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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4732535 | Fluid flow reversing apparatus In a multi stage ducted fan or ducted propeller gas turbine engine, a fan flow exit path is provided in the cowl between axially adjacent stages of blades. The stage of blades downstream of the exit are each pivotable to attitudes which on continued rotat... | 03/22/1988 |
| 4715779 | Bleed valve for axial flow compressor A bleed valve construction for a multistage axial flow compressor in which a series of bleed doors in frames located between adjacent struts of a support case between successive stages of the compressor are actuated by a ring that has only circumferential... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4676716 | Hydraulic multistage turbine of turbodrill A hydraulic multistage turbine each stage of which comprises a stator and a rotor having rings with flow channels and hubs carrying the bladings. There are stages wherein the blades of the bladings are made with an angle of curvature of the camber line gr... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4615657 | Air storage gas turbine An air storage gas turbine which, in the thermal part, comprises: a high pressure turbine with air inlet; a low pressure turbine with a rotor which requires cooling and a vane carrier; one high pressure balance piston and one low pressure balance piston l... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4595339 | Centripetal accelerator for air exhaustion in a cooling device of a gas turbine combined with the compressor disc A compressor disc assembly with an integral centripetal accelerator for the exhaustion of air for use in a cooling device of a gas turbine, the bleeding of air at the surface of the compressor drum being effected by orifices situated in the platforms of t... | 06/17/1986 |
| 4530640 | Method and apparatus for wastegating turbocharged engine with divided exhaust system A turbocharged engine is provided with a turbine housing which has an inlet, an outlet located radially interiorally from the inlet, a centrally located turbine wheel cavity, and an internal scroll passageway which diminishes in cross section as it leads ... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4512715 | Method and means for recapturing coolant in a gas turbine An open circuit liquid cooled gas turbine in which a coolant passes through the turbine blades and is expelled at the tips thereof. The coolant is recaptured by providing ports in the turbine casing in radial alignment with the turbine blades whereby flui... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4504187 | Turbocharger method of operation and turbine housing therefor A method of operating turbochargers for use with internal combustion engines and a turbine housing therefor wherein the housing is uniquely configured so as to be able to be mounted in the engine compartment in a variety of modes and wherein the turbochar... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4487548 | Centrifugal main fuel pump having starting element A centrifugal main fuel pump (10') for a gas turbine engine has a housing (12') in which a centrifugal impeller (16') is mounted for rotation. The centrifugal impeller includes a disc (24') which carries starting flow impeller elements (34) which are posi... | 12/11/1984 |
| 4479755 | Compressor boundary layer bleeding system Acoustically sized bleed passages are provided in the shroud wall of a rotary compressor to admit expansion waves to the suction-sides of successive passing blades to control the boundary layer. The expansion waves are generated by reflecting compression ... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4468176 | Turbine driven pump A turbine driven pump wherein a multi-stage centrifugal pump unit is coaxial with and mounted on a common shaft with a turbine unit. The two units are connected to each other by a low-pressure section which defines a hydrostatic seal between the interior ... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4463564 | Turbocharger turbine housing assembly A turbine housing assembly for use in a turbocharger having an exhaust gas driven turbine wheel for rotatably driving a compressor impeller. The assembly includes a turbine housing having an exducer passage into which exhaust gases are discharged from the... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4415310 | System for cooling a gas turbine by bleeding air from the compressor A system for cooling a gas turbine by bleeding air from the compressor and channeling the air at the center of the engine towards the turbine in order to cool it. The air is bled from the plane of the disc bearing the blades of the compressor, said disc h... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4413946 | Vented compressor inlet guide To provide reduction in temporary conditions of excess load on the thrust bearing, a labyrinth positioned contiguous to a leakage aperture in the high pressure side of a single stage overhung compressor rotor affords controlled leakage to a venting circui... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4393658 | Extraction condensing turbine A steam extraction turbine including a steam extraction section from which steam may be extracted from the turbine for external use prior to the low pressure section of the turbine. In order to avoid overheating of the low pressure section when the amount... | 07/19/1983 |
| 4372113 | Pipeline energy recapture device A constriction in a pipeline forces a portion of the pipeline flow to follow a bypass channel wherein it drives a turbine or Pelton wheel before being returned to an output beyond the constriction. In one embodiment, a pump provides a high velocity flow a... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4362465 | Set of blades for a turbine A set of blades for a turbine which includes a group of blades disposed between an upper plate (12) and a lower plate (11) which delimit a group of passages (3). Said set of blades includes ducts (13,14) provided in the upper plate (12) and/or in the lowe... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4335995 | Set of blades for a turbine and a turbine which includes such a set of blades A set of blades for a turbine which includes a group of blades disposed between an upper plate (12) and a lower plate (11), the group of blades defining a group of passages (3). The set of blades includes ducts (13,23) in the upper plate (12) and/or in th... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4284386 | High pressure pump A high pressure pump including a cylindrical rotor carried within a cylindrical cavity provided in a housing. Inlet and outlet ports are provided for transporting fluid to and from the cavity. A plurality of circumferentially spaced concave semicircular c... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4245953 | Engine turbocharger with cartridge wastegate valve An engine turbocharger includes a turbine housing having wastegate passages integral therewith and a cartridge wastegate valve including a ported stationary bushing and a ported tubular valve member rotatable in the bushing to close or open wastegate flow... | 01/20/1981 |
| 4194360 | Power take-off arrangements The invention relates to a power take-off arrangement, particularly a power take-off arrangement from an engine, comprising a pump including a fixed casing defining an annular liquid chamber, a rotor with a vaned annulus rotatable in said annular liquid c... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4177003 | Installation for centering the inner housing of a steam turbine Installation for centering, in an outer housing, an inner housing of a steam turbine having an extraction interstage including a tubular shaped portion formed on the inner housing and communicating with the extraction interstage, the outer housing having ... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4165949 | High efficiency split flow turbine for compressible fluids In a turbine for a compressible fluid in which the fluid flow leaving the tepenultimate stage is separated into two coaxial flows, the inner flow passes through both the penultimate and the final stages of the turbine while the outer flow passes through t... | 08/28/1979 |
| 4155680 | Compressor protection means In a gas turbine engine including a compressor having a casing with a passage adapted to pass bleed air to a circumferentially extending bleed manifold surrounding the casing, the passage including a surface exposed to incendiary particles periodically en... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4155681 | Manifold protection system A protection system for use with a bleed manifold of a gas turbine engine is provided and is comprised of barrier means disposed within the manifold for preventing at least a portion of incendiary particles entrained in a fluid flowing instream through th... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4146352 | Diaphragms for axial flow fluid machines A diaphragm for an axial flow fluid machine comprising inner and outer walls for defining an annular fluid flow passage therebetween, a blade lattice having a plurality of stationary blades disposed in the fluid flow passage, each of the blades having a c... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4120156 | Turbocharger control A turbocharger having an exhaust gas driven turbine for driving a compressor which supplies high pressure charge air to an internal combustion engine. A turbine wheel rotates within a turbine housing having a gas inlet and a gas outlet for circulation of ... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4113406 | Cooling system for a gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine having cooled rotor blades is shown wherein the coolant is delivered to a stationary chamber adjacent the blades. A portion of the coolant is directed to seals between the stationary structure and the rotor and another portion is dire... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4086022 | Gas turbine engine with improved compressor casing for permitting higher air flow and pressure ratios before surge A plurality of skewed slots of a particular shape are provided within a compressor casing adjacent at least one stage of compressor blade tips, the slots having an axial length greater than that of the adjacent blade tips. The slots are provided such that... | 04/25/1978 |
| 3999884 | Compensated propeller nozzles or ducts A propeller nozzle provided with duct means whereby fluid may be circulated from the area of higher pressure adjacent the lowermost propeller blade position to an area of lower pressure adjacent the uppermost blade positon in order to equalise the pressur... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3976394 | Interstage bleed assembly A two part metering adapter ring, for providing bleed air from the compressor of an aircraft engine, having a plurality of metering air flow passages. The adapter ring is secured to the outer casing stator support member and has a movable seal engaging a ... | 08/24/1976 |
| 3966355 | Steam turbine extraction system An extraction system for extracting steam from the blade path of an axial flow turbine apparatus in a circumferentially uniform manner. Steam is extracted through an extraction orifice having a circumferentially-varying throat portion, the throat communic... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3951566 | Axial-flow fan with by-pass pipe or pipes In a method of widening the zone of stable operation of an axial-flow fan, and of attenuating noise generated thereby, a portion of the flow medium is drawn off upstream of the fan and is returned to a zone at the periphery of the fan rotor. The invention... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3945758 | Cooling system for a gas turbine A system is shown for cooling and sealing gas turbine blade structures and discs. A coolant fluid of a required pressure enters an annular chamber radially outwardly of an annular array of stationary blades. The cooling fluid passes through these stationa... | 03/23/1976 |
