Abstract: The present invention provides an industrial robot, wherein a cable or the like spanned between an end effector and an upper arm has less bending due to a motion of a wrist portion, wherein the cable or the like does not twine around the upper arm, and wherein the cable or the like does not interfere with a peripheral device. A passage opening 25, through which a cable or the like 12 for supplying power, signals or materials to an end effector 9 attached to a rotating element 7 is drawn out of a body 6, is opened at a position, at which the body 6 intersects with a center of a first axis (an R-axis). The cable or the like 12 drawn out of the passage opening 25 is extended to the end effector 9.

Abstract: An actuating mechanism for moving a highly movable flap of a piece of furniture includes a main body intended for attachment to a furniture body. An actuating arm for moving the flap is mounted at one end on a bearing axis of the main body and at the other end on a bearing axis of a fitting part intended for attachment to the flap. An additional control arm for moving the flap is provided, wherein during the movement of the control arm the effective lever arm length of the control arm can be varied, and the effective lever arm length of the control arm is shortened when opening the actuating arm.

Abstract: An adjustment mechanism is provided. The adjustment mechanism has a housing, a clearance portion, first and second pin members telescopically received within the housing, a telescopic engagement mechanism mounted in the clearance portion and adapted to telescopically move the pin members, and a locking mechanism adapted to lock the pin members in a rigid position. A locking adjustment assembly is also provided.

Abstract: A vehicle steering device includes a rotatable steering handle including grips lying on left and right sides of the steering handle in a straight-ahead driving position with a non-grip space left on at least one of upper and lower sides of the steering handle; and an airbag provided in the steering handle that is deployed between the steering handle and a driver to restrain the driver in the event of a collision. The steering handle includes a support unit movable from a stowed position to an operative position on the vehicle's forward side from a reference plane including a rotating trajectory of a portion of the steering handle normally facing the driver. The support unit supports the rear surface of the airbag deployed in the non-grip space.

Abstract: A bicycle is provided having a unitary steering tube-crown member and a unitary crank arm-spindle member. A multistage aluminum 3D forging process is used to form the unitary members. This may allow the fabrication of components with substantially hollow interior areas to reduce weight, reduce part count while maintaining high strength and ductility. The multistage 3D forging process provided also allows the combination of multiple components into a single unitary part.

Abstract: A quick release device includes a crank and a quick release assembly. The crank has a pedal hole and a quick release hole. The quick release hole is communicated with the pedal hole. The quick release assembly is partially received in the quick release hole. The quick release assembly includes a rod received in the quick release hole, a spring sleeved on the rod, a stopper mounted in the quick release hole, and a pull button connected to the rod. The rod has an enlarged head formed in one end thereof. One end of the spring is abutted against the enlarged head and the other end of the spring is abutted against the stopper such that the enlarged head protrudes into the pedal hole. When pulling the pull button, the enlarged head retracts into the quick release hole.

Abstract: A control unit that is not subjected to any external force except its own weight until completion of assembly, and is easily mounted to an automatic transmission. A connector facing an inside connector provided inside an automatic transmission is provided at a lower end of a unit main body, and another connecter exposed to the outside of the automatic transmission is provided at an upper end of the unit main body. The unit main body includes a control device such as a microcomputer for controlling the automatic transmission. The unit main body is guided by a moving-side guide portion formed in a lower part thereof and protrusions provided as a fixing-side guide portion, thereby connecting the lower end connecter to the connector. The automatic transmission and the unit main body are sealed by a flange and a packing of a sealing mechanism portion. The flange covers from above a through hole for inserting the unit main body of the automatic transmission therein.

Abstract: In a two-axle drive system (10) for holding and moving large sunlight-absorbing, concentrating or reflecting surfaces about an azimuth axis (14) and an elevation axis (15), in the case of which a first gear unit which is driven by a first drive (43) is provided for a rotational movement about the azimuth axis (14), and a second gear unit which is driven by a second drive (45) is provided for a rotational movement about the elevation axis (15), the first gear unit being located in a first housing section (23), and the second gear unit being located in a second housing section (24), the first and second housing sections (23, 24) are immobile relative to each other. High stiffness is obtained as a result.

Abstract: A stepless positioning structure for a telescopic tube includes a spindle, a spring, an elastic sleeve, a ball socket, and a plurality of balls. The elastic sleeve has a first central through hole, an inner end fixed to an inner end of an inner tube, and an outer end provided with an engaging section. The engaging section has a reduced portion at an outer end thereof. The ball socket is disposed in an outer tube, and has a second central through hole and a plurality of chambers formed on a side wall thereof. The chambers interconnect with the second central through hole of the ball socket. Either of upper and lower ends of each chamber is formed with a curve surface. The balls are accommodated in the chambers of the ball socket. The spindle is inserted through the spring, the first central through hole of the elastic sleeve, and the second central through hole of the ball socket. The spring holds against an inner end of the spindle and the elastic sleeve, respectively.

Abstract: A ratcheting-type, rotor controlled, continuously variable transmission machine wherein the circumferential length of a cross-sectional profile of a body of the rotor is substantially constant, and the maximum positive swivel angle of the body is substantially equal in magnitude to the maximum negative swivel angle of the body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a continuously variable transmission. The continuously variable transmission includes a housing to which an input shaft is rotatably mounted to input power, an output section outputting the power transferred from the input shaft to the outside or receiving a load from outside, a torque change section provided between the input shaft and the output section to change the torque of the power transferred from the input shaft or the output section, and a link device disposed between the output section and the torque change section and eccentrically connected to the torque change section to transfer rotational power to the output section or receive a load from the output section by upward and downward reciprocal movements thereof.

Abstract: A cold cast mass element has solid metal particles of greater than 75% by volume and a binding agent of less than 25% by volume, with an outside surface. The binding agent is exposed on the outside surface and encapsulates the solid metal particles within the cold cast mass element. The may have an outside surface has a hardness of greater than durometer 70 Shore A and preferably has a hardness of above about 75 Shore A or above about 100 Shore D. The mass element has a binding agent which is an epoxy resin or thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin. The metal particles can be grinded iron of preferably 85% to 96% by volume with a binding agent 4% to 12% by volume. The mass element preferably has solid metal particles of greater than 85% by weight; and a binding agent of less than 15% by weight.

Abstract: This arc start material for electroslag remelting comprises an aggregate of curled turning chips of superalloy. This arc starting method for electroslag remelting comprises starting electroslag remelting by generating an arc between a primary ingot electrode including a primary ingot and an arc start material for electroslag remelting, wherein the primary ingot electrode is energized while contacting with the arc start material for electroslag remelting including an aggregate of curled turning chips of superalloy, and then an arc is generated between the primary ingot electrode and the arc start material for electroslag remelting of superalloy by separating the primary ingot electrode from the arc start material for electroslag remelting of superalloy.

Abstract: The present invention provides metal fine particles which have selective wavelength absorption characteristics in a wavelength region from visible light to near infrared light, and have sharp absorption characteristics, and influences little the surrounding wavelength, and therefore, they yield tones having high chroma. The present invention provides metal fine particles wherein an aspect ratio is in a range from 1.1 to 8.0, a maximum absorption wavelength in plasmon absorption is in a range from 400 nm to 1,200 nm, and an absorption coefficient at a peak position of the maximum absorption wavelength is in a range from 6,000 to 20,000 L/mol·cm (measurement concentration: 1.6×10?4 mol/L, and solvent: water).

Abstract: A process for producing molten iron is a process in which while an inert gas is blown into a molten iron layer in an iron bath type melting furnace through bottom-blown tuyeres provided in a hearth bottom thereof to stir the molten iron layer, a carbon material, an additive flux, and solid reduced iron obtained by heating reduction of carbon composite iron oxide briquettes are charged into the above melting furnace, and top blowing of an oxygen-containing gas is performed through a top-blown lance provided for the melting furnace, so that the solid reduced iron is melted by combustion heat obtained by combusting the carbon material and/or carbon in molten iron to form molten iron.

Abstract: A unique pyrometallurgical lead refining process includes adding a Lewis acid component and an Arrhenius base compound to a molten lead bullion. The Lewis acid component and Arrhenius base compound are added in stoichiometric amounts that preferentially remove lighter amphoteric elements from the molten lead bullion, and promote reactions with amphoteric p-block elements in the lead bullion to form over the lead a slag of Lewis bases, thereby forming a slag layer incorporating the metal salts of the amphoteric p-block elements.

Abstract: The mixer apparatus accordant with the invention includes a closed reactor, at least two mixers at different heights, which are on the same shaft, a gas feed pipe below the lower mixer and baffles. The blades of the mixers are mostly rectangular in shape and a minimum of six in number. The angle of inclination of the blades of the lower mixer is around 50-70° and that of the upper mixer around 25-35°. The number of baffles is at least six and their range around 20% of the reactor diameter. The invention is focused also the corresponding method.

Abstract: An arthroscopic shaver with an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member rotatably disposed within the outer tubular member. The inner tubular member has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, with a cutting means on the distal end portion. The inner tubular member has a plurality of helical segments or two sliced tubes of stainless steel wound in alternating opposite directions providing a more flexible configuration and better torque capability for the inner tubular member.

Abstract: A device of opening container closures of the type including a circular seal to container opening and a continuous, circular flange and the container including an opening with an inner wall, such as is commonly found in paint containers is provided. The device for opening container closures includes an elongated handle portion connected to an opener portion. The opener portion extends from a first end of the handle portion and includes a pry edge located at a free end thereof. The opener portion further includes an inner cam surface defined by a first radius from a center of rotation for the opening device. The inner cam surface is provided on an upper surface of the opener portion and extends from the pry edge toward the first end of the handle portion. The opener portion also includes an eccentric outer cam surface defined by a second radius from a second center of rotation for the opening device.

Abstract: A wire-stripping pliers is disclosed to include a cutter holder fixedly provided at the upper clamping jaw of the pliers body thereof, a curter blade fixedly mounted on the cutter holder, a support rod fixedly provided at the lower clamping jaw of the pliers body and movable with the lower clamping jaw relative to the cutter blade, and a sleeve rotatably mounted on the support rod for supporting an electric wire for cutting by the cutter blade.

Abstract: A power wrench includes a housing divided into two parts which are rotatable relative to each other: a first part including a handle and a transverse section lodging a rotation motor, and a second part including a reduction gearing, an output shaft and a rigidly attached and laterally extending reaction bar. A swivel connection is provided between the housing parts and includes an angle sensor arranged to generate signals in response to relative angular movements between the housing parts, and a power control unit communicates with the angle sensor and is arranged to at least substantially reduce the motor power as a pre-set maximum angular movement between. the housing parts is exceeded as the motor is started.

Abstract: A tubing connector wrench having a rotating hub held by two independent pawls. An open end of the hub and casing of the wrench allows it to engage over a piece of tubing and thereafter be engaged on a tubing connector. The wrench may be employed to turn tubing connectors without removing it for repositioning. The two pawls insure that the hub remains engaged for one way turning of the connector.

Abstract: A detachable screwdriver assembly has a handle, a connecting tube, a workpiece. The handle is rubber or plastic. The connecting tube is mounted in the handle and has a tool mount. The workpiece is a mounting shaft. The mounting shaft is detachably mounted in the tool mount of the connecting tube and has a mounting end, a tool slot, a chuck and a tool head. The mounting end of the mounting shaft protrudes from the tool mount of the connecting tube. The tool slot is formed in the mounting end. A chuck is slidably mounted around the mounting end. The tool head is detachably mounted in the tool slot and is held by the chuck.

Abstract: A ratchet tool comprises a handle; a base body; first and second pivotal elements provided at the base body; a barrel member coupled to the base body and having teeth formed on the outer periphery thereof; a ratchet driving means including first and second pawl members pivotally connected to the base body and selectively engaged with the barrel member and an elastic section provided between the first and second pawl members, with the elastic section adapted for engaging the first and second pawl members with the barrel member; and a switch member pivotally coupled to the outer periphery of the base body for selectively switching the first and second pawl members to engage with the barrel member or not.

Abstract: A quad wrench has a head including an internal guide, first and second crowns separated by said internal guide, each of said first and second crowns having a plurality of interior faces, and first and second bolt receiving spaces, each bolt receiving space being at least partially defined by an outer surface of said internal guide and some of said plurality of interior faces, and a shank connected to said head. Each bolt receiving space of each crown is configured to correspond to both a first certain size of bolt and a second certain size of bolt such that a bolt of either certain size received in the bolt receiving space can be rotated when force is applied to the shank, and each bolt receiving space of the quad wrench is configured to correspond to two different certain sizes of bolts.

Abstract: An effort-saving hand tool includes a first shaft, a second shaft, a connection shaft, and a third shaft. The first shaft has a first end, a second end, and a pivot point located between the first end and the second end. The second end of the first shaft includes a first loading part. The second shaft has a first end and a second end. The pivot point of the first shaft is pivoted to the first end of the second shaft. The second end of the second shaft includes a second loading part. The connection shaft has a first end pivoted to the first shaft. The third shaft has a slender rear part, a first side, and a second side. The first side of the third shaft is pivoted to the second shaft. The second side of the third shaft is pivoted to a second end of the connection shaft.

Abstract: A screw holding type screwdriver bit which permits the tip end of a screwdriver bit to capture a fastener head thereby allowing the fastener to be pulled while simultaneously turning the fastener, thus creating the resistance necessary to tighten the fastener. The bit provides a tip end, a shank having a slot, a compression spring, a grip having a start loop and a finish loop engaging opposite sides of the tip end and a span slidingly engaging a top end of the slot, and a retainer clip having a front end slidingly engaging the length of the compression spring and a rear end pivotally engaging a lower end of the slot.

Abstract: A tool for pulling a wire (W) through a connector (C) or a terminal has a pair of levers (20, 24) pivoted together, one lever (20) having an abutment portion (23) for location of the connector (C) and the other lever (24) having clamping members (26, 28) for gripping the wire (W), characterised in that one lever (24) has a handgrip portion (25) articulated to a shank portion (40) for movement between an in-line position and a position inclined towards the handgrip portion (22) of the other lever (20), spring-loaded latching means (45) being provided between the handgrip portion (25) and the shank portion (40) for disengagement when the tension in the wire (W) reaches a value set by a knob (72) for loading the spring means and indicated by a pointer (73) against a scale (74).

Abstract: The invention provides a fully-opened-storable driver handle assembly having the following main structure. A handle is formed with a chamber dug inwardly from a lateral side thereof, and is connected to a storage seat at its rear end through a shaft rod, wherein the storage seat may be rotated into and out of the chamber with the shaft rod serving as a fulcrum. An elastic sheet disposed at a front end of the storage seat engages with a notch formed at a front end of the chamber so that the combination state between the storage seat and the handle may be fixed. Thus, the storage seat may be opened laterally so that the user can rapidly take and replace the tool head mounted on the storage seat, the working efficiency can be enhanced, and the convenience of replacing the tool can-be enhanced.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the single-step removal of thimbles attached to the rods of a base of an anode stem, that comprises the following steps: a) placing said anode stem between an abutment device and an etching device, the abutment device at least partially surrounding each of the rods of said anode stem and having an abutment surface blocking the advance of the corresponding thimble; moving the etching device in the direction of the abutment device until said anode base is in contact with said abutment device; c) carrying on the movement of the etching device so that each thimble blocked by the associated abutment surface is detached from the corresponding rod; d) interrupting and removing the etching device.

Abstract: A multiple punch and multiple die assembly has a workpiece protector comprising a punch lifter that is operatively associated with each punch for supporting each of the punches in an inactive position as an active punch is moved by the ram to the active, i.e. operating position to thereby eliminate scoring or marking of the sheet material or other workpiece that is being punched. To eliminate the need for hand tools and hand assembly or disassembly, a manually moveable retainer on the punch assembly is provided that can be moved by hand between a punch-releasing and punch-retaining position for holding the punches within the multi-punch assembly during operation. To prevent stress fractures that formerly occurred in die carriers, support of each die is distributed between two different die components thereby reducing impact stress on the carrier as the ram drives the punch through the workpiece.

Abstract: To enable to alleviate a burden on an operator and fabricate automatically an optimum and high quality prepared slide in accordance with a kind of an embedding block, there is provided an automatic prepared slide fabricating apparatus including first carrying means capable of carrying an embedding cassette to a cut position, cutting means for cutting out a section in a sheet-like shape by cutting an embedding block by a predetermined thickness after having been carried to the cut position, elongating means for elongating the section, second carrying means for carrying the cut section to the elongating means, transcribing means for transcribing the elongated section onto a board to fabricate a prepared slide, and controlling means for respectively controlling the respective means and having a condition table previously inputted with a fabricating condition in fabricating the prepared slide, in which the controlling means controls the respective means such that the embedding cassette carried by the first carryi

Abstract: A method for producing stacks of sheet material transversely and longitudinally cuts rectangular starting stacks using a single cutting machine and short travel paths for the material being cut. The starting stack arranged on a rear table is pushed forward under a cutting blade and is separated into at least two partial stacks which are aligned, rotated 90 degrees and pushed back under the cutting blade to form a plurality of finished partial stacks.

Abstract: A method of forming sections of a rail to be formed into a portion of a conveyor assembly is provided. The method includes the steps of cutting a rail section for use in a gate assembly from a single sheet of material using at least one of a laser, a water jet, and a plasma cutting device, cutting a gate section for engagement with the rail section from a single sheet of material using the at least one of a laser, a water jet and a plasma cutting device, and providing a rounded top edge to the cut rail section and cut gate section.

Abstract: A method, and an apparatus, for operating a hydraulic shearing machine. For cutting a shearing-movement of at least one shear blade which is curved, starting from a starting-position under application of an overall actuating-force and for resetting of the shear blades which were moved for cutting to their starting-position after accomplishment of the shearing-movement, a reset-movement under application of an overall reset-force. The shearing-movement and the reset-movement are accomplished by a hydraulic actuating-mechanism comprising hydraulic cylinders, wherein the overall actuating-force and the overall reset-force being applied to the moved shear blades by at least one hydraulic cylinder of the actuating-mechanism. The magnitude of the overall actuating-force is adjustable by switching one or several hydraulic cylinders of the actuating-mechanism in and out of operation-mode.

Abstract: A gas-operated integrated punching device with plate presser, comprising a tubular containment body closed hermetically at one end by a bottom and at the opposite end by a head that is perforated for the passage of a piston-operated plate presser, which performs a translational motion within the tubular body; the plate presser is crossed coaxially by a punch, which is jointly connected to the tubular body; a compression and expansion chamber for pressurized gas is formed between the plate presser and the bottom, the gas being loaded into the chamber by way of loading elements inserted in the bottom or in the tubular body; the pressurized gas pushes the plate presser between two configurations, a first fully extracted configuration, in which the outer end of the plate presser is not in contact with a metal plate to be blanked or punched and protrudes from the head by such a length as to affect the tip of the punch, and a second configuration, which is at least partly retracted into the tubular body and in whic

Abstract: An upright piano is equipped with a soft pedal, and a player makes the hammer stroke shorter by depressing the soft pedal; while a user is reproducing a music tune by means of an automatic player piano fabricated on the basis of the upright piano, the keys are servo controlled on the basis of a position difference of keys between target values and actual values and a key velocity difference, and the duty ratio of driving signal, which is supplied to solenoid-operated key actuators for the keys, are determined on the basis of multiplications between the position difference/key velocity difference and a position gain and a velocity gain; the value of position gain is reduced on the condition that the soft pedal is depressed for preventing the playback from an unintentional loud tone or tones.

Abstract: A keyboard musical instrument has a solenoid including a plunger and a coil into which the plunger is inserted, a drive unit for applying voltage to the solenoid, and a key which moves together with the plunger, and on which a force generated by the solenoid is exerted. The drive unit includes a position detector for detecting position of the key in the direction in which the key is depressed or released. By varying voltage which is to be applied to the solenoid in accordance with the position of the key detected by the position detector while the key is in motion, the drive unit varies the force which is to be generated by the solenoid.

Abstract: A saxophone neck system uses interchangeable component parts to modify and optimize sound and resistance. The saxophone neck system may allow a saxophone player the ability to change components to achieve variations in sound and to use the components with various manufacturers' instruments and mouthpieces. With the use of various internal shapes and dimensions placed in a specific combination, the player can create a desired sound. Additionally, the saxophone neck system may eliminate neck cork compression discrepancies from different manufacturers by offering different diameters of the body of the initiator portion of the saxophone neck system to fit any saxophone mouthpiece.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for storing and generating sound effects with the help of analog devices (5, 6) when playing a musical instrument. The apparatus comprises one or more positioning motors (4) which can be connected to potentiometers of the analog devices (5, 6) by means of shafts (7). The apparatus further comprises means for storing and retrieving the settings of the positioning motors (4), a specific setting of the positioning motors (4) being used for generating a specific sound effect. By connecting the apparatus to many different types of analog effects devices (5) and tube amplifiers (6), the apparatus according to the invention allows specific sound effects to be preprogrammed and stored which the musician can easily retrieve as required, without having to make adjustments to the analog devices (5, 6).

Abstract: A pedal device of an electronic keyboard musical instrument comprises a pedal lever swingable according to a depressing manipulation and a reaction force exerting unit for exerting on the pedal lever a reaction force of an amount which depends on an amount of the swing of the pedal lever. The reaction force exerting unit comprises, as an integral unit, a first movable member to be displaced via a thrust rod transferring the swing of the pedal lever, a first urging member which urges the first movable member in a direction to exert the reaction force on the pedal lever, a second movable member to be displaced by the first movable member after the swing of the pedal lever exceeds a predetermined amount, and a second urging member which urges the second movable member in the direction to exert the reaction force on the pedal lever. The first movable member, the second movable member, the first urging member and the second urging member are arranged coaxially around a common axis.

Abstract: A muzzle attachment system for a firearm includes a muzzle attachment having a first engagement means, and a muzzle distal portion including a second engagement means, the second engagement means being complementary with the first engagement means. The first and second engagement means cooperate to releasably secure the muzzle attachment to the muzzle distal portion. The first and second engagement means preferably include complementary coarse threaded engagement portions, an annular grooved surface having a plurality of grooves, a grooved surface engagement mechanism, and first and second position stops that abut to form a gas seal. The muzzle distal portion is preferably a flash suppressor, including at least two elongated ports substantially equally skewed from normal relative to a firing axis of the firearm, and substantially evenly distributed around the circumference of the flash suppressor.

Abstract: A flash suppressor for use with a firearm includes a generally cylindrically shaped housing having a series of horizontal groves about its exterior. An internal thread located at the proximal end of the housing is present for threadedly securing the housing to the muzzle of a firearm. There is a tapered chamber located between the internal threads and the opening which precedes the expansion chamber of the flash suppressor. The expansion chamber progressively expands being smallest at the proximal end and gradually increasing in diameter towards the distil end. Longitudinally extending, progressively helically shaped perforations are formed through the housing and in communication with the internal expansion chamber. These perforations are generally equally distributed about the housing except the bottom area which has no perforations present.

Abstract: A cementitious panel with ballistic and blast resistant properties having a core layer of ultra-high compressive strength composite and at least one skin layer. The panels can also be used in walls, ceiling and flooring panels which require high compressive strength for resistance to earthquakes and surfaces resistant to surface abuse such as in prison and other institutions. The panel core layer has a continuous cementitious phase resulting from the curing of an aqueous mixture, in the absence of silica flour, of inorganic cement binder, inorganic mineral filler having a particle size of about 150-450 microns, a pozzolanic mineral filler, polycarboxylate based superplasticizer, alkanolamine and acid or alkali metal acid salt; and water. The mixture may be uniformly reinforced with fiber added before curing. The cementitious core layer is then reinforced with the skin, such as fiber reinforced polymer, attached to at least one panel surface.

Abstract: A cementitious armor panel assembly including cementitious armor panel with ballistic and blast resistant properties attached to a frame structure to produce a protective structure. The cementitious armor panels have a continuous phase resulting from the curing of an aqueous mixture of an inorganic cement binder, an inorganic mineral filler having a particle size of about 150-450 microns, a pozzolanic mineral filler, a polycarboxylate based superplasticizer self-leveling agent, and water. The mixture may also contain alkanolamine, and acid or acid salt. Prior to curing, the continuous phase is reinforced with fiber uniformly distributed in the continuous phase before it is cured to form the panel. The panel may be reinforced with a skin attached to at least one surface of the panel.

Abstract: A concentric slave cylinder for a clutch has a housing 12 with a through bore 16. An annular piston 26 is movably disposed in the bore 16 and a release bearing 46 is mounted to the piston. At least at least part of the bore 16 has a non-circular shape in lateral cross-section and the piston 26 has a correspondingly shaped outer periphery so as to be non-rotatable but axially moveable in bore. The non-circular portion of the bore 16 and the outer periphery of the piston 26 may be elliptical or they may be shaped to define three, four or more lobes 72.

Abstract: A linear compressor includes a piston housing having a plurality of gas permeable openings therein and a compressor piston configured for reciprocatory motion therein along an axis, the compressor piston being supported in the piston housing by gas flowing through the openings and wherein the housing wall is porous.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a particle filter and a method for operating a particle filter. The particle filter includes at least one filter portion forming an open filter system and also a heatable particle collecting element which is arranged adjacently to this filter portion and comprises a material having temperature-dependent electrical resistance. The method for operating the particle filter includes heating the particle collecting element and measuring the electrical resistance of the particle collecting element to determine whether to regenerate the particle filter.

Abstract: Method for drying compressed gas by means of a dryer (7) with pressure vessels (13 and 16), whereby this method comprises the steps of guiding a first part of the gas to a cooler (40) via a regulating valve (43), and of subsequently drying this first part of the gas in the drying pressure vessel (16); and of heating a second part of the gas so as to regenerate the regenerating pressure vessel (13), whereby, when the temperature in the regenerating pressure vessel (13) rises above an upper limit value, the regulating valve (43) will be gradually moved in the direction of the shut position and, when the temperature in the regenerating pressure vessel (13) drops under a predetermined bottom limit, the regulating valve (43) will be gradually moved in the direction of the entirely open position, which adjustment allows to set the compressed gas at a desired temperature.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for capturing CO2 using a solvent are provided. A gas that includes carbon dioxide may be mixed with a solvent that is operable to absorb at least a portion of the carbon dioxide from the gas. The solvent containing the carbon dioxide may be provided to at least one removal system operable to remove at least a portion of the liquid contained in the solvent. The solvent output by the removal system may be stripped to extract at least a portion of the carbon dioxide from the solvent.