Abstract: A digital frying pan provides temperature and/or food doneness information associated with food cooked within the pan. A thermal sensor coupled with the pan senses temperature and generates corresponding signals, and processing electronics coupled with the sensor convert the signals to data for display on a LCD. A warning buzzer or LED warns the user of completed cooking. The frying pan may be programmed to desired food types or personal temperatures or food doneness options. The invention also provides a remote sensing food doneness system for remotely viewing and then determining food temperature and/or food doneness. The remote system uses thermal imaging optics and thermal sensing techniques to remotely sense food temperature. Preferably a second optical element images the food onto a CCD to display an image of the food to a user. The system is mounted by a user who views the CCD to ensure appropriate placement in line of sight from the food.

Abstract: Enclosed rotisserie with added convenience, including a countertop resting box-like enclosure housing a safety rear mounted heating element and a power rotated dual rod spit assembly. The spit assembly may also be mounted at various distances from the heating element to decrease cooking times. The open front of the enclosure is covered by an inclined glass panel door. The embodiment's design makes efficient use of valuable counter space by recessing back and raising off the countertop its controls. Accessories include wire baskets a rotating stir fryer and a generally cylindrical container capable of being affixed to the spit rod to rotate with the spit rod. and a rotating stir fryer. Foods may be cooked on top of the embodiment as well using an included warming tray and an inserted steaming tray with cover. Grease-tight rotisserie/barbecue gloves make food handling easier and safer.

Abstract: A rotisserie cradle including a trough shaped cradle constructed entirely of a rod framework to be lighter, easier to clean, and cheaper to manufacture, with food hold down grates positionable by swing arms pivoted to the inside of the cradle framework so as to allow manually settable positioning of the grates against the food to hold the same against the inside of the cradle framework. Each hold down grate is tiltable in any direction to engage any contour of the food to be held, and the swing arm movement accommodates different sized food items. Friction snubbers can be used to maintain the swing arm positions. A pair of socket blocks for receiving the rotational support shafts are mounted by the rod members forming the cradle framework.

Abstract: Disclosed is a steam generating mechanism in a cooking oven equipped with a heater and a fan for blowing a hot air into a chamber of the oven, said steam generating mechanism further comprising: a water-supply receiver guide attached integrally to a fan guard which is detachably mounted in the front face side of said fan; and a water-supply unit for supplying water to the water-supply receiver guide when the need arises, wherein the water supplied into the water-supply receiver guide is guided toward the suction side of the fan, sucked by the fan together with the air inside the chamber, and dispersed toward the heater, so that the water may be heated by the heater to be formed into steam, which is then blown into the chamber of the oven.

Abstract: With a method of controlling synchronous drive of a plurality of pressing machines, each of the pressing machines has a motor, a drive shaft to which a torque of a flywheel driven by the motor is transmitted through a clutch and a slide driven by the drive shaft so that a rotational position of the drive shaft of each of the pressing machines is synchronous each other. The method has a step of detecting actual velocity information of the motor and a step of detecting actual rotational-position information of the drive shaft. The detected actual rotational-position information is compared with the reference rotational-position information from a reference rotational position information generating section. Based on the result of the comparison, the reference velocity information from a reference velocity information generating section is compensated into characteristic reference velocity information of each of the pressing machines.

Abstract: A stroke adjusting device for removing eccentric instability in an mechanical rotary system. The stroke adjusting device includes an adjustable rotation balancing weight adjustable about an eccentric bushing positioned on an eccentric shaft. The adjustable rotation balancing weight includes a weight portion adaptable to counteract the instability of the mechanical rotation system, thus minimizing vibration. A hydraulic system enables simple adjustment of the stroke adjusting device.

Abstract: A juicer accessory, and a juicer having the juicer accessory, are provided for allowing juice extraction from small fruit and vegetables, such as grapes and berries, as well as, fruit and vegetables cut into slabs, such as pineapples and mangoes. The juicer accessory includes a strainer and a pressing member, which are each formed with a plurality of ridges. The ridges are shaped and arranged to mesh. Consequently, the ridges aid in holding fruit and vegetables during juice extraction, as well as, in rupturing any skin on the fruit and vegetables.

Abstract: A press with a press lock includes a press frame, a press ram slidably connected with the press frame, a rack fixedly connected with the frame, a pinion block connected with the ram, a pinion actuator operatively interconnected between the ram and the pinion block, and a control operatively connected with the pinion actuator. The press frame defines a stroke length and the press ram slides along the stroke length. The rack also extends along the stroke length, and the pinion block slides generally perpendicular to the stroke length, between open and closed positions of the press lock. The pinion block is also substantially fixed with the ram, relative to movement in a direction along the stroke length. The pinion block further engages the rack in the closed position, fixing the ram at a predetermined location along the stroke length, and disengages the rack in the open position, not inhibiting sliding of the ram along the stroke length.

Abstract: A processing center is disclosed that comprises at least one support capable of displacement in the X and Y axes, and preferably also in the Z axis, and at least one hot-stamping machine for applying a paint layer or a transfer layer, which is located on a support film, onto the surface of a workpiece and mainly onto the curved outline of a plate-shaped workpiece. The hot-stamping machine comprises an unwinding unit for unwinding the support film supporting the paint or transfer layer, a take-up unit for taking up the support film used, and at least one stamping cylinder which is rotationally mounted between the unwinding unit and the take-up unit and which can be applied onto the workpiece. The stamping cylinder is used for transferring the paint or transfer layer from the support film onto the workpiece.

Abstract: A stencil printing apparatus prevented from being irregular in printing density between the central portion and the marginal portions of the printing area of a printing drum is provided. The stencil printing apparatus comprises a cylindrical printing drum having an ink-passable circumferential wall, an inner roller disposed inside the printing drum for supplying ink to an inner circumferential surface of the circumferential wall, and an outer roller disposed outside the printing drum in opposite to the inner roller. The inner roller is disposed at a gap of 0.9 mm or less, preferably 0.3 mm or less from the inner circumferential surface of the circumferential wall, and the outer roller is larger in diameter than the inner roller.

Abstract: A screen-printing method, including the steps of filling, in a state in which a screen having through-holes is contacted with a print surface of a substrate, the through-holes with a print material, and thereby applying the print material to the print surface of the substrate, moving, after the filling step, one of the screen and the substrate relative to the other of the screen and the substrate, in one or more cycles, on a plane parallel to the print surface of the substrate, in one or more directions parallel to one or more straight lines, and separating, after the moving step, the screen and the substrate from each other.

Abstract: A sheet receiving apparatus in a sheet-fed rotary printing press includes at least one paper receiving bar, an air cylinder, and a moving plate. The paper receiving bar is inserted in a dropping path for a sheet-like printing product to temporarily stop it after printing. The air cylinder moves the paper receiving bar between a wait position and a sheet receiving position. The moving plate supports the paper receiving bar to be movable in a widthwise direction of the printing product.

Abstract: In an ink film thickness control method for a multi-color printing press having a plurality of printing units for continuously performing designated color printing on a printing paper by means of ink supplied to a printing plate through an ink roller group, when in at least two of the printing units as plate exchange printing units, exchange to new printing plates are simultaneously performed, the number of printing papers to be printed for ink removing is set in units of plate exchange printing units. The ink feed operation in each plate exchange printing unit is turned off. Printing for ink removing is performed in each plate exchange printing unit on the basis of the set number of printing papers while keeping the previous printing plate mounted, thereby forming a first ink film thickness distribution minimum and necessary for printing on the ink roller group of the plate exchange printing unit. An ink film thickness control apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: A printing system is disclosed including an inking system with a single form roller for applying ink to a printing cylinder. Ink is applied to the form roller by an applicator roller having a surface with an array of interconnected wells and a variable speed drive. The form roller and plate cylinder are rotated at the same rpm while the speed of the applicator roller is varied to vary the amount of ink applied to the plate. A variable speed subtractive roller system removes excess ink from the form roller and returns the ink to a common reservoir. For wash-up, the press drive and form roller are disengaged and the inking system is rotated by an inker roller drive while wash-up fluid is applied to the inking system.

Abstract: A flexible image transfer blanket is provided which has a non-extensible backing which is easy to mount onto conventional blanket cylinders, which requires no packing (but which can be used with packing), which does not need to be retensioned during operation, and which prints to the gap better than conventional fabric-reinforced blankets. The image transfer blanket is adapted to be mounted onto a blanket cylinder and includes first and second ends, with at least one of the first and second ends being adapted to be inserted into an axially-extending gap in the blanket cylinder. The blanket includes a image transfer surface layer, at least one woven fabric ply, and a nonextensible base layer. The at least one woven fabric ply includes both warp and weft fibers, with the weft fibers being oriented so that when the blanket is mounted on the blanket cylinder the weft fibers extend circumferentially about the blanket cylinder.

Abstract: A system for loading and clamping one or more plates onto the cylindrical surface of a rotatable drum, such as used in a platesetter for printing, and for unloading the plates from the drum. The system is characterized by clamps that are movable over the surface, preferably along circumferential tracks, enabling the attachment of multiple plates, end-to-end and/or side-by-side, each plate having any of a wide range of sizes. The clamps are preferably of the dynamic type, whereby the clamping force increases with rotational speed. Also disclosed is a method for mounting and unmounting plates, using the movable clamps, such that allows flexible and convenient arrangement of loading- and unloading stations.

Abstract: A method of controlling parameters of an ink layer at a selected location in a printing unit of a printing machine, the printing machine including at least one ink source for producing the ink layer on a transport device, whereon metering variables for regulating the application of ink to the transport device are zonally settable, and further including the transport device for transferring the ink layer to the selected location.

Abstract: A cartridge having an electrothermal ignition device, in which, ignition conduits extend axially through a first propellant-charge powder (4) filling a cartridge sleeve (5), with the conduits essentially comprising an electrical wire (11-13) that is guided axially through a tube (14-16) comprising a second propellant-charge powder. Propellant-charge-powder tubes (14-16) comprising an optically transparent propellant-charge powder are used so that even cartridges (1) having a first propellant-charge powder (4) that is difficult to ignite can be ignited rapidly and reliably, requiring the smallest possible quantity of electrical energy.

Abstract: Bullet setting out mechanism for hunting cartridges including a plastic sole body with first sector forming a wad having an upper damping formed by two parallel cylindrical bodies acting with a balancing effect on a first plate with motion to be driven by a second plate distanced on an axial pin supporting a column bearing a bullet on coaxial clutches into a contact containment cylindrical seat which seat includes two half parts separated by longitudinal cuts perimetrally extending from a disk-shaped deflagration moment for centrifugal effect the connection points break with contemporary squeezing in opening of the half parts on the inside wall of the barrel and this permits the bullet movement starting with thrust pulse centering so obviate a possible contact with the same barrel also in presence of a narrowing.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a family of new porphine compounds for use as colorants and/or colorant stabilizers. The new porphine compounds may be used alone or may be used in combination with one or more colorants to provide light stability to colorants. The present invention further relates to inks containing the new porphine compounds and a method for making the new compounds. The present invention also relates to improved methods of making porphines. The improved processes allow the production of porphines at lower cost and higher yields compared to conventional methods of making porphines.

Abstract: An ink composition is provided which can yield prints having high color density and, even when printed on recycled papers, causes no significant feathering or bleeding and, at the same time, has excellent ejection stability and storage stability, The ink composition comprises a colorant, water, and a compound represented by formula (I):

Abstract: Provided is an ink composition for a water based ballpoint pen which satisfies all of no change in the ink composition even in storage over a long period of time, a good strike-through property and an excellent drawn line-drying property at the same time.

Abstract: Silane based coating compositions provide durable, corrosion resistant coatings on metal and non-metal surfaces. A typical composition may include one or a mixture of silanes, such as methyltrimethoxysilane and phenyltrimethoxysilane. The coating compositions may be formulated with either acidic or basic catalysts, the latter being especially suitable for coating steel substrates. Coatings for food and beverage containers, automotive finishes, HVAC surfaces, alkali metal silicates, concrete, and the like, are described. Primer coating compositions which include two or more polyfunctional organosilanes but no monofunctional organosilanes provide strongly adherent corrosion resistant primer coatings for metals and are very adherent to polyurethane, epoxy and other resin topcoats.

Abstract: A carbon black with organic groups in which the organic group contains at least one substituted C—C single bond or double bond, and is linked to the black via the two carbon atoms of the C—C single or double bond and wherein at least one carbon atom of the C—C single or double bond contains at least one activating substituent; a method of producing the black of the invention by reacting a carbon black with organic compounds containing a C—C double bond or triple bond, the C—C double bond or triple bond of which is activated by at least one substituent; and fillers, reinforcement fillers, UV stabilizers, conductivity blacks and pigment containing the carbon black.

Abstract: There is provided a composite pigment comprising a clay mineral and an aluminum hydroxide that adheres to the surface of said clay mineral, wherein said aluminum hydroxide contains an aluminum hydroxide in the form of a cup with cover, the basal plane of which adheres to the surface of said clay mineral, and preferably contains such specified aluminum hydroxide as much as possible, which shows excellent transparency, makes both the troubled morphology of the skin such as, wrinkles, pore openings, hard texture of the skin less noticeable, and the trouble color tone of the skin such as, blemishes, freckles, and acne traces less noticeable, when included in cosmetics, as well as having a smoother feel and lesser color drabness, and makes the skin look brighter, when compared to conventional products.

Abstract: A novel method of combustion air control for multiple burner furnaces, whereas a pressure transducer is located in the air piping downstream of each zone air flow control device. The pressure transducer sends a feedback signal to a pressure control loop that is in a logical cascade from the furnace temperature control loop. The pressure control loop repositions the air flow control device to compensate for changes in both downstream and upstream conditions. Output from the temperature control loop is interpreted by the pressure control loop as a changing remote set-point value. In one embodiment, the system is ideally suited to compensate for the pressure drop changes that occur across a zone air flow control valve, when flow rate changes occur as burners are started or stopped, thus providing a substantially higher turndown ratio and better control at low fire settings.

Abstract: A fuel selected from powder fuels and liquid fuel is ejected through a fuel ejection means; primary air is ejected through primary air-ejecting means arranged on outer and inner sides of the fuel ejection means, to form outer and inner primary air-ejection straight streams between which the fuel ejection stream is interposed, and to burn the fuel ejection stream. When a powder fuel is used, optionally, a liquid fuel is further ejected and mixed with the above-mentioned primary air streams, and the liquid and powder fuels are burnt together.

Abstract: A procedure wherein a catalyst pertaining to the family of zeolites is injected into the vessel (1) of the circulating fluidized bed, in powder form. The installation includes a vessel (1) in which the top is connected to a separator (3) in which the bottom is connected to the vessel (1) by a recirculation loop (4), a silo (5), in which the catalyst based on crushed zeolites is stored, and which is connected by a conveyer (6) to the recirculation loop (4).

Abstract: A portable, pontoon-type watercraft includes a pair of pontoons interconnected by a pair of cross members to maintain the pontoon members in spaced relation. The bottom surface of each pontoon member defines at least one concavity for providing increased stability to the watercraft by increasing surface tension between the water and the bottom surface of the pontoons. A number of internally threaded metallic sockets are integrally formed into each of the pontoons to allow various components and accessories to be mounted thereto. The pontoons are formed of a lightweight, semi-rigid material and define a hollow interior that can be pressurized to provide internal support to the walls of the pontoons. The seat includes a yoke section that can be slid over the neck and shoulders of the user and handles that can be grasped by the user to facilitate transportation of the watercraft from one site to another.

Abstract: A stabilizer plate is provided that protrudes below the surface of the water when connected to a downwardly extending shaft and extends rearwardly from the stern of the boat. An adjustable handle/bracket connected to the downwardly extending shaft connects the stabilizer plate to the boat transom.

Abstract: A shock absorbing and adjustable-length mooring and utility securing line for mooring a boat to a dock in a marine environment utilizes a hollow flexible tubing constructed of substantially inelastic fabric material and a bungee cord disposed within the tubing. The hollow tubing has a central section disposed between the opposite ends of the tubing, and the fabric material of the central section is movable lengthwise between a gathered condition and a fully-stretched condition to accommodate a lengthening of the line as the opposite end portions of the central section are moved farther apart from a condition at which the central section is in a gathered condition and to accommodate a shortening of the line as the opposite end portions of the central section are moved closer together from a condition at which the central section is in a fully-stretched condition.

Abstract: A system and method for the capture of a target surface vessel by a second vessel. The system includes an initially stowed deployable net, means for deploying the net, a tether coupled to the net, and a winch for drawing in the tether to pull the target vessel toward the second vessel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an inflatable, tubular structure designed to protect a water craft by attaching along a horizontal plane. The device comprises of inflatable, tubular structure, attaching devices and an ability to be inflated for use and deflated for storage. The inflatable structure is conformable to the contour of a water craft to protect the area of freeboard and the bulkhead surfaces of a craft.

Abstract: A SOLAS-compliant rescue boat davit for storing, launching and retrieving a rescue boat. The rescue boat davit has an A-frame lifting arm that supports the rescue boat in a stowed position and rotates approximately 20° about the base of the A-frame to assist in hoisting and lowering the rescue boat. A sheave assembly and a davit stop fitting assembly are mounted on the apex of the A-frame lifting arm and accommodate a winch line at the A-frame apex. An electrical winch hoists and lowers the rescue boat, via the winch line, and a stop ring on the winch line operates in conjunction with the davit stop fitting to cause the winch line to rotate the A-frame lifting arm forward. A post assembly mounted to the transom of a ship provides a mount for the electrical winch and supports the A-frame lifting arm via a wire strop. A boarding platform is also mounted to the transom of the ship to permit boarding of the rescue boat in its stowed position.

Abstract: A process for preparing doped molten silicon for use in a single silicon crystal growing process is disclosed. Polysilicon is doped with barium and melted in a silica crucible containing less than about 0.5% gases insoluble in silicon. During melting and throughout the crystal growing process the barium acts as a devitrification promoter and creates a layer of devitrified silica on the inside crucible surface in contact with the melt resulting in a lower level of contaminants in the melt and grown crystal.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a novel a single crystal silicon wafer. In one embodiment, this wafer comprises: (a) two major generally parallel surfaces (i.e., the front and back surfaces); (b) a central plane between and parallel to the front and back surfaces; (c) a front surface layer which comprises the region of the wafer extending a distance of at least about 10 &mgr;m from the front surface toward the central plane; and (d) a bulk layer which comprises the region of the wafer extending from the central plane to the front surface layer.

Abstract: A high throughput crystallization methodology using 1,536 well microassay plate technology is described. The methodology uses mother-daughter plate technology with robotic control to deliver oil, unique crystallization cocktails, and a protein solution to each of the wells. This provides 1,536 unique microbatch crystallization experiments using as little as 6 mg of protein in 600 microliters of solution. The time required to deliver a protein solution to a prepared experiment plate is less than 10 minutes. A plate imaging system with a capacity of 28 microassay plates is also described. The imaging system digitally records the results of the experiments for later comparison to database results.

Abstract: A method of producing a polycrystalline silicon rod is by depositing silicon on a carrier rod and cutting to size a molding produced in the process. In order that the silicon rod is given a rod end which is free of cracks and flaking, the rod is rotated about its longitudinal axis and cut through with a parting tool.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for applying pressure sensitive adhesive to a substrate, in which the adhesive is deposited on a transfer surface, such as a circulating transfer belt, dried, and subsequently transferred to a plurality of overlapping sheets. The sheets are preferably coated with a primer or a low adhesion backsize, or both, prior to application of the adhesive.

Abstract: From an adhesive substance application device, correctly formatted adhesive substance applications are applied on a continually conveyed web or on continually conveyed objects by means of a transfer roller that is provided with corresponding format parts. In order to be able to provide the transfer roller in a simple manner with accurately contoured format parts or blocks, the latter are applied or sprayed on the the transfer roller in the form of a hardenable liquid.

Abstract: A coating system selecting kinds of coating heads and operation sequences with no errors even when two or more kinds of coating heads are used in exchange in a single coating line. The coating system uses an automatic discriminating device which automatically discriminates at least kinds of a plurality of coating heads used in exchange in a single coating line, thereby discriminating the kind of the coating head which is set in the coating line.

Abstract: A coating apparatus includes a supply unit containing liquid coating material and a reservoir receiving liquid coating material dispensed from the supply unit. A coater dispenses liquid coating material onto a moving strip of material. A liquid meter unit includes a flow passage and a flow regulator associated with the flow passage. A flow rate manager cooperates with the reservoir to determine the flow rate of liquid coating material passing through the flow passage in the liquid meter unit and operates the flow regulator to regulate the flow rate of liquid coating material discharged to the coater.

Abstract: A semiconductor film deposition apparatus includes: a susceptor for holding a substrate thereon; a reactor body covering the susceptor so that the substrate is exposed inside the reactor body; and a gas inlet portion. The gas inlet portion has an opening with a width smaller than that of the susceptor. Through the gas inlet portion, a source gas is introduced onto the substrate substantially horizontally to the surface of the substrate. And the gas inlet portion is connected airtightly to the reactor body. An inner wall of the gas inlet portion includes a finely roughened region.

Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes a silicon film forming vacuum chamber for forming a crystalline silicon film on a substrate; a film forming device provided for the vacuum chamber for forming a pre-film of the crystalline silicon film on a target surface of the substrate; and an energy beam irradiating device provided for the vacuum chamber for irradiating the pre-film with an energy beam for crystallizing the pre-film. This film forming apparatus produce a crystalline silicon film having a good quality as a semiconductor film for a TFT or the like with good productivity.

Abstract: The invention concerns a plasma reactor employing a chamber enclosure including a process gas inlet and defining a plasma processing region. A workpiece support pedestal capable of supporting a workpiece at processing location faces the plasma processing region, the pedestal and enclosure being spaced from one another to define a pumping annulus therebetween having facing walls in order to permit the process of gas to be evacuated therethrough from the process region. A pair of opposing plasma confinement magnetic poles within one of the facing walls of the annulus, the opposing magnetic poles being axially displaced from one another. The magnetic poles are axially displaced below the processing location by a distance which exceeds a substantial fraction of a spacing between the facing walls of the annulus.

Abstract: The invention is a plasma reactor employing a chamber having a process gas inlet and enclosing a plasma process region. The reactor includes a workpiece support pedestal within the chamber capable of supporting a workpiece at a processing location interfacing with the plasma process region, the support pedestal and the chamber defining an annulus therebetween to permit gas to be evacuated therethrough from the plasma process region. One aspect of the invention includes a ring horseshoe magnet adjacent and about one side of the annulus, the magnet being spaced from the plasma processing location by a spacing substantially greater than the smallest distance across the annulus. The invention further includes the magnet defining opposite poles which are substantially closer together than the spacing of the magnet from the processing location, the magnet being oriented to provide its maximum magnetic flux across the annulus and a minimum of the flux at the plasma processing location.

Abstract: An improved bird feeder includes a tubular main body having a top open end and a bottom open end. The tubular main body is made of wire mesh material. A bottom cap is attached to the bottom open end to enclose it. A tubular adapter sleeve is positioned in the top open end to protect and isolate the commonly sharp and dangerous top edge of the main body from the user. A top cap is removably positioned over the adapter sleeve to enclose the feeder to protect the feeder located therein. The adapter sleeve not only shields the user from a sharp and dangerous top edge of the mesh main body but also maintains the mesh main body in its original shape by avoiding flexing and bending of the mesh material of the main body.

Abstract: An anti-squirrel device for pole mounted bird feeders is provided that consisting of a section of tubing slidably mounted around the pole suspended by an elastic band.

Abstract: An animal-actuated feeder (20) has a treadle (26) to be tread upon by an animal (36) desirous of obtaining food, a food compartment (24), a cover (30) with closed and open positions (32,34) denying and granting access to the compartment (24), and linkage (28) to open the cover (30) when the animal (36) treads upon the treadle (26). A damper (88) is coupled to the cover (30) and dampens transit between open and closed positions (32,34). A dish (106) having a mating lid (108) coupled to the cover (30) promotes the retention of the food in a palatable condition. A plurality of moat assemblies (118) serve as legs for the feeder (20) and inhibit crawling arthropods from gaining access to the food. A control unit (154) and latch (152) control the opening of the cover (30) in response to a tag unit (162) worn by the animal (36) treading upon the treadle (26).

Abstract: A poultry rearing barn having its floor covered by bedding including a plurality of lightweight expanded polystyrene chips. After use, the dirty chips may be cleaned to remove waste manure and the cleaned chips may be reused again as bedding. Alternatively, the dirty chips and waste manure may be burned to generate electricity.