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Paddle
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23 Nov 2012
TL;DR: In this article, a deformable deformable paddle electrode is mounted on a support member of an active implantable medical device (e.g., a catheter), and the paddle wings can be furled close to the support member under a deformation force to permit implantation via an introducer.
Abstract: An electrode assembly for an active implantable medical device can be delivered by catheter but expands to become a paddle electrode once implanted. The electrode assembly comprises a support member carrying wires for electrically connecting a control unit to electrodes of the electrode assembly. At least one, and usually two resilient deformable paddle wings are mounted to the support member. The paddle wings can be furled close to the support member under a deformation force to permit implantation via an introducer. The paddle wings resiliently unfurl away from the support member upon release of the deformation force. The paddle wings bear rows and columns of electrodes, and the electrode assembly as a whole has sufficient longitudinal rigidity for implantation via an introducer.
15 citations
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22 Sep 1986
TL;DR: An improved container feeding device is for a container cutting machine of the type which can cut any one of numerous sizes of plastic bottles and metal cans as discussed by the authors, which includes a pair of parallel feeding shafts each of which are above one of the cutting shafts for rotation in the same direction thereof.
Abstract: An improved container feeding device is for a container cutting machine of the type which can cut any one of numerous sizes of plastic bottles and metal cans. The cutting machine has a cutting section including a plurality of cutting wheels mounted for rotation in opposite directions on a pair of parallel cutting shafts. The improvement includes a pair of parallel feeding shafts each of which are above one of the cutting shafts for rotation in the same direction thereof. Each feeding shaft includes three radially extending, evenly spaced paddles fixedly mounted thereon. The feeding shafts rotate at the same speed and are rotationally aligned to cause each paddle on one feeding shaft to generally lie within a common plane with a corresponding paddle on the other feeding shaft as they pass closely by one another. Each of the paddles has a plurality of gripping teeth on the extended end thereof. Each gripping tooth has a tip which extends between the gripping teeth of the other paddle to produce a radial overlap of each paddle with its corresponding paddle when in the common plane. The extended ends of each paddle and its corresponding paddle cooperate during rotation prior to, through and after sharing the common plane to grip the container therebetween for pushing toward the cutting wheels.
15 citations
Patent•
02 Mar 2010
TL;DR: In this paper, a low-wind, dual-stage, vertical-axis, wind-generated power turbine comprising a structural support tower, at least four turbine assemblies stacked on top of one another within individual turbine bays, a central drive shaft connecting the turbine assemblies, a draft induction channel surrounding the drive shaft, a spiral blade running through the induction channel, a paddle turbine assembly at the base of the tower which propels the spiral blade, a blower source which powers the paddle turbine, a built-in solar system which feeds the blower, external, natural wind directional
Abstract: The present disclosure describes a low-wind, dual-stage, vertical-axis, wind-generated power turbine comprising a structural support tower, at least four turbine assemblies stacked on top of one another within individual turbine bays, a central drive shaft connecting the turbine assemblies, a draft induction channel surrounding the drive shaft, a spiral blade running through the induction channel, a paddle turbine assembly at the base of the tower which propels the spiral blade, a blower source which powers the paddle turbine, a built-in solar system which feeds the blower, external, natural wind directional slats, and a high pressure, fluid-drive, Hydrabine turbine mechanically coupled to a transmission or CTV, coupled to a one Mega Watt output generator.
15 citations
Patent•
05 Jun 1989
TL;DR: In this article, a paddle wheel has its paddle tips exposed to a fluid being measured; a light source emits a light to one of a pair of optical-fiber cables which are oppositely disposed from each other through a paddle-wheel housing so as to provide a transmission path of the light across the housing, the transmission path being intermittently blocked off with the paddle tips of the paddle wheel.
Abstract: In a paddle-wheel type flow meter: a paddle wheel has its paddle tips exposed to a fluid being measured; a light source emits a light to one of a pair of optical-fiber cables which are oppositely disposed from each other through a paddle-wheel housing so as to provide a transmission path of the light across the housing, the transmission path being intermittently blocked off with the paddle tips of the paddle wheel as the paddle wheel is rotatably driven by thge fluid to produce an optical-pulse train directly proportional to the rotational speed of the paddle wheel; the optical-pulse train is translated into an electrical-pulse train through an optical receiver or photoelectric converter connected to the other of the pair of the optical-fiber cables; and the electrical-pulse train is supplied to a suitable digital instrument to determine a flow rate of the fluid, because the flow rate is substantially proportional to a frequency of the electrical-pulse train corresponding to the rotational speed of the paddle wheel.
15 citations