Abstract: An apparatus includes a supplying unit for supplying artificial hairs onto one surface of a base and a needle movable in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the base. The needle pierces the base in a stretched condition to draw out the artificial hairs toward the opposite surface of the base. The base is supplied to a top surface of a conveyor table movable on a two-dimensional plane in perpendicular directions, movement thereof being controlled to be done at a predetermined pitch in a predetermined order, so that the base becomes stretched. In this stretched condition, the artificial hairs are transplanted. After hair-transplantation, the stretched condition is released. This prevents needle holes, formed by hair-transplantation, from being connected with each other to form a continuous slit.

Abstract: A microwavable hair curling device comprising a plurality of hair curlers for winding up human hair. Each curler contains a desiccant material which is surrounded by an elongate casing of flexible material with opposite first and second ends, and an axial length. The first and second ends of the curler are attachable to each other. The curlers are both stored and heated inside of a microweavable carrier. The microwavable carrier insulates the curlers from heat loss, when taken out of the microwave.

Abstract: A brush for styling hair has a handle connected to a head with the head having a longitudinal axis and a number of stationary teeth and a number of movable teeth. The stationary teeth and the movable teeth both are arranged in a number of rows. The stationary teeth and the movable teeth are aligned with one another in a first position. The movable teeth traverse an amount in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis to a second position. The movable teeth in the second position are misaligned relative to the stationary teeth. The stationary teeth and the movable teeth tension hair disposed therethrough.

Abstract: My invention is the addition (soldering) of the 3 (three) metal loops to the top of the bobby pin. This allows the user to hang or affix decorations to the “Loop-Bead-do-Bobbie” as a hair embellishment or to be used as a slip-on decoration to a pocket, belt, or other article of clothing.

Abstract: The present utility relates to a cosmetic brush, to a inside can (11) with the connecting sill (11a) is formed on circumference of the one side with the brush (12), and the first stop protrusion (11b) is formed on one side of the connecting sill (11a) and the second stop protrusion (11c) is formed on circumference of the other side, the sliding can (15) that the upholding sill (15a) is formed on the part of circumference inside of one side in order to connect and uphold by the connecting sill (11a), the outside can (14) that the fixed sill (14a) is formed on the part of circumference inside of one side in order to restrict to moving the connecting sill (11a).

Abstract: A dental hygiene apparatus for enabling a flossing of teeth. The apparatus can include a dispensing member and an accumulating member. The dispensing and accumulating members can each comprise a ring with an aperture for receiving a finger. Activating switches can selectively enable a dispensing of dental floss from the dispensing member and a retraction of dental floss relative to the accumulating member. A bobbin within the accumulating member can be rotated by a coil spring that can be rewound. The apertures in the rings can be varied. A floss retaining member can alternatively be retained by a ring, an opposed hook arrangement, or any other arrangement coupled to the dispensing member. Dental floss can be dispensed from a distal end of a post. The dental hygiene apparatus can further include as part of a unified system a finger shield arrangement, which can comprise first and second tubular members.

Abstract: An improved composition and method for cleaning the surface of a semiconductor wafer are provided. The composition can be used to selectively remove a low-k dielectric material such as silicon dioxide, a photoresist layer overlying a low-k dielectric layer, or both layers from the surface of a wafer. The composition is formulated according to the invention to provide a desired removal rate of the low-k dielectric and/or photoresist from the surface of the wafer. By varying the fluorine ion component, and the amounts of the fluorine ion component and acid, component, and controlling the pH, a composition can be formulated in order to achieve a desired low-k dielectric removal rate that ranges from slow and controlled at about 50 to about 1000 angstroms per minute, to a relatively rapid removal of low-k dielectric material at greater than about 1000 angstroms per minute.

Abstract: During a washing cycle of a rubber blanket on a blanket cylinder some revolutions of the blanket cylinder are initially performed during which the cleaning element is lifted off the blanket cylinder temporarily when the clamping channel passes under the cleaning element.

Abstract: A ware wash machine includes one or more fluidic oscillator nozzles (or other variable stream orientation nozzles) used in connection with the dispensing of wash liquid, rinse liquid, sanitizing liquid and/or gaseous fluids onto wares being cleaned and/or dried and/or heated within the machine.

Abstract: Apparatus for and a method of cleaning or processing a wafer anticipates a malfunction of a pump and avoids an abrupt shutting down of the pump during the cleaning or processing of the wafer. The apparatus includes a tank vessel containing a liquid used in the cleaning or processing of the wafer, a pump that pumps the liquid chemical from the vessel, a filter that filters impurities contained in the liquid pumped by the pump, a heater that heats the filtered liquid to a predetermined temperature and supplies the heated liquid back into the tank vessel, and a pump malfunction anticipation unit that operates at the same time as the pump. The pump malfunction anticipation unit calculates the flow rate of the liquid pumped by the pump using a program, and based on the flow rate anticipates when it is time to replace the pump.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for the improved combined edge bead removal and backside wash of spin coated semiconductor wafers is disclosed. This is preferably accomplished by providing a nozzle having a plurality of outlets adapted for the ejection of a cleaning fluid onto the backside of a semiconductor wafer. This cleaning fluid can be EEP or a similar EBR type of solvent. This dual outlet nozzle can be mounted to a stationary EBR arm, and preferably comprises two outlets located on a beveled top surface that are separated at a predetermined angle. The angle of this beveled top surface with respect to a horizontal plane of the processed wafer is preferably about 45 degrees, while the angle of each nozzle outlet with respect to a primary axis of the stationary EBR arm is also preferably about 45 degrees. Other angles are also possible in order to maximize solvent jet efficiency.

Abstract: A system and method for protecting bristles that includes a sleeve sized and shaped to be slideably received over a handle attached to the bristles, the sleeve formed of breathable material to facilitate drying of the bristles, and the sleeve formed of rigid material to support the handle and the bristles in a vertical orientation and to protect the bristles, the sleeve formed of a length sufficient to cover the bristles, and to cover at least a portion of the handle. In accordance with a method of the invention, the sleeve is slid over the proximal end of the handle and moved down the handle to a position where the sleeve covers the bristles and a first end of the sleeve extends beyond the bristles, and the handle is placed in a vertical orientation so that the first end of the sleeve bears against a supporting surface to hold the handle and the bristles in a vertical orientation.

Abstract: Currently, there are no products available which allow a user to treat microbial and bacterial growth inside a HVAC condensate drain pan without first, gaining access to the drain pan by removal of the front cover of the HVAC unit. Our HVAC Enviro-Clean Condensate Drain Pan and Coil Cleaning System will accommodate the introduction of non-corrosive algaecides and/or biocides and cleaner fluids via an internal reservoir and plastic hosing system that can be easily used and maintained by the consumer. A reduction of microbial and bacterial growth will have a positive impact of Indoor Air Quality.

Abstract: A method and device for cleaning the inside of a liquid dispensing tube that is contaminated with a previously dispensed liquid. The contaminated liquid dispensing tube is filled with a cleaning fluid. The liquid dispensing tube is then impacted with an impacting device. The impacting of the liquid dispensing tube creates pressure waves in the cleaning fluid. The pressure waves dislodge the liquid contaminate from the inside of the liquid dispensing tube while a flowing cleaning fluid flushes the liquid contaminate out of the liquid dispensing tube.

Abstract: The invention concerns an arrangement for ultrasound cleaning of several strandlike articles (4) traveling next to each other, such as, e.g., wires, profiles and pipes, by means of a liquid excited by ultrasound in a borehole (3), which is only slightly, i.e., around 5-50%, larger than the diameter of the article being cleaned, wherein the cleaning liquid is supplied to the boreholes (3) in such a way that it fills them completely.

Abstract: An ultrasonic cleaner includes a body section; a vibration generator mounted in the body section and having a vibration-transmitting portion formed at its front end for transmitting vibration to an object to be cleaned; and a cleaning-medium feed section for feeding a cleaning medium to the object to be cleaned. The vibration-transmitting portion is pressed against an object to be cleaned to thereby transmit vibration to the object to be cleaned, and a cleaning medium is fed to the object to be cleaned. Thus, vibration causes adhering dirt to be eluted into the cleaning medium from the object to be cleaned, thereby removing dirt from the object.

Abstract: A walking stick with a flexure spring to store energy from compression during the user's step, and release of the energy to aid in propelling the user forward, thereby reducing fatigue and enabling longer and faster walks.

Abstract: A tent (10) with extendable windows (14) having a main structure (12) including a plurality of walls (16,18,20) which are oriented at a first angle (60) with respect to a vertical reference. The tent (10) also includes at least one window (14) which is extendable to a second angle (62) with respect to a vertical reference, where the second angle (62) is a more negative angle than the first angle (60) thus producing windows (14) which are horizontally extendable further than the tent walls (16,18,20).

Abstract: A collapsible tent skeleton frame includes a plurality of poles, a plurality of joints mounted respectively on the poles, a plurality of side ribs pivoted respectively to the joints, a top joint, and a plurality of upper ribs pivoted respectively to adjacent pairs of the side ribs and to the top joint. Each of the joints has two arms, each of which is formed with a recess that has a round inner end section and an extension. Each of the side ribs has a rounded end that is received in and that conforms to the inner end section of the recess in a respective one of the arms of a respective one of the joints.

Abstract: Nano-architected/assembled solar cells and methods for their manufacture are disclosed. The solar cells comprise oriented arrays of nanostructures wherein two or more different materials are regularly arrayed and wherein the presence of two different materials alternates. The two or more materials have different electron affinities. The two materials may be in the form of matrixed arrays of nanostructures. The presence of the two different materials may alternate within distances of between about 1 nm and about 100 nm. An orientation can be imposed on the array, e.g. through solution deposition surfactant temptation or other methods.

Abstract: A method of reducing the photoelectric device leakage current caused by residual metal ions in conjugated polymer. A chelating agent is added to a conjugated polymer material, thereby the conductivity and mobility of metal ions under an electric field are reduced due to the chelation of metal ions by the chelating agent; therefore, the leakage current is reduced and the stability of devices is improved. Furthermore, the activity of metal ions is reduced after the metal ions are chelated by the chelating agent, improving the stability of the material and the devices. A conjugated polymer composition is also provided.

Abstract: This invention is to a method and system for controlling withdrawal of liquid from pipelines. The system includes intercommunicating analyzers, control applications and controllers for analyzing and controlling flow of a liquid from a pipeline system. Pipeline systems with which this invention can be used include any type of pipeline system capable of transporting and distributing liquid fluids, particularly hydrocarbon liquids.

Abstract: A showerhead as described herein includes a translucent hollow body having a fluid chamber, and a fluid distribution element configured to release fluid contained in the fluid chamber. The fluid distribution element includes a plurality of raised concentric rings having peaks that serve as the fluid release points. The fluid distribution element contains a number of fluid ducts that are specifically shaped to transport the fluid from the fluid chamber toward the fluid release points. The translucent nature of the showerhead creates an optical lens effect that illuminates the showerhead and the water droplets formed by the showerhead. The illumination of the water droplets creates a pleasant showering experience for the user.

Abstract: An air chuck that accommodates a Schrader valve, or U.S.-type valve, in a retracted position and further accommodates a Presta valve, or French-type valve, in an extended position. The air chuck has a chuck body that slides relative to a chuck housing. A lock pin extends radially outwardly from the sliding chuck body and travels along an elongated channel in the chuck housing. When the sliding chuck body reaches its extended position, to accommodate a Presta valve, the lock pin exits the elongated channel and is received in an annular channel defined by an inside wall of an end of a cap secured to the chuck housing, and a rim of the chuck housing. A second annular channel communicates with the elongated channel to receive the lock pin when the sliding chuck body is in the retracted position. The annular channels allow the sliding chuck body to be rotated relative to the chuck housing to lock the chuck body in the extended or retracted position.

Abstract: A gas supply system for pulse-wise feeding a reactant gas to a reactor, the gas supply system comprising:

Abstract: A compression-type valve seating ring device for sealingly engaging the valve seat. The seating ring device includes a resilient cylindrical body having a central axis and having a side surface, a top surface and a bottom surface. A first inward bevel is defined circumferentially from the side surface toward the top surface, and a second contour is defined circumferentially between the first bevel and the top surface, wherein the first bevel provides a seating surface and the second contour enhances the seal and life of the valve. The valve element is configured symmetrically such that top and bottom sides are substantially identical.

Abstract: A vaporizing pressure regulator is provided, comprising: a valve body having a flow path therethrough and a pressure responsive valve carried in the flow path to regulate the flow of a fluid; and a heat source operatively associated with the valve body to heat fluid in the flow path by thermal conduction through a portion of the valve housing. In another aspect of the invention, heating is enhanced by providing power to the heat source proportional to the difference between a measured temperature indicative of the temperature of the fluid and a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: A flow system includes a proportional valve constructed of chemically inert materials (PTFE) to produce variable fluid flow rates of liquids including inert, and high purity, and even highly corrosive liquids. Gases of many varieties can also be flow controlled. The valve may be precisely set, either manually, or by use of an actuating motor, remotely or electronically, for various flow rates for the required fluid. The valve allows for specific proportional flow parameters to be programmed into valve structure and configuration to provide precise and repeatable highest resolution flow control for a wide variety of complex flow conditions (pressure, temperature and viscosity).

Abstract: A reducing valve for compressed gas bottles comprises a valve mechanism for compressed gas bottles which is disposed between a high pressure connection and a low pressure output, whereby an opening which is defined by a sealing edge is sealed by a valve cone which is impinged upon by a closing force and which is preferably provided with a seal; and wherein means are provided in order to compensate the pressure imposed upon the valve cone in the region of the opening, comprising a compensation piston which is impinged upon by a pressure of the same strength in the opposite direction. The inventive reducing valve has a simplified structure and assembly, in addition to providing a high degree of functional reliability by virtue of the fact that the compensation piston is embodied as a piston which can move relative to the valve cone.

Abstract: A check valve for use in a section of a liquid flow line to control the intermittent flow of a liquid through the line, wherein the section of the line that is configured to received the valve has inlet and outlet ends with an opening through which liquid respectively enters or exits the section, includes a compression spring having upstream and downstream ends, wherein the spring is configured so as to allow the downstream end to press against the section outlet end. This check valve further includes a piston having bottom, top and outer side surfaces, with this piston having a cavity that extends from its top surface and is configured to allow the spring to sit and operated freely within the cavity with the spring's upstream end resting on the bottom surface of the cavity.

Abstract: A pneumatic control system including at least one flow control line having a connecting line connectable to a fluid line of a pneumatically operated machine, a vacuum line connectable to a vacuum source, a vacuum valve controlling flow between the connecting line and the vacuum line, a pressure line connectable to a source of fluid under pressure, and a pressure valve controlling flow between the connecting line and the pressure line. A pressure manifold defines the pressure line and a first portion of the connection line, and supports the pressure valve, and a vacuum manifold defines the vacuum line and a second portion of the connecting line, and supports the vacuum valve. The vacuum manifold is adapted for replacement independently of the pressure manifold.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a construction machine having a working oil tank and a switching valve to open/close the pilot line of the hydraulic pressure control system, the return oil from the switching valve being put back to the tank at the bottom through a return pipe, wherein a drain pipe is provided at a portion of the return pipe lower than the tank, while a plug for opening/closing the drain pipe at the outlet thereof, the oil in the working oil tank being discharged through the return pipe in a case where the outlet is opened by the plug. This allows the simplification of the configuration of drain passage as well as the improvement of the efficiency of draining works.

Abstract: The redundant valve system 10 of the preferred embodiments includes a first valve unit 12, a second valve unit 14, a third valve unit 16, a first diagnostic device 18, a second diagnostic device 20, and a control unit 22. The third valve unit has a first position that allows fluid flow toward the first valve unit and a second position that allows fluid flow toward the second valve unit. The first diagnostic device and the second diagnostic device are adapted to detect the presence of a fault in the first valve unit and the second valve unit, respectively. The control unit is coupled to the third valve unit and adapted to cycle between a first operation mode that requests the first position for the third valve unit and a second operation mode that requests the second position for the third valve unit.

Abstract: The present invention is a ball valve which may be attached to a fluid pipe for connection/disconnection between an entrance and an exit. More particularly, the present invention is a ball valve having a discharge orifice communicating with ambient air in addition to the entrance and the exit for connection/disconnection between the entrance and the discharge orifice and/or between the exit and the discharge orifice. The ball valve of the present invention may be attached to piping systems such as, for example, the secondary side of a steam trap, which blocks steam but automatically discharges condensed water, and is used for checking a discharging state of the primary side steam trap and/or releasing remaining pressure on the secondary side.

Abstract: A hard, durable valve seat or “valve seat protector” is provided in a plastic backwater valve with a flapper valve. The seating is more resistant to wear caused by cleaning, giving it a longer useful life despite the use of a less durable, less expensive plastic material for the rest of the valve and housing.

Abstract: A check valve adapted for mounting between any flanges and specifically between sanitary flanges in a piping system, the check valve comprising a stationary portion and a flexible portion; the single-piece rigid stationary portion including and supporting a valve seat; the single-piece molded elastomeric flexible portion including a flange gasket, a valve plug, flexible retaining arms for guiding and securing the valve plug movement with respect to the valve seat, and a visual means to indicate that the check valve is installed, permits flow in the desired direction, and is drainable; the check valve being fully cleanable and sterilizable in situ by flow-through methods and having at least one embodiment that is fully drainable when mounted in any orientation.

Abstract: A tuning cable assembly comprising a reinforced tube, a tuning cable placed within said reinforced tube, where the tuning cable is comprised of a thermoset material or a cross-linked thermoplastic material, and a narrow annular cavity formed between the inner surface of the reinforced tube and the outer surface of the tuning cable. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. This abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Abstract: A pressure fluid accumulator with a housing having its interior subdivided by a media-separating element into two chambers, the first chamber being filled with a gas and the second chamber being filled with a liquid, and wherein in a hydraulic port a bottom valve is provided which permits filling the second chamber with liquid and prevents complete evacuation of the second chamber, and the valve's closure member is operable by the media-separating element. In order to prevent, especially at low temperatures and high viscosity of the pressure fluid, damage of the media-separating element caused by a high differential pressure, a device is provided between the media-separating element and the bottom valve.

Abstract: A pneumatic pipe plug for the sealing of pipelines of various nominal diameters can be inserted through connections of relatively small diameters in a wall of a pipeline and is intended for high working and dynamic pressures in order to ascertain good sealing, whereat the plug is also conceived in a way to be resistant to mechanical damages that could occur when inserting the plug into or removing it from a connection in the wall, said connection being often sharp-edged. The pipe plug of the invention is conceived as a tube element (1) in the sense of an ellipsoid of revolution, whereat the thickness of a wall (8) of the element (1) becomes thinner towards the centre and the wall can also contain a gummed cord (9) running in several, preferably two layers so that, with respect to the longitudinal axis of the element (1), one cord (9) lies obliquely to one end and another cord (9) to another end for an angle a measured from the central line and amounting to 0-20° C.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for vapor phase catalytic oxidation which is almost free of variations in reaction states in respective reaction tubes of the fixed bed multi-tube heat-exchanger type reactor.

Abstract: For avoiding the evaporation of volatile components of a fill oil and for avoiding contamination of the fill oil with ambient air, a method for the filling of hydraulic pressure measurement mechanisms by means of a readied filling chamber. The method includes the following steps: (I) Evacuating the filling chamber by means of a vacuum pump over a first path of a first conductivity, extending between the vacuum chamber and the vacuum pump; (II) ending the evacuation of the filling chamber over the first path; (III) continued evacuating of the filling chamber by means of the pump over a second path of a second conductivity, extending between the filling chamber and the vacuum pump, wherein the second conductivity is smaller than the first conductivity; (IV) feeding the fill oil into the evacuated fill chamber and (V) filling the measurement mechanisms.

Abstract: A filler material packing system for packing a granular or fragmental filler material in a bag-shaped hollow surface material includes a suction-type packing container, and means for delivering the filler material. The packing container has an inner space. At least a part of the surface material is air-permeable, and the surface material is positioned in the inner space. The packing container has a suction port and an entry port that are connected to the inner space. The filler material is delivered to the inside of the surface material positioned in the inner space of the packing container by the filler material delivering means. The filler material delivering means includes a cylindrical stirring container having a lid, a sidewall and a bottom wall. The stirring container has a stirring vane positioned on the bottom wall. Air vent holes and an outlet port are provided in an upper part of the sidewall.

Abstract: A fueling facility and method for dispensing liquid natural gas (LNG), compressed natural gas (CNG) or both on-demand. The fueling facility may include a source of LNG, such as cryogenic storage vessel. A low volume high pressure pump is coupled to the source of LNG to produce a stream of pressurized LNG. The stream of pressurized LNG may be selectively directed through an LNG flow path or to a CNG flow path which includes a vaporizer configured to produce CNG from the pressurized LNG. A portion of the CNG may be drawn from the CNG flow path and introduced into the CNG flow path to control the temperature of LNG flowing therethrough. Similarly, a portion of the LNG may be drawn from the LNG flow path and introduced into the CNG flow path to control the temperature of CNG flowing therethrough.

Abstract: A sandbox filler crook comprising a feed pipe in which a granular material is transported by compressed air, which pipe presents successively an upstream portion for holding by an operator, a curved intermediate portion, and a downstream portion for insertion into a feed orifice of the sandbox, the upstream and downstream portions being rectilinear and substantially vertical during filling, wherein said downstream portion of the pipe includes at least one side orifice for air exhaust.

Abstract: A method suitable for use in small trade stores or retail shops for assisting in providing the correct color or coating compositions mixed in the store or shop in which colorants (II) are added to a base paint (2), the base paint (2) being provided in a lidded container (I). The base paint (2) is pre dispensed in a lidded container (I), thereby avoiding the need to weigh it accurately in store thus saving time. Further time is saved by adding the colorants simultaneously to the base paint (2). The actual load (usually the combined weight of the can and the contents) is compared to the correct load stored in a database and the operator is alerted if the two fail to match.

Abstract: A function liquid filling device includes: a feed unit for feeding a function liquid in a function liquid tank toward head caps coupled to function liquid droplet ejection heads through the function liquid droplet ejection heads; a detection unit for detecting that the fed function liquid reaches the head caps; and a control unit for stopping the drive of the feed unit based on a result of detection by the detection unit. The detection unit includes: a crystal oscillator disposed in the head cap and/or a waste liquid passage; and a detector for detecting the presence or absence of the function liquid based on a change in a resonance frequency of the crystal oscillator.

Abstract: A liquid-dispensing nozzle has a system for blowing air for a period of time through the nozzle's spout after the liquid valve closes. The flow of air purges and expels most of the liquid adhering to the interior surface of the spout, preventing this residual liquid from contaminating either the ground on which it may fall when the spout is withdrawn from a filler pipe or the air through evaporation. The invention applies particularly well to dispensing of liquid fuels such as gasoline.

Abstract: A ladle including: a concave peripheral wall having a wall peripheral edge delimiting a containment volume. The ladle peripheral wall includes a pouring section for facilitating the pouring out of foodstuff from the containment volume. The pouring section has a symmetrically concave configuration. A collecting section is provided for facilitating the collection of foodstuff from a container into the containment volume. The collecting section defines a scrapping sub-section wherein the wall peripheral edge has a substantially rectilinear configuration, the scrapping subsection extending integrally from the pouring section. The collecting section also defines a cornering sub-section wherein the wall peripheral edge has a substantially convex configuration, the cornering sub-section extending integrally from the scrapping sub-section. A handle extends from the ladle peripheral wall intermediate the pouring section and the cornering sub-section.

Abstract: A bandolier of syringes for use in an automated syringe handling system is provided. The automated syringe handling system generally receives syringes and fills the syringe with a substance, such as a medicament. In one exemplary embodiment, the syringe handling system is a system that disperses one or more medicaments into the syringes in an automated manner. The bandolier includes a web, e.g., a strip of transparent material partially encapsulating bodies of syringes that are bound to the web at a prescribed interval. The bandolier includes a feature disposed within the prescribed interval and between the syringes with the feature being different from the surrounding web.

Abstract: A liquid filling apparatus includes a discharge head having a cavity for storing liquid, a nozzle communicated with the cavity, and a discharge device for discharging liquid stored in the cavity through the nozzle. In addition, the apparatus includes a liquid supply section which supplies the liquid to the nozzle of the discharge head by contacting the liquid with the nozzle, and a suction device connected to a cavity side of the discharge head, which draws liquid supplied from the liquid supply section to inside the cavity, by suction from the nozzle via the cavity.