Abstract: Plasmatron includes an anode having a cylindrical proximal portion and a cylindrical distal portion, the distal portion having a smaller diameter than the proximal portion; a connecting portion connecting the proximal and distal portions and having walls oriented at 40-60 degrees to a center axis of the anode; a cathode having a generally cylindrical shape in its proximal portion and a tapering at a 30-45 degree angle to the center axis of the anode in its distal portion, with a cylindrical rod on its tip. Gap between the connecting portion of the anode and the distal portion of the cathode is double the gap between the proximal portion of the anode and the proximal portion of the cathode. High voltage power supply provides an operating voltage of 800-2500 volts and a current of 0.3-0.7 A. Length of the rod is approximately 1.5 times its diameter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a portion dispenser (2) for dispensing beverage items (8) from an exchangeable cartridge (3) comprising: a frame (4) with a receiving portion (5) for receiving the exchangeable cartridge, a discharge opening (6) next to the receiving portion (5) and sized for allowing a beverage item to be individually discharged by gravity from the 5 exchangeable cartridge, a moving means assembly (16) comprising a moving means (19) and a moving means housing (20) in which the moving means are arranged for moving therein, wherein the moving means (19) are arranged for providing a discharge chamber (23) for discharge of at least one beverage item therein and for transporting to a dispensing area (17) and wherein the moving means assembly (16) is arranged for sealingly 10 connecting with the exchangeable cartridge (3) and comprises means for opening the exchangeable cartridge to allow the discharge of the beverage item in the discharge chamber and for re-closing the exchangeable cartridge.

Abstract: An autonomous apparatus for cooking food includes a support body, an openable lid, an internal container which can be extracted/inserted with respect to said support body and open at the top, at least a heating device, and one or more elements to generate a flow of air toward the inside of said container. The air flow generator element is connected to a return exit with a suction mouth made in correspondence with an internal wall of said support body and cooperating with a plurality of through holes made on at least one portion of the lateral wall of the internal container.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including: a plurality of elements assembled within a wrapper in the form of a rod having a mouth end and a distal end upstream from the mouth end, the plurality of elements including an aerosol-forming substrate disposed at or towards the distal end of the rod; and a susceptor configured to heat the aerosol-forming substrate, the susceptor including a first susceptor material and a second susceptor material being different from the first susceptor material, the second susceptor material being plated, deposited, or welded onto the first susceptor material, the susceptor being an elongate susceptor having a length dimension that is greater than a width dimension thereof or than a thickness dimension thereof, the susceptor being disposed in a radially central position within the aerosol-forming substrate, and the second susceptor material having a Curie temperature that is lower than 500° C.

Abstract: A system, method and capsule are usable for preparing a predetermined quantity of beverage suitable for consumption using an extractable product is disclosed. The system includes an exchangeable capsule, and an apparatus including a receptacle for holding the exchangeable capsule, and a fluid dispensing device for supplying a fluid to the exchangeable capsule. The exchangeable capsule includes a circumferential wall, a bottom, and a lid. The wall, bottom and lid enclose an inner space comprising the extractable product. The capsule includes an exit area to allow draining from the prepared beverage from the capsule there through, wherein the exit area comprises a filter layer.

Abstract: An air supply device with air refreshing and insect repellent function include a housing, which comprises: an air duct unit supported inside the housing having a hollow body defining an air channel; a centrifugal fan received inside the air duct unit; two main air inlets arranged at two opposite sides of the housing; an air outlet arranged at a top portion of the housing and channeled through with the air channel inside the air duct unit at a front side of the housing perpendicular to each of the main air inlets; an auxiliary air inlet arranged at a rear side of the housing opposite to the air outlet; an auxiliary component, which is an aromatherapy component or a mosquito repellent component, connected to the housing at the auxiliary air inlet; and an optional heating component detachably connected to the housing at the main air inlet.

Abstract: A hot air fryer includes a main body, a vessel that can be removed from the main body and a basket that can be removed from the vessel. The fryer also includes a manipulating system having a configuration changing system that makes it possible to manipulate the vessel incorporating the basket at the same time, or to manipulate the basket alone, released and removed from the vessel, or to manipulate the vessel alone, released and removed from the basket, so as to allow a first mode of cooking foods in the basket incorporated in the vessel and a second mode of cooking foods directly in the vessel, the basket being extracted from the latter.

Abstract: An iron-based metal powder for ultra-high-speed laser cladding comprising chemical composition and mass percentage of the metal powder of: C 0.6˜1.0%, Cr 17.0˜20.0%, Ni 5.0˜6.5%, Mn 2.0˜4.0%, Mo 1.0˜1.5%, Ti 4.0˜6.0%, B 1.0˜1.5%, N 0.08˜0.15%, Si?0.5%, P?0.030%, S?0.030%, balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein the particle size of the metal powder is 15˜65 ?m, the fluidity is 16˜20 s/50 g.

Abstract: An artificial gravity heating system includes a cylindrical compartment formed of a hollow cylinder having a bottom base and an open top end. An electric motor rotates the cylindrical compartment to provide centripetal motion of materials inside the cylindrical compartment. While rotating, the materials move towards an inner wall of the cylindrical compartment. A heating element is conductively coupled along an outer wall of the cylindrical compartment for heating the materials against the inner wall via conduction. A temperature sensor is operatively coupled to the cylindrical compartment for monitoring a temperature of the cylindrical compartment. A controller is configured to control operation of the heating element based on the temperature monitored via the temperature sensor. An artificial gravity heating method is used to process materials including heating ingredients to cook food. The artificial gravity heating system may also be configured as a vapor generator dehydrator or a thermal gas generator.

Abstract: An electromagnetic cooking device and method of controlling the same is provided herein. The cooking device includes a cavity in which a food load is placed and a plurality of RF feeds configured to introduce electromagnetic radiation into the cavity for heating the food load. A controller is provided and is configured to: (a) measure resonances in the cavity; (b) generate a resonance map resulting from the measured resonances; (c) conditionally repeat steps (a) and (b); (d) detect a melting state of the food load based on variations between the resonance maps; and (e) adjust a power level of the electromagnetic radiation in response to detection of the melting state.

Abstract: A volatile composition dispenser and methods of volatilizing a volatile composition in the air are provided. The volatile composition dispenser includes one or more reservoirs, with each reservoir containing a volatile composition. Each reservoir has one or more delivery engines disposed in fluid communication with the volatile composition in the reservoir. Each delivery engine is in fluid communication with an evaporative surface. One or more evaporative assistance elements are disposed adjacent to the evaporative surface(s). A method of volatilizing the volatile composition(s) includes operating the evaporative assistance elements with varying energy over a total emission program, including energy boost periods, and extended emission periods of decreased or maintained energy.

Abstract: A micro puree machine has a mixing shaft attachable to a blade that is subject to both linear and rotational movement. A drive motor is contained within a lower portion of the machine housing and operatively couples to a first gear that engages a second gear on the mixing shaft for rotation of the mixing blade. A position motor within the upper housing operates to move the mixing blade linearly to engage the ingredients in the bowl. During both axial and rotational movement of the mixing shaft, the drive motor and the position motor remain stationary within their respective positions in the housing.

Abstract: A method of supplying cooling water to a laser processing head includes arranging a cooling water supply path connected to the laser processing head, connecting, to the cooling water supply path, a water supply path for supplying water and an antirust supply path for supplying antirust, keeping constant a ratio between a water quantity fed by a water feed means connected to the water supply path and an antirust quantity fed by an antirust feed means connected to the antirust supply path, mixing the water and antirust in the cooling water supply path, and supplying cooling water to the laser processing head.

Abstract: Photovoltaics and an MPPT DC/DC converter powers a DC bus of a controller. It uses an electric heat pump to heat a mass like water, and also has a resistive heating element to heat the mass. A microcontroller controls a variable frequency (VFD) motor drive to power the electric heat pump when sufficient solar power is available to run the heat pump and uses the resistive element to heat the thermal mass when insufficient solar power exists for the heat pump or when excess solar power is available. A controller has an MPPT input for solar power and a VFD to provide power through an output to a heat pump-based water heater and an output to power a resistive water heating element. A microcontroller determines solar power available and runs the heat pump when possible and the resistive element when insufficient power is available or when excess power is available.

Abstract: Heating systems utilizing radio frequency (RF) energy and methods for using the same to rapidly and uniformly heat packaged articles moving through the system on one or more convey lines. These systems may be useful for a variety of processes, including the pasteurization or sterilization of packaged foodstuffs.

Abstract: Nozzle for a plasma torch head, laser cutting head or plasma laser cutting head, arrangement composed of such a nozzle and of a nozzle protection cap, arrangement composed of such a nozzle and of an electrode, plasma torch head, laser cutting head or plasma laser cutting head having such a nozzle and/or having such an arrangement, plasma torch comprising such a plasma torch head, laser cutting head comprising such a nozzle and/or such an arrangement, plasma laser cutting head comprising such a nozzle and/or such an arrangement, method for plasma cutting, method for laser cutting and method for plasma laser cutting using the same.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved cutting device and an improved cutting method, specifically For processing and cutting sheets of a stiff material, such as cardboard and others, in which the sheets are supplied and moved In a stable way along a first direction, and a laser cutting unit (or at least the resulting laser beams) is moved along a second, substantially perpendicular direction, in which by coordinating the two movements, a desired cut is executed in the sheets.

Abstract: A heating apparatus and a cooking apparatus including the same are disclosed. The disclosed invention comprises: a housing having an accommodation space formed therein and an opened upper part; a container, which is inserted into the accommodation space inside the housing, and has an opened upper part and a space formed therein for accommodating fluid; a heating part for heating the fluid accommodated inside the container; and a cover for covering the opened upper part of the housing, wherein the cover includes a cover main body part, which is provided to have a length extending in the longitudinal direction and a width extending in the horizontal direction, is provided at the housing so as to be rotatable between an opening position at which the opened upper part of the housing is opened and a closing position at which the opened upper part of the housing is closed, and covers the opened upper part of the container at the closing position so as to seal the container.

Abstract: An electric range is provided in which a lower surface of a base plate, on an upper end of which a working coil is placed, may be supported by at least one elastic supporter disposed at an upper end of at least one air guide along a widthwise direction of the base plate, thereby preventing bending of the base plate and maintaining a constant gap between an object to be heated and the working coil.

Abstract: An automated welding system includes a welding robot and control circuitry. The welding bug robot includes a welding torch. The welding bug robot is configured to move on a track disposed around a circumference of a first pipe and perform a root pass welding operation at a joint between the first pipe and a second pipe. The control circuitry is configured to control movement of the welding bug robot around the circumference of the first pipe, apply a high energy welding phase via the welding torch to establish a first root condition, and apply a low energy welding phase via the welding torch to establish a second root condition.