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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7959406 | Close coupled gearbox assembly for a tip turbine engine A gearbox assembly (90) closely couples a fan-turbine rotor assembly (25) and an axial compressor rotor (46) to reduce the overall engine length and minimizes the number of engine bearings. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7422416 | Device for effecting heat transfer to rotating equipment, in particular gas turbines A device for effecting heat transfer to rotating equipment, in particular gas turbines, is provided. A gas turbine (10) comprises a first rotating unit (11), i.e. an internal shaft and a second fixed unit (16), i.e. a housing. A third rotating u... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7322789 | Methods and apparatus for channeling steam flow to turbines Method and apparatus for assembling a double flow steam turbine is provided. The method comprises providing an annular member having a first end, a second end, and a body extending therebetween, coupling a first arcuate member to the annular member wherein the first... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7175399 | Serial ventilation device An apparatus for a serial ventilation device that increases airflow compared to conventional devices without increasing the size is presented. The first ventilator is mounted on the intake opening side of the serial ventilation device, with the front surface of its ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165933 | Screw pump for transporting emulsions susceptible to mechanical handling A screw pump for transporting a viscous product is described comprising a cylindrical housing connected to a removable bottom piece in one end and a removable cap in the opposite end, a rotor having one or more screw blades connected to a driving motor, an inlet and... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7140833 | Integrated turbo/drag/regenerative pump with counter-rotating turbo blades The present invention relates to vacuum pumps and a method for creating and maintaining a high vacuum. A vacuum pump includes a regenerative section and a turbo-molecular section. A common first rotor carries forward-rotating elements of both the regenerative sectio... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7073334 | Variable exhaust gas turbocharger In a variable exhaust gas turbocharger for an internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas turbine and a compressor with a variable vane structure wherein the exhaust gas turbocharger comprises a housing and a compressor wheel which is connected to an exhaust ga... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7021888 | Ultra-high speed vacuum pump system with first stage turbofan and second stage turbomolecular pump An ultra-high speed vacuum pump evacuation system includes a first stage ultra-high speed turbofan and a second stage conventional turbomolecular pump. The turbofan is either connected in series to a chamber to be evacuated, or is optionally disposed entirely within... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6935841 | Fan assembly A fan assembly includes a vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) which is coupled to an air extraction or air supply fan. The VAWT is located above and is coupled coaxially to the fan. The fan assembly also includes an auxiliary turbine to provide start-up torque to init... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6270308 | Wind generator A wind generator with a rotor which rotates in the horizontal direction and has a plurality of rotor blades, wherein the rotor blades are surrounded in some areas by a fairing, the fairing being aligned according to the wind direction so that the rotor bl... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6210105 | Flow directing device for a medium consistency pump A flow directing device, system and method for delivery and pumping medium to high consistency stock slurries eliminates bridging of stock, creates a non-vortexing improved flow into the pump suction of a pump, is independent from pump operation, minimize... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6012897 | Free rotor stabilization In a turbo compressor, such as a centrifugal compressor, having swirl inducing structure, such as inlet guide vanes, one or more free rotors are located intermediate the swirl inducing structure and the inlet of the compressor. The free rotors are driven ... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5219270 | Reaction barrel with rocket nozzles in staggered alignment and connecting ducts of unequal length A method and apparatus for recovering energy from a wet oxidation products stream flow includes channeling the stream flow to an energy recovery assembly (10). The assembly (10) includes a rotatable reactor barrel (32). The reaction barrel (32) is mounted... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5007241 | Kinetic energy recovery device of liquid and gas A kinetic energy recovery device of liquid and gas has a gas guide member and a liquid guide member both being stood, and a vane wheel installed at communicating portion between the gas guide member and the liquid guide member, and at rising of gas in the... | 04/16/1991 |
| 4976586 | Pump with separate fluidizing vaned shaft adjacent impeller A pumping system is capable of handling a paper pulp suspension of medium consistency (e.g. about 8-15% solids consistency) utilizing a conventional centrifugal pump. A conventional pump system capable of handling 3-8% consistency pulp may be retrofit to ... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4830572 | Idler disk An idler disk for reducing fluid drag forces in a machine having a rotating component is disclosed. An outer housing is provided for the machine and a cavity is defined in the outer housing. The cavity has opposed side walls. A rotatable component is posi... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4830584 | Pump or compressor unit A pump or compressor unit (1) suited particularly for mixed phase fluids, e.g. mixed gas and oil, has a multistage axial flow compressor device with contra-rotating vanes. An upstream mixer device (10) and a downstream centrifugal impeller device (32) can... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4793767 | Device for pumping highly-viscous material, in particular thick oil A device for pumping highly-viscous material, particularly thick oil, the device being adapted to immersion in the material and comprising a helical screw (8) and surrounding the screw a shell (9). In order to ensure the feed of the material the screw and... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4783960 | Fluid torque converter with axially cut away stator inner shell A torque converter includes a coaxially mounted pump impeller, turbine, and stator, each of which includes an outer shell, an inner shell, and vanes extending between the outer shell and the inner shell having edges which define an inlet and outlet. The p... | 11/15/1988 |
| 4770604 | Pulp centrifugal pump A pulp feeder feeds the pulp from the pulp feeder housing to the pump impeller. The impeller is provided with vanes specially constructed to provide channels of sufficient dimension to permit the flow of the pulp through the channels. The impeller also ha... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4767269 | Rotor system, particularly a boat propeller system The invention relates to a rotor system, particularly a boat propeller system, which consists of a main propeller and a turbo unit in the form of a fore-propeller and a turbine mechanically coupled thereto, the turbo unit being freely rotatably journalled... | 08/30/1988 |
| 4678405 | Low net positive suction head pumps A pump is disclosed for pumping a volatile fluid having a given vapor pressure. The pump of this invention comprises a pump housing comprising an inlet for introducing the liquid at a relatively low static pressure level into the pump housing and an outle... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4648794 | Pump with high speed expeller Pumps for pumping liquids including a gear train for rotating an expeller at a speed greater than the speed of the pump primary impeller.... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4643635 | Vapor core centrifugal pump having main and low flow impellers A vapor core centrifugal fuel pumping system (10') has a main flow impeller (72) and a low flow impeller (81) mounted upon the front plate (74) of the main flow impeller. Both of the impellers receive flow from an inlet passage (26') which proceeds past a... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4521153 | Blower and rotating wind deflector Herein disclosed is a blower which comprises a fan, means for driving said fan, a body housing or guard mounting said fan therein, a wind deflector mounted in the front opening of said body so that it can rotate in said front opening, and a rear guard mou... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4515538 | Ceiling fan An electric ceiling fan of minimum practical axial depth for conserving needed head room includes a wheel-like frame; a fan motor nested therein; a fan blades assembly nested around and driven by such motor; a shallow support adapted to be attached direct... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4458493 | Closed Rankine-cycle power plant utilizing organic working fluid A closed Rankine-cycle power plant (10) has a boiler (24) for vaporizing an organic working fluid and a first nozzle box (58) for receiving vaporized working fluid from the boiler (24) and for furnishing the fluid to a set of axial flow turbine blades (30... | 07/10/1984 |
| 4449888 | Free spool inducer pump Fluid pumping apparatus comprises (a) a housing, (b) an impeller rotatable in the housing to discharge fluid centrifugally outwardly, (c) a rotary spool having an inducer section through which intake fluid passes to the impeller, (d) a rotary diffuser associat... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4408953 | High efficiency centrifugal pump A high speed fuel pump for a gas turnbine engine has a positively-driven shroud (28) positioned between a main impeller (14) and the wall of a pumping cavity (12) to reduce impeller drag. The shroud is formed by a first disc (30) having a boost impeller (... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4406578 | Method for operating pumps A method for operating pumps in a pumping-up power plant having a single speed reversible pump turbine and a booster pump, the booster pump being provided in a branch pipe which is provided in parallel with a portion of a draft tunnel between the pump tur... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4400134 | Collector apparatus Pumping apparatus for collecting polluted liquids such as oil on water and including a first pumping stage comprising a rotatable annular rotor having curved blades shaped to draw liquid inwardly towards the center of rotation, and stationary blades dispo... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4292540 | Wind-powered impeller-mixer The invention is an energy-saving means for providing turbulence as well as circulation to liquids in a controlled natural purification system for advanced waste water treatment and algae farming. The wind-powered impeller-mixers are used in the algae gro... | 09/29/1981 |
| 4219306 | Multistage turbocompressor with multiple shafts The impellers of two rotary compressors are respectively fixed to the opposite ends of each shaft of a plurality of shafts, the compressors being connected in succession by connecting pipes to constitute a single multistage combination of the compressors ... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4061439 | Impeller pump and vane pump assembly with clutch deactivation A fuel pump assembly for a gas turbine engine incorporates an impeller pump and a vane pump which are driven by a common drive shaft. A centrifugally operated clutch functions to disengage the vane pump from the drive shaft at a predetermined angular velo... | 12/06/1977 |
