Abstract: The invention provides a window panel supporting structure of a window regulator having a positioning means along a window panel surface in which a positioning projection (31c) protruded in any one of a panel holder (31) and a fastening and supporting portion (17) and a positioning groove (17b) formed in another thereof are engaged with each other.

Abstract: An insert has a plurality of pieces and a pair of coupling portions. Each of an interior side coupling portion and an exterior side coupling portion which couple adjacent pieces of the insert is formed to be extended obliquely to the piece in a flat state and to be gradually expanded from one of ends to the other. A notch is provided on an acute portion in a connecting part of the coupling portions in the piece so as to be formed continuously on the sides of the coupling portions and to have an inner peripheral surface thereof to constitute a part of a substantially cylindrical surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cutting tool insert and its methods of manufacture for machining of steel comprising a cemented carbide body and a coatings. The cemented carbide body includes WC, 5-12 wt-% Co and 3-11 wt-% of cubic carbides of metals Ta and Ti. The amount of Nb is below 0.1 wt-% and the ratio Ta/Ti is 1.0-4.0. The Co-binder phase is highly alloyed with W with a CW-ratio of 0.75-0.95 and, finally, the cemented carbide body has a binder phase enriched and essentially gamma phase free surface zone of a thickness of 5-50 &mgr;m.

Abstract: A flashing assembly includes an inner lip that fits within a rough opening. Bonded to the inner lip is an outer flange that covers a portion of a wall around a rough opening. An outer flap is bonded to the outer flange. Once a window is installed in the rough opening, the outer flap is sealed to a nailing flange of the window. In one embodiment of the invention, the inner lip and at least a portion of the outer flange are formed of an extrusion.

Abstract: An eave closure for tile roofing has a nailing flange having a surface extending along a length of the closure, a planar riser potion contiguous with the nailing flange at an angle to the surface of the nailing flange, the riser portion conforming on an upper edge to the shape of the underside of adjacent installed tiles, and a lip reinforcement along the shaped upper edge of the riser portion, the lip extending substantially at a right angle to the plane of the riser portion.

Abstract: A method of installing an insert in a sandwich panel for mounting a fastener includes making a hole in the panel and inserting a spacer having a height greater than the thickness of the panel. An entrance rim of the spacer extends above an upper surface of the panel and a setting tool exerts a force on the entrance rim to force it into the hole and to position an upper edge of the entrance rim flush with the panel surface. The spacer can include an annular groove on an interior wall of the entrance rim to facilitate the cold working deformation during an installation in the panel and a hole engaging surface to align and maintain the spacer within the hole. An outer exterior surface of the entrance rim can be indented and coated with a first sealing compound to ensure a watertight seal with the panel. A second sealant material can be provided within the entrance rim for sealing with a head of any fastener extending through the spacer. An improved floor panel with spacer is accordingly provided for aircraft.

Abstract: A housing 5 with a cable access aperture 9 for electrical and data wiring, is slidably fitted into a panel rail 1 with one or more apertures for use in a office panel system, the cable access aperture 9 of the housing then aligned with an aperture in the panel slide, said housing 5 being held in its position by a fastening means 11, the aligned apertures allowing the passage of electrical and data wires.

Abstract: A trim component system, each trim component including at least one tile adhered to a backing member. The tile may be natural stone, synthetic stone, or ceramic material. In one embodiment, three trim components are present as a fireplace surround.

Abstract: A clamp fixture to fasten glass plates that are clamped between an inner clamp element and an external clamp element, whereby a clamp bolt is supported elastically, to a limited extent, on the inner clamp element by means of a bush. The invention teaches that the inner clamp element, on the side facing the substructure, has a cylindrical receptacle space to hold the bearing that supports the clamp bolt in the axial direction, whereby the bearing is realized optionally in the form of a fixed bearing, in the form of a friction bearing that intersects the center longitudinal axis of the clamp bolt, or in the form of a movable bearing for the four-point bearing of a glass plate.

Abstract: The invention relates to a joint cover comprising a base section to be fixed onto a support; a covering section; and one or more intermediate parts designed to receive the covering section by clipping, the intermediate part or parts defining a cavity for receiving a head of a longitudinal tab that the covering section comprises, and comprising on each side of a plane passing through an opening for access to the cavity, at least one external rib able to co-operate, by clipping of opposite shapes, with means of a longitudinal gully of the base section, and at least one internal tab for retaining said head in the intermediate part

Abstract: A reinforced concrete building structure comprises a shrinkage compensating concrete slab having a plurality of deformed reinforcing bars embedded therein, the bars being restricted to a peripheral portion of the slab which surrounds the centroid of the slab devoid of reinforcement and are aligned with the expansive and shrinkage forces to elastically restrain the forces and to thereby act as an internally developed tension ring.

Abstract: The present invention provides a siding boards attachment structure having excellent ventilation characteristics and a high siding-board fixing strength, and a fastening member to be used therewith. The fastening member is disposed to span an upper horizontal edge of a lower siding board and a lower horizontal edge of an upper siding board, and fixes the siding boards to a framework of a building. The fastening member includes a base plate portion having a flat rear side surface, a support portion projecting forward from the base plate portion, an upper-board engagement portion bent upward from the support portion, a lower-board engagement portion bent downward from the support portion, and spacing portions individually formed at left and right sides of the base plate portion, each of the spacing portions having a front face which is forward from the base plate portion and rearward from the front end of the support portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a telescopic column with one outer and at least one inner rod element capable of telescoping relative to each other, where at least the outer rod element surrounds at least one ball arrangement with at least one ball, which acts as a rolling bearing between the outer and inner rod elements during telescoping movement. In order to create a telescopic column which, while having a low weight and low manufacturing costs, displays high lateral stability, the at least one inner rod element is provided with a longitudinal groove, which surrounds part of the circumference of at least one ball of the ball arrangement and serves as a ball guide. The longitudinal groove can provide two or more laterally separated running surfaces for the at least one ball. An area with a larger radial distance can be provided on at least one rod element between adjacent running tracks for an assigned ball, this being able to act as an abutment for the ball in the manner of an overload protector.

Abstract: An attachment system for use with a concrete form for securing an object within concrete as it cures is described. The attachment system comprises a sacrificial securing element and a tie rod with a first end and a second end. The first end removably engages the sacrificial securing element. Together, the tie rod and the sacrificial securing element jointly secure the object to the inside face of the concrete form. Moreover, the attachment system secures an object by using a single form and can be used when adding siding or exterior designs. In another aspect, a method of securing an object within a concrete wall using a concrete form is described. The method includes the steps of positioning the object in contact with an inner face of the concrete form and positioning a sacrificial securing element proximate the object and amidst a channel. The method also includes pouring cement within the channel and curing the cement to form the concrete wall.

Abstract: A cladding element, particularly usable for wood-block flooring, for pre-finished hardwood floors and for floors made of laminate of different thicknesses, which is flat and advantageously rectangular and has two first contiguous lateral edges having a first snap-action interconnection element which interacts with a complementarily shaped second interconnection element formed on two second contiguous lateral edges.

Abstract: A non-metal window muntin formed from plastic or wood is described for use in hermetically sealed insulated glass windows. The process for forming the muntin includes machining polystyrene sheets which are painted with a latex pain and baked prior to use between sealed glass of the window.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an adhesive bonded thermoplastic coating for the underside of a floor that will add significant moisture resistance, wear resistance, transverse crack resistance, and make a better looking, more marketable product. The plastic coated vehicular trailer floor has a plurality of wood planks having a top surface, a bottom surface and a first and second side surfaces, the plank having a width that is less than the lateral width of the floor, each plank being formed by a plurality of boards arranged side-by-side, each board being formed of a plurality of segments joined end-to-end to one another by shaped coupling portions. The planks are arranged side by side such that at least one of the first and second side surfaces faces one of the second or first side surfaces of adjacent planks. Each of the planks has a planar polymer layer formed of an un-reinforced polymer, being bonded to the bottom surface of the planks with an adhesive layer.

Abstract: A machine for automatically producing a mattress border with handles sewn to the border material. Border material is pre-fed from a selected spool, screened for splice avoidance and measured. Handle material is fed from a selected spool mounted in a multiple handle material spool magazine mounted on rails, fed into a handle folding assembly, and cut to length. Ends of the handle material are folded under by the handle folding assembly and the handle then transferred in a folded condition from the handle folding assembly to a correct position on the border material. A double frame handle press holds each folded end of the handle material in place as each end is maneuvered under a sewing head needle to apply a stitch pattern to secure the folded ends to the border material. The double frame handle press is translated separately from the carriage assembly which travels in the sew pattern, to position the other end of the handle under the sewing needle.

Abstract: Apparatus for producing cuboid-shaped (cigarette) packages.

Abstract: A laminated paper stock made of at least one biaxially oriented polymeric film, an adhesive material and a paper substrate. A flexible packaging for wrapping paper comprised on the laminated paper stock is also provided as well as related methods of manufacture.

Abstract: A method for wrapping a wrapper about a floral grouping wherein the wrapper is a sleeve or sheet of material having a cinching tab or strip of bonding material, or both, and a detaching element such as perforations for detaching a portion of the sleeve or sheet of material. The floral grouping is placed on the sheet of material which is wrapped thereabout, or the floral grouping is disposed in the interior space of the sleeve. The wrapper may further comprise an additional strip of bonding material for bonding an informational card or label to the wrapper. After the wrapper is wrapped about the floral grouping, a portion of the wrapper may be removed by using the detaching element, thereby leaving a portion of the wrapper wrapped or bound about the floral grouping.

Abstract: The present invention is a modular system for packaging articles for shipment. In particular, a potted plant is sorted according to a grade, placed in a decorative cover, then automatically deposited into a protective sleeve. The potted plant thus packaged is ready for containment within a shipping carton. Various components of the system may be adapted for various packaging needs and circumstances.

Abstract: A plant packaging system comprising a combination of a protective sleeve portion and a decorative cover portion having a base and skirt for packaging a potted plant. The protective sleeve can be detached from the decorative portion of the package system once the protective function of the sleeve has been completed, thereby exposing the decorative cover and allowing the skirt portion to extend angularly from the base. The protective sleeve and decorative cover components may comprise a unitary construction or may comprise separate components which are attached together by various bonding materials.

Abstract: A bagging apparatus including a main portion having a tube section and a flared section with a wide opening. The apparatus preferably includes a device configured to mount the apparatus on a stationary structure, and a receptacle configured to fit over a receptacle receiving portion on an exterior surface of the tube section adjacent an opening thereof. A method is provided that allows for the insertion of an item into a receptacle using the bagging apparatus. The method includes the step of positioning a receptacle over an exterior surface of the tube section adjacent an opening thereof. The item is inserted within the flared section of the bagging apparatus via the wide opening. The item is then slid through a narrow opening of the flared section, through the tube section, and within the receptacle. The method further includes the step of aligning the item at a predetermined orientation within the receptacle.

Abstract: A multilayer stretch film comprising at least a first layer (i) with cling properties comprising an olefin (co)polymer composition, a second layer (ii) with slip properties comprising another olefin (co)polymer composition and if desired at least one core layer (iii) comprising an olefin (co)polymer composition between the first layer (i) and the second layer (ii). The outer surface of the first layer (i) with cling properties is provided with a non-stretchable thin film of one or more slip agent(s) covering at least 50% up to 100% of the outer surface of the first layer (i), lowering the cling properties of the unstretched composite film. The thin film of slip agent(s) is provided either by direct application of the slip agent(s) onto the outer surface or by use of slip agent(s) having limited compatibility with the (co)polymer composition as additive in the (co)polymer composition of the first layer (i).

Abstract: Associated to the first product of each group or slug of products being formed is a first engagement element which follows the movement of advance of said first product, preventing it from falling forwards in the direction of advance. In such conditions, the products are made to advance according to a stacking path that is substantially horizontal, setting them up against the first product, and thus determining the formation of groups or slugs of products and counting the number of products stacked. When the number of products stacked reaches the desired value, the last product in the group is engaged by a second engagement element which exerts an action of thrust in a forward direction on the slug of products thus formed, so causing separation thereof from the first product of a new slug being formed in the stacking structure.

Abstract: An improved pouch-filling machine includes a pouch-opening apparatus for opening with closure strips such as zipper type locks in a continuous operation. The pouches are supported by continuously moving carriers, and the pouch-opening apparatus includes first and second stages wherein the first stage performs a preliminary opening of the upper edges of the pouch to permit gripping of the upper edges in the second stage. After this preliminary opening, the carrier carries the pouch to the second stage wherein a gripper arrangement grips and pulls the upper pouch edges outwardly to open the zipper lock. Further, the machine includes a transfer conveyor which continuously feeds the pouches to the pouch-opening apparatus in a vertical orientation.

Abstract: A method and unit for forming tubular wrappings on a cigarette packing machine, whereby groups of cigarettes are fed successively to respective conveying heads of a continuous wrapping wheel, on which an end portion of a sheet of wrapping material, folded into a U about a respective group of cigarettes and carried by a respective conveying head, is folded onto the respective group by means of a respective outer folding member moved, with respect to the wrapping wheel, so to remain substantially parallel at all times to the respective conveying head; the outer folding members being equal in number to the conveying heads.

Abstract: A method and unit for closing the ends of tubular wrappings on a cigarette packing machine, wherein the tubular wrappings enclosing respective groups of cigarettes are fed continuously and successively along an annular path and through two folding stations, in the first of which a movable folding member and a fixed Sounding member, common to all the tubular wrappings, fold the short sides of a projecting tubular portion of the tubular wrapping to define two projecting major tabs, and in the second of which a single rocker arm, common to all the tubular wrappings, is swung to successively fold the two major tabs while the wall of the tubular wrapping coplanar with each major tab is maintained, during folding, contacting a respective flat supporting wall.

Abstract: Successive cigarette packs wherein an inner envelope surrounds an array of smokers' products are advanced against successive foremost blanks of a series of blanks to be converted into outer envelopes of the respective packs. Those portions of the inner envelopes which are secured to each other by an adhesive are mechanically held against separaton prior to complete setting of the adhesive on their way toward the blanks, during entrainment and initial deformation of the blanks and, if necessary, during conversion of the blanks into outer envelopes which surround the respective inner envelopes. The blanks can consist of a light transmitting material.

Abstract: A male or female tool in a wrapping machine for confinement of preferably or normally cuboid commodities in deformable sheet-like blanks of metallic foil or the like has at least one reciprocable, indexible and/or otherwise movable base portion or carrier of a lightweight material (e.g., a low-density fiber-reinforced thermoplastic material), and one or more wear-resistant liners overlying that surface or those surfaces of the carrier which participates or participate in deformation of a blank around the respective commodity. The liner can but need not be a laminate and can contain or consist of hardened steel, a ceramic material and/or others. Such liner can be bonded and/or mechanically affixed to the relevant surface or surfaces of the carrier.

Abstract: A wire rope 10 includes a plurality of strands 12. The strands are formed from individual wires or filaments 14. The strands are wound about a central axis. A conduit 16 also extends along said central axis. The conduit 16 has walls that are permeable to a lubricating compound. The lubricating compound is injected into the channel 18 defined by the conduit. The lubricating material migrates through the conduit wall and radially outwardly therefrom to provide lubrication to the individual strands and filaments comprising the wire rope.

Abstract: A mechanism for cutting a reserve of thread of spindles of continuous spinning machines has a cutting blade, an element which is draggable and which is adjustable without contacting an area of a spindle where there exists a thread of a reserve to be cut and removed, and a device for regulating an adjustment of the element.

Abstract: A bracelet made of links has two rows of side links (1) forming the edges of the bracelet and at least one row of central links (2). The side links (1) have each one two blind bores (3) opening on the inner side directed towards the central links (2) and the central links (2) are traversed each one by two bores (6) extending therethrough. Free pins (7) are placed freely but without any looseness in the bores (3,6) of the lateral links (1) and of the central links (2) and they have, at each one of their ends, a groove (10). The side links (1) have, opening on their lower face, at least one recess (5) giving access to the grooves (10) of two adjoining pins (7). Blocking members (8) are designed for being inserted into the recesses (5) of the side links (1) and they include retaining members (9) co-operating with the grooves (10) of the pins (7).

Abstract: The power produced by a gas turbine system is augmented by a direct contact heat exchanger for contacting and cooling humid ambient air with cooler water for producing cooled ambient air and warmed water, and a precompressor device for compressing said cooled ambient air to produce pressurized air that is warmer than ambient air and has a lower relative humidity. An evaporative cooler, which is supplied with the warmed water, is provided for cooling said pressurized air to-produce cooled pressurized air at about ambient air temperature and relative humidity, which is supplied to the main compressor.

Abstract: A system having an NOx adsorption catalyst in an exhaust gas flow channel of the internal combustion engine, and adsorbing and capturing NOx in an oxidative atmosphere of an exhaust gas during lean burn running and then producing a reductive atmosphere thereby regenerating the adsorption catalyst, wherein a reduction treatment of NOx is carried out based on an estimated NOx purification rate and the NOx purification rate in the lean burn exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine is always maintained at or about a predetermined level thereby decreasing the amount of exhaust gas discharged.

Abstract: A treatment device for exhaust of a vehicle comprises a main body, a filter net, and a covering lid. The main at a lateral side thereof provides an exhaust storage chamber and an outer inlet pipe is provided to communicate with the exhaust storage chamber for guiding the exhaust from the exhaust pipe of a car into the main body. At least a branch pipe with radial tubes is in the main body to communicate with the exhaust storage chamber and a lot of little apertures are arranged on the wall of each radial tube. A netting stand is in the main body to lay the filter net and liquid agent is filled in the main body with a level below the filter net. The covering lid encloses the upper opening of the main body. The exhaust storage chamber is utilized to defer the flow rate of the exhaust and these little apertures cause the exhaust to have a greater area to contact with the liquid agent and with the filter net respectively.

Abstract: An upper die and a lower die are combined. A core for molding a concavity and another core are combined with the combined upper die and the lower die at respective prescribed positions. A core for through-hole molding is constructed by the junction of cores that are severally formed with the upper die and the lower die integrally on the extension line of the central axis of the core for molding a concavity. A through-hole is molded with the core for through-hole molding. A concavity in which a valve mechanism is equipped and a communicating hole through which the concavity communicates with the through-hole are molded with the core for molding a concavity. The core for through-hole molding includes an impact hole, in which a tip of the core for molding a concavity is impacted.

Abstract: A turbocharger assembly has a housing (1) in which is formed a turbine volute inlet duct (4) having a butterfly valve (8) disposed therein and a bypass duct (6) which contains a swing valve (15), the valves being operable to control the flow of exhaust gas through each duct. A link member (30) is mounted for rotation about the pivot axis (21) of the swing valve (15) and has an opening in which an actuating pin (20) engages with a tolerance fit so as to non-rotatably connect the swing valve (15) to the link plate (30). The link plate also has an elongated channel (34) along which an actuating pin (13) of the butterfly valve travels upon rotation of the link plate (30) about the pivot axis (21). The elongated channel has a first portion (34a) which extends along an arc centered on the axis of rotation (21) and a second portion (34b) which extends along an arc whose center is offset from said axis (21).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combustion chamber of a gas turbine working on liquid fuel, comprising a tubular enclosure (2) having at least one pressurized air inlet, a liquid fuel injection means (6) positioned on or in proximity to the longitudinal axis XX′ of the tubular enclosure, an outlet to the turbine.

Abstract: An aircraft engine fuel supply circuit includes a high pressure pump for supplying the engine fuel injectors and supplying a plurality of servovalves for operating various auxiliary mechanisms. In an in-flight re-ignition configuration, with the rotational speed of the engine drops below a threshold value, a fuel economizer valve receives a command to close, thereby shutting off the supply of high pressure fuel to the servovalves. Consequently, the dimensions of the high pressure pump and other associated components in the circuit, especially heat exchangers, may be reduced.

Abstract: A tabletop white smoke generator using dry ice includes a water tank that is formed by a metal into a receptacle with an open upper side, has a vacuum empty portion formed in the inside of a bottom portion and a sidewall so that hot or cold water can be filled into the receptacle; a dry ice accommodating receptacle that is formed into a receptacle with an open upper side, the receptacle being of a size that can be accommodated within the water tank, wherein dry ice can be accommodated in the receptacle; and a holding portion, which holds the dry ice accommodating receptacle above the water tank, and which with a specific operation can submerge the dry ice accommodating receptacle into the warm water that has been filled into the water tank. A tray can be arranged above the water tank, and submerging the dry ice into the warm water generates dry ice white smoke that gushes out from below the tray.

Abstract: A fluid storage and dispensing system including a fluid storage and dispensing vessel enclosing an interior volume for holding a fluid. The vessel includes a fluid discharge port for discharging fluid from the vessel. A pressure regulating element in the interior volume of the fluid storage and dispensing vessel is arranged to flow fluid therethrough to the fluid discharge port at a set pressure for dispensing thereof. A controller external of the fluid storage and dispensing vessel is arranged to transmit a control input into the vessel to cause the pressure regulating element to change the set pressure of the fluid flowed from the pressure regulating element to the fluid discharge port. By such arrangement, the respective storage and dispensing operations can have differing regulator set point pressures, as for example a subatmospheric pressure set point for storage and a superatmospheric pressure set point for dispensing.

Abstract: A cooling cycle with a high-pressure side operating in a supercritical area of refrigerant includes a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of cooled refrigerant between a gas cooler and an internal heat exchanger, a pressure sensor for sensing a pressure of cooled refrigerant between the two, and a controller for controlling at least one of a compressor and a throttling device in accordance with the sensed temperature and the sensed pressure.

Abstract: A spray cooling system for semiconductor devices. An ink-jet type spray device sprays droplets of a cooling fluid onto the semiconductor devices. The devices vaporize the liquid, which gets passed through a roll bond panel, or other heat exchanger, and is pumped into a spring loaded reservoir that feeds the spray device.

Abstract: Enthalpy wheels are disclosed.

Abstract: A thermosiphon is provided of low cost and simple construction and having a condenser which can reliably discharge a condensed working fluid from an outlet pipe even if the apparatus is somewhat inclined. A thermosiphon 1 comprises a condenser 2 connected to a cold part B of a refrigeration apparatus A, and a capillary 3a and a large diameter pipe 3b connected to the condenser 2 and which can pass a working fluid thereinside. The condenser 2 comprises; an attachment part 4 attached to the cold part B for conducting cold from the cold part B, and a condensing part 5 provided at an end of the attachment part 4 for condensing the working fluid. The condensing part 5 has a cavity portion 6 thereinside, and an inside bottom part 6a of the cavity portion 6 is formed descending towards an outlet hole 12 communicating with the capillary 3a for the working fluid.

Abstract: The invention relates to containers for the dispatch and storage of commodities under controlled temperature conditions, in which the refrigerating or heating agents used for maintaining a specific temperature range can be introduced, spatially separated from the commodities in the interior of the container by one or more separators.

Abstract: A miniature vapor compression cycle thermal management device with a dropwise condenser. The device of the invention includes a flexible compressor diaphragm serving as the compressive member in a compressor. The compressor is stimulated electrostatically and drives the relatively small refrigerant charge for the device through a closed loop defined by interconnected compressor, condenser, expansion, and evaporator structures. The condenser includes a flexible condenser diaphragm for propelling condensed droplets of refrigerant from a cooled condensing surface into an expansion chamber. The overall structure and size of the device is similar to microelectronic packages, and it may be combined to operate with similar devices in useful arrays. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.

Abstract: A multistage compression refrigerating machine is disclosed, which efficiently cools a rotating machine such as an electric motor and lubricating oil by using a refrigerant and increases the amount of refrigerant to be used to provide the refrigerating capacity in the evaporator, thereby improving the refrigerating capacity. The machine comprises a condenser for supplying a condensed refrigerant to an evaporator via an intercooler: a multistage compression system for absorbing the above refrigerant, absorbing a refrigerant evaporated from the intercooler, from an intermediate position between adjacent compressors, compressing the absorbed refrigerants together, and discharging it to the condenser; a rotating-machine cooler for cooling a rotating machine for driving the multistage compression system; and a lubricating-oil cooler for cooling lubricating oil.