Abstract: A juice machine includes a cutter module, and the cutter module includes a cutter turntable, a filter, and a cutter flywheel. The filter includes a bottom plate, a first side plate protruded and tilted upwardly from an external periphery of the bottom plate, a filter plate horizontally extended from the top of the first side plate, a tilted second side plate protruded upwardly from an edge of the filter plate, an opening formed at the center of the bottom plate, a plurality of first meshes formed on the first side plate, a plurality of second meshes formed on the filter plate, a plurality of third meshes formed on the second side plate. Therefore, the weight of the filter can be decreased to provide a stable filter and reduce vibrations and noises. The juice machine can enhance both juice squeezing efficiency and juice yield.

Abstract: A square baler weighing system weighs a bale during a weighing timespan when the rear portion pivots into the bale discharging position. The rear portion further comprises a brake for changing the speed of a bale moving along the rear portion. The brake is configured to exert an adjustable braking force.

Abstract: A round baler is provided. The round baler having a frame and a baling chamber radially surrounded by bale forming means with one or more driven rollers. An electric motor for driving the roller is disposed in the interior of the roller.

Abstract: A biomass baler having a baling chamber adapted to receive tall grass biomass material and a compression system adapted to compact the tall grass biomass material into a parallelepiped bale in the chamber, wherein the baling chamber has a front wall consisting essentially of a reciprocating compression platen corresponding in dimensions to the width W and height H of the bale, opposing upper and lower walls corresponding in dimensions to the length L and either of the W and H of the bale, and opposing sidewalls corresponding in dimensions to the L and the other of the W and H of the bale, and wherein the compression system is adjustable by conventional controls to apply at least one operator-selectable compression platen pressure of between 22 psi and 30 psi to the tall grass biomass material in the chamber.

Abstract: Hand operated hinged folder assembly for printing, embossing and cutting includes a base member with a recessed well for placement of stamps, embossing elements or die cutters therein and a lid hingedly attached to the base member for engaging with the base member having a recessed well for receiving a various inserts including a cutting mat, a stamping surface or embossing elements. The hinged folder is configured to be passed through a roller press to cause the hinged folder to stamp, emboss or cut a sheet of paper placed within the hinged folder.

Abstract: A stencil printing apparatus includes a plate cylinder, a printing pressure cylinder, and a pressing unit. The plate cylinder is rotated and driven together with a master wound therearound. The master has been subjected to plate making by a plate making unit. The printing pressure cylinder is pressed against the plate cylinder and is rotated due to the rotation of the plate cylinder. The pressing unit presses the printing pressure cylinder against the plate cylinder, thereby performing stencil printing on a printing sheet of paper delivered between the plate cylinder and the printing pressure cylinder with ink supplied from an inner part of the plate cylinder. The pressing unit is configured to be capable of individually setting pressing forces at one end and the other end in a width direction of the printing pressure cylinder, which are to be applied to the plate cylinder.

Abstract: A fountain solution for offset lithographic printing ink includes water, one or more surfactants, and a dynamic surface tension of less than 30 dynes/cm. The fountain solution can further include an interfacial tension between the fountain solution and the offset lithographic printing ink of less than 10 dynes/cm. The press waste of a print run applying the fountain solution is reduced to less than 5%. An offset lithographic printing system includes a fountain solution and an offset lithographic printing ink, and the press waste of the offset lithographic printing system is less than 5%.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for individually positioning and mounting particles on a target carrier according to a predefined pattern. In particular the particles are spheres of an electrically chargeable material with a diameter in the range of 10 micrometer up to one millimeter and are electrically conductive.

Abstract: Disclosed are a resin composition for laser engraving including a resin having two groups having specific structures and having a number average molecular weight of 5,000 or more and 500,000 or less, a relief printing plate precursor for laser engraving comprising a relief-forming layer formed from the resin composition on a support, a process for making the relief printing plate precursor, a process of making a relief printing plate using the relief printing plate precursor, and a relief printing plate having a relief layer which is manufactured by the process.

Abstract: A relief printing member includes at least one solid image feature on the relief printing member; encoded data on at least one solid feature; wherein the encoded data in at least one solid image feature includes a modification of at least one surface of the relief printing member within a boundary of the solid image feature.

Abstract: In a printing press having a transfer cylinder for transferring a freshly printed substrate, an anti-marking device is provided. The anti-marking device comprises a flexible jacket having a first surface and a second surface, each surface having projections projecting from the surface. When the flexible jacket is installed over the transfer cylinder with the second surface positioned facing towards the transfer cylinder the first surface is positioned to engage the freshly printed substrate as it is transferred over the transfer cylinder, and when the flexible jacket is installed over the transfer cylinder with the first surface positioned facing towards the transfer cylinder the second surface is positioned to engage the freshly printed substrate as it is transferred over the transfer cylinder. The anti-marking device is removably attached to the transfer cylinder.

Abstract: The invention provides a fountain solution composition for a lithographic printing plate, and a lithographic printing method, that eliminate problems with the printing properties of lithographic printing plates that do not require developing treatment during plate making, and particularly lead edge toning, wherein ink gradually accumulates at the tips of printing plates and the ink is transferred to printed sheet surfaces, and that do not exhibit problems with ink receptivity or printing durability. The invention relates to a fountain solution composition for a lithographic printing plate, comprising at least one polyols, to be used at a working concentration such that the concentration of the polyol is 1.5-25 mass % when printing using a lithographic printing plate that does not require developing treatment during plate making.

Abstract: Lithographic printing plates can be prepared and made ready for lithographic printing with simple wet development or processing. A positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor is exposed to infrared radiation for example at 200 to 300 mJ/cm2. The exposed precursor can be simply processed with water or an aqueous solution, and uniformly exposed to radiation, heat, or both. The positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor has a hydrophilic aluminum substrate, a crosslinked hydrophilic inner layer, and an oleophilic surface layer that is weakly bonded to the crosslinked hydrophilic inner layer.

Abstract: A lithographic printing plate support includes an aluminum plate and an anodized film formed at a surface of the aluminum plate and having micropores which extend in a depth direction of the anodized aluminum film from a surface of the anodized film opposite from the aluminum plate. Each of the micropores includes a large-diameter portion and a dendritic small-diameter portion. The lithographic printing plate support has excellent scratch resistance and is capable of obtaining a presensitized plate which exhibits excellent on-press developability and enables a lithographic printing plate formed therefrom to have a long press life and excellent deinking ability after suspended printing.

Abstract: A method of operating a printing press comprising installing an anti-marking jacket over a cylinder of the press, wherein the jacket comprises a first structure coupled to a gripper edge of the jacket, a second structure coupled to the jacket about one inch away from the first structure towards a tail edge of the jacket, and a third structure coupled to the tail edge of the jacket, wherein installing the jacket comprises attaching the first structure to a fourth structure coupled to an inner lip of the cylinder at a gripper edge of the cylinder, attaching the second structure to a fifth structure coupled to an outer lip of the cylinder at the gripper edge of the cylinder, and attaching the third structure to a sixth structure. The method further comprises, after installing the jacket over the cylinder, printing a plurality of substrates.

Abstract: A remote initiator breaching system for initiating breaching charges over a short range requiring no physical link between the breacher and the demolition charge. The remote initiator breaching system has at least one transmitter, at least one receiver, at least one shock tube connectable to a breaching charge and a power source for each of the transmitter and receiver. The transmitter is able to generate and transmit a coded signal. The transmitter has an input for inputting operational commands into the transmitter for generating the coded signal, The transmitter has a plurality of channels representing different frequency bands, and multiple addresses for each channel such that transmission of the coded signal from the transmitter to the receiver is possible per individual addresses or all addresses simultaneously.

Abstract: A micro-machined or micro-engraved safety and arming device for a pyrotechnic train of a projectile to which an axial spin motion is imparted during firing, the device includes a shutter to interrupt the pyrotechnic and being held immobile by at least two locks, a first lock or axial acceleration lock that is released further to the application of the acceleration during firing and a second lock that is a centrifugal lock released further to the spinning of the projectile.

Abstract: A micro-machined or micro-engraved safety and arming device for a projectile pyrotechnic train, said device comprising a substrate onto which a shutter is positioned to ensure the blocking of a channel, said shutter being mobile in translation on said substrate, said shutter being held immobile in the safety position by at least one acceleration lock that is released further to the application of the axial acceleration imparted to said projectile during firing, wherein said acceleration lock is constituted by at least one breakable tongue linking said shutter to said substrate, said tongue being oriented and dimensioned such that the axial inertial stresses developed during firing and exerted on said shutter cause said tongue to break.

Abstract: A time control device for the movement of a micro-machined or micro-engraved counterweight with respect to a substrate, said counterweight incorporating at least one face having at least one indentation intended to cooperate with at least one other indentation on a housing in which said counterweight moves so as to ensure the delaying of said movement of said counterweight, wherein said one indentation on said counterweight respectively on said housing receiving said counterweight is made on at least one flexible tongue itself integral with said counterweight respectively said housing, said at least one flexible tongue being able to be deformed by bending during the displacement of said counterweight.

Abstract: A coupling adapter including a side wall and a plurality of circumferentially spaced retaining fins supported by the side wall and extending radially inwardly in order to provide a variable diameter interference fit with an elongated member.

Abstract: A method for minimizing the carry-off of entrained airborne material and an apparatus for carrying out the method are provided that are particularly suitable for deployment in an open pit mining operation in which cyclic blasting operations create debris that, by virtue of its very small (particle) size and weight, is susceptible to being carried beyond the open pit mining location and deposited in adjacent communities. The method and apparatus of the present invention beneficially minimize the “carry-off” risk of such debris without substantially interfering with the blasting and material handling and transport operations of an open pit mining operation.

Abstract: Methods of producing pyrophoric countermeasure decoy flares include depositing a sculptured thin film of a pyrophoric material onto a substrate using physical vapor deposition. In an example embodiment, physical vapor deposition is performed using a glove box integrated sputtering system. The methods may also include pre-treating the substrate to modify an atomic shadowing effect during pyrophoric material deposition and packaging a plurality of the pyrophoric decoy flares in an airtight container.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a reduced energy training cartridge for use in a straight blowback operated firearm having a barrel with firing chamber, the cartridge comprising a cartridge case being defined by a rear portion with an external groove, a front portion having a velocity reduction structure and a wall with an outer surface and an inner surface, a sabot slideably engaged within the cartridge case, the sabot having a rear portion with an outside diameter substantially equal to the inside diameter of the inner surface of the cartridge case and which contains a gas sealing and braking structure and a primer disposed in the rear portion of the cartridge case where, upon percussion of the primer, the cartridge case rapidly slides relative to the sabot until such point when the velocity reduction structure of the cartridge case engages with the sealing and braking structure of the sabot, thereby stopping further movement of the cartridge case relative to the sabot, The present invention also contemplat

Abstract: A kinetic energy rod warhead includes a plurality of projectiles in a projectile core, explosive segments about the plurality of projectiles, and an isolator between adjacent explosive segments. There is an external detonator on an outer surface of each of the explosive segments proximate an isolator, and an internal detonator inside of each explosive segment adjacent the projectile core.

Abstract: A flexible fragmentation sleeve for use with a non-fragmenting explosive device is provided. The flexible fragmentation sleeve comprises a flexible cylindrical wall extending between opposing first and second ends along a longitudinal axis. The cylindrical wall includes an inner liner and an outer liner concentric to the inner liner. A first set of coupling elements extend parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical wall, and couple the inner liner with the outer liner. A second set of coupling elements extend circumferentially along the cylindrical wall. The second set of coupling elements is substantially perpendicular to the first set of coupling elements, and couple the inner liner with the outer liner. A plurality of pockets is defined intermediate the inner liner and the outer liner, and intermediate the first set of coupling elements and the second set of coupling elements. The flexible fragmentation sleeve of the illustrative embodiment further includes a plurality of fragmentation members.

Abstract: A fragmentation sleeve for use with a non-fragmenting explosive device is disclosed. The fragmentation sleeve may include a cylindrical side wall having a plurality of fragmentation portions. The cylindrical side wall may further include a plurality of longitudinally extending separation portions and a plurality of circumferentially extending separation portions.

Abstract: A projectile of non-lethal composition includes an outer casing that is substantially sealed prior to impact with a target both when the projectile is in a static condition and when the projectile is in a dynamic condition. A marking material is encapsulated within the outer casing prior to impact. The outer casing is configured to deform and unseal upon impact such that the marking material disperses forward via hydraulic action.

Abstract: A vision inspection system and method for use with a railcar includes a vision device adapted to provide an image of each rail component. An image recognition component analyzes the images taken by the vision device to determine the type and condition of each rail component as the vehicle is traveling on the railroad track. A control system communicates with the vision device and the image recognition component. The control system causes workheads of the vehicle to engage respective rail components based on the input received from the vision inspection system. A method for determining the relative distance between the rail components includes comparing the position of the respective rail components of a first image to the position of the respective rail components of a second image to determine the distance between the respective components and distance the railcar has moved.

Abstract: A brake system for braking a rail vehicle has an actuator, which is equipped for installation in its totality in a bogie of the rail vehicle and provided with a braking force F so as to create a braking movement of at least one pressing part, and an energy storage device which is connected to the actuator via a supply line. A brake controller supplies control signals for controlling the brake system, which enables secure braking of the rail vehicle. The actuator has a control connection, which is connected to the brake controller for receiving the control signals via a data line, wherein the control connection is connected to a logic unit of the actuator that is configured to set the braking force F in dependence on the control signals.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an electroless plating pretreatment agent that can retain stably Pd(II) over a long period of time in an organic solvent, an electroless plating method using the same that is capable of forming an electroless plated film having excellent adhesion, and an electroless plated object. The object is achieved by an electroless plating pretreatment agent comprising an organic palladium compound and a coordination compound having a functional group with a metal-capturing capability dissolved in an organic solvent, the coordination compound being selected from the group consisting of the imidazole analogs, polyethyleneamines, ethyleneimines and polyethyleneimines.

Abstract: A water-based ink for ink-jet recording includes a coloring agent and water. The coloring agent includes a dye represented by the following general formula (1). In the ink, an amount of glycerin is set so as to satisfy the following condition (A). 3.5X?5?Y1?3.

Abstract: A non-magnetic, abrasive, wear-resistant hardfacing material is disclosed. The non-magnetic hardfacing material includes a plurality of non-magnetic, sintered carbide pellets and a non-magnetic matrix alloy, wherein the non-magnetic, sintered carbide pellets are dispersed within the non-magnetic matrix alloy.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating liquid for forming an insulation film, which has a small shrinkage in the calcination step in water vapor and is not likely to cause cracking of a resulting silica coating film or detachment thereof from a semiconductor substrate; an insulation film using the same; and a method of producing a compound used in the same. The coating liquid of comprises an inorganic polysilazane whose ratio of a peak area at 4.5 to 5.3 ppm attributed to SiH1 group and SiH2 group with respect to a peak area at 4.3 to 4.5 ppm attributed to SiH3 group in 1H-NMR spectrum is 4.2 to 50; and an organic solvent. The insulation film is obtained using the coating liquid.

Abstract: Fine mesoporous silica particles are provided by which not only the functions of low reflectance (Low-n), low dielectric constant (Low-k) and low thermal conductivity but also improved strength of a molded article are achieved. The fine mesoporous silica particles are manufactured by a process including a surfactant composite fine silica particle preparation step and a mesoporous particle formation step. In the silica fine particle preparation step, a surfactant, water, an alkali and a hydrophobic part-containing additive including a hydrophobic part for increasing the volume of micelles are mixed with a silica source to thereby prepare surfactant composite fine silica particles. In the mesoporous particle formation step, the mixture is mixed with an acid and an organosilicon compound to thereby remove the surfactant and hydrophobic part-containing additive from the surfactant composite fine silica particles and provide the surface of each silica fine particle with an organic functional group.

Abstract: A thin film comprising titanium oxide as its main component includes titanium, oxygen and copper, content of Ti is 29.0 to 34.0 at % and content of Cu is 0.003 to 7.7 at % or less with remainder being oxygen and unavoidable impurities. A ratio of oxygen component to metal components, O/(2Ti+0.5Cu), is 0.96 or higher. The thin film has a high refractive index and low extinction coefficient. A sintered compact sputtering target suitable for producing the foregoing thin film is also provided and can be used to obtain a thin film with superior transmittance and low reflectance and which is effective as an interference film or protective film of an optical information recording medium, and to obtain a thin film that can be applied to a glass substrate; that is, a thin film that can be used as a heat ray reflective film, antireflection film, and interference filter.

Abstract: Additives to foundry sand cores are provided for reducing or eliminating surface defects in metal castings. The additives general comprise an iron oxide component and a glass component which is preferably free of lithium oxide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel type of noncorrosive geopolymer cement in which said cement comprises a metakaolin or a mixture of metakaolin and non-thermally activated aluminosilicate, in a weight ratio comprised between about 40:60 and about 80:20, and an alkaline silicate solution having a molar ratio M2O:SiO2 comprised between about 0.51 and 0.60, M representing Na or K, and to the use of a superplasticizer comprising a crosslinked acrylic acid polymer in the manufacture of geopolymer cement.

Abstract: A system for metering and adding fibres to a cement matrix comprising means (3) for supplying the fibres and means (5) for conveying the fibres designed to convey them, in use, from the supply means (3) to the cement matrix. The conveyor means (5) are closed with respect to the surrounding environment. The present invention also relates to a method for metering and adding fibres to a cement matrix comprising the stage of supplying predetermined quantities of fibres by means of a supply device (3), and conveying these predetermined quantities of fibres from the supply device (3) to a predetermined position while keeping these fibres isolated from the surrounding environment.

Abstract: A durable concrete composition includes a cementitious material comprising cement and ground expanded perlite, coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, and sufficient water for adequate workability. The resulting concrete displays a number of superior properties to conventional concrete, including extremely high thermal resistance coupled with high strength, low chloride ion permeability, and good early strength. The ground expanded perlite is a readily available material and the finished concrete is extremely cost effective for applications where a high strength structural concrete must withstand high temperatures. The mixture can be handled and placed by conventional methods and is compatible with existing conventional concrete additives.

Abstract: An embodiment includes a method of servicing a well bore. The method may comprise introducing a lost circulation composition into a lost circulation zone, the lost circulation composition comprising hydraulic cement, nano-particles, amorphous silica, clay, and water. The method further may comprise allowing the lost circulation composition to set in the lost circulation zone. Another embodiment includes a lost circulation composition. The lost circulation may comprise hydraulic cement, nano-particles, amorphous silica, clay, and water.

Abstract: A combination safe deposit box includes a first box shell and a second box shell fastened together to define a deposit space, a plurality of side guard frames and corner guard frames fastened to and covered on the abutted area between the first box shell and the second box shell, a rim frame affixed to the front side of the first box shell and a second box shell and capped on two distal ends of the connected series of the side guard frames and corner guard frames, and a door panel hinged to one side of the rim frame and adapted to close the deposit space.

Abstract: A financial self-help service device for preventing plugging by foreign objects and damage by mucilage glue is provided. It has a panel, and a cash inlet-outlet (1) is set on the panel. The financial self-help service device further includes a gate (2) for opening or closing the cash inlet-outlet (1). POM (polyoxymethylene) plastic convex points (9) are provided at the edge of the gate (2) matched with the cash inlet-outlet (1), so as to form a flow guide gap between the gate (2) and the panel when the gate (2) closes the cash inlet-outlet (I).

Abstract: A self-locking type shutter device is provided. The device is arranged in a financial self-service equipment, so as to open or close a cash depositing/withdrawing port (1) of the financial self-help service equipment. The device comprises a frame (3) integrally welded, a gate (2) and a power transmission mechanism. The gate (2) is arranged on the frame (3) by a first rotation shaft (4) and can rotate around the first rotation shaft (4). The power transmission mechanism is fixed on the frame (3), so as to provide the gate (2) with rotation power. The power transmission mechanism comprises a motor (5) and at least one unidirectional folding linkage mechanism (70). The device can be self-locked via the unidirectionally folding linkage mechanism (70).

Abstract: Disclosed is an environmentally responsible method for recycling electronic waste. The method optimizes the transportation and delivery of electronic waste to a recycling facility utilizing plasma gasification. The method tracks and categorizes the e-waste while billing manufacturers for the electronic waste received for recycling. In the process, the electronic articles are dismantled where certain valuable components are removed and recycled. The remaining e-waste proceeds to the plasma gasification process for metal extraction and gas production.

Abstract: A burner and method for oxidizing solid fuels wherein the burner has a lance having one or more nozzle feeds and one or more nozzle outlets concentrically surrounded by a primary oxidant passage which is concentrically surrounded by a secondary oxidant passage wherein the primary and secondary oxidant passages communicate at their proximal ends with a gas supply, the lance having a distal and proximal end and the one or more nozzle feeds is in communication with a gas supply.

Abstract: A universal scraper for use with an opening disc, the universal scraper comprising: an elongated body having a first end and a second end, the first end being adapted to mount to an axle, and the second end being adapted to receive a scraper blade, wherein the elongated body is sized and shaped so that when the first end of the elongated body is attached to an axle and a scraper blade is mounted to the second end of the elongated body, the scraper blade is presented in scraping disposition to the opening disc.

Abstract: An articulated device for controlling seeding depth of a seeding assembly in grain seeding machines, more precisely, a seeding assembly with a hinge mechanism in the front part of the assembly, which allows control of the distance between the depth control wheel and the opener disk. This allows minimizing the entrance of vegetable residues, dust and moist soil, while also aiding in their expulsion, and provides an efficient and prompt means to clean to avoid longer out of service times of the machine.

Abstract: The boat comprises a rigid shell, and is characterised in that the rigid shell is formed by several sections of shell (1) that are attachable to one another. These sections of shell (1) may preferably be attached to one another by means of coupling profiles (2) which present a transversal profile in the shape of an H; the ends of the two adjacent sections of shell (1) being fitted in the slots which are defined by the H shape, and the boat also comprises closing elements (3), located on the ends of said boat. It allows the transportation of a boat with a rigid shell that has been disassembled, thereby occupying a reduced space.

Abstract: A watercraft device includes a central body and of two lateral hulls. Each lateral hull is connected to a central body by at least one connecting arm, so that the central body is in a raised position relative to two lateral hulls, the connecting arms having a given inclination to the vertical plane of the watercraft device. The two lateral arms and the central body are oriented with their longitudinal axes, i.e. the bow to stern axes, parallel to each other. Each of the two lateral hulls includes a body having a substantially cylindrical symmetry, with an annular constriction between the fore and the aft main sections of the lateral hulls.

Abstract: A method and a wall element for repairing a wall structure comprising at least an inner metal sheet, an outer metal sheet and an insulator layer between the inner and outer metal sheets. The method comprises at least the following steps: (i) removing the inner metal sheet in such a way that installation frames formed on the inner metal sheet are left in the wall structure, (ii) removing the insulator layer from a place where the inner metal sheet has been removed, (iii) installing a wall element comprising a metal sheet and an insulator layer attached to the metal sheet in the place of the removed wall structure in such a way that the edges of the metal sheet of the wall element are placed overlappingly with the installation frames.