Abstract: A toilet seal for sealing between a plumbing fixture discharge and a waste drainpipe outlet is described. The toilet seal comprises a flange member having an inwardly extending flexible lip and one or more raised ridges defining an annular seal extending upwardly from an upper surface of the flange member. The toilet seal further includes a radiused wall extending downwardly from the flange member, which cooperates with the flange member to define a cavity for receiving a compressible member. The toilet seal further comprises a flexible sleeve extending downwardly from the radiused wall. Related methods are described.

Abstract: A motor vehicle may have a cylindrical component having two grooves aligned orthogonally to a cylinder axis, recessed into local areas of a lateral surface, and running parallel to each other, and a blind hole in an end of the cylindrical component. A fastening component for the cylindrical component may include a holding device having a U-shaped socket and a head portion having a through opening. The holding device may be matched to the cylindrical component in such a way that the cylindrical component is positively insertable via the two grooves into the U-shaped socket until the blind hole in the end is in alignment with the through opening in the head portion of the holding device. The fastening arrangement may also have a fastening element that is insertable and screwable through the through opening in the head portion into the blind hole in the cylindrical component.

Abstract: A method of installing a drain fixture, the method comprising first installing a sub-floor plumbing system comprising a plumbing trap, a removable drain pipe, and a sleeve. Next, the method comprises connecting the plumbing trap and the removable drain pipe and sliding the sleeve over the removable drain pipe. Next, the method comprises building a flooring surface proximate to the plumbing trap, the removable drain pipe, and the sleeve. Then, the method comprises removing the removable drain pipe at least partly from the sleeve, cutting the removable drain pipe to the desired length, and re-inserting the removable drain pipe through the sleeve and into the plumbing trap.

Abstract: An agricultural harvesting machine is described. In one example, the machine comprises a header, a feed system configured to feed material from the header through a threshing section along a conveyance path, the feed system including a conveyance mechanism that conveys the material from the header to a rotating feed mechanism, and a drive system configured to rotationally drive the feed mechanism during a first state to convey the material along the conveyance path, and to reverse rotation of the feed mechanism during a second state. In one example, a drive system comprises first and second drive mechanisms, and a coupling mechanism configured to selectively couple one of the first or second drive mechanisms to an output mechanism, such as, but not limited to, a rotating feed mechanism in an agricultural harvesting machine.

Abstract: A system is described for reinforcing a thermoplastic workpiece including a subject surface and an underlying workpiece body volume. At least one substantially linear Z-pin having proximal and distal pin ends longitudinally separated by a pin body is provided. The proximal pin end is in direct contact with the subject surface. An ultrasonic energy source applies ultrasonic energy to the Z-pin to ultrasonically heat the Z-pin and thus locally melt the workpiece material of the subject surface and/or the workpiece body to create a melted workpiece material. The proximal pin end and at least a portion of the pin body of the Z-pin are penetrated into the melted workpiece material to create an inserted Z-pin length. The inserted Z-pin length is maintained in the workpiece body volume by solidified melted workpiece material around the inserted Z-pin length to reinforce the workpiece. A method of reinforcing a workpiece is also provided.

Abstract: Method and plant for fluid purification by distillation comprising a reservoir (1) with a fluid containing diluted solids provided with an impurities filter on its outlet (2); a pump (3) connected to the reservoir outlet (1) and set up to increase the fluid containing solids pressure and temperature; and a heat area (4) for the fluid containing solids comprising a plurality of ducts contacting with a heat transfer fluid; and, furthermore, comprising a convergent-divergent nozzle (5) connected to the heat area outlet (4) and set to increase the biphasic liquid-vapor fluid speed so the diluted solids contained in the fluid already heated settle in a solids reservoir (6), whereas the fluid passes to a condenser (7) and then to a purified fluid reservoir (8) already in liquid state.

Abstract: An electronic component, such as a circuit board, fabricated by coextruding an Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) filament, such as a Dyneema® filament, and a conductive material, such as an Indalloy wire, using only a three-dimensional printer, such as an FDM machine.

Abstract: A motor vehicle may have a cylindrical component having two grooves aligned orthogonally to a cylinder axis, recessed into local areas of a lateral surface, and running parallel to each other, and a blind hole in an end of the cylindrical component. A fastening component for the cylindrical component may include a holding device having a U-shaped socket and a head portion having a through opening. The holding device may be matched to the cylindrical component in such a way that the cylindrical component is positively insertable via the two grooves into the U-shaped socket until the blind hole in the end is in alignment with the through opening in the head portion of the holding device. The fastening arrangement may also have a fastening element that is insertable and screwable through the through opening in the head portion into the blind hole in the cylindrical component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyether carbonate polyols in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalysts that can be obtained by a process comprising (a) synthesizing a solid double metal cyanide catalyst in the presence of an organic complexing agent and a polyether polyol ligand; and (b) first washing the catalyst obtained in step a) with an aqueous solution comprising 90-100% by weight of water and 0-10% by weight of a polyether polyol ligand, to form a slurry, wherein the aqueous solution does not contain any organic complexing agent other than the polyether polyol ligand.

Abstract: A toilet seal for sealing between a plumbing fixture discharge and a waste drainpipe outlet is described. The toilet seal comprises a flange member having an inwardly extending flexible lip and one or more raised ridges defining an annular seal extending upwardly from an upper surface of the flange member. The toilet seal further includes a radiused wall extending downwardly from the flange member, which cooperates with the flange member to define a cavity for receiving a compressible member. The toilet seal further comprises a flexible sleeve extending downwardly from the radiused wall. Related methods are described.

Abstract: A toilet seal for sealing between a plumbing fixture discharge and a waste drainpipe outlet is described. The toilet seal comprises a flange member having an inwardly extending flexible lip and one or more raised ridges defining an annular seal extending upwardly from an upper surface of the flange member. The toilet seal further includes a radiused wall extending downwardly from the flange member, which cooperates with the flange member to define a cavity for receiving a compressible member. The toilet seal further comprises a flexible sleeve extending downwardly from the radiused wall. Related methods are described.

Abstract: A dispatch VOIP system is disclosed. The dispatch VOIP system includes a VOIP server system with a VOIP system, a processor system, a communications interface, a communications system, an input system and an output system and a GPS system residing on the VOIP server system, the GPS system allows a dispatcher user to track one or more second users without distance limitation. The dispatch VOIP system establishes a two-way communication system between one or more for hires and one or more dispatchers. The dispatch VOIP system may also be a for hire dispatch VOIP system for one or more for hire driver users or one or more taxi cab driver users.

Abstract: This invention is designed to provide a device for sideways movement which will permit an element to move laterally, such as a set of portable x-ray equipment which is affixed to said device.

Abstract: A photovoltaic module has a diagonal mounting bracket for structural attachment of the module to a support structure. The photovoltaic module has a back cover with an outer surface and a diagonal mounting bracket is attached to the back cover and extends along at least a portion of a diagonal of the back cover. A method of forming a photovoltaic module with a diagonal mounting bracket is also described.

Abstract: A photovoltaic module is formed by encasing the edge of the photovoltaic module with a dielectric while passing internal module conductors through the edge encased. The edge encasing may be an overmolded dielectric through which the internal conductors pass or connectors may be provided in the overmolded dielectric to allow for external connection to the module. The photovoltaic module can also include mechanical attachment points formed in the molded dielectric to allow the module to be attached to a support structure.

Abstract: A photovoltaic module with at least one conductor extending along at least a portion of the peripheral edge of the module. A colored opaque edge seal extends over and in contact with at least a portion of the at least one conductor, to mask the appearance of the at least one conductor visible through a substrate. A method of forming the module is also described.