50th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090304414 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided an image forming apparatus capable of realizing improvement of an image density by improving dot reproducibility and reducing fog at the same time. An alternating voltage is applied to a development sleeve so that a first period during which a first peak-to-peak voltage Vpp( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304415 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A developing device includes a housing in which nonmagnetic one-component toner is housed, a developing roller which horizontally extends in an opening of the housing, and a feed roller which is set in the housing in pressure contact with the developing roller so as to form a nip portion and which feeds toner to the developing roller. The developing device also includes a feed stabilizing member which is in contact with a lower portion of the feed roller so as to form a second nip portion, and which restricts toner feed quantity. The feed stabilizing member is provided so as to extend from a generally triangular-shaped first region below the first nip portion up to one side of the nip portion opposite to the first region side. The developing device further includes a toner circulation path for pushing back toner from the first region through below the feed stabilizing member to a second region on the one side opposite to the first region side with an aid of pressure of toner that tends to accumulate in the first region. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304416 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a plurality of image carrier rollers placed on an inner circumferential side of an annular conveying path so as to face the annular conveying path and so as to be juxtaposed in a sheet conveying direction along the annular conveying path. Opposed rollers are provided on the outer circumferential side of the annular conveying path. The respective image carrier rollers and the opposed rollers which are in pressure contact therewith constitute pairs of transfer rollers, respectively. Imaging sections for forming intrinsic color images on surfaces of the respective image carrier rollers are provided. A sheet is introduced to the annular conveying path and is conveyed along the sheet conveying direction sequentially through nip sections of the pairs of transfer rollers, while the images formed on the surfaces of the respective image carrier rollers by the imaging sections are transferred one by one onto the sheet. The sheet with the images transferred thereon is released from the annular conveying path. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304417 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has: an image forming section that forms a toner image corresponding to image information; an intermediate transfer belt, which is an endless belt stretched between a plurality of rollers and traveling between the plurality of rollers, the toner image being transferred to a surface thereof or a recording sheet placed on the surface thereof; a driving roller, which is one of the plurality of rollers and drives the intermediate transfer belt; a bending roller, which touches an outer circumferential surface of the intermediate transfer belt and presses and bends the intermediate transfer belt in an inner circumferential direction; and a speed detecting part which detects a movement speed of an outer circumference of the intermediate transfer belt by measuring a rotational speed of the bending roller. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304418 | IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - An image formation device has an image formation section, a pattern image detection section and a registration correction section. The image formation section forms an image to be outputted and a pattern image on an image-bearing body, the pattern image is formed at a non-image creation region outside an image creation region at which the outputted image is formed. The pattern image detection section detects a position of the pattern image for detecting positional offset of the image. The registration correction section corrects the positional offset based on the detected position of the pattern image. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304419 | ACTIVE ROTATION OF AIR KNIFE FOR INCREASED PERFORMANCE - According to aspects of the embodiments, there is provided a method of optimizing an electro-photographic reproduction machine having a fusing subsystem and an air knife. The methods acquire at least one electro-photographic reproduction machine objective and media characteristic; and the acquired objective and characteristic are used to determine values for the pressurized air emitted from the air knife, the position of the air knife, and the rotation of the air knife relative to a fuse roll in the fusing subsystem. The methods further disclose acquiring the leading edge of the media being stripped and then using the beam strength of the media to assist in stripping the body of the sheet. The air knife can be controlled by a controller or a processor based on determined optimization parameter values that relate to objectives and media characteristics. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304420 | CHEMICALLY-TREATED CLEANING WEB - A fuser debris inhibiting system and apparatus using an impregnated cleaning web. This web is impregnated with materials of: succinic acid, DPTA, HEDTA, NTA, DMSA or their salts. The web can contact the fuser member directly or can contact external heat rolls which in turn contact the fuser roll. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304421 | IMAGE HEATING APPARATUS - A ceramic heater in contact with an inner surface of an endless belt includes a substrate made of alumina and a heat generation resistor provided on the substrate. The heat generation resistor is disposed at a surface reverse to a surface facing the inner surface of the endless belt on the substrate. The substrate is one of a plurality of substrates which are divided from a large substrate along breaks formed on the large substrate, and a surface of the ceramic heater, which is on a side where the breaks are formed, is brought into contact with the inner surface of the endless belt. The holder for holding the ceramic heater has a projection for guiding the endless belt in such a manner that the endless belt cannot be brought into contact with the break of the substrate. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304422 | FIXING BELT, FIXING UNIT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In a fixing unit which drivingly rotates an endless fixing belt having a lubricant applied to an inside surface thereof and which presses the fixing belt against a recording medium formed with a toner image thereon thereby fixing the toner image to the recording medium, the inside surface of the fixing belt is formed with a plurality of grooves extended along a circumferential direction of the fixing belt or extended from a widthwise center of the fixing belt toward the opposite ends thereof as inclined in a moving direction of the fixing belt. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304423 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus including a charging unit configured to charge a surface of an image bearing member utilizing discharge generated by applying a voltage containing an alternating current component to a charging member disposed in contact with or close to the image bearing member, so that a latent electrostatic image is formed on the image bearing member; a developing unit configured to develop the latent electrostatic image formed on the image bearing member using a toner; a cleaning unit configured to clean the surface of the image bearing member using a blade; a protecting agent applying unit configured to rub and scrape a protecting agent by a brush roller and apply the protecting agent to the surface of the image bearing member; and a protecting agent charging member configured to charge the protecting agent, the member being disposed between the protecting agent applying unit and the charging unit. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304424 | PNEUMATIC TRANSFER ASSIST BAFFLE - This is a baffle used in a transfer station of an electrophotographic marking system. The baffle has a series of air passages that, when these passages are opened, they apply pressure to a sheet of paper and push it upward against a belt or drum surface of a photoreceptor or photoconductor. The toner imaged photoreceptor then transfers the image to the paper that is in contact with it. From the transfer station, the paper with the transferred image is then moved to the fuser station where the image is fused to the paper. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304425 | DOCUMENT READING APPARATUS - A document reading apparatus includes a first reading section for reading a first side of a document and a second reading section for reading a second side of the document, wherein a first reading position and a second reading position are disposed front and back in a conveyance direction at the document conveyance path, and wherein a pre-reading conveyance section and a post reading conveyance section which sandwich the first reading position and the second reading position in the conveyance direction are provided and the document is conveyed at the first reading position and at the second reading position by a conveyance section consisting of the pre-reading conveyance section and the post reading conveyance section, and wherein a conveyance force of the post reading conveyance section is equal to or less than a conveyance force of the pre-reading conveyance section. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304426 | IMAGE CONVEYANCE UNIT, INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER UNIT, ELECTROSTATIC TRANSFER UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A belt cover is configured to approach an intermediate transfer belt when an intermediate transfer portion retracts from a photosensitive drum. This allows the space required for the retraction of the belt cover to be made smaller when the intermediate transfer portion retracts from the photosensitive drum. Therefore, a color printer body can be made more compact. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304427 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes: an image forming section for forming a toner image on a sheet; a fixing device for fixing the toner image on the sheet with heat; a reversal conveyance section which reverses a conveyance direction of the sheet which has passed through the fixing device; a conveyance member provided at the reversal conveyance section which is changed to be in either one of a conveyance state in which the conveyance member is in contact with an image supporting surface of the sheet, and to be in an evacuated state in which the conveyance member is separated from the image supporting surface of the sheet; and a switching mechanism for switching the conveyance member to be in one of the conveyance state and the evacuated state. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304428 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system including: an image reading portion, which reads an image on an original; an image forming portion, which forms an image on a sheet; and a storage device, which stores an original before the image reading portion reads an image thereon and a sheet before the image forming portion forms an image thereon, the storage device being detachably mounted to the image forming system. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304429 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is a provided a curl corrector which corrects a curl formed by a fixer when a duplex image formation mode is selected. The curl corrector is provided in a conveying path other than conveying paths commonly used in a conveying path for multiple image formation and a conveying path for duplex image formation. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304430 | MULTI-JOB FEEDER SYSTEM - A low cost, low complexity method and apparatus for improved productivity and reducing operator induced shut-downs when feeding multiple jobs of different media type, but the same size, from a single sheet tray includes providing media identification divider sheets that contain patterns of either simple bars or punched holes with the divider sheets loaded into the sheet supply tray on top of their corresponding sheet stack except the first one; providing a digital sensor that reads each media identification divider sheet pattern; and feeding media for the first job. When the first job is complete, remaining sheets for that job can be fed (optionally at high speed) to a purge tray. Media divider sheets for each successive job after the first job are sent to the purge tray for reuse later. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304431 | Cosmetic-Containing Applicator and Replacement Brush - A cosmetic-containing applicator. The applicator is mounted, at its tip end, with an applicator body in which a flange-shaped engagement part is formed at an outer periphery at a rear end of a fiber bundle, comprising an accommodating part accommodating liquid cosmetics, a tip casing mounted on a tip end side of the accommodating part and formed with an insertion hole in which the applicator body ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304432 | PACKAGING AND APPLICATION DEVICE - The invention relates to a device for packaging and applying a product, comprising:
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20090304433 | SAMPLE DOSE WITH APPLICATOR - Device for distributing a low volume or dose of product includes a reservoir defined by a joining area of two groups and that contains a distribution orifice, and an applicator including a grasping organ and a distribution organ composed of a rod, whose end is fitted with a distribution nozzle and whose other end is included in the grasping organ, at least one of the groups being a shell including a cavity having a collar that the joining area in part of and at least one of the groups has a collar including a trough; the distribution orifice communicating with the reservoir by a neck formed by the space between the two groups, the trough forming its wall at least partially; the neck including a breakable structure, breaking an area opening the orifice. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304434 | Scrub Brush - Disclosed herein is an apparatus for cleaning and maintaining the personal hygiene of a user, and a method of manufacturing the same. The apparatus comprises layers of an abrasive mesh for cleaning the user, a perforated lower casing, and an upper casing. The abrasive mesh is folded and inserted in perforations of the perforated lower casing and fastened to the perforated lower casing. The upper casing is attached to the perforated lower casing. The upper casing allows the user to grasp and control movement of the apparatus. The abrasive mesh allows cleaning, exfoliation, and massaging of the user. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304435 | REMOVABLE RIVETS AND RELATED METHODS - A rivet assembly includes a tube with first and second ends and a spiral thread formed on an inner surface extending from the first end to a first axial extent, and a bolt formed to engage the tube thread to a second axial extent less than the length of the tube. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304436 | RECYCLABLE RING BINDER APPARATUS WITH QUICK RELEASE RING METALS - A recyclable ring binder apparatus comprises a ring metal incorporating a set of binder rings that are formed of a pair of ring halves. The ring metal can be firmly fastened to a spine section of a binder hardcover by utilizing a post and a small arched snap clamp with a tap. The tap of the snap clamp can be pressed around a neck of the post utilizing a quick release clipping mechanism. The snap clamp can be accessed with an index finger and slid away from the post to remove the ring metal from the hardcover. The ring metal, the hardcover, the snap clamp and the post can be quickly separated into their perspective categories due to the clipping mechanism. Hence, it retains conformance of all components of the ring binder apparatus for recycling without increasing development and production cost. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304437 | CLAMP ARRANGEMENT - A clamp arrangement for a vehicle includes a shackle having two legs and a clamping device for clamping together and fixing a first threaded shaft section to a second threaded tubular section when the shackle is arranged on the second threaded tubular section in which the clamp arrangement includes a positioning device intended to interact with an opposing slot in the first threaded shaft section for rotationally locking the clamp arrangement in relation to the first threaded shaft section. A predefined orientation of a clamp arrangement in a clamped connection is permitted. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304438 | CONNECTING ELEMENT AND USE OF SUCH A CONNECTING ELEMENT FOR FASTENING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS IN THE CASE OF A CFK-METAL HYBRID CONSTRUCTION - The present invention relates to the use of connecting elements for fastening CFK components and metal components in an aircraft or spacecraft, wherein a CFK component and a metal component can be connected to each other via at least one connecting element. The connecting element in this case is produced from an electrically non-conducting material, or has a shank and is produced from an electrically conducting or non-conducting material, wherein the shank is provided with a sleeve consisting of an electrically non-conducting material. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304439 | CONNECTOR SYSTEM - An array of U-shaped flanged brackets and flange tipped posts attached to a supporting surface providing a mechanical connection with an object that is provided with corresponding posts and brackets. The brackets and posts can include electrical contacts or fiber optic contacts for transferring power or signals between connected objects. Various objects can be mounted on the array of brackets and posts to provide positioning flexibility. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304440 | Aluminum window structure - The present invention is a kind of joint structure in the aluminum window, and in particular is designed for the awning typed aluminum window. It is mainly to design an internally laid joint plate with a simple structure to joint the window frames together directly. It is different from the prior art that needs to add an additional externally laid and large sized joint plate to joint the adjacent window frames. It is not only achieve the purposes of the large scaled material saving and also have the outside appearance of the whole aluminum window become more concise and not too disordered. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304441 | Median Barrier Cable Termination - A cable termination and method of terminating a median barrier cable is described. In one form, the cable termination comprises a tubular body with an opening into which an end of the median barrier cable is inserted. A wedge gripper includes three sections for gripping the end of the median barrier cable within the tubular body. The wedge gripper has a tapering outer surface that mates with a tapered inner surface of the tubular body and has a toothed inner diameter. A threaded cap is screwed to an end of the tubular body opposite from the cable opening, such that the threaded cap forces the tapering outer surface of the wedge gripper axially against the tapered inner surface of the tubular body to force the toothed inner diameter of the wedge gripper to contract against three lobes of the median barrier cable to grip the median barrier cable. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304442 | CONNECTION ASSEMBLY - A connection assembly for connecting a first member to a second member, such as a wear strip to a portion of an excavating device, is described. The second member has a protruding boss and the first member has a recess complementary in shape to the protruding boss. The first member has an associated first bearing surface and the second member has an associated second bearing surface. The first and second bearing surfaces are, in use, opposed and separated by a tapered gap. The connection assembly further includes a wedge-shaped locking member. The wedge-shaped locking member is sized to locate within the tapered gap and is provided with a driving means to permit tightening or loosening of the locking member within the tapered gap. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304443 | BOLT WITH COLLAR AND FLEXIBLE SLEEVE INSERT - A fastening device for cooperating with a shaft, wherein the fastening device includes: a deformable sleeve, and a locking collar, the deformable sleeve is configured to have a perimeter relative to the shaft such that the deformable sleeve can be pushed over the shaft, and the locking collar is configured to push over the sleeve so as to bear against a surface of the sleeve and to cause the fastening device to engage with the shaft. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304444 | Signaling Point Module For Use On The Road Surface - A module manufactured in colors which are not altered by use as they are inherent to the constitutive material thereof, in order to conform—with a succession thereof—traces delineating lanes, restricted areas, indicative arrows and other graphisms applicable to traffic signaling on roads, streets, gas stations, parking lots, etc., said module having a troncoconical conformation and a very reduced height, the upper base thereof having a diameter significantly lower than the one of the bottom base, in such a way that the enveloping face thereof is substantially a downward annulus slightly inclined towards the outer perimeter, the center thereof having a vertical orifice with a beveled upper entrance, wherein the milled head of a screw is hold, in such a way that the module is fixed on its bottom base supported onto the surface by passing the clamp screw through said orifice so as to insert the opposite end thereof into another orifice made on the road surface, provided with an expandable anchor screw, a bit or a similar anchor means, thus assuring on the basis of said conformation, constitutive material and anchor means, that ongoing traffic stepping thereonto will not cause any transversal forces resulting in alteration of positioning and coloration thereof. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304445 | Subterranean conduit cover - Provided are covers useful for covering the open end of an access conduit that may contain fluid control equipment. In one embodiment, a cover according to the invention comprises a disc-shaped base portion having a top surface and a bottom surface, with a plurality of groups of stability tangs attached to its bottom surface. A cover as provided herein is readily adaptable to fit a large number of conduit boxes, valve boxes and the like which are presently in common use. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304446 | Tamper Assembly - A tamper assembly comprising: a motor being coupled to a transfer shaft, rotating the transfer shaft when the motor is actuated. At least two eccentric weights are coupled to the transfer shaft and a tamping foot is rotatably coupled to the transfer shaft. The tamping foot vibrates when said motor is actuated to tamp the asphalt or the stone when the tamping foot is drawn across the asphalt or the stone behind an asphalt paver. Two attachment bars facilitate removable and adjustable attachment of the tamper assembly to an asphalt paver. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304447 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BROADCAST SEDIMENT CAPPING - Sub-aquatic sediment is covered with capping material by a capping system comprising a template barge and a spreader barge. While the spreader barge is distributing capping material, the template barge guides the spreader barge as it systematically moves over a pre-defined sediment capping region. The spreader barge comprises a spreader pool in which a broadcast spreader accurately and evenly distributes capping material within the pool, which then sinks to the sediment. The capping material is distributed with minimal disturbance to the sediment. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304448 | A FLOATING PONTOON BODY TO BE TIED TOGETHER WITH AT LEAST ANOTHER PONTOON BODY - The invention relates to a floating pontoon body ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304449 | Directional Microporous Diffuser And Directional Sparging - A method for treating contaminants includes emitting plural streams of a fluid into a soil formation with the streams having different radii of influences in different directions. A directional microporous diffuser directionally emits microbubbles. Solenoid controlled valves control fluid or air distribution to inlets to provide directional control of bubble emanation. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304450 | Method of Recycling Exhaust Emissions - An emissions recycling system is used on a vehicle towing an agricultural implement to enrich the fertility of the soil. The system includes an exhaust collector for collecting exhaust emissions from the internal combustion engine of the towing vehicle and an exhaust distribution system for injecting at least a portion of the exhaust emissions collected by the exhaust collector into the ground worked by the ground working tools of the agricultural implement. Fertility of the soil is enriched by bioactivity within the soil's micro flora which consumes the greenhouse gas and emissions. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304451 | LOAD BEARING SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a tubular member configured to be supported by a pipe support device on board a pipelay vessel, the tubular member comprising at least one load bearing surface which is formed along the outer side of the tubular member, the at least one load bearing surface being constructed and arranged in order to allow a substantial axial load to be imparted onto said tubular member by the pipe support device, wherein the at least one load bearing surface tapers outwardly with respect to a main longitudinal axis of said tubular member. The present invention also relates to a tubular member comprising a plurality of load bearing surfaces. The present invention also relates to a method of laying a pipeline, to a pipe support device, to a pipelay vessel, to a method of processing a tubular member, to a method of assembling a pipe assembly and to a pipe assembly. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304452 | Metal Piles or Dolphins with Ballastable Skirts - The invention relates to a metal pile or dolphin ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304453 | Mooring habitat structure - A container for underwater placement on a sea, lake or river bottom. The container has openings in the sides, top and bottom and is filled with ballast of large boulders, cobble, crushed coral, cast concrete modules or other materials. The openings allow water and water currents, as well as marine organisms, to pass freely therethrough. Over time, a wide assortment of marine organisms infiltrate and colonize the nooks, crevices and cavities of the ballast, thus utilizing the habitat as they would an artificial reef. One or more hitch points are provided on the container for attaching mooring lines for ships, boats, floating wind turbines or other floating structures, thereby allowing the artificial reef to anchor such structures. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304454 | Workover Riser Compensator System - A tensioning apparatus for applying a substantially constant tension to a workover riser ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304455 | Adaptor for setting a self-drilling, chemically anchored, fastening element - An adaptor for setting a self-drilling, chemically anchorable, fastening element ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304456 | TWO STAGE MECHANICALLY STABILIZED EARTH WALL SYSTEM - A system for securing a facing comprising a wire grid that is positionally fixed relative to an earthen formation in a substantially vertical position, a formation anchor that is positionally fixed between the wire grid and the earthen formation, a facing that is laterally offset a distance from the wire grid and having a facing anchor, and a turnbuckle that is rotatably coupled between a first connector and a second connector, wherein the first connector is coupled to the facing anchor and the second connector is coupled to the formation anchor, such that rotation of the turnbuckle relative to the first and second connectors adjusts the distance between the wire grid and the facing. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304457 | Plastic Gel Grouting Material and Method for Strengthening Ground - A plastic gel grouting material, which comprises a silica type non-hardening powdery material and water or a silica type non-hardening powdery material, a calcium type hardening developing material and water as active ingredients, is statically pressure-injected into a soft, loose or weak ground to thereby form masses derived from the grouting material per se in the ground, and concurrently therewith, to compact the surrounding earth and sand, thereby increasing density of the ground. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304458 | RETAINING WALL STRUCTURE - A retaining wall structure includes a number of bag units piled to form a wall and interconnecting units disposed between vertically adjacent bag units. The interconnecting units each has a plate and protrusions protruding from upper and lower surfaces of the plate. A reinforcing layer is provided between the plate of a relative interconnecting unit and a relative bag unit. The reinforcing layer is selected from cement or adhesive (such as glue). The present invention uses the reinforcing layer between the plate of the interconnecting unit and the bag unit to enhance the entire stability of the retaining wall adapted for operation in different circumstances. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304459 | METHOD OF MAKING A RETAINING WALL USING WALL BLOCKS AND GEOGRID - A method of making a retaining wall including a plurality of wall blocks and geogrid. A veneer panel system is used with a wall or a retaining wall to provide a natural stone appearance and/or to improve the appearance of an existing wall. Panels can be interlocked to form a stable veneer structure. The structure is attached to a wall by various attachment means. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304460 | Slit fence installing machine - A gooseneck frame is disclosed which is attached to the forward ends of a pair of lift arms which extend forwardly from a vehicle such as a skid steer vehicle with the forward end of the gooseneck frame being secured to the forward end of a silt fence installing machine so that the silt fence installing machine is pulled through the ground in advance of the vehicle. An improved coulter disk is also provided which includes a cylindrical hub which limits the downward movement of the coulter disc with respect to the ground. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304461 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VACUUM CONVEYING OF BULK MATERIAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The invention relates to a method for vacuum conveying bulk material in a vacuum conveying system ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304462 | Apparatus for transferring slurry - Provided is an apparatus for transferring slurry, which is used to transfer minerals from the bottom of the sea to the ground; and, more particularly, to an apparatus for transferring slurry, which can efficiently transfer the slurry in the state of a solid-liquid mixture containing the minerals without clogging of a transfer pipe. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304463 | POWDER HANDLING DEVICE - A method for releasing flowable material via an automated means from a receptacle which has at least one closed end, characterised by the steps of locating the receptacle in a defined position relative to a receptacle opening mechanism, and opening the receptacle with the receptacle opening mechanism, the method characterised in that the receptacle is positioned such that it is opened substantially below the bulk of the material in the receptacle. Also disclosed is a method of releasing flowable material via an automated means from a receptacle which has at least one closed end, characterised by the steps of locating the receptacle in a defined position relative to a receptacle opening mechanism, and opening the receptacle with the receptacle opening mechanism, the method characterised in that the flowable material within the receptacle is fluidised. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304464 | CONVEYOR FOR TRANSPORTING POWDER, AND A METHOD FOR CONVEYING POWDER - A conveyor ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304465 | L-Valve Construction for Controlling Solids Flow in a Liquid Medium Using Standard Pipe Fittings - A new valve is designed for the transport of solids using a motive fluid. The valve includes an inlet conduit for carrying solids, where the solids are fed through gravity. The solids are carried by fluid transport out an outlet where the outlet conduit has a smaller diameter than the inlet conduit carrying the solids. The conduit should be sufficiently smaller to prevent instability in the flow. A second inlet provides the source of motive fluid to drive the transport of solids. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304466 | CUTTING PLATE SECURED BY INTERLOCK ON A SUPPORT PLATE - The invention relates to a cutting tool for machining processes, in essence composed of a clamping holder with a recess for accepting a support plate and with a cutting plate secured on the support plate by way of a clamping claw. It is proposed, for secure fastening of the cutting plate on the clamping holder, that an interlocking tongue-and-groove connection is used for positioning of the cutting plate on the support plate. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304467 | Device for Limiting the Advance During a Drilling Operation - In a device for limiting the advance during a drilling operation, which can be used in conjunction with a hand drill or with an automatic manufacturing machine, the device comprising a housing with a stop cage and a spindle mounted rotatably and axially displaceably in the housing, and a stop which is adjustable in the axial direction being arranged for limiting the advance, the invention consists in that the stop cage (2 | 2009-12-10 |
20090304468 | Drill Bit - A drill bit has a cutting face for engaging a workpiece. The cutting face forms an annular cut. A mouth is bounded by the cutting face and receives material of the workpiece from within the annular cut, as cutting progresses. An internal passage has a mouth through which this material can leave the bit. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304469 | DRILL BIT ASSEMBLY FOR DRILLING OF LOCKS - An assembly for use with a power drill is provided for drilling of locks, the entire assembly being supportable by the drill. The assembly includes a bit and spindle that are advanceable to drill a lock, and includes a registration portion such as a key blank receivable in a key hole of the lock in order to provide the proper position and orientation of the drill for reaching the drill points of the lock. The assembly may includes a first subassembly secured with the drill chuck, and a plurality of second subassemblies mountable on the first subassembly, the second subassemblies having different configurations for different locks or lock types. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304470 | Deburring Tool and Cutting Insert - An insert for a deburring tool is used to machine openings of bores that are formed in metal work pieces. In an exemplary embodiment, the insert has an inward portion, a central portion connected to the inward portion, and an outward portion connected to the central portion. The central portion has a dovetail-shaped retaining feature that attaches the insert to the deburring tool. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304471 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MACHINING OPERATIONS - A system and method for performing machining operations on first and second ends of an elongate workpiece, the system comprising a support for the workpiece which has first and second, spaced sides, each of which has first and second spaced ends, a first machining tool disposed proximate the first end of the first side for performing a first machining operation on a first end of the workpiece, a second machining tool being positioned proximate the second end of the second side for performing a second machining operation on a second side of the workpiece, the first and second machining tools being mirror images of one another. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304472 | METHOD AND MACHINE TOOL FOR MACHINING AN OPTICAL OBJECT - Method for machining a face ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304473 | Method for the milling of blisks - When milling blisk blades ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304474 | TOOL CLAMPING DEVICE AND TOOL CLAMPING METHOD - A tool clamping device includes: a tool holder having a two-face restraint portion constituted by a tool taper portion and a tool end surface; a spindle having a spindle taper portion facing the tool taper portion and a spindle end surface facing the tool end surface, wherein the tool holder is clamped to the spindle by performing an operation to pull the tool holder in toward the spindle; and a clamping unit housed in the spindle, wherein, when the tool end surface is in contact with the spindle end surface and the tool taper portion is fitted into the spindle taper portion, a gap is formed between the tool taper portion and the spindle taper portion. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304475 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING WIND TURBINE TOWER SECTIONS ON A SHIPPING VESSEL - In a system and method for transporting wind turbine tower sections on a shipping vessel a pair of support members is secured to a first wind turbine tower section generally at opposite ends of the first tower section. Another pair of support members is secured to a second wind turbine tower section generally at opposite ends of the second tower section. A pair of elongate mounting members is secured on a support surface of the shipping vessel in spaced relationship with each other. One of the support members of the first tower section and one of the support members of the second tower section are secured to one of the elongate mounting members. The other one of the support members of the first tower section and the other one of the support members of the second tower section are secured to the other one of the elongate mounting members. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304476 | Load-restraining barrier net for use in motor vehicles - A load-restraining barrier net for use in a motor vehicle capable of securing cargo within the trunk area of a vehicle in accordance with established safety requirements. The barrier net includes a body primarily made up of diamond/square or hexagon shaped netting, frame strap webbings around the perimeter of the net, and at least two horizontal and at least two vertical central strap webbings across the center of the net. The net is securely affixed on one side through a first set of attachments including oval rings bolted to the vehicle. These attachments prevent the cargo from slipping below the net to an unsecured position. Further, corner oval rings act as the joint attachment for the vertical and horizontal frame strap webbings, allowing the barrier net to withstand angular momentum from inertial forces. A second, releasable, set of attachments including hooks and/or D-ring connections that attach to D-rings and/or fasteners pre-installed in the vehicle. When the barrier net is installed in a horizontal position on the floor of a vehicle trunk compartment, cargo is safely secured, thereby preventing cargo movement and the potential for damage to the cargo itself, to the vehicle trunk, and to other contents in the trunk area. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304477 | CONNECTING MEMBER - An exemplary connecting member includes a head portion, a body portion, and a connecting neck portion connecting the head portion to the body portion. The head portion, the connecting neck portion, and the body portion cooperatively define a collar depression. An outer surface of the connecting neck portion connects with an outer surface of the head portion. The outer surface of the connecting neck portion and the outer surface of the head portion cooperatively define a smooth curved surface at a boundary of the outer surface of the connecting neck portion and the outer surface of the head portion. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304478 | CONNECTION ELEMENT FOR A SCREWED CONNECTION AS WELL AS SUCH A SCREWED CONNECTION - A connection element ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304479 | MECHANICAL PRESSURE CONTROL FOR A LOAD-HANDLING DEVICE - A control for a load-handling device including a gripper for handling a load and being connected to pressure controlled gripping, lifting and tilting actuators The control including a pressure-sensing actuator assembly, a gripping pressure regulator and pressure control assembly. The pressure-sensing actuator assembly being is placed in pressure communication with the lifting and tilting actuators. The gripping pressure regulator regulates the gripping pressure. The pressure control assembly includes interrelated movable members for interacting with the pressure-sensing actuator assembly and for acting on the gripping pressure regulator. The pressure-sensing actuator is adapted to sense the weight of the load from the pressure of the lifting and tilting actuators and to communicate this pressure to the pressure control assembly. Thereby, interacting with the pressure control assembly as to cause to latter to so act on the gripping pressure regulator as to provide a suitable gripping pressure in response to the weight of the load. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304480 | Large-Scale Watercraft Storage System - In a watercraft storage system a “wishbone” or U-shaped cradle liftable and rotatable by an overhead crane comprises adjustable air filled hull supports to either side of a boat hull and a keel support toward the stem of the watercraft. The cradle central opening clears a cantilever storage rack support beam assembly allowing the watercraft lo be lowered onto or raised from the cantilever storage rack support beam assembly by an overhead traveling crane. To substantially reduce any longitudinal swaying of the cradle and watercraft during raising and lowering, a system or diagonal anti-sway bracing cables that automatically retract and extend is employed. In the preferred embodiment, the cradle is lowered into a water-filled channel within the storage structure to re-float the watercraft. A watercraft to be stored can be brought into the channel which contains alignment means to accurately position the watercraft over the cradle. The cradle can thereby be lifted properly, moved to a storage rack location and accurately stored on the cantilever storage rack support beam assembly. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304481 | STEEL BRIDGE PLATE - A bridge plate assembly is formed of dual phase steel for interconnecting two rail cars and supporting the weight of a vehicle moving between the rail cars. The bridge plate assembly includes a bridge plate with a substantially continuous top surface having a pair of troughs. The bottom surface of the bridge plate assembly has a box formation provided by a bottom panel spanning an area between the pair of troughs. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304482 | CARGO TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for loading cargo containers into a storage hold, and offloading cargo containers from the storage hold, especially of a vehicle, such as an aircraft. The system includes at least one guide rail and a motorized platform, onto which cargo containers are loaded, cooperating mechanically with the guide rail. The guide rail guides the cargo laden motorized platform into the storage hold, and the motorized platform deposits the cargo upon remote command. The motorized platform has a chassis; a power source; a control module controlling drive motors of the wheels of the platform; and means for reciprocating at least a portion of an upper surface of the platform sufficient to elevate a load placed thereon above the guide rail height. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304483 | Seated Lift for Recreational Vehicles - A lift apparatus for a motor home or recreational vehicle is provided having a generally vertical slide rail attached to the cabin floor and interior wall adjacent the doorway to the motor home or recreational vehicle. A trolley is slidably engaged with the slide rail and is configured for vertical movement through the selectively motorized rotation of a screw about which is engaged a support coupling at the lower end of the trolley A riser is hingedly connected to the trolley, and a swing arm is hingedly connected to the riser. The distal end of the swing arm is configured to have a chair removably mounted to it. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304484 | WORKING MACHINE WITH STRUCTURE FOR ASSEMBLING BOOM THEREOF - Bosses extending in the boom width direction are provided in a front end part of a main boom body rotated upward, and hooks opening downward are provided in a base end part of an extension boom body rotated downward. The above hooks and the bosses are arranged so as to satisfy a condition that at the time of second relative rotation by a two-step pin hole matching method of matching pin holes in order from the upper side and with a different center, the hooks and the bosses are moved away from each other while lower pin holes are matched with each other. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304485 | WORKING MACHINE WITH STRUCTURE FOR ASSEMBLING BOOM THEREOF - Bosses extending in the boom width direction are provided in a front end part of a main boom body rotated upward, and hooks opening downward are provided in a base end part of a front boom body rotated downward. In a state that the bosses and the hooks are engaged with each other, a scooping action is performed so as to match pin holes thereof. The above hooks and the bosses are arranged so as to satisfy a condition that in a state that an angle between both boom bodies is a maximum angle at the time of work, the hooks and the bosses are moved away from each other and a distance between the hooks and the bosses is increased as the angle is reduced from the maximum angle. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304486 | ZERO OFFSET LOADER COUPLING SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS - A loader coupling system includes an arm coupler and a link coupler each adapted to mate with an associated attachment. The arm coupler includes a body adapted to be connected to and extend between first and second spaced-apart arms of an associated loader machine. First and second plunger pins are located respectfully at opposite first and second ends of the body. At least one plunger actuator is operatively connected to the first and second plunger pins, and the at least one plunger actuator is selectively operative to move the first and second plunger pins between a retracted position and an extended position. The first and second plunger pins project outward from the respective first and second opposite ends of the body a greater distance in the extended position as compared to the retracted position, wherein the first and second plunger pins are adapted to extend into apertures defined in first and second arm attachment ribs of the associated attachment, respectively, when the first and second plunger pins are located in the extended position. The link coupler includes a tilt link with a first end adapted to be pivotally connected to a control link of the associated loader machine and a second end including a hook adapted to selectively engage and retain a cross-pin of the associated attachment. A lock system is connected to the tilt link and is adapted to selectively capture the cross-pin of the associated attachment in the hook. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304487 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING CONTAINERS - An apparatus for manipulating and lifting an object can include a frame and an arm, at least one first device configured to lift the arm, and a second device configured to lower the arm. The frame and arm can be configured such that the object is secured to the arm so that the object is lifted when the arm is lifted or raised. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304488 | Engine Filter Lifting Device - A lifting device for raising and lowering a component of a vehicle for maintenance is provided. The lifting device includes a base with a plurality of legs, a fixed support arm attached to the base, a movable support arm rotatably attached to the fixed support arm, a device attached to the fixed and movable support arms, such as a long arm jack, to raise and lower the movable support arm, and an articulated gripper attached to an end of the movable support arm. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304489 | Method of Feeding Unstacker Apparatus For Unstacking Postal Items - A method of feeding flat items, in particular postal items, into unstacker apparatus ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304490 | METHOD FOR HOLDING SILICON WAFER - The present invention is directed to provide a method for holding a silicon wafer, which can reduce contact scratches in contact with support members when holding a back surface of the silicon wafer, as well as prevent the wafer from bending when holding the back surface of the silicon wafer. The back surface of a silicon wafer of 300 millimeters or more in diameter and 700 micrometers to 1000 micrometers in thickness is held in contact with a support member or a suction member, specifically held within a region where a radius of the silicon wafer×0.50 to 0.80 from a center thereof. The silicon wafer is held in a state where the maximum amount of displacement within a wafer plane is 300 micrometers or less. The silicon wafer back surface is held in contact within the holding region in all the processes of holding the back surface of the silicon wafer in contact with the support member or the suction member. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304491 | Device and Process for Transferring Packaged Material to a Packaged Material Transport System or to a Storage Device - The device for transferring items to a transport system or to a storage unit has a feed unit for conveying a plurality of items in three parallel feeding lines. Further, is has a transfer station for receiving the items from the feed unit and for transferring the items to the transport system or to the storage device. The transfer station includes three temporary storage lines arranged in parallel. The items are provided by the feed unit in a manner that the items in each of the temporary storage lines are arranged offset from the items in the other temporary storage lines with respect to a first direction. A pusher in the transfer station pushes the items in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to a single temporary storage line. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304492 | Blower systems and methods having multiple outlets - A blower system comprising a housing and a fan assembly. The housing defines a housing chamber, at least one inlet opening, a primary outlet opening, and a secondary outlet opening. The fan assembly is mounted within the housing chamber. Operation of the fan assembly draws air into the housing chamber through the at least one inlet opening and forces air out of the housing chamber through at least one of the primary outlet opening and the secondary outlet opening. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304493 | Axially oriented shingle face seal for turbine rotor and related method - An axial seal arrangement is provided between a rotor and a stator. The rotor is provided with a first disk having a substantially flat sealing face surface. The stator is provided with a second annular disk surrounding the rotor, supporting proximate ends of a plurality of axially extending, flexible, compliant seal elements arranged in an annular array of plural, circumferentially-overlapping radial layers to thereby provide a tortuous path for radially outward leakage flow. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304494 | Counter-vortex paired film cooling hole design - An apparatus for use in a gas turbine engine includes a wall defining an exterior face, a first film cooling passage extending through the wall for providing film cooling to the exterior face of the wall, and a second film cooling passage extending through the wall adjacent to the first film cooling passage for providing film cooling to the exterior face of the wall. The first film passage includes a first vortex-generating structure for inducing a vortex in a first rotational direction in a cooling fluid passing therethrough, and the second film passage includes a second vortex-generating structure for inducing a vortex in a second rotational direction in a cooling fluid passing therethrough. The first and second rotational directions are substantially opposite one another. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304495 | DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING VENTILATION AIR TO THE LOW PRESSURE BLADES OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - The present invention relates to a device for supplying ventilation air to a turbine rotor of a gas turbine engine comprising a first and a second turbine disk ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304496 | ROTARY SEPARATOR DRUM SEAL - A seal assembly for a compressor includes a static member fixedly disposed within a compressor casing and having an end surface and a rotatable separator coupled with a compressor shaft and spaced from the static member. The separator has an axial end with a radial end surface located adjacent to the static member end surface such that a clearance space is defined therebetween. The separator has a plurality of openings extending inwardly from the end surface and spaced about the shaft axis such that land surface sections are defined on the end surface. The land surface sections or/and the openings are configured to prevent fluid flow radially inwardly through the clearance space. The static member has two annular walls receiving an end portion of the separator, with annular ridges providing labyrinth seals disposed against inner and outer surfaces of the separator, and an annular deflector with an angled deflector surface. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304497 | GUIDE BLADE SEGMENT OF A GAS TURBINE AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION - A guide blade segment of a gas turbine, having at least one guide blade and having an inner cover band assigned to the radially inner end of the or each guide blade, is disclosed. An integral constituent part of the inner cover band of the guide blade segment is a sealing element, which serves to seal a radially inner gap between the guide blade segment and a gas turbine rotor. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304498 | MULTISTAGE TURBOMACHINE COMPRESSOR - A multistage compressor for a turbomachine, in particular an airplane turboprop or turbojet, the compressor comprising a double-walled casing having an inner wall made up of shrouds surrounding respective annular rows of moving blades and annular rows of straightening stator vanes, said shrouds being connected to the outer wall of the casing by independent suspension means enabling the radial clearances between the outer ends of the moving blades and the shrouds of the inner wall of the casing to be adjusted independently from one compression stage to another. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304499 | Counter-Vortex film cooling hole design - An apparatus for use in a gas turbine engine includes a wall defining an exterior face, a first film cooling passage extending through the wall to a first outlet along the exterior surface of the wall for providing film cooling, and first and second rows of vortex-generating structures. The first film cooling passage defines a first interior surface region and a second interior surface region. The first row of vortex-generating structures is located along the first interior surface region, and the second row of vortex-generating structures is located along the second interior surface region. The first and second rows of vortex-generating structures are configured to inducing a pair of vortices in substantially opposite first and second rotational directions in a cooling fluid passing through the first cooling passage prior to reaching the first outlet. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304500 | TURBOCHARGER HOUSING WITH A CONVERSION COATING AND METHODS OF MAKING THE CONVERSION COATING - A turbocharger includes a center housing having a bearing surface configured to contact an inner surface of a unison ring. A conversion coating is impregnated onto at least the bearing surface of the center housing. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304501 | POND PUMP - A pond pump comprising an impeller ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304502 | PRE-DIFFUSER FOR CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR - A diffuser system for a compressor for a gas turbine engine, the compressor having an impeller and the gas turbine engine having a combustor and a fuel injector proximate to the combustor, includes a first diffuser and a second diffuser. The first diffuser is configured to receive compressed air from the impeller. The second diffuser is coupled to receive the compressed air from the first diffuser. The second diffuser comprises a housing comprising a first wall and a second wall. The first and second walls form a diffuser flow passage therebetween. The first wall or the second wall, or both, further form an opening through the first and second walls for the fuel injector to pass through when removed from the combustor. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304503 | STATOR BLADE SEGMENT OF A THERMAL TURBOMACHINE, ASSOCIATED PRODUCTION METHOD AND ALSO THERMAL TURBOMACHINE - The invention relates to a guide blade segment of a thermal turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, comprising a number of profiled blades which are arranged on a platform. A plurality of securing elements for securing the guide blade segment to an associated guide blade support are arranged on the side of the platform which is oriented away from the blade. The aim of the invention is to provide a guide blade segment which can be produced in a simple and economical manner avoiding casting problem areas enabling the guide blade segment to be attached in a particularly reliable and secure manner to the associated guide blade support. According to the invention, at least one section of at least one of the securing elements is a separately produced component which is rigidly connected to the platform or to an additional section of the securing element. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304504 | DUCTED FAN - A ducted fan includes a fan that generates an airflow that flows substantially parallel with the axis of the rotating shaft of the fan; a duct, arranged around the fan, that extends in the direction of the rotating shaft of the fan and includes an airflow inlet defined by the upstream end and an airflow outlet defined by the downstream end, and that has a ramp portion formed in the inner face of the airflow inlet; an airflow guide portion, provided at the airflow outlet, that introduces air from outside of the duct to a position downstream of the airflow outlet; and a negative-pressure forming portion, provided at the downstream end of the airflow guide portion. The negative-pressure forming portion generates a negative pressure near the downstream end of the airflow guide portion when air passes by the negative-pressure forming portion. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304505 | ROTOR BLADE FOR A WIND POWER STATION - Described is a rotor blade for a wind power installation having a rotor blade leading edge. A deposit sensor device is arranged in the region of the rotor blade leading edge. That deposit sensor device has a transmitter for the wireless transmission of signals by way of a transmission link and a receiver for receiving the signals wirelessly transmitted by way of the transmission link. Deposits on the surface can be detected in the region of the transmission link on the basis of the signals transmitted by way of the transmission link. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304506 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BRAKING THE ROTOR OF A WIND ENERGY PLANT - The invention relates to a method and device for braking the rotor of a wind energy plant, comprising rotor blades ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304507 | RETRACTABLE ROTOR BLADE STRUCTURE - A power generating system includes a turbine which is mounted on top of a tower or tethered under water. The turbine includes a rotor having a main blade connected to a rotor hub and an extender blade module. An adjusting device positions the extender blade between a retracted position within the main blade and an extended position to expose more or less of the rotor to the fluid flow. An extendible rotor blade structure provides support for an air foil shell by extending a structural beam of a base blade portion of the rotor blade through a telescoping module of the blade. This occurs both when an extender blade portion of the rotor blade is retracted and when it is extended. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304508 | Self-adjusting wind turbine generator blade - A self-adjusting blade for wind turbine generator or windmill will change width of blades according to wind speed to optimize efficiency. The windmill comprises a brace, rib tubes, cylinders, cylinder holders, hose holders, non-movable shells, and movable shells. The movable shells and rib tubes are organized like extendable antennas of portable radios. The movable shells are moved and held by cylinders. There are sets of hose holder for hoses and wires for cylinders. A micro-controller controls cylinders to move the movable shells according wind speed. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304509 | BALANCING SYSTEM FOR TURBOMACHINE ROTOR - The present invention relates to a turbomachine rotor balancing system ( | 2009-12-10 |
20090304510 | MARINE PROPULSION AND CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS THEREOF - A fin for use on a propeller, the fin comprising a lift generating section having a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a pair of surfaces extending between the leading and the trailing edges thereby defining a tip and a root having a root chord; and a dihedral section integrally formed with the root of the lift generating section and having a rotation axis about which, in use, the lift generating system can be rotated to vary the dihedral of the fin, the axis being generally parallel to the root chord of the lift generating section. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304511 | AERODYNAMIC SHROUD HAVING TEXTURED SURFACE - An aerodynamic shroud positionable surrounding a hub to which blades are attached is disclosed. The shroud has a textured outer surface that is configured so as to create a turbulent boundary layer for fluid flowing over the surface. The turbulent boundary layer delays flow separation from the shroud and reduces drag. The shroud may be formed from a domed shell mounted on the hub and have skirts that surround the hub. The textured surface is provided by dimples in the surface or projections from the surface. The shroud is intended to reduce main and tail rotor hub drag on helicopters but is also useful on marine propellers, aircraft propellers and jet engine fans. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304512 | WIND TURBINE APPARATUS - There is provided a wind turbine apparatus which comprises blades having an aerofoil profile. The apparatus is arranged to start up even in light wind conditions and to act as a lift type device at higher rotational speeds. The apparatus may comprise wind deflectors to concentrate wind through the apparatus. Further, the blades may be orientated at less than 90° to a radius line which leads to improved performance. Still further, the apparatus may be arranged to heat water by means of solar energy. | 2009-12-10 |
20090304513 | ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR A WIND TURBINE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A rotor assembly is provided that includes a hub rotatable about an axis of rotation. The assembly also includes a plurality of rotor blades spaced circumferentially about the hub. Each of said rotor blades extends from a blade root to a blade tip such that said plurality of blades are rotatable through a plane of rotation extending about said axis of rotation, said plane of rotation is defined as substantially perpendicular to said axis of rotation, wherein each of said blade roots is coupled to said hub, wherein each of said blade tips is offset a distance upstream from said plane of rotation. | 2009-12-10 |