Abstract: A cable-stay cradle system (“cradle system”) for cable stayed bridges is mounted onto a cable stay, the opposite ends of which are attached to anchors on a bridge deck. The cradle system is disposed along the length of the cable stay and located in a pre-formed opening in a pylon. The cradle system includes axially spaced sleeve centering plates that have radially spaced holes through which the cable strands of the cable stay are threaded. The cradle system ensures that a distance from center-points of adjacent cable strands remains essentially constant along the entire length of the cradle system. The invention also provides a method of installing a cable stay including a cradle system, which includes the steps of threading the cable stay through the opening in the pylon so as to locate the cradle system in the opening, and attaching the cable stay to anchors on the bridge deck.

Abstract: A compact, energy-efficient extensible illumination source combines the reliability advantages of light emitting diodes (LEDs) with the brightness of conventional lighting. High reliability of the LEDs provides trouble-free operation over a long hour lifetime. This high-output light source can be used in direct lighting applications or for backlighting for translucent materials. The illumination source includes LED printed wire board segments that may be configured to form a light line of any length. The segments are mounted on a inner mounting base which also serves as a first stage heat sink for the LEDs. The illumination source includes a linear mirror for reflecting radiant energy away from the LEDs to produce a uniform linear illumination pattern. A window provides mechanical protection for the LEDs and may be used for diffusing or filtering light from the LEDs. An integral base in contact with the inner mounting base also serves as a heat sink and provides structural support for the illumination source.

Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can obviate cutting off of a peripheral region of the liquid crystal display device which is provided with an inspection circuit and can surely perform the inspection of an image display even when the peripheral region is narrowed. On a substrate of the liquid crystal display device, a pixel region which is comprised of a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of drain lines and a peripheral region which surrounds the pixel region are formed. A turn-on inspection terminal of the liquid crystal display device are formed on the peripheral region and a semiconductor chip for driving liquid crystal is formed on the inspection terminal. The semiconductor chip is electrically insulated from the inspection terminal.

Abstract: In an inspection device of possible foreign matters included in transparent containers (20), the transparent containers (20) are successively loaded through a loader rotor (11) on to respective rotatable stands (8) arranged along the circumference on an inspection rotor (1). Each of plural motors (M) mounted on the inspection rotor (1) is coupled to one or more of the rotatable stands (8) carrying each of the containers (20). Each of the motors (M) together with the concerned rotatable stands (8) and the container (20) carried thereon are individually rotated according to one of predetermined rotation patterns (P1, P2 and P3). A picture image of the container (20) is subsequently taken so as to inspect foreign matters possibly included in the liquid.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for heating glass, in which glass (4) is heated upon rollers (3) in a tempering furnace (1) from above and below of the glass (4). At least the upper surface of the glass (4) is heated with hot air jets directed substantially perpendicularly relative to the surface of the glass (4). The air jets have been provided by sucking air mainly from the inside of the furnace and by pressurizing the air taken from the inside of the tempering furnace (1) to an overpressure of over 0.1 bar relative to the pressure in the tempering furnace (1).

Abstract: A blast diffuser for a gun, comprising bore means having a surface defining a barrel through which a projectile may be discharged when the diffuser is attached, in use, to a gun barrel, the blast diffuser further comprising a primary chamber arranged around the outside of the bore means and a secondary chamber adjacent to an outer surface of the primary chamber, wherein a plurality of holes are arranged in the surface of the bore means to the primary chamber, and a plurality of holes are arranged in the outer surface of the primary chamber to allow passage of combustion gases from the primary many chamber to the secondary chamber, the secondary chamber further comprising an opening to allow the escape of combustion gases into the atmosphere.

Abstract: A vehicle (210) for travel though a fluid-filled pipe (12) is disclosed, capable of using power derived from the fluid flow to drive the vehicle (210). Certain embodiments have drive means capable of variable pitch in order to adjust the speed and direction of the vehicle in the pipe. Certain embodiments have drive means comprising a helical arm that can vary in pitch and diameter to accommodate different sizes of pipe and/or different rates of travel along the pipe.

Abstract: A group for assembling, disassembling and bead releasing of a tire (2) onto and from a wheel-rim (3) supported mounted for rotation about an axis and having at least a carriage or slid (4) displaceably mounted on guides (5) extending parallel to the axis of rotation of the wheel-rim (3), an arm or upright (6) extending in a transverse direction with respect to the said axis of rotation and having one end thereof supported by the slide or carriage (4) and its other end provided with a bead releasing tool (7, 8) that can be arranged so as to have its working front or edge (107, 108) facing towards the same side.

Abstract: A noncontact ID card composed by laminating an antenna circuit board where an antenna is formed and an interposer board formed by connecting an enlarged electrode to an electrode of a mounted IC chip and bonding between an antenna electrode of the antenna circuit board and the enlarged electrode of the interposer board with electroconductive adhesive material, wherein a substrate of the antenna circuit board and a substrate of the interposer board are bonded. In addition, in another composition, at least one local deformation is applied to a boding face of the electrodes each other in a direction crossing the bonding face.

Abstract: A filtering system used on a meat injection machine that injects pickling into meat products. The filter consists of a tank and a first and second rotary filter. The first rotary filter uses a wedge wire wound cylinder and augers having flutes that rotate to catch and push away solid particles toward the second filter. The second filter then uses more wedge wire in a whirlpool effect to ensure all solid materials and foam are in the outside of the filter. Injector fluid is then taken from the center of the inside volume of the second filter to be used in injection needles.

Abstract: A method of stuffing natural casings with emulsion involves placing a textured continuous belt transversely with respect to a longitudinal axis of a stuffing tube. The textured belt engages with the natural casing on the stuffing tube and distributes a compressive force on the outer surface of the casing. The textured belt then rotates to advance the natural casing into engagement with a twisting mechanism, which is downstream of the stuffing tube and prepares the casing for linking. The textured belt ensures that the natural casing is evenly fed into the twisting mechanism. A machine includes the foregoing components to accomplish the method.

Abstract: A machine and method for encasing sausages by having a stuffing tube that is vertically disposed in order to allow gravity to help in the sausage making process. A conical shaped restricting device is attached to the stuffing tube to help facilitate the movement of the casing into a twisting mechanism and to ensure bunching in the casing is reduced. The casing is then fed through the twisting mechanism and into a linker.

Abstract: An apparatus for freshening air, including a base unit; a power supply operably connected to the base unit; a driving and switching circuit connected to be powered by the power supply; a first plug portion connected to the driving and switching circuit; a detachable autonomous liquid droplet dispensing cartridge detachably engagable with the first plug portion. The detachable cartridge has (a) a second plug portion matingly engagable with the first plug portion, (b) a first airless bag for storing a first nebulizable liquid, (c) a second airless bag for storing a second nebulizable liquid, and (d) a casing enclosing the first bag and the second bag. A nebulizer is provided so that a first nebulizable liquid flows from the first bag and the second nebulizable liquid flows from the second bag so that the first nebulizable liquid and the second nebulizable liquid are nebulized by the nebulizer.

Abstract: A method for ionizing a sample at ambient pressure including providing ionization-assisting molecules on a surface of a substrate, placing sample molecules on the surface of the substrate, and irradiating at least one of the sample molecules and the ionization-assisting molecules to produce ions of the sample molecules at or near atmospheric pressure. Accordingly, the system for ionizing sample molecules at or near atmospheric pressure is disclosed.

Abstract: A method for servicing companies associated with a spray device operating under guidelines of a regulatory body includes capturing in vitro actuation data associated with operation of the spray device and distributing the data to a company associated with an aspect of the spray device. The company may use the data for testing the spray device to ensure continued compliance with prior approval of the spray device by the regulatory body. The method may also include converting the data to parameters and distributing the parameters. Capturing the in vitro actuation data may include sorting the data based on in vitro age groups. Distributing the data may include providing the data in a format executable by an automated actuation system. The company receiving the data may be a drug development company, spray device manufacturer, or testing service. The regulatory body may be the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Abstract: A multi-chips package at least comprises a substrate, an upper chip, a lower chip, a reinforced device, and a plurality of electrically conductive bumps. The upper chip is flip-chip bonded to the upper surface of the substrate and the lower chip is accommodated in the opening and flip-chip bonded to the upper chip. Furthermore, the reinforced device is mounted onto the back surface of the lower chip and the lower surface of the substrate. The coefficient of the thermal expansion of the reinforced device ranges from the coefficient of the thermal expansion of the substrate to the coefficient of the thermal expansion of the chip. In such a manner, the reinforced device can constrain the thermal deformation of the substrate so as to prevent the electrically conductive bumps connecting the first chip and the substrate from being damaged.

Abstract: A device for the simultaneous detection of radiation of different wavelength, comprising a number of base modules arranged one on top of the other, an optical module and an electronic module. One device each for reflecting and/or deflecting radiation of a determined wavelength-range is provided in the base modules. The light-detecting elements are associated with one of the devices each. The invention also relates to a base module, a charging unit, a method for adjusting the device and to the use of the device.

Abstract: By sealing a diaphragm with less processes and lower cost and reducing deformation due to remaining stress, a stable and highly reliable pressure sensor construction is proposed. The pressure sensor is low in measurement error and small in floating capacitance and leakage current and good in characteristic. As a means to attain the above object, a polycrystalline silicon diaphragm is sealed with a silicon oxide film deposited through a LPCVD method and then completely covered. The diaphragm is placed on a surface of a semiconductor substrate with a nearly constant gap of 0.15 to 1.3 ?m, and has difference-in-grade constructions of a deformation reducing means due to remaining stress.

Abstract: A method of making a microelectronic package. The advanced microelectronic component package incorporates a specially shaped base element which holds and electrically separates the individual conductors associated with the microelectronic component(s) so that the individual conductors may be bonded to external package leads and other conductors within the package. In a first embodiment, jacketed, insulated wire is used as one winding of a toroidal transformer, while unjacketed insulated wire is used as another winding. The jacketing is stripped from the first winding and the exposed conductors are routed into channels along the sides of the base element. The unjacketed conductors are also routed into the same channels, where both conductors are bonded to the external package leads. Raised elements along the sides of the base provide the required electrical separation between the conductors during both manufacture and operation. A method of manufacturing the improved microelectronic package is also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a device for testing electrical characteristics of a chip, which is capable of verifying whether each chip can meet the requirement of the electrical specifications, and sort out the chips under the specifications. The invention utilizes a probe to contact the extension area of the under bump metallurgy to detect if the electrical characteristics of the chip can meet the requirement of the specifications. As the bumps on the chip do not actually contact the probe, the intact profile for the bumps on the chips can be assuredly kept so that the problem of voids existing in the melted bumps during reflow process can be avoided.