Abstract: A system for maintaining a water level in a body of water including a float valve and a securing member. The securing member includes a support member secured to the float valve, an adjustable member, and a horizontal member having a first end secured to the support member and an opposing, second end rotatably secured to the adjustable member.

Abstract: A system and apparatus for thermal treatment of a substrate with improved thermal uniformity is provided. In some embodiments, the system includes a heating element, a substrate-retaining element operable to retain a substrate, and a reflective structure operable to direct thermal energy of the heating element towards the substrate retained in the substrate-retaining element. The reflective structure includes a textured portion wherein a texture of the textured portion is configured to direct the thermal energy towards the retained substrate. In some such embodiments, the texture includes a roughened irregular surface configured to direct the thermal energy towards the retained substrate. In some such embodiments, the texture includes a plurality of circumferential ridge structures configured to direct the thermal energy towards the retained substrate.

Abstract: A heating part of covering and heating a gas pipe includes: a thermal insulation portion disposed outside a heat generation body; an enclosure configured to enclose the thermal insulation portion and the heat generation body; a fastening part installed outside the enclose and configured to fasten one end portion and the other end portion of the enclosure in a state in which the one end portion and the other end portion of the enclosure adjoin each other; and a temperature sensing part disposed at the side of the gas pipe with respect to the enclosure at a position facing a surface of the gas pipe and formed in a plate shape with a major surface thereof oriented toward the gas pipe.

Abstract: A system for preventing overflow of a toilet includes a capacitance sensor arrangement as in combination with certain features (e.g., flap valve disablement). The system can detect an overflow flush condition of a toilet by sensing the value of a parameter of one or more normal flush cycles of the toilet and establishing a normal range for the value of the parameter using the sensed value. The system can also store the normal range in a memory for comparison to a value of the parameter during subsequent flush cycles. The system can perform sensing over a predetermined timeframe. The system can include the time frame being sufficient to include the entire push cycle of the toilet.

Abstract: A conventional bathroom sink has an overflow port and an overflow conduit. A conventional drain pipe for the conventional sink has overflow ports in fluid communication with the sink's overflow port. A vessel sink does not have an overflow port. A prior art drain pipe that does not have overflow ports has been used with vessel sinks. The present invention provides a new drain pipe with overflow ports for a conventional sink and means for covering and sealing the overflow ports in the new drain pipe so that the new drain pipe can also be used with a vessel sink that does not have an overflow port. Means for covering and sealing the overflow ports include an inner sleeve that fits inside the drain pipe, an outer sleeve that surrounds the drain pipe and grommets and hole plugs that that fit inside the overflow ports, where all of the means cover and seal the overflow ports so that the new drain pipe does not leak when used with a vessel sink that does not have an overflow port.

Abstract: According to the embodiment, a toilet seat including: a bottom plate; a top plate including a sidewall part and a seating part; and a bonding member bonding the bottom plate and the sidewall part and having an exposed surface, the sidewall part including a sidewall base, a first hanging part extending downward from a lower end of the sidewall base, and a second hanging part provided to be separated from the first hanging part at the lower end of the sidewall base to provide a recess recessed upward between the first and second hanging parts, the second hanging part being disposed at a position not overlapping the bottom plate in a vertical direction, the bonding member being provided in the recess, the exposed surface being disposed between the second hanging part and the bottom plate, a width of the second hanging part decreasing downward from the sidewall base.

Abstract: A water-saving apparatus provides a means to reduce residential shower water waste by catching open-to-touch showerhead spray water via an interior shower/tub surround-wall catch member, such as a tray, funnel or gutter, before the water contacts the shower floor during shower water startup and shower idle times, and directs the water into a holding member, such as a bucket, tank or container, so it can be later repurposed.

Abstract: Embodiments comprise a system created through fabricating a lens array through which lasers are emitted. The lens array may be fabricated in the semiconductor substrate used for fabricating the lasers or may be a separate substrate of other transparent material that would be aligned to the lasers. In some embodiments, more lenses may be produced than will eventually be used by the lasers. The inner portion of the substrate may be formed with the lenses that will be used for emitting lasers, and the outer portion of the substrate may be formed with lenses that will not be used for emitting lasers—rather, through etching these additional lenses, the inner lenses may be created with a higher quality.

Abstract: Provided is a toilet seat structure for an aircraft lavatory unit. A toilet seat cushion block includes an inner and outer band-like bodies. The inner band-like body extends in a band-like shape at a section close to an inner circumference of a lower surface of a toilet seat, and the outer band-like body extends in a band-like shape at a section close to an outer circumference of the lower surface. Air communication passageways communicating with an inside and an outside of a bowl portion include: inner openings provided at an interval in the extension direction of the inner band-like body; an annular space between the inner and outer band-like bodies; and outer openings provided at an interval in the extension direction of the outer band-like body at sections of the outer band-like body, which are shifted from the inner openings in a circumferential direction of the toilet seat.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic container having a discharge hole automatically opened/closed by an overcap, the cosmetic container comprising: a container body for containing a cosmetic material; and an overcap for opening/closing the container body. The container body comprises a shoulder coupled to an entrance portion thereof and having a first discharge hole, wherein an operation member is configured to be horizontally contracted by the overcap and an opening/closing member is configured to open/close the first discharge hole of the shoulder while being vertically moved by the operation member. When the overcap is put on, the operation member is pushed into the shoulder by the inner periphery of the overcap, and the opening/closing member is pushed downward simultaneously by the operation member to automatically open/close the first discharge hole of the shoulder, thereby easily sealing the container body.

Abstract: A beverage dispensing valve may include an inlet to receive carbonated water, a nozzle shell, and an outlet downstream of the nozzle shell configured to dispense a finished beverage. The nozzle shell may include an aperture open to ambient pressure environment. A method for dispensing a beverage may include flowing carbonated water through an inlet of a beverage dispensing valve, lowering the pressure of the carbonated water sufficient to promote carbon dioxide nucleation, flowing the carbonated water through a chamber vented to environment such that a portion of carbon dioxide nucleated is off-gassed, and introducing a beverage ingredient when the carbonated water reaches a sufficiently low carbonation level. A beverage dispensing nozzle may include an inlet configured to receive carbonated water from a beverage dispensing valve, a nozzle shell including an aperture open to ambient pressure environment, and an outlet downstream of the nozzle shell configured to dispense a finished beverage.

Abstract: A bar-shaped cosmetic housing container includes: a dish member that holds a bar-shaped cosmetic and has an engaging portion; an inner cylinder member that has a dish-member guide groove with which the engaging portion of the dish member is engaged and a body-member slit groove with which a rotation control portion provided in a body member is engaged; the body member has a guidance groove with which the engaging portion is engaged and has the rotation control portion that is engaged with the body portion slit groove on an inner peripheral surface thereof; a screw member in which a screw groove is formed on an inner peripheral surface, the engaging portion being engaged with the screw groove and the dish member being moved in an up/down direction; and a skirt member that is provided in a lower end portion of the body member.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a dual load lock chamber capable of processing a substrate. In one embodiment, the dual load lock chamber includes a chamber body defining a first chamber volume and a second chamber volume isolated from one another. Each of the lower and second chamber volumes is selectively connectable to two processing environments through two openings configured for substrate transferring. The dual load lock chamber also includes a heated substrate support assembly disposed in the second chamber volume. The heated substrate support assembly is configured to support and heat a substrate thereon. The dual load lock chamber also includes a remote plasma source connected to the second chamber volume for supplying a plasma to the second chamber volume.

Abstract: A plastic liquid container and dispensing system includes a plastic bottle with first and second detachable bottle parts, a bladder for holding liquid including a bladder top, a bladder base and a bladder lock-nut positioned in the bladder inner volume and a spout having a spout body with a connecting end, an internal liquid flow path extending from the connecting end to a liquid outflow port and a release button for enabling liquid flow through the internal liquid flow path and out the liquid outflow port. The bladder opening is covered by a covering that is pierced by a blade at the spout connecting end to create a liquid flow path from the bladder to and through the spout (when the release button is pressed).

Abstract: A susceptor for a CVD-reactor includes insertion openings arranged in a bearing surface of the susceptor. An insertion section of a positioning element is inserted into one of the insertion openings. The insertion section forms positioning flanks with a section projecting from the insertion opening for fixing the position of a substrate. The insertion openings each have side walls and a base. The insertion section comprises bearing areas adjacent to the side walls of the insertion openings and a lower side of the positioning element facing the base of the insertion opening. The base of the insertion opening is separated from the lower side of the positioning element by a first distance. An edge protruding section of the positioning element is separated from a section of the bearing surface of the susceptor by a second distance.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a dual load lock chamber capable of processing a substrate. In one embodiment, the dual load lock chamber includes a chamber body defining a first chamber volume and a second chamber volume isolated from one another. Each of the lower and second chamber volumes is selectively connectable to two processing environments through two openings configured for substrate transferring. The dual load lock chamber also includes a heated substrate support assembly disposed in the second chamber volume. The heated substrate support assembly is configured to support and heat a substrate thereon. The dual load lock chamber also includes a remote plasma source connected to the second chamber volume for supplying a plasma to the second chamber volume.

Abstract: A shaving aid application apparatus is disclosed. According to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the apparatus includes a containing portion configured to hold a shaving aid; a head coupled to one side of the containing portion, an aid applying surface formed at one surface of the head; and multiple jetting holes located at the aid applying surface. A spraying gap is defined between at least a portion of the containing portion and at least a portion of the head, and the shaving aid is expelled from the containing portion to pass through the spraying gap and provided through the multiple jetting holes.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide improved methods for processing substrates with improved process stability, increased mean wafers between clean, and/or improved within wafer uniformity. One embodiment provides a method for seasoning one or more chamber components in a process chamber. The method includes placing a dummy substrate in the process chamber, flowing a processing gas mixture to the process chamber to react with the dummy substrate and generate a byproduct on the dummy substrate, and annealing the dummy substrate to sublimate the byproduct while at least one purge conduit of the process chamber is closed.

Abstract: The present inventive concept relates to a system (100) comprising: a water recirculating device comprising: a heating arrangement (112) arranged in a recirculating path (108); a mixing valve arrangement (122) in liquid communication with an external ON water path arrangement (114), said mixing valve arrangement (122) accepting as inputs hot and cold water from a hot and cold water source respectively, said mixing valve arrangement (122) being configured to form temperature regulated water (120) by combining said hot and cold water, said mixing valve arrangement (122) comprising a user input interface configured to control a proportion of said hot and cold water directed to said external water path arrangement (114); and a reference temperature determining arrangement (130) configured to determine a reference water temperature of said temperature regulated water (120); wherein said heating arrangement (112) is configured to adjust a water temperature of treated water towards said reference water temperature.

Abstract: A CVD reactor, including a deposition chamber housing a first susceptor and a second susceptor, the first susceptor having a cavity for receiving a first substrate, the first substrate having a front surface and a back surface, the second susceptor having a cavity for receiving a second substrate, the second substrate having a front surface and a back surface, and the first susceptor and the second susceptor are disposed so that the front surface of the first substrate is opposite to the front surface of the second substrate thereby forming a portion of a gas flow channel.