Abstract: The present invention concerns a coating apparatus including a coating unit for applying a slurry-like kneaded electrode material prepared by kneading an electrode material and a solvent, a pump for feeding the kneaded electrode material under pressure to the coating unit, and a temperature raising unit for raising the temperature of the kneaded electrode material before coating to a predetermined temperature range where a storage modulus of the kneaded electrode material becomes substantially constant. This enables stable coating in an early stage after the start of coating.

Abstract: A priming valve for priming a centrifugal pump includes a valve assembly separating an inlet chamber from an outlet chamber. The inlet chamber is fluidly coupled to an intake for the centrifugal pump and the outlet chamber is fluidly coupled to a priming pump. A control valve is provided to operate the valve assembly in order to fluidly connect the inlet chamber with the outlet chamber. While the valve assembly fluidly connects the inlet chamber with the outlet chamber, the priming pump can operate to replace air in the intake and the centrifugal pump with water.

Abstract: A liquid fuel strainer assembly includes a filter body of filtration media. The filter body includes a first wall and an opposing second wall shaped to define an enclosed interior space therebetween. A fitting connects the filter body to a fuel pump, and provides fluid communication from the enclosed interior space of the filter body to the fuel pump. A flexible tube is disposed within the enclosed interior space of the filter body. The flexible tube prevents the first wall and the second wall from collapsing toward each other to allow fuel to flow through the enclosed interior space toward the fitting. The flexible tube is not attached to either the fitting or the filter body, and is freely moveable within the enclosed interior space of the filter body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for preserving fluid systems, for example of a fuel system and an oil system of a turbine engine, with at least one drive for driving at least one fuel pump and at least one oil pump, wherein a valve arrangement is provided, which makes transfer-pumping a fluid between the fluid systems possible, an engine having such a device as well as a method for triggering such a device or for preserving fluid systems.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe substrate processing tools and methods. The substrate processing tool includes a housing defining a chamber and a substrate support coupled to the housing and configured to support a substrate within the chamber. The substrate has an upper surface with a first portion and a second portion surrounding the first portion. An isolation unit including a body is coupled to the housing and positioned within the chamber above and spaced apart from the first portion of the upper surface of the substrate. The body includes at least one outlet on a lower surface thereof, which is in fluid communication with at least one fluid pump. The at least one fluid pump is configured to drive fluid through the at least one of outlet to form a barrier around the first portion of the upper surface of the substrate.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention describe substrate processing tools and methods. A substrate on a support has a first portion and a second portion surrounding the first portion. An isolation unit including a body is positioned above the first portion of the substrate. The body includes at least one outlet on a lower surface thereof. At least one liquid pump is in fluid communication with the array of outlets. The at least one outlet is configured to drive liquid through the at least one outlet onto the substrate to form a liquid barrier around the first portion of the substrate.

Abstract: In the device, according to the invention, the retention tank (7) constitutes a distributing chamber which is connected to the external retention tank (10) being a segment of a gravity-flow channel (11) with its cross-section greater than the cross-section of gravity waste water transfer required in the calculations, located on the line of waste water inflow to the retention tank (7), whereas the capacity of the retention tank (7) is at least two times smaller than the capacity of the external retention tank (10) constituting a segment of the gravity-flow channel (11) with its cross-section greater than the required cross-section of the gravity-flow channel (11) for gravity waste water transfer required in the calculations.

Abstract: A fluid distribution system of a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system may include a storage tank and a fluid distribution module disposed at least partially within the storage tank. The distribution module includes a pump assembly comprising a fluid pump having a pump inlet configured to receive liquid from an inner volume of the tank, and a pump outlet fluidly connected to a module outlet port. The distribution module further includes a fluid discharge jet fluidly connected to the pump outlet and operable to discharge liquid from the pump outlet and into the tank volume. In an exemplary embodiment, the distribution module still further includes a valve disposed between the pump outlet and the discharge jet operable to selectively allow liquid fluid flow from the pump outlet to the discharge jet when one or more predetermined criteria are met.

Abstract: A pump for the delivery of a fluid includes a core, a restrictor, and an expandable bladder. The core is configured to extend longitudinally along an axis of the pump. The restrictor is configured to limit the longitudinal extension of the core to a predetermined maximum length. The expandable bladder is attached to the support core in at least one position and configured to receive a fluid.

Abstract: A substrate accommodation device can effectively prevent a foreign substance from adhering to a substrate accommodated therein depending on an environment where the substrate accommodation device is used. The substrate accommodation device 100 includes an air supply unit 110 configured to introduce exterior air into the substrate accommodation device 100; an exhaust unit 120 disposed to face the air supply unit 110; a substrate mounting plate 140 provided between the air supply unit 110 and the exhaust unit 120 and provided with holes 142 through which the air supply unit 110 and the exhaust unit 120 communicate with each other; an air supply filter 112 provided at the air supply unit 110; and a fan 122 provided at the air supply unit 110 or the exhaust unit 120. Further, one of a state sensor configured to detect a state within the substrate accommodation device 100, a particle charging device, and a temperature controller or a combination of two or more thereof is detachably provided in a mounting hole 150.

Abstract: A device for recovering puncture repair liquid includes a tube to be inserted from a tire valve mounted to a wheel up to an inner surface of a tire, a container having a pair of connecting ports for receiving and containing puncture repair liquid recovered from inside the tire, and a connecting hose for connecting between the tire valve and one of the connecting ports. The other connecting port is removably attachable to a pressurized air source. A valve core is detached from a tire valve of a wheel with a tire mounted thereon into which puncture repair liquid has been injected. The tube is inserted into the tire which is filled with air from the pressurized air source that is then detached from the container. Thus, recovery of the puncture repair liquid is efficiently performed using pressure escaping from the tire without cutting out the tire valve.

Abstract: A mixing apparatus comprising: a) a mixing well characterized by an internal volume not exceeding 100 ml; b) a drive mechanism including a stationary circumferential gear on an inner surface of the mixing well; and c) a planetary mixing element driven by a mixing element gear which engages the stationary circumferential gear.

Abstract: An energy saving system and method for heating water are provided. The method for controlling the costs of heating water includes the steps of: using heat pumps to heat water in a heating tank during periods of low rate electricity to a pre-determined maximum temperature; maintaining the temperature of the water in the heating tank between a pre-determined minimum temperature and the pre-determined maximum temperature; transferring the heated water to a storage tank; maintaining the temperature of the water in the storage tank within a pre-determined temperature range; and supplying the heated water under pressure to consumers, the heated water having a temperature within the pre-determined temperature range.

Abstract: A fuel inlet valve for a fuel tank includes a flange that is attachable to the fuel tank and a first aperture and a second aperture formed in the flange. The fuel inlet valve also includes a fuel valve associated with the first aperture and a fill pipe nipple associated with the first aperture. The fuel valve and the fill pipe nipple form a fuel path through the first aperture. The fuel inlet valve also has at least one nipple associated with the second aperture and connectable to said at least one nipple is connectable to a purge line, a fuel pump, or a fuel line.

Abstract: An inflatable shape maintenance device is provided to maintain the shape of a handbag or purse by first inserting it into a void space within the handbag or purse while being substantially deflated or partially inflated. Then a gas is introduced into the inflatable shape maintenance device until it is at a desired turgidity, whereby a desired shape (form) of the handbag or purse is restored and/or maintained. The turgid inflatable shape maintenance device remains within the handbag or purse during times of storage. Then when use of the handbag or purse is desired the valve is opened and the gas contained with the inflatable shape maintenance device is passively or actively evacuated to decrease turgidity thereof. Once a sufficient volume of gas has been removed from the inflatable shape maintenance device, it may then be removed from inside of the handbag or purse.

Abstract: A vacuum processing apparatus having a vacuum chamber includes a gate valve arranged in the vacuum chamber and including a valve body which moves in a direction relative to an exhaust port of the vacuum chamber to open/close the exhaust port, and a driving unit configured to move the valve body, a connecting portion having one end connected to the exhaust port of the vacuum chamber and formed in a direction inclined from a moving direction of the valve body, and an exhaust pump connected to an opposite end of the connecting portion and capable of evacuating an interior of the connecting portion. The driving unit includes (i) a rod serving as a driving shaft which drives the valve body in a direction to close the exhaust port or a direction to open the exhaust port, and (ii) a cylinder driving the rod, and the rod extends parallel to a moving direction of the valve body and supports the valve body at one end.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a tank for storing a liquid reducing agent suppliable to the exhaust system of an internal-combustion engine, and an air delivery device, by which an excess pressure can be built-up in a cushion of air situated in the tank above the reducing agent level. Via the air delivery device, alternatively, a vacuum is generatable in the air cushion, which vacuum supports feeding of the agent into the tank. Via the vacuum in the air cushion, reducing agent can also be returned from a pipe, which leads the reducing agent to the exhaust system, back into the tank, and/or additional liquid reducing agent can be transferred from a storage tank by way of a supply duct.

Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for transferring chemical solutions and synthesizing a tracer. For transferring chemical solutions, the system comprises a primary container; a secondary container; a first line in communication with the primary container and the secondary container. The first line facilitates the flow of gas and/or liquid between the primary container and the secondary container. A valve located upstream of the secondary container and downstream of the primary container regulates flow within the first line; a second line in communication with the secondary container. For synthesizing a tracer, the system includes a source of a solution having a radionuclide. A first container has a tracer precursor and is in communication with the source of solution.

Abstract: An application apparatus includes: a piston including first and second plungers fixed to a shaft; a housing including a fill chamber having an outlet, a control chamber separated from the fill chamber by the first plunger, first and second adjustment chambers separated from each other by the second plunger, and a separation section that separates the control chamber and the first adjustment chamber, the shaft extending moveably through the separation section; a gas supply section to supply a gas into the control chamber, the first adjustment chamber, and the second adjustment chamber; a first valve to control release of the gas within the first adjustment chamber; a second valve to control release of the gas within the second adjustment chamber; and a control section to close the first and second valves and open the first valve to supply the gas into the control chamber and move the piston.

Abstract: A pressure gauge may be coupled to a vessel into which a liquid chemical is to be dispensed. The volume of the vessel may be known and a control device may determine an initial pressure of the vessel using the pressure gauge. A volume of liquid chemical may be dispensed into the vessel which may cause the pressure within the vessel to increase to a second pressure. The control device may determine the second pressure using the pressure gauge may calculate the volume of liquid chemical dispensed into the vessel using the volume of the vessel, the initial pressure of the vessel, and the second pressure of the vessel.

Abstract: A fuel pump module including a reservoir and a sender gauge. The reservoir includes an outer wall, an inner wall spaced radially inward from the outer wall, a floor connecting the inner and outer walls, and N sets of supports fixed to the floor and disposed between the inner and outer walls and around the inner wall. The sender gauge is supported and retained by one of the N sets of supports, wherein N is an integer greater than one.

Abstract: A water pressure backup device has a water tank mounted between a water source and interior plumbing lines and containing an air bladder that is inflated by a battery powered compressor when water pressure is lost at the source, bladder inflation within the tank thereby providing auxiliary water pressure to the interior plumbing lines. A control unit detects when water pressure at the source is lost, and monitors air pressure in the bladder and water pressure in the tank. When water pressure is restored at the source, the control unit shuts off the compressor and opens an air pressure relief valve at the bladder.

Abstract: A fuel supply system including a filter removably securable within a filter housing mounted within a fuel tank and a pump removably securable within a pump housing mounted within the fuel tank and interconnected by a pipe. The filter housing includes an inner housing rotatably mounted within an outer housing. Alignable inlet openings and outlet passageways are formed in the inner and outer housings. A removable plug for closing an access opening to the inner housing includes lugs for engaging mating recesses in the inner housing such that rotation of the plug rotates the inner housing relative to the outer housing for rotating the inner housing between an aligned and misaligned orientation relative to the outer housing to control the flow of fluid through the filter housing.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a patient, such as a hospital bed, is provided. The apparatus includes a patient support surface and at least one fluid containing bladder. A pressure control assembly is operably coupled with the bladder. When the fluid pressure within the bladder falls outside of an acceptable range of pressure values, the active adjustment of the pressure within the bladder is initiated by the pressure control assembly if the pressure does not return to the acceptable range of pressure values within a time period, e.g., a time delay, that has a variable length.

Abstract: In one representative example, a portable containment apparatus includes a tank adapted to contain a liquid waste, an inlet through which the liquid waste is introduced into the tank, an outlet through which at least a portion of the contained liquid waste is expelled from the tank, a grinder pump operatively disposed within the tank and adapted to expel the portion of contained liquid waste from the tank, a heater affixed to the tank and adapted to transfer heat energy to the liquid waste contained within the tank, and an electrical distribution box adapted to be removably supported on an exterior surface of the tank. The electrical distribution box is adapted to be selectively stowed within the tank when removed from its supported position on the exterior surface of the tank. The apparatus also includes a receiver system adapted to receive the electrical box in its removably supported position on the exterior of the tank.

Abstract: An oil-gas vapor collection, storage, and recovery system ensures that no air or oxygen leakage into the production tank occurs when gauging and/or emptying a tank. The system provides a constant reservoir-type storage system by utilizing a variable volume gas bag, expanding with a surge of gas from the separator and with minimal water column pressure from the plunger lift system, thereby containing the gas surge, but contracting with gas dissipation thus minimizing the compressor cycling, while accommodating rapid liquid and vapor influxes into the tank thus maintaining constant tank pressure. With expansion, the bag actuates a switch which activates a compressor, which, in turn, compresses the contained gas into the pipeline. Upon bag collapse, a switch is activated to turn off the compressor. Thus, the system provides constant storage tank pressure because the gas bag accommodates and controls variable gas volume.

Abstract: Device to deliver fluid products or suchlike, comprising a plurality of canisters, each one suitable to contain a predetermined fluid, and connected to an associated delivery unit. Each delivery unit comprises a bellows pump, alternatively drivable between a condition in which it sucks in the fluid from the corresponding canister and a condition in which it delivers the fluid. The delivery device also comprises actuator means able to cooperate directly or indirectly with each bellows pump in order to drive it between the suction condition and the delivery condition. The actuator means comprise a acutation cam element, rotatable alternatively in two opposite directions of rotation, and having a profile able to cooperate during its rotation with the bellows pump, so as to define in a first direction of rotation the suction condition and in the opposite direction of rotation the delivery condition.

Abstract: A cement silo is rapidly loaded with cement which is sequentially delivered to a cement receiver at the silo by dump trucks. The receiver extends to a blowoff station at the base of the silo, and a riser pipe extends from the blowoff station to an upper end portion of the silo and discharges the cement downwardly thereinto. Loads of cement are thus rapidly sequentially delivered to the silo, and each unloaded truck may quickly leave the site and pick up another load while the next truck delivers its load of cement. This system thus provides rapid sequential unloading and a quick return to service of each unloaded truck.

Abstract: Method and recharging mechanism for resetting a pressure in a low pressure recipient. The recharging mechanism includes a low pressure recipient configured to have first and second chambers, the first chamber being configured to receive a hydraulic liquid at a high pressure and the second chamber being configured to include a gas at a low pressure. The recharging mechanism further includes a valve fluidly connected to a first port of the first chamber; a pumping device fluidly connected to a second port of the first chamber; and a blowout preventer (BOP) section fluidly connected to the valve and configured to close or open a ram block. The pumping device is configured to evacuate the hydraulic fluid from the first chamber of the low pressure recipient when the valve closes a fluid communication between the first port of the first chamber and the BOP section.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for supplying lubricant to a plurality of lubrication sites. Embodiments include a pump with venting and non-venting piston return, a pump with stirrer and direct feed mechanism, a pump with CAN system and self-diagnostics, a pump with heated housing and reservoir and a pump with stepper motor and overdrive control.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for supplying lubricant to a plurality of lubrication sites. Embodiments include a pump with venting and non-venting piston return, a pump with stirrer and direct feed mechanism, a pump with CAN system and self-diagnostics, a pump with heated housing and reservoir and a pump with stepper motor and overdrive control.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for supplying lubricant to a plurality of lubrication sites. Embodiments include a pump with venting and non-venting piston return, a pump with stirrer and direct feed mechanism, a pump with CAN system and self-diagnostics, a pump with heated housing and reservoir and a pump with stepper motor and overdrive control.

Abstract: A cardiopulmonary bypass system utilizing membrane-based reciprocating positive displacement blood pumps (“pod pumps”). In one aspect, the pod pumps are constructed to provide reduced shear forces on the blood being pumped. In another aspect blood flow through the pod pumps can he controlled by a controller using information from pressure sensors in the control chamber of the pod pumps. In another aspect, the pod pumps are included on a disposable unit that can be received and held by a receptacle means on a base unit, the base unit also providing pressurized control fluid to the pod pumps on the disposable unit through the receptacle means.

Abstract: A fuel pump has a pump chamber accommodating a rotor member. The rotor member is rotatable to supply fuel to from a tank to an exterior of the tank. A case is supported in the tank. The case accommodates a part of the fuel pump. A pump bracket is located in the tank. The pump bracket is in a tubular bottomed shape having a sidewall portion in which a remaining portion of the fuel pump is inserted such that the sidewall portion surrounds a radially outside of the pump chamber of the remaining portion. The pump bracket is joined with the case to define a gap therebetween in a radial direction of the rotor member such that the pump bracket is movable relative to the case.

Abstract: A support shaft connects between a flange and a pump unit. An intermediate member, which connects between the support shaft and pump unit, enables a relative positional change between the support shaft and the pump unit in an axial direction of the support shaft. The intermediate member limits a relative positional change between the support shaft and the pump unit in a circumferential direction of the support shaft. A resilient member is received in the support shaft and exerts a restoring force in an axial direction of the support shaft to urge the pump unit, which is movable relative to the support shaft in the axial direction, toward a bottom portion of the fuel tank.

Abstract: The invention relates to an extractor device for an aqueous fluid from a storage container of a motor vehicle wherein a lengthwise-extended heating element is arranged next to a venting tube. The venting tube connects a catch container to a chamber arranged above the fluid level in the storage container. In case of icing, a connection is created early from the catch container to the chamber. A pump can thus convey the fluid out of the catch container early.

Abstract: A pressure vessel includes a pump having a passage that extends between an inlet and an outlet. A duct at the pump outlet includes at least one dimension that is adjustable to facilitate forming a dynamic seal that limits backflow of gas through the passage.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser comprising a housing in which fluid flow control components are located and a fluid conduit completing a fluid flow path between a fluid storage tank and a nozzle coupled to the housing. The fluid dispenser further comprises a control system, at least one controllable valve in and a fluid flow meter located along the fluid flow path. The fluid dispenser further comprises a fluid temperature conditioning subsystem located along the fluid flow path upstream of the flow meter. The control system is selectively operates the fluid temperature conditioning subsystem upon detection of a predetermined temperature. At least one controllable recirculation valve may also be provided, and the control system may selectively actuate the controllable recirculation valve such that the fluid flows back to the fluid storage tank. A method of measuring the flow rate of a fluid in the fluid dispenser is also disclosed.

Abstract: A rotary pump intended to pump a fluid in a system on board a vehicle, such pump comprising a stator, a rotation axle attached both to a mechanical pumping element and a magnetic rotor, and electrical connections. The rotor, the stator and the electrical connections are overmolded in a leaktight manner with a plastic.

Abstract: Provided is a driver-integrated type BLDC fuel pump module, which is used in a vehicle and in which a driver used for controlling the operation of a BLDC fuel pump is installed in a flange of the BLDC fuel pump module, thus removing the spatial limit caused when the driver is installed and reducing the length of an electric wire electrically connecting the driver to a BLDC fuel pump of the module, thereby solving the problem of the operational performance of the BLDC fuel pump deteriorating as a result of both the voltage drop in the electric wire and a reduction in the operational efficiency of the pump.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel motor-compressor systems and methods useful for handling acid gas, by-produced produced in large quantities from natural gas refining. In one embodiment, a novel motor-compressor system comprises first compressor; a pressure vessel configured to receive a compressed gas from the first compressor; a heat exchanger coupled to the pressure vessel configured to cool the compressed gas and provide a cooled compressed gas; and an electric motor housed within the pressure vessel, wherein the electric motor is mechanically coupled to the first compressor, and wherein the pressure vessel is configured to receive at least a portion of the cooled compressed gas from the heat exchanger and contact the electric motor. The methods and systems described herein are particularly useful in acid gas re-injection operations where large quantities of acid gas are subjected to compression at high pressure and leakage prevention is critical.

Abstract: Rotary pump intended to pump a liquid for the pollution control of exhaust gases in a system on board a vehicle and comprising a rotor (4), a stator (5) that are positioned in a casing comprising a wall delimiting a main internal volume and integrating an outlet pipe for the pump, and a pressure sensor (2) which is positioned within the main internal volume of the casing.

Abstract: A noise reduction device including a tubular body having an open first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a cavity located between the first end and the second end. The second end of the tubular body being disposed opposite the first end. The second end has at least one opening with a diameter smaller than the diameter of the opening in the first end.

Abstract: A pump for an inflatable device includes a housing that defines a blower chamber configured to be inserted into the inflatable device. The blower chamber includes an exhaust port configured to communicate air out of the pump. The housing also defines a deflation port, which is adjacent to the blower chamber, and an attachment portion configured to make a substantially airtight seal with the surface of the inflatable device. The pump also includes a removably attachable cover configured to substantially cover the blower chamber. The cover defines an opening through which the deflation port extends, and at least one vent through which air is communicated into the pump.

Abstract: A holder device is attached to a water outlet tube without drilling holes in the wall and includes a housing having a casing communicative with an inlet of the housing and having two outlet ports, a valve stem engaged in the casing and having a valve member to control the water to flow out through the outlet ports of the housing, a motor disposed in the inlet of the housing and having a fan blade for being rotated by the water to generate an electricity, a control device coupled to the motor and having a light member for generating an indicating or warning signal when the water is over-heated, and a temperature sensor disposed in the housing for sensing the water temperature and for supplying the detected water temperature to the control device.

Abstract: A fuel system for a vehicle is provided and may include a first housing containing a supply of fuel therein, a second housing containing a supply of fuel therein and coupled to the first housing, and a fuel pump disposed within one of the first housing and the second housing that selectively pumps fuel from each of the first housing and the second housing to the vehicle. A first interface may be associated with one of the first housing and the second housing and may be coupled to a vehicle interface of the vehicle in a coupled state to supply the vehicle with fuel from at least one of the first housing and the second housing.

Abstract: A portable water tank assembly for a dust emitting construction machine, such as a machine for cutting concrete, stone, ceramic materials and the like, said assembly comprising a water container (1) and an electric pump (2) powered by a battery for pumping water from the container (1) through an outlet to the construction machine. To provide a portable water tank assembly which provides a long service life without changing battery, is easy to handle and carry and that is robust and reliable, the pump is a low pressure pump (2), of 0.1-1.5 bar, preferably of 0.3-1.2 bar, that is preferably submersible and placed inside the water container (1); and said assembly has at least 5 liter capacity. Preferably the hood member (3) has a first compartment (5) for a battery for delivering power to the pump (2) and a battery (6) located in the compartment (5), and it may have a second compartment (11) for a battery charger (12) and a third compartment (13) for a spare battery.

Abstract: This invention presents a kiosk with novel kiosk housing. The kiosk housing has inner walls, outer walls, and an air circulation path between the inner walls and outer walls. The inner walls define an interior space. The kiosk further has a blower for supplying air into the air circulation path so as to fill the air circulation path with pressurized air. The kiosk can have a misting feature, visual and audio display, and scent feature.

Abstract: A reservoir and a plunger head contained within may be configured to move relative to each other in response to at least one of the reservoir being detached from a base, the base and/or the reservoir being removed from a packaging, and the base and/or the reservoir being moved relative to each other. A first layer may be configured to define a reservoir, the first layer, which may be made of a material compatible with fluidic media in the reservoir, may be adjacent a second layer for inhibiting a diffusion through the second layer. A first layer that may be less than 0.3 mm and made of a cyclic olefin copolymer may be configured to define a reservoir. A reservoir may be defined by a wall made of a cyclic olefin copolymer and the wall may be for substantially preventing light from passing through the reservoir.

Abstract: A system for a vehicle is provided. The system may include a fuel tank including a first and a second interior region at least partially separated from each other. The system may further include a fuel pump including a pick-up positioned in only the first region and a passive-siphoning subsystem with a crossover-siphoning conduit communicating between the first and second regions, the conduit enclosing a wicking element.