Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for processing and/or transporting food products (3), in particular meat and sausage products, comprising at least one constructional unit (7) and at least one pressure monitoring device (15). The invention is characterized in that the at least one constructional unit (7) comprises a housing (10) which is sealed in a pressure-maintaining manner and that in the housing (10) an excess pressure compared to the surroundings of the housing can be generated and monitored by the at least one pressure monitoring device (15).

Abstract: An apparatus for singularizing and separating cherries, includes a product line defining a V-shaped slot and motorized belts installed on opposite walls defining the slot and arranged on the bottom thereof. The cherries are separated from their stems by circular blades rotating around axes preferably orthogonal to the direction of said “V” slot. Preferably, in the position corresponding to said rotating circular blades, on the upper edges of said opposite walls is installed a respective rising face, oriented upwardly and preferably inclined and lying on the same plane of the respective said opposite wall, parallel to the direction of said “V” slot, provided with a front edge that is downwardly oriented and inclined toward the direction of origin of the vegetable products.

Abstract: This specification discloses a mechanism that alters the cutting angle of a motorized miter saw. The cutting angle is altered by a mechanism that deploys a member from within or behind the fence to a position in front of the fence parallel to the blade and partially within a cavity/opening in the material resting surface. When deployed in front of the fence, the angle between the blade and cutting material is altered.

Abstract: Crank scissors, especially for cutting rolling strips, having two pairs of blades which can be secured to the blade carriers. The blade carriers are arranged in an opposite position on a vertical plane in a pair of eccentric drive shafts. Double-joint arrangements are maintained in a pivotable manner on torque-supporting levers co-operating with hydraulic control units that engage the levers. The blade carriers form pairs of heating surfaces, which are parallel to the axis, for the pairs of blades on approximately radial projections. The upper pair of blades is arranged on the inner, bearing surfaces of an arc-shaped recess of the upper blade carrier which are oriented towards each other, and the lower pair of blades is arranged on a relatively narrow projection on the outer bearing surfaces.

Abstract: A punch assembly includes a punch, a sleeve, a draw stud and a die. The punch has a punch profile which provides a cutting edge that has a uniform “sharpness” along entire perimeter of the punch. The punch assembly provides additional punch-to-die clearance over what was done in the prior art. This reduces excessive punching forces which result from axial deflection of the draw stud and “tipping” of a large diameter punch as the draw stud deflects under a load.

Abstract: A punch assembly includes a punch, a sleeve, a draw stud and a die. The sleeve adds rigidity to the draw stud, thereby reducing elastic deflection of the draw stud, reducing bending moment on the draw stud, reducing punching force, and extending the punch, draw stud and die fatigue life. The sleeve also aids in axial alignment of the punch, die and workpiece with a pilot hole drilled through a workpiece.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting a sheet stack is provided. The sheet stack is composed of a plurality of sheets. The apparatus includes a cutting blade having a plate form and having a cutting edge at one side extending along a cutting width direction. The cutting blade has at the one side: a plurality of projecting blade portions having ridge lines forming edge lines capable of thrusting and sawing cutting, the projecting blade portions projecting in a cutting direction; and a straight bottom portion between adjacent projecting blade portions. Cutting of the sheet stack is performed by applying a load to the cutting blade in the cutting direction, and by reciprocating the cutting blade along the cutting width direction.

Abstract: A trench scribing apparatus and a trench scribing method adapted to scribe a trench on a substrate are provided. The apparatus includes a platen, a guide rod structure, a supporting carrier and a pin device. The guide rod structure is disposed above the platen. The supporting carrier is fixed on the guide rod structure, and the substrate is disposed on the supporting carrier. The pin device is disposed above the supporting carrier and includes a pin holder and a plurality of pins fastened on the pin holder, and the pins are arranged into at least one straight line.

Abstract: A tone control device is provided. The tone control device includes a weight assembly including at least a first magnet and a second magnet magnetically attracted to the first magnet, wherein the first magnet is positionable on a first surface of the bridge and the second magnet is positionable on a second surface of the bridge such that the weight assembly is securely coupled to the bridge.

Abstract: A saxophone includes a roughly U-shaped first pipe 13 communicating with a bell 11, a second pipe 15 communicating with the first pipe 13, a mouthpiece 21, and a neck 17, and a water guiding means 40 is provided between the mouthpiece 21 and the first pipe 13 to guide the fluid within blown breath to flow down through a specified position within the second pipe 15.

Abstract: Provided are systems and methods for resonance tuning. A signal is received in response to a resonance of a structure. A frequency or musical note related to an overtone is determined from the signal. The frequency or musical note related to the overtone is selected as a filter mode reference frequency or musical note. A display of frequencies or musical notes from a subsequent signal that deviate from the filter mode reference frequency or musical note by a predetermined threshold is suppressed.

Abstract: A signal processing device is designed to automatically calculate a transfer characteristic representing sound-box resonance of a guitar due to acoustic excitation of vibration which may occur due to white noise. White noise emitted toward the guitar causes vibration propagating via strings so as to produce an audio signal via a pickup. A transfer characteristic is calculated based on an audio signal and a white-noise signal. A filter performs convolution, using the transfer characteristic, on audio data representing user's playing sound of the guitar, thus reproducing sound-box resonance indicating distinctive peaks which may appear in a low-frequency range of guitar's sound. It is possible to store a plurality of transfer characteristics in memory, whereby any user may be allowed to select a desired transfer characteristic among transfer functions stored in memory or to utilize a transfer characteristic actually calculated by the signal processing device.

Abstract: A musical tone control device capable of generating a hi-hat sound intended by the performer operates such that, when striking surface position information corresponds to a first position, instructions are provided to stop generating a musical tone with a first timbre (or that satisfies another predetermined condition), when the striking surface position has reached a predetermined second position higher than the first position after instructions are provided to generate the musical tone. Since, the performer's intention is reflected in the transition state of the striking surface position, a musical tone according to the performer's intention can be generated.

Abstract: This invention provides a structure for gunpowder charge for charging gunpowders of different rates in combined fracturing perforation devices. The structure for gunpowder charge is convenient to mount and transport. In one embodiment, said structure for gunpowder charge comprises an inner gunpowder box located between adjacent perforating charges in the charge frame of a perforation device, and an outer gunpowder box attached to the outer wall of the charge frame, wherein said outer gunpowder box comprises one or two box units (2 or 4) with at least one claw at the inner side of said box unit, said claw can be locked into a groove or installation hole of the charge frame, and wherein said inner gunpowder box and said outer gunpowder box are charged with gunpowders of different burning rates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle, in particular a military combat vehicle, with a hull (2) that accommodates the vehicle crew, a turret mount (3) arranged above the hull (2) for accommodating a primary weapon (4), an auxiliary mount for accommodating a secondary weapon (6), and a panoramic viewing device (7) for observing the vehicle surroundings, wherein the panoramic viewing device is arranged on the auxiliary mount and/or the auxiliary mount is arranged above the turret mount at a hull-mounted fastening point.

Abstract: An electrohydraulic control device and a method for actuating such an electrohydraulic control device include a hydraulic consumer having an actuator element and a pressure medium source that is quantity-adjustable. The speed of the actuator element is controlled by the pressure medium source and the position of the actuator is controlled by digital hydraulics.

Abstract: The invention relates to a vacuum brake booster having a chamber arrangement for producing a servo force that supports a brake actuating force, wherein the chamber arrangement comprises a housing, in which a working chamber is separated from a vacuum chamber by a movable wall, wherein the housing has a first housing shell and a second housing shell, which are or can be connected to each other in a sealing manner in a connection area, wherein a flexible section of the movable wall is arranged in a sealing manner in the connection area, and wherein the housing shells of the housing are penetrated by at least two fastening bolts in order to fasten the vacuum brake booster to a vehicle chassis. For easier assembly, at least one of the fastening bolts is provided with an engagement formation, with which one of the housing shells can be brought into engagement during the assembly, and thus said housing shell can be permanently locked in a predetermined position relative to the other housing shell.

Abstract: An aircraft door actuator, including: a pneumatic cylinder for the opening of the door including a chamber into which a pressurized gas is injected via a first port, means for supplying the chamber of the cylinder with pressurized gas, via a supply pipe and said first port, means for setting the chamber to atmospheric pressure when the piston is in the position for opening the door, so as to allow said door to be moved into the closing position, including: a pressurized gas exhaust pipe a gate-valve means for guiding the opening of the gate-valve via the pressurized fluid located in the chamber when the door is in the opening position, so as to open the exhaust pipe in order to set said chamber of the cylinder to atmospheric pressure in a rapid manner once the door is open.

Abstract: A hydrostatic radial piston machine includes a radial cylinder block with cylinder bores which extend from an outer circumferential surface of the radial cylinder block into an interior of the radial cylinder block a number of pistons which corresponds to the number of cylinder bores; a cam ring and ends of the pistons which face away from the radial cylinder piston block are supported movably on an inner circumferential surface of the radial cylinder block during a rotation of the radial cylinder block; two control plate elements which extend respectively with a face oriented towards the radial cylinder block towards a central plane of the radial cylinder block, which central plane is perpendicular to the rotation axis. Each control plate element includes a bearing portion in which radially acting forces are transferable to a respective mating surface in the housing or housing cover mounted in the housing.

Abstract: A method pertaining to regeneration of a particle filter (202) pertaining to a combustion process, which filter is arranged to treat exhaust gases arising from combustion in a combustion engine (101). When at least one measure for raising the temperature of the particle filter (202) is activated, determining a temperature for the particle filter (202), comparing the temperature determined with a first temperature and discontinuing the measure for raising the temperature of the particle filter (202) when the temperature determined is below the first temperature.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a new type of high selectivity UV-cross-linked tetrazole group functionalized polymer nanosieve (TZPIM) membranes, their preparation, as well as their use for gas and liquid separations. The UV-cross-linked TZPIM membrane showed more than 50% improvement in CO2/CH4 selectivity and more than 30% improvement in CO2/N2 selectivity compared to the uncross-linked TZPIM membrane for CO2/CH4 and CO2/N2 separations, respectively.

Abstract: An apparatus for reducing soot particles in exhaust gas, particularly of an internal combustion engine, includes first and second at least partially electrically conductive structures with an intermediate space therebetween, a high voltage source forming a potential between the first and second structures and at least one at least partially electrically conductive intermediate structure in the intermediate space receiving an intermediate potential. A method for treating the exhaust gas includes conducting exhaust gas from the first to the second structure and applying a high voltage at least temporarily between the first and second structures. At least part of the soot particles in the exhaust gas is ionized or agglomerated and deposited on the second structure. A high voltage between potentials of the first and second structures is applied at least temporarily to the intermediate structure. An electric field is influenced favorably and disruptions from undesirable voltage flashovers are reduced.

Abstract: An apparatus for separation of gases from ambient air that has at least one separation column containing an adsorbent with an inlet at a first end and an outlet at a second end, a buffer column containing an adsorbent and having a single inlet at a first end, a vacuum pump, and a valve system that connects the vacuum pump to the outlet at the first end of the separation column, and that connects the outlet at the second end of the separation column to the single inlet at the first end of the buffer column.

Abstract: A regenerator that can handle rich loaded chemical solvent containing precipitated absorption reaction products is disclosed. The invention is particularly suitable for separating CO2 from large gas streams that are typical of power plant processes. The internally circulating liquid stream in the regenerator (ICLS regenerator) rapidly heats-up the in-coming rich solvent stream in a downcomer standpipe as well as decreases the overall concentration of CO2 in the mixed stream. Both these actions lead to dissolution of precipitates. Any remaining precipitate further dissolves as heat is transferred to the mixed solution with an inverted bayonet tube heat exchanger in the riser portion of the regenerator. The evolving CO2 bubbles in the riser portion of the regenerator lead to substantial gas hold-up and the large density difference between the solutions in the downcomer standpipe and riser portions promotes internal circulation of the liquid stream in the regenerator.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a carbon dioxide adsorption and release device, which has high adsorptivity, and also consumes low energy upon adsorption and desorption.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to an apparatus for heating and frothing a beverage product, in particular milk, comprising a steam generator, a compressed air source, an air supply conduit connected to the compressed air source to supply air from the compressed air source to the steam generator, and a steam/air conduit connected to the steam generator to supply a steam/air mixture from the steam generator into the beverage product.

Abstract: A food cooker is provided that is configured to cook and infuse skewered food, the food cooker having perforated spines adjustably positionable on a sealable chamber that support the skewered food. The food cooker includes a bottom container, a cover, and a spine. The cover includes a vent positioned along an outer major surface thereof. The cover is also combinable with the bottom container such that the bottom container and cover coalesce to form a sealed inner chamber. The spine includes a hollow interior and perforations along an exterior surface. The spine is fittable with the vent.

Abstract: A compactor/baler for compacting materials includes a frame defining a compacting chamber, a platen movably mounted to the frame, a loading gate movably mounted to the frame and a control panel including a biometric reader having a biometric scanner. The platen is movable within the compacting chamber and the loading gate is movable from a closed position blocking access to the compacting chamber and an open position exposing the compacting chamber. The control panel is actuable between a locked configuration and an operational configuration. The biometric reader is designed to accept a biometric attribute of a user and to actuate the controller between the locked and operational configurations. The biometric reader actuates the controller to the operational configuration if the biometric attribute matches a stored biometric attribute. The control panel prevents the loading gate from moving to the open position when the controller is in the locked configuration.

Abstract: System and methods for piling and compressing pieces of insulation wool. The system includes a piling tower for receiving and piling multiple pieces of insulation wool and means for compressing multiple pieces of insulation wool. The system includes a first and a second compression plate having plane and smooth upper and lower surfaces, whereby the compression plate can be slid out from between two compressed pieces of insulation wool. The compression plates receive a batch between the compression plates and compress the batch by moving one compression plate towards the other. The pressure on the insulation wool does not need to be relieved after the pieces have been compressed once as the system and method makes it possible to gradually increase compression toward the bottom of the piling tower by shifting between the first and second compression plate being used for compressing a batch of pieces of insulation wool.

Abstract: The apparatus forms a unitary bale of agricultural or forestry biomass of uniform density and having a level top. The apparatus includes packer apparatus configured and supported in the chamber for reciprocating movement through a compacting chamber and progressive movement upwardly to form the bale. A crop deflector is supported in the chamber above the packer apparatus for deflecting a stream of the biomass downwardly, and is configured and operable so as to move continuously with the packer apparatus between the ends of the chamber and to substantially constantly reconfigure as a function of a position of the packer apparatus and a direction of the movement thereof so as to deflect the stream of the biomass directly in a path of the packer apparatus in the current direction of the movement thereof so as to be immediately compacted thereby onto the floor or the bale.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes: a mask formed with a pattern hole for printing; a printing mechanism having a squeegee that comes into contact with a front surface of the mask at a predetermined contact angle, the printing mechanism causing the squeegee to slide on the front surface of the mask with a predetermined printing pressure to move a solder on the front surface of the mask while scraping the solder by the squeegee, thereby printing the solder to a substrate via the pattern hole; a detection device executing detection operation for detecting a physical quantity that changes in accordance with an amount of solder on the front surface of the mask; and a control device adjusting at least one of the contact angle and the printing pressure of the squeegee on the basis of the physical quantity detected by the detection device.

Abstract: A container system for containing a plurality of ink pads including a cover and a plurality of bases. The cover defines a cover mounting portion. Each base defines a support surface, a first base mounting portion, and a second base mounting portion. Each of the support surfaces is adapted to support at least one of the ink pads. The cover mounting portion is capable of engaging any one of the first base mounting portions to detachably attach the cover to the plurality of bases. The first base mounting portions are capable of engaging the second base mounting portions to detachably attach at least one of the bases to at least another of the bases. The container system operates in a stack mode and in a single mode. In the stack mode, the cover is detachably attached to one of the plurality of bases, and the one of the plurality of bases to which the cover is detachably attached is detachably attached to another of the plurality of bases.

Abstract: An apparatus and method disclosed for delivering solid-ink pellets in an image-forming device comprises a hopper that houses solid-ink pellets. The hopper defines a vent and is provided with a mechanism to regulate the passage of the solid-ink pellets through the vent. A restrainer member configured to receive the solid-ink pellets defines a restrainer surface and a spreading arrangement to evenly spread the solid-ink pellets on its surface. Positioned below the vent, the restrainer retains the solid-ink pellets and is configured to transmit heat to solid-ink pellets causing them to melt evenly.

Abstract: An imaging drum has an outer surface configured for receiving an ink image from a print head and transferring the image at a transfer nip. The imaging drum has a central channel extending through the drum along a central longitudinal axis. An inner drum surface faces the channel and includes surface alterations that increase or decrease at least one of surface emissivities and heat absorption to mitigate thermal influences on the imaging drum and control temperature variability along the imaging drum.

Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition for laser engraving, comprising (Component A) an oligomer or polymer having a (meth)acryloyloxy group in the molecule, (Component B) an ethylenically unsaturated compound, (Component C) a compound having in the molecule at least one type selected from the group consisting of a mercapto group, a primary amino group, and a secondary amino group and at least one type of hydrolyzable silyl group and/or silanol group, and (Component D) a thermopolymerization initiator.

Abstract: A method for registering at least two colors for a machine for printing plate elements equipped with at least two printing units: printing marks of different colors in spaced pairs on edges of the plate elements; detecting position errors between different marks of possibly the same color and comparing the position with respective theoretical relative positions; adjusting operation of the printing units to have both marks of a color overlie.

Abstract: A method for printing is disclosed. In one embodiment the method is performed by a digital printer. A substrate is secured to a front side and a back side of a liner sheet. The lined substrate is fed into the digital printer, and an image is printed onto both the front side and the back side of the lined substrate. In one embodiment, the substrate may include a tissue.

Abstract: A method for determining one or more of an impact level and direction of a weapon as it strikes a target. The method including: providing an elastic element in the weapon; providing a piezoelectric member attached to the elastic element such that elongation and/or depression of the elastic element will generate an electrical power output from the piezoelectric member; and determining the impact level based on the output of the piezoelectric member.

Abstract: An end-burning grain of a solid rocket motor or other gas-generating device is supplemented with one or more sticks of high-burn-rate propellant embedded in a matrix of a relatively low-burn-rate propellant. The sticks increase the burning surface area as the grain burns by forming conical indentations in the surface.

Abstract: A surface blasting product which includes a container, a receptacle which contains adhesive which is displaceable to adhere the container to a rock, and an explosive charge, inside the container, which can be ignited to fragment or displace the rock.

Abstract: Shot shells with enhanced performance due to inclusion of an absorber between the shot wad and the shot payload. The absorber reduces the pressure within a shot gun's chamber during firing of the shell, such as by absorbing energy generated during the firing process, and may thereafter return some of the energy to the pellets as the absorber and pellets are propelled along the firearm's barrel. Accordingly, the absorber enables a shot shell to generate shot payload velocities that are greater than would be achieved without the absorber, typically at a lower internal chamber pressure. In some embodiments, the absorber has (1) a Young's Modulus of less than 2,000 psi (137.9 bar), (2) a compressive strength of at least 100 psi (6.9 bar) and/or less than 10,000 psi (689.5 bar), and/or (3) a tensile strength of at least 145 psi (10 bar) and/or less than 10,000 psi (689.5 bar).

Abstract: Ammunition comprises, along a longitudinal axis, a fuse in the form of a tip, an ammunition body and a skirt, the ammunition body of cylindrical form with axis of revolution merged with the longitudinal axis, having, between a front end and a rear end, a circular cylindrical wall delimiting a loading compartment containing a pyrotechnic charge, the ammunition body being sealed at its front end by the fuse and at its rear end by the skirt attached to the ammunition body. The ammunition body includes, in the loading compartment, between its two ends, a central core having n fins each comprising at least one edge, in the axis of revolution, attached to the skirt, n being greater than or equal to 1, to separate the pyrotechnic charge into at least two portions on either side of a given fin Ei. Applications are to cannon or mortar type ammunition.

Abstract: A ride system for efficiently utilizing a simulator(s) or immersive environment assembly. The ride system includes a closed-loop track and a plurality of passenger vehicles each configured for traveling along a ride path defined by the closed-loop track. The ride system includes a simulator positioned adjacent to the closed-loop track. The ride system also includes a vehicle transfer mechanism. This mechanism is typically positioned along the track (or to provide part of the track) near the simulator. In operation, the transfer mechanism receives or captures a first one of the vehicles and transfers the first vehicle a distance away from the ride path and into the simulator and its immersive entertainment environment. The transfer mechanism is configured such that a second one of the vehicles trailing the first vehicle travels along the ride path past the simulator while the first vehicle is positioned within the simulator.

Abstract: A transport installation comprising at least one carrier vehicle moving longitudinally in to-and-fro manner along a single running track being guided by two guiding elements each following one of the lateral branches of the track in a crossing area. The carrier vehicle carries two independent gripping mechanisms respectively associated with the two guiding elements and each able to temporarily secure the carrier vehicle in the lateral direction to the associated guiding elements. Such gripping mechanisms constitute on-board devices for selecting the branch associated with its direction of running on entering a crossing area.

Abstract: A vibration suppression device for a railway vehicle includes an actuator (5) disposed between a bogie truck (2) and a vehicle body (1), the actuator adjusting a vibration of the railway vehicle by extension/retraction motion thereof, and a controller (4) for controlling the extension/retraction motion of the actuator (5), and the controller (4) derives the total amount of extension/retraction displacements of the actuator (5) within a predetermined period of time during the running of the railway vehicle, and compares the derived total amount of extension/retraction displacements with a preliminarily registered threshold value to determine that the actuator (5) is seized in the case where the total amount of extension/retraction displacements is smaller than the threshold value. Thereby, seizing of the actuator can be self-diagnosed and found at an early stage.

Abstract: A railroad car side bearing including a cage, a cap, a lock out insert configured to be removably connected to the cage, and an elastomer element configured to mate with the lock out insert. The lock out insert includes a key that is dimensioned based on a diameter of an interior channel of the elastomer element. Different lock out inserts with different dimensioned keys for different elastomer elements enable a common cage and a common cap to be used with different elastomer elements with different interior channel dimensions, thus reducing the need to have different cages.

Abstract: A pigment includes reservoirs of encapsulated corrosion inhibitors and/or biocides for active corrosion and/or antifouling protection of metallic and polymeric products and structures, wherein the reservoirs have average dimensions of 10-50000 nm and comprise a porous surface/interface, a porous or empty interior and stimuli-sensitive stoppers that release an encapsulated inhibitor or biocide outside the reservoir upon action of a stimulus selected from the group consisting of an external electromagnetic field, changes in local pH, ionic strength and ambient temperature, wherein the stimuli-sensitive stoppers result from a chemical or physical interaction between encapsulated corrosion inhibitor and/or biocide or encapsulated solvent/dispersing agent and an additional external compound and prevent release of an encapsulated inhibitor or biocide towards an exterior of the reservoir in the absence of the stimulus.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a spinning solution for industrial production of pure chitosan fiber and the method for fabricating the same. The method comprises the steps of: step (a): screening a flake chitosan raw material and removing impurities; step (b): putting in a dissolving kettle the screened flake chitosan raw material with a weight which is 3%-8% of the total weight of the spinning solution, sealing the dissolving kettle, and evacuating into vacuum; step (c): adding 0.9%-6% acetic acid solution, and soaking at the room temperature for 40-60 minutes; step (d): uniformly stirring at a rate of 26-60 rpm for 7.5-19 hours under a pressure of ?5000 pa in the dissolving kettle, standing for 1-3 hours, and obtaining a spinning solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to improved clayey barriers, such as compacted clay liners or geosynthetic clay liners, which can be used, among other uses, to isolate waste liquids from the environment. More in particular, the present invention relates to clay which is treated with an anionic polymer and is subsequently dehydrated before it is used as a barrier. The latter improved clays are surprisingly well, and for a long term, protected from chemical attack by aggressive electrolyte solutions present in, for example, sea water or waste liquids.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for reducing the foul odors of a hydrocarbonaceous material such as asphalt comprise the addition of an odor reducing amount of a reducing carbohydrate and/or a soluble zinc compound. The reducing carbohydrate may be a monosaccharide, oligosaccharide or polysaccharide, including a starch; and it may be used as a sole odor reducing agent or in combination with soluble zinc compounds and/or other odor reducing compounds.