1. An articulating table that is configurable between a substantially flat table configuration and a chair configuration comprising:
a back rest section;
a seat section;
at least one hinge that pivotally connects the back rest section and the seat section, so that the back rest section and the seat section are pivotable about the at least one hinge;
a base with a vertically extending first lifting device and a vertically extending second lifting device that are controllable to adjust at least one of height position and incline of the articulating table, said first and said second lifting devices being operable to extend vertically upwardly and downwardly; and
an articulation mechanism with a frame member positioned and extending longitudinally underneath the back rest section and the seat section, the first lifting device being connected to the frame member proximate to one end, end the second lifting device being connected to the frame proximate to another end, difference between amount of extensions of the first lifting device and the second lifting device adjusting the incline of the articulating table;
wherein the articulation mechanism includes at least one actuator that is operable to adjust the position of at least the back rest section and the seat section to configure the table between the substantially flat table configuration and the chair configuration; and
wherein the back rest section includes a table top frame having an angled support surface, and a cushion that is supported on the table top frame, the cushion having a tapered portion which is tapered on one side along its thickness dimension to correspond to the angled support surface and having a substantially planar flat surface on an opposite side thereof for supporting a user, the tapered portion of the cushion being supported by the angled support surface.
2. The table of claim 1, wherein said at least one hinge is fixedly secured to the frame member.
3. The table of claim 1, further including a foot rest section, and at least one hinge that pivotally connects the foot rest section to the seat section so that the foot rest section is pivotable about the at least one hinge.
4. The table of claim 3, wherein said at least one hinge that pivotally connects the foot rest section to the seat section is a double hinge that includes a first flange connected to the seat section, a second flange connected to the foot rest section, and the third flange connected to the support member.
5. The table of claim 4, wherein the at least one actuator of the articulation mechanism includes a foot rest actuator and a support member connected to the foot rest actuator, the support member supporting the foot rest section when the foot rest actuator is extended.
6. The table of claim 5, wherein the foot rest section is not directly attached to the support member and the foot rest actuator.
7. The table of claim 4, wherein the first, second and third flanges of the double hinge are pivotably connected by a common pin.
8. The table of claim 1, wherein the seat section includes a seat cushion having a plurality of layers that includes a wedge profiled layer, the wedge profiled layer being thicker toward an edge of the seat cushion opposite to the back rest section, and thinner toward an edge of the seat cushion adjacent to the back rest section, the wedge profiled layer being the firmest layer of the plurality of layers, and the plurality of layers also including an inverted wedge profiled layer, the wedge profiled layer being thicker toward an edge of the seat cushion adjacent to the back rest section.
9. The table of claim 1, further including arm rests that are rotatable between a wide configuration and a high configuration.
10. An articulating table that is configurable between a substantially flat table configuration and a chair configuration, and further positionable in a leaning forward position in the chair configuration, the table comprising:
a back rest section;
a seat section;
at least one hinge fixedly secured to the frame member that pivotally connects the back rest section and the seat section, so that the back rest section and the seat section are pivotable about the at least one hinge;
a foot rest section;
a double hinge that pivotally connects the foot rest section to the seat section, the double hinge including a first flange connected to the seat section, a second flange connected to the foot rest section, and the third flange connected to a support member that supports the foot rest section, but is not attached to the foot rest section so that said foot rest section is pivotable off of said support member about said double hinge when the articulating table is positioned in a leaning forward position in the chair configuration;
a base with a first lifting device and a second lifting device; and
an articulation mechanism with a frame member positioned underneath at least the back rest section and the seat section, the first lifting device connected to the frame member proximate to one end of the frame member, and the second lifting device proximate to another end of the frame member;
wherein the articulation mechanism is operable to adjust the position of at least the back rest section and the seat section to configure the table between the substantially flat table configuration and the chair configuration; and
wherein the first, second and third flanges of the double hinge are pivotably connected by a common pin.
11. The table of claim 10, wherein the first lifting device and the second lifting devices are controllable to adjust at least one of height position and incline of the articulating table, the first and the second lifting devices being operable to extend vertically upwardly and downwardly.
12. The table of claim 10, wherein the back rest section includes a table top frame having an angled support surface, and a cushion that is supported on the table top frame, the cushion having a tapered portion which is tapered on one side to correspond to the angled support surface and having a substantially planar flat surface on an opposite side thereof for supporting a user, the tapered portion of the cushion being supported by the angled support surface.
13. The table of claim 10, wherein the seat section includes a seat cushion having a plurality of layers that includes a wedge profiled layer, the wedge profiled layer being thicker toward an edge of the seat cushion opposite to the back rest section, and thinner toward an edge of the seat cushion adjacent to the back rest section, the wedge profiled layer being the firmest layer of the plurality of layers, and the plurality of layers also including an inverted wedge profiled layer, the wedge profiled layer being thicker toward an edge of the seat cushion adjacent to the back rest section.
14. The table of claim 10, further including arm rests that are rotatable between a wide configuration and a high configuration.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An apparatus for measuring magnetic flux in a dynamoelectric machine, wherein the machine comprises a cylindrical stator core defining an annular opening and a plurality of radially inwardly directed teeth disposed on an opening circumference, and wherein two adjacent teeth define a cavity therebetween for receiving a stator coil and a wedge, and wherein the wedge comprises a radially inwardly directed face, and is frictionally engaged with opposed cavity sidewalls for retaining the stator coil in the slot, the apparatus comprising:
a carrier;
a flux probe mated to the carrier; and
wherein carrier sidewalls are frictionally engaged with the opposed cavity sidewalls, and wherein the carrier is disposed radially inwardly relative to the radially inwardly directed face of the wedge.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the carrier is attached to either the opposed cavity sidewalls or the wedge face.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein at least one of the cavity sidewalls further defines a groove therein, and wherein the carrier comprises at least one beveled side surface for positioning within the groove.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of the opposed cavity sidewalls defines a groove therein, and wherein the carrier comprises two opposed beveled side surfaces each disposed within one of the opposed sidewall grooves.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein each beveled side surface is bonded to a corresponding sidewall groove.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cater is radially spaced-apart from the wedge, the apparatus further comprising a bladder disposed between a lower surface of the carrier and the wedge face, wherein the bladder receives a curable material that upon curing exerts a force against the carrier to retain the carrier within the slot.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the carrier comprises a plurality of linearly aligned segments each segment comprising a wedge-shaped surface for contacting a mating wedge-shaped surface of the adjacent segment, each segment further defining an axial opening therein for receiving a fastener, wherein application of an axially directed force to the fastener displaces the wedge-shaped surfaces from the linear alignment, such that a force is exerted against the opposed cavity sidewalls to retain the carrier within the slot.
8. A method for measuring magnetic flux in an electric generator wherein the generator comprises a cylindrical stator core defining an opening therein for receiving a rotor producing a magnetic field, and wherein the stator core further comprises a plurality of inwardly-directed coil slots disposed around a circumference of the opening, and wherein each slot defines a first pair of grooves disposed on opposing sidewalls of the coil slot, and wherein at least one coil is positioned in the coil slot and retained within the slot by a stator wedge disposed in the first pair of grooves, the method comprising:
inserting a flux probe within a slot, wherein the flux probe is positioned radially inwardly from the wedge; and
frictionally engaging the flux probe with the opposing sidewalls of the coil slot to retain the flux probe in the slot.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of retaining comprises attaching the flux probe to a radially inwardly directed surface of the wedge.
10. The method of claim 8 wherein each slot father defines a second pair of grooves, and wherein the step of retaining comprises positioning the flux probe in the second pair of grooves for retaining the flux probe in the slot.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of retaining further comprises bonding the flux probe to each of the second pair of grooves.
12. The method of claim 10 further comprising inserting a bladder in an opening formed between the flux probe and the wedge and injecting a curable material into the bladder such that upon curing the bladder exerts an inwardly directed force against the flux probe for retaining the flux probe in the slot.
13. The method of claim 8 wherein the flux probe is attached to a carrier, and wherein the method further comprises affixing the carrier to a radially inwardly directed surface of the wedge.
14. The method of claim 8 wherein the flux probe is attached to a carrier comprising a plurality of linearly aligned segments each segment further comprising a wedge-shaped surface for contacting a mating wedge-shaped surface of the adjacent segment, each segment further defining an axial opening therein for receiving a fastener, the method further comprising applying an axially directed force to the fastener to displace the wedge-shaped surfaces from linear alignment such that a force is exerted against the opposed cavity sidewalls to retain the carrier within the slot.
15. The method of claim 8 further comprising disengaging the flux probe form frictional engagement with the opposing sidewalls at a first axial position and axially displacing the flux probe within the slot from the first axial position to a second axial position to measure the magnetic flux at the second axial position.