Abstract: The milling apparatus (1) has a bucket with a receiving chamber and has a milling unit with a milling rotor (14). The receiving chamber has a receiving opening (4) and is embodied as a bucket (2). On the bottom of the bucket (2), a through opening (19) is provided, which leads into a milling chamber (12). The milling rotor (14) can move material both into the receiving chamber and out of it again. To achieve both modes of operation, in a first embodiment a drive mechanism rotating in a predetermined direction (D) is provided; a beating arm (16) is associated with the first mode of operation, and a further beating arm (24) is associated with the second mode of operation. In another embodiment, which makes do with a single beating arm (16), the milling unit (54) can be operated in two different working positions via a turner. The positions differ from one another by a 180° rotation about a vertical axis that is perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the milling rotor (14).

Abstract: A personal medical calendar has a plurality of sheets where each sheet has calendar indicia on one side thereof and an informational form disposed on the other side for recording various medical related information, a front cover having an inside surface with a medical form disposed thereon for recording personal medical history information particular to a user, and a back cover where the plurality of sheets, the front cover and the back cover are connected to each other with a joining structure along one edge thereof. The personal medical calendar includes a medical event indicia key.

Abstract: A collapsible display 1 for a retail outlet is disclosed. The display 1 comprises a body portion 2 having a folded condition and an unfolded condition, and a display portion 3 including a display area 15 for carrying display information. Product supporting shelf portions 4 are pivotably connected between the body portion 2 and display portion 3, such that the display portion 3 is moveable relative to the body portion 2 between a first position, in which the shelf portion 4 are folded flat against the body portion 2 to allow folding of the body portion 2 to its folded condition, and a second position, in which the shelf portions 4 are adapted to support at least one product to be displayed and to retain the body portion 2 in its unfolded condition with the display area 15 protruding from the body portion 2.

Abstract: A license plate cover has a transparent plastic frame and an elastomeric gasket. The frame includes a periphery and an inner side for disposal adjacent to a license plate. The elastomeric gasket is disposed on the inner side near the periphery of the frame. The gasket includes first and second elongate compression ribs which protrude inwardly from the inner side of the frame to different degrees thereby forming a surface that receives a beveled license plate. The elastomer making up the gasket may be furnished with a colorant such that a colored peripheral band is visible through the frame from the front.

Abstract: A marker device for identifying an article or possessions including a tab member extending from a mounting member. The mounting member is adapted to be releasably secured to an article and is of inverted channel-shaped configuration. The tab member is preferably an outwardly extending portion capable of being gripped by an individual for easy placement and removal. Each marker device may be visibly distinct from another marker device due to a difference in color or a difference in indicia printed on the visual surface of the tab member.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed providing a visual impression of fluid flowing in a channel solving at least the problems associated with prior art apparatus providing such visual impressions while using a fluid. A method is disclosed attaching an apparatus providing a visual impression of a fluid flowing through a channel into a housing, and including at least one attaching mechanism non-invasively attaching the apparatus to a provided mounting surface.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display device, elongate mount, and display module for displaying alphanumeric information to passengers of a mass transit vehicle. The display modules are mounted along a single edge to a elongate mount. The elongate mount includes at least one end cap which is made of a vibration dampening material. The louver of the display device includes a substantially continuous pressure member in order to place substantially continuous elongate contact to an area of an LED board that houses at least one heating element. The at least one heating element is covered by a thermally conductive foam that transmits heat from the elements to a heat sink of the display module.

Abstract: A magnetic signboard kit adapted for advertising a vehicle for sale is disclosed. The signboard, formed of a ferromagnetic particulate impregnated sheet of rubber or a polymeric, contains three fields for indicia on a face surface, the first permanently imprinted with message, such as “FOR SALE, and two with blank backgrounds adapted to receive a hand printed message regarding the vehicle being sold. The complete kit consists of at least one signboard, at least one marker and cleaning solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sign comprising two or more housings which are interlockingly connected together around a pole. Each housing has a selectively adjustable collar arrangement which can be adjusted to size to fit around the pole.

Abstract: Display device including a unitary, rigid sheet defining a left center panel, a right center panel pivotally connected to the left center panels, a left side panel pivotally connected to the left center panel and a right side panel pivotally connected to the right center panel. Vertically extending separation lines are formed on a rear planar layer without penetrating or cutting a front planar layer so that the panels are able to pivot about vertical axes. Fold lines may be formed opposite the separation lines on the front planar layer to facilitate folding the sheet whereby the fold lines define the vertical axes about which the panels pivot. Folding of the sheet provides a compact configuration which enables the display device to be easily carried.

Abstract: A presentation display for use in a science fair, school project or the like comprises a center panel, a left tray, and a right tray wherein the left tray is attached to the center panel with a flexible hinge and the right tray is attached to the center panel with a flexible hinge. The presentation display is made from a single piece of corrugated cardboard. Multiple presentation displays may be stacked.

Abstract: A display system for displaying media on a ski-lift chair is provided. A main body portion is disclosed, having clamps to hold it to the restraint of the ski-lift chair. A plurality of frames are provided along a top surface of the body portion for holding printable media sheets, such as maps and advertisements, in place. Printable sheets are disclosed as transparent plastic with reverse printed imagery thereon.

Abstract: A work board assembly having a board and hook assembly mountable to a rail assembly, and the rail assembly is mountable to a wall. A flip chart holder may optionally be hung on the board to add versatility to the board. The hook assembly is rotatable, thereby allowing opposite surfaces of the board to be easily and quickly exposed. The exposed surfaces may accept markers or the surfaces may allow tacking of documents, or one surface may be for markers and the other for tacking. The rail assembly includes a bracket designed to be attached to a wall and to mount a rotatable cam. The cam is received by a rail and rotation of the cam causes locking engagement of the rail to the bracket.

Abstract: A business form particularly adapted for generalized use, although it may be used in a medical or hospital environment includes in a first embodiment a wristband that is provided with a face stock imaging area and an overlying laminate portion with each having one or more cinch slots through which the free end is inserted for securing the wristband about a person's appendage. The labels and the wristband may each be imprinted with identifying indicia such as bar coding and the form is laid out to be arranged in a continuous, relatively narrow, web for convenient processing through a thermal printer. A second embodiment of the invention includes a self laminating wristband similar in construction to other embodiments and comprised of a layer of face stock and a laminate, with the laminating portion having its overlapping half adjoined at the end of the first lamination portion instead of at its side.

Abstract: A card holder for an information bearing card which has an information-bearing sensitive area and a non-sensitive area. The card holder has a cover attachable to the card so as to cover the sensitive area. The inner side of the cover, which faces the card when the cover is attached to the card, has at least one raised portion such that, when the cover is attached to the card with the inner side facing the sensitive area, the raised portion maintains the cover at a stand off from the sensitive area. The card holder also has an attaching member mounted on the cover for attaching the cover to the card.

Abstract: An ammunition clip is provided for supplying cartridges to a gun. The ammunition clip includes an elongated housing having an internal chamber for holding a plurality of laterally aligned cartridges, said elongated housing having a gun engagement end and an opposing end, a moveable carriage disposed within the internal chamber for urging the aligned cartridges towards the gun engagement end and a resilient member coupled to the moveable carriage and adapted to pull the moveable carriage towards the gun engagement end.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a monobloc gun barrel by calculating an optimal residual stress profile and then applying tailored autofrettage mandrels which are mechanically pressed down the bore of a large caliber barrel, the mandrel size optimized to create a residual stress distribution on the interior of the bore within the design constraints imposed by the worst-case heat flux scenario.

Abstract: “Equipment for receiving a weapon, especially a small-calibre weapon, such as a small-arm, for a test bench”

Abstract: An indicator device includes an indicator and an inclination sensor that is calibrated relative to a vertical axis and to which a vertical plane is allocated, and the inclination sensor senses a deflection of the vertical plane with respect to the vertical axis. The indicator device forms a module and is provided with a fastening device for mounting on a system consisting of a weapon and a telescopic sight. The indicator includes at least one lighting element.

Abstract: A rapid clamping base for an open rifle sights, the base includes a front frame and a rear frame, whose clamping rings retain the sight. The frames can be clamped by a retainer to a clamping rail in a gun. The claws provided in the front frame are provided at different locations relative to the longitudinal direction of the rails so as to be pressed in engagement with the edges of the rail when the optic sight is turned in the horizontal plane from the lateral direction to the central line of the gun. The front frame also includes a support tongue. The rear frame includes claws engaging the clamping rail. The rear frame includes a support tongue extending downwards and bearing against the front edge of the rear clamping rail.

Abstract: A spool braking device for a dual bearing reel includes a spool brake unit, a spool control unit, and a tension detection unit that includes a rotational speed sensor. The spool control unit is arranged between a spool and a reel body, and it an electrically controllable unit that controls the spool. The tension detection unit detects the tension applied to fishing line that is released from the spool during casting. The spool control unit electrically controls the spool braking unit so that the spool braking unit brakes the spool with a first braking force of 50 to 100% of the maximum braking force during a first predetermined time period when the tension detected by the tension detection unit is at or below a first predetermined value.

Abstract: The instant invention proposes to utilize a multi-ply composite tubular structure of fibers and a polymer matrix to construct superior outriggers that do not require cable truss systems for support. By utilizing the aforementioned materials, the thickness and flex characteristics of the outrigger can be tailored and controlled. The combination of utilizing a non-circular cross section, an ellipse for example, allows the bending stiffness in the fore-aft and lateral planes to be tailored individually for optimum outrigger performance. The separate control of the bi-directional bending properties will allow a much higher control of fishing baits during trolling.

Abstract: A bendable lure including a lure main body that is formed by insert molding and is composed of a plurality of segments, which are disposed spacedly in a direction of the axis or length of the main body, and a flexible core member, which passes through the plurality of segments, so that the flexible core member can bend in gaps between the segments.

Abstract: A light emitting insect trap comprising an insect attracting mechanism, a support framework, a suction producing mechanism, at least one section of netting, a releasable fastening device, a plurality of fan guards and a mounting means. The insect attracting mechanism is preferably a plurality of light emitting devices. Once the insects are attracted to the proximity of the insect trap by the light emitting devices the insects are drawn into the insect trap by the downdraft generated by the suction producing mechanism. The suction producing mechanism is preferably a propeller blade fan. Once the insects are drawn into the insect trap they are collected in a section of netting that is attached to the support framework of the insect trap. The releasable fastening device allows access into the netting so that the collected insects may be disposed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pest removal device for removing a pest from a surface and a method of using the pest removal device. The pest removal device comprises an engagement side covered by an adhesive layer, a backing side positioned opposite the engagement side, a single release tab covered with a non-adhesive layer extending from the pest removal device for removing the engagement side from the surface.

Abstract: A collecting container (1) for insecticide apparatus (2) comprises a base wall (9), side walls (10) extending transversely of the base wall (9) and an upper wall (11) engaging the tops of the side walls (10) and in which an access opening (13) is formed for entry of the insects captured by the apparatus itself. In engagement at the access opening (13) is a rocking element (16) movable in rotation for closing and/or opening the access opening depending on the air circulation within the apparatus (2). The rocking element (16) operates at the inside of a surface recess (14) formed in the upper wall (11) and has an obstruction portion (16b) directly active on the access opening (13) to close and/or open the latter and a counter weight (16c) isolated from the air- and insect-passage region (14a) by a partition (17) located within the surface recess itself.

Abstract: An improved fuel additive formulation, method of use, and method of producing the fuel formulation are described. The improved fuel additive of the present invention comprises a mixture of nitroparaffins (comprising nitromethane, nitroethane, and nitropropane), and a combination of modified commercially available ester oil and/or a solubilizing agent, and/or toluene. The ratio of ester oil and/or solubilizing agent and/or toluence to nitroparaffin is preferably less than 20 volume percent, with nitroparaffins comprising the balance of the additive. A method of preparing and using the additive formulation is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable blended diesel fuel comprising an olefinic diesel fuel blending stock. The olefinic diesel fuel blending stock of the invention comprises olefins in an amount of 2 to 80 weight percent, non-olefins in an amount of 20 to 98 weight percent wherein the non-olefins are substantially comprised of paraffins, oxygenates in an amount of at least 0.012 weight percent and sulfur in an amount of less than 1 ppm. To provide acceptable stability, the blended diesel fuel comprising the olefinic diesel fuel blending stock comprises a sulfur-free antioxidant. The blended diesel fuel comprising the olefinic diesel fuel blending stock and sulfur-free antioxidant added has a peroxide content of less than 5 ppm when stored at 60° C. for 4 weeks. The present invention also relates to processes for making the stable blended diesel fuel and olefinic diesel fuel blending stocks as defined above.

Abstract: A method is provided for converting coal to coke by the steps of blending pulverized coal with water and a binder to a kneadable dough; and baking said dough in a reducing environment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a Christmas tree watering device or system. The Christmas tree watering device comprises an ice chute assembly usable in combination with a Christmas tree water reservoir. The ice chute assembly comprises an ice chute and a knockdown type dipstick. The ice chute comprises an ice inlet, an ice outlet, a reservoir-engaging flange, and a continuous, substantially rectangular, lateral cross section for channeling ice cubes. Additionally, the present invention provides an ice chute whereby the entire exterior chute surface is provided with ornamental markings in a ladder-shaped design. The ornamental ice chute thus resembles an ornamental ladder leading from the Christmas tree water reservoir to a select Christmas tree branch. Further, the ornamental ice chute is adorned with an ornamental figurine posed so as to create an amusing Christmas ornament, the amusing the amusing Christmas ornament being that of an ornamental character climbing the ornamental ladder.

Abstract: A trellis assembly including a first trellis section having a plurality of vertical rods connected to at least one horizontal rod and a second trellis section having a plurality of connected horizontal and vertical rods. The second trellis section includes a plurality of tubes connected to an outside of the vertical rods at upper ends thereof configured to accept lower ends of the vertical rods of the first trellis section to connect the first trellis section to the second trellis section.

Abstract: Methods of making and using a superabsorbent starch graft copolymer involve producing starch graft copolymers having particle sizes useful in granule applicators for application to agricultural fields. Starch graft copolymers applied to field crops provide excellent anti-crusting properties, increased seed germination and stand, increased crop growth, increased yields, and reduced water requirements.

Abstract: A container (12) for aeration of a substrate (60) supporting a plant (62) with the substrate (60) being received in a cavity (27) of the container (12) so as to bury a device (14) positioned in the cavity (27) such that gas can be supplied from the device (14) to the substrate (60). The device (14) comprises a body (40, 42) having a peripheral wall (44) defining an inner cavity (50). The peripheral wall (44) has a portion (52) permeable to gas such that a gas can flow therethrough from the inner cavity (50) of the body (40, 42) to an exterior of the device (14). A gas permeability of the body (40, 42) decreases as a function of a vertical orientation of the body (40, 42). The body (40, 42) has an inlet (49, 71) adapted to receive a gas to fill the inner cavity (50). The device (14) is buried in a predetermined position with respect to the vertical orientation, such that greater amounts of gas can be supplied to the substrate (60) relatively to a depth of the device (14).

Abstract: The invention comprises two containers that are used to facilitate the watering and nourishing of plants grown in containers.

Abstract: A system for generating hydrogen gas utilizes a volume exchange housing for the storage of a fuel material that reacts to generate hydrogen gas and a hydrogen separation chamber. The system includes a gas permeable membrane or membranes that allow hydrogen gas to pass through the membrane while preventing aqueous solutions from passing therethrough. The system is orientation independent. A throttle valve is also used to self regulate the reaction generating the hydrogen gas.

Abstract: A chemical reaction apparatus includes a solid body which has an outer surface, and in which at least one flow path which allows a chemical medium to flow is formed. This body has a heating element which heats the chemical medium in the flow path to accelerate a chemical reaction of the chemical medium, and a heat radiation preventing film which covers at least a portion of the outer surface of the body, and prevents radiation of heat generated by the heating element from a portion of the outer surface.

Abstract: A chemical reaction apparatus includes a solid body in which a reaction flow path is formed, and a heater having a thin-film heater formed on the body to oppose the reaction flow path and at least partially exposed to the reaction flow path, and which supplies a predetermined heat amount to the reaction flow path by the thin-film heater.

Abstract: Hydrogen and carbon are produced by decomposing natural gas or methane in a field of barrier discharge non-thermal plasma The apparatus for carrying out this process has two concentric elongated electrodes, one internal and one external, and a dielectric barrier between them, so arranged that there is a suitable gap between the internal electrode and the barrier. A high voltage pulser is connected to the electrodes and, when powered, creates the barrier discharge non-thermal plasma in the gas passing through the gap, thus decomposition this gas into its components, namely hydrogen and carbon.

Abstract: A preferential oxidation reactor (PrOx) is provided including a plurality of substrates defining a plurality of channels, through which a reformate stream flows. A CO-sorption layer and a CO-catalyst layer coat a surface of each substrate support member. The PrOx operates in a first mode, generally at a temperature below 100° C., whereby the CO-sorption material adsorbs CO from the reformate stream. After operation in the first mode, the PrOx operates in a second mode, generally at a temperature above 100° C., whereby the CO-catalyst material enables a preferential oxidation reaction of CO in the reformate stream with a supply of oxygen and desorption of the CO previously absorbed by the CO-sorption layer for an overall reduction in the CO content of the reformate stream.

Abstract: A heat exchanger (60) for a fuel processing system (10) that produces a hydrogen reformate gas. The heat exchanger (60) includes a catalyst for converting carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. The heat exchanger (60) can be any suitable heat exchanger, such as a tube and fin type heat exchanger, that is able to cool the reformate gas and includes a suitable surface on which the catalyst can be coated. In one embodiment, the heat exchanger (60) is part of a WGS reactor assembly (48). The WGS reactor assembly (48) includes a first stage WGS adiabatic reactor (52) followed by the catalyzed heat exchanger (60) and a second stage WGS adiabatic reactor (68). Also, in one embodiment, both the first stage and the second stage WGS reactors (52, 68) are medium temperature reactors. By catalyzing the heat exchanger (60) in the WGS reactor assembly (48), the assembly (48) can be smaller than what is currently known in the art.

Abstract: Structure for maintaining a sliding window sash at an intended position with respect to a frame within which the sash moves. The invention serves to retain the sash at a position along an axis generally perpendicular to a plane defined by the window frame. An inwardly facing surface of the frame has formed therein an elongated trough which extends generally parallel to a direction of intended sliding movement of the sash. A blade is mounted within a cavity in the sash and disposed for pivotal movement between a first position, wherein the blade is retracted within an outwardly facing surface of the sash, and a second position, wherein the blade is extended through the outwardly facing surface of the sash into the trough defined within the inwardly facing surface of the frame. The blade is normally biased to the second position, but it can volitionally be retracted to the first position to enable tilting inward or removal of the sash from the window frame.

Abstract: A vertically retractable door system for a stamping press includes a pair of vertical mounting plates having generally vertical opposing door guide channels with inwardly curved lower portions. A door with windows extends between the plates and includes support blocks enclosing bushings supporting rollers within the guide channels. Spring biased locking pins extend through a pair of the bushings into selectable vertically spaced holes within the mounting plates, and a rotatable latch handle is supported by the door and is connected to the locking pins by a drum and cable system for retracting the pins. The mounting plates have removable blocks within recesses extending from the channels to facilitate easy removal of the door, and enclosed counterweights are connected by cables and pulleys to the door to facilitate manual movement of the door between an upper retracted position and a lower closed position sloping downwardly and inwardly towards the press.

Abstract: The specification discloses a pocket door assembly having a notch or recess in a pocket portion of the frame that allows for use of a protruding handle, such as a doorknob, to be used on a door portion of the assembly. In a second aspect, the specification discloses a latch mechanism for use with pocket doors that may utilize rotary handles, such as standard doorknobs.

Abstract: An abrasive filament, a cloth or non-woven made of the filament and an abrasive device, e.g., sanding disk, incorporating the fabric, cloth or non-woven and methods of producing the same are disclosed. The filament has an outer surface to which plural small size particles of an abrasive material are secured. The filament is formed from a mass of a molten polymer material, e.g., nylon, that has been extruded through a small diameter opening to form a hot elongated filamentary body. The abrasive particles, e.g., grit, are applied as a cloud or spray to the outer surface of the hot elongated filamentary body, whereupon they adhere to that surface and remain permanently secured thereto.

Abstract: There is provided a metal abrasive composition which can polish metal wiring at high speed and control the etching rate thereof in manufacturing a semiconductor device. A metal abrasive composition comprises (a) a chelating resin particle having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an aminocarboxylic acid group, an aminophosphonic acid group and an iminodiacetic acid group, (b) an inorganic particle, and (c) a surfactant having at least one functional group selected from a group consisting of a carboxylic acid group, a sulfonic acid group and a phosphoric acid group.

Abstract: Methods of making ceramics, including ceramic abrasive particles, comprising alumina (in some embodiments, alpha alumina). The ceramic abrasive particles can be incorporated into a variety of abrasive articles, including bonded abrasives, coated abrasives, nonwoven abrasives, and abrasive brushes.

Abstract: Glasses and glass-ceramics comprising at least 75 percent by weight Al2O3, based on the total weight of the glass or glass-ceramic, respectively, and at least one metal oxide other than Al2O3. Glasses and glass-ceramics according to the present invention can be made, formed as, or converted into glass beads, articles (e.g., plates), fibers, particles, and thin coatings. Embodiments of glass-ceramic particles according to the present invention can be are particularly useful as abrasive particles.

Abstract: Al2O3—La2O3—Y2O3—MgO ceramics (including glasses, crystalline ceramics, and glass-ceramics) and methods of making the same. Ceramics according to the present invention can be made, formed as, or converted into glass beads, articles (e.g., plates), fibers, particles, and thin coatings. The particles and fibers are useful, for example, as thermal insulation, filler, or reinforcing material in composites (e.g., ceramic, metal, or polymeric matrix composites). The thin coatings can be useful, for example, as protective coatings in applications involving wear, as well as for thermal management. Some embodiments of ceramic particles according to the present invention can be are particularly useful as abrasive particles.

Abstract: An undersiding flashing receiver for use on a roof-wall transition to weatherproof a new or existing home. The undersiding flashing receiver is comprised of thin gauge material shaped to properly locate an exterior wall covering, such as siding, and receive flashing. The undersiding flashing receiver also includes a spacer to provide a gap to receive the flashing.

Abstract: A method of transforming a closed landfill or cleaned remedial site into a self-storage facility is disclosed. Permanent or mobile structures having a plurality individually accessible storage area constructed and placed on the closed landfill or cleaned remedial site.