Abstract: In one embodiment, the present disclosure includes a solid dispenser including dispensing vanes coupled rotationally about respective parallel horizontal axes. The two dispensing vanes including a surface at a radial distance from the corresponding parallel horizontal axis with teeth arranged on and projecting from the surface. The surfaces of the dispensing vanes may be in contact between the parallel horizontal axes and are flexible in radial directions of the dispensing vanes. In one example embodiment, the dispensing vanes are configured to rotate in opposing directions about the respective parallel horizontal axes to selectively dispense ingredients from a hopper.

Abstract: A two-sided turbocharger compressor wheel and a housing forming a diffuser for the compressor. A first side and a second side of the compressor wheel are characterized by different values of a trim and of an annulus area. A first side of the diffuser surrounds the first side of the compressor wheel, and a second side of the diffuser surrounds the second side of the compressor wheel. The first and second sides of the diffuser are characterized by different annulus area ratios. The blades of the first and second sides of the compressor wheel are angularly offset from one another. The compressor wheel is configured for greater flow through the side of the compressor wheel that faces away from a related turbine wheel.

Abstract: A gas compressor a rotor shaft and is arranged such that gas flow to an impeller stage is via a bore in the rotor shaft; and/or impeller stages are arranged in series such that flow into respective stages is in respectively opposed directions. The compressor most effectively functions with the rotor shaft arranged in a substantially upright orientation and beneficially has conical mounting bearing.

Abstract: A resin cross flow fan and a method for manufacturing a resin cross flow fan are provided in which an annealing step can be omitted and the number of circular disks can be reduced, and which provides improved fan strength and air blowing performance. A resin cross flow fan is disposed with a plurality of blades and a plurality of plates. The plurality of blades are annually disposed about a rotation axis. Insertion portions each constituted by a hole or a groove into which each blade is inserted and projecting portions that projects from the periphery of the insertion portions in a direction of the rotation axis are formed on each of the plurality of plates disposed spaced apart in the direction of the rotation axis. Each blade is fixed to the projecting portions by laser welding.

Abstract: A first compression stage and a second compression stage being arranged at positions adjacent to each other. The first centrifugal impeller and the second centrifugal impeller are arranged in such an orientation that back sides of the first centrifugal impeller and the second centrifugal impeller face to each other. A connection flow path is formed in the first housing and the second housing for introducing the compressed fluid from the first compression stage into the second compression stage. An upstream portion of the connection flow path is formed integrally with the first housing, and a downstream portion of the connection flow path is formed integrally with the second housing.

Abstract: A turbocharger with a two-stage compressor having first- and second-stage impellers mounted on a common shaft in a back-to-back configuration. The first-stage impeller has a boreless configuration, defining an unthreaded pilot hole receiving an unthreaded end of the shaft so as to establish a coaxial relationship between the impeller and the shaft. The first impeller further defines a hollow cylindrical pilot member that projects from the back of the impeller and is received in a portion of the bore through the second-stage impeller to position the impellers coaxially with each other. The shaft passes through the pilot member and is externally threaded for engaging threads on the inner surface of the pilot member to secure the impellers to the shaft. The bore of the second impeller has a second portion that engages an outer cylindrical surface of the shaft to establish a coaxial relationship between the shaft and impeller.

Abstract: A gas compressor based on the use of a driven rotor having a compression ramp traveling at a local supersonic inlet velocity (based on the combination of inlet gas velocity and tangential speed of the ramp) which compresses inlet gas against a stationary sidewall. In using this method to compress inlet gas, the supersonic compressor efficiently achieves high compression ratios while utilizing a compact, stabilized gasdynamic flow path. Operated at supersonic speeds, the inlet stabilizes an oblique/normal shock system in the gasdyanamic flow path formed between the rim of the rotor, the strakes, and a stationary external housing. Part load efficiency is enhanced by the use of a pre-swirl compressor, and using a bypass stream to bleed a portion of the intermediate pressure gas after passing through the pre-swirl compressor back to the inlet of the pre-swirl compressor. Inlet guide vanes to the compression ramp enhance overall efficiency.

Abstract: A double-ended variable speed blower for Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) ventilation of patients includes two impellers in the gas flow path that cooperatively pressurize gas to desired pressure and flow characteristics. Thus, the double-ended blower can provide faster pressure response and desired flow characteristics over a narrower range of motor speeds, resulting in greater reliability and less acoustic noise.

Abstract: A production tool for use in heavy oil production is provided. Operating to provide for better inflow of oil and sand to a bottom hole rotating pump, the production tool prevents sand up conditions and keeps the well cellar and the walls of the casing clean to ensure longer periods between workovers. The production tool has a cylindrical member with at least one helical fin extending substantially to the inner radius of the casing, and a gear reducer which drives the cylindrical member at a reduced rotation from input from the rotor of the bottom hole rotating pump. The rotational motion of the cylindrical member in conjunction with the sense of the helical fin cause bore effluence to move to the intake of the rotating pump, effecting constant inflow.

Abstract: One or more fan blades extend radially from a hub that is freely rotatable relative to a main drive shaft. The hub is coupled to the drive shaft so that, when the drive shaft is moved through an orbital path in a cyclical motion, the hub moves in a twirling action. As the hub twirls, a weighted distal end of the blade travels through an arcuate path to generate angular momentum sufficient to carry the blade through an uninterrupted rotational motion. The fan blade is structured and disposed to push a large volume of air as it rotates, thereby creating a steady current of airflow with minimal energy consumption.

Abstract: Method for mixing granulates, powders and liquids in a continuous process, whereby the material is placed in a mixing housing and is mixed therein with the aid of a rotor equipped with mixing arms. The material is thereby moved to and fro many times during one rotation of the rotor, towards the rotor axis and away from it. For that purpose the device with which the method is implemented has longitudinal stators, mounted principally in the axial direction of the rotor, between which the mixing arms move when in operation. The mixing housing consists preferably of two chambers situated behind one another seen in the direction of the axis of the rotor and separated from one another by the rotor disk. The material which is to be mixed enters the housing in the first chamber, where it is undergoes a preliminary mix, then flows into the second chamber and is mixed further there.

Abstract: An air mixer having a rotor with upper and lower horizontally oriented blades which draws air from above and below into the interior of the rotor so that thorough mixing occurs, after which the mixed air is expelled laterally by vertically oriented blades into the surrounding area and minimizes thermal stratification and other such conditions in the surrounding area.

Abstract: A blending apparatus has a rotor provided with louvers and mixing teeth. The louvers have openings which vary in size and act to convey materials being cut and blended through the disc. The mixing teeth extend from peripheral edges of the rotor. Adjacent teeth vary in angular extension from the edges and in direction of extension from the edges. One or more rotors may be mounted on one or more shafts to meet diverse mixing needs.

Abstract: The inlet flow guide includes a generally cylindrical shroud plate, a generally cylindrical bridge piece, elongated attachment members, biasing members and sealing members. The shroud plate is in confronting cylindrical sections, is adapted to be attached to the pair of confronting stationary blades of the annular rows of turbine blades, and includes tapped bores therethrough. The cylindrical sections of the shroud plate are in arc cylindrical sections. The bridge piece is in semi cylindrical sections and has bores therethrough of a predetermined size to accommodate expected movements during the operation of the turbine, and which are capable of alignment with the bores of the shroud plate. The attachment members have enlarged heads and shoulders and are disposed within the bores of the bridge piece and shroud plate to attach the bridge piece to the shroud plate.

Abstract: A ceiling fan having a plurality of fan blades which generate axial air flow and which include vane portions positioned angularly to the surface of the blades which direct air flow radially from the blades to increase the range of circulation of the air in a room, to establish a favorable pressure gradient for the axial flow, to increase the efficiency of the ceiling fan and to create a more desirable air flow distribution under the ceiling fan than do conventional ceiling fans.

Abstract: A domestic electrical appliance for food preparation has a generally cylindrical bowl and a vertical shaft rotatably mounted in this bowl. A beating/emulsifying tool of the invention is arranged to be mounted on the shaft. The tool comprises a disc arranged to extend near the bottom of the bowl and to be rotated by the vertical shaft. A series of radially directed projections are formed on one or both of the faces of the disc which can be used alone in the appliance for the preparation of emulsions such as mayonnaise. A cage can additionally be mounted in the bowl to cooperate with the disc for the effective beating of foodstuffs such as egg whites and cream.

Abstract: A center plate-blade attachment configuration for a centrifugal blower wheel which gives improved high speed rupture strength and improved resistance to the center plate slipping circumferentially relative to blades. The inner edge of each blade is provided with a T-shaped notch and the edges of the two discs forming the center plate are forced axially into the slots forming the ends of the head of each T, a distance such that the edges of the disc and the base of the slot are plastically deformed.

Abstract: A rotor for turbo engines, for example for small gas turbines or turbo-superchargers (exhaust-driven superchargers). The rotor has at least two vane wheels, and a shaft with structural elements rigidly secured thereto. The rotor, with the vane wheels and the shaft, comprises a one-piece high-quality cast part. The rotor may be mechanically or otherwise suitably machined exclusively at sealing surfaces, bearing seats, threads, follower or synchronization toothing or gearing, and other structural elements of the shaft.

Abstract: A face disc keyed to the shaft and keyed to a peripheral flange on a turbine blade disc eliminates stress concentration at the highly stressed juncture of the blade disc and shaft on fabricated turbine rotors.

Abstract: The mixing impeller of the invention has a central, axial hub adapted for attachment to a rotatable driven shaft of a mixer motor. Mounted on the hub is a disc that extends radially from the hub. Circumferentially spaced around the disc are a number of impeller blades. Each blade has two different surfaces for mixing a liquid. One surface is flat and rectangular; the other surface is arrowhead-like, converging from the axial ends of the rectangular surface toward the middle of the rectangular surface of the next adjacent blade. When rotated at a given speed in a fluid in one direction, the impeller draws considerably less power than when rotated in the same fluid at the same speed in the opposite direction. Under certain operating conditions, the impeller has a higher mass transfer efficiency, in both directions of rotation when compared to other impellers. The blades of the impeller may be either open or closed, thereby further modifying the power characteristic of the impeller.

Abstract: Steam introduced into a turbine casing from a steam inlet is longitudinally divided and each divided steam portion flows in respective first stages which are disposed on the shaft adjacent to each other. The shaft and a plurality of disks which are manufactured independently are made integral by a thermal shrink. In order to reduce the thermal distortion effects on the shaft caused by keys interconnecting the disks and shaft, first key grooves formed on an outer surface of the shaft and an inner surface of the disks of one first stage and a first key closely disposed in the first key grooves are arranged in symmetry with respect to the center of the shaft, to second key grooves formed on an inner surface of the disk of the other first stage with a second key closely disposed in the second grooves. Other preferred embodiments include dummy grooves and keys to balance the thermal distortion effects of the keys interconnecting the disks and shaft.

Abstract: A fabricated, heavy duty centrifugal pump impeller wherein the relatively heavy gauge shrouds are formed by plastic deformation such as by metal spinning, stretch forming or hydroforming. The hub is similarly formed and a plurality or regularly circumferentially spaced spiral vanes extend axially therebetween so that when the hub, blades and shroud are joined by welding or brazing, there is formed a heavy duty impeller having an axially extending inlet and a radially extending annular outlet. Following the fabrication, the impeller is finished and metallized.

Abstract: A shrouded rotor blade annulus for a double flow centripetal turbine stage, comprising a center row of radial blades and two end rows of axial blades mounted on the periphery of a turbine rotor disc or drum, and two segmented annular shrouds, each covering the top of an axial blade row and one side of the radial blade row, with the shroud segments being integral with the axial blades. In an alternate embodiment, the radial blades are integral with shroud segments forming the side portion of the two shrouds adjacent these radial blades and the axial blades are integral with adjacent shroud segments forming the deck portion of these shrouds and covering the axial blade rows.

Abstract: A bladed rotor comprising a plurality of wheels each having a central solid hub and blades formed integrally with the hub, the wheels having radially extending annular end faces which are abutted and welded together, a pair of journals being abutted and welded to the axially outermost free end faces of the assembly of wheels.

Abstract: A stirring device is disclosed for mixing liquid and dry ingredients in a tank. The stirring device employs an agitator prop having claws or fingers formed thereon to break up balls of dry ingredients, a shear plate to strain and shear ingredients forced therethrough by operation of the agitator prop and a pump prop. The agitator and pump props have reverse pitches with respect to each other such that both props push the ingredients toward the shear plate.

Abstract: A high speed, high capacity impeller assembly for a double suction, double volute centrifugal pump. The impeller assembly includes an impeller and two inducers rotatably mounted on a shaft. The inducers feed influent into the eye of the impeller on either side thereof. The impeller includes a plurality of vanes having a low lead angle at the leading edge of each vane. Partial vanes are also provided between each main vane to reduce vortex motion and pump vibration.