Rotary kinetic fluid motors or pumps inventions 09/06

20060210389 - Wind powered turbine: A blade for use with a vertical-axis wind turbine rotates about a vertical axis thereof along a circular blade path of travel. The blade includes a structural frame connecting to a blade support member of the wind turbine and supports loads acting on the blade. A semi-rigid skin at least...

20060210390 - Film cooling for microcircuits: An embedded microcircuit for producing an improved cooling film over a surface of a part, comprising an inlet through which a coolant gas may enter, a circuit channel extending from the inlet through which the coolant gas may flow, and a slot film hole formed at a terminus of the...

20060210391 - Gas turbine engine blade containment system and a laminate material: A gas turbine engine blade containment system (22) comprising a laminate material (24). The laminate material (24) comprising first and second layers (26, 28). The second layer (28) comprising a plurality of deformable members (30) extending transversely relative to the first layer (26), each deformable member (30) being encased in...

20060210392 - Large radial movement compliant seal: A compliant seal provides a seal between an upstream region and a downstream region. The seal includes: a seal pack carrier defining a slot, the seal pack carrier having an upstream face and a downstream face; and a seal pack slideably mounted within the slot, the seal pack having an...

20060210393 - Eddy current heating for reducing transient thermal stresses in a rotor of a gas turbine engine: The device and method are used for heating a central section of a rotor mounted for rotation in a gas turbine engine....

20060210394 - Fluid pump: A fluid pump includes a housing, an intake port, a discharge port, a fluid chamber, a rotation shaft, an impeller supported by the rotation shaft so as to be rotatable in order to discharge fluid, the impeller includes a supported plate, plural blade portions provided at the impeller so as...

20060210395 - Nonlinearly stacked low noise turbofan stator: The present invention provides a nonlinearly stacked low noise turbofan stator vane. The stator is in an axial fan or compressor turbomachinery stage that is comprised of a collection of vanes whose highly three-dimensional shape is selected to reduce rotor-stator and rotor-strut interaction noise while maintaining the aerodynamic and mechanical...

20060210396 - Evaporator fan/motor assembly support bracket: A refrigerated merchandiser (10) includes a cabinet (20) having a top wall (22), a lower wall (24), a rear wall (34), and side walls (36, 38) defining an interior product display space (100) housing a product (110) on shelves (112) in a refrigerated environment intended for selection by consumers. A...

20060210397 - Fan: A fan has an air conveying conduit (16 ) and a fan wheel (22 ) arranged therein, which wheel is rotatable about a central axis (25 ) and is formed with a central hub (20; 120 ) having an outer periphery (27 ) on which fan blades (26 ) are...

20060210398 - Fan assembly: A fan assembly for being installed within an external device comprises a plurality of fans each having a fan bracket, a fan wheel hub, a set of fan blades and a driving unit. Each fan wheel hub is installed within a corresponding fan bracket. Each set of fan blades is...

20060204357 - Securing arragement: A securing arrangement 32 for securing an actuating lever 20 to a spindle 14, for example a spindle 14 of a variable inlet guide vane 10 in a gas turbine engine, comprises a fastening formation 38 rotatably co-operable, in use, with a corresponding fastening formation 30 on the spindle 14....

20060204358 - Inline vent fan: A vent fan is for directing a fluid along a vent pipe. The vent fan has a housing defining an inlet, an outlet and an internal space for a fluid flow path. A separating wall divides the internal space into an inlet and outlet chamber. The vent fan also includes...

20060204359 - Abrasion resistant pump thrust bearing: A centrifugal pump has a stationary diffuser with a bore. A thrust bearing has a tubular portion that inserts into the bore. The thrust bearing has an external shoulder that contacts a support surface in the bore of the diffuser for transmitting downward thrust from an upstream impeller to the...

20060204360 - Device for adjusting the angle of incidence of a rotor blade of a wind power installation: A device for the targeted adjustment of the angle of incidence of a rotor blade (13) which is rotatably mounted, at the foot (14) thereof, on a hub (12) of a rotor (11) of a wind power installation (10). The device includes a gearing, a driving toothed wheel (21, 41)...

20060204361 - Adjustable inflate and deflate air pump: The present invention provides an adjustable inflate and deflate air pump consisting of: a pump frame, a pump body, a motor, blades, an air input hole, an air output hole, and a valve. A pump compartment of the present invention consists of an air compartment and a motor compartment. The...

20060204362 - Turbine housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger with adjustable turbine geometry: A turbine housing of an exhaust gas turbocharger having an adjustable turbine geometry is provided having a carrier ring on which are mounted adjustable guide vanes for regulating the boost pressure and having a cover ring for the guide vanes, whereby the carrier ring and cover ring are spaced a...

20060198724 - Vertical axis turbine: A vertical axis turbine (1) with one or more stages. Each turbine stage has three longitudinally extending blades (5) each of which increases in axial cross-sectional width along the axis (2). The blades (5) are shaped to divert fluid flow and generate a rotation inducing torque. The fluid can be...

20060198725 - Multi functional pump for pumping molten metal: The present invention features a multi-functional pump for pumping molten metal, which includes a base that is submerged in molten metal having at least two impeller chambers. The base includes one or more inlet openings and one or more outlet openings. Each outlet opening leads from one of the impeller...

20060198726 - Apparatus for eliminating compressor stator vibration induced by tip leakage vortex bursting: Vibration induced compressor vane failure from tip leakage vortex bursting is eliminated or minimized. By securing the vane at opposite ends to inner and outer stationary casings, tip leakage is entirely avoided hence avoiding the mechanism for inducing vibration. By contouring the inner surface of the flow path to converge...

20060198727 - Turbocharger compressor having ported second-stage shroud, and associated method: A two-stage radial compressor having a ported second-stage shroud, forming a passive surge control system. Thus, some proportion of the fluid is allowed to flow between the second-stage of the compressor in the vicinity of the impeller blade tips, through a port in the shroud into an upstream portion of...

20060198728 - Water supply apparatus: A water supply apparatus includes an apparatus body (6) disposed in a flow passage (14) for sucking water to an indoor facility and a power generation unit (23) installed in the apparatus body. Further, the power generation unit further comprises a rotating shaft (34) extended in a direction perpendicular to...

20060198729 - Multi-vane centrifugal blower: A multi-vane centrifugal fan has a fan housing and an impeller. The impeller includes a plurality of vanes arranged with a prescribed spacing in the circumferential direction and fixed to a hub rotatably driven around a shaft core. The impeller further includes an annular member for reinforcement that is provided...

20060198730 - Rotary ram compressor: A rotary ram compressor for use in gas turbine engines and the like, having a plurality of vanes attached to discs, with the opposing parts of each two adjacent vanes and the opposing parts of the disks' surfaces confined between the opposing parts of the surfaces of the two adjacent...

20060198731 - Wear ring for a centrifugal pitot tube pump: In a centrifugal pump of the pitot tube type, a replaceable wear ring is positioned in the rotating assembly of the pump in that area of the rotating case which is most subject to erosion from the processing of abrasive fluids by the pitot tube pump. The replaceable wear ring...

20060198724 - Vertical axis turbine: A vertical axis turbine (1) with one or more stages. Each turbine stage has three longitudinally extending blades (5) each of which increases in axial cross-sectional width along the axis (2). The blades (5) are shaped to divert fluid flow and generate a rotation inducing torque. The fluid can be...

20060198725 - Multi functional pump for pumping molten metal: The present invention features a multi-functional pump for pumping molten metal, which includes a base that is submerged in molten metal having at least two impeller chambers. The base includes one or more inlet openings and one or more outlet openings. Each outlet opening leads from one of the impeller...

20060198726 - Apparatus for eliminating compressor stator vibration induced by tip leakage vortex bursting: Vibration induced compressor vane failure from tip leakage vortex bursting is eliminated or minimized. By securing the vane at opposite ends to inner and outer stationary casings, tip leakage is entirely avoided hence avoiding the mechanism for inducing vibration. By contouring the inner surface of the flow path to converge...

20060198727 - Turbocharger compressor having ported second-stage shroud, and associated method: A two-stage radial compressor having a ported second-stage shroud, forming a passive surge control system. Thus, some proportion of the fluid is allowed to flow between the second-stage of the compressor in the vicinity of the impeller blade tips, through a port in the shroud into an upstream portion of...

20060198728 - Water supply apparatus: A water supply apparatus includes an apparatus body (6) disposed in a flow passage (14) for sucking water to an indoor facility and a power generation unit (23) installed in the apparatus body. Further, the power generation unit further comprises a rotating shaft (34) extended in a direction perpendicular to...

20060198729 - Multi-vane centrifugal blower: A multi-vane centrifugal fan has a fan housing and an impeller. The impeller includes a plurality of vanes arranged with a prescribed spacing in the circumferential direction and fixed to a hub rotatably driven around a shaft core. The impeller further includes an annular member for reinforcement that is provided...

20060198730 - Rotary ram compressor: A rotary ram compressor for use in gas turbine engines and the like, having a plurality of vanes attached to discs, with the opposing parts of each two adjacent vanes and the opposing parts of the disks' surfaces confined between the opposing parts of the surfaces of the two adjacent...

20060198731 - Wear ring for a centrifugal pitot tube pump: In a centrifugal pump of the pitot tube type, a replaceable wear ring is positioned in the rotating assembly of the pump in that area of the rotating case which is most subject to erosion from the processing of abrasive fluids by the pitot tube pump. The replaceable wear ring...