Abstract: The subject assembly is intended for use in selectively closing in balconies and is made up of an upper guide, a lower guide and several panel subassemblies. The upper guide is attached to the ceiling of the balcony and the lower guide to the floor or top of the railing. Each panel subassembly is made up of a rectangular glass panel, an upper fitting attached to its upper edge, and a lower fitting attached to its lower edge. One guide fitting and one pivoted guide fitting assembly are attached to the upper fitting and two guide fitting assemblies, one pivoted, are attached to the lower fitting. The guide fitting and fitting assemblies slide in the guides. The pivoted guide fitting assemblies allow the subassemblies to pivot about an axis near one vertical edge. A roller is attached to each guide fitting assembly on the lower fitting and the rollers carry the weight of the panel subassemblies. One panel subassembly is permanently positioned at the retracted end of the guides.

Abstract: A regulator for a power window having a safety function for preventing an object from being caught in a closing power window includes a driving unit for raising and lowering the window glass of a vehicle and a driven unit which receives power from the driving unit. When frictional resistance corresponding to relative displacement between the driving and driven units is less than a fixed value during descent of the window glass and exceeds this fixed during ascent of the window glass, the ascending window glass is reversed and made to descend. When the amount of an increase in current to the driving unit during ascent of the window glass increases in a case where the sliding resistance has exceeded a fixed value even once during descent of the window glass, the ascending window glass is reversed and made to descend.

Abstract: A cable-drum window regulator with a spring cable tensioner is provided with a spring retainer assembly securing the spring to the cable. The spring retainer is advantageously assembled prior to final installation of the cable into the regulator mechanism. The retainer assembly comprises a retainer with a hollow interior sized to receive the cable and the spring, having an opening at one end sized to allow passage of the cable but not the spring, and an endpiece with one or more projections which preferably snap fit together with the retainer, securing or capturing the spring between the retainer and the endpiece. The retainer may have snap fit projections which captivate the endpiece, or alternatively, the endpiece may have snap fit projections which captivate the retainer. The endpiece may be attached to the cable directly or indirectly onto a conduit. The cable has cable end balls which are used to attach the cable to the drive means.

Abstract: In a double door assembly in which first and second doors are respectively mounted to bilateral vertical frame members of a door frame in the manner that each door can swing both to the indoor side and to the outdoor side for its opening and closing, a structure of mating portions of the doors comprises a first mating frame element constituting the first door and providing a first mating surface, a second mating frame element constituting the second door and providing a second mating surface, a first mating seal member attached to the first mating surface to project toward the second mating surface and a second mating seal member attached to the second mating surface to the indoor side relative to the first mating seal member to project toward the first mating surface.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door of the type having a door hollow (4) disposed between an inside wall and an outside wall (2, 3), electrical lines (11; 13; 15; 17), linkages (21) and/or Bowden cables (22) (altogether identified as supply lines below) being arranged in and with the door hollow. To accomplish that a forcible opening of the door from the outside by inserting tools, etc. into the door hollow is almost impossible, the supply lines (11; 13; 15; 17; 21; 22) are arranged on or in a support element (6; 20; 23) such that they are at least partially covered toward the outside wall (3) of the vehicle door (1; 100).

Abstract: A backstop of the "venetian blind" type and contains a set of angled louvers to deflect projectiles safely. The present invention provides a system of modules whereby a backstop may be constructed across a wall of any width. The backstop modules themselves are made in a number of standardized widths, most preferably about 36 inches (0.91 m), 48 inches (1.22 m), and 60 inches (1.52 m) wide. Using various sets of these modules, any width can be filled in to the nearest foot, i.e., a maximum gap of about six inches remains between the end modules and an adjacent wall surface. These remaining gaps are preferably filled in using a sliding, angled wall plate that accommodates gaps between about zero and six inches. The visible flat edges of plates that form the sides of adjacent modules and the plate against the floor are ricochet hazards, and thus are also preferably provided with angled deflectors.

Abstract: Apparatus for protecting a plurality of electrical components. In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus comprises a shell formed from an electrically conductive material. An access door is provided in the shell for selectively gaining access to the electrical components. The shell is equipped with grounding apparatus for conducting electrical current created when a lightning strike communicates therewith to a ground. The shell is also equipped with a magnetic shield for substantially shielding the plurality of electrical components from electromagnetic fields created in the shell as a result of electrical current passing therethrough.

Abstract: The wall bracket for the pre-rinse assembly includes a rod which is telescopically fitted in a base, a ferrule on the end of the rod and a compression nut which is threaded onto the base to circumferentially press the ferrule into clamping relation with the rod. The ferrule is sandwiched between the compression nut and the base.

Abstract: A ground anchor for securing posts in the ground is provided. The ground anchor comprises a leg having a lower portion that is connected to a barb and an upper portion that is connected to a fin structure. The leg further comprises two sidewalls that meet at a corner and terminate at two diverging ends. The lower barb extends upward from the lower portion of the leg at a non-vertical angle. The barb provides additional resistance to any uplifting forces imposed upon the post or the anchor and further displaces or clears out soil from beneath the fin structure to facilitate the insertion of the post therethrough. The fin structure comprises a central crease portion disposed between two diverging fins. The fin structure is attached to the leg so that the central crease is disposed opposite to the corner of the leg. Each of the diverging fins are connected to one of the diverging ends of the sidewalls of the upper portion of the leg.

Abstract: An underground emergency shelter system for sanctuary during emergency weather conditions. A tubular entranceway allows access to the underground structure. Air intake vent stacks are positioned along with air output vent stacks to provide on top of the shell member which forms the shelter. Battery powered blowers serve to circulate air flow into and out of the shelter. Spaced stabilizing feet are provided underneath the shell member with T-shaped anchors lying on either side of the shell member to hold the shelter in place beneath the ground. Steel cable members are fitted within channels formed circumferentially around the upper portion of the shell member and are each attached to a pair of anchors thus serving to hold the shell in place. A waste holding tank is provided within the shell member along with a potable water holding tank.

Abstract: A system for protecting the exposed upper surface of a building foundation during construction and therein after. The system comprising multiple pre-formed panels and shapes made of relatively thin stiff synthetic resin material. The system provided overlapping main panels that extend above the foundation and are secured to the building by common fasteners. The main panels overlie foam insulation foundation boards attached to the foundation protecting them from damage and defining a pre-finished durable transitional surface from the structure over the upper portion of the foundation to the grade.

Abstract: A window support system for a bay or bow window to be installed on a home or other building wherein the system is secured to the head board and seat board of the unit and wherein the system comprises a vertically extending hollow pipe or solid rod disposed between inner and outer panes of glass which is secured in place by means of standard fastening devices both to the head board and seat board and wherein a turnbuckle is disposed between two threaded rods and at an angle of preferably 221/2 or 45 degrees from the head board. A standard pipe elbow is employed between the vertically extending rod or tool and the threaded rod to maintain the angle to the head board. An eye bolt is affixed to the existing house header and a second threaded rod having a hook on one end, distant from the turnbuckle, for cooperation with the eye bolt. Upon installation of the window the turnbuckle can therefore be rotated in either direction to properly level and secure the window to the house.

Abstract: A frame assembly for a door light is formed with inner and outer half-frames sandwiching a translucent panel. The half-frames have a plurality of side members defining a closed polygon. Each side member includes, in cross-section, a flat portion for supporting the frame in an opening in a support, a face portion extending from the flat portion towards the center of the polygon, a third portion extending inwardly from the face portion toward the other half-frame and to a position adjacent the translucent panel, and a fourth portion extending from the third portion parallel to the face portion and away from the center of the polygon. Fasteners extend through bores in the inner half-frame and engage clips slidably adjustable in the outer half-frame to couple and secure the half-frames in the support opening. Each clip has a base with an opening receiving a fastener, and legs with flanges engaging the fourth portion and a lip on the flat portion of the outer half-frame.

Abstract: An intermediate anchorage for post-tension system including an anchor member having an interior passageway extending therethrough, a tendon extending through the interior passageway and having a sheathed and an unsheathed portion extending outwardly from one side of the anchor member, and a split tubular member received at one end by the anchor member and extending over the sheathed portion of the tendon. The split tubular member has another end extending over the sheathed portion of the tendon. The split tubular member has a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge extending therealong. The longitudinal edges are separable for a distance greater than a diameter of the tendon so as to allow the tendon to be asked into an interior of the tubular member. A seal is formed between the longitudinal edges so as to prevent liquid intrusion into the interior of the tubular member.

Abstract: A multistory, multiple dwelling unit building complex includes a multistory vehicle parking garage having vertically spaced parking decks which are disposed at the same elevations as the building corridors or breezeways which provide pathways to dwelling unit entrances in the buildings at various levels. Bridges or catwalks interconnect each parking deck with a corresponding corridor or breezeway at each floor of each building so that an occupant of a particular unit in a building may move between the unit entrance and a corresponding parking deck in the garage without changing elevation. The buildings may be clustered around plural sides of the garage with each building being connected to the garage by vertically spaced bridges or catwalks connecting the respective building levels with a corresponding parking deck. The garage may include elevators, stairways, trash disposal ducts and mailbox clusters at one or more corners of the garage.

Abstract: There is provided a partition wall which is characterized in that studs are secured to upper and lower runners fitted to a substrate in a zigzag arrangement or as common studs; that basic face materials are fitted to the skeleton through sound insulation materials so that the face materials are arranged, in parallel, on both outer sides of the studs, while the studs are internally positioned; and that a hard gypsum sheet comprising fibers dispersed in the gypsum core thereof is arranged on the corresponding outer side of each basic face material. This partition wall is particularly suitable for use as a dry party wall, has satisfactory characteristic properties such as fire protecting properties, sound insulation properties, deformation-follow-up properties, out-of-plane flexural rigidity and hardness. The wall comprises gypsum based construction materials as the top end boards and thus the weight and wall thickness thereof can be reduced.

Abstract: A raised floor having an upper surface in the form of regular polygon-shaped modular slabs, each having a substantially horizontal plate portion and downwardly extending side edges. The plate portion of each slab is supported on the top of substantially vertical ground-engaging supports. Around the periphery of a top member of each vertical support are a plurality of radial slots for receiving pairs of confronting side edges of adjacent slabs for securing the slabs to the supports.

Abstract: A post device, which is yieldable when hit by a vehicle, comprises a post with a base having at least three spaced-apart fixtures fixedly attached thereto, and a foundation with a fixing device supporting at least three spaced-apart rods, which are arranged to cooperate with the fixtures, thereby securing the post to the foundation. The fixtures are arranged on the outside of the base and embrace the associated rods and are each provided with a through opening or slot which is oriented substantially in the longitudinal direction of the post. Stop devices each engage an associated rod and an upper portion of an associated fixture.

Abstract: An HVAC register box having no welded or riveted corners and the process for making same by means of fabrication from a single sheet of material without cutting. The highly simplified process for fabrication produces a register box which has superior rigidity and resistance to air leakage at the joints or corners.

Abstract: A masonry unit having a pair of spaced supporting parts and an insulating malleable member snugly received therebetween and lockingly engaged thereto. Grooves in the insulating member surfaces receive malleable adjacent land portions for accommodating supporting parts which are enlarged due to mold wear over a long-term period of production.

Abstract: A hollow shaft wall corner with each of two walls having alternating horizontal studs and horizontally extending core boards, with the horizontal studs of the two respective walls adjoined at the wall corner by small clips affixed to the horizontal studs. A method of construction of the wall further includes small clips adjoining the ends of core boards at the wall corner.

Abstract: The impact wall element (1) for gentle deceleration of a human body impacting an obstacle has a two-zone structure. The first zone comprises a lightweight, plastically deformable sandwich cover plate (10) with two thin cover layers (11, 12) and an intermediately positioned, lightweight, deformable support core (13). In the second zone are provided discreet, spaced, plastically deformable spacing elements (21), which carry the cover plate and are supported on a fixed substrate (5). The thickness D2 of the second zone is more than twice the thickness D1 of the first zone. The lightweight wall element leads to a gentle interception on the shortest possible path, particularly in the case of a head impact in motor vehicles or aircraft.

Abstract: An apparatus for affixing services to a base material including: a service board with a front surface and a back surface, a plurality of standoffs, and a plurality of fastening holes passing through the front surface and back surface of the service board.

Abstract: A malleable sealing membrane is used to seal openings, regions or other apertures in a house or similar structures to prevent the entry of pests or other unwanted elements. The sealing membrane includes a mesh substrate having a sealing compound coated on one or more sides and embedded within interstices of the mesh substrate. One or more release backings cover the sealing compound to protect the sealing compound prior to the application of the sealing membrane. The sealing membrane is prefabricated for later use in sealing applications. In use, the sealing compound on one side of the mesh substrate is exposed, for example, by removing one of the release backings. The exposed sealing compound is applied against the structure along the opening, region or aperture. The second release backing can then be removed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a building structure of a number of construction elements each comprising two plate-like side parts (2) which are mutually connected at a distance parallel to each other by at least one connecting part (3) which protrudes partially outside the periphery of these side parts (2) and fitting between side parts of an adjoining construction element (1). The connecting part (3) extends between the side parts over a distance in the order of magnitude of half the width of the side parts and over a substantially equal distance outside the side parts. The connecting parts (3) of adjoining construction elements (1) preferably leave spaces between each other so that the building structure substantially has one continuous interspace. The interspace can be filled with curing material.

Abstract: Panel members each have a panel body which is disposed between a pair of planar facing members. The panel members are secured together edge-to-edge by means of first and second channel members each of which has a pair of arms joined by means of a web. The arms of each channel member engage in troughs formed along the edges of the facing members of each of two adjacent panel members. The assembly is secured by fastening means which extend between the panel members to fasten together the channel members. The resulting joint is rigid and fire-resistant and provides maximum thermal resistance.

Abstract: A high voltage electrical transmission line support structure is constructed virtually completely from glass reinforced composites, comprised of vertical ribs, reinforcing cross bracing members and a skin composed of composite panels, enabling the reduction in elevation and closer spacing of conductors, and the creation of a smaller support structure weighing half or less the weight of a steel tower of the same power rating. The resulting structure requires substantially less ground right-of-way, and EMF radiation is attenuated in the immediate tower area due to the closer phase spacing.

Abstract: Straw bales are used in conjunction with a skeletal framework to form various structurally stable building components such as walls and floors. Straw bales and horizontal trussing members are combined to form a truss. The truss has of a pair of trussing members operatively connected to one or more bales. The trussing members, which are positioned opposite one another along the edges of the bale, form the chords of the truss. The bales form the web of the truss. The trussing members are one of the basic components of the skeletal framework used to construct the various composite structures embodying the invention. In the composite structures, straw bales are arranged in layers within a skeletal framework. The skeletal framework includes the trussing members and a series of rods positioned along the center line of the layered bales. The trussing members in each pair are positioned opposite one another along the edges of the bales at the interfaces between the layers of bales.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reinforcing a concrete made construction having the step of fixedly securing a grating member acting as a reinforcement onto a surface of a concrete made construction with a fixture so that the fixture imparts tension force to the grating member in a plane of the grating member. The fixture comprises, for instance, an anchor and a pin. The anchor includes an insertion portion to be inserted into a concrete made construction, the insertion portion being formed at a distal end thereof with an expanding slot, an arc-shaped head portion, and a tapered portion connecting the insertion portion to the head portion and having a cross-sectional area increasing from insertion portion towards the head portion, a through hole being formed axially through the anchor. The pin is to be inserted into a concrete made construction through the through hole.

Abstract: There is disclosed a press-on cap having a flat top with a cylindrical skirt with an annular tear band defined by a pair of annular score lines, and with at least two annular inner beads which seat in annular grooves in the neck of a bottle. The cap skirt extends below the lower score line of the annular tear band to form a tamper-proof ring which is bonded by laser radiation at least one, preferably two, spots to the neck of the plastic bottle. The spot bonds preferably have a diameter no greater than about 0.15 inch. The invention also comprises a bottle filler line which includes a capping station in which caps are applied and pressed downwardly over the narrow necks of the bottles which have been filled with a liquid such as milk or non-carbonated beverage, and a cap bonding station in which the capped and filled bottles are passed between laser beam effectors which are pulsed momentarily to spot bond the tamper-proof rings of the caps to the necks of the bottles.

Abstract: The present invention provides for improved thermoplastic stretch wrap films having superior cling force, load retention, elongation, tear resistance and puncture resistance properties and for the methods of using those stretch wrap films. The stretch wrap films generally have a thickness of from about 0.4 to about 3 mils. The stretch wrap films are preferably constructed in a multilayer fashion having outside cling layers, and at least one inside puncture resistant layer comprising a metallocene-catalyzed polyethylene resin and at least one inside transverse direction tear resistant layer comprising a polyethylene copolymer.

Abstract: A method for sterilizing an article supported in a housing is provided. The method includes placing an article in a housing, introducing pressurized steam and a sterilizing gas into the housing and closing the housing. The sterilizing gas may be mixture of ethylene oxide/carbon dioxide or ethylene oxide/nitrogen. The percent by volume of ethylene oxide in the housing at the conclusion of the sterilizing gas introducing step may range from at least about 2% to about 25% by volume. The present invention is particularly well suited for use with a form-fill-seal process.

Abstract: A process for the final containerization of bulk cheese discharged from a vertical cheese forming tower operates with variant methods to accommodate direct filling of the final container or preliminary filling for transfer to the final container. In accordance with both methods, initial filling utilizes a false bottom container which allows the cheese section to be lowered into the container for sealing and either final closure or inversion and transfer to another final container such as a fixed bottom steel barrel. Both methods utilize a step of placing a closure over the open top of the initially filled container, and an inverting step to expose the opposite end of the container for a final closure. Common apparatus may be used in the system of the present invention to accommodate either embodiment of the containerization method.

Abstract: An automated apparatus for controlling the automatic packaging of contact lenses in a contact lens fabrication facility includes: a first robotic transfer device for periodically transferring a first predetermined amount of individual packages from an inspection station to an intermediate consolidation buffer and depositing the packages on the consolidation buffer; a control device for tracking and identifying each individual contact lens conveyed from the inspection station to the consolidation buffer and including memory and logic circuits for staring the identity of individual packages containing contact lenses that have been previously determined at the inspection station as being out of specification, and, generating a signal to enable the first robotic device to discard any individual package identified as out of specification; and, a second robotic assembly for periodically transferring a second predetermined amount of individual packages from the consolidation buffer to a second processing station, th

Abstract: A stretch wrapping apparatus is provided for stretch wrapping a load with a stretch wrapping material. The apparatus includes a dispenser for dispensing stretch wrapping material and a mechanism for rotating the dispenser around an axis of rotation to wrap the stretch wrapping material around the load. A conveyor transfers the load to and from a wrapping area, the conveyor having two sides and defining a centerline therebetween intersecting the axis of rotation. A frame supports the dispenser including at least one upright leg, only one leg of the frame being disposed on one of the sides of the conveyor and being spaced from a line perpendicularly intersecting the conveyor centerline at the axis of rotation.

Abstract: A lawn mower piloting system that is detachably connectable to a self-propelled lawn mower which allows a user to steer the mower from a distance is provided. The lawn mower piloting system includes: a first rigid member detachably connectable to the mower; a second rigid member detachably connectable to the mower and connected to the first rigid member; a spring having a first spring end and a second spring end, the first spring end being connected to an end of the first rigid member; a flexible tension member having a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to a kill switch handle of the mower, the flexible tension member being threaded through the spring, and the flexible tension member being connected to the second spring end between the first end and the second end; and a hitch pin detachably securable about the kill switch handle and a mower handle for maintaining the kill switch handle in an operational position.

Abstract: The mowing implement of a mowing apparatus, rotating about a vertical axis, is driven over a transmission comprising a freewheel mechanism and driving pins. A drive shaft is connected with the freewheel mechanism so that there cannot be any mutual rotation therebetween. In a basic orientation parallel to the axis of rotation of the mowing implement, these driving pins produce a driving connection between the freewheel mechanism and the mowing implement for driving the latter. In the event of a stoppage of the drive shaft, the driving pins, together with the freewheel mechanism, carry out a lifting motion, which interrupts the driving connection between the mowing implement and the freewheel mechanism. During their lifting motion, the driving pins activate a braking device in the region of the interior of the transmission housing above the freewheel mechanism. This braking device rapidly brings the mowing implement, which continues to run, to a stop.

Abstract: A single lever height adjustment mechanism for adjusting the height of an associated mower has an adjustment bracket fixedly attached to the mower body, front and back pivot assemblies operatively connected to the axles of the mower, a control rod connecting the front and back pivot assemblies, an adjustment lever, and a lift assisting torsion spring. To adjust the position of the mower blade relative to the lawn, the operator moves the adjustment lever causing the back pivot assembly to raise or lower the back wheels relative to the mower body and causing the front pivot assembly to raise or lower the front wheels relative to the mower body.

Abstract: A creel 1 with twisting devices is capable of directly supplying twisted yarns from bobbins carrying non-twisted yarns to a loom or a warper, and of producing not only normal fabric but also a fabric having a low weft density woven at a higher rate or a fabric using hard-twist yarns as warps. A plurality of rotatable spindles 8, each carrying a bobbin 3 on which a non-twisted yarn 2 is wound, are arranged on a frame 18. The yarns 2 withdrawn from the bobbins 3 on the spindles 8 are twisted and arranged to form a yarn sheet 19. The spindles 8 are rotatably secured via bearings to the frame 18 of the creel 1 at the center of a rotary shaft section 8' which is arranged in a horizontal direction. On both ends of the rotary shaft section 8', a section for supporting the bobbin 3 carrying the non-twisted yarn 2 is formed, on which a two-for-one twisting device 21 is provided.

Abstract: A fiber-reinforced plastic bar comprises a core and a surface member, the core comprises a high strength continuous fiber and a matrix resin, and the surface member comprises a polypropylene fiber. This fiber-reinforced plastic bar does not undergo degradation even when mortar, concrete, etc, are cured in an autoclave.

Abstract: A jet spun twistless core/wrapped elastic yarn product. The core yarn of the core/wrapped yarn is a unitary elastomeric filament. The core yarn is contiguously provided around the core with staple fibers. The inner portion of the staple fibers extends in the same direction as the elastomeric core and an outer wrapper portion of the staple fibers is helically wound around and holds the inner portion of the staple fibers on the core.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and device for the connection of a negative pressure channel provided with openings installed on a textile machine with a plurality of work stations. A service unit traveling alongside the textile machine is provided with a negative pressure line. The negative pressure channel has openings which are closed off by swiveling flaps. When the service unit is brought to a stop at one of the work stations, the flap associated with the work station is swivelled by means of an apparatus installed in the service unit and the negative pressure line is connected to the opening of the negative pressure channel. Before the service unit leaves the work station, the connection between the negative pressure channel and the negative pressure line is broken and the flap is necessarily swivelled by the apparatus so as to be in front of the opening in order to close the opening.

Abstract: Braided or twisted lines made from gel spun polyolefin yarns are stretched to increase line tenacity. If desired, stretching conditions can also be chosen to significantly reduce the denier of the line.

Abstract: A rotator assembly is provided comprising two disc-shaped base members, each defining central bores therethrough and a disc-shaped middle section defining a central opening therethrough and having a tubular exterior, the middle section matingly fitting between the base members with the tubular exterior extending beyond and overlapping outer edges of the base members while the base members occupy the central opening of the middle section.

Abstract: In the case of an open-end spinning arrangement, a spinning rotor is arranged in a rotor housing, to which a vacuum of at least 500 mm water column is applied. A fibre feed channel, beginning at an opening roller with an entry opening, is directed with an outlet opening at a sliding wall of the spinning rotor. The fibre feed channel bends slightly in the direction towards a fibre collecting groove of the spinning rotor. The cross sectional area of the outlet opening of the fibre feed channel measures at least 19 mm.sup.2 and amounts to at least 30% of the cross sectional area of the entry opening. As a result of the bend in the fibre feed channel, the fibres are collected together in a fibre bundle on a longitudinal side of the fibre feed channel. The fibre bundle occupies only a part area of the outlet opening when leaving the fibre feed channel and is fed with high precision onto the sliding wall. The outlet opening can thus have larger dimensions without this leading to inaccurate feeding of the fibres.

Abstract: The control systems for reducing NOx in the combustion systems of past gas turbine engines has incorporated a variety of expensive and complicated techniques to reduce the NOx level. For example, such systems use schemes for introducing more air into the primary combustion zone, recirculating cooled exhaust products into the combustion zone and injecting water spray into the combustion zone. The present system reduces the formation of NOx within the combustion zone by controlling the air/fuel ratio and more explicitly by controlling the air portion of the air/fuel ratio. The present system includes a device for directing a portion of the flow of compressed air exiting a compressor section into an injection nozzle and into a combustor, a device for reducing the flow of compressed air into the combustor.

Abstract: A wear reduction kit for a combustion system of a gas turbine includes:a) a plurality of U-shaped inserts for use with a gas turbine transition piece having a peripheral end frame at one end thereof, the peripheral end frame having a continuous peripheral slot therein, open in a radially outward direction wherein the plurality of U-shaped inserts are adapted for insertion within the peripheral slot, and further wherein the U-shaped inserts are formed of material having a hardness greater than the end frame;b) at least a pair of guide block elements for use in securing a transition piece of a gas turbine combustor to a transition piece support, wherein each of the guide block elements is secured to the transition piece and adapted for engagement with cooperating guide finger elements secured to the support; and at least a pair of covers for the guide finger elements, and wherein the guide blocks are formed of material having a hardness greater than the finger element covers; andc) cooperating combustor flow sl

Abstract: A high performance annular combustor for a gas turbine engine powering aircraft consisting of a primary combustion zone with the fuel nozzles and air swirlers in the dome and having typical combustion/dilution air holes in the liner and a secondary zone downstream of the primary zone having fuel nozzles and air swirlers operational solely when the primary zone is at a predetermined stoichiometric condition and issuing fuel which is at parity with the fuel/air ratio of the primary zone.

Abstract: A turbocharged ram tornado engine coupled with a jet tornado turbine heat recovery system, a variable speed fluid transmission, and a muffler/water recovery assembly. A combustor provides a source of hot gases which are forced into a tornado form inside an annular chamber housing a first turbine wheel, water is injected in the gas stream, the swirling gases are then passed to a second turbine wheel, via a turbocharger connected to the first turbine exhaust which provides air to the combustor, and a muffler/water recovery system for condensing and recovering water injected into the engine.

Abstract: In a horizontally opposed type engine, right and left exhaust pipes are provided for right and left cylinder banks, respectively and a collecting pipe is disposed to collect gases these two exhaust pipes. Further, in a two-stage catalytic converter system, two main catalysts are provided for the two exhaust pipes, respectively, and a subsidiary catalyst is provided in the collecting pipe. An oxygen sensors is provided in each of the exhaust pipes on the upstream side of it's main catalyst. The air-fuel ratios of both the banks are controlled simultaneously on the basis of the output of one of the sensors, and the air-fuel ratio of the other bank is corrected on the basis of a difference between the outputs of the two oxygen sensors. Accordingly, the air-fuel ratios of both right and left banks can be controlled appropriately, without the use of an auxiliary oxygen sensor. As a result, it is possible to improve the purification capability of the auxiliary catalyst in the collecting pipe.