2411 results about "Vertical tube" patented technology

A batch of wafer substrates is provided with each wafer substrate having a surface. Each surface is coated with a layer of material applied simultaneously to the surface of each of the batch of wafer substrates. The layer of material is applied to a thickness that varies less than four thickness percent across the surface and exclusive of an edge boundary and having a wafer-to-wafer thickness variation of less than three percent. The layer of material so applied is a silicon oxide, silicon nitride or silicon oxynitride with the layer of material being devoid of carbon and chlorine. Formation of silicon oxide or a silicon oxynitride requires the inclusion of a co-reactant. Silicon nitride is also formed with the inclusion of a nitrification co-reactant. A process for forming such a batch of wafer substrates involves feeding the precursor into a reactor containing a batch of wafer substrates and reacting the precursor at a wafer substrate temperature, total pressure, and precursor flow rate sufficient to create such a layer of material. The delivery of a precursor and co-reactant as needed through vertical tube injectors having multiple orifices with at least one orifice in registry with each of the batch of wafer substrates and exit slits within the reactor to create flow across the surface of each of the wafer substrates in the batch provides the within-wafer and wafer-to-wafer uniformity.

A medical closure screen device for a separation of first and second tissue portions is provided, which includes a mesh screen comprising tubular vertical risers, vertical strands with barbed filaments, and horizontal spacers connecting the risers and strands in a grid-like configuration. An optional perimeter member partly surrounds the screen and can comprise a perimeter tube fluidically coupled with the vertical risers to form a tubing assembly. Various input / output devices can optionally be connected to the perimeter tube ends for irrigating and / or draining the separation according to methodologies of the present invention. Separation closure, irrigation and drainage methodologies are disclosed utilizing various combinations of closure screens, tubing, sutures, fluid transfer elements and gradient force sources. The use of mechanical forces associated with barbed strands for repositionably securing separated tissues together is disclosed. The use of same for eliminating or reducing the formation of subcutaneous voids or pockets, which can potentially form hematoma and seroma effects, is also disclosed. Further disclosed are alternative embodiment medical closure screen installation systems and methods.

An internal and external medical closure system for a separation of first and second tissue portions is provided, which includes a mesh screen comprising tubular vertical risers, vertical strands with barbed filaments, and horizontal spacers connecting the risers and strands in a grid-like configuration. An optional perimeter member partly surrounds the screen and can comprise a perimeter tube fluidically coupled with the vertical risers to form a tubing assembly. Various input / output devices can optionally be connected to the perimeter tube ends for irrigating and / or draining the separation according to methodologies of the present invention. Separation closure, irrigation and drainage methodologies are disclosed utilizing various combinations of closure screens, tubing, sutures, fluid transfer elements and gradient force sources. The use of mechanical forces associated with barbed strands for repositionably securing separated tissues together is disclosed. The use of same for eliminating or reducing the formation of subcutaneous voids or pockets, which can potentially form hematoma and seroma effects, is also disclosed. Further disclosed are alternative embodiment medical closure screen installation systems and methods.

A medical closure screen device for a separation of first and second tissue portions is provided, which includes a mesh screen comprising tubular vertical risers, vertical strands with barbed filaments, and horizontal spacers connecting the risers and strands in a grid-like configuration. An optional perimeter member partly surrounds the screen and can comprise a perimeter tube fluidically coupled with the vertical risers to form a tubing assembly. Various input / output devices can optionally be connected to the perimeter tube ends for irrigating and / or draining the separation according to methodologies of the present invention. Separation closure, irrigation and drainage methodologies are disclosed utilizing various combinations of closure screens, tubing, sutures, fluid transfer elements and gradient force sources. The use of mechanical forces associated with barbed strands for repositionably securing separated tissues together is disclosed. The use of same for eliminating or reducing the formation of subcutaneous voids or pockets, which can potentially form hematoma and seroma effects, is also disclosed. The device can be fabricated and the method practiced with clips having various configurations.

A flexible medical closure screen for closing a separation of first and second tissue portions is provided, which includes a mesh screen comprising tubular vertical risers, vertical strands with barbed filaments, and horizontal spacers connecting the risers and strands in a grid-like configuration. An optional perimeter member partly surrounds the screen and can comprise a perimeter tube fluidically coupled with the vertical risers to form a tubing assembly. Various input / output devices can optionally be connected to the perimeter tube ends for irrigating and / or draining the separation according to methodologies of the present invention. Separation closure, irrigation and drainage methodologies are disclosed utilizing various combinations of closure screens, tubing, sutures, fluid transfer elements and gradient force sources. The use of mechanical forces associated with barbed strands for repositionably securing separated tissues together is disclosed. The use of same for eliminating or reducing the formation of subcutaneous voids or pockets, which can potentially form hematoma and seroma effects, is also disclosed. Alternative embodiment flexible closure screens and methods of using same are also disclosed.

A vortex induced vibration suppressor and method is disclosed. The apparatus includes a body that is a flexible member of a polymeric (e.g., polyurethane) construction. A plurality of helical vanes on the body extend longitudinally along and helically about the body. Each vane has one or more openings extending transversely there through. A longitudinal slot enables the body to be spread apart for placing the body upon a riser, pipe or pipeline. Tensile members that encircle the body and pass through the vane openings enable the body to be secured to the pipe, pipeline or riser.

A shower assembly has a standing pipe, a connector, an overhead pipe, a fixed overhead shower head, a control valve, a handheld showerhead, a handheld showerhead bracket and a directional valve. The connector has a three-way passage. The directional valve is mounted inside the passage to direct water to flow selectively into either the overhead pipe or the standing pipe and has a tubular valve body, a valve rod, a primary disk and a secondary disk. The tubular valve body has a top opening, a bottom opening and a side opening communicating respectively with three ends of the passage. The valve rod is moveably mounted in the valve body. The primary disk and the secondary disk are mounted on the valve rod to selectively close the top opening or the bottom opening.

A habitat friendly, wind energy system is disclosed for safely extracting usable energy from wind. Included are one or more concentrator wings that convert the dynamic pressure of wind into relatively lower static pressure and thereby induces a vacuum that draws wind into an area defined by the concentrator wings. The airflow regulation minimizes or prevents the stalling of, or the generation of a turbulent flow of wind over or between concentrator wings. Further included are multiple impellors, at least one power converter, a riser supporting these component pieces, all positioned within the area defined by the concentrator wings. Accordingly, one or more flow regulators are positioned to assist in promoting laminar flow across or between the concentrator wings and to reduce the dynamic pressure of wind on the riser to thereby increase efficiency of the system.

A system for use in petroleum production at sea includes a guide frame for one or more riser pipes, on a semisubmersible production vessel. One or more main buoyancy member are arranged separately on at least one riser to carry the main part of the riser's weight. Each riser separately carries a Christmas tree on its top, near a main deck of the vessel. The guide frame comprises vertical main elements extending vertically downwards from the deck, through the splash zone and through the upper, more wave- and current-influenced zone of the sea. The guide frame also includes horizontal guide plates comprising vertically open cells formed of a horizontally arranged framework of beams. Lateral stabilization devices guide the risers' and the main buoyancy members' vertical movement relative to the vessel and restrict horizontal movement of the risers with respect to the guide frame. The guide plates are arranged in at least two levels on the guide frame. A lower guide plate is arranged at the lower ends of the vertical main elements', and a guide plate is arranged just below or near the splash zone. At least one main buoyancy member is held on the riser in level with, and guided by, lateral stabilization devices arranged in one or more guide plates below the upper, more wave- and current-influenced zone near the sea surface. The risers are without buoyancy elements through the splash zone, and thus are less exposed to the water forces in the upper zone of the sea.

An exercise machine making use of the body weight of an exerciser as a load weight thereof comprises a horizontal base, a vertical bar member, an upper rocking bar member, a lower rocking bar member, a connection bar, a seat pad, a back pad, a handle, a pivoting cross member (V bar) and cushioning members. Unlike a conventional exercise machine, the exercise machine is composed of no weights. The vertical tube bar member is affixed to the base. The position of the upper rocking bar member can be adjusted by adjusting the pivoting position of the connection bar via the shuttle and two key pins. The exerciser can use the machine by sifting, kneeling, or standing on the seat pad of the machine for doing the muscle-building exercise.

An apparatus, system, and method for bypassing a fuel filter pressure regulation valve which includes a bypass window and bypass passage. The bypass passage window is positioned in the top of a standpipe of a filter. The filter includes a filter cartridge with top and bottom end plates. The top end plate of the filter cartridge has a hole to receive a standpipe. The top end plate also has a sealing gasket to seal the bypass passage window when the proper filter cartridge is in place. This arrangement exposes the regulator valve to the fuel and / or air at the top of the filter housing when the proper filter cartridge is in place. Pressure in the housing opens the valve, allowing air and / or fuel to be vented through the bypass passage and back to the fuel tank.

A gas and oil recovery system including a vessel, platform or rig, with a rig floor, a riser including a pipe that extends from the vessel, platform or rig to a x-mas tree on top of a well head and via which a wire or coiled tubing is fed down into a well. The riser is movable through an opening in the rig floor, and a surface flow head connected to the riser and to a wire line or coiled tubing equipment. The surface flow head is arranged to be run through the opening in the rig floor.

The present invention is directed toward animal feeding devices, and more particularly, to an elevated feeding apparatus for domestic animals such as dogs and cats. The device is constructed and arranged to be used for pet feeding with or without riser legs and provides space saving features for shipping and storage. As a space saving feature, the dish retainer is provided with a first fastener system positioned under the dish retainer so that riser legs can be stored in a nested state with respect to each other and within the confines of the perimeter wall. A second fastener system is provided near the distal ends of the dish retainer for attachment of the riser legs to elevate the dish retainer when desired.

In self-adjusting vertical tube fencing, a rail and a method of assembling the fencing are provided. The rail comprises an elongated channel with a top wall and two side walls, each of the side walls being of substantial U-section with an outer part connected to the top wall and an inner inturned part, the top wall having a series of apertures through which respective tubular fence members are fitted. The inturned parts have a notch which can accommodate a fixed peg carried by a fence member. The inturned parts also have an extension adjacent the notch, the extension being provided to permit rotation of the fence member about its longitudinal axis during assembly so that the peg can engage the notch.< / PTEXT>

An adjustable riser for adjusting the elevational position of an irrigation sprinkler with respect to the surrounding ground level and / or with respect to the height of surrounding vegetation to be irrigated. The riser includes a movable cartridge within an internal bore of a housing having a plurality of catches outwardly projecting from the exterior wall of the cartridge and adapted to resiliently snap into or out of notches carried on the inner wall surface of the bore movably supporting the cartridge. The sprinkler is carried on a tube for discharging water while the opposite end of the tube includes an impact plate against which water pressure from the supply impinges. Upon impact, the tube with the sprinkler is forced upward within a housing against expansion of a spring, which normally urges the tube and sprinkler into a storage position within the housing. A linear adjustment of the riser, including the sprinkler and its tube, is effective by incorporating the cartridge with the catches movable within a toothed groove formed in the inner wall of the riser housing. The groove includes spaced-apart spiral teeth which are selectively engageable by the catches of the cartridge. Each of the catches are resiliently mounted in the cartridge and are yieldably urged into the notches or grooves for selective engagement with the teeth thereof.

A floated condenser extracts water from the sky. The condenser is part of or supplemental to a typical buoyed wind turbine set, comprising lift element, wind turbine, retention cable, electrical output, and base. The cable is hollow or coextensive with a lumen, the inner diameter thereof is water impermeable. The hollow / lumen stacks water over an accumulator, effecting a static base pressure p=ρgh. This pressure makes the water utilizable. After pressure multiplication—via a hydrostatic piston—or not, a first stream of water electrolyzes into liquid hydrogen and oxygen, one or both stored / sold directly. Another stream of water drives a turbine / motor or series hydroelectric turbines / motors, powering electrolysis and / or grid, the water then stored at moderate pressure for water utilities. Excess power from the wind turbine also supplements electrical output. A conductor runs along the cable. Gasified hydrogen is routed via the cable, lifting the condenser / turbine / kite.

A deck mounted pull riser tensioning system for a floating platform or vessel includes at least two cylinders having a cylinder body supported at an upper or lower end on a deck or tensioner support structure of the platform or vessel in spaced apart relation with the cylinder rods extending downwardly from the cylinder body, or vice versa. A load structure member is connected to lower ends of the cylinder rods or bodies and has an opening therethrough for receiving a portion of a riser extending from the seafloor. A vertically adjustable riser attachment supported on the load structure member over the opening attaches to a portion of the riser extending through the opening and generally centrally between the cylinders. The cylinders pull upwardly on the load structure member to exert an upward tensioning force on the riser at the location of the riser attachment.

A system is described for use at offshore locations of large depth, for mooring a production vessel or floating unit (14) at a location over a hydrocarbon reservoir (26) and for connecting risers (101) that can be carrying hydrocarbons up from the sea floor to a production vessel that stores the hydrocarbons, flowlines for water injection, gas lift, gas export, umbilicals and mooring lines that moor the vessel. Both the mooring lines and the risers are disconnectably connected to the vessel though a connection buoy, or connector (16). The invention concerns a system that allows a connector (16) to be used that is of minimum mass and volume, to ease its handling especially during its connection and disconnection to and from a vessel.

A bed rail assembly includes a joint device connecting two top tubes, a pair of corner members mounted to free ends of the top tubes, two vertical tubes mounted to and depending from the corner members, and a pair of knuckle devices mounted to lower ends of the vertical tubes. Horizontal support tubes extend from the knuckle devices in a direction substantially normal to a plane defined by the top tubes and the vertical tubes. Extensions project from the knuckle devices to receive and fix support tube thereby forming a rectangular frame onto which a cover is attached to shield the frame. Each knuckle device includes a movable member movably connected to a base of the knuckle device to allow collapse of the bed rail. A Y-shaped belt and an L-shaped retention member are used to secure the bed rail assembly to a mattress.

We provide an evaporator technology for treatment of produced water that may be deoiled water. Systems described herein utilize a vertical tube heat exchanger bundle where the brine is distributed in a falling film along the inside of the tube wall. Condensing steam causes a portion of the deoiled water to evaporate; this water vapor travels upward in a counterflow direction relative to the deoiled water. This evaporator technology provides several design advantages over the conventional vertical tube co-current flow evaporators (where the vapor flows downward with the falling film). These advantages include a minimal total installed cost (TIC) as well as offering optimal design features for water chemistry management.

The invention relates to a vibration inhibiting method and a vibration inhibiting device capable of effectively inhibiting vortex-induced vibration of a marine riser. The vibration inhibiting device is provided with the riser, an air guide sleeve on the riser, and a flow disturbing device which is fixed on the air guide sleeve, and is characterized in that the flow disturbing device is a flow disturbing rib which is formed by a plurality of end-to-end crescent-shaped flow disturbing ribs; and the flow disturbing rib is arranged on the outer surface of the air guide sleeve in the form of being winded by a spiral line, and the screw pitch of the flow distributing rib is 5 to 15 times of the outside diameter of the riser. The vibration inhibiting method comprises the following steps: firstly, the air guide sleeve which is enwrapped and fixed on the outer surface of the riser is prepared according to the outside diameter of the riser required to be protected; secondly, one flow disturbing rib or a plurality of flow disturbing ribs which are manufactured are fixed on the outer surface of the air guide sleeve in advance according to the screw pitch or the position of the spiral line which is predefined and marked on the outer surface of the air guide sleeve; and thirdly, the air guide sleeve provided with the flow disturbing rib is arranged on the outer surface of the riser. Therefore, the vibration inhibiting method and the vibration inhibiting device can effectively inhibit the vortex-induced vibration of the riser; the weight of the device can be reduced from 30 percent to 60 percent; and the construction cost can be greatly reduced.

A workstation that provides an efficient method to collect biological tissues in a column tissue array format from blocks of embedded, frozen tissues, or fresh tissues. The workstation has a control unit for directing operations of the workstation and the operation unit for performing the production of the tissue column array. The operation unit comprises an array of vertical tubes in a platform, an arbor which engages and presses down the designated tube in the array, the embedded tissue block which is mounted directly below the designated tube, assemblies of motors responsive to the control unit for driving the platform and the tissue block, a light source block for generating an alignment signal, and a light detector block which measures the signal from the light source to determine the degree of alignment between the arbor, punch tubes, and the specimen block.

A filter element is removably positionable within a filter housing that includes a standpipe extending therewithin and provided with a flow control valve. The filter element comprises a tubular filter media, a first end cap, a second end cap longitudinally spaced from the first end cap, and a center tube extending between the first and second end caps. The center tube has a substantially cylindrical body extending between opposite first and second ends of the center tube. The center tube has at least one inlet opening formed on the cylindrical body and a standpipe opening at the second end thereof adjacent to the second end cap through which the standpipe may be inserted longitudinally into the center tube. The center tube further has at least one actuator key provided to open the flow control valve of the standpipe.

A stent comprises a plurality of serpentine circumferential bands and a plurality of connector columns. Each connector column is located between two adjacent serpentine circumferential bands and comprises a plurality connector struts. Each connector strut is connected at one end to one serpentine circumferential band and at another end to another serpentine circumferential band. Each connector strut has step sections and at least one riser. Each step section extends substantially in a circumferential direction and each riser extends in a substantially longitudinal direction. The steps in a connector are connected to one another via a riser.

The invention discloses a novel vertical tube moving bed continuous pyrolysis apparatus for biomass. The apparatus mainly comprises a combustion heating furnace, a pyrolysis heat supply flue, a vertical tube pyrolysis moving bed, a coke air-cooling pipe, a rotary feed valve, a rotary discharge valve, a discharging packing auger, etc. According to the invention, high temperature flue gas is used to scour rows of pyrolysis vertical tubes in the moving bed to reinforce the effect of heat transfer from an external heat source to pyrolysis equipment, and biomass raw materials successively undergo thermal decomposition in the pyrolysis tubes with a great length-diameter ratio; heat released in cooling of coke is utilized for preheating of heating air, which enables energy to be fully utilized; and through adjustment by the rotary feed valve and the rotary discharge valve and gravity of materials, continuous production in the process of pyrolysis is realized.

A multiple generator having a vertical post and multiple vertical tubes has the generators positioned vertically one above the other. Each is cylindrical in shape and has two rings separated by connecting fins. The cylinders vary in size with the top being the smallest, the middle or second being larger and the third being the largest. With low winds, only the smallest generator turns. As wind velocity increases, the small generator rotates faster until clutches in a clutch ring move outwardly until they engage and secure to the second generator so both generators move together. As wind speed increases, clutches on the second generator move outwardly until they engage and secure to the third generator and all generators now rotate together. Thus varying amounts of electricity are generated depending on the wind speed and which generators are active. Each generator has its own rotating shaft with ball bearings between the post and first tube and between the first and second tubes. A cage protects the device from birds or other air-suspended articles.

A folding structure for a child tricycle comprises a handle inserted with a vertical tube into a head tube of a frame, a frame divided into a front and a rear sections pivoted together, a seat, and a shock absorber. Wherein, one end of a flexible cord is fixed in the vertical tube of the handle and another end fixed in the head tube then secured with a quick-release connector. The front section of the seat is pivoted to the front section of the frame and the rear section of the seat is connected to one end of the shock absorber while another end of the shock absorber is pivoted to the rear section of the frame. A protruding pin and a convex plate provided with a positioning hole at a rear end of the front section of the frame and correspondingly, a lateral stop and a fastener at a front end of the rear section of the frame.