Abstract: A roof tile 1, having a length, a width and a height, has an upwardly extending elongate passage 6 having a substantially unobstructed pathway from an outlet 4 at the lower end of the passage to an inlet 2 at an upper end of the passage. A downwardly extending passage 7 communicating with the inlet 2 and adapted to connect to a duct creating a flow path through the passage, through the inlet and along the tile to the outlet. The upwardly extending passage 6 is substantially the length and width of the tile and has a substantially greater width than height.

Abstract: A work space system including a plurality of work areas. A work area includes a spine wall, a first wall adjacent to the spine wall and extending from the spine wall, and a second wall adjacent to the first wall and including an entrance to the work area. The height of the second wall is greater than the height of the first wall, and the height of the first wall is greater than the height of the spine wall.

Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a partition system includes a flexible partition expandable along at least its length and its height, at least one support element associated with the partition, and a fluid delivery system associated with the partition and configured to deliver a fluid to a space adjacent to the partition.

Abstract: A window or door flashing assembly includes a weather resistive barrier that covers a portion of a wall around a rough opening. The barrier may be comprised of adhesive saturated open cell foam or scrim laminated between layers of impervious film A tapered sealing gasket that engages the inner surface of the door or window nailing flange or molding seals exterior air and moisture from the interior of the building. The barrier may extend into the rough opening and integrate with a sill pan.

Abstract: An improved building structure that eliminates condensation at exterior building walls, thereby preventing mold growth and avoiding the damage, environmental degradation and health problems associated with mold growth includes enveloping spaces that allow natural convection of air in exterior wall structures and roof structures. An embodiment of the building structure includes an exterior wall structure defining an air gap between insulation and exterior sheathing, a roof structure defining an air gap between thermal insulation and a roof deck, the wall air gap and roof air gap being in fluid communication, a roof vent to allow air to flow to an outside space, and an air ventilation grid at the lower end of the wall air gap. The air ventilation grid includes openings that allow air to freely enter the wall air gap and flow upwardly by natural convection into the roof air gap and out of the roof vent.

Abstract: A roof batten forming sheet for a roofing system for a building, the building including a plurality of spaced apart rafters, the roof batten forming sheet including a base panel section which includes opposed side edge portions, at least one of the side edge portions being configured so as to at least in part form a roof batten for retaining roofing thereon.

Abstract: Installed on a top of a structure (1) is a base stand (11) against which damping body (3) movably rests via a linear guide mechanism (12). Mounted between the damping body (3) and the structure (1) or between the damping body (3) and a top of a support housing (14) erected on the structure (1) is a characteristic-frequency adjusting spring or springs (13) with an initial tension being applied vertically. Movement of the damping body (3) causes the spring or springs (13) to be obliquely and longitudinally expanded to apply horizontal component to the damping body (3) upon restoring.

Abstract: A kit for building a water feature, in which all of the materials necessary to construct a pond are provided in a single container. In an alternate form, all materials necessary to build a waterfall or other water feature are provided in a single container.

Abstract: Corrugated transparent or semi-transparent structures, typically from Polycarbonate or Acrylic, are typically used for creating for example various transparent or semi-transparent walls or roofs for example in large buildings or for creating greenhouses for plants. However, especially for example during the summer, this can cause overheating of the greenhouse effect, so that too much heat is caught inside, which can have undesirable effects. The present invention shows a very cheap solution for automatically regulating the penetration of the Sun's rays through such structures during the day, so that for example at noon the Sun's penetration is automatically lowered.

Abstract: This invention describes a household safe window, which has a fixed window frame, a large sash, a small sash, and a first and second linking member. The fixed window frame is embedded in a pre-formed frame. The opposite sides of the large sash, via the first linking member, are pivotally fitted into the fixed window frame, thereby enabling the large sash to open along the right or left side. The large sash is formed as a carved-through frame, which can receive the small sash. A first pivoting member is provided on the large sash, which is used to pivotally interconnect with a second pivoting member of the small sash, thereby enabling the second link member to connect with the opposite sides of the small sash to drive the window to swing up and down.

Abstract: The prefabricated structural components strengthened by tensile reinforcements, preferably metal inlays, containing binders and aggregates, wherein said binder is an alkali water glass, and the aggregates have a broad grain size distribution like aggregates added to reinforced concrete.

Abstract: A technique and apparatus for integrally connecting a precast or prefabricated deck to a girder. A connection structure and method for connecting a precast or prefabricated deck to a girder, makes it unnecessary to form shear pockets in the deck and to remove existing shear connectors already installed to the girder, and makes it possible to easily adjust an elevation of the deck and to obtain excellent structural integration between the girder and the deck. The connection structure includes at least one rod shaped elevation adjustor inserted through the deck to support the deck spaced apart from an upper surface of the girder at a predetermined interval. A length of the rod shaped elevation adjustor projected toward an upper face of the girder can be changed to allow the deck to be supported. At least one shear connector is inserted through the deck.

Abstract: A building foundation structure has a supporting and heat and moisture insulating layer (17, 18, 40), preferably of foam glass. The layer rests on a flat and horizontal surface (51) of a ground layer (50). A metallic foil (111) covers the horizontal area of the foundation structure in order to prevent moisture and smell from propagating upwardly through the supporting and heat and moisture insulating layer (17, 18, 40).

Abstract: A decorative structure is provided that is suspended within a space and includes a panel fastened to a support structure by a clip. A portion of the clip extends along a face of the panel opposite that aligned adjacent the support structure. A decorative structure is also providing that includes a panel connected to a support structuring having a first member including a keyed aperture in which are disposed a first cross member and a second cross member interconnected to the first cross member. The decorative structure of the present invention may be curved.

Abstract: A one-piece bronze memorial having a simulated granite border which form a single integral and gaplessly continuous piece, a method of installing the bronze memorial, and a kit that contains the memorial and a corrugated cardboard shape to pour a concrete base.

Abstract: A cavity former 10 for use in forming a cavity in a concrete slab is disclosed. The cavity former comprises a support member which supports the weight of a person standing on the cavity former or of wet concrete bearing down on the array until the concrete has cured sufficiently to support itself. The array is reconfigurable between a compact state for stacking with other similarly configured arrays to facilitate transport and an expanded state to define a volume about which the wet concrete is poured. The cavity former 10 has a cover 34 which is engageable with the array to distribute the weight onto the array elements and prevent wet concrete flowing into the volume defined by the elements in the expanded state.

Abstract: A joint cover system, for covering a gap at a joint between a first body and a second body, has a cover strip and a receiver strip. The cover strip had a first attachment portion and is adapted for spanning the joint. The receiver strip has a second attachment portion and an anchor portion. The second attachment portion is adapted to lockingly engage the first attachment portion of the cover strip, thereby mechanically coupling the cover strip to the receiver strip. The anchor portion extends from the receiver strip and is adapted for anchoring in the first body.

Abstract: A thermal clip arrangement for a roof panel system, such as a standing seam roof system, wherein the thermal clip arrangement includes a non-metallic anchor block which holds a slideable metal clip.

Abstract: A composite panel comprising: a metal decking (1), optionally pre-coated with a decorative finish on its bottom surface a profiled metal top sheet (3) provided with a pre-laminated, waterproof, membranous layer on its top surface, an insulating layer (2) sandwiched between the top surface of the metal decking (1) and the bottom surface of the metal top sheet (3) and means (5, 7) for connecting the panel to a frame work (4) and/or another composite panel to form a substantially water resistant building or structure.

Abstract: A tent skeleton frame assembly includes vertical poles, each of which defines a first side and a second side transverse to the first side, and includes a first vertical rod, a second vertical rod spaced apart from and aligned with the first vertical rod along the first side of a respective one of the vertical poles, a third vertical rod spaced apart from and aligned with the second vertical rod along the second side of the respective one of the vertical poles, and three elongated latticed plates. Each vertical rod is formed with two engaging grooves. Each latticed plate has opposite sides respectively engaging an adjacent pair of the engaging grooves in an adjacent pair of the vertical rods.

Abstract: A unitary, one-piece anchor for connecting a roof truss or other building structural member to a cementitious wall to resist uplift and lateral forces.

Abstract: In this vehicle roof molding, a molding body has shelf sections formed relative to the widthwise direction so as to oppose a bottom surface of an upper wall separated by an interval, and a slide plate is movably installed so as to be able to slide along the longitudinal direction of the molding body at a location opposing an opening of the shelf sections, and slide plate has elastic sections that protrude towards the shelf sections and force the slide plate towards the upper wall by receiving a reactive force from the shelf sections. Opening can be opened and closed by sliding slide plate.

Abstract: Described herein is a monolithic flooring system that includes cove elements that are shaped to provide a transition between floor and wall such that a floor coating may be installed over the cove elements and sub-flooring to create a unitary floor-cove covering making for a surface that is more sanitary and easier to clean. Also described are various shaped cove elements that enable creation of a good transition between wall and floor. The cove elements are preferably made of material similar to the sub-floor, for instance a cementitious material. The floor coating is preferably a resinous material.

Abstract: A non-deformable laminated trim molding is provided to form watertight sealing between laminated panel members such as a counter top and a wall. The trim molding is laminated prior to installation so that the color of the laminated trim molding is related to the color of the laminated counter top. The trim molding includes a part to fit between panel members such as between a counter top and a wall or between a counter top and a back splash. A sealant layer between the laminated panel member and the laminated trim molding prevents water or other liquids from penetrating through to the substrate of the counter top, which is usually wood.

Abstract: This invention relates to a reinforcement structure which is used in providing cementitious mixtures supplemental support and strength upon setting, and more particularly, to a reinforcement structure which comprises a plurality of oriented reinforcing fibrous and/or filamentary components having a finite cut length, and fastening the reinforcing fibrous and/or filamentary components by one or more circumferential retaining elements.

Abstract: In a packaging apparatus, when replacing a preceding single-faced corrugated fiberboard (wrapping material) with a subsequent single-faced corrugated fiberboard, a draw-out roller is operated such that the preceding single-faced corrugated fiberboard is drawn out to its trailing end. At this time, a reserve roller, around which the single-faced corrugated fiberboard is trained, is moved such that the single-faced corrugated fiberboard, which has been drawn out, is accumulated thereat. Then, the trailing end of the preceding single-faced corrugated fiberboard and a leading end of the subsequent single-faced corrugated fiberboard are joined together at a joining device. In this way, the preceding single-faced corrugated fiberboard can be used up until its final end, and thus there is no waste of the single-faced corrugated fiberboard.

Abstract: A packaging and a method for monitoring a packaging (10) of a disposable material in a chain of logistics. As an integral part of the packaging, the packaging has an electronic module (12) comprising electric energy supply means, data processing means, data storage nonvolatile memory means for storing information related to the packaging, time keeping means, and data transceiver means for transmitting and receiving said information in communication with a host computer (30). The electronic module also has sensor means (14, 20) for detecting a changed physical condition of the packaging and for signaling information representing said changed physical condition to the electronic module (12) to be stored in the memory means together with a notation of time from the time keeping means.

Abstract: A method and machine for packing a tampon, whereby the tampon is inserted inside a tubular folding spindle of constant cross section; a sheet of packing material is then wrapped about the folding spindle and stabilized longitudinally to form a tubular wrapping; the folding spindle and the tubular wrapping, together with the tampon, are then parted; and the two ends of the tubular wrapping are closed transversely about the relative tampon.

Abstract: While the manufacturing of integrated circuits (IC) has become a mostly automated process, the loading of the ICs into storage and shipping tubes 105 still requires a large amount of human interaction. A major stumbling block to the automation is the removal and insertion of retention pins 115 in the tubes. The present invention uses pressurized air 406 to hold a partially extracted retention pin 115 in position while the tube 105 is loaded. Once loaded, the retention pin 115 is reinserted. By not fully extracting the retention pin 115, alignment is maintained, simplifying the reinsertion step.

Abstract: A machine (1) for vacuum packing in plastic bags and rigid containers (37) comprising:—an airtight chamber (4), suited to accommodate a plastic bag (26) with the relative product (27),—means for sucking air from said chamber (4), so as to create a vacuum in the chamber and in the bag (26) contained therein,—means for sealing the edges (25) of the bag (6) after the vacuum has been created therein,—air input means (13) for introducing air into the chamber (4) to remove the vacuum,—a suction device (35), connected to the suction means, for creating vacuum in rigid containers (37) provided with a valve (39).

Abstract: A tree for a saddle having a body and a forwardly disposed bearing part which, when the saddle is mounted on a horse, is located adjacent or close to the horse's withers, the bearing part being releasably attachable to the body, whereby one of a plurality of different bearing parts may be used in association with a given body.

Abstract: A treeless riding pad for two persons is disclosed, particularly for use with handicapped and physically challenged riders. The riding pad allows a therapist or other professional to ride behind the rider and assist with therapy. The riding pad is made of soft materials and is typically an English-style pad. A looped member at the front of the riding pad allows the first rider to hold on to the animal. The riding pad has two sets of stirrups, allowing both riders to be stable while on the animal.

Abstract: A safety stirrup (1) comprising an inverted U-shaped mounting member (2) having an adaptation (4) in the arcuate portion of the U for attachment of a stirrup strap thereto, a foot support (3) pivotally mounted between the extremities of the mounting member (2) when the stirrup is in normal use, wherein the foot support (3) comprises a tread (9) having an extension projecting upwardly from each end of the tread (9), the distal ends of which extensions join to form a loop (10). The stirrup also has co-operating engagement means (13, 14) between the foot support (3) and the inverted U-shaped mounting member (2) to retain the loop (10) of said foot support (3) in a plane generally coincident with a central plane of the inverted U-shaped mounting member (2) when the stirrup is in normal use. Rotation of the foot support (3) from the normal in use position disconnects the pivotal mountings (13, 14) and allows separation of the foot support (3) from the mounting member (2).

Abstract: A vertically oriented separator for separating liquid from a gas stream, where the incoming fluid enters the separator through an inlet nozzle arranged mainly perpendicular to the center axis of the separator and communicates with a circular swirl-inducing inlet device which is outwardly limited by the separator wall, inwardly limited by a mainly centrally arranged pipe and upwardly limited by a sealed top cover. The separator includes a first separation compartment arranged below the pipe and a second separator compartment arranged above the pipe, so the incoming fluid successively and under continuous swirl is forced to pass from the circular swirl-inducing inlet device to the first separator compartment and further through the pipe to the second separator compartment.

Abstract: Disclosed is an air cleaner for controlling a temperature of cleaned air, including a housing for receiving various parts, an inlet provided in the housing for drawing in air to be cleaned, a filtering member for filtering the drawn air so as to remove various contaminants, a fan for drawing in the filtered air and blowing out, an outlet provided in the housing for discharging the filtered air, and a controller for controlling a temperature of filtered air according to room temperature.

Abstract: Converting machines give rise to polluted air which must be removed with the aid of fans and filters. The present invention aims at such removal but in such a way that the servicing interval is greatly extended by the use of a filter unit consisting of a number of part-filters arranged one after the other and consisting of pleated fibre mats, the various mats having different filtering properties.

Abstract: A multilayer, pleatable, filter material is made of at least one melt-blown, fleece layer and at least one carded, fleece layer that are attached to one another without use of adhesives for filtering solid particles out of fluids, in particular, filtering solid particles out of gases, where the carded fleece has compacted and uncompacted sections, the melt-blown fleece is preferably attached to the carded fleece at the latter's uncompacted sections by means of multimicrofilament strands, and the filter material contains micropockets for storing dust.

Abstract: A honeycomb structural body which is capable of increasing the limiting collection amount of particulate, reducing the pressure loss in use, and reducing fluctuations in the pressure loss even if the flow rate from an internal combustion engine of exhaust gases fluctuates. The honeycomb structural body is a columnar honeycomb structural body in which a large number of through holes are arranged side by side in the length direction with a partition wall interposed therebetween. The large number of through holes are constituted by a group of large-capacity through holes, with one end thereof sealed to make the total cross-sectional areas perpendicular to the length direction relatively greater, and a group of small-capacity through holes, with the other end thereof sealed to make the total cross-sectional areas relatively smaller. The honeycomb structural body includes a plurality of columnar porous ceramic members.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for harvesting cotton, arranged for forward motion through a cotton crop comprising cotton plants having cotton bolls.

Abstract: In the case of a procedure for preparing a piecing process in an open-end rotor spinning aggregate it is provided that a thread end, which is to be pieced in a fiber ring located in a spinning rotor, is first cross-cut, thinned-out and moistened. The dampening takes place subsequent to the thread being thinned-out, in that the thread end slides over a wetting surface.

Abstract: A texturing machine for draw texturing a plurality of synthetic multi-filament yarns and which includes a plurality of side by side processing stations. Each of the processing stations comprises a plurality of processing units for advancing, texturing, drawing, and winding the yarn. At least one of the processing units is driven by an electrical individual drive, with the individual drives of the processing units of adjacent processing stations being controlled by a common group frequency changer. To enable a separate connection and disconnection of the individual drives with a simultaneous group control, the electrical individual drive of each processing unit includes an asynchronous unit and a synchronous unit. In the case of a predetermined desired frequency, this permits an automatic startup and maintenance of the desired frequency, which leads to a high degree of uniformity of the yarn treatment in each processing station.

Abstract: A yarn withdrawal nozzle for an open-end rotor spinning arrangement, having an inlet funnel and a coaxially arranged structure in the inlet funnel, as well as notches arranged in a spaced-apart manner that are positioned in the traveling direction of a yarn downstream of the coaxially arranged structure. The coaxially arranged structure is comprised of circularly-shaped beads or grooves of different diameters.

Abstract: The present invention is aimed at providing a gas turbine system, in particular a gas turbine power generation system, which is configured to use a coal bed methane and to collect substantially all of generated carbon dioxide to inhibit release of carbon dioxide to atmosphere. For this purpose, the gas turbine system of the present invention is configured to inhibit release of carbon dioxide to atmosphere in such a manner that methane is combusted with oxygen separated from air by an oxygen generator (3) to allow an oxygen combustion type gas turbine (1) to be driven, carbon dioxide emitted from the turbine is fed under pressure into an underground coal bed (7) along with air component after separating oxygen from air, and fixed into the coal bed (7), and the coal bed methane is collected up above the ground by a gas drive action of the gas and supplied to the gas turbine as fuel.

Abstract: Disclosed is a gas turbine power generating system capable of achieving a high output power and a high power generating efficiency under conditions with a small amount of supplied water and less change in design of a gas turbine. A fine water droplet spraying apparatus (11) is disposed in a suction air chamber (22) on the upstream side of an air compressor (2), and a moisture adding apparatus (7) for adding moisture to high pressure air supplied from the compressor (2) is disposed. A regenerator (5) for heating the air to which moisture has been added by using gas turbine exhaust gas as a heat source is also provided. With this configuration, there can be obtain an effect of reducing a power for the compressor (2) and an effect of increasing the output power due to addition of moisture to air (20) for combustion. Further, since the used amount of fuel is reduced by adopting a regenerating cycle, the power generating efficiency is improved.

Abstract: In an outboard engine system, an exhaust manifold fixed to a cylinder head of a vertical engine by a bolt includes single pipe portions and a collecting portion through which an exhaust gas flow. A water jacket, through which cooling water flows, is formed to surround a periphery of the collecting portion. An exhaust characteristics sensor for detecting an oxygen content of exhaust gas is mounted to an upper surface of the exhaust manifold. A water temperature sensor for detecting temperature of the cooling water is mounted to a side surface of the exhaust manifold.

Abstract: The invention provides an exhaust gas purification apparatus which can efficiently purify HC in exhaust gas of an engine upon cold starting of the engine. The exhaust gas purification apparatus for an engine comprises a catalytic converter provided in an exhaust path of the engine and including a carrier, an HC absorbent, an HC purifying catalyst, and a transition metal, and a control apparatus for controlling operation of the engine, the control apparatus including an HC desorption timing estimation section for estimating a timing at which the HC is desorbed from the HC absorbent and a control section for controlling an air fuel ratio upon starting of the engine to a ratio richer than a stoichiometric air fuel ratio to start operation of the engine and changing over the air fuel ratio to a ratio leaner than the stoichiometric air fuel ratio at the timing at which the HC is desorbed based on an output of the HC desorption timing estimation section.

Abstract: A device for metering urea solutions permitting a reliable reduction of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine is provided. This is achieved by the fact that the device for metering the urea solution includes a sensor unit for monitoring one or more physical state variables of an enzyme-free Urea solution.

Abstract: A method and system for introducing supplemental material to an exhaust aftertreatment device, including: a delivery system, an air pump operable to input pressurized air to the delivery system, and a turbosupercharger of an internal combustion engine operable to deliver pressurized air to an inlet of the air pump. The supplemental material introduced to the exhaust aftertreatment device is pressurized by the pressurized air input from the air pump, and the air inlet to the air pump is pressurized by the turbosupercharger for the internal combustion engine. The delivery system uses existing pressurized air generated within the engine system from the turbosupercharger to supplement air pressure supplied to the turbine-style air pump used by the delivery system. The supplemental material may comprise ammonia, hydrogen, carbon monoxide, or urea.

Abstract: A canister communicates with an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine through a purge pipe. The canister absorbs fuel vapor evaporated in a fuel tank. The absorbed fuel vapor is purged into the intake manifold when the engine is on. A gas leak check module communicates with the canister for drawing air by an air suction pump 43. When the engine is off, the air suction pump is driven and draws hydrocarbon floating at a vicinity of an intake port through the purge pipe. Thus, the hydrocarbon floating at the vicinity of the intake port is absorbed in the canister so that emission of hydrocarbon is reduced.

Abstract: To prevent the deterioration of catalyst or the damage of a particulate filter caused by the rapid temperature rise of the particulate filter when the abrupt deceleration of an engine occurs, and avoid the deterioration of fuel consumption by depositing a large PM in the particulate filter and regenerating the same at once. A heat-absorbing area 4 is provided by forming a deeply clogged structure at the exhaust gas flowing-out side end of the particular filter 1 disposed in an exhaust pipe 2 of an internal combustion engine E. As the heat-absorbing area has a heat capacity larger than that in the other portions, the combustion heat is absorbed and dispersed even if the rapid chain reaction of PM combustion occurs, whereby it is possible to suppress the temperature rise of the downstream portion of the particulate filter liable to be high in temperature.