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|43rd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 3
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|PRESTRESSED SLAB ELEMENT - The invention relates to a prestressed slab element (
|PREFABRICATED FRAME SUPPORT - A support frame for supporting an intersection between a first wall section and a second wall section. The support frame including a first support panel having a top edge and a bottom edge, which are configured to be positioned between respective upper and lower plates of the first wall section. Moreover, the support frame has a pair of second support panels affixed to the first panel, and each second support panel has a top edge and a bottom edge configured to be positioned between respective upper and lower plates of the second wall section.
|Wall corner strip - A wall corner strip (
|Wall Section for a Wind Turbine Tower and Wind Turbine Tower - A wall section for a tower of a wind turbine is provided. The wall section includes an inner edge surrounding an opening of the wall section and a protrusion protruding in a thickness direction of the wall section and extending transverse to the thickness direction. Further a wind turbine tower is provided. The wind turbine tower includes a tower wall portion and a wall section as described above. The wall section is connected to the tower wall portion at least at a portion of an outer edge of the wall section.
|SLAB EDGE CASING AND METHOD THEREFOR - A slab edge casing for finishing a slab edge is provided. The casing comprises a face which defines a finished slab edge for an unfinished slab edge; and, a base which extends from the face. The base is connectable to one of a slab face that is adjacent the unfinished slab edge or is registerable with the unfinished slab edge. The face and base have respective inside surfaces that define a form into which concrete is poured and allowed to cure. One of the face and base also comprise a reinforcing element mount for receiving a reinforcing element that extends from the unfinished slab edge. A method for installing the casing is also provided.
|Moisture barrier - A moisture barrier is formed between a water bearing floor surface and external material, such as flooring or water bearing wall surfaces, wherein the water bearing floor surface includes an embedded water barrier membrane incorporated into one or more of the edges of the water bearing floor surface. The water bearing floor surface may include a shower floor pan, sink, or similar water collecting surface. The external material may include water bearing wall surfaces, such as FRP, or flooring material, such as ceramic tile or epoxy flooring materials. The combination of the water barrier membrane and external materials creates a water proof seal without caulk or other sealant which does not deteriorate with time and usage. Also, the invention may include a non-porous adjacent material including a notch for accepting the water barrier membrane and wherein the water barrier membrane is glued or otherwise affixed to the water bearing floor surface.
|UNDER PURLIN INSULATION SYSTEM - A method for installing a vapor bather in a building includes loosely hanging a strip around a periphery of an area to be insulated, providing a vapor bather having a plurality of attachments, the attachments adapted to attach to the strip, attaching the attachments to the strip, and then tightening the strip to tighten the vapor bather.
|Natural Fiber Composite Construction Panel - A construction panel that contains polymer and natural plant fiber. The construction panel has an upper portion in which the polymer is recycled, and a lower portion in which the polymer is not contaminated. The upper portion may contain a large proportion of fire retardant material, so as to increase the burn-through rate. The construction panel can carry a low emissivity covering in non-exposed portions.
|MASONRY UNIT FOR CONSTRUCTING A MULTI-WYTHE WALL - A masonry unit for constructing a wall is disclosed. The masonry unit includes at least three substantially vertical parallel partitions. Each of the partitions connects to an adjacent partition by a web thereby defining a pair of oppositely-facing open-ended recesses on either side of the web. Each of the webs connecting the partitions is offset from any adjacent webs in the masonry unit. A plurality of separated continuous vertical cavities extending through multiple layers of stacked masonry units are formed within the wall when positioning the multiple layers of stacked masonry units on top of each other in a horizontally offset and vertically inverted manner.
|TRANSFERRING LOADS ACROSS JOINTS IN CONCRETE SLABS - Novel dowel structures and related methods are provided. In one embodiment, a unitary dowel structure is formed from a plurality of laminates. In certain embodiments, a first dowel laminate may be placed substantially above or below one or more other dowel laminates. At least one laminate may include a first material that is substantially devoid in another laminate. Upon being in communication, the laminates may form a unitary dowel structure having a first end and a second end that are configured to flex in a vertical direction without breaking to transfer stress loads from a concrete slab in communication with the first end of the unitary dowel structure and a concrete slab in communication with the second end of the unitary dowel structure.
|PANEL, IN PARTICULAR FLOOR PANEL - A panel, in particular a floor panel, with a core consists of a wood material or a wood material-plastic mixture. A top side and a bottom side are provided. The panel has on a first lateral edge a lower locking element, which includes a first arm that is arranged on the bottom side of the panel and that projects over the first lateral edge. A first hook element with an undercut is arranged on an outer end of the first arm. The panel has on a second lateral edge that is opposite to the first lateral edge an upper locking element with a second arm that is arranged on the top side of the panel and that projects over the second lateral edge. A second hook element, which has at least one locking nose, is arranged on an outer end of the second arm, such that two identically designed panels can be connected and locked to one another in the horizontal direction and in the vertical direction after the locking nose of one panel is snapped into the undercut of a second panel. In the first arm of the lower locking element, at least one integral slot is provided with a width that is smaller than that of the second hook element.
|SUPPORT STRUCTURE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a support structure system having a first support structure and having a second support structure, wherein the second support structure is at least partly received in the first support structure in at least one position of the support structure system; in that both support structures are able to be displaced or telescoped relative to one another; and in that the first and/or the second support structure is/are formed by a lattice support structure which can be inwardly folded and outwardly folded.
|Wall structure assembly - A wall panel structure which is easily assembled and disassembled and is constructed from a plurality of frame assemblies, each frame assembly comprising a first frame component having a first wall and an adjacent second wall, the first wall having an externally accessible abutment surface; and a second frame component having an angled cross section defined by first and second arms, the first arm having an inwardly extending flange configured to engage said abutment surface of the first frame component, and the second arm configured to engage the second wall of the first frame component.
|Window Trim System and Method - A window trim system and method comprises a trim hoop sized to be slid over an outer face of a window frame to the exterior edge of the frame. A stop member formed around the exterior edge abuts and aligns the trim hoop. A friction member may or may not be installed around the inside of the trim hoop to help hold the trim hoop initially in place. Sealant is then applied around the junction of the trim hoop and window frame on the inside of the trim hoop to fix the trim hoop to the window frame and create a seal against air and water infiltration. The resulting window frame and trim assembly is particularly suited for use in an overfit replacement window installation, but may be used in virtually any window installation.
|System and method for construction of a floor slab and a roof slab - This invention features a system for construction of a floor or roof slab. The system includes a starter mold configured to span a floor opening or a roof opening. The starter mold includes a first skin configured to form a diaphragm and a second skin attached to the first skin configured to reinforce the first skin.
|Composite Thermal Insulation Wall Body of a Building - A composite thermal insulation member of building is provided. It relates to the composite thermal insulation member of the building, especially the composite thermal insulation wall body and the composite roof aimed to solve the problem of high cost of the existing energy-saving wall body and the inconvenience of construction, the first structure is the core layer bonded inside the frame with the outer protecting layer provided on the surface of the core layer and the alkali-resistant netting fabric bonded to the outer protecting layer and the load-carrying component, the second structure is the core layer provided between the indoor and outdoor outer protecting layers and bonded each other, also the steel hoop fixed with the steel bars inside the indoor and outdoor outer protecting layers, the third structure is the outer protecting layer provided on two sides of the core layer and its upper side and bonded to it, also the core layer and the steel bars arranged inside the outer protecting layer as well as the outer protecting layer wrapped and surrounded by the alkali-resistant netting fabric, the fourth structure is the composite pillar anchored to the main structure and the core layer bonded to the main structure and the light composite pillar with the composite girder supported on the composite pillar and the plastered outer protecting layer on the composite pillar, composite girder and the outer side of the core layer, the fifth structure is the core layer provided between the upper and lower outer protecting layers with the lower outer protecting layer fixed to the girder or wall of the main structure, the invention has the advantages of low cost, convenience of construction etc. which is beneficial to the energy-saving of the construction and the reform of the wall body.
|Device for separating and aligning the position of metal container seals - Device for separation and position alignment of metallic container closures (
|PACKAGING MACHINE WITH OSCILLATING SEALING TOOL - The invention relates to a packaging machine with a sealing device, whereby a sealing-tool upper part or sealing-tool lower part can be excited to a vibration (S) approximately parallel to a sealing plane (E).
|PRODUCT AND PROCESS FOR PACKAGING A POWDER - The invention is directed at a process for enabling the packaging of a powder (
|DECORATIVE GRASS HAVING AN APPEARANCE SIMULATING THE APPEARANCE OF CLOTH - Decorative grasses having an appearance or texture simulating the appearance or texture of cloth are disclosed, as are methods for making such decorative grasses from materials, wherein at least one surface of the material is modified to simulate the appearance or texture of cloth.
|Multi-Layer, Ethylene Polymer-Based Films with Polypropylene-Based Stiffening Layer - This invention discloses a multi-layer film for making pouches for containing flowable materials, said multi-layer film comprising generally five layers in order: inner sealant-layer, first interposed layer, the core layer, second interposed layer, and the outer sealant layer. The sealant and core layers are ethylene-based, whereas the interposed layers are polypropylene-based. The multi-layer film thickness is in the range of from about 35 microns to about 66 microns. The combined thickness of the first and the second interposed layers is in the range of from about 10% to about 27% of the total thickness of said multi-layer film. Similarly, a combined thickness of the inner and the outer sealant-layers is in the range of from about 10% to about 27% of the total thickness of the multi-layer film. The interposed layers comprise polypropylene that has a melt-index of less than 0.75 dg/min.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WRAPPING A FOIL AROUND A STACK OF OBJECTS - An apparatus for wrapping a film around each of a sequence of objects passing sequentially through a wrapping station has a supply of the film adjacent the station, a feed head at the station having a base, a support carried on the base and rotatable relative thereto about a vertical axis, and a feeder on the base for pulling the film off the supply and feeding it to the support. A film storer carried on the support is operable to take in and store a length of film fed to the support by the feeder. A pull-down device in the station is vertically displaceable below the feed head.
|COMPRESSED PACKAGED ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING, TRANSPORTING, SHIPPING AND USING SAME - The present invention relates, in general, to articles that are packaged in a compressed state relative to an uncompressed fully articulated state and methods of making and using same. In a specific embodiment, but not to be considered as limiting, the articles so packaged in a compressed state are plant covers that are either substantially rigid and/or substantially flexible.
|JET POD - An airtight cover assembly includes a side panel folded around goods on a pallet presenting top and bottom opening, a top panel with a plurality of pouches positioned on an inside surface above a vented rigid plate, and a bottom panel encloses the pallet. Hook and loop closures secure the panel assembly. Panel inner and outer surfaces of a poly-vinyl chloride material bonded to an aluminum laminate enclose multiple layers of foam.
|METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DRAWING TUBULAR FILM OR A FILM COVER OVER A STACK OF GOODS - The invention relates to a method for drawing a tubular film (
|SADDLE - A dynamically rigged load distributing system (
|AEROSOL SEPARATOR ASSEMBLY; COMPONENTS; AND METHODS - A filter cartridge for use in separating a hydrophobic liquid aerosol phase from a gas stream, as a crankcase ventilation filter for example, is described. The cartridge includes a media pack comprising filtration media surrounding an open interior and a first end piece. Various structure included on the first end piece is described. An example is a D-shaped projection. Also described is an assembly including the filter cartridge, specific features of a housing component of the assembly. Methods of assembly and use are also described.
|FILTER ELEMENT FOR CLEANING AN AIR STREAM THAT IS CHARGED WITH PARTICLES AND FILTER DEVICE THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH SAID ELEMENT - The invention relates to a filter device (
|OIL-SEPARATOR ROTOR FOR A TURBOMACHINE - An oil separator rotor for a turbomachine, including a tubular hub that includes an external annular flange and an annular cover which, in cross section, is substantially L-shaped and mounted around the hub. The hub flange includes, at its external periphery, a mechanism to radially retain the free end of the cylindrical wall of the cover, so as to center this end and prevent it from deforming in the radially outwards direction under the effect of centrifugal force.
|Pole mounted fruit-thinning device - A 'head' or cap device, mountable on the end of a pole, for thinning fruit, such as cherries. The head includes a hub that caps or mounts upon the end of the pole. A multiple of tines mount to and extend outward from the hub, approximately perpendicular from the lengthwise axis of the pole. The tines are regularly spaced around and radially project from the perimeter of the hub and include a bend at their midpoints of approximately forty-five degrees, back toward the far end of the pole. The pole mounted head is especially useful in the swift thinning of unripe cherries, by twisting and raking the tines of the device along fruit laden branches. As the tines become clogged with fruit and debris, the head is rotated by the user to expose clean tines and clear raked fruit and debris from between the tines.
|Cotton Stalk Removal Apparatus - A cotton stalk remover apparatus is provided for attachment to a cotton harvesting machine. The removal apparatus is placed in-line behind each harvesting head or operated as a separate machine. The removal apparatus includes a blade section having a rotating blade that lifts and damages cotton stalks. The cotton stalks are released rearward from the blade section assisted by the rotating blade. The blade may have four peripheral blades, and the blade may be assisted in ejecting the cotton stalks by an directional device section having a rotating walker or alternatively a spiral auger that moves the top section of cotton stalks downward and rearward. The lifting and de-rooting of the cotton stalks by the blade may be assisted by a pulling section that includes rotating spindles with spiral flanges that grab, lift and release the stalks immediately prior to the stalks entering the blade section.
|PROCESS FOR CO-GENERATION OF MECHANICAL-ELECTRICAL ENERGY AND HEAT - This invention relates to a process for the production of electrical or mechanical energy and heat from a liquid fuel that comprises:
|MICRO-CATHODE THRUSTER AND A METHOD OF INCREASING THRUST OUTPUT FOR A MICRO-CATHODE THRUSTER - A magnetically enhanced micro-cathode thruster assembly for providing long-lasting thrust is provided. The micro-cathode thruster assembly includes a tubular housing, a tubular cathode, an insulator, an anode and a magnetic field. The tubular housing includes an open distal end. The tubular cathode is housed within the housing and includes a distal end positioned proximate the open distal end of the housing. The insulator is in contact with the cathode forming an external cathode-insulator interface. The anode is housed within the housing, proximate the open distal end of the housing. The magnetic field is positioned at or about the external cathode-insulator interface and has magnetic field lines with an incidence angle of about 0 to about 90 degrees and preferably about 4 to about 30 degrees relative to the external cathode-insulator interface.
|METHOD FOR THE ON-BOARD REACTIVATION OF THERMALLY AGED NITROGEN OXIDE STORAGE CATALYSTS IN MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE OPERATED PREDOMINANTLY UNDER LEAN CONDITIONS - Nitrogen oxide storage catalysts are used to remove the nitrogen oxides present in the lean exhaust gas of lean-burn engines. Storage catalysts are thermally aged by high temperatures. Ageing is due to sintering of the catalytically active noble metal components of the catalyst and to formation of compounds of the storage components with the support materials. According to the invention, the formation of compounds of the storage materials can be largely reversed by treatment of the storage material with a gas mixture containing carbon dioxide, optionally water vapor and optionally nitrogen oxides at temperatures in the range from 200° C. to 950° C., preferably from 300° C. to 700° C. The reactivation can be carried out under emission-neutral conditions directly in the vehicle during driving operation by setting of suitable exhaust gas conditions and regulating the air/fuel ratio.
|RECONFIGURABLE MIXER FOR AN EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A mixer for an exhaust aftertreatment system, such as a diesel engine exhaust aftertreatment system, is disclosed. The mixer includes a body portion that is configured to be disposed in an exhaust conduit upstream of an exhaust aftertreatment device and an airfoil portion that is disposed on the body portion and reversibly movable between a deployed position and a retracted position, wherein in the deployed position the airfoil portion provides a deployed resistance to an exhaust gas flow and in the retracted position provides a retracted resistance, and the deployed resistance is greater than the retracted resistance. The mixer preferably comprises a two-way shape memory alloy, particularly a high temperature, oxidation resistant shape memory alloy. An exhaust aftertreatment system employing the mixer is also disclosed, as well as a method of using the same.
|START-STOP HYBRID EXOTHERMIC CATALYST HEATING SYSTEM - A catalyst heating system includes a first monitoring module, a mode selection module and an electrically heated catalyst (EHC) control module. The first monitoring module monitors at least one of (i) a first temperature of a first catalyst of a catalyst assembly in an exhaust system of an engine and (ii) an active catalyst volume of the catalyst assembly. The mode selection module is configured to select an EHC heating mode and at least one of a fuel enrichment mode and a secondary air injection mode based on the at least one of the first temperature and the active catalyst volume. The EHC control module controls current to one of the first catalyst and a second catalyst of the catalyst assembly based on the mode signal.
|Electrically Heated Filter Regeneration Methods and Systems - A method of regenerating a particulate filter is provided. The method includes estimating a stress level of the particulate filter; and selectively controlling current to a heater of the particulate filter based on the stress level.
|METHOD FOR REGENERATING A DIESEL PARTICLE FILTER - A method for regenerating a diesel particle filter (
|VAPORIZER - A vaporizer device which works together with an exhaust pipe carrying process exhaust gas. An exhaust duct of the vaporizer device opens into the exhaust pipe. The vaporizer device has a burner comprising an injection device for fuel and air, a combustion chamber, and the exhaust duct. An exhaust gas aftertreatment device is inserted into the exhaust pipe downstream of the junction with the exhaust duct. A method for the operation of such a vaporizer device. According to the invention, a vaporizer device and a method for the operation of such a vaporizer device are provided, and are expanded or improved with respect to the functionality thereof. This is achieved in that an introduction device for the vaporizable liquid is inserted into the exhaust duct. The corresponding method is characterized in that the burner provides sufficient thermal energy, wherein the lower limit thereof is prespecified by the provision of an amount of energy which is sufficient for the vaporization of an amount of vaporizable liquid which is larger than the amount of vaporizable liquid introduced into the exhaust duct.
|NOx SENSOR VALUE CORRECTING DEVICE AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE EXHAUST PURIFICATION SYSTEM - To provide a NO
|EXHAUST PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust purification apparatus for an internal combustion engine according to the present invention includes a heated gas generation apparatus configured to generate heated gas utilizing exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust passage. The heated gas generation apparatus includes a catalyst configured to provide an oxidation function, a fuel supply nozzle, and a heater. An exhaust purification unit is provided downstream of the heated gas generation apparatus. An incoming gas temperature of the exhaust purification unit is detected and estimated. An actual incoming gas temperature being a detected value and an estimated incoming gas temperature both acquired when at least the fuel supply nozzle is actuated are compared with each other. Based on the result of the comparison, the apparatus detects one of poisoning of the catalyst with HC and degradation of the catalyst. Thus, the heated gas generation apparatus is prevented from discharging HC.
|EXHAUST GAS CONTROL DEVICE OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An exhaust gas control device of an internal combustion engine has an exhaust treatment device that purifies an exhaust gas. The exhaust gas control device is formed such that unburned fuel is supplied into the exhaust gas by a fuel addition valve, and the unburned fuel is ignited by a glow plug, to generate thereby a flame that reaches an upstream end of an exhaust treatment device. The unburned fuel is caused to become adhered to the upstream end of the exhaust treatment device before a generated flame reaches the exhaust treatment device. Then, the unburned fuel adhered to the upstream end of the exhaust treatment device burns by the flame.
|SELECTIVE CATALYST REDUCTION SYSTEM WITH BYPASS SYSTEM - Disclosed herein is an SCR system of a vessel for discharging exhaust gas from an exhaust gas source in the vessel to an outside after performing purification of the exhaust gas. The SCR system includes an SCR reactor connected at a leading end thereof to the exhaust gas source and including a catalyst activated by the exhaust gas introduced into the SCR reactor, a reducing agent supply line supplying NH
|Ammonia Slip Catalyst Diagnostic Methods and Systems - A method of diagnosing an ammonia slip catalyst device is provided. The method includes: computing a delta between a first temperature and a second temperature; evaluating the delta based on an efficiency threshold; and generating a fault notification based on the evaluating.
|EXHAUST SYSTEM FOR LEAN BURN IC ENGINE INCLUDING PARTICULATE FILTER AND NOX ABSORBENT - An exhaust system for a lean burn internal combustion engine comprises a particulate filter (CSF), a first NO
|Bifunctional Catalyst for Decomposition and Oxidation of Nitrogen Monoxide, Composite Catalyst Including the Same for Apparatus to Decrease Exhaust Gas, and Method for Preparation Thereof - Disclosed are a bifunctional catalyst for simultaneously removing nitrogen oxide and particulate matters, capable of decomposing nitrogen monoxide and generating nitrogen dioxide through oxidation of nitrogen monoxide, a composite catalyst including the catalyst for simultaneously removing nitrogen oxide and particulate matters used for an apparatus to decrease exhaust gas of diesel vehicles, and a method for preparation thereof. The catalyst and the composite catalyst can be used in a device for reducing exhaust gas contaminants mounted on a diesel vehicle and an exhaust gas purification system comprising the device.
|MODULE FOR A THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR, ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR, THERMOELECTRIC GENERATOR, MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MODULE - A module for a thermoelectric generator includes first and second ends, at least one inner tube and one outer tube disposed around the outside of the inner tube and at least one thermoelectric element disposed between the inner and outer tubes. The inner and outer tubes are each electrically insulated from the at least one thermoelectric element. At least one electrically conductive first contact is provided on each of the first and second ends, for electrically conductively connecting the at least one thermoelectric element to an electrical conductor. The module can conduct a fluid or coolant flow through the module from the first end to the second end. An electrical conductor, a thermoelectric generator, a motor vehicle and a method for producing a module, are also provided.
|SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING EFFICIENCY OF A HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED SYSTEM - Systems and methods for efficiently operating a hydraulically actuated device/system are described herein. For example, systems and methods for efficiently operating a gas compression and expansion energy storage system are disclosed herein. Systems and methods are provided for controlling and operating the hydraulic actuators used within a hydraulically actuated device/system, such as, for example, a gas compression and/or expansion energy system, within a desired efficiency range of the hydraulic pump(s)/motor(s) used to supply or receive pressurized hydraulic fluid to or from the hydraulic actuators. In such a system, a variety of different operating regimes can be used depending on the desired output gas pressure and the desired stored pressure of the compressed gas. Hydraulic cylinders used to drive working pistons within the system can be selectively actuated to achieve varying force outputs to incrementally increase the gas pressure within the system for a given cycle.
|LOW COST LINEAR GENERATOR WAVE ENERGY CONVERTERS - A wave energy converter comprising: a linear generator comprising an armature and a stator; a float connected by a linkage to the armature; wherein the weight of the armature and the linkage bear downwards upon the float and one of the armature and stator comprises electrical coils and the other of the armature and stator comprises a stack of permanent magnets, the arrangement being such that during the ascending portion of a passing wave, the buoyancy of the float causes the armature to rise, and as the wave falls away, the combined weight of the float, linkage and armature causes the armature to fall, electricity thereby being generated upon the upstroke and the downstroke, the stack of permanent magnets or electrical coils of the armature being sufficiently sized in terms of deadweight to procure that the combined weight of the armature, linkage and float and any other travelling components act sufficiently against the electromotive force being generated by the linear generator upon the downward stroke to ensure that the float descends to the trough of the passing wave.
|DEVICE FOR A WINCH-OPERATED WAVE-POWER PLANT - A device for a winch-operated wave-power plant with a self-tightening winch connecting a wave-energy-absorbing body via a winch wire to a reference point. A winch cable drum is connected via a mechanical energy absorption- and conversion system to a rotating outgoing axle. The mechanical energy absorption- and conversion system is connected to a slip clutch. The slip clutch is arranged between the winch axle and the outgoing axle. The slip clutch can be set to slip, thereby reducing the flow of mechanical rotational energy from the rotating winch through the mechanical energy absorption- and conversion system, so that the amount of energy per time unit absorbed by the mechanical energy absorption- and conversion system is limited by how much the slip clutch slips. The system further includes a governing system controlling the slip clutch by acting upon excessive speed and/or forces in the winch and the winch axle.
|METHODS AND DEVICES FOR OPTIMIZING HEAT TRANSFER WITHIN A COMPRESSION AND/OR EXPANSION DEVICE - Systems, methods and devices for optimizing heat transfer within a device or system used to compress and/or expand a gas, such as air, are described herein. For example, systems, methods and devices for optimizing the heat transfer within an air compression and expansion energy storage system are described herein. A compressor and/or expander device can include one or more of various embodiments of a heat transfer element that can be disposed within an interior of a cylinder or pressure vessel used in the compression and/or expansion of a gas, such as air. Such devices can include hydraulic and/or pneumatic actuators to move a fluid (e.g., liquid or gas) within the cylinder or pressure vessel. The heat transfer element can be used to remove heat energy generated during a compression and/or expansion process.
|THERMOACOUSTIC ENGINE - A thermoacoustic engine includes first and second stacks disposed in parallel in a looped tube and a heat storage unit disposed in the looped tube. A circuit length between a center of the first stack and a center of the heat storage unit is equal to a circuit length between a center of the second stack and the center of the heat storage unit. A first acoustic circuit including the first stack and the heat storage unit has a circuit length which is equal to a circuit length of a second acoustic circuit including the second stack and the heat storage unit.
|FORMING LIQUID SPRAYS IN COMPRESSED-GAS ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS FOR EFFECTIVE HEAT EXCHANGE - In various embodiments, efficiency of energy storage and recovery systems compressing and expanding gas is improved via heat exchange between the gas and a heat-transfer fluid.
|STIRLING CYCLE EPITROCHOIDAL HEAT ENGINE - An epitrochoidal Stirling type engine operating on a Carnot cycle. The engine has a hot end and a cool end. Each end has a three-lobed rotary piston or rotor eccentrically mounted. Each rotor is in a four-lobed housing. There are connections for fluid flow between pairs of lobes with regenerators in the connections. The thermodynamic cycle corresponds to that of the Stirling engine. Heat is applied to one end of the engine and heat is discharged at the other end. As each rotor moves in and out of the housing lobes, a hydrodynamic fluid film of gas is produced between the rotor and the housing which keeps the rotor from contacting the housing.
|THERMOACOUSTIC ENGINE - A thermoacoustic engine includes a first stack and a second stack disposed in a gas-filled looped tube. The first stack has a first end to which heat is inputted and a second end to which cooling water is inputted, and the second stack has a first end to which the cooling water is inputted after passing through the second end of the first stack, and a second end provided with a cooling device. The thermoacoustic engine further includes a flow controller for controlling the flow rate of the cooling water to be inputted to the second end of the first stack.
|BRAKE ACTUATOR UNIT - Disclosed is a brake actuator unit capable of improving the pedal feeling. The brake actuator unit includes a housing, a master cylinder connected to one end of the housing and provided therein with first and second pistons arranged in parallel to each other, an operating fluid reservoir coupled to an upper portion of the master cylinder to store operating fluid, a simulator accommodated in the master cylinder to provide repulsive force of a pedal, an input shaft moving back and forth according to an operation of the pedal, a control plunger slidably moving back and forth together with the input shaft, first and second output shafts positioned corresponding to first and second pistons to move back and forth together with the control plunger, and a pedal displacement sensor connected to the input shaft.
|Brake Controller - Provided is a brake controller which can be made smaller. The brake controller (
|VERSATILE THERMAL SOLAR SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING HOT WATER UP TO HIGH TEMPERATURES - The present invention refers to a versatile thermal solar system for producing hot water up to high temperatures.
|CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER GAS TURBINE AND CONCENTRATED-SOLAR-POWER-GAS TURBINE POWER GENERATION EQUIPMENT - Provided is a concentrated solar power gas turbine that enables efficient operation to allow a reduction in capacity of the start-up driving source used for compensating for the shortage of solar heat quantity at the start-up/acceleration. The concentrated solar power gas turbine (GT
|CLOSED CIRCUIT OPERATING ACCORDING TO A RANKINE CYCLE AND METHOD USING SAME - The present invention relates to a closed circuit operating according to a Rankine cycle, comprising a circulation and compression pump (
|CLOSED LOOP SCROLL EXPANDER - Apparatuses and methods related to an engine for converting heat into mechanical output using a working fluid in a closed circulating system are disclosed. In some embodiments, the engine includes a pump to pressurize the working fluid, a regenerative heat exchanger to transfer heat from a first portion of the working fluid to a second portion, a heating device to heat the working fluid, and a scroll expander to expand the working fluid and generate the mechanical output. Other embodiments may be described and claimed
|ORGANIC MOTIVE FLUID BASED WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM - The present invention provides a waste heat recovery system, comprising a closed fluid circuit through which an organic motive fluid flows, heat exchanger means for transferring heat from waste heat gases to the motive fluid, means for flashing the motive fluid which exits the heat exchanger means into a high pressure flashed vapor portion, means for flashing liquid non-flashed motive fluid producing a low pressure flashed vapor portion, a high pressure turbine module which receives said high pressure flashed vapor portion to produce power, and a low pressure turbine module which receives a combined flow of motive fluid vapor comprising the low pressure flashed vapor portion and discharge vapor from the high pressure turbine module whereby additional power is produced.
|HEAT CONVERSION SYSTEM SIMULTANEOUSLY UTILIZING TWO SEPARATE HEAT SOURCE STREAM AND METHOD FOR MAKING AND USING SAME - A system and method are disclosed for converting heat into a usable form of energy, where the system and method are designed to utilize at least two separate heat sources simultaneously, where one heat source stream has a higher initial temperature and a second heat source stream has a lower initial temperature, which is transferred to and a multi-component working fluid from which thermal energy is extracted.
|WORKING VEHICLE - A working vehicle has a cooling fan provided on a first side of an engine to blow air to the engine; a muffler main body provided on a second side thereof in a position lower than an upper surface of a head cover of the engine; and an exhaust pipe exposed in a position facing an air blowing path of the cooling fan higher than the upper surface of the head cover of the engine to discharge exhaust from the muffler main body.
|APPARATUS FOR COMBUSTING FUEL WITHIN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A system for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor assembly coupled to a plurality of first nozzles having outlet passageways coupled to a first fuel source and first passageways coupled to a second fuel source. The system also includes the combustor assembly coupled to a second nozzle that has second passageways coupled to the second fuel source. An associated control system, coupled to the combustor assembly, is configured to channel a first fuel from the first fuel source through the outlet passageways, and channel a second fuel from the second fuel source through the second passageways when the engine attains a predetermined load. The control system is further configured to channel the second fuel from the second fuel source through the first passageways and to reduce a flow of the first fuel entering the first nozzles when the engine is at a load greater than a first predetermined load.
|REFINERY RESIDUALS PROCESSING FOR INTEGRATED POWER, WATER, AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS - Systems and methods are provided for processing refinery residuals. In one embodiment, the system may include a gasifier configured to produce syngas from refinery residuals. A gas turbine engine may produce power from the syngas, and the power may be provided to a desalination system. A portion of the syngas may be provided to a shift reactor.
|Tangential Combustor - A combustion section for a gas turbine includes a casing defining a chamber, a plurality of combustor cans disposed in the casing and oriented in an annular pattern, and a plurality of transition pieces each coupled with one of the combustor cans. The transition pieces direct products of combustion from the combustor cans into contact with rotating buckets of the gas turbine. Each of the transition pieces is angled in two planes to effect turning of the products of combustion and to shorten the gas turbine.
|METHOD OF STARTING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A method of starting a gas turbine engine includes maintaining the gas turbine engine at the dwelling speed after light-off until a predetermined magnitude of combustor warm-up is determined then increasing the speed of the starter motor to accelerate the gas turbine engine after the predetermined magnitude of combustor warm-up is achieved.
|HOT GAS PATH COMPONENT COOLING SYSTEM - A cooling system for a hot gas path component is disclosed. The cooling system may include a component layer and a cover layer. The component layer may include a first inner surface and a second outer surface. The second outer surface may define a plurality of channels. The component layer may further define a plurality of passages extending generally between the first inner surface and the second outer surface. Each of the plurality of channels may be fluidly connected to at least one of the plurality of passages. The cover layer may be situated adjacent the second outer surface of the component layer. The plurality of passages may be configured to flow a cooling medium to the plurality of channels and provide impingement cooling to the cover layer. The plurality of channels may be configured to flow cooling medium therethrough, cooling the cover layer.
|Thermoelectric module and method for manufacturing the same - Disclosed herein are a thermoelectric module including a first substrate and a second substrate that are opposite to each other and spaced from each other; first and second electrodes that are disposed on the inner side surfaces of the first and second substrates, respectively; and a thermoelectric element that is interposed between the first and second electrodes and is electrically bonded to the first and second electrodes, wherein at least any one of the first and second substrates has an insulating layer disposed on one surface and a fluid flowing line for moving a fluid transferring heat therein, and a method for manufacturing the same.
|Environment Control Apparatus for Cultivating Plants - An environment control apparatus for cultivating plants includes a casing having a bottom with first and second holes. A thermoelectric cooling module is mounted in the first hole and includes first and second sides. The first side faces the casing. A temperature control pipe includes two ends connected to a heat reservoir. The temperature control pipe includes a heat exchanging section in contact with the second side of the thermoelectric cooling module. A first power device is mounted on the temperature control pipe. An auxiliary heat pipe includes two ends connected to the heat reservoir. The auxiliary heat pipe includes a heat dissipating section located in the second hole. A processor is coupled to the thermoelectric cooling module and the first power device.
|SELF COOLING CONTAINER AND A COOLING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a container for storing a beverage, the container having a container body and a closure and defining an inner chamber, the inner chamber defining an inner volume and including a specific volume of the beverage. The container further includes a cooling device having a housing defining a housing volume. The cooling device includes at least two separate, substantially non-toxic reactants causing an entropy-increasing reaction producing substantially non-toxic products in a stoichiometric number. The at least two separate substantially non-toxic reactants initially being included in the cooling device are separated from one another and causing an entropy-increasing reaction and a heat reduction of the beverage of at least 50 Joules/ml beverage. The cooling device further includes an actuator for initiating the reaction between the at least two separate, substantially non-toxic reactants.
|Method of Freezing With Brine - Improved brine solutions and uses thereof for uncontaminatedly and/or efficiently freezing items such as foods, and biological samples. In accordance with one embodiment, a brine solution containing a sufficient amount of dye in conferring the solution a distinctive color is used in the freezing process. In accordance with another embodiment, a brine solution containing deionized water is used for improving the freezing efficiency and/or freezing capacity.
|EPOXIDE AND FLUORINATED EPOXIDE STABILIZERS FOR FLUOROOLEFINS - The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one fluoroolefin and an effective amount of stabilizer that may be an epoxide, fluorinated epoxide or oxetane, or a mixture thereof with other stabilizers. The stabilized compositions may be useful in cooling apparatus, such as refrigeration, air-conditioning, chillers, and heat pumps, as well as in applications as foam blowing agents, solvents, aerosol propellants, fire extinguishants, and sterilants.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DECREASED PERFORMANCE IN A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for detecting performance degradation in a refrigeration system. Specifically, the present invention provides systems and methods for detecting, at a very early stage, a low refrigerant charge and degradation in condenser performance of a refrigeration system.
|HEAT PUMP TYPE SPEED HEATING APPARATUS - A heat pump type speed heating apparatus, comprising: a cooling cycle circuit to circulate a first refrigerant to operate air conditioning, the cooling cycle circuit including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion apparatus, and an indoor heat exchanger, a hot water supply compressor to compress a second refrigerant, a hot water supply heat exchanger to condense the compressed second refrigerant and to heat water, a hot water supply expansion apparatus to expand the second refrigerant from the hot water supply heat exchanger, and a cascade heat exchanger, connected to the cooling cycle circuit, to evaporate the second refrigerant expanded at the hot water supply expansion apparatus, and the first refrigerant to undergo condensation, expansion, and evaporation in the cooling cycle circuit.
|HEAT PUMP TYPE SPEED HEATING APPARATUS - A heat pump type speed heating apparatus is provided that may include a cooling cycle circuit (including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion apparatus, and an indoor heat exchanger), a hot water supply heat exchanger connected to the cooling cycle circuit through a hot water supply flow path for a refrigerant from the compressor to condense, expand, and evaporate in the cooling cycle circuit after being used for a hot water supply, a refrigerant controller to control a flow direction of the refrigerant from the compressor such that the refrigerant discharged from the compressor passes through the hot water supply heat exchanger or bypasses the hot water supply heat exchanger, and a heat exchanger bypass flow path to guide the refrigerant that has passed the hot water heat exchanger between the outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger to bypass either of the outdoor heat exchanger or the indoor heat exchanger.
|AIRFLOW DRIVING DEVICE HAVING FUNCTION OF MEASURING FLOW RATE AND AIR CONDITIONER WITH SAME - An airflow driving device includes an airflow-guiding member for receiving and guiding an airflow. The airflow-guiding member includes a first opening and a second opening. The open areas of the first opening and the second opening are different such that a pressure difference is generated between the first opening and the second opening. According to the pressure difference, a flow rate of the airflow passing through the airflow driving device is calculated.
|HEAT PUMP TYPE HOT WATER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A heat pump-type hot water supply apparatus may be provided that includes: a refrigeration cycle circuit (including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, expansion devices, and an indoor heat exchanger); a hot water supply heat exchanger connected to the refrigeration cycle circuit to use the first refrigerant discharged from the compressor for a hot water supply; a cascade heat exchanger connected to the refrigeration cycle circuit to allow the first refrigerant passing through the hot water supply heat exchanger to evaporate a second refrigerant and thereafter, to be condensed, expanded, and evaporated in the refrigeration cycle circuit; a heat storage compressor compressing the second refrigerant evaporated in the cascade heat exchanger, a heat storage tank to heat water using the second refrigerant compressed by the heat storage compressor, and a heat storage expansion device to expand the second refrigerant condensed in the heat storage tank.
|Temperature Regulating Device - A temperature regulating device includes a C-shape portion, at least a solar panel and a small fan. A space is provided in the C-shape portion. Several outlets are disposed on top of the C-shape portion. Several inlets are disposed on the bottom of the C-shape portion and are in fluid communication with the space. The solar panel is disposed on the outer side of the C-shape portion to absorb sunlight so as to convert it to electricity. The small fan is electrically connected with the solar panel and is disposed in a space of the C-shape portion. Therefore, a user may wear the device and uses the solar panel to generate electricity. The device is easy to carry and use and is environmentally friendly.
|AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR A BUILDING - An air conditioning system for a building is provided that includes a heat sink, a heat source and a heat pump, the heat pump having a plurality of hollow elements especially comprising an adsorption agent. A heat-transporting fluid for heat exchange with the heat source and/or the heat sink can be distributed in a variable manner between a plurality of flow paths associated with the hollow elements, by means of a rotary valve, whereby the hollow elements are brought into thermal contact with the fluid at a variable temperature. Air in the building can be conditioned by means of the hollow elements by a temperature difference between the heat source and the heat sink. The heat pump is designed as a decentrally arranged structural unit spatially separated from at least either the heat source or heat sink.
|REFRIGERATED MERCHANDISER WITH SHELF AIR DISCHARGE - A refrigerated merchandiser including a case that defines a product display area with an opening. The case includes a base that has an air inlet located adjacent the product display area. The refrigerated merchandiser also includes a canopy that is disposed substantially above the product display area, and that has an air outlet located adjacent the product display area. A primary passageway fluidly connects the air inlet with the air outlet to direct a first refrigerated airflow from the air outlet across the opening. The refrigerated merchandiser further includes a shelf coupled to the case within the product display area, and a duct apparatus removably coupled to the shelf and in direct fluid communication with the primary passageway. The duct apparatus defines a secondary air passageway between the primary passageway and the product display area to direct a second refrigerated airflow from the duct apparatus across the opening below the canopy.
|REFRIGERATED MERCHANDISER WITH SHELF AIR DISCHARGE - A merchandiser including a case that has an air inlet and defines a product display area with a customer access opening. The merchandiser also includes a canopy that has a first air outlet and a second air outlet, a first passageway connecting the air inlet with the first air outlet to direct a first airflow through the first air outlet at least partially across the opening to define a primary air curtain, and a second passageway in fluid communication with a HVAC system by ducting coupled between the merchandiser and the HVAC system to direct a second airflow defining a secondary air curtain from the HVAC system through the second air outlet at least partially across the opening. The primary and secondary air curtains cooperate with each other to minimize infiltration of ambient air into the product display area.
|HUMIDITY-ADJUSTING AIR CONDITIONER - A humidity-adjusting air conditioner includes a casing, a heat exchanger, a humidifier and an airflow driving device. The heat exchanger is disposed within the casing for transferring heat of an airflow. The heat exchanger includes a primary duct and a secondary duct. The secondary duct includes a valve. The valve is selectively opened or closed to control whether the secondary duct transfers heat of the airflow. The humidifier is disposed beside a flow path of the airflow for humidifying the airflow. The airflow driving device is disposed within the casing for driving the airflow.
|MOVEMENT-SENSITIVE ICE AND WATER DISPENSING IN AN APPLIANCE - An appliance for dispensing product is provided including a storage compartment located within the appliance, a dispensing unit located on the exterior of the appliance including a dispensing outlet, and an actuating mechanism located on the exterior of the storage compartment. The actuating mechanism is configured to be moved from a neutral position to at least a first position and a second position. The first position is configured to trigger a release of a first type of product, and the second position is configured to release a second type of product, respectively, from the dispensing outlet. In one example, a switch can be provided to detect the position of the actuating mechanism, and each position triggers the release of a different type of product from within the appliance.
|Refrigerator with Ice Maker - A refrigerator with an ice maker (
|REFRIGERATOR - A refrigerator comprises a shell body (
|Refrigerator having drawer - A refrigerator having a drawer to be pushed into or pulled out of a storage compartment. An ice-making unit is integrally mounted in the drawer so as to be pushed into or pulled out of the drawer through an opening perforated in a front wall of the drawer, resulting in improved use convenience and space utilization.
|ICE MAKER WITH ROTATING ICE MOLD AND COUNTER-ROTATING EJECTION ASSEMBLY - An ice maker includes an ice mold and a sweeping element. The ice mold includes a plurality of cavities and is configured to be rotatable about an axis that is spaced apart from the cavities and extends longitudinally with respect to the ice mold. The sweeping element is configured to be rotatable about the axis and includes a shaft with a plurality of fingers radially extending from the shaft. Each of the fingers is configured to extend into a corresponding one of the cavities upon rotation of the shaft about the axis. During a harvesting step, the ice mold is configured to rotate in a first direction about the axis while the sweeping element is configured to rotate in a second direction about the axis that is opposite the first direction.
|Modular Cabinet For Ultra-Low Temperature Freezer - A storage cabinet (
|Thermally Driven Heat Pump for Heating and Cooling - A thermally driven heat pump includes a low temperature evaporator for evaporating cooling fluid to remove heat A first heat exchanger located at an outlet of a converging/diverging chamber of a first ejector receives a flow of primary fluid vapor and cooling fluid vapor ejected from the first ejector for condensing a portion of the cooling fluid vapor An absorber located in the first heat exchanger absorbs cooling fluid vapor into an absorbing fluid to reduce the pressure in the first heat exchanger A second heat exchanger located at an outlet of a converging/diverging chamber of a second ejector receives primary fluid vapor and cooling fluid vapor ejected from the second ejector for condensing the cooling fluid vapor and the primary fluid vapor A separator in communication with the second ejector, the low temperature evaporator and the primary fluid evaporator separates the primary fluid from the cooling fluid.
|REFRIGERATION CIRCUIT - A refrigeration circuit (
|HIGH EFFICIENCY CONDENSER - A high efficiency condenser, in one embodiment, includes a phase change material in thermal contact with the condenser to assist in cooling the condenser during operation and particularly during pull-down operation to improve the cooling capacity of a compressor. In a preferred embodiment of such a system, a coaxial tube carrying the refrigerant through the condenser includes an inner conduit for the refrigerant and a coaxially arranged outer jacket with phase change material for extracting heat from the compressed refrigerant. In another embodiment, a secondary condenser is provided in a secondary coolant circuit and is in thermal contact with the primary condenser. Variable speed fans are associated with the condenser(s) and can be operated in the high speed (turbo) mode during pull-down of a refrigeration system for providing sufficient cooling capacity during a pull-down mode of operation.
|Evaporator unit - An integrated unit is formed by integrally assembling an ejector, a first evaporator that evaporates refrigerant discharged from the ejector, a second evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant drawn into the ejector, a refrigerant dividing portion that adjusts a flow amount of refrigerant flowing in and divided to the nozzle portion and the second evaporator, and a joint in which a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet are formed. In the joint, there is formed a gas-liquid separation portion that causes refrigerant flowing therein to swirl to separate it into gas and liquid. The ejector, refrigerant dividing portion and joint are arranged in a longitudinal direction of the ejector.
|METHOD OF PURIFYING LONIC LIQUIDS - The present invention relates to a method of purifying an ionic liquid by means of fractional crystallization in which a part of the ionic liquid is crystallized and the crystals formed are separated off from the residual liquid. In this process a certain amount of at least one entrainer substance is added to the ionic liquid.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS - Systems and methods for producing liquid natural gas from heat exchange with liquid nitrogen or air is provided. The produced liquid natural gas may be used as vehicle fuel. After heat exchange, the vaporized liquid nitrogen or air may be routed in the system to regenerate a heat exchange unit and/or a natural gas pretreatment unit. After assisting with the regeneration, the vaporized nitrogen or air may be safely vented to atmosphere. In one embodiment, a system for liquefying natural gas using a refrigerant includes a first treating unit configured to remove a contaminant from the natural gas; a first exchanger unit for liquefying the natural gas using the refrigerant; a second exchanger unit configured to receive the refrigerant from the first exchanger unit, wherein the first exchanger unit and the second exchanger unit operate on alternating cycles; a second treating unit configured to receive the refrigerant from the second exchanger unit; and a storage unit for the receiving the liquid natural gas.
|Power Matched Mixed Refrigerant Compression Circuit - A refrigerant compressor circuit for use in a liquefaction plant includes a first compression string driven by a first driver; a second compression string driven by a second driver, a pre-cooling refrigerant compression stage arranged in the first compression string to receive a stream of pre-cooling refrigerant at an inlet pressure and discharge the pre-cooling refrigerant at an outlet pressure, a first compression stage arranged in the first compression string to compress a mixed refrigerant gas from a first pressure to a second pressure, and, a second compression stage arranged in the second compression string to compress the mixed refrigerant gas from the second pressure to a third pressure. The pre-cooling refrigerant compression stage and the first compression stage of the circuit are co-axially mounted on a first shaft drivingly coupled to a first driver in the first compression string.
|Process And Apparatus For The Separation Of Air By Cryogenic Distillation - A process for producing a gaseous component of air under pressure by cryogenic separation is provided.
|Method And Apparatus For Producing Nitrogen By Cryogenic Distillation Of Air - In a method for producing nitrogen by cryogenic distillation, air containing carbon monoxide is sent to a cryogenic distillation column (
|Necklace with plastic hand having a fresh scent compartment - A necklace with plastic hand having a fresh scent compartment includes a 36 inch nylon lanyard necklace made to go around the user's neck; plus a refillable new plastic hand device with two circular plastic hang tabs assembled together and attached onto the palm area. The new plastic hand device is for storing a fresh scent liquid-gel hand sanitizer inside, so now any user of a new liquid-gel hand sanitizer has an easier way to try to keep their own personal hands cleaner and well sanitized from today's germs and viruses. Finally, the new nylon lanyard necklace w/swivel hook is fastened onto of the circular plastic hang tab assembly on the new plastic hand device to form a new compartment. In addition, the new plastic hand device has a screw on 15 mm snap-top cap with valve for releasing the liquid-gel hand sanitizer from the new plastic hand device into a user's hands for sanitizing.


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After a quiet Tuesday night at the plate, the Crabs' bats woke up 24 hours later.
Humboldt smacked a season-high 17 hits, as the offense led the way in a 13-5 win over the East Bay Lumberjacks on Wednesday night at the Arcata Ball Park to sweep the quick two-game series.
Five out of the nine Crabs starters had multi-hit games, led by right fielder Chris Ackmon's four-hit night at the plate. Kyle Moses, Sergio Sanchez -- who was a home run short of the cycle -- and Clay Cederquist all had three hits against the Lumberjacks.
Five pitchers appeared in the game for the Crabs, with Zack McCoy -- who is normally a middle infielder -- coming out of the bullpen to get the victory.
Humboldt (8-2 on the season) will open Far West League play on Friday night when the Menlo Park Legends come to Arcata for the first game of a four-game set at 7 p.m.

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The missing floors in Sydney's tallest tower
Sydney's tallest residential tower will have a level 82, but there will really only be 66 floors.
The developer of Greenland Centre, China's state-owned Greenland Group, has carefully avoided any reference to the number four, because "four" and "death" have a similar look and pronounciation in Mandarin Chinese.
So there's no level four, 14, 24 or 34. An entire 10 floors between level 39 and 50 don't exist. And of course no level 54, 64 or 74.
Same goes with the numbers of the apartments. "No-one wants to get any mail to number four – every time you spell out the number on your door it sounds like 'death' – it's a very bad number," says David Milton, managing director of residential projects at CBRE.
The mysterious disappearing floors are an example of an influx of foreign buyers, further underlined by Treasury figures showing NSW is witnessing a boom in such investment.
In the nine months to March there were 5245 property approvals for foreign buyers worth $9.61 billion, which is on a course to double the 3475 approvals worth $5.57 billion for the 2012-13 financial year.
Greenland Centre has been hugely popular with buyers, with about 85 per cent – 410 of the 484 apartments – already sold.
The buyers of the level 81 and 82 penthouses – priced between $5.6 million and $9.7 million – will be extremely lucky since eight sounds similar to "prosper" or "wealth". One individual, who spends part of the year in China and the rest in Australia, is apparently keen on three.
However, rooftop gardens in Chinese towers are apparently to be avoided because they could represent a green hat. "Wearing a green hat" is a term that Chinese use when a woman cheats on her husband.
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So, go at it. Find me an example where an official blew a game, and I'll either explain why your perception is incorrect, or I'll admit I'm wrong.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
An Umpire has never cost a team a game
So, go at it. Find me an example where an official blew a game, and I'll either explain why your perception is incorrect, or I'll admit I'm wrong.
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- AnonymousDecember 29, 2010 at 1:19 PM
I would like to think you are right and like you, I will defend the officials to the end... that being said a call by a official can change the outcome of a game, right? I have officiated baseball and basketball for well over 30 years and think that I have made calls that were wrong. Some even changed the winner. The one example was after a int. foul call with 1 sec on the clock we gave the ball at the wrong spot. The team scored... if we gave the ball at the proper spot the could not have scored. I have more examples.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2010 at 2:50 PM
I have preached this to my players for years. ONE call does not make any difference in a game one way or the other. You, as a team, can not put yourself into a position where said call makes the difference in the outcome of the game. If you took care of business before said call, it would be meaningless. There is a BIG difference if you get a "bad" call at the plate down 2-1 or up 15-2 but that is the situation, not the call.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 29, 2010 at 4:06 PM
The only time I may have cost a team a game would be at the coin toss! And that is if I flip the coin. I agree that the outcome may hinge on a specific call, however, it is statistcally impossible to blame a whole game on an official. Too many other factors.ReplyDelete
Totally agree with anonymous (#2). You should never put your team in a situation where a bad call (or a bad bounce / fluke play) can cost you a game.ReplyDelete
Anon #1 - I'm sure you made some calls that were wrong, but I don't believe they changed the winner. In your 1 second left example, did the losing team miss any shots all game? Did a player go 7 - 10 from the free throw line? If he had gone 10-10 your call wouldn't have mattered.
Anon #3 - The outcome doesn't hinge on any specific call anymore then it does on any specific play. A blown call at home plate in the bottom of the 9th doesn't affect the outcome of a game anymore than a batter striking out with the bases loaded in the 1st inning, instead of hitting a grand slam (it just may be more memorable, and get more media coverage).
- AnonymousJanuary 9, 2011 at 7:14 PM
I agree. It may look like it was the officials call (perception) but in reality there are to many factors during a game or even before the game. Let say a pitcher broke up with his gf the night before so he could concentrate on his pitching.ReplyDelete
By the way, I've added some comments to an excellent article on The Hardball Times that gets into a discussion of the Denkinger game - and explains clearly why it was not that call that cost the Cardinals a World Series.ReplyDelete


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It's your birthday, party like you mean it!
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Ditto from Grammy !!! Enjoy YOUR day !!
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Hope you are being properly spoiled today, Bogo! (((((HUGS))))) on your Birthday!
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I liked them in the first episode, but they seemed like jerks after that...until the last episode. I love the friendship they seem to have with Mark and Bopper, I would have never guessed they would be friendly with them because of how different they are. And then when they shared their winnings with them at the pit stop I totally cried, that was such a sweet thing for them to do.
They are totally kicking butt in the race right now, if they can keep it up they're practically unstoppable.


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Once identified we start building the organ needed. To achieve the right size and weight of the organ we use the person muscle mass index calculated with its own height and weight. I.e. If we wish to replace an esophagus in a person who weighs 70kg and measures 1.70 mt. (Giving us a muscle mass index of 25) we would have to built a 40 cms esophagus. We can also use a MRI to get a 3D image and get the measurements we need.
Once identified the organs dimension we start developing it by:
First, creating virtual frame for the organ in a CAD computer program, in order to do so we use the number phi as a base to recreate blood cell paths that will feed the new organs cells. We find Phi and its golden ratio all over the universe: in some mollusk, in tree structures, in sunflowers and our DNA.Biofab has created a computer program based on it and if you wish to learn more about it just let us know.
With the CAD model we fill up our first bioprinters hedpin with the Biofabhidrogel (patented) and begin to create the organ's structure. To know more about our gel please ask us confidentiality.
Meanwhike, we obtain -by using our extraction protocol- mesenchymal stem cells from fat or the third molar.
The extracted stem cells are differentiated and cultivated depending on the organ we will print. i.e. In order to print a esophagus we need endoderm cells, if we wish to print cartilage we will need chondrocytes cells.
Printing and Vascularity of the Organ
Once we have the design and biological material we begin the printing process
Printing is done layer by layer. first a layer of Hydrogel is printed as a frame, then the differentiated stem cells. By printing first the frame we can inject up to 17 nanomilimeters of biological material in the different paths we first made: G1 path (straight), G2 (semicircle), G3 (tangent) and G4 (cotangent) .
Since printing is done from the inside out, it can leave cavities of a thickness 10 times lower than the human hair, it is through this cavities that runs blood to feed the organ bringing it to life. That is the reason the process of printing one organ can be segmented and take quite a long time, about 10 hours to print a right knee cartilage and up to 48 hours to print an esophagus.
Once the organ is printed and loaded with biological material from stem cells it is brought to a bioreactor where it will be fed and cultivated to help its cells replicate in dozens of millions.
When the feeding and vascularity processes finish then the organ is transplanted to the human body.
Currently we have the following services and products that have generated an interesting cash flow
1. Cryopreservation of umbilical cord stem cells, adipose tissue and the third molar – Since April, 2015
2. Differentiation and multiplication of stem cells – Since August, 2015
3. Classes for extraction, differentiation, cryopreservation and stem cell application – Since October, 2015
4. BioPrinter Biofab sales – Since November, 2015
5. Cartilage and non compact organs printing – since December , 2015
At the moment we are building a couple of printers for our costumers in Canada and China thereby expanding our services to materials sale and 3D printing training. We are also preparing our first 3D digital printing course, using our own bioprinter. At the end of 2016 we wil be touring medical and technological fairs to introduce our product to the world.
5. Where will we be in 2 years
In 2 years BioFab will increase its printing services to compact bodies, such as liver, kidney, pancreas. Also we will be selling biological printers at a lower cost than the current (USD400,000.00) and expanding our printing services to hospitals and universities on demand.
Also, today we are preparing to launch BioFab as an IPO in late 2018 at a minimum valuation of 2,000,000,000.00


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Oregon in the Early '70s
Form A
Circumstances of Interview
Federal Writers' Project
Works Progress Administration
Name of worker : Sara B. Wrenn Date April 14, 1939
Address : 505 Elks Building, Portland, Oregon
Subject: Subject Oregon in the early 70's
Name and address of informant: J. R. Irving Boone's Ferry Road, Route l, Oswego, Oregon
Date and time of interview: April 11, 1939, afternoon.
Place of interview: Home, at above address
Name and address of person, if any, who put you in touch with informant : --
Name and address of person, if any, accompanying you : --
Description of room, house, surroundings, etc. : Shabby living room of shabby old two-story house, built in the 70's. The room was high-ceilinged, heated by an airtight stove, the pipe of which entered a closed fireplace. The mantel, of white fluted lines, had once been beautiful. The room, as well as the rest of the house, was lighted by kerosene lamps; old-fashioned hanging lamps with flower-painted, thin China shades, hung from the ceiling by chains. At one end of the room was a bay-window, where a sewing machine stood. At the other end was a windowless recess, in which there was a sleeping cot and chair. Adjoining was a dining-room, the furniture of which bore evidence of more prosperous days. An interesting item here was a large, framed photograph of a huge, cupolaed mansion typical of the early 70's.
The garden about the house was apparently begun with much ambition for the future. Once a large farm, with an orchard at the back and fields wandering over the farther hills, the entrance is through old brick pillars, with an avenue of tall lombardy poplars, planted in 1875, leading beyond the house and up to where the mansion was to have been. A hedge surrounds the garden, within which, among flowers and shrubbery, are several old colored porcelain plant containers. Many old outbuildings -- a huge barn, cow sheds, wood sheds, etc.-- yet remain; same of them falling into ruins, and all of them, including the house, badly in need of paint.
Form B
Personal History of Informant
Information obtained should supply the following facts:
1. Ancestry : Robert Irving, father; Mary Hargraves Irving, mother. Both English. Father came to America from England in 1858, returning later for mother.
2. Place and date of birth : Colne, Lancaster, England, in 1860.
3. Family : Family: Wife, Frances [Rohne?] Irving. Children, Mrs. Mary Patton, daughter "Rose Lane" "Carol Knutson" Roland Irving, son
4. Places lived in, with dates : England. Victoria B.C., two or three years. Oregon, since 1875 -- 64 years.
5. Education, with dates : Public schools only.
6. Occupations and accomplishments with dates : [soapmaking?], occupation. No accomplishments
7. Special skills and interests : Chief interest, stock and farming
8. Community and religious activities : Member Protestant church.
9. Description of informant : Small wiry man, with blue eyes, white hair and smooth face.
10. Other points gained in interview : A man who, while seemingly born to poverty in England, where he began work at seven years of age, had reason to expect that he might live in the status of a country gentleman, when a young man: as his father would appear to have been something of a promoter, who hob-mobbed with Portland's early promoters.
Form C
Yes, we've lived 'ore all these years, an' now the old 'ouse is about ready to fall on us; while down where you live on the lake, land is sellin' at all kinds of prices for just a lot. Oswego Lake, huh! We all 'ays called it Sucker Lake. When the young uns went down there to swim years ago the roads was a foot deep in dust. In winter they was mud.
Do I know anything about the old White 'Ouse, down on the river? Why damn it, o' course I do. I know all them fellers that went out there. Everybody that 'ad a fast horse -- and all the bloods 'ad fast horses in them days--drove out the old Macadam Road along the river to the White 'Ouse. It 'ad wide porches, out over the river, and a body could get most anything to drink. They used to say that was where a man took another man's wife. Then if he found out some way his wife wus there with mebbe the husband of the woman with 'im, 'e'd drive around the 'alf-mile racetrack an' go back to town, as good as you please. That's what they said, an' that you could hev just about anything you wanted at the White 'Ouse, besides fine food and champagne. But damn it, the White 'Ouse was a purty good sort of a place. I never saw anything wrong with it, and I see plenty of men there with their wives, too.
Joe Leonard, it was, built the White 'Ouse and the 'alf mile race track adjoining. Joe was a sport, but 'e was a perty fine feller, liberal with 'is money as 'ell. Why God damn it, of course they gambled. Heverybody gambled them days. They played poker some out there. But mostly they played a sort o' shuffle board, built like a billiard table, with halleys on the side, an' they shuffled with quoits. 'Ardly ever played that game for less then $20.00 a throw. They 'ad cockfights there too, but I never took much interest in 'em. Mostly it was 'ores races. Sometimes there'd be as many as two to three 'undred people matchin' them for the best three in five rounds o' the track. Le's see, there was DeLashmutt, an' Bob Wilkes an' Dick Aberdeen, an' Count Wilson. Oh 'ell! I can't remember them all -- heverybody in town what was anybody. Bob Smith, 'e was another. Wilkes, 'e was 'orseman for Simeon Reed.
When a man drank them days, 'e drank. Went to the sideboard or put 'is foot on the rail of a bar, and took 'is whiskey down neat. These fancy cocktails today 's 'nough to make a real man sick. Them was the days they 'ad prizefights too, but they couldn't al'ays 'ave 'em in Portland . I remember once when the sports in town 'ired a boat 'an went down to Lewis River, an' Jack Demsey an' Joe Reilly fought five rounds. Then Dempsey knocked Dave Campbell out in 'nother five rounds. Then they 'ad a real fight; a feller named Sullivan an' Bunco Kelly fought a 'underd rounds; an' fore they called a draw they was jest rollin' in the mud. It was Cap. Carroll engineered them fights.
Them was the days o' shanghain' too. Jim Turk an' the Grant boys, an' Larry Sullivan, they was in cahoots with the sailor boardin' 'ouses; an' some o' them they run too. Shanghain' wasn't so bad sometimes. I remember old Flavel, 'e was rich an' owned a lot o' property. Flavel -- I guess there isn't anything left of it now. That was to be a big town down on the Columbia, off from Astoria, wasn't it? Anyway old Flavel 'ad a son, an' 'e's no good; just spoiled with money, so the old man got Jim Turk to shanghai him. 'E was out at sea about a years an' after 'e got back 'ome 'e be'aved 'imself perty good.
Yes, we got a telephone 'erc. I bet it's the honly one of its kind in the world. Habout thirty years ago twelve of us out 'ere in this community got together an' built us a telephone line. We got the poles an 'ad the wires stretched an' then we got connection with Portland an' now God damn it, they can't get rid o' us. They'd like to, hall right, but they can't. They've tried hall which ways, but we can go right to that old 'phone on the wall an' ring Broadway an' get heny number in town we want, an' hall it costs us his $13.50 a year. I guess it'll last as long as heny of us are alive, but we can't add anybody to our list. Just that horiginal twelve families.
Form D
Extra Comment :
While Mr. Irving
received what education he has in this
country, strangely enough, he is
strongly addicted to cockney English,
which the interviewer has tried to
reproduce, together with his healthy


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The editorial places both actresses in similar territory with dark shades that play well with their current roles. Beautifully shot by photographer, Mikael Jansson.
More detailed looks on the following page.