2467 results about "Water jet" patented technology

A water jet instrument may be used for manually performing eye surgery such as, cataract, or perform micro-surgery (remove cartilage), or any emulsification technique. The water jet instrument may be manually controlled or controlled by a system with a robotic control. The water jet apparatus defines a jet cutting area that is based at least in part on a flow rate meter and a feedback loop.

A multifunction device for endoscopic surgery including a supply means for the supply of at least one fluid and forceps or a clamp which comprise forceps-shaped electrodes with jaw parts for high-frequency surgery. The supply means is formed to dissect tissue by means of a fluid jet at or in a jaw part of the forceps or clamp. The multifunction device is one for both water jet surgery and high-frequency coagulation and/or cutting that occupies no more space than a conventional high-frequency instrument or conventional forceps or clamps.

The present invention relates generally to coupling devices for securely coupling first and second elements. The disclosed device can be used, for example, to connect different components of oral hygiene apparatuses that produce a relatively high-velocity water jet to clean a person's teeth.

A water disintegratable non-woven fabric having excellent water disintegratability and high wet strength can be obtained by a step of forming a fiber web from fibers having a fiber length of 10 mm or less, a step of applying a water jet treatment to the fiber web to obtain a fiber sheet having wet strength of less than 100 g/25 mm in MD and CD, the wet strength being defined by tensile strength at break of the fiber sheet, as measured by using a tensilon tester with a chuck distance of 100 mm, at a tensile speed of 100 mm/min to the fiber sheet which is cut into 25 mm width and 150 mm length and impregnated with water in an amount 2.5 times the weight of the fiber sheet, and a step of adding at least one binder selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl cellulose, alkylcellulose, polyvinyl alcohol and modified polyvinyl alcohol to the fiber sheet. The water disintegratable non-woven fabric is sufficiently bulky and has an excellent wiping effect.

A surfboard-based powered water craft is propelled by gas or electric power plant. A water jet pump supplies water under pressure, which is exhausted through a steering nozzle. A steering shaft, carried by the surfboard-based body, pivots in response to movement of a steering arm. The steering arm pivots about a vertical axis and a horizontal axis. The weight of the power plant is carried forward the center, whereby a rider on top of the surfboard based body tends to balance the weight of the power plant.

A nonwoven fabric comprises continuous polymer filaments of 0.5 to 3 denier that have been hydroentangled in a complex matrix for interconnecting filament loops, and that is otherwise substantially free of knotting, or of otherwise wrapping about one another. A process for making a nonwoven fabric comprises continuously extruding polymer filaments of 0.5 to 3 denier onto a moving support, pre-entangling the filaments with water jets, and entangling the filaments with a second set of water jets on a three-dimensional image transfer device. An apparatus for making a nonwoven fabric comprises means for continuously extruding substantially endless polymer filaments of 0.5 to 3 denier onto a moving support to form an unbonded web, a pre-entangling station for entangling the web with a plurality of water jets, and a plurality of water jets for final entanglement of the filament web on a three-dimensional image transfer device. In another aspect of the present invention, plural precursor webs, each comprising polymeric filaments, can be employed to form a laminated nonwoven fabric.

A full-voltage dental water jet of the invention includes a base, a pump, a suspension stand, a reservoir and a microcomputer control system. The base has a lower case and an upper case. The pump disposed in the lower case has an inlet and an outlet. The suspension stand having at least three engaging portions, a heat dissipating aluminum plate, a first standing portion and a second standing portion is disposed between the pump and the lower case. The reservoir is disposed above the base. The microcomputer control system is disposed in the upper case. The microcomputer control system has the function of adapting the dental water jet to the universal input voltage. In addition, the suspension stand made of the silica gel material reduces the operation noise and the vibration of the pump.

A pull-out faucet has a spray head with spray selection and pause control. A spring-loaded push button interrupts outlet spray entirely as long as it is being depressed. A rocker button controls spray through inner and outer sets of outlet orifices, for example, giving the user the option of an aerated water jet or an unaerated shower. The rocker button mounts on an integral pivot post of a valve body that houses a diverter valve that is controlled by the rocker button. The rocker button has a pair of legs that extend through openings in the valve body to engage a groove in the diverter valve. Pivoting the rocker button about a pivot axis by depressing either its forward or aft portion, moves the diverter valve along a valve axis to route flow to either the inner or outer orifices.

The invention discloses a method for extracting gas from high gas low permeability coal seam by punching, slotting, pressure releasing and permeability increasing, comprising the following steps: whena drill is drilled into a predetermined position of the coal seam, coal bodies at both sides of a drill hole are cut in the drill hole by high pressure water jet with a certain pressure and flow; a flat slot is formed at both sides of the drill hole; the cut coal bodies is led out the hole by the high pressure water jet. The exposed area of the coal body at the slotted part in the drill hole aregreatly increased, namely that an extremely thin protective layer is exploited with local scope of the flat slot, which enlarges effective influential range of pressure releasing, permeability increasing and gas discharging of the coal bodies in the drill hole, thus the air permeability of the coal bodies is increased about 200-300 times, the average amount of single-hole gas extraction reaches 0.3m<3>/min, the concentration of the gas extraction is 30-60%, gas drainage rate of working face of coal extraction is more than 50%, the number of drill holes for gas drainage is reduced by 10-20% after slotting, pressure releasing and permeability increasing. The method realizes the safety, high efficiency and uniform extraction of the gas from the high gas low permeability outburst coal seam, and changes high gas coal seam with outburst danger into low gas coal seam without outburst danger.

The present invention relates to an air purifier employing a water jet-type fan system having a simple structure, in which water is pumped by a water pump and sprayed and scattered by the water jet-type fan system in which a plurality of spray nozzles are mounted on a fan having a flow channel, in order to purify contaminants. The fan system rotates by the principle of action and reaction using the spraying force of water. The air purifier of the present invention performs an air purification process and an air circulation function at the same time by spraying and scattering water so as to use the adsorption power of water, instead of using a motor fan for circulating air. The present invention also relates to a purification method of the air purifier.

A system and method for pelletizing extruded materials, such as thermoplastic polymers in various pelletizing applications, including underwater, hot face, and strand pelletizing applications, utilizes a high pressure liquid delivered to one or more nozzles which direct a high pressure liquid jet cutting stream at the extruded polymer strand to cut the strand into pellets. The system and method are particularly applicable to underwater pelletizers utilizing water or water-based solutions. In a preferred underwater pelletizing embodiment, a plurality of nozzles are mounted on a rotating nozzle hub which is fed high pressure water through sealed hollow pelletizer and hollow motor shafts. The high pressure water jet cutting streams exiting the rotating nozzles are preferably in the form of a flat V-shaped spray with a spread angle of about 15° to about 45° and an approach angle between 0° and 60°, depending upon the pelletizing application.

An improved diesel engine water pump includes three main features that aid in extending the maintenance-free life of the pump. The impeller shaft is carried by tapered roller shaft support bearings of which the impeller bearing has a floating outer race that is urged axially by a preload spring to provide a prescribed axial preload that maintains concentricity of the shaft with the axis and prolongs bearing life. An improved oil seal combines an oil slinger, a stationary deflector and a lip oil seal with a return passage to the engine to more effectively limit oil leakage from the pump. An improved water seal includes pressurized water jets fed from the pump volute that flush wear particles from the water seal surface and increase water seal life. Further details of these features are also disclosed.

A pet water dispenser having a system of water pumps to circulate water, a water bowl containing a temperature sensor to determine the temperature of the water in the bowl, an ultra violet light and a filter to purify and clean the circulating water, an in-line water heater and a thermoelectric cooling plate to keep the water at a desired temperature, water jets inside the bowl to spray water against the inside of the bowl to clean hair and debris from the bowl, a rotating drain disc in the bowl which periodically opens to permit emptying of old water from the water bowl and closes to permit filling of the bowl with fresh water, a digital controller to permit a pet owner to control the operation of the dispenser and the temperature of the water presented in the bowl to the pet.

The invention relates to an underground central pump room draining automatic monitoring system, which comprises a PLC control cabinet, a remote expanding module, a site data bus, a contact screen, an analog quantity and switching value input module, various monitoring probes, a travel switch, a level instrument and an executable section. A monitoring net adopts a form of combining a PROFIBUS DP site data bus and an industrial ethernet. A monitoring method for the system comprises: (1) monitoring the absorbing well water level; (2) monitoring the state for starting a high pressure switching cabinet by a water pump; (3) judging the valve levels of a gate valve, a ball valve of a water jet pumping device and a water distribution gate; (4) judging the valve levels of a vacuum pump ball valve; (5) measuring each equipment temperature measuring point; (6) measuring signals of a pressure sensor and a negative pressure sensor; (7) judging system faults; (8) automatically controlling the start-stop and operation numbers of the water pumps according to the absorbing well water level conditions; and (9) setting power supply peak avoiding time periods, and automatically selecting starting time and numbers of a pump. The system improves the system working reliability, reduces the equipment fault rate, and adopts a three-stage monitoring structure for a draining system.

An in-line reactor for the treatment of liquids or gasses by light radiation is disclosed. The reactor is made of tube, pipe, or chamber made of a transparent material, having at least one fluid inlet and correspondingly at least one fluid outlet. The transparent material of the tube is selected such that its refractive index is as possible close to the refractive index of the fluid to be treated. Air gap is kept around the outer transparent walls of the reactor, in order to allow for total internal reflection inside the reactor, of light directed into it from a light source in angles of incidence greater than the critical angle. Fluid treatment systems comprising at least one said in-line reactor are also disclosed. Furthermore, method of in-line fluid treatment, and especially of water sterilization and disinfection and aseptic filling of water are disclosed. Surfaces hit by the in-line disinfected water after being launched through an outlet nozzle, could also be sterilized by launching the water with the same UV light used for the in-line treatment locked in total internal reflection within the free flow water jet.

A laminate tile pole piece for an MRI, a method and an apparatus for manufacturing laminate tile metal pole pieces for an MRI. Each laminate tile has a trapezoidal or annular sector shape. The trapezoidal shape allows the tiles to be attached side by side to form a multiple concentric ring pole piece without using oddly shaped edge filler tiles needed to fill a circular pole piece with square tiles. The laminate tiles are formed by unwinding a metal ribbon, guiding the ribbon through an adhesive bath, winding the ribbon on a polygonal bobbin, such as a rectangular bobbin, to form a coil with at least one flat side, removing the coil from the bobbin, cutting the coil into laminate bars and shaping the laminate bars into trapezoidal or annular sector shaped laminate tiles. The apparatus contains an adhesive bath, a polygonal shaped bobbin, bobbin side plates for guiding the ribbon onto the bobbin and pressure plates for controlling the thickness of the coil. The apparatus also contains a cutting tool for cutting the coil into laminate bars after the coil is removed from the bobbin and a water jet to shape the laminate bars into trapezoidal or annular sector shaped laminate tiles.

The invention concerns a method for producing a complex nonwoven fabric which consists in continuously producing a complex wherein a first web of a cellulosic fibres (4) is continuously sandwiched between two webs of spunbonded filaments (2, 7), and which consists in: producing a first web of spunbonded filaments (2), the bundle of extruded and drawn filaments being received on a mobile conveyor belt (3) in the form of a non-bonded lap; depositing on said web 92) by airlaid process a second web of cellulosic fibres (4); depositing on the textile web (4) a second web (7) of non-bonded continuous filaments; transferring the resulting complex onto an installation (9) for water-jet bonding and hydro-entanglement consolidation; and in drying the nonwoven mixed product and then recuperating it, for example in the form of a cloth wind-up (18).

A method of deactivating land mines buried in ground comprises projecting high-pressure water jets into ground, cutting through ground with the high-pressure water jets, and making at least one cut through a land mine or cutting through at least one land mine that had been under the ground, the cutting of the land mine reducing the performance of the land mine. The method may reduce the performance of the land mine by rendering the land mine inactive to normal detonation procedures for the land mine. To reach as many surface areas on the buried landmines, it is preferable that at least two high-pressure water jets are spaced apart are used to cut through the ground. The method may be practiced with the high-pressure water jet being carried on a vehicle and cutting is done in a line that is formed at least in part by movement of the vehicle over the ground while the high-pressure water jet is cutting ground. An apparatus for the reduction in effectiveness of land mines buried in ground may comprise a self-contained push-cart unit or a unit attached or attachable to a vehicle. A complete system could comprise a vehicle having a source of liquid, a high-pressure pump to move the liquid under high pressure, a nozzle directing a liquid jet path for the liquid, a support for the nozzle, abrasive delivery system, and nozzle being controllable to direct the liquid towards the ground while the nozzle is fixed relative to the vehicle.

A rotating stream sprinkler of the type having a rotatable deflector with spiral vanes engaged by one or more water jets for imparting a rotary drive torque to the deflector, which converts the jets into a plurality of relatively small outwardly projected water streams swept over the surrounding terrain to irrigate adjacent vegetation. The sprinkler includes a speed governor having a turbine driven orbiter with first and second gears meshed respectively with a stator gear and a driven gear having different numbers of gear teeth, wherein the driven gear is carried by the deflector for rotation therewith. The turbine rotatably drives the orbiter on an eccentric axis, to react against the stator gear and thereby rotatably drive the driven gear and deflector with a substantial speed reduction. The speed governor thus regulates deflector speed for slowly sweeping the projected water streams over the adjacent landscape.

A waterjet system for generating and delivering fluid jets suitable for processing a workpiece has a cutting head body and a mixing tube. The cutting head body includes a mixing chamber and a bore. The bore is positioned downstream of the mixing chamber, and an abrasive fluid jet from the mixing chamber passes through the mixing tube. The mixing tube has a first coupler adapted to magnetically couple the mixing tube to the cutting head body when the mixing tube is installed. The cutting head body has a second coupler positioned to engage the first coupler of the mixing tube to keep the mixing tube properly positioned during operation of the waterjet system.

A method for controlling a marine vessel having first and second steering nozzles and first and second trim deflectors comprises generating at least a first set of actuator control signals and a second set of actuator control signals. The first set of actuator control signals is coupled to and controls the first and second steering nozzles, and the second set of actuator control signals is coupled to and controls the first and second trim deflectors. The acts of generating and coupling the first set of actuator control signals and the second set of actuator control signals result in inducing any of a net yawing force, a net rolling force, and a net trimming force to the marine vessel without inducing any other substantial forces to the marine vessel by controlling the first and second steering nozzles and the first and second trim deflectors. Also disclosed is a system for controlling a marine vessel.

A method and apparatus for forming raised ridges on the surface of a turbine component having an abradable coating formed on an outer surface thereof which includes a mask having a predetermined pattern of openings therein adjacent the abradable coating on a surface of the turbine component; and a high pressure water jet that has movement relative to the mask so that the high pressure water jet passes along the extent of the openings in the mask and passes through the openings in the mask to remove portions of the abradable coating on the turbine component located beneath the openings in the mask.

The invention provides a high-pressure pneumatic blasting pressure relieving and transmission increasing method, comprising the steps of constructing a blasting drill hole in a coal layer, and carrying out high-pressure water jet seam cutting operation in the blasting drill hole at intervals, so that a lead seam groove is formed in a coal body around the blasting drill hole; feeding a blasting steel pipe with plugged top part into the blasting drill hole, forming a plurality of air vents at the front part of the blasting steel pipe, and sealing a section inside a hole opening of the blasting drill hole by 8-10 m, so as to form a cement plug; and connecting the blasting steel pipe with a high-pressure air station through a pipeline at the exposed end of the blasting steel pipe, and opening a valve arranged on the pipeline to inject high-pressure gas, so that the high-pressure gas is jetted by the blasting steel pipe from the air vents. On the basis of forming cracks and fractures formed in the fractures and cutting grooves of the original coal body, the high-pressure gas instantly impacts the blasting effect, so that the cracks and the fractures can be continuously expanded, and a lot of new fractures can be generated. Finally, a mutually communicated large fracture screen is formed in the coal body by using the blasting drill hole as a center, so that the purpose of pressure relief and transmission increase of the coal body can be realized. Furthermore, the high-pressure pneumatic blasting pressure relieving and transmission increasing method has the advantages of simple operation, easiness of realization and obvious effect.

For water-jet surgery pump devices are known by means of which a sterile fluid is transported through a reservoir to the surgical instrument by means of piston pumps or similar volumetrically transporting pumps. In accordance with the present invention it is proposed either to construct drive means for the pumps in such a way that their suction cycle is shorter than the output cycle, or to provide a pump with at least three pump chambers and to construct the drive means in such a way that the suction and output cycles of the pump chambers overlap one another.

This invention concerns a method and an installation for producing a spunbonded fabric, characterized in that it consists in: producing a spunbonded lap (5) against the surface of which is delivered at least a web (V1 and/or V2) of discontinuous fibers, obtained by carding. The formed complex is compacted by pressing and is continuously transferred onto a line (10) for water jet binding treatment, driving the fibers in the direction of thickness, the fibers which are bound together like a splice between and around the continuous filaments while remaining visible at the surface. After drying, the final product is obtained.

The bionic mechanical jellyfish consists of a power system comprising four electromagnet devices, a driving system comprising four baffles and two return springs, a water jetting system comprising two leather bags, two water inlet pipes and four water outlet pipes, and a fixing rack comprising a right and a left fixing beam. The present invention has no noise, complete functions, simple structure, high work efficiency, low cost and other advantages.

A water jet instrument may be used for manually performing eye surgery such as, cataract, or perform micro-surgery (remove cartilage), or any emulsification technique. The water jet instrument may be manually controlled or controlled by a system with a robotic control. The water jet apparatus defines a jet cutting area that is based at least in part on a flow rate meter and a feedback loop.

An exemplary water jet guided laser device includes a water-ejecting device and a hollow light guide pipe. The water-ejecting device has a water chamber, a light incident through hole and a water-ejecting through hole defined at opposite sides thereof. The light incident through hole and the water-ejecting through hole are in communication with the water chamber. The water-ejecting device is configured for ejecting water from the water chamber through the water-ejecting through hole. The light incident through hole is configured for introducing a laser beam in the water chamber. The hollow light guide pipe is mounted in the water chamber and aligned with the light incident through hole and the water-ejecting through hole. The light guide pipe is watertight and is configured for receiving and guiding the laser beam from the light incident through hole to the water-ejecting through hole.

A dual axis joystick control system is used intuitively for maneuvring a waterborne vessel having two or more waterjets with steering deflectors (13) and reverse ducts (14) mounted independently of the steering deflectors. The joystick (21) is operated to actuate the reverse ducts of the port and starboard waterjets for either common or differential deflections of thrust, and to actuate the steering deflectors of the port and starboard waterjets for common deflections of thrust.

The present invention provides an adhesive sheet for water jet laser dicing, comprising an adhesive layer laminated on a base film, wherein the base film is composed of mesh formed by a fiber. According to the adhesive sheet for water jet laser dicing in the present invention, a film composed of mesh is used as the base film to ensure that the perforation size and opening area are relatively larger than in nonwoven fabric and perforated sheets, thus making it possible to maintain stable permeability to liquids originating in the liquid stream during water jet laser dicing and to provide an adhesive sheet that allows extremely thin semiconductor wafers or materials to be processed while preventing die fly-off or defects such as cracking and chipping in IC components, chips, or the like.