Abstract: An automatic vending machine for fruit juice and a control method thereof.

Abstract: The multiple beverage brewer utilizes the vacant vertical spaces in an establishment, opens counterspace, and allows placement of different products, such as coffee varieties and flavors, for simultaneous brewing. The vertical multiple coffee brewer begins with a base, a housing upon the base extending upright while leaving room for at least one warmer on the base, a deck extending from the housing above the base with a brew basket and a coffee pot, at least one warmer on the deck, a second deck extending from the housing, and a top. The housing contains one tank for heating of water supplied to all of the brew baskets through piping and dump valves. Alternatively, the housing has two vertically stacked tanks supplied with fresh water but heating the water separately for delivery to each deck.

Abstract: An infusing device has a handle (2), a squeezing head (8) carried by a plunger (3), and a receptacle for holding a bag containing an infusible substance such as tea, coffee or herbs. The receptacle may include a number of elongate cage element (10), which are pivotally secured to the handle 2 passing through apertures in the periphery of the squeezing head (8). The plunger is internally biased by oppositely acting spring elements so that movement in one direction opens the cage for insertion and removal of a tea bag or the like, and movement in the opposite direction squeezes the bag between the head (8) and the tips of the elements (10). In another embodiment the cage elements are moved independently of the plunger by means of an internal sleeve within the handle. Devices are also described in which the squeezing head is fixed with the handle and the cage elements are pivotally secured to an internal plunger, and in which a receptacle having perforated relatively movable parts replaces the cage.

Abstract: A pod for mixing an amount of a dispersible material with water. The pod may include a pod body having a lower aperture and a poppet positioned within the aperture. The poppet may be sized so as to seal the lower aperture until a predetermined pressure is reached within the pod body.

Abstract: A coffee machine for preparing coffee, particularly on the basis of coffee pads, comprising a continuous flow heater which is fixed in a housing and provided with a tube for guiding water. In order to fix the continuous flow heater and, preferably, other components in the coffee machine in a low-cost and secure manner, the at least one flexible tube connecting piece is provided with receiving elements for integrating additional component parts of the coffee machine.

Abstract: A pod for mixing an amount of a dispersible material with water. The pod may include a pod body having a lower aperture and a poppet positioned within the aperture. The poppet may be sized so as to seal the lower aperture until a predetermined pressure is reached within the pod body.

Abstract: A hot beverage making device comprises a boiler (10) for heating water; a housing (20) for accommodating the boiler (10) and other components of the device; and connecting means (30) for connecting the boiler (10) to the housing (20). During operation of the boiler (10), water is heated and water vapor bubbles are created inside the boiler (10). The formation of the bubbles causes varying moments about the center of mass of the boiler (10). The connecting means (30) are adapted to preventing transmittal to the housing (20) of at least a portion of the moment variations, in order to keep the noise produced as a result of vibrations of the housing (20) at an acceptable level. In particular, the connecting means (30) are adapted to let the boiler (10) have at least one rotational degree of freedom.

Abstract: A cooking utensil for frying a tortilla into a taco shell comprises a shell section having first and second U-shaped shell members and a handle assembly that linearly biases the second shell member into nested relation with the first shell member. A brace member attaches to the first shell member. The first end of an outer tubular shaft attaches a first handle member and its second end slidably attaches to the brace member. An inner shaft having a first end attached to a second handle member and a second end pivotally attached to the second shell member is slidably disposed in the outer shaft. The first handle member has a cavity that receives the second handle member, which is biased outwardly from the cavity by a spring. A user supplied anti-biasing force separates the first and second shell members for insertion of the tortilla and removal of the taco shell.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hand tool for squeezing, chopping and pureeing food. The hand tool allows a user to chop, drain and/or puree food with one tool and can be used in conjunction with an ordinary bowl or colander. The hand tool of the present invention has a head portion having a convex pressing surface and a handle portion, allowing a user to grips the end of the handle and apply force directly over the pressing surface to squeeze food and/or expel moisture. A scraping edge allows the user to scrape food against the holes in a strainer or colander or to scrape particles from the sides of a bowl. A blade is attached to the head portion of the tool and can be used to chop and puree food.

Abstract: A compactor for compacting and dewatering debris comprises a housing having an inlet for enabling debris to be delivered to forwarding augers which forward the debris to a compaction chamber at the discharge end of the housing. The chamber has an outlet opening of less cross-sectional area than that of the chamber, thereby ensuring sufficient compaction of the discharged debris that it can pass through the opening. The opening is formed in an elastic wall which distorts to some extent and imposes a resistive force on the movement of debris through the opening, thereby further compacting the debris as it passes through the opening. Debris passing through the chamber may be sprayed with water to remove sludge-like substances which otherwise would cling to other types of debris.

Abstract: In order to allow for aligning a relative position between a transferred object and a stamper with high accuracy without providing an alignment pattern in the transferred object, there are provided: a pattern transfer method, including: when adjusting the relative position between the stamper and the transferred object, a step of detecting at least two or more edge positions of the transferred object and calculating an arbitrary point from the detected edge positions; a step of detecting a position of the stamper from an edge of the stamper or an alignment mark formed in the stamper; and a step of adjusting the relative position between the transferred object and the stamper from the arbitrary point and the position of the stamper; and an imprint device using the same.

Abstract: A texture tool comprising a body to which is coupled an upper cap and a lower cap. A ball holder fits in a socket defined by the body and the lower cap. The ball holder includes a plurality of balls which come into contact with a sheet of material to be embossed or imprinted.

Abstract: Objects to be printed are loaded one-by-one onto a conveyor extending through and upstream from a printing station in a longitudinally extending row in groups each having a predetermined number n of longitudinally aligned objects and a longitudinal length equal to n times a predetermined step length and with the groups separated in the row from one another by an empty gap having a short length equal to n?1 times the predetermined step length. The thus oriented objects are moved by the conveyor through the printing station in alternating long steps having a long length equal to n times the predetermined step length and short steps equal to n?1 times the predetermined step length such that with each long step one of the groups is positioned in the printing station. In the printing station the objects are taken off the conveyor, printed, and returned to the conveyor between the long steps.

Abstract: An electric circuit is applied to an object having a curved surface. The curved surface of the object is divided into sections, and the circuit is applied one section at a time. The circuit is formed between layers of dielectric material. The dielectric is applied by a computer-controlled device, which controls the position of a spray head and the rotation of the object, such that the spray head is held substantially perpendicular to the surface of the object at all times, and such that a controlled thickness of dielectric material can be deposited. The fine-featured circuits formed by the invention are rugged, and can be used on objects intended to be exposed to harsh environments.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for carrying out direct or indirect Orlov printing. The essence of the invention lies in that applying rollers which are embodied in such a way that it is possible to form areas of multicolored strips on a plate cylinder and which are freely mounted with respect thereto are used for inking up the areas of an assembled printing plate of the plate cylinder.

Abstract: An imprinting apparatus and a method of the same which form a residual film including a uniform thickness all over a substrate. The imprinting apparatus includes a substrate support which supports a substrate which is coated with an imprint resin on an upper surface thereof, an imprint mold arranged on an upper side of the substrate support and which forms a predetermined pattern by molding the imprint resin coated on the substrate, a pressure roller which pressurizes the imprint mold to adhere closely to the substrate, a pressure roller control unit which controls the pressure roller to change a moving velocity and an applied pressure of the pressure roller according to a position of the imprint mold, and a resin curing unit which cures the imprint resin on the substrate.

Abstract: To make it possible to variably print while preventing a printable material from loosening and fluttering and further preventing the material from damaging and contamination by printing.

Abstract: A method and a device for printing board-shaped work pieces in a printing gap are provided. The printing gap is formed by two printing rollers that are adjustably spaced apart from each other, with the board-shaped work piece being transported on a transporting device to the printing gap and being printed when passing through the printing gap. Prior to or during the transport to the printing gap, a thickness of each work piece is measured and the printing gap is adjusted prior to the printing process via a parallel or offset change of the distance between the two printing rollers in reference to each other, according to the measured thickness of the work piece.

Abstract: A transport device for transporting printed products is provided including a first and a second tape for receiving and transporting the printed products, a first and second roller for guiding the tapes, a nip-adjusting device adjusting a nip formed by the first and second tapes at the first and second rollers and a sensor determining a thickness of the printed products, the nip adjusting device being actuated as a function of the sensor. A method is also provided.

Abstract: A single-use tissue marking system for use in marking a tissue sample includes a container and a first number of ink reservoirs at least partially defined by the container. Each reservoir contains ink of a different color. The system also includes a second number of applicators. Each applicator is configured to absorb a quantity of ink for application to the tissue sample. A cover is coupled to and cooperates with the container to fully enclose each of the first number of ink reservoirs.

Abstract: A roller has a coating comprised of a plastic matrix of plastic material, wherein the plastic material is a resin.

Abstract: An image-carrying plate such as a printing plate, an embossing plate, a die-cutting plate or the like for reproducing the image on a suitable media is mounted on a rotatable cylinder or drum by attaching a removable clamp to each end of the plate and removably attaching the plate clamps respectively to clamp carriers which are circumferentially spaced from one another on the cylinder with the plate at least partially wrapped around the outer surface of the cylinder. At least one clamp carrier on the cylinder can be adjusted to move the associated plate clamp so that the plate is pulled taut against the outer surface of the cylinder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a printing form (19) to be used in a printing unit of a printing press. Said printing form (19) is embodied as a panoramic printing form (19) and supports side by side printed images of a specific number n (n>1) of printed pages having a specific format (F1, F2). The printing form (19) has a width that substantially corresponds to a number of n=3 vertical printed pages in newspaper format (F1, F2) and supports side by side printed images of n=3 pages in newspaper format (F1, F2).

Abstract: A printing plate is produced having at least one edge which has been cut so that it is parallel to a line of delimitation of the type area of the plate. The printing plate is fed to an impression cylinder of a printing press, in an axial direction of the impression cylinder by use of a plate feeding and alignment device. During the process of feeding the printing plate to the impression cylinder, the at least one edge of the plate, which was cut parallel to the type line of determination, is guided against at least one stop.

Abstract: An intermediate transfer unit includes a stand member that is integral with an intermediate-transfer-unit body of the intermediate transfer unit. The stand member stretches below the intermediate-transfer-unit body from a trailing edge to a leading edge of the intermediate-transfer-unit in an attachment direction of the intermediate transfer unit.

Abstract: A thermal processor including an oven and a cooling section. The oven is configured to heat an imaging media to a development temperature. The cooling section is configured to cool the imaging media from the development temperature to a desired exit temperature as imaging media moves along a transport path from an entrance to an exit. The cooling section provides a varying rate of heat transfer from the imaging media along the transport path so as to create a varying cooling temperature gradient in the imaging media substantially equal to and not exceeding a varying maximum cooling temperature gradient of imaging media.

Abstract: An image forming device comprising two components capable of relative movement and a lubricant disposed between such components. The lubricant may include a carrier medium capable of reducing friction between the components including boron nitride.

Abstract: This invention relates to a detonating cord (10) having a core (12) of reactive material and a composite jacket around the core, and the method of its manufacture. The composite jacket includes an interior jacket (14) in contact with the core and a sacrificial jacket (20) disposed over the interior jacket. The sacrificial jacket prevents the cord from being cut off by the detonation of another detonating cord of like core load disposed adjacent thereto. The sacrificial jacket is separable from the interior jacket beneath it under the force of the adjacent detonating cord, thus absorbing energy and allowing the first detonating cord to remain intact. The detonating cord may have a core load of not more than 3.2 grams/meter (15 grains/ft) or, optionally, less than 1.25 g/m (6 grains/ft). The interior jacket may be free of metal jacket layers. Optionally, the outer cross-sectional diameter of the cord may be not more than about 3.8 mm (0.15 inch) so that it can be inserted into a standard detonator.

Abstract: Controlled Buoyancy Perforating technology for highly deviated and substantially horizontal wellbores may include long perforating guns assembled on a rig floor from a multiplicity of light weight and highly engineered shaped charge carrier joints. Tubular housings for such light weight joints may be fabricated from composite materials having steel transition collars. The collars are designed for an angularly coordinated, bayonet assembly and, in most cases, rapid disassembly. The internal volume of each joint is environmentally sealed by a plurality of O-rings. Barbs carried by collet fingers projecting from opposite ends of a sealing sleeve that externally bridges a transition collar union plane secures the union by meshing with detent channels in the respective collars. Individual shaped charge units and cooperative fusing are assembled in a light weight inner loading tube having an alignment collar to secure the angular and axial position of the loading tube relative to the transition collars.

Abstract: A rail maintenance apparatus having a plurality of equipment elements including: a rear railway wheel assembly, a tractor, a pair of laser beam receiver assemblies, a medial railway wheel assembly, a tamping device, a pair of laser aperture assemblies, a track clamping and lifting assembly, a forward railway wheel assembly, an extensible boom, and a pair of laser beam emitter assemblies engaged by and supported by a rail cart. The equipment elements are arranged and assembled so as to run on a railroad track. The laser emitters, apertures and receivers arranged to detect non-level track sections and the clamping and lifting assembly and tamping device arranged and enabled for lifting the track sections in order to re-level the sections.

Abstract: A lifting stroke of a platform (3), liftably/lowerably supported through a cross link (13a), of a traveling body (1) for conveyance is increased with a low floor structure of the traveling body (1) maintained. In a conveying apparatus having the lifting/lowering platform, there are laid a first cam rail (47A) working on a first to-be-operated portion (28) to lift the platform (3) to a middle height (H1) and a second cam rail (48) working on a second to-be-operated portion (29) to lift the platform (3) from the middle height (H1) to the maximum height (H2). The second to-be-operated portion (29) is provided at a middle bending fulcrum (36) of a toggle link (32) interposed between the cross link (13a) and a fixing position on the conveying traveler body (1) side. When the platform (3) is lifted to the middle height (H1), the toggle link (32) is extended such that both upper fulcrums (37, 39) are separated, relative to the middle bending fulcrum (36), to both the front and rear in the traveling direction.

Abstract: A correlator system for automatic car wash has roller assemblies for supporting the front left and right wheels of a vehicle entering a car wash line. A set of guide rails or bars cooperate with the roller assemblies to adjust axial displacement and angular misalignment between the vehicle's front end and a conveyor track transporting the vehicle through the car wash facility. The rollers in the roller assembly rotate freely with minimal friction, axially displacing the front end of the vehicle and adjusting the angular misalignment of the front wheels. The low friction, easy-to-rotate rollers are provided with a plurality of braking elements that generate friction against the rollers, retarding their rotation when a worker steps thereon. The friction generated by the braking elements is insufficient to prevent roller rotation during alignment of the front end with the conveyor track.

Abstract: A well car for carrying shipping containers has a pair of end structures supported by rail car trucks, a pair of first and second spaced apart side beams extending between the end structures and a well defined therebetween. A container support cross member is mounted between the side sills in a position to support an end of a shipping container load carried within the well. The container support cross member may be a monolithic beam member with a attachment fitting formed at an end thereof. The attachment fitting is connectable to a side sill at a moment connection. The remaining end of the cross member is similarly configured and connected to the second side sill. Each end of the cross member has load bearing surface portions which may be used for supporting a corner of a shipping container. The moment connections permit a bending moment to be carried by the cross member between the first and second side sills.

Abstract: Objects of the present invention is to provide a zinc-based alloy electroplated film having a high corrosion resistance comparable to Zn—Cr alloy plating without containing chromium which gives a heavy environmental load, and a plated metal material using the same. The present invention relates to a zinc-based alloy electroplated film excellent in corrosion resistance containing (A) 30 to 96% by weight of zinc, (B) 2 to 20% by weight of an iron-group metal, and (C) 2 to 50% by weight of tungsten.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions which are suitable for use as friction reducing agents, which can be particularly useful as release agents. The compositions comprise water and a surfactant capable of forming liquid crystals. The invention also relates to methods of production of such compositions, their use and substrates treated with such compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to water based polymer modified asphalt emulsions, their composition, their manufacture and their uses. For example, there is disclosed a method for coating a structure or surface by applying a polymer modified asphalt emulsion coating to the structure or surface. The coating is preferably applied as a two component spray comprising an aqueous catalyst and an aqueous asphalt emulsion. The aqueous catalyst can employ an aqueous acid, preferably citric acid, but can also use an aqueous catalyst comprising an aqueous solution of calcium chloride. Preferably each of the two components are directed through separate ports on a spray nozzle so that they mix together on the fly external to the nozzle before contacting the surface to be coated. This methodology can be used to sound insulate structures, to encapsulate friable materials, to weather coat a structure, and to create a non-corrosive waterproof monolithic membranes.

Abstract: A dispersant can be used to prevent fouling in process equipment. The dispersant is particularly useful in applications such as the prevention of fouling of compressor blades in compressors used for ethylene production. The dispersant includes an admixture of isopropylhydroxyl amine and an N,N-dialkyl fatty acid amide. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of claims. 37 CFR 1.

Abstract: An ink composition containing an aprotic polar solvent, a thermoplastic resin, a pigment, a cyclic amide, a surfactant, and water and is printable on a recording surface that is a plastic film. The ink composition is capable of forming a record, having high weather resistance properties such as adhesion, scratch resistance, and water resistance, on a recording surface that is a plastic film.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a water dispersion for ink-jet printing, including a colorant, particles (A) (except for pigments) having a refractive index of 1.0 to 2.2, and a nonionic organic compound containing a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 8 to 30 carbon atoms, and exhibiting a solubility of 1 g or less in 100 g of water as measured at 25° C., as well as a water based ink containing the water dispersion. There are provided a water-based ink for ink-jet printing which can exhibit a high optical density upon one-pass printing on plain papers and, therefore, is suitable for high-speed printing, as well as a water dispersion used in the water-based ink.

Abstract: The invention concerns a single-component system based on co-reactive latex capable of leading to formol-free coatings, crosslinkable at room temperature and post-crosslinkable by heat treatment, said system consisting of a mixture of two particle dispersions, (A) and (B) obtained each by emulsion polymerization in aqueous medium of a composition of respectively A and B monomers: (a) at least one free-radical polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, comprising a functional group, of formula (A), being a constituent of monomer A composition, and (b) at least one free-radical polymerizable ethylenically unsaturated monomer, comprising a radical (R) identical to or different from that of monomer (a); a functional group selected among acetal, mercaptal, mercaptol, dioxolane et dithiolane, being a constituent of monomer B composition. The invention also concerns the preparation method and the use of said system in the field of coatings.

Abstract: Particles useful in curable coating systems are functionalized on their surface with a blocked isocyanate functionality. The blocked isocyanate is generated by reacting an organosilane having an oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen atom a to the silyl group, or having a cyclic structure containing N or O in the ring, attached directly to silicon.

Abstract: An anti-reflective coating for a substrate which includes an outer metal oxide layer with a refractive index greater than the refractive index of the substrate. The invention also relates to a method for making the anti-reflection coating.

Abstract: This invention relates to a water-dispersed slurry coating which can provide a film excellent in water resistance and strength. The water-dispersed slurry coating comprises: (A) a particulate comprising (a1) a resin having an active hydrogen; and (B) a reactive surfactant comprising a hydrophilic moiety and a hydrophobic moiety having an aromatic ring-containing hydrocarbon group having 6 to 100 carbon atoms and having at least one group selected from the group consisting of an isocyanate group, a blocked isocyanate group and an epoxy group in the hydrophilic moiety, and having an oxyethylene group in a content of not less than 20% and not more than 97% by weight; and (a2) a curing agent according to need, in aqueous medium.

Abstract: A hydrophilized article includes (a) a substrate having a hydrophobic surface, and (b) a hydrophilizing layer disposed on at least a portion of the hydrophobic surface of the substrate. said layer comprising an organophosphorus material or a vinyl alcohol material, or a mixture of an organophosphorus material and a vinyl alcohol material.

Abstract: The invention relates to an agent and uses for treating and improving building materials, mineral mixtures and mineral colours, and to a corresponding method. The aim of the invention is to create an agent, a method and uses of the above-mentioned type which enable old and new capillary-porous building materials, mineral mixtures and mineral colours to be rendered hydrophobic, with both high efficacy and a simple handling process, simultaneously providing the same with a long period of protection, and/or to protect said materials from humidity, without affecting a subsequent coating of the material, the mineral mixture or the mineral colour, without strongly reducing the vapour permeability thereof, and without modifying the inherent colour of the same. To this end, the agent contains between 60.0 and 75.0 mass % of water, between 15.0 and 22.0 mass % of soap, between 1.0 and 7.0 of mass % of a carbonate compound, between 2.0 and 6.0 mass % of sodium hydroxide, and between 1.0 and 7.0 mass % of filler.

Abstract: A method for making foam used in the manufacture of concrete, the method comprising, in an exemplary embodiment for making foam at the rate of one cubic foot per minute; (1) injecting water into a mixer, the water injected at a temperature not less than 62 degrees Fahrenheit, the water injected at the rate from 252 ounces per minute to 1,178 ounces per minute; (3) injecting a chemical into the mixer, wherein the chemical comprises a surfactant, a foam booster and a stabilizer, the chemical injected at a temperature of not less than 52 degrees Fahrenheit and at a rate of 22 ounces to 79 ounces per minute; and (4) injecting air into the mixer, the air injected at a pressure from 62 pounds-per-square inch to 135 pounds-per-square inch, and at the rate of from 19 cubic feet per minute to 32 cubic feet per minute; whereby foam is made in the mixer, and may be later used in the manufacture of concrete.

Abstract: A method for removing organic-related compounds from a naturally-occurring or synthetic target material containing at least one permeable inorganic material capable of mineral or mineral phase change or dehydration and at least one amorphous carbon, graphite or another organic compound comprising exposing the material to microwave or radio frequency radiation so as to remove at least a portion of the organic ingredients through combustion while limiting the modification of the structure or mineral composition or mineral phase of the inorganic component.

Abstract: The invention provides a modified tissue marking pigment and a method for preparing a modified tissue marking pigment by altering protein adsorption to the surface of the pigment particle, activation of key receptors on important immune cells or altering the pigment particle morphology.

Abstract: Crude indanthrone is milled, with or without other additives, to reduce and normalize particle size and distribution to a sub-pigmentary, near amorphous, state. The resulting highly aggregated crude powder is then treated with a heterogeneous solvent system of water and an alkyl ester of an aromatic carboxylic acid, such as methyl benzoate, to de-aggregate and grow the particles back to a pigmentary size. The conditions of the solvent treatment can be controlled with respect to temperature, time, and solvent ratio such that the desired properties of strength, shade, and dispersability are optimized.

Abstract: The invention features delayed-setting calcium phosphate pastes which are useful for the preparation of delivery vehicles for biologically active agents, useful for the treatment of orthopedic conditions and can be stored for long periods without prematurely setting.