Abstract: An engraved ink transfer cylinder for a flexographic printing press, wherein the roller body (12) is clamped detachably on a continuous axle (22) and surrounds this axle (22) at a distance.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying printed matter to the running web of cigarette paper or the like in a machine for making rod-shaped smokers' products employs a roller train which transfers printing ink from one or more sources to a rotary carrier of one or more stamps serving to apply trademarks, manufacturer's names and/or other printed matter to longitudinally spaced apart portions of the running web. At least one roller of the roller train has a resilient cylindrical outer layer which contacts the peripheral surface of at least one other roller of the train and surrounds an adjustable rotary eccentric which biases the cylindrical outer layer against the at least one other roller with a force determined by a prestressed coil spring. The eccentric is oscillatable axially against the opposition of a second spring, such as a diaphragm spring.

Abstract: A machine for processing planar print carriers having operationally rotating chains, and rails for guiding the chains, includes a damping covering arranged at least in sections along the rails and being clamped between two clamping surfaces, at least a first one of which is formed on the rails.

Abstract: This invention concerns a sheet guide unit which allows sheets of thinner sheets to be conveyed in a stable fashion when the sheet is conveyed in a sheet guide space between the printing cylinder and a sheet guide surface. The sheet guide unit has 1) a first air control means to control the supply air, which is blown from the air supply chamber through air vents provided in the upstream portion of the path, and conveys the sheet through the sheet guide space suspending over the downstream portion of the path; and 2) a second air control means to control the aspiration air, which is drawn into the aspiration chamber via a plurality of first aspiration vents in the downstream portion of the path, and exhausted from an aspiration port provided on one of the walls of the aspiration chamber.

Abstract: A printing machine, which includes at least two printing unit groups having drives which are decoupled from one another and assigned, respectively, to one printing unit group, and having printing units with transfer cylinders, include compensation elements for compensating for speed differences and positional errors between two printing unit groups. The compensation elements are assigned to a printing unit group which is an accepting printing unit group, in order to compensate for transfer errors.

Abstract: A process for producing a self-inking stamp capable of stamping repeatedly by filling ink in a stamp material having a continuous porous structure, wherein the stamp material having a continuous porous structure is provided with an occlusion body having a continuous porous structure and being impregnated with two or more kinds of ink having different functions so as to infiltrate two or more kinds of ink into the stamp material. In the process, there is used an occlusion body having a physical barrier and/or an isolation part which suppresses or inhibits mingling of two or more kinds of ink having different functions, and a self-inking stamp produced by the process.

Abstract: The invention describes a stamp device for printing a pattern on a surface of a substrate having a two-sided rigid carrier layer providing on it's first side a patterned layer made of a first material and being combined on it's second side with a soft layer made of a softer material than said first material.

Abstract: The invention provides printing systems and methods for depositing small volumes of liquid on solid substrates. These systems and methods are useful with a wide variety of liquids and substrates and offer a wide variety of applications, including the deposition of arrays of analytes. In particular embodiments, the systems comprise a preservation device, a detachable ganged plurality of printing devices, and/or a wire bonding capillary.

Abstract: A device for cleaning the outer surface of rotary cylinders and the like (2) comprising a pair of rotatable members (9, 11) for unwinding and rewinding a fabric (10), a presser means (12) cooperating with the fabric (10), means (50) for feeding onto the fabric (10) a liquid for cleaning the cylinder (2), and means (51) for feeding drying air onto the rotary cylinder (2), in which the pair of rotatable members (9, 11), the presser means (12) and the detergent liquid feeding means pertain to a cleaning assembly (6) movable by pneumatic drive away from and towards the rotary cylinder (2).

Abstract: A direct-to-plate method of lithographic printing is disclosed which enables to recycle the lithographic substrate of the printing master.

Abstract: The invention provides printing systems and methods for depositing small volumes of liquid on solid substrates. These systems and methods are useful with a wide variety of liquids and substrates and offer a wide variety of applications, including the deposition of arrays of analytes. In particular embodiments, the systems comprise a preservation device, a detachable ganged plurality of printing devices, and/or a wire bonding capillary.

Abstract: An ammunition article includes a molded plastic cartridge casing body having a first end and a second end, and a projectile attached to the first end of the cartridge casing body. The cartridge casing body is molded around at least a portion of the projectile. A molded plastic base for an ammunition article, a molded plastic blank cartridge, and a molded plastic cartridge casing body having a pronged web are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gas generator comprising at least two combustion chambers filled with propellant charges and delimited by combustion chamber walls. The combustion chamber walls have outflow openings which in a non-activated state are closed by at least one applied membrane having an edge. One of an additional fastening device and a protective device is provided at least sections of the edge of the membrane. The device prevents a coming-off of the membrane from the combustion chamber wall.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cushioning system to be applied to the inside surface of the walls of conventional autorack railcars More particularly, the present invention is directed toward the easy application of a foam protector of single or double tube configuration to the side portions of the metal screen walls that make up an autorack railcar. Improvements enable a multiple density foam tube, a “Logo” panel bar and an improved fastener. The tubes are designed to protect the edges of car doors by collapsing when hit by the car door and quickly bouncing back, regardless of temperature.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of making a highly reactive pozzolan, involving the steps of forming a slurry comprising metakaolin and a liquid; wet milling the slurry; and separating the metakaolin from the liquid to provide the highly reactive pozolan. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of making a cement-based composition involving the steps of providing a highly reactive pozzolan by forming a slurry comprising metakaolin and a liquid, wet milling the slurry, and separating the metakaolin from the liquid; and combining the highly reactive pozzolan with at least one cementitious material.

Abstract: Pigment dispersants comprise compounds represented by the following formula (I) or (II) or metal, ammonium or amine salts thereof: 1 2

Abstract: A message board apron for use with a computer monitor and keyboard includes a flat base, a support member extending upwardly from the base, and a tabletop member coupled to the support member proximate an edge of the tabletop member, the tabletop member having a dry-erase writing surface thereon. A variety of holders are provided in the tabletop member for holding accessories, such as hooks, pockets for writing implements or a recessed portion having a shape for receiving a pad of Post-It® notes or other paper therein. The message board apron is placed on a desktop in front of a computer monitor with a keyboard placed in front of or partially underneath the tabletop member, thereby removing providing a writing surface and/or accessories available to the computer user yet held up and away from the desktop surface.

Abstract: A table assembly consists of a table top supported by a leg assembly, which includes a vertical tubular leg member. The leg assembly further includes a foot member mounted to the lower end of each leg via a mounting member. The length of the foot member can be varied according to the width of the table top to selectively provide different sizes of tables according to user requirements, while the mounting member is usable for all sizes of legs and foot members to mount the foot member to the leg. A power/communication housing is mounted to the underside of the table top. The housing includes first and second passages isolated from each other via a wall, with power supply cabling and communication cabling placed within the first and second passages, respectively.

Abstract: A wagon 1 comprises a first wagon 10 including a lower face plate 12 and an upper face plate 11 constituting storage space, and a second wagon 20 to be stored within the storage space of the first wagon 10. The longitudinal side edges of the upper face plate 11 of said first wagon 10 is equipped with auxiliary table plates 15 rotatably connected thereto, and the first and second wagons 10, 20 are formed to rotate with the rotary axis set to a center column 30 mounted to the center of the upper and lower face plates 11, 25, 12, 21. The second wagon 20 can be moved from a first position where the wagon is completely stored within the first wagon 10 to a second position taking an angle of 90 degrees from the first wagon, and the auxiliary tables 15 can each be pivoted from a position hanging from the upper face plate 11 to a position leveled with the upper face plate 11.

Abstract: A lift table includes a toe sensor responsive to contact around the entire perimeter of the base. Multiple pressure switches are installed over two sides of the base and capped by an overlapping four-sided suspended guard. Multiple guides and springs of appropriate stiffness support the guard suspended over the base, so that any appreciable pressure exerted on the guard causes the compression of the springs and the direct application of pressure on an underlying switch which, in turn, de-energizes the mechanism controlling the descent of the platform. The pressure switches are incorporated into a control circuit that is activated only when the platform is descending. The platform may be sized to extend over the base enough to overlap the guard of the toe-sensor.

Abstract: A burner isolation valve or gate for use in the coal-delivery pipes of coal-fired power plants. Safety regulations often require that two valves be placed in the coal delivery line between a combustion chamber and an exhauster or pulverizer type deliver source to isolate the section of pipe in between for maintenance and other access. The invention includes a novel valve plate and actuation assembly, a novel housing adapted to sealingly enclose the valve plate, and a novel sealing mechanism for the valve plate and housing adapted to keep coal fines and dust out of the outboard portion of the housing in which the valve plate rests in the valve-open position.

Abstract: A nurse inductor mechanism for an agricultural seeding implement converts an air seeder meter box into a nurse inductor box to convey seed particles to the singulator of a planting mechanism. The nurse inductor mechanism is detachably mounted on the meter box of the air seeder to receive a supply of seed particles therefrom. The nurse induction mechanism intercepts the normal air flow for the metering mechanism to divert the stream of air into engagement with a pile of seed particles and induce the entrainment of the seed particles for conveyance thereof to the remote planting mechanism. A partition wall divides the nurse induction mechanism into a seed side and an air side. The seed side receives the supply of seed particles from the hopper and allows the seed to pass through a passageway into the air side for engagement by the stream of air.

Abstract: A sewing machine for sewing large work pieces such as sails o tarps, has a sewing bed with a large trough, the axis of which is perpendicular to the axis of the sewing head support arm. Fabric is held within the trough, either by being folded, bunched or rolled, with fabric being either fed into the trough as stitching progresses, or is drawn out of the trough during stitching. The fabric may be rolled, bunched or folded within the trough. The trough may be selectively covered with a removable cover plate, to provide a flat sewing bed for sewing of smaller pieces of fabric.

Abstract: An epitaxial compound structure has a crystal structure including fluorite crystal on which is epitaxially grown a film of simple perovskite crystal with a (011) orientation.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for growing thin films onto the surface of a substrate by exposing the substrate to alternately repeated surface reactions of vapor-phase reactants. The apparatus comprises at least one process chamber having a tightly sealable structure, at least one reaction chamber having a structure suitable for adapting into the interior of said process chamber and comprising a reaction space of which at least a portion is movable, infeed means connectable to said reaction space for feeding said reactants into said reaction space, and outfeed means connectable to said reaction space for discharging excess reactants and reaction gases from said reaction space, and at least one substrate adapted into said reaction space.

Abstract: An apparatus (100) and method (800) for forming high quality epitaxial layers of monocrystalline materials grown overlying monocrystalline substrates (310) such as large silicon wafers is provided. The apparatus (100) includes at least two deposition chambers (110) and (140) that are coupled together. The first chamber (110) is used to form an accommodating buffer layer (320) on the substrate (310) and the second (140) is used to form a layer of monocrystalline material (330) overlying the accommodating buffer layer (320).

Abstract: The installation for sugarcoating or encasing of products by rotation of a cylindrical rotor (2), comprises a distribution and proportioning manifold (13), mounted on support and guide rails (4a, 4a′) external to the rotor (2) permitting its total withdrawal from the rotor (2) for the washing phase and its emplacement with no internal support within said rotor for the operating phase.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating, in particular for painting, individual objects or small-series batches with a small quantity of paint with the aid of a plurality of atomizers 2, 3, 4 arranged one behind the other, using a main supply line 5, at one end/start 6 of which a paint-supply unit 7 is arranged.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for dispensing onto a substrate. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an injector having an injecting outlet and an air inlet, a fixture for receiving a substrate in communication with the injecting outlet and the air inlet and having a gasket forming a seal around the injecting outlet and air inlet, and a sheet of substantially taut film disposed between the injector and a substrate placed in the receptacle of the fixture such that, when the injector is in a position for dispensing encapsulant to a process area on the substrate, at least the injectng tip and the inlet tip of the injector project through the substantially taut film to the process area.

Abstract: A method for coloring live bait worms comprises adding to a cultivation bed containing one or more worm storage media, a non-toxic amount of a colorant to form a coloring medium, and incubating live bait worms in the coloring medium at a temperature and for a time sufficient to allow the bait worms to become colored by ingesting the coloring medium. The colorant is preferably a D&C coloring additive such as a xanthene dye, most preferably D&C Yellow No. 8, and/or D&C Yellow No. 7, and the worm storage medium is preferably peat loam. The worms become colored during an incubation period of up to about one week and retain their color for a prolonged period of time after being removed from the coloring medium.

Abstract: A sanitary cat path for use with a litter box, or a cat door; the sanitary cat path comprising an elevated apertured walkway operating to remove the litter or debris from the feet or paws of the cat so that the litter or debris will not be deposited on the floor, and/or tracked about the home; and preferably, providing a tray for capturing the litter or debris, and easily disposing of it.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel collapsible pen that is used in combination with a widely available modular unit used in the shipping industry. The present invention is economical to use by virtue of the fact that the pen may be stored inexpensively in a minimum of space in a disassembled state, may be assembled quickly, and may be easily and readily disassembled to permit alternate uses of the modular freight unit. The present invention consists of a collapsible pen erected on a standardized rectangular platform which has at least one side open to the air. The pen is made up of modular panels. The panels are attached to the rectangular platform, and can be used alone or in combination with any side or end walls present on the rectangular platform to create an enclosure.

Abstract: A multiple point tie-down tethering device and harness for restraining an animal within the limits of a predetermined boundary. The device is particularly adapted for safely transporting an animal, such as a dog, in a closed or open vehicle. In a preferred embodiment of the device, adapted for transporting up to two animals in the bed of a pickup truck, a centrally located, rectangular, animal attachment portion, fabricated preferably of webbing, has attachment rings on the four corners thereof. Four tethers, again preferably of webbing, extend outwardly from the four respective corners of the animal attachment portion, each tether having a first end which is attached to one of the four attachment rings, and a second end having means thereon for attaching the respective second ends to stationary objects such as U-bolts affixed preferably at or near opposing corners of the bed of the pickup truck. The animal attachment portion has one or more slidably mounted restraining clips thereon.

Abstract: A fuel supply system is disclosed for use with a vehicle propulsion system such as an internal combustion engine or a fuel cell system. The fuel supply system includes a water supply, fuel supply, and fuel conversion device coupled to the water and fuel supplies for generating hydrogen from the water and fuel and supplying the hydrogen to an intake manifold of the propulsion system with which the fuel supply system is used. The fuel conversion device preferably includes a vaporization chamber, an inlet nozzle for introducing fine droplets of fuel and water into the vaporization chamber, an air inlet for introducing air into the vaporization chamber to create turbulence in the chamber, a heater in the vaporization chamber for heating the turbulent fuel/water mix at temperatures that cause the mix to convert into hydrogen, and an outlet for supplying the generated hydrogen and air to the vehicle propulsion system.

Abstract: In control apparatus and method for an internal combustion engine having variably operated engine valves, a target vacuum pressure is calculated on the basis of an engine driving condition and an opening angle of an electronically controlled throttle valve is disposed in an intake air passage to achieve the target vacuum pressure. A target air quantity to be sucked within an engine cylinder on the basis of the engine driving condition is calculated and a valve closure timing of an intake valve of, e.g., an electromagnetic operation type is controlled to achieve the target air quantity. At this time, in accordance with the target vacuum pressure TBOOST(or in accordance with an actual vacuum pressure BOOST detected by means of a vacuum pressure sensor), the target air quantity to calculate the valve closure timing of the intake valve calculated on the basis of target air quantity is corrected or the intake valve closure timing IVC per se is corrected by a correction value of AIVC.

Abstract: A method for starting up an electromagnetic actuator operating an engine cylinder valve. The actuator has two spaced electromagnets, between which an armature, connected to the cylinder valve, is reciprocated against a restoring spring from a center position to lie against a magnet pole face. An ECU alternatingly supplies the electromagnets with a capturing current, the level of which is regulated as a function of the approach of the armature toward a pole face, as detected by a sensor assembly. A reference temperature is detected for the magnets, and, at a normal temperature, the armature starts oscillating due to the alternating energization of the electromagnets, and is brought into contact with a pole face. Or, at a low temperature level, one of the electromagnets is supplied with a high current pulse.

Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus in an internal combustion engine is feedback controlled by a sliding mode control and an abnormality of the sliding mode control is diagnosed. During a slight abnormality other than a crucial abnormality which makes the feedback control impossible, the system is feedback controlled to converge to a target value using only a non-linear term calculated by the sliding mode control.

Abstract: A variable timing system for i.c. engines, especially for motor vehicles, with suction and/or exhaust valves provided with hydraulic tappets in which the position of the oil inlet passages within the chamber of the hydraulic tappet can be selectively regulated in such a manner as to appropriately vary the moment at which they become closed by the cup member of the tappet, thus either retarding or advancing the opening of the valve i.e. diminishing or increasing its lift continuously from zero to a maximum value.

Abstract: In a cylinder head 1 of an internal combustion engine, communicating passageways 17, 18, 17′, 18′ for coolant are provided between combustion chambers 3 and pass-through holes 21 to 28 at positions which overlap straight lines L1, L2 connecting centers C2, C3 of the exhaust port openings 6a, 7a with centers C5 to C8 of the pass-through holes 25 to 28 and straight lines L3, L4 connecting centers C9, C10 of the intake port openings 4a, 5a with centers C11 to c14 of the pass-through holes 21 to 24 when a mating surface 2 of the cylinder head 1 with the cylinder block is viewed from the bottom. When peripheries of the exhaust port openings 6a, 7a and intake port openings 4a, 5a thermally expand, the suppression of thermal expansion by the bolts at fastening portions is alleviated by the communicating passageways 17, 18, 17′, 18′.

Abstract: An oil reservoir chamber, a crank chamber and a valve-operating chamber are provided in an engine body. The oil reservoir chamber and the crank chamber are in communication with each other through a through-hole, and the crank chamber and the valve-operating chamber are in communication with the each other through a one-way valve which is opened upon rising of the pressure in the crank chamber. The valve-operating chamber and the oil reservoir chamber are in communication with each other through an orifice. By utilizing a pressure pulsation in the crank chamber, an oil mist produced in the oil reservoir chamber is circulated from the oil reservoir chamber to the crank chamber, the valve-operating chamber and the oil reservoir chamber. Thus, in any operational attitude of an engine, the lubricating oil can be circulated without use of special oil pump.

Abstract: A component mounting arrangement for an engine includes an improved construction that can allow components such as a wire harness and/or fluid conduits to be neatly arranged around the engine. The engine includes a valve actuation mechanism and a drive mechanism through which a crankshaft drives the valve actuation mechanism. The drive mechanism is disposed generally above a cylinder block and a cylinder head assembly. At least one guide member is arranged to guide the wire harness and/or the fluid conduit across the engine. The guide member traverses above the drive mechanism.

Abstract: The present invention intends to suppress torque variation caused by the change of control parameters (e.g., throttle opening degree, EGR amount, etc.) to be adjusted to maintain stable combustion conditions before and after the switching of combustion mode. To this end, in a homogeneous combustion mode, the indicated torque request is corrected based on a torque efficiency (both air-fuel ratio efficiency and ignition timing efficiency), thereby correcting a target air amount in accordance with the corrected indicated torque request. Furthermore, in a stratified combustion mode, the indicated torque request is corrected based on a torque efficiency (only air-fuel ratio efficiency), thereby correcting a target fuel amount in accordance with the corrected indicated torque request. Furthermore, in the homogeneous combustion mode, it is possible to suppress the torque variation by performing ignition timing correction in addition to the target air amount correction.

Abstract: A method for controlling mode transitions, such as from stratified to homogeneous mode, in a direct injection engine adjusts a number of cylinders carrying out combustion to prevent engine torque disturbances. Cylinder activation is used when changes in cylinder air/fuel ratio cannot be compensated using ignition timing adjustments. In addition, the number of cylinders to activate is also determined and measures are taken if the number of cylinders determined are not available to be activated.

Abstract: An electronic throttle apparatus permits aggregating of various parts and rationalization of installation, and can simplify assembling operation and wiring operation to an engine room for rationalization of an installation space. The throttle apparatus for an engine includes a throttle body housing therein a throttle valve and disposed in an air intake of the engine, a throttle actuating motor, a throttle position sensor detecting a throttle valve angle and an air flow sensor located on upstream of the throttle valve and measuring an intake air flow rate. The throttle actuating motor, the throttle position sensor and the air flow sensor are mounted on the throttle body.

Abstract: A hot water conduit is formed between an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder. A gasket seals an annular opening of the hot water conduit facing to a surge tank. Hot water is supplied into the conduit from an engine cooling water passage. Heat of the hot water is effectively transferred to the entire vicinity or surrounding of a throttle valve, thereby effectively avoiding icing phenomenon of the throttle apparatus.

Abstract: A control unit controls both a motor actuated throttle valve and a magnetically actuated variable valve in accordance with an operation condition of an internal combustion engine. The control unit is configured to provide both a first control mode wherein an intake air control is carried out by controlling the open/close timing of the variable valve while keeping the throttle valve at a full-open or near full-open position and a second control mode wherein the intake air control is carried out by controlling the position of the throttle valve while reducing a controllable range of the open/close timing of the variable valve. The first and second control modes are selectively switched in accordance with the operation condition of the engine. The first and second control modes allow the engine to output the same engine torque under the same operation condition of the engine.

Abstract: A drive unit for driving a fuel pump for a small-sized vehicle, which is capable of reducing the current consumption of the fuel pump. A drive unit includes an ECU for controlling the fuel injection amount of a fuel injector. The ECU drives the fuel pump on the basis of control data for controlling the fuel injection amount of the fuel injector and of a power supply voltage of the fuel pump. For example, the fuel pump is driven under pulse-width modulation (PWM) in such a manner that a pulse-width of a PWM signal is made larger with an increase in the fuel injection amount of the fuel injector and is made smaller with a decrease in the fuel injection amount of the fuel injector.

Abstract: The variation of the A/F ratio and the deterioration of driving feeling or exhaust owing to the response delay of air intake against the fuel injection is suppressed, in an engine control apparatus for controlling an intake air flow based on the torque or the fuel injection amount.

Abstract: A high-pressure fuel pump is provided for an internal combustion engine having an intake system and an exhaust system installed to the front and back of the engine, respectively. The fuel pump is located adjacent to a front upper part of the engine so as to be driven by a camshaft, but is positioned in an inclined position relative to the engine instead of a vertical position. This arrangement shifts the fuel pump backward in installing position with an effect of eliminating mechanical interference of the fuel pump with an engine compartment hood, and provides a long distance between the fuel pump and a dash panel behind the fuel pump with an effect of lowing energy of an impact applied to the fuel pump from the dash panel when the engine moves rearward due to a front-end collision.

Abstract: For each cylinder of the internal combustion engine, the fuel injection system has one fuel pump, one fuel injection valve, and one line connecting the fuel injection valve to the fuel pump. To control the injection, a first electrically triggerable control valve is disposed on the fuel pump, by which valve a communication of the high- pressure side of the fuel pump with a relief chamber is controlled. The onset of fuel injection is determined by the closing time of the first control valve, by which the high-pressure side is disconnected from the relief chamber. Near the fuel injection valve, a second electrically triggerable control valve is disposed, by which a communication of the fuel volume, located in the fuel injection valve, with a relief chamber is controlled. The end of the fuel injection is determined by the opening time of the second control valve, and as a result rapid relief of the fuel volume located in the fuel injection valve and thus rapid closure of the fuel injection valve are achieved.