Abstract: A gas turbine combustor has a combustion chamber into which fuel and air are supplied, wherein the fuel and the air are supplied into said combustion chamber as a plurality of coaxial jets.

Abstract: A submersible pump-motor assembly for use in dispensing petroleum from petroleum storage tanks. The pump-motor assembly of the present invention enhances the performance characteristics of the pump-motor assembly by providing greater flow area around the motor stator while maintaining the alignment of the assembly's critical pump components. Such enhanced pump performance characteristics provide the petroleum dispensing station manager using such pump-motor assemblies with greater flow rates per dispenser or, when maximum flow rates are capped, potentially greater dispensing capacity.

Abstract: A compressed air system, wherein a decision to de-energize a compressor motor is made with consideration of the likely need for the operation of the compressor at a future point in time. A rate of pressure decay in an air reservoir may be extrapolated over a predetermined time period to predict the need for operation of the compressor within the time period. If operation of the compressor is predicted to be needed within the time period, the compressor is allowed to continue to run in an unloaded mode beyond a normal cool down period.

Abstract: The metering device for a liquid medium comprises a cylinder and a piston operatively disposed therein to define a metering chamber ahead of the piston. The outlet end of the cylinder is open and closed by an evacuation valve. The piston is driven forwardly through a working stroke to force the liquid medium in the metering chamber out of the chamber and past the evacuation valve. A check valve located in the metering chamber moves from a closed to an open position on each working stroke to preclude entrapment of air in the metering chamber and thus provide for more accurate metering. The metering device may include means to regulate the length of the working stroke.

Abstract: An occlusion for use in a peristaltic pump includes independently movable occlusion fingers. The fingers are integrally formed as a single unitary body.

Abstract: An electric motor driven blower assembly provides for a complete air cooling duct running from the inside of the blower housing to the motor at the back of the housing. A vertical cooling tube on the scroll housing is mated to an open, moldable trough in the motor cover across a sealing projection on a vibration gasket. The seal of the vertical tube through the gasket provides a right angle turn in the cooling duct, providing a complete cooling duct while still allowing all parts to be easily molded.

Abstract: There is provided an efficient compressor which is simple in structure and small in torque fluctuation. The compressor comprises a compression element which comprises a cylinder having a compression space formed therein, a suction port and a discharge port which communicate with the compression space in the cylinder, a compression member which comprises continuous thick and thin parts, one surface of which inclines, which is arranged in the cylinder to rotate, and which compresses fluids sucked through the suction port and discharges the compressed fluids through the discharge port, and a vane which is arranged between the suction port and the discharge port to abut on one surface of the compression member, and which partitions the compression space of the cylinder into a low pressure chamber and a high pressure chamber.

Abstract: A fluid flow actuated valve for controlling the fluid flow in a conduit comprises a support structure adapted to be mounted within the conduit and at least one flap member pivotally mounted to the support structure. The at least one flap member is pivotable between an first position for a minimum fluid flow and a second position for a maximum fluid flow. A torsion spring is attached to the at least one flap member to urge the same to pivot against a fluid pressure differential, from the first position to the second position when the fluid pressure differential is smaller than a predetermined level.

Abstract: An electric compressor has a compressor housing, a compression mechanism, an electric motor, an accommodating portion and a motor drive circuit. The compressor housing has a circumferential wall and a central axis. The compression mechanism is arranged in the compressor housing for compressing fluid. The electric motor is operatively connected to the compression mechanism for driving the compression mechanism. The accommodating portion is provided on an outer surface of the compressor housing and defines an accommodating space. The inner surface of the accommodating space includes a bottom surface and a side surface. The bottom surface is defined as a radially inward surface of the inner surface relative to the central axis. The side surface surrounds a periphery of the bottom surface. The bottom and side surfaces are defined by the compressor housing. The motor drive circuit is arranged in the accommodating space for driving the electric motor.

Abstract: A new type of gas heat engine is described that has several features similar to a gas turbine or jet engine. The engine is developed in many different configurations, each yielding different theoretical advantages and degrees of freedom. All of this family of engines have no moving components, provide heat recovery and operate over a wide range of input gas velocities. The new engines can use higher combustion temperatures and consequently have the potential for improved efficiency over current technology. There are many theoretical and practical advantages to the new concepts, which give flexibility in both engine design and operating characteristics that are difficult to embody in current turbo jets. Among the most important is the potential for a thermodynamic efficiency which exceeds that of current open cycle gas heat engines at a given pressure ratio. A new term in the equation of the Enthalpy of a gas is described, which could be exploited in yet other variants of the engine.

Abstract: A piston (6) of a piston pump unit (2), which can be displaced in a translatory manner, is guided in a cylinder bore (7). The piston (6) is driven by a crank drive (13) comprising an eccentric element (15) which is arranged on a drive shaft (14). A stroke ring (12) is rotationally mounted on the eccentric element (15) but does not rotate therewith. A sliding surface (10) of the piston (6) is arranged on a sliding bearing surface (11) on the stroke ring (12). A discharge chamber (22) is embodied inside the piston (6) on an end opposite the stroke ring (12). Said discharge chamber is open towards the sliding bearing surface (11). The discharge chamber (22) is connected in a pressure-wise manner to a working chamber (8) by means of a passage (23) in the piston (6). A displaceable control piston (25) is guided in a longitudinal bore (24) pertaining to said passage (23).

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved multi-point injector for use in a gas turbine engine or other types of combustors. The multi-point fuel injector has a plurality of nozzles arranged in at least two arrays such as concentric rings. The injector further has different fuel circuits for independently controlling the fuel flow rate for the nozzles in each of the arrays. Each of the nozzles include a fluid channel and one or more swirler vanes in the fluid channel for creating a swirling flow within the fluid channel. A method for injecting a fuel/air mixture into a combustor stage of a gas turbine engine is also described. At least one zone has a flame hot enough to stabilize the entire combustor flame.

Abstract: An apparatus for preventing backflow of a gas of a scroll compressor includes: a hermetic container provided with a discharge pipe through which a gas is discharged; a fixed scroll fixedly coupled in the hermetic container; an orbiting scroll orbiting in meshing engagement with the fixed scroll to compress gas together with the fixed scroll; and a backflow preventing means for preventing backflow of a gas discharged through the discharge pipe. Therefore, a gas compressed by an orbiting movement of the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll is smoothly discharged to the discharge pipe through the hermetic container during operation of the compressor, and the gas discharged to the discharge pipe is prevented from backflowing into the hermetic container when the operation is stopped.

Abstract: A vacuum pump valve includes a valve body and a suction diaphragm. The valve body includes a sealing platform sealedly attached on the container at the opening thereof, and a guiding sleeve upwardly extended from the sealing platform to form a suction channel, wherein the sealing platform has an operation slot formed thereon at a position within the suction channel and at least a through ventilating groove communicating the receiving cavity of the container with an exterior thereof. The suction diaphragm is disposed within the suction channel of the valve body, including an enlarged sealing head adapted to seal on the sealing platform to enclose the ventilating groove thereof, and a guiding shaft extended from the sealing head to slidably mounted at the sealing platform at the operation slot to move the sealing head between a releasing position and a sealing position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thrust bearing assembly and a horizontal skid utilized in a horizontal pumping system. In one embodiment, the thrust bearing assembly comprises a cylindrical open housing, at least one radial ball bearing, at least one rotating seal, and at least one axial thrust bearing. The axial thrust bearing does not have to be completely submerged in lubricant.

Abstract: A peristaltic pump device and method includes at least one roller of a rotor rotatable with respect to an occlusion with a substantially constant radius. A depression is formed in the occlusion and extends beyond the substantially constant radius of the occlusion.

Abstract: An implantable diaphragm pump for use in medical applications comprising a housing having a pump cap, a valve plate, a diaphragm, and a base plate, wherein the pump cap and the valve plate are separated by the diaphragm, and the valve plate and lower surface of the diaphragm serve to form a pump chamber. A permanent magnet is attached to the pump cap within the diaphragm chamber wherein the lower surface of the permanent magnet is adjacent to the upper surface of the diaphragm. The diaphragm having a coil and a corrugated outer periphery, wherein when electrical current flows in a first direction through the coil, the diaphragm engages the lower surface of the permanent magnet, and when electrical current flows in a direction opposite the first direction, said diaphragm engages the upper surface of the valve plate.

Abstract: A device for transmitting motion between the rotor of a synchronous permanent-magnet motor and the working part, having an increased free rotation angle, which comprises at least two motion transmission couplings which mutually cooperate in a kinematic series. Each coupling is constituted by at least one driving element which is eccentric with respect to the rotation axis and is rigidly coupled to a first component of the motion transmission system and by at least one driven element, which is also eccentric with respect to the rotation axis and is rigidly coupled to the component arranged kinematically after the preceding one. The angle covered by the elements of each coupling is, as a whole, less than a round angle. The intermediate components of the kinematic transmission have both a driven element and a driving element for receiving the motion from the preceding one and transmitting it to a subsequent one.

Abstract: The fuel transfer pump is a combination suction and pressure pump in a manifold above the fuel storage tank. The fuel transfer pump is contained within a manifold. The pump is liquid cooled (more specifically, fuel cooled) and is located in a manifold above the fuel storage tank and not submerged inside the tank. The fuel transfer pump draws (using suction) the fuel up from the bottom of the tank though the pipe column into the manifold and then under pressure pumps it to one or more fueling dispensers.

Abstract: A heat-dissipating fan of the invention has an axle, a bearing, a rotor and a stator. The axle and the bearing are made of a ceramic material, and are located at a central location of the rotor and the stator. The bearing is a hollow cylinder integrally formed into a single body, and has a central hole and a recess at its bottom. The axle penetrates through the central hole of the bearing to contact the recess. A magnetic force center of the silicon steel sheet is at a level lower than that of the magnetic bar to generate radial and axial force components, allowing stable rotation of the rotor. The heat-dissipating fan of the invention provides advantages such as low friction, lower noise, low energy consumption, high performance and high stability.