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...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7185498 | Modular gas turbine Method and arrangement for providing a gas turbine (1) having a duct (11) for carrying gas from a gas turbine inlet (9) to a gas turbine outlet (10) and an outer housing (19, 20, 21) arranged radially outside a wall structure (1... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7065954 | Turbine, particularly useful for small aircraft A turbine includes a combustion chamber with deflectors generating vortices in a secondary gas flow into the combustion chamber, thereby confining the flame front from penetrating into the cold region of the chamber under variable operating conditions, simplifying c... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064454 | Power generator system A power generator system incorporates a generator driven by an engine. A case houses the generator and the engine. A controller communicates with the engine so as to control the speed at which the engine drives the generator. A temperature sensor is disposed so as t... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7036321 | Auxiliary power unit having a rotary fuel slinger An auxiliary power unit (APU) includes a rotary fuel slinger, and a single-spool, two-stage turbine. The rotary fuel slinger receives a rotational drive force from the turbine, and a supply of fuel from a fuel source. The rotary fuel slinger injects the fuel into a ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6681557 | Low cost high efficiency automotive turbines An automotive turbine regenerator system employs sectored matrix elements which are extruded and then assembled into the larger rotary regenerator. Discontinuous rotation is taught such that the seals are not rubbing seals but rather are clamping seals th... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6494031 | Gas turbine apparatus with heat exchanger The heat exchanger for exchanging heat between compressed air ejected from the compressor and exhaust gas ejected from the turbine rotor is connected to the exhaust gas outlet side on the back portion of the gas turbine. The heat exchanger has the core ha... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6293338 | Gas turbine engine recuperator A recuperator for a gas turbine engine comprises a plurality of cells that are orientated in an annular array and attached to one another at only the radially inner edges thereof. Each cell comprises a high pressure plate having spaced integral ribs there... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6141953 | Multi-shaft reheat turbine mechanism for generating power A multi-shaft reheat turbine mechanism includes multiple turbines mounted on respective compressor shafts, and catalytic reactors feeding respective ones of the turbines. Fuel is introduced into a low pressure compressor, whereby there is no need to press... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6044640 | Process and installation for cooling air The present invention refers to a process and installation for cooling combustion air of gas turbines, in which the humidity contents of the air is first reduced in a dehumidifier (7, 7') by means of a first external fluid (4), or the discharge gases of t... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5697211 | Exhaust gas purification device An exhaust gas purification device comprising a rotary type heat accumulator rotated by a turbine. An NOx absorbent is carried on this heat accumulator. The exhaust gas discharged from the turbine circulates in the heat accumulator via an exhau... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5673634 | Incineration plant with heat exchanger An incineration plant includes a heat exchanger arranged in a flue gas flow following a reduction stage for nitrogen oxides and in front of a flue gas dust collector, and a heat transfer medium circuit for absorbing heat from the heat exchanger in the flu... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5516359 | Integrated high temperature method for oxygen production Oxygen is separated from air by a high temperature ion transport membrane which is integrated with a gas turbine system for energy recovery from the membrane nonpermeate stream. Air is compressed, heated in a first heating step, and passed through the fee... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5274997 | Gas turbine engine A reduction gear for producing and feeding the rotation of a low pressure turbine driven by a combustion gas generated in a combustor to an output shaft is received in a central opening of a rotary type heat exchanger which is disposed so as to be perpend... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5052473 | Regenerative gas turbine with heat exchanger A heat exchanger for a gas turbine employs a duct housing assembly including an air duct housing and a gas duct housing. The air and gas duct housings have semicircular platforms, respectively. They are assembled in a spaced relationship with their platfo... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5035727 | Oxygen extraction from externally fired gas turbines A process is provided for recovering oxygen from an externally fired power generating gas turbine system in which a hot, compressed air stream from a compressor to be expanded through a turbine expander to generate power is first passed over the feed side... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4720969 | Regenerator cross arm seal assembly A seal assembly for disposition between a cross arm on a gas turbine engine block and a regenerator disc, the seal assembly including a platform coextensive with the cross arm, a seal and wear layer sealingly and slidingly engaging the regenerator disc, a... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4438809 | Tapered plate annular heat exchanger A heavy duty heat exchanger consisting of a large number of plates of tapered cross-section, selectively provided with essentially lengthwise parallel grooves and land areas at the lengthwise edges. Upon being stacked together and joined, the plates form ... | 03/27/1984 |
| 4373326 | Ceramic duct system for turbine engine A gas turbine engine has a metal engine block which houses interconnected ceramic duct components defining the gas flow path between a combustor and turbine stages of a two spool gas turbine engine. The ceramic duct components are coupled to the engine bl... | 02/15/1983 |
| 4313301 | Rotating fluidized bed heat exchanger A rotating fluidized bed heat exchanger particularly adaptable as a heat exchange unit in the recuperator section of conventional gas turbine engines comprising an annular fluidized bed, defined by inner and outer spaced apart coaxial cylindrical, perfora... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4307568 | Gas turbine power plant having a heat exchanger A gas turbine power plant, such as a gas turbine engine for a motor vehicle, having a gas turbine, a combustor for producing hot gas to drive the turbine, and an air compressor for furnishing compressed air to the combustor. A heat exchanger, such as a ro... | 12/29/1981 |
| 4277938 | Combination rotating fluidized bed combustor and heat exchanger PCT No. PCT/US 79/00843 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 15, 1979 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 15, 1979 PCT Filed Oct. 15, 1979 A combination rotating fluidized bed combustor and rotating fluidized bed heat exchanger particularly adaptable as the combustor and heat exchange u... | 07/14/1981 |
| 4238927 | Rotary exchanger for gas turbine installations An exchanger has at least one heat exchange matrix, forming a cylindrical ng. In other embodiments, the exchanger is formed of at least two cylindrical rings, which are coaxial with the axis of the turbine. The flows of compressed cold air and of hot exha... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4177638 | Single shaft gas turbine engine with radial exhaust diffuser A compact single shaft gas turbine engine includes a radial compressor and a radial turbine mounted for rotation about a central axis and an axially inline disk regenerator disposed forward of the turbine. A highly efficient engine configuration minimizes... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4157013 | Water cooled automotive gas turbine engine A rotary disc, regenerative type automotive gas turbine engine has a water cooled block for supplying hot water to a cab heater core and for supporting a gasifier spool and a power turbine spool within a core section of the block which receives high press... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4122679 | Method and means for pre-heating the intake air of a supercharged, low-compression ratio diesel engine when operating at low load A device for and process of pre-heating the intake air of a supercharged, low-compression ratio Diesel engine when operating at low loads, comprising the apparatus for and steps of taking the heat required for said pre-heating from at least one portion of... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4121417 | Gas turbine A gas turbine with a turbine housing which includes at least one regenerative chamber for the accommodation of a regenerative heat-exchanger adapted to be set into rotation and closed against the outside by a housing cover whereby the housing separating s... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4079779 | Rotary regenerative heat exchanger A rotary regenerative heat exchanger including a supply duct for admitting fluid to an area of a face of the matrix of the heat exchanger bounded by a seal, the supply duct having an outlet covered by a ported distribution plate in which ports are so arra... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4040249 | Single shaft gas turbine engine with axially mounted disk regenerator A compact single shaft gas turbine engine includes a radial compressor and a radial turbine mounted for rotation about a central axis and an axially inline regenerator disposed forward of the turbine. A highly efficient engine configuration minimizes ener... | 08/09/1977 |
| 4008569 | Gas turbine engine A gas turbine engine is provided with a novel heat exchanger which exchanges heat between the compressor delivery air and turbine exhaust gas. The exchanger comprises a stack of rotary discs angled to produce two sets of wedge-shaped flow areas between th... | 02/22/1977 |
| 3999597 | Seal device for use in a rotary type regenerative heat exchanger A seal device for use in a rotary type regenerative heat exchanger which is used for a gas turbine. This device consists of a seal-member urging mechanism adapted to urge the seal member against the flat surface portion of a heat-exchanger core, and a con... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3999376 | One-piece ceramic support housing for a gas turbine with a rotary regenerator A thin outer metallic housing surrounds and is spaced from a one-piece cylindrical ceramic liner that insulates, supports and houses high temperature and rotating parts of the engine, the end faces of the liner constitute rubbing seal surfaces against whi... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3985181 | Rotary heat exchanger, in particular for a gas turbine A rotary heat exchanger of the type having a ceramic core surrounded and driven by a ring gear is provided with a compressed air or spring arrangement between the periphery of the core and the ring gear to apply a radial compression force to the core at a... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3977464 | Rotary storage heat exchanger structure A rotary storage heat exchanger structure for multi-shaft gas turbines, especially motor vehicle gas turbines. The same is arranged in a housing and is provided with one or more rotatable disc-shaped storage bodies having flow passages which extend substa... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3957106 | Seal for gas turbine regenerator Fixed seal means partition a disc type rotary regenerator for an automotive gas turbine engine into an inlet air heating section for conducting cool high pressure inlet air therethrough in one axial direction and an exhaust cooling section for conducting ... | 05/18/1976 |
| 3954135 | Gas turbine engine regenerator seal assembly with floating leaf sealing element A three part seal assembly for sealing the rotatable disk regenerator of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. Each part of the seal assembly generally includes a base having one side carrying low friction means for engaging the regenerator and another side ... | 05/04/1976 |
