Abstract: An electrostatic precipitator for removing solid and liquid components from an aerosol includes a precipitator housing having a raw gas inlet for an aerosol to be cleaned, a clean gas outlet for cleaned aerosol, and at least one aerosol supply channel flange-mounted to the raw gas inlet, a drain device for solid and liquid components that are separated from the aerosol, an ionization stage externally powered via a high-voltage bushing and including at least one metallic high-voltage rod that extends into a flow path of the aerosol and to which high voltage is applyable, and a collector stage disposed in the flow path downstream of the ionization stage.

Abstract: An air filtration system and method for the remediation of hydrazine from contaminated air. The system is provided in the form of a container with an inlet port and an outlet port containing absorbent pads or filters or wipes saturated with a solution of a dicarbonyl compound. As contaminated air passes through the container, hydrazine present within the air reacts with the dicarbonyl compound and becomes neutralized, thereby resulting in the exit of pure air from the container. The absorbent pads can also be used independently to remove hydrazine liquid spill.

Abstract: An air pollution control apparatus 1 includes: an absorber 2 that serves as a passage for flue gas; an absorbent spraying unit 5 that sprays an absorbent into the absorber 2; and a reservoir tank 3 that reserves therein the absorbent. The air pollution control apparatus 1 brings the flue gas into gas-liquid contact with the absorbent to process the flue gas, while sending the flue gas in the absorber 2. The air pollution control apparatus 1 also collects and reserves therein the absorbent after processing the flue gas in the reservoir tank 3. The air pollution control apparatus 1 also includes a defoaming agent diffusing unit 6 that diffuses a defoaming agent over foams of the absorbent in the reservoir tank 3.

Abstract: A humidifier with an in-water discharging apparatus is provided. The humidifier is hygienically safe because it discharges sterilized, clean water into an indoor environment. Also, because a floor around where the humidifier is installed is not dampened, the formation of mold and the risk of a user suffering an accident can be prevented.

Abstract: This invention provides a grain wine manufacturing kit which enables a consumer to manufacture grain wine easily. The disclosed gain wine manufacturing kit comprises a filter bag; and grain wine fermentation ingredients including dried and steamed grain and fermentation microorganisms which are filled in the filter bag.

Abstract: A disposable tea set includes a teapot and a teacup. The teapot is folded from a first sheet, and the first sheet includes a pot bottom portion, a plurality of pot wall portions, a plurality of folding portions, and a pot lid portion. The pot wall portions surround and are connected with the pot bottom portion, and the pot wall portions and the pot bottom portion form seamless connections. The folding portions are connected with the pot wall portions which are adjacent to each other, respectively, and they are folded to make the pot wall portions to form a pot body. One of the folding portions extends to outside of the pot body to form a spout. The pot lid portion is connected with one of the pot wall portions. The teacup is folded from a second sheet and is accommodated in the teapot.

Abstract: Beverage production device for producing a beverage from a single-use capsule containing a beverage ingredient, comprising: a brewing unit (1) for receiving the capsule (8) therein upon relative closing of a first and second engaging members (6, 7) forming a cavity for encasing the capsule and pressing it at a flange-like rim (9) in a liquid seal-tight manner, wherein at least one of the first and second engaging members comprises a substantially annular pressing portion (14) for applying a sealing pressure on the flange-like rim of the capsule, the first and second engaging members being configured in relative closure at the nip to leak to a liquid injected in the cavity when a capsule is not present, wherein one of at least the first or second engaging members comprises, at its annular pressing portion, flow directing means comprising at least one passage (37) arranged for controlling liquid leakage only within a limited angular radial direction when the first and second engaging members are closed at the n

Abstract: A brewing facility for a coffee machine comprises a brewing cylinder (6) and an upper plunger (3) and a lower plunger (4) by means of which a brewing chamber is formed. The brewing cylinder (6) and the plungers (3 and 4) are held in a frame (2) such that they can be shifted, and can be driven by means of a driving facility. For adding the coffee powder, a coffee powder feed facility is provided which in turn is provided with a swivel-type funnel (14), which can be moved against a spring force from a filling position into a swiveled-away position, and vice versa. The swivel-type funnel (14) can be swiveled further from the swiveled-away position to a fully swiveled-out position and, in said fully swiveled-out position, can be locked by locking means (29) and unlocked by unlocking means (30). In this way, the swivel-type funnel (14) can be held in the fully swiveled-out position during the cleaning of, in particular, the upper plunger (3).

Abstract: A substance dispensing system comprising in combination:—a disposable container (1) filled with a portion of a substance, the container having a preformed and deformable body with a bottom (2), a peripheral wall (3) adjoining said bottom and having a top end remote from said bottom, an integral circumferential rim (4) extending outwards from the top end of the peripheral wall and defining a filling opening of said container, said disposable container being closed by a cover sheet (5) which is sealed to the circumferential rim by means of a circumferential seal (6), and—a dispensing apparatus (30) comprising a compression device having a cover sheet side support member (15) for the cover sheet side of the container as well as a bottom engaging member (20) for engaging on the bottom of the container, said compression device being adapted to compress the container by reduction of the distance between the cover sheet side support member and the bottom engaging member.

Abstract: A pressure vessel includes a pot-like receptacle and a lid for placing thereon, the two being detachably locked together and including a circumferential sealing ring made of elastically yielding material which is located in the region of a circular edge of the lid and a circular edge of the pot for the purpose of sealing the interior against a drop in pressure. Sealing lips of the sealing ring come into close contact with the edge of the lid and the edge of the receptacle, in which case, for producing an automatic pressure-control mechanism, the sealing ring is formed over at least one portion of its circumference in such a way that it is deformed, under a pressure inside the vessel which exceeds a given value (response pressure), so as to form a venting gap between the receptacle and the lid.

Abstract: The cook pot stirrer is a stirring mechanism incorporated into a lid that covers a cooking vessel. The cook pot stirrer is adapted for stirring liquid content of the cook pot. The mechanism includes a battery power source connected to a motor having reduction gearing connected to a removably attachable stirring tool. A speed control adjusts motor speed, thereby regulating the speed of the stirring device. A protective dome covers the stirring mechanism to isolate the motor and electronics from the contents of the pot. The protective dome is removable for maintenance and battery replacement. Stirring tools of various lengths, heights and surface areas may be provided for use in a variety of cooking situations.

Abstract: A food baking machine includes a heating device. The heating device includes a lower hot plate on a lower side of the heating device, a rotatable and vertically slidable upper hot plate on an upper side of the heating device, a rotatable connecting member for connecting the lower hot plate and the upper hot plate and a sliding member. The upper hot plate is slidably connected to the connecting member and fixes its position thereunto by the sliding member. The upper hot plate is rotatable connected with the sliding member. The upper hot plate and the lower hot plate are connected to power supply separately. The connecting member includes a first connecting segment, a second connecting segment and an axle. The second connecting segment is rotatable connected to the first connecting segment by the axle.

Abstract: A portable electric slider burger grilling appliance with an upper housing containing an upper grilling plate and a lower housing containing a lower grilling plate. The upper grilling plate includes a plurality of depressions that are each the size of a slider type burger. The lower grilling plate includes raised burger platforms that correspond to the location of the depressions in the upper grilling plate. The upper housing and lower housing are hinged together. The bottom grilling plate is angled slightly downward and has a drain aperture on the downward side so that grease can travel through channels in the plate and exit the plate through the aperture to a grease receiving tray located under the grill plate. A custom spatula is provided and has a slider burger forming depression on one end and a spatula portion on the opposite end.

Abstract: A racking system for a deep fryer, wherein the deep fryer contains cooking oil, the racking system includes a housing; at least one rack that carries a food product; an actuator operatively associated with the rack to raise and lower the rack within the housing. The system further includes a sensor that detects a property of the cooking oil; and a controller that receives a signal to initiate a cooking cycle based on the property and sends a signal to permit activation of the actuator to raise and lower the rack.

Abstract: A food removal device for removing food from a skewer, which device includes a body portion with a slot therein for fitting over a skewer so that the food or portion thereof may be removed from the skewer. The body portion of the device is connected to a handle via an arm at an angle with the body portion so as to facilitate the removal of the food from the skewer.

Abstract: A stuffing hand tool for inserting food material into pitted or cored produce items such as olives, figs, strawberries, cherries, which includes a body easily gripped with one hand by a user allowing a tube projecting from one end to be pressed into a mass of food material creating a plug of food material retained in the tube which is stuffed into an item when a plunger is advanced by depressing a pusher cylinder extended out from the opposite end of the body.

Abstract: A food processor includes a base, a container having a side wall and an open end including a rim, and a lid for engaging the open end of the container in an operating position and a storage position. The lid has a top wall with a first and second principal surface, an annular ledge with a first and second side, and a food chute extending from the first principal surface generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the top wall. The food chute has a length and extends away from the container with the second side of the annular ledge contacting the rim of the container when the lid is in the operating position. When the lid is in the storage position, the food chute extends into an interior of the container with the first side of the annular ledge contacting the rim of the container.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for treating a loose fibrous solid organic feedstock. The apparatus includes a reactor vessel and a compressor operable to introduce feedstock at elevated pressure into the reactor chamber. The apparatus includes means for controlling and modulating moisture level within the reactor. The apparatus includes an outflow or discharge assembly that has its own feeder or drive for packing feedstock into a discharge accumulator. The discharge accumulator feeds an outflow valve, in this case a uni-directional rotation ball valve operated by a servo motor. Discharge from the valve may be carried through a diffuser into a settling cyclone. In operation the ball valve is rotated to open and close the outflow passageway, the rate of rotation being variable in real time.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for compressing a loose solid feedstock. The apparatus includes a two stage compressor. The first compression stage is a screw compressor. The second compressor stage is a reciprocating compressor. The reciprocating compressor operates co-axially with, and receives its feed from, the screw compressor. A choke cone maintains pressure in the outfeed from the compressor stages. The reciprocating compressor includes a piston that is driven by a pair of hydraulic rams. The position and operation of the hydraulic rams, the screw conveyor, and the choke cone is monitored by sensors. The reciprocating compressor, the screw conveyor, and the choke cone are all adjustable in real time to control the compression of the feedstock according to a pre-programmed schedule that need not have equal compression and retraction strokes. The operation of the screw conveyor may be advanced or eased off depending on the motion of the reciprocating compressor.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for compressing a loose solid feedstock. The apparatus includes a two stage compressor. The first compression stage is a screw compressor. The second compressor stage is a reciprocating compressor. The reciprocating compressor operates co-axially with, and receives its feed from, the screw compressor. The compressor establishes feedstock plug in a discharge pipe. A choke cone maintains pressure in the plug. The choke cone is actively controlled in response to operation of the compressor. The discharge from the compressor has a cooling jacket, and includes an expanding taper. The reciprocating compressor, the screw compressor, and the choke cone are all adjustable in real time to control the compression of the feedstock according to a pre-programmed schedule that need not have equal compression and retraction strokes. The operation of the screw compressor may be advanced or eased off depending on the motion of the reciprocating compressor.

Abstract: An apparatus for improving surface smoothness and internal firmness of cylindrical food products is provided. The apparatus includes a conveyor belt for conveying cylindrical food products to a concave rolling zone below an output end, such that each of the cylindrical food products rolls in the rolling zone for an appropriate amount of time. Thus, surface smoothness and internal firmness of each of the cylindrical food products are improved.

Abstract: A printing or embossing unit has at least two cylinders (1, 2). Of the latter, one working cylinder (1) carries at least one printing or embossing stencil (14) on its circumference, in order to emboss or to print, with the aid of the said at least one printing or embossing stencil (14), a web (5) made from a flat material which is conveyed between the said working cylinder and a back-pressure cylinder (2). The embossing stencil (14) extends in each case only over part of the circumference of the working cylinder (1) and is held on the working cylinder (1) with the aid of a fastening device (12, 13, 15). The working cylinder (1) is provided in its interior with a heating device. The fastening device (12, 13, 15) has at least one clamping ring (15) which acts on the circumferential edge (16) of the printing or embossing stencil (14) and clamps against the working cylinder (1).

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein that provide for media embellishment.

Abstract: A stencil printer includes a frame, a stencil coupled to the frame, a substrate support coupled to the frame to support a substrate in a print position, and a print head, coupled to the frame, to deposit and print viscous material over the stencil. The print head includes a squeegee assembly having at least one squeegee blade and a squeegee blade movement mechanism configured to move the squeegee blade from a raised position in which the squeegee blade is spaced from stencil and a lowered position in which the squeegee blade engages and applies a force on the stencil. The print head further has a device to detect a first reference point associated with a first force of the squeegee blade against the stencil and a second reference point associated with a second force of the squeegee blade against the stencil when moving the squeegee blade to the lowered position in which the squeegee blade engages and applies a force on the stencil.

Abstract: A rotary lithographic printing machine includes an inking unit with a plurality of inking rollers and a dampening unit with a plurality of dampening rollers. One of the dampening rollers has a porous surface from which dampening solution emerges. At least two further rollers are disposed in a dampening solution flow between the dampening roller having the porous surface and a plate cylinder.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for applying a design on a medium. In some embodiments, the system includes a letterpress assembly having a base and platen that may be configured in an open configuration and a closed configuration. In the open configuration, the base receives the medium and the platen receives a printing plate. The printing plate may include the design to be applied to the medium. A roller assembly may then receive the letterpress assembly in the closed configuration and may exert a compressive force on the letterpress assembly. The compressive force brings the medium into contact with the printing plate and applies the design on the medium.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for plate-making of a lithographic printing original plate having excellent restart toning recovery properties, and particularly an infrared-sensitive positive working lithographic printing original plate. The present invention relates to a method for plate-making of a lithographic printing original plate comprising an intermediate layer containing a polymer having a phosphonic acid group or a phosphoric acid group disposed between a substrate and an image recording layer, the method comprising the steps of image-wise exposing the lithographic printing original plate, developing, and treating using a plate surface protective solution containing a starch having an onium group.

Abstract: A method for successive printing of a first print job and a second print job on the same web using at least one printing group of the rotary press to print the first print job and the second print job is provided. The printing group includes at least a plate cylinder, a plate, a blanket cylinder and a blanket. Between the first print job and the second print job, a plate-changing stage occurs in which the blanket is held away from the web and the plates of the plate cylinder are changed. According to one aspect of the invention, between the first print job and the second print job, the web is kept traveling through the rotary press.

Abstract: A networked electronic ordnance system and method for controlling a variety of pyrotechnic devices at different energy levels include a bus controller controlling at least one pyrotechnic device operating at a first energy level and a smart connector adapting at least one pyrotechnic device operating at a second energy level to control by the bus controller. The smart connector may also include a plurality of capacitors for firing the pyrotechnic device(s). In an embodiment, at least one pyrotechnic device operating at a first energy level and at least one pyrotechnic device operating at a second level include a logic device have a unique identifier. The smart connector may also include an energy reserve capacitor and an emitter follower circuit electrically connected to a logic device. Additionally, the smart connector may be connected to an initiator for firing at least one pyrotechnic device at the second energy level.

Abstract: Method and device for mixing and initiating a pyrotechnic charge, comprising at least one coherent porous fuel structure (16) and at least one oxidizer (8). According to the invention, the coherent porous fuel structure (16) and the oxidizer (8) are placed apart in a mixing device (1, 20) to prevent unintentional ignition, and in which the oxidizer (8), in response to the action of a force upon the mixing device (1, 20), for example upon firing of an artillery shell, is transported into the coherent porous fuel structure (16), after which the obtained pyrotechnic charge is initiated after a set time delay.

Abstract: A kinetic fireball incendiary munition is provided having an outer shell or bomb casing, one or more incendiary submunitions therein, and an igniter therefore. Each of the submunitions includes an incendiary portion, at least one rocket motor that propels the submunition inside of a target volume, and an oxidizer for the incendiary portion and rocket motor. The submunitions liberate sufficient heat to produce elevated temperatures inside of a target structure to thermalize the contents thereof without creating a substantial overpressure or explosive effect. The incendiary portion includes a solid propellant and, optionally, one or more energetic materials selected from the group consisting of phosphorous, boron, magnesium, aluminum, Fluorinert™-aluminum and BKNO3. The incendiary submunition may be in the shape of a ball or a circular disk with a rocket motor therein.

Abstract: The invention relates to a subprojectile (1) comprising a body, which is provided with a borehole (5) and consists of hard metal or heavy metal, an energy component (3) with or without a firing means (4) being incorporated into the borehole (5). The energy component (3) with or without a pressure-sensitive firing means (4) is fired or activated by air friction, by an ignition in the carrier bullet together with a firing charge, or at the latest when the target is hit.

Abstract: A sub-caliber projectile of the fin-stabilized type incorporating a sabot and a penetrator linked together by shape matching linking means, said linking means incorporating a first profile machined at a bore of said sabot and cooperating with a second profile on said penetrator, each of said first and second profiles having a shape according to a section in an axial plane that alternates teeth and grooves, the axial play between one of said teeth of said penetrator and one of said grooves forming the housing of said one of said teeth in said sabot being variable along the axis of said projectile, wherein said linking means incorporate a front part (F) and a rear part (R) in which the play, at a mean temperature, between said penetrator teeth and the housings of said teeth in said sabot is variable, the play, firstly, increasing between said median zone (M) of said sabot and a front end of said sabot and, secondly, increasing between said median zone (M) of said sabot and a rear end of said sabot.

Abstract: An air cushion or wheeled overhead guideway mass transit system is disclosed.

Abstract: An internal conduit vehicle, also called a pipeline vehicle. The vehicle includes first and second wheel assemblies that are rotated in opposite directions to move the vehicle along the pipeline, or that are mutually independent to perform a more complex movement. Each wheel assembly includes a number of wheels at the free end of wheel arms, each wheel having a spin axis that is angled in respect of an axis of the chassis. Each wheel is shaped as a rotation symmetric body with a large end and a small end, and is unilaterally mounted to a wheel arm by the large end.

Abstract: A motor drive circuit for a rail vehicle has a step-up converter, which is disposed at the input of the motor drive circuit, and which converts a mains DC voltage, at the input of the motor drive circuit into an intermediate circuit DC voltage. A pulse rectifier, which is downstream from the step-up converter, can be connected at the output to a drive motor of the rail vehicle and it is capable of converting the intermediate circuit DC voltage of the step-up converter into a motor drive voltage for driving the drive motor. A control unit activates the step-up converter in operation such that the converter generates the predetermined rated intermediate circuit DC voltage for a mains DC voltage below a predetermined rated intermediate circuit DC voltage as the intermediate circuit DC voltage.

Abstract: A constant contact side bearing assembly for a railcar including a housing with wall structure defining a central axis for the side bearing assembly and a multipiece cap. The cap is arranged in operable combination with the housing and includes a movable first member and a movable second member carried by the first member. A portion of the second member extends beyond the nousing and defines a friction surface for the cap. A spring resiliently urges the friction surface of the cap into frictional contact with railcar body structure. The cap members define cooperating angled surfaces therebetween for urging wall structure on the first member and wall structure on the second member into frictional engagement with the wall structure on said housing in response to a vertical load acting on the friction contacting surface on the cap.

Abstract: A crash-resistant front apron for a rail vehicle is provided. The front apron includes an apron cover, a first support part supporting the apron cover, a second support part attached to a frame of the rail vehicle and a friction coupling release mechanism which connects the first support part to the second support part by a friction connection. In the event of a crash of the rail vehicle, in which a collision force acts on the front apron cover causing a torsion of the first support part relative to the second support part, the friction coupling release mechanism releases the friction connection.

Abstract: A healing agent in cement-based materials and structures, wherein said healing agent comprises organic compounds and/or bacteria-loaded porous particles, which porous particles comprise expanded clay- or sintered fly-ash. Furthermore, said porous particles are intact spheres, broken or crushed particles derived from said intact spheres, having a specific density between 0.4 and 2 g cm?3. Finally, the present invention relates to a process for the preparation of the healing agent.

Abstract: This invention presents a system that produces polysilicate in acidic form that can be used for binding and agglomeration purposes. It also provides a colour indicator system to optically identify the optimal pH working range at which, for practical purposes, the polymerisation speed is the most convenient. The system also relates to the application of these polysilicic products for preserving wooden structures against aging and rot by reinforcing the cellulose microstructures through filling and binding with acidic polysilicate.

Abstract: A pigment particle composition which comprises calcium carbonate particles and pigment particles, its method of manufacture and its use. According to the present invention, the calcium carbonate particles are carbonated so that they bind to each other, in which case calcium carbonate structures are generated, which comprise pigment particles and which form essentially opaque and stable pigment-calcium carbonate aggregates. It is possible to manufacture the composition by atomizing calcium hydroxide-bearing pigment slurry into a carbon dioxide-bearing gas, in which case the calcium hydroxide is carbonated in order to precipitate the calcium hydroxide particles to be attached to each other and the carbonation is continued until essentially all of the calcium hydroxide has been converted into calcium carbonate. The composition is suitable for use, among others, in paints, coating materials, fillers, polymers and printing inks.

Abstract: An azo pigment showing excellent coloring characteristics such as tinctorial strength and hue and excellent fastness such as light fastness, and a pigment dispersion containing the azo pigment are provided. An azo pigment represented by the following general formula (1) and a pigment dispersion containing the pigment: wherein G represents an aliphatic group, an aryl group, or a heterocyclic group, Y represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic group, R1 represents an aliphatic group, an aliphatic amino group, an arylamino group, a heterocyclic amino group, an acylamino group, a sulfonamido group, an amino group, or a heterocyclic group, R2 and R3 each independently represents an aliphatic amino group, an arylamino group, a heterocyclic amino group, an acylamino group, a sulfonamido group, an amino group, or a heterocyclic group, X1 represents a nitrogen atom or C—Z, Z represents an electron-withdrawing group having a Hammett ?p value of 0.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing a modified colored pigment comprising a pigment having attached at least one organic group. The method comprises the step of combining, in any order, a) a solution of an organic colorant in a solvent, b) at least one aromatic amine comprising the organic group, c) at least one diazotizing agent, d) an aqueous medium, e) optionally at least one acid, and f), optionally at least one second solvent, to form the modified colored pigment.

Abstract: An asymmetric organomodified disiloxane surfactant having the formula: MM? wherein M comprises branched hydrocarbon substituents and M? comprises a cationic, anionic or zwitterionic substituent and a polyether substituent that may be combined as one moiety, wherein the disiloxane surfactant has an enhanced resistance to hydrolysis between a pH of about 3 to about 12.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an exoergic filler composition which is able to exert superior exoergic property, and a resin composition, a grease, and a coating composition which having superior exoergic property, respectively, by using the above-mentioned exoergic filler composition. The exoergic filler composition contains 1 to 50 volume % of a needle-shaped zinc oxide having an average long diameter of 0.1 to 10 ?m, an average short diameter of 0.025 to 2.5 ?m, aspect ratio defined by (average long diameter)/(average short diameter) of 4 or more and specific surface area according to BET method of 50 m2/g or less, and 50 to 99 volume % of other exoergic filler.

Abstract: The method for manufacturing a composite based on complexes of controlled stability over time using a fibrous inorganic matrix having tunnels and one or more organic compounds incorporated into said tunnels includes the following steps: the fibrous inorganic matrix having tunnels and the organic compound or compounds are provided; the fibrous inorganic matrix having tunnels is mixed with the organic compound or compounds so that said organic compound or compounds are incorporated into the tunnels of the fibrous inorganic matrix; the retention of the organic compound or compounds in said tunnels and their release therefrom by heating said mixture obtained, at a chosen temperature for a defined time, are controlled. The invention applies in particular in a preparation intended for cosmetic, pharmacological, nutri-therapeutic and agri-foodstuff, phytosanitary, petroleum or electronic usage or else in paints.

Abstract: A process for treating beta calcium sulfate hemihydrate is disclosed. The process comprises exposing beta calcium sulfate hemihydrate to steam at a pressure above atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel pallet design to hold and transport products from the point of manufacture to the point of sale. The advantage of this pallet design is that it provides the necessary means for coupling at each corner, a vertical profile which in turn is attached by an upper frame, because of which there is no need to change the product from the pallet in the trajectory from the factory to the point of sale, since the fixing of vertical profiles to the pallet together with the upper frame provide the product with the security and necessary firmness for the transportation of the same. One of the most important pieces of the present invention are the corner lugs, which are disposed in each of the corners of the pallet, and an angular cut which works together with a fastening sleeve coupled to the corner lug so as to form a hollow space of the required size to receive vertical profiles and keep them firm and strong during the whole trajectory of the product.

Abstract: The present invention provides a paperboard furniture, which is composed of composite paperboards comprising at least a corrugated board and paper stock covered thereon. The paperboard furniture contains a loading faceplate and a supporting rack for the loading faceplate. The supporting rack enables a plurality of composite paperboards to be assembled crosswise. The loading faceplate and supporting rack are mated by connecting. A connecting slot and troughing portion are formed at the bottom of the loading faceplate, whilst connecting portion and fins are formed on the supporting rack for mating with the connecting slot and troughing portion.

Abstract: An access control system includes first and second portable containers. The first portable container comprises a first sidewall opening and the second portable container comprises a second sidewall opening. The portable containers are arranged such that the first sidewall opening in the first portable container communicates with the second sidewall opening in the second portable container. The first portable container comprises a passing room disposed in the first portable container. The passing room includes a barrier device located in the walkway defining a first space between a first passing room opening and the barrier device, and a second space between the barrier device and a second passing room opening. The access control system is constructed such that when the access control system is disposed between a first area and an enclosed second area ingress and egress from and to the second area is controlled by the access control system.