigue properties, and automotive exhaust-gas path member - Disclosed is a ferritic stainless steel sheet with excellent thermal fatigue properties, including, by mass %, 0.03% or less of C, 1.0% or less of Si, 1.5% or less of Mn, 0.6% or less of Ni, 10˜20% of Cr, 0.05˜0.30% of Ti, 0.51˜0.65% of Nb, 0˜less than 0.10% of Mo, 0.8˜2.0% of Cu, 0˜0.10% of Al, 0.0005˜0.02% of B, 0˜0.20% of V, and 0.03% or less of N, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, having a composition satisfying the following equations (1) and (2) and having a structure in which ε-Cu phase grains each having a long diameter of 0.5 μm or more are present in a density of 10 or less per 25 μm | 2008-11-13 |
20080279713 | HIGH STRENGTH WEATHERING STEEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A weathering steel consisting essentially of C in the range of from 0.03 to 0.07 percent by weight; Si in the range of from 0.15 to 0.29 percent by weight; Mn in the range of from 1.21 to 1.5 percent by weight; P in the range of from 0.006 to 0.04 percent by weight; S in the range of from 0.001 to 0.01 percent by weight; Cu in the range of from 0.2 to 0.5 percent by weight; Cr in the range of from 0.3 to 0.7 percent by weight; Ni in the range of from 0.15 to 0.35 percent by weight; Ti in the range of from 0.08 to 0.14 percent by weight; and the balance is essentially iron; and methods for producing the same. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279714 | High Strength Spring Steel and Steel Wire - The present invention provides spring steel used for spring steel wire achieving both high strength and cold coilability and spring steel wire, that is, spring steel containing, by mass %, C: 0.45 to 0.70%, Si: 1.0 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.05 to 2.0%, P: 0.015% or less, S: 0.015% or less, N: 0.0015 to 0.0200%, and t-O: 0.0002 to 0.01 and further limiting Al≦0.01% and Ti≦0.003%. Further, it is characterized by satisfying the following regarding the cementite-based spherical carbides present at an observed plane, an occupied area ratio of grains with a circle equivalent diameter of 0.2 μm or more of 7% or less, a density of presence of grains with a circle equivalent diameter of 0.2 to 3 μm of 1/μm | 2008-11-13 |
20080279715 | Method For Producing Magnesium Alloy Plate And Magnesium Alloy Plate - The present invention provides a method for producing a magnesium alloy sheet capable of producing a magnesium alloy sheet having excellent plastic workability such as press workability. The method of the present invention includes rolling a magnesium alloy blank with a reduction roll. The rolling includes controlled rolling performed under the following conditions (1) and (2) wherein M (% by mass) is the Al content in a magnesium alloy constituting the blank:
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20080279716 | Metal material having excellent metal dusting resistance - [Objective] To provide a metal material having excellent metal dusting resistance which is suited for using cracking furnaces, reforming furnaces, heating furnaces or heat exchangers, in petroleum refining, petrochemical plants, etc. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279717 | PALLADIUM ALLOY - A family of alloys for use in medical, electrical contact and jewelry applications includes as primary components palladium, and boron and at least one of ruthenium, rhenium, platinum, gold, zirconium, tungsten, cobalt, nickel, tantalum and iridium. An alternative embodiment includes palladium and rhenium and/or ruthenium with an additional element iridium, platinum, tungsten, boron, gold, zirconium, cobalt, nickel and tantalum. The present alloy family has a high strength, high radio opacity, and biocompatibility characteristics, while also being workable into various configurations. Where required, some of the alloys also offer post form, heat treatment (age hardening) capabilities for even higher hardness and strength levels. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279718 | Metal Alloy - A metal alloy is primarily formed of copper, nickel, magnesium and iron. The main constituents are copper and nickel. The contents of magnesium and iron are increased considerably in comparison with the prior art conventional alloys. The novel alloy has the following constituents in the following proportions (in % by mass and/or % by weight): copper (40% to 61%), nickel (35% to 45%), manganese (3.9% to 10%), iron (0.1% to 5%); and other materials, such as carbon, silicon, aluminum, magnesium, titanium, chromium, rare earths, molybdenum, and/or yttrium (at most 2% in total), with the sum of the components amounting to 100% by mass or, respectively, to 100% by weight. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279719 | DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM WITH AIR BYPASS - A decontamination system for decontaminating an enclosure defining a chamber or region. The decontamination system includes an air bypass for introducing atmospheric air into the decontamination system and bypassing air to the atmosphere in response to system operating conditions. The air bypass allows increased airflow through the decontamination system during certain operating modes of the decontamination system (i.e., dehumidification and aeration phases), thereby reducing the amount of time needed to dehumidify and aerate the enclosure. The air bypass also facilitates the use of a high capacity dryer in the decontamination system. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279720 | DECONTAMINATION UNIT WITH COLLAPSIBLE DECONTAMINATION ENCLOSURE AND DECONTAMINATION PROCESS - The disclosed invention relates to a decontamination unit that employs a collapsible decontamination enclosure and a decontaminant air stream generator that uses catalytic discharge. The invention also relates to a decontamination process using the decontamination unit. The decontamination unit may be carried by an individual person, for example, in the form of a backpack. The decontamination unit may be ruggedized for use in hostile environments such as those that may be anticipated for military applications. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279721 | DECONTAMINATION UNIT AND PROCESS - The disclosed invention relates to a decontamination unit which is energy efficient and may be used to decontaminate a large enclosure such as a multi-room building. The invention also relates to a decontamination process. The decontamination unit may be ruggedized for use in hostile environments such as those that may be anticipated for military applications. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279722 | TRANSPORTABLE DECONTAMINATION UNIT AND DECONTAMINATION PROCESS - The disclosed invention relates to a portable decontamination unit. The invention also relates to a decontamination process. The decontamination unit may be ruggedized for use in hostile environments such as those that may be anticipated for military applications. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279723 | APPARATUS FOR QUALITY CONTROL ANALYSIS OF AN ON-SITE PREPARED PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT - A quality control system for measuring parameters in a pharmaceutical product includes a receiver vessel to receive a pharmaceutical product therein. The quality control system also includes a sample tube having a first end attached to the receiver vessel to remove pharmaceutical product from the receiver vessel and an appendage connected to a second end of the sample tube. The appendage includes at least one chamber therein to receive a quantity of pharmaceutical product from the receiver vessel. A valve positioned within the sample tube controls flow of the pharmaceutical product to the appendage and prevents flow of the pharmaceutical product from the appendage back into the receiver vessel. The system also includes a quality control device configured to measure at least one parameter of the pharmaceutical product in at least one of the receiver vessel and the appendage. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279724 | Freshness indicator for beverage and food containers - Beverage and food containers having a freshness indicator, where the containers include at least one indicator to detect the degree of freshness of the beverage contained therein. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279725 | Multilayer Analytical Element - The object of the invention is to provide a multilayer analytical element having a non-fibrous porous film with high film strength, which does not produce uneven coloration in the form of a white-out and which has high accuracy of analysis. The present invention provides a dry multilayer analytical element for the analysis of a liquid sample which comprises a water-non-transmitting planar support on one side of which at least one adhesion layer and a porous liquid-sample-developing layer are integrally layered in the mentioned order, wherein the porous liquid-sample-developing layer comprises a non-fibrous porous film whose bending fracture strength is 20 g weight or more and whose elongation ratio when pulled with a 50-g weight is 2% or less, and wherein a adhesion layer polymer binder is caused to become seeped up in the non-fibrous porous film to 2 to 50 μm. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279726 | Cuvette - The invention relates to a cuvette ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080279727 | Polymeric Fluid Transfer and Printing Devices - A method and apparatus for making a polymeric printhead having one or more pins for fluid transfer and printing, including the steps of forming a positive mold of the printhead using a bulk micromachining process, forming a negative mold of the printhead from the positive mold using an electroforming process, and forming the printhead from a polymeric material in the negative mold, the polymeric printhead being operative for fluid transfer and/or printing. Also, printheads and pins, holders and dispensing trays microfabricated from a polymeric materials for fluid transfer and printing. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279728 | Reactor and Method for Treating a Material in a Fluid Reaction Medium - A reactor for treating a material in a medium. It includes a body ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080279729 | Aroma porcelain wall deco - An aroma porcelain wall deco comprises a container having aromatic agent retained therein, and concealed inside an accommodation groove of an ornamental shield that, to be hanged onto a wall, has an assembly hole drilled thereon to communicate with the accommodation groove, permitting the opening of the container to precisely position beneath the assembly hole. An extension portion of a microelement breathable and permeable body is guided through the assembly hole, and a suction wicking cord attached to the end section of the extension portion is soaked into the aromatic agent retained inside the container. Via each fine pore of the microelement breathable and permeable body, aromatic agent absorbed by the suction wicking cord can be efficiently released to contact with the atmosphere outside and, via natural physical changes generated thereby, fragrant scents can be evenly diffused in a long-lasting and continuous manner till the aromatic agent is used up. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279730 | Fragrance Delivery System - Multiple delivery vapor dispensing mechanisms provide continuous fragrance release and supplemental on-demand fragrance releases with a portion of the on-demand fragrance releases being deposited to provide for a prolonged elevated fragrance intensity. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279731 | Device - The invention relates to a device for dispensing a fluid for fragrancing, deodorising or sanitising air. The device having a body ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080279732 | Exhaust as Treatment - Apparatus for generating an ammonia-containing gas is described for use in the selective catalytic reduction of NOx contained in the exhaust gases of an IC engine. The apparatus has a hydrolysis reactor ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080279733 | APPARATUS FOR AIR DISINFECTION IN VENTILATION SYSTEM - An irradiation module apparatus | 2008-11-13 |
20080279734 | TONER MANUFACTURING METHOD, TONER MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND TONER - A method of manufacturing a toner by using a liquid dispersion in which a dispersoid containing a material for manufacturing a toner is dispersed in a dispersion medium, and containing a dispersant having a function of improving the dispersibility of the dispersoid, the method including the steps of: preparing the liquid dispersion, applying ozone to the liquid dispersion and/or a liquid dispersion from which at least a portion of the dispersion medium has been removed, and irradiating UV-rays to the liquid dispersion and/or the liquid dispersion from which at least a portion of the dispersion medium has been removed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279735 | System for Catalytically Converting Oxygenates and Regenerating and Stripping Catalyst - A system of converting oxygenate-containing feedstock to light olefins comprises charging a reactor with catalyst, feeding the feedstock into the reactor, contacting the feedstock with the catalyst and converting the feedstock to olefins while depositing byproducts on catalyst resulting in spent catalyst, regenerating the spent catalyst by combustion gases, and stripping the regenerated catalyst of gases entrained in the regenerating step. The stripping step is accomplished using nitrogen gas to strip the entrained gases from the regenerate catalyst. In one embodiment, regenerated catalyst is passed through a regenerated catalyst stripper before it is returned to the reactor. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279736 | Method and apparatus for low energy vaporization of liquid oxidizing agents or solutions - An apparatus for the low energy vaporization of oxidizing agents, such as hydrogen peroxide and peracetic acid, relate to an apparatus comprising a storage tank containing a liquid oxidizing agent or solution, a vaporizer operatively connected to the storage tank for receiving the liquid through a flow control valve and vaporizing the liquid oxidizing agent or solution, a vessel having a vacuum applied thereto with the vessel being operatively connected to the vaporizer so that a vacuum is also applied thereto, and a pressure sensor in said vessel for detecting the partial vapor pressure of the oxidizing agent. A microprocessor is programmed to receive a signal from the vessel pressure sensor and to close the flow control valve upon the vessel reaching a predetermined pressure level so as to prevent condensation of the oxidizing agent and the vessel. Through one or more admissions of the vaporized oxidizing agent or solution, the vessel itself as well as various articles located in the vessel such as medical and surgical instruments are sterilized. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279737 | Method for processing waste copper solution/liquid to produce high copper content sludge - The present invention discloses a method for processing waste copper solution/liquid to produce high copper content sludge, mainly by recycling a low copper content waste solution from production of PCB in order to discharge a comparatively higher copper content sludge; first classify the waste solution into an acidic low concentration copper waste solution, an acidic high concentration copper waste solution, and an oxidized acidic high concentration copper waste liquid, and then mix with a strong alkali to react and form a cupric oxide sludge, then undergo dehydration/baking by an applicable equipment to remove water and get a comparatively higher copper content sludge; therefore, it is unnecessary to add other conversion agents to convert copper hydroxide into cupric oxide, thereby turning the valueless low copper content sludge from a waste water (or liquid) into a valuable recyclable high copper content sludge. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279738 | Zeolite Catalyst for the Simultaneous Removal of Carbon Monoxide and Hydrocarbons From Oxygen-Rich Exhaust Gases and Processes for the Manufacture Thereof - Catalyst containing tin oxide, palladium and one or more zeolites as carrier oxide, in which the zeolite preferably has a silicon/aluminum ratio of >4. Said catalyst is utilized for the removal of harmful substances from lean combustion engines and exhaust airs, preferably for the simultaneous removal of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons and sooty particles from diesel exhaust gases. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279739 | MERCURY REMOVAL SORBENT - A composition comprising a vanadium oxide compound and an alkali metal promoter loaded onto a porous support material is disclosed. Methods of making and using the composition to remove heavy metals or heavy metal containing compounds from a fluid stream are also provided. Such methods are particularly useful in the removal of mercury and mercury compounds from flue gas streams produced from the combustion of hydrocarbon-containing materials such as coal and petroleum fuels. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279740 | DeNOx catalyst preparation method - A catalyst comprising iron and a titanium-zirconium mixed oxide gel, and a process for preparing the catalyst are disclosed. The process comprises combining an iron compound and a titanium-zirconium mixed oxide gel in water to form an iron-titanium-zirconium mixed oxide, and then removing water to produce the catalyst. The catalyst is particularly effective for DeNO | 2008-11-13 |
20080279741 | Reactor system for reducing NOx emissions from boilers - A zeolite based SCR catalyst for NOx reduction using a reducing agent for treating exhaust streams from industrial and commercial boilers is provided. The reactor system has a zeolite based catalyst arranged in catalyst cassettes in a modular fashion where the reactor containing the zeolite based SCR catalyst cassettes is placed in a perpendicular direction to the exhaust exiting the industrial and/or commercial boiler. The catalyst selectively reduces nitrogen oxides to nitrogen with a reducing agent at low to medium temperatures. The reactor results in high NOx conversions and very low ammonia slip and is active for a wide range of boiler firing conditions. Boilers with low NOx and/or ultra low NOx burners can be replaced with a standard conventional burner for overall emissions reduction performance, efficiency improvements and energy savings. Boilers with low NOx and ultra low NOx burners can also be fitted with this zeolite based SCR catalyst reactor for additional NOx reductions and energy savings. | 2008-11-13 |
20080279742 | Method and Device For Desulfating a NOx Storage Catalyst - The desulfation of a NOx storage catalytic converter takes place in two phases. In a first phase, the NOx storage catalytic converter is alternately exposed to rich and lean exhaust gas. In a subsequent second phase, the NOx storage catalytic converter is operated using rich exhaust gas. This method permits the quantity of hydrogen sulfide that occurs during the desulfation process to be minimized and achieves at the same time an efficient removal of sulfate from the deep-seated layers of the NOx storage catalytic converter. | 2008-11-13 |