Abstract: System (1) and method for removing plants from a cultivation area (2) or, alternatively, placing plants therein. Such plants are preferably pot plants, but can also be other plants, for example placed in trays. A feed/removal belt (4) extends along the cultivation surface (2). Perpendicularly thereto there is a branch conveyor (17), likewise constructed as a conveyor belt. A much wider collection belt (5) is arranged, once again perpendicular thereto, that is to say parallel to the feed/removal conveyors (4). Interacting with this there is a distribution device (6) that extends over the depth of the cultivation surface (2) and has a fork (16) which is able to remove the plants from the collection conveyor (5) or, alternatively, place them thereon and set them down on the cultivation surface (2) or pick them therefrom, respectively.

Abstract: A method of minimizing contamination of processed grain and processed food products is disclosed. The method can include selecting seeds which are known to contain a desired variety, inspecting a grower's operation and machinery to certify that the operation is free of contamination prior to harvest, harvesting the crop, inspecting the processing facility to verify that its operation is free of contamination prior to harvest and processing the crop into processed grain or food products. The method is suitable for minimizing or preventing contamination of non-GMO processed grain by GMO seeds, or for minimizing or preventing contamination of GMO processed grain by non-GMO seeds.

Abstract: A plant container having a frustoconical sidewall extending outwardly and vertically from a bottom of the container to a top of the container, a lip positioned near the top of the container, and a tag-accepting slot formed in the lip. The container may also include a first nesting step located below the lip and extending circumferentially around the container, the nesting step extending outwardly to a maximum circumference and including a container-stacking stop surface extending between the sidewall and the maximum circumference and a extending vertically from the maximum circumference.

Abstract: A process for recovering hydrogen from coal gasification products is provided. The process comprises contacting the coal gasification products with a metal-based Boudouard catalyst to produce a first product stream comprising hydrogen and carbon dioxide; and contacting the first product stream with a solid phase carbon dioxide adsorbent to separate hydrogen from the first product stream.

Abstract: A method for the gasification of a hydrocarbon feedstock that has a high moisture content to produce useful co-products such as high-value hydrocarbon fuels, pure H2, electricity, and/or ammonia. The method advantageously gasifies the carbon in the feedstock to carbon monoxide (CO) without producing large quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2). Supplemental hydrogen (H2) is co-produced by reacting steam (H2O) generated from the moisture in the hydrocarbon feedstock with a molten metal.

Abstract: A method for the gasification of a hydrocarbon-bearing feedstock to produce useful co-products such as high-value hydrocarbon fuels, pure H2, electricity, and/or ammonia. The method advantageously gasifies the carbon in the feedstock to carbon monoxide (CO) without producing large quantities of carbon dioxide (CO2). Supplemental hydrogen (H2) is also produced by reacting steam (H2O) with a metal. The method can advantageously produce two separate syngas streams, one that is CO-rich and one that is H2-rich.

Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to an automated exit apparatus for a lockable privacy restroom comprising: a door operator, an electronically activatable motorized strike system, and a door actuator operable without physical contact by a user's hand that is mounted on an interior of a privacy restroom. The actuator may be user-actuatable to unlock the door by electronically activating the motor for the strike and to open the door by electronically activating the operator.

Abstract: A structural member is provided for constructing a door. The structural member includes a first end portion, a second end portion disposed opposite the first end portion and a web disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion. A channel is disposed between the web and the second end portion, the first end portion being configured to receive a portion of a first door panel to permit the first door panel to be connected to the structural member. The second end portion is configured to receive a portion of a second door panel to permit the second door panel to be connected to the structural member. The channel is configured to receive a peripheral portion of the second door panel, the first and second door panels to be connected to the first and second end portions without mechanical fasteners.

Abstract: A multi-piece access gate kit and methods for packaging and assembling multi-piece access gates, such as driveway gates. An access gate having proximal and distal portions allowing for packaging, distribution, and retail display in a reduced footprint container. An exemplary access gate may have a distal portion that may be uncoupled from a proximal portion and placed in a substantially overlapping arrangement to facilitate placement in a reduced footprint container small enough for placement in a retail display and/or in a consumer's vehicle for transportation.

Abstract: An insulation apparatus is provided that may comprise an insulation member with an inner cavity and an elongated slit, a facing substantially covering the insulation member while permitting access to the slit, a closure member extending from the facing and traversing the slit to prevent access to the inner cavity in a temporarily closed position and a permanently closed position. An adhesive bead may be disposed on the inner surface of the closure member to secure the closure member to hold the closure member in a temporarily closed position, and an adhesive tape secured to the inner surface of the closure member capable of engaging the underlying facing during the permanently closed position.

Abstract: An extruded automotive vehicle door seal provides for positional adjustment to establish an optimal sealing operation between the door and the frame against which the door closes. The structure of the door seal includes in cross section a base portion and a bulb portion. The frame against which the vehicle door closes is provided with a mounting channel into which the base portion of the adjustable door seal is seated. The base portion is preferably formed with a barbed periphery that frictionally engages the interior circumference of the mounting channel for positionally fixing the door seal relative to the vehicle frame. The position of the door seal is established by the closing of the door against the vehicle frame such that the bulb portion is engaged by the door and presses the base portion into the mounting channel to position the door seal in an optimal sealing position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low-cost polishing slurry having excellent effect with respect to defects and smoothness of the surface to be polished. The polishing slurry comprises a silica abrasive and a ceria abrasive, wherein the silica abrasive content is less than 3 mass % and the ceria abrasive content is less than 1 mass %, based on the entire polishing slurry. Further, the present invention provides a method for producing a crystallized glass substrate for an information recording medium, wherein the method use a polishing slurry of the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention provides a method for producing an information recording medium, comprising forming a recording layer on a crystallized glass substrate for an information recording medium obtained by the present method.

Abstract: A polishing composition contains an abrasive such as colloidal silica, at least one kind of compound selected from imidazole and an imidazole derivative, and water. The polishing composition preferably further contains an alkali compound, a water-soluble polymer, or a chelating agent. The polishing composition is suitable for use in polishing an edge of an object such as a semiconductor substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to systems, methods, and apparatuses for providing a modular housing structure. One embodiment of the invention includes a modular housing structure. The modular housing structure includes a plurality of wall modules. Each wall module includes a plurality of wall panel struts. Each wall panel strut includes a wall mounting portion adapted to receive a portion of a wall panel, wherein the wall mounting portion includes at least one wall mounting element adapted to resist movement of the wall panel with respect to the wall mounting portion. The modular housing structure also includes at least one wall panel, wherein each wall panel is adapted to be mounted in compression between at least two wall panel struts, wherein each wall module can mount to an adjacent wall module, whereby a plurality of walls can be formed by the plurality of wall modules.

Abstract: A Building Framework with 26 sides (Icosahexahedral) and 16 Vertices, known whimsically as a Silmaril. It is derived from the fusion of 2 Icosahedral Frameworks into a single framework with 3 equidistant and parallel internal planes, one plane a perfectly symmetrical 12 sided elliptical equatorial, the other 2 planes being geometrically related 6 sided inversions, resulting in useful practical applications of the Building Framework. Having 20 identical equilateral triangles, 2 sides which are isosceles triangles, another 2 sides different but geometrically related isosceles triangles, and 2 quadrilaterals again geometrically related to the previous triangles. It is geodesic in many planes resulting in great structural strength, integrity and aesthetic appearance. External alignment points allow joining multiple similar frameworks into expanded building frameworks in many dimensions. Some dimensions are of the Fibonacci Ratio.

Abstract: A wall closure for a vertical wall or parapet on a roof structure is fabricated as an integral unit from a non-corrosive, durable material. The wall closure includes an anchoring flange for attachment to a top end of the wall, upper flanges defining a mounting base for attachment of a wall coping, an intermediate portion between the anchoring flange and the upper flanges creating depth therebetween for ventilation of the roof system, and opposite side panels extending down from the upper flanges for overlapping attachment to the opposite sides of the wall, thereby enclosing the top end of the wall. The lower ends of the side walls are angled outwardly to provide added rigidity and strength to the wall closure.

Abstract: A vent is formed from vent panels which are configured with one or more slats. The custom-sized gable vent is formed by cutting sections of the slatted vent panel. The sections of slatted vent panel interfit to provide the desired height of the vent. Trim channel is cut and sized to surround the vent. The structure is assembled by fastening the individual components to the wall of a building. The trim channels can be either J channel, when the vent is intended to abut another surface, or T channel, when vinyl siding abuts the vent. This provides the builder the flexibility to form a gable vent of a desired size and shape at the job site. Further, the slatted vent panels are designed to connect directly to siding. This allows the slatted vent panels to be attached to the wall of a building in the same manner as siding.

Abstract: An insulated window covering for mounting over the external surface of a window frame in a building having a flat planar sheet of material designed to substantially cover the external surface of the window, and having a flat planar sheet of insulation secured to one surface of the sheet of material adjacent to the window surface to form an insulated panel. Fasteners secure the insulated panel to the building and consist of L-brackets. The insulated panels are easily attachable and detachable to the window openings of the building and are used to insulate the building in summer and winter to provide savings in energy costs.

Abstract: An improved panel (10) for lift doors, made of metal or another suitable material, including a plate (12) in a basically rectangular shape, whose longer sides extend in height and are folded back with a “C”-shaped profile in the longitudinal direction to form opposed edges or rims (14) turned towards the longitudinal axis of the plate itself, the lower base of the latter being equipped with a basically “S”-shaped back fold including a horizontal flat portion (22) along which a plurality of fissures (24) are made which receive a portion of the lower edge of one or more stiffening members (36).

Abstract: The invention is directed to a glass anchoring system that reduces the potential for demounting the glass having a layer of security film when a severe impact force is applied to the glass. A pane of glass is secured within a frame assembly having a lower frame member, an upper frame member, a first side frame member and a second side frame member. A layer of security film is applied to a surface of the glass, typically the interior glass surface. The system includes a structural adhesive mass applied along the frame member and between opposed ends of the frame member. The structural mass has a first surface that contacts the security film and a second surface that contacts the frame member, wherein the first surface is oriented transversely to the second surface.

Abstract: A molding system for a wall surface, the wall surface having an existing baseboard disposed adjacent a floor and abutting a doorway, the doorway having an existing molding disposed around vertical, and upper horizontal peripheral edges of the doorway, the system including a capping baseboard that is attachable to the wall surface in covering relationship with the existing baseboard and a baseboard return attachable to the wall surface and disposed between the vertical doorway molding and the capping baseboard, wherein a portion of the existing baseboard adjacent the doorway is removed to accommodate the baseboard return.

Abstract: A framing assembly system for steel building that substantially reduces assembly time while maintaining excellent strength and mechanical integrity and has vastly improved resistance to uplift forces. Foundation assemblies or anchor structures are first precisely located before concrete is poured to form the foundation, encasing the anchor structures within the foundation. Columns may then be attached to the anchor structures without the need for readjusting the location of the columns. The rest of the building framework is subsequently attached to the columns. The resulting structure is highly resistant to uplift forces and seismic effects while being much faster and simpler to assemble than previous structures. Cracking of the concrete foundation prior to the complete curing of the concrete is also reduced.

Abstract: A device for the dehumidification, perspiration, ventilation or impermeabilization of walls, floors and/or ceilings by the use of a double fretted membrane of the known type, the shape of which defines longitudinal channels, characterized in that there is provided a peripheral section having a tubular body from which two pairs of longitudinal ribs perpendicular to each other and extending all over the length of the section project. Each pair of ribs is able to receive a peripheral edge of the double membrane.

Abstract: A composite panel consisting of outer skins and an inner core consisting of a foamed polymer, wherein the structure or properties of the inner core are anisotropic. The composite panel can be made by applying external heat and pressure to melt a skin of thermoplastic composite and an initial thickness of a thermoplastic core which has anisotropic properties causing the skin and core to fuse together followed by cooling the fused structure. The composite panel can be made by applying external heat and pressure to melt layers of a thermoplastic adhesive positioned between the outer skins and an inner core consisting of a foamed polymer, wherein the structure or properties of the inner core are anisotropic, so that the skins are bonded to the core by the melted layers of the thermoplastic adhesive followed by cooling the bonded structure.

Abstract: A prefabricated expansion joint for a concrete slab, the joint comprising a hollow extrusion of plastics material having an enlarged base portion for connecting directly or indirectly to a surface on which a concrete slab is to be made, a top portion for coming flush with the surface of the concrete slab that is to be made, and an intermediate portion with two side walls extending between the base portion and the top portion. The top portion comprises a strip of flexible plastics material in which there extends a central web of relatively rigid plastics material connected via its bottom edge to the side walls of the joint, forming a single part together therewith and extending vertically over at least the major fraction of the height of the top portion of the joint.

Abstract: A long life lath for a tile roof is provided. The lath is having water passage channels through opposing sides of the lath to allow water to drain from behind the lath by passing through the lath. The lath comprising a rigid structural expanded plastic material, the material selected to be impervious to rot in the presence of moisture. The channels through the lath permitting air to circulate up the roof between the rows of lath to further dry the roofing substrate materials.

Abstract: The present invention consists of an assembly of materials, particularly wood-plastic composite or polymer for construction or building purposes, consisting in a matrix of these materials wherein a rod is inserted, a cable or a chord of reinforcement in a place of the tension loads, to increase the total capacity of mechanical resistance of the assembly and more particularly flexural properties. The invention thus consists of a solidified matrix using one or several rods inserted in the matrix so that the rod takes the tension stresses to increasing resistance to bending. A hardening resin may be injected in the place of a rod, or combined with it. The rods are inserted in the area undergoing the maximum of tension or at any other place in order to offer durability and an increased resistance. Various configurations of assemblies can be used, such as for example, a T, an I, a M, a H or any other form of section.

Abstract: A door frame system includes bench guides and a support jaw having a support recess formed in an inclined inside getting narrower upwardly, namely, in the upper space portion of a frame, a fixed bench fit to the bench guide recess, a pressure bench and a compression rail combined to the frame, the pressure bench moving horizontally by a tightening bolt so as to compress and fasten a glass pane, and a brush assembly combined to a lower space portion of the frame. With the tightening bolt in a locking position, the compression rail is lifted up along an inclined guide surface and horizontally moves the closely contacting pressure bench, whereby the frame and the glass pane can be firmly combined without being pushed out from each other and a door of a precise standard can be provided.

Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a releasable adhesive layer and an engaging layer. In one embodiment the mounting apparatus includes an elongate support member having an attaching face comprising a removable protective layer and an adhesive layer that is exposed when the protective layer is removed. The engagable layer may include a face portion angled from the attaching face that is adapted to engage with another mounting apparatus. A system of the invention includes two spaced apart mounting apparatus that define a receiving track for receiving a mounting apparatus attached to an object to be mounted. The mounting system comprises a first engagable mounting apparatus track attachable to an object and a second track attachable to a wall. The first track and the second track cooperatively engage one another such that the object will be secured in a level orientation on the wall with the first and second tracks.

Abstract: A mounting clip is used to position and mount a siding board to a portion of a wall disposed adjacent a foundation that supports the wall. The mounting clip includes a base that extends between a top end and a bottom end. The mounting clip also includes a shelf that is fixedly secured to the bottom end of the base. The shelf receives the siding board thereon. The mounting clip also includes an extension that is fixedly secured to the top end of the base extending upwardly away from the base. The extension defines a hole. The hole defines a predetermined distance from the shelf to allow the mounting clip to be fixedly secured to the wall such that the shelf extends down over the foundation to allow the siding board to cover a portion of the foundation as well as a portion of the wall.

Abstract: To provide a joint member capable of forming a joint portion that can be easily constructed and has an excellent design and a high waterproof capacity even if it is manufactured at a low cost. A joint member 1 is composed of a hat joiner 10 and a joint cover 20, and the hat joiner 10 is composed of a base plate 11 to be fastened to the body side of building frame and a convex portion 12 protruding from the base plate 11 to the surface side. The joint cover 20 is provided with a joint groove portion 21 that covers a top surface 12c of the convex portion 12 in the course of construction, and a lower edge portion 23 extending from the lower end of the joint groove portion 21 and brought into contact with the surface of an external wall panel 30B in the course of construction. An elastic water proof material 26 is attached to the rear surface of the lower edge portion 23.

Abstract: A multi-tiered building structure. The multi-tiered building structure includes a panel member having a pattern of cuts, a pattern of legs, and a pattern of tabs configured to move the panel member between a nonexpanded position, wherein the panel member forms a substantially flat shape, and an expanded position, wherein the panel member forms a substantially stepped shape. The building structure also includes a support structure configured to accept at least one of the pattern of tabs of the panel member and maintain the panel member in the expanded position.

Abstract: An assembly for reinforcing a longitudinal section of a pole, includes at least two load transfer rings formed by sleeve segments having radically opposed mating ends. The rings are adapted to fit onto the outer surface of the pole so as to circumferentially encompass the pole. The sleeve segments are connected at their ends by a nut and bolt assembly, wherein tightening of the nut and bolt assembly creates a radial clamping force to squeeze the load transfer rings onto the outer surface of the pole for holding the rings in fixed relation thereon. Elongated stiffener members are fixedly attached to the load transfer rings by a nut and bolt assembly or by welding. The load transfer rings may also be partially welded to the exterior of the pole if structural load bearing demands require additional capacity.

Abstract: A monolithic sheet metal chord nailing restricting and web stiffening device features a chord plate combined with a web stiffening structure configured for lateral attachment to the web of a wooden I-joist. The chord plate is positioned on the bottom of the web stiffening structure and features a nail restricting hole having a diameter that corresponds to a predetermined diameter of a chord nail as defined by wooden I-joist manufacturers. The web stiffening structure has a web plate for attachment to the web and a buckling opposing web stiffening rib. Once the web stiffening structure is attached to the web above the bearing rest the nail restricting hole restricts chord nailing position and nail shaft diameter to manufacturer defined limits. Two devices may be combined by a web front bridge plate for simultaneous attachment of two opposite devices along an I-joist end.

Abstract: A refrigerator case assembly is provided which includes at least two refrigerator case elements positioned next to each other and defining a gap therebetween; and a trim joint having a body portion for covering the gap and a mounting member for releasably securing the trim joint relative to the at least two case elements with the body portion covering the gap.

Abstract: The disclosed technology enables manufacturers to efficiently design and manufacture structural wall panels, floor panels and roof panels from cold-formed steel for use in residential and commercial construction. The panels are individual components that can be installed at a building site to form a structure that includes walls, floor and a roof. Structures may be manufactured in a manufacturing facility and delivered to a construction site for installation.

Abstract: The disclosed technology enables manufacturers to efficiently design and manufacture structural wall panels, floor panels and roof panels from cold-formed steel for use in residential and commercial construction. The panels are individual components that can be installed at a building site to form a structure that includes walls, floor and a roof. Structures may be manufactured in a manufacturing facility and delivered to a construction site for installation.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for creating a sloped surface comprising at least one leveling member (12) and at least one guide member (36) for guiding the at least one leveling member (12). The at least one leveling member (12) changes the slope of the surface depending on a distance between a point of low elevation (54) to a point of higher elevation as the at least one leveling member (12) travels across the at least one guide member (36).

Abstract: A covering machine for applying a covering sheet on packing boxes, includes a covering cavity for receiving a box joined to a respective covering sheet, and presser elements which can be associated with the box and are able to move between a first, active position in which they apply the respective sheet to the box and a second, extracted position away from the box.

Abstract: An air filter assembly for removing particulate matter from an incoming dirty air stream. The assembly includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet, a dirty air chamber and a clean air chamber and a non-cylindrical shaped elongated filter element arranged within the dirty air chamber constructed to remove particulate matter from an incoming air stream. A plurality of non-cylindrical filter elements are preferred. The non-cylindrical filter elements provide a decreased incoming air stream velocity when compared to conventional cylindrical filter elements having the same surface area. Alternately, the non-cylindrical filter elements allow an increase in the volume of incoming air when compared to conventional cylindrical filter elements having the same surface area.

Abstract: An integrated filter assembly is provided. The filter assembly includes a fastener that holds two substantially opposing elements of a housing together. Also included is a multi-purpose filter that has at least a particle filter component and a chemical filter component. The multi-purpose filter is attached to the fastener. The multi-purpose filter is within the housing when the fastener holds the two substantially opposing elements of the housing together.

Abstract: Hard disk drive housing including at least one inlet, at least one outlet. The inlet is situated near spindle and above disk in hard disk drive. The outlet is situated near outside diameter of disk. When disk rotates, air pressure near the inlet is lower than air pressure near the outlet, causing a flow of air through the hard disk drive from the inlet to the outlet, tending to cool the hard disk drive. The inlet may include inlet filter. Outlet may include outlet filter. Manufacturing the housing by providing the inlet and the outlet. The disk cover as manufacturing product. Operating the hard disk drive containing the housing. The hard disk drive containing the housing, and manufacturing the hard disk drive. The hard disk drive as manufacturing product. A system containing at least one of the hard disk drives. Manufacturing the system, and the system as a manufacturing product.

Abstract: A rotary phase separator system generally includes a step-shaped rotary drum separator (RDS) and a motor assembly. The aspect ratio of the stepped drum minimizes power for both the accumulating and pumping functions. The accumulator section of the RDS has a relatively small diameter to minimize power losses within an axial length to define significant volume for accumulation. The pumping section of the RDS has a larger diameter to increase pumping head but has a shorter axial length to minimize power losses. The motor assembly drives the RDS at a low speed for separating and accumulating and a higher speed for pumping.

Abstract: A filter screen structure includes a filter screen having air vents distributed thereon, and one or more layers of impedance material attached to the filter screen to increase an impedance of the filter screen and reduce the speed of air flowing through the filter screen. Through proper attachment of the impedance material to the filter screen in predetermined manners, the speed of air flown through the filter screen may be effectively adjusted to thereby regulate the volume of air flown through the filter screen.

Abstract: An electric implement lift system for mower cutting units may include an electric motor having a rotatable output shaft with a pivot bracket mounted thereto, a lift link or a pair of lift links, each lift link having a first end connected to the pivot bracket and a second end connected to a lift arm, the output shaft rotatable in a first direction to raise the mower cutting unit and in a second direction to lower the mower cutting unit. The output shaft may be rotatable in the first direction to move the cutting unit to a top/center position and rotatable further in the first direction to move the cutting unit to a raised/transport position.

Abstract: A walk-behind lawn mower in a form that a handle arm is integrally provided toward an obliquely upper back in a rear of a machine, and a loop handle is provided at a rear end of the relevant handle arm with slightly tilting forward, and a driver performs drive operation while walking following the machine that travels by itself at a back of the machine, includes a throttle lever, the throttle lever being able to be drawn together with the handle by being operated by either of right and left hands grasping the handle, in addition, engine rotation frequency being able to be controlled using the amount of drawing, wherein the throttle lever is rotatably provided on the handle arm in an obliquely lower front or obliquely upper back of the handle.

Abstract: A mower including a frame supporting a blade for movement relative to the frame to trim vegetation, an axle connected to the frame and defining an axis, the axle supporting a wheel, a drive assembly at least partially supported by the frame and operable to rotate the wheel about the axis relative to the frame to move the mower across the vegetation, and a handle arrangement including a grip and a leg connected to the frame. The grip is operably connected to the drive assembly and is connected to the leg for pivoting movement relative to the leg to adjust a drive force transferred from the drive assembly to the axle. The mower also includes a locking arrangement for locking the grip in a pivoted position relative to the leg.

Abstract: A self-propelled combine harvester has a machine housing, and a suction fan configured so as to convey at least one stream of material out of the machine housing, so that it causes the stream of material to be distributed across a spreading width.

Abstract: A method of adjusting a triggering clearance and a trigger wherein the triggering clearance can be readily adjusted directly on the assembly line by selectively fixing an axial adjustive position between first and second triggering members.

Abstract: In exhaust gas purification system (10) including catalyst unit (50) carrying a NOx occlusion-reduction type catalyst, a first-stage rich control having a target air-fuel ratio lower than theoretical air-fuel ratio is conducted through addition of the amount of reducing agent meeting the amount of oxygen emitted in the initial stage of regeneration control. In the first-stage rich control, the completion of oxygen emission is judged on the basis of the oxygen concentration on the downstream side of catalyst unit (50). Upon determination of the completion of oxygen emission, a later-stage rich control close to the theoretical air-fuel ratio with the target air-fuel ratio increased over that of the first-stage rich control is carried out to thereby accomplish regeneration of the catalyst unit (50).