Abstract: A flanged interlocking molding is provided for use in toilet partitions or other partitions, and which eliminates the sight lines along each edge of the partition door. The flanged interlocking molding, formed of a single piece of material can be arranged on a component of the partition, such as a door and/or a pilaster. The flanged interlocking molding comprises a body portion; a first arm extending from a first edge of the body portion; a flange comprising include parallel layers of the metallic material including a first layer extending in a first direction away from the body portion, and a second layer extending from the first layer in a direction opposite the first direction; and a second arm extending from the second layer of the, the second arm including an edge arranged parallel to an edge of the first arm with a gap formed therebetween.

Abstract: An ink for forming a scintillator product includes a phenylated siloxane polymer having at least one functional group per molecule for crosslinking, a filler having a refractive index about matching a refractive index of the phenylated siloxane polymer, where the refractive indices are within about 5% of one another, a rheology modifier, and at least one fluorescent dye.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound according to formula I wherein when R5 is H, and R1 and R2 form a ring system, then said compound is selected from the following compounds of formula II or formula IV or when R2 is H, and R1 and R5 form a ring system, then said compound has formula III

Abstract: Scintillating plastics resistant to crazing and fogging, methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The scintillating plastics include: one or more primary polymers present in an amount ranging from about 40 wt % to about 95 wt %; one or more secondary polymers present in an amount ranging from about 1 wt % to about 60 wt %; and one or more fluors present in an amount ranging from about 0.1 wt % to about 50 wt %. Methods of making such plastics include: creating a homogenous mixture of precursor materials including primary polymer, secondary polymer, and fluor in the amounts set forth above; and polymerizing the homogenous mixture. Methods of using such plastics include: exposing the scintillating plastic to one or more extreme environmental conditions for a predetermined amount of time without generating crazing or fogging within the scintillating plastic. Various additional features and specific embodiments of these inventive concepts are also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound according to formula I wherein when R5 is H, and R1 and R2 form a ring system, then said compound is selected from the following compounds of formula II or formula IV or when R2 is H, and R1 and R5 form a ring system, then said compound has formula III.

Abstract: A scintillator material includes a polymer matrix, a primary dye in the polymer matrix, the primary dye being a fluorescent dye; a secondary dye, and a Li-containing compound in the polymer matrix, where the Li-containing compound is a Li salt of a short-chain aliphatic acid. In addition, the scintillator material exhibits an optical response signature for thermal neutrons that is different than an optical response signature for fast neutrons.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an apparatus, such as a flanged interlocking molding for use in partitions such as restroom partitions is provided. The method comprises providing an elongated strip of a metallic material having a flat profile to a device comprising a roll former comprising a plurality of dies in series, each of the plurality of dies being configured to modify a profile of the elongated strip; and modifying the profile of the elongated strip from the flat profile to a profile comprising a plurality of profile segments separated by bends in the metallic material, by passing the elongated strip through the plurality of dies sequentially to define the profile. The profile segments include segments corresponding to a first arm, a body portion, a first flange layer, a second flange layer, a second arm of the apparatus.

Abstract: Additively manufactured thrust chambers and thrust chambers with integral fluid manifolds, and hybrid additive manufacturing methods for their production, are provided. Hybrid additive manufacturing techniques may combine a variety of processes including, WAAM, PBF, cold spray and DED, for example, to produce objects with variant dimensional requirements, i.e., large overall size and small features. Hybrid additive manufacturing may be defined as provide various process layers within any manufactured object. These process layers in turn allow for the introduction of variable feature and size distribution throughout the manufactured object. Hybrid process layers according to aspects may also allow the use of a variety of materials or may use a single material across the various process layers.

Abstract: There is provided a respiratory apparatus and a kit of parts. The respiratory apparatus and the kit of parts comprise a sensor and a respiratory mask. The respiratory mask comprises a mask body having an enclosing wall that defines an interior cavity, and the sensor has a transmitter of electromagnetic radiation and a receiver of electromagnetic radiation. The enclosing wall has a sensor portion including first and second sensor windows, a portion of the interior cavity being defined between the first and second sensor windows. The sensor is mounted relative to the sensor portion of the respiratory mask, such that electromagnetic radiation from the transmitter is transmitted, in use, through the first window of the sensor portion of the enclosing wall, through the portion of the interior cavity defined between the first and second windows, through the second window, to the receiver.

Abstract: Face masks, including filter masks, having improved stability, including face masks having a sealing member (25) depending from the mask body for engagement with the wearer's face, the mask body comprising a nasal portion (27) for accommodating the nose of the wearer, a mouth portion (26) for accommodating the mouth of the wearer, and cheek portions (28) extending laterally across the wearer's cheeks.

Abstract: Face masks, including filter masks, and methods for their production. The disclosed masks include a face mask comprising a mask body that defines a cavity for accommodating the nose and mouth of a wearer and a sealing member depending from the mask body for engagement with the wearer's face, the mask body comprising a filter (91) and a gas inlet (142), the filter being located in a first region of the mask body and the gas inlet being located in a second region of the mask body; and a nasal portion for accommodating the nose of the wearer, a mouth portion for accommodating the mouth of the wearer, and cheek portions (134, 135) extending laterally across the wearer's cheeks.

Abstract: The disclosed methods of manufacturing filter masks include using an overmoulding step to both form a sealing member and to fix the sealing member to a support frame and a sheet of filtering material.

Abstract: Face masks, including filter masks, and methods for their production. The disclosed methods include using an overmoulding step to both form a sealing member and to fix the sealing member to a support frame and a sheet of filtering material.

Abstract: A system and method for generating one or more electrostatic pressure forces or one or more divergence in electric field forces, or both, acting on at least one surface of an object. Asymmetries in the resulting force vectors result in a net resulting force acting on the object. The magnitude of the net resulting force may be a function of the geometry of the object surfaces, the amount of electric charge present on the surfaces, and the dielectric constant(s) of materials present in a gap between the object surfaces. The invention may be produced on a nanoscale using nanostructures such as carbon nanotubes. The invention may be utilized to provide a motivating force to an object. A non-limiting exemplary use case example is the use of electrostatic pressure force apparatus as a propellantless thruster to propel a spacecraft through a vacuum.

Abstract: A spirit level is provided that incorporates an illuminated optical indicator of the level orientation. The spirit level housing is at least partially translucent. At least one light-emitting diode (LED) is disposed within the housing for illuminating the translucent portions of the housing. Vertical, horizontal and angular orientation indication assemblies are provided including a tubular curved glass vial having a constant inner diameter at a viewing point and having a slight upward curve and incompletely filled with a liquid to create a bubble. An angle sensing circuit electrically connected to a battery controls the LED's to illuminate in a first color in a vertical orientation and in a second color in a horizontal orientation. Gradual changing of the color and/or the intensity of the light occurs during transition of the orientation between the vertical orientation and the horizontal orientation.

Abstract: A product includes a three-dimensional printed polymer structure formed from at least one filament. The three-dimensional printed polymer structure has a plurality of layers arranged in a geometric pattern, the layers being formed from the at least one filament, where the at least one filament comprises a polysiloxane material having a plurality of closed cell pores formed therein.

Abstract: A rule-based attribution mechanism analyzes documents having different types of data in different formats through the application of script-based rules that apply a tag to the document identifying the type of sensitive data that is contained in the document. Documents having similar tags are aggregated so that the sensitive data is scrubbed from the document leaving the telemetric data available for downstream processing. The scrubbing entails different actions, such as, eliminating the sensitive data, obfuscating the sensitive data, and converting the sensitive data into a non-sensitive value.