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Locate in Kent's role to promote Kent and Medway as a business location and support the creation of new jobs is also financed by the European Regional Development Fund.
Following a successful bid to the European Union's European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) by Kent County Council in 2016, Locate in Kent received £1,751,891 of funding as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020. This money is in addition to the funding support Locate in Kent receives from Kent County Council, Medway Council, Kent Developers Group, and private sector partners such as Cripps, the county's largest law firm.
The Department for Communities and Local Government is the Managing Authority for European Regional Development Funds (ERDF). Established by the European Union, ERDF help local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support innovation, businesses, create jobs and local community regenerations. For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding.
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Mountain Biking in the Northern Rivers
The Northern Rivers region is ideal for mountain biking with a combination of unsealed back roads, fire trails and park trails.
With the Nigthcap National Park and Mount Warning on our doorstep, awareness of the opportunities for developing a wider network of trails is growing and local government, business and rider support also growing.
Development of a Northern Rivers Rail Trail along the abandoned Casino to Murwillumbah rail line is also moving forward, but needs the support and involvement of more local cycling enthusiasts.
Get involved with your local club and bike shop to help grow this great sport in a region renowned for is spectacular scenery, great climate and wide range of other facilities and activities.
If you're visiting the Northern Rivers region and want to ride some trails, check out our mountain bikes for hire.
Captain Rous MTB Trails
Over the past few years, Richmond River Riders as a mountain bike club, have been working toward getting local trails - professionally built and appealing to 95% of mountain bikers.
We have 'finally' succeeded with our mission.
Located at Hamley Road, Goonellabah are now ready to ride!
The trails are brand new and need wheels over them to bed the main trail line. Both trails (south and north side) have been built to ride in a clockwise direction. Please be careful and always walk to inspect all features before you ride and never extend past your ability.
Our club would like to thank the following for their contribution toward the success of this project for our community: Thomas George MP, Lismore City Council, Trailworx, On Track Trails, club members and mates.
With these trails now established and a vision for more in the future, it is a great time to become a member of our club! Sign up via our Facebook page.
"How lucky are we to have this open up so close by! A massive Thank You to Richmond River Riders and everyone involved in getting this facility open. Can't wait to ride it again!"
Hayley Oakes MTBChick
New Italy MTB Forest
New Italy Mountain Bike Forest is a cross country trail network located within beautiful sclerophyll forests.
The trails are for the exclusive use of mountain bikers only and are managed under a Forestry Corporation NSW occupation permit by Northern Rivers Dirty Wheels Mountain Bike Club Incorporated.
A 35-minute drive from Lismore or Ballina, its proximity to the New Italy Museum Cafe also makes it an ideal location for an all-round family outing.
The main entrance to the trail network is just a five minute drive from the New Italy turnoff, on Cypress Rd just west of the junction with Forest Rd.
"You can come for a ride in the middle of a bush, and you've got a cafe right there,"
There's a large dirt car park with a small sign to mark the entrance to the first trail, with the words "yabba dabba do" inviting riders to enjoy themselves.
The family-friendly, flowing series of tracks the park is designed for both beginners and experienced riders, and young and old. Currently over 20km of trails with new trails being built all the time.
Northern Rivers Dirty Wheels Mountain Bike Club
Great local mountain bike club, very active and heavily involved in development of local mountain biking infrastructure including the new mountain bike park at New Italy (details below). The Club is also working on developing another new mountain bike facility at the bottom of Gap Rd in Alstonville, which was recently approved by council.
President: Dave Hegerty
0427 230 122
Nightcap National Park
Nightcap National Park, part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area, is a dramatically beautiful park full of ancient rainforests, magical waterways and spectacular views.
There are also a number of regional rides documented on Wollumbin Visitor guide website:
Wollumbin Big Volcano Visitor Guide
A number of local rides have also been mapped by the boys at True Wheel Cycles in Mullumbimby. Check them out here:
True Wheel Rides
Nesbitt Park Pump Track
The newest dirt jumping and mountain biking recreational facility, the Nesbitt Park Pump Track was opened in late 2015 and has proven popular with local and not so local riders. Check out the YouTube clip and get on down and make your own!
Nesbitt Park Pump Track
Casino St, South Lismore
Bom Bom State Forest
Near the intersection of Boundary Rd and Lilypool Rd, Grafton
Single track and fire trail in State Forest, 9km south of Grafton. For more info on BOM BOM Riding and Racing contact the Grafton Cycle Club.
To download the Bom Bom Trails Map Click HERE
Grafton Cycle Club
Local Grafton Club with a long history of road and mountain bike racing, The Grafton Cycle Club runs a winter and summer series and organises events in the Bom Bom State Forest.
Northern Rivers Rail Trail
A local group with a common vision to preserve this community asset, the 130km of disused rail corridor between Murwillumbah and Casino and converting it to a modern cycle and walking trail through the region's spectacular landscapes. The Rail Trail will be for the local community to use for getting to school, work and sport, shopping and recreation and by visitors seeking either a new way to experience the region's scenery, food and culture or a more adventurous experience.
To support the Rail Trail you can donate here.
Marie Lawton 0434 552 283
Kyogle Track & Trails MTB Riders
A group of local riders in the Kyogle area helping to develop trails and local mountain biking.
Tweed Valley Mountain Bike Riders
Tweed Valley group running local rides and events.
Northern Rivers Bushwalkers Club
Despite the name, an active group of riders is part of the club with a number of scheduled rides on their website. Get in touch through their contact page on their website or hit them up on Facebook.

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im dateing a old class mate of mine(from high school) for several months now, recently his best friend (whom is also a friend of mine)and I hooked up.we decided it was best to be keept a secret and not mention it to him since it was a "one time thing" ...as the time went on it turns out he wants to keep seeing me on the down low. I would like to, but I don't know if its the right thing to do, I don't want to hurt any ones feelings nor break up their friendship. what shuld I do? I really like both of them.
We aren't in a "official"relationship...can I date his best friend?
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Well, the option to not "hurt" anyones feelings was cut out the moment you hooked up.
Can't change that.
You may not break up the friendship, but you also have now strained it.
Sorry- but you can't change that now.
It will get out, whether or not you try to hide it or not.
Unless of course, you openly disclosed to him you are NOT exclusive. Then he can't be bitter at you (and be in the right) but he can certainly be in the right to be bitter at his friend.
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Admission to the Put-In-Bay Pyrate Festival is free.
- When: June 22 – 25, 2018
- Location: (Map It) downtown Put-In-Bay, Ohio
- Phone: 419-285-2832 or 419-285-3101
- Web: http://pyratefest.org/
Welcome to the Put-In-Bay Pyrate Festival. The Pyrate King returns to find his stolen treasure. The fest opens Friday with "Booms over the Bay." Don't miss the annual Cardboard Boat Regatta where participants paddle their vessels around the downtown harbor. There's also a kids costume contest and an adult costume contest. Saturday and Sunday offers Pyrate Marketplace, Faire Wynds Circus, historic displays on cooking, medicine, weapons, and navigation. More than 50 re-enactors in pyrate gear will be downtown for photo ops, discussing tactics, and helping you choose a "pyrate name".


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Child internet grooming case sparks warning
The head of a child advocacy group says it is vitally important that parents continually monitor what their children are doing on the internet.
Hetty Johnston, from Bravehearts, was commenting after a Victorian man was charged when he allegedly convinced an 11-year-old West Australian boy to send him naked photos of himself.
Police allege the 20-year-old communicated with the boy through an online computer game and over Skype.
Ms Johnston says the alleged offender was only stopped because the boy's mother monitored her son's behaviour.
"The mother is wonderful, if only we could clone her, and that's exactly what it's about," she said.
"It's about really watching your children and just monitoring their behaviour; if anything changes at all, if they become reclusive or overtly sexual or something about them changes, then you've got to know something's up."
Ms Johnston says parents must be vigilant.
"You can't just let your children do whatever they want on the internet because it's dangerous," he said.
"Offenders are attracted to places where children gather.
"Children are on the internet, they don't understand the risks in the same way adults do, so it's up to adults to make sure children are protected on the internet."
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A Wailing Soul: Humanity Weeps in Haryana
The entire country is at shock, not only for what has happened in Haryana but also for the people denying the facts shamelessly. I mourn for the ignored 'gang-rape victims' of Murthal and for the people to whom humanity never existed. It's disgusting that people of the entire state are trying to submerge the issue under the rumors of mere political outrage. 🙁
For a state having the dubious distinction for the worst gender ratio amidst all the Indian states; second highest female foeticide and infanticide rate in India after Punjab, that day was a usual one. For a state where woman are forced into polyandry, that day was not an exception but a shame on humanity. For a state where stalwarts claim developing medicines that could alter a woman's womb, so that she gives birth to only boys, that day was not a curse but an example.
My poem is a 'mourning' for those victims of Murthal gang-rape where humanity plays 'A Wailing Woman'. :'(
SHE wept in the fields,
Amidst clothes and unmentionables
SHE cried for their deeds,
For SHE tried, but they were uncontrollable
SHE sobbed for their creed,
Savagely barbaric and fiercely unstoppable.
SHE whimpered for her,
Whose sanctity was violated
SHE saw her being dragged,
Abused, disgusted, molested
Yet SHE remained calm, an effigy
As, by them, SHE was dictated.
Though SHE was hurt but not surprised
SHE spotted her tiny soul buried in this soil,
The fragile she, splintered in the womb,
Of her mother, who, somehow, had survived
To quench their ardor of polyandry
Which they proclaimed their chivalry.
SHE grieved for them
Who refused her existence
And said proudly that "Nothing Happened"
Despite those evidences and reminiscence.
For them she was never-ever even born,
What if SHE was humanity, SHE was kept forlorn.
SHE wept in the fields of Murthal,
SHE died of their acts, so brutal… !
'SHE' is the portrayal of humanity and 'her', is a woman in my poem.


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Splendid Pair of 18th Century Three-Tier Mahogany, Brass & Ebony Side Tables
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Rare and valuable pair of three-tier mahogany octagonal shaped etagere style tricoteuses. Adding to their interest is that they are not an exact match, with subtle differences in the shape of the sides and feet. One side table has brass and ebony accents around each tier, while the other is more simple, minus the brass. One side of each top tier flattens down. Superb craftsmanship.
Measures: Table one measures 10.5 D, 22 W, 25.75 H
Table two measures 11.25 D 21.5 W 26 H.
WIDTH: 21½ in | HEIGHT: 26 in | DEPTH: 11¼ in
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Springer - High Energy Cosmic Rays, 2nd Edition
High Energy Cosmic Rays, 2nd Edition is published by Springer on February 18, 2010. This book has 333 pages in English, ISBN-10 354085147X, ISBN-13 978-3540851479. PDF is available for download below.
High Energy Cosmic Rays, 2nd Edition.
This is a textbook for graduate students entering the field but at the same time a cosmic ray manual for high energy astrophysicists and its first part easy to read for the general astronomer. The first part describes the standard model of cosmic rays based on our understanding of modern particle physics. The acceleration scenario is presented in some detail in supernovae explosions as well as in the passage of cosmic rays through the Galaxy. Experimental data in the atmosphere as well as underground are compared with theoretical models. The second part is devoted to contemporary cosmic ray research like the analysis of shower phenomena, the discussion of the end of the cosmic spectrum and, finally, high energy neutrino astronomy.


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Australian G.I.Joe Pocket Puzzle Book
Pictured above is a book of G.I.Joe themed puzzles. The book is dated 1987 and was published in Australia.
The book came as part of joining the Australian G.I.Joe Strike Force Club.
From the collection of: Vic Etherington
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Whether you're replacing your roof, constructing a totally new roof, building a house or adding an extension, Roofers Dublin can tackle the job.
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I personally ensure that every member of my crew is a fully trained and qualified craftsman, with all the required safety and skills certs. We also conduct ongoing training to keep our staff up to date with any new materials and advanced roofing techniques.
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Revealed: 8-Pack UGLYDOLL Mini Monsters by Toy Art Gallery
And while we've gotten excited over glimpses before, today we get to see the upcoming 8-Pack Mini Monster sets from UGLYDOLL x Toy Art Gallery! And it's quite a handful of red AWESOME! Stay tuned for further info for these adorable sofubi creatures!


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Across our range of programs and countries, Equal Access invests a lot of time ensuring the accuracy and value of our monitoring and evaluation work. Now we are taking that to a higher level by working directly with academic researchers from the likes of the Universities of Minnesota, George Mason University, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. For NGOs with years of experience directly implementing and monitoring development projects, this can be quite a challenge – but it's one our teams are relishing. With funding from the UK's Department of International Development Equal Access is implementing the Change Starts at Home project in rural parts of Nepal. The project aims to tackle the very sensitive topic of interpersonal violence between couples through a range of interventions including radio programming, community-based activities and listening discussion groups. But that's not all – we also want to know what works and why – and that's where our academic colleagues from the University of Minnesota and George Mason University come in. Our technical advisor to the project Gemma Ferguson recently put together her insider's view on this challenging but creative collaboration for The Guardian's Development Blog here: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/dec/10/working-with-academics-it-gets-easier-honestly
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Don't worry, I promise not all of the postings will be political.
Our country is in the middle of a crushing recession. We are massively in-debt, our GDP is shrinking, our unemployment rate is increasing with every passing day, and our stock markets continue to plunge downward. And yet The President and Democratic-controlled Congress continue to spend money at an alarming rate racking up the biggest deficit in our country's history.
Obama and Congress say that all of this spending will stimulate the economy, but much of what they are buying with our tax dollars are nothing more than Democratic pet programs that have nothing to do with helping the economy. Some of them may be valid programs, but they should be debated individually based on their merits in front of Congress (you know, like they do in a real Democracy) instead of hidden within the so-called stimulus bills and emergency budget spending packages. For your enlightenment, I will keep a running list of what Congress and the President have been spending our tax dollars on. Although we are in the midst of a national and global financial crisis, you will be amazed at the kind of crap our government is spending money on. Just like all politicians, this administration is saying one thing and doing another. Obama is preaching fiscal responsiblity to Americans, but Congress and Obama are spending money faster than I can finish a round of Velvet Melvin nachos (we all know thats not possible, but you get my point).
We as individuals are expected to balance our budget, pay our bills, and live within our means - shouldn't we expect the same of our local, state, and national government?


text: We are excited to announce that we now carry ethically-raised & handled, grass-fed/finished, locally raised, organic, wild and free-pastured meats at Lifestyle Markets on Douglas! We also carry organic pork, and chicken, and look for locally-made artisan salami and natural sausages by the Whole Beast. Come on by and check out our selection by top quality brands like Hills Foods, Organic World, McLean, and Island Bison.


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On my fifth trip to Portland, my true loves gave to me….
Oh Portland. Aside from rainy and cold days, I do love you so. En route to Kenya (okay so it's not exactly on the way, but) I took a detour to visit my bestest friends in Portland. The trip started out with an invite-only event for a vineyard tour at Chehalem. Emily and I tasted a few too many samples of wine (okay, I'm lying, I'm not sure there's such a thing as too much wine tasting), followed by delicious hor d'oeuvres from a local cafe. The wine and food were great. It was a small and intimate event, but we really enjoyed talking to some of the staff at the winery and getting some insider info. After purchasing wine for the holidays, we headed home but not without a stop first at Sonic for drinks and a little snack to absorb some more of the wine!
We also decided to run the Thanksgiving Turkey Trot, a 4 mile race to benefit the Portland Zoo. We waited outside for nearly an hour and it was FREEEZING cold! But I did get to see a beautiful sunrise and feel a little less guilty when stuffing my face with delicious food later in the day.
And of course with any good company, comes good food and more good wine. Emily and I ventured to the Saturday market where it was a must to grab breakfast from Pine State Biscuits (my favorite!) and we finally had dinner at Screen Door. We've tried to go to Screen Door pretty much every time I have come to visit in Portland, and the line is always way too long. This time we managed to snag two seats at the bar. The southern cuisine is delicious, and I'm slightly embarrassed to admit this as a native South Carolinian, but Screen Door has the best fried okra and dipping sauce I have ever had!
We also tried to have a picnic at one of our favorite parks that overlooks the city but it was so cold that day! We ate our picnic lunch and lasted about 10 minutes before taking refuge in the Songbird Cafe. And we discovered the best hot chocolate in Portland. Seriously- amazing.
Between Thanksgiving and dinners at home, we ate well… and we drank well.
And it also took me five trips to Portland to finally get a taste of Voodoo Doughnut. John made sure it happened, and we delved into all sorts of goodness. If you're not familiar with Voodoo, they serve unique doughnuts, like ones covered with cereal and others made in more creative shapes like the 'Cock-N-Balls'.
I promise I did do more in Portland besides eat and drink (like visiting IKEA!), but I have to admit that in 12 days, I took less than 20 photos. I didn't even have my camera with me on Thanksgiving. I think it's just a sign that I enjoyed the company and the atmosphere too much to be bothered with a camera. :)


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Who Are Australia's Best Analysts?
2011 wasn't the easiest year for stock-picking, but The Wall Street Journal has compiled a list of Asia's Best Analysts, the top three stock pickers in each industry and Asian country or region, as ranked by their recommendation-performance scores.
In Australia, J.P.Morgan's Shaun Cousins spoke to us about the retail calls that nabbed him top spot, including a "sell" recommendation on Billabong which finished the year 75% lower.
Deal Journal Australia reveals the top ten Australian analysts below, but click here to read Q&As with Michael Evans and Rohan Gallagher and find out where other Australians ranked by sector. Look out for Moelis & Co.'s Adam Michell who topped Industrial Goods & Services and Credit Suisse's Saul Hadassin who topped Health Care.
Find out Australia's top 10, after the jump.


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Writing Wednesdays
Take What the Defense Will Give You
By Steven Pressfield | Published: December 28, 2011
Everybody loves the vertical game. We all thrill to the deep ball, the long completion, the 55-yard bomb that breaks the game open. (Yes, I've been watching a lot of football over the Holidays.)
The problem is that, a lot of the time, the guys we're playing against are as good or better than we are. Or they're lucky, or they're having a great day, or they've just studied our tendencies and know how to counter them. The defense won't let us throw the deep ball. We're dying to. We're on fire to. But the bastards just won't let us.
That's when we're not unwise to rein in our expectations, give up on what we wish we could get and settle for what we can get.
In writing terms (and I know this is true for dance, for painting, for film-making and on and on), there are days—and sometimes weeks—when Resistance is just too strong. For me, there are parts of a book that feel like knots in a plank of wood. They're bears. They refuse to yield. I can surround them like a besieging army ringing a city—and I still can't find a weak spot.
On those days, you have to take what the defense will give you.
There's no shame in being realistic. On the football field, we close that part of the playbook that contains the deep routes and the 55-yard bombs. We turn to that section that has the short slants and the quick passes into the flat.
Remember, no defense can cover everything. If they're shutting down our vertical game, it means they're leaving some slack close to the line of scrimmage. Let's take it.
The important thing is to keep advancing the ball and keep moving the chains. If we can get enough completions by dinking and dunking three yards and four yards, one of those may break out into the secondary; maybe another will blast through all the way.
The other thing I've found about those Heavy Resistance days is that, if you can hang in long enough, sometimes the defense will crack. Sometimes late in the fourth quarter, the opponents' legs will give out. Suddenly you can go long. All at once the deep ball works.
Two key tenets for days when Resistance is really strong:
1. Take what you can get and stay patient.
The defense may crack late in the game.
2. Play for tomorrow.
Face to face with a ferocious defense, the danger is that we will crack. We can't let that happen. Our role on tough-nut days is to maintain our composure and keep chipping away. We're pros. We're not amateurs. We have patience. We can handle adversity. Tomorrow the defense will give us more, and tomorrow we'll take it.
There's a third tenet that underlies the first two:
3. We're in this for the long haul.
Our work is a practice, like one in martial arts or meditation. One bad day is nothing to us. Ten bad days is nothing. The amateur lets himself be discouraged by a tough day or a run of frustration. The pro sees the long term.
In the scheme of a year of work (or ten years, or forty) a day when we can't gain yardage is just a speed bump. We'll forget it by breakfast tomorrow and be back ready to hurl our bodies into the fray all over again.
That doesn't mean quit. It doesn't mean back off. It means play four quarters. Let the other team be the one to get complacent. Stay patient, keep probing for soft spots.
Take what the defense will give you.


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Other Waters
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In addition to our bread and butter fisheries that make up the core of our business, we have spent a significant amount of time in Washington on 'less known' and 'off the grid' waterways as well. Target species to include but not limited to, Smallmouth, Largemouth, Trout, Carp etc… If you would like to experience something off the beaten path, let us know and we will design a trip for you.
ALASKA – Kvichak River……More info soon
ARGENTINA – Golden Dorado and Pacu – Oct 20 -27


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Steve James
The acclaimed documentary film from Kartemquin Films and award-winning filmmaker Steve James "Life Itself" is continuing to earn rave reviews this summer as distributor Magnolia Pictures rolls it out in theaters, following its on-demand and iTunes release on July 4. Today, Drew Weir and his coll
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|#14 - Best day in my highpointing adventures so far
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2012
|Up Cathedral Ridge and down Knife's Edge.
Had more fun on this hike than any other. Weather was good, we had a day of rest in between, and the trails were more engaging; looking for the best way up or where to put your foot. Some adrenalin on knifes edge too. Especially when the fog started rolling in on one side of the edge.
|Posted Jan 28, 2013 1:54 pm
Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2010
|Posted Jan 20, 2013 11:07 am
|Jimmy Rivers
|Favorite day on a Northeastern mountain, maybe ever!
Date Climbed: Sep 6, 2012
|We had amazing weather on our end of summer tour of Northeast highpoints. This was my 14th state HP. We took the Cathedral Ridge trail up, and at the summit saw a few guys completing their AT hike. Then we continued on to the Knife Edge and Helen Taylor. 70 degrees weather, and just so much fun up there! I'll go back to Maine again....
|Posted Jan 4, 2013 6:01 am
|The Beginning: Katahdin to the Dragon's Tooth
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2012
|I had a beautiful day to summit. Other thru-hikers I knew spoke of horrendous rain, fog, and generally nasty weather on their summit of Katahdin. Not for me. It felt like God smiling on me giving me wind to cool me down and to dry things off after the rain from the night before. And the Knife Edge Route was actually less dangerous on a whole than my descent via the Hunt Trail/A.T.
|Posted Dec 24, 2012 1:33 pm
|Windy Summit
Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2010
|My very first high point! Very windy at the summit, hence, the park rangers advised our group not to climb via the Knife's Edge.
|Posted Nov 29, 2012 10:40 pm
|what a mountain!
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2006
|I went up with a group of 12, we ended up hiking in different groups according to our speed/strength.....I can't wait to attempt in the winter!
|Posted Nov 16, 2012 11:05 pm
|Winter Knife edge
Date Climbed: Feb 11, 2012
|A superb climb. We traversed down the knife edge from baxter to Pamola. 65 mph winds made for a hair raising hike. Definatelt one of the Northeasts US best peaks
|Posted Oct 26, 2012 8:20 am
|Cathedral ridge -> knife edge was a really fun climb and the views were fantastic!
|Posted Sep 26, 2012 1:19 am
|Fun despite the warnings
Date Climbed: Sep 19, 2012
|We arrived at Roaring Brook to clearing weather after a severe storm, planning to ascend via Chimney Pond and Saddle trails and descend via Knife Edge and Helon Taylor. The ranger initially talked us out of hiking that day. Dry Brook was a raging torrent and temperatures were dropping. After some delay and discussion, we fortunately decided to hike up and evaluate conditions for ourselves as we went. We were rewarded with a very fun hike and scramble in good conditions with amazing views in every direction. Departing the summit with only about two hours of light left, we decided to skip the Knife Edge in favor of the route we had ascended. HP43
|Posted Sep 24, 2012 1:06 pm
|Great hike
Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2010
|Have climbed Katahdin several times, via many routes. It is a great stomping ground no matter the season.
|Posted Sep 22, 2012 6:52 am
|An Awesome Experience!
Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2012
|Without question, this will go down as my most memorable and favorite hike in the NE USA. I took the Hunt Trail to the summit. Within 10 minutes of my arrival, a man showed up who was completing the Appalachian Trail (5 months, 10 days). 10 minutes later, another man showed up with his completion. Then 10 minutes later, another man completed the trail. During my descent, I passed nubmerous other people who were completing the Appalachian Trail. Talking with those people, and seeing their expressions with a major accomplishment, was a great experience. As for the Hunt Trail, the rock scramble section was the hardest... not because of anything really technical, but because 50+ MPH winds kept knocking me down as I scurried up boulders, and I occasionally had to take brief refuges from wind by stopping between tall boulders. Strangely, there was very little wind on "Tableland" and no wind at the summit... which was the opposite of what I had expected. This was my 47th State Highpoint.
|Posted Sep 18, 2012 12:43 am
Date Climbed: Aug 21, 2012
|Hiked out and back the hunt trail. Weather was cold and rainy. Views were outstanding. Well worth the long steep hike.
|Posted Sep 11, 2012 7:07 pm
|Cathedral Ridge > Knife Edge / Helen Taylor
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 2012
|What a mountain!
|Posted Jul 19, 2012 4:39 pm
|A Truly Amazing Place...
Date Climbed: Jul 15, 2012
|Left at 5 in the morning and summited via the Helon Taylor route. Descended via the Saddle Trail. Round trip was about 6 hours. Scrambling up the defined ridge of the Helon Taylor trail makes this peak truly special. And, the view from Chimney pond is, without question, the most alpine vista on the east coast. Period. I felt like I was on the wrong side of the country. I can't wait to go back and climb the armadillo next!
|Posted Jul 18, 2012 2:36 pm
|Perfect day with a little wind
Date Climbed: Jul 9, 2012
|Beautiful warm day with some wind towards the top. Completed the Hunt trail. More difficult than I anticipated.
|Posted Jul 14, 2012 12:41 pm
|Route Climbed: Chimney Pond-Cathedral-Knife's Edge-Helon Taylor
Date Climbed: Jun 30, 2012
|By far the best hike I've done thus far in New England. The scenery and trails are spectacular, the climbing is an adrenaline rush, and the views are magnificent. So long as the weather is good, Cathedral Trail and Knife's Edge are must hikes, but aren't for the faint of heart.
|Posted Jul 1, 2012 7:32 pm
Date Climbed: Oct 9, 2011
|so windy going up the hunt trail! bailed on the knife edge and descended via abol away from the wind. sore knees that night.
|Posted Jun 26, 2012 4:20 pm
|Knife-Edge Baby!
Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2011
|Had the honor of climbing this one the last day park was open before Irene came barreling thru! Fortunately - the weather held for us all day... and we got out before things got ugly..
|Posted Jun 9, 2012 9:34 pm
|Toughest Eastern Peak?
|I made it up the Hunt trail with my friend Matthew on a particularly windy/cloudy day. I'd have to agree that this is the toughest peak I've encountered in the east - I'd say it's almost worthy of the Cascades!
|Posted May 28, 2012 4:50 pm
|Katahdin second attempt
Date Climbed: May 30, 2011
|The day before, I foolishly tried to force a climb through some inclement weather. But the next morning dawned clear and beautiful, so I stayed past my Baxter reservation and climbed the Abol slide en route to the summit. Best decision I could make. The Abol slide, the table, Baxter Peak, all amazing and well worth the trip.
|Posted May 27, 2012 8:43 am


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Subclass of:
091 - Motors: expansible chamber type
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|Class / Patent application number
|Number of patent applications / Date published
|VARIABLE LENGTH BENT-AXIS PUMP/MOTOR - In a bent axis hydraulic machine, a back plate and cylinder barrel vary in distance from a drive plate as a stroke angle of the cylinder barrel changes, thereby minimizing unswept fluid volume in the cylinders of the barrel at any stroke angle. Distance is controlled by one or more rollers, engaging respective tracks that define a profile of contact that determines the distance as a function of the stroke angle. Telescoping fluid supply channels are employed to maintain a fluid supply to the cylinder barrel as the distance changes.
|Braking system for a hydraulic motor - The present disclosure is directed towards a hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor may include a housing having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The hydraulic motor may further include a shaft rotatably disposed within the housing, a rotating element coupled to the shaft configured to rotate with the shaft, and a plurality of pumping elements coupled to the rotating element in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and fluid outlet. The hydraulic motor may also include a brake rotor coupled to the shaft and a braking mechanism selectively coupled to the brake rotor.
|OFFSET VALVE BORE IN A RECIPROCATING PUMP - A fluid end
|Separate motive fluid control for each working chamber
|HYDRAULIC MOTOR WITH RADIAL PISTONS AND CONTROL BY CYLINDER - A hydraulic motor is provided having radial pistons, with a cylinder block, two main ducts, a fluid distributor, one distribution valve per cylinder, and a control system for controlling the distribution valves. The motor includes at least two elementary motors, and can operate in various different states in which, in each elementary motor, each of the cylinders is connected on the rising ramps to a second main duct and on the falling ramps to a second main duct; a first elementary motor being driving in a first state, and inactive or opposing in a second state, the control system operating the remainder of the hydraulic motor in the same way in these two states. A hydraulic circuit including said motor and a method of controlling such a motor are also provided.
|Mechanically actuated valves
|Straight-line piston fluid engine with wobble drive valve actuation - An axial piston fluid engine having single-acting cylinders incorporating swivel-joint attachment of the cylinders to rotary control valves wherein straight-line piston movement is established for the elimination of side forces on the pistons. The pistons and the control valves are operatively connected to a common wobble drive member and arranged in geometry of lever positions to coactively time the drive fluid into and out of the cylinders intermittently.
|Radial cylinders
|HYDRAULIC PUMP/MOTOR AND METHOD OF SUPPRESSING PULSATION OF HYDRAULIC PUMP/MOTOR - A method of suppressing a pulsation of axial type hydraulic pump/motor includes performing a pressure accumulation operation in which each of ports of each of two pressure accumulation oil passages exclusively communicates with a corresponding one of communication holes and pressure inside one of the cylinder bores is accumulated in a corresponding one of the pressure accumulation oil passages through the communication hole in two levels, the communication holes being provided for each of the cylinder bores to communicate with inside of each of the cylinder bores and having opening portions sliding on the respective ports with rotation of the cylinder block to communicate with the respective ports; and performing an accumulated pressure collection operation in which the pressure accumulated in the pressure accumulation oil passage is collected in one of the cylinder bores in two levels.
|Control valve seating surface contact maintained by fluid pressure bias
|Disc valve
|VOLUMETRIC HYDRAULIC MACHINE FOR PRESSURIZED WATER SUPPLY - A volumetric hydraulic machine for water supply in pressure comprising a rotating slide valve integral with a crankshaft which rotates around an axis, said rotating slide valve is rotatably mounted on a distribution box that comprises a plurality of cavities respectively connected to a plurality of pipes of which an outlet pipe connected with the output in the water supply, the other remaining pipes of said plurality of pipes each respectively connected with only one of a plurality of chambers of a monoblock which integrally mounts said distribution box, said monoblock comprising a central chamber and at least a pair of further chambers, said crankshaft engaging at least a pair of connecting rods mounting pistons.
|Motive fluid bypass to or from assembly
|RECIPROCATING COMPRESSOR WITH ROTARY VALVE - According to the present invention, a reciprocating compressor with a rotary valve comprises a cylinder block with plural cylinder bore, a drive shaft which is supported and permitted to rotate in relation to the cylinder block, a piston which is housed in the cylinder bore and allowed to reciprocate therein, a power transmitting unit which connects the piston and drive shaft, a rear housing wherein an intake chamber and exhaust chamber are formed, and a rotary valve which rotates with the drive shaft and is installed in the inner surface of a coupling hole formed in the cylinder block and permitted to slide and rotate therein. In the inner circumference of the cylinder block, connection holes are respectively connected to the cylinder bore. A bypass unit is included between the coupling hole and rotary valve and bypasses the refrigerant remaining in the connection hole of one cylinder bore during the compressive stroke of the piston, then discharges it through the connection hole of another cylinder bore.
|Radially disposed cylinders
|Compact Radial Piston Hydraulic Machine Having a Cylinder Block with Deforming Regions - A hydraulic machine has a cylinder body with first and second ports and a plurality of cylinder bores disposed radially with openings through a side surface. Deformation regions, formed around each cylinder bore opening, expand and contract in response to pressure changes in the cylinder bores. A continuous band extends around the cylinder body closing the cylinder bore openings and applying a pre-stress compressive force to each deformation region. A plurality of pistons are slideably received in the plurality of cylinder bores and a plurality of valve arrangement couple the cylinder bores to the first and second ports. A shaft with an eccentric cam drives the pistons to slide within the cylinder bores. Each deformation region distorts in response to pressure in the associated cylinder bore wherein the circumference of that cylinder bore becomes more circular as the cylinder pressure increases.
|DISTRIBUTION CASING DEVICE FOR A HYDRAULIC MACHINE - The device comprises a casing portion that has an open axial end and that has two main holes, respectively for fluid feed and for fluid discharge. Said holes open out in an inside axial face of the casing portion, respectively via a first main orifice and via a second main orifice that are disposed in succession in the direction going away from the open axial end. The inside axial face has first, second, and third sealing inside bearing surface arrangements, respectively situated between the open axial end and the first main orifice, between the two main orifices, and beyond the second main orifice. At least two of the three arrangements are staggered inside arrangements, each of which comprises two axial bearing surfaces that are staggered relative to each other, and that are separated by a shoulder facing towards the open axial end.
|POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINE - A hydraulic positive-displacement machine includes at least two radially or axially spaced-apart groups of cylinder-piston units. The cylinders of the primary group can be made to communicate fluidically with cylinders of the secondary group via intermediate valves. At least two intermediate valves can be switched independently of one another.
|Radial Piston Hydraulic Motor - The invention relates to a radial piston hydraulic motor. The radial piston hydraulic motor comprises a cam ring provided, with a wave-shaped inner surface and radial cylinders provided in the inner part inside the cam ring and pistons that move therein as well as rollers coupled to the pistons so as to follow the inner surface of the cam ring. By the effect of the working pressure of hydraulic oil conveyed to the cylinders, the rollers that are pressed against the inner surface of the cam ring provide a rotating movement of the cam ring and the inner part relative to each other. The hydraulic motor is provided with disengaging members disengaging the rollers coupled to the pistons from contact to the inner surface of the cam ring when the working pressure stops acting in the cylinders for bringing the hydraulic motor into freewheeling. The hydraulic motor is provided with a control coupling which, when the prevailing pressure of hydraulic oil in the working pressure line that leads to the cylinders drops below a specific level, automatically disengages the cylinders from the working pressure line and couples the hydraulic motor into freewheeling.
|HYDRAULIC MOTOR DEVICE FOR ASSISTING THE MECHANICAL TRANSMISSION OF A VEHICLE - A hydraulic motor device including a hydraulic motor having a cylinder block and a cam that are mounted to move in rotation relative to each other. The motor has a fluid distributor for the cylinders, a portion of which distributor is constrained in rotation with the cam, and a stationary distribution coupling connecting the distributor to a fluid feed and to a fluid discharge. The motor has a through passage disposed along the axis of rotation for the purpose of receiving a transmission shaft segment. The motor can be declutched by radially uncoupling the pistons from the cam, the cylinder block remaining stationary relative to the reference frame of the vehicle, and the cam being constrained in rotation with a transmission shaft segment that is disposed in the through passage. The device may be used in addition to or as a replacement for a mechanical transmission.
|COMPACT HYDRAULIC MECHANISM WITH RADIAL PISTONS - A hydraulic mechanism including a cylinder block having radial pistons and mounted to rotate in a stationary casing, and a distribution cover that forms a portion of the casing that has feed and discharge ducts that extend between an outside face and inside of face of the cover. The internal distributor has distribution ducts that are selectively connected to the feed and discharge ducts that open out into a distribution face that is perpendicular to the axis of rotation and that is disposed against the communication face (
|HYDRAULIC MACHINE ARRANGEMENT - A hydraulic machine arrangement includes at least one hydraulic machine having a plurality of pistons reciprocating within corresponding cylinders. The pistons can be driven by a cam to operate the hydraulic machine as a pump, and they can drive the cam to operate the hydraulic machine as a motor. The hydraulic machine can be configured to selectively disengage a certain piston or pistons from the cam to operate at less than full displacement. Controlling the pressure in the cylinders corresponding to the disengaged pistons can be accomplished by a number of mechanisms, including selectively exhausting fluid from the cylinders, or using a jet pump to siphon off some of the fluid from a high pressure side of the hydraulic machine. Two of the hydraulic machines can be mounted together to help balance axial forces and eliminate the need for an expensive high capacity thrust bearing.
|HYDROSTATIC RADIAL PISTON MACHINE - A hydrostatic radial piston machine includes a radial cylinder block with cylinder bores which extend from an outer circumferential surface of the radial cylinder block into an interior of the radial cylinder block a number of pistons which corresponds to the number of cylinder bores; a cam ring and ends of the pistons which face away from the radial cylinder piston block are supported movably on an inner circumferential surface of the radial cylinder block during a rotation of the radial cylinder block; two control plate elements which extend respectively with a face oriented towards the radial cylinder block towards a central plane of the radial cylinder block, which central plane is perpendicular to the rotation axis. Each control plate element includes a bearing portion in which radially acting forces are transferable to a respective mating surface in the housing or housing cover mounted in the housing.
|Hydraulic Motor Having Radial Cylinders Capable of High Speed Rotation - A radial cylinder hydraulic motor comprises: oscillating hydraulic cylinders (
|DRAIN FOR DYNAMIC SEALING ASSEMBLY - The present invention relates to a system comprising: a shaft having a distal end and a proximal end; a casing defining a housing in which a hydraulic device is rotatably mounted on the shaft; and a sealing element comprising a low pressure dynamic sealing means and a reinforced dynamic sealing means formed by a static seal tightly mounted on a friction pad, such as to isolate the dynamic sealing means from the rotating hydraulic device, said sealing element defining a discharge chamber between the dynamic sealing means and the reinforced dynamic sealing means, which discharge chamber is connected to a drain via a pipe arranged on the surface of the shaft, between the hydraulic device and the shaft, so as to discharge the fluid located in the discharge chamber, such that said discharge chamber is not subjected to the pressure in the casing of the hydraulic device.
|Compact Eccentric Radial Piston Hydraulic Machine - A high efficiency diametrically compact, radial oriented piston hydraulic machine includes a cylinder block with a plurality of cylinders coupled to a first port by a first valve and to a second port by a second valve. A drive shaft with an eccentric cam, is rotatably received in the cylinder block and a cam bearing extend around the eccentric cam. A separate piston is slideably received in each cylinder. A piston rod is coupled at one end to the piston and a curved shoe at the other end abuts the cam bearing. The curved shoe distributes force from the piston rod onto a relatively large area of the cam bearing and a retaining ring holds each shoe against the cam bearing. The cylinder block has opposing ends with a side surface there between through which every cylinder opens. A band engages the side surface closing the openings of the cylinders.
|THERMAL ENGINE WITH AN IMPROVED VALVE SYSTEM - A radial thermal engine with an improved valve system is disclosed herein comprising intake and exhaust port valve assemblies fluidly connected to respective intake and exhaust ports contained within a cylinder head assembly. Each intake and each exhaust port valve assembly comprises at least one rotatable port cover having spaced apart openings which are periodically alignable to the intake and exhaust ports, respectively.
|Hydrostatic Positive Displacement Machine - A hydrostatic positive displacement machine has a cylinder drum (
|Cylinders and pistons form or coact with respective common elements having limited relative rotary movement
|Cylinders or pistons pinned to common element
|Hydraulic Axial Piston Machine - A hydraulic axial piston machine includes a drive shaft, a swashplate pivotable about a pivot axis to change inclination relative to a drive shaft axis, and an actuating piston approximately parallel to the drive shaft axis. The actuating piston has a first end which engages and adjusts the swashplate and a second end which bounds an actuating chamber. Fluid flows to the actuating chamber to pivot the swashplate one direction and is forced out of the actuating chamber when the swashplate pivots the other direction. A return element on the actuating piston incorporates a position of the actuating piston and thus the inclination of the swashplate into a control valve. The return element is positioned such that its longitudinal axis and an actuating piston longitudinal axis span a plane that differs from a plane perpendicular to the pivot axis.
|Stroke control
|Hydraulic Motor Having Radial Cylinders and Continuous Variable Displacement - A radial cylinder hydraulic motor having continuously variable displacement capabilities comprises: oscillating hydraulic cylinders (
|Cooperating valve ports in cylinder and relatively movable central member
|Hydrostatic Piston Machine - The invention relates to a hydrostatic piston machine (
|Cylinders parallel to rotation axis
|AXIAL SLIDING BEARING AND METHOD OF REDUCING POWER LOSSES THEREOF - A machine and method for a hydrostatic axial sliding bearing that has bearing and sealing functions and is capable of exhibiting reduced power losses. The hydrostatic axial sliding bearing of the machine is defined by axial sliding bearing surfaces that are separated by a fluid film and adapted for movement relative to each other during operation of the machine. The machine has first and second elements that define a first and a second of the axial sliding bearing surfaces. In combination, the first and second axial sliding bearing surfaces function as bearing and sealing surfaces for the hydrostatic axial sliding bearing. The machine is adapted so that the first and second axial sliding bearing surfaces move relative to each other in a first direction of motion, and at least the second axial sliding bearing surface has a surface profile with an oscillatory waveform in the first direction of motion.
|HYDRAULIC PUMP-MOTOR AND METHOD OF PREVENTING PULSATION OF HYDRAULIC PUMP-MOTOR - A pressure regulating restriction for allowing a cylinder bore and a valve plate discharge port to communicate with each other immediately before the cylinder bore communicates with the valve plate discharge port, and an oil passage for allowing the valve plate discharge port and an inside of the cylinder bore to temporarily communicate with each other in a time period after the cylinder bore is freed from the communication with the valve plate suction port until the cylinder bore communicates with the pressure regulating restriction are provided. The oil passage has length capable of transmitting high pressure in the oil passage on a side of the cylinder bore at the time of the communication and of restoring the pressure in the oil passage on the side of the cylinder bore to the pressure on a side of the valve plate discharge port before the communication with a next cylinder bore at the time of non-communication.
|FIXED DISPLACEMENT PISTON COMPRESSOR - A compressor includes a rotary shaft, a swash plate, a cylinder block, plural pistons, a crank chamber, a housing, plural passages, a thrust bearing, and an anti-rotation mechanism. The crank chamber accommodates therein the swash plate, and refrigerant of suction pressure is introduced into the crank chamber. The housing is connected to the cylinder block and forms therein a suction chamber and a discharge chamber. The plural passages are provided for communication between the crank chamber and the suction chamber. The thrust bearing is provided between the swash plate and the cylinder block so as to receive thrust load from the swash plate. The thrust bearing has a thrust race located adjacent to the cylinder block. The anti-rotation mechanism is provided for preventing relative rotation of the thrust race to the cylinder block. The anti-rotation mechanism restricts the fluid flow through a specific passage of the plural passages.
|SWASH PLATE-TYPE MOTOR - On a near-bottom inner surface of a tilt piston cylinder hole, only a limited part that contacts an end of a tilt piston when the tilt piston is tilted by a pressing force from a swash plate is laser-hardened along the circumferential direction of the tilt piston cylinder hole (i.e., a hardened part is formed). In the tilt piston cylinder hole, parts other than a near-opening inner surface and the near-bottom inner surface are not laser-hardened.
|VALVE PLATE AND AXIAL PISTON HYDRAULIC PUMP MOTOR INCLUDING THE SAME - A valve plate is used in a swash plate type motor including a motor shaft and a cylinder block in a motor housing and includes: a sliding supporting surface contacting a rear end surface of the cylinder block to support the cylinder block; a supporting surface that is a surface corresponding to and opposite to the sliding supporting surface; a central through hole through which the motor shaft penetrates; and a plurality of ports and formed around the central through hole as inlets and outlets of operating oil so as to penetrate the valve plate, and a cooling concave portion into which the operating oil flows is formed in a region except for the ports and on the supporting surface.
|AXIAL PISTON MACHINE - An axial piston machine includes a housing having a casting which is optimized with respect to casting. An insert ring which is optimized with respect to a pressure load is formed in the bottom of the housing. The insert ring is configured to be used with such an axial piston machine.
|BENT AXIS VARIABLE DELIVERY INLINE DRIVE AXIAL PISTON PUMP AND/OR MOTOR - A bent axis, variable displacement inline drive device may comprise: a port plate having fluid passages; a cylinder block rotatably mounted adjacent the port plate and having axial cylinders having openings in alternating fluid communication with the fluid passages; a rotatable shaft coupled through the port plate to the cylinder block, pistons in the cylinders and having a connecting rod extending from the cylinder block; a rotatable spindle having receptacles for receiving the connecting rods; a pivotable yoke having the spindle rotatably mounted thereon, whereby the rotating group comprising the spindle, pistons and cylinder block are connected by the connecting rods for rotating together, the yoke being pivotable for angling the spindle relative to the cylinder block. The device may be employed as a pump, or as a motor, or as both a pump and a motor, and the yoke may be pivoted over center.
|HYDROSTATIC AXIAL PISTON MACHINE - A hydrostatic axial piston machine of swash plate design includes a pivot cradle configured to be pivoted by a regulating valve. The movement of the pivot cradle is fed back to the regulating valve via a return spring. The return spring is attached to the pivot cradle in the region between its end section on the regulating-valve side and an end section which is remote from the regulating valve.
|Hydrostatic piston machine according to the floating cup concept - The invention relates to a hydrostatic piston engine (
|Stroke control
|COMBINED PUMP HOUSING FOR SEVERAL RATED QUANTITIES - In a swash-plate type hydrostatic piston engine, a drive unit (
|By varying reaction plate inclination relative to cylinder axes
|SWASH PLATE TYPE PISTON PUMP MOTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a swash plate type piston pump motor in which: a plurality of pistons are arranged in a circumferential direction on a cylinder block configured to rotate with a rotating shaft; the pistons are guided along a swash plate to reciprocate by rotation of the rotating shaft; a convex portion of the swash plate is slidably supported by a recess of a swash plate support; and a wall formed integrally with the swash plate support is arranged on a normal to at least a part of a supporting surface of the recess, wherein: the supporting surface of the recess is quenched by irradiating the supporting surface with laser light while causing the laser light to scan the supporting surface; and outputs of the laser light are changed in accordance with incidence angles of the laser light with respect to the supporting surface.
|HYDRAULIC PUMP OR MOTOR - Provided is an axial hydraulic pump including: a residual pressure regenerating circuit (
|Torque Control for Open Circuit Piston Pump - A pump control system and a torque control valve are disclosed. In one embodiment, the torque control valve includes a sleeve, a spool disposed in the sleeve, and a piston rod disposed through the spool. The spool has a first recess area, a second recess area, and a third recess area. The first and third recess areas each have a port extending into a central bore of the spool. The piston rod includes a groove orifice feature having a spiral groove and is configured such that a fluid flowing from the port in the first recess area to the port in the third recess area must flow through at least a portion of the spiral groove. The fluid flowing through the spiral groove operates to bias the spool in a direction towards the second axial end of the spool.
|OPPOSING SWASH PLATE PISTON PUMP/MOTOR - A first swash plate (
|Swash Plate Type Liquid-Pressure Rotating Device - A plurality of pistons arranged in a circumferential direction in a cylinder block are configured to rotate with a rotating shaft. Tip end portions of the pistons slide along a swash plate. The swash plate supported by a swash plate supporting portion tilts with respect to the rotating shaft, and includes a tilt adjustment driving portion configured to change a tilt angle. The tilt adjustment driving portion includes a tilt adjustment large-diameter cylinder chamber, a tilt adjustment small-diameter cylinder chamber, a tilt adjustment large-diameter piston configured to slide in the cylinder chamber to change the tilt angle, and a tilt adjustment small-diameter piston configured to slide in the cylinder chamber to change the tilt angle. A sliding surface of each of the inner peripheral surfaces of the cylinder chambers includes a quenched portion formed by laser light, the sliding surface being a surface on which the tilt adjustment piston slides.
|VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR HAVING REFRIGERANT FLOWING FUNCTION IN DRIVING SHAFT - Provided is a variable displacement compressor comprising a cylinder block having a plurality of cylinder bores, housing, a drive shaft rotatably supported by the cylinder block, a lug plate, a swash plate being rotated by the lug plate to vary a tilt angle thereof, a sleeve reciprocally moving along the drive shaft, an addition discharge passage for fluid communication between the swash plate chamber and the suction chamber, characterized in that the variable displacement compressor comprises: a communication hole being a part of the addition discharge passage and formed in the drive shaft in its longitudinal direction; and a lateral communication passage formed at the lateral side of the drive shaft to be connected to the communication hole such that the lateral communication passage is opened and closed by reciprocal movement of the sleeve. Therefore, even though the swash plate is at position of the maximum tilt angle, the temperature of the swash plate chamber is prevented from rising by making a smooth refrigerant flow from the swash plate chamber to the suction chamber, thereby maintaining higher lubrication ability.
|VOLUME CONTROL VALVE - A capacity control valve capable of enhancing the function of discharging liquid refrigerant in a control chamber during startup of a variable capacity compressor, and improving the control speed of a swash plate during control is provided. The valve has an adapter that has an annular bearing surface and is provided to a free end of a pressure-sensitive body in the elongation and constriction direction, and a valve body for discharging liquid refrigerant, moveably provided inside the adapter. A slit is provided to an engaging part of the adapter with a third valve part, and an introduction hole for causing the control chamber pressure to act on a bottom surface of the valve body for discharging the liquid refrigerant is provided to the base part side, and an urging force is provided whereby the valve body for discharging the liquid refrigerant is urged in a valve-opening direction away from the third valve part.
|HYDROSTATIC AXIAL PISTON MACHINE - The invention relates to a hydrostatic axial piston engine with a cylinder drum (
|HYDROSTATIC AXIAL PISTON MACHINE - An adjustable hydrostatic axial piston machine of swash plate design includes an actuating apparatus with a cylinder/piston unit and an actuating spring. The actuating apparatus is configured to adjust a pivot cradle of the axial piston machine. The actuating spring engages around at least one axial section of the cylinder/piston unit.
|AXIAL PISTON MACHINE - The invention relates to an axial piston machine comprising a swivel cradle (
|CAPACITY CONTROL VALVE - A capacity control valve for a variable-capacity compressor such as used in an air-conditioning system in a motor vehicle is provided, wherein foreign matter is prevented from being caught in the sliding parts and leakage on the sliding parts is prevented from occurring by configuring the capacity control valve so that there are no sliding parts between the valving element and the housing (valve body).
|Control Valve for a Variable Displacement Pump - A fluid device includes a variable swashplate adapted for movement between a first position and a second position. A control piston is adapted to selectively move the variable swashplate between the first and second positions. A control valve is in fluid communication with the control piston. The control valve includes a sleeve defining a spool bore, at least one fluid inlet passage in fluid communication with a fluid source and at least one control passage in fluid communication with the control piston. The control fluid passage includes an opening at the spool bore. A spool is disposed in the spool bore of the sleeve. The spool includes a metering surface that selectively communicates fluid between the fluid inlet passage and the control fluid passage. The metering surface has a first end and a second end. The metering surface having a tapered surface disposed between the first and second ends.
|SWASH PLATE TYPE HYDRAULIC ROTATING MACHINE - A swash plate type hydraulic rotating machine includes: a rotating shaft; a valve plate; a swash plate; a cylinder block on the outside of the rotating shaft slidingly contacting the valve plate; cylinders provided in the cylinder block having axially movable pistons therein; shoes on a distal end of respective pistons; an annular keep plate between the swash plate and the cylinder block supporting the shoes having a plain bearing within the inner periphery of the keep plate, the plain bearing supporting the keep plate to push the keep plate toward the swash plate side; and set springs biasing the plain bearing and the cylinder block toward the opposite sides in the axial direction. The swash plate type hydraulic rotating machine is configured such that, when in an assembled state, a gap in the axial direction between the cylinder block and the plain bearing is 0 or a fine gap.
|HYDRAULIC SYSTEM HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE HYDROSTATIC MACHINE - A hydraulic system with an adjustable hydrostatic machine is provided that includes an adjustment mechanism. The adjustment mechanism interacts with an actuating device which has at least one actuating piston delimiting an actuating pressure space. The system has a regulating valve with which, for the displacement of the actuating piston and therefore for the actuation of the adjustment device, the supply and removal of pressure medium into and from the actuating pressure chamber can be controlled, wherein the regulating valve has a valve piston which is subjected to a force of a feedback spring, which force is dependent on the position of the adjustment mechanism. The valve piston is additionally subjected to a counterforce acting counter to the force of the feedback spring, and an actuating component is provided, with which the valve piston can be subjected to a control force acting in the same direction as the counterforce or to a control force acting counter to the counterforce.
|Swash Plate Type Piston Pump Motor - [Object] Increase abrasion resistance and seizing resistance of a slide surface of each of a swash plate and a swash plate support while improving productivity.
|HYBRID NUTATING PUMP WITH ANTI-ROTATION FEATURE - A nutating or wobble type pump has at least one flexible member connected to the pump's yoke and the pump's housing. The flexible member does not have any sliding joints therein. The member flexes in a manner that allows the yoke to tilt relative to the pump's axis while restraining the yoke from rotating.
|VARIABLE CAPACITY COMPRESSOR - A hinge mechanism (
|Hydrostatic Axial Piston Machine - A hydrostatic axial piston machine (
|Axial Piston Pump With Pistons Having Metallic Sealing Rings - An axial piston pump, comprising a cylinder block having one or more cylinder bores; and one or more piston assemblies; wherein number of piston assemblies matches number of cylinder bores; wherein each of the piston assemblies having a piston being disposed reciprocating in each of the cylinder bores; and wherein each piston being fitted with a metallic sealing ring, which is a coiled felt seal (CFS), for reducing leakage and keeping concentric of the piston within its corresponding cylinder bore.
|Hydraulic Actuator Unit - In the hydraulic actuator unit according to the present invention, a first electric motor assembly formed by mounting one of a pair of electric motors to one of a pair of electric motor covers is detachably mounted to a pump case so as to rotate a first control shaft around its axis line, and a second electric motor assembly formed by mounting the other one of the pair of electric motors to the other one of the pair of electric motor covers is detachably mounted to the pump case so as to rotate a second control shaft around its axis line. The first electric motor assembly is mounted to the pump case so that the corresponding electric motor has a rotational axis line in parallel with the first pump shaft in a state where the electric motor is positioned on an opposite side to the second control shaft with respect to the first control shaft and is also positioned on an opposite side to a first end of a first pump shaft with respect to a virtual plane that passes through the axis lines of the first and second control shafts. The second electric motor assembly is mounted to the pump case at a posture obtained by rotating the first electric motor assembly by 180 degrees about a virtual center line that is disposed in parallel with the first and second control shafts and is located at a center between the first and second control shafts, thereby the electric motor is positioned on an opposite side to a cooling fan, which is driven by the second end of the second pump shaft, with respect to the virtual plane.
|VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS - Variable displacement devices and related methods are provided that can be used to change the amount of volume displaced by pistons within corresponding cylinders. The subject matter disclosed herein can relate to variable displacement devices usable as pumps, combustion engines, air compressors, compressed air engines, hydraulic engines, or the like, that can be used to change the amount of volume displaced by pistons within corresponding cylinders while the compression ratio remains substantially constant or can be variable as well depending on the configuration of the variable displacement devices and their components.
|AXIAL PISTON MACHINE HAVING A CONICAL PISTON - An axial piston machine includes a housing, a drive shaft, and a cylinder drum. The drive shaft is mounted in the housing so as to be rotatable with respect to a first axis of rotation. The cylinder drum is mounted so as to be rotatable with respect to a second axis of rotation. The cylinder drum has at least one cylinder bore that linearly guides an elongate piston. The piston has a first end connected to the drive shaft by a ball joint and a section in the form of a circular cone which tapers toward the first end. The piston also has a spherical section at the second end that is situated opposite the first end. The cone-shaped section merges without offsets and kinks into the spherical section. The piston has a flat end face at the second end which defines a plane that intersects the spherical section.
|AXIAL PISTON ENGINE WITH AN INCLINED CYLINDER BORE - An axial piston engine, in particular pump or motor, includes a housing, a drive shaft, and a cylinder drum. The drive shaft is mounted in the housing so as to be rotatable with respect to a first axis of rotation. A bearing body is received in the cylinder drum rotatably with respect to a second axis of rotation. The bearing body is connected to the drive shaft via a first ball joint that has a joint center lying on the first axis of rotation. The cylinder drum has at least one circular-cylindrical cylinder bore in which an elongated piston is displaceably received. A first end of the piston is connected to the drive shaft via a second ball joint. The at least one cylinder bore is arranged at an inclination to the second axis of rotation.
|VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - The variable displacement compressor has a suction-pressure region, a discharge-pressure region and a crank chamber. The compressor includes a supply passage, a bleed passage and a control valve that adjusts cross-sectional area of the bleed passage. The control valve includes a valve chamber, a valve portion and a valve seat member. The valve portion is disposed in the valve chamber for dividing the valve chamber into a bleed chamber, a backpressure chamber and a communication passage. The bleed chamber forms a part of the bleed passage. The backpressure chamber communicates with the supply passage. The communication passage is formed between an outer circumferential surface of the valve portion and an inner circumferential surface of the valve chamber for providing fluid communication between the bleed chamber and the backpressure chamber. The valve seat member is disposed in the bleed chamber and provided separately from a compressor housing forming the valve chamber.
|Axial plunger pump or motor - An axial plunger pump or motor comprises a casing (
|TILTING PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - A tilting plate type compressor includes: cylinder bores; a crank chamber; a drive shaft rotatably supported by a bearing provided within a bearing cavity; a tilting plate provided within the crank chamber and capable of swingably rotating due to a rotation of the drive shaft; and pistons capable of reciprocating within the cylinder bores due to swingably rotating of the tilting plate; an extraction path communicating between the crank chamber and a suction chamber; and an intake path communicating between the crank chamber and a discharge chamber. The extraction path includes an intra-axis path provided within the drive shaft and opens into the bearing cavity. The intake path opens into the bearing cavity and communicates with the crank chamber via the bearing cavity. According to the compressor, it can be prevented much as possible that oil leaks from the crank chamber through the extraction path.
|Variable Displacement Compressor - A linkage mechanism (
|ADJUSTING UNIT FOR AN AXIAL PISTON MACHINE - The invention relates to an adjusting unit for an axial piston machine, having a valve unit for controlling the oil pressure which loads a servo system, the valve unit having a substantially cylindrical valve slide which can be displaced along its centre longitudinal axis in the valve unit. On both sides of a plane of symmetry which is perpendicular with respect to the centre longitudinal axis, the valve slide has flattened portions which extend on the cylindrical outer cover parallel to the centre longitudinal axis and are delimited by control edges, as a result of which the connections to the two servo sides are controlled in such a way that, in a centred neutral position of the valve slide, the servo system is put into neutral and, when the valve slide is displaced from its centred neutral position, a different hydraulic pressure acts on the two servo sides which displaces the servo piston or the servo pistons correspondingly. A groove which reinforces the self-centring action is sunk in the flattened portions of the valve slide in the region of the respective control edge which lies to the side of the plane of symmetry.
|HYDROSTATIC TRANSMISSION HAVING TWO AXIAL PISTON UNITS - The invention relates to a hydrostatic transmission having two bent axis- or swashplate-type axial piston units which are operated alternately as a pump and as a motor, with the two axial piston units being adjustable together with a pivotable dual yoke or by means of a pivotable dual swashplate. In order to minimize the dead volumes of the two axial piston units, the rotational axes of the two axial piston power units are offset with respect to the pivot axis of the dual yoke or of the swashplate by a magnitude such that, at all pivot angles, the power unit pistons, at dead centre, are located in the direct vicinity of the bore end of the cylinder block.
|SWASHPLATE TYPE AXIAL PISTON DEVICE HAVING APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING THREE OPERATING DISPLACEMENTS - An axial piston hydraulic device. The device has a housing that uses a servo piston in order to control the displacement of a swashplate within the device. By using a servo member disposed within a cavity of an end cap on the housing the axial piston hydraulic device is able to provide three operating positions depending on the angle of the swashplate.
|HYDROSTATIC PISTON MACHINE COMPRISING A ROTATABLE CAM DISK - The invention relates to a hydrostatic piston machine. The hydrostatic piston machine comprises a housing in which a cylinder drum is rotatably arranged. A first group of cylinder bores and a second group of cylinder bores are arranged in the cylinder drum. Arranged longitudinally displaceably in the cylinder bores are respective pistons, which are supported on a swash plate which may be inclined about at least one swivelling axis. The first group of cylinder bores is temporarily connected to a first hydraulic circuit via first control slots (
|HYDRAULIC PUMP END COVER - A pump having an endplate with an orifice provided between the system ports and the charge pump pressure cavity. Fluid flows through the orifice so as to soften a transition of the vehicle from a stationary position to a forward or reverse motion when a swash plate of the pump is angled slightly relative to a neutral or zero position.
|Motor operated
|HYDRAULIC AXIAL PISTON MACHINE - The invention concerns a hydraulic axial piston machine with a housing, in which a cylinder drum having at least one cylinder is arranged to be rotatable around an axis, in which cylinder is located a piston that is supported on a swashplate, whose inclination angle is adjustable in an adjustment plane. It is endeavoured to keep the cost of manufacturing individual parts of the axial piston machine small. For this purpose it is provided that on the side facing away from the cylinder drum (
|VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE COMPRESSOR - The variable displacement swash plate compressor includes a housing, a drive shaft, a swash plate, a piston, a bleed passage, a supply passage and a low-melting member. The housing has a cylinder bore, a suction chamber, a discharge chamber and a crank chamber. The swash plate is supported in the crank chamber by the drive shaft and inclination angle of the swash plate is adjustable. The piston is reciprocally movably received in the cylinder bore. The bleed passage is formed in the housing in communication with the crank chamber and the suction chamber. The supply passage is formed in the housing in communication with the discharge chamber and the crank chamber. The low-melting member is disposed in the bleed passage so as to restrict fluid flow therethrough and has a lower melting point than the housing. When the low-melting member is melted, an opening of the bleed passage is increased.
|VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT SWASH PLATE TYPE COMPRESSOR - Provides is a variable displacement swash plate type compressor comprising a drive shaft, a lug plate fixedly installed at one side of the drive shaft, a swash plate dispose at another side of the drive shaft and rotated by the lug plate to vary a tilt angle thereof, a sleeve reciprocally moving along the drive shaft to let the swash plate rotate, and a spring supported between the sleeve and the lug plate, characterized in that the variable displacement swash plate type compressor comprises a restriction ring installed around the drive shaft between the lug plate and the sleeve to contact with the swash plate at a maximum tilt angle of the swash plate, wherein an end of the restriction ring is contacted with the lug plate and another end of the restriction ring is supported by the spring. Thus, since the direct contact between the swash plate and the lug plate is prevented, when the swash plate reaches at the maximum tilt angle, it is possible to reduce the noise and the wear remarkably.
|Three speed floating cup hydraulic motor - A hydraulic motor includes a rotor supporting a plurality of piston elements projecting away from opposing faces of the rotor. The rotor is adapted to rotate about a first axis. The hydraulic motor further includes a pair of drum plates each supporting a plurality of cup elements. The plurality of cup elements are adapted to engage the piston elements. Each drum plate is arranged on an opposing side of the rotor and is adapted to rotate about a second axis in angled relation to the first axis. Each of a pair of swashplates is in operative engagement with a respective one of the drum plates and each is adapted to pivot relative to the rotor to move with the respective drum plate between a maximum displacement position and a minimum displacement position to thereby change the angled relation between the first axis and the second axis. The pair of swashplates are further independently pivotable between three different settings.
|ADJUSTMENT DEVICE FOR AN AXIAL PISTON MACHINE AND HYDRAULIC MACHINE HAVING SUCH AN ADJUSTMENT DEVICE - An adjustment device for a pivoting cradle of a hydraulic machine, in particular of an axial piston machine, is disclosed. Said adjustment device has an actuating piston to which pressure medium for pivoting the pivoting cradle about a pivoting axis is applied via an actuating pressure space. In order to control the feeding in of pressure medium and the relieving of the actuating pressure space, a control valve is provided. Said control valve has a control piston configured to be adjusted by an electric actuator, wherein the electric actuator is controlled by a control device. In this context, the control device controls the electric actuator as a function of a control difference formed from a setpoint pivoting angle and an actual pivoting angle of the pivoting cradle. The actual pivoting angle of the pivoting cradle is fed back electrically to the control device here.
|Wobble PlateType Variable Displacement Compressor - Disclosed is a wobble plate type variable displacement compressor that uses a constant velocity universal joint mechanism, which comprises an inner ring and an outer ring, balls that are held between guide grooves of the inner ring and the outer ring to transmit power, wherein a wobble plate is connected and fixed to the outer ring. In the compressor, the connecting structure for the outer ring and the wobble plate is formed by providing a plurality of concave portions arranged in a circumferential direction on one member, by plastically deforming the other member partially at locations corresponding to the concave portions such that it fits into the concave portions, and by fixing both members to each other in the axial direction and in the rotational direction by means of the plastic deformation. With this wobble plate type variable displacement compressor using the specified constant velocity universal joint mechanism, the structure for connecting the wobble plate and the outer ring in the wobble plate rotation preventing mechanism can be improved, thereby improving the productivity and reducing the cost and the weight.
|APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE ANGLE OF A SWASH PLATE OF A HYDRAULIC PUMP - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling the angle of a swash plate of a hydraulic pump, and more particularly, to an apparatus for controlling the angle of a swash plate of a hydraulic pump in order to fix the swash plate at a desired angle by using an electric motor and an electromagnet. The apparatus for controlling the angle of a swash plate of a hydraulic pump includes a swash plate and a swash plate shaft coupled to the swash plate to be rotatable, and the apparatus further includes: an electric motor which directly connects the swash plate shaft or transmits a rotating force through a link connected to the swash plate shaft to pivot the swash plate; and an electromagnet which generates a magnetic force so that the swash plate moving according to the operation of the electric motor is fixed at a target angle.
Patent applications in all subclasses THREE OR MORE CYLINDERS ARRANGED IN PARALLEL RADIAL OR CONICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ROTARY TRANSMISSION AXIS