...that the first rickshaw was invented in 1869 by an American Baptist minister, the Rev. E. Jonathan Scobie, to transport his invalid wife around the streets of Yokohama?
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6685439 | Hydraulic jet pump A hydraulic jet pump comprising: a nozzle housing; a nozzle member disposed within said nozzle housing and including an inlet aperture communicating through a jet nozzle with a mixing chamber along a power fluid inlet flow path; a deflector member includi... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6415608 | Piloted rich-catalytic lean-burn hybrid combustor A catalytic combustor assembly which includes, an air source, a fuel delivery means, a catalytic reactor assembly, a mixing chamber, and a means for igniting a fuel/air mixture. The catalytic reactor assembly is in fluid communication with the air source ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6162021 | System for pumping liquids using a jet pump and a phase separator A device for co-mingling fluids from separate sources comprises a jet pump having high and low pressure fluid inlets, and a main outlet for discharging a mixture of the two fluids. A phase separator, receiving fluid from another source of fluid, has a flu... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6042340 | Radially inclined passages for increased mixing in a fluid handling device An fluid handling device (10) having an elongate tubular body which defines a through bore (20) between an inlet end (13) and an outlet end (14) of the body. The device also includes first and second annular chambers (30,38), each of which extends substan... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5839884 | Supersonic jet pump device with two drive nozzles A supersonic device including an elongated mixer-diffuser housing having first and second drive nozzles arranged axially and tandemly therein. The first and second drives nozzles are arranged in first and second cylinder parts, respectively, of the mixer-... | 11/24/1998 |
| 4815942 | Axially-symmetric, jet-diffuser ejector An axially symmetric jet difuser ejector having attached primary injection nozzles without protruding outside the ejecting structure and being spaced around the ejector inlet. The primary nozzles have been specially designed to optimize the conveyance of ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4310288 | Method and apparatus for improving erosion resistance of the mixing chamber of a jet pump To improve the erosion resistance of the mixing chamber of a jet pump employed to pump particulate containing fluids, this invention contemplates directing a pressurized source of clean fluid through an annular jet-type orifice, thus providing an annular ... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4184417 | Plume elimination mechanism A discharge apparatus for dispersing exhaust gases discharged into the atmosphere and eliminating the steam plume, is disclosed. A plurality of conical diffusing elements are supported in spaced nested relationship along the discharge axis of the exhaust ... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4171187 | Air injection sub An air injection sub for use with a dual conduit drill pipe string is provided having inner and outer concentric tubular members which are connected to the corresponding inner and outer conduits of a dual conduit string to provide isolated annular and cen... | 10/16/1979 |