Abstract: A method for taking measurements by a user equipment (UE) during a measurement gap begins with taking UE-specific measurements. The UE requests a measurement gap from a wireless network, the request including the UE-specific measurements. The UE receives measurement gap information from the network, including when the measurement gap is scheduled. The UE takes the measurements during the scheduled measurement gap.

Abstract: A brake disc and drum measuring device featuring an elongated member attached to two pairs of jaws extending in opposite directions from the member. A first of said first pair of jaws engaged to said member is adapted to measure a brake rotor while as second pair of jaws measures brake drums. A digital display is always in view with digital indicia right-side-up when the device is being employed in the as-used position with the first pair of jaws extending upward relative to the user's face. Large shoulders on a second pair of jaws provide for easy positioning on brake drums having oversized extensions from their sidewall. A moveably jaw on the second pair also allows the device to be balanced.

Abstract: A linear guide unit is provided having a guide carriage (2) that can be moved in a longitudinal direction on a guide rail (1) and a length measuring system with a measuring head (3) that cooperates with a measuring body (4) arranged parallel to the guide rail (1). The measuring body (4) is located at a distance from the guide rail (1) and arranged within a clearance profile of the linear guide unit.

Abstract: A base module for a condenser tumble dryer housing the functional parts and air conduction components and additionally being configured as part of the support structure of the tumble dryer. The base module comprises perpendicular joint faces in relation to the front end shield and the rear process air cover. The joint faces lie essentially on at least one perpendicular plane or on at least two perpendicular planes that are offset in a staggered manner in relation to one another, have a large surface area and preferably extend over the entire width of the tumble dryer. The proposed base module has significant advantages in terms of its mechanical stability as an individual structural component and as part of the entire support structure and in terms of the effective conduction of the air streams, the production of the individual parts and the assembly of the final module.

Abstract: A support structure for a clothes dryer comprising modular units for receiving functional parts and an air duct components. The modular units are incorporated into the support structure. The inventive support structure for stabilizing the clothes dryer comprises a front part in the form of a combined body provided with an end shield, a front wall, a base module on the bottom side comprising a base body and a process air lid, a rear module comprising the rear wall, a heating device and a cover. The joining surfaces between the modular units are located on a vertical plane. Connections are constructed in such a way that they are devoid of sealing elements which are currently used for joining surfaces. With respect to known embodiments, the inventive clothes dryer structural design is producible with a low material consumption and, in general, can be produced in a more rational manner.

Abstract: When chuck pins are in a releasing state, support pins for supporting a lower surface of a substrate at respective heights different from each other support the substrate in an inclined position. When the chuck pins are in a gripping state, substrate gripping parts grip a substrate sidewise to separate the substrate upwardly from a substrate rest part, thereby holding the substrate in a horizontal position at a predetermined gripping height. After a liquid mass covering the substrate is formed, the chuck pins are changed from the gripping state to the releasing state to support the substrate having been gripped in the horizontal position into an inclined position, thereby draining the liquid mass from the surface of the substrate. The substrate with the liquid mass drained from the surface thereof is held and rotated in a horizontal position. Thus, the substrate is dried.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process and an appliance for drying byproducts from the processing of starch-containing and sugar-containing raw materials, in particular, after their fermentation and distillation, where the byproduct is fractionated in a purification phase with a high liquid proportion and a thick phase, whereby the thick phase is shaped into particles in a conditioning procedure and whereby these particles are dried in a fluidized-bed drying system with a relative gap volume, in the fluidized-bed layer, between 0.5 and 0.92.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for drying and deagglomerating moist feed material, whereby the feed material is kneaded, mixed and broken up by the action of at least one roller rolling on a driven plate and is dried by means of hot gas supplied thereto. The invention also relates to a method for converting this device into a mill drying device, whereby the at least one roll is provided with a pressing device.

Abstract: Clothes drying and dewrinkling cabinet that comprises a closed and static enclosure (2) that defines an inner space (3) for housing clothes, an air flow generator (4) for circulating air through said inner space (3), heating means (5) for heating said air flow, and control means for controlling a drying and dewrinkling process acting on the air flow generator (4) and the heating means (41). The cabinet of the invention also comprises a sensor (7) that measures the temperature (T) and the humidity (H) of the air flow after said air flow has passed through the inner space (3), so that the control means perform the drying and dewrinkling process as a function of said temperature (T) and said humidity (H).

Abstract: This invention discloses systems and methods for conversion of high moisture waste materials to dry or low moisture products for recycle or reuse. The equipment systems comprise a gas turbine generator unit (preferred heat source), a dryer vessel and a processing unit, wherein the connection between the gas turbine and the dryer vessel directs substantially all the gas turbine exhaust into the dryer vessel and substantially precludes the introduction of air into the dryer vessel and wherein the processing unit forms the dried material from the dryer vessel into granules, pellets or other desired form for the final product. Optionally, the systems and methods further provide for processing ventilation air from manufacturing facilities to reduce emissions therefrom.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process and an appliance for drying byproducts from the processing of starch-containing and sugar-containing raw materials, in particular, after their fermentation and distillation, where the byproduct is fractionated in a purification phase with a high liquid proportion and a thick phase, whereby the thick phase is shaped into particles in a conditioning procedure and whereby these particles are dried in a fluidized-bed drying system with a relative gap volume, in the fluidized-bed layer, between 0.5 and 0.92.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for drying a fibrous web, in particular a paper web, paperboard web or tissue web, by way of hot air, on which the fibrous web is charged with the supply air for the drying from a supply air chamber and on which exhaust air from the drying operation passes into an exhaust air chamber, whereby the exhaust air from the exhaust air chamber is supplied at least partly to the suction side of a pressure booster and at least a part of the supply air from the pressure side of the pressure booster is supplied to the supply air chamber.

Abstract: A spring cushioned shoe insert is disclosed. The sole insert includes an insert that has a first wave spring disposed within a vacuity of the heel region and a second wave spring disposed within a vacuity of the toe region. The springs are, e.g., wave springs that extend to the upper and lower boundaries of the spring enclosure. In one embodiment of the present invention, a fluid flow passageway facilitates the movement of air from the heel to toe regions of the insert. In a second embodiment, the wave springs are fully contained within encapsulating enclosures.

Abstract: Various embodiments of this invention disclose a dynamically responsive shock attenuation system for footwear that comprises two or more materials with different, narrowly prescribed physical properties, which, when used together, produce a dynamic, continuous, and proportional response over a wide range of impact forces. In various embodiments of the invention, the two materials comprise a first material that exhibits generally Newtonian behavior to impact forces and a second material that exhibits generally non-Newtonian behavior to impact forces.

Abstract: An article of footwear to be used as a convertible sandal comprising a sole for supporting a foot, a forefoot cover, and a rear heel support. The sole has a top surface, a toe side, a heel portion, and a sidewall. The sidewall of the sole has an interlocking section along the heel portion of the sole. The convertible sandal further includes a forefoot cover, which is securely attached to the sole and extends over the toe side of the top surface of the sole. The forefoot cover is preferably in the form of a thong, but alternatively may be in the form of a slide, a vamp, a foot strap, a sock, or a clog. The convertible sandal also includes a rear heel support member securely attached to the sole. The rear heel support is capable of being set within the interlocking section of the sidewall of the sole to thereby hold the rear heel support to the sidewall of the sole.

Abstract: Footwear incorporating a shoe tongue, or gusset, and opposite rear tab, various overlays, one or more of structure, attached to the upper end of the tongue, and may be folded over, individually, so as to disclose different coloration, appearance, or designs, upon the upper surface of the shoe tongue, to add to its aesthetics. In addition, fasteners may be used for holding the overlays onto the upper surface of the tongue, and additional fasteners, such as a strap, or pouch, may be employed adjacent the underside of the tongue, to hold the unused overlays into storage, as when not in usage.

Abstract: An improved shoe includes an apparatus and system for ventilating inside the shoe and a resilient shoe. External air desirably enters the shoe around the wearer's foot and flows through holes in the sole into aeration chambers. The air circulates to the heel by a suction valve and is controllably directed out to the exterior of the shoe through a one-air air exhaust valve, ventilating the wearer's foot while an individual is walking. The heel is made from a resilient material and has a cavity extending under the entire instep portion of the shoe's upper. Compression springs are placed in the cavity, including a mainspring located at approximately the heelstrike point and two auxiliary springs for stability located forward of the mainspring toward the shoe's toe. The action of the springs is distributed throughout the sole by a resilient layer of softer rubber adjacent the sole to provide for a resilient walking experience.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for improving the standing and walking properties in a shoe (1), in particular a hiking shoe, on a ground surface (9) inclined downwardly in the direction of the tip of the shoe, comprising a balancing member (2) for balancing the inclination of the ground surface (9), fastening means (4, 5, 6a, 6b, 6b?, 24-29) for the releasable fastening of the balancing member (2) on the shoe (1) comprising at least a belt or strap (6a, 6b, 13, 26) to be guided over the heel area of the shoe, wherein the balancing member only lies against the sole (3) in the forefoot area of the shoe (1) in the fastened state, wherein the surface of the balancing member (2) pointing towards the ground surface runs substantially parallel relative to the sole (3) of the shoe (1).

Abstract: This specification discloses a deodorant device installed on a shoe. The deodorant device includes a pouch having a gas outlet and at least one duct connecting from the gas outlet to the toe position inside the shoe. The pouch has the ability to elastically restore its size from contraction. As the user walks, his/her foot imposes a pressure on the pouch. The perfume or deodorant prestored inside the pouch is then ejected to prevent mold growth on the toes. It can immediately remove or decompose the bad odor inside the shoe.

Abstract: A material gathering apparatus with a bucket; a motor having a shaft; and a plurality of blades; in which the hydraulic motor is fixed below the bucket; and the plurality of blades are fixed within the bucket and are rotatable clockwise or counterclockwise around the shaft.

Abstract: A Guide Disc Attachment for Snow Blower Housing affixed in tandem to the exterior sides of a snow blower housing. Each disc is fabricated of rigid material, conformed to cut through ice and snow to an underlying hard surface and rotates on an axis parallel to the hard surface. Each disc attachment is adjustable, vertically, to regulate the distance between the underlying hard surface and the generally horizontal cutting edge of the snow blower housing. The invention allows the cutting edge to gather otherwise impacted snow and also provides lateral stability when the snow blower is moving forward.

Abstract: A method for cooling a soleplate of an iron, the method comprising: flowing a cooling fluid adjacent at least a portion of the soleplate; and transferring heat energy from the soleplate to the cooling fluid. A device for removing wrinkles from fabric, the device comprising: a soleplate; a heater element associated with the soleplate so as to heat the soleplate; and a housing of the soleplate and heater element connected to one of the soleplate and heater element, wherein the housing comprises a cooling fluid vent, wherein a cooling fluid is passable through the cooling fluid vent so that heat energy is transferred from one of the soleplate and the heater element to the cooling fluid. A device for removing wrinkles from fabric, the device comprising: a soleplate comprising a thickness less than 2.

Abstract: A steam ironing system (2) comprises a steam iron (10) and a boiler system (25) having a boiler (30) for generating steam, wherein the steam iron (10) and the boiler (30) are connected to each other through a steam hose (35). During operation of the boiler system (25), scale is formed in the boiler (30). For the purpose of removing the scale from the boiler (30), a rinsing process is performed on the boiler system (25) at regular intervals. During the rinsing process, a rinse valve (38) connected to a water outlet (37) positioned at a bottom of the boiler (30) is opened, and water is discharged from the boiler (30) to a rinse container (55). In the process, scale particles are carried along with the flow of water. Preferably, pressure is built up inside the boiler (30) prior to opening the rinse valve (38), so that the water is forcibly ejected from the boiler (30), whereby the effectiveness of the rinsing process is enhanced.

Abstract: A method and device for controlling the temperature of a soleplate of an iron, the method having the following steps: energizing a heater element associated with the soleplate, wherein heat energy is transferred from the heater element to the soleplate; and heating the soleplate from 60° C. to a temperature of greater than 100° C. in less than 45 seconds. A method and device for controlling an iron, the method having the following steps: setting a soleplate of the iron to a first temperature; and setting a steam boiler of the iron to a second temperature, wherein the first and second temperatures are different.

Abstract: The invention provides an advertising display device (10) which includes a display body (14) which is shaped and dimensioned to be secured to any one of the sides and the bottom of a hand basket (12) of the type used by shoppers in supermarkets. The body defines a display zone and is provided with securing means (26) for removably securing the body to any one of the sides (20) and the bottom (24) of the hand basket (12). The securing means preferably secures only one side edge portion of the body.

Abstract: A pipe or conduit labeler includes a saddle leg having an inside diameter equal to or slightly smaller than an outside diameter of a pipe or conduit to be labeled. The saddle leg is molded to a saddle stem which in turn is molded to a sign plate. A user either writes useful information directly on the sign plate or affixes a pre-made label to the plate. The sign plate optionally includes raised lettering or information such as an arrow pre-molded on the plate; or Braille characters. The labeler resiliently slips onto the pipe or conduit being labeled. More complex variations of the labeler include extending arms and moveable joints, enabling the identification of pipes or conduits which are at difficult angles or out of direct sight of a user. The labeler provides a means for quickly and clearly labeling pipes, conduit, tubes, and rods. The labeler can be mass produced as a single mold or in parts with different sign plates of varying size and construction. The sign plate provides a flat surface for writing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of swiftly identifying by touch or sight (including in low light) different keys in a set. Different keys are tagged with protrusions from their surface, and identifiers for different keys may differ in the total number of protrusions (which can vary in arrangement patterns in accordance with the number of protrusions), the shapes of the protrusions, and/or the color of the protrusions. The protrusions are fluorescent to allow identification in low light or dark. The set of protrusions for each key can be adhered to the key by placing them on one side of a support strip, which is coated with adhesive on the other side.

Abstract: A hand-held, reflective signaling device made up of a card having a first and second side, each of which contain symbols and reflective portions. Each of the symbols represents a potential request for service by the card holder. The cardholder displays to approaching traffic or other passersby the side of the card containing the symbol matching the cardholder's current request for service, e.g., the request for taxi service. In doing so, the cardholder indicates his or her request for service in a clear, highly visible, and unambiguous manner. The device does not require batteries, light sources, or electrical circuitry. Further, due to its credit-card-like shape, the cardholder can keep the device close at hand in a wallet or purse.

Abstract: Apparatus for alerting and/or reminding a truck driver of type of material being transported includes a base member having a plurality of first portions of a warning sign disposed thereon. Printed material is disposed on both sides of all but one side of one of such plurality of first portions of such sign. Another plurality of second portions of the sign is disposed on such base member. An edge of the plurality of such portions of the sign is aligned with an edge of such plurality of second portions of the sign. Printed material is disposed on both sides of all but one side of one of the plurality of such second portion of the sign. A mechanism engages engageable the base member, the plurality of first and second portions of the sign to enable flipping respective ones of the first and second plurality of such signs to display printed material.

Abstract: A method of presenting sales information to an automobile customer on an automobile having a window that may be slid vertically within a window frame. The method uses an informational slip and a slip holder sized to accept the information slip. The slip holder includes a clip defines a downwardly facing open channel and a tongue extending downwardly from the front wall. Also, a sheet of resiliently deformable material is attached to the tongue and bent backwards at a bending point defining the sheet holder bottom and a rear panel extending upwardly from the bending point. The informational slip is placed on the car window so that information is displayed through the front portion, which is transparent. The clip is formed so as to press the sheet into the window, thereby acting to reduce gaps between the informational slip and the front panel and, as a consequence, enhancing slip visibility.

Abstract: A sign frame assembly having journally connected frames and appearing as an inverted “V” when deployed on a surface. Each frame has legs connected by a panel, and upper and lower crossbars which are parallel to each other and connect the legs. A receptacle defined by a plane including the panel and which is parallel to and separated from a plane formed by surfaces of the legs, and the upper and lower cross bars is provided to hold a flat object which may be used as a sign. The flat object may be inserted and removed without the use of tools or fasteners.

Abstract: An apparatus comprised of: a front panel; a rear panel secured to the front panel at an outer periphery and forming a space therebetween adapted to receive a picture; an opening through which the picture is positioned within the apparatus; and at least one securing member positioned rearward of said rear panel and adapted to secure the apparatus to a substantially flat and potentially wet surface. One type of a securing member is a suction cup. The suction cup can include a post extending through the rear panel and the front panel, or just through the rear panel, and engages a post cover which is either forward of the front panel or is between the front and rear panels, respectively.

Abstract: A modular rail cover can have rail cover modules and rail cover sections that can be snapped onto or slid onto a mounting rail. Rail cover modules have recoil sockets into which recoil plugs are inserted. The recoil plugs engage recoil grooves such as those in Picatinny type mounting rails to fix the rail cover modules into position. The rail cover sections have section couplers that engage corresponding module couples on the rail cover modules. The section couplers and module couplers lock rail cover sections to rail cover modules. Section couplers can also lock rail cover sections to one another.

Abstract: An improved base pad for a firearm magazine that more securely attaches to the bottom of a magazine tube in a manner which is easier and faster to attach or remove therefrom when cleaning the magazine. The improved base pad has a body member with a pair of ends and a pair of sides. The sides each have a groove configured to slidably receive, preferably snugly, the lips at the bottom of a standard magazine tube. One end of the base pad has an outwardly extending section with an upwardly facing, generally planar face. A securing mechanism at the outwardly extending section has an upwardly disposed projection that selectively engages one wall of the magazine tube to secure the base pad thereto when in its engaged position and allows removal of the base pad when in a disengaged position. In a preferred embodiment, the securing mechanism is a detent device.

Abstract: A stock (10 for a firearm, the stock (10) having a main body (11), a recess (12) formed in the main body (11) and an opening (13) into the recess (12) on one side of the main body (11) and a magazine (14) for holding ammunition hingedly mounted to the stock (10) for movement between a first position wherein the magazine (14) and ammunition held in the magazine (14) are located within the recess (12) and a second position in which the magazine (14) can be accessed for placement of ammunition in or withdrawal of ammunition from the magazine (14).

Abstract: A housing for a rifle, comprising a first anchoring for a barrel, a second anchoring for a butt, a guide for a breech that can be locked with the barrel, and a seat for a trigger that interacts with the breech. The housing is subdivided into a lower part and a separate upper part which can be firmly connected thereto. The lower part forms the anchorings for the barrel and the butt and the seat for the trigger and the upper part forms the guide for the breech.

Abstract: A pin punch having an ergonomic T-shaped handle which improves the user's comfort and controllable use of the device and reduces user fatigue. The pin punch is used to remove housing pins to field strip a firearm. Some firearms require moving a part while pushing on a particular pin until you feel the pin move past a detent.

Abstract: A precision targeting system for a firearm has an image capturing scope, a processor, and an actuator. In one embodiment, a user indicates when he wants to lock onto the target, and then readjust his aim after receiving feedback from the system. In another embodiment, the system automatically locks onto the target. After lock on, the system compares successive images, and determines if the target has moved in the firearm sight. If movement has occurred, the system calculates the degree of the movement, and sends appropriate signals to an actuator which corrects the aim of the firearm. The system thereby converts reasonably good aim into precision aim.

Abstract: A scented trail apparatus for applying a scent trail across selected terrain and luring animals along the scent trail to a blind or observation area, which apparatus includes a scent canister secured at one end of the trail and containing an animal scent lure; a reel apparatus located at the other end of the trail; a scent carrier for insertion in the scent canister and receiving a quantity of the animal lure scent in the scent canister; and a line connecting the reel and the scent carrier. A cap typically encloses the scent carrier and a segment of the line inside the scent canister and the scent carrier is caused to traverse the trail by operation of the reel to apply a residue of animal lure scent along the scent trail. A line depressor may be used to depress the line and the scent carrier on or close to the ground while the scent carrier and line are manually pulled from the reel to the scent canister.

Abstract: A fishing lure component or fishing lure which comprises a plurality of egg shaped members connected by a line, where the plurality of egg shaped members and the line are made of an elastomeric material, the elastomeric material having a shore OO durometer of less than or equal to 15.

Abstract: A device for transportation and selective release of live bait organisms is disclosed. The device has a ventilated body providing a plurality of ventilation openings, a lid having a lid base adapted to interfit with the ventilated body and tapering to an opening defined opposite the base. The opening is wide enough to allow only a single bait organism to pass. The lid has a trap door sprung in a normally closed position to cover the opening. A base is adapted to interfit with the ventilated body and provide at least one tackle storage compartment.

Abstract: A device for transportation of live baitfish is disclosed. The device comprises a container having an interior portion and a plurality of strain holes such that the container holds water when sitting in an upright position but which allows water exchange with the interior portion when placed in a body of water. A strainer is disposed in the interior portion of the container and connected to at least one elevator rail. A releasable handle is attached to the at least one elevator rail and disposed substantially outside the container. The handle provides a grip for lifting and carrying the container when the handle is in a first unreleased state, and serves to elevate the strainer by lifting the at least one elevator rail when in a second released state.

Abstract: A fly swatter includes head that slides between a deployed position and a stored position, and a multi-filament element secured to the head for sliding therewith between said positions. In the deployed position, the multi-filament element fans out naturally from the top of the head in two dimensions, and is substantially flat in the third dimension. In the stored position, the head and multi-filament element are hidden within a housing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for converting lignocellulosic material into biofuel. In particular embodiments, the method comprises pre-treating lignocellulosic material by dissolving the material in ionic liquids. The pretreated lignocellulosic material can be isolated, such as by precipitation with a regenerating solvent (e.g., water), and be used directly in the formation of biofuel, including undergoing hydrolysis to form sugar and fermentation to form fuel, such as bioethanol. The ionic liquid can be recycled for further use, such as by evaporation of the water introduced during precipitation, and the recycling provides a route to a hemicellulose rich fraction and an ionic liquid of consistent quality and wood dissolution characteristics. The recovered hemicelluloses are of significant utilization potential toward commodity and specialty applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one heterocyclic compound of the formula (I) in which P is H or C1-C3-alkyl as a frictional wear-reducing additive in fuel compositions; to corresponding additized fuel compositions and their preparation; and to additive concentrates which comprise such compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a machine for converting comminuted material, such as saw dust, into fuel pellets. In the method of the invention, starting material is pressed by a piston through an elongated passage having a converging cross-section. The stroke length of the piston varies over time. The machine of the invention relates to a pellets press having a variable stroke length.

Abstract: A device (10) is disclosed for biocidal treatment of vegetation and/or pests, the device (10) comprising an inner tube (30) connectable to a source of one of heated pressurised gas and heated pressurised water, an outer tube (26) disposed over the inner tube so that a space is defined between the inner tube and the outer tube, and a wand (22) in communication with the inner tube (30) and the outer tube (26). The wand (22) has an outlet aperture and the outer tube (26) is connectable to a source of the other of heated pressurised gas and heated pressurised water. The heated air and water mix in the wand (22) immediately prior to passing through the outlet aperture.

Abstract: The invention relates to a plant aid for surrounding a young plant. The plant aid comprises a tube at least partly sideways surrounding a young plant placeable in the plant aid. The plant aid further comprises a water collection sheet for collecting moisture present in the atmosphere. The water collection sheet comprises a water collection surface comprising a receiving surface, which receiving surface operatively makes a first angle with respect to the orientation of gravity. The water collection sheet further comprises a collecting surface adjoining a lower edge of the receiving surface, which collecting surface operatively makes a second angle with respect to the orientation of gravity. The first angle is smaller than the second angle.

Abstract: A flexible vase for transporting and displaying cut flowers comprising a flexible walled waterproof container that is capable of standing upright when partially filled with water. A block of floral foam sized to fit into the container and fill a bottom portion of the container secures the bases of the flower stems. A tie for cinching the walls of the container provides a mouth of the container of reduced effective size from the opening of the container. The container being capable of supporting the stems of the cut flowers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a plant support system having a central post, at least first and second cross pieces, and a plurality of strings. The central post has a first end disposed in the ground and an opposite second end. The cross pieces extend outwardly from the central post second end. Each of the cross pieces has a first end releaseably securable to the central post second end and a second distal end. Each of the strings is securable to a corresponding one of the cross pieces. A plant growing proximate the central post is attachable to a corresponding one of the strings as the plant grows upwardly. The present invention also relates to a method of supporting growing plants.