Abstract: The military ribbon template is a tool for the mounting of military awards on corresponding military award ribbons. The military ribbon template includes a plate having a plurality of horizontal rows of rectangular slots formed therethrough. Each rectangular slot is configured for securely receiving an award ribbon. A first set of indicia is formed on the plate, including first sub-sets of indicia, with each first sub-set of indicia corresponding to one of the rows of slots and including an indicator corresponding to a number of awards to be mounted on the award ribbon. Additionally, a second set of indicia are formed on the plate, above each rectangular slot, and the second set of indicia includes second sub-sets of indicia, respectively indicating the type of award to be mounted on the ribbon, the number of awards, and graduations indicating the proper position of the award to be mounted on the ribbon.

Abstract: A medical tray having a telescoping leg that selectively telescopes in to be out of the way so as to enable the medical tray to be placed on a flat supporting surface or stored, or that telescopes out to provide a secure and stable support that places the medical tray contents in an elevated position. The telescoping of the telescoping leg is controlled by a one hand operated, dual action release mechanism.

Abstract: A shelf includes a U-shaped member configured to be installed in a cabinet having a back wall and opposing side walls. The width of the U-shaped member is the width of the back wall of the cabinet. The U-shaped member rests upon support pins inserted into openings within opposing side walls of a cabinet; alternatively, the U-shaped member rests upon support legs vertically inserted into openings disposed in the underside of the U-shaped member. The U-shaped member comprises a single piece; alternatively, the U-shaped member comprises a first piece connected to a second piece to adjust the U-shaped member width to the cabinet width prior to installation. The first and second pieces may include a sliding dove tail track mechanism, or the first piece may slide within the second piece, or they may have ridges and grooves for snapping the two pieces together.

Abstract: A curtain rod assembly comprising: a first end unit, a middle unit, and a second end unit. The first end unit and the second end unit are substantially identical and have a body with a first and second end, and an outer surface. Each one of the first ends has a face with a connecting rod guide. The first and second ends of the middle unit have faces with a connecting rod guide. A threaded connecting rod is screwed into the center of the connecting rod guide. If more than one middle unit is desired, then only one end will have a threaded connecting rod. The units have a plurality of partial mating transverse decorative elements on each one of the ends and on each outer surface. The transverse decorative elements help form a uniform appearance when each unit abuts another unit.

Abstract: A support device for moving an item on a surface. A main body includes a panel and a sidewall. A handle assembly engages the main body and includes a first transportation mechanism. The support device includes a resistance portion on the main body for engaging a surface and resisting movement of the support device when in a resistive mode. The handle mechanism lowers the first transportation mechanism to engage the surface and disengage the resistance portion from the surface in a transportive mode to encourage movement of the support device and the item supported thereon.

Abstract: A shelving system includes a front vertical support having front mounting positions. A rear vertical support has two or more rear mounting positions corresponding to each front mounting position such that each corresponding rear mounting position is a specified distance from the front mounting position. A shelf has a shelf front mounting and shelf rear mounting the specified distance apart. The shelf is assembled to the supports by mounting the shelf front mounting to the front vertical support mounting position and rotating the shelf using the front mounting position as an axis of rotation until the shelf rear mounting is mounted at one of the corresponding rear mounting positions. The shelf is substantially horizontal when mounted to one of the corresponding rear mounting positions and the shelf is angled to the horizontal in each of the remaining corresponding rear mounting positions.

Abstract: A collapsible component lift for removal and replacement of, for example, a helicopter engine or transmission in a remote location. The lift includes a mast, boom, adjustable support arm and winch. The mast is supported substantially vertical and stands next to the failed helicopter. The boom extends outwardly, over the helicopter during removal and replacement of the component (e.g. engine, transmission) and swivels away from the helicopter to access the component. A strap and winch provide lifting force. An adjustment arm connects between the mast and the boom, forming a triangle with the mast and boom. The collapsible component lift disassembles into component sections that are short enough to be transported in a maintenance helicopter that is flown to the site of the failed helicopter. Preferably, a carrying case is provided for the transportation of the individual components.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a bottle liner or insert for administering at least two different liquids to a feeding child, comprising a) a first reservoir of polymer fabric, the reservoir comprising two walls sealed together at their mutual bottom and sides and having an open top and flaps extending from both walls at the top of said first reservoir; b) a sheet of polymer fabric having a smaller area than either wall of said first reservoir, the sheet sealingly anchored to the inside of either wall such that the sheet and inner wall together form a second reservoir extending to and open at its top, the sheet also having a flap extending from its wall at the top; and c) a valve in fluid communication with and disposed between the first and second reservoirs, thereby allowing flow from the second reservoir to the child.

Abstract: A bottle is assembled with an existing cap on its threaded neck to seal the contents in the bottle. A decorative top fits onto the existing cap and bottle for holding a decorative body, such as a figurine or the like, on a stem of the top. To open the bottle and use the decorative top, a removable rim comes off the top allowing it to be removed from the existing cap. The cap then twists off the bottle's neck and can be discarded. To reseal the bottle and allow drinking of its contents, the top with the removable rim detached threads onto the bottle's neck. A spout or valve of the top's stem can then be opened so contents of the bottle can be drunk from the stem.

Abstract: The invention is a prescription container cap with a self-healing polymer protective cover. The container cap has a self-healing polymer protective cover or coating on the top of the container cap. The container cap is preferably a pharmaceutical safety cap that has a timer built into the cap and graphics near the timer. The self-healing polymer cover, which is preferably in the shape of a tapered disk, covers and protects the timer and the graphics. Specifically, the self-healing polymer resists minor scratches and protects the timer from trauma, including when the bottle and cap are dropped. The self-healing polymer protective cover is clear and allows the user an unobstructed (or even magnified) view of the underlying timer and graphics.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention may provide a method of printing one or more print tracks on a print support, or substrate, comprising two or more printing steps in each of which a layer of material is deposited on the print support according to a predetermined print profile. In each printing step, subsequent to the first step, each layer of material is deposited at least partially on top of the layer of material printed in the preceding printing step, so that each layer of printed material has an identical or different print profile with respect to at least a layer of material underneath. The method may further comprise depositing material in each printing step that is equivalent to or different from the material deposited in at least one of other the print layers.

Abstract: Methods of forming embedded, multilayer capacitors in printed circuit boards wherein copper or other electrically conductive channels are formed on a dielectric substrate. The channels may be preformed using etching or deposition techniques. A photoimageable dielectric is an upper surface of the laminate. Exposing and etching the photoimageable dielectric exposes the space between the copper traces. These spaces are then filled with a capacitor material. Finally, copper is either laminated or deposited atop the structure. This upper copper layer is then etched to provide electrical interconnections to the capacitor elements. Traces may be formed to a height to meet a plane defining the upper surface of the dielectric substrate or thin traces may be formed on the remaining dielectric surface and a secondary copper plating process is utilized to raise the height of the traces.

Abstract: An inline processing system for patterning magnetic recording layers on hard discs for use in a hard disc drive. Discs are processed on both sides simultaneously in a vertical orientation, in round plate-like holders called MDCs. A plurality (as many as 10) discs are held in a dial carrier of the MDC, and transferred from one process station to another. The dial carrier of the MDC may be rotated and/or angled at up to 70° from normal in each process station, so that one or a plurality of process sources may treat the discs simultaneously. This configuration provides time savings and a reduction in the number and size of process sources needed. A mask enhancement process for patterning of magnetic media, and a filling and planarizing process used therewith, are also disclosed.

Abstract: There is provided a thin-sheet glass substrate laminate which is approximately 100% impermeable to gas or vapor and has a high transparency and a thin thickness, and a method of manufacturing the same. A support is temporarily attached to one surface of a glass substrate after forming a pattern P on the one surface, the glass substrate is thinned by etching another surface of the glass substrate, a film base is temporarily attached to the etched another surface, the temporarily attached support is peeled off from the one surface of the glass substrate, the one surface from which the support is peeled off is laminated to a surface of a cover glass, and the temporarily attached film base is peeled off from the another surface.

Abstract: A method for producing a security element having microdepressions for security papers, with the microdepressions being colored with a certain color, involves the steps of (a) coating an upper side of a carrier with an embossable layer; (b1) forming microdepressions in the embossable layer to configure an embossed layer; (c) applying the certain color on the upper side, so that the color remains in the microdepressions; (b2) applying a structured protective layer on the coated upper side, wherein the structured protective layer does not cover the microdepressions that are to be colored with the certain color, after step (b1) and before step (c); and removing the structured protective layer and thereby a color toning after step (c).

Abstract: Methods for fabricating sublithographic, nanoscale microchannels utilizing an aqueous emulsion of an amphiphilic agent and a water-soluble, hydrogel-forming polymer, and films and devices formed from these methods are provided.

Abstract: Methods for fabricating arrays of nanoscaled alternating lamellae or cylinders in a polymer matrix having improved long range order utilizing self-assembling block copolymers, and films and devices formed from these methods are provided.

Abstract: Methods for fabricating sublithographic, nanoscale microstructures utilizing self-assembling block copolymers, and films and devices formed from these methods are provided.

Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a first processing chamber and a second processing chamber, a first substrate holding unit that holds a substrate in the first processing chamber, a chemical solution supply unit that supplies a chemical solution containing an etching component and a thickening agent to the substrate held by the first substrate holding unit, a substrate transfer unit that transfers the substrate from the first processing chamber to the second processing chamber in a state in which the chemical solution is held on the substrate, and a second substrate holding unit that holds a plurality of substrates on each of which the chemical solution is held in the second processing chamber.

Abstract: Upper and lower wire guides in a wire-cut electric discharge machine are moved until a wire electrode contacts with a workpiece, and after the contact, the upper and lower wire guides are moved backward to a position A which is away from the contact point at a fixed distance. Then, the upper wire guide is moved until the wire electrode contacts with the workpiece and the upper wire guide is returned to the position A. Subsequently, the lower wire guide is moved until the wire electrode contacts with the workpiece and the lower wide guide is returned to the position A. A coordinate value on the position where the wire electrode contacts with the workpiece is calculated by using position detection values which are obtained in the above respective steps, and board thickness is calculated from the coordinate value.

Abstract: The invention relates to methods and apparatus for manufacturing intravascular stents wherein the intravascular stent has its inner surface treated to promote the migration of endothelial cells onto the inner surface of the intravascular stent. In particular, the inner surface of the intravascular stent has at least one groove formed therein.

Abstract: A method of applying a weld using a gas tungsten arc welding procedure. A filler element is provided to a welding location. The filler element includes a first material used during formation of a weld, and a second material that is capable of producing a slag upon melting thereof. A welding arc provides heat that melts portions of first and second components and the filler element proximate to the welding location to form a weld pool. The second material melts and forms a slag, which flows to an outer surface of the weld pool and shields the weld pool from exposure to reactive elements in the atmosphere. Upon cooling of the weld pool, the weld pool solidifies to form a weld between the first component and the second component.

Abstract: A non-consumable electrode type arc welding apparatus includes a torch having an electrode portion and a nozzle, a gas supply that supplies, to the torch, a shielding gas flowing through a gap formed between the electrode portion and the nozzle, a first power source that applies a voltage between the electrode portion and the nozzle to generate a pilot arc, a second power source that applies a voltage between the electrode portion and a work to generate a main arc, and a controller that controls the first power source and the second power source. The electrode portion has an electrode and an electrode holding portion holding a base portion of the electrode, the electrode holding portion has a protrusion protruding toward the nozzle from the side facing the nozzle, and the protrusion and the nozzle are caused contact and separate from each other.

Abstract: The invention concerns an apparatus for producing a three-dimensional object layer by layer using a powdery material which can be solidified by irradiating it with an energy beam, said apparatus comprising an electron gun for generating said energy beam and a working area onto which the powdery material is distributed and over which the energy beam sweeps during irradiation. The invention is characterized in that the apparatus is provided with a system for feeding controlled amounts of a reactive gas into the apparatus such as to contact the reactive gas with material positioned on the working area, said reactive gas being capable of, at least when having been exposed to the energy beam, reacting chemically and/or physically with the material positioned on the working area. The invention also concerns a method for operating an apparatus of the above type.

Abstract: In an inductively coupled plasma processing apparatus, an RF antenna 54 provided on a dielectric window 52 is split into an inner coil 58, an intermediate coil 60, and an outer coil 62 in a radial direction. When traveling along each of the coils from a high frequency power supply 72 to a ground potential member via a RF power supply line 68, the RF antenna 54, and an earth line 70, a direction passing through the inner coil 58 and the outer coil 62 is a counterclockwise direction, whereas a direction passing through the intermediate coil 60 is a clockwise direction. Further, a variable intermediate capacitor 86 and a variable outer capacitor 88 are electrically connected in series with the intermediate coil 60 and the outer coil 62, respectively, between the first and second nodes NA and NB.

Abstract: A laser processing method for forming a modification region serving as a starting point of cutting inside a member to be cut along a planned cutting line by relatively moving an optical axis of a condenser lens along the planned cutting line of the member and by irradiating the member with focused laser light, wherein a plurality of cross-sectional focused spots is simultaneously formed on a section which is perpendicular to the optical axis of the condenser lens at positions having a predetermined depth from a surface of the member and which is parallel to the surface and, at that time, at least one cross-sectional focused spot of the plurality of cross-sectional focused spots is formed on a projection line of the planned cutting line onto the cross section to form one or more inside modification regions having a desired shape.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are provided for processing a surface of a substrate. The substrate may have a surface pattern that exhibits directionally and/or orientationally different reflectivities relative to radiation of a selected wavelength and polarization. The apparatus may include a radiation source that emits a photonic beam of the selected wavelength and polarization directed toward the surface at orientation angle and incidence angle selected to substantially minimize substrate surface reflectivity variations and/or minimize the maximum substrate surface reflectivity during scanning. Also provided are methods and apparatuses for selecting an optimal orientation and/or incidence angle for processing a surface of a substrate.

Abstract: In a method and device for performing welding, after the welding current reaches a first current value during a short circuit, the feeding of the welding wire is stopped, slowed down, or moved backward. As a result, the opening of a short circuit is urged to reduce the frequency at which welding is unnecessarily interrupted by an overcurrent protection function. This achieves high weld quality such as the absence of welding defects, and high production efficiency.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a stainless steel flux-cored wire in which the amount of hexavalent chromium in fume can be reduced while maintaining the weldability excellent. The stainless steel flux-cored wire contains, as percentage to the total mass of the wire: Cr: 11-30 mass %; metal Si, Si oxide and Si compound: 0.5-4.0 mass % in total in terms of Si [Si]; fluorine compound: 0.01-1.0 mass % in terms of F [F]; TiO2: 1.5 mass % or above; ZrO2+Al2O3: 3.2 mass % or below; Na compound, K compound and Li compound: 0.50 mass % or below in total of each of an amount in terms of Na [Na], an amount in terms of K [K] and an amount in terms of Li [Li]; and satisfies {([Na]+[K]+[Li])×[Cr]2}/([Si]+4.7×[F])?10, where [Cr] represents Cr content.

Abstract: An electro-thermal heating system comprising a substantially hollow housing having detachable upper and lower plates for covering and sealing top and bottom surfaces of the housing. The housing has an inlet and an outlet for a flow of coolant to enter into and leave the housing, and has openings defined therein, for insertion of electric heating elements therein to project into the housing and be in direct contact with the coolant to heat it. The inlet and the outlet can be interconnected with piping to form a closed fluid flow circuit. The housing is substantially circular, to circulate flow of the coolant in a circular manner within the housing, and a diameter of the inlet is greater than a diameter of the outlet, to keep coolant in the housing longer to heat it. A pump and a power source can be interconnected to the system to circulate the coolant in the closed fluid flow circuit.

Abstract: A control unit can select a large-number control zone model in which the number of control zones, which are independently controlled, is large, and a small-number control zone model in which the number of control zones, which are independently controlled, is small. When a temperature is increased or decreased, the control unit can select the small-number control zone model so as to control, based on signals from temperature sensors of the respective control zones C1 . . . C5 whose number is small, heaters located on the respective control zones C1 . . . C5. When a temperature is stabilized, the control unit can select the large-number control zone model so as to control, based on signals from the temperature sensors of the respective control zones C1 . . . C10 whose number is large, the heaters located on the respective control zones C1 . . . C10.

Abstract: A kitchen appliance includes a housing with a base, a side wall and a cavity. The housing has a housing rim defining an opening to the cavity. A hinge base is mounted to the side wall. A container has a generally hollow interior and a container rim defining an opening. The container fits within the cavity of the housing. A lid at least partially covers the opening of the container when placed on the container rim. The lid has an exterior surface, and an opposing interior surface facing the interior of the container when the lid is placed on the container rim. A bracket is mounted to the exterior surface of the lid. At least a portion of the bracket is rotatably and selectively removably received within at least a portion of the hinge base to rotatably and selectively removable mount to the lid of the housing.

Abstract: A local resistance heating device with a controlled atmosphere, which includes two end members and a mid member, is provided. The two end members are respectively connected with an anode pole and a cathode pole, each end member has an air channel, the air channel of one of the end members is adapted to connect with an output terminal of a gas supplier, and the air channel of the other one of the end members is adapted to connect with a sucking terminal of the gas supplier. The mid member is arranged between the two end members, wherein the two end members and the mid member jointly define a heating room communicating with the air channels of the two end members.

Abstract: A resistance heater is shown and described. The resistance heater may include a body. The body may include at least one heating surface, the heating surface being generally smooth and generally flat and a recess formed in the body, at least a portion of the body having a cross-sectional shape selected from the group consisting of: generally U shape, generally I-shape, and generally H-shape, and where the cross-sectional shape extends along at least a portion of the body.

Abstract: An inductive heating device is structured such that a coil base (5) and ferrites (6) placed under a heating coil (4) in the vertical direction are flushed with each other at their lower surfaces and are directly placed on a heat dissipation plate (12A). A heat conductive member (8) is charged between the ferrites (6) and an electrical insulating member (9) sandwiched between the heating coil (4) and the ferrites (6), at least at a portion thereof, so that thickness variations in the ferrites (6) are absorbed thereby, which realizes a state where they are thermally coupled to each other from the heating coil (4) to the heat dissipation plate (12A).

Abstract: A housing includes a first section and a second section. The first section is made of metal. The first section includes two opposite first sidewall and a first connecting panel connecting the first sidewall. The second section is made of plastic. The second section is integrally molded on the first sidewalls. Each first sidewall defines a number of retaining holes, the second section has a number of retaining pins, and each retaining pin is retained in the retaining hole to fix the first section to the second section.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an assemblable and disassemblable, and the upper corner reinforcing member (E1) includes an inclined coupling rib (e1) coupling the vicinity of the end of the upper horizontal flange to the vicinity of the upper end of the endwise vertical side plate portion, and wherein the lower end of the inclined coupling (rib) is positioned close to an endwise vertical side plate portion side of a lower horizontal rib (3e1?) of a horizontal portion 3e1 included in a fitting block member (B1). This configuration allows the short wall members (3) and thus the container formed into a box shape to be increased in strength and rigidity.

Abstract: A portable reservoir frame composed of interlocking panels secured by a series of flanges having holes and pegs. An inner liner to hold liquid inside the reservoir frame is presented.

Abstract: A device for maintaining freshness in a packaged consumable product, which includes multiple portions of the consumable product, includes a container defining an interior and having an opening, a closure that can be mounted to the container and is configured to move between an opened position that allows access to the interior of the container and a closed position where the closure closes and seals the opening.

Abstract: A container fracturable along a break path having a generally constant wall thickness about the break path is disclosed. In order to provide a specific break path without reducing the structural integrity of the container, the body of the container is configured to concentrate stress along the break path.

Abstract: A cup system including a lid, a liner, an outer cup, and an optional valve. The liner includes first and second mating surfaces. The liner first mating surface is selectively attachable to a corresponding mating surface associated with the outer cup and the liner second mating surface is selectively attachable to a corresponding mating surface associated with the lid. The mating surface of the lid is also selectively attachable to the mating surface of the outer cup such that present cup can be utilized as either an insulated or a non-insulated cup. The optional valve assembles to the lid by pressing the boss of the valve into a valve receiver associated with the lid.

Abstract: A storage container has a base having an opening and a lid for covering the opening. A lock ring is mounted on one of the base and the lid for motion between a first position and a second position. At least one lock member is formed on the lock ring. At least one stationary lock member is formed on the other one of the base and the lid. The lock member is aligned with the stationary lock member when the lock ring is in the first position such that the lock member engages the stationary lock member. The lock member is offset with respect to the stationary lock member when the lock ring is in the second position such that the lock member does not engage the stationary lock member.

Abstract: A method for collecting organic waste including: a) hooking a mounting structure over an edge of an upright planar drawer face of a drawer underlying a work surface, said mounting structure coupled to a container including one or more walls made with a pliable elastomeric material, said container including a top opening and a closed bottom with a side wall enclosing a storage volume; b) supporting said top opening using said hooked mounting structure near a portion of said work surface having a quantity of organic matter; c) scooping said quantity of organic matter into said storage volume; d) unhooking said mounting structure from said drawer face; and thereafter e) freezing said quantity of organic matter while it is in said storage volume.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a disposable mug liner fitting inside any mug or cup. The mug liner is preferably made of paper impervious to hot or cold liquids and it has a bottom and a wall. The wall is higher than the wall of the cup inside which the liner is inserted. The liner has two downward tearing lines which when torn open allow a formation of a flap that is bent over the mug handle, a hem that is bent down over the mug rim and an aperture to fit the mug handle. The liner according to this invention allows the user to keep the mug clean, protects the user from touching the mug rim and combines the convenience of a disposable cup and the sturdiness and insulation of a regular coffee mug.

Abstract: The invention relates to an elongate packing for the packing of a granular substance, in particular for the packing of a spray powder for the thermal coating of a surface of a workpiece. In accordance with the invention, the elongate packing includes a plurality of individual packing pockets of presettable size, with a meterable quantity of the granular substance being packed closed with respect to an outer environment in the individual packing pocket. The invention further relates to a method for the loading of a treatment apparatus with a granular substance to a treatment apparatus for the use of an elongate packing, to a method for the manufacture of an elongate packing and to a packing apparatus.

Abstract: An organizer device includes a top horizontal organizer (THO) section that rests on a top horizontal surface and a three-ring binder assembly. The THO section is an open top rectangularly-shaped box. The THO section includes at least one chamber to store and organize desktop items such as paper clips, clamps, tacks, small memory devices, etc. The THO section includes a bottom horizontal floor and supporting vertical walls with an open top. Nonetheless, one or more chambers may have a lid (not shown). The three-ring binder assembly includes a plurality of binder rings coupled to a binder strip or support plate. The plurality of binder rings has two portions that are configured to be opened and closed (pivoted away or toward each other) via a manually operable lever. The binder ring portions of a ring may be spring biased toward each other to a rings-closed position when the manually operable lever is in a first position.

Abstract: A stackable beverage cups and, in particular to a dual use stackable beverage cup that can be used both as a standard size cup and as a smaller shot size cup.

Abstract: An insert for a transport container made of plastic material includes a grid-shaped layout for glasses and the like that includes plastic strips. At least two substantially identical insert parts are provided, which are connected to each other at a distance by at least two height-adjustable support elements. Different inserts can be stacked on one other.

Abstract: A plastic fuel tank comprising un upper wall, a lower wall and at least two compartments, such compartments being established by a dividing wall comprising a part of the tank upper and lower walls, this dividing wall having at least one communication means enabling free flow of liquids between at least two compartments and at least one communication means enabling free flow of vapors between at least two compartments, such communications means occupying less than 80% of the dividing wall, the at least 20% remaining of the dividing wall being constituted by at least one kiss point formed by welding together a multiplicity of contact points of the upper and lower walls.

Abstract: A paint tray includes a cavity defined by a bottom wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall, and a second sloping end wall. Each of the first side wall, second side wall, first end wall, and second sloping end wall inclines upwardly and outwardly from the bottom wall. The cavity terminates at a top edge. The paint tray also includes a top tray rim adjacent the top edge of the cavity, a perimeter rim that inclines downwardly and outwardly from the top tray rim, a handle disposed at an edge of the perimeter rim proximate each end wall, and a leg panel extending downwardly and outwardly from each of a first side and a second side of the perimeter rim proximate the second sloping end wall. The leg panel has a bottom edge that is co-planar with the bottom wall.