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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7585149 | Fan variable immersion system A fan system includes a rotatable axial flow fan unit, a fan shroud unit adjacent to the fan unit and capable of surrounding at least a portion of an outer periphery of the fan unit; and an actuator coupled to one of the units and operable to move said one of the un... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7581922 | Turbine casing structure A turbine casing structure having an outer casing, and an inner casing disposed in the outer casing, comprising: a bush disposed in a concave portion formed in the inner casing; an eccentric shaft inserted into a c... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7458770 | Adjustable support for steam turbine diaphragms The present invention provides a steam turbine that has upper and lower halves of diaphragm. The steam turbine of the present invention also provides an adjustable support bar attached to at least the upper half or the lower half of the diaphragm. The adjustable sup... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7438519 | Sealing system for slurry pump An improved slurry pump sealing system that employs a mechanical seal assembly fixed for axial movement with a bearing housing that moves axially to adjust pump impeller clearance. The relative relationship between the seal components remains unchanged regardless of... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7422413 | Shroud tip clearance control ring The present invention is a shroud tip clearance control ring for use in a gas turbine engine in which a rotary blade and a shroud ring form a gap that forms a blade outer air seal, and where the shroud ring is formed of two shroud segment halves, each shroud segment... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7393179 | Variable position turbine nozzle An apparatus and method are provided for permitting free rotation of turbine nozzle vanes, while minimizing or eliminating leakage on the vane side-walls. The device incorporates a plurality of nozzle vanes arranged around the circumference of a radial or mixed infl... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7356999 | System and method for stability control in a centrifugal compressor A stability control algorithm is provided for a centrifugal compressor. The stability control algorithm is used to control a variable geometry diffuser and a hot gas bypass valve (when provided) in response to the detection of compressor instabilities. The stability... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7336009 | Hobby servo enhancements An independent and modular apparatus is disclosed for extending the operational capacity of a servo motor. The apparatus includes a frame member having a servo motor and a rotatable shaft mounted therein. The output shaft of the servo motor and the rotatable shaft a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329098 | Adjustable support bar with adjustable shim design for steam turbine diaphragms A support arrangement for a turbine diaphragm segment in a split turbine casing includes a semi-annular diaphragm segment having a horizontal joint surface; a support bar joined to the diaphragm segment adjacent the horizontal joint surface, the support bar formed w... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322805 | Impeller adjustment device and method for doing the same for close coupled pumps A method and apparatus are provided for adjusting an impeller in a motor and impeller assembly of a pumping device. The method features steps of: tightening mounting bolts so as to move the motor and impeller assembly of the pumping device forward until the impeller... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7314315 | Gearbox for cold metal cutting machine Improved serviceability of cold metal cutting machines is accomplished in a modified gearbox structure enabling several annular components that are conventionally attached by press-fit to be attached instead by slide-fit for easy removal and replacement, eliminating... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311492 | Duct fan A duct fan comprises a housing (4) having substantially the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped and inside thereof an impeller (5) and a motor for rotation thereof. The fan has also a member for connecting an inlet side of the housing to an upstream ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7306426 | Protection mechanism for flow inducing device A rotary flow inducing device having a rotary flow inducing blade and a protection mechanism including a trigger to move the protection mechanism between an operational flow configuration and a protective no-flow configuration with respect to the rotary flow inducin... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303062 | Bulk material pump feeder with reduced disk jamming A bulk materials pump feeder having a housing and a rotating drive rotor for transferring material from an inlet to an outlet of the housing. The drive rotor has a hub. Drive disks extend away from the hub toward a housing inner wall. Three structural features of th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290980 | Duct quick connect removable blower housing apparatus A furnace blower apparatus has a tubular housing that is connected between a heating furnace and an exhaust flue of the furnace. The housing has an interior bore containing a fan assembly for drawing air through the furnace burner chamber on operation of the fan ass... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7287379 | Turbo compressor system for internal combustion engine comprising two serially placed turbo units with their rotation axes essentially concentric A turbocharger system for an internal combustion engine having at least one exhaust line for evacuating exhaust gases from the combustion chamber of the engine and at least one inlet line for supplying air to the combustion chamber. A high-pressure turbine interacts... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285884 | Hobby servo attachment mechanisms An apparatus for extending the operational capacity of a servo motor is disclosed. The apparatus includes a frame member. A first aperture is defined within the frame member and is configured to support a servo motor. A servo motor is positioned within the first ape... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7240682 | Washing fluid pump The invention concerns a washing fluid pump (1) for windows and/or headlamp cleaning installations on motor vehicles including at least one motor, at least one pump housing (2) with at least one impeller (11) arranged therein, at least one intak... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7220098 | Wear resistant variable stator vane assemblies A variable gas turbine compressor vane assembly comprising a case structure comprising a cavity. A compressor vane is at least partially disposed inside the cavity in the case structure. The portion of the compressor vane is rotatably supported inside the cavity. A ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7210897 | Actively-controlled sound absorption panel system using movement-controlled reflective plate A space 4 constituted by a sound absorption panel section 1 and active sound absorption control system section 2 between the inner and outer walls of a nacelle forming an engine intake/exhaust duct is utilized as an acoustic resonance field and ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201556 | Displacement casing A rotor system is provided whereby a rotary assembly such as a fan blade combination in a jet engine is brought into rub contact with a casing such that sensors detect vibration. The casing is then retreated in order to open the gap to a desired value for engine per... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7179048 | Cooling apparatus with a mesh structure A cooling apparatus with a mesh structure for cooling a lampwick of a projector. The cooling apparatus includes a blower, an adjustable air duct disposed at an outlet of the blower. The adjustable air duct further includes an air duct portion, a guiding portion, and... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7137772 | Retractable drum fan A retractable drum fan in which two housing sections are telescoped to form a housing, and an impeller is disposed in the housing for forcing air through the housing. The housing sections are movable between a retracted position and an extended position. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7123484 | Multi-layer and multi-direction fan device A multi-layer and multi-direction radial fan device is disclosed, comprising an upper cover, a tower fan body, a cavity partition and a lower cover. The tower fan body is located in the upper cover, and the tower fan body comprises a first fan layer and a second fan... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114918 | Fish friendly hydraulic turbine distributor A hydraulic turbine has a distributor located between the scroll of the turbine and its runner. The distributor has upper and lower stay ring portions with stay vanes extending therebetween. A plurality of movable wicket gates control flow of liquid through the dist... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7083390 | Fan with enhanced operational versatility An electric fan with more than one operational configuration is disclosed, comprising a fan unit, a first support element and a second support element. In one operational configuration, the fan unit rests on top of the first support element and generates a horizonta... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7077624 | Vehicle cooling fan shroud with an articulatable portion A vehicle cooling fan shroud includes a barrel portion which surrounds a cooling fan and is integrated with a substantially rectilinear shroud portion which surrounds a radiator. The barrel portion includes a first portion and a second portion pivotally attached to ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7048498 | Casing, equipment unit and fan units provided with the casing, and electronic equipment provided with the fan units The invention provides a casing, equipment unit, fan unit and electronic equipment capable of easily implementing assembling, disassembling, attaching and so forth without using fixture components, tools, and so forth. The structure is made up of casing sections, hi... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7044288 | Bulk material pump feeder with reduced disk jamming A bulk materials pump feeder having a housing and a rotating drive rotor for transferring material from an inlet to an outlet of the housing. The drive rotor has a hub. Drive disks extend away from the hub toward a housing inner wall. Three structural features of th... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7018169 | Fluid flow control apparatus A device for controlling a fluid flow is disclosed. The device includes at least two fluid flow drivers, a plenum disposed to receive a fluid flow from the at least two drivers, and a baffle disposed within the plenum. The plenum has a first cross-sectional area pro... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6994517 | Furnace blower apparatus with removable housing section fan assembly support A furnace blower apparatus has a tubular housing that is connected between a heating furnace and an exhaust flue of the furnace. The housing has an interior bore containing a fan assembly for drawing air through the furnace burner chamber on operation of the fan ass... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6986640 | Motor pump with expansion tank A pump particularly adapted for use in a closed fluid circuit, as within its housing a resiliently compressible chamber in contact with the fluid being conveyed by the pump so that any pressure change within the fluid caused by temperature variations can be volumetr... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6974303 | Pump having an angle adjustable water outlet A pump includes a main body, a water outlet connector rotatably mounted on the main body, and a positioning bar detachably mounted on the main body and rested on the water outlet connector for locking the water outlet connector on the main body. Thus, the included a... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6942456 | Home comfort appliance The present invention is a home comfort appliance comprising a housing and an air generator. A support member having a predetermined diameter B and a predetermined rise height R provides support and elevation to the housing. The housing is either fixedly or rotatabl... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935832 | Portable power generating devices Portable power generating devices are provided for converting potential energy from flowing water, water current, blowing air or air current to mechanical and/or electrical energy. The potential energy is converted to a rotational movement, and the rotational energy... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6935833 | Recirculation structure for turbo chargers Recirculation structure for turbocompressors, having a ring chamber which is arranged in the area of the free blade ends of a blade ring largely upstream of the latter and adjoins the main flow duct. A plurality of guiding elements are arranged in the ring chamber d... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6926492 | Suction housing for rotor/stator pump A pump of the rotor/stator type for wet cementitious material includes a suction housing for receiving and directing the material into a rotor/stator combination for delivery to the location of use. The suction housing is in the form of a rectangular closed structur... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6899513 | Inflatable compressor bleed valve system A compressor bleed valve system for bleeding air from a gas turbine engine compressor comprises a bladder inflatable between at least a collapsed position and an expanded position for selectively opening and closing a compressor airbleed passage. ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6896481 | Deflectable enclosure cover A water pump includes a first enclosure having a center portion that is moveable from a normal condition to a deflected condition and a second enclosure adjacent to the first to form an internal cavity. An impeller is disposed within the internal cavity. A tubular s... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6890149 | Laminar flow air mover A laminar flow air mover includes a cylindrical fan having an outlet opening connected to a conduit system. The conduit system includes a first portion connected to the outlet portion of said centrifugal fan and an outlet portion detachably connected to the first po... | 05/10/2005 |