Abstract: There is disclosed a method of making transformer core laminates with bent corners from magnetic strip material having a predetermined thickness and power loss in the manufacture of a low-stress polyhedral core for a power transformer. The method includes mechanically bending corners in each laminate about predetermined bending lines while limiting the zone in each corner where the laminate is subject to plastic deformation to <5 times laminate thickness so that the specific power loss in the transformer core will equal that of the magnetic strip material except within the distance from the bending lines, where the power loss is higher due to plastic deformation of the magnetic strip material.

Abstract: A low air volume exhaust hood is based on the concept of zone laminar flow through the hood as the hood sash is raised to different levels. Laminar flow is achieved through a plurality of plenum zones constructed at the rear of the cabinet. Preferably the zones are created by utilizing different sized openings in a rear baffle of the cabinet which presents the plenum chamber. Alternatively, distinct independent plenums may be formed and coupled with a common exhaust structure. By utilizing laminar flow which is directed through different zones corresponding to different open positions of the sash, a lower volume of air can be moved through the hood while achieving desired levels of evacuation. Performance of the hood is further enhanced by a novel air foil design at the floor of the hood which promotes a sweeping flow of air across the floor.

Abstract: An incubating box includes a container with a flange, an inlet, holding portions, a space, protrusions and supports; a bed which is placed inside the space and supported by the protrusions, a retaining device which is arranged in the recess and supported by the pair of positioning plates, a water absorbing element which is laid down on a top face of the bed to cover the entire surface enclosed by the wall so that water from the water absorbing element is able to be distributed to every part in the bed; and a cap which has a peripheral skirt, a handle, ventilation holes and spacers, wherein the peripheral skirt extends downward to correspond to the flange of the container.

Abstract: An air freshener holding device for evenly dispensing a fragrance throughout an entire room each time a fan unit is turned on. The air freshener holding device includes a container having a front wall, a back wall, a bottom wall, side walls, an open top, and a storage compartment being disposed therein and being adapted to removably retain cakes of deodorant; and also includes fastening members being attached to the container and being adapted to attach the container to a fan vent cover.

Abstract: In a vehicle air conditioner where a foot mode and a foot/defroster mode can be set, when a target temperature of air blown into a passenger compartment is higher than a predetermined temperature, the foot mode is selected. However, even if the target temperature of air is higher than the predetermined temperature, the foot/defroster mode is selected in place of the foot mode when an outside air temperature is lower than a predetermined temperature and when a vehicle speed is higher than a predetermined speed. In the vehicle air conditioner, because the foot/defroster mode can be suitably automatically selected based on a fog-generation condition of a windshield, both fog-preventing performance of the windshield and heating performance of the passenger compartment are improved during heating operation.

Abstract: The below-deck space of an aircraft may be selectively configured as a freight hold or alternatively as a passenger sleeping cabin space by arranging a sleeping cabin container therein. An air conditioning system for this below-deck space provides air in a supply air main line (31), which branches off to at least one supply air delivery line (19). A first flange (23) is provided at the end of the supply air delivery line (19), and a seal collar (25) seals the end relative to the freight hold wall (29). When a sleeping cabin container is to be arranged in the below-deck space, a flap door (24) is pivoted into an open position, and the flange (28) at the end of a ventilation duct (27) of the sleeping cabin is connected directly to the flange (23).

Abstract: A vehicle is provided with an operators cab having a heating system. The vehicle is powered by an internal combustion engine that is a source of heated fluid. Heated fluid from the engine is directed to a supply line where it is carried to a heat exchanger in communication with the interior of the operators cab. A valve having an electrical actuator regulates the flow of heated fluid through the supply line to the heat exchanger. A non-linear potentiometer controls the actuator so that the heat output of the heat exchanger is linear with respect to the operation of the control knob. The non-linear potentiometer drives the actuator so that the valve is opened at an increasing rate until it its fully opened.

Abstract: A vent coupler has first and second leg portions and a latch element extending between the leg portions. The coupler may be formed from a single piece of wire and be detachably coupled to a vent damper. The latch element is inserted into a respective air flow slot of a vent cover to engage the vent cover and couple the vent cover to the damper. The coupler may be constructed to permit flexing of the coupler during the insertion process, with the coupler being biased to engage the vent cover when no longer flexed. The vent coupler may snap onto and grip upper and lower edges of an end wall of the damper housing to mount the coupler to the damper. A filter housing may be detachably coupled to the damper housing to support a filter on the opposite side of the damper housing from the vent cover.

Abstract: An apparatus for connecting a downrod to a mounting assembly and a motor housing of a fan. The mounting assembly and the motor housing are capable of receiving a differently sized downrod. The apparatus comprises a pair of adapters. The adapters each have a first end that engages an end of the downrod; a second end that engages either the mounting assembly or the motor housing; and a hollow interior extending between said first and second ends. In one alternative embodiment, the first end receives the downrod and includes: a pair of aligned apertures; and an aperture disposed between the pair of aligned apertures. The second end is threaded and engages either the mounting assembly or the motor housing. The second end includes a pair of aligned apertures on opposite sides thereof. The apparatus also includes a pair of pins to insert through the aligned apertures and a pair of fasteners for securing the downrod within the adapter. In another alternative embodiment, the first end inserts within the downrod.

Abstract: In a cooling water circuit system, cooling water pumped by a mechanically-driven first water pump circulates in a cooling water circuit, and flows through a radiator and a heater core in parallel in the cooling water circuit. An electrically-driven second water pump is disposed in the cooling water circuit at a position where cooling water to be supplied to the radiator from the first water pump and cooling water to be supplied to the heater core from the first water pump flow together. A check valve is provided in the cooling water circuit in parallel with the second water pump so that cooling water flows in one way from a water suction side of the second water pump toward a discharge side thereof. Thus, when the second water pump is operated, a total amount of cooling water pumped by the first water pump and the second water pump can flow through the radiator and the heater core.

Abstract: A heating apparatus for a vehicle includes a heat exchanger for heating air blown into a passenger compartment by using cooling water for cooling an engine as a heating source, and a combustor for heating cooling water flowing into the heat exchanger. When the combustor is stopped, exhaust gas of the engine is introduced into the combustor so that the exhaust gas of the engine is heat-exchanged with cooling water in the combustor, and is introduced into an intake pipe of the engine. Therefore, exhaust gas of the engine, introducing into the intake pipe of the engine, is cooled in the combustor without an additional heat exchanger provided in an engine compartment.

Abstract: There is described a fresh air nozzle device (10) for the passenger compartment of a vehicle, having a closure flap (20) and an actuating element (60) connected to the closure flap (20). The closure flap (20) is displaceable about a spindle (22) in the housing (12) between a closure position and an open position. At the outlet side the housing (12) has a circular opening edge (18) at which there is rotatably provided an actuating ring (28) forming the actuating element (60). The actuating ring (28) is provided with an arcuately curved toothed rack element (38) which extends along a peripheral portion of the actuating ring (28). The toothed rack element (38) meshes with a drive gear (44) of a gear transmission (46) which is provided on the housing (12) and which is provided with resiliently yielding spoke elements (52). The gear transmission (46) has a driven gear (58) which is connected to the spindle (22) of the closure flap (20).

Abstract: A hand pump system for pressurizing and de-pressurizing a pneumatic cylinder on a traction device. The hand pump system includes a hand pump having a pump head with a vent hole. A flow control assembly has a stem portion extending into the pump head. The stem portion has a primary chamber fluidly coupled to the pneumatic cylinder and a stem passageway extending through the stem portion. The housing is rotatable within the pump head between a pump position fluidly coupling the stem passageway with the pump; to a release position fluidly coupling the stem passageway with the vent hole; and to a positive shut off position to seal the vent hole with a vent seal and to seal the stem passageway with a pump seal. A pressure gauge is included in the flow control assembly fluidly coupled to the primary chamber.

Abstract: A ventilation unit for operative arrangement within an electronic apparatus. This unit has: an exterior side having a first exhaust port separated from, and located in stacked relationship with, a second exhaust port; and a first and second powered air mover, each having an intake side oriented at an angle greater than zero degrees from the exterior side. The first powered air mover intake side is in communication with the first exhaust port. One powered air mover can be located closer to the exterior side than the other. Gas, such as air, removed from the electronic apparatus can be drawn in through an intake side of the second powered air mover, then directed through a duct cover before it flows between a covered side of the first powered air mover and a support member side of the unit. The angle of orientation is preferably between twenty and one-hundred degrees. Additional powered air movers can be accommodated, each with a respective exhaust port.

Abstract: A viscous fluid type heat generator including a housing assembly defining therein a heat generating chamber and a heat receiving chamber, a drive shaft rotatably supported by the housing assembly, a rotor element mounted to be rotationally driven by the drive shaft for rotation within the heat generating chamber, and a viscous fluid, held in a gap defined between the inner wall surfaces of the heat generating chamber and the outer surfaces of the rotor element, for heat generation under shearing stress applied by the rotation of the rotor element. At least a part of the housing assembly, which defines the heat generating chamber, is made of a material of which a linear expansion coefficient is larger than that of a material of the rotor element.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle such as, for example, an electric car is provided with a liquid heating and circulating apparatus for heating the interior of the vehicle body. The liquid heating and circulating apparatus is provided with a main tank containing liquid, a heater mounted in the main tank for heating the liquid, and a pump for circulating the liquid heated by the heater. The liquid heating and circulating apparatus is also provided with a water supply unit connected to the main tank and accommodating a pressure relief valve assembly, and an auxiliary tank connected to the water supply unit. The pressure relief valve assembly is operated according to predetermined pressures within the main tank to place the main tank in communication with the auxiliary tank.

Abstract: Disclosed is a an apparatus for controlling a bi-directional pump of a gas boiler in which a shock noise generated when a rest or hot-water mode is switched to a heating mode, or when the heating mode is switched to the hot-water mode, during an operation of the gas boiler, is not produced. A bi-directional pump motor drives a bi-directional pump based on the selection of the heating or hot-water mode. A switching section selects a positive or reverse revolution of the bi-directional pump motor. A power control section controls an electric power supplied to the bi-directional pump motor via the switching section. When a rest or hot-water mode is selected while performing the heating mode, a control section cuts off the power supplied to the bi-directional pump motor via the power control section, and controls the switching section to be switched over to a motor reverse revolution switching terminal.

Abstract: A self-powered, forced hot air space heating system including a boiler for generating steam, a mechanical power producing steam expander, and a heat exchanger for heating air. Steam from the boiler is supplied to the expander and the heat exchanger, which is disposed in close proximity to the boiler. A fan powered by the expander is mounted adjacent to the heat exchanger in order to force air to be heated past the heat exchanger and through the space being heated. By operation of the fan, cool air is forced past the heat exchanger and heated. The resulting warm air is then provided to the space being heated. The system provides central forced hot air heating without the need for any external supply of electrical power. In another embodiment, a hot water heater is used in place of the boiler to heat high pressure water. The high pressure hot water is expanded to obtain mechanical energy for driving a generator and, thereby, producing a supply of electrical power.

Abstract: A viscous fluid type heater including a stator having a stationary surface and a rotor having a rotary surface. The rotary surface is opposed to the stationary surface to define a clearance therebetween for the accommodation of a viscous fluid. A circulating fluid flows through a heat exchanging chamber. The rotor rotates about its axis and shears the viscous fluid to produce heat. The heat is transmitted to the circulating fluid from the viscous fluid. The rotary surface is inclined with respect to the rotor axis. The stationary surface is inclined in conformity with the rotary surface.

Abstract: A burner for a vehicle heater of a particle filter regenerator including a combustion air blower, a combustion chamber with a fuel evaporator, a fuel supply with a fuel metering pump by which the fuel is proportionately fed to the evaporator, a glow-plug to ignite a mixture of combustion air and vaporized fuel and a control device, in which the control device switches the flow-plug on to ignite the mixture, starts the fuel metering pump after a first period following the switch-on of the glow-plug and substantially simultaneously with the starting of the fuel metering pump or a second period thereafter initiates a gradual increase in the speed of the combustion gas blower from a standstill or low speed rotation.