Abstract: The coating construction has flexibility corresponding to the number of layers of multiple coating layers, by which a multilayer coating film can be produced with small film thickness without adherence of dust to a film surface, a drying fault such as unevenness induced by drying-wind on the film surface, or a coating fault such as a level variation and a streak. The multilayer coating film has a coating surface state of high quality with coating thickness deviation of 3% or less. A coating device is constructed in which at least a feed roller, a coater and a dryer are integrally incorporated in a casing, and the coating device is given a function as an independent device, whereby the production apparatus of the multilayer coating film can be constructed by only appropriately placing as many coating devices as the number corresponding to the number of layers of the multiple coating layers formed on a web between a delivery device and a winder.

Abstract: A semiconductor processing chamber having a motorized lid is provided. In one embodiment, the semiconductor processing chamber generally includes a chamber body having sidewalls and a bottom defining an interior volume. A lid assembly is coupled to the chamber body and is movable between a first position that encloses the interior volume and a second position. A hinge assembly thereto is coupled between the lid assembly and the chamber body. A motor is coupled to the hinge assembly to facilitate moving the lid assembly between the first position and the second position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heating element CVD system and a heating element CVD method capable of forming a high quality polycrystalline silicon film (polysilicon film) as a device in the case of producing a silicon film using a heating element CVD system. The heating element CVD system and the heating element CVD method using the same, with heating and maintaining the inner surface of the structure surrounding the space between the substrate holder and the heating element at least 200° C. or higher, preferably at least 350° C. or higher during the film formation of the silicon film on the substrate.

Abstract: In order to provide a vapor deposition method for forming an organic thin film, which is advantageous in that a deposition rate can be easily controlled and deposition can be conducted with stable high controllability, there is prepared a crucible which is provided with an opening portion at an upper portion of the body, and a projection in a cone shape on an inner bottom surface of the crucible so as to be opposite to the opening portion. When the crucible is irradiated with an infrared light from the bottom side of the crucible, the light in one region among the infrared light transmits the bottom of the crucible and is then radiated to an organic material contained in the crucible. Therefore, the organic material is heated and vaporized at a desired temperature in the range of about 100 to 400° C. by controlling the irradiation dose of the infrared light.

Abstract: A system for coating items using a self-contained vacuum fixture. The system providing lower cost, complexity, and form factor in a coating machine. A self-contained, self-generating vacuum feature avoids the need for an external vacuum supply. The system providing fewer errors and downtime.

Abstract: Watering trough for animals provided at the base of its tank with an emptying opening. Said emptying opening is of large diameter (between 90 and 120 mm) and is closed by a monobloc plug in two portions, a first portion which closes the emptying opening and a second screw-threaded portion, which engages in a screw-thread disposed in the wall of a recess hollowed out in the wall of the tank; the height of said portion being equal to the depth of said recess.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions for use as pet litters and pet bedding, or for absorption of liquids and gases. These compositions are formed as aggregates or agglomerates of different components having different hydration capacities and hydration rates.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of culturing zooplankton that allows solids serving as feed for zooplankton to remain in a culture medium, while preventing accumulation of growth inhibitors of zooplankton and growth of bacteria, and an apparatus for culturing by the same. The culture method of the present invention includes removing a growth inhibitor of the zooplankton and/or a water-soluble nutrient for bacteria from a culture medium containing the zooplankton by a solid/liquid separation membrane with perfusion. The culture method of the present invention can produce a culture for use as feed for fishes or crustaceans containing at least 50,000 per ml of highly lively zooplanktons.

Abstract: A system and method for guiding fish that migrate is provided. A preferred embodiment is affixed to a dam having intakes that: a) generate hydroelectric power and b) serve as a natural hydraulic cue for fish that, once attracted to the intake, are converted to pet food. A device resembling an oversize kitchen exhaust fan hood, with extension, is affixed adjacent the upstream side of a stream barrier that otherwise precludes fish from safely passing. The device simulates a naturally occurring hydraulic cue that fish use to migrate and may be used to defeat competing detrimental hydraulic cues. Also provided are embodiments to enable adjustment of the device to meet changing hydraulic conditions; to preclude the accidental provision of competing negative cues or stimuli; and to complement the simulated natural hydraulic cue provided by the device through using stimuli such as light, sound or combinations thereof.

Abstract: An automatic cage lock for securing various cages in a ventilated cage and rack system. The automatic cage lock facilitates the securing of a cage within the cage and rack system when a user slides the cage into the cage and rack system until the cage fully passes the locking finger component of the automatic cage lock. The cage may be easily unlocked by applying a small amount of pressure to the locking finger while simultaneously grasping the cage for removal. A color-coded indicator block may be disposed on the end of the lock assembly; the indicator block may be hidden by an indicator shield when the cage is securely docked in the rack. Conversely, the indicator block may be visually exposed when a cage is present in the rack but not fully docked within the rack. The indicator block provides a clear indication to a user as to the docking status of the cage.

Abstract: Skeletal animal toys capable of rolling and bouncing comprise polyhedra or other skeletal structures which can be inscribed on an imaginary spherical or ellipsoidal surface, torii and linear members which form a cylinder with circular cross-section, or elliptical and linear members which form a cylinder with elliptical cross-section. The skeletal animal toy is formed of an elastomeric material, which is preferably natural rubber, synthetic natural rubber, or a blend of natural rubber or synthetic natural rubber and one of a plurality of blending polymers including butadiene rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, nitrile rubber and ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer rubber.

Abstract: There is provided a water heater unit realizing antifreezing of a water tube and the like of a heat exchanger without providing a backwind stopper on an exhaust tube. The water heater unit comprises a heat exchanger for heating water by a combustion heat of combustion means, water temperature sensors for detecting the temperatures of the water tube connected to the heat exchanger and an air supply fan for supplying air to a combustion chamber in which the combustion means is installed. When temperatures detected by the temperature sensors reach a temperature at which freezing of the heat exchanger is expected, the air supply fan is driven to supply air to the combustion chamber and the air is exhausted toward an exhaust port, thereby effecting heat exchange and antifreezing of the water tube.

Abstract: A hybrid homogeneous charge compression ignition and spark ignition engine is disclosed. The engine comprises at least one cylinder including at least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve. A pair of camshafts is used. The first camshaft is structured and arranged to operate at least one of the intake valves and the second camshaft is structured and arranged to operate at least one of the exhaust valves. The engine also includes a variable camshaft timing device operatively connected to the camshafts for operating the engine in a homogeneous charge compression ignition mode and in a spark ignition mode. A method of operating the homogeneous charge compression ignition and spark ignition engine is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of operating at least one of the intake valves by a first camshaft, operating at least one of the exhaust valves by a second camshaft and determining an engine load condition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a technology capable of efficiently supplying a heater core 12 or a heat accumulation system 15 or an internal combustion engine body 1 with cooling water heated by a cooling water heating mechanism 20 by restraining an unnecessary heat radiation from the cooling water in an internal combustion engine including the heat accumulation system.

Abstract: An engine including a stationary housing; a cylinder bank rotatably mounted to the housing about a central longitudinal axis, the cylinder bank having a plurality of cylinders therein radially distanced from and parallel to the central longitudinal axis, each cylinder having a cylinder wall, an intake port, an exhaust port, a valve assembly governing the opening and closing of the intake port and the exhaust port, a piston moveable within the cylinder between an up position and a down position, and a connecting member having an inner end connected to the piston and an outer end; a torque plate operatively connected to the outer ends of the connecting members, the torque plate being rotatably mounted in a torque plane defined by the outer ends of the connecting members and which makes an oblique angle to a plane perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis, so that as the cylinder bank rotates the torque plate sequentially guides each piston from the up position to the down position during a first portion of

Abstract: A rotary power device of the swinging piston type comprises a cylindrical rotor mounted between internal and external portions of a stator. The internal portion of the stator provides intake and exhaust channels and may hold an igniter. The external portion of the stator includes a middle portion with an oval cam track. The rotor includes a multiplicity of sector-shaped compartments arranged at equal angular intervals around the inner stator. Each compartment is open at the periphery of the rotor and has an inner opening to the central bore in alignment with ports in the central internal stator. A sector-shaped piston is mounted in each compartment for pivotal motion about a pivot axis at one vertex of the compartment. Each piston includes a roller follower for engaging the oval-shaped cam track as the rotor rotates, which causes angular reciprocation of the pistons within the compartments while performing intake and exhaust cycles through inner openings.

Abstract: A combustion chamber system for a spark-ignited linear motor includes an open-ended primary combustion chamber located within a secondary combustion chamber. An unrestricted opening between the primary and secondary combustion chambers provides for more efficient scavenging of combustion byproducts. A compression wave trigged by a spark-ignited flame front within the primary combustion chamber is reflected within the secondary combustion. Upon return, the compression wave effectively closes the unrestricted opening of the primary combustion chamber by colliding with the flame front and forcing flame jets through smaller openings in the primary combustion chamber into the secondary combustion chamber for accelerating combustion within the secondary combustion chamber.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic valve train of a charge cycle valve for an internal-combustion engine having an electromagnetic actuator and additional electric devices, such as a power part operating the actuator, a controlling and regulating device as well as a power supply.

Abstract: A lost motion mechanism that biases a free rocker arm of a lift-amount changing member capable of lifting a valve in a direction to abut against a cam includes a spring accommodated in a support portion. The support portion is a recessed portion integrally formed on a camshaft holder below the free rocker arm. The vertical dimension of an engine is reduced as compared with a case where the support portion is provided above the free rocker arm. A camshaft cap supports the camshaft and a bolt that fastens the camshaft cap to the camshaft holder are not required.

Abstract: In a variable valve timing mechanism that changes a rotation phase of a camshaft with respect to a crankshaft by a braking force of an electromagnetic brake to vary valve timing of engine valves, a controlled variable of the electromagnetic brake is corrected according to an engine rotation speed and a valve lift amount, that are correlative to an input torque from a camshaft side to the variable valve timing mechanism.

Abstract: A swing cam to actuate engine valves is rotatably disposed about a drive shaft. A first eccentric cam is tightly disposed on the drive shaft. A ring-link is rotatably disposed on the first eccentric cam. A second eccentric cam is tightly disposed on a control shaft which rotates to a given angular position in accordance with an operation condition of an associated internal combustion engine. A rocker arm is rotatably disposed on the second eccentric cam. A rod-link extends between the rocker arm and the swing cam. A first connecting pin pivotally connects a first arm portion of the rocker arm with the ring-link. A second connecting pin pivotally connects a second arm portion of the rocker arm with an end of the rod-link. A third connecting pin pivotally connects the other end of the rod-link with the swing cam. The first connecting pin is fixed to either one of the first arm portion of the rocker arm and the ring-link.

Abstract: A valve timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine is provided which is designed to ensure the drivability of the engine in the event of failure in operation of a variable valve timing control system made up of intake and exhaust side variable valve timing control mechanisms. If one of intake and exhaust side variable valve timing control mechanism has failed, the control apparatus actuates the other variable valve timing control mechanism to control the timing of opening and closing of a corresponding one of intake and exhaust valves so as to decrease an amount of overlap between the opening and closing of the intake and exhaust valves.

Abstract: A lash adjuster and a method for adjusting lash in an engine valve train are provided. A first component of the lash adjuster is formed from a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion. A second component of the lash adjuster is formed from a second material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion greater than the first coefficient of thermal expansion. The second component has an exterior dimension that is greater than or equal to a corresponding interior dimension of the first component when the lash adjuster is heated to an operating temperature.

Abstract: An ignition system or a fuel injection system provided with a dedicated auxiliary source for the ignition device or the fuel injection control system and a separation diode to separate the auxiliary source from the battery source for the start-up motor thus to ensure good ignition performance by avoiding voltage drop at an ignition device or the fuel injection control system due to larger current is drawn by a start-up motor while starting an engine.

Abstract: Motor vehicle starter comprising a starter head provided with a pinion (1), a driver (2) and a coupling device with a conical clutch for coupling the pinion to the driver (2), in which the conical clutch comprises a first frustoconical friction surface (8) fixed to the pinion and a second frustoconical friction surface (8′) with a shape complementary to the first surface (8) and fixed to the driver and in which the coupling device comprises on the one hand a hollow-shaped coupling piece having a bottom extended by an annular skirt directed axially towards one of the elements consisting of pinion and driver and on the other hand axially acting elastic means (10) bearing on a first stop fixed to the coupling piece for acting on a second stop fixed to one of the elements consisting of pinion and driver. The elastic means comprise axially deformable tongues (10b) and extend circumferentially.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for creating a monolithically or modular formed intake manifold paddle system for use in an engine. The intake manifold paddle system has a shaft or shaft portion with at least one paddle. Each of the paddles may have an elastomeric edge.

Abstract: An arrangement for lubricating a piston engine (1) comprising a source (2) of lubrication medium, first pressure elevating means (3) for elevating the pressure of the lubricating medium, and first ducting means (7) for delivering the lubricating medium to lubrication targets (6.1, 6.2) of the engine The arrangement comprises at least one second ducting means (7.1′, 7.2′), which is separate from the first ducting means (7) and which is provided with a valve arrangement (9.1, 9.2) controllable by external control (8) for controlling flow of lubricating medium in the second ducting means (7.1′, 7.2′). The second ducting means (7.1′, 7.2′) is connectable in now communication with a source of lubricating medium (2) through the valve arrangement (9.1, 9.2). The invention relates also to a corresponding method.

Abstract: A system (10) for controllably disabling cylinders in an internal combustion engine (12) includes a throttle (18) controlling air flow to an intake manifold (14), a number of cylinder deactivation devices (1001-100K) and an engine controller (28) controlling fueling (90), ignition timing (94) and throttle position (86). The controller (28) is operable to activate only the minimum number of cylinders required to achieve a desired engine/vehicle operating parameter value, open the throttle (18) to a computed throttle position, control ignition timing sufficiently to drive the current value of the engine/vehicle operating parameter to the desired engine/vehicle operating parameter value, and to then control the flow area of the throttle (18) while also controlling ignition timing to maintain the current value of the engine/vehicle operating parameter near the desired engine/vehicle operating parameter value. The engine/vehicle operating parameter may be engine output torque, engine speed or vehicle speed.

Abstract: An air swirling device adapted to be used in the air flow system of an internal combustion engine which comprises a swirling device body having a external dimension adapted for incorporation into said air flow system, a plurality of wing members having upper and lower side surfaces, said wing members extending radially and slantingly from the periphery of the swirling device body toward the center thereof, and wherein at least one of the upper and lower side surfaces has a non-liner configuration.

Abstract: A method and a device for controlling an internal combustion engine are described. The control time for a first partial injection is increased, starting out from a value of zero at which an injection does not occur. A variable that characterizes the ignition delay is measured, and a limit value of the control time is ascertained, at which the variable characterizing the ignition delay no longer substantially changes.

Abstract: A fuel injection system for multi-cylinder engine has an ECU for controlling respective fuel injection amount for cylinders. The ECU adjusts each of fuel injection amounts to suppress engine revolution speed change and engine vibration caused by differences of combustion power between cylinders. The vibration suppressing control is carried out on the basis of injection correction amounts that is calculated based on deviation of the engine revolution speed in each engine cylinder. The ECU stores the injection correction amounts in a two-dimensional map defined by a cooling water temperature and a fuel temperature. In the case of an initiation of the control, the ECU looks up the map to obtain an initial value in accordance with a present temperature condition of the engine. It is possible to start or resume the control from a proper level of the injection correction amount.

Abstract: A fuel injection apparatus (1) includes a shared pressure reservoir (6), an injector (8), a pressure intensifier, and valves for controlling the injection process and the pressure intensification. A modular design is produced by means of a pressure intensifier module (16), and a valve module (17). This reduces costs and increases flexibility in the manufacture of fuel injection apparatuses.

Abstract: A fuel injection system having a high-pressure fuel pump and a fuel injection valve for each engine cylinder. A pump work chamber can be made to communicate with a pressure chamber of the injection valve having a valve member movable by pressure in the pressure chamber to control opening of at least one injection opening. A connection of the pump with a relief chamber is controlled by a first electrically actuated control valve, and a second control valve controls the pressure in a control pressure chamber, which pressure urges the injection valve in the closing direction. A blocking valve is disposed in the connection of the pump with the pressure chamber, and the connection of the pump with the relief chamber, in which the first control valve is disposed, leads away between the pump and the blocking valve.

Abstract: A HEUI system uses a fixed displacement, piston pump to provide a generally constant pump flow of high pressure hydraulic fluid over the operating speed range of the pump to minimize parasitic power drains on the engine. The piston pump includes an orificing suction slot to vary the pump displacement over the operating speed of the pump. A throttling valve at the pump inlet may be provided to starve inlet fluid feed if reduced flow to the injectors is additionally required.

Abstract: A control system 14 for a bi-fuel engine 12 is provided. The control system 14 includes a powertrain controller 52 and a bi-fuel controller 54. The controller 52 has a set of fuel injector drivers 92. The controller 50 has a set of gasoline fuel injector drivers 104 and a set of alternate fuel (AF) fuel injector drivers 106. Each of drivers 92 in controller 52 is electrically connected to a driver 104 and a driver 106 in controller 50. Thus, a control signal generated by a single driver 92 can be utilized by either of drivers 104, 106 to generate a corresponding control signal for controlling a gasoline fuel injector 38 or a AF fuel injector 40, respectively.

Abstract: An inlet strainer for an in-tank fuel pump that comprises a connection flange for connection to a fuel pump in overlying relation to a pump inlet, and a strainer body made of porous material secured to the connection flange that defines a hollow bag-like structure. At least a portion of the strainer body is made of electrically conductive material. The strainer body is made of non-conductive polymeric material rendered conductive through inclusion of conductive material. The strainer body is connected to a conductive ground link adapted to connect to a ground plane.

Abstract: In a fuel feed unit, two anti-surge pots are connected to one another within a fuel tank by means of a connecting element. For installation, the anti-surge pots are introduced into the fuel tank singly through an installation opening, and are then connected to one another. This means that only a single installation opening is required in the fuel tank for two anti-surge pots.

Abstract: A system for converting motor fuel, comprising an air intake system, an injector nozzle, a heater, and a catalyst. The injector nozzle injects motor fuel into the air intake to produce an air-fuel mixture. The heater vaporizes the air-fuel mixture, and the catalyst causes hydrogen to be removed from the motor fuel molecules so as to produce a gaseous mixture of air, motor fuel, and free hydrogen suitable for combustion in an internal combustion engine. The system works with a wide variety of motor fuels, and provides greater fuel efficiency and lower emissions.

Abstract: A supercharged multi-cylinder piston engine includes an elongate air inlet manifold and multiple heat transfer elements located in the interior space of the air inlet manifold. The heat transfer elements extend individually over different respective length segments of the interior space of the manifold and extend collectively over substantially the entire length of the interior space of the manifold.

Abstract: A fuel injection control device for an internal combustion engine, includes a rotational speed sensor for detecting rotational speed of the internal combustion engine, intake air quantity sensor for detecting an air quantity taken into the internal combustion engine, atmospheric pressure sensor for detecting atmospheric pressure, and an engine control unit for estimating an inlet pipe pressure of the internal combustion engine from the detected rotational speed and intake air quantity, computing a fuel injection quantity fuel pressure correction coefficient according to a difference between the estimated inlet pipe pressure and the detected atmospheric pressure, and correcting a fuel injection quantity based on the computed fuel injection quantity fuel pressure correction coefficient.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting an air leak within an engine is provided. The engine includes an intake manifold communicating with an engine cylinder. The method includes measuring an exhaust gas constituent in exhaust gases from the engine when the engine is operating in an idle operating mode. The method further includes determining whether the air leak is present in the engine based on a measured exhaust gas constituent, a first air-fuel correction value, and a second air-fuel correction value.

Abstract: A control system for a paintball marker having a breech, the control system comprising a contact sensor, a controller, and a paintball firing mechanism, the sensor being arranged to be located within the paintball marker, to sense a paintball being in contact therewith, and to produce a signal indicative of the presence of said paintball within said breech, and the controller being arranged to receive said signal and to control the actuation of said firing mechanism in response to said signal.

Abstract: A paintball feed system (10) comprises flexible detent beams (32a,b) that flex about first and second support points (33,34) such that they allow a paintball (22a) to pass from a hopper (18) into a feed tube (12) leading to a paintball marker's breech (16) under it's own weight when flexing about the first support point (33). The beams (32a,b) are rigid enough, when flexing about the second support pint (34), to prevent the return of the paintball (22a) back into the hopper (18) from the feed tube (12).

Abstract: This invention is an electronic display of paintball marker function located on or close to a rear-facing portion of the body of the paintball marker. By paintball marker function is meant mode of operation (e.g., semi- or full-automatic), rate of fire, shot counter, pressure supply, and pressure chambers settings. Also, optionally, a game timer, low battery and on-off indicators may also be displayed. By rear-facing portion of the body is meant on or close to the back panels or surfaces of the marker body above where the firing hand of the player engages the grip of the marker, and behind the trigger location.

Abstract: An archery bow riser having an elongated central body and two opposing arms attached at the far end of the central body and extending outwards to attach opposing bow limbs. The central body having a stabilizer tube support channel extending along a portion of the body, to which is fitted a stabilizer tube. The stabilizer tube slidably engaging the stabilizer channel, the stabilizer tube and channel having cooperating locking means to lock the tube in the channel in a full draw position. The riser having a draw handle design comprising two half handles. The half handles, when drawn and held together after stabilizer tube to channel lock, maintain the bow string at full draw tension. The riser having a plurality of mounting positions for an adjustable front handle. The adjustable front handle providing universal fit of the riser to a variety of users. The in close riser design providing improved balance. The riser body together with the stabilizer tube and channel providing improved stability and accuracy.

Abstract: The invention is based on a cutting tool, in particular a tile cutting tool, with a base body (10), which can be clamped into a tool-holding device of a machine tool and driven to rotate, and with a cutting head (12) that is set with cutting particles (14).

Abstract: The invention relates to a drive unit (3) for a chip-removing machine tool, especially a sawing, cutting-off or grinding machine for machining concrete, stone, wood or metal. The drive unit (3) can be connected to a tool (2) and comprises a movement unit (8) with an output side swivel arm (9) and a base unit (12). The tool drive (4), which is composed of an electric motor and a gear unit, is arranged in the housing (10) of the swivel arm (9) by means of an integrated bearing. At least one actuating drive (19, 20) which is used to rotate the swivel arm (9) and to move the base unit (12) in a travelling manner can be arranged in the base unit (12). An integrated liquid cooling device (32) can be provided for the drives (4, 19, 21).

Abstract: A personal heating device comprises a container and a heating arrangement within the container for providing heat to the container. The container has a hollow interior, a closable opening and a plurality of ventilation holes on the container. The heating arrangement arranged to fit within the hollow interior of the container has a support arranged to hold a heating element, a vented heat shield located above the heating element arranged to dispense the heat within the container. The closable opening is arranged to receive a seat portion on the container arranged such that the container is used as a seat. The seat portion has a venting chimney which is arranged to direct the heated air within the container directly into the clothing of a user.

Abstract: An oven includes a baking space lighting system switched off automatically after a predetermined period of operation but automatically switched on again upon actuation of a manually actuated oven element.

Abstract: A solar-thermal collector formed by an upper plastic layer facing solar rays and by a lower plastic layer not facing the solar rays, whereby between the two secured together plastic layers there is formed at least one hollow chamber for passage of a heat-transport medium. The upper plastic layer is transparent, and an inner surface of the upper plastic layer, which inner surface faces the hollow chamber, has an absorbing layer.