Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for influencing the cut and functional face, especially the reduction, during fine blanking of a finished part, for example, a gear, cut out of a metal strip, wherein the metal strip is clamped during closure between an upper part at least comprising a cutting punch and guide plate for the cutting punch and a lower part at least comprising a die plate and ejector and in a first working stage a blank with reduction is cut out of the metal strip. The invention has the task of providing a method and a device for purposefully influencing the cut and functional face, especially the reduction, during the production of finished parts, like gears, making it possible to purposefully influence or totally eliminate the edge reduction, while simultaneously maintaining the functional surfaces and saving material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a support roll for a rolling mill, such as a plate rolling mill, flat rolling mill, or similar, comprising a jacket and a roll shaft which is embodied in several parts. The invention also relates to a method for producing a support roll.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a vibration isolator (10), wherein in a sealing step in which a liquid mixture is sealed inside the interior of a first mounting component (11) in a vibration isolator main body (21), after the internal pressure inside the first mounting component (11) has been changed to a negative pressure which is equal to or greater than the vapor pressure of a first liquid (L1) which has the lower vapor pressure from among the first liquid (L1) and a second liquid (L2), the first liquid (L1) is injected into the interior of the first mounting component (11) so as to raise the internal pressure thereof, and, thereafter, the second liquid (L2) is injected into the interior of the first mounting component (11).

Abstract: A shaving assembly having plural independent flexibly mounted cartridges. The assembly comprises a cartridge support including two flexible cross members at opposing ends of a bridge member each at one of a pair of attachment points. The cross member is flexible into either a convex or a concave orientation about the respective attached point. The assembly further comprises a plurality of cartridges each including a carrier and at least one blade, each cartridge independently coupled to the cross members in a parallel relation to each other cartridge to the cross members.

Abstract: A scrubbing razor includes an upper handle, a plurality of outer safety ribs or feet integrally joined to the lower end of the upper handle, and a cutting blade mounted to the lower end of the upper handle. Each of the outer safety ribs or feet has a radially outer end, and a lower flat side lying in a common plane, and each radially outer end extends radially outwardly from the lower end of the upper handle to a rib or feet outer diameter. The cutting blade is flat, includes a radially outer rounded cutting edge, and extends parallel to the common plane of the plurality of outer safety ribs or feet.

Abstract: A cable stripping tool including a tool body and an operating module that is selectively: a) placed in an operative position upon the tool body; and b) separated as a unit from the tool body. The operating module has a stop with a surface and at least one cutting blade. The operating module is reconfigurable between: a) a first state wherein a cable can be placed in a cutting position with an end of the cable bearing upon the stop surface; and b) a second state wherein the at least one cutting blade penetrates a cable in the cutting position to a predetermined depth. The tool body is reconfigurable to change the operating module in the operative position between the first and second states.

Abstract: A cutting and sharpening device includes a body, a blade element having a cutting edge and rotatably mounted with respect to the body, and a sharpening tool configured to be removably coupled to the body. The sharpening tool can be selectively moved between a first position in which the sharpening tool is spaced from the blade element and a second position in which the sharpening tool contacts the blade element adjacent the cutting edge. The device can be used as a rolling cutter or slicer, and as a sharpening device that sharpens the blade element when the sharpening tool is coupled to the body. The sharpening tool can sharpen the cutting edge when it is in the second position and the blade element is rotated or rolled, directly or indirectly, on a surface.

Abstract: Hand pruning tools include a force-multiplying mechanism and protected return spring. A proximal handle is coupled to a jaw, and a blade component is pivotably coupled to the jaw through a blade pivot. A distal handle is pivotably coupled to the proximal handle through a handle pivot spaced apart from the blade pivot. The distal handle has a longitudinal cavity with a slot pin. The blade component has one end with a blade that engages with the jaw, and an opposing end with an elongated slot that engages with the slot pin. A return spring disposed in the cavity pulls on the opposing end of the blade component, thereby facilitating a closed configuration wherein the slot pin is in the slot toward the blade pivot and the blade is adjacent the jaw, and an open configuration wherein the slot pin is in the slot away from the blade pivot and the blade is spaced apart from the jaw.

Abstract: A handheld food slicer including a first handle having a plurality of elongated fingers, each finger separated from an adjacent finger by a blade receiving slot, a second handle movably coupled to the first handle and a plurality of blade members spaced to align with the blade receiving slots to mate with the fingers to collectively define a food receiving passageway when the first and the second handles are in an expanded configuration in which a distal end of the first handle is at least partially spaced apart from a distal end of the second handle, the fingers of the first handle configured to pass through the food receiving passageway adjacent the blade members as the first and the second handles move from the expanded configuration towards a compressed configuration in which the distal end of each of the first and the second handles is relatively closer to the other.

Abstract: A spoon 2 including a bowl 22 having a top end 8, first and second curved longitudinal sides 12, 10, a flat bottom end 14 formed integrally with the bowl 22, and a handle 6 attached to the top end 8 of the bowl 22. The bowl 22 merges with the flat bottom end 14 and provides a receptacle for material directed thereinto by the flat bottom 14. In addition, the profile of the interface 18 between the first longitudinal side 12 and the bottom end 14 is curved and the profile of the interface 20 between the second longitudinal side 10 and the bottom end 14 is squared.

Abstract: A hollow handle flatware includes a main body extending between a service end and a handle end. The main body includes a service portion at the service end and a handle portion at the handle end. The hollow handle flatware also includes a handle part, which is formed separately from the main body and permanently fixed to the handle portion of the main body to form a hollow handle. The handle part and the handle portion of the main body enclose a hollow chamber. Also disclosed is a method of making a hollow handle flatware by separately forming a main body and a handle part and joining the main body and the handle part as a unitary hollow handle flatware.

Abstract: A guide bar (1) for the saw chain (2) of a motor-driven chain saw includes a longitudinal bar base body (3) of solid material having a reversal section (5) and a mounting section (8). A weight recess (11) is formed in a flat side (13) of the bar base body (3). The weight recess (11) extends essentially along the bar base body (3) and is closed by a cover plate (12). A light-weight, torsion-resistant guide bar is produced in that a longitudinal rib (14, 15) supporting the cover plate (12) is arranged in the weight recess (11) and extends in the longitudinal direction (19) of the guide bar (1).

Abstract: A three-dimensional inclination angle calculation circuit is provided. The three-dimensional inclination angle calculation circuit includes: X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis vibration sensors which change X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis electrostatic capacitances according to three-dimensional positions of a measured plane with respect to a reference plane, respectively; X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis position value acquisition units which acquire X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis position values corresponding to the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis electrostatic capacitances, respectively; and an inclination angle calculation unit which calculates an inclination angle of the measured plane with respect to the reference plane based on the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis position values. Accordingly, it is possible to very easily calculate an inclination angle according to a three-dimensional position of a to-be-measured apparatus by using an existing vibration sensor.

Abstract: A ruler tool is provided comprising a main guide frame 2 having guide portions 2a and 2b, a first guide frame 3 having a guide portion 3a to guide a tool in cooperation with the guide portion, a second guide portion frame 4 having a guide portion 4a to guide a tool in cooperation with the guide portion 2a, and a pair of fences each securing each of the guide frames with a predetermined interval being set among the guide frames so as to hold the tools, in a sandwiched manner, and being mounted in a manner to face each other so as to be apart by a distance more than a range of working by the tools and having an abutment surface to support a member to be worked at a predetermined angle inside one of the fences and positioning grooves 5a and 6a.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling or programming a measurement path for a probe mounted on a coordinate positioning apparatus (e.g. an articulating probe head mounted on a CMM) which enables both the position of the probe tip and the orientation of the probe to be varied. In a first mode, the position of the probe tip is adjusted. In a second mode the orientation of the probe is adjusted, whilst keeping the location of the probe tip unchanged. This may be achieved either online on the coordinate positioning apparatus or offline in software.

Abstract: A coordinate measurement device comprises an articulated arm having a first end, a second end, and a plurality of jointed arm segments therebetween. Each arm segment defines at least one axis of rotation. A laser scanner assembly is coupled to the second end of the arm and is rotatable about a last axis of rotation of the articulated arm. The laser scanner assembly comprises a laser and an image sensor. The laser is positioned on an opposite side of the last axis of rotation from the image sensor.

Abstract: A coordinate measuring machine includes: a probe for measuring an object; a movement mechanism for moving the probe; and a motion controller for controlling the movement mechanism. The motion controller includes: a current value detecting unit that detects a current value for moving the probe by the movement mechanism; and a load judging unit that judges a status of a load applied on the movement mechanism based on the current value detected by the current value detecting unit and a threshold that is set in accordance with a target speed for moving the probe by the movement mechanism. The target speed is in proportion to the threshold.

Abstract: A measurement apparatus (10) for the absolute value determination of lengths or of angles, said apparatus having at least one reading head (14) and a physical scale (12) is provided, which has at least a partial section (18) with a connection (28) for another partial section (18) in a sequential arrangement. In this respect the partial section (18) includes a control unit (30) for the active determination of the position of the reading head (14) proximal to the partial section (18) as well as a storage element (32) in which an own position information of the partial section (18) within the physical scale (12) can be stored.

Abstract: A fish measuring device preferably substantially contains or surrounds a fish, and thus calms the fish, and provides a relatively quick measurement of the fish's length. An elongate tube preferably contains a capped end with a visual inspection portion proximate the capped end. A cut out distal from the capped end preferably includes a primary length indicator. When a fish is measured, the user places the fish in the tube, preferably under water, with the tube partially filled with water, or with the tube previously wetted. The user visually confirms the nose of the fish touches the capped end and reaches through the cut out distal from the capped end to squeeze the tail fins of the fish together. The user compares the position of the squeezed tail fins against the primary length indicator, preferably to determine whether the fish is shorter than, or at least meets, a legal length limit.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a freeze-drying apparatus and a freeze-drying method, which are capable of increasing a drying efficiency of frozen particles. [Solving Means] The freeze-drying apparatus 100 includes a freezing chamber 10 into which a raw material fluid F is injected. During the injection of the raw material fluid F, after the injection of the raw material fluid F, or for a time period covering the start to the termination of the injection of the raw material fluid F, a shelf 16 is vibrated in a horizontal direction due to an actuation of vibration generators 31. With this, the frozen particles deposited on the shelf 16 are evenly diffused on the shelf 16 in such a manner that a deposition thickness thereof becomes smaller or a single layer thereof is formed. With this, a freezing efficiency and the drying efficiency of individual particles are promoted.

Abstract: In a process and a mechanism (10) for drying and pre-condensing impregnates (14), which are made of foil-type web material impregnated with synthetic resin, impregnate (14) is irradiated with microwaves. In that way, impregnates (14) can be obtained, which, although the impregnating resin is free of melamine, is appropriate for pressing with a base body made of wood material.

Abstract: A footwear component and a method of making the footwear component are disclosed. The footwear component includes a first portion and a second portion that are joined at a transition zone. The first portion and the second portion have different flexibility characteristics. The footwear component can bend at the transition zone to accommodate the natural bending of a foot.

Abstract: An insole is configured to underlie the rear portion (i.e. the area behind the toes) of the foot of a wearer and includes a para-aramid insert in the arch. The insole improves cushioning and support. The insole includes a shock absorber layer, a heel insert, a woven para-aramid polymer fiber insert, and a fabric cover. The shock absorber layer has a cutout formed in a section configured to underlie an arch of a foot of a wearer. The heel insert is disposed beneath the shock absorber layer. The woven para-aramid polymer fiber insert is inserted in the cutout. The fabric cover overlies the airfoam layer.

Abstract: A footwear item (1) for tilting a wearer's foot to address bio-mechanical problems. The item comprises a foot receiving component (2) for receiving all or part of a wearer's foot. The item also comprises first and second wedge components (4,5), each having first and second respectively inclined surfaces (4a, 4b, 5a, 5b), the first surface (4a) of the first wedge component being mountable against a lower surface of the foot receiving component, and the first surface (5a) of the second wedge component being mountable against the second surface (5b) of the first wedge component. The mounted position of the second wedge component on the first wedge component is rotationally adjustable about an axis perpendicular to the second surface of the first wedge component, for altering the angle of inclination of the second surface (5b) of the second wedge component with respect to the first surface (4a) of the first wedge component, to thereby apply an adjustable tilt to the foot receiving component.

Abstract: The present invention refers to sports footwear having a custom fitting device comprising a plurality of expandable bladders arranged within the footwear at a respective plurality of regions of the wearer's foot; an actuation unit can be associated to the footwear in fluid communication with the bladders by means of suitable connection means to actuate the selective expansion of the bladders; the bladders and the connection means are integrally formed on a support element made in one piece at least partly wrapping the wearer's foot and fastened to the footwear.

Abstract: An article of footwear may have an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure includes a chamber and at least one illuminable element. The chamber is formed from an at least partially transparent polymer material that encloses a fluid, and a portion of an exterior surface of the chamber is exposed to form a portion of an exterior surface of the footwear. The illuminable element is located within the sole structure and adjacent to the exterior surface the chamber. Light from the illuminable element may pass out of the sole structure by passing through the chamber, thereby imparting the configuration of an illuminable fluid-filled chamber.

Abstract: Traction enhancing devices for footwear assemblies are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a footwear assembly includes a footwear product with an outsole that has one or more embedded traction enhancing devices. Each traction enhancing device can be a stud that is at least partially embedded in the carrier portion of the outsole and that partially projects from the carrier portion. Each stud can be configured to reduce or eliminate relative movement between the stud and the carrier portion to prevent the stud from loosening or falling out. For example, each stud can include a shaft having an engaging surface, such as a threaded, ribbed, or textured surface, that engages the carrier portion. Each stud can also include a portion having an enlarged surface area, such as an anchor or head, embedded in the carrier portion to improve retention of the stud in the carrier portion.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to reinforcement devices and methods to prevent or substantially prevent a thigh high boot from slouching. In one embodiment, the reinforcement device is comprised of an elongate stiffener sandwiched between an elongate sheet material and an adhesive film. According to one method, the reinforcement device may be placed on the inside surface of a thigh high boot so that that the boot stays rigid during wear.

Abstract: An article of footwear including an outsole having a plurality of first traction members extending from the outsole and defining a plurality of openings. A plurality of second traction members extend through the openings in the outsole and are configured to move between an extended position, where the second traction members are fully extended in the openings, and a retracted position, where the second traction members are at least partially retracted within the openings. A compressible member is positioned adjacent to the plurality of second traction members and is configured to compress when the second traction members move to the retracted position.

Abstract: Footwear systems, particularly sandals, wherein footwear portions for each foot when placed together are disguised and do not initially appear to be footwear. Such footwear may be utilized to encourage adjoining footwear storage by children and may also be used as toys when not utilized as footwear. The articles of footwear may resemble a tree, a palm tree, a light bulb, fish, an umbrella, a chess piece/chess pieces, a vehicle, a cloud, a cactus, a piece of fruit, a volleyball, a basketball, a baseball, a softball, a tennis ball, a golf ball, etc. Other designs include a lightning bolt, a star, a sea horse herds, a spoon and fork, flowers, a ladybug, birds, etc.

Abstract: An article of footwear may include an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The upper includes at least one illuminable strand located to be visible from an exterior of the article of footwear. In some configurations, the upper includes a power source at least partially embedded within the upper and electrically-coupled to the illuminable strand. In another configuration, the upper includes a foundation layer and a cover layer that are secured to each other, and the illuminable strand is located between the foundation layer and the cover layer.

Abstract: An article of footwear may have an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The upper includes an illuminable panel and a plurality of strands positioned to extend adjacent and parallel to the illuminable panel. The illuminable panel has a surface with a covered area and an exposed area. The covered area includes a substantially opaque covering, and the exposed area is at least partially visible from the exterior of the footwear. The strands are located to correspond with the exposed area of the illuminable panel. Light from the exposed area of the illuminable panel may enhance, highlight, or otherwise increase the visibility of the strands or areas of the upper that include the strands.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a footwear construction and method of constructing footwear that may include an outsole having a sidewall that defines a perimeter of the outsole. The footwear construction may also include an upper coupled to the sidewall around the perimeter of the outsole, wherein the sidewall overlaps the upper by less than the critical distance for at least 60% of the perimeter of the outsole.

Abstract: A snow plow for attachment to a vehicle, the snow plow including a mounting apparatus having a mounting frame, the mounting frame including at least one mounting upright. The snow plow further including a plow blade having a retention apparatus constructed and arranged to slidlingly and disengageably secure the plow blade to the mounting upright(s) when the plow blade is in a working orientation. The mounting upright includes a limiting member that limits upward movement of the retention member when the plow blade is in a working orientation such that the retention member is secured on the mounting upright. The preferred snow plow may also include an attachment member located on the mounting apparatus, wherein the plow blade retention member may be removably secured within the attachment member when the plow blade is in a non-working orientation.

Abstract: Badge holding systems in which badge holders are integrated into everyday clothing. A pouch that comprises a translucent front portion and also has a retention element attached to the rear is described. In addition, a badge holder that comprises being embedded into a front pocket is described herein.

Abstract: A device (1) and a method for fixing commemorative inscriptions, such as, for example, words, photographs, patterns, symbols and the like, and/or cinerary urns, to be applied to headstones, front coverings of crypts and the like, include a surround (2) and an inner frame (3) which may be fixed to a headstone or a wall (4), the inner frame (3) cooperates with the surround (2) by connection device (5, 6, 15, 16). An indicator block (7) provided with commemorative inscriptions (8) is inserted and locked inside the surround (2), and the connection elements include hidden anchoring parts (5, 6) completely enclosed inside the surround (2).

Abstract: A sign with an interchangeable magnetic display. The sign comprising at least one panel, a display, a base, and a brace which limits relative motion between the panel and base. The panels form a ferromagnetic support surface which is attracted to a mounting surface of the display that is magnetic, the display thereby being easily attachable and detachable from the support surface. The base having a clamp used to attach the panels to business equipment, such as an exterior menu stand in a restaurant's traffic corridor, without damage to the stand.

Abstract: A cover, in particular for covering inscription fields, includes a cover element configured to be inserted into a base body. At least one hooking-in element on the cover element can be engaged with at least one cutout on the base body. At least one latching tab on the cover element can engage with at least one latching opening on the base body, thus making it possible to form a detachable latching connection between the cover element and the base body. The cover element and/or the base body can be at least partially elastically deformed in a direction running parallel to the surface in the area of the at least one hooking-in element and/or in the area of the at least one latching tab and/or in the area of the at least one cutout receiving the hooking-in element, so that the cover element and the base body can be locked to one another by latching in a sprung manner.

Abstract: A hand guard assembly for attachment to a firearm includes an anchor member and a sleeve. The anchor member is coupled to the firearm and defines an inner bore through which a barrel of the firearm extends when the anchor member is coupled to the firearm. The sleeve surrounds a portion of the barrel of the firearm in an overlying relationship. The sleeve is coupled to the anchor member at a first end so that when the assembly is attached to the firearm, the sleeve is cantilevered from the anchor member with an inner surface of the sleeve and an outer surface of the barrel being radially spaced apart from one another.

Abstract: An extendable butt stock includes a housing having a forward end, an open rearward end, an opening at the forward end and a buffer tube of a firearm received therethrough. A hinge plate pivotally attaches a butt plate to the rearward end of the housing, movable between an open position and a closed position. A spine reinforcing member having a rearward end and a forward end extends from the rearward end of the housing to proximate the forward end of the housing and cradles the buffer tube. The butt plate contacts the rearward end of the spine reinforcing member when the butt plate is in the closed position. An engagement mechanism is carried by the housing and releasably attaches the buffer tube to the spine reinforcing member.

Abstract: A modular system for mounting firearm accessories includes a first accessory mounting member attachable directly to the firearm accessory and a second firearm mounting member to which first accessory mounting member may be removably joined. The first and second mounting members are frictionally engaged with interlocking barb(s) and a retention pin. One or more of barbs project from the first mounting member, each having a substantially rounded tip and a tapered or gradually decreasing diameter shaft, and are received within a complementary shaped aperture on the second mounting member. A retention pin disposed within a transverse channel in the second mounting member, and having corresponding area(s) of reduced diameter along the shaft thereof, is removably secured against the barb(s) at a right angle thereto when the barbs are received within the second mounting member, frictionally securing the two members together.

Abstract: Modular shooting rests and associated assemblies are disclosed herein. One embodiment of the disclosure, for example, is directed to a shooting rest assembly for supporting a firearm. The shooting rest assembly can include a first base portion and a second base portion. The first base portion has an exterior surface, an inner surface, and a bottom surface defining a bottom surface plane. The first base portion also includes an inner volume defined, at least in part, by the inner surface and the bottom surface plane. The second base portion is engaged with the first base portion in a configuration selected from (a) a first shooting rest arrangement, and (b) a second shooting rest arrangement. In the first shooting rest arrangement, the second base portion is received at least approximately completely within the inner volume of the first base portion in a nested configuration.

Abstract: A gravity deploying bi-pod leg set is provided which automatically locks into position when fully deployed by a gravity slide lock.

Abstract: A collapsible luring dredge device is disclosed comprising a hub assembly having a plurality of separate hub sections each adapted to hold an extended spreader bar and together joined into a stacked unit assembled along a central axis with a pair of spring-loaded detents disposed therein on opposite sides of the central axis. Inner surfaces of the hub sections at each end of the hub assembly are formed with a plurality of concave cavities arranged in a circular pattern intended to engage the detents as the hub sections are rotated about the central axis. The hub assembly may thus be selectively rotated and upon the spring-loaded engagement of the detents, moved through a set of registered positions between a deployed configuration wherein the spreader bars are maintained in a substantially radial pattern for trolling use and a folded configuration wherein the bars are substantially aligned for storage.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method and device to produce esterified, olefinated/esterified, or thermochemolytic reacted bio-oils as fuels. The olefinated/esterified product may be utilized as a biocrude for input to a refinery, either alone or in combination with petroleum crude oils. The bio-oil esterification reaction is catalyzed by addition of alcohol and acid catalyst. The olefination/esterification reaction is catalyzed by addition of resin acid or other heterogeneous catalyst to catalyze olefins added to previously etherified bio-oil; the olefins and alcohol may also be simultaneously combined and catalyzed by addition of resin acid or other heterogeneous catalyst to produce the olefinated/esterified product.

Abstract: Methods for selective extraction and fractionation of algal lipids and algal products are disclosed. A method of selective removal of products from an algal biomass provides for single and multistep extraction processes which enable efficient separation of algal components. Among these components are neutral lipids synthesized by algae, which are extracted by the methods disclosed herein for the production of renewable fuels.

Abstract: In the processes for treating municipal sewage and storm water containing biosolids to discharge standards, biosolids, even after dewatering, contain typically about 80% water bound in the dead cells of the biosolids, which gives biosolids a negative heating value. It can be incinerated only at the expense of purchased fuel. Biosolids are heated to a temperature at which their cell structure is destroyed and, preferably, at which carbon dioxide is split off to lower the oxygen content of the biosolids. The resulting char is not hydrophilic, and it can be efficiently dewatered and/or dried and is a viable renewable fuel. This renewable fuel can be supplemented by also charging conventional biomass (yard and crop waste, etc.) in the same or in parallel facilities. Similarly, non-renewable hydrophilic fuels can be so processed in conjunction with the processing of biosolids to further augment the energy supply.

Abstract: A method for producing biofuels is provided. A method of making biofuels includes dewatering substantially intact algal cells to make an algal biomass, sequentially adding solvent sets to the algal biomass, and sequentially separating solid biomass fractions from liquid fractions to arrive at a liquid fraction comprising neutral lipids. The method also includes esterifying the neutral lipids, separating a water miscible fraction comprising glycerin from a water immiscible fraction comprising fuel esters, carotenoids, and omega-3 fatty acids. The method also includes obtaining a C16 or shorter fuel esters fraction, a C16 or longer fuel ester fraction, and a residue comprising carotenoids and omega-3 fatty acids. The method includes hydrogenating and deoxygenating at least one of (i) the C16 or shorter fuel esters to obtain a jet fuel blend stock and (ii) the C16 or longer fuel esters to obtain a diesel blend stock.

Abstract: The present invention describes a fuel oil composition comprising at least one biodiesel oil and at least one additive for improving the filterability.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods (processes) and systems for processing triglyceride-containing, biologically-derived oils to provide for base oils and transportation fuels, wherein partial oligomerization of fatty acids contained therein provide for an oligomerized mixture from which the base oils and transportation fuels can be extracted. Such methods and systems can involve an initial hydrotreating step or a direct isomerization of the oligomerized mixture.