Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for the reduction of fouling of objects present in marine environments. The methods and compositions include anticoagulants, such as, for example, glycosaminoglycans, coumarin-type molecules, metal chelators, plasminogen activators and platelet inhibitors. The methods include reducing marine fouling, comprising incorporating an anticoagulant compound into a marine coating. In addition, the methods include identifying compounds useful for reducing marine fouling, comprising measuring either blood coagulation or barnacle cement polymerization in the presence and absence of the compound, wherein a reduction in the blood coagulation or the barnacle cement polymerization in the presence of the compound identifies the compound as useful for reducing marine fouling. The coagulation or the polymerization can be measured by a serine protease activity or a transglutaminase activity.

Abstract: A coloured composition comprising: a) NIR scattering TiO2 particulate material with an average crystal size of greater than 0.40 ?m and a particle size distribution such that 30% or more of the particles are less than 1 ?m; b) one or more non-white colorant; wherein the particulate material and the non-white colorant are dispersed within a vehicle. This material with a large crystal size has unusually high reflection of NIR radiation and, simultaneously, noticeably diminished reflectance of visible light. Also disclosed is a coated particulate TiO2 material, wherein the material has an average crystal size of greater than 0.40 ?m, and the coating comprises one or more oxide material; this provides low levels of photocatalytic activity that were previously unattainable. This coated TiO2 material may be provided in a composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a self-neutralising type of calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2) preparation for use in dentistry. More specifically, it relates to a self-neutralising type of calcium hydroxide preparation which is formulated in such a way that it can be used in dentistry by being mixed, in a cement clinker, with an active siliceous substance, bismuth oxide (Bi2O5), silica, sulphur trioxide and aluminium oxide/ferric oxide and the like. One aspect of the present invention provides a self-neutralising type of calcium hydroxide preparation comprising an active siliceous substance and bismuth oxide, and this self-neutralising type of calcium hydroxide preparation is characterised in that it comprises silica, sulphur trioxide and aluminium oxide/ferric oxide.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to cold asphalt coatings, in particular cold-poured asphalt coatings. The cold asphalt coatings according to the disclosure include one or more polymerized fatty acids. The cold asphalt coatings, prepared using a bitumen emulsion, have a pre-breakage mixing time that imparts good workability thereto. The cold asphalt coatings, and particularly cold-poured asphalt coatings, have increased cohesion that enables the same to be used under high-speed traffic. Finally, the cold asphalt coatings have good mechanical resistance.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing asphalt is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of : (i) heating bitumen; (ii) heating aggregate; and (iii) mixing the hot bitumen with the hot aggregate in a mixing unit to form asphalt. From 10 to 200 wt % of sulphur, based upon the weight of the bitumen, is added in at least one of the steps (i), (ii) or (iii) and from 0.1 to 20 wt % of paraffin wax is added in at least one of the steps (i), (ii) or (iii).

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition containing a particulate solid, a plastic material (such as a thermoplastic polymer) and a compound containing an amide group. The compound is capable of being a dispersant. The invention further relates to novel compounds, and the use of the compound as a dispersant.

Abstract: The present invention involves the recycling of asphalt based roofing materials by comminuting the roofing material and subsequently separating a rock component from an asphalt component of the roofing material. The asphaltic component is separated into a feed stream having a mesh size of less than about 50 mesh while the rock component is separated into a feed stream having rocks in the size of 10 mesh or larger. A portion of the comminuted material may be recycled back for additional comminuting. The separated asphaltic component is placed in contact with the solvent to dissolve the asphalt in the asphaltic component providing a mixture of filler, fiber and dissolved asphalt. The liquid may then be applied to a surface of a wall to form a substantially continuous solidified film on the wall to provide waterproofing and an air barrier.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing asphalt is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: (i) heating bitumen; (ii) heating aggregate; and (iii) mixing the hot bitumen with the hot aggregate in a mixing unit to form asphalt. From 10 to 200 wt % of sulphur, based upon the weight of the bitumen, is added in at least one of the steps (i), (ii) or (iii) and from 0.1 to 20 wt % of a compound of formula A, based upon the weight of the bitumen, is added in at least one of the steps (i), (ii) or (iii). R1 and R2 are independently chosen from C6-C30 alkyl or alkenyl.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an aggregate for the production of building materials, wherein a starting material containing at least one fibre-containing waste fraction has had heavy materials removed and been comminuted in order to obtain a substantially free-flowing aggregate. Improved product properties can be achieved in such a way that the fibre content is set between 3% and 45%, preferably between 5% and 25%, and more preferably between 7% and 12%, and a mass fraction of between 2% and 25%, preferably between 2% and 10%, and more preferably between 3% and 8%, of a fine-grain inorganic additive is set. The invention further relates to an aggregate produced according to this method, and to asphalt or concrete.

Abstract: A new photocatalytic composition is described that is designed for percolation in road surfaces. The composition contains no aggregates, but consists of cement, a photocatalyst, a superfluidifier, a viscosity modifier and an antifoaming agent, in suitable proportions. The composition is applied to porous open-graded asphalt courses, completely filling the cavities down to a thickness coming between 30 and 50 mm. The treated asphalt acquires a strong, durable photocatalytic activity, even when it is submitted to heavy mechanical loads and adverse weather conditions, as in the case of road surfaces in and out of town, liable to intense traffic.

Abstract: Calcium phosphate particles having A) a specific surface area (SSA) larger than 0.1 m2/g; B) a mean diameter smaller than 5 mm; C) a Ca/P molar ratio superior to 0.95; and wherein D) said particles have been subjected as a last processing step to a heat treatment at a temperature superior to 400° C. for a period of time such that the specific surface area (SSA) of said particles after the heat treatment is not decreased by more than 10% compared to the SSA before said heat treatment.

Abstract: A belite-calcium sulphoaluminate-ferrite (BCSAF) cement composition including: a BCSAF clinker which clinker has the following mineralogical composition, based on the total weight of the clinker: 5 to 25%, preferably 10 to 20%, of a calcium aluminoferrite phase having the general formula C2AxF(1?X), wherein X is from 0.2 to 0.8; 15 to 35% of a calcium sulphoaluminate phase; 40 to 75% of belite (C2S); from 0.01 to 10% in total of one or more minor phases selected from calcium sulphates, alkali metal sulphates, perovskite, calcium aluminates, gehlenite, free lime and periclase and/or a vitreous phase; and an alkanolamine.

Abstract: The invention relates to a monophase amorphous hydraulic binder containing silicon, calcium and oxygen atoms in an arrangement comprising silicate building units having an average connectedness of at least Q1, with none or a part of the calcium atoms being substituted for by a metal atom M[6]x+ sixfold or higher-coordinated with oxygen and/or none or no more than 45 atomic percent of the silicon atoms being substituted for by a metal atom M[4]y+ tetrahedrally coordinated with oxygen, the molar ratio of [CaO+(x/2)·(M[6]x+Ox/2)]:[SiO2+M[4]y+Oy/2] having a value of 0.2 to 1.5, and the binder having less than 3.5% by weight of water, as well as a mixture containing this binder.

Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, an improved locking mechanism for a mobile folding table is provided, permitting convenient access near the top of the folded table to a manual actuator for unlocking the table from a folded configuration. In another aspect of the present invention, an improved lift-assisting mechanism for a mobile folding table is provided, with a clutch that engages the lift-assisting mechanism only when the table top halves are at an angle from the vertical that is equal to or larger than a predetermined angle. These two aspects of the invention may be advantageously and synergistically combined in the same mobile folding table.

Abstract: The invention, relates to an adjusting device, comprising an inner tubular body (7), an outer tubular body (6) that can slide concentrically over the inner tubular body so that the inner tubular body and the outer tubular body can slide telescopically from a retracted position to an extended position, an actuator (15) to move the inner tubular body and the outer tubular body along the longitudinal axis in relation to one another and a supporting tube (10) which can slide concentrically on the inside of the outer tubular body.

Abstract: The methods and systems described herein relate to a recuperative combustion system that recuperates energy from fuel combustion that would otherwise be lost. The recuperative combustion system minimizes or eliminates the need for an air separator unit through the use of a clean water splitter section, consisting of a thermochemical cycle or high-temperature electrolysis. Water is split into its component hydrogen and oxygen, primarily with process heat from the combustion process. The oxygen produced by the water splitter provides oxygen necessary for oxy-fuel combustion, thereby reducing or eliminating the need for the power intensive air separator unit and/or external oxygen source, significantly increasing the efficiency of the oxy-fuel combustion cycle. Hydrogen produced by the water splitter may be used for a variety of industrial uses, or combined with carbon dioxide (captured from the flue gases produced by said combustion process) to produce methanol.

Abstract: A colored embroidered pattern is formed on a fabric by positioning a stabilizer prior to the embroidery process on the top surface of the fabric. The stabilizer extends beyond at least a portion of the embroidered pattern such that it blocks sublimating dyes from binding to the fabric during the sublimation process. Excess stabilizer is then removed.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a housing portion, a bed, a needle plate, an image capture device, a moving device, a command acquisition device, and a moving control device. The housing portion houses at least one needle bar. The needle plate is provided on the bed and includes a needle hole. The image capture device is adapted to capture an image of the needle hole. The moving device moves the image capture device in relation to the housing portion. The command acquisition device acquires a command to move the image capture device in relation to the housing portion. The moving control device controls the moving device in accordance with the command that has been acquired by the command acquisition device to move the image capture device in relation to the housing portion.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a bed, a needle plate, an image capture device, an auxiliary optical member, a switching device, a command acquisition device, and a control device. The needle plate is provided on the bed and includes a needle hole. The image capture device is adapted to capture an image facing downward from above the needle hole. The auxiliary optical member is adapted to transmit light to an image capture device side of the auxiliary optical member. The switching device switches the auxiliary optical member to one of being used and not being used. The command acquisition device acquires a command. In a case where the command has been acquired, the control device controls the switching device to switch the auxiliary optical member to one of being used and not being used in accordance with the command.

Abstract: A method of making a ball glove includes molding a plastic material to form a single-piece front palm lining that has a palm lining portion and five front finger lining portions, forming a back lining that has five rear finger lining portions, stitching together the front palm lining and the back lining to form a glove lining that has five inner finger stalls, tailoring a front ply that has a palm cover portion and five front finger cover portions, molding a plastic material to form a single-piece back ply that has five rear finger cover portions, assembling the front ply and the back ply to form an outer shell, forming a web, and assembling the web, the outer shell, and the glove lining to form the ball glove.

Abstract: A multi-thread single-line shuttle stitch line, consisting of at least three threads, where each top thread is independently and separately connected with each bottom thread in a pre-determinable sequence of such connection through perforations in the material, with all of said top and bottom threads passing through said perforations, making one stitch line. The top threads can be intertwined, as can the bottom threads.

Abstract: A method is provided for embroidering embroidery elements by means of a processor-controlled sewing machine (1). The method includes: the fabric (2) that is to be embroidered is placed in the required position in relation to a threaded needle (5) on the sewing machine; a plurality of embroidery elements (A, B, C) in the form of software products having pre-programmed embroideries are provided; a group of said embroidery elements, defined as stitch data objects in a memory (M), is selected; an arbitrary curve (KU) along which said group of embroidery elements (A, B, C) shall be embroidered on said fabric (2) is defined by the operator of the sewing machine; said embroidery elements of said group are distributed in a spaced relationship along said curve utilizing a positioning algorithm. According to the method of the invention, a coupling between the embroidery elements of the group and the arbitrary curve is preserved during the full processing by said positioning algorithm.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aerodynamic wind propulsion device, particularly for watercrafts, comprising an aerodynamic wing being connected to a steering unit by a tractive cable, having a first end of the tractive cable connected to the steering unit and a second end of the tractive cable connected to a base platform, a guiding line having a first end connected to the aerodynamic wing or to the steering unit, a pole being connected to the base platform. According to the invention, an aerodynamic wind propulsion device as mentioned above is provided, characterized in that a second end of the guiding line is connected to the base platform during and between starting and landing maneuvers wherein the guiding line is guided through or along the pole and is capable of transferring a tensile force onto the aerodynamic wing at least during starting or landing.

Abstract: A watercraft comprising a main body having hull, a bow end and an opposite stern send, a starboard, a port and a deck. A plurality of watercraft articles are removably mountable to the main body and provide for transforming the watercraft into a variety of watercraft types. The main body comprises a watercraft article-receiving assembly for stowing the watercraft articles therein. Thus providing a transformable, multi-functional and self-stowage watercraft. These watercraft types include a kayak, a paddle boat, a sailboat, a catamaran, a trimaran, a motorboat, a sit-in/on windsurfer/sailboard and any combinations thereof. A removable trailer assembly for the land-transport of a watercraft is also provided. A rudder control assembly for a watercraft having a rudder is also disclosed.

Abstract: A roll-on and roll-off ship comprising a front part, a rear part and a central part is disclosed. The ship is arranged with holds adapted to accommodate containers etc. in the front part and in the rear parts and roll on/roll off cargo in the central part of the ship. The central part extends from the tank top to a level above the weather deck. A ramp is provided in the aft part of the ship, and the roll on/roll off cargo transits from the ramp to the third cargo hold section via a passageway arranged in the aft part of the ship. The passageway may be arranged as a tunnel, which may be adapted to support cargo stowed above the passageway.

Abstract: A valve for use in combination with a self-bailing hole of a watercraft includes a flange, a skirt, a valve member, a retention member, and a base member. The flange has a central aperture opening into a hollow interior of the skirt. The hollow interior contains the valve member, which is movable between a sealed configuration preventing fluid flow through the valve and an unsealed configuration allowing fluid flow through the valve. One end of the skirt is secured to the flange, while the other end of the skirt has an opening larger than the central aperture of the flange. The retention member prevents the valve member from exiting the hollow interior of the skirt in the unsealed configuration, while the base member is used to secure the valve within the self-bailing hole of the watercraft.

Abstract: A device for a shark jaw onboard a vessel is described, where the shark jaw is arranged to secure an anchor line, a cable, a chain or the like, characterized in that the shark jaw comprises measuring equipment in the form of one or more load readers arranged to one or more sides of the shark jaw to read strains which arise during load effects in said anchor line, cable, chain or the like.

Abstract: The Anchorman System invention is a unique and ecologically friendly invention to dock, moor, and secure small watercraft and marine recreation products. The Invention is designed to eliminate the backbreaking job of installing and un-installing equipment each boating season. In addition, the Invention serves as a Terrestrial photo electric (Solar Panel) anchoring system permitting the optimal placement for solar panel anchorages. Objects of Invention include: 1) a unique Sand Auger Anchor with an extruded Tubular Aluminum Anchor Shaft and custom designed helical solid aluminum auger head with a proprietary stainless steel shaft nut end fitting 2) a unique Sea Floor Attachment Plate made of Marine Safe material with a Marine Buoy with integral line holders 3) a unique Snap-in docking post Sea Floor Attachment Plate made of Marine Safe Material with a Snap-in PVC post 4) a unique quick connect pin adjustable sleeve tool, with adjustable single and double handles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a semi-submersible platform body for supporting drilling, storing, treatment or production of hydrocarbons. The platform body have a cross section with a centre point in a first plane, and is defined by a side wall formed by at least one side wall section, the side wall is arranged around the periphery of an open recess. Each side wall section comprises a first and a second side, an upper and a lower edge, the first and second side of the side wall section defines at least a first side wall thickness. The first side of the side wall section faces away from the open recess and the second side of the side wall section faces towards the open recess. The mentioned open recess has a cross section with a centre point in the first plane. Further is the centre point of the cross section of the open recess displaced a distance in the first plane, from the centre point of the cross section of the platform body.

Abstract: Systems and methods for underwater descent rate reduction are provided. In one embodiment, a method for underwater descent rate reduction for an underwater delivery vehicle is provided. The method comprises: opening a first valve based on a first hydrostatic pressure to permit water to flow into a first chamber of a hydrostatic pressure driven piston assembly; developing a pressure differential across a piston head separating the first chamber from a second chamber of the hydrostatic pressure driven piston assembly; pushing the piston head into the second chamber to extend a piston rod from the hydrostatic pressure driven piston assembly; and pivoting a deflecting flap downward into a direction of vehicle descent as the piston rod extends.

Abstract: A control box includes a shell, a display hole, an active member, an indicating member and an interlinking member. The display hole is formed in the shell. The active member has a turn-on end and a turn-off end and is pivotally connected with the shell so as to seesaw. The indicating member is movably disposed in the shell and has a first identifiable portion and a second identifiable portion. The interlinking member is connected between the active member and the indicating member to drive the indicating member to move. Accordingly, when the active member seesaws under the effect of an external force, the indicating member is driven by the interlinking member to show the first identifiable portion or the second identifiable portion in the display hole.

Abstract: Provided is a coating tool for forming a film having uniform thickness on a target by controlling precisely a flow-rate of a coating liquid, even if its viscosity is high. In the coating tool, a coating head 1 includes a pair of head members 10 and 20; a slot 3 is formed between a pair of interior surfaces 11 and 21, facing each other, of the head members 10 and 20; and a coating liquid flows through the slot 3 and is discharged from the tip of the coating head 1. An internal flow-rate control mechanism 60 is provided to control the flow-rate of the coating liquid in the slot 3 by adjusting a convexity and/or a concavity.

Abstract: Provided is a spray booth that includes a housing and a means for advancing the vehicle through the housing. The means for advancing may include a rail system that extends along the long axis of the housing and is off-set from the center of the short axis of the housing. The spray booth housing includes walls that define an area for locating a vehicle to be painted. The area defined by the walls includes regions for priming a vehicle to be painted, preparing a vehicle to be painted, and distinct painting areas for separately painting the vehicle that is engaged with them means for advancing and for painting parts that are not attached to the vehicle. The spray booth may also include one or more air handling systems for handling air that is flowed through the spray booth during the preparation and paint operations.

Abstract: A deposition mask capable of forming layers with different thicknesses and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the deposition mask includes i) a plurality of regions spaced apart from each other, wherein the plurality of regions comprise at least a first region and a second region and ii) first and second surfaces opposing each other, wherein the first surface is configured to receive a deposition material. Also, a though-hole is defined in each of the plurality of regions, and wherein at least one of the through-holes in the first surface of the mask is divided into a plurality of sub-regions. Further, the number of a sub-region or sub-regions of the first region is different from that of the second region.

Abstract: Herein disclosed are a water-reactive Al composite material which comprises 4NAI or 5NAI containing added In in an amount ranging from 2 to 5% by mass on the basis of the amount of Al; a water-reactive Al film prepared using this material; a method for the production of such an Al film; and a constituent member for a film-forming chamber, which is provided with this water-reactive Al film on the surface thereof.

Abstract: Herein disclosed are a method for the production of a water-reactive Al film comprising the steps of melting a material which contains 4NAl or 5NAl as an Al raw material and added In in an amount ranging from 2 to 5% by mass on the basis of the mass of the Al raw material in such a manner that the composition of the material becomes uniform; thermally spraying the resulting molten material on the surface of a base material according to the flame spraying technique; and solidifying the sprayed molten material through quenching to thus form an Al film in which In is uniformly dispersed in Al crystalline grains; and a constituent member for a film-forming chamber, which is provided, on the surface, with the water-reactive Al film.

Abstract: Provided herein are a water-reactive Al composite material comprising an Al raw material selected from the group consisting of 2NAl to 5NAl each containing Cu as an impurity of Al in an amount of not higher than 40 ppm, and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of In and Bi, in amounts ranging from 2 to 5% by mass and 0.7 to 1.4% by mass, respectively, on the basis of the mass of Al; a water-reactive Al film produced using this composite material; a method for the production of this Al film; and a constituent member for a film-forming chamber, which is provided, on the surface, this water-reactive Al film.

Abstract: Provided herein are a method for the production of a water-reactive Al film which comprises the steps of melting a material which comprises 4NAl or 5NAl as an Al raw material and added In in an amount ranging from 2 to 5% by mass on the basis of the mass of the Al raw material in such a manner that the composition of the material becomes uniform; thermally spraying the resulting molten material on the surface of a base material according to the electric arc spraying technique, while using Ar gas as a spraying gas; and solidifying the sprayed molten material through quenching to thus form an Al film in which In is uniformly dispersed in Al crystalline grains; and a constituent member for a film-forming chamber, which is provided, on the surface, with this water-reactive Al film.

Abstract: Provided herein are a water-reactive Al composite material which comprises 4NAI or 5NAI, as an Al raw material, containing, on the basis of the amount of the Al raw material, added Bi in an amount ranging from 0.8 to 1.4% by mass and Si, including the Si as an impurity of the Al raw material, in a total amount ranging from 0.25 to 0.7% by mass; a thermally sprayed Al film produced using this Al composite material; a method for the production of this Al film; and a constituent member for a film-forming chamber, which is provided, on the surface, with the thermally sprayed Al film.

Abstract: A batch processing platform used for ALD or CVD processing is configured for high throughput and minimal footprint. In one embodiment, the processing platform comprises an atmospheric transfer region, at least one batch processing chamber with a buffer chamber and staging platform, and a transfer robot disposed in the transfer region wherein the transfer robot has at least one substrate transfer arm that comprises multiple substrate handling blades. The platform may include two batch processing chambers configured with a service aisle disposed therebetween to provide necessary service access to the transfer robot and the deposition stations. In another embodiment, the processing platform comprises at least one batch processing chamber, a substrate transfer robot that is adapted to transfer substrates between a FOUP and a processing cassette, and a cassette transfer region containing a cassette handler robot. The cassette handler robot may be a linear actuator or a rotary table.

Abstract: The film deposition device includes a CVD film forming room disposed on a travel path of a substrate and having a function of performing the film deposition on a substrate by CVD, a treatment room disposed upstream or downstream of the CVD film forming room on the travel path and having a function of performing a predetermined treatment on the substrate, and a differential room disposed between and communicating with the CVD film forming room and the treatment room. The differential room includes a evacuation unit, a gas introducing unit for introducing at least one of a gas to be supplied to both of the CVD film forming room and the treatment room, and an inert gas, and a controller which controls the evacuation unit and the gas introducing unit to keep the differential room at a higher pressure than the CVD film forming room and the treatment room.

Abstract: A plasma source comprises a vacuum chamber, a plurality of discharge tubes, a plurality of permanent magnets, a plurality of RF antennas, and an RF power distribution circuit. The RF power distribution circuit is electrically coupled to an RF power supply and each of the plurality of RF antennas. The lengths of the transmission paths between each of the plurality of RF antennas and the RF power supply are the same, so that the RF power supply can provide each of discharge tubes with the same RF power.

Abstract: A metal capturing apparatus and an atomic layer deposition apparatus, which are capable of discharging an exhaust gas from a process chamber, in which a metal atomic layer is deposited on a substrate using a reaction gas containing a metal catalyst, without a scrubber, and easily reusing the metal catalyst contained in the exhaust gas. The metal capturing apparatus includes a capturing chamber having a capturing space, a capturing plate disposed at one side of the capturing chamber and partially inserted into the capturing chamber, a refrigerant source feeding a refrigerant cooling the capturing plate, and an attachment unit attaching the capturing plate to the capturing chamber. The atomic layer deposition apparatus includes a process chamber, a vacuum pump connected to an exhaust port of the process chamber, and a metal capturing apparatus disposed between the process chamber and the vacuum pump.

Abstract: A heat equalizer includes a container structure having a heating block in which a working fluid is held for heating and vaporizing a material to be heated, a heater placed at the bottom of the container structure, and a material feed pipe allowing the outside and the inside of the container structure to communicate with each other. In the heating block, as a flow path in which the material to be heated flows, a main header pipe connected to the material feed pipe and extending in the horizontally, and a riser pipe branching from the main header pipe and extending vertically are formed. As a condensation path in which the working fluid is cooled and condensed, condensation holes formed respectively on the opposite sides of the riser pipe and extending horizontally, and a condensation pit formed under the riser pipe are formed. Between the condensation holes and the condensation pit, the main header pipe is placed.

Abstract: Provided are a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus and a substrate processing apparatus. The CVD apparatus includes a chamber defining a processing chamber for forming a thin film on a substrate, a shower head that discharges processing gas into the processing chamber, a lid for opening and closing the chamber, a hinge part that pivotably couples the lid to the chamber at one side of the lid, a clamping part is provided to press the other side of the lid to secure the lid to the chamber, and a control part adapted to raise or lower the one side of the lid when the clamping part is pressing the other side of the lid.

Abstract: A method and system for cleaning of milking systems—creates slugs of cleaning liquid in milking systems in response to the detection of the presence of cleaning liquid. The milking system includes a milk conduit (3), a liquid sensor (4) for detecting the presence of liquid in the milk conduit (3), a vacuum source (7) for applying a suction pressure to the milk conduit and cleaning equipment (12, 13) including elements supplying cleaning liquid into the milk conduit and an air injector (16) arranged to supply air into the milk conduit, the system being adapted to supply cleaning liquid into the milk conduit, apply a suction pressure to the cleaning liquid and supply air so that a liquid slug is created that flushes the milk conduit. The liquid sensor (4) is adapted to sense the presence of cleaning liquid supplied to the milk conduit, and the system is adapted to supply the air based on the detection of the presence of cleaning liquid.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing viscous pet food includes a rigid, downwardly curved, perforated dispensing sheet and a container having a cylindrical inner sidewall and a bottom surface that conforms to the dispensing sheet. The dispensing sheet preferably features a plurality of recesses and the container a plurality of corresponding rails that allow the sheet to stably descend within the container as downward pressure is applied to the sheet and the viscous food is dispensed and consumed.

Abstract: A vessel for holding and presenting solids, liquids or both, including a vessel body having a base portion and at least one wall member extending from the base portion and defining at least one cavity for containing solids, liquids or both; a stabilizer including a stabilizer body for ground engagement; and a fastener assembly for releasably retaining the body and the stabilizer in a mated relationship, the fastener including a first fastener portion mounted to the vessel body and a second fastener portion mounted to the stabilizer in a configuration for mating with the first fastener portion when the second fastener portion is closely adjacent a ground surface with the stabilizer body extending into the ground.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a cage rack system for animals, particularly for laboratory animals. This system can accommodate or comprises a plurality of cages ventilated individually or in groups. At least the majority of the cages comprise at least one air-inlet and at least one air-outlet. The cages can be selected according to the race, size, the number and/or conditions of the animals. The invention further comprises an air guidance system for delivering air to the air-inlet and/or collecting air from the air-outlet with integral or separated conduits. Further, there is provided at least one sampling unit for collecting airborne particles from the air; the sampling unit being adapted to collect the airborne particles by a cyclonic flow path to cause a separation of the particles from the air. The sampling unit can have one or more components and can be arranged for analysing, evaluating, controlling and/or monitoring the incoming air and/or the outgoing air.

Abstract: A kennel for an animal having a base and a top. The base includes a base rim extending from the base and surrounding an upper perimeter of the base. The top is a mesh material and includes a top rim surrounding a bottom perimeter of the top. The top rim is configured to align with the bottom rim. The kennel also includes at least one fastener to secure the top rim to the bottom rim, as well as a rotatable door connected to the base and the top.