Abstract: A support arm includes first and second links that are interconnected at a pivot. A gas spring is mounted to the first and second links such that the gas spring is disposed between the links and it biases the links to an extended position. The support arm can be used to support the hinged lid for a pickup truck bed.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for covering at least a portion of a foot-level aisle of a telescoping seating system. The telescoping seating system includes a plurality of seating levels, each seating level above a lowest seating level including a foot member, the foot-level aisle including an intermediate stair member vertically adjacent an upper surface of the foot member of a seating level below a highest seating level. A closure panel is included for covering the at least a portion of the foot-level aisle including the intermediate stair member when the telescoping seating system is in a closed position. In one embodiment, the closure panel is removably coupled to an outer surface of the telescoping seating system. In another embodiment, the closure panel is coupled to an underside of each foot member through a guide mechanism, the closure panels covering the foot-level aisle at the seating level immediately below.

Abstract: A coping assembly for a parapet wall, cant dam or gravel stop resiliently maintains the coping assembly in a tight-fitting interlocking installation and has a locator member beneath the coping cap or cover for maintaining at least a portion of the outer coping cap in a predetermined cross-sectional shape and in an accurate alignment between adjacent sections of the coping cap. The preferred locator member is generally symmetrical with respect to a line normal to the face of the wall, dam stop or other raised roof protrusion. The coping assembly is quicker, easier, and less costly to install than prior such structures and provides enhanced protection for interior or underlying components or structures.

Abstract: The adjustable length strut (25) includes an elongated strut plate (26) having a rectilinear C-shaped in cross-section support tube (32) and a mounting plate (36). An externally threaded rectilinear shaft (52) has its proximal end (56) inserted telescopically into the support tube (32). The threaded nut (62) mounted on the shaft engages the distal bearing edge (50) of the support tube, and rotation of the nut causes the shaft to distend from the tube for engagement with an I-beam (18) of the manufactured building structure. The chisel end (60) of the threaded shaft avoids rotation of the shaft with respect to the I-beam, so that rotation of the adjustable nut (62) provides accurate movement of the shaft out of the tube. The amount of the proximal end (56) of the shaft protruding into the support tube (32) can be visually determined by viewing through the elongated slot (42) of the support tube (32).

Abstract: A method for enclosing a layer of insulation covering a building foundation having a vertical edge, where the layer of insulation has front, back and edge surfaces. The method involves: (1) placing the back surface of the layer of insulation against the foundation such that the edge surface of the insulation is aligned with the edge of the foundation; (2) covering the front surface of the layer of insulation with a first protective cover; and (3) enclosing the edge surface and parts of the front and back surface of the insulation with a second protective cover by positioning a back overlap portion of the second protective cover between the back of the layer of insulation and the foundation and a front overlap portion of the second protective cover between the front of the layer of insulation and the first protective cover, whereby all surfaces of the layer of insulation are enclosed. A system for protecting insulation covering a building foundation is also disclosed.

Abstract: The silo structure of a vehicle parking system includes multi-layers of parking floors Twelve sector-shaped parking spaces are separated equally at 30° angle intervals around the central axis of the silo structure. An elevator carrier moves vertically in the inner shaft up and down to convey a pallet with a vehicle from the entry/exit opening to parking floors. A rotary base mounted on the elevator carrier rotates 360° around the central axis. The conveyer platform, which is mounted on the rotary base, can point toward a sector-shaped parking space. A cantilever body, which moves in two opposite directions by means of a hydraulic device, extends to press the pallet hook-type lock device in the dent place in each parking space. The single piece of chain transferring device, which is mounted on the above stated conveyer platform, transfers the pallet with a vehicle in or out of the sector-shaped parking spaces.

Abstract: A roof vent device formed from upper and lower outer surfaces sized to define a generally rectangular configuration having a linear axis. A tapered matrix is positioned between the outer surfaces, the taper being directed in a direction perpendicular to the axis to define a thin linear edge and a thick linear edge along the outer edges of the configuration that are parallel to the axis and tapered linear edges along the outer edges of the configuration that are perpendicular to the axis. The tapered matrix has a gap located proximate the middle of the tapered linear edges and extending generally over the linear axis of the outer surfaces. The gap defines an entrance for an air to vent air from beneath the roof ridge out the thick linear edge. The gap further provides a pivot point about which the configuration folds to conform to a roof pitch having a predetermined angle. In one embodiment the matrix is tapered from one outer edge to the gap and the remaining portion of the matrix is generally level.

Abstract: A flashing arrangement for windows including flashing elements attached to the window frame members for providing a waterproof flashing frame around the window frame. The flashing elements at the top member and side members of the window frame are made of profiles of an elastically deformable material and have a U-shaped cross section, where the first side flange is attached to the outside of the corresponding window frame member, while the other side flange provides sealing abutment with the underside of the surrounding roof. The flashing element at the bottom window frame member comprises an L-shaped profile with an upright flange for connection to the bottom member of the window frame and an outwardly protruding flange which can be connected to a flexible and strip-shaped flashing element of a plastically deformable material. The flashing frame can be manufactured by welding together extruded profile elements made of rubber or a thermoplastic elastomer or can be made in one piece by injection molding.

Abstract: A surround molding assembly for a doorway or window of a structure such as a residential home or a commercial building. A mantle molding member is provided and fixedly secured over a top portion of the doorway without the need for external fastening elements. An installation support member is arranged within the molding member to support the outer surface of the molding member. An internal corner member is positioned adjacent each end of the mantle molding member and each directs water running onto the mantle molding member away from the doorway. Another trim assembly, including a base having a decorative portion and a ring are used to conceal a base flange. The trim assembly may be used in conjunction with a mantle assembly to provide a decorative molding that directs water away from a door or window.

Abstract: A corner bead comprising an arcuately profiled elongated central portion having two lateral edges and defining a concave and a convex surface, flanges extending from each of the lateral edges and unitarily formed therewith. The concave surface includes a pair of longitudinal rails extending at about 90° one from the other at the geometrical centerline of the concave surface and serve to align the corner bead of the present invention with the underlying drywall when applied over a drywall corner in the conventional fashion.

Abstract: A combination of versatile and inexpensive elements are combined on site to create an impermeable assembly which collects water falling through a grating or cracks between adjacent boards of a deck and completely drains it to one or more points at a selected edge. The impermeable assembly is comprised of a plurality of peaks and valleys configured to simplify installation, conserve headroom and provide an aesthetically pleasing finished surface. In a first embodiment, a collector collects the water falling through cracks between boards spanning the space between adjacent joists from which it drains transversely to a gutter positioned beneath the joists. The gutter drains the water longitudinally to the perimeter of the deck.

Abstract: The present invention provides a floor material and a flooring method which satisfy the various functions required of a floor while reducing the building costs and construction term. The floor material consists of a surface decorative member 2 formed from a material to have a high density and constituting a floor surface layer; an intermediate cork member 3 formed from a cork material to have a slightly lower density than the surface decorative member 2 and constituting a floor intermediate layer; and a substrate cork member 4 made from a carbonated cork material to have a slightly lower density than the intermediate cork member 3 and constituting a floor substrate layer. The substrate cork member 4 is bonded on a backing material 10 of a building, onto which the intermediate cork member 3 and the surface decorative member 2 are successively bonded so as to obtain a three-layered floor mainly consisting of a cork material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a structural element for ships' decks, ships' bulkheads, ships' loading ramps, shore-mounted loading ramps, ships' elevators, ships' doors, loading hatches or the like. The element comprises a frame structure and at least one support plane. The invention is particularly characterized by said support plane being constituted by a plurality of plate-like sandwich elements which are connected with said frame structure in such a way that they integrally contribute to the overall strength of the structural element. Said sandwich elements serve as flanges for beams with conventional webs which are included in the structural element. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the sandwich element comprises a core consisting of a pyramidal framework structure, said core being positioned between two covering plates.

Abstract: A retrofit method for protecting the contents of a structure having walls and window frames in the walls in the event of a blast outside the structure. The method is effected by (a) providing a flexible and stretchable woven sheet including strands of ballistic thread; (b) attaching a first portion of the flexible and stretchable woven sheet via a flexible adhesive to an inward-facing surface of at least one wall of the structure; and (c) attaching a second portion of the flexible and stretchable woven sheet to at least one window frame in the at least one wall; the flexible and stretchable woven sheet and the flexible adhesive being capable of stretching under impact of the blast, thereby reducing disintegration of the at least one wall and securing the at least one window frame in the wall upon the blast, preventing fragments from the at least one wall and preventing the at least one window frame from being thrown into an interior of the structure by the blast.

Abstract: For holding brick cladding to a stud frame structure, the brick-tie is a one-piece moulding in plastic. The moulding has a vertical arm, which is secured to the stud by a nail, and a horizontal arm, which is mortar'd between courses of bricks. The nail is located near the junction between the arms, and the junction is chunky enough to be inflexible. The bridge, which spans the space between the bricks and the stud, is also thick enough to be inflexible.

Abstract: A preformed roof cover element consisting essentially of a quadrilateral panel (1) with the shape of an isosceles trapezium whereof the two non-parallel sides (2 and 3) have rims (4 and 5) extending substantially over the whole length of the sides. The rims (4 and 5) are raised on the same panel (1) side. The length of one of the trapezium bases (6) is substantially equal to that of the other base (7) increased by twice the thickness of the rim (4 and 5) wall so as to enable the rim (4 and 5) ends (8) to be engaged on the shortest base (7) side with the panel part bordered by the ends with a predetermined element between the ends (9) located at the longest base (6) side of another element extending in a projection of the predetermined element and parallel to the rims (4 and 5).

Abstract: A shingle and a method of and apparatus for making the shingle is provided, whereby patches of pre-selected granules or combinations of granules are provided, separated by transverse areas of different, preferably darker granules, having slots centrally thereof, to yield the appearance of multi-tab shingles that are thicker than they actually are, with transverse shadow lines. A longitudinal shadow line is optionally provided, along the upper and/or lower portion of the exposed tab.

Abstract: The construction of bearing walls is facilitated by use of superposed courses of planks that are characterized by a novel combination of composition, geometry and arrangement. These planks are composed of a homogenized dispersion of fiber and binder. This material has been found to have a suitably high compression coefficient, to be chemically inert as a practical matter from the standpoint of resistance to atmospheric conditions, and to be inexpensively produced, for example, from used newsprint and the like. The planks generally have identical dimensions, thereby enabling standardized production and ease of assembly. The planks generally are substantially greater in width than in thickness. Pairs of the planks are provided at matched end locations with aligned notches for the reception of inserts that establish spacing and weather-tight joints. The planks are nailed or otherwise interlocked in staggered courses, by which the integrity of the construction is securely maintained.

Abstract: A novel insulated wall structure is formed with upright hollow thermoplastic extrusions connected together in a row, with the extrusions presenting a row of compartments (15,22,30) adapted to receive concrete (39) extending along the length of the wall structure and a row of compartments (16,23,33) containing or adapted to receive insulation (38) material also extending along the length of the wall along side or in parallel with the row of concrete receiving compartments (15,22,30) whereby when the compartments (15,22,30) adapted to receive concrete (39) are filled with concrete (39) and the insulation (38) receiving compartments (16,23,33) are filled with insulation (38) the insulation (38) in said insulation (38) receiving compartments (16,23,33) is positioned to block heat transfer through the wall.

Abstract: An isosceles joist structural member comprising two half-joists, each half-joist comprising a pair of elongated, substantially rectangular flanges, each having a surface and a longitudinally extended groove along the diagonal of the flange, and a web disposed between the flanges, the edges are adhesively fastened within the respective continuous grooves. A joint formed into the flange at the corner, on the flange diagonal, the widest part of the flange, cooperates to make the strongest joint in the member. Two individual joists connected together forms an isosceles triangle section, and repeats connecting top to top and bottom to bottom or bottom to wall to form a roof or floor structure. Dimensional graded lumber, engineered laminated wood, or synthetic composite structural members may be used.

Abstract: Disclosed are frame-connecting members such as straight, straight-curved, T-shaped and cross-shaped connecting members being used when assembling or fabricating vinyl houses, etc, and method for manufacturing the same. The frame-connecting member comprises a first connecting part, having a metal pipe shape, which connects a frame of a first direction, a second connecting part, having a metal pipe shape and corresponding to the first connecting part, which connects a frame of a second direction, and a fixed part, placed between the first connecting part and the second connecting part and molded with the molding material of a synthetic resin, which connects the connecting parts.

Abstract: A support device for use in tilt-wall construction including a support body having at least two support legs and a bottom extending between the support legs, and a base formed of a polymeric material. The base is affixed to the bottom of the support body. The base has a plurality of legs extending outwardly therefrom. The support body is of a generally U-shaped or L-shaped cross-section. The support body is formed of a single piece of a metal material. The support legs each have a slot formed adjacent an edge opposite the bottom. These slots open on opposite sides of the support legs.

Abstract: A shear panel configured to fit between adjacent studs in a stud wall is described. The shear panel in one embodiment of the present invention includes an elongate I-shaped member, a top shear cap, and a bottom shear cap. The elongate I-shaped member includes a central region and two opposing flanges extending longitudinally along opposing outer edges of the central region. The elongate I-shaped member is configured to fit between adjacent studs with the flanges in face to face contact with the faces of the adjacent studs. Each shear cap includes an elongate flat section, a first elongate leg section, and a second elongate leg section. The first and second leg sections extend perpendicularly from the elongate flat section, and the leg sections are configured so that an end of the central region of the I-shaped member fits between the legs.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for converting a post-style poultry house to a clear span style poultry house. The apparatus includes a truss assembly including a center truss section adapted to be mounted to the roof beams and first and second outer truss sections adapted to be secured to the center truss section. The out truss sections each comprise substantially upright portions and an inclined portion extending therefrom. The trusses are installed without the removal of the roof or beams of the existing post-style poultry house. In installing the trusses, first the center sections of the trusses are attached to the roof beams and then the upper ends of the outer sections are attached to the center sections. Then the lower ends of the outer sections of the trusses are secured to the poultry house footers. Once the truss sections are all secured to each other and secured to the footers, the posts are cut away and removed.

Abstract: A molded inner door panel for an automotive vehicle having a header extending above a beltline. The inner door panel has a notched metal frame insert, and a polymeric molded frame encasing the metal frame insert within the header. Advantageously, the notches provide precise inboard and outboard adjustability of the header of the inner door panel during assembly to the vehicle. The molded inner door panel has a resilient insert, e.g., elastomeric thermoplastic, disposed between the notches of the metal frame insert and the polymeric molded frame. Additionally, the polymeric material of the polymeric molded frame is substantially thinner in the area covering the notches than in the area bordering the notches. These features prevent the polymeric material from cracking upon adjustment.

Abstract: A thermally insulating evacuated glass panel comprises two spaced apart glass sheets separated and bonded by a mesh-like supporting structure. The mesh-like supporting structure is formed by a plurality of elongated spacers arranged in orthogonal directions for enclosing a plurality of small evacuated spaces. The elongated spacer contains a mixture of a glass sealing material and a number of glass spheres. The evacuated spaces provide efficient insulation for the glass panel. The glass panel can be cut into smaller pieces of desired size and shape without losing its insulating property.

Abstract: A sealing device for a medication packing machine comprises memory means for storing a bag length setting file and a maximum containable medication quantity setting file. The bag length setting file contains, for each of said different bag lengths of said packing bags, a maximum medicament quantity ratio which means a ratio of the maximum quantity of standard medication containable in each packing bag with respective bag length to the maximum quantity of standard medication containable in a standard packing bag. The maximum containable medication quantity setting file contains a maximum quantity of each of other medication containable in said standard bag. A maximum containable medication quantity is read from said maximum containable medication quantity setting file on the basis of the type and quantity of medication for each medication-taking time in prescription data. A sum of containing rate of the medicament in the standard bag is calculated.

Abstract: An apparatus for charging a metallic canister having a filler opening therein with a gas under pressure and then sealing the opening to provide a closed, pressurized canister including means having a guide passageway therethrough, engageable with the canister in sealing engagement with the guide passageway communicating with the filler opening of the canister, means for conveying a gas under pressure to the guide passageway of the sealing means when the sealing means is disposed in sealing engagement with the canister, rotary means for dispensing a welding ball for delivery through the sealing means to be deposited on the canister across the filler opening therein and means for fusing the welding ball when positioned on the canister to close the filler opening in the canister.

Abstract: A bundling device which can wind and bundle a web of drug bags in such a way that patients can take their drugs in the right order with high reliability. The bundling device includes a winder unit having a rotary table provided along a feed path of a web of drug bags, a pair of protrusions provided on the rotary table near its circumference for hooking the tip of the web, and another pair of protrusions provided on the rotary table near its circumference, diametrically opposite the former protrusions, for winding the web as the rotary table rotates. When the rotary table rotates with the web engaged by the first pair of protrusions, the web is wound around the two pairs of protrusions.

Abstract: A method of wrapping a potted plant in a decorative cover wherein the cover is a flattened sleeve which includes a lower portion and an upper portion which are connected along a detaching element, for example, perforations. Upon opening of the sleeve, the lower portion of the sleeve defines and encompasses an inner retaining space and conforms to the outer surface of a pot. The potted plant is disposed in the inner retaining space of the lower portion of the sleeve such that at least a portion of the pot is covered by the lower portion of the sleeve. The lower portion of the sleeve is detachable from the upper portion by tearing along the detaching element forming an upper edge of the lower portion of the sleeve.

Abstract: A slide-zipper assembly, a method of attaching the slide-zipper assembly to thermoplastic film, and a method of making slide-zippered packages are provided. According to the first aspect of the present invention, the slide-zipper assembly is comprised of a reclosable zipper and an optional slider. The reclosable zipper includes a first profile interlockable with a second profile. Each profile includes an interlocking member and a flange extending from the interlocking member on one side thereof at the bottom of the zipper. The interlocking members are interlockable with one another. The zipper flanges are wrapped around the zipper and joined together at the top of the zipper. The slider straddles the zipper and is adapted to open the zipper as it is moved therealong in an opening direction and to close the zipper as it is moved therealong in a closing direction.

Abstract: Blister pack, for example to accommodate items such as pharmaceutical items in the form of capsules, coated capsules, ampoules etc., from a base part and a lid part made from strip shaped packaging material. The base part exhibits permanently shaped recesses which are surrounded by shoulders and the lid part exhibits permanently shaped recesses which are surrounded by shoulders; the base and lid parts lie on a plane of symmetry and the base and lid parts are joined at their shoulders over the whole or part of the surface area in the region of the plane of symmetry; the recesses in the base and lid parts which are symmetrically arranged with respect to the plane of symmetry form compartments and the contents are contained in the compartments. The blister packs may be manufactured, for example, by folding or turning over an endless strip of packaging material along a line of symmetry.

Abstract: A method of continuously forming, filling and sealing of packages with a continuous web of film material is disclosed and comprises the steps of providing a continuous web of film material and folding the web to provide confronting sides joined along a bottom edge and forming a vertical seal at spaced intervals along the web. This process forms a series of horizontally disposed pouches having opposed sidewalls separated by the vertical seals with each pouch being unsealed along a top edge. The pouches are then opened by separating the opposed sidewalls and are then filled with a product.

Abstract: Sipping straws are confined in discrete envelopes while advancing in a single file of spaced-apart straws through a wrapping station. The envelopes are obtained from a continuous strip of wrapping paper which is conveyed to the wrapping station in the direction of advancement of the file of spaced-apart straws and is draped around the straws in such a way that one of its longitudinally extending marginal portions overlies and adheres to the other marginal portion with simultaneous formation of a seam rather than an outwardly extending fin. The thus obtained tubular wrapper is thereupon severed in the gaps between successive spaced-apart straws, and the end portions of the thus obtained discrete envelopes are sealed by knurling, e.g., simultaneously with severing of the tubular wrapper.

Abstract: A forming, filling and sealing machine comprises three sealing mechanisms for heat sealing a film, a folding mechanism for inwardly folding the width direction middle part of the film along the longitudinal direction of the film, and an injection pipe for injecting in filling materials. A first sealing mechanism heat seals a long sheet film to be carried downwards with both side ends overlapped with each other, the heat sealing being applied to the overlapped both side ends along the longitudinal direction of the film. A second sealing mechanism heat seals at least the top of two ridge portions formed by the folding mechanism in the film along the longitudinal direction of the film. A third sealing mechanism is disposed below the injection pipe for horizontally heat sealing the film and cutting the heat sealed portion.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining an area of crop being harvested by a harvesting machine having a cutter bar of a known total width. The method and apparatus includes a position determining system located on the harvesting machine, and a processor located on the harvesting machine. The processor is adapted to receive position signals from the position determining system and to determine a first position of the harvesting machine, determine a first effective cutter bar width, determine a second position of the harvesting machine, determine a second effective cutter bar width, and responsively determine an area of a polygon bounded by the first and second positions, and the first and second cutter bar widths.

Abstract: A lawn mower comprises a cutting deck 2 mounted on a castor wheel assembly 4 via a height adjustment mechanism. The height adjustment mechanism comprises a two part system having a first part mounted on the cutting deck 2 and a second part that is mounted on the castor wheel assembly 4 and which is slidably disposed in a vertical direction on the first part. The height adjustment mechanism also includes a locking mechanism, for example a cam or crank, which is capable of releasably locking the first part and the second parts of the height adjustment in any of a plurality of positions. The two part system comprises a sleeve 12 mounted on one part and which is rotatably mounted upon and axially slidable along a rod 20 mounted on the other part. The locking mechanism locks the sleeve in a plurality of axial positions along the rod 20 whilst allowing the sleeve 12 to freely rotate about the rod 20.

Abstract: Crop severing and gathering structure is pivotally connected to the forward end of a cotton row unit housing adjacent a row receiving area. A cutter severs the lower portion of cotton plants offset from the row receiving area of the row unit. A conveyer includes a pair of opposed belts with gripping features which embrace the lower portions of the stems of the cotton plants and move the severed plants in a generally upright position into the row of standing plants that is entering the row receiving area. The severed cotton plants intertwine with the standing row at the front of the housing as the conveyor moves the plants against one side of the row. The standing row with intertwined plants enters the row receiving area, and tandem picking drums located on the same side of the row as the severing and gathering structure remove cotton from both the standing row and the severed plants.

Abstract: A windrow merger for merging product material disposed in a windrow on a ground surface, the windrow merger having a transverse conveyor assembly carried on a merger fame, at least a portion of the frame underlying the transverse conveyor assembly, a tongue operably pivotally coupled to the merger frame, the tongue being couplable to a vehicle for towing the windrow merger, the windrow merger includes a pickup head having a pickup conveyor system including a rotatable pickup conveyor belt for picking up product material disposed in a windrow on a field surface. The pickup head is pivotally coupled to the merger frame and has a leading pickup edge. The pickup head has a suspension for suspending the leading pickup edge such that the leading pickup edge exhibits two degrees of motional freedom.

Abstract: The line of pull from a prime mover extends along a tongue assembly pivotally connected to a wheel rake frame assembly and intersects with the rear discharge end of the frame assembly when the rake is at its maximum angle of attack and with the extended longitudinal axis when the angle of attack is at its minimum thereby balancing forces on the rake and minimizing rake drift such that a consistent width of cut material can be raked.

Abstract: The invention relates to a false twist device for a synthetic multifilament yarn for use in false twist texturing machines. The false twist device comprises at least three sets of disks that are each arranged on an axle for rotation in the same direction. The axles are arranged to form an equilateral polygon such that the disks overlap in the center of the polygon. To keep a yarn tension as low as possible at a high yarn speed, the circumferential surface of the disks is the zone of a sphere or a torus with a circumferential surface radius that has a magnitude of at least 35 times the diameter of the twisted yarn.

Abstract: The spinning rotors of open-end spinning aggregates are supported on supporting discs. For the purposes of non-contact revolution counting, a front side of a supporting disc is provided with at least one permanent magnet. A signal receiver of a maintenance device selectively arrangeable at the spinning aggregates is arranged at the permanent magnet. The distance between the permanent magnet and the signal receiver is bridged by a ferromagnetic information transmitter, which is preferably arranged on a swivelling housing section of the spinning aggregate.

Abstract: A link assembly for a link bracelet is provided. The link assembly includes a first link member formed with a male link element at one end and a second link member formed with a female link element at one end that is designed for pivotally and matingly engaging with the male link element of the first link member. The male link element is constructed with a first bore formed therethrough and the female element has second and third bores formed therethrough. The second and third bores are disposed on opposite sides and are axially aligned with the first bore when the two link elements are matingly engaged.

Abstract: Assembly of the combustor dome in a gas turbine engine is facilitated by providing a self-fixturing configuration. The combustor dome assembly is made up of a dome plate having a plurality of swirler assemblies mounted therein. Each swirler assembly is provided with a locating pin that extends between the dome plate and the swirler assembly for positioning the swirler assembly with respect to the dome plate without the use of fixturing tools. Preferably, the swirler assembly includes a swirl cup and an outlet sleeve mounted in the dome plate. The locating pin is pressed into a hole formed in the swirl cup. One end of the pin is received in a slot formed in the dome plate, and the other end of the pin is received in a slot formed in the outlet sleeve. Thus, the locating pin sets the circumferential orientation of the swirler assembly in relation to the dome plate.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine that has a turbine (1) mounted downstream of a combustor (5), a compressor turbine (2) mounted downstream of turbine (1) for producing power for driving a compressor (3), a heat exchanger (6) having a first circuit (61) connected to compressor turbine (2) and a second circuit (62) connected between compressor (2) and turbine (1) and a fluid discharge device (7) between compressor (3) and combustor (5). The gas turbine engine has a reactor (8) that has a heating device (9), inlets (F, W) connected to sources of fuel and water and an outlet connected to combustor (5). Heating device (9) is connected the outlet of compressor turbine (2). The engine also has a system for keeping the temperature at the outlet of compressor turbine (2) constant.

Abstract: A pressurized fluidized bed combined electricity generation system for improving gas turbine output increases and prevention of surging is provided. This pressurized fluidized bed combined electricity generation system is a combined electricity generation system including a steam turbine; a pressurized fluidized bed boiler for generating steam for supply to the steam turbine by combusting air from an air supply system and fuel from a fuel supply system; a gas turbine driven by exhaust gas such as combustion gas from the pressurized fluidized bed boiler and the air; and a compressor directly coupled to the gas turbine.

Abstract: The invention provides a gas turbine combined cycle structured such that an intermediate cooling device for cooling a compression air discharged from a low pressure compressor, so as to reduce a load of a high pressure compressor, is provided. The gas turbine combined cycle in accordance with the invention is structured such as to branch water from a condenser to a steam generating device for generating steam. Exhaust gas discharged from a steam turbine is condensed to water. Compression air discharged from a low pressure compressor is cooled by being supplied to an intermediate cooling device, and is then supplied to a high pressure compressor. Steam which heats and operates the steam turbine is generated by the heat recovered by the cooling of the compression air in the intermediate cooling device. Accordingly, there can be obtained a gas turbine combined cycle having the advantage of the conventional intermediate cooling type gas turbine combined cycle, but exhibiting an improved combined efficiency.

Abstract: A propulsion system or aircraft engine for a helicopter or other aircraft includes an aerodynamic pod with a forward facing inlet for receiving a flow of ram air and a rearwardly facing exhaust or outlet. The system also includes a vertical shaft and one or more rotatable turbine assemblies mounted on the vertical shaft. Each of the turbine assemblies includes an inner compressor section having a plurality of blades with a first pitch and an outer turbine section having a plurality of blades at a reverse pitch. The compressor and turbine sections both forming part of a single disk or wheel. The system also includes a fuel injector for injecting fuel into the combustion chamber and an igniter for igniting the fuel air mixture within the chamber. A housing or channel directs the ram air through an angle of about 90° and through the compressor section and into the combustion chamber.

Abstract: An air compressor device and method for producing compressed air. The device comprises a rotatable cylinder assembly having a drive shaft extending along a central axis and three equally sized combustion chambers extending parallel to the center axis. The drive shaft is connected to a turbine or other drive means which provides rotational movement to the drive shaft and cylinder assembly. Two circular end plates are concentrically positioned with the central axis on each end of the cylinder assembly. The end plates are stationary with respect to the rotatable cylinder assembly and comprise an intake plate and an outlet plate. Openings are provided on the end plates to allow for communication of a gas into and out of the combustion chambers at designated times during operation of the compressor. A fuel injector is positioned upon the intake plate along with an ignition means. The device operates on a modified Schmidt-type pulsejet cycle. Fresh air is received in each of the chambers and compressed.

Abstract: A simplified rocket engine a rocket engine has a rotor assembly with an ultracentrifugal (over 200 meters/second tangential velocity) liquid pump arranged around a combustion chamber so as to provide both forced convective and Coriolis-effect and centripetal-acceleration enhanced free convective regenerative cooling to the combustion chamber while pressurizing the liquid propellant. Both fuel and oxidizer may be stored a cryogenic temperatures and pumped around the combustion chamber for regenerative cooling. The combustion chamber may be structured to rotate together with the pump to provide Coriolis-effect and centripetal-acceleration enhanced combustion. The rotor assembly is driven directly by a tangential component of the primary thrust vector by means of tilted nozzles or by vanes, flutes, or other reaction surfaces.