2385 results about "Air channel" patented technology

An air conditioning cooling apparatus and method which includes the steps of supplying cooling air generated from a cooling apparatus into an air passageway formed below a floor; guiding the cooling air within the air passageway into an equipment assembly disposed on the floor through an opening located in the floor; communicating the cooling air introduced into the equipment assembly into a plenum and introducing the air released from within the equipment into the plenum and communicating the released air through the cooling apparatus for cooling the released air. The method permits temperature differential between the air supplied to the air passageway and the air introduced into the plenum from the equipment assembly to be 45.degree. F. to substantially 40.degree. F. so as to reduce the power necessary for operating on the fan of the blowing apparatus. The equipment assembly utilizes an air flow control mechanism so as to substantially evenly distribute cooling air to the equipment.

The invention provides a channeling preventing and plugging agent and a construction method for controlling plugging and sealing channeling by utilizing the channeling preventing and plugging agent. The channeling preventing and plugging agent comprises a high-temperature-resistance pre-plugging agent serving as a pre-posed pre-plugging plug, an enhanced gel plugging agent serving as an intermediate enhanced plug and a high-strength resin plugging agent serving as a postposed sealing plug. The channeling preventing and plugging agent has the characteristics of high temperature resistance, long-term stability, good plugging performance and the like. The invention further provides a construction method for controlling plugging and sealing channeling by utilizing the channeling preventing and plugging agent. The method has a simple constructing process, and can be used for constructing after the channeling preventing and plugging agent is directly prepared on the spot. The channeling preventing and plugging agent can be used for effectively solving the adverse impact of the steam/air channeling phenomenon of a heavy oil thermal production well on production, and has an important effect on prolonging the production cycle of a heavy oil well and improving the recovery efficiency.

Apparatus and method embedding a camera in a street light includes structure and/or function whereby the street light, comprising has a first compartment having an LED array configured to illuminate an area beneath the street light. A second compartment is coupled to the first compartment and has a camera directed toward the area beneath the street light. The second compartment has a window covering the camera such that the camera can receive light from area beneath the street light, but passers-by do not see the camera. A third compartment is coupled to the second compartment and is configured to attach the street light to a vertical support. A passive air channel is disposed between the first compartment and the second compartment, and is configured to direct air from beneath the street light to the top of the street light. Preferably, the power supply for the LED array is disposed in a compartment different that the first compartment. An anti-glare device is preferably mounted to a bottom of at least one of the first compartment and the second compartment, and is configured to shield the camera from light glare and/or reflections from the LED array.

The invention relates to an air buffer having an automatic seal body air shutting-off and locking device and a making method thereof. The air buffer comprises a seal body composed of a continuous film coil and comprising two pieces of external film and two pieces of internal film, a plurality of equidistant heat-resistant nodes made from heat-resistant material are coated on the top of the internal surface of one internal film, and hot seal nodes are arranged at the positions at the same height as the heat-resistant nodes of one external film, and hot seal transversal lines are employed to divide the seal body into aerating channel regions and air storing columns, the aerating channels join the air storing columns through the hot seal lines, an internal film with heat-resistant nodes is arranged on the external film to make the internal film and the external film unjoined to form a sole channel air inlet. When aerating, the air channel portions of the two pieces of external films will expand to draw the internal films joined therewith, thus to allow all the air inlets along the air channels to open indirectly. In this way, a plurality of seal bodies are needed to be aerated, the air inlets are shut off and the air inlet paths are locked after aerating, thereby the air buffer having dual air shutting-off functions and durable seal performance.

A high speed connector includes a plurality of wafer-style components in which two columns of conductive terminals are supported in an insulative support body, the body including an internal cavity disposed between the two columns of conductive terminals. The terminals are arranged in horizontal pairs, and the internal cavity defines an air channel between each horizontal pair of terminals arranged in the two columns of terminals. The terminals are further aligned with each other in each row so that horizontal faces of the terminals in the two rows face each other to thereby promote broadside coupling between horizontal pairs of terminals. A dielectric insert is provided between the columns of terminals to thereby influence the broadside coupling between pairs of terminals.

A three-dimensional (3D) chip stack structure and method of fabricating the structure thereof are provided. The 3D chip stack structure includes a plurality of vertically stacked chips which are interconnected and bonded together, wherein each of the vertically stacked chips include one or more IC device strata. The 3D chip stack structure further includes an air channel interconnect network embedded within the chip stack structure, and wherein the air channel interconnect network is formed in between at least two wafers bonded to each other of the vertically stacked wafers and in between at least two bonded wafers of the vertically stacked wafers at a bonding interface thereof. In addition, the 3D chip stack structure further includes one or more openings in a peripheral region of the chip stack structure that lead into and out of the air channel interconnect network, so that air can flow into and out of the air channel interconnect network through the one or more openings to remove heat from the chip stack structure.

An adapter for attaching to an earphone includes a sleeve capable attaching the adapter to the earphone and an ear portion including a tubular sidewall having a first end attached to the sleeve and a second end opposite the first end. In one embodiment, the tubular sidewall includes an outer surface and a plurality of fins extending outwardly from the outer surface. In another embodiment, the tubular sidewall has an inner surface defining an air channel extending through the sidewall, and the inner surface has a twin cone shape including a converging cone portion extending from the first end and a diverging cone portion extending from the converging cone portion to the second end. In one embodiment, the adapter includes both a plurality of fins, and a twin cone air channel.

In accordance with non-limiting examples, a nebulizer includes a main body comprising an air channel section and further comprising a mixing chamber and a venturi positioned to be placed within the patient's oral cavity and configured to receive medicine and air and mix the medicine and air within the mixing chamber and receive the air flow through the venturi and cause the medicine entering the mixing chamber to be atomized by the action of air flowing through the venturi. An air flow sensor is associated with the main body and configured to measure the air flow created by the patient's one of at least inhaling and exhaling air.

A pursed lip breathing device includes a housing defining an air channel through which a user breathes. A mouthpiece is attached to the housing and includes an aperture generally aligned with the air channel so that when the user breathes through the aperture, an airflow is generated in the air channel. The mouthpiece has outer dimensions designed so that the user's lips are pursed during breathing. During breathing, the airflow in the air channel is restricted to include pressure on the user's pulmonary system. Information or feedback regarding the user's breathing may also be provided so that the user is motivated and encouraged during breathing exercises and may monitor the therapeutic effect of his or her breathing.

A balloon endoscope device having a shaft with a distal end that allows for blunt dissection is provided. The shaft utilizes a plurality of separately inflatable balloons that alone or together with exterior functional channels (e.g., instrument channels, air channels, water channels, suction channels) circumferentially surround the distal end of the shaft to better position and maneuver the distal end as it advances through tissue planes and once it reaches a target working space or operative site.

The invention discloses a precise leveling system of a vibration isolation foundation bed. The lower bottom surface of the vibration isolation foundation bed is supported by air springs; a precise optical vibration isolation platform is arranged on the vibration isolation foundation bed; one or two level monitors are arranged on the precise optical vibration isolation platform for measuring an included angle between the vibration isolation platform and the absolute level in two mutually vertical directions; flexible leg monitoring devices are respectively connected with the own air springs; the output ends of the level monitors and the flexible leg monitoring devices are respectively connected with the input ends of controllers; the output ends of the controllers are connected with all control valves; an air channel port of each control valve is respectively connected with the own air spring; air supplying devices respectively supply air for each control valve. The precise leveling system realizes vibration isolation of Grade II; the vibration isolation platform has highly precise planarity and meets requirements of various precision instruments for the environment; the control valves realize the air inflow of a small amount during the charging process of the air springs, improve leveling precision and can keep the system stable. The precise leveling system is applicable to ultra precise measurement and processing.

The invention discloses an embedded burner of a household gas cooker with multiple nozzles, high flow rate and full upward air intake. The burner comprises a bottom cup assembly, an inner-outer ring burner head, an outer ring fire distributor cover, and an inner ring fire distributor cover; the inner-outer ring burner and the outer ring fire distributor cover form an outer ring fire chamber and an outer ring fire hole which is communicated with the outer ring fire chamber, and the inner-outer ring burner head and the inner ring fire distributor cover form an inner ring fire chamber and an inner ring fire hole which is communicated with the inner ring fire chamber; the bottom cup assembly is equipped with an inner ring air channel and an outer ring air channel which are communicated with the outside, and the bottom cup assembly is further equipped with an inner ring fire induction tunnel and a plurality of outer ring fire induction tunnels, an inner fire nozzle and a plurality of outer ring fire nozzles which are horizontally arranged; mixed gas outlets of the outer ring fire induction tunnels are communicated with the outer ring fire chamber, and the mixed gas outlets of the inner ring fire induction tunnel is communicated with the inner ring fire chamber. The burner realizes independent regulation of the inner fire and the outer fire, and the full upward air intake, and has the advantages of high heat flow, stable gas supply, thorough burning and high burning power. The burner has larger fire holes for burning, which facilitates to change into different fuel gases.

A condensation dryer includes a drying chamber for objects to be dried, a process air channel, a heater in the process air channel for heating the process air, a heat exchanger in the process air channel for cooling the process air after passing through the drying chamber, a fan in the process air channel for conveying the process air, a rinsing container connected to a water supply, and a controller.

A container and a sleeve for a container are disclosed that employ unique air channels to divert heat from a hot beverage via hot air escaping upward and downward. The surface of the container and sleeve include raised images, depressed images, or a combination of both which are generally aligned in substantially vertical columns. The space between the columns defines the air channels. The air channels are substantially uninterrupted and facilitate the upward and downward escape of hot air. The images are applied, such as by embossing and/or debossing, which facilitates manufacturing material efficiency and therefore reduces material costs and environmental waste. A blank for a container or sleeve and a method of making a sleeve are also disclosed.

A medicament dispensing device, a medicament magazine thereof, and a method of removing a medicament from the medicament magazine. The inhaler has a mouthpiece (9) and an air channel (4) connected thereto, as well as a medicament magazine with at least one medicament chamber containing a powdered medicament. A drive current is produced in the air channel, while a vacuum flow (5′) can be produced by the drive current and a constriction formed in the air channel. This narrowest part of the air channel that produces the vacuum flow is connected to a removal opening (2) which communicates with a control opening (3), in order to form an emptying current through the control opening via the removal opening. In a preferred embodiment the at least one medicament chamber including the control opening, the removal opening and a fill opening are housing in the one-piece medicament magazine.

An information handling system's thermal management is selectively altered by coupling a thermal barrier to the bottom surface of the information handling system chassis so that an air channel insulates against the passage of thermal energy from the bottom surface. A vent opening in a side of the thermal barrier allows airflow through the air channel to a vent opening of the information handling system. The airflow through the air channel cools the base of the thermal barrier so that an end user will experience reduced thermal energy if the information handling system rests on the end user, such as in the end user's lap.

A high-breathability hand glove for use over a bicycle handlebar by a cyclist, said glove including an exposed perforated palm area (12) and a few cushioning pads (16, 18) surrounding said palm area, said cushioning pads (16, 18) being closedly spaced from one another so as to define at least a few air channels being formed radially therebetween, said air channels for evacuating bodily moisture escaping from said perforated palm area, each one of said air channels (20, 22) destined to be narrower than the diameter of the bicycle handlebar so that the bicycle handlebar cannot close said air channels upon the hand globe hand engaging the biclycle handlebar.

A vehicle air-conditioning system (1) includes an HVAC unit (2) in which a first refrigerant evaporator (6) and a second refrigerant condenser (7) are disposed in an air channel (5) communicating with a vehicle interior space; and a heat pump cycle (3) in which a refrigerant compressor (8), a refrigerant switching device (9), a first refrigerant condenser (10) that exchanges heat with the outside air, a first expansion valve (13), and a first refrigerant evaporator (6) are connected in sequence and in which the second refrigerant condenser (7) is connected in parallel with the first refrigerant condenser (10) via the refrigerant switching device (9). An exhaust-heat recovery circuit (21) equipped with a second refrigerant evaporator (16) disposed in a ventilation channel (17) from the vehicle interior and a second expansion valve (15) is connected in parallel with the first expansion valve (13) and the first refrigerant evaporator (6) of the heat pump cycle (3).

A hydration system is disclosed for carrying readily dispensable fluids, such as water. A removable cap having an annular valve covers a container. A flexible tube is disposed through the center of the annular valve and extends generally to near the bottom of the container. A bite valve is attached to the end of the tube that is external to the container. When the annular valve is closed, the hydration system is substantially closed, preventing fluid loss. When the annular valve is opened, an air channel is created that allows air to enter the container, facilitating the flow of fluid from the container through the flexible tube. The annular valve may be a poppet-type valve having a valve stem that is movable between the closed position and the open position. The hydration system is sufficiently compact to be utilized with narrow-mouthed bottles.

A humidifier (10) is provided having a housing (11), a conventional electric motor (12), a fan blade assembly (13), a conical suction tube (14), and a cylindrical water droplet diffusing screen (15) mounted concentrically about the suction tube. The housing defines a downward air channel (32) commencing at an air inlet (33) and which extends about the bottom edge (34) of a barrier to an upward air channel (37) terminating at an air outlet (38). The suction tube has a bottom opening (22) through which water may enter the interior space of the suction tube and a series of water outlets (23). The housing has a lower housing portion (25) which defines a water reservoir (28) adapted to hold a supply of water having a maximum water line (MWL). In use, water is drawn through the suction tube and expelled into the downward air channel as droplets. These droplets travel downwardly along the downward air channel wherein the airstream is then diverted upwardly, thereby causing heavier droplets to be withdrawn from the airstream. As the airstream continues upwardly within the upward air channel the heavier remaining droplets are also withdrawn from the airstream. As a result, the airstream exiting the humidifier contains only the smallest water droplets.

A room air purifier is provided is provided that has a housing that defines a floor supply duct inlet, a room air inlet, and an outlet. An air mixing chamber within the housing is in direct communication with said room air inlet and said floor supply duct inlet. A filter is disposed in the housing. A fan is disposed in said housing between the outlet of the filter and the outlet side of the filter. An air channel panel is disposed in a filter inlet area between the air mixing chamber and the filter. Various sensors may be deployed to control temperature, and to prevent unpurified air from exiting the room air purifier. Optionally, an additional wall supply inlet may be placed in fluid communication with the air mixing chamber to provide a second extra-room source of air.

An injector air outlet includes a temperature sensor and a smoke sensor to simultaneously carry out the functions of air recirculation and temperature and smoke monitoring within a closed interior space, such as a passenger cabin or a freight or cargo hold in an aircraft. The injector air outlet includes a housing wall (2) with an injector mixing chamber (3) therein. A primary supply air inlet (4) receives primary supply air (5) from the aircraft's air distribution duct network, and blows the primary supply air through an injection nozzle (7) into the mixing chamber (3) so as to create a reduced or negative pressure in the mixing chamber. Cabin exhaust air (10) is sucked through a secondary air inlet (9) and a secondary air channel (8) into the mixing chamber (3), due to the reduced pressure or suction effect therein. The primary air and secondary air are mixed together and then ejected forcefully back into the cabin or cargo hold. A sensor unit (12) including a temperature sensor (12A) and a smoke sensor (12B) is installed in the secondary air channel (8) so that a flow of exhaust air (10) is continuously positively caused to flow over the sensor unit (12).

The invention discloses an octopus tentacle imitating adaptive capture soft manipulator and a capture method thereof. The octopus tentacle imitating adaptive capture soft manipulator mainly comprises a tentacle, an air pipe, an electrical proportional valve, strain gages and a magnetic valve, wherein the tentacle imitates the shape of an octopus tentacle and is in an irregular strip cone shape, a tentacle protrusion with a large diameter is arranged at the end of the tentacle, groups of ellipsoidal pressure regulating cavities are evenly distributed in the tentacle, main air channels are distributed along the axle direction of the tentacle in the tentacle, each row of ellipsoidal pressure regulating cavities distributed along the axial direction corresponds to a main air channel, the main air channels do not directly pass through the ellipsoidal pressure regulating cavities and are connected with the ellipsoidal pressure regulating cavities through branch air channels, magnetic valves are arranged at the positions of the branch air channels for connecting the ellipsoidal pressure regulating cavities and the main air channels, the strain gages are placed between each two groups of the ellipsoidal pressure regulating cavities, the ellipsoidal pressure regulating cavities produce different shape changes so as to control tentacle to bend through feedback of signals of the strain gages and match between the magnetic valve and the electrical proportional valve, and the tentacle winds objects by controlling a plurality of groups of the pressure regulating cavities.

An adjustable radiator grill arrangement for a motor vehicle comprises at least one air channel, through which an air flow for the incident flow of a radiator can be guided. The grill arrangement has a first grill element and a second grill element, which are moveable relative to one another, in order to open or to close the air channel. The first grill element comprises a closing edge, which is disposed at a distance from a counter-edge when the air channel is opened and adjacent to the counteredge when the air channel is closed. The first grill element comprises an elastically deformable closing element, which forms the closing edge.

Reciprocating cutting tools (1, 90, 100) may include a drive source (11) for reciprocally driving a blade (B). The drive source may also drive a blower (13) in order to generate an air stream. An air channel (50, 56, 50, 70, 85, 80) may guide the air stream to a position adjacent to the blade or a workpiece (W) that will be cut by the blade. Further, a chip collector nozzle (57) may draw or suction cutting chips away from the workpiece that has been cut by the blade.

Disclosed is a method for preparing an air channel-equipped film for use in vacuum packages, which comprises the step of providing a gas-impermeable base, along with a melt-extruded heat-sealable resin, to a laminating unit consisting of a laminating roll and a cooling roll, to form a heat-sealable resin layer on the gas-impermeable base, characterized in that the heat-sealable resin is molded and quenched in such a way that a plurality of protrusions, corresponding to a plurality of grooves formed in a predetermined pattern on the circumferential surface of the cooling roll, are formed on the molded heat-sealable resin layer, defining channels for the evacuation of air therebetween. The method is simple because of its ability to form air channels without the aid of additional embossing techniques, as well as being economically favorable owing to the employment of no embossing molds.

A vortex burner of combustible micropowder i.e pulverized coal is prepared by setting primary cooling jacket with an ignition device at the centre of it and a flame detection device at jacket top cover ; arranging primary , secondary and tertiary cooling jackets in sequence coaxially as radial outwards to form primary and secondary air channel and cooling channel , tertiary micropowder channel and tertiary channel ; connecting primary air-channel to fuel gas inlet tube and gasifying agent inlet tube after they are combined for switching over two gases by valve ; setting spiral - flow device at secondary air-channel outlet and jetting out pulverized coal in spiral - flow way at its conveying tube outlet.

An exercise machine adapted for training watersports athletes has a pair of spaced-apart vertical columns each with hollow tubular body with a weighted plunger attached to a cable for vertical reciprocation while a user performs power and return stroke movements on an instrument attached to the other end of the cable. The plunger is hydraulically coupled to an air channel fed by an air-through valve sized to control air movement into the air channel by the rising plunger during a power stroke to approximate water resistance to an oar, paddle or arm in the water. The air channel has a release opening for releasing air balanced against the weight of the falling plunger to approximate lifting an oar, paddle, or arm out of the water on a return stroke. The exercise machine can be used to practice a wide range of watersports training exercises for swimming, paddleboarding, canoe paddling, rowing, etc.

The invention belongs to the field of indoor air purification and relates to a wall-mounted type air purifier based on thermal regeneration and a purification method thereof. The purifier comprises a sealed cabin, a draught fan, an air channel body which is composed of a plurality of air valves, a low efficient filter, efficient reproducible volatile organic compounds (VOCs) absorption module, a formaldehyde absorption module, a heating wire, a VOCs sensor, a temperature sensor, and a programmable logic controller; the sealed cabin of the air purifier comprises an air purification chamber and a heating regeneration chamber; the low efficient filter, the efficient reproducible VOCs absorption module, the formaldehyde absorption module, the draught fan and the VOCs sensor are installed in the air purification chamber of the sealed cabin from bottom to top; the heating wire and the temperature sensor are installed in the heating regeneration chamber from top to bottom; the programmable logic controller is connected with the draught fan, the temperature sensor, the VOCs sensor and circuits of the multiple air valves. The purification method comprises four modes of purifying, thermal regenerating, pollution discharging and fresh air, and further comprises two functions of indoor purification and mechanical ventilation. According to the wall-mounted type air purifier based on thermal regeneration and the purification method thereof, indoor VOCs and indoor formaldehyde can be purified quickly, continuously and effectively, and the service life of the wall-mounted type air purifier is prolonged.

The heat sink includes following parts: cabinet; insertion frame for equipment setup at central area of the cabinet; both of first air inlet and first air outlet positioned at first side of the cabinet; being setup at gap between first side of the cabinet and insertion frame for equipment, the shield plate is in use for obstructing connection at the gap between first air inlet and first air outlet; being connecting first air inlet and first air outlet, first air channel is formed from gaps between other three side surfaces of the cabinet and insertion frame for equipment. The invention also discloses method for controlling the heat sink in type of conduction through. Features are: reasonable overall arrangement for air channel, and no reversed-flow region.