Abstract: A brew basket with an integrated separate cavity providing for a water bypass or additive conduit all of which may be added to the brewed beverage, as it exists its brew basket discharge spout during a brewing cycle. An integrated separate cavity is provided partially around the perimeter of the brew basket, as along its upper flange, for some angular distance, and which cavity tapers into a downward conduit, which conduit extends under the bottom of the brew basket, and empties into the same discharged port through which the brewed beverage is discharged from the brew basket and into a lower decanter, during performance of a brewing cycle. Additives such as flavoring, sweeteners, and even cold water may pass through the separate cavity, for intermixing with the brewed beverage, in order to add to its flavoring, sweetening, or even cooling, depending upon whether coffee, hot tea, or ice tea, has been selected for the brewing cycle.

Abstract: A popcorn popping machine is provided including a cabinet, a popcorn popping kettle mounted within the cabinet, and a pump mounted at a height above a height of the kettle that is configured to pump oil from a container of oil and deliver the oil to the kettle. Control circuitry is provided for operating the pump to deliver oil to the kettle.

Abstract: A sous-vide cooker is disclosed. The sous-vide cooker comprises a cooking chamber, a heating system, and a housing that houses the cooking chamber and the heating system. The cooking chamber comprises a chamber body, a multi-function lid, a passive water circulator and, optionally, a rack for holding food items during the cooking process. The heating system comprises a heating unit, one or more temperature sensors, a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller, and a control panel. The PID controller is calibrated. The sous-vide cooker maintains a constant water temperature within tolerances.

Abstract: An improved cooking device to assist in preparation of meals. A self-contained straining skillet allows the food to be cooked in a concave skillet insert containing a plurality of apertures, which may then be lifted to drain the grease and fat into the lower receiving skillet. Both the lining skillet and the receiving skillet may contain pour spouts to allow for effective transfer of grease. The receiving skillet, alone or with the lining skillet insert, may be used with standard size stove burners.

Abstract: The invention relates to an appliance (1) for cooking food, the appliance comprising firstly a receptacle (2) for containing the food and secondly a blade (8) placed within the receptacle (2), said receptacle (2) and blade (8) being designed to be driven with relative rotary motion so as to stir the food in the receptacle (2), the appliance being characterized in that the blade (8) includes turnover means (13) shaped to act under the effect of the relative rotary motion to cause at least a fraction of the food to turn over in a turnover direction (D) that presents, in the plane of the rotary motion, a majority component that is radial.

Abstract: A bread toaster includes an outer cover, a toaster base, a toaster frame mounted on the toaster base, a first sliding member slidably provided on a predetermined side of the toaster frame, a second sliding member also provided on the same predetermined side of the toaster frame, a front supporting frame and a rear supporting frame provided at a front side and a rear side of the toaster frame respectively, a lid arrangement, and a control circuitry, wherein the lid arrangement is arranged to be operated between a closed position and an opened position for closing and opening the toasting slots of the bread toaster.

Abstract: A modular pizza cart is disclosed. The modular pizza cart includes a housing, at least one oven disposed on a housing work area, and at least one refrigeration unit disposed within the housing, the at least one refrigeration unit sized and configured to receive thereinside a removable rack, the removable rack adapted to hold a plurality of trays upon which are disposed a plurality of partially baked and sliced pizzas.

Abstract: A system for the alternate support of a first drive shaft or a second drive shaft to rotationally drive a processing tool of a food processor for preparing foods. The food processor has a preparation container, and the system includes a passage through which the first drive shaft or the second drive shaft protrudes from the outside into the preparation container in order to drive the processing tool in a rotatable manner. The passage has a first bearing to support the first drive shaft, and the system further includes an adapter which is inserted into the passage and which has a second bearing to support the second drive shaft.

Abstract: A grinding type juice extractor includes upper and lower grinding rings for providing both grinding and rolling effects during a process of extracting juice, and food materials are inputted for extracting juices, and the upper and lower grinding rings correspond to each other to define a clamping status, such that the inputted food material can be grinded, and a mechanism or method of applying two kinds of physical forces to the food material can be used for extracting the juice of the food material and maximizing the juice yield. In addition, a filter surface of a filter ring is provided for filtering the juice, and a juice outlet tube installed to a middle seat is provided for outputting the juice. Such juice extractor can improve the juice yield and reduce waste of resources.

Abstract: The specification discloses a protector member (10) capable of being introduced through a neck region (25) of an opened wine bottle (26) by being flexibly deformable, the protector member (10) being flexibly deformable to a condition enabling introduction through the wine bottle neck region (25) and once within the wine bottle (26) being expandable to a use condition where an outer peripheral edge (15, 62) of the protector member (10) is positioned adjacent to or against an inner surface of the wine bottle (26) while floating on a surface of wine held within the wine bottle (26), the protector member (10) being characterized by being either a multipart construction including a first flexible sheet (11, 19) material containing in a first zone (14) a plurality of individually sealed spaces (22) each having a volume and at least some of which contain a gas, and a second flexible sheet material (12, 19), one or both of the first or second flexible sheet materials having a radially outer edge (15) forming the oute

Abstract: A roller press includes two rollers each having a first end extending through a first sidewall of a roller unit frame so as to be connected with a gear unit which is cooperated with an operation handle, and two respective second ends of the two rollers extend through a second sidewall of the roller unit frame so as to form an open-type entry. A close-type entry is defined between the two rollers located between the first and second sidewalls of the roller unit frame. The two entries are able to press the paper products of different widths.

Abstract: A baler for making compacted bales of a cellulosic and preferably woody biomass material, the baler comprising: a housing defining a compaction chamber therein, wherein the housing comprises a top wall, an infeed opening defined in the top wall for introducing the material into the compaction chamber, and a hopper system comprising: first and second doors pivotably attached to the housing in opposing array over the infeed opening, wherein each door comprises a pivot having a plurality of fingers extending in planar array therefrom and defining a plurality of recesses disposed therebetween, and wherein the fingers of the first and second doors are staggered such that the fingers of each door are positioned opposite to and receivable by the recesses of the other door, and actuator means for pivoting the doors upwardly to form a chute for directing the material toward the infeed opening, and downwardly to intermesh and preferably interlock the fingers and substantially cover the infeed opening.

Abstract: A printing sub-system including same including a pixilated photoconductive member (such as a photobelt) is disclosed. Electrically isolated cells hold surface application material above the photoconductor. The surface application material is first charged. Charge on the surface application material in an individual cell may then be discharged by exposure of a region of the photoconductor proximate that cell to light from an optical addressing system. The surface application material is brought into proximity of an image receiving member such as paper, which is either charged or proximate a charge source. Charged surface application material in a cell may then be electrostatically transferred from the cell onto the image receiving member, while discharged surface application material remains in the cell. The subsystem may form a part of a complete printing system using many existing components. Among other advantages, viscous liquid surface application material may thereby be printed.

Abstract: An offset printing press is provided including a plate cylinder and a fluid dispersing unit dispersing fluid to the plate cylinder. The fluid dispersing unit includes a vibrator roll, a shaft supporting the vibrator roll and a motor including a coil and a magnet. The coil is disposed about the magnet and the magnet or the coil is mounted on the shaft. The motor oscillates the vibrator roll axially. A vibrating assembly for a fluid dispersing unit of a printing press is also provided.

Abstract: A printing/coating method includes the steps of transferring highly reactive ink/varnish which cures with a low light energy onto a transfer object, and irradiating the transfer object, onto which the highly reactive ink/varnish is transferred, with light in the wavelength range, in which no ozone is generated, to cure the highly reactive ink/varnish on the transfer object. A printing/coating apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to an anilox roll for a printing apparatus. The anilox roll comprises a cylinder having a surface. The surface comprises a fluid distribution structure for receiving, distributing and transferring a fluid such as an ink. The fluid distribution structure comprises a channel formed in the surface having channel walls. This channel is arranged for distributing the fluid over the fluid distribution structure. The channel comprises channel parts, wherein the courses of connected channel parts are at an angle with respect to each other for preventing a linear distribution of the fluids to be received in a course direction of the channel, allowing a meandering distribution of the fluid to be received in the channel. Side walls of the channel are arranged for allowing a meandering flow of the fluid throughout the fluid distribution surface.

Abstract: An ink metering device for a printing press, providing improved handling of an ink fountain foil and reduced set-up times, includes an ink fountain for ink, an ink fountain roller rotating about an axis and dipping into the ink fountain, a plurality of zonal metering elements having blade edges at an adjustable distance from a circumferential surface of the roller, and at least one foil between the blade edges and the circumferential surface. The foil is fixed to the ink fountain and angled on one end along a straight line parallel to the axis. The ink fountain is to be thrown on and thrown off the roller between an operating position and a foil exchange position. The foil has a bend or curve so that when the ink fountain is thrown on, a foil end facing the roller is located substantially tangential with the circumferential surface before reaching an operating position.

Abstract: A transport table, comprising a transport web; an unwinding roller for unwinding the transport web therefrom; a first return element; a second return element; a winding roller for winding thereon the unwound transport web; a first frame with which the first and the second return element are connected; and a second frame with which the unwinding roller and the winding roller are rotatably connected, wherein the unwinding roller, the winding roller and the return elements together are designed for stretching the transport web such that between the first and the second return element a surface of the transport web is available as transport surface, and wherein the second frame is movable along a path substantially parallel to said transport surface with respect to the first frame. The invention also discloses a method for the use of the transport table.

Abstract: An apparatus for the vertical adjustment of combined front/top lays in a sheet processing machine includes a front/top lay carrier shaft carrying the front/top lays jointly in such a way that it can be pivoted with respect to a front/top lay drive shaft, or thrust joints disposed in carriers or coupling links for the front/top lays in such a way that they effect a lengthening of the carriers or coupling links in order to adjust the front/top lays. A sheet-fed rotary printing press having the apparatus, is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a printing apparatus and a printing method capable of washing a printing plate with a high degree of cleanliness. The present invention is a printing apparatus and a printing method, wherein: the printing apparatus comprises a print roll, a coater that is placed below the print roll and forms ink on the print roll, a first base placed above the print roll, a first stage placed on the bottom face of the first base, a first printing plate placed on the bottom face of the first stage, a print object to which the ink formed on the print roll is transcribed, a first stage placed on the top or bottom face of the print object, and a washer for washing the first printing plate; the washer has a washing device; and a spray nozzle of the washing device is directed to the side where the first base exists.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an image alignment adjusting apparatus includes: an endless traveling belt; a pattern sensor configured to detect an adjustment pattern including plural colors imaged on the traveling belt; and a correcting unit configured to use, in initial adjustment, for image alignment adjustment, an initial adjustment value obtained by detecting a plurality of sets of the adjustment patterns imaged over the entire circumference of the traveling belt and use, in intermediate adjustment, for the image alignment adjustment an intermediate adjustment value obtained by correcting the initial adjustment value using an intermediate detection value obtained by detecting one set of the adjustment pattern imaged on the traveling belt.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming conductive patterns. In the method, a substrate is provided, and a pattern is formed on the substrate using a conductive pattern-forming composition and a printing method. The substrate with the pattern formed is positioned between two microwave-permeable panels and the pattern is fired using microwave. According to the method for forming conductive patterns, the substrate is fixed by the microwave-permeable material during the firing of conductive patterns, and accordingly the deformation of substrate can be prevented and the firing process can be facilitated.

Abstract: Described herein is an optical fuze for a guided missile that comprises an array of a large number of optical apertures distributed about the outer surface of the missile. An optical waveguide network selectively couples the array of apertures to a laser source and to a photodetector such that light from the laser source is emitted by selected ones of said apertures, and light returned from a target is received by selected ones of said apertures and directed by said optical waveguide network to said photodetector. These apertures might be arranged to form a composite target images in a particular direction, and/or may be arranged to perform a sensing operation along selected directions. The optical proximity fuze described herein provides inherent flexibility in the way the fuze can be configured in the missile for optimisation for different applications.

Abstract: A shotshell comprising an elongate casing defining an internal chamber, a propellant located within said casing, and a shot load within the casing, the shot load comprising a plurality of disc-shaped projectiles, arranged in the casing so that the plane of each of the disc-shaped projectiles is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the casing, and a plurality of generally spherical projectiles disposed in the casing behind the generally disc-shaped projectiles.

Abstract: A ski-lift seat return device having a supporting structure; a reel mounted to rotate about an axis with respect to the supporting structure; a cable wound about the reel; a spring mechanism for opposing unwinding of the cable, and for rewinding the cable unwound off the reel; and a contactless magnetic brake connected to the reel and the supporting structure to adjust the brake torque as a function of the rotation speed of the reel; and wherein the magnetic brake has a first wall integral with and preferably defining part of the supporting structure; and a second wall connected movably to the reel and moved towards the first wall by the rotation speed of the reel; the first and second wall being coupled magnetically to each other.

Abstract: The invention relates to devices for moving the buffers of articulated cars of railway vehicles travelling on a curve. The devices are disposed between two adjoining cars (6, 6?) articulated by a transversely centred coupling or linkage (12), said cars (6, 6?) including a front-end projecting element (9) which is joined to the coupling or linkage (12) extending from the rear end of the next car. In all embodiments of the invention, as the buffers (3) move sideways under the action of skids (2) or other means towards the centre of the curve at the part of the device closest to the wheels (7) on the inner part of the curve, the sideways movement of the car into the curve is limited as the buffers (3) come into contact with the corresponding surface of the wheel set, obstructing the sideways movement of the car.

Abstract: A rail road freight car truck has a truck bolster and a pair of side frames, the truck bolster being mounted transversely relative to the side frames. The mounting interface between the ends of the axles and the sideframe pedestals allows lateral rocking motion of the sideframes in the manner of a swing motion truck. The lateral swinging motion is combined with a longitudinal self steering capability. The self steering capability may be obtained by use of a longitudinally oriented rocker that may tend to permit resistance to self steering that is proportional to the weight carried across the interface. The trucks may have auxiliary centering elements mounted in the pedestal seats, and those auxiliary centering elements may be made of resilient elastomeric material. The truck may also have friction dampers that have a disinclination to stick-slip behavior. The friction dampers may be provided with brake linings, or similar features, on the face engaging the sideframe columns, on the slope face, or both.

Abstract: An automated trackside railed car discharge gate operating system is disclosed which can automatically unload a string of cars “on the fly” and without the need for a separate indexing system. The system includes a pair of carriage-mounted tool systems for opening/closing capstan-operated railcar gates disposed to travel along a carriage track and including visual devices that acquire and track capstans and coordinate tool orientation and operation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a control system for controlling the movement of passenger access doors in railway vehicles and method for operating them based on said system, the object of which is to reduce the number of incidents occurring in said doors and it basically comprises power control means of the motor (5) operating the doors in charge of regulating the voltage, reversing the polarity or rotation of and applying a brake to said motor (5) and state and position control means of said doors which perform a triple-check of the state and position of said doors.

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

Abstract: A deicing composition is provided. The composition includes a potassium or sodium salt of a carboxylic acid and a lithium salt of a carboxylic acid or lithium nitrate, wherein the molar ratio of lithium to potassium or lithium to sodium is from 10 percent to 80 percent.

Abstract: A novel chemical genus of furan-2-one antifouling compound as non-toxic, environment friendly antifouling agent, a coating material for objects submerged under the water based on the furan-2-one compounds. The substituted furan-2-one antifouling compounds have a furan-2-one ring and an alkyl side chain thereto and are of the formula: where n=6-14, representing the number of carbon atoms in said side chain.

Abstract: A process for the production of titanium-IV-phosphate includes introducing a titanium-oxygen compound into aqueous phosphoric acid and treating the resulting suspension in a temperature range of more than 50° C. to 150° C. until complete dissolution of the titanium-oxygen compound.

Abstract: There are disclosed a porous composite comprising silicon-substituted hydroxyapatite and ?-tricalcium phosphate (?-TCP), and a method for preparing the same. The porous composite is prepared by subjecting natural coral to hydrothermal and solvothermal reactions to prepare silicon-substituted hydroxyapatite (Si—HA) and subjecting the Si—HA to a heat treatment process. Thereafter, Si—HA and ?-TCP may be mixed in the porous composite. As a result, the porous composite is excellent in biocompatibility and biodegradability. Also, the porous composite functions to maintain the microstructure of coral and is similar to natural bone in terms of composition and shape. Accordingly, the porous composite may be effectively used as a bone tissue repairing material and a bone graft material that can substitute for human hard tissue.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for production of polyhydroxyfunctional polysiloxanes with branched polyglycidol polyether groups, in which firstly at least one allylic or methallylic starting material is reacted with at least one glycidol, such that an allyl polyether or methallyl polyether is formed, and then the allyl polyether or methallyl polyether thus produced is added to a Si—H functional alkyl polysiloxane in the presence of an acid buffering agent. The invention further relates to polysiloxanes, which may be obtained by said method and the use of the polysiloxanes in coating agents, polymeric coating masses and thermoplastics.

Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride thin film having a high level of water vapor and oxygen barrier property and a high strength with a higher efficiency by a solution process which is advantageous in productivity. Also disclosed is a thin film that is obtained by the process and is useful, for example, as a protective film for electric elements such as organic EL elements. A solution containing a smectite group silicate layered compound and a silazane compound is coated onto a surface of a substrate by a liquid phase process to form a film. The thin film thus obtained is exposed to ultraviolet light under an oxygen atmosphere to produce a silicon oxide thin film or a silicon oxynitride compound thin film containing the smectite group silicate layered compound. The smectite group silicate compound is a material represented by the following general formula. A1/3BmSi4O10.

Abstract: The invention relates generally to a cement or gypsum composition having improved properties, which is prepared by incorporating an enzyme into a cement material such as a cement, mortar, or concrete, or into a gypsum product. The invention also relates to methods of manufacturing improved cement compositions and gypsum products, methods of improving the compressive strength of cement compositions and gypsum products, and methods of reducing the cost of such compositions by enabling the use of less expensive aggregates in the manufacturing process. More specifically, the invention relates to a cement composition or a gypsum composition, optionally including at least one aggregate and optionally including at least one pozzolan, comprising a cement material or gypsum optionally including aggregate(s) and pozzolan(s) having blended therein an enzyme.

Abstract: A method of treating marine or river dredging sediments, especially harbour zone sediments, whose free water content is between 40% and 80% by weight, for the purpose of obtaining a solid material which is easy to handle, includes the following successive steps: mixing the sediments with a treatment composition including a sulphoaluminate binder and at least one other component selected from a sulphate source and a catalyst of the hydration reactions of the sulphoaluminate binder; a step of setting of the mixture, leading to a compact mixture having a free water content of less than 20% by weight; then fractionating the compact mixture. The sediment thus treated may be incorporated into concrete or mortar formulas, which then have leachable fractions of less than 1% by weight.

Abstract: A portable and environmentally-friendly lap tray to support items for a seated individual includes a storage surface surrounded by retaining walls. The lap tray includes hinged support wings on the bottom surface to extend between a user's legs. The wings are set apart from one another in an ergonomically preferable position to allow any person to comfortably use the lap tray when seated. Alternatively, the lap tray may be used as a stand. The lap tray may be personalized or customized for particular events with various indicia and add-ons.

Abstract: To provide a burner structure in which a burner is capable of highly precisely controlling the flow rate of the air for combustion within itself. An air flow passage (11) in a wind box (12) for injecting the air for combustion into a furnace (1) has a bent portion (13) just before joining with the furnace, and one or a plurality of guide vanes (14) are provided in the air flow passage (11) in the bent portion (13), and also in the bent portion (13), a drift control damper (16) is provided for varying the ratio of flow passage resistances of each of the air flow passages (11) divided by the guide vanes (14).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an exhaust gas treatment method and system of a cement burning facility which can be configured by general-purpose apparatuses, and which is capable of improving the handling property of collected fine powder dust and thereby realizing a stable operation without the need of maintenance. To this end, according to the present invention, the chlorine concentration of the collected fine powder dust is set in a range of 5 to 20% in such a manner that when a part of exhaust gas is extracted as extracted gas from a lowermost part of a preheater 3, or a kiln inlet part 2 of a cement kiln 1, a cement raw material is dispersed and the temperature of the extracted gas is held in a range of 950° C. to 1150° C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a combustion chamber comprising an enclosure (1) having at least one fuel injection means (2), at least one oxidizer injection means (3) and at least one combustion fumes withdrawal means (5), wherein enclosure (1) has the shape of a bent closed tube of any section, and the fuel (2) and oxidizer (3) injection means are arranged on enclosure (1) so as to be offset by an angle ? formed by each of the oxidizer and fuel injection positions with respect to centre (C) of the enclosure, ranging between 10° and 90°, and wherein the oxidizer injection means is a means of injecting an oxidant that is a gas with an oxygen concentration above 90%.

Abstract: A single arm row cleaner unit mountable to a grain drill opener arm includes a row cleaner arm and a mounting saddle. The mounting saddle is generally configured for attachment to a main arm of a furrow forming assembly. A row cleaner arm may be pivotally attached to the mounting saddle about a mandrel, and a row cleaner wheel may be pivotally mounted to the row cleaner arm. A biasing member may be positioned adjacent the mandrel to engage the row cleaner arm and a biasing member retainer, which may be affixed to the mounting saddle. A deflector may be positioned adjacent the row cleaner wheel and biased there against. A connector and lever arm may be used to communicate forces from a closing wheel arm to the row cleaner wheel for adequate clearance of the row cleaner wheel during transport of the grain drill.

Abstract: A seed meter is provided having an endless belt as a seed transport member together with a pressure differential to hold the seed onto the belt. The use of an endless belt as the seed transport member enables the spatial orientation of the seed transport member to vary from location to location along the path of the belt where different seed meter functions are performed. The belt allows greater freedom in determining the location of the seed pick-up region and the seed release or removal region beyond the constraints of a fixed diameter seed disk. The belt further allows for a narrow envelope seed meter which can cross-feed seed into a substantially vertically oriented delivery device.

Abstract: A multi-needle sewing machine is disclosed that includes a needle-bar case that supports needle bars; a needle-bar case transfer mechanism that transfers the needle-bar case to place a predetermined needle bar to a needle drop position; a thread guide member that is movable up and down, the thread guide member being provided with thread guide sections spaced by a predetermined distance and that guide a plurality of threads; a plurality of thread inlets that are provided at the needle-bar case, each thread inlet being uniquely associated with one of the thread guide sections and that introduces the threads guided by the thread guide sections toward the needle bars; and a lifting/lowering mechanism that moves the thread guide member up and down during transfer of the needle-bar ease and the thread inlets such that the thread guide sections and the associated thread inlets maintain a constant distance therebetween.

Abstract: A sewing machine (1) having selection device for selecting one or more adjustable parameters to be respectively selected and a common adjustment device for adjusting the values of each of these parameters. The adjustable parameter values are displayed by a display, with the display being arranged behind an opaque cover and being invisible in the switched-off state.

Abstract: A watercraft that uses a hybrid hull that has two asymmetrical front hull sections that gradually transition rearward and form two symmetrical rear hull sections separated by a tunnel. The two front hull sections are longitudinally aligned on opposite sides of the hull's center axis and form a front pickle. Each front hull section includes a flat, vertically aligned inboard surface that intersects with a conical shaped span deck that extends along the bottom of the hull and terminates at a transversely aligned front landing door or front transom. The lower edge of each front hull section gradually curves rearward and downward forming a shape keel. The two rear hull sections are v-shaped longitudinally aligned with the two front hull sections with a narrow tunnel formed between them that communicates with the span deck. Formed on each rear hull section is a delta surface with a skeg attached thereto.

Abstract: A knock down flag pole assembly is provided including a base, a ferrule, and an elongate post. The base may include a coupling with a pocket having a coupling member or portion configured to removably couple to the ferrule. The coupling secures the ferrule to the base, but also permits the flag pole to be knocked out from the base.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for using a single radial TWS product for a variety of applications is disclosed. Radial TWS products are used for intersections and the like. Often, different applications require radial TWS products of varying dimensions. The present invention includes a radial TWS product, having domes on its upper surface, which are ADAAG compliant. Markings are placed on the bottom surface, which indicate the appropriate places where the TWS product can be cut to achieve a variety of effective radii. These markings are positioned such that, after being cut, the resulting radial TWS product continues to meet the ADAAG required center-to-center spacing between domes of adjacent cut TWS products. In some embodiments, anchor members are used in conjunction with the TWS product to allow simple replacement.

Abstract: A humanoid traffic control robot is provided, which is installed on all or some of the lanes of a road where maintenance work, subway construction, or an unexpected situation such as a traffic accident takes place and allows arm parts of a robot body thereof to freely implement desired arm operations and thus to more easily perform a variety of traffic control signal services.