Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and/or methods for configuring and/or reconfiguring welding-type power sockets and/or welding-type plugs are disclosed. In some examples, welding-type power sockets and/or welding-type plugs may be configurable (and/or reconfigurable) through custom socket inserts, socket connectors, plug adapters, and plug receptacles.

Abstract: A method of peeling tubers includes providing a peeler device defining a cavity surrounded by a peeling mechanism, inputting tubers to be peeled into the cavity, directing electromagnetic radiation from an illumination device into the cavity, detecting electromagnetic radiation reflected into lens of a camera from tubers located in the cavity during a peeling operation by the peeling mechanism, and operating the peeler device based on the reflected electromagnetic radiation detected by the camera. Also disclosed is an apparatus for carrying out the method.

Abstract: An automatic doner kebab cutting robot comprises; position sensors perceiving positions of the engine to introduce to the processor providing rotation movements of first engine providing vertical movement of cutting rod in second axis, a second engine providing horizontal movement of cutting rod in third axis, an engine providing movement of the knife of cutting rod in first axis, an engine providing rotation movement of doner kebab skewer in fourth axis, at least one scanner and/or laser perceiving starting point, height and diameter of doner kebab on it to introduce to the processor, at least 1 temperature sensor perceiving the value achieved by measuring temperature of doner kebab to introduce to the processor, a scanner and/or laser, control system (PLC/PIC) sending commands transferred by position sensors and temperature sensors and in this direction, to make furnace, doner kebab skewer, cutting rod and cutting knife it is connected to, move synchronously.

Abstract: An electric heater includes a substrate; a first plane heating element disposed on a surface of the substrate; and a second plane heating element disposed on the surface of the substrate so as to be located outside the first plane heating element. The first plane heating element includes a first pattern portion having a start point and an end point, and a pair of first electrode portions connected to the first pattern portion. The second plane heating element includes a second pattern portion that surrounds a portion of an outer circumference of the first pattern portion, has a start point and an end point, and has an opening portion at one side thereof; and a pair of second electrode portions connected to the second pattern portion.

Abstract: A display module includes: a heating circuit, a gating circuit and a plurality of heating lines. The heating circuit includes a first type of heating signal output terminal and a second type of heating signal output terminal, and the gating circuit includes a gating unit. The first type of heating signal output terminal is electrically connected to a first type of signal input terminal of the gating unit, and a first type of signal output terminal of the gating unit is electrically connected to a first terminal of a heating line; and/or the second type of heating signal output terminal is electrically connected to a second type of signal input terminal of the gating unit, and a second type of signal output terminal of the gating unit is electrically connected to a second terminal of the heating line.

Abstract: An ultrasonic-assisted heat press machine, includes a frame, a material tank, an extruder, an ultrasonic wave generator, and a heater. The material tank is disposed on the frame and includes a cavity for accommodating an oil-bearing raw material. The extruder is extended in the cavity. The ultrasonic wave generator is disposed on the frame and adjacent to the material tank. The heater is disposed on the frame and adjacent to the material tank. The heater is configured to produce heat to heat the cavity and the ultrasonic wave generator, and regulate the working frequency of the ultrasonic wave generator. When in use, the heater, the extruder, and the ultrasonic wave generator cooperate to separate oil from the oil-bearing raw material in the material tank.

Abstract: A system includes a vacuum chamber, a vacuum source, and a mixture flow path adapted to be connected to receive the output of a direct steam injector. The vacuum source is operatively connected to a vacuum port of the vacuum chamber, while a product outlet port from the vacuum chamber is adapted to be connected to an arrangement for removing treated product from the vacuum chamber. The mixture flow path includes a flow path segment outside of the vacuum chamber volume and a flow path segment within the vacuum chamber volume. At least some of a surface defining the flow path segment within the vacuum chamber is in substantial thermal communication with one or more cooling structures.

Abstract: An oil-less frying stand device includes a main body having plurality of elongated legs, an upper shelf, a lower shelf, and a plurality of wheels. The lower shelf includes an enlarged opening for receiving and engaging a 20 lb propane tank. A hollow pipe extends upward from the top surface of the upper shelf. The pipe includes an open top end for receiving an elongated rotisserie spit, and a rotisserie motor is positioned along the bottom end of the hollow pipe. The pipe includes a circular shape and size that is suitable for insertion within the drain opening of a commercially available oil-less fat frying device. A drain opening is positioned along the top shelf at a location adjacent to the hollow pipe, and a circular-shaped lip encircles both the drain opening and the pipe. A drain tube is in communication with the bottom end of the drain opening to remove liquids from the area within the circular lip.

Abstract: A portable coffee brewing system includes a container, a lid assembly, a pump positioned within a hollow interior of lid assemble, a basket configured to hold an amount of coffee grounds and a tube fluidically connecting the pump to the basket. The lid assembly is connected adjacent the upper end of the container. The tube has an upper end of the tube fluidically connected to the pump and a lower end fluidically connected to the basket. When activated, the pump moves fluid via the tube to cause liquid in the hollow interior of the container to be moved through the amount of coffee grounds in the hollow interior of the basket thereby brewing coffee.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and/or methods are disclosed relating to a welding-type power supply with a pre-regulator circuit configured to provide a pre-regulated direct current (DC) bus at two or more voltage levels, responsive to various operating conditions. In some examples, the pre-regulator circuit may be configured to provide a pre-regulated DC bus voltage at one voltage level for certain input line voltages, weld processes, and/or target weld output levels, and at another voltage level for other input line voltages, weld processes, and/or target weld output levels. In some examples, the pre-regulator circuit may be configured to provide a pre-regulated DC bus voltage for certain input line voltages, weld processes, and/or target weld output levels and an unregulated DC bus voltage at other input line voltages, weld processes, and/or target weld output levels.

Abstract: A laminated glass for a vehicle includes a first glass plate, a second glass plate, an interlayer, a first busbar and a second busbar arranged such that a visible area is interposed in a predetermined direction between the first busbar and the second busbar, a plurality of electric heating wires arranged in the visible area to generate heat with a voltage applied by the first busbar and the second busbar, and a third busbar arranged at an opposite side of the visible area from the second busbar, wherein the third busbar and the first busbar are arranged such that an information acquisition area is interposed in the predetermined direction between the third busbar and the first busbar, and at least one of the electric heating wires is arranged in the information acquisition area to generate heat with a voltage applied by the third busbar and the first busbar.

Abstract: A metal member includes a first plate, and a second plate abutting against and welded to the first plate in at least one butt portion. In the butt portion, a length from a first end to a second end of a welding boundary line between the first plate and the second plate is longer than a length of a straight line connecting the first end to the second end of the welding boundary line.

Abstract: A marinator apparatus for the preparation of pieces of a whole chicken includes a fluid-tight hollow drum with opposing top and bottom walls that are substantially planar and that include an opening with a lid configured to sealingly close the opening. The drum further includes an interior baffle fixed inside that separates the drum into a top compartment accessible only through the top opening and an opposite bottom compartment accessible only through the bottom opening. The drum is supported for rotation by a support axle projecting from one end wall and a drive axle projecting from the opposite end wall. The drive axle includes a driven gear configure to be driven by a powered drive gear.

Abstract: A baking pan for baking a tilted cake for producing a whimsical or mad-hatter cake, the pan includes a rim defining a first plane and a tilted bottom defining a second plane, the rim and bottom being interconnected by a sidewall, the two planes intersect at an acute angle and a support for positioning the pan on an oven surface so that the first plane is parallel to the oven surface.

Abstract: An electric cooking appliance includes a glass-ceramic substrate having a top surface for supporting cookware for heating thereon, and a bottom surface opposite the top surface. The electric cooking appliance includes a plurality of thermoresistive heating elements disposed and spaced apart on the bottom surface of the glass-ceramic substrate, with each of the plurality of thermoresistive heating elements including graphene nanoparticles embedded in a ceramic matrix for generating heat upon application of electric current to the respective thermoresistive heating element. Each thermoresistive heating element is electrically connected to a power supply such that one or more of the plurality of thermoresistive heating elements are selectively activated to receive electric current to heat localized areas of the glass-ceramic substrate.

Abstract: A build-up welding method is disclosed in which a welding torch is guided along a metallic workpiece and at least one melting wire serving as a build-up material is fed at an infeed speed into the arc between at least one non-melting electrode of the welding torch and the workpiece. In order to achieve a build-up welding method with higher build-up speeds in comparison to the prior art, it is proposed for the non-melting electrode positioned normal to the workpiece to be guided along the workpiece and for the fed wire to also be moved back and forth along its infeed direction.

Abstract: A pulse arc welding device is controlled so as to alternately repeat a peak current period in which a welding current is a peak current and a base current period in which the welding current is a base current smaller than the peak current, feed a welding wire to an object at a feeding speed while the welding current flows through the welding wire, generate an arc between the welding wire and the object, and weld the object. So as to keep an arc length of the arc to be constant, in the base current period, the feeding speed is set to a first feeding speed and, in the peak current period, the feeding speed is set to a second feeding speed which is larger than the first feeding speed and corresponds to the first feeding speed. By this method, good welding quality with reduced spattering and suppressed undercut can be obtained.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for monitoring a non-melting welding electrode of an automated arc welding apparatus, using at least one camera, welding electrode images are captured and processed, and the state of the welding electrode is concluded therefrom. The images are captured during a welding process carried out with the arc welding apparatus, the images are reprocessed, and the arc of the welding process is extracted. The shape of the electrode end is determined from the reprocessed images and compared with a predefined shape of the electrode end. The images are reprocessed by capturing at least two images with different exposure times, cutting out and/or weighting partial areas from the at least two images with different exposure times, and combining them to form a composite image. If the determined shape of the electrode end deviates from the predefined shape of the electrode end, a signal is output.

Abstract: A system and method for performing field-portable GC/MS measurements for the rapid sampling and measurement of high temperature boiling semi-volatile organic compounds in environmental samples, wherein other column bundles have cold spots that may prevent high temperature boiling semi-volatile components from eluting the GC column, this new design may eliminate those cold spots on the GC column.

Abstract: Stopping electroslag strip cladding operations feeding multiple strips includes detecting, during a welding phase of an electroslag welding operation feeding a first strip and a second strip towards a molten slag pool formed on a work piece, initiation of a stop phase. Upon detection the feeding of the first strip towards the molten slag pool is stopped. Additionally, a feed direction of the feeding of the second strip is reversed to retract the second strip away from the molten slag pool.