Abstract: Replacement moldings which cover window sashes and frames. The moldings may be of custom colors and sizes. The moldings fit over existing sashes and frames and snap into place. The sash molding comprises a longitudinal strip containing a horizontal top ledge, an integral vertical exterior wall ending in an inwardly extending flange, and an inwardly and downwardly curved connection piece extending from the exterior wall. The frame molding comprises a longitudinal strip containing a vertical upper flange, a horizontal top ledge, and an integral exterior wall ending in an inwardly extending lower flange. The exterior wall is substantially vertical having a slight inward slant following that of the contour of the underlying frame.

Abstract: A method of forming a concrete border and the concrete border formed thereby wherein a plastic tube is filled with concrete, the plastic tube is then configured to conform with a desired path and allowed to harden. The concrete may be cured to an intermediate hardness, whereupon the cross sectional profile may be altered prior to allowing the concrete border to completely harden. Finishing the concrete, to remove air bubbles and excess water from the plastic tube, is easily accomplished, thereby producing a smooth exterior surface of said concrete border. A funnel configured to accept concrete from above and dispense concrete into the plastic tube in a generally horizontal direction is also used, and is provided in a kit with the plastic tube to allow consumers or other users to form professional appearing concrete borders with a minimum of expense.

Abstract: A concrete shell is formed as a mold for substantial concrete structures. The shell includes an interior mesh element that will be encapsulated in concrete in the poured concrete structure. A panel of moisture impervious material forms an outer layer of the concrete shell and acts as a form for field poured concrete making up a structural concrete element.

Abstract: A structural reinforcing panel system for reinforcing a structure against lateral or shear and uplift loads. The system includes a structural reinforcing panel which is installed between the studs in a wall of the structure. The panel is connected to the foundation of the structure and the sill or header. Two or more panels may be connected together at a corner, within a wall, ceiling or floor. The roof rafters of the structure may be attached to a top plate bracket mounted to the sill plate, which may also be connected to one or more structural reinforcing panels, provides uplift load support for the structure. For structures built on piers, a pier mount bracket provides a linkage to one or more structural reinforcing panels.

Abstract: Two slot forming components overlay through a pre-formed wall opening to form an adjustable wall passthrough slot. At least one slot surface has an intumescent layer of material positioned out of the way of documents passing through the slot. Heat from a fire will expand the intumescent material to fill the slot and prevent the spread of fire. Two inclined top and bottom slot surfaces are positioned in parallel and spaced apart by the desired thickness of the slot. A smoke shield flap of flexible fabric material hangs down within the slot to prevent the passage of smoke through the slot while allowing documents to pivot or push the smoke shield flap aside.

Abstract: The aim of this invention is to increase the rigidity of the integrated formworks at the time of their installation, to facilitate the work of the civil engineers in order to determine easily the contribution of the horizontal frameworks and to reduce manufacturing costs. This aim is reached by a formwork including two parallel formwork walls placed one facing the other provided with shaped bars forming the vertical stiffeners and connected by at least one articulated connection device allowing the maintenance of the formwork walls either at a distance defining a space to receive a filler such as concrete, or folded for storage and transport.

Abstract: A method of renovating a ceiling tile and grid system includes lifting an old ceiling tile from the grid, placing a new ceiling tile in the grid where the old ceiling tile was positioned and placing the old ceiling tile on top of the new ceiling tile.

Abstract: A yoke 1 and method of manufacturing a yoke are disclosed. A cutout steel plate 6 is prepared and rolled into a cylindrical shape to allow protrusions 7 to be inserted to concave portions 8, after which punch caulking P is carried out on near-wall areas of respective sidewalls of one of each protrusion and each concave portion. This causes localized expanding portions 10, 10A, formed on the relevant sidewalls, to be filled in associated indents 9, 9A formed on the other one of each protrusion and each concave portion, mechanically jointing the protrusions and the concave portions to form the yoke 1.

Abstract: Disclosed is a device for connecting and locking building boards comprising a top face (10) and a bottom face (11), especially floor panels (1, 2) that are provided with a core made of a wood material as well as a groove (3, 4; 5, 6; 18, 19) on two opposite lateral edges (I, II). Said building boards further comprise an insert (7; 8; 9) that is used for locking and can be inserted into the groove (3 or 4; 5, 6; 18, or 19) of one of the lateral edges (I, II). The boards (1, 2) are connected by displacing the boards in an essentially horizontal direction (Q) towards each other. The inventive device is characterized in that the insert (7; 8; 9; 17) is provided with at least one springy lip (7a, 8a; 9a; 17a) which extends towards the top face (10) or the bottom face (11).

Abstract: A concrete block mold division plate for front-face-up block molding. The division plate fits into a channel formed in each of the side walls of the mold. A plurality of fasteners secure the division plate within each channel and to the side walls of the mold. The division plate operates in conjunction with an optimized dry cast concrete mixture to provide acceptable control of the flatness and parallelism of the top and bottom surfaces of the blocks.

Abstract: An efficient method of manufacturing stone corner veneers, veneers, floor tiles and pavers, as well as a method of applying the veneers, is disclosed. The method consists of manufacturing veneer corners from a substantially parallelepiped stone, comprising the steps of: a) making a cut from a split face side of the stone into the stone a distance equal to the dimension of the stone from the surface being cut into to the opposite surface of the stone, less a thickness equal to a desired thickness of the veneer corner; and b) splitting the stone, from the side of the stone parallel to the cut and furthest from it, along a grain to the internal end of the cut whereby the veneer corner is created having an ashler side and a split face side and the remaining stone has only one cut face on an ashler side.

Abstract: A platform installed on a rafter or joist provides stability and improved safety in construction-related settings. The platform may be sized according to the specific rafters, and in some embodiments the platform may span two or more rafters. A non-slip surface on top of the platform improves traction for the user.

Abstract: The invention relates to a beam attachment system (1) comprising two pillars (5a, 5b), a beam (3b) and at least one beam tie (9a, 9b). Said pillars are stressed by the beam (3b) in order to be moved away from each other and by the beam tie (9a, 9b) in order to be pulled towards each other.

Abstract: An improved, lightweight, portable, and self-contained concrete form for fabricating tilt-up concrete walls is provided. The form includes a frame made from metal frame members jointed at their ends with the frame members forming the sides of the frame. Optional structural anchors may be attached inside the frame members. The frame members may be channel shaped with their channels facing inwardly. The reinforcing mat comprising a array of crisscrossed rebars is disposed within the frame and is held in place with a plurality of brackets on the ends of at least some of the rebars and welded to respective frame members. The rebar mat is sized to be positioned in the mid portion of the frame and the brackets on the ends of the rebars are slid outwardly into and attached to the frame members by spot welding. The brackets are then spot welded to the ends of their rebars to form a rigid, lightweight concrete frame.

Abstract: A window for installation in a sandwich composite beam shown in FIG. 2B that contains window body (18), tabs (22), and a means of attaching the tabs to the composite sandwich beam. The means of attaching tabs (22) could be an interlocking mechanism such as dowel interlock feature (48) in FIG. 3A. The window body (18) protects the composite beam core from moisture. Structural webbing (24) allows the strength and flexibility of the window to be adjusted to match the beam it is being installed in. The structural window also provides a platform for an imaging system shown in FIG. 6 including illumination source (36), collimating lens (34), and imaging lens (38).

Abstract: A suspended ceiling grid beam is provided that has an increased beam height to provide enhanced resistance to downward deflection. The beam has a cross-section generally in the form of an inverted T, with a central web, a pair of panel support flanges extending from one edge of the web, and a reinforcing bulb extending from the other edge of the web. The reinforcing bulb has a generally planar, fin-like structure extending therefrom opposite to and generally co-planar with the central web.

Abstract: A clip for steel stud walls, including a steel stud having a stud width; a front surface; a back surface; a pair of fasteners being set apart an inner width, the inner width sized at least as large as the stud width and the steel stud being positioned between the fasteners.

Abstract: A system for securing a plurality of slabs of insulation to an underlying roof decking substructure by a plurality of batten strips is disclosed, wherein the plurality of slabs of insulation are disposed within a grid-type arrangement comprising a plurality of transversely oriented rows of the slabs of insulation and a plurality of longitudinally oriented columns of the slabs of insulation. Alternative columns of the slabs of insulation are preferably longitudinally offset with respect to the columns of the slabs of insulation which are interposed between the alternative columns of the slabs of insulation so as to effectively stagger adjacent or abutting slabs of insulation with respect to each other for enhancing wind uplift resistance properties.

Abstract: To form a new structurally suspended slab or to raise an existing slab for a structural foundation, structural supports are placed in the ground. The structural supports are attached to lifting assemblies, which are also installed in the slab. Actuation of the lifting assembly allows the slab to be raised and/or lowered, thereby forming a suspended slab over a void of a desired size. Existing slabs may be repaired using similar techniques.

Abstract: A system of structural wood elements has blocks that have grooves on bases and tongues on tops for superimposing the blocks. A lateral element fixed to one side of the blocks is thinner and longer than the blocks.

Abstract: A universal door skin blank comprises an exterior side and an interior side for securing to a frame member, first and second molded, spaced stiles, and a flat planar portion disposed between the stiles and lying on a plane spaced from the plane of the stiles. An interface portion is disposed between and contiguous with the stiles and the flat planar portion. The invention also relates to a door having at least one universal door skin blank, with at least two separately formed rails secured to the planar portion of the blank at opposite ends thereof.

Abstract: A cleaning station for a capsule filling and closing machine has a number of segment blocks each having receptacles which carry some product residue that needs to be removed for the machine to operate efficiently and productively. A brush is placed in each receptacle to engage its interior wall, and compressed air is directed toward the interior wall just behind the brush. The moving brush and compressed air blast remove the product residue on the interior wall, and the dislodged residue, with assistance from a vacuum source, is moved out of the receptacle.

Abstract: A transfer system comprised of an air conveyor, a servo conveyor, and a fan feeder. In a typical configuration, the air conveyor is located at a first location where it receives packaged articles from a bagger system or a conveyor system. The servo conveyor abuts the air conveyor and extends to a second location adjacent to a destination point. The fan feeder is located adjacent to the servo conveyor at an end opposite the air conveyor. The fan feeder lies over a bucket conveyor for a cartoner system.

Abstract: A device and a method are presented and described for supplying and processing packages arranged on support elements, especially beverage packs, with a continuously running conveyor belt, wherein the support elements are arranged on the conveyor belt. In order that support elements supplied continuously via a conveyor belt can be further processed in a processing station reliably and with little technical expenditure, it is provided that two drawing rollers are provided on the right and left of the conveyor belt, whose axes of rotation are perpendicular to the plane of the conveyor belt, that two revolving cycle belts are provided after the drawing rollers seen in the running direction of the conveyor belt, that the cycle belts revolve in a plane parallel to the plane of the conveyor belt, that the cycle belts each have a side facing the other cycle belt and that the sides facing one another run parallel to one another at a distance which corresponds to the width of the support elements.

Abstract: A beverage bottling plant for filling beverage bottles with a liquid beverage, with an information adding station for adding information to the beverage bottles, and a method of operating the beverage bottling plant. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.

Abstract: Methods of manufacturing reclosable packages having a slider-operated string zipper covered by a tamper-evident shroud that is provided with at least one opening that at least partially exposes the slider. In accordance with one method, openings are formed in a web of packaging material that is folded, placed over the slider-operated string zipper, and attached to the receptacle walls to form a shroud. Preferably, the openings are sized, shaped and situated so that they frame the slider on both sides of the shroud. In accordance with another method, a reclosable package having a slider-operated string zipper and a shroud with openings that at least partially expose the slider can be formed using a single web of packaging material that is folded and sealed to form a shroud that covers the string zipper.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus and associated devices for rucking sleeves of covering material onto a chute body include a plurality of spaced apart rotatable wheels having a primary axis of movement, wherein, in operation, the plurality of wheels have an automated stroke cycle whereby each is configured to travel inwardly a distance sufficient to snugly abut an outer surface of a chute body and remain in contact with the chute body while the wheels travel in a first direction about the primary axis of movement and in an opposing second direction about the primary axis of movement.

Abstract: Described is a system having an improved nozzle device for reducing the volume of an already-sealed bag containing compressible hazardous waste without contaminating the nozzle device itself. The nozzle device is adapted to puncture and penetrate the bag and to cooperate with a vacuum device that draws most of the air within the bag through the nozzle device and into the vacuum device through suitable filters, thus decreasing the volume of the bag. A sheath cooperates with the nozzle device such that when the nozzle device has penetrated the bag, only the sheath member is exposed to the hazardous contents of the bag, the sheath member remaining in the bag after volume reduction, mitigating the release and spread of hazardous contaminants out of the bag.

Abstract: A device for wrapping packets of cigarettes has a conveyor for feeding the packets successively along a path; and a number of heating heads, each of which is brought into contact with a respective packet and accompanies the packet from a contact station to a withdrawal station along part of the path; on reaching the withdrawal station, the heating heads are withdrawn, crosswise to the path, from the respective packets, and are conveyed, parallel to the path, from the withdrawal station to the contact station.

Abstract: An assembly for training and/or instruction of horses, for maintaining, building-up and improving the muscles and stance and posture of the horse by making the animal to walk or trot in the correct positions and stances, with the assembly comprising a girth fixed to the breast portion of the animal's body, the girth having a plurality of connecting points to which a rear cord and side cords are connected, with both cords connected to a rear tensor, wherein the cords and the tensor forces the animal to adopt a desired stance during the training thereof.

Abstract: An airborne particle removal system includes a vacuum assembly to introduce a flow of air into a housing. A cyclone dust collector is positioned in the housing downstream of the vacuum assembly with respect to the flow of air through the housing. A plurality of filter bags is positioned in the housing downstream of the cyclone dust collector with respect to the flow of air through the housing. A plurality of high efficiency particulate air filters is positioned in the housing downstream of the filter bags with respect to the flow of air through the housing. In certain preferred embodiments, a liquid distribution system introduces a liquid agent into the system.

Abstract: A system for collecting and disposing of liquid medical waste includes a fluid collection cart and a draining and cleaning station. The fluid collection cart includes a pair of containers, each of which includes a draining port and a cap. Each cap includes an outer portion having a flushing port and a bore formed therein and an inner portion having vacuum and patient ports formed therein. The inner cap portion is disposable and removably positioned within the bore of the outer cap portion. Liquid level detectors also communicate with each container. The cart also includes a regulator so a low vacuum level may be pulled on one of the containers while a full vacuum level is pulled on the other container. Fluids are collected in the containers via suction tubes connected to the patient ports. The flushing and drain ports of the containers are connected to corresponding flushing and drain connectors on the station when the containers are full so that they may be drained and flushed.

Abstract: The lubricant coalescing filter element is provided that includes a cylindrical outer screen member, at least one filter element disposed inside the cylindrical outer screen member and being coaxial with the outer screen member, and a drainage arrangement disposed between the cylindrical outer screen member and the at least one filter element to drain accumulated lubricant out of the at least one filter element.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to the removal of dust from gases. The technical object of the present invention is to increase the output of the filter, to reduce the amount of metal needed, to simplify operation, to increase the maximum output of the individual filter, and to create better conditions for the absorption of harmful gaseous components in the gas to be purified. The filter comprises filter elements, on which a flat filter material assembled in superficial honeycombs is installed, which increases the filtration surface. The increased filtration area increases the output of the filter in proportion to the increase in the filtration area, which makes it possible to use a housing with smaller dimensions and to reduce the amount of metal needed for the filter.

Abstract: The invention provides an air-cleaner filter material for an internal combustion engine, which has a long life with high rigidity without deformation or filter material breakage upon loading with dust, is free of re-scattering of dust, and hardly causes environmental contamination at the time of producing it, as well as an air-cleaner element using the same.

Abstract: A dust collector for use in an autonomous floor-cleaning device is disclosed to include a container, which is formed of a container body and a top cover shell and has two bottom suction holes and a top air outlet, a box-like partition member, which divides the inside space of the container into a bottom storage chamber and an upper storage chamber and has a through hole in communication between one bottom suction hole and the air outlet, and a filter member set between the through hole of the partition member and the air outlet of the container for removing dust from air passing through the upper storage chamber.

Abstract: A honeycomb structured body of the present invention is a honeycomb structured body in which a plurality of porous ceramic members are combined with one another through an adhesive layer, each of the porous ceramic members having a plurality of cells which are allowed to penetrate in a longitudinal direction with a wall portion therebetween and either one end of which is sealed, with a catalyst supporting layer being adhered to the wall portion, wherein, supposing that the rate of the pore volume of pores having a pore diameter of 10 ?m or less to the entire pore volume of the porous ceramic member is X1 (%), the porosity is Y1 (%) and the weight of the catalyst supporting layer is Z1 (g/l), these X1, Y1 and Z1 are allowed to satisfy the following expressions (1) and (2): X1?20?Z1/10??(1), and Y1?35+7Z1/40??(2) (where about 20?Z1?about 150).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for use with a non-frangible object detection mechanism on an agricultural harvester, the detection mechanism including a sensing surface and a sensor for sensing force applied to the sensing surface that is associated with a foreign object adjacent the sensing surface, the harvester including a transport surface along which harvested materials are transported toward the sensing surface, the apparatus including at least first and second ramp members positioned between the transport surface and the sensing surface, the ramp members separated by a gap, each ramp member including a front ramp surface that extends between a front ramp end adjacent the transport surface and a ramp member apex, the ramp member apexes positioned at a location higher than the sensing surface and proximate the sensing surface, wherein, as harvested material and non-frangible objects are conveyed along the transport surface and toward the sensing surface, at least a portion of the harvested material passes betwee

Abstract: A drive over mower deck has a top surface with downwardly depending surfaces defining a front edge, a back edge, and left and right side edges, at least one belt shield over the top surface, a first pair of gauge wheels mounted adjacent the front edge the deck, and a second pair of gauge wheels mounted adjacent the back edge of the deck. Each pair of gauge wheels is movable vertically to at least one position above the ground surface such that the mower deck is supported by the front edge, back edge, and left and right side edge. Each gauge wheel being releasably lockable at a plurality of different positions.

Abstract: A protective device for a rotary lawn mower blade in the form of an open-ended envelope of flexible shape retaining material such as plastic. The envelope has a back panel and two overlapping front panels which are held together by means of a complemental bead and groove arrangement. Apertures are provided in the panels so that the protective device can be applied to the blade while the blade is attached to the lawn mower drive shaft. Trim indicia is also provided.

Abstract: These and other objects are achieved by providing a bale wrap or tie monitor that uses a sensor array to sense the presence or absence of twine, net or film after initial operation of the wrapping mechanism and prior to ejection of the bale onto the field. Either, or both, visual and audible alarms can be initiated when default conditions are met.

Abstract: Repair of a broken finger of a harvester reel pickup tine is accomplished by positioning a repair finger having a cavity over the broken finger stub so that the broken finger stub of the harvester reel pickup tine is received in the cavity of the repair finger, and the repair finger is then fastened adjacent one end to the pickup tine when the broken finger stub is in the cavity.

Abstract: A crop lifter for attachment to a cutting header includes a lifter member adapted for attachment to the header and a lifting finger attached to the lifter member by a quick-attach mechanism such that a leading end of the lifting finger is ahead of and below the knife. The lifting finger is structurally weak compared to the lifting member such that the lifting finger will readily move when striking an obstruction, thereby preventing damage to the lifter member or header. The crop lifter or similar crop accessory can have a latch member at a rear end thereof, and a cooperating latch member attached to the header. The accessory latches to the header and a releasable latch lock prevents forward movement of the accessory that would disengage the latch.

Abstract: A hand-held manual tool used to even out or level the ground, similar to a rake. A rake, even handled with care, leaves tracks on the ground such as grooves, undulations, edges, etc. This contraption is a manual and light spiral formed tool, which allows leveling and even the ground in an easy movement. Even if the movements are done in any directions, it keeps the desired level for a smooth finish, without leaving any tracks on the ground.

Abstract: A method of the present invention that is used for manufacturing a reinforcing cord for rubber reinforcement includes: (i) forming second strands each of which is formed by twisting a plurality of first strands together in a first direction, with the first strands including glass filaments as reinforcing fibers; (ii) forming a cord including a plurality of second strands and a treatment agent that has been applied to the second strands, with the plurality of second strands having been twisted together in the same direction as the first direction; and (iii) bonding the second strands to each other by solidifying the treatment agent, with a tensile load of 40 to 800 N per 1 mm2 of the sectional area of the glass filaments being applied to the cord.

Abstract: A string for sport rackets includes a center core having at least one first hollow portion extending in an axial direction of the center core and at least one layer wrapped around the center core. The at least one layer is composed of a plurality of first periderm wires which are spirally or alternatively wrapped on the center core.

Abstract: An open end rotor spinning machine with plural workstations each having a spinning device for producing a yarn, a yarn take-off mechanism and a winding device for producing a cross-wound bobbin. The spinning device has a spinning rotor circulating in a spinning housing at high speed, a fiber band opening roller and a single motor-driven fiber band feed cylinder. The yarn take-off mechanism can be loaded by a single drive. Each workstation (2) has a mechanism (10) for defined cutting to length of a yarn (30) retrieved from the cross-wound bobbin (22), a storage mechanism (37) for receiving a specific yarn quantity and a drive mechanism (7) for lifting the cross-wound bobbin (22) from the bobbin drive roller (23). The drive (19) of the yarn take-off mechanism (18) can be reversibly driven.

Abstract: A clasp and a production method thereof. The inventive clasp includes at least one main element (1) and at least one element (3) which pivots in relation to the main element. The clasp is characterised in that each of the aforementioned elements (1, 3) includes two longitudinal arms which are rolled up to form a hinge (7, 15). Moreover, at least one of the ends of one of the elements (1, 3) includes a flexion spring (11) which can rest against the other element (3, 1) for the elastic support thereof and each arm (5, 13) of the main element (1) and the pivoting element (3) is provided with at least one longitudinal stiffening rib (20, 22).

Abstract: An inexpensive, and easily adaptable energy recovery/storage device, namely a turbine powered flywheel assembly structured to capture, store, and deliver reusable energy that is traditionally wasted by internal combustion engines via a power output shaft that extends from a support bearing oriented on the central axis of a flywheel. The flywheel is driven by a driving assembly that includes a turbine driven shaft structured with gear teeth and oriented to come into enmeshing contact with the flywheel. A protective casing surrounds the flywheel to at least partially protect the flywheel from unwanted obstructions.

Abstract: An apparatus for the transfer of heat is presented. The apparatus comprises a textured heat transfer surface disposed to promote condensation of a vapor medium to a liquid condensate, the surface comprising a plurality of surface texture features disposed on the heat transfer surface. The plurality of features has a median size, a median spacing, and a median height displacement such that the force exerted by the surface to pin a drop of condensate to the surface is equal to or less than an external force acting to remove the drop from the surface. Also included are heat pumps, systems for power generation, and distillation systems comprising the apparatus.