Abstract: The present invention is directed to a filter assembly for use inside an electronic enclosure, such as a hard disk drive enclosure containing a rotating disk. The filter assembly provides filtration of air within the electronic enclosure, and optionally for air entering the electronic enclosure. Thus, the invention is directed in part to a filter assembly for use in an electronic enclosure, the filter assembly comprising particulate removal media. In certain embodiments the particulate removal media comprising a fine fiber layer containing a hydrophobic additive and at least one polymer. In some implementations it includes a blend of two or more polymers.

Abstract: An agricultural mower including at least one working unit configured to cut a standing product and a connecting device configured to connect the at least one working unit to a motor vehicle. During work the connecting device allows the at least one working unit to move transversely with respect to a direction of forward travel of the mower. The mower further includes an operating member configured to cause the transverse movement of the at least one working unit and a control device configured to measure the roll angle of the mower, and to control the operating member, so as to keep a cutting overlap at an optimum value.

Abstract: A harvesting machine including a chopper mechanism for cutting harvested crop into short lengths, a crop feed arrangement for feeding the harvested crop to the chopper means and a drive arrangement for driving the crop feed arrangement and the chopper means. The drive arrangement including at least one adjustable component for driving one of the crop feed arrangement or chopper means at a variable speed thereby changing the length into which the harvested crop is cut. A control device is connected to the adjustable component and to a crop parameter sensor to measure at least one parameter of the crop being harvested. The control device automatically controls the adjustable component such that the length into which crop is cut by the chopper mechanism is a function of the sensed crop parameter.

Abstract: Apparatus for treating grass comprising a grass treatment unit 200 configured to be affixed to a grass treatment machine; a cassette 206, the cassette 206 comprising a grass treatment device 207 configured to rotate in response to a rotation of a drive shaft, the drive shaft being connected to a motor located at the grass treatment machine, the grass treatment unit 200 comprising means 211 to releasably mount the cassette 206 on the grass treatment unit 200, wherein the grass treatment device 207 is selected from a set of grass treatment devices, the set including a vibration drum.

Abstract: In the prior art, a CSY manufacturing apparatus and a CFY manufacturing apparatus are exclusive to each other and thus have poor general purpose properties.

Abstract: A system for mixing exhaust gas components is provided. The system may include an exhaust passage and a substantially enclosed distribution chamber disposed within the exhaust passage. The distribution chamber may include an outer wall defining a chamber volume and at least one opening disposed in the outer wall configured to provide fluid communication between the chamber volume and the exhaust passage. An additive supply device may be configured to supply at least one exhaust gas additive to the chamber volume.

Abstract: Method and device for a particle filter for an exhaust system for a combustion engine, wherein the filter is regenerated by spontaneous combustion of particles accumulated in the filter. Exhaust gases from the combustion engine are led, during operation, past the filter when the counterpressure in the exhaust gases which is caused by the filter exceeds a certain level. The invention also relates to a silencer in a vehicle which is driven by the combustion engine.

Abstract: This system for assisting the maintenance of a particle filter integrated into an exhaust line of a motor vehicle diesel engine is characterized in that it comprises means (1) for calculating the volume of ash from the engine lubricating oil, means (2) for calculating the volume of ash from the engine fuel, means (4) for calculating the usable volume (V.u) of the particle filter from a total volume of said filter when new (V.new) and the previously calculated volumes of ash, and means (5) for calculating a degree of clogging of the particle filter (d.c.) from the total volume of the filter when new (V.new) and the previously calculated usable volume (V.u) to trigger a maintenance request (Maint. Req.) if the degree of clogging (d.c.) exceeds a predetermined threshold (threshold).

Abstract: A method of desulfating a catalytic NOx storage and conversion device is disclosed, wherein the method includes determining an amount of sulfur stored in the catalytic NOx storage and conversion device; determining an interval for exposing the catalytic NOx storage and conversion device to a rich exhaust stream based upon the determined amount of sulfur stored, wherein the interval is longer for lower amounts of sulfur stored and shorter for higher amounts of sulfur stored; and exposing the catalytic NOx storage and conversion device to the rich exhaust stream for the determined interval.

Abstract: A particulate trap regeneration control system may include one or more filter sections within the exhaust element. The regeneration control system may also include a controller configured to determine an amount of soot accumulated in the exhaust. The controller may also be configured to determine an amount of ash accumulated in the exhaust element. The controller may also be configured to determine the accumulated particulate matter in the exhaust element based on the accumulated soot and the accumulated ash in the exhaust element.

Abstract: An exhaust pipe 1 having a circular cross section is connected to a circular cylindrical housing 2 which creates part of pipe conduit. The housing 2 forms a storage space 21 having a diameter larger than the diameter of the exhaust pipe 1 and connecting to the rear connection part 22. The connection part 22 is tapered toward the downstream exhaust pipe 12 and the diameter of the connection part 22 is gradually reduced and its opening is welded into the opening of the downstream exhaust pipe 12. And a cylindrical honeycomb catalyst carrier 3 is stored in the storage space 21 so that the outer surface of the catalyst carrier is in contact with the inner surface of the storage space 21. An expanded portion 23 having a diameter larger than the diameter of the storage space 21 is outwardly expanded from the outer circumference of the housing 2 and connectingly provided on the front face of the storage space 21.

Abstract: Internal combustion engine heat is recovered by charge air for useful work and to increase engine thermal efficiency. A dual liquid/air cooling system is presented to facilitate heat recovery. Water is injected into a pintle-regulated Venturi to mitigate the engine charge temperature, control the combustion temperature and reduce NOx emissions.

Abstract: An internal combustion gasoline engine can be converted to a pneumatic engine with zero harmful emissions and zero recurring fuel cost. This can be accomplished by converting DC battery power to AC current, and using the AC current to operate a hot compressed air device. A hot-air delivery system which can replace gasoline and spark plugs with heated pneumatic energy, which is delivered to the engine through pneumatic injector plugs, in accordance to engine firing order. As the engine compresses cold intake air, and it is mixed with the heated compressed air a violent reaction is achieved, this action drives the engine piston downward. When this process is repeated the engine crankshaft will rotate with speed and torque enough to cause an automobile to self propel along a surface.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided which has sensors that detect pressure on opposite sides of a control valve which controls the flow of hydraulic fluid from a source to a hydraulic actuator. The sensors produce electrical signals indicating those pressures. In response to the sensor signals, a controller produces an output signal the operates a proportional control valve to thereby regulate pressure at a node of the hydraulic circuit. Several mechanisms are described that react to the pressure at the node by varying the pressure of the fluid being supplied to the main valve so that a controlled pressure level is achieved.

Abstract: A hydrostatic transaxle comprises: a housing, an interior space of the housing serving as a fluid sump; an axle supported by the housing; a hydrostatic transmission disposed in the housing so as to drive the axle, the hydrostatic transmission including a hydraulic pump disposed in the housing, a hydraulic motor disposed in the housing, and a center section disposed in the housing, wherein the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor are mounted onto the center section, and wherein the center section is formed therein with a fluid circuit for circulation of fluid between the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor, and formed with an outwardly opened hole connected to the fluid circuit; a valve holding member fitted into the hole; and a relief valve connected to the fluid circuit through valve holding member.

Abstract: Method and arrangement for a turbocompound type internal combustion engine including an exhaust system for ducting the engine's exhaust gases. A supercharger turbine drives a compressor for the engine's combustion air, and an exhaust turbine is placed in the exhaust system downstream of the supercharger turbine for extracting residual energy from the exhaust flow via transmission to the combustion engine's crankshaft. The exhaust system also has an exhaust braking throttle placed downstream of the exhaust turbine. The exhaust braking throttle includes a pressure-controlled exhaust pressure regulator that makes possible variable regulation of an exhaust braking pressure in at least two steps.

Abstract: A cogeneration system is disclosed, wherein a generator which generates electricity, a drive source which operates to drive the generator, and generates waste heat during the operation of the drive source, a waste heat recoverer which recovers the waste heat of the drive source, and a radiator which radiates the waste heat recovered by the waste heat recoverer are arranged in a single chassis. The cogeneration system has a compact and simple arrangement, and achieves simple control operations, and an enhancement in operability.

Abstract: An expanded Schrödinger wave equation is discovered that enables one to derive the relativity theory in a direct fashion. Also a method of producing graviton is developed, and gravity is provided as motive power that replaces electromagnetic force. De Broglie's material wave is generated on the basis of the kinetic momentum of an object moving through space. In this connection, one may regard an object at rest as being in motion in a direction of time axis, and may call a new wave motion generated by that motion a “reference wave motion.” Further, by assuming the wavelength of this reference wave motion to be a frame of reference for time and space, one may derive the relativity theory, and then one can find an equation of gravity field obtained from that theory to be a linear equation. Either a gravity wave that satisfies this equation or a graviton obtained by quantizing that gravity wave results from the combining of four different electromagnetic waves.

Abstract: The proposed adaptive exhaust nozzle features an innovative use of the shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators for actively control of the opening area of the exhaust nozzle for jet engines. The SMA actuators remotely control the opening area of the exhaust nozzle through a set of mechanism. An important advantage of using SMA actuators is the reduction of weight of the actuator system for variable area exhaust nozzle. Another advantage is that the SMA actuator can be activated using the heat from the exhaust and eliminate the need of other energy source. A prototype has been designed and fabricated. The functionality of the proposed SMA actuated adaptive exhaust nozzle is verified in the open-loop tests.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a nozzle of a gas turbine engine is disclosed that facilitates extending a useful life of the nozzle. The method and apparatus include an impingement baffle plate disposed at a back side of a diffusion tip of the nozzle. The method and apparatus includes the impingement baffle plate formed with an array of orifices creating jets for fuel or purge air to impinge on the diffusion tip. In this manner, cooling via convection through diffusion orifices in the diffusion tip is preserved, and cooling is made more robust.

Abstract: A method is provided for expanding a non-swirling gaseous flow exiting a conduit into a larger chamber. The flow conduit exhibits a curved flare exiting into the chamber and a gaseous flow is passed through the conduit along with a separate pilot flow centrally located within the conduit. The pilot flow is expanded by heating thus forcing the gaseous flow outward along the flared exit.

Abstract: An air conditioning system for a garment that is worn over the clothing of an individual that utilizes a thermoelectric heating and cooling system that allows an individual to control the temperature under the garment. The garment protects the individual from extreme external temperatures in the environment. The system also prevents the buildup of humidity within the garment since the air that is heated or cooled by the thermoelectric device is dehumidified before it enters the garment. The air conditioning mechanism is mounted in a self-contained environment that is insulated from the ambient air temperature in the environment.

Abstract: Resins 5, 6 are interposed as insulating layers between heat radiation side and heat absorption side heat exchange bodies 2, 3 and heat radiation side and heat absorption side electrodes 41, 42 of a thermoelectric conversion element module 4. The resin 5 is fusion bonded to the heat radiation side heat exchange body 2, and the resin 6 is fusion bonded to the heat radiation side heat exchange body 3. The material of the resins 5, 6 is, for example, a thermosetting plastic. The thermosetting plastic becomes soft when heated and then cures. At the time of fusion bonding of the resins 5, 6 to the heat exchange bodies 2, 3, the heat exchange bodies 2, 3 and the resins 5, 6 are heated and pressed. Then, the resins 5, 6 become soft and enter the cavities and flaws formed in the surfaces of the heat exchange bodies 2, 3. The resins 5, 6 having entered the cavities and flaws cure to fill the cavities in the surfaces of the heat exchange bodies 2, 3.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-compartment pack for coiling or heating products. The pack includes a first compartment with a solid matter or a liquid and a second compartment with a liquid wherein the first and second compartment are separated by a removable wall.

Abstract: A digital thermostat having a plurality of user input buttons, a display, a battery, a real time clock, a memory and a processor that is capable of receiving initial time and date information and storing the information in memory. The initial time and date information is then provided to the real time clock for maintaining the current time in the thermostat. The user is prompted by the program to select and enter a time zone setting, after which the current date and local time is automatically set and shown on the thermostat display.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for cooling a housing of a gas turbine and/or of a combustion chamber, in particular of a gas turbine, comprising: a cooling gas supply device with a cooling gas outlet, out of which a cooling gas stream flows when the cooling gas supply device is in operation, and with a cooling gas inlet, via which the cooling gas stream flows back to the cooling gas supply device when the cooling gas supply device is in operation; and a cooling gas path which is led through the housing in the circumferential direction of the latter and which connects a first housing connection to a second housing connection. So that a circumferential temperature difference of the housing can be set independently of an average temperature of the housing, the cooling device is equipped with a switching device for reversing the flow direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a multi-air conditioner central control system and a power control method thereof. The central control system comprises a plurality of watt-hour meters for measuring power consumption of a plurality of multi-air conditioners each having an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units, to compute power consumption of the respective indoor units, and a central control unit for dividing power consumption of the respective indoor units into operating power consumption and standby power consumption according to operation or non-operation of the respective indoor units and a particular one of the outdoor units connected with the indoor units, and accumulating integral power consumption of the respective indoor units by adding the operating power consumption and standby power consumption thereof.

Abstract: A water heater is provided by a refrigerant cycle, in which the gas cooler is utilized to heat the water. A drain is incorporated into a water circuit for draining all of the water outwardly of the circuit when the system is shut down. In a preferred embodiment, a water outlet of the gas cooler is at the vertically lowermost portion of the water circuit. A drain valve is placed in this vertically lowermost location such that the water can be easily drained.

Abstract: A pressurized gas source feeding an array of exhaust lines or conduits in association with a user-worn or retained garment is provided, thereby offering a portable cooling systems. The system is optionally adapted to provide powered cooling to locations where only very small and portable cooling systems can fit. Various user retainable appliances or articles may have cooling features incorporated therein including helmet and torso garments. The wearer of one such device integrating cooling features as described would experience cooling to the head or chest, respectively. Other user-wearable articles and associated cooling targets are contemplated as well. To provide the intended cooling effect, a conduit system in connection with a pressurized gas source is tuned, without nozzles or orifices, by way of various pipe-flow parameters to deliver a programmed distribution of cooling gas. Greater cooling effect may be targeted toward “hot” spots; alternatively, uniform cooling flow distribution may be achieved.

Abstract: An evaporative cooler has a housing mounted within the roof space of a pitched roof with the housing inlet, which mounts evaporative cooling pads, lying at or adjacent to the plane of the roof. This construction avoids the unsightly protrusion normally associated with roof-mounted evaporative coolers.

Abstract: An air conditioner is disclosed which uses a single blowing fan having one inlet and a pair of outlets to suck air from a room or from the outdoors and to blow a fraction of the sucked air to a dehumidification flow path while blowing the remaining fraction of the sucked air to a regeneration flow path. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the number of elements constituting the air conditioner, and thus, to reduce the installation costs. Also, it is possible to design a compact structure of the air conditioner.

Abstract: The invention has an object to provide a refrigerant cycle unit ensuring a capacity of a utilizing side heat exchanger and being capable of dehumidifying heating a space to be air-conditioned.

Abstract: An ice cube making machine having an evaporator assembly on which ice is formed. The evaporator assembly is constructed using micro-channel tubing that provides several channels for the flow of refrigerant within the channels. Liquid refrigerant flowing through the channels causes ice to form on the outer surfaces of the micro-channel tubing over which water flows. Refrigerant vapor is circulated through the channels to release the ice cubes from the micro-channel tubing of the evaporator assembly.

Abstract: An isothermal transportation container comprises an insulating container and a lid that can seal this insulating container. The insulating container has a plurality of insulating materials arranged overlapped on the inner peripheral face of the insulating container. A thermal conductive member is arranged in a space of the insulating container formed by the insulating materials. The thermal conductive member can accommodate a plurality of laminated packaging containers, each of which accommodates a thermal storage medium and a transported article. The heat in the thermal storage medium in one packaging container can be transmitted to the other packaging container through the thermal conductive member.

Abstract: A temperature regulating mechanism is attached inside the bottle. The temperature regulating mechanism may include phase change material. The temperature regulating mechanism may maintain a liquid (e.g. Vodka) stored in the bottle at a substantially consistent temperature (e.g. approximately 10 degrees Celsius) for a reasonable period of time.

Abstract: A beverage cooler adapter secures into the bottom of a portable cooler for facilitating use of the cooler in conjunction with volume beverage containers. The beverage adapter facilitates storing and dispensing cooled beverages in a manner that prevents contaminants from entering the beverage before being dispensed from the cooler.

Abstract: A drawer refrigeration unit provides two distinct zones of cooling in a single cabinet for two pull-out drawers. The refrigeration system includes an evaporator, a compressor and a condenser. The single evaporator system is aided by a damperless air circulation system to maintain the temperature zones at a temperature differential that is at least 10 degrees Fahrenheit. The present invention can thus be used as a combination refrigerator and freezer drawer unit using only one evaporator in a cross-ventilated cabinet.

Abstract: A second-refrigerant pump driving type air conditioner, including an indoor unit having an indoor heat exchanger that circulates a refrigerant containing no oil, a first circulator including a compressor that compresses and discharges a refrigerant containing oil, a first outdoor heat exchanger, a second outdoor heat exchanger, and an outdoor expander, and a second circulator including an intermediate heat exchanger connected to the indoor heat exchanger that circulates the refrigerant containing no oil and heat-exchanges the refrigerant of the first outdoor heat exchanger, a receiver, and a pump. A restriction of a length and a diameter of a connection pipe for connecting an outdoor unit and the indoor unit is decreased, and an oil shortage of the compressor is prevented.

Abstract: A cooling element with a sorbent material (4) which in vacuo can sorb a vaporous working medium that evaporates from a fluid working medium in an evaporator (29) and with a shut-off means which, up to the moment at which the cooling process is initiated, prevents the working medium vapor from flowing into the sorbent material (4), with the sorbent material (4) being sealed into a sorbent-containing pouch (22) which comprises a multilayer sheeting material which in turn comprises at least one metallic layer or one metallized layer.

Abstract: A multi-stage refrigeration system is provided. The refrigeration system includes a first compression element which produces a first compressed refrigerant stream. A mixer combines the first compressed refrigerant stream with an auxiliary refrigerant stream. A second compression element is coupled to the mixer and produces a second compressed refrigerant stream. A first heat exchanger receives the second compressed refrigerant stream and generates a cooled stream. A stream splitter receives the cooled stream and provides first and second output streams. A first expansion valve receives the first output stream and controls the flow of the first output stream and a second expansion valve receives the second output stream and controls the flow of the second output stream. A second heat exchanger generates the auxiliary refrigerant stream provided to the mixer.

Abstract: A low profile evaporator coil assembly and method for configuring the assembly in HVAC equipment. In one deployment, the assembly 40 is located between a heating furnace and a plenum. The assembly 40 includes multiple coil slabs 42 through which a refrigerant courses. The slabs 42 lie in a parallel relationship at an angle of inclination to the air entering a coil assembly 40. A baffle 46 is associated with each coil slab 42 to constrain air flow through the associated coil slab. A drain pan 52 is positioned beneath the slabs. The drain pan 52 has multiple troughs 54 for collecting condensate. At least some of the multiple troughs 54 have an air foil 56 that reduces air flow restriction.

Abstract: An infusion of specifically chosen essential oils and selected gemstones, which creates an enhancement of each of the original essential oil and gemstone properties in a therapeutic and aesthetic way, with a method for conveyance.

Abstract: A jewelry assembly is provided that extends around the neck and waist and down the front and back of an individual. The jewelry assembly is constructed such that it remains centered when worn and such that it can be adapted to fit individuals of different size.

Abstract: An apparatus for tempering a bent glass sheet is disclosed. The apparatus comprises means for conveying the sheet through the apparatus and a pair of blastheads for quenching the sheet with quench gas. Each blasthead comprises a plurality of spaced elongate plenums for supplying quench gas to an array of quench nozzles, the nozzles being mutually inclined to provide diverging jets of quench gas. The plenums extend transversely to the direction of conveyance of the sheet, and the array of nozzles is curved in at least one direction. The array may comprise rows of nozzles extending along lines which are curved in the direction of elongation of the plenums; preferably the curvature of the rows matches the average local curvature of the bent glass sheet in the corresponding direction. Also disclosed is a production line incorporating the apparatus.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods to fabricate a radiation hardened optical fiber from a preform are provided. Various parameters affecting the draw process are controlled to optimize the radiation resistance of the resulting fiber. An annealing zone may be provided to allow a drawn fiber exiting a primary hot zone to undergo an annealing process which may increase radiation resistance.

Abstract: Known synthetic quartz glass tubes for the production of a preform have an inner bore with a surface layer produced without using tools in the molten state and an inner zone. The aim of the invention is to provide a tube which does not release any OH groups to the surroundings. For this purpose, the surface layer (30) has a thickness of 10 ?m and an average OH content of not more than 5 ppm by weight and an average surface roughness Ra of not more than 0.1 ?m. The inner zone (34) that starts on the surface layer (30) and terminates 10 ?m before the outer wall has an average OH content of not more than 0.2 ppm by weight. A simple and inexpensive method for producing a quartz tube of the above type is to continuously draw a tube strand from a softened quartz glass mass in a vertical drawing process. A scavenging gas is circulated through the inner bore of the tube, said gas having a water content of less than 100 ppb per weight.

Abstract: Methods to fabricate an optical preform for draw into Polarization Maintaining (PM) or Polarizing (PZ) optical fiber are provided. The methods involve assembly of pre-shaped and pieced together bulk glass elements into preforms (“assembled preforms”) for simultaneous fusing and drawing into optical fiber. These preforms form a stress-induced birefringent optical core when drawn to fiber.

Abstract: In respect of a method for manufacturing a preform of an optical fiber, the method comprises the steps of forming a porous glass preform by accumulating glass particles, preparing a container made of a quartz glass, which is formed by heating the quartz glass with an electric furnace, providing a dehydration gas and an inert gas to the container, heating the container to which dehydration gas and inert gas is provided and dehydrating and sintering the porous glass preform by inserting the porous glass preform into the container, which is heated.

Abstract: A movable sinker (8) can move a tip portion (8c) forward and backward relative to a needle bed gap (2) through pivotal displacement by setting, as a support point, a concave portion (5a) of a needle plate (5). A wire spring (10) energizes the movable sinker (8) so that the tip portion (8c) is moved forward into the needle bed gap (2). A stopper (20) on which an abutment portion (8e) of the tip portion (8c) of the movable sinker (8) abuts to control the movable sinker (8) to be pivotally displaced by the energization of the wire spring (10) is provided in a position in the bottom portion of the base (4) near the needle bed gap (2). The maximum amount of press-in of the tip portion (8c) of the movable sinker (8) is regulated by an abutment of the abutment portion (8e) on the stopper (20). The stopper (20) can adjust a forward and backward movement amount relative to the needle bed gap (2) by a position adjusting mechanism (21).

Abstract: A process for knitting an article of ladies' underwear in one piece of tubular knitwear is provided. The article is knitted with a basque that extends along edging the lower part of the cups of the article. The process includes knitting the basque by holding a plurality of contiguous stitches substantially aligned relative to the direction of the weft, in the areas located facing the cups of the article so as to form, by releasing the contiguous stitches, at least one bead approximately parallel to the basque in the areas, so as to create stays.