Abstract: In some embodiments, a product fronting assembly includes a rotatable rear member and an elongated member extending to a handle at a front of the assembly. The rear member in some embodiments is rotatable to permit rear product loading in the assembly. Alternatively or in addition, the rear member is rotatable between a position in which forward handle movement fronts product and another position in which such handle movement does not front product. In some embodiments, a ratchet mechanism enables a handle to be returned to a stowed position after fronting product. A cable or strip can connect a handle to a rear member used to move the product. A portion of the cable or strip can be wound in a coil within or at least partially defining an assembly handle. Also, in some embodiments the assembly can be snap-fit upon a shelf.

Abstract: A device for protecting sports equipment in an elongated transporting receptacle, such as a golf bag. The device includes a protective top ring and at least three support poles which extend from the top ring. The support poles are spaced equidistant from one another, and a connection is provided for each of the support poles to the top ring. The top ring includes a plurality of spaced cavities in which the support poles are inserted. The poles include length determination for aiding the user in providing a proper length for the poles.

Abstract: A tool rack according to one embodiment generally includes a base for mounting the tool rack to a support surface. The base includes first and second spaced-apart ribs or flanges extending outwardly therefrom. The first rib has at least one aperture therein concentrically aligned with at least one aperture of the second rib. The tool rack also includes at least one arm. The arm includes a support rod having first and second spaced-apart end portions coaxially aligned with one other. The support rod's first and second end portions are respectively configured to be slidably positioned at least partially within the at least one aperture in the first rib and the at least one aperture in the second rib. Accordingly, the arm can be pivotally supported from the base such that the arm can swivel relative to the base.

Abstract: The object of the invention is a device to support at least one barrel comprising at least two posts (14), characterized in that it comprises at least two support means (16) for at least one barrel, connected in overhanging fashion to the posts (14) and disposed on opposite sides of the posts (14) so as to balance the loads.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mobile crane comprising a superstructure having a revolving deck and at which a preferably telescopic boom is pivotably arranged around a pivot point, with a winch being additionally present for the hoist rope. In accordance with the present disclosure, the winch is arranged beneath the pivot point of the telescopic boom in the revolving deck.

Abstract: A bottle, in particular a baby's bottle, having a bottle jacket that is open at both ends. A base cap that is equipped with an air intake valve is fixed in one base end region of said and a teat is fixed in the opposite teat end region. The teat has a shaft and a nipple connected to said shaft by means of a lip contact region. The bottle jacket has an essentially conical form that widens from its teat end region to its base end region and the wall thickness of the shaft of the teat is greater than the wall thickness of the teat in the lip contact region and of the nipple. The bottle jacket is injection-moulded from a polyolefin, in particular polypropylene.

Abstract: A two-piece lid is provided and includes a base portion defining at least two openings of differing sizes and a single cover portion connected to the base for covering the openings. At least one opening is constructed as to maximize the size of the opening. A confectionery container comprising the two-piece lid is also provided.

Abstract: A closure includes a cap having a top and a skirt and an outer layer of material softer than the skirt is adhered to the outer surface of the skirt. The outer layer may have a thickness of at least 20 mils and may be molecularly bonded to the skirt. Advantageously, the outer layer covers substantially the entire surface of the skirt. The closure may be formed using a two-shot injection molding process in which the cap is formed in a first step and the outer layer of a softer material is formed on the skirt of the cap during the second step of the two-shot injection molding process.

Abstract: A no spill bottle arrangement including a bottle and a removable cap. A valve assembly is disposed on the inside of the cap to prevent liquid from accidentally flowing from the bottle. The cap has a housing having an inlet opening for liquid to enter the housing from the interior of the bottle and an outlet opening for liquid in the housing to flow into the spout. The valve assembly includes a valve seat in the housing and a valve cooperating with the seat for preventing flow of liquid from the inlet opening to the outlet opening when the valve engages the seat, said valve being biased to a closed position engaging the seat but disengaging the seat to move to an opened position in response to a drop in pressure caused by sucking action on the spout.

Abstract: Plastic bottles (1) which are characterized in that: they are composed of neck (2), shoulder (3), body (4) and bottom (5); the cross-sectional shape at the body (3) is a regular polygon, the number of angles of which is an even number of not less than 4 nor more than 32; each angle of the polygon is rounded off by an arc (8) whose radius is not longer than half the radius of a circle circumscribed about the cross-sectional shape at body (3); cross-sectional shapes have the same shape at any portion of body (3); circles circumscribed about the cross-sectional shapes are identical with one another; the circumscribed circles have a center on the vertical central axis of body (3); and the cross-sectional shape of body (3) rotates around said central axis in proportion to height along said central axis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cover for various items, and more specifically, to beaded covers for items such as bottles or candlesticks. The accessory consists of a waist to which is attached a skirt. The waist is hung on the item to be covered. The skirt consists of a plurality of strands which are attached to the waist portion of the accessory at the top and hang loosely at the bottom. In a preferred embodiment the strands are comprised of decorative beading and used to cover wine bottles for the dual purposes of insulation and aesthetics.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an identification device for a baby or infant bottle comprises an annular collar sized to be placed around the neck portion of the bottle and an elongated, flexible strap secured to and extending from the collar. The strap is of sufficient length to extend over the nipple of the cap and allow the free end portion of the strap to be connected to the collar. The child's name can be written directly on the strap, or alternatively, the child's name can be written on a label that can be applied to the strap.

Abstract: A plastic container including a hollow body of plastic material having a lower supporting base, a sidewall extending upwardly from the lower base, and an upper neck portion with an opening therein, said neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall, a handle at least in part adjacent the neck portion and preferably an integral handle, and a webbed portion adjacent the neck portion.

Abstract: A method and product of etching a multi-level substrate, the method comprising the steps of printing an image on a substrate having two different surface levels with an ink jet printer containing an ink jettable etchant resist, curing the ink jettable etchant resist on the substrate to leave an etchant protected region and an etchable region on the substrate, and etching the substrate in the etchable region to thereby provide the substrate with an additional etched surface level with the additional etched surface level having a different elevation than at least one of the original surface levels.

Abstract: An apparatus generating a plasma for removing an edge polymer from a substrate is disclosed. The embodiment includes a powered electrode assembly, including a powered electrode, a first dielectric layer, and a first wire mesh disposed between the powered electrode and the first dielectric layer. The embodiment also includes a grounded electrode assembly disposed opposite the powered electrode assembly so as to form a cavity wherein the plasma is generated, the first wire mesh being shielded from the plasma by the first dielectric layer when the plasma is present in the cavity, the cavity having an outlet at one end for providing the plasma to remove the edge polymer.

Abstract: Improved mechanisms of removal of etch byproducts, dielectric films and metal films near the substrate bevel edge, and etch byproducts on substrate backside and chamber interior is provided to avoid the accumulation of polymer byproduct and deposited films and to improve process yield. An exemplary plasma etch processing chamber configured to clean a bevel edge of a substrate is provided. The chamber includes a bottom edge electrode surrounding a substrate support in the plasma processing chamber, wherein the substrate support is configured to receive the substrate and the bottom edge electrode and the substrate support are electrically isolated from each other by a bottom dielectric ring.

Abstract: A composition suitable for copper chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) comprises an abrasive powder, such as a silica and/or alumina abrasive, in a liquid carrier. The composition has a transition metal content of less than about 5 parts per million (ppm), preferably less than about 2 ppm. Preferably the composition contains less than about 2 ppm of yttrium, zirconium, and/or iron. The CMP compositions, when combined with hydrogen peroxide, provide CMP slurries for copper CMP that have improved pot life by ameliorating hydrogen peroxide degradation in slurries.

Abstract: A polishing composition contains abrasive grain such as colloidal silica, acid such as citric acid and orthophosphoric acid, an oxidizing agent such as hydrogen peroxide, a compound selected from a group consisting of azoles and its derivatives such as benzotriazole. The polishing composition is suitably used for polishing a magnetic disk substrate.

Abstract: In an interrupter of a gas circuit breaker that uses springs as a driving source, a contact having a fixed contact and movable contact is opened and closed so as to turn on and off electric power. An operation unit generates driving force for driving the movable contact. A link mechanism interconnects the operation unit and interrupter. The link mechanism has a first lever linked to the operation unit, a second lever linked to the movable contact, and a rotational shaft to which the two levers fit. The operation angle of the first lever with respect to a direction parallel to the motion direction of the movable contact differs depending on whether the contact is open or closed. The gas circuit breaker operates at high speed without the energy of the driving source being increased.

Abstract: An electrical breaker device, in particular a high-voltage circuit breaker, and a method for improved quenching gas cooling are disclosed. Cold gas is stored intermediately in the exhaust region, and a first partial gas flow is guided to bypass the intermediately stored cold gas and to flow off into the breaker chamber, the intermediately stored cold gas being forcibly displaced out of the exhaust region with the aid of a second partial gas flow and being mixed with the first partial gas flow before flowing off into the breaker chamber housing. Exemplary embodiments relate, inter alia, to the design of the intermediate storage volume for the cold gas and to auxiliary means for precooling the hot quenching gas. Advantages are, inter alia, improved quenching gas cooling, an increased circuit breaker rating and/or a more compact breaker design.

Abstract: A wire electric discharge machine capable of taper machining with an improved accuracy. A reference wire correction amount d set in advance is determined to be a proper value for a wire-diameter correction amount for a speed control plane, and adjustment amounts for adjusting the reference wire correction amount for the upper and lower surfaces of a workpiece are determined to be proportional to (1-Lu/Lm) and (1-Ll/Lm), respectively, where Lu, Lm and Ll are machining distances at the upper surface, speed control plane and lower surface, respectively. As a proportionality coefficient, a reference adjustment amount e is set in advance. Using adjustment amounts e(1-Lu/Lm) and e(1-Ll/Lm), wire-diameter correction amounts for the workpiece upper and lower surfaces are determined to be d+e(1-Lu/Lm) and d+e(1-Ll/Lm).

Abstract: A welding gun assembly including a housing that defines a first chamber and a second chamber. The assembly also includes a first piston moveably disposed in the first chamber and a second piston moveably disposed in the second chamber. The assembly includes an intensifying rod that can move at least partially into the first chamber due to movement of the second piston within the second chamber. The assembly includes a controller with a pressure sensor operable to detect pressure within the first chamber. The controller is operable to increase pressure within the first chamber up to a predetermined extension pressure while the intensifying rod is disposed outside of the first chamber. The controller is further operable to increase pressure within the second chamber to thereby move the intensifying rod into the first chamber to thereby increase pressure within the first chamber above the predetermined extension pressure.

Abstract: A system for monitoring a weld operation is provided. The system includes an ultrasonic wave generator adapted to deliver an ultrasonic wave to a target material during the weld operation and an ultrasonic receiver adapted to receive the ultrasonic wave propagated through the target material. The system also includes a signal processor adapted to determine a quality level of a weld created during the weld operation by extracting data corresponding to a torsional mode from the ultrasonic wave and comparing the data to a profile that corresponds to an acceptable quality level.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus (100) for scanning a surface (12) of a substrate (10) with an obliquely incident radiation beam (20) over a select scan path (210) to avoid damage (30) to the curved edge (14) of the substrate. The methods and apparatus allow for the substrate edge to be irradiated with the full intensity of the radiation beam, provided that the edge crossing positions avoid a region where the polar angle is less than a scan path critical (SPC) polar angle (?C). At the SPC polar angle the temperatures produced by scanning the beam on the substrate surface and on the edge are the same. The scan path is arranged so the edge crossing positions are located where the polar angle corresponding to each meets or exceeds the SPC polar angle. Ensuring that the substrate edge temperature (TE) remains at or below the substrate surface temperature (TS). The invention has particular utility in laser thermal processing (LTP) of circular silicon substrates when forming transistor-based integrated circuits.

Abstract: A microwave generator comprises: a high-frequency power section that includes a diamond SAW oscillator and outputs a high-frequency signal outputted from the diamond SAW oscillator to a subsequent stage; and a waveguide unit that emits the high-frequency signal inputted from the high-frequency power section in a form of microwave.

Abstract: The invention provides an arc welding robot capable of collecting and displaying waveform data in a welding operation without using an external device. The arc welding robot comprises: a manipulator 101 including a welding torch 124 mounted thereon; a control unit 102 for operating the manipulator 101 in a given operation pattern in accordance with a previously taught operation program, the control unit 102 including therein a welding control part 104 for welding a member to be welded 125 under a given welding condition, and a RAM 106 for recording waveform data relating to at least one of a welding current instruction value, a welding current output value, a welding voltage instruction value, a welding voltage output value, a welding speed, a wire feed speed, the number of times of short circuits and a wire feed motor current during a given period; and, display means for graphically displaying the waveform data recorded in the RAM 106.

Abstract: A device for at least partially drying the outer coating on a stick electrode in the form of a generally straight center welding wire of magnetic metal with an axis and surrounded by an extruded pliant mass with a settable binder. The device comprises a conveyor to transport a succession of the electrodes along a given path, a multi-turn induction heating coil extending along the path and spaced from the moving electrodes and a power source for passing an alternating current through the coil to induce an alternating voltage difference in the wire to cause AC current flow in the wire to heat the wire.

Abstract: An ergonomic handle attachment to be used with a welding torch handle, the attachment has an attachment portion which is selectively attached to a wall of the handle; a hand grip portion which is selectively attached to the attachment portion, and, a locking member extending from the hand grip portion which is slidably received within an opening of the attachment portion.

Abstract: A heat-generating element of a heating device for heating air includes at least one PTC element and, lying on opposing side surfaces of the PTC element, electric strip conductors. A heat-generating element that is improved with a view to safety from electric flashovers and leakage currents is created with the invention under consideration by providing an insulating gap between the PTC element and the positioning frame material that circumferentially surrounds the frame opening. Also disclosed is a heating device for heating air with multiple heat-generating elements, each heat-generating element comprising at least one PTC element and, lying on opposing side surfaces of the PTC element, electric strip conductors and multiple heat-emitting elements that are arranged in parallel layers and that are held in position in a frame on opposing sides of the heat-generating element with a spring bias.

Abstract: A heat-generating element of a heating device for heating air includes at least one PTC element and, lying on opposing side surfaces of the PTC element, electric strip conductors. A heat-generating element that is improved with respect to the safety against electric flashovers is created with the invention under consideration by means of surrounding the two electric strip conductors on the outside by a non-conductive insulating layer. A heating device for heating air with multiple heat-generating elements is also disclosed with each heating element including at least one PTC element and, lying on opposing side surfaces of the PTC element, electric strip conductors and multiple heat-emitting elements that are arranged in parallel layers and that are held in position lying on opposing sides of the heat-generating element.

Abstract: The present invention provides a thermostatic biasing controller for use with an integrated circuit. In one embodiment, the thermostatic biasing controller includes a temperature sensing unit configured to determine an operating temperature of the integrated circuit. Additionally, the thermostatic biasing controller also includes a voltage controlling unit coupled to the temperature sensing unit and configured to provide a back-bias voltage corresponding to the operating temperature based on reducing a quiescent current of the integrated circuit.

Abstract: A heating blanket cover is constructed from a lower sheet, which may include a first material layer laminated to a second material layer, and an upper sheet bonded to the lower sheet along a longitudinally extending bonding site, wherein the upper sheet extends laterally from the bonding site over the lower sheet to a free edge. The bonding site may be formed by heat sealing the upper sheet to the lower sheet. A gap between the upper sheet and the lower sheet forms an enclosure to hold the heating blanket; the enclosure is accessible by lifting the free edge of the upper sheet away from the lower sheet. A series of covers may be formed, for example by a web-manufacturing process, by bringing together at least two lengths of materials, bonding the lengths together and assembling the lengths on a roll for dispensing of individual covers from the series.

Abstract: The resistance of an oxygen sensor heating element is estimated by modeling the effects of physical and electrical heating on the resistance of the heating element lead-in conductors, and subtracting the lead-in conductor resistance from a measure of the heating circuit resistance. The lead-in conductor resistance model is based on the temperature of the oxygen sensor boss and the current carried by the lead-in conductors. The heating element temperature is calculated from the determined heating element resistance and initial (cold-start) parameters of the heating circuit.

Abstract: A method for steam cooking includes introducing steam, from a steam generator device, into a food cooking container through a supply conduit so that at an inlet opening to the food cooking container the steam enters tangentially to a wall of the food cooking container. The generation of steam is controlled by a control system so as to provide a difference between the pressure in the supply conduit and the pressure in the interior of the food cooking container of at least 1 kPa.

Abstract: A device that automatically, rapidly, and consistency bakes and browns pancakes (also known as hotcakes, griddlecakes, flapjacks, and French Crêpes) without the use of the traditional frying pan. Convection heating is used to bake the inside of the pancake while radiation heating is used to brown the top and the bottom of the pancake. This device allows individuals unskilled in the art to create consistently cooked pancakes without constant monitoring. The operator simply pours in the pancake batter and presses one single button. The baking and browning process is controlled by two user adjustable timing circuits, the later of which turns the unit off and signals the operator. Low mass components permit rapid warm up and rapid cool down.

Abstract: There is provided a method for cooling a heating plate used in a bake unit. According to the method, the heating plate is cooled with a temperature adjustment plate that is cooler than the heating plate by providing the temperature adjustment plate on the heating plate. The temperature adjustment plate is moved to the heating plate after the temperature adjustment plate is cooled by a cooling plate that is used for cooling a substrate.

Abstract: Heater module, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment in which the heater module is utilized, for raising the cooling speed of a post-heating heater markedly more than conventional, and that can contribute toward bettering and improving productivity, without accompanying scaling-up of and cost increases in the semiconductor manufacturing equipment. The heater module is furnished with heater part 1a for controlled heating of a wafer placed on its top face, and block part 3a provided to be shiftable relative to said heater part, for varying heat capacity in total with heater part 1a by abutting on or separating from the reverse surface of heater part 1a. By having the heat capacity of block part 3a be 20% or more of the total heat capacity of heater part 1a and block part 3a, the heater cooling speed can be made 10°C./min or more.

Abstract: A field device system for use in an industrial process includes a field device configured to couple to the industrial process and monitor or control the industrial process. The field device provides a temperature control signal output related to a temperature of the field device. A heater coupled to the field device heats the field device in response to the temperature control signal.

Abstract: A flexible heating subassembly, that may be incorporated in a heating blanket or any other type of flexible heater, includes a conductive fabric heater to which first and second conductive bus bars, each being disposed alongside a respective first and second lateral edge of the heater, are coupled, each with a respective first and second row of conductive stitching. A first electrically insulating member is interposed between the first bus bar and the heater and is secured therebetween by the first row of stitching, and a second electrically insulating member is interposed between the second bus bar and the heater and is secured therebetween by the second row of stitching. The first and second insulating members prevent direct electrical contact between respective first and second bus bars and the heater.

Abstract: A method and system for simulating a living space capable of receiving a heating appliance. The method includes loading onto a computer system or a computer readable medium data representing at least a portion of the living space. The method further includes selecting from a data storage device or the computer readable medium data representing at least one heating appliance from a group of heating appliance simulations. The method also includes combining the data representing the at least one heating appliance with the data representing the at least a portion of the living space to generate data representing a simulated living space with the at least one heating appliance received therein.

Abstract: An electric appliance setting system, comprising an image processing apparatus with an image scanning system, at least one electric appliance, which is communicably connected with the image processing apparatus through a network, is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a setting sheet print controlling system and a setting data transmission system. The at least one electric appliance includes a setting sheet data transmission system and a setting modifying system.

Abstract: A circuit includes a switching device for controlling a power signal to be applied to a heating device. A control circuit is configured for comparing a temperature signal, indicative of the temperature of the heating device, to a temperature setpoint to generate a gate pulse signal that controls the duration of the power signal to be applied to the heating device. The control circuit is further configured for comparing the duration of the power signal to be applied to the heating device to a minimum pulse duration and, if the duration of the power signal to be applied to the heating device is at least equal to the minimum pulse duration, providing the gate pulse signal to the switching device.

Abstract: A heat-generating element of a heating device for heating air including at least one PTC element, electric strip conductors lying on the PTC elements and a longish positioning frame that forms at least one frame opening for holding the minimum of one PTC element. A heat-generating element that is improved with a view to safety from electric flashovers and leakage currents is created with the invention under consideration by providing at least one insulating layer, which covers the strip conductor on its exterior side that is turned away from the positioning frame. The insulating layer in any case is sealed against the long sides of the positioning frame by a compressible sealing bead. A heating device for heating air with multiple heat-generating elements is also disclosed.

Abstract: An electric warming blanket for warming patients during surgery and other medical procedures includes a flexible heater and a temperature sensor assembly coupled thereto; a first layer of water resistant material coupled to a second layer of water resistant material, about a perimeter of the heater, forms a substantially hermetically sealed space for the heater and the temperature sensor assembly. The blanket may further include a thermal insulation layer disposed between the temperature sensor assembly and the first layer of water resistant material. The temperature sensor assembly may provide input of an average temperature over a portion of a surface area of the heater to a temperature controller, when the heater and sensor assembly are coupled to the controller.

Abstract: A flexible heating subassembly, which may be incorporated in an electric warming blanket or any other type of flexible heater, includes a single heater, which is preferably formed from an electrically conductive polymeric fabric. The subassembly further includes first and second conductive bus bars, each extending alongside a respective first and second edge of the heater, each being coupled to the heater by at least one row of stitching that extends along the respective bus bar. The edges of the heater may be folded over respective bus bars for coupling and each of the bus bars may terminate just beyond opposing ends of the heater. A ribbon of conductive material may be interposed between each of the bus bars and the heater.

Abstract: An electric heating blanket system includes a flexible sheet-like heating element having a substantially uniform watt density output across a surface area thereof, when the heating element is electrically powered. A temperature sensor is coupled to the heating element at a location where the heating element will be in conductive contact with a body when the blanket is draped over the body. The system further includes a temperature controller coupled to the temperature sensor, and an electric power source coupled to the heating element and to the temperature controller, the power source being controlled to provide the watt density output for the heating element according to a temperature sensed by the sensor.

Abstract: An electric warming blanket includes a flexible heater that may be enclosed within a flexible shell, which is, preferably, water resistant and may extend beyond lateral edges of the heater to support stiffening members. A layer of non-conductive flexible porous material may be bonded to one or both sides of the heater. When the heater is enclosed in the shell, a layer of thermal insulation may be disposed between one side of the heater and the shell. A temperature sensor may be coupled to the heater at a location where the heater will be in conductive contact with a body when the blanket is draped thereover, and at least one super-over temperature sensor may also be coupled to the heater; the at least one super over-temperature sensor is adapted to interrupt a supply of power to the heater.

Abstract: Certain embodiments pertain to a heater for warming a patient's extremity in order to cause vasodilation for facilitating venous catheterization.

Abstract: An apparatus for synthesizing nanostructures. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a heating device that defines a reaction zone therein and a susceptor made of a ferromagnetic material with a Curie temperature and placed in the reaction zone, where the Curie temperature substantially corresponds to a temperature at which the growth of desired nanostructures occurs and the heating device is capable of heating the susceptor substantially at the Curie temperature.

Abstract: A microwave generator having a central electrode (14) which at the front end has a radiating element (22) and an external electrode (18) which coaxially surrounds the central electrode (14) along an axially extending resonator portion (16), wherein the two electrodes (14 and 18) are of a rotationally symmetrical configuration and define a spark gap (62) which sparks across when a high voltage is applied and radiates microwaves by way of the resonator portion (16) and the radiating element (22) of the central electrode (14). The spark gap (62) is in the form of an annular spark gap, which is determined by a connection element (26) which projects at the rear end axially centrally away from the central electrode (14) and an annular edge (44) of the external electrode (18), the edge being provided coaxially with respect to the connection element (26). The central electrode (14) and the external electrode (18) are arranged in a housing sleeve (12) of an electrically insulating material.