Abstract: Methods and apparatus for winding wire coils on cores of dynamo-electric machine components such as stators and alternators are provided. The apparatus may be used to wind wire coils on the poles of a stator. The apparatus includes a movable wire dispenser and a set of wire pullers. The wire pullers are used to form a loop in an initial stretch of wire dispensed by the wire-dispenser alongside a stator pole. The loop is first formed adjacent to the pole and then moved above the pole out of the paths of subsequent wire stretches dispensed to form the wire coils. The loop may be pulled taut in either direction upon completion of the winding operation to connect the wire to a terminal.

Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an electric component on a circuit substrate, the apparatus including a nozzle-holding member which holds a suction nozzle applying a suction to the electric component and thereby holding the component, a displaceable member which supports the nozzle-holding member and is displaceable in a first direction intersecting an axial direction of the suction nozzle, a displacing device which displaces the displaceable member in the first direction so that the electric component held by the suction nozzle is transferred in the first direction and is positioned at a position above the circuit substrate, a moving device which moves, relative to the displaceable member, the nozzle-holding member downward in a second direction parallel to the axial direction of the suction nozzle so that the electric component held by the nozzle is mounted on the circuit substrate, and a guiding device which is provided between the nozzle-holding member and the displaceable member and guides a downward movement

Abstract: A technique and machine for transferring discrete areas of material, such as hot stamping foil, from a carrier onto positions spaced apart along a substrate, such as paper. The carrier is dispensed at a rate that is much less than the speed of movement of the substrate. During transfer, a segment of the carrier is moved at the same speed as the substrate while, in between such material transfers, the speed of the carrier is sharply reduced and even reversed in direction in order to maintain the average speed of this carrier segment equal to the reduced speed at which the carrier is being dispensed. This is accomplished by a shuttle mechanism that is moved by its own motor, under control of a microprocessor-based motor control system, in synchronism with the speed of the substrate and transfer operations. This significantly improves the utilization of the material on the carrier, with an improved flexibility to adapt to various substrate speeds and ease of implementation in machinery.

Abstract: A press block (35) for use in an application device for through hole mount on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) of a connector having press-fit type contact terminals. The press block (35) comprises a plurality of adjacently spaced insertion members (36) having an application face (39) for engaging the contact terminals and applying an insertion force thereon. At least one insertion member (36) at an end position (40) of the plurality of insertion members (36), at its application face (39), connects by at least one reinforcement member (37) to an adjacent insertion member (36). Preferably, a plurality of insertion members (36) at their application face (39) connect by reinforcement members (37). The press block (35) is advantageously produced by Metal Injection Molding (MIM).

Abstract: A frame jig for a connector is provided in order to be able to easily confirm the kinds of electric wires to be inserted in a connector and the installation locations. The frame jig for a connector includes a holder having a recess and apertures adjacent every location that confronts a respective cavity of the connector retained in the recess. Additionally, at the peripheral rim of the recess at the upper face of the holder, side recesses are provided on the side faces of the holder. First ends of sample electric wires are inserted in the apertures which confront the installation cavities of the corresponding kinds of electric wires to be installed in the connector. The other end of the sample wires inserted into recesses formed in sides of the holder, and locking members are inserted into the side recesses. A worker can thus confirm the kinds of electric wires and the installation locations by the sample electric wires in order to carry out the installation work of inserting the electric wires.

Abstract: The invention concerns an installation comprising continuously and successively: at least a station (A) automatically supplying tires; at least a station (B) for simultaneously removing each of the bead cores present in the tire rims; at least a station (C) for gradually crushing, along their circumference, the tires without bead cores; at least a station (D) for transversely cutting the crushed tires to obtain strip sections; at least a station (E) for treating the strip sections to separate the rubber material and the metal plies of the tire body from the running tread of each of the strip sections by reducing the rubber material to rubber crumb; means (12-13-14) for separately recuperating the rubber crumb and the strands of metal plies; the different stations and means are synchronously controlled for automatically and continuously treating and recycling tires.

Abstract: A method of mounting an electric component on a circuit substrate, including the steps of moving one of a suction nozzle and an electric-component supplying device toward the other of the nozzle and the supplying device, so that the nozzle applies a suction to the component supplied by the supplying device and thereby receives the component, moving one of the nozzle and the substrate toward the other of the nozzle and the substrate, so that the nozzle mounts the component on the substrate, taking an image of at least a portion of the component held by the nozzle, as seen in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the nozzle, in a state in which the nozzle takes a known position in the axial direction, determining, based on image data representing the taken image, a position of a mounted surface of the electric component that is opposite to a sucked surface of the component sucked by the nozzle, and controlling, based on the determined position, a movement of the nozzle toward one or each of the sup

Abstract: Terminals of a plurality of types of components to be mounted on a circuit board are provided beforehand with a joining material corresponding to the type of component. A basic joining material is applied to the circuit board all at one time. The basic joining material is commonly usable for joining all of the types of components to the circuit board. An individual joining material is applied to certain locations on the circuit board, to which locations components of a particular type are to be mounted. The individual joining material matches properties of the joining material provided beforehand to the components of the particular type. The second step may be performed before the first step to yield the same results.

Abstract: An electrical interconnection medium is provided having first and second overlying interconnection layers. Each interconnection layer includes parallel conductors, and the conductors of the first and second interconnection layers are oriented orthogonally to each other. The conductors can be interconnected to form at least two electrical planes, with the conductors of the electrical planes being substantially interdigitated on each interconnection layer, portions of each plane appearing on both layers. The interconnection medium advantageously is employed as a multichip module. A method of designing such an MCM includes providing arranged conductive regions in a spaced manner, cutting selected sections to form signal conductor paths, and then filling spaces between like power and ground conductors.

Abstract: A gripper unit including a mounting bracket, a housing with a rotatable carrier and a height adjuster having a cylinder unit and guides, which are connected at the other end with the housing. The carrier is rotatable about a first axis by a first drive. Arranged at the carrier are a first gripper module with a first gripper and a second gripper module with a second gripper. The grippers can be spread apart or spread out by gripper drives. The second gripper module is rotatable about a second axis by a second drive. By this gripper unit, leads are brought together by rotary movements in order to be subsequently connected together in common with a contact by crimping technique.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a heat pipe construction includes first providing a tubular pipe with an open end. A thermally conductive material, such as a metallic material or a filled polymer composite material is overmolded over or cast around the tubular pipe. Additional heat dissipating elements, such as insert molded pins, may be provided in the overmolded or cast material to enhance thermal conductivity of the heat sink assembly. The tubular pipe is then filled with heat pipe media, such as water or ammonia, and then immediately sealed therein to effectively form an embedded heat pipe within a thermally conductive cast or overmolded structure. With the method of the present invention, an heat pipes can be overmolded with or cast into other heat dissipating material structure to improve overall performance of the heat pipe without damaging the heat pipe.

Abstract: In assembling a vehicle body frame for a motorcycle by welding front and rear frame subassemblies to each other, the following steps are carried out: a step of positioning left and right rear portions of the front frame subassembly by a pair of front positioning device movable at least in a widthwise direction of the vehicle body frame, a step of clamping a head pipe by a front clamp device which is capable of being moved in vertical and longitudinal directions of the vehicle body frame and is capable of being tilted longitudinally, a step of positioning left and right rear portions of the rear frame subassembly by a pair of rear positioning device movable in the longitudinal, widthwise and vertical directions of the vehicle body frame, a step of clamping left and right front portions of the rear frame subassembly by a pair of rear clamp means movable in the longitudinal, widthwise and vertical directions of the vehicle body frame, and a step of welding the front and rear frame subassemblies to each other.

Abstract: An integral metal spacer for insulated glass units and method of fabricating the spacer. The spacer defines a substantially closed cross-section contour having a bottom surface, a pair of sidewalls, and a pair of generally abutting inner surfaces. A gap may be defined between the adjacent inner surfaces. The three interior corners are defined by fully mitered sidewalls. A pair of bridges are provided to integrally interconnect the inner surfaces of adjacent spacer segments. The method of fabricating includes taking a roll of flat metal stock and completely punching all corner and other structures therein while the stock is planar; severing the punched stock into individual spacer members; roll-forming the individual members into a finished linear spacer piece; applying desiccant during roll-forming; applying sealant; thereafter folding the elongate member into a square spacer thereby locking the desiccant therein.

Abstract: An intrinsic gauging device for a ferrule type tube fitting of the type having a coupling nut, a coupling body and at least one ferrule, includes a precisely formed marking on the coupling body that is visually perceptible when the coupling is in a finger tight position, and that is covered or visually imperceptible or otherwise has a predetermined relationship with the coupling nut when the fitting has been initially pulled-up. In a preferred form, the marking is realized as a precision groove or recess machined into a surface of the coupling body. The groove can be made more easily visually perceptible such as by roughening or knurling the surface, or coloring the surface, for example. The groove defines an edge at a precise position that corresponds to a predetermined axial displacement of the nut relative to the body for initial pull-up.

Abstract: A certain quantity of product to be dried, in powder or granular form, is sucked into a vessel located inside a vacuum container. The vessel is heated by a heat transfer fluid circulating in a gap made between an inner wall and an outer wall of the vessel. The vessel is made to vibrate by a vibrator so that the product comes constantly into contact with the heated inner wall in such a way that the product is dried.

Abstract: A dryer for drying a substrate includes: a bath containing a fluid; a chamber; and a delivery system supplying a polar organic compound, such as isopropyl alcohol, and a hydrophobic organic compound, such as hydrofluoroether, to the interface between the substrate and the fluid as the substrate is removed from the fluid of the bath into the chamber. The dryer further includes a chamber environment control system that supplies a gas into the chamber to dry the substrate and controls temperature and humidity in the chamber and a chamber heater attached to the chamber to transfer thermal energy into the chamber. A drying method includes: immersing a substrate into a fluid contained in a bath; removing the substrate from the fluid into a chamber; and supplying isopropyl alcohol and hydrofluoroether to an interface between the substrate and the fluid.

Abstract: A covering sole for footwear comprises a comparatively wear-resistant disc-shaped body (1) which has at least substantially the same shape as a walking surface of footwear to be covered thereby. Before the covering sole is provided, it should first be adapted to the size of the walking surface. The body for this purpose comprises a number of separate zones (31, 32, 33) which are mutually separated by lanes (2) which run parallel to the circumference and along which the body has been intentionally weakened so as to render possible a manual separation of at least one zone (31, 32) lying farther to the outside from a zone (32, 33) lying inside the former zone.

Abstract: A golf shoe spike fabricated from a soft thermoplastic rubber and including a one-piece body member with a planar base having a proximal surface and a distal surface, and a self-threading stud of a length shorter than the threaded spike socket into which it is inserted at installation. The spike includes an outer planar face which may further included a plurality of traction segments integral with the distal surface of the planar base and extending radially outward from the center of the planar base, each of said segments separated from adjoining segments by a notch. The spike cups when tightly screwed into a threaded spike socket, thus forming a rim on the outer circumference of the outer planar face.

Abstract: In a combination of shoe cleat and holder, a screw-threaded spigot (12) on the cleat is inserted with rotation into a complementary socket (18) of the holder, and has a ring of free-standing posts (34, 42) extending axially from the cleat and a ring of radially-projective teeth (26) on the holder, the rings being co-axial with the screw axis so that during at least later stages of insertion of the spigot (12) into the socket (18), on relative rotation of the rings, engagement of the teeth (26) with the posts (34, 42) causes the posts (34, 42) to deflect resiliently and engagement of the teeth (26) between the posts (34, 42) causes interengagement of the locking means.

Abstract: An article of footwear, in particular a sports shoe or walking boot, that has an outersole and at least one stud which is releasably connected thereto and interacts with the ground. According to the invention, the at least one stud comprises a stud-fastening mechanism, and the outersole has at least one locking recess. Furthermore, the stud-fastening mechanism can be moved into a position in which it engages behind the locking recess in order to produce the releasable connection between stud and sole. Preferably, the fastening mechanism comprises at least one locking arm which is arranged in an essentially pivotable or displaceable manner in a cavity in the interior of the stud.

Abstract: A plow support assembly provides support of a plow assembly when the plow assembly is disconnected from a vehicle. The support assembly includes a support foot and is operable to move the support foot to a lowered, support position whereby the support foot engages the ground or support surface. The support assembly includes a control device which is operable to limit the downward movement of the support foot in response to a signal indicative of the support foot engaging the support surface, such that movement of the support foot is stopped once the support foot contacts a support surface or ground. The signal may be provided by a switch which is operable to communicate the signal in response to detection of a threshold position of the support foot, engagement of the support foot with the support surface, or a threshold hydraulic fluid pressure within the actuator, respectively.

Abstract: A digging attachment for a skid steer loader which comprises a bucket, a shaft mounted cutter reel and a drive means. The drive means is operatively connected to the bucket and the powered cutter reel. The powered cutter reel includes a plurality of digging members which may be rotated about the shaft of the cutter reel when the drive means is activated so as to dig into soil and draw the soil into the bucket.

Abstract: A frame apparatus and method of stretching a flexible material over a frame apparatus. The frame apparatus includes a first frame assembly positioned adjacent a second frame assembly for relative movement to stretch a material positioned over the first frame assembly and attached to the second frame assembly. One preferred embodiment repositions the first frame assembly defining a first plane parallel to the second frame assembly defining a second plane in a direction approximately perpendicular to the second frame. A further preferred embodiment includes the second frame assembly positioned on a rear side of the first frame assembly. The first frame assembly and second frame assembly having a spreading mechanism for increasing the distance between at least part of the first frame assembly from at least part of the second frame assembly.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for displaying advertising information. The apparatus includes a rigid base and an upright receptacle having an inner and an outer member rigidly attached to the base. The apparatus further includes a upright mast pivotally engaging the receptacle between the inner and outer member and a relatively rigid panel adapted to display the advertising information flexibly coupled to the upright mast.

Abstract: A marketing display device such as a shelf or a “Pegboard” type hanger is provided with an outer display panel that has a release coating, such as of silicone, for ready attachment, removal and replacement of adhesive labels that carry indicia pertinent to the marketing of products on the hangers to passing potential customers. In one preferred embodiment the release coating is carried on a liner that is adhesively attached to the shelf or hanger for such removable mounting of labels and wherein the liner, including the attaching adhesive, also is readily and cleanly removable by peeling the liner from the surface to which it is adhered.

Abstract: A framing system for mounting photographs, artwork, documents, etc. on a flat surface, such as a wall includes a molding or wall strip and an envelope having a clear front panel, with the envelope slidably engageable into the molding strip. The molding strip includes a slot, and the envelope includes an upper edge having a configuration matching the slot. The object to be displayed is placed into the envelope, and then the envelope slides into engagement with the molding strip.

Abstract: A photograph-holder substantially formed of a suitably folded punched sheet, comprising a substantially quadrangular framing face (4) provided with a window (1) and superimposed to a bearing face (10) which has the same shape and size and is contiguous to a reinforcing face (12) also having the same shape and size and a supporting face (7) interposed in a non-flat position between the framing face (4) and the bearing face (10), the framing face (4) being provided with two side flaps (2, 3) bent inwards and inserted between the bearing face (10) and the reinforcing face (12).

Abstract: A utility strap for fishing equipment or accessory items is disclosed in two embodiments with both embodiments including a quick-release type fastener adapted to be secured to a fisherman's clothing at any location, a flexible strip having at least one part of a hook and loop type fastener and supporting a rigid loop from which other articles of fishing equipment or accessory items can be suspended. The hook and loop type material is secured along the length of the strip and can be utilized to releasably connect the strip to another article of fishing equipment having a second part of the hook and loop material secured thereto or in one embodiment of the invention, the utility strap has two component parts, each having one part of a hook and loop type fastener thereon so they can receive therebetween an article of fishing equipment to suspend the same from the fisherman's clothing.

Abstract: A fishing lure with spinning blade is disclosed. The fishing lure has a dual wing compound angle spinning blade with outwardly extending angled turbines which catch water very easily and cause the spinning blade to spin at very slow speeds and when only moved slightly in water so that the lure will provide moving action along river and lake bottoms, in difficult to reach locations, and while jigging.

Abstract: An improved fishing lure which can be used for imitating the sight, sound and natural movements of a live bait, and preferably a live shrimp.

Abstract: A fishing lure is formed of three principal parts, including a bullet-shaped nose section having a reduced diameter part toward the rear including an axial bore, a rear or plug section having a reduced diameter forward section which is a press fit into the axial bore, and a centrally positioned spinner consisting of an annular member surrounding said reduced diameter part and having highly reflective fins secured to its exterior surface. Grooves formed in the ends of the spinner serve as bearing races and bearings are located in the grooves to aid in causing the spinner to rotate freely when the lure is pulled through the water causing the fins to spin and flash in the light. The plug section has a collar of approximately the same diameter as the exterior surface of the spinner and a slightly reduced diameter toward the rear to accommodate a plastic streamer. The collar prevents direct impingement of the water against the forward edge of the streamer.

Abstract: Presented is a humane wild animal trap device that includes a trigger mechanism having four easily assemblable elements for supporting the bait, a bottom flat sheet on which the trigger mechanism is supported when set and baited, and an enclosure the open side of which is superimposed on the flat bottom sheet and which enclosure is tilted upwardly from one end so that the elevated end rests on a selected one of the four elements included in the trigger mechanism and which element is released from a second element that supports the bait when a wild animal takes the bait, thus causing the elevated enclosure to fall onto the flat bottom sheet to trap the wild animal within the enclosure.

Abstract: A carpenter bee trap comprises a housing having a hollow interior and at least one solid wall having a hole formed therein to permit carpenter bees to enter the hollow interior of the housing, the hole having about the same size as holes normally made by carpenter bees so that the hole tends to attract such bees. The preferred hole size is in the range from about {fraction (5/16)} inch to about ½ inch. The exterior surface of the solid wall around the hole preferably has a light color, and the walls of housing are preferably opaque so that the hole appears dark from outside the housing. The interior surface of the solid wall forming the interior edge of the hole is preferably substantially flat. The trap may be made of a single piece of molded plastic with molded hinges connecting selected pairs of adjacent walls, and including integral latching means for releasably latching selected pairs of adjacent walls.

Abstract: A trap for murines comprises a box-like body for containing captured murines and baits which is provided with at least one one-way inlet which is arranged in an upper region of a wall of the box-like body and is controlled by a vertically movable partition which is operated by a trapdoor means accommodated inside the box-like body.

Abstract: A process and an installation for treating solid carbonaceous material comprises heating the material to a temperature of about 1800° C. or higher, by means of a non-transfer arc generated plasma flame. This causes components of, or present in, the carbonaceous material to be gasified and thus to be separated or removed from any residual solid material as a hot gas phase, with residual solid material being obtained as a product. The installation comprises a vertical shaft non-transfer arc plasma reactor comprising an upper preheating zone (14) an intermediate reaction zone (16) in which at least one non-transfer arc plasma generator or reactor (40) is located and a lower cooling zone (18).

Abstract: A method for providing a protective wrapper about a vase containing a floral grouping. A connecting bonding material and a closure bonding material are disposed on the sheet. The sheet is wrapped about the vase causing the connecting bonding material to connect the sheet to the vase. The closure bonding material is sealed above the floral grouping to enclose the floral grouping within the sheet of material. The sheet may have a second closure bonding material for effecting a vertically sealed area in the sheet.

Abstract: A method for growing ornamental plants by hydroponic cultivation in a tank and on a piece of a tree and an apparatus therefor, including the steps of arranging a piece of a tree in a water tank; adhering support members to the piece of tree, the support members being water permeable and free to deform; placing a plant on the support members, the roots of the plant being integrated with soil, and supplying water so that the level of water becomes equal to or lower than that of the support members, thereby enabling the realization of hydroponic cultivation of the plants on the piece of tree.

Abstract: This invention offers advantages and alternatives over the prior art by providing a portable hydroponic garden apparatus. The apparatus generally includes a frame and a reservoir for holding nutrient solution. One or more receptacles are disposed across the reservoir above the nutrient solution and are designed to hold plants. A solution distribution assembly is provided for delivering the nutrient solution from the reservoir to the one or more receptacles so that the nutrient solution is discharged over a surface of the one or more receptacles and the nutrient solution is fed to the plants. The one or more receptacle have drainage means so that the nutrient solution drains back into the reservoir. Thus, the nutrient solution is constantly circulated throughout the apparatus and more importantly the nutrient is aerated in the process. Aeration of the nutrient solution leads to better plant growth because the level of air within the nutrient solution is optimized.

Abstract: A plant growth apparatus that includes a chamber with multiple layers, a driver and at least one lamp per layer provided in the chamber. The lamp includes a plurality of high intensity red light emitting diodes and a plurality of blue light emitting diodes. The red and blue light emitting diodes are alternately arranged. The driver is capable of individually controlling the intensity of red and blue light, thus, leading to the capability of controlling the light quality. The driver is also capable of controlling the frequency and duty ratio of direct current provided to the red and blue light emitting diodes during the light-period of the photoperiod controlled by the timer.

Abstract: A decorative assembly for a floral grouping comprising a floral holding material and a sheet of material. The floral holding material is constructed of a material capable of receiving a portion of a floral grouping and supporting the floral grouping. The sheet of material is extended about a portion of the floral holding material and a crimped portion is formed in the sheet of material with the crimped portion cooperating to hold the sheet of material about the floral holding material to provide a decorative covering.

Abstract: A fuel reforming apparatus quickly heats the temperature of a catalyst to an activation temperature to shorten a startup time. The apparatus supplies a hydrocarbon fuel and an oxidizer upstream from a second catalyst (2 ), and steam upstream from a first catalyst (1 ). The second catalyst starts a rapid oxidation reaction to generate a high-temperature gas which heats the first catalyst. When the apparatus changes a startup operation or an accelerating operation to a steady operation after a predetermined period, the apparatus supplies the hydrocarbon fuel and steam upstream from the second catalyst, and the oxidizer upstream from the first catalyst. As a result, the second catalyst starts a steam reforming reaction to absorb heat from the second catalyst. And the second catalyst rapidly cools to stop reactions and pass the hydrocarbon fuel and steam with out reactions. Then, a hydrogen-rich reformed gas is generated from the passed hydrocarbon fuel and steam.

Abstract: A system and method for odorizing natural gas in a pipeline uses an odorant injection pump operated by a programmable controller. In response to measured gas flow in the gas pipeline, and a preset setpoint, the injection pump injects liquid odorant directly into the pipeline. A flowmeter in the odorant line measures the amount of odorant actually injected to confirm that the required amount enters the pipeline. If the amount of odorant actually injected differs from that which is required by the setpoint, the controller compensates for the difference. The controller preferably logs pertinent data about operation of the system. The controller can be reprogrammed remotely to simplify the task of changing system operation.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a reformer and a method of controlling the reformer are provided. The reformer gasifies a reformate fuel by a reforming reaction, supplies the obtained reformate gas to an energy converter to convert the reformate gas into energy of another form, and heats the reformate fuel by burning emission containing unreacted flammable gas produced in the energy converter. The control apparatus comprises a reforming amount assessing device for assessing the amount of the reformate fuel to be gasified, and an emission amount assessing device for assessing the amount of emission to be supplied into the reformer on the basis of the assessed amount of reformate fuel. When using the unreacted hydrogen gas generated in a fuel cell for heating the reformate fuel, the unreacted hydrogen gas and combustion aid gas can be controlled so that the reformate fuel is heated properly.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of combustion, in which waste, especially household and/or industrial waste, is subjected to a process (T) comprising at least one step in which the waste is pyrolysed and a gas mixture containing hydrocarbons is created, and then a step in which gaseous hydrocarbons are brought into contact with steam and with an oxidizing agent, and resulting in the production of a final gas mixture (FM) containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen, and then at least part of the carbon monoxide and of the hydrogen is used, as a mixture, as fuel, for example in a blast furnace (F) or in a cement kiln.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement (1) for a pivotally mounted door (2), which is so arranged as to close off a load area (3) on board a ship (4) and is provided with sealing elements (5-13) around the periphery of the door and exhibits battening jacks (14-16) that are caused to move to batten down the door to the deck (17, 18) and bulkhead (19) or parts thereof.

Abstract: A power operating system for opening and closing a vehicle liftgate has a pair of drive units supported on the vehicle pillars at the sides of the liftgate opening. Each drive unit includes a vertically oriented channel and a rack bar that moves in the channel. A link is universally attached to the rack bar at one end and universally attached to the liftgate at the opposite end. The rack bar is raised and lowered by a power unit that has a motor driven pinion gear that meshes with the rack bar. Raising and lowering the rack bar opens and closes the liftgate via the link.

Abstract: A window controlling method makes a chat window immediately available without being an obstacle, when a user wants to use it. The window is enlarged to a first size larger than the window size used in activating an application program when the volume of the contents to be displayed on the window reaches a predetermined value, and the window is reduced to a second size smaller than the first size when at least a part of the contents to be displayed on the window is erased.

Abstract: A de-icer formed of a solid block of a pressed, granulated salt has at least a top portion water-proofed to prevent rapid deterioration due to precipitation. An exposed bottom surface is in contact with the upper surface of a flat, sloped roof to provide wicking absorption of water flowing down the roof into the salt. Absorption of water by the salt leads to release of the resulting saline solution to the surface of the roof, preventing formation of ice on the roof downstream of the de-icer and in the roof drain. The de-icer may be maintained in place on the surface of the roof by an adhesive tape, or by its own weight.

Abstract: Transportable steel module units and methods for assembling such units to form structures on site to create living and workspace building environments which are non-combustible and resistant to unhealthy contaminants, and high winds and other environmental conditions and wherein each module unit is substantially completely prefabricated and finished to permit immediate occupancy and predetermined use of a structure created by connection of two or more module units.

Abstract: The invention provides sound insulating panels for use in noise screens, the panels being formed from mineral wool of substantially uniform density and average density from about 100 to about 2000 kg/m3 and thickness not more than about 200 mm. These panels may advantageously be used in noise screens comprising one or two upright support members having I-profile cross-section of width greater than the panel thickness.