Abstract: A beverage apparatus has a portable liquid container having a ledge detail within a top open end; a removable infuser with an annular support flange; and a gasket about the infuser below the annular support flange, where in use the gasket forms a seal with the container ledge detail and the infuser body, and further spaces the infuser annular support flange from the container ledge detail to define a liquid access gap. At least one vertical channel is defined through the gasket to communicate liquid through the gasket between the liquid container and the liquid access gap. A support base has an opening to receive and hold a bottom end of the portable liquid container and a heating element to heat liquid within the portable container when the container bottom end is inserted within the opening.

Abstract: Smokeless barbecue (1) comprising a grill (2), adapted for receiving the food to be cooked thereon, and at least one radiating element (5) placed underneath the grill (2); the radiating element (5) is arranged so as to radiate the heat mainly in a direction substantially parallel to the grill (2). The barbecue (1) further comprises at least a reflecting surface (10, 10a, 10b) facing the radiating element (5) and arranged so as to reflect towards the grill (2) the radiating heat coming from the radiating element (5), and a cover device (14) placed between the grill (2) and the radiating element (5) to shield the radiating element (5) from substances falling from the grill (2).

Abstract: Cooking devices capable of functioning as a smoker, grill and barbequing unit are provided. A device according to the disclosure includes a first chamber and a second chamber, the second chamber including a food cooking surface disposed substantially at its top portion. The first chamber serves as a source of heat in one embodiment, which may be either heat from a gas burner or heat provided by the burning of carbonaceous materials. In another embodiment the first chamber serves as a duct through which heat and/or smoke is conveyed from combustion of wood and/or charcoal an external fire box that is in fluid communication with the first chamber acting as a duct. By providing adjustable vents about a device according to the disclosure, precise control of heating and high efficiencies are attainable.

Abstract: A juicer and measurer includes a lower container having a circumference that is preferably small enough to be grasped and held by a single hand. An upper rim region supports a reamer atop a funnel that flares outwardly to collect juice and funnel it into the container. In an exemplary version, the flared upper rim includes at least one region that is configured to serve as a spout so that the juice can be poured from the container more readily.

Abstract: A strapping machine applies a strap diagonally across a load. The machine draws a drape of strap material at a lower edge on the front of the load to an upper edge on a rear of the load, tensions the strap material and seals abutting courses of the material to one another around the load and forms a subsequent drape of strapping material. A carriage is movable longitudinally relative to the load. Opposing reciprocating sealing heads are mounted to the carriage and move toward and away from one another. The heads are movable vertically between a position above the upper edge of the load and a position at about the upper edge of the load. A strap supply and a strap lifter is associated with each of the sealing heads. The lifters lower the drape of strap material to the lower edge of the load, and raise the drape of strap material as the carriage moves relative to the load, such that the drape of strap material is drawn toward the upper edge of the opposite side of the load.

Abstract: A system for extracting liquid from a mass comprising a portable platform having an upper surface, a system mass input, a polymer feeding and blending system on the upper surface, a liquid extraction assembly on the upper surface, and piping having a first section between the system mass input and the polymer feeding and blending system, and a second section between the polymer feeding and blending system and the liquid extraction assembly. The system is configured to have mass inputted into the system mass input, transport the mass to the polymer feeding and blending system through the first section of the piping, inject polymer into the mass in the polymer feeding and blending system, and transport the mass from the polymer feeding and blending system to the liquid extraction assembly. Pressure from mass forced into the liquid extraction assembly forces liquid in the mass to exit the mass.

Abstract: A compactor for compressing yard waste in a yard waste receptacle such as a leaf bag or garbage pail is disclosed. The compactor includes a press and a handle connected to the press. Force may be applied to the handle to cause the press to compress the yard waste in the yard waste receptacle so as to compact the yard waste and allow more yard waste to be added to the receptacle. A locking swivel bracket may be used to connect the handle to the press. The locking swivel bracket allows the handle to be held in a substantially perpendicular position for use in compacting yard waste or a substantially parallel position for storing the compactor or for guiding yard waste into a yard waste receptacle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a frame press having a plurality of press frames (1) arranged one after the other, wherein at least one stationary press plate (2) is present and furthermore a press plate (2) is provided which is loaded by means of working cylinder piston arrangements (3) and which can be moved against the stationary press plate (2). On two opposite outer sides (8) of the press, at least two guide columns (5) arranged at a distance to each other are provided, respectively, and each guide column (5) is guided through at least one associated guide opening or through at least one associated guide channel (6) when the press plate (4) which can be moved is moved.

Abstract: A method of making a keycap structure having a UV-cured resin and making a keyboard having such keycap structures, in which a film is printed with a top color layer and then a bottom color layer, the film is hot-pressed to form a thin shell, a UV-cured resin layer is formed on the bottom color layer through a UV-curing process, and finally the film having the UV-cured resin layer is cut or punched out to form a plurality of keycap structures. A keyboard including keycap structures having a UV-cured resin may be further formed by combining the keycap structures and a set of keyboard members.

Abstract: A method of making a keycap structure and making a keyboard having keycap structures, in which a film is printed with a top color layer and then a bottom color layer, the film is hot-pressed to form a thin shell, a plastic injection layer is formed on the bottom color layer by a plastic injection molding process, and finally the film having the plastic injection layer is cut or punched out to form a plurality of keycap structures. A keyboard having keycap structures may be further formed by combining the keycap structures and a set of keyboard members.

Abstract: A print head assembly (119) for printing a print medium (PM) onto a workpiece (W) through a printing screen (105) which includes a screen element having a pattern of printing apertures therein, the assembly comprising: first and second carriages (141) which are in use movably supported on respective ones of first and second guides (117); and first and second print head units (143, 145) which are mounted in adjacent, parallel relation to and between the carriages, wherein the print head units each comprise first and second print head actuators which are mounted on respective ones of the carriages, and a support member (151) which extends between the print head actuators, such as to be movable vertically thereby, and in use supports a printing element.

Abstract: A printing screen unit including a printing screen having two pairs of opposite edges and a frame including interface members bonded to opposite edges of the printing screen and coupled together at corners of the frame, wherein the frame holds the printing screen in an untensioned state when no tension is applied thereto by external tensioning mechanisms separate to the frame, and the frame is substantially rigid when in the untensioned state, but allows for relative movement of the respective pairs of interface members by a tension applied by external tensioning mechanisms separate to the frame to tension the printing screen.

Abstract: A printing unit with a rotary roller and an ink chamber with an elastic sealing doctor blade (2) which in a curve with decreasing curvature extends from a holder (6) to a tangential point of contact on the surface of the rotary roller. A packing follows the curvature in order to seal between the sealing doctor blade and the ink chamber.

Abstract: A method for producing a structured surface making contact with printing material, preferably a cylinder cover, includes producing a structured coating having microparticles on a substrate, preferably a stainless steel plate. The microparticles are encased antiadhesively and agglomerated by adsorption of nanoparticles, and the agglomerates being produced are fixed in a sol-gel matrix. A surface produced in this way has a structured coating on a substrate and the coating has microparticles. The coating has agglomerates fixed in a sol-gel matrix and including microparticles encased antiadhesively by adsorption of nanoparticles and preferably formed of silicon carbide. The surfaces advantageously have a self-repair function since, in the case of abrasion of structural elevations, the antiadhesive casings of the microparticles are exposed and the antiadhesive property of the coating is maintained.

Abstract: An adjustable delivery web conversion apparatus is provided. The adjustable delivery web conversion apparatus includes a variable cutting apparatus cutting a printed web into a first signature and a second signature, a first assembly receiving the first signature and a second assembly downstream of the first assembly receiving the second signature. Also included are a first delivery section for receiving the first signature from the first assembly, a second delivery section for receiving the second signature from the second assembly and a stack receiving conveyor for receiving the first signature and the second signature. The first delivery section is movable between a first delivery and a first non-delivery position. The second delivery section is movable between a second delivery position and a second non-delivery position. The stacking receiving conveyor is movable between a conveying position and a non-conveying position. A method of producing and delivering signatures is also provided.

Abstract: A doctor blade for wiping printing ink off a surface of a printing plate, comprising a flat and elongated main body having a working edge region configured in a longitudinal direction, the working edge region being covered with a first coating on the basis of a nickel-phosphorus alloy applied by electroless deposition, and hard material particles being dispersed in the first coating, characterized in that the first coating is covered with a second coating on the basis of galvanically deposited nickel.

Abstract: A method for making a flexographic printing master includes the steps of providing a flexographic printing support: applying image-wise on the flexographic printing support subsequent layers of radiation curable liquid by an inkjet printing device whereby one or more applied layers are immobilized using a curing device before one or more subsequent layers are applied, such that a relief with a top hat profile is obtained; and grinding the relief so that the height DT of a top hat segment is reduced. An imaging apparatus includes structure to perform the above method.

Abstract: A method for making a flexographic printing master includes the steps of providing a flexographic printing support; providing an inkjet printing device; applying a mesa relief on the flexographic printing support with the inkjet printing device; and applying an image relief with the inkjet printing device on the mesa relief. A method for making a flexographic printing master includes the imaging apparatus.

Abstract: An adaptive overprint system for providing an overprint upon a substrate; the substrate comprising a plurality of registration markers at predetermined locations thereon and at least one pre-printed feature; the system comprising: an imager for capturing a digital image of said substrate with said registration markers and said feature; a printing platform upon which the substrate resides during overprinting; a printing mechanism for stamping said overprint upon said pre-printed feature; a controller operatively connected to said imager and said printing mechanism; and a handling device to move the substrate in and out of the printer; wherein said controller is adapted to identify and calculate the shift in said pre-printed feature based on said image of the substrate received from said imager, and to calculate a correlating compensation or correction shift to be electronically applied to the overprinted image.

Abstract: A method of colour setting in a rotary printing press, in which a composition of an ink is adjusted until colour specifications of a printed product, that is formed by a substrate with the ink printed thereon, match given target colour specifications, including the steps of measuring (S1) a volume carrying capacity of an inking roller that will be used in the printing press for printing with the ink, measuring (S2) a spectral opacity of the substrate, measuring (S3) a spectral absorptivity of the ink when it is in a liquid state in the printing press; and entering the measured volume carrying capacity, spectral opacity and spectral absorptivity into a mathematical model (S4) for predicting the colour specifications of the printed product.

Abstract: A system and method is described for providing an insert in a finished newspaper which is printed by a different process than the process by which the newspaper itself is printed, yet where the insert is not inserted after the newspaper is printed, but while the newspaper is printed.

Abstract: Initiator modules for munitions control systems include a mounting portion for receiving a portion of an initiation device, a detonator device disposed within the initiator module, a connection portion configured to connect the initiator module with a munitions control system, and an electronics assembly configured to electronically couple with a munitions control system and transmit a signal to the detonator device. Munitions systems may include initiator modules received in a socket of a munitions control system. Methods of igniting explosive devices include coupling a shock tube to an explosive device, connecting an initiator module to a munitions control system, mounting a portion of the shock tube to the initiator module, and igniting the shock tube with a detonator device disposed within the initiator module.

Abstract: A shaped charge liner is provided. The shaped charge liner comprises a first material denser than 10 grams per cubic centimeter (g/cc) and a reactive material. The first material is concentrated in a middle of the liner and decreased in at least one of an apex and a skirt of the liner, and the reactive material is concentrated in at least one of the apex and the skirt of the liner and decreased in the middle of the liner.

Abstract: An apparatus for distributing irritants or warfare agents includes a container having an interior for providing an irritant or warfare agent, which is dissolved or emulsified in a solution gas in its liquefied state of aggregation, which solution gas is in gaseous condition at room temperature and atmospheric pressure or ambient pressure. In addition, the container has at least one predetermined breaking point for producing an opening of the interior to the surroundings of the container at a predefined bursting pressure in the interior, and the apparatus further includes a pressure generator which can generate an increased pressure in the interior of the container that is greater than the bursting pressure of the at least one predetermined breaking point.

Abstract: A munition includes a casing, the casing formed at least in part from a material comprising (i) a meltable or phase-changing material, and (ii) an energetic material; an explosive payload contained within the casing; and a fuze arrangement, the fuze arrangement comprising a main fuze configured and arranged to ignite the high explosive, and at least one secondary fuze configured and arranged to cause the casing material to melt or undergo a phase change.

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: Antifungal and antibacterial peptides, polypeptides and proteins as antifungal additives for paint and other coatings are disclosed, along with antifungal compostions, and coated surfaces with antifungal properties. Methods of using the coatings for treating and/or inhibiting growth of mold, mildew and other fungi and bacteria on objects such as building materials that are susceptible to such infestation are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards compositions having lecithin and a plasticizer. Processes for producing such compositions are further disclosed. The present invention is also directed towards uses of the novel compositions as a dispersant in order to disperse compounds, such as in the fields of coatings, inks, cosmetics and the like. In one embodiment, the dispersants of the present invention are used to disperse pigments.

Abstract: The present invention provides an inorganic black pigment which comprises no harmful elements and has an excellent infrared reflecting property and an excellent light transmittance. The inorganic black pigment of the present invention comprises a composite oxide comprising Fe, Co and Al as well as at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Ti, Zn, Sn, Zr, Si and Cu, which inorganic black pigment has an average primary particle diameter of 0.02 to 2.0 ?m, an average reflectance of not less than 10% as measured in a wavelength range of 300 to 2500 nm from a visible light region to an infrared region, and an average light transmittance of not less than 10% as measured in a wavelength range of 300 to 2500 nm from a visible light region to an infrared region.

Abstract: Various methods for forming structural composites are disclosed. For example, a particular method may include adding an effective amount of algae extract to an aggregate mixture so as to provide a plasticizer to the aggregate mixture, and processing the aggregate mixture to form a hardened composite.

Abstract: The invention relates to a slaked lime composition containing Ca(OH)2 particles of platelet crystalline morphology, called platelets, said platelets having a diameter D, this being the diameter of the circle circumscribing the platelet, a thickness e and an aspect ratio given by the ratio of said diameter of the platelet-circumscribing circle to said thickness, said composition having a platelet content of between 50 and 100% relative to the sum of the Ca(OH)2 particles and said aspect ratio being between 10 and 300, and to its manufacturing process.

Abstract: A powder including, in percentages by weight: (a) 94% to 99% of particles of at least one refractory material, the main constituent(s) of which are alumina and/or zirconia and/or silica; (b) 1% to 6% of a hydraulic cement; (c) 0 to 0.03% of organic fibres; (d) optionally, 0.075% to 1% of a surfactant; and (e) optionally, a setting accelerator, where the fraction of particles having a size below 40 ?m being distributed, in percentages by weight relative to the weight of the powder, in the following manner: (1) fraction<0.5 ?m:?4%, (2) fraction<2 ?m:?5%, fraction<10 ?m:?16%, and fraction<40 ?m:29-45%, where the proportion of zirconia in the fraction of particles having a size smaller than 10 ?m, called “fines”, is between 35% and 75% by weight relative to the total weight of said fraction.

Abstract: A table having adjustment means is provided, wherein the work surface may be raised or lowered, widened or narrowed, tilted at a desired angle, or so that the shape may be altered. The adjustable table utilizes a series of slots, holes and bolts, allowing the components of the table to slide in various directions, providing multi-dimensional adjustment capabilities by simply loosening the attachment means (preferably bolts and nuts), sliding the components to their desired position, and then tightening the attachment means to fix the components in that position.

Abstract: A linear motor includes a field magnet unit, an armature unit, and a connecting unit. The field magnet unit includes a first field magnet yoke and a second field magnet yoke each of which has an odd number of permanent magnets arranged thereon in a longitudinal direction such that polarities of the permanent magnets are alternately different, where the first field magnet yoke and the second field magnet yoke are arranged such that respective permanent magnets are opposite to each other and that polarities of the opposite permanent magnets are different from each other. The armature unit is wound with a winding and is arranged between the first field magnet yoke and the second field magnet yoke. The connecting unit is configured by a magnetic substance and connects the first field magnet yoke and the second field magnet yoke. One of the field magnet unit and the armature unit moves relatively to the other.

Abstract: In an alignment stage, a top table 4a, which holds a work piece on which a moving load acts, is disposed above a base 1, and a supporting unit 13 each having three degrees of freedom of X, Y, and ? and driving units 14A, 14B, 14C, and 14D, each having a one-axis direction ball screw linear motion mechanism 9 in addition to the same configuration as that of the supporting unit 13, are interposed between the base 1 and the top table 4a to be disposed at locations corresponding to the center and four corner portions of the top table 4a, which are disposed in a zigzag fashion in a load movement direction L. The ball screw linear motion mechanisms 9 of the driving units 14A and 14B of diagonal positions on one side and the ball screw linear motion mechanisms 9 of the driving units 14C and 14D of diagonal positions on the other side are disposed to be at right angles to each other.

Abstract: A voting booth that is easily transported between a polling-facility and a storage facility and is efficiently stored with other voting booths when not in use. The voting booth comprises a working surface, privacy panels, and a leg assembly. The leg assembly includes a plurality of casters. The voting booth components are configured to allow modular grouping and nesting with voting booths of like construction. The voting booth is light-weight and has a high degree of mobility. The nesting ability provides for efficient storage by minimizing the space needed to store multiple voting booths.

Abstract: A folding table top has a locking assembly for holding the table top open. The locking assembly has an inner cross bars extending across each half of the table top near a pivot axis. The inner cross bars each have one of holes that are aligned when the table is open. The shaft of a pin may be inserted into the holes to prevent the table from folding closed. The pin may have a head normal to its shaft. A clip may be mounted to one half of the table to receive the head of the pin while the shaft of the pin is in the holes, and thereby prevent the pin from backing out of the holes. The clip may also be used to hold the pin when the table is folded and stored.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for operating a system for producing bioethanol, wherein organic waste products of the production process, particularly DGS and DDGS, are combusted and the useful heat is fed back into the system itself. The combustion process takes place in a fluidized bed oven. All areas in which the combustion process takes place have sufficient heat removed that the melting point of the ash of the waste product, particularly 70° C., is not exceeded at any point. In this manner, a fine-grained ash forms and largely mixes into the fluidized bed and is easily disposed of. The useful heat is obtained partially from the flue gas arising from the combustion, and partially from the heat extracted from the combustion process for maintaining the maximum temperature.

Abstract: Agricultural machine embracing at least one drilling unit including a support device as well as a seed metering device. The drilling unit is movably connected with a structural member embraced by the agricultural machine. The seed metering device is fixedly connected with the support device of the drilling unit and the seed metering device includes a chamber for seeds arranged to be supplied with a positive pressure where the seed metering element constitutes a wall limiting the chamber and in which holes or recesses are arranged. The holes/recesses connect the chamber with the surroundings, with the purpose of, by the pressure difference developed hereby, attaching and transporting seeds at said holes/recesses of the seed metering element. A seed metering line has an inlet in the chamber, with the purpose of, by said positive pressure in the chamber, creating an air flow for the transportation of the seeds from the chamber through the seed metering line to a drill furrow.

Abstract: A secondary air seeder assembly for depositing seed along the tire tracks formed by an air seeder cart and system comprising the same is provided. The secondary air seeder assembly includes includes first and second elongated and parallel main frame members, each having a terminal forward end and a terminal down turned rearward end. First and second elongated and parallel transverse frame members are connected to and extend between the first and the second main frame members at a longitudinal spaced distance from one another. Two forward caster wheels, one is connected at each terminal forward end of the first and the second main frame members. Two rearward wheels, one is connected at each terminal down turned rearward end of the first and the second main frame members. First and second elongated coupling frame members, are each connected at first end thereof to the first transverse frame member at a spaced distance and connected together at a second end thereof forming a hitch point.

Abstract: A splitter divides an air/product mixture flow, delivered thereto in an air-powered distribution line, between a primary and a secondary distribution channel, which may be flow-coupled to a product hopper or a hose flow-coupled to another product hopper or another splitter. The air/product mixture enters the inlet of the splitter along an angled downward flow path and exits a primary outlet, flow-coupled to the primary distribution channel, along a vertical downward flow path. Air/product flow is exhausted by a secondary outlet, which is flow-coupled to the secondary distribution channel, at an angled upward flow path. The velocity flow vector along which the air/product mixture is exhausted from the secondary outlet is at an acute angle relative to the velocity flow vector along which the air/product mixture is received by the inlet of the splitter.

Abstract: Sowing heart for an individual grain sowing machine including a seed disk which can rotate in one direction of rotation R, wherein the seed disk has sowing holes in a defined arrangement; a receiving region for receiving the seed in the sowing holes and a delivery region for delivery of the seed; and cleaning means for cleaning of the sowing holes during operation of the sowing heart between the delivery region and the receiving region. For improved cleaning action of the cleaning means for cleaning each hole, per revolution of the seed disk there being at least two separate cleaning phases which can be easily replaced at the same time. Furthermore, the invention relates to an individual grain sowing machine with a plurality of sowing assemblies with one aforementioned sowing heart at a time and a corresponding cleaning element.

Abstract: A splitter divides an air/product mixture flow, delivered thereto in an air-powered distribution line, between a primary and a secondary distribution channel, which may be flow-coupled to a product hopper or a hose flow-coupled to another product hopper or another splitter. The air/product mixture enters the inlet of the splitter along an angled downward flow path and exits a primary outlet, flow-coupled to the primary distribution channel, along a vertical downward flow path. Air/product flow is exhausted by a secondary outlet, which is flow-coupled to the secondary distribution channel, at an angled upward flow path. The velocity flow vector along which the air/product mixture is exhausted from the secondary outlet is at an acute angle relative to the velocity flow vector along which the air/product mixture is received by the inlet of the splitter.

Abstract: A truss type spar that eliminates the need for the more complex and critical attachment of the buoyant hull to the truss section at a fabrication site/yard that is remote from the fabrication yard where the buoyant hull and truss sections were originally built. The buoyant hull and initial truss sections are constructed at the fabrication yard of choice, joined together, and transported to a dock or fabrication yard (a second location) that is as close as possible to the final offshore installation site. Transport of such completed structures, either separately or together, is normally done on a heavy lift vessel to reduce transport time and prevent damage to the buoyant hull and truss sections. Once at the fabrication yard/dock, the joined buoyant hull and initial truss section are floated off the heavy lift vessel and the draft adjusted to a position suitable for joining additional truss sections.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an installation (10) that includes a floating top structure (20) and a fully submerged bottom structure (22). The top structure is mobile between a production position and an evacuation position. The installation (10) retains the top structure (20) in its production position which includes at least one rigid rod (90) carried by the top structure (20), at least one rod abutment (92) carried by the rigid rod (90) in the vicinity of its lower end and at least one complementary abutment (94) secured to a base (60) of the bottom structure (22). Each rod abutment (92) and each complementary abutment (94) are mobile in rotation relative to one another between an engaged configuration in which urging of the rigid rod (90) towards its top position (20) retains the top structure in its production position, and a disengaged configuration releasing the top structure (20) from the bottom structure (22).

Abstract: Embodiments of a submersible transport canister, and embodiments of using a submersible transport canister, are provided. In one embodiment, the submersible transport canister includes a pressure vessel having a storage cavity configured to store at least one item therein, a cap movable to a closed position wherein the cap sealingly engages the pressure vessel, and a diver-adjustable buoyancy system configured to be coupled to the pressure vessel. When coupled to the pressure vessel, the diver-adjustable buoyancy system is configured to displace a volume of water to achieve a substantially neutral buoyancy during underwater transport of the item within the submersible transport canister.

Abstract: A ship-body frictional resistance reducing device for reducing frictional resistance of a sailing ship body by forming an air bubble curtain 8 on a ship's bottom by generating air bubbles includes an air chamber 22a provided on the ship's bottom 5 inside the ship body, a plurality of air ejection holes formed in an arrayed manner on the ship's bottom 5 that becomes a bottom portion of the air chamber 22a, and a sea chest 35 provided on the ship's bottom 5 inside the ship body in a manner such that the sea chest 35 covers the air chamber 22a. With this configuration, it is possible to perform maintenance of the air chamber 22a, and at the same time, it is possible to take a watertight structure to prevent ingress of the sea water into the ship body.

Abstract: A ship or floating support for carrying or storing liquid consisting of a liquefied gas, preferably chosen from methane, ethylene, propane, and butane, cooled in a large tank that is preferably cylindrical and of polygonal cross-section, that is thermally insulated, and of large size with at least its smallest dimension in the horizontal direction, in particular its width, being greater than 20 m and preferably in the range 25 m to 50 m, and presenting a volume greater than 10,000 m3 the reservoir is equipped with at least one attenuation device for attenuating movements of the liquid and having a mechanism for moving the liquefied gas liquid inside the reservoir so as to form a horizontal stream immediately below the free surface of the liquefied gas at least locally over a depth of at least 0.5 m, and preferably at least 2 m.

Abstract: Pump Horn that can easily be used to deliver a blasts of sound. The invention comprises a Chamber that can be filled continuously and indefinitely by a Push/Pull Slide attached to a Suction Piece that when pushed into the Chamber exerts pressurized air that is then pushed through a smaller Tube creating a higher pressure that goes through the Sound Producing Device then through the Amplifying Unit making a loud blasts sound.

Abstract: Embodiments described herein comprise a mesh flag with symbols or colors upon them for the purpose of portraying them. The unique design utilizing a mesh structure enables persons within close proximity of the mesh object to see through it. The Udafan would be made up of a mesh fabric that is flexible and can have any dimensions for size, as well as any dimensions for the mesh holes. The mesh should be of a size that allows persons at close proximity (as example 0-10 ft) to view at some level of visibility past the flag to more distant objects, places, or things. The type of mesh, the fabric, and the size of the banner are all variables that can be adjusted without deviating from the purpose of the invention. The Front surface of the Udafan would portray a symbol, flag, image, or sign of whatever the user wishes portrayed.