Abstract: A system for creating infused beverages that includes a solvent flow management system having a pump housed in a pump body and operably coupled to a pump drive system operably configured to drive the pump to induce a flow of solvent, housed by the pump, through a solute housed in a brewing chamber to generate an infused solution. The system also includes a heating element disposed within the pump body, outside of fluid contact with the solvent, and is operably configured to activate and thermally couple with the solvent housed by the pump through conduction within a material of the pump body. An electronic control system is also provided that is operably configured to activate the pump drive system and to activate the heating element.

Abstract: A liquid container for producing and/or storing liquids, in particular alcohol-containing liquids, intended for consumption comprises a container that is open at one end, can be closed by a lid and container walls with an inner wall surface that is at least partially, in particular substantially entirely, in the form of a surface of a solid natural stone. Also described are various methods for producing such liquid containers and a method for producing and/or storing drinkable liquids using such containers.

Abstract: A microstructure detector and in-situ method for real-time determination of the microstructure of a material undergoing alloying or other phase transformation. The method carried out by the detector includes the steps of: (a) detecting light emitted from a plasma plume created during phase transformation of a material; (b) determining at least some of the spectral content of the detected light; and (c) determining an expected microstructure of the transformed material from the determined spectral content. Closed loop control of the phase transformation process can be carried out using feedback from the detector to achieve a desired microstructure.

Abstract: A juice extractor includes a hopper, food processing chamber, and a drivetrain releasably coupled to the food processing chamber. The releasable coupling includes a lever arrangement which pivots to operate a locking member, to thereby open or close a bayonet type coupling. The locking member includes a locking wheel having a ring of notches adapted to receive projections at a mating part of the food processing chamber. Rotation of the locking wheel moves the ring of notches into and out of alignment with the projections.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component is disclosed. The method includes depositing a material on a removable form structure having geometry corresponding to an internal space of the component. The material is deposited on the removable form structure by an additive manufacturing technique. The method includes removing the removable form structure to obtain a pre-machined component, and then machining the pre-machined component to manufacture the component having the internal space.

Abstract: A soldering iron including an iron main body and an iron tip includes an iron tip main body having a hollow space inside extending along a longitudinal direction; an insulator tube in the hollow space; a heater wire to heat the iron tip main body, and a temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the leading end side of the iron tip, the heater wire includes: an outward route part extending towards a leading end of the iron tip, and a return route part extending towards a base end of the iron tip, while the heater wire folded back at a vicinity of the leading end of the iron tip being wound around the insulator tube, in the insulator tube, a heater wire hole to accommodate the return route part of the heater wire and a sensor wire hole to accommodate a sensor wire are formed independent of each other.

Abstract: A wax warmer includes a body, a top plate disposed adjacent a top end of the body, a base plate disposed adjacent a bottom end of the body, an electrical assembly positioned within an interior space of the body, the electrical assembly in electrical communication with an electrical cord, and a sleeve. The sleeve forms an electrical barrier positioned within the interior space and surrounding the electrical assembly, and the sleeve defines a slot configured to provide passage for the electrical cord.

Abstract: A coffee preparation machine can include at least one sealed pod containing unroasted green coffee beans, a roasting system that accepts the at least one sealed pod, a grinding system, and a brewing system, where the brewing system, the roasting system, and the grinding system can be housed within a single self-contained unit.

Abstract: Device for foaming a liquid comprising a mixing unit (30). The mixing unit (30) comprises a first element (31) having an inner surface (33), a second element (34) having an outer surface (35), a gap (36) between the inner surface (33) of the first element (31) and the outer surface (35) of the second element (34), a first opening (37) and a second opening (38) connected through the gap (36). At least one of the first element (31) or the second element (34) is rotatable about an axis of rotation (AR) with respect to the other one. The inner surface (33) and the outer surface (35) are symmetric with respect to a common axis of symmetry (AH, AW), coincident with the axis of rotation (AR), and have circular sections, perpendicularly to the axis of symmetry, having diameters which increase going in a direction along the axis of symmetry (AH, AW).

Abstract: A system and method for laser cutting a plurality of parts, for example metal chassis components, using a plurality of laser cutting apparatuses is provided. The system includes a plurality of the laser cutting apparatuses disposed in a single enclosed cell for simultaneously trimming multiple parts. The system also includes at least one inner chamber and at least one set of double doors for transferring the parts in and out of the enclosed cell without any light escaping the cell. The parts are conveyed through the first door to the inner chamber while the second door is closed, and through the second door to the enclosed cell while the first door is closed. The system also includes robots continuously preloading and unloading the parts to maximize the laser trimming time.

Abstract: An evaporation source includes a heat source structure and an evaporation container for accommodating a to-be-evaporated material. The heat source structure includes a heat source and a thermal conductor. The thermal conductor is in contact with the evaporation container, and the heat source is at the thermal conductor and around the evaporation container.

Abstract: A method of creating an article of manufacture is provided, which includes directing multiple laser beams to a single galvanometer; and dynamically repositioning the multiple laser beams in counterpart paths using the single galvanometer to shine the multiple laser beams on and melt a first powder material and, upon solidification of the melted first powder material, forming a first series of duplicate three dimensional structures, where each of the multiple laser beams is used to form at least one of the first series of duplicate three dimensional structures.

Abstract: Provided is a cooking apparatus and a touch sensor assembly of the cooking apparatus, including an outer cover formed of a metal material and forming an exterior of the cooking apparatus; and a touch module mounted on a rear side of the outer cover to be contacted therewith and including a plurality of touch sensors, wherein a touch unit is formed in an opening of a rear side of the outer cover that contacts to the touch sensor and is elastically deformed with ease when touched by a user to transfer the pressure to the touch sensor.

Abstract: A blank heating device having a heating furnace is provided and includes a plurality of heating members that heat a blank and a support fixture disposed within the heating furnace to support the blank. Further a transporting component is disposed beneath the support fixture and integrally displaces the support fixture and the blank to increase heating density of the blank. Consequently, a divisional heating occurs based on a size of the blank, which is a material for hot stamping, to improve heating density of the blank. Accordingly, marketability of a material is improved and a preheating time and heat loss is minimized. As a result, work convenience is improved and a consumption amount of energy is reduced.

Abstract: A system for measuring the state of degradation of cooking oil in a deep fryer is provided. The system includes at least one fryer pot and a loop of piping fluidly connected thereto for selectively allowing flow of oil from the at least one fryer pot into the loop and for selectively allowing the cooking oil to return to said at least one fryer pot from the loop. A pump urges the flow of cooking oil through the loop of piping and selectively to urge oil to return to the at least one fryer pot. The loop further comprises a return portion that extends from a discharge of the pump toward a suction of the pump. A sensor is disposed in the return portion of the loop and adapted to measure an electrical property that is indicative of total polar materials of said cooking oil.

Abstract: A system and method for monitoring and operating one or more light emitting devices is disclosed. In one example, light intensity within a dual elliptical reflecting chamber is sensed and operation of a fiber curing system is adjusted in response to an amount of sensed light energy.

Abstract: A modular blending system is shown and described. The modular blending system may include a storage device capable of storing a plurality of flavoring products, and an ice shaving mechanism removably attached to the storage device, the ice shaving mechanism including an ice dispenser. The modular blending system may also include a fluid dispensing unit in fluid communication with the flavoring products, where the fluid dispensing unit is separate from the ice dispenser.

Abstract: A laser cutting head powered by a laser emission apparatus includes a collimation device to collimate a laser beam coming from the laser emission apparatus and a focusing lens which focuses a collimated laser beam from the collimation device. The lens is supported in a casing and is movable along an adjustment direction to change a focal point of the laser beam. A cooling unit is connected with the casing and includes at least one Peltier cell and a heat dissipation element. A thermal conductive element connects a support for the lens with the cooling unit to extract heat generated by the laser beam passing through the lens by thermal conduction from the support and from the lens.

Abstract: A method of hardfacing a component includes generating a laser beam and directing the laser beam to an area of a wear surface of the component. The method includes feeding a flexible cord of a cladding material into the laser beam to melt the flexible cord and produce a bead of the cladding material on the wear surface. The flexible cord includes an inner metal wire surrounded by an agglomerate of abrasion and wear-resistant material that contains diamond particles. The method further includes moving the laser beam and the flexible cord along the wear surface to produce a cladding layer over the wear surface of the component.

Abstract: A disposable grill is formed with a central region having a periphery in a rectangular configuration. The periphery has a front edge, a rear edge, a left edge, and a right edge, a front wall, a rear wall, a left wall, and a right wall. Hinges couple the walls to associated edges. Each wall is pivotable between an upper position coplanar with the central region for storage and transportation and pivotable to a lower position perpendicular to the central region for supporting food to be cooked. A plurality of slots are formed in the central region. Each slot is rectangular and formed of a longitudinal slit and latitudinal end slits to form downwardly extending supports for strengthening purposes.