Abstract: A building system (38) is disclosed in the form of a standing seam panel assembly (80) and one or more mounting devices (40). The mounting device (40) includes a slot (52) for receiving at least an upper section of a hollow seam rib (86) of the panel assembly (80). At least one opposing pair of seam fasteners (74) engage opposing sides of the seam rib (86). These seam fasteners (74) may be activated to significantly reduce the size of an open space that initially exists between opposing, spaced internal surfaces (92a, 92b) of the seam rib (86).

Abstract: A line post anchoring device for a roadway cable barrier system includes a lower helical anchor to which a detachable line post socket member is secured. The helical anchor and line post socket of each line post anchoring device have mating coupling sections that are preassembled and hydraulically screwed into the ground in a single operation. Each socket includes interior guide plates for properly guiding and positioning a line post therein, such that the cabling system can be effectively strung under tension at the same time the anchoring devices are installed in the ground. Damaged sockets are easily replaced with minimal disruption to the surrounding soil by backing the helical anchor out of the ground only so far as necessary to detach and replace the damaged socket, and then reinserting the helical anchor in the same location.

Abstract: An improved cellular building block including a middle beam and two legs. The cellular building block having the first leg coupled to the middle beam such that the leg is perpendicular to the middle beam and a second leg coupled to the middle beam such that the leg is perpendicular to the middle beam and spaced apart from the first leg, the first leg and the second leg having an inside edge and an outside edge. Having at least one barb located on the inside edge of the first leg and on the inside edge of the second leg and further configured to lock into a recess. The cellular building blocks connect in a two dimensional or three dimensional pattern and a produce a structured material that holds itself together and exhibits beneficial characteristics.

Abstract: A ventilated structural panel comprising a first sheet, having edges that define a horizontal axis with a first horizontal edge and a second horizontal edge, and vertical axis with a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge, a second sheet being of substantially the same planar dimensions as the first sheet and having edges that define a horizontal axis and vertical axis, with a first horizontal edge and a second horizontal edge and a first vertical edge and a second vertical edge, the first and the second sheet being parallel in plane and matched in at least one of the vertical axis and the horizontal axis, a plurality of spacing structural elements, formed integrally with at least one of the first and the second sheet, fixedly attaching the first sheet to the second sheet, such that the yield strength of the combined panel is greater than the combined individual yield strengths of the first and the second sheet; and the plurality of spacing structural elements being arranged such that a plurality of u

Abstract: A fastening system for attaching cladding panels to a carrier panel and allowing for differential thermal expansion. The system fastens the two panels together at points in the direction perpendicular to the panel planes. A combination of different carrier panel hole sizes and slots fix the panels together at one point and allow the panels to expand and contract relative to each other while maintaining rectangular alignment. Wall panels and buildings constructed using the fastener are disclosed.

Abstract: A fastening system for attaching cladding panels to a carrier panel and allowing for differential thermal expansion. The system fastens the two panels together at points in the direction perpendicular to the panel planes. A combination of different carrier panel hole sizes and slots fix the panels together at one point and allow the panels to expand and contract relative to each other while maintaining rectangular alignment. Wall panels and buildings constructed using the fastener are disclosed.

Abstract: A deployable truss that extends and retracts in a stable and synchronous manner, and can deploy integral folding panels. Primary orthogonal joints, each consisting of two hinged halves, connect rotationally to the truss diagonals with an angled fitting. The main hinge pin of the orthogonal joints remains orthogonal to the truss longitudinal axis and remains centered in the folding truss diagonals. Hinge pins of each truss joint are connected by center-folding chords which cause the truss joints of adjacent bays to remain parallel to each other. Folding diagonals connected to the primary joint halves are hinged together, permitting the diagonals on each side of the truss to remain parallel to each as they form the short sides of a rectangular truss. The truss may deploy z-folded panels with active surfaces such as photovoltaic, reflective, heat-radiating, LCD/plasma, or radar; or structural floor panels for folding work platforms, bridges, and walkways.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting tubular goods and wellbore tools that can be used to perform down-hole operations in oil and gas wells. The support apparatus has a minimal footprint and requires minimal surface area. The support apparatus can be used to jack and remove casing and other pipe, as well as other rig-less downhole well operations.

Abstract: A gazebo provided in this invention includes a gazebo frame and a canopy coupled to the gazebo frame. The gazebo according to embodiments of the invention. has the following advantages, such as no need for additional connecting components or tools to connect or fasten different sections of the gazebo, low potential security risk, quick disassembling under inclement weather conditions which may reduce the potential losses of a user, conveniences for a user to disassemble and store, capability of repeated assembling and disassembling for connecting components which prolongs the life of a gazebo, little chances of missing connecting components, no burden of worrying about after-sales service.

Abstract: In an installation channel to be embedded into a curable construction material, e.g. concrete, having a support profile and preferably an attachment for attaching at least one add-on part to the installation channel, so that the outside of the support profile has a direct connection to the curable construction material at an embedding area, a potential fault block should be large so that large forces can be absorbed by the installation channel. A compressible insert is fastened to the outside of the support profile at the embedding area, so that part of the outside of the support profile is not in direct contact with the curable construction material at the embedding area.

Abstract: A trim assembly having a structural part (2), first and second trim parts (14, 20), and at least one intermediate trim part (30). The second trim part (20) is attached on a second portion (10) of the structural part (2), and has an aspect face (22) extending between a first edge (24) and a second edge (26). The intermediate trim part (30) has an aspect face extending between a first edge (32) and a second edge (34), the second edge (34) being positioned facing the first edge (24) of the second trim part (20). The second trim part (20) is moveably mounted on the second portion (10), and the intermediate trim part (30) has a member capable of displacing the second trim part (20).

Abstract: A roofing system includes a plurality of insulation boards adapted for overlying a roof deck to form a layer of insulation, and a plurality of cover boards adapted for overlying the layer of insulation. Each insulation board includes a polymer foam material having a first density. Each cover board includes a material including polyisocyanurate, the material having a second density greater than the first. The foam material of the insulation boards may include, for example, polystyrene, polyurethane, or a phenolic material. The insulation boards and cover boards may include facers on top or bottom surfaces.

Abstract: Present embodiments are directed to a top drive torque track system for a drilling rig. The torque track system includes a first elongate track with a male end. The male end includes a pin housing and a movable locking pin capable of being biased by a biasing member to extend out of the pin housing and to extend laterally from the male end. The torque track system includes a second elongate track having a female end configured to mate with the male end. The female end has a locking socket extending laterally within the female end. The locking socket is configured to receive the movable locking pin. The movable locking pin is configured to engage the locking socket to attach the first elongate track to the second elongate track when the male end of the first elongate track is inserted into the female end of the second elongate track.

Abstract: A system and method for wrapping bales of agricultural material including, but not limited to, cotton bales and biomass bales, provides a supply of tubular wrapping material at an outlet end of bale forming apparatus, for receiving successive large bales, and gathers, clamps, and cuts the wrapping material at a point between a just wrapped bale and the discharge opening, for closing the end of the wrapper of the just finished bale, and forming the wrapper for the next bale.

Abstract: A closing plug is screwed onto the threaded open end of a syringe by a screwing assembly provided with a pocket adapted to receive the closing plug from a hopper which houses in its inside a plurality of closing plugs, a support device of the syringe, and an actuating device for moving the pocket and the support device with respect to each other with a roto-translating movement about and along a longitudinal axis of the syringe so as to screw the closing plug onto the open end of the syringe itself.

Abstract: An apparatus for sealing an open end of a package comprises a first longitudinally extending sealing jaw, bearing mounted on a first eccentric shaft rotatable around a first rotational axis, and a second longitudinally extending sealing jaw, bearing mounted on a second eccentric shaft rotatable around a second rotational axis, the second sealing jaw being parallel with the first sealing jaw. At least one motor drives rotation around the first and second rotational axis in opposite directions, wherein the first and the second sealing jaws oppose each other, and are allowed to oscillate between sealing and open positions by moving towards and away from each other. A first and second transversally extending guiding bar cooperate with the first and second eccentric shaft via guiding pins running in guiding grooves, such that transverse play between the first and the second eccentric shaft and the first and second sealing jaw is allowed.

Abstract: A vacuum cementing system has at least one cement powder cartridge and a container-opening system. The container-opening system has at least one container for at least one liquid and/or at least one powder, an opening device, and an outlet opening for applying a negative pressure. When a negative pressure is being applied, the opening device is mobile relative to at least a part of the at least one container. The vacuum cementing system has a means for connecting the cement powder cartridge to the at least one container and utilizes necessary vacuum for automatically opening the at least one container.

Abstract: A process for providing a package of prefastened articles includes manufacturing an article having a chassis with an absorbent assembly located between an outer cover and a body side liner. The chassis also includes a first waist region and a second waist region; a refastenable seam joining a first distal portion of the first waist region to a first distal portion of the second waist region; a first refastenable bond connecting the first distal portion of the first waist region and the first distal portion of the second waist region. The first distal portion of the first waist region is folded and bonded to itself with a releasable bond having a first releasable bond peel strength. The first refastenable bond peel strength is greater than the first releasable bond peel strength. The process also includes rupturing the releasable bond and packaging the article.

Abstract: Methods of incorporating an antioxidant into a medical device including a polymer are described, and methods of packaging medical devices.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a container having a hollow shell defining a body with a dispensing aperture, and a bag within the shell, the open end of the bag extending through the dispensing aperture and being secured with respect to the outside of the shell. The bag is made from a material suitable for containing the intended contents of the container. The shell may be formed from a material that would not be suitable for containing the intended contents of the container alone. The shell may be formed from a biodegradable material, such as wood or paper pulp. The bag may be separated from the main body of the container to allow for separate disposal. The container may be sealed by providing a spout through which the contents of the container are to be dispensed, and by folding the spout over to create a nip which seals the container.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for configuring product packaging and removal of the packaging from a product is disclosed. The labeled product packaging includes a shrink wrap packaging adapted for sealing around a product. A predefined point of failure is configured in the packaging and includes a failure mode for when pulled in at least one direction. A label is sealed to the packaging and adhered to the predefined point of failure in covering relation over the predefined point of failure. Lifting the label from the packaging tears open the packaging starting at the predefined point of failure so the product can be removed from the packaging.

Abstract: Disclosed in a filter for filtering a working fluid comprising a canister having an inlet and an outlet; a first partially perforated generally conical member positioned in said canister; a second generally conical member positioned inside said first partially perforated generally conical member, whereby the working fluid upon entering the inlet is caused to spin inside the canister, to pass through the perforated portion of the first generally conical member, to enter an inlet to the second generally conical member, to spin within the second conical member and to pass through the outlet.

Abstract: A drain valve apparatus and an air separator thereof may include a main body having a upper cover, and a cooling shaft, an oil filter coupled to a lower end of the cooling shaft in a length direction of the cooling shaft, an outer body coupled to the upper cover, and surrounding the main body and the oil filter, a drain body disposed in a lower end of the outer body, and having an interior passage formed in a length direction of the outer body at a upper portion, a drain valve passage formed to communicate with the interior passage, an air inflow passage formed to communicate with the drain valve passage, and an exterior passage formed to communicate with the drain valve passage in a lower portion, and a drain valve inserted into the drain valve passage, adapted to selectively communicate the interior passage with the exterior passage.

Abstract: The drain valve apparatus and an air separator are provided. The air separator includes a main body having an upper cover and a cooling shaft extended the upper cover, an oil filter coupled to the cooling shaft, an outer body coupled to the upper cover and surrounding the main body and the oil filter, a drain body disposed at the outer body and having an interior passage, a drain valve passage, an air inflow passage and an exterior passage, and a drain valve. The drain valve apparatus includes a piston that has a first body, a second body, a connecting member, and a blocking body, and an elastic member that is connected to the first body and moves along a length direction of the drain valve passage.

Abstract: A honeycomb filter includes a tubular honeycomb structure having porous partition walls with which there are formed a plurality of cells extending from one end surface to the other end surface to become through channels of a fluid; and plugged portions arranged in one open end portion of each of predetermined cells and the other open end portion of each of the remaining cells, porosities of the partition walls are 46% or less, a pore volume ratio of pores having pore diameters of 40 ?m or more is 7.5% or less, and a pore volume ratio of pores having pore diameters of 10 ?m or less is 25% or less, a permeability of the honeycomb structure is 0.8 ?m2 or more, and a coefficient of thermal expansion of the honeycomb structure in a range of 40 to 800° C. is 1.0×10?6/° C. or less.

Abstract: A mower deck having a first mower unit and a second mower unit. The second mower unit is fastened on the first mower unit a double joint arrangement so the second mower unit can swing upwards.

Abstract: In one contemplated embodiment, the present invention is a liquid delivery device for attaching to a walk-behind lawn mower or other similar machine. The device includes at least one means for attaching the device to the machine, and preferably a pair of straps for releasably attaching the tank assembly to the handle-portion of the lawn mower. The device includes the tank body assembly having at least one vertical sidewall coupled to a closed bottom at an end opposite an open top to define an interior volume. A cap selectively seals the open top and includes a pressurizing assembly. A wand assembly is operationally coupled to the fluid storage tank assembly, the wand assembly includes a hose operationally coupled to the interior volume of the tank assembly.

Abstract: Apparatus 10 for gardening having an elongate handle 12 and a tool head 18 located at one end of the handle 12 to extend at least in part at an angle to the lengthwise axis of the handle 12. The elongate handle 12 is arranged to enable selective movement of the elongate handle 12 from an extended condition to a contracted condition.

Abstract: Hybrid rope (1) having a core containing synthetic yarns (5), surrounded by an outer containing steel wire strands (5), the rope being terminated at least at one of its ends by a socket (2) having a conically shaped space (3), which has a conical angle ? of between 2 and 8° and a length of between 5D and 20D, D being the smallest diameter of the conically shaped space, the core containing synthetic yarns and the steel wires having been untwisted at said at least one of the ends, the open space (6) around the untwisted wires and fibers in the hollow conical body of the socket being filled with a resin.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of forming an eye end termination on a rope having a core comprising a plurality of multi-strand subropes, and a rope having a core comprising a plurality of multi-strand subropes and at least one eye end termination. In one embodiment, a method of forming an eye end termination (16) on a rope (10) having a core (12) is disclosed. The rope comprises a plurality of multi-strand subropes (14) each of a first strength, and the method comprising the steps of: coupling a pair of subropes (14) in the rope core (12) together using a multi-strand coupling rope (18) of a second strength which is greater than said first strength, to thereby form at least part of the eye end termination (16). The step of coupling the pair of subropes (14) together comprises splicing a first portion of a coupling rope (18) to one of the subropes in the pair of subropes, and splicing a second portion of the coupling rope to the other one of the subropes in the pair of subropes.

Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine comprises an inner annular liner and an outer annular liner. A first and a second combustion stages are defined between the liners, each said combustion stage having a plurality of fuel injection bores distributed in a liner wall defining the respective stage. Valves at the fuel injection bores of one of the combustion stages, the valves each defining an air passage from an exterior to an interior of the combustion stage, the valves each having an actuatable member for adjusting a size of a respective air passage for air staging the combustor.

Abstract: A rocket engine system with a fuel conversion system in communication with a gas generator.

Abstract: A thrust reverser actuation system (TRAS) for a case assembly of an aircraft is provided. The TRAS includes a fuel-driven motor; one or more actuators coupled to the fuel-driven motor; and a transcowl coupled to the actuators such that the fuel-driven drives the transcowl during operation.

Abstract: A system for directing air flow to separate plena of a compartment that is defined at least by a compartment wall includes a NACA scoop, and a Pitot scoop. The NACA scoop is formed in the compartment wall, and includes two side walls, a bottom wall, and an entrance lip that is defined by the compartment wall and is spaced apart from the bottom wall to form a NACA scoop air inlet. The Pitot scoop is longitudinally aligned with the NACA scoop, includes a Pitot scoop air inlet, a Pitot scoop air outlet, and a Pitot scoop flow passage.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan section with twenty (20) or less fan blades and a fan pressure ratio less than about 1.45.

Abstract: A vortex cannon based on pulse detonation engine comprises a combustion chamber, a fuel source, an oxidizer source, a purge gas source, a valve allowing delivery of fuel from the fuel source to the combustion chamber, a valve allowing deliver of either oxidizer or purge gas from the oxidizer and purge gas sources to the combustion chamber, an ignition source for the combustion chamber for initiating detonation of fuel and oxidizer, and a conical barrel outlet from the combustion chamber. The combustion chamber is configured for control over the detonation front. A control system provides for varying the rate and quantity of fuel and oxidizer injected to the combustion chamber for varying the frequency and strength of pulse generation. Ring vortices may be generated either in single pulses or at high rates of fire which maintain a consistent track.

Abstract: A particulate trap is regenerated with a valving mechanism downstream of the trap for periodically creating a reverse pressure of about 15 to 60 psig throughout the entire trap, a reversing apparatus operative after the reverse pressure is created for starting a regeneration cycle by creating a substantially instantaneous reverse pressure drop across the porous walls of the trap to dislodge accumulated particulate cake and by causing the filtered exhaust gas to flow back through the porous walls to remove the dislodged particulate from the trap, and controls for starting and stopping a regeneration cycle.

Abstract: To provide a method of reducing a nitrogen oxide in an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, an apparatus for reducing a nitrogen oxide, and an internal combustion engine system that can effectively reduce a nitrogen oxide in the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine in a simple manner. A method of reducing a nitrogen oxide in an exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine includes: a step of moisturizing air at a pressure equal to or lower than atmospheric pressure by bringing the air into contact with one surface of a steam permeable membrane (11) while flowing water along the other surface of the steam permeable membrane (11); and a step of introducing the moisturized air into the internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A reductant dosing system manifold includes: a body, a first passage in the body configured to receive a first fluid from a first separately disposed component of a reductant dosing system, and a second passage in the body configured to receive the first fluid from a second separately disposed component of the reductant dosing system, wherein the first passage and the second passage are fluidly isolated from each other within the body, and wherein a positional relationship of the first passage and the second passage is fixed by the body.

Abstract: A thermoelectric generator apparatus of a vehicle may include a high temperature member, through which exhaust gas passes, a low temperature member, which maintains a temperature lower than a temperature of the high temperature member, and which includes a first coolant pipe holder supporting one of coolant pipes, a heat transfer plate which extends from the first pipe holder and may be located opposite to a corresponding high-temperature member, and a second coolant pipe holder formed on the other side of the heat transfer plate and supporting another of the coolant pipes, and a thermoelectric module disposed between the high temperature member and the low temperature member.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an energy reclaiming system for an electric forklift truck. The energy reclaiming system includes an electronic device operated by a motor when a working machine is raised and operated by a generator when the working machine is lowered, a hydraulic pump/motor connected to the electronic device and configured to perform two functions of a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic motor, a main control valve unit including a lift cylinder operating unit connected to the hydraulic pump/motor and configured to operate a lift cylinder and a secondary consumer operating unit connected to the hydraulic pump/motor and configured to operate a secondary consumer, and a control lever including a control valve configured to control the lift cylinder or the secondary consumer through the lift cylinder operating unit and the secondary consumer operating unit of the main control valve unit, respectively.

Abstract: A method of performing a pump check for a brake system comprises determining a first position of a pump with a pump position sensor upon ignition of a vehicle. A pump motor is powered based upon a preselected operating condition. A second position of the pump is determined with the pump position sensor. The first position of the pump and the second position of the pump are compared. The pump motor is confirmed as operational when the second position of the pump is different from the first position of the pump.

Abstract: An axial-flow turbine assembly that includes one or more features for enhancing the efficiency of the turbine's operation. In one embodiment, the turbine assembly includes a turbine rotor having blades that adjust their pitch angle in direct response to working fluid pressure on the blades themselves or other part(s) of the rotor. In other embodiments, the turbine assembly is deployable in an application, such as an oscillating water column system, in which the flow of working fluid varies over time, for example, as pressure driving the flow changes. In a first of these embodiments, the turbine assembly includes a valve that allows the pressure to build so that the flow is optimized for the turbine's operating parameters. In a second of these embodiments, one or more variable-admission nozzle and shutter assemblies are provided to control the flow through the turbine to optimize the flow relative to the turbine's operating parameters.

Abstract: A control system is provided to control the rate of pressure rise in a hydraulic lift and flotation system. When a hydraulic cylinder of the hydraulic lift and flotation system is to be adjusted, the pressure in the hydraulic lift and flotation system has to be increased to a predetermined pressure controlled by a relief valve before the hydraulic cylinder can be operated. The unload valve of the hydraulic lift and flotation system can be closed in a controlled or regulated manner in order to control the rate at which pressure rises in the hydraulic lift and flotation system.

Abstract: An improved compacting device for compacting a granular, loosely coherent mass, such as soil-moist cement, for producing end products such as tiles, kerbstones and the like. The compacting device includes a vibrating table and a hydraulic exciter device for driving the vibrating table. The hydraulic exciter device includes a plurality of hydraulic exciters and is configured to drive the hydraulic exciters with excitation displacements of mutually substantially the same amplitude and frequency and in phase with one another. An improved hydraulic exciter for use in the improved compacting device, and the improved compacting device with a single improved exciter of this type are also described.

Abstract: A method for determining whether an accumulator is filled to a predetermined level with a hydraulic fluid includes commanding a current to a solenoid, providing pressurized hydraulic fluid to the accumulator, setting a timer to an initial value, incrementing the timer, determining if the timer is greater than a timer threshold value, measuring a current to the solenoid if the timer is greater than the timer threshold value, calculating a modified current as a function of the measured current, the timer value, and the commanded current, comparing the modified current to a threshold, and determining that the accumulator is filled to the predetermined level if the modified current is greater than the threshold.

Abstract: A hydraulic control system comprises: a regulator valve, which regulates a fluid pressure established by an oil pump to an operating pressure required in a control circuit; a signal pressure establishing valve, which applies a signal pressure to the regulator valve to determine a level of the fluid pressure to be established by the regulator valve; and an accumulator, which accumulates the operating pressure to be applied to the control circuit.

Abstract: A hydraulic module includes a pump housing with an opening in communication with an exterior surface of the pump housing. A plurality of pump chambers are in communication with the opening. A plurality of pump elements correspond to the plurality of pump chambers, each of the plurality of pump elements being movable within the respective one of the pump chambers to increase the pressure in a fluid from a suction side of the pump chamber to a pressure side of the pump chamber. A motor has an output member extending into the opening of the pump housing and coupled with the plurality of pump elements. A channel is formed in the exterior surface of the pump housing. The channel establishes fluid communication between the plurality of pump chambers.

Abstract: A power plant includes a closed loop, supercritical carbon dioxide system (CLS-CO2 system). The CLS-CO2 system includes a turbine-generator and a high temperature recuperator (HTR) that is arranged to receive expanded carbon dioxide from the turbine-generator. The HTR includes a plurality of heat exchangers that define respective heat exchange areas. At least two of the heat exchangers have different heat exchange areas.

Abstract: An impact drive type actuator (10) is comprised of a wire-shaped shape memory alloy (11) which contracts upon being electrified and heated, a disk-shaped insulating heat conductor (12) which contacts this wire-shaped shape memory alloy (11) and releases the heat which is generated at the wire-shaped shape memory alloy, and a drive circuit (16, 17) which instantaneously electrifies the wire-shaped shape memory alloy and instantaneously makes the wire-shaped shape memory alloy contract. According to this impact drive type actuator, it realizes a heat conduction structure which gives rise to a high heat dispersion action by the heat characteristics of the shape memory alloy, so it becomes possible to utilize the deformation by extension and contraction of a shape memory alloy which has a wire-shaped form, improve the speed and response of the deformation operation characteristics, and improve practicality.