Abstract: A spool for carrying continuous pipe or coiled tubing for a coiled tubing injector is dropped into a stand at a site and coupled to a rotary power source. The stand includes two axles, on either side of the spool, and a drive coupling. A pipe slideably extends through one of the axles. It is retracted when the spool is lowered onto the stand and then extended for communicating fluid between the coiled tubing and a fluid source. A swivel joint is connected to one end of the pipe. The pipe is permitted to turn with the spool or is held stationary with respect to the stand depending on whether the swivel joint is mounted outside the stand or inside the spool.

Abstract: The invention relates to a metering unit for metering liquid and/or gaseous educts by means of a feed pump for a fuel cell system. The metering unit includes at least one lead line (16) for delivering an educt flow, at least one control piston (12), and a differential pressure valve (14) for regulating the educt flow; the differential pressure valve (14) has a regulatable throttling cross section (39), which is variable automatically, as a function of a flow pressure dictated by the control piston (12), in order to regulate the educt flow. The lead line (16) leads to the control piston (12), and between the control piston (12) and the differential pressure valve (14) a first and a second connecting line (28, 29) are provided.

Abstract: A metal diaphragm structure for pressure regulators for increasing flow capacity, flow control, and pressure rating. The structure includes a specially shaped metal diaphragm installed and clamped on its periphery into the outlet cavity of a pressure regulator body. The diaphragm is a circular thin metal disc dome shaped with specifically controlled height and thickness values.

Abstract: A backflow prevention apparatus has a valve body with a longitudinal axis that defines a flow path therethrough, and two end segments located at opposite ends of the valve body. Two check valve assemblies reside in series within the valve body. The valve body and end segments are connected to a pivot member that carries the valve body and allows it to swing in and out of axial alignment with the end segments. The check valve assemblies can be accessed and removed from the valve body when the valve body is pivotally moved out of axial alignment with the end segments.

Abstract: A check valve having a faceplate and an insert assembly. The faceplate and insert assembly have a stepwise cross-section in the direction of a forward fluid flow through the check valve. The stepwise cross-section is designed for placement of the faceplate and insert into a complementary shaped valve body. The faceplate defines at least two sections through which the fluid flowing through the check valve flows. The moving parts of the check valve, doors and hinges, are mounted on the insert such that the parts are not impacted by the fluid flow, thereby reducing maintenance on the check valve. Maintenance on the check valve can be accomplished by simply removing the faceplate, thereby releasing the insert assembly from the valve body so that the insert assembly can be replaced with minimum downtime to a cooling system having this check valve installed.

Abstract: A fuel vapor vent valve is formed of different plastic material than the fuel tank. A U-shaped or cupped attachment member formed of tank material is received over the valve with the upper end slotted to permit the hose fitting to extend outwardly through the slot for hose attachment within the tank. The rim of the attachment member is secured by weldment to the undersurface of the upper tank wall.

Abstract: A pressure control valve for a fuel tank with a spring-loaded valve body is intended to combine a maximum sealing effect with an unobstructed and reliable response. This is achieved in that the valve body comprises a foot part and a plate, the foot part being guided displaceably in the valve housing in the axis of symmetry, the plate having, in a staggered manner, a first groove and a second groove for holding a first sealing ring and a second sealing ring, the two sealing rings bearing against the sealing surface when the valve is closed and being flowed around in series when the valve is open.

Abstract: A control valve system including a housing having an inlet, a first output, and a second output. The control valve system further includes a slidable valve positionable in a first position, where fluid communication is established between the inlet and the first output; a second position, where fluid communication is established between the inlet and the second output; and a third position, where fluid communication is prevented between the inlet and the first or second output. A solenoid valve assembly is coupled in fluid communication with the inlet and is positionable in an actuated position, where fluid communication is established with the inlet to move the valve from the first position to the second position, and a deactuated position. A feedback passage extends between the first output and the valve so as to position the valve in the third position in response to fluid pressure within the first output.

Abstract: A valve with an integral means for bleeding internal pressure prior to separation of a bonnet for the valve from its engagement with the valve body, provided by a bore through the valve body. This allows the internal pressure of the valve to equalize with atmospheric pressure prior to complete disassembly of the bonnet from the valve body. The bore through the valve body also serves as a leak detector, by providing a path for fluids passing through the valve to leak to the exterior of the valve body in the event of a failure of the seal between the bonnet and the valve body, which can readily be detected by passersby upon inspection of the exposed end of the bore at the exterior of the valve body.

Abstract: A valve device with a check valve can be used for a washer nozzle and a hose joint. In the valve device, first and second body portions are detachably attached to each other by an attachment of a joint portion to a joint hole and by an engagement of engagement protrusions with engagement holes. A circular fixing portion of the check valve is clamped between the first and second body portions, thereby sealing an attachment portion between the first and second body portions. Further, the check valve includes plural connection portions connected to the fixing portion at a radial inside to be elastically deformed, and a valve body connected to the connection portions to open and close a supply port of the first body portion. Accordingly, the valve device has a simple structure, and it is possible to perform a maintenance in the valve device.

Abstract: A bladder surge tank includes a liquid port, and a bladder disposed therein for providing a surge absorbing interface between liquid and pressurized gas within the tank. The bladder surge tank can be horizontally or vertically oriented. In a horizontal embodiment, the surge tank includes a nozzle system disposed horizontally therein that is separate from the liquid port and that is integrally joined to the interior wall. Such nozzle system includes a nozzle member positioned between the liquid port and the bladder, and comprises a plurality of perforations disposed therethrough. In a vertical embodiment, the surge tank includes a nozzle system disposed vertically therein that is part of the liquid port and that includes a nozzle member having a plurality of perforations disposed therethrough.

Abstract: A corrugated pipe is provided having a pipe structure of an inner wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface, and an outer wall having corrugations, each of the corrugations having an interior surface and an exterior surface, each corrugation having a crown. The pipe structure has a trough between each corrugation, and each trough has a center-point, with the distance between the center-points of adjacent troughs defining the pitch of the pipe. The pipe structure has at each crown a first distance extending in a straight line from the crown exterior surface to the interior surface of the inner wall, with the distance defining the pitch being a second distance, with the ratio of the first distance to the second distance being less than 0.8:1.0.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hose for introduction and distribution of inflator gas which is characterized in that the hose is placed in an air bag apparatus for side collision and distributes the inflator gas upon operation of the air bag, that outside surface and/or inside surface of the hose are/is coated with rubber or synthetic resin and that the hose has a distribution hole.

Abstract: A pipe of layers of thermoplastic polyolefins of the same type, however with different properties, which are connected inseparably with one another, an outer first layer and a second layer, adjoining the first layer on the inside, consisting of a material, which has not been cross-linked, the second layer approximately having the FNCT the value or the NPT value of a one-layer standard pressure pipe and the first layer having an FNCT or NPT value, which is higher by a factor of at least 3 than that of the second value. Moreover, a third layer is provided, which adjoins the second layer on the inside, also consists of material that is not cross-linked and has a PNCT, which is higher by a factor of at least 3 than that of the second layer and an NPT layer, which is higher by a factor of at least 2 than that of the second layer.

Abstract: A small diameter metal tube whose inner surface is smooth and its production method are provided. The metal tube has an inner diameter of up to 1.0 mm and its inner surface has a maximum height difference (Rf) in the surface roughness of up to 3 &mgr;m.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for producing a tape having a curve, especially a curved flat line compound. The inventive device consists of several clamping jaw pairs that are arranged downstream in relation to a weaving device and serve for withdrawing the individual lines. The clamping jaw pairs are moveably arranged along the direction of withdrawal, are driven and can be swivelled. In a preferred embodiment, two clamping jaw pairs are used which can be moved to-and-fro along the direction of withdrawal in an alternating manner and by means of drives that engage on the ends of the clamping jaws. The amplitude of the movement can be changed in an independent manner on both sides. The drive device can be configured as a crank gear system. A crank gear engages on each side of each clamping jaw and the lifting movement of the crank gears of one side can be adjusted in relation to the lifting movement of the crank gears on the remaining side. Different warp threads (e.g.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for an integrated vapor recovery and fuel delivery system for a fuel dispenser. The apparatus includes a fuel dispenser having a member constructed from extruded material connected to the fuel dispenser. The member has at least one fluid conduit located inside the member for transporting fluid. The member also has a vapor conduit located inside the member for transporting vapor.

Abstract: A system for filling an enclosed environment of a disc drive with a gas other than air includes a filling system connection apparatus that can be connected to a corresponding disc drive connection apparatus that is connected to the enclosed environment of the disc drive. A vacuum source and a source of gas other than air can be connected to the filling system connection apparatus. The filling system also includes a pressure sensor can produce a pressure signal representative of the pressure within the enclosed environment of the disc drive. A control module receives the pressure signal and directs one of the vacuum source and the source of gas other than air through the filling system connection apparatus to the enclosed environment of the disc drive. A method of filling an enclosed environment of a disc drive with a gas other than air includes connecting the enclosed environment to a vacuum source.

Abstract: A manifold assembly for use in conjunction with a servicing apparatus for exchanging fluid between a serviceable automobile component and new and used fluid tanks and including a rigid manifold body with a fluid circuit defining a plurality of pathways connecting a plurality of ports whereby fluid is directed through the fluid circuit and ports by selectively operating first and second valves and circulated using a common pump to exchange fluid, recirculate fluid, and drain both the used and new fluid tanks as desired.

Abstract: A fluid servicing apparatus for exchanging fluids with a power steering fluid reservoir including drain and supply conduits with inline pumps coupled to a control board on a cabinet housing new and used fluid receptacles and a remote pump actuator in communication with the control board including a switch selectively operable to actuate either of said pumps to drain and fill the reservoir.

Abstract: A system for strengthening containers in a high-speed filling operation is disclosed. The system includes a solenoid-driven injector apparatus positioned at an angle to the containers being filled. The injector apparatus includes a chamber connected via an intake line to a supply tank. A solenoid is adapted to open an injector valve, allowing liquefied gas within a chamber to forcibly flow through an outflow line into the container. The solenoid is also adapted to close the injector valve, thereby blocking the liquefied gas within the chamber from entering the outflow line. The injector apparatus also includes a heater positioned adjacent to the outflow line and an adjustment device for the injector valve.

Abstract: A metering and packaging device includes several cups fixed to rotate about a shaft. These cups are positioned under hopper outlets during a portion of their rotation to receive bulk material, and over passages through a bottom plate during another portion of their rotation to dump bulk material into weigh buckets. The outlets, cups and passages through the bottom plat are angularly displaced from one another such that the cups drop measured portions of bulk material in an alternating fashion into the weigh buckets, and the weigh buckets drop the portions into a packaging machine in an alternating fashion into a packaging machine which separately packages each successive and alternately dropped portion.

Abstract: An automatically closing control valve for liquids which includes entry (3′) and exit (4′) apertures and an internal chamber (5) in which a piston (6) that opens and closes the entry (3′) and exit (4′) apertures slides. The valve (1) has springs (10, 20) that closes the piston (6), mechanical or pneumatic means (11, 22, 23) to keep the piston (6) open and a monitoring probe (12, 26). The probe (12, 26) communicates with pneumatic means (15, 16, 28, 29) that keep the piston (6) in an opened position and that operate the springs (10, 20) that returns the piston (6) upon reaching maximum level. The aperture (4′) is connected to the nozzle (4″) shaped as a Venturi tube, which creates the vacuum to activate the pneumatic means (15, 28).

Abstract: A touchless automatic fiber optic beverage/ice dispenser (10, FIG. 1), dispenses ice and or beverages into a cup/container (26, FIG. 2), without user or cup/container touching any part of the machine, for sanitary effortless product filling activation. Any number of products may be dispensed from dispensing nozzles (16, 18, FIG. 1), in any volumes desired, allowing product mixing to customize beverages to the user's preference. Touchless automatically activated dispensing allows cup/container to be held in normal fashion to which people are currently accustomed. A filling indicator light (15, FIG. 1) illuminates during automatic filling. “On/off” mode selector (14, FIG. 1) prevents unauthorized product dispensation, and allows fast, easy machine cleaning. Resulting is a user friendly, commercially durable, sanitary touchless beverage/ice dispenser (10, FIG. 1), wherein germs and diseases are not transmitted from person to person via the machine, even during refilling.

Abstract: A fuel tank fill tube assembly is disclosed for use with a conventional gasoline fill nozzle. The assembly includes a fill tube having a first tubular and cylindrical main body with a predetermined inside diameter. The fill tube further includes an enlarged diameter inlet portion joined at one end to one end of the main body. This inlet portion has a second predetermined diameter which is greater than the diameter of the main body. Both the main body and inlet portions are coaxial with each other. The inlet portion is dimensioned so that the gas fill nozzle is insertable through the inlet portion and, upon insertion, a free end of the gasoline fill nozzle is positioned within the interior of the main body. Additionally, the diameter of the main body is configured so that, upon fuel flow from the gasoline fill nozzle into the interior of the main body, a liquid seal is formed by the fuel flow from the gasoline fill nozzle within the main body.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and a process for the separation of aluminium and grey cast iron cuttings from a cutting mixture. Herein, the cuttings are collected and fed to a first transport section (20). The cuttings are transported along the first transport section (20) and subjected to a magnetic field in such a way that due to the effect of gravity the aluminium cuttings leave the first transport section (20) at a first location (34), and the grey cast iron cuttings held by the magnetic attraction of the magnetic field, follow the first transport section (20) for a predetermined distance as far as a second location (36) and also leave this transport section (20) there, wherein the cuttings are gathered separately from one another at the first and second locations (34, 36).

Abstract: Vacuum carburizing of ferrous workpieces is performed at low pressure in a vacuum furnace using a napthene hydrocarbon as the carburizing medium. The furnace is constructed to be generally transparent to the napthene so that cracking tends to occur at the workpiece which functions as a catalyst to minimize carbon deposits. The napthene is supplied in liquid form to fuel injectors which inject the liquid napthene as a vapor at duty cycles and firing orders to produce a uniform dispersion of the hydrocarbon gas about the work resulting in uniform carburizing of the workpieces. An in-situ methane infrared sensor controls the process. Hydrogen is added to the napthene to either assure full carbon potential and produce methane or to perform variable carburizing.

Abstract: A method and system for inhibiting corrosion of aluminum and other metal-containing components and structures exposed to water is disclosed. In one embodiment, the silicate solution is used as a test fluid medium for structural testing of aluminum-alloy or other metal container structures including propellant tanks, in which a structure filled with the medium is then subjected to various structural load testing. In another embodiment, the silicate solution is used as a test medium for proof pressure hydrostatic or load testing of launch vehicle booster tanks. The silicate film protects the underlying base metal surface against corrosion during these tests. The film also protects the base metal surface in normal atmospheric conditions from exposure to humidity and other atmospheric moisture after removal of the test medium from the propellant tank following completion of testing.

Abstract: Machine part is constituted with steel with the carbon content of 0.2% or more and reduced with the hydrogen content after hardening by a heat treatment to 0.04 ppm or less. Further, hardness after hardening by the heat treatment is made to Hv 450 or more.

Abstract: The sputter target includes a tantalum body having tantalum grains formed from consolidating tantalum powder and a sputter face. The sputter face has an atom transport direction for transporting tantalum atoms away from the sputter face for coating a substrate. The tantalum grains have at least a 40 percent (222) direction orientation ratio and less than a 15 percent (110) direction orientation ratio in an atom transport direction away from the sputter face for increasing sputtering uniformity.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy sputter target having a sputter target face for sputtering the sputter target. The sputter target face has a textured-metastable grain structure. The textured-metastable grain structure has a grain orientation ratio of at least 35 percent (200) orientation. The textured-metastable grain structure is stable during sputtering of the sputter target. The textured-metastable grain structure has a grain size of less than 5 &mgr;m. The method forms aluminum alloy sputter targets by first cooling an aluminum alloy target blank to a temperature of less than −50 ° C. Then deforming the cooled aluminum alloy target blank introduces plastic strain into the target blank and reduces the grain size of the grains to form a textured-metastable grain structure. Finally, finishing the aluminum alloy target blank forms a finished sputter target that maintains the textured-metastable grain structure of the finished sputter target.

Abstract: The joint properties of a metal strip being rolled in a hot strip rolling mill, especially a steel strip, are adjusted in the cooling stretch of said mill by cooling. According to the invention, a time-related cooling course is predetermined for each strip point of the metal strip. An individual cooling curve is established as a function of time for each strip point, the established time curve is constantly compared with the model time-related cooling curve for each strip point and process control signals for controlling and/or regulating the cooling stretch are derived from this comparison. The corresponding device is provided with a calculating device and a process control device.

Abstract: A corrosion-resistant coated brass metal coated with a corrosion resistant alloy. The corrosion resistant alloy is a tin metal alloy or a tin and zinc metal alloy. The corrosion resistant metal alloy may also include one or more metal additives to improve the coating process and/or to alter the properties of the tin or tin and zinc metal alloy.

Abstract: A high strength and ductility &agr;+&bgr; type titanium alloy, comprising at least one is isomorphous &bgr; stabilizing element in a Mo equivalence of 2.0-4.5 mass %, at least one eutectic &bgr; stabilizing element in an Fe equivalence of 0.3-2.0 mass %, Si in an amount of 0.1-1.5 mass %, and C in an amount of 0.01-0.15% mass, and has a &bgr; transformation temperature no lower than 940° C.

Abstract: The inventions describes a method and apparatus for remotely forming a mixture of liquid oxygen (“LOX”) and liquid methane (“LNG”), with the mixture commonly referred to as MOX, such that the LOX and LNG never contact each other until inside the container in which the mixture will be used. The method disallows contact between the LOX and the LNG in order to prevent the premature or inadvertent explosive combustion that can occur in a variety of ways. The method provides a way to deactivate the MOX mixture, even after the MOX mixture has been formed. The invention also contemplates various apparatuses that will allow the method to be practiced.

Abstract: Diglyercol tetranitrate is an energetic nitrate ester plasticizer having no freezing point, making the nitrate ester plasticizer especially suited for use in solid rocket motor propellants that are subjected to low temperature storage and operational environments, which can reach as low as −54° C. in temperature. In order to avoid problems associated with fume-off that characterize the conventional synthesis method of making diglycerol tetranitrate, synthesis is performed in a medium including a mixed acid phase and an inert organic phase. The mixed acid phase contains, as ingredients, at least one nitronium ion source and at least one acid having sufficient strength to generate nitronium ions from the nitronium ion source. The nitronium ions in the mixed acid nitrate diglycerol to form diglycerol tetranitrate, which is then received into the organic liquid.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having improved conductivity is disclosed herein whereby the tire is provided with at least one conductive pathway extending through the tread surface and contacting the tread cushion. Conductive pathways are created by introducing small volumes of high carbon black concentration. Such pathways provide low electrical resistance and dissipation of static charge accumulation on a motor vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a portable traction enhancement device. The present invention uses a section of conventional mesh screen material consisting of a directional weave of fiber material. The mesh material is installed in operable relation to a surface requiring enhanced traction such as a shoe sole or tire tread. Pressure exerted against the mesh causes localized melting in the icy surface allowing the strands of the mesh to engage the surface and enhance the tractional stability of the user.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pneumatic rubber tire with an outer, circumferential tread wherein said tread has a tread configuration comprised of spaced apart, raised lugs designed to be shock absorbingly ground contacting, wherein said tread and lugs are comprised of rubber selected from butyl rubber, halobutyl rubber or isobutylene-derived rubber. Said tire may also contain sidewalls comprised of one or more of such rubber. Thus, such tread is a combination of specific structural configuration and specific rubber composition to create a shock absorbing effect.

Abstract: A tread for a tire having a preferred direction of travel has a plurality of tread pattern blocks, the upper faces of which are intended to come into contact with the roadway during travel of the tire. The tread pattern blocks are provided with a plurality of wells of section S and of depth H, each block being divided into a front section and a rear section by a median plane Pv perpendicular to the upper contact face of the block and to the longitudinal direction of the tread and passing through the center of mass G of the contact face of the block when new. The front section has a leading edge and the rear section has a trailing edge. This tread is characterized in that, when new and for each tread pattern block which is provided with wells, the volume of all the wells located in the front section of the block is greater than the volume of all the wells located in the rear section of the block.

Abstract: In a pneumatic tire, a cord spacing between an axially outer cord layer and an axially inner cord layer such as: a turnup portion and a main portion of a carcass ply; or a bead reinforcing cord layer and a carcass ply turnup portion, is increased from the radially inside to the outside of the tire to improve the durability of the bead portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bracing ply comprising reinforcing elements, which are made of steel cords, for a vehicle pneumatic tire, in particular, for a pneumatic tire used on transporters or light trucks and reinforced pneumatic tires. Said bracing ply is provided with two steel cord plies (bracing plies) which are stacked in a radial direction, whereby the radially inner steel cord ply is wider in the axial direction of the tire than the radially outer steel cord ply. In addition, the individual steel cords of a ply run diagonally with a slope ranging from 18° to 25° with regard to the zenithal plane of the tire. The radially inner and the radially outer steel cord plies have opposed slopes, are comprised of individual filaments with a filament diameter of 0.32 mm, and are provided with a U+T structure (untwisted+twisted), whereby the radial distance between steel cord plies is smaller in the zenithal plane of the tire than in the shoulder areas.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a pleatable filter material from a thermally bonded non-woven fabric which has spacers, formed from the filter material itself, for folds. To produce the filter material, a fibrous web is formed from drawn and undrawn synthetic fibers and subsequently calendered. The fibrous web, which is not flat bonded, is bonded in a tension-free manner between profiled calender rolls without inhomogeneities over the cross-section of the non-woven fabric.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dry-laid composition comprising: hollow synthetic fiber, absorbent and a binder system. The hollow fiber comprises from about 10 to about 50 percent by weight of said composition. The hollow synthetic fiber has a denier of between about 2 to about 18. The hollow synthetic fiber is selected from the class of polyolefins, polyesters, polyamides, acrylics, as well as mixtures and copolymers thereof. The absorbent comprises from about 40% to about 80% of the weight of said composition. The absorbent is a natural absorbent, or a synthetic absorbent, or a mixture of these. The natural absorbent is selected from the class of wood pulp fluff, cotton, cotton linters, and regenerated cellulose fibers, or a mixture of these. The synthetic absorbent is selected from the class of agar, pectin, guar gum, and synthetic hydrogel polymers. The binder fiber comprises from about 3 to about 15 percent by weight of said composition.

Abstract: A method for producing data carriers equipped with integrated transponders is disclosed in which the transponders are supplied in a transponder web and are covered on one side with a label, wherein the transponders are separated and aligned before being assembled with an associated label. The disclosure further includes an apparatus for producing data carriers equipped with an integrated transponder that includes a device for supplying a first web of labels and a device for supplying a web of transponders adjoining one another and includes a joining station for cutting and separating the transponders from the transponder web which divides the transponders from the web, separates them and transfers them individually to the label web.

Abstract: The present invention is an insulated pitched roofing system for a sloped deck in which an insulating sheet is adhered to the sloped deck or to a roofing substrate and the roof tiles are adhered to the insulating sheet with a polymer adhesive. The polymer adhesive is preferably a froth liquid polyurethane foam.

Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus wherein each pair of jaws (42) is mounted on a carriage (29, 31) freely mobile on longitudinal slide rails and subjected to the action of springs (28, 32) pushing them towards a retractable stop borne by the frame of the other carriage, while the frame (1) of one of the carriages (29) is itself mounted sliding on transverse slide rails (8) and is coupled to drive means (10) capable of moving it on said rails (8) between an initial position, wherein the pairs of jaws (42, 43) are aligned, and a connecting position, wherein the pairs of jaws are offset and the retractable stops retracted, and the hot blade is borne by a carriage vertically mobile, in both directions, on vertical slide rails (20), said carriage (27) having the shape of a wedge whereof the two lateral sides are profiled and co-operate each, after the retractable stops are retracted and while the blade (27) is being raised, with a roller having a horizontal axis projecting rearward of the corresponding frame or

Abstract: A softer absorbent garment is prepared by incorporating elastic strands that are coated around their periphery. The elastic strands are coated with adhesive by immersing them in an adhesive-filled applicator comb prior to applying the elastic strands to the garment. The absorbent garment thus requires less adhesive, and the manufacturing method provides a cleaner work environment.

Abstract: An automated process of making a medical test implement, such as a LEAP Testing Implement, includes the steps of providing a handle element, providing a deformable test element, and mechanically mating the deformable test element to the handle element so that at least a portion of the deformable test element extends from the handle element. The deformable test element deforms when a predetermined load is applied thereto.

Abstract: A method of applying a protective strip to an edge of a wood product piece. The process uses a set of aligned rollers and a belt apparatus that includes a pair of rollers having a shoe positioned between them and a belt fitted about the rollers and the shoe. The distance from the belt to the first set of aligned rollers is substantially equal to the width of the wood product piece. The wood product piece is placed between the first set of aligned rollers and the belt apparatus and resin is applied to the edge the wood product piece. The wood products piece is then squeezed between the first set of aligned rollers and the belt apparatus. At least a subset of the rollers are driven to move the wood products piece along the belt apparatus, thereby causing the resin to be squeezed into the edge of the wood products piece. Finally, the resin is cured.