Abstract: A fabrication method of a microfluidic circuit is provided, dispensable of mask registration, absent of deviation in mask positioning, and inexpensive in fabrication cost. The fabrication method of a microfluidic circuit has a light transmissive substrate stacked on a light absorptive substrate, and the light transmissive substrate welded with the light absorptive substrate for bonding by directing light through the light transmissive substrate. The microfluidic circuit includes a microchannel at the bottom face of the light transmissive substrate and/or at the top face of the light absorptive substrate. The method includes the step of forming, at the light transmissive substrate, a light attenuation region attenuating transmittance of light towards the microchannel when light is directed through the light transmissive substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive system comprising a protein and one or more polymers containing acetoacetoxy groups. It also relates to a method of producing a laminated wood based product and a particle board.

Abstract: The invention relates to a film (2) which comprises a component (1) to be detached therefrom. Said film is placed in the area of the component on a detaching tool (5) that is provided with at least one supporting element (6) for the film, which extends in a plane of support (11). The film is sucked against the support element (6) and partially under the plane of support by exerting negative pressure. The area of the supporting element is provided with at least one surface section (8) which extends in the plane of support when the detaching process begins, and which can be displaced, once the component (1) is grasped by a suction tool (4), plane-parallel to the plane of support while the negative pressure is maintained. The invention allows to control the detaching process of the film in a controlled movement without damaging or displacing the component.

Abstract: A substrate cleaning apparatus does not need positioning of a transport system on start-up of the apparatus and can reduce the installation area of the apparatus. The substrate cleaning apparatus includes a base-integrated frame (1) in which are mounted a substrate transport device (2) for transporting a substrate, at least one substrate processing unit (3) for processing the substrate, a substrate loading port (5) for placing a substrate-housing cassette (4) on it, and a processing liquid supply apparatus (6) for supplying a processing liquid to the substrate processing unit, wherein maintenance of the substrate processing unit (3) can be performed from the backside of the apparatus.

Abstract: A semiconductor substrate processing apparatus can supply RF powers having the same frequency to upper and lower electrodes serving to generate different degrees of uniformity, and control a power ratio of the RF powers, thereby enhancing a processing uniformity of a semiconductor substrate. The apparatus includes a vacuum chamber to receive a semiconductor substrate, upper and lower electrodes disposed within the vacuum chamber, RF power suppliers to supply RF powers having the same frequency to the upper and lower electrodes, and a controller to control a power ratio of the RF powers supplied from the RF power suppliers to the upper and lower electrodes.

Abstract: Film lamination vehicles and methods that can be used to laminate films to surfaces are disclosed. The vehicles and methods use a moving lamination device that forms a lamination front over which the film is applied to the surface. The lamination front complies to irregularities in the surface such as dips, bumps, etc. while providing substantially uniform pressure such that the film conforms to the surface.

Abstract: The invention deals with the field of labelling machines with tubular labels made of heat-shrinking film that are directly formed on the machine starting from coiled film. More precisely, the invention refers to a device (1) or (10) for positioning a tubular label (8) at a pre-established height from a bottle bottom and to means (21) for keeping the label position during the label transfer to an outlet conveyor where a first partial heat-shrinkage occurs. The positioning device is supported by the drum, on which the label is formed, and must allow sliding the bottle inside the formed label.

Abstract: A workpiece processing device (10) for processing a workpiece (60; 20, 36) comprises: a surface protection film peeling means (50) for peeling a surface protection film (110), which is adhered to a front surface (21) of a workpiece, with a peeling tape (4); a bar code adhering means (11) for adhering a bar code (65) corresponding to the workpiece to the workpiece; and a movable support table (72) for supporting the workpiece. A peeling operation for peeling the surface protection film conducted by the surface protection film peeling means and a adhering operation for adhering a bar code conducted by the bar code adhering means are given to the workpiece while the workpiece is being supported by the support table. Due to the foregoing, it is possible to avoid failures when adhering the bar code to the workpiece, such as a wafer. The bar code adhering means may adhere the bar code, which corresponds to character information of the workpiece read out by an optical reading means, to the workpiece.

Abstract: A curtain comprises a curtain panel consisting a set of parallel sections, an upper rail extended over the curtain panel and a cord reel hidden within the upper rail having cords connected to said parallel sections of the curtain panel to control an upper and down stretching of the curtain panel. Because of the cord reel, the up/down configuration of the curtain panel can be activated by directly pushing and pulling the curtain panel.

Abstract: A lift cord anchor clip for securement to a shade roller of a roman shade assembly is described. The clip comprises a spring metal band having a partly spherical shape and defining a throat opening which is narrower than the diameter of the spherical shape band. At least one clamping formation is integrally formed with the band and projects inwardly of an inner surface of the band. At least one end flange extends outwardly of the band below the clamping formation and is adapted for engagement by a tool to cause disengagement of the clamping formation. A cord attaching formation is also formed integral with the band for attaching a free end of a lift cord of a roman blind thereto.

Abstract: An adjustable light-receiving window assembly includes a window and a window covering device. The window includes a window frame and at least two light-transmittable panes mounted on the window frame to define a compartment with an opening in communication with outside. The window covering device includes a light-shielding member extending into the compartment via the opening. The window covering device further includes an operative member operable to move the light-shielding member between an extended state and a folded state for selectively blocking light transmitted through the light-transmittable panes. In another example, the operative member is replaced with a controllable motor.

Abstract: An apparatus for opening and closing a portal in a structure in which a curtain having elongated side portions is placed adjacent opposing sides of the portal. A first end of the curtain is attached to a first end of the portal. An opposite end of the curtain is upturned and attached to a varying means at the first end of the portal to vary the height of a pocket formed in the curtain. Magnetic sealing means are placed on the elongated side portions of the curtain and on the opposing sides of the portal. The portal is closed as the varying means lowers the height of the pocket, wherein the magnetic sealing means on the curtain engage the magnetic sealing means on the opposing sides of the portal, thereby sealing the portal. The portal is opened as the varying means raises the height of the pocket, wherein the magnetic sealing means on the curtain disengage the magnetic sealing means on the opposing sides of the portal, thereby unsealing the portal.

Abstract: An end retention system for a rolling shutter system is provided. The end retention system comprises a fastener that has a head and a shaft, and a washer that has an outer diameter and an aperture having an inner diameter. The inner diameter of the aperture of the washer is at least twice the diameter of the shaft of the fastener. The shaft is configured for insertion into a screw boss receptacle of a shutter slat. The end retention system may also comprise a guide track that has retention fins spaced apart a distance that is less than the outer diameter of the washer. The guide may include a channel that partially bounded by the retention fins. The channel may have a width that is greater than the outer diameter of the washer. The washer is located in the channel, and is retained near the slat by the head of the fastener.

Abstract: A blind slat structure having sealed openings and mimic wooden traces includes a plastic slat formed through injection molds with cavities formed on the surface and has a hollow interior and two ends each having an opening. Each of the two ends is inserted into a sealing slot of a fusion machine mold to be fused to become a wedge-shaped closed end so that the slat becomes a hollow body with two closed ends. The sealed slat is printed a number of times to form a printed layer on the surface mimic wooden traces. The slat thus formed has a lighter weight and is less likely to warp or deform. The mimic wooden traces on surface provide retrospective appeal.

Abstract: A vertically operating door and its drive system can be configured to push a door panel along a track to various overhead storage configurations including vertical, horizontal, inclined and coiled. Semi-flexible drive strips extend continuously along lateral edges of the curtain. The system includes a drive gear that engages a series of projections on at least one drive strip so that the gear can push the door between its open and closed positions. To protect the door from being damaged by collisions, the track can include a breakaway feature that allows at least a portion of the panel with its drive strip to separate from the track without permanent distortion. The drive strip and panel remain together as they break away from the track. The threshold of the breakaway force can be changed by selecting a retention strip from a plurality of interchangeable strips having different degrees of flexibility.

Abstract: A vertically operating door and its drive system can be configured to push a door panel along a track to various overhead storage configurations including vertical, horizontal. inclined and coiled. Semi-flexible drive strips extend continuously along lateral edges of the curtain. The system includes a drive gear that engages a series of projections on at least one drive strip so that the gear can push the door between its open and closed positions. To protect the door from being damaged by collisions, the track can include a breakaway feature that allows at least a portion of the panel with its drive strip to separate from the track without permanent distortion. The drive strip and panel remain together as they break away from the track. The threshold of the breakaway force can be changed by selecting a retention strip from a plurality of interchangeable strips having different degrees of flexibility.

Abstract: A vertically operating door and its drive system can be configured to push a door panel along a track to various overhead storage configurations including vertical, horizontal, inclined and coiled. Semi-flexible drive strips extend continuously along lateral edges of the curtain. The system includes a drive gear that engages a series of projections on at least one drive strip so that the gear can push the door between its open and closed positions. To protect the door from being damaged by collisions, the track can include a breakaway feature that allows at least a portion of the panel with its drive strip to separate from the track without permanent distortion. The drive strip and panel remain together as they break away from the track. The threshold of the breakaway force can be changed by selecting a retention strip from a plurality of interchangeable strips having different degrees of flexibility.

Abstract: A curtain track assembly includes a flexible rail made from a resilient polymeric material and including an elongate base portion extending along the length of the rail and having opposite first and second surfaces, and an elongate carrier-hanging portion extending along the length of the rail and protruding from the first surface of the base portion.

Abstract: A collapsible shower device is disclosed that has an upper hoop affixed to a structure such as a wall and a lower hoop also affixed to the structure at a pivot point, and a privacy screen attached to both the lower hoop and the upper hoop in which the lower hoop is moveable from a lowered position to a raised position by rotation about the pivot point. The invention thus presents a collapsible shower assembly or privacy screen assembly that is space saving and weather resistant, but also presents an aesthetically pleasing experience.

Abstract: A partitioning apparatus. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are apparatuses comprising a base, and a panel coupled to the base. The apparatus is configured to partition a space.

Abstract: A process for bleaching mechanical wood pulp is provided comprising subjecting the wood pulp to at least one bleaching stage with one or more bleaching agents in the presence of one or more optical brightening agent, wherein the bleaching agents are selected from the group consisting of oxidative bleaching agents other than chlorine based bleaching agents such as chlorine dioxide, elemental chlorine or a combination thereof, reductive bleaching agents or any combination of two or more thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an acoustical tile that includes a core and a surface treatment. The surface treatment comprises a formaldehyde-free latex binder, the binder including at least one formaldehyde-free biocide. The present invention also provides a process of manufacturing an acoustical tile.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of paper which comprises: (a) providing an aqueous cellulosic suspension; (b) separately adding to the suspension: (i) a nitrogen-containing organic compound having a molecular weight less than 1,000; and (ii) a cellulose-reactive sizing agent; and (c) dewatering the obtained suspension to form paper. The invention further relates to a process in which a nitrogen-containing organic compound having a molecular weight less than 1,000 is mixed with an aqueous dispersion of a cellulose-reactive sizing agent to form a pre-mix and which premix is added to the suspension.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for applying optical brightening agent (OBA) to a sheet of paper or paperboard substrate. The process comprises the step of spraying an aqueous composition comprising an optical brightening agent onto at least one surface of a sized paperboard substrate to form a treated paperboard substrate. The treated paperboard substrate includes a layer of OBA on at least one surface of the paper or paperboard substrate in which the brightness of the treated paper or paperboard substrate is greater than the sized paper or paperboard substrate before treating thereof.

Abstract: A covering for paper machines, paperboard machines or tissue machines, which is constructed from a construction kit includes a plurality of prefabricated web-shaped material layers. Each web-shaped material layer is configured dependent upon a category and operating conditions of the covering, and the plurality of prefabricated web-shaped material layers are stacked atop one another and are joined to one another at least in sections, two-dimensionally, and in a manner that prevents the plurality of prefabricated web-shaped material layers from being detached. The invention also relates to a method for producing the inventive covering.

Abstract: An arrangement for forcing rapid localized directional solidification, or global homogenous accelerated solidification of a liquid or semi-solid parent material, which is contained by a media mold that possesses porous properties. The process produces solidified matrix structures and cast properties in the parent material otherwise not possible through conventional solidification methods under ambient conditions. The process is capable of enhancing ordinary production cycles by reducing the overall cycle time required to produce a normally solidified material in a porous media mold.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for the preparation of a semi-solid material in a mixing sleeve of a casting apparatus, the semi-solid material formed from a molten material after a mixing and a cooling thereof in the mixing sleeve wherein a handling of the semi-solid material is minimized.

Abstract: A mold system for producing components of a turbine engine. The mold system may enable a configuration of a turbine engine component to be changed in less time than conventional systems. The mold system may include a mold formed from mold plates wherein at least one of the mold plates has at least one mold cavity configured to receive a ceramic insert and a ceramic insert positioned in the at least one mold cavity and including a core making cavity. The ceramic insert may be formed from a material having high compressive strength, good wear resistance, good corrosion resistance, good thermal conductivity, and high toughness, such as but not limited to, graphite partially or fully converted to silicon carbide, silicon carbide, graphite coated with silicon carbide, and other appropriate materials. The ceramic insert may also be formed with other near net shape processes, such as, reaction bonded metal oxides.

Abstract: A furnace and method using a heat pump for providing domestic hot water and forced hot or cooled air utilizing heat pump achieved efficiency levels in an on-demand and unlimited domestic hot water, heating, and cooling system. In the heating mode, recycled air acquires heat from the heat pump's condenser coil and transfers this heat to the on-demand hot water.

Abstract: The invention relates to a collecting tank (1), especially for a heat exchanger (1) pertaining to a motor vehicle cooling installation. Said collecting tank comprises a tank element (3) consisting of at least two collecting regions (4) for receiving the fluid, said receiving regions being embodied together as a single component and outwardly sealed by means of a sealing element, and a bottom (5; 65; 75) for closing said collecting regions (4) of the tank element (3). A sealing arrangement (6) is provided between the tank element (3) and the bottom (5; 65; 75), between two adjacent collecting regions (4), said sealing arrangement (6) comprising exactly one sealing element (7; 67; 77) which, in addition to sealing between the two collecting regions (4), is also used to seal the arrangement towards the outside. Said sealing element (7; 67; 77) is preferably arranged in a plane in the collecting tank (2; 62; 72), especially in a continuous channel (8; 68; 78).

Abstract: A heat sink includes a base and a plurality of parallel fins extending up from the base. The heat sink has an air inlet and an air outlet. A thickness of the base gradually reducing from a middle of the base to both sides nearby the air inlet and the air outlet.

Abstract: A heat dissipator for mounting on a heat-generating element includes a heat-dissipating body, a fan assembly, a bottom stand and a top stand. The heat-dissipating body is formed into a spherical body and constituted of a plurality of heat-dissipating pieces. The heat-dissipating body is provided with a sealed accommodating space therein for accommodating the fan assembly. Further, the bottom stand and the top stand are provided at the upper and lower ends of the heat-dissipating body, respectively. Further, the bottom of the fan assembly has a connecting seat for connecting to the bottom stand to fix the fan assembly. Finally, the bottom stand is provided with a heat-conducting block for adhering to the heat-generating element, thereby to conduct the heat generated by the operation of the heat-generating element to the heat-dissipating body. In this way, the heat can be uniformly dissipated to each heat-dissipating piece.

Abstract: A heat dissipating device for use with a heat-producing element in an electronic product includes a flat-plate heat collector and a plurality of parallelly arranged fins, both of which are made of a copper material to provide excellent heat conductivity. The fins are fixedly connected to one surface of the heat collector using a bonding agent, which is a molten state alloy containing copper, silver, and tin, and also provides excellent heat conductivity after becoming set. Heat produced by the heat-producing element during operation thereof is collected by the heat collector and transferred to the fins, and then carried away by air through heat exchange between the fins and the ambient air. The heat dissipating device employs the natural law of air convection to dissipate heat without consuming power or using other power-driven device.

Abstract: A heat exchanger that can mechanically automatically control a level of cooling water according to heat generation of the fuel cell. The heat exchanger includes a housing having a cooling water inlet and an outlet connected to a fuel cell stack, a moving plate which moves reciprocally in the housing and discharges cooling water filled in the housing to the stack when it moves in a one direction and when it receives a steam pressure from the stack it moves in an opposite direction, and an elastic member that applies a force to the moving plate in the one direction. The heat exchanger can automatically maintain the level of cooling water despite a difference in heat generated between a full and a partial load operation of the fuel cell obviating complicated electronics such as a thermo-sensor, a valve, or a controller. Also, under a partial load, the exposure of flow channels to superheated steam is avoided, thereby extending the lifetime of the fuel cell.

Abstract: A heat dissipation module includes a heat column and a plurality of heat dissipation fins disposed outside of the heat column and connected with the heat column. The heat column has a column body and a base, and the column body has a top portion and a sidewall ringed with the top portion. The sidewall and the top portion are integrally formed. The base is disposed opposite to the top portion, and the base has an indentation for allowing an end of the sidewall of the column body to insert so as to form a closed space between the base and the column body. The base further has an annular protrusion close to the indentation, and after the end of the sidewall of the column body is inserted into the indentation of the base, the annular protrusion is processed to be filled between the indentation and the sidewall so as to tightly assemble the base and the column body.

Abstract: A two-phase cooling system for cooling power electronic components comprises a condenser section and an evaporator section, each with at least two metal sheets partially bonded together, the at least two metal sheets forming at least one first fluid channel or second fluid channel, respectively being arranged between two bonded areas of the at least two metal sheets. These channels form a continuous, sealed fluid channel, which connects the condenser and evaporator sections. A power electronic element can be arranged on a first main side of the evaporator section within a contact area, and the two-phase cooling system can be pressed against the power electronic component. A support plate is arranged on a second main side of the evaporator section, the second main side being opposite the first main side.

Abstract: A heat pipe includes a hollow metal casing (100) and a honeycombed wick structure (200) arranged at an inner surface of the hollow metal casing. The wick structure includes a plurality of slices (210, 220) stacked together. Each of the slices has a plurality of pores therein and a plurality of protrusions (222) formed thereon along a longitudinal direction of the heat pipe to form a plurality of liquid channels (230) in the wick structure along the longitudinal direction of the heat pipe. Each liquid channel has alternate large and small sections (232, 231) along a length thereof.

Abstract: An evaporator includes a plurality of flat heat exchange tubes extending in a vertical direction and arranged at intervals along a left-right direction with a width direction thereof coinciding with a front-rear direction. The heat exchange tube has a plurality of refrigerant channels arranged along the width direction. The evaporator satisfies a relation 0.558?A?1.235, where A is a value in pieces/mm obtained by dividing the number N of the refrigerant channels of the heat exchange tube by a width W of the heat exchange tube as measured in the front-rear direction. Also, the evaporator satisfies a relation 0.35?Dh?1.0, where Dh is an equivalent diameter in mm of the heat exchange tube. This evaporator can reduce the temperature difference between air discharged into a compartment when a compressor is turned ON and that when the compressor is turned OFF.

Abstract: A selectable heat exchange apparatus and method of use are provided. The heat exchange apparatus comprises a plurality of half-tubes fabricated from any selected material and in any selected method of manufacture.

Abstract: A perforating system connection sub comprising a vent valve for providing fluid flow communication through the connection sub wall. The vent valve is selectively opened and may include a frangible member. The frangible member is rupterable by the shock wave produced by ignition of an associated detonation cord.

Abstract: The initial separation of the fluid provided from an oil well using a separator previously known only from the area of degassing and flotation of process water from oil recovery.

Abstract: A multi-lock adapter used to inject high-pressure well stimulation fluids through an independent screwed wellhead includes an adapter pin having a central passageway with an internal diameter at least as large as a passageway through the wellhead. A lockdown flange secures the adapter pin to a casing mandrel of the wellhead. The lockdown flange ensures that stress on connection points to the screwed independent wellhead due to elevated fluid pressures used for well stimulation procedures does not exceed engineered specifications.

Abstract: A seal section for a submersible well pump assembly has a housing for connection between a pump and a motor. A central radial bearing support rotatably supports a drive shaft and defines upper and lower chambers in the housing. A well fluid passageway leads from an exterior portion of the housing to the upper chamber. Upper and lower isolation tubes extend around the shaft within the upper and lower chambers, defining an annular passage for fluid communication with lubricant contained in the motor. A bladder surrounds the upper isolation tube for separating lubricant from well fluid in the upper chamber. A labyrinth tube within the bladder has an upper end in fluid communication with a labyrinth port leading through the upper isolation tube and a lower end in fluid communication with the lower chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) provided for cleaning a drill string (11) of drilling mud during tripping, the apparatus (1) being provided with a mass and a volume such that it is able to float on a surface (13) of the drilling mud in the drill string (11) during the tripping operation. The apparatus (1) comprises a wiper device (8) which is bellows-shaped, and a weight (10) which is fastened to the top of the wiper device.

Abstract: An adjustable swage features an ability to enhance a radial collapse force when an obstruction in a tubular is encountered to allow radial contraction so that the obstruction can be cleared. The movable segments are configured to elastically bend on high loading so as to create additional radial component force to aid the adjustable swage in reducing its size to clear the obstruction.

Abstract: An apparatus for the radial expansion and plastic deformation of a tubular member.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method of providing water management and utilization during the process of dewatering and retorting of oil shale. More specifically, the process described relates to co-producing potable and non-potable water, for various uses, during the extraction of petroleum from shale oil deposits. Generally, the process allows the production of multiple streams of waters or varying salinity and pressures at least one of which is of high enough pressure for reinsertion into geological formations or reservoirs, and another which may supply a potable water source. In one embodiment, the high pressure required for reinserting the non-potable water into geological formation or reservoirs may be utilized for producing the potable water supply. In another embodiment, the non-potable water supply may also be used for entraining and sequestering undesired emissions, such as CO2.

Abstract: A pressure sensor for use in measuring the pressure within fluids. The sensor comprises a medium whose material has a low coefficient of thermal expansion. The pressure can be measured by observing how signals pass through the medium at some unknown pressure and then comparing the observations to how the signals pass through the medium at a known pressure. The signals can be acoustic waves or light waves.

Abstract: Methods are described for determining or estimating a wellbore schematic, one embodiment comprising running one or more measured distances of coiled tubing into a wellbore while pumping a fluid at varying flow rates through the coiled tubing, and calculating true vertical depth of the wellbore using pressure and flow rate data of the fluid. This abstract allows a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure. It may not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).

Abstract: A wedge-type anchor assembly, capable of meeting cracked concrete testing standards, comprises an anchor bolt component and a substantially C-shaped expansion sleeve component annularly disposed about the anchor bolt component. A plurality of annular grooves, threads, or teeth are disposed only about the forward end portion of the expansion sleeve component, as opposed to throughout the entire axial length thereof, so that when the anchor bolt component is moved axially through the expansion sleeve component, the maximum interference area (M.I.A.) and maximum interference volume (M.I.V.) can be generated between the anchor bolt component and the expansion sleeve component in a controlled and predictable manner, as well as between the expansion sleeve component and the internal peripheral side wall portions of a concrete substrate or substructure can be generated so as to enhance pull-out resistance and reliability of the anchor assembly within the concrete substructure or substrate.