Abstract: Process for producing a motorized land vehicle wheel, in general having a wheel disk and an essentially cylindrical rim, the wheel disk being obtained from a blank plate of specific thickness subjected to several shaping operations, and composed of an essentially flat central part having an opening that serves to center and attach the wheel to the vehicle's axle hub, an essentially conical interior riser, another inverted conical part that defines, with the interior riser, a curved tip that has a large radius of curvature, the inverted conical part terminating in a flanged edge used to join the disk to the rim, a process characterized in that during the forming operation of the flanged edge, the plate is laminated in such a way as to preserve or reduce the thickness of the base plate.

Abstract: An electric shaver comprising a main body case which contains an electric motor, and a cutter head section which contains an outer cutter and an inner cutter and is attached to an upper portion of the main body case, in which the shaver further includes a supporting member that has a supporting plate body and leg portions and is provided on an upper portion of the main body case via the leg portions that has elasticity and disposed on both ends of the supporting plate body, and the cutter head section is provided on the supporting plate body.

Abstract: A razor blade tool relating to overcoming single use shortcomings of current utility knives allows a user to select multiple razor blade positions. Each razor blade position allows a razor blade tool to be utilized for a different purpose, such as scraping, case cutting, twine cutting, and as a knife. Additional razor blades are stored in a razor blade tool in a manner that prevents the sharpened edges of razor blades from contacting side-walls of the storage area so that stored razor blades remain sharp and undamaged.

Abstract: A string trimmer having a head with aerodynamic cutting line with a long beam axis and a pitch angle may be used for both vegetation cutting and as a blower. A gear box may be provided for changing the gear ratio from the engine or motor to the head depending upon the pitch angle. Optimum cutting operation is provided with a pitch angle of about 0-10°, and when used as a blower the optimum pitch angle is between about 15-45° upward. The string trimmer may be mounted on a cart having a bottom frame with at least three wheels, first and second adjustable length arms each rotatably mounted by the substantially vertical axis and having a free end, and a clamp at the first arm free end for clamping the shaft of the string trimmer, and a clamp or flexible band or cord at the end of the second arm, typically also for engaging the string trimmer shaft to provide substantially 360° freedom of movement thereof.

Abstract: The spool impeller is a fully automatic cutting head for whirling filament vegetation trimmers, simpler, less expensive, and more reliable than the predecessors. Unlike the predecessors, the spool impeller does not waste filament. It consists of a single part, a small diameter spool attached to the drive shaft. The free end of filament coiled on the spool extends tangentially so that the tip traces a circle about the axis of rotation. In use, the coiled filament gradually unwinds to compensate for filament wear, maintaining a cutting swath of precisely constant size. There is no need for the operator to monitor the filament. Feeding new filament is controlled by the aerodynamic drag and centrifugal force acting directly on the extended filament. If the length of the extended filament is correct, drag and centrifugal force balance, and no unwinding or rewinding occurs. Too long, drag dominates over centrifugal force, rewinding the extended filament onto the spool just enough to restore the proper length.

Abstract: A light switch/wall plug transfer system includes a rectilinear container having a front plate and a similarly configured parallel rear plate. The container also has a top plate and a similarly configured parallel bottom plate. The container also has an exterior side plate and a similarly configured parallel interior side plate. A first rectangular upper opening is formed across the interior side plate parallel with and adjacent to the top plate. A second rectangular lower opening is formed across the bottom plate parallel with and adjacent to the exterior side plate. A first upper tape measure is position in the upper opening. A second lower tape measure is position in the bottom opening.

Abstract: A longitudinal profile measuring apparatus including a relative distance meter located on a frame supported by more than two wheels in a row in a direction of a measuring line for measuring relative distance to a target surface, a moving distance meter for measuring moving distance of movement along the measuring line on the target surface, and a data processing unit for finding spatial data, which shows a rough profile of the target surface, along the measuring line from the relative distance measured by the relative distance meter.

Abstract: An installation template for installing a door closer. The installation consists of an under sheet coated with a release agent and two installation templates, a pull side template and a push side template, both coated with a self-stick adhesive, attached to the under sheet. The pull side template and the push side template include two sets of written instructions, each set being upside down to the other set, which permits each template to be used for both right hand and left hand installations. The use of both pull side and push side templates on the single under sheet along with the two sets of written instructions, allows a single template to be used for both push side installation and pull side installation of both right hand and left hand doors.

Abstract: An installation template for installing a door closer. The installation consists of an under sheet coated with a release agent and two installation templates, a pull side template and a push side template, both coated with a self-stick adhesive, attached to the under sheet. The pull side template and the push side template include two sets of written instructions, each set being upside down to the other set, which permits each template to be used for both right hand and left hand installations. The use of both pull side and push side templates on the single under sheet along with the two sets of written instructions, allows a single template to be used for both push side installation and pull side installation of both right hand and left hand doors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a vapor phase reflow system comprising at least one soldering zone and a process zone, a primary liquid reservoir containing a primary liquid, the vapor phase reflow system further comprising a heating means for converting the primary liquid into the vapor phase. The system is characterized in that primary liquid or the vapor thereof or both can be introduced by means of a primary-liquid fluid line into a soldering-zone heating module in fluid communication with the soldering zone and into a process-zone heating module in fluid communication with the process zone, the heating capacity of the soldering-zone heating module and of the process-zone heating module being adjustable independently of each other to thereby generate superheated vapor based on the zones. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for operating a vapor phase reflow system.

Abstract: A drying device for drying bulk material has one or more storage containers for the bulk material and a heating device for heating the drying air for drying the bulk material. A drying air conduit is connected to the heating device and the storage containers and guides the drying air to the storage containers. One or more first mixing valves are arranged in the drying air conduit upstream of the storage containers, wherein the first mixing valves are used to adjust the temperature of the drying air before the drying air enters the storage containers. The heating device has also the function of regenerating the drying units provided for removing the moisture from the drying air.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for heating and cooling a substrate are provided. A chamber is provided that comprises a heating mechanism adapted to heat a substrate positioned proximate the heating mechanism, a cooling mechanism spaced from the heating mechanism and adapted to cool a substrate positioned proximate the cooling mechanism, and a transfer mechanism adapted to transfer a substrate between the position proximate the heating mechanism and the position proximate the cooling mechanism.

Abstract: A heel cup (44) permits the user to custom fit each foot to various shaped footwear, using adjustable bottom wall and side wall cushions (76, 246), thereby providing optimum comfort and safety whether simply walking or during vigorous sports activity. The heel cup includes bottom, side and heel portions (72, 74), an attachment mechanism secured at least to one of the portions, and an insole (54, 78) secured to a hook and loop attachment mechanism for supporting the foot. A complete adjustable insole is together used with an adjustable sidewall cushioning because it is difficult to reach into the interiors of footwear to make adjustments, such as installing moving or removing a cushion to obtain necessary comfort. Attachments for the insole may comprise tabs (158, 172, 188) to which the insole can be secured. A heel grip bracket (420) with a cushion (422) may be mounted on the heel portion of the bracket and one or more cushions (438) may be coupled to cushion (422) on its sides.

Abstract: A full length insole for use with footwear, is formed by a first layer including a forefoot portion extending at least to metatarsals of a foot, a heel portion, a mid portion connecting together the forefoot portion and the heel portion, the mid portion including a medial arch portion, an upper surface extending along the forefoot, mid and heel portions on which a person stands, and a lower surface extending along the forefoot, mid and heel portions, the lower surface including a shallow recess, the first layer being made of a material of a first hardness; a force line insert secured in the recess and having a shape that follows a greatest area of force of the foot on the upper surface during a normal stride, the force line insert being made of a material of a second hardness which is less than the first hardness; a forefoot pillow formed as a raised area at the upper surface at the forefoot portion to provide additional cushioning thereat and shaped to conform to a pressure area of the foot so as to include

Abstract: A tightening device adapted to equip an article of footwear, which makes it possible to hold the foot laterally, while distributing on the foot the pressure generated by the tightening device. The tightening device includes an upper flap that partially covers a lower flap. The flaps hold the foot by the tightening device which includes at least one anchor positioned on each of the flaps. The upper flap is more flexible than the lower flap.

Abstract: A construction for a shoe, particularly an athletic shoe, which includes a sole that conforms to the natural shape of the foot shoe, including the bottom and the sides, when that foot sole deforms naturally by flattening under load while walking or running in order to provide a stable support base for the foot and ankle. Deformation sipes such as slits or channels are introduced in horizontal plane of the shoe sole to provide it with flexibility roughly equivalent to that of the foot. The result is a shoe sole that accurately parallels the frontal plane deformation of the foot sole, which creates a stable base that is wide and flat even when tilted sideways in extreme pronation or supination motion. In marked contrast, conventional shoe soles are rigid and become highly unstable when tilted sideways because they are supported only by a thin bottom edge.

Abstract: A shoe sole having at least one midsole or outer surface portion that is concavely rounded relative to a space inside the shoe adapted to receive an intended wearer's foot. The sole includes a midsole and an outer sole. The midsole extends up the side of the sole to a vertical height above the vertical height of a lowest point of the inner midsole surface. The midsole includes a portion of greatest thickness in a side portion that is greater than a thickness of a second midsole portion located in a middle sole portion of the shoe sole. The combination of the midsole height and thickness with the concavely rounded surface portion together provide improved stability of the shoe sole.

Abstract: A chute structure for a snow removing machine includes first and second chutes connected through a hinge to each other. The hinge includes first and second hinge plates connected together by means of a connecting pin. The first hinge plate has a tubular portion through which the connecting pin extends. The length of the tubular portion is substantially equal to the width of the first chute. The second hinge plate has first and second plates. The first plate has an opening formed therein. The opening of the first plate is aligned with an entrance of the tubular portion. The second plate has an opening formed therein. The opening of the second plate is aligned with an exit of the tubular portion. The second hinge plate has a cover portion extending between the first plate and the second plate. The cover portion is integral with the first and second plates. The cover portion covers the tubular portion. Provision of the cover portion prevents snow from being discharged from around the hinge.

Abstract: An easy portable snow sweeper for the movement of snow and of a type having a scooper (1) which communicates at its front with a scooper piece (14,15) and is joined by a beam (10,11). The beam is connected to the perch (22) by screws at the lower end of the beam for scooper screw and suspenders (20) with crooks (21) are used to hold all parts together to provide for moving snow and is made of sturdy light material so that it can be used repeatedly with ease and without fracture.

Abstract: A prismatic advertising billboard having a body 1 elaborated as from a cardboard sheet 2 cut and bent in such a fashion as to show the shape of a box 3, in the interior of which are disposed profiles 4 and 5, also produced in cut and bent cardboard sheet, being that between the profiles 4 and 5 are mounted prismatic pieces 6 actuated in a synchronized manner by an electric motor 7; the electric motor 7 is connected to a long hexagonal axle 8 that crosses and is supported on the bearings 9 fixed to the profile 5, being that each one of the bearings 9 receives a pulley 10 through which the hexagonal axle passes 8; each one of the pulleys 10 incorporates a pin 11, elaborated so as to interfere in a connector 12, that is coupled by encasing in a triangular profile 13 elaborated in a cut and bent cardboard sheet 14.

Abstract: Luminous diffused light panel with low consumption and low thickness, useful for luminous advertising signs, way signs, traffic marks, furnishing elements etc.

Abstract: An adjustable sign mount and graphic for mounting to an associated display includes a spine, a mounting bracket and a graphic. The spine has an elongated dimension and is formed having a bracket channel and a graphic channel. Each the bracket channel and the graphic channel include a plurality of support walls transverse to the spine elongated dimension and a plurality of locking walls parallel to the spine elongated dimension and extending respectively from the support walls to define bracket channel and graphic channel upper and lower locking walls. The bracket channel and graphic channel upper and lower locking walls define bracket and graphic spine openings, respectively, in the bracket and graphic channels. The mounting bracket has a first end mountable to the associated display and a second end defining a mounting portion that is configured for insertion into one of the bracket spine openings and lockingly engagable with opposing upper and lower bracket locking walls.

Abstract: The invention relates to an eyeglass holder and desk organizer. Specifically, the present invention provides a wire frame which provides an area to hold eyeglasses as well as hollow tubes to store pens, a storage cup and a frame to hold pictures. More specifically, the eyeglass holder and desk organizer provides a hook and frame on which to place eyeglasses as well as clear plastic sections held within the wire frame in which to place pictures. There is also a slot, attached to the base, wherein the slot is designed to hold a series of business cards within the slot.

Abstract: A holster stock for pistols comprises a shoulder piece (11) and a holding part (12). The pistol has a housing (2) with a grip (3) which projects downward and is at least partially hollow, and has a slide (5) which is guided on the upper part (4) of the housing. The holding part (12) of the holster stock is attached to the grip (3) of the pistol. To combine a firm connection to the pistol with a good grip feel, the holding part (12) has a lower strut (14) and an upper strut (13). The struts run approximately in the firing direction. The lower strut (14) ends in a guide strip (20) which points upward and is inserted from underneath the grip (3) into guides (35) in the interior of the grip (3) while the upper strut (13) bears against the upper part (4) of the housing (1).

Abstract: A shotgun having identification grooves within at least part of the barrel, in a unique pattern which corresponds to the a recorded serial number of the shotgun (or of the barrel). The grooves are dimensioned to mark the polymer wadding which is normally included in a shotshell. The ejected wadding is thereby marked with identification data which can be used later to identify the gun.

Abstract: A firearm accessory modification to a removable or fixed scope mount of a firearm or a removable or fixed top cover of a firearm. The modification consists of strategically located and drilled holes through a removable or fixed scope mount or drilling holes through a mounting block attached to a removable or fixed top cover. Purpose of said drilled holes is to allow the use of conventional push-pin style brass-catchers, push-pin style flashlights, and/or lasers.

Abstract: A fishing lure with an internal bait storage cavity is provided. The fishing lure includes a removable, rigid, plate to securely confine the bait within the lure body cavity, even when subjected to a fish bite. The surrounding water is permitted to immerse the bait within the cavity through smaller holes in the lure body. The lure body is formed and painted to resemble a fish. Eyelets are positioned at both ends of the lure body to enable fishhooks to be attached at either one or both ends of the lure body. A coated wire is positioned axially within the lure body and is coupled at each end to an eyelet to ensure that the hook remains linked to the fishing line in the event the lure body is damaged.

Abstract: Fish lure system includes a body and at least two diving and moving elements. One of the diving and moving elements is attached to said lure for causing said lure to exhibit a first diving and moving behavior when it is attached to said lure. The lure exhibits a second diving and moving behavior differing from the first diving and moving behavior, when the second diving and moving elements is attached to the lure in place of the first diving and moving elements.

Abstract: An insecticidal mat which is applied to a portable heat-transpiration apparatus and is capable of maintaining the insecticidal effect continuously over 8 hours or more even in an open space, and a heat-transpiration insecticidal method using the same. The insecticidal mat comprises a fibrous mat having a size of 1,000 to 2,500 mm2 which contains 250 to 600 mg of allethrin as an insecticidal ingredient, 600 to 1,000 mg of piperonyl butoxide as a volatilization controlling agent and 10 to 100 mg of at least one member selected from the group consisting of 2,5-di-t-butylhydroquinone, 3,5-di-t-hydoxytoluene and 3-t-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole as a volatilization controlling agent per mat, wherein the mat is used by setting on a radiation plate which has an area of 1,000 to 2,500 mm2, has a temperature of 150 to 190° C. at its central portion, and has a temperature difference between the central portion and its edge portion of 10° C. or less.

Abstract: Sterically hindered N-substituted aryloxyamines are prepared by the transition-metal-catalyzed decomposition of diazonium salts in the presence of a sterically hindered nitroxyl radical. These compounds are useful as thermal and light stabilizers for a variety of organic substrates.

Abstract: An artificial firelog having a support surface, a viewing surface, and a pair of end surfaces is produced by moving a component mixture through an extrusion bore containing an extrusion die. The component mixture is divided by a blade extending the diameter of the extrusion die, thereby forming a flat rear surface on each stream of the component mixture. The blade additionally contains a cylindrical mandrel at approximately the center of the blade for forming a channel on the component mixture at substantially the center of the flat rear surface. The component mixture is then cut to desired lengths to form an artificial firelog.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for purifying a liquid hydrocarbon fuel consisting of 5% by weight or less of high molecular weight contaminants, in which the fuel is contacted with a hydrophobic non-porous or nano-filtration membrane and the purified product stream is recovered as the permeate.

Abstract: A method of modifying the growth of plant roots is provided in which the roots are grown in proximity to a membrane from which water is released during the growth of the roots, wherein the membrane is a hydrophobic porous membrane or a hydrophilic non-porous membrane. The method may also be used to collect materials exuded from plant roots by growing the plant roots in a growing medium that is surrounded by a membrane such that moisture is released into the growing medium from the membrane whilst materials exuded from the plant roots are retained within the growing medium by the membrane, wherein the membrane is a hydrophobic porous membrane or a hydrophilic non-porous membrane.

Abstract: A flower box having posts and wall elements connected by first reversible anchoring devices, the wall elements being in turn reversibly associated with at least one corresponding bottom so as to provide, as a whole, full vertical and horizontal flexibility in assembling the flower box.

Abstract: A liner (80) for a plant container includes one or more sheets of partially compressed, dried or at least substantially dry, reconstitutible sphagnum moss. The liner (80) is formed into a 3-dimensional shape having a top opening and one or more walls extending in an upstanding configuration towards the opening, the walls having a body and top edges 86 defined along the top opening. The top edges 86 are compressed to a lesser degree than the body of the walls. A blank (84) for forming the liner (80) and a method of forming the liner or the blank (84) is also disclosed.

Abstract: A modular green roof system includes modular panels (10) providing a surrounded space suitable for supporting live plant growth and adapted for installing onto a roof deck in side-by-side positioning while allowing water flow on the roof thereunder. The panels are installed with growing medium and greenery, and are releasably connected in a non-progressive manner that permits removal of a surrounded panel without disturbing the adjacent panels. The panels are further adapted to be pre-seeded prior to delivery to the roof site, and delivered in either a preserved condition or a germinated condition; and are adapted for connection to an edge finishing/edge termination system (46) and support structure to enable provision of non-panel areas of the green roof, and above-panel structures.

Abstract: A modular green roof system includes modular panels (10) providing a surrounded space suitable for supporting live plant growth and adapted for installing onto a roof deck in side-by-side positioning while allowing water flow on the roof thereunder. The panels are filled with growing medium and pre-seeded prior to delivery to the roof site, and delivered in either a preserved condition or a germinated condition. The panels are adapted for interconnecting to adjacent panels, and for connection to an edge finishing/edge termination system (46) and support structure to enable provision of non-panel areas of the green roof, and above-panel structures.

Abstract: A modular green roof system includes modular panels (10) providing a surrounded space suitable for supporting live plant growth and adapted for installing onto a roof deck in side-by-side positioning while allowing water flow on the roof thereunder. The panels are installed with growing medium and greenery, and are releasably connected with an edge finishing/edge termination system (46) and support structure to enable provision of non-panel areas of the green roof, support of the panels, and above-panel structures. The panels are releasably connected in a non-progressive manner that permits removal of a surrounded panel without disturbing the adjacent panels. The panels are further adapted to be pre-seeded prior to delivery to the roof site, and delivered in either a preserved condition or a germinated condition.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel process for sustainable CO2-free production of hydrogen and carbon by thermocatalytic decomposition (or dissociation, pyrolysis, cracking) of hydrocarbon fuels over carbon-based catalysts in the absence of air and/or water. The process is applicable to any hydrocarbon fuel, including sulfurous fuels. Combination of a catalytic reactor with a gas separation unit allows to produce high purity hydrogen (at least, 99.0 v %) completely free of carbon oxides. In a preferred embodiment, sustainable continuous production of hydrogen and carbon is achieved by both internal and external activation of carbon catalysts. Internal activation of carbon catalyst is accomplished by recycling of hydrogen-depleted gas containing unsaturated and aromatic hydrocarbons back to the reactor. External activation can be achieved via surface gasification of carbon catalysts by hot combustion gases during catalyst heating. The process can conveniently be integrated with any type of fuel cell.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for autothermally reforming hydrocarbons. According to the invention, the fuel is fed to a reforming reactor via a feeding device. The resulting reformate is conveyed to the reforming starting materials in a heat exchanger in a reverse direction flow, in such a way that heat is exchanged, said starting materials being conveyed from the outside inwards. The fuel supplied by the feeding device is delivered directly to the reaction zone together with the starting material. Said reaction zone has a catalyst. The combustion and reforming or catalysis processes are then carried out simultaneously and in the same area in the reaction zone.

Abstract: This invention relates to a system for assembling two components of a device activating a window regulator on a fixed support. According to the invention, one of the components is secured to the other component by a securing means and at least one of the components is secured to the fixed support by another securing means.

Abstract: A safety gate has a horizontal base with first and second vertical bars secured at opposite sides thereof, a door panel provided between the first and second vertical bars, and a locking device provided at a first side of the door panel. The door panel has a second side thereof mounted on the second vertical bar. A pivot spindle is formed on the door panel and pivotally fitted in a pivot socket in a horizontal base. A pivoting support is secured on an upper end of the second vertical bar corresponding to a pivoting bearing secured on an upper end of the second side of the door panel. The door panel returns from an open position to a closed position due to gravity, and the return of the door panel is smooth and slow because of a helical mating in the pivoting support.

Abstract: A vehicle door includes an outer door panel, an inner door panel formed with an aperture and a plastic mounting panel to which functional devices of the vehicle door and door parts are installed and which is installed to the inner door panel to enclose the aperture thereof, the mounting panel having a plastic panel, a plastic structural part appendant to the plastic panel, and a breakable joint connecting the plastic structural part to the plastic panel as one whole piece. The structural part is separated from the plastic panel by breaking away the joint from the plastic panel and installed to the plastic panel after having installed the plastic panel to the vehicle door in order to cover an access opening which provides access to the interior of the vehicle door for assembling for example an exterior door handle and window glass.

Abstract: A vehicle door and a method for its fabrication. The vehicle door includes a lower door structure that is configured to be pivotally coupled to a vehicle body and which includes a hollow cavity. The vehicle door also includes an upper door structure having a frame that defines a window aperture. A window member and a window regulator mechanism are coupled to the upper door structure such that the window member is movably mounted within the window aperture. The window regulator mechanism is of type that is easily packaged into the vehicle door. Suitable alternatives include mechanisms that include powered lead screws, rack-and-pinion drives and/or cable-and-drum type mechanisms. The assembled upper door structure or cassette is thereafter coupled to the lower door structure to form the vehicle door.

Abstract: The present invention is based on the practice of abrasive machining with no sealed working chamber by the employment of a visco-elastic abrasive medium, behaving predominantly as an elastic solid at the applied strain of the orbital working motion, and applying orbital or other relative working motion to produce strain rates which bring the medium into a predominantly elastic deformation and often near, but not to exceed, the compressive stress limit at the strain rate employed. The preferred visco-elastic abrasive medium is a rheopectic poly(boro-siloxane) filled with viscosity increasing stiffening agents and high loadings of the abrasive of choice and relatively mono amounts of plasticizers.

Abstract: A low cost, repairable memorial marker for marking a gravesite. The marker is created from a top sheet of bronze and a mating bottom sheet of bronze that are formed individually via a sheet metal forming process into the desired shape for the marker and then filled with castable filler material and welded together. Selected internal elements, such as storage compartments and bolt receiving slugs, are molded into the top and bottom sheets when they are formed, and selected external elements, such as nameplates and decorative elements, are created and secured to the top sheet after the top and bottom sheets are secured together. The marker is mounted on a base and the entire unit is installed at the gravesite.

Abstract: A container pallet can be attached to a standard cargo container to facilitate movement, storage and retrieval of the cargo container by a fork lift truck. The container pallet comprises a rectangular base of rigid material for supporting a container comprising two opposing end members and two opposing side members. The container pallet further comprises at least one longitudinal member of rigid material that can be disposed in parallel to the side members between the two opposing end members. The container pallet further comprises a plurality of fork channels which are adapted to receive a respective fork-lift prong of the fork lift truck. The plurality of fork channels can be substantially parallel to each other and to the end members, and can be disposed between the side members. The container pallet and the container can have a length of twenty feet and greater.

Abstract: A burial apparatus for underground crypts, preferably those that include space for two stacked caskets, which apparatus includes a ground auger, a turnbuckle connected thereto and a flanged inverted L-shaped member connected to the turnbuckle and engaged with the crypt to retain the crypt within the ground. The apparatus works particularly well with an empty crypt and with a dual crypt when opened to receive a second casket.

Abstract: An intermediate anchor having a wedge hole is placed at a concrete construction joint. A sheathed tendon is inserted through the intermediate anchor. Following setting of concrete poured on a bearing side of the concrete construction joint, the sheathing of the tendon is cut circumferentially around the tendon in a wedge hole of the tendon. The sheathed tendon is then tensioned. This tensioning creates an exposed portion of the tendon in the wedge hole. A tension holding wedge is placed in the wedge hole so as to grip the exposed portion to hold the tension. Seals on the bearing side and a stressing side of the concrete construction joint seals the exposed portion.

Abstract: The movable manufacturing facility brings standard size home building comprehensively within a controlled factory environment. The main structure of the movable manufacturing facility is sufficiently tall to allow assembly and movement of standard size homes within. Multiple independent production lines are established to each produce portions of the dwelling in the form of subassemblies. Finishes, cabinets, appliances, roofs, paint, etc. are installed in the partially completed dwellings prior to houses leaving the production floor. The movable manufacturing facility allows a standard size home under construction to be advanced via a transport element from one production line to the next until complete. The completed homes are subsequently transported on the transport element over a controlled access roadway to individual sites with pre-constructed foundations specifically designed to accept these standard size dwellings.