1926results about "Siphons" patented technology

Irrigation and drainage systems are disclosed, including a saturated zone and at least one pipe in communication with the saturated zone. The pipe(s) can be configured to comprise a tubarc porous microstructure for conducting water from the saturated zone to an unsaturated zone in order to drain the water from the saturated zone. The water can be delivered from the saturated zone to the unsaturated zone through the tubarc porous microstructure, thereby permitting the water to be harnessed for irrigation or drainage through the hydrodynamic movement of the water from one zone of saturation or unsaturation to another.

A lens delivery system having a plunger, an injector body and a nozzle portion connected to the injector body, the nozzle portion having a hinged lid and a hollow body with a lens holding platform formed beneath the hinged lid. The cartridge has an elongated nozzle tube or tip with a bore, the bore communicating with the lens holding platform. The bottom of the bore is rounded, which causes the edges of the lens between the lens haptics to fold upwardly as the lens is pushed down the bore from the platform by the plunger. A removable pin fits into the lid and prevents the lens from moving down the bore of the tip during shipment and storage.

A method and apparatus for changing the speed of a drill bit down hole in a fluid-actuated motor, including a positive displacement motor and a hydraulic motor, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a bypass valve installed in the motor for controlling flow through and around the power section of the motor. When closed, the bypass valve forces all fluid to flow through the power section of the motor, imparting maximum speed to the drill bit. When opened, a portion of the fluid flow is allowed to flow around the power section of the motor, thereby reducing the speed of the drill bit. The bypass valve may be opened or closed mechanically, electrically, hydraulically, pneumatically, or by any other means, including a removable plug.

A moisture detection apparatus for signaling to a caregiver that a diaper or other article of clothing worn by an infant or adult being cared for by the caregiver is wet and needs to be changed. The apparatus includes a liquid transfer component having a plurality of capillaries for transferring liquid from the wet diaper to a remote location and a signaling device which emits either an audio signal or a visual signal, or both when an infant or adult patient is in need of attention due to a wet diaper or other article of clothing.

A rotatable, pivotable connector having a female end, a male end, a neck joining the male and female ends, and an exterior retention element. The exterior retention element, such as, for example, a fitting, may limit expansion of the exterior of the female end. The exterior retention element may also take the form of a retainer or similar structure to retain a fitting about the exterior of the female end of the connector. Further, the connector may be hollow, thus defining a continuous passage within. Also, multiple connectors may be interconnected to form an arm.

A coupling for joining pipe segments together is disclosed. The coupling is derived from a standard fitting and has a housing with a socket and a first expanded region adjacent to the socket and a second expanded region adjacent to the first expanded region. A sealing member is positioned in the first expanded region, a retainer is positioned in the second expanded region and a support washer having transversely oriented radial and coaxial flanges is positioned adjacent to the retainer. A lip turned inwardly on the second expanded region overlaps the radial flange and captures the support washer, retainer and sealing member within the coupling. The retainer has a plurality of radial teeth angularly oriented to engage a pipe and prevent its removal from the coupling.

The invention relates to a nitride semiconductor LED, wherein an n-doped nitride semiconductor layer is formed on a transparent substrate. An active layer is formed on the n-doped nitride semiconductor layer. A p-doped nitride semiconductor layer is formed on the active layer. A high reflectivity Ohmic contact layer of a mesh structure is formed on the p-doped nitride semiconductor layer and has a number of open areas for exposing the p-doped nitride semiconductor layer. A metal barrier layer is formed on at least a top region of the high reflectivity Ohmic contact layer. A p-bonding electrode is formed on the metal barrier layer. An n-electrode is formed on the n-doped nitride semiconductor layer.

A pipe section for concrete includes an end coupler interconnecting to another pipe section in a flow line. The coupler has an outer clamp secured extended from the pipe end with a coupling groove. An encircling clamp has sides located in the grooves of adjacent pipe sections to lock the pipe section together. The body and pipe end form an inner recess extending from the pipe end. An insert liner has a tubular portion matching the recess, with the outer surface of the tubular portion tapered to form a gap within the recess. The insert liner has an outer flange matching the outer diameter of the body and abuts the body. The inner wall of the liner has a central transition point from which the wall tapers inwardly in opposite directions to the outer end. The body member is formed of a high strength ductile steel. The insert liner is formed of a wear resistant material having a Rockwell hardness of 80 to 90. A carbide alloy consisting essentially of carbides, martensite, bainite and austenite, and 12-15% chromium, 2-3% carbon and traces nickel, molybdenum and austenite. A toughened ceramic is disclosed. The liner is adhesively bonded to the body using an epoxy adhesive which is responsive to heat for release of the liner. The liner is inserted by applying adhesive on the tubular portion and then pushing the liner into the recess.

A pipe joint for connecting a rigid pipe with a retaining flange to a tube includes a pipe joint body formed with a through bore and a window in communication with the bore. A tube connector portion may be connected at an angle to a rigid pipe connector portion. A pipe retainer provided with locking pieces can be located in two positions relative to the pipe joint body. The first position allows the retaining flange to pass through the locking pieces. The second position retains the rear of the retaining flange and prevents inadvertent removal of the rigid pipe. The retaining pieces engage the rear of the flange through the window communicating with the bore. The locking direction of the retainer can be altered relative to the tube connector portion to suit different applications and ease assembly.

A liquid transfer device that includes: a plurality of reservers that each store therein a liquid; a plurality of elastic tubes that are linked to the reservers and retained by a tube guide; a rotation axis that is retained to be able to rotate; and a tube depressing member whose depressing section is fixed to the rotation axis for depressing the tubes with a helical-structured convex portion provided thereto. In the liquid transfer device, when the rotation axis rotates, the liquid starts to flow by the depressing section sequentially depressing the tubes in a direction from the reservers toward a flow-out side of the liquid.

An elbow fitting is used in a pneumatic product conveying system in which the fitting expands from the inlet pipe along the outer side of the elbow fitting to enable a layer of accumulated product particles to be formed so as to move at a lower velocity than the velocity of the incoming product stream while establishing a moving contact surface for deflecting incoming product particles toward the outlet pipe with a minimum of pressure resistance and product attrition. The accumulated product particles are discharged from the elbow fitting by incorporating a step in the outer surface of the elbow fitting to create a Bernoulli effect causing the accumulated product particles to enter the air flow after the incoming flow of product particles has ceased. The particles in the accumulated layer are replenished from the incoming flow during operation of the elbow fitting.

A suction elbow is divided in a plurality of sub-channels similar to each other by one or more guide vanes made of a curved plate and flat plates connected to the curved plate based on the following formulas.p0: overhang length at the inlet of the elbowh: outlet breadth of the elbowf: reduction ratio of the elbow (f=W/h)W: inlet breadth of the elbowm: number of sub-channels (m>=2)an: inlet breadth of n-th sub-channel (a0 indicates the radius of curvature of the inner side wall and am indicates the radius of curvature of the outer side wall)r: aspect ratio of the sub-channelsbn: outlet breadth of n-th sub-channel

An elongate member (10) is provided having a first elongate portion (12), a second elongate portion (14) and an interconnecting joint (16). The interconnecting joint (16) is disposed at an acute angle to the first elongate portion (12) and rotation of the second elongate portion (14) about the interconnecting joint (16) allows a user access to an article (11) located at the upper end of the second elongate portion (14).

A catalyst dumping device (10) for unloading a catalyst (50) inside a reactor (1), in which smashed used catalyst is thrown into a dumping pipe (11) formed of a plurality of pipe member (12) provided to the reactor (1) to unload to outside of the reactor (1) by fall by dead weight. Accordingly, the catalyst can be unloaded only by throwing the catalyst into the dumping pipe (11), thereby improving work efficiency. Furthermore, no special apparatus such as a vacuum apparatus is unnecessary, thereby reducing cost for the special apparatus.

A fuel system having an ecology valve controlling liquid flow through a retention passage when pressurized liquid is passed through the valve is presented. The retention passage winds between the valve outlet and a cavity such that no matter which way the valve is oriented gravity alone is unable to drain liquid from the cavity to the outlet. The ecology valve serves to suction fuel from fuel nozzle passages upon engine shutdown. Fuel is temporarily stored in the cavity and the retention passage. The ecology valve also provides a fuel splitting function for providing a port geometry determined split between fuel nozzles in the fuel system.

A modular air intake system is presented. The system comprises a variety of modular components that may be coupled together to form a desired air intake system configuration for an automobile engine. Each modular component has a plastic structure with chrome plating, resulting in improved insulation and heat reflection characteristics for better engine performance. An intake system may be configured to fit into virtually any automobile engine compartment, because the components may be coupled in any combination, and the angular connection relationship between any two components is adjustable. A locking split-collar may be used to lock the junctions between modular components to provide a fixed configuration.

The present invention is a fastening member formed of a single steel plate for fastening exterior panels to a building frame and a structure using the fastening member. The fastening member includes, a base plate portion functioning as a fastening portion to a building frame side, a central supporting portion to be in contact with the rear surface of an upper exterior panel at the time of the fastening, and an engaging portion extended from a lower end of the central supporting portion, the engaging portion being configured to be engaged with upper and lower ends of exterior panels at the time of the fastening. Between an upwardly extended portion and a downwardly extended portion constituting the engaging portion, a cutout for decreasing the rigidity of the engaging portion is formed.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for substantially eliminating destructive transients of pressure or flow rate which can degrade the efficiency and useful lifetime of chromatography columns. The present invention enables a substantially constant flow of mobile phase liquid to be maintained through the chromatography system by eliminating the flow blockage interval associated with the actuation of sample injection valves. The present invention further provides a method to reduce the pressure and flow rate transients associated with pressurization of the sample loop contents when the sample loop is introduced to chromatography system delivery pressure.

An in-the-wall plumbing trap having integral connections for waste and vent lines wherein in the vent connection is located on the top of the trap housing and the waste connection on the bottom thereof. A substantially vertical wall formed by an overflow member separates the housing interior into two chambers with a liquid seal chamber located beneath a waste intake line and a separation chamber disposed on the other side of the overflow member. Effluent waste entering the liquid seal chamber builds up until reaching the top of the overflow member where it then spills over into the separation chamber and any gases contained therein rise to the top of the housing and escape through the vent line as the fluid flows to the bottom of the separation chamber and exits through the drain pipe.