Abstract: A string damper for a stringed instrument having an elongated block (1) of vibration-absorbing material with a plurality of slits (4-7) disposed along lower surface of said block that extend upwardly into said block and longitudinally span the front and rear surfaces of said block and are generally parallel and generally spaced apart as said strings on said stringed instrument proximate the bridge of said stringed instrument, and grooves (8-11) that extend along the length of the entrance to said slits, respectively, along the lower surface of said block forming an enlarged entrance into said slits, and a rigid support surface (2) secured to the upper surface of said block, whereby one or more of said strings of said stringed instrument may be urged into and engaged by said slits so as to damp vibration of said strings and detachably attach said string damper to said stringed instrument.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention comprises a sound responsive light system. The system comprises an amplifier configured to receive an input signal from an audio source. The input signal corresponds to an audio signal. The system further comprises a plurality of filters configured to receive an amplified signal from the amplifier. A selected filter filters out signals outside of a selected frequency range. The system further comprises a group of light sources associated with the selected filter. The system further comprises a driver coupled to the group of light sources and configured to regulate a current and/or a voltage supplied to a selected light source. The current and/or voltage supplied to the selected light source depends at least partially on an amplitude of signals within the selected frequency range. The group of light sources are positioned in a spiral. The group of light sources are associated with multiple colors.

Abstract: A method and unit for composing or decomposing a multimedia signal according to the Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) protocol. The signal carries events of a first type, which are arranged to carry instructions regarding which predefined patches to use for playback and which predefined notes to play, and events of a second type which carry additional content. The signal is parsed to identify events of the second type and to read the additional content. Coded samples of multimedia content are loaded at an address specified in the additional content. The coded samples are then decoded to provide the samples for playback of the multimedia content. In this manner, vocal song or vocals and other audio type signals are efficiently conveyed utilizing the widely used MIDI protocol.

Abstract: In a music composition data editing device and a music composition data editing method according to the present invention, music composition data comprises at least main data, ending data and connecting data being divided in the time-axis direction, wherein the reproduction time of the main data is calculated in bar unit, the main data is reproduced during the calculated reproduction time, and then the connecting data and the ending data are reproduced sequentially so as to carry out alignment at the start point and the end point of the reproduction time of input video/audio data.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are directed to a method and system for disarming an explosive device. The apparatus may include a substantially cylindrically shaped container having a first hollow cavity therein. The apparatus may additionally include a column located within the hollow cavity, the column having a second smaller hollow cavity therein for receiving an explosive and an ablative agent within the first hollow cavity and surrounding at least a portion of the column. In embodiments of the invention, the ablative agent is industrial garnet and the explosive is a binary explosive. Interstitial spaces within the industrial garnet may be filled with water.

Abstract: Provided are an actuation mechanism having two degrees of freedom of movement and a sentry robot having the actuation mechanism having two degrees of freedom of movement capable of performing wide and narrow monitoring and sentry in short and long ranges and automatically shooting at a target. The actuation mechanism having two degrees of freedom includes a pivot driving portion and a vertical driving portion. The pivot driving portion includes a platform, a vertical driving portion connection portion rotatably installed on the platform, and a pivot driving portion including a motor which rotates the vertical driving portion connection portion. The vertical driving portion includes a pivot driving portion connection portion connected to an upper side of the vertical driving portion connection portion, a column standing on the pivot driving portion connection portion, a mount rotatably arranged in an upper portion of the column, and a motor rotating the mount with respect to the column.

Abstract: A system for handling gates and the like including a dual-effect hydraulic actuator with a stem traversing one of its chambers and a supply circuit controlled with oil which alternately moves the oil between the actuator chambers for an ‘opening’ or ‘closing’ movement. The circuit includes a pump for transfer of the oil between the chambers through piloted locking one-way valves, an oil tank and two one-way suction valves each connected between the tank and one of the two sides of the pump for allowing suction from the tank of the lacking oil. The suction valve connected from the side of the pump opposite the actuator chamber not traversed by the stem is a one-way valve controlled in such a manner as to open thanks to an overpressure on the hydraulic circuit branch which is for supply of the actuator chamber traversed by the stem. In this manner the oil in excess during movement of the actuator which is caused by transfer of the oil from the stemless chamber to the chamber with stem is dumped into the tank.

Abstract: Pressure trapped in an inactive hydraulic actuator can result in the actuator moving in a direction which is opposite to that desired upon subsequent activation. The present method detects a trapped pressure condition and takes remedial action before activating the hydraulic actuator for motion. The pressure differentials across valves that control the fluid flow to and from the hydraulic actuator are used to detect a trapped pressure condition. In response to that detection, a selected valve is initially opened in a manner that releases the trapped pressure while producing motion in the desired direction. After the trapped pressure condition has been resolved, one or more other valves are operated to produce the desired motion of the hydraulic actuator.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to separate different materials from each other, such as, for example, elements and/or compounds of elements.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a new class of high flux mixed matrix membranes that are made by incorporating porous inorganic fillers (e.g. microporous and mesoporous molecular sieves, carbon molecular sieves, porous metal-organic frameworks) into a high flux high surface area microporous organic polymer matrix. These microporous organic polymers are referred to as “polymers of intrinsic microporosity” or PIMs. The high flux membranes are promising for a wide range of separations including liquid separations such as pervaporation of phenol/water and also gas separations in the petrochemical, refinery, and natural gas industries such as methane/carbon dioxide, olefin/paraffin and iso/normal paraffins separations.

Abstract: This invention describes a new concept of flexible template-directed microporous partially pyrolyzed polymeric membranes which have greatly improved performance in separation of gas pairs compared to their precursor polymeric membranes. Organic hosts, such as crown ethers, cyclodextrins (CDs), calixarenes (CXs), and spherands, or polymeric additives, such as poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) were used as the micropore-forming templates. Micropore-forming template/polymer blend membranes comprising organic micropore-forming templates embedded in a polymer matrix were prepared by dissolving the organic micropore-forming templates in the polymer solution followed by solution-casting and solvent evaporation or solvent exchange. Low-temperature selectively pyrolyzing micropore-forming templates in the micropore-forming template/polymer blend membranes at a nitrogen flow resulted in the formation of flexible microporous partially pyrolyzed polymeric membranes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a methods, apparatuses and systems that utilize electric currents to direct the deposition of particulate matter to various surfaces.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing high purity argon by combined cryogenic distillation and adsorption technologies is disclosed. Crude argon from a distillation column or a so-called argon column is passed to a system of adsorption vessels for further purification. Depressurization gas from adsorption is introduced back, in a controlled manner, to the distillation column and/or a compressor or other means for increasing pressure. Particulate filtration and getter purification may optionally be used.

Abstract: A high capacity adsorbent may be used for enriching oxygen concentration in an air stream. Such a high capacity adsorbent may be from about 2 to about 3 times lighter relative to the currently available technology. Furthermore, the high capacity adsorbent is readily capable of regeneration after deactivation by water vapor. Unlike current available immobilization technology in which clay binder was used to bind 13X zeolite and additional 10% organic binder was used to immobilize beads, the adsorbents of the present invention may be made using just an organic binder, thereby reducing pore spoilage caused by the clay binder. Further unlike conventional adsorbents, which may use sodium as its cation, the adsorbent of the present invention uses a lithium cation, thereby resulting in enhanced nitrogen adsorption performance.

Abstract: A method for processing an organic solvent-containing air capable of being operated in spite of a rapid fluctuation of the concentration of organic solvents in the air to be processed and capable of using a combustion furnace exhaust gas as an air for regenerating dehumidifying member is provided. The method comprises carrying out simultaneously and continuously a dehumidification step (a), an adsorption-removing step (b), an adsorbing member-regeneration step (c), a combustion step (d), and a dehumidifying member-regeneration step (e) comprising mixing the adsorption-treated air produced in the adsorbing-removing step (b) with a combustion furnace exhaust gas produced in the combustion step (d) to obtain a mixed gas, decomposing the organic solvents in the mixed gas by oxidation, and causing the resulting purified gas to flow through the dehumidifying member which has adsorbed moisture, thereby regenerating the dehumidifying member.

Abstract: A method for processing an organic solvent-containing air is disclosed. The method can be operated in spite of a rapid fluctuation of the concentration of the organic solvents in the air to be processed, specifically, the method does not increase the organic solvent content in the air to be emitted into the atmosphere after processing, even if the concentration of the organic solvents rapidly changes. The method comprises carrying out simultaneously and continuously an adsorbing-removing step, a regenerating step, and a combustion step, while mixing a purified air produced in the adsorbing-removing step with an exhaust gas from a combustion furnace produced in the combustion step, and decomposing the organic solvents in the mixture by oxidation.

Abstract: A method of regenerating liquid desiccant used in the dehydration or sweetening of gases. A first step involves boiling wet liquid desiccant containing water to create lean liquid desiccant. A second step involves introducing the lean liquid desiccant via a liquid seal pot into a water exhausting stripping column. The hot lean liquid desiccant cascades down the stripping column and evolving equilibrium vapors rise up the stripping column. A third step involves directing the rising equilibrium vapor into a condenser in which the vapor undergoes cooling with a resulting phase change back to liquid. The phase change from vapor to liquid reduces pressure in the condenser, which draws more evolving vapor from the lean liquid desiccant cascading down the stripping column upwards into the condenser, thereby further reducing the water content of the lean liquid desiccant to create a very lean liquid desiccant.

Abstract: A hydrogen gas separator fixing structure includes a gas separator having a support and a membrane provided on at least one surface of the support, which membrane contains a first metal capable of separating hydrogen gas from a hydrogen-containing gas, a metal flange connected to at least one open end of the gas separator, a bonding layer containing a second metal, provided at the portion at which the gas separator and the metal flange are connected to each other and on the surface of the gas separation membrane side of the portion, a packing provided on the bonding layer, and a ring-shaped metal member capable of fixing the packing by pressing, provided so that at least part thereof is in contact with the bonding layer, wherein the bonding layer is provided by a heat treatment conducted at a temperature lower than the melting point of the second metal.

Abstract: Nano-molecular sieve-polymer mixed matrix membranes (MMMS) for CO2 removal from natural gas have been prepared by incorporating dispersible template-free nano-molecular sieves into polymer matrices such as Matrimid 5218 polyimide matrix or Ultem 1000 polyetherimide matrix. The nano-molecular sieves used in this invention include template-free nano-AIPO-18, nano-AIPO-5, nano-Silicalite, nano-SAPO-34, and PEG-functionalized nano-Silicalite. These template-free nano-molecular sieves were synthesized by an organic ligand grafting method.

Abstract: A filtering device and a filtering method and a semiconductor fabricating method thereof. The filtering device is used for filtering a gas had a first temperature. The filtering device includes a casing, a cooling mechanism and at least one adsorbing element. The casing has an input opening, an output opening and a cooling space. The gas enters the cooling space through the input opening and leaves the cooling space through the output opening. The cooling mechanism coupled to the casing is used for maintaining the cooling space at a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature. At least one adsorbing element is disposed inside the cooling space and has a plurality of surface-increasing elements arranged in a direction parallel. The plurality of surface-increasing elements arranged in the direction parallel to that the gas flows inside the cooling space for contacting the gas and adsorbing particles in the gas.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vacuum thermal insulated pipe which is a double structure pipe including inner and outer pipes, the space between the inner and outer pipes being evacuated. In addition, a gas adsorber is provided between the inner and outer pipes. The gas adsorber includes a getter capable of adsorbing gases, a case for vacuum-sealing the getter, and a breaking member for breaking the case by deformation at a predetermined temperature. When the case is broken by the broken material to open the sealed state, the getter material adsorbs gases present between the inner and outer pipes, thereby shortening the vacuum processing time and maintaining a high vacuum rate over a long period of time. The present invention also provides a superconducting cable including the vacuum thermal insulated pipe.

Abstract: There are provided an air cleaner in which an adsorption element for adsorbing vaporized fuel is surely fixed to a housing without additionally providing a special step, and moreover the performance of element and the performance of an air cleaner itself can be maintained, and a manufacturing method for the air cleaner. The air cleaner is configured so that a filter element 60 and an adsorption element 40 for adsorbing vaporized fuel are incorporated in a housing 1A formed by joining the open ends of a pair of housing members 2 and 20 to each other. At the open end of each of the housing members 2 and 20, a welding protrusion 12, 29 projecting toward the open end on the other side is formed, and a connecting portion 46 formed with a welding protrusion 47 is provided on a holding frame 42 of the adsorption element 40.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon adsorbent that includes a zeolite with either a H-FER structure or a MOR structure in which the pore diameter has been adjusted by ion exchange. A propane adsorbent that includes a zeolite with a MFI structure. A hydrocarbon removal unit that includes a TSA pre-purification unit having a column packed with sequential layers of activated alumina, a NaX zeolite, and the hydrocarbon adsorbent. A method of reducing the hydrocarbon content within liquid oxygen inside a cryogenic air separation unit that includes purifying feed air with the above pre-purification unit.

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus having an outer surface and comprises a dirt inlet, a handle, a cyclone separator having a cyclone separator interior and an outer wall having an inner surface, the cyclone separator comprising a cyclone chamber and a dirt collection chamber, the dirt collection chamber and the cyclone chamber each having an outer wall, the surface cleaning apparatus is constructed such that the cyclone separator interior is visible from a position exterior to the surface cleaning apparatus, an illumination member positioned to provide illumination to at least a portion of the cyclone separator interior, and a fluid flow motor.

Abstract: An aging device includes an aging container having a chamber formed by a peripheral wall, a bottle received in the chamber of the aging container for receiving a liquid fermented product, and a vibrating device disposed in the aging container for applying a frequency to vibrate the liquid fermented product received in the bottle in order to oxidize the liquid fermented product. A vibrating medium is arranged between the bottle and the peripheral wall of the aging container. A heater may be disposed in the aging container for heating the bottle. The aging container includes an inner peripheral space formed in the peripheral wall for receiving the heater or a heat exchanging medium.

Abstract: A beverage machine having a height-adjustment device that includes a movable support plate for adjusting the position of the recipient relative to at least one beverage outlet. The support plate is movable relative to the at least one beverage outlet. The machine also includes a displacement mechanism for displacing the support plate relative to the outlet. The displacement mechanism includes a motorized driver for driving the displacement mechanism, a controller for controlling the actuation of the driver and which is configured to set a predetermined distance between the outlet and the recipient. A drip-collecting device can also be selectively provided to collect liquid falling from the beverage outlet when the recipient is not present.

Abstract: A refrigerator has a cabinet including a refrigeration compartment and a supply of water in the cabinet, with a door attached to the cabinet to selectively open and close access to the refrigeration compartment. A water conduit is located in the door to supply water from the cabinet supply of water to a point of utilization in the door. A water heater is located in the door arranged to heat water from the cabinet supply of water. A brew chamber is located in the door and arranged to receive a supply of ground coffee beans and water heated by the water heater to make brewed coffee. A dispensing outlet communicates with the brew chamber to allow for the dispensing of the brewed coffee at the door of the refrigerator, and a control is provided to control the heating of the water and the dispensing of the brewed coffee.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention provides an apparatus for steeping a substance in a liquid. The apparatus includes a container. The container includes two pieces of container material joined together with a stitch. The stitch can be a straight stitch. The container is adapted to hold the substance. The apparatus also includes a loop. The loop extends away from the container. The loop includes a piece of loop material having two ends disposed between the two pieces of container material. The loop is adapted to slide over a spoon handle but not over a corresponding spoon bowl.

Abstract: The present invention provides pod easy to package a variety of soluble contents and simple to extract them. The pod includes an o-ring inserted between two sheets of rectangular packaging means, and is formed to be three dimensional shape by attaching upper and lower portions of the side margins defined by the inserted o-ring. Also, a mechanical interfacing means is provided at side margins of the pod to thereby mechanically interfacing and converting the pod and connecting one or several pods side by side so that they can be extracted mechanically by means of an extraction device corresponding to the mechanically interfaced and converted pod. In addition, according to the pod, it is possible to completely extract the content contained in the pod by using mechanical position recognition, automatic opening after position change, and extraction mechanism of the content. Further, there is provided an extracting method for the pod, and an extraction device using the method.

Abstract: The invention relates to a brew tank with an integrated fluid level gauge, the brew tank operable with a hot beverage maker, and the fluid level gauge comprising a plurality of vertical markings or mouldings extending from the interior floor of the tank towards the upper rim of the tank. The markings are spaced along the tanks interior wall. Each mark or moulded indicator indicates a single volume indicator. For instance, a vertical rib on the interior wall of the brew tank would indicate the tank is holding 6 cups of fluid when the fluid level reaches the top of the rib.

Abstract: Machine for the production of multilayer food products, in particular for the production of multilayer cakes, provided with a rotating platform (3) having, associated therewith, four operating stations (A, B, C, D) able to operate in sequence on the food product and arranged at 90 DEG with respect to each other and preferably composed of: a station (A) for loading different layers of pastry (5); a first dispensing station (B) for distributing a liquid filling product; a second dispensing station (C) for distributing a fairly dense filling product such as a cream or the like; and a station (D) for expelling the cake (T) once completed.

Abstract: A basket for receiving vegetables or fruits comprises a basket having a knife receiving seat at a center portion thereof; the knife receiving seat having an insertion hole; a strip being protruded from a bottom of the basket; a knife being inserted in the insertion hole of the knife receiving seat; an upper side of the knife having a handle; a disk being placed at the bottom of the basket; a recess being formed on the disk for receiving the strip at the bottom of the basket so as to position the basket on the disk. In assembly, the knife is inserted into the insertion hole of the knife receiving seat; then the basket is placed upon the disk by the strip to buckle to the recess of the disk. In assembly, the handle exactly resists against an upper side of the knife receiving seat.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a blender, particularly to a blender having a blade disk formed with dreg-expel holes in front of leading edges of blades of inner circle, and a ring-typed cover added below a feed chute as well as being hung over the blade disk to keep gaps in between, thereby it can get pulp contained with juice; which introduces less air thereinto, further enzymes found in raw vegetables and fruits may not be destroyed.

Abstract: A trash compactor designed for public use is powered by a photovoltaic cell array. This allows the trash compactor to be placed in locations where no power is available, but with frequent human traffic. The compaction feature allows the unit to be emptied less often than a typical trash container. The trash compactor can include a storage system to store power for compaction cycles. A removable bin allows easy removal of the compacted trash. The removable bin can include multiple chambers for different trash types.

Abstract: A rotobaler is provided with an inclination sensor that recognizes an inclination to the side as well as in the longitudinal direction. This inclination sensor generates a signal coupled to a computer that, in turn, controls a display arrangement in order to indicate whether a base that is to be unloaded from the rotobaler can be safely unloaded considering the existing inclination of the rotobaler. In the event an unsafe inclination is present, either the computer sends out a control signal which blocks an operation for depositing the bale on the ground, or causes the bale to be oriented in such a way during the discharge process that the longitudinal centerline of the bale is parallel to the inclination of the slope.

Abstract: A hydraulic press is provided with a first plate (1), a second plate (2), parallel to the first plate, and at least one hydraulic cylinder unit (11), designed to be able to displace the plates (1, 2) in relation to each other in a direction perpendicular to the plates, in order move the plates (1, 2) towards each other from an initial pressing position into a pressing position in order to mould a body (10), placed between the plates (1, 2), with a high pressure, and then away from each other into the initial pressing position, when the moulding of the body (10) has been concluded. A hydraulic cylinder unit (5) is designed to be able to displace the two plates (1, 2) in relation to each other between the initial pressing position, in which the plates (1, 2) are placed adjacent each other, and a starting position, in which the plates (1, 2) are placed at a greater distance from each other.

Abstract: A yard waste tamper apparatus comprises a conical body having a tamping end and a connecting end. The tamping end has a slightly convex face with protruding nipples spaced out over the face. The connecting end is integrated into the body and has an opening to a conical insertion channel having a larger diameter at the opening. The tamper apparatus is designed to accept a rake handle inserted into the opening and the tamper apparatus and is held on the rake handle by a pressure fit with the conical insertion channel. Thus, the waste tamper can fit on the end of various diameter rake handles because the diminishing diameter of the insertion channel facilitates a universal fit. Once attached to the rake, a user can use the tamper apparatus to compact leaves and light yard waste into a waste container.

Abstract: In order to realize the metallic thin film chip producing method, the metallic thin film chip producing apparatus, and the metallic thin film, each of which allows the excessive unevenness of the metallic thin film to be flattened at low cost, the metallic thin film chip producing apparatus according to the present invention includes, in its vessel (9), pressing means (13) having an insulating substrate (3) and a pressing member (4), a chip placement table (5), and a heater (12) having a coil (7) and a power source (8) for supplying an alternating current to the coil (7). Further, the vessel (9) is provided with a vacuum pump (11) for exhausting air from the vessel (9). A magnetic flux generated by the coil (7) penetrates the metallic thin film (1) of the metallic thin film chip (10) placed on the placement table (5). When the magnetic flux penetrates the metallic thin film (1), an eddy current is induced in the metallic thin film (1) due to electromagnetic induction.

Abstract: A stencil printer of the present invention includes a printer body, a print drum rotatably mounted on the printer body, a press roller for pressing a sheet against the circumferential surface of the print drum, and a moving device for selectively moving the press roller into or out of contact with the outer circumference of the print drum. The press roller and moving device are capable of being pulled out from the printer body integrally with each other.

Abstract: A system providing a seal between an inner rim of a support frame and a screen supported by the support frame. A bead of flow dam material is applied at the juncture of the inner rim of the support frame and the screen. The flow dam material seals to the inner rim and to the printing screen. The flow dam material comprises a material which is semiliquid upon application and cures to form a bead of resilient material that does not dissolve in the presence of inks and solvents used in printing and reclamation.

Abstract: A golf ball stamper which securely holds a golf ball while the golf ball is stamped. The golf ball stamper comprises a handle, a stamping element coupled to the handle, and a golf ball receptacle sized to hold a golf ball. When the handle is pushed, the stamping element applies a stamp to the golf ball. The golf ball receptacle stabilizes and holds the golf ball while it is stamped to ensure a legible stamp is applied.

Abstract: An ink fountain roller has a metal core and a plasma coating that is applied by plasma immersion ion implantation. The coating has a total surface energy of 35 mN/m or less, and a polar component of less than 7 mN/m. The coating is applied in a vacuum chamber by generating a metal plasma over the core, wherein the metal has a valence of +4 or +6 and is preferably at least one of titanium, molybdenum, and zirconium. Positive ions in the plasma are accelerated toward the core by applying negative high voltage pulses (5-15 kV) with very short pulse rise times (<1 ?sec) to the plasma, thereby causing positive ions in the plasma to be implanted in the core. An intermediate layer of metal or ceramic may be applied to the core prior to applying the plasma coating.

Abstract: A rubber sleeve for a printing press includes, an inner layer, which is formed as a base layer, and an outer layer, which is formed as a functional layer and is used to carry out the printing process. The base layer and the functional layer are produced by cylindrical shaping of separate, flat blanks, and arranged so that the abutting edges of the base layer and the abutting edges of the functional layer are circumferentially offset from each other.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a belt, a body casing that stores the belt, a cleaning unit that includes a cleaning mechanism having a cleaning member that is positioned to face the belt, and is detachably positioned in the body casing, the cleaning mechanism including a cleaning mode having a first mode that has a first cleaning force or effect and a second mode that has a second cleaning force or effect, wherein the first cleaning force or effect is greater than the second cleaning force or effect. The image forming apparatus also includes a drive unit that drives the cleaning mechanism in accordance with the cleaning mode, an operation state detection sensor that detects an operation state of the cleaning mechanism, and a determination unit that determines whether the cleaning unit is installed in the body casing based on the cleaning mode and a detection result of the operation state detection sensor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dye mixture which comprises at least one dye of the general formula (I) and at least one dye of the general formula (II) in which D1, D2, W1, W2, Y1, Y2, R1 to R6, M, m and n are defined as indicated in claim 1, to processes for preparing them, to their use, and to inks comprising them for digital printing.

Abstract: The disclosed method and apparatus execute a printing step for setting a printing condition concerning at least one of a printing machine, a dot pattern, printing paper and ink, and printing an image having a plurality of different dot percentages with the printing condition set; a profile creating step for creating a profile showing printing stability in form of a relationship between the printing condition and each of the dot percentages by measuring a print image obtained in the printing step; a calculating step for deriving printing stability for each color area of an image to be printed, from image data of the image to be printed, the printing condition in time of printing and the profile; and a displaying step for displaying the printing stability of each color area, obtained in the calculating step, of the image to be printed.

Abstract: To perform a method for identifying color measuring strips having measuring areas on printed products, the color measuring strips are scanned with a color measuring instrument. The measured color values acquired by the color measuring instrument are stored in a computer and that the measured color values acquired are each assigned to a printing ink. A sequence formed in this way of printing inks is stored in the computer and then compared with color measuring strip types stored in the computer. The stored color measuring strip type having the greatest probability is then selected.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a toy roller coaster assembly having magnetically attachable track sections and an integrated audiovisual system. The assembly can include a magnetic lift, a magnetic bridge, and a magnetic U-turn. A controller can control the frequency by which a magnetic lift delivers balls to an uppermost track section and can produce audio and/or visual effects in response to signals from sensors that detect passing balls. Joint members of the assembly can magnetically connect the track sections to each other and to a plurality of vertical supports, to provide a variety of configurations. The controller can generate voice and music samples, sound effects, graphic displays, animation sequences, and video clips in conjunction with the motion of the balls through the circuit of the roller coaster assembly.

Abstract: A bonnet captures exhaust gases from the exhaust pipes of diesel-powered locomotives. The bonnet includes a shell with a compliant fender. One or more of the bonnets are positioned over the exhaust pipe or pipes of the locomotive and are secured to the exhaust pipes or to a top surface of the locomotive. The bonnets are connected to a manifold, and the manifold carries the exhaust gasses to an Emissions Control Unit (ECU) for processing. The bonnets enclose a volume above and/or around the exhaust pipes and the compliant bumper closes against the internal or external surface of the exhaust pipe or pipes or against the top surface of the locomotive surrounding the exhaust pipe or pipes. The closing prevents or limits outside air from entering the bonnet and the exhaust gases from being emitted to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A traveling duct allows a bonnet to remain over the exhaust pipes of diesel-powered locomotives in motion, and to remain in fluid communication with an Emissions Control Unit (ECU). The bonnet includes a shell with a compliant fender for enclosing the exhaust pipes. One or more of the bonnets are positioned over the exhaust pipe or pipes of the locomotive and are secured to the exhaust pipes or to a top surface of the locomotive. The traveling duct includes an outer duct having a bottom gap or slot. The bonnets may either be connected to an extendable inner duct within the traveling duct, or to a duct transport unit slidably residing within the traveling duct. Exhaust from the locomotive is captured by the bonnet and fed from the bonnet into the traveling duct. The exhaust is then carried by the traveling duct to the ECU for processing.