Abstract: A concrete wall forming system including interconnected mold units that include a top surface containing a first portion bond beam form, a first top ledge, a first top lip seal portion, a second top ledge, and a second top lip seal portion; a bottom surface containing a second portion bond beam form, a first bottom ledge, a first bottom lip seal portion, a second bottom ledge, and a second bottom lip seal portion; and two or more column forms extending from the top depression to the bottom depression. The first top lip seal portion and first bottom lip seal portion and second top lip seal portion and second bottom lip seal portion are adapted to form a seal between two mold units such that the bond beam form portions are combined to form a bond beam form. The system can be used to form an insulated concrete wall.

Abstract: An apparatus for use in forming a deck includes a platform having alternating elevated and depressed sections defining a plurality of troughs for receiving a hardenable fill material such as concrete, and at least one elongate cover segment positioned on a terminal edge of the platform. The cover segment includes a first side that covers the terminal edge of the platform, a second side angled in relation to the first side, and a plurality of outwardly extending flanges positioned on the first side such that the flanges contact the elevated sections. The flanges sit on top of the elevated sections, and the second side of the cover piece is positioned underneath the depressed sections. The cover segment is maintained on the platform by frictional engagement of the flanges and the elevated section and frictional engagement of the second side of the cover segment with the depressed sections.

Abstract: Covering element (10) for surfaces, comprising at least a support (11) made of synthetic material, which is at least partly covered by a finishing layer (12) of hide, leather, their by-products, fake hide, or fabric, natural or synthetic, attached on said support (11) by means of a glue (13).

Abstract: A muntin bar joiner is adapted to be connected to a first muntin bar and a second muntin bar. The muntin bar joiner has a base adapted to be connected to a first muntin bar. The base has a cap sized to extend beyond a first opening in the first muntin bar. The muntin bar joiner also has a bar support extending from the base member and adapted for connection to a second muntin bar.

Abstract: Prefab panel for assembling a double layer wall of a building, with structural support function and thermal insulation. The panel includes at least one element of brick material having an exposed surface, a connection surface, a narrow side with a protrusion, and an opposite narrow side with a recess. Panel also includes an intermediate layer composed of cement mortar, and at least one element of insulating material with a connection surface, an exposed surface, a narrow side with a protrusion, and an opposite narrow side with a recess.

Abstract: A system for connecting modular walls includes a position retention mechanism configured to releasably retain a plurality of wall modules together. In one implementation, the position retention mechanism includes opposing front and back surfaces or walls, and one or more channels formed therebetween. The position retention mechanism is further configured with a plurality of spring tabs positioned within the one or more channels, wherein the spring tabs are configured to lock into a plurality of opposing connector interfaces corresponding to the opposing wall modules, such that the positioning retaining mechanism secures adjacent, opposing wall modules together. The position retention mechanism can further be configured with different surfaces to connect or hold a variety of components of various shapes together.

Abstract: A virtual connector post (or customized wall module intersection) includes a variable angle connector assembled with a plurality of position retention mechanisms and a corresponding plurality of connector interfaces of corresponding wall modules. The virtual connector post can be varied for virtually any shape or design simply by varying the shape of the variable angle connector(s) used therein. In particular, the variable angle connector can be arbitrarily shaped so that the ultimately joined wall modules form a corresponding, non-standard angle, such as non-right angles between wall modules in a given partition. The variable angle connectors and corresponding position retention mechanisms can be securely fastened between multiple wall modules at any number of arbitrary points along the length of a partition.

Abstract: Floor panels are provided with a mechanical locking system including a flexible locking element in a locking groove, which during a horizontal motion is displaced vertically.

Abstract: Floor covering, including hard floor panels which, at least at the edges of two opposite sides, are provided with coupling parts, cooperating which each other, substantially in the form of a tongue and a groove, wherein the coupling parts are provided with integrated mechanical locking elements which prevent the drifting apart of two coupled floor panels in a direction (R) perpendicular to the related edges and parallel to the underside of the coupled floor panels, and provide a snap-action coupling.

Abstract: A device for fastening first and second structural members, typically decking joists and planks has a generally planar base plate with first and second ends and a thickness. A first vertical tab is integral with, and bent upwardly along a first bend line from an interior portion of the base plate. The bend occurs in a first direction to form a first interior angle between the first vertical tab and the second end of the base plate. A first fastener-receiving hole is positioned in the first vertical tab. A second fastener-receiving hole is positioned in the base plate between the first bend line and the second end. The first interior angle is in the range of about 85 to 90° along the first bend line. The base plate is generally trapezoidal, with a width that decreases from the first end to the second end.

Abstract: A framed shear wall has a pair of crossed tension straps passing through the studs that make up the shear wall. The straps are preferably rods and are preferably attached to upstanding plates installed at the corners of the wall. Each of two straps is preferably attached to an opposite side of the upstanding plate such that the straps do not interfere with each other where the straps cross. The straps preferably include threaded ends and the upstanding plates preferably have threaded receptacles sized to accept the threaded ends of the straps such that the straps can be tensioned before and/or after installation. In one embodiment, the upstanding plates are bolted through a bottom surface of the wall into a threaded anchor plate at floor level, and the threaded anchor plate is attached to a top of a wall on a floor below.

Abstract: A ventilated quarter round molding or shoe molding can be used, in combination with a water impervious underlayment to dissipate water vapor which is often generated from subfloors. Such water vapor can damage certain flooring, and the invention allows for the installation of devices to limit or eliminate such damage without significant cost.

Abstract: A protective sheet and method for protecting an object is disclosed. The protective sheet or drop cloth is made from a blend comprising ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and polyethylene (PE), making it naturally liquid impervious and slip resistant. The protective sheet includes a top side having a raised surface design configured for retaining fluid, and a bottom side that is smoother than the top side for added slip resistance. The method comprises the steps of providing the protective sheet and positioning it over the object, wherein the top side faces away from the object, and the bottom side faces the object and the top side is available for a workman to walk on.

Abstract: Methods related to self-sealing structural installation strip assemblies for a framed unit are discussed. The installation strip assembly comprises a main body having an inner portion and an outer portion. In some examples, a leg of the inner portion, in conjunction with portions of a unit groove seal, are received and retained in a groove of a unit frame member. The unit groove seal provides a seal between the installation strip assembly and the framed unit. At the building site, the installation strip may be folded from a substantially flush position with respect to a frame member to an outwardly extending position so that the strip may be secured using one or more fasteners to a building structure extending around a rough unit opening. The upper portion of the main body may include at least one of a fastener seal, a flashing seal, or a wall seal.

Abstract: A self-supporting module contains first and second rectangular, generally closed longitudinal frames, which are detachably interconnected by crossmembers and to which external wall elements are detachably fixed. The module is characterized in that the external wall elements have dimensions corresponding generally to the height and the width or length of the module and that the outer edges of the elements run flush with the outer edges of the longitudinal frames and crossmembers in such a way that in the corner region of the module, the end faces of adjoining external wall elements define a recess in the form of re-entrant corner. Corner elements are detachably fixed in the recesses, the elements sealing the interior of the module that is delimited by the external wall elements in relation to the exterior.

Abstract: A method apparatus and product is provided which includes the use of an S-Tile mold, combined with a scoring/knifing process, which allows for subsequent controlled separation of what would normally be an S-Tile into two separate tile sections each having a general C-shaped cross section. This allows for two types of tiles (S-tiles and Two-Piece Mission tiles) to be made from one type of mold (S-tile). A method, apparatus and product is also provided which includes the use of an S-Tile mold, including or combined with a scoring, knifing, or forming process for providing a channel or other suitable shape, which allows for an S-Tile to be produced which appears to be two separate but cooperating tile sections having a general C-shaped cross section. The longitudinal channel 9 or other shape and or proximate area may also be painted, colored, or otherwise darkened in order to accent a “shadow” effect which causes the eye to better perceive separation of the two portions 6 and 7 of the tile 5.

Abstract: A fastener including a body having a predetermined axial length, wherein the body includes a screw head at one axial end of the body, a threaded portion at an opposite axial end of the body and an unthreaded shank portion extending between the screw head and the threaded portion, and wherein the shank portion has an axial length in excess of at least one-third of the axial length of the fastener body.

Abstract: A device and method of producing a building panel with a compressed and curved edge including a press tool, a heat device and a lubricating device and a building panel with a curved edge produced by the device and method.

Abstract: A machine for packing cigarettes, having a group-forming device for forming a group of cigarettes, and a conveyor for feeding the group along a given path; the group-forming device has a number of seats, each for housing a respective subgroup of cigarettes; the subgroups are pushed, in use, through respective insertion channels tapering towards the conveyor, into a pocket of the conveyor to define the group of cigarettes; and the pocket has a substantially triangular cross section parallel to the path.

Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging machine which is used to produce several packagings and/or trough-shaped packaging elements from packaging film and which can be separated from each other by means of a longitudinal and transversal cutter. The longitudinal cutter consists of a blade (2) and a counter-roller (3) which are driven and which are vertically displaceable.

Abstract: Systems and devices for automatically pressing a covering material against a product chute during a packaging operation to apply a braking force.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for uniformly filling a relatively large container (5) with relatively delicate products, wherein the products are supplied at a first level using a feed conveyor (17), and these products are transferred by means of a guiding device which guides the products in restrained manner from the first level to a second level, wherein at the second level the products are released into a distributing device (2) for distribution in the container. The invention further relates to a guiding device (3) for guiding products from a feed conveyor, comprising: —at least one transfer member (11) comprising means for receiving the products at a speed which can be adjusted to the speed of the feed conveyor, —a guide member (12) which is arranged substantially along a part of the outside of the transfer member for guiding the products in the transfer member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a drive mechanism for a form, fill and seal machine for forming a tube out of a heat sealable sheet. The machine includes front and rear jaw assemblies arranged on opposite sides of the tube, which follow the movement of the tube during the sealing operation. The drive mechanism for each side of the jaw assemblies comprises a front drive gear and a real drive gear, which are driven in opposing directions. The front and rear drive gears are coupled to front and rear linkage bases, respectively, which in turn are coupled to the front and rear jaw assemblies, respectively, to cyclically bring the opposing jaw assemblies into contact to seal the tube. A slide bar may be disposed directly between the front and rear linkage bases, or alternatively, directly between the front and rear jaw assemblies, to help maintain the linkage bases and jaw assemblies in registry during their rotational cycles, thereby improving the sealing quality of the package being formed.

Abstract: A stretch wrap machine for wrapping a product comprising a base, a turn table on the base for rotating the product, a source of stretch wrap connected to the base, and a wrapping assembly configured to bring an end of the stretch wrap above the product, cut the stretch wrap at a position above the product after the product has been wrapped and/or hold an end of the stretch wrap at a position above the product as the turntable begins rotating the product.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a container for vacuum packing, which is constructed so that food is laid on a base panel of the container, and air is easily drawn from an interior to an open end of a vacuum bag, thus allowing food or the like to be easily and hygienically vacuum packed. The container includes a base panel (100) to be put into a vacuum bag, with an item to be packed being laid on the base panel. A front panel (140) is provided at a front position of the base panel, and air holes (162) are formed on the front panel.

Abstract: An accumulation device is adapted to accumulate a plurality of products according to at least one prescribed accumulation pattern. The accumulation device includes a receiving unit, a first accumulation processing unit, a second accumulation processing unit and a discharge unit. The first accumulation processing unit is configured and arranged to perform a first accumulation processing to a first group of the products received in the receiving unit. The second accumulation processing unit is disposed parallel to the first accumulation processing unit with respect to the receiving unit, and configured and arranged to perform a second accumulation processing to a second group of the products received in the receiving unit. The second accumulation processing is different from the first accumulation processing. The discharge unit is configured and arranged to transfer the products processed in the first and second accumulation processing units toward a downstream portion.

Abstract: Air cleaner assemblies and components therefore are described and shown. Also methods of assembly and use are described and shown. Example air cleaner assemblies shown. Projection/receiver arrangements are described, for securing a filter cartridge in place within the housing. Also housing seal arrangements for the filter arrangements being sealed to the housing, and specific housing features and cartridge features are shown.

Abstract: An air cleaner assembly and components therefor are described. One of the components characterized is a filter cartridge including a first end cap with an outwardly directed pinch seal flange on an end cap at one end of the cartridge; and, an opposite end with a housing seal. An example air cleaner housing is described, for sealingly receiving the filter cartridge therein, during use. Methods of assembly and use are also described.

Abstract: Amongst other things, an air filter apparatus is provided having a filter element and a frame defining a first axis and having a plurality of rails connected to one another for supporting the filter element in removably surrounded relation between the rails. The filter element is convertible between an extended configuration and a collapsed configuration, and spans the length of said first axis in the extended configuration. The filter element is adapted to releasably engage two or more of the rails, thereby to selectively retain the filter element in the extended configuration thereof, and so as to place the air filter apparatus in an operative configuration thereof.

Abstract: A self-supported cylindrical corrugated filter (30) having arcuate side walls (34, 36) having over-lapping folded flaps which are non-adhesively joined i.e. by ultrasonic welding to provide a self-supported filter and a method of preparing the self-supported cylindrical corrugated air filter by using an ultrasonically weldable air filter blank that is corrugated to form a substantially cylindrical air filter (30) having two arcuate side walls (34, 36) with a plurality of open corrugation ends, folding the open corrugation ends to provide overlapping side wall flaps, and ultrasonically welding the overlapping side wall flaps to provide the self-supported cylindrical corrugated air filter and to provide the ultrasonically weldable air filter blank that can be corrugated.

Abstract: To provide a fuel processor provided with a heat insulating shaped body which has high heat resistance and heat insulating properties, which is good in formability, which is strong against external impacts, and which can be easily fixed to the fuel processor 1 or can be filled into a narrow space or the like in the fuel processor without forming any gap. A fuel processor 1 for reforming a raw material gas G into a fuel gas J mainly composed of hydrogen, having a combustion chamber 13 for generating heat for the reforming, a solid first primary heat insulating material 17 for thermally insulating the combustion chamber 13 from an outside, and a fabric-like secondary heat insulating material 19 covering the outside of the first primary heat insulating material 17 for heat insulation.

Abstract: A crop header has a cutter bar with generally horizontal flail disks driven about generally spaced upright axes. At least two of the disks are mounted outwardly of a discharge opening and the outermost disk carries an impeller and at least one additional impeller is mounted inwardly and rearwardly of the outer impeller to carry the crop inwardly. The impellers are formed of angularly spaced bars which are inclined inwardly to a center waist to form an “hour glass” shaped impeller. A transfer roller transfers the crop upwardly and rearwardly from the disks to the nip of a pair of conditioner rolls and is at least as large as the bottom roll and carries high ribs forwardly inclined for an aggressive action on the crop with its axis above the cutting plane and its uppermost edge of the ribs at or above the axis of the bottom roll.

Abstract: A crop harvesting header has a cutter bar with a plurality of generally horizontal flail disks mounted thereon for driven rotation about generally upright axes spaced along the cutter bar. At least one of the disks is mounted outwardly of the discharge opening and carries an “hour glass” shape impeller to carry the crop inwardly. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in the discharge opening and a transfer roller is mounted behind the disks and in front of the nip for transferring the crop upwardly and rearwardly from the disks to the nip. The transfer roller is of the same diameter as the bottom roll and carries high ribs preferably forwardly inclined for an aggressive action on the crop. The roller is mounted with its axis above the cutting plane and its uppermost edge of the ribs at or above the axis of the bottom roll.

Abstract: A crop harvesting header has a cutter bar with a plurality of generally horizontal flail disks mounted thereon for driven rotation about generally upright axes spaced along the cutter bar. At least one of the disks is mounted outwardly of the discharge opening and carries an “hour glass” shape impeller to carry the crop inwardly. A pair of conditioner rolls is mounted in the discharge opening and a transfer roller is mounted behind the disks and in front of the nip for transferring the crop upwardly and rearwardly from the disks to the nip. The transfer roller is of the same diameter as the bottom roll and carries high ribs preferably forwardly inclined for an aggressive action on the crop. The roller is mounted with its axis above the cutting plane and its uppermost edge of the ribs at or above the axis of the bottom roll.

Abstract: A process for preparing a piecing operation in an air jet spinning arrangement is described. The air jet spinning arrangement comprises a drafting device, whose main drafting zone is bordered on its entry side by an apron roller pair and on its exit side by a delivery roller pair. The apron roller pair is connected to a first drive, the delivery roller pair to a second drive. When the spinning process is interrupted, the delivery of a closed staple fibre strand is stopped in the main drafting zone and a new starting end of the staple fibre strand is created. This new starting end is to be pieced together with an end of a thread already spun. To create a new starting end of the staple fibre strand suitable for piecing, the apron roller pair and the delivery roller pair are each controlled separately when the spinning process is interrupted and are shut down one after the other, namely in such a way that in the main drafting zone a new starting end of the staple fibre strand is formed.

Abstract: A gas turbine plant with a compressor, a combustion chamber, a turbine and at least one heat sink is operated with a working medium in the form of a carbon dioxide/water mixture. A hydrocarbon reacts as fuel with oxygen in the combustion chamber, and the excess carbon dioxide and water thereby occurring is tapped from the circuit. The compressor and the turbine have in each case a rotor with moving blades and a casing with flow ducts and with guide blade cascades. In the compressor and/or the turbine, matching to the expansion behavior of the working medium, which is different from that of air, is brought about by modifications of the flow ducts, of the moving blades and/or of the guide blade cascades.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a turbine engine. The engine may include a main housing defining a compressor compartment and an air intake housing mounted to the main housing. The engine may also include a rotor including a compressor portion disposed within the compressor compartment, and a hub portion extending from the compressor compartment through an opening in the air intake housing into a bearing compartment defined by the air intake housing. The engine may further include a seal mounted in the opening in the air intake housing in an annular gap between the hub portion of the rotor and the air intake housing and configured to form a seal between the bearing compartment and the compressor compartment. The seal may be configured to be removed from the opening in the air intake housing while the air intake housing is mounted to the main housing.

Abstract: The inventive system for assisting in the regeneration of depollution means (1) which is integrated in the exhaust means (3) of a diesel engine (4), wherein the engine (4) is associated with a common rail supplying means (7, 8) for injecting fuel into cylinders thereof using at least one post-injection and for carrying out at least two regeneration strategies by isotorque modifying the parameters of the engine operation control, wherein the first regeneration strategy comprises a first level strategy and a second level strategy and the second regeneration strategy comprising the first level strategies and a sequence alternating the second and second over-calibrated level strategies, thereby making it possible to obtain different thermal levels in the line.

Abstract: An emission reduction device which may be removably affixed to a diesel engine's exhaust system. The device comprises an outer casing which may be divided into a lower portion and an upper portion, the lower portion of which is removably attachable to the exhaust system of a diesel engine; a carcass for holding a bobbin wherein the carcass is attached to the lower portion of the outer casing at the point where the exhaust enters the outer casing and the carcass has a beveled opening in a diagonal line in its proximal part and a bobbin positioned in its distal part; one or more fibrous blanket cylinders; and a guide for arranging and securing the one or more fibrous blanket cylinders within the outer casing. The fibrous blanket cylinders may be wrapped in a wire mesh. In an alternative embodiment, a second fibrous blanket formed into a cone with the larger diameter of the cone positioned proximally may be removably inserted in the carcass.

Abstract: A technique is provided which can specify a member in. which malfunction really occurs when there exists malfunction in at least one of a plurality of state values representing the state of an internal combustion engine. When an amount of fresh intake air is controlled by increasing and decreasing an amount of EGR gas in a feedback manner, and when an amount of fuel to be added to an exhaust gas is controlled based on an air fuel ratio sensor in a feedback manner, a determination is made, based on the result of comparison between output values and command values of members to be detected and corresponding reference values, as to in which member malfunction occurs. Such a determination is based on the fact that relations between output values and command values of the members to be detected and corresponding reference values in individual operating states are different from one another depending on sensors or devices in which malfunction occurs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an exhaust system (1) for an internal combustion engine (3) having at least one exhaust gas line (2) that carries exhaust gas and having an injection device (4) for spraying a liquid into the exhaust gas line (2). Downstream from the injection device (4) a vaporizer device (7) which has at least one tubular sheet metal body (8) downstream from the injection device (4), said sheet metal body extending in the longitudinal direction of the exhaust gas line (2) and causing an improved vaporization of the liquid sprayed into the exhaust gas line. In addition, at least one clamp device (12) which is designed like a spring is provided, securing the vaporizer device (7) in the exhaust gas line (2) and/or bracing it elastically against the exhaust gas line.

Abstract: There is provided an oxidizing catalyst located in the upstream of the exhaust gas purifying catalyst. The catalyst capacity of the oxidizing catalyst is set so that, in the relationship between a value obtained by dividing exhaust flow velocity by the catalyst capacity (exhaust flow velocity/catalyst capacity) and catalyst activatibility, when the exhaust flow velocity is exhaust flow velocity at the time of idle operation of the internal combustion engine, the catalyst activatibility is maximum (prescribed maximum activation range) and the value obtained by dividing the exhaust flow velocity by the catalyst capacity is maximum or close to the maximum.

Abstract: Various systems and methods are disclosed for carrying out combustion in a fuel-cut operation in some or all of the engine cylinders of a vehicle. Further, various subsystems are considered, such as fuel vapor purging, air-fuel ratio control, engine torque control, catalyst design, and exhaust system design.

Abstract: An exhaust treatment packaging apparatus, system, and method includes an elongate exhaust gas passage comprising an inlet for the entrance of flowing exhaust gases and an outlet for the exit of the gases. A catalytic device comprising an inlet and an outlet completely or partially overlaps the passage to reduce the length required for the system. The passage outlet is disposed adjacent the catalytic device inlet, and a flow connector connects the passage outlet to the catalytic device inlet. A particulate filter or other treatment device may be substituted for or added to the catalytic device. A doser disposed upstream of the passage doses an additive which evaporates, mixes, or otherwise undergoes change in the passage before reaching the catalytic device.

Abstract: A method of managing vapors generated from an ammonia-containing reductant delivery system for an engine of a vehicle, comprising of during at least a portion of engine-off conditions, storing ammonia containing vapors generated in the reductant delivery system, and after said storing and during at least a portion of engine operation, purging said stored ammonia into an exhaust of the engine to react in a catalyst in the exhaust flow.

Abstract: A method of operating a reductant delivery and storage system of a vehicle, comprising of storing an ammonia-containing fluid in a first storage device, generating ammonia vapors in the first storage device, storing said generated ammonia vapors in a second storage device, purging said stored vapors from the second storage device to an exhaust of the engine, and relieving pressure or vacuum build-up during at least one of said storing and purging is provided via an atmospheric vent coupled in the reductant delivery and storage system.

Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system for an internal combustion engine is provided including an apparatus and method to inject a reductant into the exhaust gas feedstream. Included is a fuel metering device adapted to inject reductant into the exhaust gas feedstream and a controllable pressure regulating device. A control module is operatively connected to the reductant metering device and the controllable pressure regulating device, and, adapted to effect flow of reductant into the exhaust gas feedstream over a controllable flow range.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to control injection of a reductant into the exhaust gas feedstream of an internal combustion engine adapted to operate in a lean air/fuel ratio region upstream of a catalytic reactor device is provided. A control module is operatively connected to the reductant metering device, and, adapted to effect flow of reductant into the exhaust gas feedstream. The method includes determining a preferred dosing ratio based upon parameters of the exhaust gas feedstream and the catalytic reactor device, and adjusting the preferred dosing ratio. A preferred reductant feed rate is determined, and the reductant is selectively dispensed at the preferred reductant feed rate.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are described to selectively reduce NOx emissions of an internal combustion engine. An exhaust aftertreatment system comprises an injection device operative to dispense a hydrocarbon reductant upstream of a silver-alumina catalytic reactor device. A control system determines a NOx concentration and hydrocarbon/NOx ratio based upon selected parameters of the exhaust gas feedstream and dispenses hydrocarbon reductant during lean engine operation. Included is a method to control elements of the feedstream during lean operation. The hydrocarbon reductant may comprise engine fuel.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a catalyst heating control method for a parallel hybrid vehicle that can generate a predetermined torque required to maintain a stable no-load operation state of an engine when a catalyst is warmed in a cold-start state of the engine while sufficiently reducing the ignition efficiency.