Abstract: An irrigation pipe comprising at least one layer is provided. The layer has a maximum longitudinal tensile stress in the longitudinal direction of the pipe and a maximum tensile hoop stress along the circumference of the pipe. The value of the maximum longitudinal tensile stress is substantially less than the value of the maximum tensile hoop stress.

Abstract: An exhaust pipe for an internal combustion engine includes a metal tube enclosing a passage through which an exhaust gas from the internal combustion engine passes, and a ceramic film covering the metal tube from the outside, the ceramic film containing no more than about 0.5 mass % of a metallic element which is dominantly present in a surface of the metal tube. The ceramic film is an SiON film containing about 30 mass % or less of 0 and about 10 mass % or more of N.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing, and heat-insulated pipes comprising coaxial tubes sliding relative to each other with controlled friction: (a) applying a film (3) of non-adhesive and lubricating material onto the inner surface of a first outer casing tube (2) and/or onto the outer surface of a second inner carrier tube (1); b) fixing a series of spacers (4) made of heat-insulating material onto the inner carrier tube (1); c) coupling and centring the outer casing tube (2) on the inner carrier tube (1); d) mounting suitable sealing flanges (6) on the ends of said tubes (1, 2) coupled together; f) supplying, via the flange or flanges (6) and by suitable means (7), liquid resin which, as a result of subsequent expansion, fills completely the cavity (5) formed between said tubes (1, 2); g) removing the flanges.

Abstract: A piping system for use in carrying liquid, air, gasses, or wiring which consists of rounded pipe with one flattened edge, and connectors which are designed to be compatible with the uniquely shaped pipe sections. The piping system is constructed of durable, heat-resistant carbon fiber material which preserves the integrity of the system to temperatures of 5,400 degrees Farenheit (3000 degrees Celcius). The flat pipe edge allows for easy installation directly against building surfaces, while reducing rolling of pipe before and during installation.

Abstract: A device includes a nozzle (14) for delivering a fluid flow into a container (12), a valve (16) having a movable valve member (27) for controlling the fluid flow, a member (54) for sending a position control signal to the movable valve member (27), such that the movable valve member (28) is expected to follow an expected displacement vs. time curve which adjusts the quantity of fluid delivered into the container (12) to the predetermined quantity. The device further includes a sensing element (56) for sensing a point of the actual displacement vs. time curve followed by the movable valve member (27) in response to the position control signal, and a comparing element (58) for comparing the sensed point to the corresponding point of the expected displacement vs. time curve.

Abstract: Systems, methods and media for faster filling of bags with material are disclosed. An accelerating mechanism accelerates material flowing through a chute from a material supply to a bag of a bag supplier.

Abstract: A system and method for automatically maximizing the quantity of a fluid which can be placed within a tank car having a maximum product weight based on the lesser of either an industry maximum product weight limit and a maximum calculated product weight at 2% outage is disclosed. The system includes a magnetostrictive probe having a movable float and a temperature gauge thereon and mounted within a tank car, such that the float is capable of being buoyed by a fluid. The system further includes a fluid pump capable of activation to transfer fluid from a bulk source to a tank car, and a controller coupled wirelessly to the magnetostrictive probe and an input device, and wired to one of either a fluid pump or shutoff valve, such that the maximum product weight is entered to the controller by the input device and the controller activates the pump or shutoff valve to begin addition of fluid to the tank car. A system monitor is coupled to the controller and wirelessly coupled to the magnetostrictive probe as well.

Abstract: Filling valve (7) for the aseptic filling of alimentary liquids characterized by the fact that the product stream flowing from the valve, in the area near by the filling mouth of the container underneath, is isolated from the atmosphere through a coaxial flow of sterile and/or inert gas (10) fed by an auxiliary circuit (2) surrounding the outlet conduit of the flowing product.

Abstract: A hazardous material transfer system for the transfer of waste from a containment cell through a transfer port to a storage vessel. A port door in the containment cell is movable between a open and closed positions relative to the transfer port. The port door has a closure face with a first connector set. A storage vessel sealed by a storage vessel cover is provided for receipt of waste transferred through the port. The cover has an outside face that carries a second connector set that interlocks with the first connector set on the port door. The inside face of the vessel cover has a third connector set. A fourth connector set is located on the storage vessel and mates with the third connector set to lock and seal the cover to the vessel. The connector sets are the variety that engage and disengage upon rotational motion. The connector sets are arranged so that rotation of the storage vessel cover to release it from the storage vessel also locks it to the port door.

Abstract: A closure device for a filler pipe of a tank intended to contain a liquid, the device including a valve that includes a valve body in communication with the pipe and a plug that can be moved in the valve body between a closed position and an open position of the valve. The body of the valve includes an inlet opening closed off by a flap that can be moved between an open position and a closed position, and an outlet opening. The flap is connected to the plug by a coupling such that a thrust exerted on the flap by a tubular end of a nozzle for admitting liquid into the tank causes the flap to tilt in the casing of the valve and the plug to rotate, placing a cylindrical opening in the plug in alignment with inlet and outlet openings in the valve body.

Abstract: A system and a process are provided for transferring a cryogenic fluid such as liquefied natural gas between a floating transport vessel and a storage vessel. The fluid is transferred through at least one submerged/subsea/subsurface catenary flexible conduit, the conduits being configured to avoid damage from waves and abrasion or contact with the other conduits, the vessels, or other objects. A conduit transfer vessel is provided for storing the conduit in the water, delivering the conduit to each transport vessel, but standing off from the transport vessel during cryogenic fluid transfer, and then retrieving the conduit from the transport vessel, which greatly improves the safety of the cryogenic fluid transfer operations.

Abstract: A method of cutting a wood block for production of veneer by a rotary veneer lathe. The veneer lathe includes a veneer knife, a number of rotatable peripheral drive wheels placed parallel to the veneer knife and each having a number of tooth-like projections pierceable into a wood block for driving the wood block for rotation about its axis, and a guide member for guiding veneer peeled from the wood block. The cutting of the wood block is done at a first position of the peripheral drive wheels where the veneer peeled from the wood block is pierced by the projections to such an extent that substantial splits are formed in the veneer along wood grain thereof, and also at a second position where the projections provide no force to the veneer moving past the guide member that causes the substantial splits in the veneer.

Abstract: A raw steel is coated with or surrounded by a boron compound (step S1). A coating film of h-BN is formed on the surface of the raw steel. Then, the raw steel is nitrided by a nitriding gas while being heated (step S2). B from the boron compound and N from the nitriding gas are diffused into the raw steel, turning the raw steel into a steel material containing B and N. Most of B and N are present as an Fe (B, N) solid solution or an Fe (C, B, N) solid solution in the structure of the steel material. The raw steel is heated and nitrided under conditions such that B and N are contained ranging from 7 to 30 ppm by weight and ranging from 10 to 70 ppm by weight, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nickel alloy sputtering target comprising 1 to 30 at % of Cu; 2 to 25 at % of at least one element selected from among V, Cr, Al, Si, Ti and Mo; remnant Ni and unavoidable impurities so as to inhibit the Sn diffusion between a solder bump and a substrate layer or a pad. Provided are a nickel alloy sputtering target and a nickel alloy thin film for forming a barrier layer having excellent wettability with the Pb-free Sn solder or Sn—Pb solder bump, and capable of inhibiting the diffusion of Sn being a soldering component and effectively preventing the reaction with the substrate layer upon forming a Pb-free Sn solder or Sn—Pb solder bump on a substrate such as a semiconductor wafer or electronic circuit or a substrate layer or pad of the wiring or electrode formed thereon.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy extruded product includes an aluminum alloy including 6.0 to 7.2 mass % of Zn, 1.0 to 1.6 mass % of Mg, 0.1 to 0.4 mass % of Cu, at least one component selected from the group consisting of Mn, Cr, and Zr in a respective amount of 0.25 mass % or less and a total amount of 0.15 to 0.25 mass %, 0.20 mass % or less of Fe, and 0.10 mass % or less of Si, with the balance substantially being aluminum, the aluminum alloy extruded product having a hollow cross-sectional shape, a recrystallization rate of 20% or less of a cross-sectional area of the extruded product, and a 0.2% proof stress of 370 to 450 MPa.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing helical springs or stabilisers consisting of steel. According to said method, the parent material is heated to a temperature in excess of the re-crystallisation temperature, the structure is austenitised, held at an equalised temperature and then formed and subsequently quenched to form martensite and tempered. Round steel bars, whose re-crystallisation temperature is adjusted over the bar length in a compensation furnace, constitute the parent material. The round steel bars are subsequently re-modelled by cross-rolling, remaining substantially straight and after the critical deformation degree has been exceeded are subjected to dynamic re-crystallisation processes. The round steel bars are then subjected to a post-heating process above the Ac3 temperature, in order to undergo a complete static re-crystallisation, are wound to form a helical spring or bent to form a stabiliser and are finally quenched from the austenitic state to form martensite and tempered.

Abstract: A highly corrosion resistant high strength stainless steel pipe for linepipe, having a composition containing about 0.001 to about 0.015% C, about 0.01 to about 0.5% Si, about 0.1 to about 1.8% Mn, about 0.03% or less P, about 0.005% or less S, about 15 to about 18% Cr, about 0.5% or more and less than about 5.5% Ni, about 0.5 to about 3.5% Mo, about 0.02 to about 0.2% V, about 0.001 to about 0.015% N, and about 0.006% or less O, by mass, so as to satisfy (Cr+0.65Ni+0.6Mo+0.55Cu?20C?18.5), Cr+Mo+0.3Si?43.5C?0.4Mn?Ni?0.3Cu?9N?11.5) and (C+N?0.025). Preferably quenching and tempering treatment is applied to the pipe. The composition may further contain about 0.002 to about 0.05% Al, and may further contain one or more of Nb, Ti, Zr, B, and W, and/or Cu and Ca. The microstructure preferably contains martensite, ferrite, and residual ?.

Abstract: A method for cooling a hot rolled steel strip including transferring a hot rolled steel strip while ejecting cooling water from a cooling means at a specified ejecting condition; pinching a top end of the hot rolled steel strip by a pinching roll, at the inlet of the cooling means and/or just behind the cooling means and/or at a position on the way of the cooling means; and releasing the hot rolled steel strip sequentially from a pinch roll arranged at an upstream side, concurrently with the arrival of a top end of the steel strip to a tension adding means arranged at a downstream side.

Abstract: An ice bucket cover includes: (a) a substantially circular bottom wall; (b) a substantially cylindrically-shaped cover side wall attached at a bottom side wall edge to a periphery of the bottom wall, the side wall being made of a stretchable neoprene material; (c) a substantially circular, open top; (d) at least two same-sized ice bucket handle holes on opposite sides of the ice bucket cover; and (e) at least two pull tabs affixed to a top side wall edge of the ice bucket cover above the bucket handle hole, each pull tab being on an opposite side from the other pull tab; wherein the ice bucket cover is sized to closely fit over an outside surface of an ice bucket.

Abstract: A disposable tire/wheel cover includes a round elastic material having a waterproof front face, a back face having a concentric hole, an elastic band around the concentric hole's perimeter, whereby the round elastic material can be removably attached to a tire or a wheel, and surface contact grips on the cover located where the cover comes into contact with the ground. A disposable tire/wheel cover also includes surface contact grips located where the cover comes into contact with a wheel or tire. A disposable tire/wheel cover also includes at least two elastic strips on the front face. A method for making a tire wheel cover, for floor protection. A disposable tire/wheel cover system utilizing a hollow container. A floor protecting dolly. A method for protecting floor surfaces. A floor protecting forklift.

Abstract: A tire having a tire tread, the tread having a groove void radially inward of a wearable tread portion; and a degradable tread filler disposed in and substantially filling the groove void, the void being exposed upon wear of the wearable tread portion and dislocation of the degradable tread filler.

Abstract: Disclosed is a low noise pneumatic tire having a configuration where, while installation work of a strip-shaped sound absorbent is simple, it is possible to simultaneously reduce cavity resonance and high-frequency noise, and thereby to effectively reduce noise when a vehicle is traveling. In the low noise pneumatic tire of the present invention, the strip-shaped sound absorbent is attached to an annular elastic fixing band, and then is installed onto an inner surface of a tread of the tire taking advantage of the elastic force of the annular elastic fixing band. The strip-shaped sound absorbent is formed of at least two kinds of porous materials whose sound absorption characteristics with respect to frequencies are different from one another.

Abstract: This invention relates to a pneumatic tire provided at its bead portion with a rubber chafer (4) and covered at its inner surface with an innerliner (5), wherein a toe rubber (6) is further arranged on a toe end part of the bead portion so as to overlap with the rubber chafer (4) and the innerliner (5) and locate at least outside the innerliner (5) at the overlapped portion with the innerliner (5), and a rubber composition A containing at least one of butyl rubber and halogenated butyl rubber as 20-40 mass % of a rubber component is used in the toe rubber (6).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire having at least one component, the at least component including a rubber composition, the rubber composition including a diene based elastomer and 10 to 100 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of elastomer, of a nanozeolite having a particle size of less than 1000 nm and a negative coefficient of thermal expansion over at least part of the temperature range of 0° C. to 200° C.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire comprising at least one component comprising a rubber composition comprising a diene based elastomer and an inorganic negative thermal expansion (NTE) filler comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of metal tungstates, metal phosphates, metal molybdates, metal vanadates, and metal arsenates, wherein the inorganic filler has a negative coefficient of thermal expansion in at least part of the temperature range of 0° C. to 200° C.

Abstract: A method of forming a surface cleaning pad body comprising a matrix web of binder fibers and superabsorbent polymer particles is provided. The method comprises the steps of depositing a mass of binder fibers onto a conveyor, shielding all but a selected area of the mass of binder fibers, depositing superabsorbent polymer particles onto the selected area of the mass of binder fibers so as to disburse superabsorbent polymer particles throughout a thickness of the mass of binder fibers, and bonding the mass of binder fibers to form a web structure and to substantially contain the superabsorbent polymer particles, thereby providing a cleaning pad body with superabsorbent polymer particles substantially contained in a zone of the mass of binder fibers that occupies at least a portion of the thickness of the mass of binder fibers and the selected area.

Abstract: A dual head horizontal automatic flexible spacer and/or sealant applicator for a glass work piece that applies the flexible spacer and/or sealant along a single axis and will operate on a range of work pieces sizes. The machine will automatically square a work piece and pivot about a virtual pivot point of a corner of the work piece for any of a range of work piece sizes. A method of applying spacer and/or sealant is also disclosed.

Abstract: A panel for a building form made of insulating material such as polystyrene is integrated with a reinforcing member for enabling the panel to resist deformation due to forces applied against its concrete-facing surface. Reinforcement of floor/roof panels is beneficial to reduce the amount of, or eliminate the need for, shoring for supporting the weight of wet concrete or workers. The reinforcement resists against deformation due to cracking, splitting etc. Reinforcement is likewise beneficial for wall forms where the weight of concrete asserts significant pressure against the concrete-facing surface of the form, in order to resist deformation of the wall forms under pressure. The reinforcing member may be made of a plastic material such as polypropylene or high-impact polystyrene. Methods of manufacturing reinforced form panels are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for making a tubular device includes coating a first surface of a thin sheet, rolling the sheet such that side edges of the sheet are disposed adjacent one another with the coating disposed inwardly, creating a longitudinal seam along the side edges to create a sleeve, and attaching a tubular structure around the sleeve. In another embodiment, the method includes coating a first surface of a thin sheet, wrapping the sheet partially around a mandrel with the coating disposed inwardly, positioning a slotted tube around the sheet and mandrel, attaching the tube to the thin, and trimming any excess material of the sheet. In another embodiment, the method includes coating an outer surface of a thin sleeve, inverting the sleeve, and attaching a tubular structure around the inverted sleeve, thereby providing a tubular device including a lubricious, hydrophilic, and/or otherwise coated inner surface.

Abstract: By a production method for producing a multilayer ceramic electronic device including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers comprising the steps of forming a green sheet to be said dielectric layer after firing, forming a pre-fired electrode layer to be said internal electrode layer after firing in a predetermined pattern on said green sheet by using a conductive material paste, forming a green chip by successively stacking said green sheets and said pre-fired electrode layers, and firing said green chip: wherein the conductive material paste for forming said pre-fired electrode layer is composed at least of conductive material particles, a first common material composed of ceramic powder and a second common material composed of ceramic powder having a larger average particle diameter than that of said first common material; an average particle diameter of said first common material is 1/20 to ½ of an average particle diameter of said conductive material particles; and the average particle diameter

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a jaw member of an end effector assembly for use with an electrosurgical instrument is disclosed that includes the steps of providing an electrically conductive tissue engaging plate and a jaw support; covering one side of the electrically conductive tissue engaging plate with an electrically insulative, thermally non-degrading coating; placing and securing the electrically conductive tissue engaging plate and the jaw support into a jaw mold; and introducing a liquid substance into the jaw mold and allowing the liquid substance to cure around the electrically conductive tissue engaging plate and the jaw support. Alternatively, the method includes the steps of: providing an electrically conductive tissue engaging plate and a jaw support; covering one side of the electrically conductive tissue engaging plate with an electrically insulative, thermally non-degrading coating; and securing the side of the electrically conductive tissue engaging plate onto the jaw support with an adhesive.

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for baffling, reinforcement or sealing. Typically, the member include an internal portion and external portion wherein at least one, but typically both the internal and external portions include an activatable (e.g., expandable) material.

Abstract: A method and apparatus enables linered label applicators to use labels on thin liners. Linered labels comprise a composite of an elongate sheet of thin or light-weight temporary liner having a precut label adhered to a low adhesion surface. The cut-out labels on the liner are fed into the linered label applicator. The use of support mechanisms other then vacuum application on rollers enables the use of thinner liner sheets on labels. A die head for cutting or perforating labels comprising adhesive on label stock comprising a die head having at least 80% of its outer surface comprising flat areas between cutting edges, multiple cutting edges on the outer surface, and an internal volume in the die head, the internal volume for carrying coolant liquid into and out of the volume so as to cool the outer surface of the die head when the coolant temperature is at least 10° C. cooler than the outer surface of the die head.

Abstract: A laminating apparatus includes a pressing passage and a heating member. The pressing passage includes first and second passage zones. A combination structure including an adhesive film and an article is fed to the pressing passage via an inlet thereof, and successively passes through the first passage zone and the second passage zone of the pressing passage. A first pressing and heating operation and a second pressing operation of the combination structure are respectively performed during the periods of passing through the first passage zone and the second passage zone to form a laminated combination structure, which is detached from the pressing passage via an outlet thereof. The heating member is disposed in the vicinity of the inlet of the pressing passage and over the first passage zone to provide heat required for performing the first pressing and heating operation of the combination structure.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring plasma density of a plasma processing reactor, comprises a probe having a dielectric tube with a coaxial cable inserted therein. The coaxial cable has an open antenna tip, distance constancy is kept between the antenna tip and the dielectric tube despite varying thermal conditions. The probe can be utilized to determine resonant plasma frequency near its tip location and the corresponding plasma density.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a plasma parameter in a plasma processing reactor comprises a probe including a dielectric tube, a coaxial cable inserted in the dielectric tube, the coaxial cable having an open antenna tip, and a plurality of spacers disposed between the coaxial cable and the dielectric tube. The plurality of spacers define a plurality of ducts through which a cooling fluid is adapted to be circulated to control a temperature of the probe.

Abstract: A method for impurity implantation, in which a substrate is positioned on a table provided within a chamber in which a vacuum will be introduced and also an implantation impurity is supplied. A first high frequency electric power is applied to a plasma generating element to thereby generate a plasma so that the impurity in the chamber is implanted in the substrate. Also, a second high frequency electric power is applied to the table. Detected are a condition of the plasma in the chamber and a voltage or current in the table. A controller controls at least one of the first and second high frequency electric power sources according to the detected condition of the plasma and/or the detected voltage or current, thereby controlling an implantation concentration of the impurity to be implanted.

Abstract: A plurality of different types of plasma sources are used to treat a substrate. The plasma sources may be associated with a single process chamber. In this case, the plasma sources are selectively operated for treating the substrate in the process chamber. Alternatively, the plasma sources may be respectively associated with respective process chambers in an integrated manufacturing facility. According to the present invention, the operating parameters, e.g., sequence of use, of the plasma sources constitute additional process parameters that can be adjusted maximizing the efficiency of the process.

Abstract: A plasma etching apparatus includes: a chamber capable of reducing pressure; a substrate support provided inside the chamber to place a substrate; a first electrode which is arranged outside and in proximity to the chamber and to which high frequency power is applied to generate plasma of an etching gas in the chamber; and a second electrode comprising a plurality of separated electrodes which are arranged between the chamber and the first electrode and to each of which high frequency power is applied independently.

Abstract: A photoresist trimming process is described. An etcher equipped with an etching chamber, a wafer holder, a TCP source and a TCP window is provided. After plasma is generated in the etching chamber, the etching chamber is heated without a wafer therein, and the temperature at the TCP window is monitored simultaneously. It is started, at any time after the temperature at the TCP window reaches a predetermined one, to treat wafers with photoresist layers to be trimmed thereon through the etching chamber.

Abstract: A non-twist tape transfer system for interconnecting the trailing edge of tape from a first roll of tape to the leading edge of tape from a second roll of tape includes a first element which is attachable to the trailing edge of the tape on the first roll and a second element which is attachable to the leading edge of the tape on the second roll. A spindle which is attached to the holder the first roll is mounted on rotates with the roll and has a slot which releasably receives the first element in a manner such that the first element rotates with it. The second element is attachable to the first element in a manner such that it does not rotate with the first element. When the tape starts to feed from the second roll the first element pulls out of the slot and proceeds with the tape.

Abstract: A belt splicing apparatus includes: a mold including a cavity into which connecting end portions of a resin-made belt are inserted, opposing each other, to connect the end portions by using a bonding resin; a heating unit that heats a bonding resin to more than a flow starting temperature of the bonding resin; and a pressure maintaining unit. The pressure maintaining unit includes: a reservoir communicating with the cavity and maintaining the bonding resin in a fluid state; a pressure transmitting member that transmits pressure to the bonding resin in the fluid state; an urging unit that urges the pressure transmitting member; and an urging force adjusting unit that adjusts an urging force applied by the urging unit.

Abstract: An automatic apparatus for applying labels to produce is provided which utilizes three or more label cassettes angularly disposed in coplanar fashion adjacent a rotary bellows applicator. The cassettes may include labels indicating different sizes or grades of produce, for example, and each produce item being labeled may have a label selected from any one of said multiple cassettes. High label speeds in excess of 1000 labels per minute are achieved along with selective labeling.

Abstract: A machine for the manufacture of sheets ready prepared for immediate binding comprises a pair of upper and lower rollers which drive a strip of paper from a reel of a feeder. Downstream of the rollers there is a contact cutter which cuts the strip of paper into sheets which are subsequently gripped by two lower and upper conveyor belts. At least one applicator for applying a band of silicone material causes the latter to follow a path towards the sheets which advance between the conveyor belts. A dispenser applies an intermittent jet of liquid adhesive substance onto the side of the band which is to be brought into contact with the sheets of paper. At the outlet of the machine there is a device for collecting sheets in reams.

Abstract: To provide an adhesive tape joining apparatus, adhesive tape joining apparatus including: a pair of back and forth joining rollers which joins the adhesive tape to a main body that is moved and operated along the tape joining face of the workpiece by pressing the adhesive tape against the tape joining face and can be elastically transformed; a first guide roller which is engaged with the outer face of the workpiece being different from the tape joining face at a front position of the joining roller; and a pair of back and forth second guide rollers which is engaged with the workpiece at the portion of the opposite side of the tape joining face; wherein the first guide roller is mounted on the main body being fixed at a predetermined position thereof and the second guide roller is mounted on a movable bracket which is attached to the main body; and the movable bracket is biased to the side of the joining roller by an elastic body.

Abstract: An apparatus for peeling an adhesive tape is provided for enabling fragmented adhesive tapes to be readily and efficiently peeled from a plate-shaped member. The apparatus for peeling a surface protection tape (adhesive tape) 2a adhered on the surface of a wafer (plate-shaped member) W and fragmented into chip-size pieces from the wafer W comprises peeling tape supplying means 20 for feeding a peeling tape 3 to the wafer W set on a suction table 10; peeling tape adhering means for adhering the peeling tape 3 fed out by the peeling tape supplying means 20 over the entire surface of the surface protection tape 2a adhered on the surface of the wafer W; heating means for heating the peeling tape adhered over the entire surface of the adhesive tape by the peeling tape adhering means together with the adhesive tape; tape peeling means for peeling the adhesive tape sticking to the peeling tape through the heating by the heating means from the plate-shaped.

Abstract: An inflator device is disclosed. The inflator device includes a seal assembly that maintains, while sealing from ambient pressure, an open air passageway between a tire bead and wheel bead seat during an inflation procedure. A seal for the inflator device is also disclosed. The seal includes a ring-shape having a flexible inner periphery that is adapted to maintain, while sealing from ambient pressure, an open air passageway between a tire bead and wheel bead seat during an inflation procedure.

Abstract: A tire-wheel assembly adjuster is disclosed. The tire-wheel assembly comprises a working assembly adapted to be adjustable along an axis relative a workpiece and a sub-assembly coupled to the working assembly that is adapted to be radially adjustable relative the axis. A method for assembling a tire-wheel assembly is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a tire in an un-mounted state relative a wheel to a tire-wheel assembly adjuster; moving a sub-assembly connected to a working assembly in a radial direction relative an axis; moving the working assembly in a first direction about the axis toward the tire and wheel; and causing a wheel adjuster extending from the sub-assembly to circumferentially seat a bead of the tire into a bead seat of the wheel.

Abstract: A safety device for lift doors and sliding doors or shutters in general, electrically powered, specially suited to avoid the danger of having one's fingers being caught in between the lift doors (12-14) and the respective jambs (10) or between the two doors while the latter are opening, of telescopic or central opening type, with glass or crystal (16) with a frame (18) or of a different type, includes at least one electrosensitive strip (20) with middle edge (26) orthogonally developed from the base, vertically extended on at least one of the jambs (10) and/or doors (12) and/or (14) and electrically wired to the cage door control board or to the lift system control board or indirectly connected to e.g. an infrared transmission system.

Abstract: A retractable cellular shade is illustrated in various embodiments to consist of a support structure that could assume numerous forms including cellular material, flexible sheets of material, tapes or ribbons, or flexible monofilaments or similar cords of natural or synthetic fibers with the support structure supporting a plurality of vanes or slats in various configurations and orientations. The movement of the vanes or slats is totally dependent upon movement of the support structure. The fabric so formed can be incorporated into a covering for architectural openings with the covering including a headrail with means for gathering the fabric material within the headrail.