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Banana Protective Device

A banana protective device for storing and transporting a banana carefully.

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Patents Published on 08/17/2004


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6775964Caveson for use with horses
A caveson which may be used with horses is disclosed in which the caveson allows for limited movement of the horse's mouth during breaking and training of the horse and thereafter. The caveson has a noseband constructed at least in part of a resilient material, allo...
08/17/2004
6775965Roper's quick release saddle horn attachment
A quick release designed as a safety tool for heelers participating in the sport of team roping. During the history of team roping numerous heelers have cut off fingers and hands, when wrapping the rope around the horn of their saddle in an effort to pull the rope t...
08/17/2004
6775966Integrated combine reel drive system
An integrated combine reel drive system for an agricultural vehicle such as a combine harvester, the drive system having the features of a single integrated hydraulic circuit for activating multiple hydraulic devices carried by the agricultural vehicle. The integrat...
08/17/2004
6775967Crop harvester header for mowing stalk-like crop
A crop harvester header includes a plurality of intake and mowing drums mounted in side-by-side relationship to each other across the width of the header. Located to the rear of the intake and mowing drums for receiving crop delivered to the rear by them are a pair ...
08/17/2004
6775968Mower having adjustable crop deflector
A mower-conditioner is provided with a crop deflector mounted at the end of an outlet guide element through the medium of a pair of slots provided in each of the opposite sides of the guide element and overlapping slots provided in slot-carriers in the form of flang...
08/17/2004
6775969Foldable harvesting header
A harvesting header for a self-propelled harvesting machine comprising a center portion and two side portions. The center portion and both side portions are provided with forwardly extending crop processing arrangements. A transversely extending auger is located beh...
08/17/2004
6775970Apparatus and method for making a hybrid cord
A process and apparatus are disclosed for making a hybrid cord which may be used. The process combines and twists at least three yarns together where one of the yarns is different. The different yarn maybe of a different size (denier), or made from a different polym...
08/17/2004
6775971Method for suppling combustion air to a combustion chamber, including arrangements in said combustion chamber and use of oxygen-containing exhaust from a gas turbine
A reformer which may be included in a process plant, comprises a reactor chamber having a combustion chamber, to which fuel and combustion air are supplied. The exhaust gas from the combustion chamber may have a very high temperature, for example 650° C. The combus...
08/17/2004
6775972Purification of exhaust gases
A system for treating exhaust gases including NO, nitrogen and particulate matter comprises: a catalyst for generating NO2 from the NO; a plasma generator for generating at least one of: (1) NO2 from the NO or nitrogen or both; and (2) ozone; a...
08/17/2004
6775973Continuous flow, NOx-reduction adsorption unit for internal combustion engines
Oxides of nitrogen are adsorbed onto the surfaces of gas passages (68) in a bed (57, 100) that has relative rotation with respect to a gas inlet distributor (76, 101). The manifold has a baffle (85) or ribs (121, 122) that causes c...
08/17/2004
6775974Velocity based method of controlling an electrohydraulic proportional control valve
An actuator is part of a hydraulic circuit branch that has a first electrohydraulic proportional valve connecting the actuator to a supply line containing pressurized fluid and a second electrohydraulic proportional valve connecting the actuator to a tank return lin...
08/17/2004
6775975Pump with a flow-regulating valve device and an injector device
A power-steering pump for a motor vehicle is used to pump fluid to an additional fluid-driven device such as a hydraulic motor of a ventilation fan. The pump has a flow-regulating valve and an injector device, where a jet of excess fluid streaming off the flow-regul...
08/17/2004
6775976Zero-turn hydrostatic transaxle
A pair of substantially mirror image, zero-turn, hydrostatic transaxles (HZTs) that may be joined to form an integrated, zero-turn, hydrostatic transaxle. The control arm and brake mechanism associated with the HZTs can be mounted on either the inboard or outboard s...
08/17/2004
6775977Hydrostatic transmission
A hydrostatic transmission includes a pump and a motor, each of which is an axial piston engine utilizing a swashplate design. The pump and the motor are located coaxially one behind the other and are connected to each other. To expand the range of possible uses of ...
08/17/2004
6775978Caging arrangement for a center port compensation valve
A brake system having a master cylinder with a center port compensation valve wherein a head on a stem for caging a return spring moves within a poppet assembly as a direct function of the compression of the return spring during the development of pressurized fluid ...
08/17/2004
6775979Actuation device for an electrohydraulic braking system
The present invention relates to an actuation device for an electrohydraulic brake system of the ‘brake-by-wire’ type which is configured as a tandem master cylinder with a first and a second piston that are respectively biased by a resetting spring in oppositio...
08/17/2004
6775980Hydraulic master cylinder with concealed dead travel
Hydraulic master cylinder for a motor vehicle braking circuit, comprising means for concealing the dead travel of the primary (16) and secondary (44) pistons, these concealing means consisting of additional valve shutters (80) borne by the valve...
08/17/2004
6775981Engine operated machine system
An engine operated machine system includes an engine, a working machine driven by the engine, and a waste-heat recovery unit for recovering the waste heat of the engine, each being accommodated in a box-shaped case. The case is provided with a partition wall which p...
08/17/2004
6775982Solar heat utilization stirling engine power generation plant
Objects of the invention is to make a fuel for generating power unnecessary, to generate no carbon dioxide (CO2) by generating power without burning substance, and to make it possible to supply a hot water at the same time of generating power. A solar hea...
08/17/2004
6775983Flow control device for a combustor
A flow control device for a combustor is provided in which the flow control device comprises a shroud having a first end and a second end wherein the second end is coupled to the combustor. The shroud is disposed to receive a primary fluid and disposed to direct the...
08/17/2004
6775984Full cooling of main injectors in a two-headed combustion chamber
An injector of a two-headed combustion chamber of a turbomachine has a first feed tube which is connected to an annular injection piece for discharging primary fuel into the combustion chamber. It also has a second feed tube surrounding the first feed tube and conne...
08/17/2004
6775985Support assembly for a gas turbine engine combustor
A support assembly for a gas turbine engine combustor including an inner liner and an inner casing spaced therefrom, wherein a longitudinal centerline axis extends through the gas turbine engine. The support assembly includes an annular inner support cone located ad...
08/17/2004
6775986Gas turbine and method for suppressing azimuthal fluctuation modes in a gas turbine
In a gas turbine having a combustion chamber (6) and a first row of guide vanes (3) arranged on the outflow side of the combustion chamber (6), a plurality of temperature sensors (8) for measuring temperature value, and a plurality of mea...
08/17/2004
6775987Low-emission, staged-combustion power generation
There is provided a low-emission, staged-combustion power generation system and associated method for generating power. The power generation system and method combust a carbonaceous fuel with an oxidizing fluid, both of which are substantially free of nitrogen and s...
08/17/2004
6775988Combustion turbine having inlet air flow temperature sensor and related methods
An inlet air flow temperature sensor 28 includes a hollow body 32 connected in fluid communication with an inlet air flow 25 a temperature sensing device 34 carried by the hollow body. The hollow body 32 includes interior portions ...
08/17/2004
6775989Catalyst support plate assembly and related methods for catalytic combustion
A catalytic combustor 30 includes a frame 32 and catalyst support plate assemblies 34 carried by the frame. A catalyst support plate assembly 34 includes a pair of opposing plates 36A, 36B, at least one having ridges 38
08/17/2004
6775990Methods and apparatus for regulating gas turbine engine fluid flow
A method enables a gas turbine engine to be operated. The method includes directing fluid flow from a source into an inlet of a valve, channeling the fluid flow entering an inlet portion of the valve towards an outlet portion of the valve such that a direction of th...
08/17/2004
6775991Super cooler for a heat producing device
A super cooler device including a thermo electric cooler on a digital micro mirror device. ...
08/17/2004
6775992Dry air injection system
A fluid transport system including a fluid transfer assembly, an air dryer and a tube. The fluid transfer assembly includes a pipe for transporting a cold fluid and a vapor barrier surrounding the pipe. The air dryer removes moisture in the air. The tube is connecte...
08/17/2004
6775993High-speed defrost refrigeration system
A defrost refrigeration system having a main refrigeration system and comprising a first line extending from a compressing stage to an evaporator stage and adapted to receive refrigerant in high-pressure gas state from the compressing stage. A first pressure reducin...
08/17/2004
6775994Refrigerated display merchandiser with variable air curtain
A refrigerated merchandiser (12) includes a display case (30) defining a product display region having an open-front isolated from the ambient air of the store by means of a downwardly directed inner air curtain (55) of relatively cold refrigera...
08/17/2004
6775995Condensing unit performance simulator and method
A method of determining thermal performance of a condenser and a condensing unit within a cooling system includes selecting the condenser and the condensing unit from a condensing unit database. A compressor is selected from a compressor database based on at least o...
08/17/2004
6775996Systems and methods for temperature control
The problem of controlling the temperature of the different units in a process tool system which have to be cooled or heated using thermal transfer fluid at selected setpoints and flow rates is resolved by a system having multiple modular units each with some operat...
08/17/2004
6775997Cooling of data centers
In a cooling system for cooling racks in a data center, cooling fluid is circulated in the data center by a cooling device having a fan. In addition, this system includes a plenum having a plurality of returns and an outlet. The outlet of the plenum is in fluid comm...
08/17/2004
6775998Freezer and refrigerator provided with freezer
Respective evaporators are set to a proper value in evaporation temperature and the efficiency in refrigeration cycle is enhanced, resulting in a reduction of energy consumption. A refrigerating unit and a refrigerator comprise a compressor, a condenser, a plurality...
08/17/2004
6775999Solar reflector for heat pump evaporator
A solar reflector for an evaporator in a heat pump system. The evaporator has heat transfer plates and is located in an outdoor environment. The solar reflector has a curved surface configured to reflect solar radiation to the heat transfer plates of the evaporator....
08/17/2004
6776000Built-in refrigerator
A built-in refrigerator is disclosed, which includes a cabinet provided in a sink and having a door at a front side thereof and a component chamber at a rear bottom thereof; a molding provided on a floor located at a front bottom of the cabinet; a compressor provide...
08/17/2004
6776001Method and apparatus for dew point evaporative product cooling
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for providing enhanced indirect evaporative cooling of air, water, fuel, or other fluids while controlling the humidity. The design makes cooling down to the dew point possible without energy input other tha...
08/17/2004
6776002Magnetically coupled integrated power and cooling unit
An apparatus for providing environmental control, secondary power and emergency power for an aircraft, comprises a cooling turbine coupled to a first electromechanical machine rotor, and including an input for receiving compressed air or ram air, and an output for d...
08/17/2004
6776003Container
The invention relates to containers which can be placed within a shipping container. At least one wall (20, 21, 22, 23) of the container has ducts (32, 33) through which cooling (or heated) gas may pass. ...
08/17/2004
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