Abstract: Systems and methods for aligning High Density Array (“HDA”) pin plates, substrates and reservoirs with respect to each other. The system includes a flexure having a flexible print head, elongated members flexibly connected off-axis to the system and a pin plate support assembly detachably connected to the flexure allowing the pin plate assembly to adapt its position during a printing operation. The pin plate has alignment ball receptacles on its surface and the reservoir has alignment balls on its surface facing the pin plate. The pin plate is positioned with respect to the reservoir such that each of the alignment balls is located within one of the alignment ball receptacles to achieve the alignment. Once the pin plate is aligned, it is secured to a supporting assembly such as a vacuum bridge, and inking and printing operations are performed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for cooling material to be printed and printing machine elements at sheet-fed rotary printing machines by means of cooled compressed air. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus which requires little space, is able to cool effectively the material to be printed as well as the machine elements, which are undesirably heated by the dryers. Pursuant to the present invention, this objective is accomplished by providing an apparatus wherein cooled, compressed air is supplied over one or more sheet-guiding devices for guiding the sheets pneumatically along the sheet-guiding path, and a cooling device is disposed in the cross section of flow of the compressed air or the sheet-guiding device.

Abstract: A clean burning premeasured compressed charge for use in black powder firearms as well as cartridges. The premeasured compressed charge is manufactured to have a substantially desired shape which facilitates improved flame propagation by the leading end wall and along the exposed sidewall surfaces of the compressed charge to result in a more complete and rapid burning of the compressed charge both from the leading end wall toward the trailing end wall and also radially inwardly from each one of the four sidewalls toward a center of the premeasured compressed charge. The premeasured compressed charge has a leading end portion and a trailing end portion and the leading end portion is either the same size or a smaller dimension than the trailing end portion.

Abstract: The invention uses a pair of opposed tabs on the charge holder to engage a groove in the case of the shape charge. The case is generally conical in shape. However, the front opening of the case has both a first and second circumferential ridge separated by a groove. The diameter of the groove generally matches the distance between tabs. The second ridge can have a flat milled thereon to allow case to be inserted until the tabs contact the forward or first ridge. This locates the tabs between the first and second ridges and over the groove. The case is then rotated so that the tabs are captured between the two ridges. Once installed, the detonation cord is attached to the case. The cord helps prevent any rotation of the case, thereby securing it into the charge holder. Thus, the use of easily milled tabs on the charge holder in conjunction with an easily milled groove and flats on the case provide an improved apparatus and method for securing the shape charge into the charge holder of a perforation gun.

Abstract: A short-action firearm cartridge has unique pressure, length and diametric relationships. The overall length of the cartridge case has a ratio to a diameter thereof, at a predetermined location on a wide portion of the case, of no more than about 3.5. Such diameter is at least about 0.53 inch, and the length of the wide portion of the case has a ratio to such diameter of no more than about 3.

Abstract: An apparatus and method relating to a cased telescoped ammunition assembly configured to be fired from a firing device. Under one aspect of the invention, a cased telescoped ammunition assembly includes a combustible case body and noncombustible end caps connected to opposing ends of the case body. The case body is configured to be substantially consumed in combustion when the ammunition assembly is fired. An internal support structure is positioned in the interior portion of the case body and connected to the end caps. The internal support structure and the end caps define a load-bearing unit that provides a load path substantially independent of the case body. The load-bearing unit is configured to react external loads, such that the combustible case body is substantially isolated from and does not react the external loads.

Abstract: A wood treatment composition for the preservation of wood comprises a mixture of creosote and a polymer which is miscible with the creosote at about 200° F. and does not substantially phase-separate when the wood treatment composition is under ambient conditions. The polymer may include, but is not limited to, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers, ethylene methyl acrylate copolymers, ethylene ethyl acrylate copolymers, ethylene butyl acrylate copolymers, ethylene acrylic acid copolymers, ethylene methacrylic acid copolymers, ethylene methyl methacrylic acid copolymers, ethylene styrene interpolymers, styrene acrylic acid copolymers, styrene methacrylic acid copolymers, styrene methyl acrylate copolymers, styrene butadiene styrene block copolymers, styrene ethylene butylene styrene block copolymers, or a blend thereof. Preferably, the creosote is present in an amount of at least 50 percent by weight of the composition.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composition including: mixing a basic material with a pigment dispersion including at least a pigment and water; and then subjecting the mixture of the basic material and pigment dispersion to a heat treatment. This composition is useful as an inkjet ink composition. An inkjet ink composition including at least pigment, water and a basic material, and has a pH of from 6.5 to 11.0 is also provided. An image forming method including discharging the composition from a nozzle to form an ink image on a receiving material is provided.

Abstract: An imaging composition comprising a mixture of a fluid and a functional material; wherein the fluid is compressed and the functional material is dispersed and/or solubilized in the compressed fluid; and wherein the mixture is thermodynamically stable or thermodynamically metastable or both.

Abstract: A reversible thermochromic composition with light fastness feature comprises (a) an electron-donating color former, (b) an electron-accepting compound represented by Formula I, 1

Abstract: A pigment dispersion including a pigment, a dispersant, and a dispersion medium including water, wherein the dispersant includes a compound having the following formula (1).

Abstract: A fast-setting, bioresorbable calcium phosphate cement is prepared by a process which can be carried out with a heat treatment up to 1000° C. on a mixture of a wetting solution and a calcium phosphate powder having a Ca to P molar ratio of 0.5-2.5. The wetting solution suitable for use in the process of the present invention includes water, an organic solvent, an acidic and basic solution. A setting solution for mixing with the heated powder to form the fast-setting, bioresorbable calcium phosphate cement may be water, an acidic or basic solution according to the process of the present invention.

Abstract: Titanium dioxide-calcium carbonate composite particles capable of realizing characteristic properties inherent in titanium dioxide such as a high opacity, a process for producing the same, and a complex composition or complex incorporated with the same are provided. The composite particles were prepared by adding titanium dioxide particles having an average particle diameter of 0.1 to 0.5 &mgr;m in a carbonation step, typically a step of introducing a gaseous mixture of carbon dioxide and air into a calcium hydroxide slurry with stirring, to conduct a carbonation, and continuing the reaction till pH of the slurry becomes 7 by continuous introduction of the gaseous mixture. Moreover, by incorporating the formed composite particles, complexes such as coatings and paints for paper making or composite materials such as paper, plastic molded materials, and rubber molded materials are produced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a high surface area product and its production from solid-containing material, such as waste effluent from a paper-treating plant. The high surface area product comprises calcium carbonate, and is useful as a coefficient of friction control filler for newsprint.

Abstract: A matting agent for paint which achieves a great matting effect even when added in a small amount to an energy beam-hardening paint compound and an energy beam-hardening paint compound containing the matting agent for paint. While micronized silica is stirred in a mixer, a solution consisting of chloroform and beeswax dissolved therein is sprayed on the micronized silica with a sprayer. The micronized silica after the spraying is stirred in the mixer for ten minutes and is dried in a dryer at a temperature of 70° C. After pulverizing aggregates using a compact air mill, a matting agent comprising 100 weight parts of micronized silica coated with 12 weight parts of beeswax is obtained. When dispersed in an epoxy acrylate resin-based paint, the matting agent achieves a great matting effect with a substantially small addition compared with a conventional matting agent.

Abstract: Method for the production of a chemically bound ceramic material by means of reaction between a binding phase of one or more powdered binding agents and a liquid reacting with these binding agents, a quantity of powder containing said binding phase being suspended in said liquid so that all powder grains are brought into close contact with the liquid, whereupon the slurry thus obtained is drained so that the majority of surplus reacting liquid is removed, and is compacted during final draining, before the material is permitted to harden by reaction between said binding phase and the remaining liquid. One or more expansion-compensating additives, adapted to give the material dimensionally stable long-term properties, are mixed into said powder, prior to or in conjunction with its suspension in the liquid. The invention also relates to the product of the method.

Abstract: Raw compact (3) comprising a binding phase of one or more powdered binding agents, which raw compact has the capacity, following saturation with a liquid reacting with binding agents, to form a chemically bound ceramic material, and which raw compact preferably has a degree of compactness of 55-67 percent by volume solid phase. According to the invention, the raw compact (3) also comprises one or more expansion-compensating additives adapted to give the material dimensionally stable long-term properties. The invention also relates to a method of manufacture of the ceramic material, and a compaction device and a compaction body for compacting the saturated raw compacts.

Abstract: Oil-based settable spotting fluid compositions for cementing in wells and subterranean formations are provided. The oil-based settable spotting fluid compositions basically comprise an oil external emulsion comprising oil, water and an emulsifying surfactant, a hydraulically settable component and a de-emulsifying surfactant for de-emulsifying the oil-external emulsion when the emulsion is cured.

Abstract: Compositions comprising an aqueous calcium Hydroxide slurry with solids loading of 25-65 wt. %, an acidic polymer or water-soluble salt thereof and a co-additive are prepared. Also claimed are methods for the preparation thereof. The composition has low viscosity and remains flowable after several days.

Abstract: A table includes a round table top defining an unobstructed open slot that extends inwardly about halfway from a perimeter of the table top. The slot is shaped to receive a freestanding article of furniture slid horizontally into the slot, such as a screen, a partition panel, a leg of another table, or the like. The table top is pivoted to the base by links that are mechanically moveable over-center to a locking position when the table top is moved to a use position. A handle is formed as part of one of the links to assist with the over-center movement. The base is adapted to nest against similar bases for compact storage, and includes two feet with low-height flat ends that lie close to a floor surface so that they do not objectionably interfere with mating furniture nor with a person's feet when using the table.

Abstract: A table includes a leg anchor. The leg anchor is coupled to a leg of the table and is embedded in a core of a table top to couple the leg thereto. The core is positioned in an interior region of a shell of the table top. A lower shell member of the shell provides an underside of the table top and includes a rim and a stiffening rib arrangement that cooperate to provide a channel for receiving the leg.

Abstract: A table includes a table top, a leg coupled to the table top for movement relative thereto, and a leg lock. The leg lock includes a button arranged for movement between a locking position locking the leg in a fixed position relative to the table top and an unlocking position allowing movement of the leg relative to the table top. A button actuator is arranged to move the button from the locking position to the unlocking position.

Abstract: The present invention utilizes radiation reflectors on the refractory wall of a fired furnace opposite the spaces between adjacent tubes. The refractory radiation reflectors have a base contiguous with the refractory surface and secured to a subjacent structure, and an isosceles triangular cross section with similar sides extending from the base. The base has a dimension less than the spaces between adjacent tubes to facilitate installation in a modular construction. The radiation reflectors focus the reflected radiation from the flame onto the dark side of the tubes. The invention increases the overall heat transfer of the tube by increasing the heat flux rate for the backside of the tube, and also decreases the flux and temperature differentials between the front and rear sides of the tubes.

Abstract: A sailing craft including a hull assembly (1,2), keel (3) and turret assembly (5) connected to the hull assembly (1, 2), for rotation about an axis. Turret assembly (5) is adapted to carry the craft's crew. The craft further includes mast (7) connected to and projecting from turret assembly (5) and sail assembly (8, 9, 10) connected to mast (7) in spaced relation to turret assembly (5). Sail assembly (8, 9, 10) includes sail member (8) which is movable relative to mast (7) for propelling the craft. Sail assembly (8, 9, 10) further includes wind vane (10) operable to position sail member (8) with respect to the wind direction. Sail member (8) may comprise an aerofoil shaped body. The combined centre of mass of turret assembly (5), sail assembly (8, 9, 10) and the crew is designed to lie close to the rotational axis of turret bearing (6) whilst sailing.

Abstract: A pontoon composed of a series of hollow pontoon elements which when mounted on a pair of guide rails becomes an integral assembly forming a pontoon. The elements, with the exception of the bow and the stern elements, are identical, with the stern and bow elements having a curved water engaging surface to decrease the resistance to passage through the water.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of deactivatable biocides in ballast water aboard a vessel. The present invention relates to methods of limiting the transfer of one or more life forms via ballast water comprising mixing an effective amount of the deactivatable biocide with the ballast water and irreversibly deactivating the deactivatable biocides before or upon discharge of the ballast water.

Abstract: A very large diameter turret for mooring a VLCC class FPSO vessel. A large diameter rail and wheel bearing system is disposed between a turret main deck and the hull of the vessel. The turret is designed for a flexibility to allow the turret main deck to conform to the sag or hog of the vessel so that excessive forces on the wheels of the bearing system are avoided. The turret's main deck, in a preferred embodiment, includes a center hub, an outer ring, and spokes between the hub and outer ring. A lower chain deck is preferably connected to the main deck by pillars or columns, or alternatively by riser tubes alone, or other structures that achieve the desired flexibility of the main deck.

Abstract: A signalling device (10) adapted to make a percussive sound, for example, under water. The signalling device (10) may be attached to a pressurised fluid source, such as a diver's compressed air supply, the device (10) including: a housing (12) having a passageway (22), at least in part, for communication with the fluid source; a valve member (34) located in the passageway (22) and movable between a closed position in which it substantially blocks the passageway (22), and an open position in which fluid may flow through the passageway (22); biasing means (42), such as a spring, biasing the valve member (34) towards the closed position, wherein the valve member (34) reciprocates between the open and closed positions when a pressure difference above a set value exists on either of the valve member (34) to produce a perscussive sound.

Abstract: An indicator having a character plate capable of making indicative characters emit light is provided, wherein a metal character plate 30 is provided with cut-out portions 30a being cut out along the peripheries of respective indicative characters, a back light source emits light on the back of the metal character plate 30, and a light-transmissive plate 40 are provided with projecting portions 40a to fit in cutout portions 30a of the metal character plate 30.

Abstract: Methods are disclosed for producing highly doped semiconductor materials. Using the invention, one can achieve doping densities that exceed traditional, established carrier saturation limits without deleterious side effects. Additionally, highly doped semiconductor materials are disclosed, as well as improved electronic and optoelectronic devices/components using said materials. The innovative materials and processes enabled by the invention yield significant performance improvements and/or cost reductions for a wide variety of semiconductor-based microelectronic and optoelectronic devices/systems.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for growing a thin film onto a substrate is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a plurality of substrates, each having a width and a length, are placed in a reaction space and the substrates are subjected to surface reactions of vapor-phase reactants according to the ALD method to form a thin film on the surfaces of the substrates. The reaction space comprises an elongated gas channel having a cross-section with a width greater that the height and which has a length which is at least 2 times greater than the length of one substrate in the direction of the gas flow in the channel, the channel having a folded configuration with at least one approximately 180 degree turn in the direction of the gas flow.

Abstract: A paste application apparatus capable of evenly applying a paste to each of the front portion and the rear portion of the target for coating with a simple operation is provided. The paste application apparatus includes a setting device for setting the velocity difference between the movement velocity of a target for coating and that of a paste layer during application of the paste in order to evenly apply a paste to the front portion and the rear portion, wherein the paste layer having a constant layer thickness on a substrate surface moves along an arc-shaped path, when viewed from the side, the target for coating moves along the tangential direction of the arc-shaped path at a constant velocity while being immersed until a predetermined depth relative to the paste layer, and thereby the paste is applied to the target for coating.

Abstract: In the gravure coating apparatus, while a bead portion of a coating liquid is formed between a roll surface of a gravure roll to which the coating liquid is excessively supplied and a web that runs continuously, the web is pressed on the gravure roll by using a backup roll, whereby a desired amount of the coating liquid is applied to the web, a liquid supply device having an inclined surface that is inclined downward toward the roll surface and a gap too narrow for the coating liquid to flow down between the roll surface and the inclined surface is provided at a position near the bead portion on the upstream side in the direction of rotation of the gravure roll so that the coating liquid flows down on the inclined surface and is supplied to the gravure roll. A liquid return of an excess coating liquid that is not used for coating in the bead portion is less liable to occur, so that a streak trouble on a coating surface formed on the web can be prevented from occurring.

Abstract: A binding assembly for a printer includes a support chassis that is mountable to a printer, downstream of a printing zone of the printer. The support chassis defines a glue application and binding zone in which printed sheets of media are received in a feed direction. An elongate glue applicator is mounted on the chassis and is positioned substantially at right angles to the feed direction. The applicator is displaceable towards and away from the sheets of media to apply a strip of glue to a transverse edge of each of said consecutive sheets of media.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for improved stencil/screen print quality is disclosed. The stencil or screen assists in application of a printable material onto a substrate, such as an adhesive to a semiconductor die of a semiconductor wafer during a lead-on-chip (LOC) packaging process. In one embodiment, the stencil includes a coating applied to at least one surface of a pattern of the stencil or screen to retard running of the printable material onto the surface. In another embodiment, the stencil or screen includes a second coating applied to at least one other surface of the pattern to promote spreading of the printable material onto the substrate.

Abstract: An apparatus for fixing an eletrode of an electrode of plama polymerization apparatus is provided, which comprises; a nonconductive holder for fixing an electrode by covering an end part of the electrode, a leadline connecting the electrode with a power supply, and a fixing part fixing the holder on chamber wall.

Abstract: A wafer support and peripheral parts thereof are used in a heating apparatus for semiconductor wafers and are made of a silicon nitride-silicon carbide ceramic composite containing 5 to 30 weight % silicon carbide. The wafer support and peripheral parts have superior crack healing characteristic in addition to superior thermal resistance, thermal shock resistance, and chemical stability.

Abstract: A device for use in increasing milk flow from a feeder bottle. The device includes a shaft adapted for entry into a correspondingly shaped hole in the feeder bottle. The device further includes a retention element for retaining the device in the hole and a channel, formed in a wall of the shaft. The shaft is movable such that it can, in a first position, seal the hole closed and, in another position (illustrated), permit airflow into the feeder bottle via the channel.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved poultry bedding litter composition and uses incorporating the bedding litter composition. The litter composition includes byproduct or waste material from citrus juice extraction. The citrus peel byproduct or waste is in a dried state. Such bedding litter compositions improve poultry characteristics and enhance feed conversion when compared with traditional poultry bedding litters such as wood shavings.

Abstract: A sty (2) for sows having piglets is described. The sty (2) may be built having the same area requirements as for sties for bounded sows but may be used for untethered sows. This takes place in that a rectangular sty department (1) is divided by a diagonal wall (5) which is adjacent to a corner of a rectangular climate department (7) for piglets which are placed at each corner of the sty department (1). In order to establish natural lying positions (11) for the sow the sty (2) comprises mounted devices (10) in the floor which simultaneously protects the piglets against squeezing when the sow lies down.

Abstract: A cattle handling system comprises a plurality of stall dividers positioned side by side and extending generally parallel to each other. Brackets for mounting the stall dividers are connected directly to a concrete slab and allow for connection of the stall dividers to the brackets in a one man operation without the need for embedding vertical members in the slab. The position of the brackets are located on the concrete slab by use of a mounting jig. The brackets may have a vertical adjustment allowing for an increase or decrease in the working height of the stall dividers.

Abstract: A system (10) for confining an animal (18) in an area (16) defined by a boundary signal. The system includes a transmitter (22; 22A) to generate the boundary signal and an emitter such as a wire (20) to define area (16). The system also includes a receiver (26; 26A; 200; 200A) to be carried on the animal's neck. The receiver includes three selectively monitored and orthogonally-positional antennas (30, 32, 34; 202, 204, 206) to avoid missing a boundary signal. The receiver further includes code-detecting, duration monitoring and/or signal-strength circuitry (270) to control giving a shock to the animal. Further, the receiver is duty-cycled to conserve battery power (56). The shock is communicated via a conductive compliant tip (532) to reduce discomfort to the animal. The transmitter includes circuitry (64) to include a code in the boundary signal, and an isolation transformer (102) to protect the transmitter from energy strikes, such as lightning, at the emitter (20).

Abstract: A system of fuel use and fuel production comprising a vehicle, a source of liquid fuel, particularly methanol or a methanol/water mixture, means such as a methanol reformer for releasing hydrogen and carbon dioxide from the fuel, an engine such as an internal combustion engine or a fuel cell which is powered by the released hydrogen and means on the vehicle to store the released carbon dioxide. By converting the fuel into hydrogen and carbon dioxide and by providing a store for carbon dioxide on the vehicle, the present invention allows the carbon dioxide produced in the process of powering the vehicle to be collected and stored for later use in fuel production. Fuel production means are also provided.

Abstract: A single-stroke internal combustion engine is provided and includes a piston block defining a combustion cavity and a compression cavity. A working assembly is operably disposed within the piston block and includes a piston and a compression paddle, each extending radially therefrom. The piston is disposed within the combustion cavity for defining first and second combustion chambers and the compression paddle is disposed within the compression cavity for defining first and second compression chambers. The piston is reciprocally driven between the first and second combustion chambers via a combustion process, whereby the compression paddle concurrently functions to draw in and compress a fuel/air mixture. The piston is operably interconnected to a crankshaft, including a flywheel, for driving the crankshaft.

Abstract: A cooling system is provided for an engine utilizing a parallel flow configuration such that coolant flows from the outer regions of the engine block into the engine block's inner core. Parallel flow is used to maintain equivalent cylinder temperatures.

Abstract: Continuously variable valve timing, lift and duration in an engine are achieved by altering the location of the pivot of the rocker arm and by using a variable rocker arm assembly. The pivot of the rocker arm assembly alters when a variable valve lift disc rotates. The variable rocker arm assembly is composed of two sets of arms. One end of both arms rotates around the pivot and the other ends of both arms lay over on each other and are separated by a spring. The separation gap is used to compensate the amount of valve lift. When the separation gap between the two arms changes due to the pivot shaft position change, valve lift changes accordingly. The variable lift disc is used to alter the position of the rocker arm pivot and it has engaging teeth that mate with a helical gear. The rocker arm shaft is mounted on the variable lift disc, when the disc rotates, it alters the rocker arm pivot position.

Abstract: A hydraulic camshaft adjuster for adjusting the angle of rotation of the camshaft of an internal combustion engine relative to its crankshaft, including an external rotor connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a driving wheel, and an internal rotor connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a driving wheel, and an internal rotor connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a camshaft, the external rotor having at least one hydraulic chamber with radial partitions and two side walls, and the internal rotor having a hub with at least one hydraulically swiveling blade which divides the hydraulic chamber into two working chambers operated by oil pressure which is controlled by an electronic regulator via a control valve. The swiveling blade having, between stops, a base position which can be locked by pins in grooves.

Abstract: A valve timing control device is provided, which has an advantageous point of locking a relative rotation phase at an intermediate phase based on an engine halt signal. The valve opening-closing timing control device has a relative rotation control mechanism including the first path for supplying or discharging oil to or from the retard angle chamber and the advance angle chamber and for moving a relative rotation phase between the retard angle chamber and the advance angle chamber in the range between the most retarded angle phase and the most advanced angle phase. The relative rotation control mechanism has a lock oil passage for actuating lock portions for locking the relative rotation phase at the intermediate phase between the most retarded angle phase and the most advanced angle phase. The second path is provided separately from the first path. The second path supplies oil to and discharges oil from a lock oil passage.

Abstract: Engine cranking control is ended when it is detected that the battery voltage for driving the starter is lowered to at least as low as a starter drive judgement value and thereafter, returns to at least a starter stop judgement value during the engine cranking control that is started on condition that an engine is rotating. A start for driving a starter and a stop of driving the starter can be distinguished based on battery voltage where the battery voltage recovers due to a rapid reduction of consuming current and a rapid increase of a generating current when a driver recognizes an engine combustion completion and stops a starter driving. As a result, on increase of an engine friction, the cranking control is accurately ended, preventing deterioration of a fuel economy and excess exhaust gas emission.

Abstract: A gas shuttle valve of an internal combustion engine, in which a valve plate, as a sealing element, a tubular valve shaft, as a guide element, and a thrust part, which seals the end of the valve shaft opposite to the valve cone, as a stop for a valve operating element having a support for a typical valve spring, are welded to one another, is to be produced economically, i.e., cost-effectively, while nonetheless having high finished quality.