Abstract: A system for levitating and propelling a vehicle along a stationary guideway includes a linear synchronous motor (LSM) having a component mounted on the vehicle and a component mounted on the guideway. The LSM components interact to generate electromagnetic forces that act to levitate the vehicle and electromagnetic forces that act to propel the vehicle along the guideway. The gap between LSM components is maintained by an electrodynamic system (EDS) having a component mounted on the vehicle and a component mounted on the guideway. The EDS components cooperate to create an electromagnetic force that acts with the levitation forces created by the LSM to maintain the LSM gap within a predetermined range. Maintenance of the LSM gap stabilizes the LSM and allows the LSM to operate efficiently within a pre-selected range of vehicle speeds.

Abstract: In a truck for railroad car capable of absorbing and reducing deformation due to torsional force acting on an end beam, end portions of right and left side frames 2a and 2b of a truck frame 2 are connected by an end beam 3. An antenna support member 4 is supported by the end beam 3. The end beam 3 includes antenna brackets 3a and 3b, as right and left support brackets, connected and fixed to outer end portions of the right and left side frames 2a and 2b by fastening tools 5, and a center bar 3c connected to inner end portions of the right and left antenna brackets 3a and 3b through rubber bushes 6 and 7 and having an antenna support member 4. The rubber bushes 6 and 7 are positioned at both sides of the antenna support member 4 of the end beam 3, include elastic rubber members 6a and 7a, and absorb the torsional force acting on the end beam 3 by elastic deformation of the elastic rubber members 6a and 7a.

Abstract: A rail car mover apparatus for a loader vehicle comprises means to rotatably attach a pair of front rail wheels to a front end of the loader vehicle such that the front rail wheels are spaced to engage the pair of railroad rails and such that the front rail wheels can move up and down in response to forces exerted by a front actuator; means to rotatably attach a pair of rear rail wheels to a rear end of the loader vehicle such that the rear rail wheels are spaced to engage the pair of railroad rails and such that the rear rail wheels can move up and down in response to forces exerted by a rear actuator; and a coupler adapter adapted at a rear end thereof for attachment to a front portion of the loader arms and adapted at a front end thereof for coupling to a rail car hitch.

Abstract: A radius arm type truck capable of improving riding comfortableness in a fixed-number or less passenger state in a vehicle in which full passenger state is rare and substantially fixed-number passenger state is common, comprises a base frame 11, an axle box 13, a radius arm 12 rotatably supported by the base frame 11 at one end thereof and connected to the axle box 13 at an opposite end thereof, a lower spring seat 15 provided on the upper portion of the axle box 13, an upper spring seat 17 provided on the base frame 11, and a coil spring 1 mounted between the seat 17 and the seat 15, wherein the coil spring 1 is formed by a nonlinear characteristic spring having a tapered portion having a diameter that gradually decreases as it is closer to an end portion of a spring wire.

Abstract: The ink set for ink jet recording of the present invention, which exhibits a high recorded image quality, an excellent image preservability (heat stability, light fastness, oxidation resistance) and little change of color balance with time, and an ink jet recording method using same, and which comprises a plurality of inks containing a dye, a water-miscible organic solvent and water, wherein the ink set comprises at least yellow, magenta, cyan, black and dark yellow inks, and the dark yellow ink contains at least one of a magenta-azo dye having a specific structure having a 6-membered heterocyclic group connected to diazo group and a cyan dye having a specific structure.

Abstract: Water-based invisible red fluorescent inks provide machine-readable, inverse-contrast invisible images and can be printed using conventional ink jet printers. The inks employ rare earth complexed ligand fluorophores having narrow excitation and emission spectra. In one embodiment the images are printed with an ink comprising water and a water-soluble organic fluorescent fluorophore, which when printed and dried on paper is invisible to the eye and fluoresces in the green to infrared range, e.g., from about 550 to 1200 nm, when irradiated with short wave length UV radiation, e.g., from 230 nm to 280 nm. The highly specific excitation and emission rates, coupled with a high inverse contrast on papers of all colors, makes them particularly useful as ink jet inks for postal and other purposes.

Abstract: The present invention provides inkjet inks, dye sets, and inkjet ink sets for use in inkjet printing methods. The inkjet inks and inkjet ink sets of the present invention can provide excellent photo-realistic print quality while achieving a high level of lightfastness. The inkjet ink comprises: a xanthene dye, and a metallized azo dye having the Formula (I). The inkjet ink set comprises: a magenta dye set comprising a xanthene dye, and a metallized azo dye having the Formula (I), at least one yellow ink comprising at least one yellow dye, and at least one cyan ink comprising at least one cyan dye. The present invention also provides a method of printing using the inkjet ink set of the present invention.

Abstract: An ink composition comprising: a self-dispersing carbon black, a binder, a stabilizing dye comprising at least as many groups comprising CO2H or COSH as groups comprising SO3H, and an aqueous vehicle. The stabilizing dye can improve the reliability and performance of the ink composition. The addition of the stabilizing dye can reduce or prevent the formation of material that blocks the printhead vias and throats as a result of the presence of a binder in the ink. The ink composition can reduce the amount of maintenance needed to retain all of a printhead's nozzles through the life of the printhead.

Abstract: A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains a self-dispersing type pigment, glycol ether, and water. In the glycol ether, the number of carbon atoms of an ethylene oxide moiety is not less than 8, and the solubility in water at 25° C. is not less than 1%. The ink reduces the blurring of a recorded image which would be otherwise caused by the feathering on the paper surface. The ink is excellent in drying performance on the paper surface, and the ink makes it possible to stably disperse the pigment.

Abstract: Disclosed is a spraying composition comprising a liquid dispersion medium and, dispersed therein, particulate cellulose having an average degree of polymerization (DP) of not more than 300 and an average particle diameter of not more than 10 &mgr;m, wherein the composition has a cellulose content of from 0.1 to 5.0% by weight, and wherein the composition exhibits a maximum viscosity value (&eegr;max) of 1×103 mPa.s or more in the viscosity-shear stress curve obtained with respect to the composition, using a cone-plate type rotating viscometer in a shear rate region of from 1×10−3 s−1 to 1×102 s−1 and at 25° C. Also disclosed is a spray pack comprising a spray container device and, packed therein, the above-mentioned spraying composition.

Abstract: A hydroxyethyl starch composition including dent corn starch and waxy corn starch wherein a portion of at least one, and preferably both, of the dent corn starch and the waxy corn starch are hydroxyethyl starch. Also disclosed are paper products comprising a fibrous web having applied thereon the starch compositions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method to produce grade road base material using recycled oilfield waste, called “oil and gas waste,” and aggregate waste and a novel road base material. Hydration and mixing of the waste materials along with a binder, will achieve an irreversible pozzolanic chemical reaction necessary for stabilization into a road base. An asphalt emulsifier may be included in the binder to manufacture asphalt stabilized road base. The entire method is a cold batch process.

Abstract: An effect pigment is constituted by coated laminar platelets in which the platelets are a mixture of different platelet materials, one of which is platy glass or platy aluminum oxide, and in which the pigment exhibits visual homogeneity.

Abstract: An effect pigment is constituted by coated laminar platelets in which the platelets are a mixture of different platelet materials, one of which is platy glass or platy aluminum oxide, and in which the pigment exhibits visual homogeneity.

Abstract: A portable expandable project plan table includes a table top that is pivotally connected to a frame having a generally truncated right triangular prism shape. The table top is hinged to permit access to storage for drafting tools and papers within the frame and may be locked to prevent movement when the table is transported. The legs of the table pivot between vertical for use and horizontal for transporting, and are designed to overlap in the folded position in a compact arrangement. Each leg is independently height adjustable to permit the table to be made level on uneven surfaces, and wheels on each leg facilitate movement of the table in the open-for-use position. The table is constructed of durable materials to permit use out of doors or in adverse conditions.

Abstract: A pull-down shelf for storage of articles has a lower shelf portion that contains a wind-up mechanism, which can be spring powered or motorized, an overhead mounting plate that attaches to ceiling joists or the like, and at least a pair of cables that are wound onto arbors of the wind-up mechanism for suspending the shelf portion from the overhead mounting plate. Scissors-action stabilizers hold the shelf from tipping or swinging. The user pulls the shelf down, and this unwinds the cables and charges the springs. A releasable ratchet wheel keeps the mechanism from turning in the rewind direction. The user can pull or actuate a release handle or button to release the shelf and let the spring rewind the cables to pull the shelf back to its overhead position.

Abstract: A computer workstation having a desktop/work surface defined by a central aperture and a pivoting liquid crystal display (LCD) support panel mounted on pivot shafts in the aperture. In addition, a sliding input device platform is mounted on telescoping roller brackets underneath the front edge of the work surface. Lever arms are rotatably engaged with the pivot shafts and are linked to the roller brackets. The lever arms automatically pivot the LCD support panel to an upright position upon extension of the input device platform, and vice versa, and a hydraulic damper brings the LCD support panel to a safe, gentle stop. Aa mercury switch turns the LCD on and off automatically upon opening or closing. Two or more such LCD support panels and associated hardware can be included in a single desktop/work surface for a computer training and/or conferences.

Abstract: A cargo container of unitary construction surrounds a cargo hold and has an opening into the cargo hold defined by an edge. A flange extends along the edge of the opening and projects into the cargo hold to form a seat. A door having a panel defined by a border covers the opening. A bite extends along the border of the panel and projects away from the panel to contact the seat. When the door is covering the opening, the bite is positioned against the seat and is juxtaposed with the flange. In response to an explosive detonation in the cargo hold, the bite is forced against the seat and transfers the explosive force from the door to the container. If a seal is present on the seat, the bite is forced against the seal to form an airtight lock in the cargo container.

Abstract: A method of heating a surface susceptible to oxidation or reduction includes generating a central, generally cylindrical, fuel-rich particulate jet, and a coaxial, annular, supersonic velocity, oxidant-rich jet having an auto-thermal ignition temperature greater than the temperature of the fuel-rich particulate jet, directed toward the surface to be heated, the velocity of the fuel-rich particulate jet being less than the velocity of the oxidant-rich jet; allowing the supersonic oxidant-rich jet and the fuel-rich particulate jet to coact to form a coherent particulate fuel-rich and fuel-lean jet having a central particulate fuel-rich region and a coaxial annular fuel-lean region; impinging the coherent particulate fuel-rich and fuel-lean jet upon the surface to be heated for forming a turbulent reaction zone at the surface; and controlling oxidation and reduction reactions at the turbulent reaction zone by adjusting properties of the supersonic oxidant-rich jet and/or the fuel-rich particulate jet.

Abstract: A method of operating multiple hearth furnace (10) with a plurality of vertically aligned hearth floors (361, 362, 363, 364, 365), comprises in particular following steps. A first material is fed onto the uppermost hearth floor and moved over this uppermost hearth floor (361) before it falls through a drop hole (40) onto the next lower hearth floor. This first material is processed in this way from hearth floor to hearth floor down to the lowermost hearth floor (366). A second material is fed onto one of the hearth floors to be mixed into the first material. This second material (64) is moved separately from the first material in a separate annular zone (68) of the hearth floor onto which it is fed before it is mixed into the first material. The method allows to provide an efficient thermal preconditioning of the second material prior to mixing it into the first material without requiring any supplementary equipment therefore.

Abstract: A system for combustion and removal of residual carbon within fly ash particles in which the fly ash particles are fed into an array of process units for combustion. The fly ash particles are subjected to heat and motive air such that as the fly ash particles pass through the particulate bed, they are heated to a sufficient temperature to cause the combustion of the residual carbon within the particles. The fly ash particles thereafter are conveyed in a dilute phase for further combustion through the reactor chamber away from the particulate bed and exhausted to an ash capture. The fly ash is then separated from the exhaust air that conveys the ash in its dilute phase with the air being further exhausted and the captured fly ash particles being fed to a feed accumulator for re-injection to the reactor chamber or discharge for further processing.

Abstract: In a personal watercraft 10, an access port structure is provided in which a main service opening 93 and a secondary service opening 98 for maintenance are provided in a deck 20 of the personal watercraft 10, the main service opening 93 and the secondary service opening 98 are provided at positions at which a maintenance operation can be performed with one hand of an operator M let in the main service opening 93 and with the other hand of the operator M let in the secondary service opening 98. For example, the operator can let the left hand thereof into the main opening and let the right hand into the secondary service opening to perform a maintenance operation using both hands. As a result, improvement of the operability of the maintenance operation can be achieved.

Abstract: The invention is comprised of a Quick Anchoring Equipment system (30) which permits underwater connection and disconnection of anchoring lines (2) to anchoring devices that are already fixedly attached to the bottom of the sea. The Quick Anchoring Equipment (30) consists of chain cable, cables, hooks and buoys specifically organized and configured, which, are attached at the submerged end of the anchoring line (2), which makes it possible with a single support boat (5), together with a remote operated vehicle (6), to carry out this whole anchoring lines (2) operation fundamental to floating platforms (1). The invention also includes the method to install and uninstall the Quick Anchoring Equipment (30).

Abstract: The rescue boat has a hull with an upper deck area that includes bow and stern areas, port and starboard sides, a pilot house mounted upon the hull and extending above the upper deck area amidships. The pilot house has a deck, a front, a rear, side portions and a pilot house length measured from the front to the rear. A pair of rescue wells or recesses in the hull below the deck and inside of the hull port and starboard sides, each rescue well having a length. A majority of the length of each rescue well is in front of the rear of the pilot house. A propulsion system is provided for propelling the hull. The propulsion system preferably employs jet pumps that are positioned entirely above the keel of the hull. Stern buoyancy chambers are provided that add reserve buoyancy and add planing lift during acceleration to keep the nose down. These stern buoyancy chambers also provide standoff protection for the propulsion units when the vessel backs up.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hull for a personal watercraft includes the step of spraying a resin and reinforcing fibers to a mold while mixing the resin and the reinforcing fibers and then solidifying the mixture of the resin and the reinforcing fibers to thereby produce an outer wall of the hull, the step of adding a box-like member to a predetermined portion of the outer wall, and the step of spraying a resin and reinforcing fibers to the box-like member and the outer wall while mixing the resin and the reinforcing fibers and then solidifying the mixture of the resin and the reinforcing fibers to thereby integrally attach the box-like member to the outer wall and form a hollow chamber. The hull is made according to this method.

Abstract: A small-sized surface boat is configured such that a seat extending in the fore-and-aft direction is mounted on the center of a deck that constitutes an upper surface of a hull. An approximately horizontal flat portion is formed behind the seat and on a rear end portion of the deck. An inclined surface portion having an upward gradient toward a front from a front end of the flat portion is formed, and a finger catching groove to be caught by fingers of an extended hand from a rear side of the hull is integrally formed in a front end of the inclined surface portion.

Abstract: A safety device is disclosed for cautioning passing motorists or pedestrians. One embodiment has a mount and a rigid standard affixed to the mount. The standard is extensible in length. The standard has at least a first section moving in relation to a second section to extend the length of the standard. Another embodiment of the standard telescopes in length to enhance visibility. This embodiment of the standard has a tubular cross-section and an inner section sliding within an outer section.

Abstract: A device for locating a person has a housing with an interior and an opening into the interior. The device also has a locator balloon stored the housing interior which is deployable from the housing through the housing opening when the device is actuated. The balloon is stored in a nesting arrangement with a portion of the housing with the balloon being collapsed around the housing portion and substantially conforming therewith. The balloon is deployed in a manner such that the balloon passes over the housing portion as the balloon expands out of through the housing opening and inflates with the housing attached to the balloon. The device also has a source of gas that is lighter than air positioned within an interior of balloon. The gas source is released to expand and inflate the balloon when the device is actuated.

Abstract: There are provided a method of superflattening an oxide crystal that is soluble neither with acid nor with alkaline, a method of making a ReCa4O(BO3)3 family oxide single crystal thin film using the superflattening method, a ReCa4O(BO3)3 family oxide single crystal thin film having a SHG property, a superflattening method for light incident/emitting surfaces, and a defect assessing method for oxide crystals. The surface of an oxide crystal that is soluble neither with acid nor with alkaline is reduced with a reducing agent, the reduced oxide crystal surface is dissolved with an aqueous solution of acid or alkaline, the surface dissolved oxide crystal is heat-treated in the atmosphere, whereby the surface of an oxide crystal that is soluble neither with acid nor with alkaline is superflattened to an atomic level.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a production apparatus and method of a fluoride crystal, and a crucible for the growth capable of efficiently eliminating impurities and a scavenger remained in the crystal so as to produce a fluoride crystal with a high transmissivity. A crucible divided into a plurality to have multi-stages is used for refining a material in the material refining process by adding a scavenger in the material. Further, a degassing hole was provided to the side wall portion of the crucible. A crucible of the present invention has at least two degassing holes at the side wall portion. Further, a crucible of the present invention has a connecting hole at the center part of the bottom face with at least two degassing holes in the side wall portion.

Abstract: When a substrate layer (desired semiconductor crystal) made of a group III nitride compound is grown on a base substrate comprising a lot of projection parts, a cavity in which a semiconductor crystal is not deposited may be formed between each projection part although it depends on conditions such as the size of each projection part, arranging interval between each projection part and crystal growth. So when the thickness of the substrate layer is sufficiently larger compared with the height of the projection part, inner stress or outer stress become easier to act intensively to the projection part. As a result, such stress especially functions as shearing stress toward the projection part. When the shearing stress becomes larger, the projection part is ruptured. So utilizing the shearing stress enables to separate the base substrate and the substrate layer easily.

Abstract: A method of making a spinel-structured metal oxide on a substrate by molecular beam epitaxy, comprising the step of supplying activated oxygen, a first metal atom flux, and at least one other metal atom flux to the surface of the substrate, wherein the metal atom fluxes are individually controlled at the substrate so as to grow the spinel-structured metal oxide on the substrate and the metal oxide is substantially in a thermodynamically stable state during the growth of the metal oxide. A particular embodiment of the present invention encompasses a method of making a spinel-structured binary ferrite, including Co ferrite, without the need of a post-growth anneal to obtain the desired equilibrium state.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating particle-shaped material has a process chamber for accommodating and treating the material. A base is composed of guide plates which are placed one above the other in different planes and overlap one another and between which slots are arranged, via which process air can be directed into the process chamber with an essentially horizontal component motion. It is proposed to provide a vertical-adjustment device which interacts with the guide plates and by means of which the distance between the guide plates and thus the height of the slots can be varied.

Abstract: A method of mounting a deposition mask onto a flexible frame for use in vacuum deposition of material through a pealable deposition mask in forming an OLED, including the steps of providing a plate with the pealable deposition mask formed thereon; providing the flexible frame having border portions, such border portions defining a frame opening which corresponds to border portions on the pealable deposition mask; aligning and then securing the border portions of the flexible frame to the border portions of the pealable deposition mask and removing the flexible frame and secured pealable deposition mask from the plate; and mounting the flexible frame with the pealable deposition mask in a carrier which maintains planarity of the pealable deposition mask during subsequent vacuum deposition of material.

Abstract: A showerhead for substrate processing including a gas inlet leading to a gas reservoir. A faceplate including a plurality of orifices is fitted between the reservoir and a processing space. The showerhead further includes a sheet including a plurality of orifices, the sheet orifices being smaller in size than the minimum diameter of the faceplate orifices. The sheet is fitted in or on the showerhead such that the fluid passes to the process space from the reservoir via the sheet orifices.

Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method to synthesize powders typed diamond with the size between several tens nm to several &mgr;m in diameter using conventional CVD processes for deposition of diamond films. Gas phase nucleation has been induced on the boundary of plasmas, and as a result the spherical diamond powders accumulated have been obtained on circumferences of the normal substrate. With a modification of a substrate structure, a large area accumulation of the diamond powders of around 100 mm in diameter has been accomplished.

Abstract: A method for making p-type transparent conductive films and the corresponding system are disclosed. A laser beam is used as the evaporation source of a target, so that the target containing a group-III element vaporizes and forms a coating on a substrate. At the same time, a gas to be mingled into the coating is made into plasma to increase its activity. The gas contains a group-V element. The particles in the target have reactions with the plasma so that the coating thus formed contain both group-III and group-V elements, with the concentration of the group-V element higher than that of group-III element. This achieves the goal of making a p-type transparent conductive film.

Abstract: A plasma-processing chamber including pulsed gas injection orifices/nozzles utilized in combination with continous flow shower head injection orifices is described. The continous flow shower head injection orifices introduce a continous flow of gas while the pulsed gas injection orifices/nozzles cyclically inject a high-pressure gas into the chamber. In one embodiment, a central computer may monitor and control pressure measurement devices and utilize the measurements to adjust processing parameters (e.g. pulse duration, pulse repetition rate, and the pulse mass flow rate of processing gases).

Abstract: The present invention provides a vapor deposition method and a vapor deposition system of film formation systems by which EL materials can be used more efficiently and EL materials having superior uniformity with high throughput rate are formed. According to the present invention, inside a film formation chamber, an evaporation source holder in a rectangular shape in which a plurality of containers sealing evaporation material is moved at a certain pitch to a substrate and the evaporation material is vapor deposited on the substrate. Further, a longitudinal direction of an evaporation source holder in a rectangular shape may be oblique to one side of a substrate, while the evaporation source holder is being moved. Furthermore, it is preferable that a movement direction of an evaporation source holder during vapor deposition be different from a scanning direction of a laser beam while a TFT is formed.

Abstract: A vacuum treatment method, which controls work to a target temperature and applies a vacuum treatment thereto, comprising the steps of placing work on a temperature-adjustable table in a vacuum treatment chamber, and feeding thermal conductivity gas into between the table and the work to impart thermal conductivity. The gas feeding step comprises the steps of individually discharging thermal conductivity gases from the respective gas sources of at least two thermal conductivity gases of different thermal conductivities at predetermined flow rates, individually detecting the pressures of the thermal conductivity gases, and individually controlling the thermal conductivity gas feed flow rates on the basis of the detected pressures.

Abstract: A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus includes a process chamber where a deposition process is performed on a wafer. A gas supply assembly is mounted in the process chamber for supplying a process gas to the process chamber, and a vacuum pump is mounted in the process chamber for exhausting the process gas. A support is mounted in the process chamber for supporting the wafer, and a position control assembly raises and lowers the chuck. A controller controls the position control assembly to vary a distance between the wafer and the gas supply assembly during the deposition process. A CVD method for forming a deposition layer on a wafer includes supplying a process gas to a process chamber, dividing a process time into a plurality of process stages, varying a distance between the wafer and a gas supply assembly according to the process stages, and exhausting the process gas.

Abstract: The present invention provides an arrangement for filtering milk in a milking system, wherein said arrangement comprises a movable filter magazine provided with at least three filter devices (8), each of which comprises a tube housing a disposable filter and a support structure for supporting the disposable filter, and each of which is connectable to said milking system for filtering milk therein; and an actuating device for connecting each of said at least three filter devices, one at a time, to said milking system.

Abstract: A bird feeder comprising an elongate bird feed container open a top end and having a base closing a bottom end thereof. A hanging member for hanging the bird feeder and a removable cover with both an open position, in which the cover is spaced from the top end to facilitate supplying bird feed, and a closed position in which the cover covers the top end. A cage structure for encasing the bird feed container. The bird feed container is a material with a plurality of access openings formed therein which are sized to retain bird feed but also facilitate dispensing and feeding of the bird feed therethrough when accessed by a desired bird. An outer surface of the material of the bird feed container is spaced sufficiently away from an inwardly facing surface of a sidewall of the cage structure to allow only selected or small birds to access and retrieve bird feed while preventing undesired larger non-clingy birds and animals from accessing bird feed contained within the bird feed container.

Abstract: Fish-breeding apparatus (10), which comprisies a frame, supporting one or a plurality of breeding cages (11) and provided with hollow buoyancy elements (17), and means for controlling the buoyancy of the apparatus by filling, totally or partially, the buoyancy elements with water and emptying them of the water, totally or partially, whenever desired. The buoyancy elements are emptied of water by replacing the water with air. The buoyancy elements are such that when they are empty of water to a predetermined extent, the entire apparatus floats, even when it is fully charged. The frame has depending legs (17), so that even in its lowermost position the bottoms of the breeding cage will be spaced from the sea bed.

Abstract: A system for monitoring, managing, and/or operating a plurality of farm houses on a plurality of farms. The system includes a controller and/or a monitor box in the farm house and a computer in communication with the controller for controlling and adjusting various parameters of the farm house or with the monitor box for monitoring the farm house. The system also includes a computer at an integrator's office that is operable to monitor and/or control various parameters from the farm house remotely. These parameters enable the integrator to coordinate operations with processing plants, feed mills, field service and hatcheries. It also enables the integrator to prepare various data reports for use by the integrator or others.

Abstract: An animal transportation and tracking system for efficiently tracking and tracing livestock during transportation thereof. The inventive device includes a frame attached to a truck, a ramp attached to the frame that is extendable from the frame, a computer, a primary transceiver in communication with the computer, an animal transponder in communication with the primary transceiver, a secondary transceiver in communication with the computer, and a position localizer in communication with the secondary transceiver.

Abstract: An animal litter apparatus for gathering pet waste includes an outer tube including an open end. A closed end of a disposable bag is held within the outer tube. The apparatus moves between open and closed configurations. A clamp assembly grasps the waste as the apparatus moves from the open configuration to the closed configuration. The clamp assembly is connected generally about a perimeter of the outer tube open end. The clamp assembly brings the waste into the bag as the apparatus moves from the open configuration to the closed configuration.

Abstract: The invention relates to a black liquor gun (4) for feeding black liquor into a recovery boiler (1), comprising a nozzle (11) to be inserted into a furnace (2). Inside the black liquor gun (4) there is a flow guidance element (16), which provides an annular flow channel between the outer wall (14) and the flow guidance element (16).

Abstract: The invention relates to a holding tube for a heat treatment plant using injection heating. The holding tube includes a first, fixed section consisting of a conduit (5) of predetermined length and a constant counter pressure valve (6). The holding tube also includes a second, adjustable section. The second, adjustable section consists of a cyclone (7) and an inclining conduit (10) of a predetermined length. In the inclining conduit (10) there is disposed a device (28) for maintaining a defined liquid level in the conduit (10).

Abstract: A vaporizer apparatus for creating a heated moisturized air stream that is fed to the carburetor of an internal combustion engine includes a vertically oriented elongated water holding vessel that contains coils for transferring heat