Abstract: A process for making a resealable package that that is formed from a packaging material, which is coated with cohesive material with a liner covering a portion of the cohesive material such that when the laminate is folded about an article to be enclosed the liner inhibits some of the cohesive from sticking to itself. The packaging material may further include a strip of pressure sensitive adhesive for resealing the package.

Abstract: A process for making a resealable package that that is formed from a packaging material, which is coated with cohesive material with a liner covering a portion of the cohesive material such that when the laminate is folded about an article to be enclosed the liner inhibits some of the cohesive from sticking to itself. The packaging material may further include a strip of pressure sensitive adhesive for resealing the package.

Abstract: A method of replenishing a merchandising display and a merchandising display each requires the product to be displayed for sale be loaded into modular receptacles at the manufacturer and that a merchandising display for receiving the modular receptacles be shipped to a retailer. The retailer then loads the modular receptacles containing product into the merchandising display and eventually replenishes the merchandising display once the product is depleted.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for processing containers or other articles by using continuous rotation of processing heads in a circular path about a single vertical axis and controlling the processing heads to independently rotate about a swivel axis causing them to move in a straight-line path while the heads are lowered to engage a group of containers or articles arranged in parallel rows. In this manner, a higher production apparatus and method are provided which is simpler, more reliable, requires less floor space, and easy to reconfigure for different applications.

Abstract: In a method of filling containers with piece goods, the piece goods are fed on a feed conveyer to at least two robots arranged in the conveying direction, in order by means of these robots to be put into empty spaces in the containers conveyed on a container conveyer. In the process, the robots are controlled in accordance with the arrangement of the piece goods on the feed conveyer, in such a way that they are utilized at least approximately uniformly. As a result, the lifetime of the robots may be increased.

Abstract: An installation for slicing whole loaves and packaging each sliced loaf in its entirety or in halves after splitting of the loaf that has been sliced in its entirety.

Abstract: A bag filling machine having a tunnel and a bag fitted to the tunnel for transferring material compacted in the tunnel and in the compacted state, into the bag. The tunnel is composed of a bottom portion and alternating top portions that are alternatively and selectively secured to the bottom portion. Said top portion defining a portion of the circumferential rear end opening and having different circumferential end portions that adapt the tunnel to different bag sizes.

Abstract: A saddle cloth for equestrian use to be applied to a horse prior to application of the saddle has zones adapted to lie beneath the saddle panels at respective sides of the horse. Each zone includes within a pocket, a separate air bag at least in a forward and a rearward part of the zone such that each air bag serves to apply a relatively even pressure to the back of the horse. Each air bag is substantially flat and is filled within its interior with a resiliently compressible open cell foam and air sealed within the bag is substantially at atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: A bag for vacuum sealing from which air is sucked up by a suction nozzle which is connected to a suction pipe or a suction horse of a vacuum cleaner. This bag has a small bag for air suction, and the suction nozzle is inserted in this small bag. The small bag is made of two resin films and is opened and closed by a zipper composed of a protrusion and a groove. The suction nozzle has a rear connecting portion with a check valve inside and a front portion with a suction hole, and the rear portion is to be connected to a vacuum cleaner. The rear connecting portion stands upward. The front portion is spatular and has a suction hole which opens downward. The outer circumference of the front portion where the suction hole is provided is almost equal to the inner circumference of the portion of the small bag where the suction nozzle is inserted.

Abstract: An oil mist filter capable of removing oil mist and separating liquids of low viscosity. A filter section in the oil mist filter is of two-stage construction. The filter section includes a filter body disposed in the upper stage for arresting oil mist and a support body disposed in the lower stage to support the filter body and capable of separating gas fuel. A space is defined below the filter body. When passing through the filter body the oil mist in the gas fuel is arrested by the filter body. The liquid content in the gas fuel is collected below the filter body in the upper stage, and then moves under its own weight along the support body in the lower stage until it is collected in the space. The gas fuel having its liquid content removed is passed through the support body and fed to the engine.

Abstract: A filter assembly for use in filtering air in an air conditioning system has a water resistant front grille through which air enters the assembly and a water resistant rear grille through which filtered air is exited. The ends of these grilles are not apertured and are bent over and joined together to form a container structure. An air permeable filter element in the form of a pleated or undulating sheet is installed in the container structure, the opposite ends of the pleated sheet being attached to opposing sides of the grilles. The pleated sheet runs between the front and rear grilles and extends from the top to the bottom of the grilles. The filter sheet has a filtering media which may be of fiberglass on the side thereof which faces the front grille and a stiffened backing providing structural support, on the side facing the rear grille. The fiberglass, while passing air resists the passage of liquid therethrough.

Abstract: Switch operation mechanism includes a handling lever pivotally connected to a portion of a handle, a generally-fan-shaped actuating member pivotally connected at its pivot portion to the handle in such a manner that the actuating member is pivotable in response to operation, by a human operator, of the handling lever, and a noncontact reed switch for turning on or off a cutter-driving electric motor in accordance with an ON/OFF state of the noncontact reed switch. The ON/OFF state of the noncontact reed switch is determined in accordance with pivoting movement, toward or away from the switch, of the actuating member responsive to the operation of the handling lever. With such arrangements, the switching operations of the operation mechanism can be performed accurately in a stable manner.

Abstract: In an electric working machine, a scroll portion is provided at one of left and right sides of a machine body, and a relay member functioning as a power switch in which a power on/off key is removably inserted is provided at the other side of the machine body. The relay member is provided between a motor-driving battery and a control section so that the battery and control section can be electrically connected with each other by insertion, in the relay member, of the power on/off key and disconnected from each other by removal, from the relay member, of the power on/off key.

Abstract: An electric lawn mower includes a cutter blade, an electric motor disposed above the cutter blade, and a battery unit for driving the electric motor. The battery unit is positioned above the electric motor to thereby achieve weight balance of the lawn mower. This arrangement allows air to flow smoothly between the electric motor and the battery unit.

Abstract: In an electric lawn mower, a rechargeable battery and an electric motor activatable by the battery are mounted in a machine body section, and a cutter blade is provided within a cutter housing and rotatable via the electric motor to cut grass. Cover member collectively covers the battery and electric motor. The cover member is shaped to progressively slant upward in a front-to-rear direction of the machine body section, and the cover member has an opening formed in its lower front end portion and an air vent formed in its rear end portion to thereby permit ventilation from the opening to the air vent such that the battery and electric motor can be cooled by air flows.

Abstract: A lawn mower having a frame, a motor connected to the frame, a driver's seat located on the frame, a cutting blade connected to the motor, a deck located above the cutting blade and vertically movably mounted to the frame, and a draft rod connected between the deck and a portion of the frame. The draft rod is movably connected between the deck and the portion of the frame to limit upward vertical movement of the deck relative to the frame to a predetermined upper stop location.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for selectively repositioning a discharge spout of an agricultural harvesting machine by rotating it about a substantially vertical axis includes a drive motor coupled to a driveline incorporating a slip clutch operable for interrupting power flow to the spout in response to the driving torque exceeding a predetermined threshold value so as to prevent damage to the spout and/or drive motor when the spout impacts or is driven against an obstacle. The overload clutch is constructed so as to resist spout movement after the clutch has interrupted the flow of power through the driveline and to automatically reestablish power flow once the cause for the overload no longer exists.

Abstract: A tip for the leading end of a crop divider of a combine corn head comprises a tip body of a durable, low friction polymer which covers the snoot of the crop divider to reduce the incidents of clogging of the combine head as the head is advanced through the crop.

Abstract: The present invention includes a nontwisted composite tether comprising one or more composite rods encased in a jacket and a method for manufacturing same. A portion of the rods may be bundled into one or more strands, provided however that the rods comprising the strands are not twisted into twisted strands in the assembled nontwisted tether. Such untwisted strands, if any, additionally are not twisted relative to each other. Temporary and/or permanent buoyancy may be to the tether. The present invention includes methods for preparing, transporting, and installing a composite tether on a floating platform. The tether, preferably assembled at a waterfront, is launched into the water and towed to an offshore installation site, where the tether is upended and connected via a bottom end connector on the tether to an anchor foundation in the seabed and connected a top end connector on the tether to the floating platform.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cut resistant yarns. More particularly, it relates to a cut resistant yarn comprising a plurality of cut resistant filaments and at least one elastomeric filament, as well as fabrics and articles such as gloves, comprising such cut resistant yarns.

Abstract: A method of and apparatus for monitoring the processing of a multifilament yarn to indicate a number of protrusions in the yarn is provided. In this method, a multifilament yarn is passed through a light beam directed from a light emitting device to a light receiving device, and the amount of light received by the light receiving device is measured at predetermined time intervals. From the measured amounts of light over a predetermined time period a measuring and computing device produces a frequency distribution, and a threshold level representative of an ideal yarn is calculated from the frequency distribution. The number of measurements that fall outside that threshold level is recorded and is indicative of the number of filament breaks and loops in the yarn.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling the suction, by speed alteration of a blower motor, in a unit for suctioning away thread breakage in a textile machine. A standard speed of the blower motor without speed control is established to achieve the suction, after which the speed of the blower motor is so controlled that a set suction is reached and maintained.

Abstract: A combustion turbine with a secondary combustor is provided. The secondary combustor is disposed within the turbine assembly of the combustion turbine. The secondary combustor assembly is structured to maintain the working gas at a working temperature within the turbine assembly. The secondary combustor assembly re-heats the working gas by injecting a combustible gas into the working gas. The secondary combustor assembly includes a plurality of openings disposed among the vanes and/or blades in the turbine assembly which are coupled to a combustible gas source. As the combustible gas is injected into the working gas, the combustible gas will auto-ignite. That is, the combustible gas will combust without the need for an igniter or pre-existing flame. Combustion of the combustible gas in the turbine assembly re-heats the working gas.

Abstract: Steam cooled gas turbine system is improved to enhance a gas turbine efficiency and a combined efficiency by effecting steam-cooling of a combustor transition piece and a turbine blade. In a combined cycle system comprising; a gas turbine (8) having a generator (1), a compressor (2), a combustor (3), a blade cooling air cooler (4), a fan (5) and a turbine (6); a steam turbine (29) having a high pressure turbine (21), an intermediate pressure turbine (22) and a low pressure turbine (23); and a waste heat recovery boiler (9), saturated water of a high pressure pump (27) is partially led into a heat exchanger (110) for cooling steam to be supplied into a moving blade (52) and a stationary blade (53). Also, outlet steam of the high pressure turbine (21) is led into the moving blade (52), the stationary blade (53) and the combustor transition piece (54) for cooling thereof and the steam is then supplied to an inlet of the intermediate pressure turbine (22).

Abstract: A method for setting or regulating the steam temperature of the live steam and/or reheater steam, in particular under part load, in a combined-cycle power plant and a combined-cycle power plant so regulated. The power-plant has a water/steam cycle including a steam turbine, fired boiler and a means for superheating or reheating the steam generated in the boiler to form live steam or reheater steam, a gas turbine set, and a downstream heat recovery steam generator connected to the water/steam cycle in such a way that steam generated in the heat recovery steam generator is admixed with the live steam or reheater steam. Improved part-load behavior is achieved in that the steam temperature of the live steam and/or reheater steam is set or regulated by setting or regulating the steam temperature of the steam generated in the heat recovery steam generator.

Abstract: A gas turbine combustor apparatus comprising plural combustors and plural fuel supply systems realizes a combustion of a lean and uniform pre-mixture in each of the combustors to thereby enable to reduce NOx generation. Flow regulating valves 29, 30 are provided in fuel supply systems 23, 24, respectively, that supply combustors 25, 26 with fuel. Pressure gauges 31, 32 are provided in the fuel supply systems 23, 24, respectively, in front of inlets of the combustors 25, 26. The flow regulating valves 29, 30 are controlled so that pressures measured by the pressure gauges 31, 32 become the same.

Abstract: A natural oil byproduct, which can be produced as a “still bottoms” byproduct of a distillation of a feed composition including an animal fat and/or vegetable oil, is used as an energy source. The natural oil byproduct can comprise unhydrolyzed fat/oil and free fatty acids; and its emissions upon burning have substantially-reduced pollutant concentrations relative to other fuels. When used as an energy source, the natural oil byproduct can be burned alone or in combination with a traditional fuel, such as number 2 or number 6 oil or coal.

Abstract: A method and system detects the function of a catalytic converter in a vehicle using data received from an open path emissions sensor. The factors considered include whether the vehicle moving on a road is operating in a closed loop operating condition, whether the vehicle is operating in a cold start mode, and the hydrocarbon and other tailpipe emissions concentrations in an exhaust stream of the vehicle as measured by the open path sensor.

Abstract: A system and method for providing operating conditions that provide higher efficiency NOx reduction in a lean NOx catalyst coupled to a lean-burning internal combustion engine. A catalyst containing reductant is caused to attain a temperature greater than 300° C. After a duration of about 10 seconds at the elevated temperature, the NOx conversion efficiency of the catalyst is increased in the 140-250° C. temperature range.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a NOx storage catalyst by means of a NOx-sensitive measuring device, especially a NOx sensor, that is arranged downstream in relation to the NOx storage catalyst which is arranged in an exhaust gas channel of a combustion engine. According to the invention, a reference time (to) is determined by means of a signal path of the NOx-sensitive measuring device (18) after the combustion engine (10) has been switched into a lean operating mode. Said reference time is used as the timely starting point for controlling processes being related to the NOx storage catalyst (16). The invention also relates to a device for carrying out the method.

Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment system for an internal combustion engine includes a three-way catalyst and a NOx device located downstream of the three-way catalyst. The device is preconditioned for emissions reduction at engine operating conditions about stoichiometry by substantially filling the device with oxygen and NOx; and purging stored oxygen and stored NOx from only an upstream portion of the device, whereupon the upstream portion of the device operates to store oxygen and NOx during subsequent lean transients while the downstream portion of the device operates to reduce excess HC and CO during subsequent rich transients.

Abstract: A system and method for providing reductant to a lean NOx catalyst, when the temperature in the lean NOx catalyst is greater than 300° C., is disclosed. After the reductant is supplied under these conditions, the NOx conversion efficiency of the lean NOx catalyst in the 140-250° C. temperature range is increased.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hydrodynamic converter comprising a torus-shaped working chamber surrounding the converter axis, said chamber having the form of a ring channel in an axial cross-section; an impeller which is rotationally fixed to an input shaft; a turbine wheel which is rotationally fixed to an output shaft; and a ring of adjustable vanes. The converter is designed in such a way that it has a lambda value of less than 0.0005.

Abstract: A hydraulic pressure compensation system for valve actuator assemblies is described having particular application for subsea wellhead installations. The compensation system includes at least one valve actuator assembly having a housing that retains a reciprocable piston therewithin. The piston is spring biased into its fail safe configuration. The valve actuator assembly is hydraulically associated with an accumulator reservoir that defines a closed fluid reservoir and an open fluid reservoir that is exposed to ambient pressures. The two chambers are separated by a membrane. The valve actuator assembly is also operationally associated with a fluid pressure intensifier that boosts the ambient pressure of the accumulator so that an increased fluid pressure may be transmitted to the actuator assembly to bias the actuated valve toward its fail safe configuration. In a described embodiment, the fluid pressure intensifier comprises a housing that defines a chamber having a fluid inlet and fluid outlet.

Abstract: A hydraulic system includes at least two consumers, e.g., a closing unit and an injection unit of an injection molding machine. At least two displacement pumps are provided to produce a fluid flow under pressure to the consumers, whereby at least one control valve is provided for each of the consumers. At least one further valve is provided to control a fluid communication between the output sides of the displacement pumps, wherein at least one of the consumers is supplied with pressure from the outlet of the displacement pumps separately or together in groups.

Abstract: A hydraulic turbine drive with a multi-material turbine wheel. The turbine wheel is mounted on a shaft defining a shaft material. The blades and a portion of the turbine wheel are comprised of a high strength thermoplastic material having a thermal expansion coefficient substantially higher than the thermal expansion coefficient of the shaft material. The thermoplastic portion of the wheel is radially at least partially contained in a first containing wheel having a thermal expansion coefficient higher than that of the plastic material and lower than that of the shaft. The first containing wheel may also be radially contained in one or more additional containing wheels each having a thermal expansion coefficient higher than that of the first containing wheel. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are the drive wheels for supercharger systems for internal combustion systems. In a particular preferred embodiment the drive wheel is a part of a single shaft hybrid supercharger system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas storage power plant (1) with a gas store (8), a turbogroup (2) and a gas supply line (9) which leads from the gas store (8) to the turbogroup (2). A gas supply control device (12) is arranged in the gas supply line (9).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas storage power station (1) having a turbine group (3) and a compressor group (4). The turbine group (3) has at least one turbine (5, 6) and a generator (10). During normal operation of the turbine group (3), the generator (10) emits power directly to a main load (11). The compressor group (4) has at least one compressor (12) and one electric motor (15). The gas storage power station (1) furthermore has a power consumption device (20), which can be activated in order to consume turbine and/or generator power.

Abstract: A gas turbine combustor is improved to enhance a cooling effect and a flame holding ability to thereby reduce NOx generation. A combustor 13 comprises a double structure of an inner cylindrical member 13a and an enlarged outer cylindrical member 13b to thereby enlarge a diameter of a combustion zone. A pre-mixing nozzle 11 comprises an outer sleeve 23 of which front end is projected beyond a base plate 17 and a pre-mixing nozzle portion 21 of the inner side. Air flows between the outer sleeve 23 and the pre-mixing nozzle portion 21 for enhancing the cooling effect of the pre-mixing nozzle 11. High temperature gas inner and outer circulating flows 15, 16 are formed in the combustion zone to enhance the flame holding ability. Pilot fuel quantity, as so far necessitated for flame holding, is reduced and NOx quantity generated of the pilot fuel is reduced. The base plate 17 exposed to the high temperature gas is prevented from being overheated by the projected front portion of the pre-mixing nozzle 11.

Abstract: An elevated pressure power plant (100) for cleanly and efficiently oxidizing, gasifying or combusting a fuel. The fuel is oxidized or gasified in a reaction chamber (210) at a pressure range from approximately 700 psia to 2000 psia, or from approximately 850 psia to 1276 psia. Products of combustion from the chamber may be passed to a heat exchanger (224). A portion of the condensed water may be recycled to the products of combustion upstream of the heat exchanger. Also, before being passed to the reaction chamber, the coolant may be routed through the heat exchanger in a two-step pressure fashion.

Abstract: A method is provided for delivering gaseous hydrogen to end users, the hydrogen being delivered in reusable storage tanks containing a plurality of carbon nanotubes. Liquid hydrogen is introduced into the tank, and the nanotubes absorb the hydrogen. The tanks are then warmed to normal temperatures and distributed to end users. The tanks are connected to the end-user system and are preferably installed within an air-tight enclosure, which may have an inert atmosphere. Alternatively, an inerting system monitors the air within the enclosure for free hydrogen and can release an inerting gas if free hydrogen is detected. The hydrogen is selectively released by heating the storage tank or by injecting a catalyst into the tank. When the usable hydrogen is depleted, the tank is retrieved from the end user for refurbishment and refilling.

Abstract: A wet package precooler is operated inside a flower cooler room and includes a closed cabinet with a slotted opening in the top into which the flower packages slide. A conveyor on which the packages ride is provided inside the cabinet, a motor/blower assembly provides cooling air flow. By incorporating vertical cooling air flow, the machine cools the packaged flowers as they slide through the slot. The machine directs the cooling air into the top of the package, down through the flowers, and exhausts the air through hand holes and vents in the water container part of the package.

Abstract: A transportation refrigeration system operable in a cooling mode, a defrost mode, and a heating mode to condition air in an air-conditioned space. The system comprises a refrigeration circuit fluidly connecting a compressor, a condenser, a tank, and an evaporator. The evaporator is in thermal communication with the air-conditioned space. A heating circuit fluidly connects the compressor, the tank, the evaporator, and a heater. A defrost circuit fluidly connects the compressor, the tank, the evaporator, and the heater. The tank has a base and the first opening is spaced a first distance above the base and the third opening is spaced a second greater distance above the base.

Abstract: A method for controlling refrigeration including a simulated product temperature sensor operable to measure a simulated product temperature from a refrigeration case and a transceiver in communication with said simulated product temperature sensor and operable to wirelessly transmit data. A receiver receives the wirelessly transmitted data and a controller in communication with the receiver controls the refrigeration system based upon the wirelessly transmitted data from the refrigeration case.

Abstract: A commercial refrigeration system has a control system (70) which distributes intelligence to increase granularity of the control and simplify wiring, assembly and installation. Compressors (14A-C) of the refrigeration system each have a bus compatible compressor safety and control module (48) including a processor and sensors. All control and safety modules (48) communicate over a single power and communications line (80) with the controller (70), providing digital transmissions to the controller of measurements taken by the sensors. The control and safety modules (48) are capable of executing commands from the controller (70) to cycle the compressors (14A-C). The control and safety modules (48) preferably contain sufficient intellignece to continue system operation upon failure of the controller (70). A compressor (14) is also disclosed which has an intelligent control and safety module.

Abstract: An automated cold storage apparatus, and related method thereof, provides a sample process management system that is a revolutionary approach to the storage and retrieval regarding critical samples. The system—a significant technological breakthrough in laboratory automation—is the first ultra low temperature robotic system capable of being validated. Samples in containers are stored and retrieved robotically through an airlock climate-control chamber that is automatically dehumidified by a dry gas purge, such as a carbon dioxide or nitrogen purge or the like. This purge rapidly reduces ambient humidity to a desirable relative humidity (RH), e.g., less than about 15% RH, virtually eliminating the accumulation of frost. Microplates are systematically identified using barcode technology, for example. Once through the climate-controlled chamber, the containers (i.e., samples) are robotically transferred to the rotary mechanism.

Abstract: In a cooling apparatus, air within a room is first introduced into a radiator-type adsorber 1, where moisture contained in the air is adsorbed by A-type silica gel. The resulting low-humidity air is subsequently introduced into a desorption cooler 5, where moisture is desorbed from B-type silica gel, thereby humidifying and cooling the air. The resulting low-temperature air is then used for cooling. When a cooling capacity of the cooling apparatus is lowered, air from a heat source is introduced into the radiator-type adsorber 1, where the moisture is desorbed from the A-type silica gel, thereby recovering the adsorbability thereof. The high-humidity air resulting from the desorption of the moisture is subsequently introduced into the desorption cooler 5, where the moisture contained in the air is adsorbed by the B-type silica gel, thereby recovering the desorption cooling capacity thereof.

Abstract: A simple one-piece, flexible, lightweight and portable shade apparatus for an evaporative or “swamp” cooler that can collapse for transport or storage and does not require tools or equipment for installation whereby it does not blemish or deface the cooler unit or the attached dwelling in any way.

Abstract: A temperature controlled service case for storage and display of chilled or frozen products, including at least one compartment for product storage, at least one access opening providing entrance to the compartment, at least one shelf within the compartment for holding product, and refrigeration operatively associated with the compartment for maintaining a selected temperature therein. The refrigeration includes at least one cooling coil above the shelf with a cooling medium flowing therethrough, and cooling within the shelf with a cooling medium flowing therethrough. Coolant supply is also provided for supplying cooling medium to the cooling coil and shelf.

Abstract: A temperature controlled service case for storage and display of chilled or frozen products, including at least one compartment for product storage, at least one access opening providing entrance to the compartment, at least one shelf within the compartment for holding product, and refrigeration operatively associated with the compartment for maintaining a selected temperature therein. The refrigeration includes at least one cooling coil above the shelf with a cooling medium flowing therethrough, and cooling within the shelf with a cooling medium flowing therethrough. Coolant supply is also provided for supplying cooling medium to the cooling coil and shelf with separate coolant supply and discharge lines from the coolant supply to the cooling coil and shelf. In accordance with a further embodiment, the shelf is divided into separate sections. In accordance with a still further embodiment, means are provided to warm the coolant for at least one of said cooling coil and shelf.