Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the manufacture of diagnostic test media used for measuring the concentration of analytes in a sample fluid. More specifically, the disclosure relates to using a method of microcontact printing or microtransfer molding for the manufacture of diagnostic test media.

Abstract: An apparatus for drying sheets in a sheet-fed printing press includes a hot air dryer having a hot-air outflow temperature which is at least 300° C. A sheet-fed printing press having the apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: In a method for cleaning an anilox inking unit, a doctor bears against a roller and an intermediate roller bears against the roller and on an engraved roller. During cleaning, the intermediate roller has been or is displaced axially. Because the intermediate roller can be displaced axially, edge regions of the engraved roller can also be cleaned during a cleaning operation.

Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for optimally adjusting a printing press having multiple printing units. In one example, for each printing unit, relative positions are calculated between an anilox roll and a form cylinder that form a first cylinder pair and between the form cylinder and an impression cylinder that form a second cylinder pair. Calculations based on colour selective detection of printing marks are performed to identify adjustment parameters for the relative positions of the first and second cylinder pairs, and one or more of the relative positions are adjusted.

Abstract: An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed, the apparatus including a substrate table arranged to support a substrate having a first surface to be imprinted and a second surface, facing the substrate table, comprising a substrate alignment mark, a template holder arranged to hold a template to imprint the first surface of the substrate, and an alignment system arranged to align the template to a substrate alignment mark provided on the substrate, wherein the substrate table further comprises a substrate table optical system to allow the substrate alignment mark to be viewed by the alignment system.

Abstract: A printed article of metallized appearance, and method therefor, includes a matrix of dots on a substrate separated by spaces therebetween, and a matrix of metallization. A three dimensional printed article contoured profile implementation is enabled without the necessity of stretchable metallization.

Abstract: A method for producing a pattern, in particular a wood pattern, on the face of a woodbased-material board. The pattern is preset with the aid of a digital data set and applied to the woodbased-material board via an intaglio printing process. The pattern is covered with at least one synthetic resin layer and pressed with the woodbased-material board. The digital data set is used to produce a sample print by use of an inkjet printing process, which print is used to compare with the pattern print on the woodbased-material board in terms of optical appearance. The materials and/or printing conditions used in the pattern printing and the sample printing are coordinated with one another.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for eye marks in image processing are provided. A method includes providing an eye mark having at least two sections arranged along a longitudinal axis, wherein each section includes a border common to both sections and a unique characteristic relative to other sections. The method also includes encoding instructions in the eye mark based upon the combination of the at least two sections.

Abstract: In a method for drive regulation in a printing press and/or processing machine, in which a web of material is processed by processing devices and fed by feeder devices; a device for register regulation adjusts the processing devices, and a device for web feed regulation adjusts the feeder devices, and the device for register regulation adjusts at least one feeder device and the device for web feed regulation adjusts at least one processing device in a region, in particular a tension-regulated or expansion-controlled region, between two feeder devices, and to a corresponding drive system and a corresponding printing press.

Abstract: An initiator includes an initiator main body, a connecting member attached to the initiator main body, and a harness for distributing power. The harness is connected to the initiator main body via the connecting member. A sealing portion is formed to cover at least a joining portion between the connecting member and the initiator main body.

Abstract: Described in this specification is a shock tube initiator that is suitable for one, two, or more shock tubes. The initiator has a number of safety features to avoid inadvertent firing of the shocking primer. Features include a rotary safety and a firing plunger that selectively interfere with the firing pin. There may further be a safety pin for fixating the rotary safety onto the housing of the initiator, so users must deliberately remove the safety pin before the rotary safety can be disengaged.

Abstract: An active body is provided that includes at least one active mass block made of monobasic or polybasic high-energy materials such as a nitrocellulose mixture, for example, comprising approximately 60 percent nitroglycerin and 40 percent diethylene glycol dinitrate, which is provided with structures both on a surface and on an interior. In addition, the inner structures can be filled with an active mass substance. The ignition is triggered by a pyrotechnical primer composition, which initiates the active body, preferably from the inside.

Abstract: A stingball delivery system, having a housing, a plurality of submunitions, and a plurality of stingballs contained within the housing. The housing has a cylindrical tube and a plurality of curved segments fitted to the cylindrical tube. The cylindrical tube has a fixed end cap and a removable end cap. The submunitions are stacked within the channel defined by cylindrical tube. When the removable end cap is ejected by a pyrotechnic fuze, a plurality of pyrotechnic charges eject the submunitions from the housing individually and sequentially. The ejection of each submunition exerts a force to raise the housing several feet into the air. Each of the submunitions includes a plurality of radially distributed barrels for packaging the stingballs therein. After the submunitions are ejected from the housing, the stingballs are pyrotechnically expelled from the submunitions along predetermined trajectories.

Abstract: A dispenser system provides a means to automatically deploy systems using a controlled dispense approach capable of providing desired operational flexibility. Components such as unattended ground sensors (UGS) are deployed according to a method which includes incorporating the components into an elongated ejection system to form a payload assembly, the ejection system including axially-displaced ejector bays each for holding respective components. Each ejector bay retains the respective components until a respective ejection event upon which the ejector bay ejects the components in a radial direction. The payload assembly includes a stabilizer such as a drogue parachute that substantially prevents the payload assembly from rotating about its elongated axis. A timing sequence for the ejection events is programmed into the ejection system to achieve a desired coverage pattern of the components after deployment.

Abstract: An initiator includes an initiator main body, a connecting portion attached to the initiator main body, and a harness for distributing power connected to the initiator main body via the connecting portion. A hooking portion is attached to the initiator main body. The hooking portion hooks a middle portion of the harness in an extending direction.

Abstract: The present invention has for its object to provide a process for manufacturing multilayer printed circuit boards which is capable of simultaneous via hole filling and formation of conductor circuit and via holes of good crystallinity and uniform deposition can be constructed on a substrate and high-density wiring and highly reliable conductor connections can be realized without annealing.

Abstract: An ink set, including at least three colors of ink consisting of a yellow ink, in which the hue angle ?H° defined in the CIELAB color space on a recording medium is within the range of about 80° C. to about 110° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ink composition and a respective varnish, suitable for use in heatset printing, in particular heatset web offset printing, which is suited to avoid fluting during the printing process. The ink composition comprises at least one solvent having a boiling point of from 200° C. to 240° C. which is present in an amount suited to allow the ink composition to dry at a printed web temperature of from 40° C. to 60° C. during the printing process to avoid fluting.

Abstract: To provide inks and ink sets for inkjet recording, which have good fastness and good jet-out stability and which give good images with no bleeding trouble, yellow ink, black ink and magenta ink for inkjet printing contain at least two dyes each having an oxidation potential over 1.0 V (vs SCE).

Abstract: An ink comprising an IR-absorbing naphthalocyanine dye of formula (I) is described: Wherein M is Ga(A1); A1 is an axial ligand selected from —OH, halogen, —OR3, —OC(O)R4; R1 and R2 may be the same or different and are selected from hydrogen or C1-12 alkoxy; R3 is selected from C1-12 alkyl, C5-12 aryl, C5-12 arylalkyl or Si(Rx)(Ry)(Rz); and R4 is selected from C1-12 alkyl, C5-12 aryl or C5-12 arylalkyl Rx, Ry and Rz may be the same or different and are selected from C1-12 alkyl, C5-12 aryl, C5-12 arylalkyl, C1-12 alkoxy, C5-12 aryloxy or C5-12 arylalkoxy; and W is a sulfonic acid group, including salts thereof.

Abstract: The present invention describes a methods, uses, compositions such as adhesive, sealants and coatings, scaffold material, composite material, all comprising amyloid-like materials such as fibrils, in particular those made from fruit or vegetable proteins. The amyloid-like materials impart good mechanical strength to the materials in which it is employed. Inhibition of amyloid formation is also described.

Abstract: A composite plate includes one or more composite layers, which is made of sawdust, cullet, and plastic and the raw material may be all kinds of recycled waste wood and waste plastic.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition for controlling the bleed fastness of organic colouring pigments in paper coatings comprising a) 1 to 30% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of an organic colouring pigment, b) 1 to 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of one or more binders, c) 0 to 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of starch, d) 0 to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, of an anionic direct dye, e) 0 to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition one or more auxiliaries and f) water to 100%, a method of application and use of the composition

Abstract: A stable liquid concentrate comprising a dye component which contains a substantial amount of a dye of the formula: wherein the dye component is dissolved in either an aliphatic hydrocarbon or an alicyclic hydrocarbon.

Abstract: The invention provides a coating material containing silica fine particles, a siloxane compound, and a curing agent and giving an even coating film in the case it is used for forming a coating film. The invention gives a siloxane-based coating material excellent in storage stability and giving high surface hardness of a coating film when the coating material is used for forming the coating film. The invention also provides an optical article excellent in anti-reflection property and scratching resistance.

Abstract: Polyurethane compositions which contain uretdione groups and can be cured at a low temperature.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the manufacture of self-binding pigmentary particles, dry or in aqueous suspension or dispersion, containing at least one inorganic matter and at least one binder, where the said process comprises the following stages: a) forming one or more aqueous suspensions of at least one inorganic matter and introducing them into a mill with a view to stage c), b) forming or taking one or more aqueous solutions or suspensions or emulsions of at least one binder and introducing them into a mill with a view to stage c), c) co-grinding the aqueous suspension or suspensions obtained in stage a) with the aqueous solutions or suspensions or emulsions obtained in stage b) so as to obtain an aqueous suspension of self-binding pigmentary particles, d) possibly co-grinding the aqueous suspension or dispersion obtained in stage c) with one or more aqueous solutions or suspensions or emulsions of at least one binder, e) possibly drying the aqueous suspension obtained in stage c) or in stage d).

Abstract: The present invention relates to oxidation-stable iron oxide pigments which have a coating of at least one organic substance, to their preparation and to their use.

Abstract: The present invention relates to oxidation-stable iron oxide pigments which have a coating of at least one organic substance, to their preparation and to their use.

Abstract: Encapsulated colorants for waterborne coating compositions are provided as a system and kit with a method for tinting the water borne coating compositions. The encapsulated colorant comprises at least one water dispersible tinting material to be released into the based coating composition upon dissolution of the encapsulating layer to give the coating composition color. The encapsulating layer surrounding the colorant has at least one polymer that is soluble in aqueous medium surrounding the tinting material wherein the layer has a thickness from about 0.5 to about 5 mils and can dissolve to release the dispersible tinting material in an aqueous coating composition having about 25 to about 45 volume percent solids and about 55 to about 75 volume percent water in less than 15 minutes with agitation at a temperature in the range of about 50 to about 110° F.

Abstract: The disclosed invention provides an improved method that utilizes a liquid ladle slag in combination with a crushed material, such as a refractory brick, an alumina ladle brick or an aluminum dross, to manufacture a calcium aluminate product that can be used in the steel refining process.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a belite-rich sulphoaluminous clinker, a method for producing such a clinker and its use for preparing hydraulic binders, and comprising as a mineralogical formulation: 5 to 25%, preferably 10 to 20%, of a calcium aluminoferrite phase with a formulation corresponding to the general formula C2AXF(1?X), with X comprised between 0.2 and 0.8. 15 to 35%, preferably 20 to 30%, of a calcium sulphoaluminate phase “yee' limit” (C4A3$), 40 to 75%, preferably 45 to 65% belite (C2S), from 0.01 to 10% of one or several minor phases selected from calcium sulphates, alkaline sulphates, perovskite, calcium aluminates, gehlenite, free limestone and periclase, and/or a vitreous phase, and at least one or several secondary elements selected from sulphur, magnesium, sodium, potassium, boron, phosphorus, zinc, manganese, titanium, fluorine, chlorine, the total content of these secondary elements being less than or equal to 15%.

Abstract: Construction element of different forms, e.g. paving stone, blocks, floor tiles, coatings, bricks, pallet, panels, platforms among others, CHARACTERIZED in that it is composed mainly by non-recyclable waste material, preferably multilayer elements which generally take up space in landfills and dumping grounds. Such non-recyclable materials comprise a combination of any of the elements as aluminum, paper, polyamide, polyester, polypropylene, cork, paper and even marc or any other inert matter.

Abstract: An admixture dispensing system and method that dispenses a dispersant admixture raw material and other admixture raw materials to cementitious compositions based on performance characteristics such as compressive and flexural strength, slump, setting time, air content, finishability, and material or process variables such as temperature, cement type used, additives such as pozzolan, and water cement ratio desired. Computer software algorithms or lookup tables may be used to determine an adjustable ratio of admixture raw materials that when added to the cementitious composition produces the desired performance characteristics. Non-linear dosage rates between dispersant admixture raw materials used for water reduction and strength generation or defoamer admixture raw materials may be calculated to determine the correct amount of each to generate the desired air content in a cementitious composition.

Abstract: A subject of the invention is a mixture comprising in proportions by mass: from 0.4 to 4%, preferably from 0.8 to 1.7%, of materials in the ultrafine particle size range, constituted by particles with a D90 smaller than 1 ?m and/or with a specific BET surface area greater than 6 m2/g; from 1 to 6%, preferably from 2 to 5%, of Portland cement; from 8 to 25%, preferably from 12 to 21%, of materials in the fine particle size range, constituted by particles the D10 and the D90 of which are comprised between 1 ?m and 100 ?m and with a specific BET surface area of less than 5 m2/g, different from the cement; from 25 to 50%, preferably from 30 to 42%, of materials in the medium particle size range, constituted by particles the D10 and the D90 of which are comprised between 100 ?m and 5 mm; and from 25 to 55%, preferably from 35 to 47%, of materials in the larger particle size range, constituted by particles the D10 of which is greater than 5 mm.

Abstract: A massage table for supporting a person during a massage above a surface includes a leg assembly that engages the floor, and a first table top that includes a frame that is supported above the surface with the leg assembly. The frame includes a frame base that supports at least a portion of the person, and a border flange that is secured to the frame base and that extends downward from the frame base. The border flange can include a first side section, a first transverse section that extends transversely to the first side section, and a first connector section that connects the first side section to the first transverse section. The first connector section can be curved. Additionally, the border flange can include a second transverse section that extends substantially parallel to the first transverse section and a curved second connector section that connects the first side section to the second transverse section.

Abstract: A pallet includes a platform having a first side for carrying an object thereon and a second side opposite the first side, and a first elongate rectangular leg member positioned on the second side of the platform proximate a first end of the platform, and a second elongate rectangular leg member positioned on the second side of the platform proximate a second end of the platform opposite the first end. The platform and the leg members can be integrally formed from a single sheet of material, such as corrugated paper. The legs can include openings for receiving support members, such as paper cones or paper tubes.

Abstract: A pallet includes a platform having a plurality of openings for carrying an object thereon, and a plurality of legs attached to the platform for supporting the platform above a surface. Each of the legs is positioned in a respective one of each of the platform openings and includes a cone having an upper end proximate the platform and a lower end for resting on the surface. The upper end has a diameter greater than a diameter of the lower end so that a second like pallet can be nested within the first pallet. Each leg can include a bull nose positioned proximate the lower end for providing a stop for the second like pallet nested within the first pallet in order to facilitate separation of the second pallet from the first pallet.

Abstract: A rectangular pallet formed of a body of moldable material having a lower surface on which the pallet rests, an upper surface configured for supporting goods thereon and a peripheral edge extending therearound providing spaced apart end edges and side edges; first and second structural bars retained within the body spaced intermediate the top and bottom surfaces and adjacent to and spaced from either an end edge or a side edge; notches formed in the edges having structural bars adjacent thereto, each notch exposing a short length of a structural bar providing tie down points for receiving flexible tie down members for use in securing goods to the pallet top surface.

Abstract: A puzzle building platform and method of supporting a puzzle are disclosed. The puzzle building platform can include a first surface piece with a substantially flat top surface and at least one bar-like member cooperative with and mountable in a relatively fixed orientation with respect to the first surface piece to at least one of: (i) establish a boundary approximate to the dimensions of a puzzle to be assembled on the first surface; or (ii) temporarily hold puzzle pieces in convenient view to be assembled in a puzzle on the first surface.

Abstract: A compact height adjustable work station utilizes a unique combination of support arms and linkages to achieve greater strength and a greater range of tabletop height adjustment from a smaller form factor than is found anywhere in the industry. The method for adjusting the work surface height is user operated and pressure assisted whereby the user requires a minimal effort to physically lift or lower the work surface to the desired tabletop height. The pressure assist can be variably located to counterbalance different tabletop weights. For automatic counterbalancing, an elongated extensible gas spring piston-cylinder is adapted to be locked in any of its continuous range of infinite adjusted positions. Manual unclamping frees the counterbalancing gas spring for readily changed, manual tabletop height level adjustment. A mid-range level or a high tabletop level may be achieved, adjusted by unclamping and minimum manual force.

Abstract: Disclosed is a workstation that includes a planar tray; a semi-circular body-recess in an edge of the planar tray; a telescoping column supporting the planar tray; and a foot trigger for releasing or locking the telescoping column. Also disclosed is a workstation that includes a first tray having a top surface, a first edge and a second edge. The second edge opposes the first edge. A second tray is hingedly attached to the first tray; and a cushioned member is in resting communication with the top surface of the planar tray and closer to the first edge of the planar tray than to said second edge. Additionally, a portable workstation is disclosed that includes a planar tray that has a first side and a second side. The second side opposes the first side. A first disc-tray is attached to the first side and a second disc-tray is attached to the second side.

Abstract: A method for gasifying solid organic materials, a novel apparatus for that purpose, and a system therefor. A unique method and apparatus that produces a high energy, low temperature, low particulate-laden syngas by controlling the oxygen content in combustion air used for “starved air” combustion of biomass in a unique gasifier. Recirculated flue gas containing a predetermined amount of fresh air is utilized for the oxygen content therein and for controlling the method.

Abstract: A fluidized bed boiler, which comprises at least a furnace defined by walls, a grate and a roof, as well as a bed ash cooler. In addition, the fluidized bed boiler comprises at least a primarily vertical partition wall between the grate and the roof, and at least one of the walls of the bed ash cooler is formed of a part of the partition wall.

Abstract: A process comprising, providing an agricultural biofuel to a fluidized bed reactor and combusting the agricultural biofuel to produce heat and/or steam is disclosed. In one embodiment systems for generating energy with agricultural biofuel are provided. In one embodiment, the agricultural biofuel is selected from the group consisting of agricultural crops, crop residues, grain processing facility waste, value-added agricultural facility byproducts, livestock production facility waste, livestock processing facility waste and food processing facility waste. In one embodiment, the heat and/or steam is used to generate electricity. In other embodiments, the heat and/or steam is used to power the grain processing facility, livestock production facility, livestock processing facility or food processing facility. In another embodiment, one or more environmental controls are used. In a particular embodiment, ethanol byproducts are used as the agricultural biofuel.

Abstract: A detector is supported adjacent the seed cells within a seed meter housing and provides an indication of the presence or absence of seeds in the cells. A processor receives the seed presence indications and provides an operator readout to facilitate adjustments to the seed meter system to maintain a single seed per seed cell at the given seed population. In one embodiment, the detector is a video camera and the readout includes a slow motion rendering of the seed cells downstream of a seed singulator. In another embodiment, a light source is located on one side of the seed cells, and a light detector is located on the opposite side of the seed cell to determine presence or absence of material in the cell.

Abstract: Installation to be applied to self-propelled or tow-type agricultural seeders that comprises a general command central unit (5) fed from an electric power source and controls a corresponding individual control unit (10) that regulates the operation of the electro-pneumatic unit (6) associated to the seed dosing devices within the seeder to perform the pneumatic action. Said electro-pneumatic unit may be a motor suction or a motor compressor unit. The invention envisages the association of these units to all the dosing devices in a seeding body of the seeder, to pairs of dosing units in the seeder, or else, on an individual basis, to each seed dosing device of the seeder.

Abstract: Illuminating device includes a plurality of LEDs positioned at intervals so as to form a linear LED array generally corresponding to an array line along which needle bars are provided, and a lens for gathering emitted light from the LEDs to thereby generate a linear light beam corresponding to the array line. The illuminating device provided in each machine head is controlled, independently of the illuminating devices of the other machine heads, in response to an operating state of the machine head. Thus, it is possible to not only generate, at low cost, a linear light beam suited to illumination of areas around the points of a plurality of needles arranged in a linear array, but also appropriately control the needle point illumination for the plurality of machine heads.

Abstract: A walking foot for a sewing machine includes a presser foot having a pair of supported portions, an upper feed dog feeding workpiece cloth in synchronization with vertical movement of a needlebar, a supporting member fixed to a lower end of the presser bar and having a pair of engagement supporting portions supporting the presser foot, a swinging supporting mechanism engaging the engagement supporting portions with the supported portions from horizontally outside respectively so that the presser foot is supported on the supporting member so as to be swingable, and a disengaging mechanism moving at least one of the engagement supporting portions horizontally outward from an engagement position where the engagement supporting portion is in engagement with the supported portion of the presser foot, thereby being capable of switching the engagement supporting portion to a disengagement position where the engagement supporting portion is disengaged from the supported portion.

Abstract: A multi-hull boat 50 comprising a pair of side by side hulls 21, and a wingdeck 22 extending between the hulls 21, wherein the hulls 21 include inner topsides 23 which are adapted to inhibit the hulls 21 from pitching.