Abstract: A decoration buckle for cinches includes a straight end pivotably connected to an end of a cinch and a frame is connected to the straight end. A tongue has one end pivotably connected to the straight end and the other end of the tongue rests on the frame. At least one pattern is formed on the frame and composed of bosses extending from an outer surface of the frame.

Abstract: A compact, athletic equine boot that resists turning on the animal's hoof when the animal such as a horse is jumping, running and turning in water, mud, sand and sawdust comprising a bell portion having a cushiony layer on the interior of a relatively rigid or hard shell, an internal compressible protrusion, a fastener to secure the boot on the hoof, the hard shell being flexible and strong to resist blows from over-reaching rear hooves. The invention also includes a laminate comprising a layer of a tough, flexible, strong material, a cushiony layer and a fastener for attaching one end of the laminate to another end of the same or different laminate. Also disclosed is a method of making.

Abstract: A manually guided implement having a tool driven by an internal combustion engine, which draws combustion air in via an air filter disposed on an air filter base. The air filter is secured to the implement via a releasable securement device that includes a first securement element, and a second securement element that cooperates with the first securement element. The securement elements can be released from one another, or connected to one another, by means of a rotational movement about an axis of rotation. To achieve easy handling of the air filter, the first securement element is fixedly connected to the air filter.

Abstract: An air filter assembly for a motorcycle includes a housing at least partially defining an air intake passageway. The housing includes an opening a curved surface adjacent to the opening. An air filter is formed to be substantially planar in an unrestrained condition and deformed against the curved surface to conform to the curved surface. A retention mechanism retains the air filter against the curved surface.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a honeycomb structure in which a plurality of cells are placed in parallel with one another in the longitudinal direction with a cell wall therebetween; and a cylindrical metal casing that covers the outer peripheral side face of the honeycomb structure. A shortest distance between the outermost cells among the plurality of cells and the inner face of the metal casing is at least about 1 mm and at most about 3 mm.

Abstract: A honeycomb unit includes a plurality of walls and a plurality of cells. The plurality of cells are defined by the plurality of walls and extend along a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb unit. Each of the plurality of cells has opposite first and second end portions along the longitudinal direction. Either one of the first and second end portions is sealed. X and Y satisfy a following relationship, 100/3·X+5?Y?100/3·X+40, wherein Y is a ratio of a weight of an unsealed region in said cells to a weight of a sealed region in said cells and X is a ratio of a length in the longitudinal direction of said honeycomb unit to an area of a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said honeycomb unit. X is at least about 0.1 and at most about 0.26.

Abstract: A finger for a crop gathering auger of a grain header for an agricultural combine, a forage harvester, or the like, the finger including a resilient elastomeric retainer retractor which spans a failure region of the finger and will retain a free end of the finger in connection with a mounting end thereof when the failure region is broken, and which is configured and operable for automatically retracting the broken off free end into an auger drum and retaining it therein during subsequent rotation of the drum for limiting potential damage from the broken end and preventing entry of the broken end into crop handling equipment of the combine or other machine.

Abstract: A lawn mower for mowing lawn. There is: a lawn mower base, having a first transport hole; an external collection container, having a second transport hole and a first transport flap; and an internal collection container having a third transport hole and a first elongated ductile connection member. There is also a second elongated ductile connection member coupled to the internal collection container. The transport flap is removably coupled to the external collection container by zipping. The internal collection container comprises a plurality of slit portions. The external connection container comprises a plurality of connection hooks, and the internal collection container comprises a plurality of connection bands. The internal collection container comprises a plurality of ventilation holes opposite the third transport hole.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for adjusting a reel-to-bedknife clearance of a lawn mower is provided. In one preferred form, a sound sensor assembly detects sound as an operator adjusts the reel-to-bedknife clearance of the mower and outputs an electrical signal corresponding to a detected sound. The detected sound is received by an evaluation module in communication with the sound sensor assembly. The evaluation module receives the electrical signal and determines whether the electrical signal indicates that a bedknife is in contact with a rotating cutting reel. Further, the evaluation module notifies an operator in response thereof.

Abstract: A gearless, clutchless agricultural rotary vegetation cutter includes a drive train having a tire which is attached to a power shaft which receives power from the PTO of a tractor. As the power shaft spins, it causes the tire to spin against a rotor plate. As the rotor spins in response to the spinning of the tire, the rotor plate causes a blade carrier to which cutting blades are attached to spin. The cutting blades then mow and shred the vegetation encountered. When an obstacle is encountered by the cutting blades which causes the blades to stop turning, the tire continues to turn on the rotor plate without resulting damage to the drive train or to the tractor.

Abstract: A mower sickle bar has an elongated metal bar having a longitudinally extending edge region that is tempered and thereadjacent a longitudinally extending middle region that is not tempered. The untempered middle region is formed with a row of throughgoing holes. A longitudinally extending row of blades lying on the metal bar at least partially over the untempered middle region thereof is secured thereto by fasteners projecting through the holes and through the blades.

Abstract: The invention concerns a machine for harvesting and boxing leaf vegetables cultivated in greenhouses, which comprises a main frame holding a front cutting bar, means for transferring the product longitudinally from the cutting bar towards the rear in boxes to be filled, and a platform supporting workers and a number of benches of boxes. At the rear of the machine at least one transporter (23) is provided positioned transversally to the forward direction, designed to receive the product from the longitudinal transfer means and to deposit it in the boxes.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a taped insulated conductor and a method of controlling a tape winding tension. The apparatus comprises a wire material feeder feeding a wire material, a tape winder winding a tape body on the wire material fed from the wire material feeder, and a receiving device receiving the wire material on which the tape body is wound by the tape winder. A rotating shaft torque is controlled to a prescribed torque by rotatingly driving a tape pad fixing part by a torque gradually decreasing control without relying on the number of the windings of the tape body. Thus, the delivery tension of the tape body can be set to a specified prescribed value.

Abstract: An aircraft engine (10) includes a pivot-door type thrust reverser (22) located at an aft portion of a nacelle (16). The thrust reverser (22) includes a monolithic fan duct barrel (24) with an annular wall (50) that includes a forward section (46), a door section (54), and an aft section (48). The wall (50) has a honeycomb-sandwich type structure with an interior face sheet (60) and a backing sheet (62) radially separated by a first cellular core (66). An outer sheet (64) associated with the aft section (48) of the wall (50) is radially separated from the backing sheet (62) by a second cellular core (68). A plurality of pivoting doors (26,28) mate with a plurality of door openings (56,58) in the door section (54) of the annular wall (50).

Abstract: Depending on a trim controller diagnosis, a suspicion marker for an asymmetric ageing of the exhaust gas probe is allocated either a “true” value or a “false” value and, if the value of the suspicion marker is “true”, a dynamic diagnosis will be performed based on the exhaust gas probe's measuring signal, on the basis of the results of which diagnosis either an asymmetrically aged or a non-asymmetrically aged exhaust gas probe will be detected.

Abstract: A particulate filter regeneration method for an internal combustion engine system is provided. The method includes: receiving an outlet temperature signal corresponding to a temperature at an outlet of a particulate filter; receiving an oxygen signal corresponding to an oxygen level in exhaust flowing from said particulate filter; and controlling at least one of airflow and fuel based on said oxygen level such that said outlet temperature is within a desired range.

Abstract: The invention relates to an HC trap catalyst and a preparation method for the HC trap catalyst. The HC trap catalyst includes an HC adsorbent for adsorbing HC in exhaust gas exhausted from an internal combustion engine, and an oxidation accelerating element contained in the HC adsorbent for accelerating partial oxidation of the HC adsorbed by the HC adsorbent. With the above configuration, HC in exhaust gas can be partially oxidized. As a result, the oxidation reactivity of HC can be improved remarkably. Further, since the oxidation accelerating element is contained in the HC adsorbent, the HC adsorbed in the HC adsorbent can be partially oxidized directly. As a result, the partial oxidation can be promoted efficiently.

Abstract: A honeycomb body includes an inlet end side and an outlet end side. Metal sheets are wound, intertwined and/or layered into a multiplicity of sheet metal layers being at least partially structured to form channels leading from the inlet end side to the outlet end side. Edges of at least some of the sheet metal layers have cutouts formed therein at the inlet end side and/or the outlet end side, resulting in a fissured structure of the inlet end side and/or the outlet end side. As a result, only the smooth metal sheets or only the structured metal sheets or both can be provided with the cutouts. Additionally, at least some of the metal sheets can be made of a porous material, in particular compressed metal fibers. Deposition of soot particles on the end sides of the honeycomb body is, to a large extent, prevented due to the cutouts.

Abstract: A standalone thermal energy recycling device in which exhaust air emitted from an internal combustion engine exchanges heat with that being heated during regeneration of after-treatment devices. By using the thermal energy recycling device, heat generated for regeneration is used to compensate energy loss during heat exchange rather than provide the overall energy needed for boosting exhaust flow temperature to target. Inside the thermal energy recycling device, heat exchanger is bypassed during normal engine operations for decreasing back pressure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a double-walled exhaust manifold (10) for a motor vehicle, said exhaust manifold comprising at least one inner element (12) provided with sliding tubes (16, 18) which fit into each other, and an outer element (14) which is moulded from a single piece around the inner element (12) with which it determines an inner insulation cavity (20). The inventive exhaust manifold is characterised in that the inner element comprises at least one first straight upstream tube (22), a first end (24) of said tube being arranged in the extension of an exhaust line of an associated heat engine cylinder head and a second end (26) fitting together, in a sliding manners with an intermediate part (28) of at least one downstream tube (16, 18) having an axis (B) intersecting the axis (A) of the first tube (22).

Abstract: A heat shield configuration having a heat shield for shielding an object from heat and/or noise having an internal surface facing toward the object and an external surface facing away from the object as well as an opening, which goes through the heat shield having internal surface and external surface. The heat shield has a closure for at least regionally closing the opening. In addition, an actuating device is provided, which is implemented to open and close the closure as a function of a controlled variable relevant for the function of the object.

Abstract: An exhaust system includes an exhaust tube for conveying a heated exhaust flow from an engine. A valve is mounted at least partially within the exhaust tube for noise attenuation. The valve includes a bias member mounted outside of the engine exhaust tube within a heat transfer environment to maintain the bias member at a low temperature. The bias member biases the valve against the heat exhaust flow toward a predetermined position. The valve is mounted within a section of the tube having a smaller cross-sectional area and pivots into a larger cross-sectional area section of the exhaust tube to avoid interference with tube walls and provide a relatively large range of movement.

Abstract: The fluid displacement based generator generates usable mechanical energy through the compression and displacement of air, and through the movement of tanks containing these compressible fluids and water. The generator includes an air tank suspended above a water-filled reservoir, which is positioned within the ground or other support surface. The air tank is mounted on a support, which selectively lowers the air tank into the reservoir. The air tank is hollow and contains therein a water tank, partially filled with water. A float, which is formed of a buoyant material, is mounted within an air chamber, and may be lowered into water through the application of a user-applied force. The air tank, water tank and float are selectively vertically positionable and air pressure is maintained at a constant level within the air tank, such that vertical movement of the water tank can be used to drive an external mechanically-driven system.

Abstract: A system and method are described for providing space heating and cooling along with tap water heating by combining the use of co-generation and a geothermal connected heat pump. The use of energy storage allows the intermittent use and extended life of the co-generator engine.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed for rapidly counteracting a transient low-pressure condition, that can occur intermittently in the exhaust section of a power plant or other such industrial facility upstream of exhaust fans as a result of an event that interrupts the generation and/or flow of exhaust gases, using jet nozzles disposed in the exhaust section and connected to a source of pressurized air or other suitable momentum material. By orienting the jet nozzles in a direction generally opposite to the flow of exhaust gas and actuating the system to release a burst of compressed air, for example in the event of a power plant interruption, the low-pressure condition can be ameliorated preventing damage to the exhaust section.

Abstract: A hydraulic drive system. In a first embodiment the hydraulic drive system comprises a hydraulic circuit, at least one battery, an electric motor and an alternator. The hydraulic circuit includes a hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor, and a hydraulic fluid reservoir containing hydraulic fluid. In a second embodiment the hydraulic drive system also includes a combustion engine, a fuel tank, and an electrical generator. In another embodiment, the hydraulic drive system includes primary and secondary hydraulic circuits with the secondary hydraulic circuit featuring throttle functionality. In another embodiment the hydraulic drive system provides power generation to a building such as a family home or dwelling. In a further embodiment the hydraulic drive system is adapted to function as a building power generator system.

Abstract: A fuel manifold for a gas turbine engine having a first peripheral surface having a first channel defined therein and a second peripheral surface having a second channel defined therein, each of the first and second channels being sealingly enclosed to define a corresponding conduit.

Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine comprises a housing, and a swirler assembly disposed in physical communication with the housing. The swirler assembly comprises a first stage comprising a plurality of first vanes, a second stage comprising a plurality of second vanes, and a third stage comprising a plurality of third vanes. The second stage is disposed downstream of, in fluid communication with, and in physical communication with the first stage. The third stage is disposed downstream of, in fluid communication with, and in physical communication with the second stage.

Abstract: A fuel manifold assembly for a gas turbine engine fuel system comprises a fuel manifold at least partly enclosed by a heat shield, the internal manifold being made of a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion, and the heat shield being made of a second material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion that is lower than the first coefficient of thermal expansion.

Abstract: A method for operating a power plant to facilitate reducing emissions, wherein the power plant includes a gas turbine engine assembly and a carbon dioxide (CO2) separator. The method includes increasing an operating pressure of exhaust gas discharged from the gas turbine engine assembly, separating substantially all the CO2 entrained within the gas turbine engine utilizing the CO2 separator to produce a CO2 lean airstream, reducing the operating temperature of the CO2 lean airstream, and utilizing the cooled CO2 lean airstream to facilitate reducing an operating temperature of air entering the gas turbine engine assembly.

Abstract: A single oil nozzle unit is mounted in a bearing compartment of a gas turbine engine for providing multiple individual jets for the individual bearing components in the bearing compartment.

Abstract: A method of stabilizing combustion in a gas turbine engine includes the steps of observing a combustor flame from a location upstream from said flame to detect spectral characteristics indicative of a condition affecting combustion stability, and tuning the engine to stabilize combustion based upon an indicated condition affecting combustion stability.

Abstract: A combustor nozzle is provided. The combustor nozzle includes a first fuel system configured to introduce a syngas fuel into a combustion chamber to enable lean premixed combustion within the combustion chamber and a second fuel system configured to introduce the syngas fuel, or a hydrocarbon fuel, or diluents, or combinations thereof into the combustion chamber to enable diffusion combustion within the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for enhancing performance of a dehumidifier that is operating in a substantially closed air environment facilitates air-to-air heat exchange between a first air stream derived from the closed air environment and a second air stream derived from a source other than the closed air environment, the second air stream being cooler than the first air stream.

Abstract: This invention refers to a dehumidifying and ventilating method. By this means, ascending gas membrane of the water vapor and dynamic solid film with adsorbent particles are formed due to the heat exchange between the water in the reactor of the dehumidifying chamber and the refrigerant in the condensing coil, for separating the indoor air. As a result, the water vapor and the dry air of the indoor air have different speeds when moving to the dehumidifying chamber, the movement of the dry air is delayed, and consequently the aim of dehumidifying is achieved. The dehumidifying and ventilating units in the air conditioners can combine with various indoor units to form refrigerant electric wires, The refrigerant electric wires can be used for cooling, dehumidifying, dehumidifying and ventilating, refrigerating, preparing nanoparticles for industry, freshwater recovery and seawater desalting to freshwater.

Abstract: Disclosed are a dehumidification apparatus, and an air conditioning apparatus and system having the same. The dehumidification apparatus includes: a desiccant rotor having a desiccant for adsorbing moisture; and a regeneration unit disposed at one side of the desiccant rotor, for desorbing the moisture adsorbed to the desiccant. The regeneration unit includes at least one of a hollow hot water line containing hot water exchanging heat with the air flowing toward the desiccant rotor. The dehumidification apparatus efficiently reproduces the desiccant for dehumidification and air conditioning.

Abstract: A system for conducting performance tests of an air conditioner by operation modes, the system includes a test loader for loading an air conditioner to be tested; and a control unit for switching an operation mode of the air conditioner loaded on the test loader in order of cooling and heating operation modes at a preset lowest operating frequency and cooling and heating operation modes at a preset rated operating frequency, and executing the switched operation mode. Further, the system for conducting performance tests of an air conditioner by operation modes includes a checking unit for checking the existence of a malfunction in preset performances whenever each of the operation modes is executed; and a warning unit for visually and acoustically warning the check result on the existence of a malfunction in each of the operation modes.

Abstract: A method for logging data from an HVAC system comprises the steps of: collecting, within a thermostat, a plurality of data elements corresponding to a current time, at least one user setting, at least one HVAC system state, and at least one environmental measurement; correlating, within the thermostat, the collected data elements according to the current time; and storing, within the thermostat, the collected data elements. The method may further comprise the steps of: transmitting the stored data elements from the thermostat to an external device; and analyzing, within the external device, the transmitted data to determine energy savings. The data may be transmitted from the thermostat when the thermostat receives a request from the external device. The data may be transmitted from the thermostat to the external device over a communication link comprising one of a hard-wired communication link or a radio frequency communication link.

Abstract: A water level detecting device for an ice-making machine includes a transparent tube, a float set in said transparent tube, an infrared ray emitter and an infrared-ray receiver respectively installed in a line at opposite sides of said transparent tube connected to a water tube connected to a water tank. When the float falls down together with the water level in the transparent tube going down with that of the water tank, and positions between the infrared-ray emitter and the receiver, a pump supplying water to an ice making unit is to be stopped by the interruption of the function of the infrared-ray emitter and the receiver. Thus the pump is automatically stopped in case of the water in the tank becoming insufficient, impossible to work idle.

Abstract: A method for controlling a stop operation of an air conditioner having a compressor, a four-way valve, an electronic expansion valve (EEV), an indoor fan and an outdoor fan includes the steps of stopping the operations of the compressor and the indoor fan if an operation stop signal is inputted during a heating operation; and checking an amount of elapsed time after the turn-offs of the compressor and the indoor fan, and turning off the EEV and the outdoor fan if the amount of elapsed time reaches a preset reference time. The methods also includes the steps of detecting pressures at an inlet side and at an outlet side of the compressor to calculate a pressure difference; and turning off the four-way valve if the calculated pressure difference reaches a preset reference pressure difference.

Abstract: A condenser assembly for use in a refrigeration system to reject heat from refrigerant to an environment. The condenser assembly includes first and second condenser modules each having a condenser coil and valve. Each condenser coil includes an inlet port to receive a refrigerant and an outlet port to discharge the refrigerant. The valve is in fluid communication with the corresponding inlet port and regulates flow of the refrigerant through the corresponding condenser coil A sensor in communication with the refrigeration circuit generates a signal indicative of an inlet pressure of the condenser assembly. A controller is programmed to actuate the first valve to regulate the flow of the refrigerant into first condenser coil, and to actuate the second valve independent of the first valve to regulate the flow of the refrigerant into the second condenser coil to control condenser volume based on the signal indicative of the inlet pressure.

Abstract: In order to improve a cooling system, in particular for in-transit cooling, comprising a refrigeration circuit, in which a refrigerant compressor, a high-side heat exchanger, an expansion unit and a low-side heat exchanger are disposed, an electric compressor motor for driving the refrigerant compressor and a control unit for controlling a refrigerating output of the refrigeration circuit, in such a way that it operates as far as possible in an energy-saving manner, it is proposed that the cooling system has a generator for feeding electric power into an internal electrical supply system of the cooling system, from which the compressor motor is fed, and in that an internal combustion engine is provided for driving the generator.

Abstract: An air conditioner condenser compartment includes a base. A three-sided frame is mounted to the base, each side of the frame incorporating a top, bottom, and side rail portion. A receiving bracket is formed along a surface of the side rail portion. A panel has top, bottom and side rail portions. The side rail portion of the panel is adapted to slide through the bracket formed along the three-sided frame. A fabric material is alternatively disposed over or integrated into the top, bottom, and side rail portions of the panel to render a screen structure. A top portion has two congruent side surfaces and a front surface. The side surfaces and front surface extend from a top opening outward to conform to a surface of the three-side frame. The top opening remains unobstructed to accommodate air movement.

Abstract: A window air conditioner includes an indoor housing, an outdoor housing, an air conditioning unit including a first unit for removing heat from indoors at the indoor housing, a second unit for releasing the heat to outdoors at the outdoor housing, and a power control panel provided at the indoor housing to control the first and second units; and a connecting rod extended between the indoor housing and the outdoor housing, wherein the connecting rod serves as a bridge for suspendedly hanging the air conditioning unit at the window frame at a position that the indoor housing is supported at an interior side of the window frame while the outdoor housing is supported at an exterior side of the window frame.

Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle has a unit case, a heat exchanger for generating a heated air, a bypass passage through which a bypass air flows while bypassing the heat exchanger, and a baffle member having first passages and second passages. The unit case has openings for introducing a conditioned air into a passenger compartment. The openings are aligned in an alignment direction across a width of the unit case. The first passages and second passages are alternately arranged in the alignment direction. One of the bypass air and the heated air has an uneven distribution of a flow speed in the alignment direction at a position upstream of the baffle member, and flows in the first passages. Widths of the first passages are varied according to the distribution of the flow speed.

Abstract: The invention describes an electromagnetically actuated locking means of simple mechanical construction for camping and leisure vehicles in particular, by which household appliances can be locked automatically. Therein, a mechanical bolt preferably is actuated via the ignition only and, in standard operation of the device when said leisure vehicle is parked, is not in engagement with a holding element on a door of a refrigerator e.g. Preferably, said locking means comprises a control and detectors for the position of said bolt engaging into a holding means, as well as a detector for detecting an opened or closed condition of said door. Furthermore, said locking means preferably comprises an illumination means and a communication interface by which functionality of the means can be checked and by which the individual function of said locking means can be addressed and/or detector signals can be interrogated.

Abstract: A door opening device decreasing operational stages of a driving motor when opening a door and a refrigerator having the door opening device are disclosed. The door opening device selectively opens a first door and a second door and includes an operating member which selectively pressurizes the first door and the second door to be opened by rotation, a rotating cam including a plurality of protruding portions which contact the operating member to rotate the operating member and a plurality of depressed portions which are spaced apart from the operating member, the protruding portions and the depressed portions being formed alternately along a rotational direction of the rotating cam, a driving motor rotating the rotating cam in a forward direction and a reverse direction, and a return part returning the operating member to an initial position after at least one of the first door and the second door is opened.

Abstract: A thermo-preserving container includes a body and a cone-shaped cap. The body consists of an annular inner wall and an annular outer wall, with an annular empty space defined between the inner and the outer wall for filling coolant therein through an intake bored in a bottom of the body. The intake is inserted with a stopper to keep the coolant in the annular empty space. The body has an inner empty space surrounded by the annular inner wall. The cone-shaped cap is provided with an annular connect member in a bottom end to threadably combined with the connect member of the body to combine the cap with the body. Then a drink or a wine in a bottle can be kept in the thermo-preserving container in a cooled condition, preserving the drink or wine to taste comparatively cool and fresh.

Abstract: A flow-cooled magnet system comprising a magnet for generating a magnetic field in a target region and a cooling system comprising a flow path for a coolant fluid. The flow path has a first part arranged in thermal communication with the magnet and a second part in thermal communication with the target region. Each of the magnet and target region are cooled by the flow of coolant in the first and second parts of the cooling system.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for conditioning imported liquefied natural gas to conform to a particular pipeline heating value specification and recovery of liquefied petroleum gas or natural gas liquids from liquefied natural gas are disclosed. An input stream containing liquefied natural gas is split into a direct stream and a bypass stream. The direct stream is heated in a cross-exchanger to produce a heated rich liquefied natural gas stream, which is split into a primary column feed and a secondary column feed. At least a major portion of the secondary column feed is vaporized to produce a vaporized secondary column feed, which is expanded in an expander to produce a vaporized and expanded secondary column feed. A top feed, the primary column feed, and the vaporized and expanded secondary column feed are fractionated to produce an overhead product stream and a bottom product stream. The overhead product stream is compressed in a compressor coupled to the expander.