Abstract: An ornamental accessory includes a retainer member adapted to fit at least partially around a length of material, the retainer member including a first connector element, and an ornament including a second connector element adapted to removably connect with the first connector element. A method of attaching an ornamental accessory to a length of material is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention is a device that facilitates the collection of urine and other such specimens from animals for the purpose of testing. It features a pod for collecting and holding the waste, a handle for manipulating the pod during testing, a base for resting the pod while testing is being performed, and a light source for illumination of the animal's waste emitting regions as well as the collection pod during the testing.

Abstract: A heating system comprising a fuel burner in co-operation with a primary heat exchanger, a reservoir for storing warmed water in, and a blending valve, and a controller wherein in use a user can signal to the controller to warm the water in the water store using a heater or by the primary heat exchanger, and when hot water is required water is removed from the water store and mixed with water from a cold main prior to being or after the water from the cold main has been admitted to a further heat exchanger for heating the water.

Abstract: A sootblowing control system that uses predictive models to bridge the gap between sootblower operation and boiler performance goals. The system uses predictive modeling and heuristics (rules) associated with different zones in a boiler to determine an optimal sequence of sootblower operations and achieve boiler performance targets. The system performs the sootblower optimization while observing any operational constraints placed on the sootblowers.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for converting fluid molecules from a liquid state into a vapor state wherein the fluid has unnatural bond angles. The apparatus comprises a resistor-capacitor (RC) circuit, a chamber to contain the RC circuit and the fluid and a power source to provide power to the RC circuit. The RC circuit comprises an anode, a cathode and a plurality of substantially parallel electrically conductive plates. Current through the RC circuit generates a frequency that modifies the bond angles of molecules in a vapor state. Ignition of these molecules with unnatural bond angles reverts the molecules back to normal bond angles with a release of energy that can be utilized in many different applications without the release of toxic or noxious gases, greenhouse gases or any interaction with the atmosphere or the consumption of any atmospheric oxygen. For example, the molecules with unnatural bond angles may be used in engines to power a motorized vehicle.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a mixture of conventional gasoline and hydrogen-containing additive, such as ethanol, destined for use as a fuel for an ICE, is processed through a fuel generator interposed between a source of the fuel mixture and an internal combustion engine (ICE). Within the fuel generator, the mixture is subjected to electrolysis and then fed to the ICE, one objective being to more efficiently power the ICE, with a fuel mixture having a minimum, and preferably no gasoline in the mixture. A method and apparatus is disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling fan for a cooling system of the internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, the cooling fan comprising at least one frame (10) for retaining a fan motor and a fan motor (24) for driving a fan wheel (26). The invention is characterized in that at least one motor casing component of the fan motor (24) is injection-molded into the frame material and/or is coated by said material by injection molding when the frame (10) is formed. The invention also relates to a method for producing said cooling fan. The method according to the invention is characterized in that at least one motor casing of the fan motor (24) is injection-molded into the frame material and/or is coated by said material by injection molding when the frame (10) is formed.

Abstract: A horizontally opposed engine includes a first cylinder and a second cylinder, a first camshaft, a second camshaft, a crankshaft side sprocket, a first camshaft side sprocket, a second camshaft side sprocket, and a timing chain wound around the sprockets. The timing chain is wound so that it extends substantially parallel with an axis of the cylinders extending between the first camshaft side sprocket and the second camshaft side sprocket. An upper chain guide defines a guide rail that is arranged to ensure that the timing chain extends straight. The horizontally opposed engine has a single timing chain that is arranged to transmit a rotation of a crankshaft to a camshaft in each cylinder, and that is resistant to the effects of elongation of the timing chain.

Abstract: A timing gear case 13 is fastened to a front end of a cylinder block 1 for a V-type engine, cylinder heads 14 being fastened to and striding over upper ends of the cylinder block 1 and of the timing gear case 13, a head cover 15 being fastened to an upper end of the cylinder head 14, so that the cylinder head 14 may be detached from the cylinder block 1 even if the timing gear case 13 is kept fastened to the cylinder block 1. Cam gears 21 and 22 fitted over camshafts assembled in the cylinder head 14 and a cam idle gear 20 are pivoted to the cylinder head 14, so that parts of a valve operating system may be assembled in the cylinder head 14 before it is fastened to the cylinder block 1. Thus, an engine body structure is provided which has enhanced workability in maintenance and enhanced reliability in service.

Abstract: A tappet apparatus cooperates with a valve and a cam. The apparatus includes a case to reciprocate motion of the cam; and a locking unit in the ease, movable between an activated position at which the valve reciprocates motion of the case, and a deactivated position at which the valve is stationary regardless of the motion of the case. The locking unit may include first and second passages in the case; a pin, movable between a first and a second position within the first passage; and a column in the second passage. The pin may be situated in the column when the pin is in the second position. The activated position may be defined by the pin being in the first position, and the deactivated position may be defined by the pin being in the second position.

Abstract: A method for controlling the air-fuel ratio of an internal combustion engine operating with alternating intake valves is presented. According to the method, engine air-fuel ratio can be adjusted by changing valve timings or fuel during a cylinder cycle.

Abstract: A variable tappet includes a tappet body; a variable portion in the tappet body, configured to open and close a valve; and a control portion to maintain the variable portion in either a first state, at which it can open and close the valve, and a second state, at which it cannot open and close the valve.

Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include an outer part, an inner part disposed in the outer part and connected to a valve, a latching part that is disposed in the outer part and selectively connects the outer part and the inner part, a camshaft supplying torque, a low lift cam that is configured to the camshaft and selectively supplies torque to the inner part, and a high lift cam that is configured to the camshaft and supplies torque to the outer part.

Abstract: A camshaft adjuster (1) for an internal combustion engine is provided, wherein the relative angle between a drive wheel (2) and an inner rotor associated with a camshaft can be adjusted via hydraulic loading of pressure spaces (9, 10) between an outer rotor (3) and the inner rotor (6), wherein the drive wheel (2) is made of plastic and the outer rotor (3) associated with the drive wheel (2) is made of metal. Particularly good linkage can be obtained and mounting complexity can be reduced by having at least one bearing surface between the outer rotor (3) and the inner rotor (6) that is connected with a firmly bonded material or positive fit in the drive wheel that is made from plastic.

Abstract: A variable valve timing control apparatus of an internal combustion engine has a drive rotary member rotated by an engine crankshaft, a driven rotary member fixedly connected to a camshaft and transferring a turning force from the drive rotary member to the camshaft, and a phase-change mechanism changing a relative rotational phase between the drive and driven rotary members and having an intermediate rotary member installed between the drive and driven rotary members for a relative rotational phase control. The variable valve timing control apparatus further has a holding mechanism and a releasing mechanism. The holding mechanism forces the intermediate rotary member and holds the relative rotational phase between the drive and driven rotary members, and the releasing mechanism releases a holding state of the holding mechanism.

Abstract: In a variable valve opening property internal combustion engine, a control shaft (20) is supported by a control link (21) which is in turn is pivotally supported by a cylinder head (1), and a roller link (22) is pivotally supported by the control shaft. The roller link is provided with a cam roller (31) that engages a cam (3) of a camshaft (4) and a roller shaft (32) that engages a slipper surface (33) of a rocker arm (6). The arcuate movement of the cam roller centered around the control shaft varies the swing of the rocker arm and hence the valve lift in dependence on the position of the control shaft. A compression coil spring (41) is interposed between a part of the cylinder head and a side of the cam roller facing away from the cam. The coil spring is oriented such that a direction of a spring force (Fspg) substantially coincides with a direction of a guided movement of the cam roller, preferably in a low valve lift condition.

Abstract: The liquid is sealed in the lash adjuster so that the volume “V1” of the gas, in the reservoir chamber when the lash adjuster is being produced and the plunger protrudes from the body, is equal to or more than 1.24 times as great as the sum of the volume “Vo1” of the liquid discharged from the high-pressure chamber when the plunger moves downward, and the increase “Vo2” in the volume of the liquid that expands, due to heat, when the temperature of the gas in the reservoir chamber is increased from the production temperature to the maximum use temperature, and the ratio of “V1” to “Vo1+Vo2” is equal to or higher than a ratio, which is derived based on the production temperature and the maximum use temperature, when the inner pressure of the lash adjuster increases by 500 kPa at maximum.

Abstract: An internal combustion engine is provided having a cylinder case with at least one cylinder bore wall defining at least one cylinder bore. At least one piston is reciprocally movable within the at least one cylinder bore. The at least one piston includes at least one skirt portion preferably having a barrel-shaped profile. The cylinder bore wall has an oleophobic characteristic, while the at least one skirt portion has an oleophilic characteristic. The oleophobic and oleophilic characteristic is produced by at least one of coating and machining the at least one cylinder bore wall and the at least one skirt portion, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method (and corresponding system) of reducing fuel consumption in a diesel engine (300) when operating at less than full power, the method comprising the step of: adjusting (101) a viscosity of a system oil (301) from the engine (300) resulting in a modified system oil (301?), where the viscosity is adjusted so that the mechanical efficiency of the engine (300) is increased when the modified system off (301?) is provided to the engine (300) and wherein the step of adjusting is done on the basis at least one parameter representing an actual load of the engine (300) and a viscosity parameter of the system oil (301). In this way, the mechanical efficiency of the engine when operating at less than full speed/at partial speed is increased. This reduces the fuel consumption of a diesel engine and reduces the emissions of a diesel engine.

Abstract: A lubricant device of four-stroke engine is provided according to the present invention. The lubricant device is applicable to a four-stroke engine having a cylinder, a crank case, a rocker arm room and a cam room connected to the rocker arm room. The lubricant device mainly has the rocker arm room and the crank case be connected to each other, and the design of alternating oil supply and oil recycling channels enables lubricant mists to cycle from the crank case through the rocker arm room to the cam room, and then be re-absorbed into the crank case, thereby allowing engines to be manipulated at various angles.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling an internal combustion engine having a plurality of cylinders. A fuel metering system includes a fuel reservoir. A fuel level signal is provided which characterizes the fuel level of the fuel reservoir. When the fuel level signal drops below a threshold value, a subset of the cylinders is shut off.

Abstract: When operating in a homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion mode, an in-cylinder condition guided fueling function and a dedicated exhaust burner disposed in an exhaust gas recirculation system of the engine are used to burn excess oxygen in recirculated exhaust gas and to achieve fast and smooth engine response during transient operation.

Abstract: A fuel pump control device including an electric component for controlling a fuel pump is placed in a fuel tank. The electric component is hermetically enclosed in a housing. An adsorbent of a cartridge type for adsorbing fuel vapor is provided in the housing. The housing includes a housing body and a covering member closing an opening of the housing body. The electric component includes a control circuit unit and an external terminal extending from the control circuit unit. The external terminal is provided passing through the covering member to the outside. The adsorbent is charged between the covering member and the control circuit unit so that the external terminal is placed passing through the adsorbent.

Abstract: As one example, a method of operating a fuel delivery system of a directly injected internal combustion engine including a plurality of in-cylinder direct fuel injectors, a higher pressure fuel pump and a lower pressure fuel pump is provided. The method comprises operating the lower pressure fuel pump and the higher pressure fuel pump to maintain a prescribed fuel pressure at the fuel injectors; and varying an amount of pump work that is provided by the lower pressure fuel pump relative to the higher pressure fuel pump responsive to an indication of the efficiency of the higher pressure pump.

Abstract: In an internal combustion engine having both a port injector and a direct injector supplying fuel to a cylinder of the engine, a method is disclosed for avoiding deposit formation on and/or inside the tip of the direct injector. The tip temperature is estimated. When the tip temperature exceeds a threshold temperature at which deposits are formed, the amount of fuel delivered by the direct injector is increase.

Abstract: A method of operating a fuel injector including a piezoelectric actuator having a stack of piezoelectric elements, and wherein in use the injector communicates with a fuel rail, the method comprises: applying a discharge current to the actuator for a discharge period so as to discharge the stack from a first differential voltage level across the stack to a second differential voltage level across the stack; maintaining the second differential voltage level for a period of time; and applying a charge current to the actuator for a charge period so as to charge the stack from the second differential voltage level to a third differential voltage level; wherein the third differential voltage level is selected in dependence on at least two engine parameters, the at least two engine parameters selected from: rail pressure; the electric pulse time; and the piezoelectric stack temperature.

Abstract: An engine includes a cylinder having a two pistons slidably disposed therein, a port arranged to admit a reactant into the cylinder between the two pistons, and a converter operable with at least one piston to convert mechanical energy of the piston to electrical energy.

Abstract: A gas powered internal combustion engine in which the gas is provided from pressurized liquid gas in an LPG container and in which the LPG container is rigidly mounted adjacent to the internal combustion engine at a preselected angle to be in conductive heat transfer relationship to the internal combustion engine and in vibration receiving relationship to the internal combustion engine whereby the liquified gas in the LPG container is heated and the effective surface area thereof is increased.

Abstract: Internal combustion engine wherein a cooling medium inlet of an EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) heat exchanger is fluidly connected to a turbine outlet of a turbocharger so as to use the exhaust gas outputted by the turbine as a coolant.

Abstract: A blow-by gas returning apparatus is arranged to allow blow-by gas leaking from a combustion chamber of an engine into a crank chamber to flow in an intake passage through a returning passage, and to regulate a flow rate of the blow-by gas by a PCV valve placed in the returning passage. A supercharger is placed in the intake passage. The PCV valve is adapted to change a position of the valve element by electromagnetic force to change a passage opening area. A check valve is placed integral with the PCV valve in the returning passage between the valve element of the PCV valve and the intake passage. The check valve is arranged to inhibit back-flow of the gas from the intake passage.

Abstract: An exhaust probe is arranged on an internal combustion engine with multiple cylinders and the injection valves provided for the cylinders measure the fuel. The exhaust probe is arranged on an exhaust manifold, and the measured signal is characteristic of the air/fuel ratio in the corresponding cylinder. The measured signal is recorded at a given crankshaft angle with relation to a reference position for the piston and allocated to the corresponding cylinder. A set parameter for adjustment of the air/fuel ratio in the corresponding cylinder is generated depending on the measured signal recorded for each cylinder. The given crankshaft angle is adjusted depending on a value criterion which depends on a uneven running of an output shaft from the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A method for sensing an air-fuel ratio of exhaust gasses from an engine of a vehicle using a sensor, the sensor having a pumping cell and a reference cell, the method comprising pumping a current in the pumping cell during at least a first set of operating conditions; reducing said pumping during at least a second set of operating conditions; providing a signal from the sensor during at least the first and second sets of operating conditions; and adjusting at least one of a fuel injection amount and an air amount into the engine to maintain a desired air-fuel ratio based on the signal during at least the first and second sets of operating conditions.

Abstract: A compound archery bow with an adaptor device for carrying a compound archery bow. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.

Abstract: The invention is a bow release that has two positions; a shooting position and an away position. The release has an elongated member that extends from the wrist band to engage the bow string. This elongated member is attached to a pivoting mechanism that allows the elongated member to rotate 180° therefore freeing the hand of the user. The user is free to use that hand for purposes such as climbing, rattling, grunting, attaching safety equipment and other uses of that hand. The device gives the user the ability to use a free hand making the device safer to use.

Abstract: A small, light-weight, portable lighting device that attaches to an archery release aid providing sufficient illumination to assist the archer in attaching the release aid to the bowstring or loop and/or the arrow to the nocking position of the bowstring is provided. The light apparatus has a housing, a power supply, a button and a lighting device. The housing has a first outer wall component and a second outer wall component, with each of the first and second outer wall components attached to one another. The housing has an interior cavity, and a first aperture and a second aperture. The power supply is preferably located inside the housing. The button is preferably depressable, and is retained in the cavity, with the button being visible through the first aperture. Preferably the button projects through the first aperture, and the lighting device projects through the second aperture.

Abstract: A reloading system for dispensing spherical projectiles is disclosed. The reloading system has a removable cartridge that removes from a base unit attached to a spherical projectile device. Upon insertion of the cartridge, a sliding gate on the removable cartridge permits direct feed of the projectiles to the projectile device. An ejection mechanism releases the cartridge for insertion of another cartridge.

Abstract: Monofilament metal saw wire for a wire saw, wherein the saw wire being provided with a plurality of crimps. The crimps are arranged in at least two different planes, such that, when measured, between measuring rods of a micrometer, over a length comprising crimps in at least two different planes, a circumscribed enveloping D diameter of the saw wire is between 1.05 and 1.50 times a diameter d of the saw wire itself.

Abstract: A system for improving the safety of a stove by preventing unwanted movement of cooking vessels in use on the stove. The system includes independently extendable posts that are adjacent to the cooking areas of the stove. The extendable posts may be retracted to a position wherein the top surface of the post is at or below the surface of the stove so as to enable easy cleaning and provide an attractive appearance. The posts are easily moved between their extended and retracted positions and are biased upwardly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat generating sheet which includes a plurality of flat heat generating elements disposed in a plane, and two packaging sheet materials between which the flat heat generating elements are interposed, wherein the two packaging sheet materials each have a boomerang shape and a perforation line from which each packaging sheet material is divided into halves, and the two packaging sheet materials and the flat heat generating elements interposed therebetween are thermocompression-bonded together; and a heat generating sheet bag which includes the heat generating sheet, and an air-impermeable flat bag in which the heat generating sheet is enclosed in a hermetically sealed condition, and more specifically, relates to a heat generating sheet accommodating heat generating elements capable of generating heat by contact with oxygen in air; and a heat generating sheet bag enclosing the heat generating sheet in a hermetically sealed condition.

Abstract: A cooking apparatus to change the direction of hot air to be fed into a cooking chamber. The cooking apparatus includes a cooking chamber, a hot-air feeder to feed hot air into the cooking chamber, and an air-direction regulator to change a direction of the hot air fed from the hot-air feeder.

Abstract: The invention is a cooking grill comprising a housing defining a cooking chamber and having a side opening therein, a heating element disposed in the cooking chamber, a drawer slidably disposed in the side opening, the drawer having a bottom tray and a front wall sized and positioned so as to substantially fill the side opening in the housing when the drawer is inserted in the housing, a grilling module adapted to sit in the drawer having a support portion for supporting a grilling surface thereon, and a removable grilling surface, wherein the drawer is adapted to be inserted into the side opening in either a first orientation in which the bottom tray is below the heating element and the support portion is above the heating element or a second orientation rotated 180 degrees from the first orientation in which the bottom tray is above the heating element and the support portion is below the heating element.

Abstract: A device for heating the contents of a container when in contact with a container, comprising a sealed outer package, an actuatable heat source in the outer package and an inner package inside the outer package and having an actuation agent therein with a seal keeping the actuation agent in the inner package until the seal is broken. The preferred actuable heat source is a mixture of calcium oxide and a zeolite and the preferred actuation agent is water. Most preferred is the presence of an exotherm delaying material coating on said calcium oxide such as polyethylene glycol.

Abstract: A combination heater device including an inner pouch with an activation agent and an outer pouch with a heat generating material adapted to generate heat upon contact by the activation agent. A first package containing at least one wipe is in heat absorbing contact with the heater as is a second package containing a food element requiring heating. A package holding element maintains the first and second package in contact with the heater.

Abstract: A heater device that includes an outer container formed from a vapor impervious material and holds a quantity of heat generating material. A second container is positioned inside the outer container and hold an activation material. A seal on the second container is adapted to be opened to transfer the activation material into contact with the heat generating material to generate heat. The device is useful in heating food such as military field rations.

Abstract: A pulse burner includes: a combustion chamber provided in a liquid vat capable of storing liquid; a tail pipe that is connected to the combustion chamber and has a heat exchanging portion located in the liquid vat and bent in a predetermined shape; and a mixing chamber which communicates with the combustion chamber and to which fuel gas and combustion air is allowed to be supplied. When mixed gas including the fuel gas and the combustion gas is exploded and combusted, the combustion exhaust gas is exhausted through the tail pipe to allow heat exchange with the liquid, and the mixed gas is inhaled from the mixing chamber into the combustion chamber. At least the heat exchanging portion of the tail pipe is bent on a substantially horizontal plane.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for a self-contained heating vessel having enhanced efficiency and safety features. In one embodiment, the vessel includes a chamber for containing fuel; a burner assembly for burning the fuel; a fuel delivery mechanism that delivers the fuel from the chamber to the burner assembly; and a container disposed adjacent to the heat exchanger assembly, the container including an opening to an interior portion of the container. In other aspects, the vessel includes an ignition assembly operatively connected to said burner assembly and a heat exchanger assembly disposed adjacent to the burner assembly. In further aspects, the vessel includes a displacement sensor to prevent operation when displaced from an intended operating position and a pressure regulator that controls delivery of fuel to the burner assembly to maintain a substantially constant heating profile over a varying temperature range.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device for pumping water from a depth. The device includes a pressure-containing conduit with a first end located at a depth within a body of water, an inlet portion in fluid communication with the pressure-containing conduit to allow water to enter therethrough, a float portion for maintaining the device at a desired depth, a boiler mirror for reflecting light at the pressure-containing conduit, thereby heating water contained therein, and an outlet portion for water to exit the device, preferably in the form of water vapor.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in conjunction with a metered dose inhaler which includes a novel valve system to aid in the delivery of aerosolized medicament to a subject. The apparatus also includes a novel rotational flow generator to aid in the useable delivery of said medication and avoid its loss either in the apparatus or by non-useful delivery to said subject.

Abstract: A supralaryngeal airway of the type used to facilitate lung ventilation and the insertion of endo-tracheal tubes or related medical instruments through a patient's glottis where the shield is constructed to include a protrusion which serves to direct instruments inserted through the airway away from the proximal base of the shield and into the glottis of the patient.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a guide adapted for facilitating insertion of a medical device into the trachea of a patient. The guide comprises an integral curved-shaped member having at least a first leg at one end of the guide. The curved-shaped member consists essentially of an outside curved side defining a concave groove. A first angle is defined on the first leg configured and dimensioned to allow for at least the first leg to pass through the mouth and into the trachea of the patient. Insertion of the guide into the trachea allows for elevation of the tongue and surrounding soft tissue of the patient thereby forming an air space that allows for passage of a medical device.