Patents Issued in April 1, 2010
  • Publication number: 20100077676
    Abstract: The device to hang an architectural panel on a wall preferably comprises a support structure having first and second surfaces and a circumferential surface therebetween, a hole between the first and second surfaces, and a screw having a head, shaft and plurality of threads about the shaft. The screw is located in the hole and connected to the support structure such that the head is at or below the first surface of the support structure and the shaft is perpendicular thereto. The device can be driven into a wall and will support an architectural panel locatable thereon. Specifically, a panel clip, attached to the back of the architectural panel, can be placed on the support structure and the device will support the panel placed thereon. The circumferential surface of the support structure preferably includes a bevel to facilitate the placement of the panel clip onto the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: INSTALL/CONSULT, LLC
    Inventor: Alfred Dobler
  • Publication number: 20100077677
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide adjustable pit liners for use in conjunction with pipelines installed underground. The pit liners provide surface access to devices in fluid communication with the pipeline. The adjustability of the pit liners facilitates installation of the pit liners before the final grade surrounding the pit is known. In various embodiments, a tubular structure having an upper section and a lower section is provided, wherein the upper section and the lower section are slideably connected in a telescoping relationship. A locking mechanism is also provided to releaseably lock the overall height of the tubular structure as desired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Scott P. Floyd, Bobby W. Pope
  • Publication number: 20100077678
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the creation, selection, ordering, shipping and constructing of personalized living environments that can be customized in almost unlimited configurations through the use of an architectural process, unitized assemblies, and assembly joineries is presented. The architectural process allows for the initial creation, design and selection of the unitized assembly collections based upon human factors behavioral based criteria. The unitized assemblies are fixed and/or flexible, trade-integrated modules in unitized, shippable configurations designed and incorporated with high touch finished crafts, allowing for dimensional flexibility in both the vertical and horizontal planes. The combination of the unitized assembly and human factors behavioral analysis combine for an experience blueprint of a homeowner's lifestyle portrait.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Paul B. Boardman
  • Publication number: 20100077679
    Abstract: A structure installation stand 1 according to the present invention includes: a mounting rail 4 on which a structure is mounted; and a metal tap fitting 31 that locks the structure onto the mounting rail 4. The mounting rail 4 is configured to include at least a middle plate 11a that extends in the lengthwise direction of the mounting rail 4, and two side plates 11b that are parallel to each other on both sides of the middle plate 11a, and the metal tap fitting 31 is configured to include a middle plate 31b, two side plates 31d that are parallel to each other on both sides of the middle plate 31b, and support pieces 31a that protrude above the middle plate 31d from the side plates 31d, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Kenichi Sagayama
  • Publication number: 20100077680
    Abstract: The electrically connectable tile module includes a porous substrate having a top side, a bottom side, and at least two side edges. At least one connector is integrated into the porous substrate allowing adjoining electrically connectable the modules to be electrically connected to the porous substrate. At least one electrical element is disposed over the top side of the porous substrate and electrically connected to the at least one connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Mark Banister
  • Publication number: 20100077681
    Abstract: A utility floorbox for use with ice covered floors which is constructed with a housing or frame having a cover and a sealing member therebetween so that access can be obtained to the interior of the floorbox for accessing the utilities therein. The floorbox is water tight, so that it does not interfere with utility applications, such as electrical applications. A cover is provided with the floorbox and is designed to withstand heavy loads which may be imposed on the floor by utility trucks, or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2006
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Michael McCleskey
  • Publication number: 20100077682
    Abstract: A perimeter for a screen opening in a wooden drop ceiling has two parallel long sides connected by left and right end caps. The longs sides and end caps form a narrow screen opening for raising and lowering a movie or video screen attached to the original ceiling of the room. The long sides have approximately three foot lengths connected by transition blocks to form the long perimeter sides. The inner edges of the long sides, transition blocks and end caps are all tapered identically to slope inwardly toward the screen opening and upwardly toward the ceiling. The slope tends to narrow the perceived opening to make it more attractive to the eye. The entire screen opening perimeter system is easily attached to an existing metal T-rail drop ceiling by clips approximately three-fourths to an inch long, three thousandths of an inch thick and having a gap of approximately 0.242 inches. The clips require only approximately 7.8 pounds of force to attach the screen perimeter to the T-rail system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: JOSEPH E. ADAMS
  • Publication number: 20100077683
    Abstract: A modular building system for configuring a building structure includes foundation units, a plurality of wall panels, a plurality of wall joints and a roof unit. The foundation units are retained by an anchoring member or ballast contained in the units. The foundation units and wall panels are detachably attached as the engaging members and the complementary engaging members engage to each other and create a space with a top opening. Adjacent wall panels are attached by a plurality of wall joints. The roof unit comprises roof panels and joints engage with one another and with wall panels for covering the top opening of the building structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Victoria Lyons, Kitt Samuel
  • Publication number: 20100077684
    Abstract: An acoustic isolation mat for placement between a subfloor and a finished floor with a poured underlayment includes a bottom layer of entangled fibers contacting the subfloor; and a top layer attached to the bottom layer and being a water resistant nonwoven polymeric fabric over which the underlayment is poured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Dennis Albert Socha
  • Publication number: 20100077685
    Abstract: A veneer panel is configured for installation on an H-block column. The veneer panel comprises a substantially vertical surface abutting a first surface of the H-block column, a substantially horizontal surface connected to the substantially vertical surface and abutting a second surface of the H-block column, a first substantially vertical lip attached to a first vertical edge of the substantially vertical surface and configured to abut a third surface of the H-block column, and a second substantially vertical lip attached to a second vertical edge of the substantially vertical surface and configured to abut a fourth surface of the H-block column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Clinton Joe Andersen, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100077686
    Abstract: A decorative display includes a first frame portion and a second frame portion spaced from the first frame portion. A first sheet has a first end attached to the first frame portion and a second end attached to the second frame portion. A side edge of the first sheet extends between the first and second frame portions. A beam extends between the first and second frame portions, and the beam defines a first slot. The side edge of the first sheet is disposed in the first slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: DOCKSIDE CANVAS CO.
    Inventor: John Bowen
  • Publication number: 20100077687
    Abstract: A method for securing two pieces of sheet material is provided using a stitch preferably made by sequentially passing the grid member through two die sets. The first die set lances a strap out of the two sheets of metal such that, at the approximate center or midsection of the strap, the first layer of material is displaced completely out of the plane defined by the web, while the second layer is only partially displaced out of the plane of the web so that a portion of the second layer remains in the space vacated by the first layer of the strap. The lanced strap is then passed through a second die set, in which the first and second layers of the strap are deformed or “swaged” such that the first layer is flattened and expanded in width beyond the edges of the hole in the web created when the strap was lanced. This provides interference such that the first layer of the strap cannot pass back through the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Scott G. Jankovec, Peter G. Jahn, Loring M. Johnson, Matthew D. Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20100077688
    Abstract: A frame is provided for holding a sheet of fabric. The frame features a rail including a first flange and a second flange spaced from the first flange. The rail defines a connector extending an entire length of the rail between the first flange and the second flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: DOCKSIDE CANVAS CO.
    Inventor: John Bowen
  • Publication number: 20100077689
    Abstract: A relatively rigid roofing shingle or tile is provided, having relatively flexible stress relief nail zones, that may comprise variations in thickness relative to the remainder of the shingle or tile, or variations in materials, such as will allow for relative movement of the shingles or tiles due to temperature variations resulting in expansion or contraction, or due to other forces, such that the movement will be between the shingles or the tiles and the nails or other fasteners that are used to secure the shingles or tiles to a roof or other surface, and is preferably within the elastic limits of the fastening zones of the shingles or tiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: CERTAINTEED CORPORATION
    Inventors: Husnu M. Kalkanoglu, Gregory F. Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20100077690
    Abstract: A panel assembly and therefor in which two panels are connected to one another, where one surface of each of the panels includes a joggle, so as to include an upper plateau and a lower plateau, the two panels being connected to each other at their lower plateaus. The sum of the joggle heights of the two panels is for example equal to the sum of the accepted gap tolerances in the joint zone between the two panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS FRANCE
    Inventor: Yves Durand
  • Publication number: 20100077691
    Abstract: CO2-sequestering formed building materials are provided. The building materials of the invention include a composition comprising a carbonate/bicarbonate component. Additional aspects of the invention include methods of making and using the CO2-sequestering formed building material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Brent R. CONSTANTZ, Andrew Youngs, Terence C. Holland
  • Publication number: 20100077692
    Abstract: The metal truss assembly disclosed herein is made from generally U-shaped metal chords and multiple generally S-shaped web members extending between the chords. A typical truss assembly has a pair of elongated, opposed, diverging metal upper chords and a lower chord, with the chords each forming generally U-shaped channels defining an interior chord space. A plurality of elongated metal web members extend between the upper and lower chords, with each of the web members extending into the interior space of an upper chord and the lower chord and attached to the chords. The web members, as taught herein, have a generally S-shaped cross-section. The shape of the web members is an advancement of prior art web members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: David C. Dunbar, William L. Babich, Greg Kelling
  • Publication number: 20100077693
    Abstract: The invention concerns a structure comprising a rigging (1-2) consisting of at least one flexible rope (1, 2) impregnated with a hardening substance, with controllable hardening, designed to rigidify at least one rope after it has been deployed and extended. The structure may comprise at least one rigging mesh, whereof at least one flexible rope (1, 2) is impregnated with the hardening substance and bound to itself and/or to another rope of the rigging by at least one bond (6). Said structure is independent of any means of deployment, but may also comprise a deploying device (3) independent of the rigging and extending the ropes (1, 2) of the structure and maintaining them taut while the hardening material is cured. The invention is in particular applicable to deployable structures capable of being rigidified on board space crafts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Astrium SAS
    Inventor: Rene Jean Cheynet de Beaupre
  • Publication number: 20100077694
    Abstract: A frame member fastening device and method of manufacture provides a single configuration fastening device which can be used singly in connection with a frame member, or which can be combined with another identical fastening device to form a fastening device assembly for use with frame members of different internal widths, by interlocking two identical fastening devices in an opposed, base-to-base assembly configuration. The fastening device is manufactured in a progressive metal forming process with successive stages in which the features of the device are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Mark QUINTILE, Michael Bittner, Dale Maynard
  • Publication number: 20100077695
    Abstract: A panel assembly, in which the liaison between two adjacent panels is sealed by a sealing joint, where the sealing joint comprises a central part, housed in an interstice between the two panels, and an external part, facing the exterior of the panel assembly, and capable of covering at least partially the external face of the two longitudinal edges of the panels surrounding the interstice. Also, a method for mounting a panel assembly, in which two adjacent panels are fixed to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: AIRBUS FRANCE
    Inventor: Pierre Delort
  • Publication number: 20100077696
    Abstract: A tool for aligning a wind turbine tower fastener includes a shaft having a first end and a second end. A first stop is disposed on the shaft proximate a first end of the shaft and a second stop is disposed on the shaft between the first end and the second end. The tool also includes a ram reciprocally movable about the shaft between the first stop and the second stop for applying a force to the first stop and the second stop respectively. The tool further includes a fastener engaging structure disposed proximate the second end for engaging at least a portion of a fastener and transferring the force applied by the ram to at least one of the first stop and the second stop effective to urge movement of the fastener responsive to the force for aiding alignment of the fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Wayne S. Campbell, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100077697
    Abstract: An apparatus for the seaming of roof assemblies for a building structure, wherein the apparatus includes an adjustable panel guide for the initial alignment of panel edges to a position uniform to that necessary for engagement of horizontal rollers to perform the seaming procedure is provided. Such an apparatus thus permits the utilization of virtually any type of metal paneling to create the desired roof assembly, with the capability of providing a secure, reliable seal within the seam to increase the waterproofing and uplift protection potential thereof as well as to best ensure the seaming apparatus does not jam or otherwise fail during the seaming process itself. The versatility permitted with such an apparatus allows for utilization of imperfectly shaped and/or configured panels for elevated seamed roof assembly purposes. The method of seaming with such an apparatus is also encompassed within this invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Terry L. Rider
  • Publication number: 20100077698
    Abstract: Sheathing panels are produced by methods which do not require natural resources such as wood and use significantly reduced embodied energy when compared with the energy used to fabricate gypsum sheathing panels. A novel binder, consisting in one embodiment of monopotassium phosphate and magnesium oxide, and combined with various fillers, is incorporated with hollow tubes or water soluble fibers to create a gypsum board-like core which can be formed into a suitable sheathing panel handled and installed in a typical manner. The panel is manufactured to have a desirable shear resistance and water vapor permeability, important performance elements in building envelope design. The manufacturing process results in a panel that does not require mature trees as source material, does not off gas, and involves much lower greenhouse gas emissions than the processes used to make traditional wood or gypsum-based sheathing panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: BRANDON D. TINIANOV
  • Publication number: 20100077699
    Abstract: In a medicine packaging machine including a medicine accommodating mechanism for accommodating plural medicines, a chute for guiding medicines arbitrarily taken out from the medicine accommodating mechanism to a medicine packaging sheet, and a medicine packaging mechanism having a heater for thermally welding the medicine packaging sheet, the heater is provided with an incision tooth for forming an incision at an edge portion of the medicine packaging sheet at the same time when the medicine packaging sheet filled with the medicines. Furthermore, a cutting mechanism for cutting at a predetermined position a separate package bag formed by thermally welding the medicine packaging sheet is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akinori Hatsuno, Masayoshi Ogura, Hideyuki Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20100077700
    Abstract: An automated capping head is disclosed. It has a linkage which permits its driven rotational sleeve to be linked to a housing such that these parts can move axially relative to one another as a cap is being tightened on a bottle. The configuration of the parts reduces wear and maintenance issues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: John E. DeLuca, Grzegorz Podstawka
  • Publication number: 20100077701
    Abstract: The present application relates to a method and apparatus for preparing and filling packages including pouches and containers, such as pouches and containers for food stuff. 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Wilfried EHMER
  • Publication number: 20100077702
    Abstract: A shrink tunnel for shrinking shrink films onto packages, such as boxes, bottles, cans, or similar containers, or packaging units, and a method of operating a shrink tunnel to shrink wrap packages or packaging units. 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Thomas LELIE
  • Publication number: 20100077703
    Abstract: A method of positioning containers in an installation for processing containers having mouth segments (103) of different cross-sections, the method comprising the step of moving the containers along a container movement line (1) in an installation while maintaining a reference point on each of the mouth segments on said movement line, the movement line being common to all mouth segment cross-sections, and the reference points on the mouth segments being the same regardless of the cross-sections of the mouth segments of the containers, wherein the reference point is situated on an outside side surface of the mouth segment in a manner such that the mouth segments are tangential to the movement line. A corresponding positioning device and an installation including such devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Xavier GOURLAOUEN
  • Publication number: 20100077704
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to packaging materials for packaging articles. The packaging materials may include a substratum with a printed pattern disposed thereon that provides a grass-like appearance, and/or the packaging materials may include a plurality of individual strips, strands, or units of material bondably connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Donald E. Weder
  • Publication number: 20100077705
    Abstract: Improved product handling and transfer apparatus includes rotatable product buckets for receiving product and re-orienting product for packaging in diverse configurations or containers. Buckets preferably include channels spanned by deposited product or receiving product therein, with bucket turning as appropriate to a packaging configuration. Flat bottom buckets and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Wintring, R. Todd Gatman
  • Publication number: 20100077706
    Abstract: A machine for application of threaded caps on containers (C), comprising: a bottom stationary base (12); a first shaft (16) that extends upwards from the bottom stationary base (12), the first shaft (16) being rotatable with respect to the base (12) about a vertical axis (18) and being fixed in a vertical direction with respect to the base (12); a rotary structure (24) fixed to a top end of the first shaft (16) and designed to convey the containers to be capped (C) along a circular path; a second shaft (36) that extends upwards from the stationary base (12), the second shaft (36) being rotationally fixed with respect to the base (12) and being adjustable in a vertical direction with respect to the stationary base (12), wherein the second shaft (36) extends upwards beyond the top end of the first shaft (16), and wherein a top supporting flange (42) is fixed to the top end of the second shaft (36), the top supporting flange (42) bearing a drum cam (54); a plurality of screwing heads (58) carried by the rotar
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Sergio Cirio
  • Publication number: 20100077707
    Abstract: A tablet supply apparatus including a main body having a case accommodating unit at the upper portion thereof, plural tablet cases that are secured in the case accommodating unit and in which tablets are accommodated, a chute through which tablets discharged from each of the tablet cases drop, a hopper that is disposed below the chute and provided in the main body, a filling device for filling tablets received by the hopper into a container, and at least one tablet feeder for freely putting into the hopper tablets whose kinds are other than the kinds of the tablets accommodated in the table cases. The tablet feeder has an opening for putting tablets, a shutter for temporarily trapping the tables put from the opening and a switch for opening the shutter, and is designed so that the put tablets on the shutter are visually recognizable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Kondo, Takashi Mori, Koichi Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20100077708
    Abstract: A tablet supply apparatus including a main body having a case accommodating unit at the upper portion thereof, plural tablet cases provided in the case accommodating unit, each of the tablet cases having tablets accommodated therein, a hopper provided at the lower side of the tablet case in the main body, a nozzle for filling tablets received by the hopper into a container, the nozzle comprising a passage through which tables drop, a shutter which is freely opened and closed so as to allow or prohibit passage of dropping tablets through the nozzle, and a sensor for detecting passage of the tablets dropping through the passage at an upper side of the shutter. Furthermore, a tablet feeder for adding deficient tablets to the hopper comprises plural cells for accommodating tablets and an endless belt on which the cells are arranged on a line side by side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Kobayashi, Takashi Mori
  • Publication number: 20100077709
    Abstract: The invention relates to a filter (1) comprising a filter housing (2), an inlet (13) and a cylindrical inner portion (14). The inlet (13) is configured for conveying a gas flow into the filter whereby the gas flow is conveyed around a gap between filter housing (2) and inner part (14), said inlet (13) being configured for supplying a particle-containing gas flow to the filter (1) through the filter elements (7) and out though a clean-gas outlet (9). In the filter housing (2) a cylindrical inner part (14) is arranged that encircles the filter elements (7) at least across a portion of the length of the filter elements (7) and that, on the filter housing (2) opposed to the area where the cylindrical inner portion (14) is arranged, a round-going inlet part (8) is configured, which inlet part (8) has a larger diameter than at least a part of the filter housing (2) that adjoins the inlet part (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Arne Grønbaek Jensen, Christian Dan Andersen
  • Publication number: 20100077710
    Abstract: A filter assembly includes a laterally extending filter element having an element plate extending laterally outwardly therefrom and mounted between axially spaced first and second housing shells. First and second sets of one or more windows are formed axially through the element plate and define a flow path through the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: CUMMINS FILTRATION IP, INC.
    Inventors: Stephanie F. Severance, Chirag D. Parikh
  • Publication number: 20100077711
    Abstract: A thermochemical reactor includes a contact surface and a pressing device for pressing raw material to be pyrolyzed against the rotationally symmetrical contact surface which is rotatable relative to the raw material. A generating line of the contact surface is oriented at an angle to a radius that is perpendicular to the axis of the relative rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Horst Weigelt
  • Publication number: 20100077712
    Abstract: The invention is a combination of a short ground sensor arm mounted close to the cutter bar and a longer rod mounted towards the rear of the header. The short front sensor and long rear sensor are connected by a linkage which translates motions from either sensor to the other sensor. A second linkage translates the motions of both sensors rearward to a protected area under the header which contains the potentiometer. This configuration transmits useful ground position signals to the header height controller in both low and high cutting heights. The invention advantageously reduces the likelihood of damage to the short front sensor when the machine is reversed since the longer rear sensor arm pulls the shorter forward sensor arm up by means of the linkage to a position where damage is unlikely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: CLAAS Selbstfahrende Ernternaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Cristoph Nathan, Jens Petersen, Steve Tippery
  • Publication number: 20100077713
    Abstract: A riding mower comprises a raising and lowering mechanism (30, 33, 100), the raising and lowering control lever (27), and a PTO mechanism (17a, 17b) operated by a clutch lever (29). When the raising and lowering mechanism (30, 33, 100) reaches a predetermined height, a operatively connecting mechanism (5) transmits, to the raising and lowering control lever (27), a return-to-neutral displacement for returning the raising and lowering control lever (27) to the neutral position, and transmits, to the clutch lever (29), a disengaging displacement for returning the clutch lever (29) to the disengage position. A first adjusting operation member (55a) adjusts a triggering displacement at which the raising and lowering displacement is transmitted to the raising and lowering control lever (27) as the return-to-neutral displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Sameshima, Hironori Tsuchihashi, Kazuhiro Ochi, Masaji Kure
  • Publication number: 20100077714
    Abstract: A picker spindle bar includes spindles oriented on the bar to offset the spindle picking ends relative to each other. In an exemplary embodiment, adjacent spindle axes are rotated six degrees relative to each other about the upright spindle drive shaft axis so that the picking ends of adjacent spindles are offset and enter the doffing zone at different times to reduce peak loads on the harvester row unit. The angled spindle configurations also space picking ends fore-and-aft in the picking zone and improve harvesting efficiency, especially where green bolls are present. The staggered spindle ends reduces cotton pinching in the picking, doffing and spindle wiping areas to thereby reduce row unit plugging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Kevin Jacob Goering
  • Publication number: 20100077715
    Abstract: A self-propelled agricultural harvesting machine, includes an agricultural front attachment which is supported via at least one carrier wheel which is in contact with a ground; at least one height-adjustable pick-up device for adapting said agricultural front attachment; and a control device controlling a ground pressure of said at least one carrier wheel on the ground that results when said front attachment assumes a non-working position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Markus Hohlfeld, Bjoern Stremlau
  • Publication number: 20100077716
    Abstract: A round baler having a plurality of rolls to gather crop grasses within an interior of a housing. The baler has a belt drive roll that is connected to a belt drive gear with a belt drive clutch wherein the belt drive clutch is actuated by a hydraulic assembly. The hydraulic assembly has first and second fluid lines that go to both the belt drive clutch and hydraulic cylinders that control the tailgate such that the hydraulic assembly controls the operation of both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Randy D. Sonne
  • Publication number: 20100077717
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of folding multiple filaments and a bundle of filament produced by the same. More particularly, the method of folding multiple filaments includes release-winding the filaments under a uniform release-winding tension, folding the released filaments in non-twisted states and winding the folded filaments to produce a bundle of filament, so as to effectively prevent some of the filaments in the bundle of filament from hanging down or becoming loose due to different tensions when the bundle of filament is release-wound for post processing. The bundle of filament includes a plurality of filaments folded together in non-twisted states and has a standard deviation in weight of the filaments per unit length of the bundle of filament ranging from 0.0001 to 0.01.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Kolon Tower
    Inventors: Chang-Bae Lee, Tae-Hak Park, Il Nam
  • Publication number: 20100077718
    Abstract: The invention relates to a chain suitable to moor or anchor boats, to lash cargo in road, rail, water and air transportation or for conveying, hoisting, suspending or lifting applications, said chain comprising a plurality of interconnected links. More in particular the invention relates to a chain suitable for the above stated uses comprising a plurality of interconnected links, at least part of the links comprising polyolefin fibers and in particular ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fibers. The invention also relates to a method for enhancing the strength of such a chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Dietrich D. Wienke, Christiaan Henri Peter C.H.P Dirks, Martinus Johannes Nicolaas M.J.N. Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20100077719
    Abstract: An arrangement for delivering gasses from can combustors of a can annular gas turbine combustion engine to a turbine first stage section including a first row of turbine blades, the arrangement including a flow-directing structure for each combustor, wherein each flow-directing structure includes a straight path and an annular chamber end, wherein the annular chamber ends together define an annular chamber for delivering the gas flow to the turbine first stage section, wherein gasses flow from respective combustors, through respective straight paths, and into the annular chamber as respective straight gas flows, and wherein the annular chamber is configured to unite the respective straight gas flows along respective shear planes to form a singular annular gas flow, and wherein the annular chamber is configured to impart circumferential motion to the singular annular gas flow before the singular annular gas flow exits the annular chamber to the first row of blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Jody W. Wilson, Raymond S. Nordlund, Richard C. Charron
  • Publication number: 20100077720
    Abstract: In an SEV combustor and a method for reducing emissions in an SEV combustor of a sequential combustion gas turbine, an air/fuel mixture is combusted in a first burner and the hot gases are subsequently introduced into the SEV combustor (1) for further combustion. The SEV combustor (1) includes a chamber having a chamber wall (5) defining a mixing portion (8), for mixing the hot gases with a fuel, and a combustion region (9), at least one inlet (2) for introducing the hot gases into the mixing region (8), at least one inlet (12) for introducing a fuel into the mixing region (8) and at least one inlet (10, 13) for introducing steam into the mixing region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Madhavan Narasimhan Poyyapakkam, Adnan Eroglu, Richard Carroni, Gregory John Kelsall, Jian-Xin Chen
  • Publication number: 20100077721
    Abstract: A turbofan engine which has a composite fan case surrounding a fan with a plurality of fan blades is disclosed. The composite fan case includes a containment zone having an inner fabric layer composed of resin-impregnated fibres substantially uni-axially oriented in a common angular direction corresponding to a blade release angle of the fan blades. The fan case also includes a composite outer shell and an energy absorbing core disposed radially between the inner fabric layer and the composite outer shell. The energy absorbing core includes non resin impregnated multidirectional fibres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Andrew R. MARSHALL
  • Publication number: 20100077722
    Abstract: Systems and methods for augmenting the power generation capabilities of combined cycle power generation systems by more effectively recovering heat from exhaust gases of peaking cycle gas turbines are provided in the disclosed embodiments. In certain embodiments, the present techniques may include receiving superheated steam from a heat recovery steam generation (HRSG) unit. Heated exhaust gas from a peaking cycle gas turbine may be used to transfer heat to the superheated steam received from the HRSG. The systems used to transfer heat to the superheated steam may include a supplementary superheater located in an exhaust path of the peaking cycle gas turbine. The superheated steam exiting the supplementary superheater may be delivered to a steam turbine of a combined cycle power generation system, where the superheated steam may be used as a power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ajit Singh Sengar, Saravanan Venkataraman Nattanmai, Shivaprasad Lokanath
  • Publication number: 20100077723
    Abstract: A motor includes an annular solid fuel between an inside diameter and an outside diameter. The solid fuel has a series of radial notches that define segments of fuel between them. The notches allow for faster burning of the fuel, while still allowing structural integrity of the fuel segments to be retained during the burning process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: James H. Dupont, Richard D. Loehr, Robert N. Renz
  • Publication number: 20100077724
    Abstract: An example core nacelle for a gas turbine engine includes a core cowl positioned adjacent an inner duct boundary of a fan bypass passage and having a pocket and an airfoil received within the pocket. The airfoil is moveable between a first position and a second position to adjust a discharge airflow cross-sectional area of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2006
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Edward F. Migliaro, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100077725
    Abstract: The mainstream jet engine now is the turbo-jet engine. Here in this invention the turbine is replaced by a piston motor. This will increase fuel efficiency and separating the turning parts from the burning parts will benefit maintenance effort. Unlike traditional turbo-jet engine to use turbines to drive fans and compressors, this invention uses a rotary motor driven by high pressure fluid generated by separate working chambers piston engine to drive fans and compressors Sealing is a major issue in engine design. Without proper sealing between moving parts, the working media will loose pressure and the power output will be low. So tradition rotary engine has sealing problems due to its complex movement of pistons. Here a linear movement piston is used when the working media is gas and a rotary piston when the working media is fluid, thus solving the problems with sealing, cooling and lubricating difficulties. This invention uses some techniques developed in the previous inventions by me, application No.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Xin Wang