Abstract: A modular window well system for constructing window well assemblies at a jobsite. The securement system allows for quick and easy attachment of various window well sections to one another in a manner which substantially eliminates alignment and leveling problems associated with prior art assemblies. The system may also be used with sections of varying depth to create a tiered window well, using the teachings of the present invention.

Abstract: A vibration control apparatus is installed in a high-rise building. The vibration control apparatus 10 comprises an added mass member 20 having a predetermined mass, a column 22 for placing the added mass member 20 separated from the high-rise building, a vibration damping member 24 in contact with the column 22 and installation member 26. The natural frequency of the vibration control apparatus 10 is adapted to be substantially equal to the natural frequency of the high-rise building. At the time of earthquake, the vibration control apparatus and the high-rise building produce resonance, and the vibration energy of the column 22 is absorbed in the vibration damping member 24.

Abstract: A terminal for the guideway transit includes: an entry section at which a plurality of pilot lines of the guideway is divided into branches; an entering/alighting section for allowing passengers to enter into/from a vehicle after the vehicle moves to the entering/alighting section along the pilot lines and stops at the entering/alighting section; a U-turn section for allowing the vehicle at the entering/alighting section to perform U-turn; and a parking section connected at one side to the U-turn section and having an external entry formed at the other side. The dual-mode vehicle that possibly operates on the general road and the guideway can enter the guideway through the external entry of the terminal, and most vehicles used in high-frequency service in a high carry capacity, can be parked at the parking lot in the outside through the external entry, greatly reducing the size of the terminal.

Abstract: As part of a chamber configuration, a window arrangement includes a chamber having an interior. The chamber forms a window aperture having an aperture edge. A window, having a pair of opposing major surfaces and a peripheral sidewall configuration extending between the opposing major surfaces, is received in the window aperture with the peripheral sidewall configuration supported against the aperture edge such that the peripheral sidewall configuration and the aperture edge cooperate in a way which converts at least a portion of a biasing force, that is applied generally normal to the opposing major surfaces of the window, to a direction that is different from, oblique to, or sloped with respect to an applied direction of the biasing force.

Abstract: A backflow prevention cap for panels having interlocking-folds, which prevents a backflow of water into seamed panels through fine gaps between the interlocking folds of the seamed panels by wind action. Each of panels has a tetragonal panel body (7), outer interlocking folds (9) provided by folding outwardly two neighboring sides of the panel body, and inner interlocking folds, (11) provided by folding inwardly two remaining sides of the panel body. The backflow prevention cap includes a water shielding part (3) having a sheet-shaped wedge structure to be installed in the top ends of the outer interlocking folds (9) of each panel and supported in the top ends of the outer interlocking folds by a locking means when the panels are continuously seamed together through a fold-interlocking method.

Abstract: A window and door head flashing assembly is fabricated at a construction site to fit specific door or window widths. A center section which may be extruded with a sloped base, a rear flange, and a front lip. End caps may be provided to snap or glue on the center section. The end caps have a perpendicular fin which serves as an end dam to block the lateral movement of water. The assembly may be inverted for use as a sill pan. The center section may be cut to a desired length and installed over arched windows or doors by bending to shape as it is installed. For arched applications, a combination of rigid and flexible PVC may be coextruded to provide a desired cross sectional profile that is flexible enough to be bent around the arch, but stiff enough to retain its cross section for drainage.

Abstract: Abstract of the Disclosure Floorboards with a mechanical locking system that allows movement between the floorboards when they are joined to form a floating floor.

Abstract: The present invention is a hardwood flooring board including a middle layer formed from a non-hardwood flooring material and a hardwood material upper layer which is secured to an upper surface of the middle layer. The middle layer forms between 45% and 75% of the overall material of the board and enables the board to be manufactured to be more dimensionally stable, i.e., wider and longer, than conventional hardwood flooring boards. Also the use of the non-hardwood material in the middle layer greatly increases the dimensional stability and long term performance of the flooring boards, while providing a genuine hardwood appearance to the floor. The board also includes a lower layer that can be formed from either a hardwood material or a non-hardwood material to function as a base for the board.

Abstract: A beverage reservoir for a personal hydration device is filled with a beverage concentrate and sealed in a tamper-evident manner. As a result, the reservoir can be sold pre-filled and the user can simply add water from any of a multitude of public water sources to form a beverage and use the reservoir confident that the beverage contains no mold, fungus, or residue from previously stored and consumed beverage. The reservoir can also include a port for re-filling such that the user can use the reservoir in a conventional manner after consumption of the beverage of the previously sealed-in beverage concentrate.

Abstract: The invention is directed to the treating, e.g. sterilizing and packaging of medical devices and other articles, particularly such devices and articles which are reactive to oxygen or moisture containing atmospheres. The sterilized package has a container which includes at least one portion which is gas permeable and at least one portion which is gas impermeable and an interior in fluid communication with the gas permeable portion. The container may be sealed by applying an impermeable patch to the permeable portion thereof or by disposing the container in an enclosure formed of impermeable material and sealing the enclosure. After exposing the container to a sterilizing gas, the gas permeable portion may be removed or sealed off from the gas impermeable portion of the container in order to provide a package which is gas impermeable and can protect one or more articles within the interior of the container against environmental gases and moisture.

Abstract: A method of preserving evidence and later returning the same utilizing a package having an optically transparent film incorporating the evidence and a signed itemization thereof to produce a tamper evident package.

Abstract: A process for covering a rigid, penetrable core article with covering material and automatically tucking the material into a surface of the article with an automatically reciprocating plunger.

Abstract: A decorating component has a side portion. The side portion of the decorating component has a major dimension. The decorating component is adapted to receive a container having a side portion having a major dimension. The major dimension of the side portion of the decorating component is greater than the major dimension of the side portion of the container.

Abstract: In order to allow stacks (137) of groups of items (123) placed one on top of the other, in particular comprising coffee pods, to be packed in tubular bags (16) by means of a vertical tubular bag machine (1), it is proposed either to adapt a filling pipe (6) to the horizontal dimensions of the groups of items (23) or to provide it with an insert (125) in order to stabilize the stack during its falling movement in the filling pipe (6). The insert (125) is similarly adapted to the geometry of the items in order to stabilize them during their fall in the filling pipe (6).

Abstract: A blister packaging machine comprises a filling station, in which products can be inserted into cup-shaped depressions of a bottom sheet, and a downstream sealing station in which a supplied cover sheet is sealed onto the bottom sheet thereby forming a blister band. The cyclically operating sealing station has an associated cyclically operating first drive device for discontinuously transporting the bottom sheet and the cover sheet through the sealing station. A second drive device for the bottom sheet is thereby disposed between the filling station and the sealing station for discontinuously transporting the bottom sheet. The drive motions of the first drive device and the second drive device are superposed such that the bottom sheet is transported on the stationary filling station at a constant speed.

Abstract: A packaging machine for closing containers (5) is provided having a supply device (1, 2) for supplying containers (5) to be closed; a removal device (11) for removing closed containers (5?); and a closing device (25) between the supply device (1, 2) and the removal device (11). The closing device (25) is arranged lateral of a main transport path (8) of the containers (5) from the supply device (2) to the removal device (11) and a device is provided which transports at least one container (5) to be closed into the closing device (25) by means of a linear motion while transporting at least one closed container (5?) out from the closing device (25).

Abstract: An air-purifying device for a front-opening unified pod to purify the air in it is provided. The air in the front-opening unified pod 51 is sucked through one of its breathing holes 58a and directed into an air-purifying device (M) that comprises a fan-driving means 1, a dust-filtering means 2, and a chemical-filtering means 3. The moisture, chemical gases, and dust in the air are removed by the air-purifying device (M), and then the purified air is forced into the front-opening unified pod 51 through the other breathing hole 58b. Thus the air in the front-opening unified pod 51 is purified, and its purity is maintained by circulating the air.

Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor exposure apparatus which includes a chamber for accommodating therein a main unit of the exposure apparatus, a gas controlling unit for controlling a gas in the chamber, a chemical filter for attracting a chemical substance in a controlling gas, and a dust removing filter for catching a dust particle in a controlling gas, wherein a gas blowing area of the chemical filter is smaller than that of the dust removing filter wherein said chemical filter and said dust removing filter are disposed separately from each other. The chemical filter is mounted obliquely with respect to a direction of flow of a supplied gas. A gas rectifying device is disposed at a gas inlet side of the chemical filter and the dust removing filter. The chemical filter can be a pleat filter, and it is mounted so that the pleat thereof is orthogonal to the direction of flow of the supplied air.

Abstract: A motor-vehicle air cleaner provided with a check valve mechanism on the lower cap of the air cleaner for drainage and ventilation, and a protection disposed on the outer edge; the check valve being closed as the engine runs to prevent from taking in water vapor and dust; and check valve being opened to dismiss water logging and excessively dense air and fuel admixture; the protection is related to a protection cap to prevent the check valve mechanism from direct contact with the ambient air for keeping off water and dust.

Abstract: An air purifier including: a filter which removes contaminants from air passing therethrough; a fan which generates a flow force to pass air through the filter; and a rotating body rotatably mounted in the air purifier and defining a flow path around the fan, a discharge direction of the flow path being varied by rotation of the rotating body.

Abstract: An arrangement for separating coarse ash particles from a flue gas stream is provided, and comprises at least one separation module that is in the form of a block and has a plurality of through channels disposed next to one another in the manner of a screen. The through channels form passages for the passage of flue gas, and each through channel has a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-section of the coarse ash particles that are to be separated or removed. A side of the separation module that is adapted to receive a flow of the flue gas is made of a ceramic material or of a sintered material having a high mechanical resistance to wear. A holding device is provided for holding the separation module.

Abstract: A filter housing assembly having a gas-tight seal and a method of replacing a filter are generally provided. In one embodiment, the filter housing assembly includes a housing having an opening adapted to receive a filter and an inlet. A seal member is coupled to the housing and is moveable between a first position and at least a second position, the second position sealing the inlet. The filter housing assembly may be configured to retain a roomside replaceable filter or have a filter permanently adhered within the opening.

Abstract: A grass striping apparatus for use with a lawn vehicle, e.g., a lawn mower. The striping apparatus may include a frame assembly operatively coupled to the vehicle, e.g., to a cutting deck of the vehicle, and a wiper member extending along a rear side of the cutting deck. The wiper member may include an upper edge fixed to the frame assembly, and an unsupported lower edge adjacent a grass surface. The wiper member may be made from a flexible material. The apparatus may also include an adjustment mechanism that permits height adjustment of the wiper member.

Abstract: A harvesting head (1, 21), a robotic harvesting system and a method of harvesting objects such as fruit or vegetables using the robotic harvesting system. Robotic harvesting systems for fruit or vegetables generate a percentage of damaged produce due to a lack of sensitivity and adaptability of the system. The current harvesting system incorporates a controller (84) in communication with a load cell (52) which is mounted on the harvesting head (1, 21) for monitoring forces applied to the fruit or vegetables by the harvesting head (1, 21) and controlling the movement and operation of the harvesting head (1, 21) during a picking cycle by a control program executing on the controller in response to the monitored forces.

Abstract: A cutting deck assembly incorporating a flexible, resilient blow-out baffle and method for using same. The baffle may attach to the deck assembly such that a first elongate edge of the baffle is at or near a lower edge of a deck sidewall. A second elongate edge of the baffle may be suspended beneath an upper surface of the deck assembly. The baffle may be operable to move between a first configuration, in which the second elongate edge is at a first distance from a ground surface, and a second configuration, in which the second elongate edge is at a second distance from the ground surface, wherein the second distance is less than the first distance.

Abstract: The collection of the olives is performed by a machinery, that has attached a telescopic rod (A.a), fixed from one side, and free to rotate hydraulically form the other side. This free side moves mechanically by the operator in order to come as close as possible to the olives. The strikers who drop the olives off the tree are on the free side of the rod. The machinery is either pulled and gets its power/motion through a compler by a tractor or it is as an independent automotive self-driven piece of machinery. The olives fall into a PVC foil top (A.b), which mechanically extends under the tree. The olives are transferred over a rotating belt (A.c) into the selected sacks, as the leaves have already been separated from the olives with the help of the absorber (A.d).

Abstract: A self propelled leaves sweeper machine adapted for motor driven and having wheels provided with tubeless tires; and set forth in the present invention are rear wheels complimented with axle and front wheels that are adapted for rotating on a front axle The machine operator can easily maneauver the raking apparatus that is partially supported by a fifth wheel that rotates on a vertical axis rod adapted axis. Provided in the invention is a motor driven machine that is powerful enough for raking wet leaves and pushing light snow. Although it is self propelled, it is also adapted for manually operation. Unlike most prior art that have very little control over leaves during high winds, The present invention is adapted with a leaves controlling basket that makes clearing wet and dry leaves from yards quick and easy. Because of the low gas and oil consumptions, a low cost for building the machine, the cost of ownership, it is more affordable.

Abstract: In a process for manufacturing a singles ring yarn, firstly a first twist is supplied to a strand of traveling drafted fibers at a false twist device for producing a preliminary singles yarn. The false twist device rotates at a first speed for twisting the fibers. Immediately after the first twisting step, a joint twist of a second twist in the same direction as the first twist and a third twist in a reversed direction is supplied to the preliminary yarn for producing a final singles ring yarn. The second twist is produced by a rotatable take-up package onto which the final singles yarn is drawn. The reversed twist results in correspondence to the first twist, and the take-up package rotates at a second speed. The final singles yarn is then drawn onto the take-up package. Furthermore, a ratio of the first speed to the second speed is controlled for controlling the amount of a residual torque in the final singles ring yarn.

Abstract: Several methods of forming links for use with the creation of rope chains is disclosed, whereby the outer peripheries of such links are contoured prior to assembly into rope chains. In one embodiment, the wire used in the formation of intertwinable links is contoured and then cut into individual, pre-contoured links. In another embodiment, the outer periphery of non-contoured links are individually contoured prior to the intertwining of such links to form actual rope chains. In another embodiment, individual links are collectively contoured, preferably after arrangement on a support such as a mandril. Such contouring can be accomplished by hand, machine or the like.

Abstract: An improved passive cooling system for an aircraft APU compartment that includes a lightweight annular air-cooled oil cooler that is strategically oriented and shrouded to face its inlet away from the APU to make it inherently fireproof to flames from the APU or any location within the APU compartment that fuel can accumulate.

Abstract: A combined cycle power plant of the present invention is configured of a compressor; a combustor for combusting compressed air compressed by the compressor together with supplied fuel; a gas turbine driven by a combustion gas exhausted from the combustor; a heat recovery steam generator for recovering high temperature exhaust heat exhausted from the gas turbine; a steam turbine driven by steam obtained from the heat recovery steam generator; and an exhaust gas duct having an HRSG inlet duct that is provided between the gas turbine and the heat recovery steam generator and introduces an exhaust passage into the heat recovery steam generator, and a bypass stack that leads the exhaust gas outside, wherein the exhaust duct is configured of a damper, a damper drive for changing any of angle and opening of the damper, and a guide mechanism for preventing a vibration of the damper.

Abstract: An infrared signature suppression system for reducing infrared radiation emitted by a vehicle. The system includes an elongate duct mounted on the vehicle having a hollow interior extending along an axial centerline between an upstream end and a downstream end for transporting exhaust gas emitted by the vehicle, and a baffle positioned in the hollow interior of the duct between the upstream end and the downstream end. At least a portion of at least one of the duct and the baffle includes an emissivity coating for reducing infrared radiation emitted by the vehicle.

Abstract: It is an object to provide an electric heated catalyst failure diagnostic device that is compact, lightweight, inexpensive, and can accurately detect a disconnection of the heater and an abnormality in a circuit from the power supply to the heater with a simple configuration. When an ECU orders to apply the current to a heater drive circuit, a heater failure diagnostic device applies the current to the heater and the heater drive circuit. If energizing via a diode, the heater failure diagnostic device determines the circuit is abnormal. If not so, the circuit is normal. Meanwhile, when the ECU orders not to apply the current to the heater drive circuit, the heater failure diagnostic device turns on electricity to the heater and the heater drive circuit. If energizing via the diode, the heater failure diagnostic device determines the heater is not disconnected, and if not so, the heater is disconnected.

Abstract: A DPF is used in an internal combustion engine for trapping PM discharged from an engine body. Presence and absence of an abnormality in the DPF is evaluated using differential pressure, which is between the front and the rear of the DPF. The differential pressure considerably decreases or considerably increases due to breakage or plugging of the DPF in an exhaust emission control device. The abnormality in the DPF is evaluated when a large deviation arises between a PM amount calculated in accordance with differential pressure, which is between the front and the rear of the DPF, and a PM amount calculated through integration of a PM discharge amount measured in accordance with an engine operating state. Thereby, presence and absence of the abnormality such as plugging and breakage in the DPF can be correctly detected.

Abstract: A method for controlling temperature of a catalytic converter in an automobile exhaust system is disclosed. The method includes establishing a reference temperature for the catalytic converter, distributing a stream of exhaust gases through the catalytic converter, obtaining a measured temperature of the catalytic converter and converting thermal energy from the stream of exhaust gases into electrical energy when the measured temperature exceeds the reference temperature. An apparatus for controlling temperature of a catalytic converter in an automobile exhaust system is also disclosed.

Abstract: An air-fuel ratio control device of the present invention is equipped with an upstream side air-fuel ratio sensor which is disposed in a passage at the upstream side of a three way catalyst and detects an air-fuel ratio of an engine, a downstream side air-fuel ratio sensor which is disposed in a passage at the downstream side of the three way catalyst and detects an air-fuel ratio after passing through the three way catalyst, and ECU.

Abstract: A plurality of upstream main exhaust passages extend from cylinders of an engine. A downstream main exhaust passage is connected to the upstream main exhaust passages. A main catalytic converter is mounted in the downstream main exhaust passage. A plurality of upstream bypass exhaust passages extend from the upstream main exhaust passages. Each upstream bypass exhaust passage has a sectional area smaller than that of the corresponding upstream main exhaust passage. A downstream bypass exhaust passage is connected to the upstream bypass exhaust passages and has a downstream end connected to the downstream main exhaust passage at a position upstream of the main catalytic converter. An auxiliary catalytic converter is mounted in the downstream bypass exhaust passage. A gas flow switching device is provided which is capable of forcing the exhaust gas from the cylinders of the engine to flow toward the upstream bypass exhaust passages when assuming a given operation position.

Abstract: A method for regenerating a particle filter of an internal combustion engine, of a diesel engine in particular, in which a characteristic quantity for the particle loading is determined to initiate regeneration. More accurate correlation of the particle mass is achieved in that a corrected loading characteristic quantity is formed from the loading characteristic quantity by modifying the loading characteristic quantity using a compression factor which takes into account different degrees of compression of the particles as a function of different operating states of the engine.

Abstract: An exhaust manifold has a head flange constructed for receiving at least two exhaust pipes arranged side-by-side, and includes spaced apart first and second longitudinal flange portions. A mounting assembly is provided for sealingly securing the exhaust manifold to a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and includes a mounting rail formed with a shoulder which laps over the first longitudinal flange portion and contacts the first longitudinal flange portion in a spring-elastic manner. Plural screw fasteners at least indirectly clamp the second longitudinal flange portion to the cylinder head.

Abstract: A torque converter assembly is provided, which includes an impeller, a turbine, and a stator. The impeller and the turbine each have a plurality of passages for directing fluid. The inlet and outlet of each passage are larger in cross-sectional area than the middle portion of the passage, located between the inlet and outlet. This structure reduces energy losses, which typically occur near the midpoint of the passage due to flow separation. Additionally, reducing the flow area of the torus of the impeller and turbine permits an overall thinner torque converter, which is preferred for engine packaging purposes. The stator includes a core, a shell, and a plurality of stator blades. One end of each stator blade is fixed to the core, while the opposite end is fixed to the shell. Each stator blade has a mean camber line and an associated mean camber line length. The maximum thickness of each stator blade is approximately 20% of the mean camber line length.

Abstract: A Stirling cycle engine of a simplified structure, having enhanced reliability by improving abrasion resistance and lubricity of components thereof. When a piston reciprocates in a cylinder along the axial direction thereof by a driving mechanism, a displacer reciprocates in the cylinder along the axial direction thereof accompanying the reciprocation of the piston. The piston and the displacer slide in contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder, but the piston and the displacer are each integrally made from an engineering plastic such as PPS having fine strength, dimensional stability, abrasion resistance and formability, while PPS is made CFRP. Moreover, solid lubricity agent is added to PPS. Accordingly, abrasion resistance, lubricity, strength and precision of the piston and displacer are enhanced, while the piston and the displacer can be simply produced by a well-known plastic molding.

Abstract: A heat exchanger and method for making a heat exchanger including, forming an annular ring of a solid heat conductive mass, the annular ring having a central axis and having axially opposite faces. A plurality of passages are drilled through the annular ring and through the opposite faces to provide passages for the flow of a fluid through the passages and transfer of heat energy between the mass and the fluid. The passages are preferably parallel to the axis and have a circular cross section and are arranged in a plurality of circumferentially spaced sets of passages, each set having a plurality of radially spaced passages.

Abstract: A Stirling cycle machine heat exchanger and a method for making the heat exchanger including, forming an annular ring of a solid heat conductive mass, the annular ring having a central axis and having axially opposite faces. A plurality of passages are drilled through the annular ring and through the opposite faces to provide passages for the flow of a fluid through the passages and transfer of heat energy between the mass and the fluid. The passages are preferably parallel to the axis and have a circular cross section and are arranged in a plurality of circumferentially spaced sets of passages, each set having a plurality of radially spaced passages.

Abstract: A thermodynamic force amplifying machine that causes a liquid working medium to perform useful work in a three-stroke working cycle (isochoric heating, isothermal expansion, contraction through regenerative cooling) making use of an external heat source and of an external cold source. The work performed by the auxiliary drive (12) at the displacer (11) is thereby much smaller than the one produced in the conversion system (18, 19) (force amplification). An inversely operating machine driven by an external power source acts as a heat pump/refrigerator.

Abstract: A hydraulic cylinder includes a housing having a fluid connection for connecting to a hydraulic system and an after-running connection for connecting to a fluid after-running vessel, and a piston which is axially displaceable in the housing to define a variable pressure space having a gas collecting portion, the piston being fixed against rotation in the housing and having at least one after-running groove which is oriented substantially toward the gas collecting portion. A primary seal arranged in the housing and receiving the piston therethrough is bridged by the after-running groove when the piston is in an extended end position, whereby the gas collecting portion of the pressure space communicates with the after-running connection when the piston is in the extended end position.

Abstract: An engine has a crankshaft, rotating about a crankshaft axis of the engine. An expansion piston is slidably received within an expansion cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the expansion piston reciprocates through an expansion stroke and an exhaust stroke of a four stroke cycle during a single rotation of the crankshaft. A compression piston is slidably received within a compression cylinder and operatively connected to the crankshaft such that the compression piston reciprocates through an intake stroke and a compression stroke of the same four stroke cycle during the same rotation of the crankshaft. A ratio of cylinder volumes from BDC to TDC for either one of the expansion cylinder and compression cylinder is fixed at substantially 26 to 1 or greater.

Abstract: An exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine comprises a turbine in the exhaust line and a compressor, which is driven by the turbine and which is located inside the intake tract of the internal combustion engine. The turbine comprises a flow duct having a radial flow entrance cross-section, and a flow ring is provided that delimits the flow entrance cross-section. An adjustable vane is placed in the radial flow entrance cross-section for variably adjusting this flow entrance cross-section. The flow ring inside the housing of the exhaust gas turbine can be axially displaced between a contact position toward the vane and a position that frees a gap toward the vane.

Abstract: A steam engine has a looped fluid container, in which working fluid is filled. A heating device, a cooling device and an output device are arranged at the fluid container. A lower side valve is provided at a fluid passage of the fluid container between the heating device and the output device. An upper side valve is provided at another fluid passage of the fluid container between the cooling device and the output device. The upper and lower valves are respectively controlled to open and close the respective fluid passages at proper timings, to increase heat efficiency.

Abstract: An engine (110, 210) for moving a conveyance (132) through a fluid includes first and second pressure creating means (13, 14) for pressurising an engine airflow, and intercooling means (116, 290, 292) for cooling the engine airflow between the first and second pressure creating means (13, 14). The intercooling means (116, 290, 292) includes a heat exchanger (116) which is arranged to be cooled by a flow of the fluid generated by the relative movement of the conveyance (132) through the fluid.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cooling a combustor liner and transitions piece of a gas turbine include a combustor liner with a plurality of circular ring turbulators arranged in an array axially along a length defining a length of the combustor liner and located on an outer surface thereof; a first flow sleeve surrounding the combustor liner with a first flow annulus therebetween including a plurality of axial channels (C) extending over a portion of an aft end portion of the liner parallel to each other, the cross-sectional area of each channel either constant or varying along the length of the channel, the first flow sleeve having a plurality of rows of cooling holes formed about a circumference of the first flow sleeve for directing cooling air from the compressor discharge into the first flow annulus; a transition piece connected to the combustor liner and adapted to carry hot combustion gases to a stage of the turbine; a second flow sleeve surrounding the transition piece a second plurality of rows of cool