What is claimed is:
1. Apparatus for the condensation of steam comprising:
a substructure;
a fan supported by the substructure;
a plurality of self-supported tube bundles arranged in a roof-shaped manner in opposing relationship with respect to a vertical center longitudinal plane and mounted to the substructure above the fan, each of said tube bundles having an upper tube plate and a lower tube plate;
a steam distribution duct fluidly connected and placed on top of the tube bundles;
condensate collection pipes fluidly connected to the tube bundles and mounted to an underside of the lower tube plates;
support means for so supporting the upper tube plates of opposite tube bundles as to allow a limited pivotal movement of the tube bundles;
wherein the condensate collection pipes are so positioned on the substructure as to be shiftable relative to the substructure in parallel relationship to the center longitudinal axis.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support means includes angle brackets for connecting the upper tube plates with one another.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support means includes fishplates placed above and below the upper tube plates and bolted together for coupling the upper tube plates.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support means includes hinged joints for connecting the upper tube plates with one another.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support means includes U-shaped sections mounted to an underside of the upper tube plates and reinforced by webs, said sections being coupled to one another.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the steam distribution duct has a round cross section, wherein the steam distribution duct has a breach in a lower circumferential area, and further comprising spacers arranged in parallel relation on either side next to the breach of the steam distribution duct and secured to the upper tube plates.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the condensate collection pipes have a rectangular cross section and are reinforced on their outside by vertical ribs.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the condensate collection pipes have a triangular cross section and are reinforced on their outside by vertical ribs.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the condensate collection pipes have a round cross section, wherein the condensate collection pipes are open in an area facing the tube bundles, wherein the condensate collection pipes are connected to the lower tube plates of the tube bundles via parallel longitudinal webs, wherein the condensate collection pipes are reinforced on their outside by ribs, wherein the longitudinal webs are reinforced on their outside by ribs.
10. The apparatus of claim 1, and further comprising slide rails secured to the substructure, wherein the condensate collection pipes are guided directly on slide rails.
11. The apparatus of claim 1, and further comprising slide rails secured to the substructure, and base supports extending between the condensate collection pipes and the slide rails, wherein the condensate collection pipes are guided via the base supports on the guide rails.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the slide rails have a rectangular cross section, wherein the base supports are guided by high-polished stainless steel angles on the slide rails, wherein the angles have predetermined areas coated with a sliding layer of polytetrafluoroethylene.
13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the base supports are secured to the slide rails by screw fasteners which allow a limited movement between the base supports and the slide rails.
14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the slide rails have a U-shaped configuration and are upwardly open, wherein the slide rails are coated on predetermined regions with a sliding layer of polytetrafluoroethylene, and further comprising slide blocks extending downwards from the base supports for engagement in the slide rails to thereby guide the base supports in the slide rails.
15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the condensate collection pipes are supported for rolling motion directly on the substructure.
16. The apparatus of claim 1, and further comprising base supports for rollingly supporting the condensate collection pipes on the substructure.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the base supports have rollers for supporting the condensate collection pipes on the substructure.
18. The apparatus of claim 1, and further comprising multiple ball bearings for supporting the condensate collection pipes on the substructure.
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. A method comprising:
adjusting a laser beam based, at least in part, on a change in an optically visible response of a material to a change in wavelength of said laser beam, said material disposed on a portion of a medium.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the response is indicative of an absorption of said laser beam by said material.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein said absorption is dependent on a wavelength of said laser beam.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said medium is an optical disc storage medium.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said portion of said storage medium comprises a label portion.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein said adjusting a laser beam comprises adjusting a signal applied to a laser.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein said adjusting said signal applied to said laser comprises adjusting a power of said signal so as to compensate for said change in said wavelength.
8. The method of claim 5, and further comprising determining said change in said response of said material.
9. The method of claim 6, wherein said determining said change in said response of said material comprises comparing a reference feedback signal to an operation feedback signal.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein said change in said response corresponds to said operation feedback signal being larger than said reference feedback signal and wherein adjusting said signal applied to said laser comprises increasing a power of said signal applied to said laser.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein said change in said response corresponds to said operation feedback signal being smaller than said reference feedback signal and wherein adjusting said signal applied to said laser comprises decreasing a power of said signal applied to said laser.
12. The method of claim 9, and further comprising:
determining said reference feedback signal for a first unwritten region of said label portion of said storage medium; and
determining said operation feedback signal for a second unwritten region of said label portion of said storage medium after a first portion of data has been written to said label portion by said laser beam.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein said determining said reference feedback signal comprises measuring a quantity of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said label portion.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein said determining said operation feedback signal comprises measuring a quantity of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said label portion.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein said determining said reference feedback signal comprises measuring a plurality of quantities of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said label portion.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein said plurality of quantities of electromagnetic radiation comprise a first, a second, a third, andor a fourth quantity of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said label portion.
17. The method of claim 15, wherein said determining said reference feedback signal further comprises summing the measured plurality of quantities of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said label portion.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein said determining said operation feedback signal comprises measuring a plurality of quantities of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said label portion.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein said determining the operation feedback signal further comprises summing the measured plurality of quantities of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said label portion.
20. The method of claim 18, wherein said plurality of quantities of electromagnetic radiation comprise a first, a second, a third, andor a fourth quantity of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said label portion.
21. An apparatus comprising:
a controller capable of adjusting a laser beam at least in part in response to a change induced by a change in a wavelength of said laser beam in an optically detectable property of a label portion of a medium.
22. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein the controller is further capable of comparing a reference feedback signal to an operation feedback signal to determine said change induced by said change in a wavelength of said laser beam in an optically detectable property of said label portion.
23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein said controller is further capable of measuring detected electromagnetic radiation reflected by said label portion at an operation time to determine the operation feedback signal.
24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein said controller is further capable of measuring detected electromagnetic radiation reflected by said label portion at a reference time to determine the reference feedback signal.
25. The apparatus of claim 24, and further comprising a plurality of photodetectors in a configuration to detect a quantity of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said label side at a plurality of times.
26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein said plurality of photo detectors are further in a configuration to detect a plurality of components of said reflected electromagnetic radiation.
27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein said controller is further capable of summing the detected and measured plurality of components of said reflected electromagnetic radiation and comparing the summed, detected, and measured plurality of components of said reflected electromagnetic radiation at said reference time and at said operation time.
28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein adjusting said laser beam comprises increasing a power applied to a laser is response to the summed, detected and measured plurality of components of said reflected electromagnetic radiation at said operation time being larger than the summed, detected and measured plurality of components of said reflected electromagnetic radiation at said reference time.
29. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein adjusting said laser beam comprises decreasing a power applied to a laser is response to the summed, detected and measured plurality of components of said reflected electromagnetic radiation at said operation time being smaller than the summed, detected and measured plurality of components of said reflected electromagnetic radiation at said reference time.
30. A system comprising:
a computing device; and
a storage system capable of communicating with the computing device and comprising a laser, wherein said storage system is operable to record data from the computing device as optically visible markings on a label portion of a storage medium, and further operable to adjust said laser at least in part in response to a change in a wavelength of a laser beam generated by said laser andor a change in a detected aspect of said label portion.
31. The system of claim 30, wherein said storage system further comprises:
a plurality of photodetectors in a configuration to detect a portion of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said label portion at a plurality of times.
32. The system of claim 31, wherein said plurality of times comprises a reference time and an operation time.
33. The system of claim 32, wherein said storage system further comprises:
a controller operable to compare the detected portion of electromagnetic radiation from said reference time to the detected portion of electromagnetic radiation from said operation time.
34. The system of claim 33, wherein said plurality of photodetectors are further in a configuration to detect a plurality of portions of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said label portion at said reference time and said operation time.
35. The system of claim 34, wherein said controller is further capable of summing said detected plurality of portions of electromagnetic radiation at said reference time and at said operation time, respectively.
36. The system of claim 35, wherein said controller is further capable of comparing the sum of the detected plurality of portions of electromagnetic radiation from said reference time to the sum of the detected plurality of portions of electromagnetic radiation from said operation time.
37. The system of claim 36, wherein said controller is further operable to adjust said laser at least in part in response to a change in a wavelength of a laser beam generated by said laser, determined at least in part by a difference between the sum of the detected plurality of portions of electromagnetic radiation from said reference time and the sum of the detected plurality of portions of electromagnetic radiation from said operation time.
38. The system of claim 37, wherein said controller is operable to adjust said laser to compensate for said change in a wavelength of a laser beam generated by said laser at least in part by adjusting a signal applied to said laser.
39. An apparatus comprising:
a data writing means for transferring data to a label portion of a storage medium;
a feedback measuring means for measuring a property of said label portion; and
a controller means for adjusting the data writing means in response to a change in said property of said label portion.
40. An article comprising a storage medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed result in performance of the following method:
adjusting a laser beam based, at least in part, on a change in a wavelength of said laser beam, andor at least in part, on a change in a response of a material to said laser beam, said material disposed on a portion of a storage medium.
41. The article of claim 40, wherein said adjusting a wavelength of a laser beam a laser beam comprises adjusting a signal applied to a laser.
42. The article of claim 41, wherein said method further comprises determining said change in said response of said material.
43. The article of claim 42, wherein said determining said change in said response of said material comprises comparing a reference feedback signal to an operation feedback signal.
44. The article of claim 43, wherein said method further comprises:
determining said reference feedback signal for said material; and
determining said operation feedback signal for said material after a first portion of data has been written to said material by said laser beam.
45. The article of claim 44, wherein said determining said reference feedback signal comprises measuring a quantity of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said material.
46. The article of claim 44, wherein said determining said operation feedback signal comprises measuring a quantity of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said material.
47. The article of claim 44, wherein said determining said reference feedback signal comprises measuring a plurality of quantities of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said material.
48. The article of claim 47, wherein said plurality of quantities of electromagnetic radiation comprise a first, a second, a third, andor a fourth quantity of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said label portion.
49. The article of claim 47, wherein said determining said reference feedback signal further comprises summing the measured plurality of quantities of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said material.
50. The article of claim 49, wherein said determining said operation feedback signal comprises measuring a plurality of quantities of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said material.
51. The article of claim 50, wherein said determining the operation feedback signal further comprises summing the measured plurality of quantities of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said material.
52. The article of claim 51, wherein said pluralities of quantities of electromagnetic radiation comprise a first, a second, a third, andor a fourth quantity of electromagnetic radiation reflected by said material.
53. A method for producing optically-visible markings on laser-sensitive material on a medium, comprising:
determining a reference absorption of laser energy at a first power level and a first wavelength by an unmarked portion of the laser-sensitive material;
determining an operational absorption of laser energy at the first power level and a second wavelength by another unmarked portion of the laser-sensitive material; and
adjusting the laser energy to a second power level at the second wavelength, the second power level determined at least in part from the reference absorption and the operational absorption.
54. The method of claim 53, and further comprising:
marking a portion of the laser-sensitive material before the determining an operational absorption.
55. The method of claim 54, and further comprising:
after a time delay, repeating the marking, the determining an operational absorption, and the adjusting.
56. An apparatus comprising:
a data storage device operable to generate an optically viewable mark on a light andor heat sensitive material disposed on a storage medium in response to a laser beam applied to said light andor heat sensitive material, said data storage device further operable to adjust said laser beam in response to a change in a wavelength of said laser beam andor an associated change in an absorption of said laser beam by said light andor heat sensitive material.
57. The apparatus of claim 56, wherein said data storage device further comprises a photodetector array operable to detect a portion of laser light from said laser beam that has been at least in part reflected by said light andor heat sensitive material.
58. The apparatus of claim 57, wherein said data storage device is further operable to adjust said laser beam based at least in part on laser light detected by said photodetector array.
59. The apparatus of claim 58, wherein said data storage device is further operable to, after a time delay, further adjust said laser beam based at least in part oh laser light detected by said photodetector array after said time delay.
60. The apparatus of claim 59, wherein said data storage device is further operable to adjust said laser beam at least in part by adjusting a signal applied to a laser.
61. The apparatus of claim 59, wherein said data storage device is further operable to adjust said laser beam at least in part by adjusting a power of a signal applied to a laser.