Abstract: The invention pertains to a printing form precursor, a method of preparing a printing form from the precursor, and a process of preparing the precursor. The printing form precursor includes a photopolymerizable layer, an elastomeric layer having at least an elastomeric binder and particulate, and an actinic radiation opaque material on, adjacent, or disposed above the elastomeric layer opposite the photopolymerizable layer. The particulate is selected from specific material particles having an average diameter from 1 to 10 micron and a refractive index that is within 0.04 units of an index of refraction of the composition forming the elastomeric layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid pressure transferring technique for forming an appropriate transfer pattern on the surface of an object by pressing the object from the upper side of a transfer tank, in a liquid-leaving area in which the object is pulled up from the transfer liquid in the transfer tank, a design surface oppositely-separating flow that is separated away from a design surface of the object that is in the process of getting out of a liquid is formed by using the design surface cleaning device such as an overflow tank, and foam on a surface of the transfer liquid and foreign substances staying in the liquid are separated away from the design surface of the object that is in the process of getting out of the liquid and are discharged outside the transfer tank.

Abstract: A positive-working multi-layer lithographic printing plate precursor has an inner imageable layer disposed over a substrate. This inner imageable layer comprises one or more first polymeric binders that are present in a total amount of at least 50 weight % and up to and including 97 weight %, based on total inner imageable layer dry weight. The precursor also has an ink-receptive outer imageable layer disposed over the inner imageable layer and this ink-receptive outer imageable layer comprises one or more second polymeric binders that are different than the first polymeric binder. Each of the one or more first polymeric binders has a weight average molecular weight of at least 200,000 and can also have a polydispersity of at least 4.

Abstract: A method of making a planographic printing plate, the method includes exposing, to infrared light, a planographic printing plate precursor including a recording layer provided on a substrate; and developing the precursor using an aqueous alkaline solution, in which the recording layer comprises a copolymer containing a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylonitrile and a structural unit derived from styrene, a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin, and an infrared absorbing agent, the solubility of the recording layer in the aqueous alkaline solution being increased by the exposure, and in which the aqueous alkaline solution has a pH of 8.5 to 10.8 and contains a betaine-based amphoteric surfactant and an ammonium salt represented by Formula (I): wherein, R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent an alkyl or aryl group; the total number of carbon atoms in R1, R2, R3, and R4 is not more than 20; and X? represents a counter anion.

Abstract: Solvent-based inks for inkjet printers are prepared by adding UV-absorbers and/or reflectors. These inks, when printed on uncoated or untreated polymeric films which may be either clear or dyed, produce negatives with sufficient opacity to make photopolymer-based flexographic printing plates.

Abstract: Systems and methods for aligning preprinted images on a roll of substrate to the moving components of a web press are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment includes determining the speed of the moving components of the press, determining the speed of the web of preprinted images and adjusting the speed of the web of preprinted image to match the speed of the web. In particular embodiments, a press which produces rolls of preprinted material can be modified to change the equivalent cutoff length of the press. In further embodiments, a method of pasting new rolls of material to expiring rolls of material is accomplished by modulating the drive speed of the new roll of material to match the expiring roll of material while at the same time aligning the images on the new roll with the expiring roll.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reverse offset printing method, and more particularly, to a reverse offset printing method in a partial off type capable of accurately transferring a pattern to a cliche to achieve more precise minute printing by separately performing removal for each shear region of a functional ink even though the pattern is minute.

Abstract: An explosives detonator system for detonating an explosive charge with which it is, in use, arranged in a detonating relationship is provided. On acceptance of a detonation initiating signal having a detonation initiating property, the system initiates and thus detonates the explosive charge. The system includes an initiating device which accepts the detonation initiating signal and initiates and thus detonates the explosive charge. The initiating device is initially in a non-detonation initiating condition, in which it is not capable of accepting the detonation initiating signal. The system also includes a radio frequency identification (RFID) based switching device that detects a switching property of a radio switching signal that is transmitted to the detonator system and switches the initiating device, on detection of the detonation initiating property, to a standby condition in which the initiating device is capable of operatively accepting the detonation initiating signal when it is transmitted thereto.

Abstract: An explosives detonator system for detonating an explosive charge with which it is, in use, arranged in a detonating relationship is provided. On acceptance of a detonation initiating signal having a detonation initiating property, the system initiates and thus detonates the explosive charge. The system includes an initiating device which accepts the detonation initiating signal and initiates and thus detonates the explosive charge. The initiating device is initially in a non-detonation initiating condition, in which it is not capable of accepting the detonation initiating signal.

Abstract: An igniter includes, a sleeve receptive to combustible medium, a resistor in operable communication with the combustible medium, and at least one lead in electrical communication with the resistor and the sleeve the electrical communication with the sleeve is maintained by interference fit between the sleeve and the at least one lead.

Abstract: A pyrotechnic device including a combustion chamber including a wall, the combustion chamber containing combustible powder; an ignition source adapted to ignite said combustible powder within said combustion chamber; wherein the wall of the combustion chamber is adapted to burst at a predetermined pressure caused by combustion of the combustible powder; wherein the combustion chamber is disposed within a launch structure beneath a projectile and wherein a preselected amount of free space volume is disposed between said combustion chamber and said projectile.

Abstract: A fragmentable projectile casing for an explosive projectile (7) has an irregular wall thickness (W) and predetermined breaking points (2) distributed over the projectile casing (1) for formation of fragments. The predetermined breaking points (2) for obtaining uniform fragments are spaced irregularly from one another. The predetermined breaking points (2) can have a smaller distance from one another in a region of greater wall thickness (W) and can be arranged in the manner of a grid and/or are formed as lines. Further, the predetermined breaking points (2) can run parallel to a longitudinal axis (L) of the projectile casing (1) and/or along a circumference (U) of the projectile casing (1).

Abstract: A non-lethal hand grenade having a flexible resilient tube containing a pressurized colored liquid, with a impact actuated trigger device, which overcome the deficiencies of known prior art by offering a reliable, safe, and cost effective device that never fail to goes off when is thrown towards a intended target. The trigger device relies on the flexibility of the tube to keep the device safe to be thrown without going off until a minimal impact happens; The impact actuates a device which releases the trigger cap that keep the resilient tube blocked, allowing the pressurized liquid to be sprayed, marking anyone and anything about twenty feet of the point of impact. This non-reusable grenade is safe, reliable, environmental safe, easy to manufacture and operate, very similar in design and use to a real military grenade.

Abstract: A gun firing method whereby multiple projectiles segments that are contained in a cartridge case are fired simultaneously to create a pattern on the target to increase the hit probability of the dispersion. Some of the multiple projectile segments are side by side within the cartridge case and have ends that are approximately 90 degrees to the central longitudinal axis of the cartridge. This causes the projectile segments to rotate around their for and aft axis upon leaving the gun barrel, improves their accuracy, and effectively provides the projectile segments with a higher ballistic coefficient and a higher sectional density, to strike the target at a higher velocity and with greater retained energy to efficiently penetrate the target. Rotationally orienting the cartridges in the chamber of the gun is a further embodiment that provides a predetermined symmetrical pattern of projectile segment strikes on the target to further increase the hit probability of the dispersion.

Abstract: A projectile (100) is provided for operating at least in a launch phase and in a post-launch phase. The projectile includes a projectile body (10), a projectile head (50), and a support structure (80). The projectile head is non-rigidly mounted to the projectile body via a joint structure (70). The support structure is configured for selectively supporting the projectile head with respect to the projectile body in a load bearing relationship independently of the joint structure during at least a portion of the launch phase, and for selectively terminating the support during at least a portion of the post-launch phase. A method for operating a projectile and a method for retrofitting a projectile are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gas generator including a metallic housing, an ignition device including an igniter assembly, and gas generating agent, the igniter assembly including an igniter main body fixed to a metallic cylindrical fixing member with a resin and a connector-connecting portion for fitting a connector, at least part of the metallic cylindrical fixing member being electro-conductive to the housing, and including an exposed portion exposed to an inner surface of the connector-connecting portion, the exposed portion of the metallic cylindrical fixing member serving as a ground terminal, when the connector is connected to the connector-connecting portion, the ground terminal being in contact with an earth terminal of the connector, a grounding lead wire of the connector being grounded to a ground circuit located outside the gas generator.

Abstract: A gas generator includes, a housing integrated at upper and lower circumferential wall plates, an ignition device chamber defined by a cup-shaped container disposed at a bottom plate of the housing, a combustion chamber surrounding the ignition device chamber, an annular filter disposed to face a top plate of the housing, a retainer supporting the annular filter, the retainer including, an annular bottom surface supporting a lower surface of the filter and a cylindrical wall surface press-fitted to a circumferential wall plate of the housing, a circumferential wall of the cup-shaped container in the vicinity of the bottom surface abutting or positioned close to an inner circumferential surface of the annular filter. During activation, when the housing deforms, the retainer and annular filter move such that the annular filter gas-tightly attaches to the top plate of the diffuser shell. A combustion gas is discharged radially through the annular filter.

Abstract: A ride combining two or more vertical rotation axes with vertical translation motion of passenger vehicles. The ride includes a primary turntable rotating about a central axis and includes one to three or more secondary turntables mounted on the primary turntable to rotate with the primary turntable. Each of the secondary turntables is driven to rotate about a secondary rotation axis (vertical axis passing through the center of the sub-turntable). Each of the sub-turntables includes a vertical translation motion assembly that rotates with the sub-turntable and also supports a plurality of passenger vehicles. The passenger vehicles are supported within this assembly so as to be able to rotate (via manual operation or in a controlled manner) about a vertical rotation axis passing through the body of the vehicle. The vertical translation motion assembly is configured to allow each passenger vehicle to be lifted vertically upward a distance above the sub-turntable.

Abstract: A steering system for a vehicle adapted to travel on a track or a guideway includes a drive shaft having a rotational axis and first and second substantially semicircular gear elements provided on the drive shaft and adapted to engage first and second racks, respectively. The first and second substantially semicircular gear elements are offset along the rotational axis of the drive shaft and are located about a common end of the drive shaft. The first substantially semicircular gear element engages the first rack when the drive shaft is rotated in a first direction while the second substantially semicircular gear element engages the second rack when the drive shaft is rotated in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction. Both first and second substantially semicircular gear elements engage the first and the second rack, respectively, when the drive shaft is in a neutral position.

Abstract: A railway wagon bogie and a railway wagon are provided. The bogie includes wheel sets, side frames provided with triangular holes, a swing bolster provided with a preset hole in its body, and cross-braced rods. Cavities are formed in the side frames, symmetric around the center of the side frames, and located below the triangular holes. A connecting seat is provided in each of the cavities, and provided with a vertical mounting hole in a middle portion of the connecting seat. The cross-braced rods are elastically connected to the connecting seats through the mounting holes. In the railway wagon bogie and the railway wagon, the strength of the bogie is increased.

Abstract: A railroad well car includes a spaced trucks grouped in pairs, and a railcar body supported on a pair of the trucks, the body comprising a pair of spaced end structures, each end structure supported on one truck, and a well structure extending between the end structures. The well structure comprises a pair of top chord members extending between the end structures; a pair of side sills extending between the end structures. The rail car includes safety platform and handbrake wherein operator walkway platforms are included with co-planer end walkways and running boards, wherein the running boards are above the top chords of the sidewalls of the well car; and a handbrake operated with a hand wheel is mounted on one side of the railroad well car, which hand wheel extends below the top chords of the side walls of the well car whereby the hand wheel is accessible from the side of the railcar via an operator on the ground.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for preparing a liquid chemical for forming a water-repellent protective film, the liquid chemical being for forming the water-repellent protective film at the time of cleaning a wafer having at its surface an uneven pattern and containing silicon element at least at a part of the uneven pattern at least on surfaces of recessed portions of the uneven pattern, the liquid chemical containing a nonaqueous organic solvent, a silylation agent, and an acid or a base. The method includes (i) adjusting a water content of the nonaqueous organic solvent to 200 mass ppm or less by dehydration; and (ii) mixing the nonaqueous organic solvent, the silylation agent, and the acid or the base after the adjusting step.

Abstract: The present invention provides a Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) nanoink composition and a CZTSe sputtering target thereof for use in manufacturing an absorption layer of a thin-film solar cell. The CZTSe sputtering target includes a binary multiphase mixture and/or a ternary multiphase mixture. The CZTSe nanoink composition not only includes the binary multiphase mixture and/or ternary multiphase mixture but also includes a chelating agent. Any two of Cu, Zn, Sn, and Se are combined by the chelating agent to form the binary multiphase mixture. Alternatively, any three of Cu, Zn, Sn, and Se are combined by the chelating agent to form the ternary multiphase mixture. By manufacturing the absorption layer of the thin-film solar cell in the aforesaid manner, the absorption layer has a perfect quaternary monophase structure but does not manifest any impure phase detrimental to photoelectric conversion efficiency.

Abstract: A document which may be a security document has a thermochromic coating which may be a thermochromic ink on the substrate of the document. The ink may include several thermochromic materials which transition from various different colors to substantially clear in appearance as the ink is warmed to various temperatures. The combination of the colors of the thermochromic materials can give the document a different color at a number of different temperatures, until the coating is warmed to the highest color change point. When at or above the highest color change temperature, the coating becomes substantially transparent and the printed area assumes the color of the underlying substrate. The coating may also include non-reactive materials of yet another color that mixes with the colors of the thermochromic materials.

Abstract: Injection molded articles and methods for making them from bio-based materials are described. More specifically, injection molded articles and methods for making them from bio-based materials that behave like high-molecular-weight thermosets such as lignin or protein-based materials including corn gluten meal, corn gluten feed, distillers dried grains with solubles, wet distillers grains, modified wet distillers grains, canola meal, wheat gluten, barley, cottonseed meal, sunflower meal, linseed meal, soy, rapeseed, sorghum proteins, maize, rice proteins, potato proteins, cassava proteins, sweet potato proteins, yam proteins, plantain proteins, keratin, or collagen are described.

Abstract: A low swell, long-lived hydrogel sealant formed by reacting a highly oxidized polysaccharide containing aldehyde groups with a multi-arm amine is described. The hydrogel sealant may be particularly suitable for applications requiring low swell and slow degradation, for example, ophthalmic applications such as sealing wounds resulting from trauma such as corneal lacerations, or from surgical procedures such as vitrectomy procedures, cataract surgery, LASIK surgery, glaucoma surgery, and corneal transplants; neurosurgery applications, such as sealing the dura; and as a plug to seal a fistula or the punctum. The low swell, long-lived hydrogel sealant may also be useful as a tissue sealant and adhesive, and as an anti-adhesion barrier.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a composition and method of using adipamides in polymer applications. The composition is a blend of multi-components comprising dicarboxylic acids and amines. Specifically, the composition comprises adipic acid and monoethanolamine. The composition can further comprise at least one of the following: amides, esters, antioxidants, waxes, metal soaps, copolymers, polyesters, or fillers. However, these components are not necessary, and the composition can be utilized without these components. The composition is typically prepared in a cold reactor, wherein nitrogen flow is started and the temperature is increased gradually to approximately 360° F. Further, the disclosed composition reduces viscosity in polymer products, aids in melt integrity and process extrusion and promotes better mold release than conventional additives.

Abstract: A steel fibre for reinforcing concrete or mortar has a middle portion and an anchorage end at one or both ends of the middle portion. The middle portion has a main axis. The anchorage end comprises at least a first straight section, a first bent section, a second straight section, a second bent section and a third straight section. The first straight section and the third straight section are bending away from the main axis of the middle portion in the same direction. The second straight section is substantially parallel with the main axis of said middle portion.

Abstract: The use of hydrolysates of glutamine-rich proteins for use as air entraining agents in building material compounds.

Abstract: Provided herein are systems, methods, and compositions related to mixtures of calcium aluminate cements with compositions comprising carbonate. The compositions comprising carbonates may be formed by sequestering carbon dioxide.

Abstract: The specification discloses a method for containing spills on shelving and the like, and the resulting support members made in accordance with the method, by providing the generally flat top surface of a support with a hydrophobic surface which is arranged in a spill containment pattern and which is generally in the plane of the top surface of the support. The majority of the top surface of the support consists of one or more spill containment areas which are of a non-hydrophobic nature and which are bounded by the hydrophobic surfaces, such that spills on the shelving collect in the non-hydrophobic spill containment area or areas and are prevented from spreading by the hydrophobic surfaces.

Abstract: An operator desk system including an operator desk, two display/monitor stands arranged on an operator desk in order to carry one display/monitor each, wherein each display stand includes individual motorized inclining means the inclining means being arranged to change the inclination of the corresponding display stand in a synchronized motion in relation to each other, independent of the location of the displays on the operator desk.

Abstract: A table may include a table top and a leg assembly. The leg assembly may be moved between use and storage positions, and the movement of the leg assembly may move a cross member between a first position in which the cross member resists folding of the table top and a second position in which the cross member facilitates folding and unfolding of the table top. The table top may include first and second sections with portions that overlap and/or interlock when the table top is unfolded. When the table top is in the unfolded position, movement of the leg assembly towards the use position may move the cross member towards the overlapping and/or interlocking portions, which may move the overlapping and/or interlocking portions towards each other. When moved towards each other, the overlapping and/or interlocking portions may be securely connected.

Abstract: A wood pellet stove operable to mount to a wall includes a combustion chamber, a combustion chamber door, and a hopper. The combustion chamber has a front, back, and side. The combustion chamber door is in the front of the combustion chamber. The hopper is mounted at the side of the combustion chamber. The bottom of the hopper is below a top of the combustion chamber, and a top of the hopper is substantially coplanar with the top of the combustion chamber. The stove may also include a sight glass or fuel level monitoring system for determining a fuel level of the hopper without opening the hopper.

Abstract: A pulverized coal-fired boiler efficiently supplies air to a central part of a furnace and the neighborhood of a furnace wall, thereby promoting mixture with combustion gas, and reducing both NOx and CO. The main after air ports are structured so as to jet air having a large momentum for enabling arrival at the central part of the furnace, and the sub-after air ports are structured so as to jet air having a small momentum to the neighborhood of the wall face of the furnace, and a sectional center of each of the sub-after air ports is within a range from 1 to 5 times of a caliber of the main after air ports from a sectional center of each of the main after air ports.

Abstract: According to embodiments, a co-fired or multiple fuel combustion system is configured to apply an electric field to a combustion region corresponding to a second fuel that normally suffers from poor combustion and/or high sooting. Application of an AC voltage to the combustion region was found to increase the extent of combustion and significantly reduce soot evolved from the second fuel.

Abstract: A solid fuel burner may include a system for electrodynamic homogenization. One or more electrodes may apply an electric field to burning solid fuel or a region proximate the burning solid fuel. The electric field causes mixing and homogenization of volatilized fractions of the solid fuel, combustion gases, and air. The improved mixing and homogenization may reduce emission of carbon monoxide (CO), reduce emission of oxides of nitrogen (NOx), reduce oxygen in flue gas, increase temperature of flue gas, and/or allow for a larger grate surface.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for treatment of unburnts in a flue stream 9 of a chemical looping combustion system. Unburnts present in the flue stream 9 are treated after CO2 is removed from the flue stream in a gas processing unit 13. As shown in FIG. 2, oxidation of the unburnts occurs primarily in an air reactor 2 in the presence of air 1, allowing the system to maintain CO2 capture effectiveness and removing the need for creation of enriched or pure oxygen 11.

Abstract: A splitter divides a flow of low heating value biomass into a central stream and an annular stream. A stable flame may be achieved by combusting the central stream with oxygen. This avoids the use of costly fossil fuels or biomass (that have higher heating values than the biomass fuel) as an auxiliary fuel for achieving a stable flame.

Abstract: A planting unit for depositing fertilizer and seed in a single pass, double shoot manner includes a rotating disc that cuts a furrow in a planting surface and a trailing seed boot, having a cutting edge, that cuts a vertically and horizontally offset trench in the furrow to form a seed bed in the planting surface. The disc has a mounting frame for mounting the disc to a linkage assembly that is, in turn, coupled to a toolbar mount. The seed boot is also attached to the mounting frame. This common attachment provides a relatively short and compact device without sacrificing fertilizer and seed stratification.

Abstract: A planting unit for depositing fertilizer and seed in a single pass, double shoot manner includes a rotating disc that cuts a furrow in a planting surface and a trailing seed boot, having a cutting edge, that cuts a vertically and horizontally offset trench in the furrow to form a seed bed in the planting surface. The disc has a mounting frame for mounting the disc to a linkage assembly that is, in turn, coupled to a toolbar mount. The seed boot is also attached to the mounting frame. This common attachment provides a relatively short and compact device without sacrificing fertilizer and seed stratification.

Abstract: A sewing machine module mounted in a sewing machine that includes a feed mechanism, a shuttle mechanism, a frame that covers at least a portion of a side face of the feed mechanism, a portion of a side face of the shuttle mechanism, a portion of a bottom face of the feed mechanism, and a portion of a bottom face of the shuttle mechanism and that supports the feed mechanism and the shuttle mechanism in a state in which a top side of the feed mechanism and a top side of the shuttle mechanism are open, a cover member that is formed into a flat plate shape and that covers the top side of the feed mechanism and the top side of the shuttle mechanism that are supported by the frame, and a joining mechanism that joins the frame and the cover member.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a needle bar base, a support shaft, an adjustment member, and an urging portion. The needle bar base has a through hole on an upper end portion. The support shaft is inserted through the through hole and pivotably supports the needle bar base. The support shaft includes a leading end portion. The leading end portion includes a first screw portion. The adjustment member is provided on the support shaft and is configured to move along an axial direction of the support shaft. The adjustment member includes a second screw portion and a first contact portion. The second screw portion is screwed into the first screw portion. The first contact portion is in contact with the needle bar base. The urging portion urges the needle bar base toward the first contact portion of the adjustment member.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes a needle bar, a needle bar base, a base frame, a guide member, and a fixing member. A sewing needle is attachable to a lower end portion of the needle bar. The needle bar base is configured to support the needle bar to allow the needle bar to be moved in an up-down direction. A first engagement portion is provided to a lower end portion of the needle bar base. The base frame is configured to swingably support an upper end portion of the needle bar base. A second engagement portion is provided to a lower end portion the base frame. A guide member includes a third engagement portion configured to engage with the first engagement portion and guide movement of the first engagement portion in a predetermined direction and a fourth engagement portion configured to engage with the second engagement portion.

Abstract: A stitched fabric including a barrier layer configured to inhibit fluid flow and a yarn stitched through and forming stitch holes in the barrier layer. The yarn and the barrier layer are free from contact by another layer on either side of the barrier layer. As such, the stitched fabric may be employed as a wearable fabric for a garment without the need for, for example, a separate face layer and a separate interior layer.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, a sailboat includes a mast, and a spreader extending from the mast. The sailboat also includes a vertically extending stay spaced from the mast, and a diagonally extending stay coupled to the vertically extending stay and to the mast. The spreader engages the diagonally extending stay at a position above where the diagonally extending stay couples to the vertically extending stay. According to another embodiment, a rigging assembly includes a spreader configured to extend from a mast, a vertically extending stay, and a diagonally extending stay coupled to the vertically extending stay and configured to extend to the mast. The spreader engages the diagonally extending stay at a position above where the diagonally extending stay couples to the vertically extending stay.

Abstract: A foil structure for providing buoyancy and lift to a floating device is provided. The foil structure comprises an elongated left hand side floating device section and an elongated right hand side floating device section. The left hand side floating device section and the right hand side floating device section are placed at a predetermined distance to a longitudinal axis of the floating device and oriented substantially parallel thereto. A left hand side foil and a right hand side foil protrudes from the left hand side floating device section and the right hand side floating device section, respectively, towards a vertical plane through the longitudinal axis and is oriented at an acute angle to a horizontal plane. A leading edge of each foil intersects the respective floating device section in proximity to a bow portion thereof. Each foil extends along the respective floating device section and terminates in proximity to a stern portion thereof.

Abstract: A watercraft includes a watercraft body, a watercraft propulsion device, a water protective case, a communication device, and a display device. The watercraft propulsion device propels the watercraft body. The water protective case is arranged on the watercraft body. The communication device communicates with a mobile terminal arranged inside the water protective case. The display device displays content of the mobile terminal based on data received from the mobile terminal through the communication device.

Abstract: A device for diminishing flow resistance in a moon pool is disclosed. The device includes a guide structure (16) having a lattice shape. The guide structure includes horizontal guide plates (20), guide ramps (22), longitudinal reinforcing beams (24) and a hinge axis (H). The horizontal guide plates are spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal direction of a hull and arranged in rows along a lateral direction of the hull. The guide ramps are arranged in rows along the lateral direction and coupled to the respective horizontal guide plates. Front ends of the guide ramps are inclined upwards towards a bow side of the hull and spaced apart from rear ends of the adjacent fore horizontal guide plates. The longitudinal reinforcing beams support the horizontal guide plates and the guide ramps. The lattice guide structure is rotated around the hinge axis towards a transit position or a working position.

Abstract: A method of creating a watertightness barrier for a wall of a watertightened thermally insulating tank, involves steps of: arranging a repeating structure including alternately a strip of sheet metal and an elongate welding flange connected to the support surface, so that the turned-up lateral edges of the strip of sheet metal are positioned against the adjacent welding flanges, welding the turned-up lateral edge to the welding flange using a straight welded seam along a first longitudinal portion, continuing the straight welded seam with an end portion which is deviated in the direction of an upper edge corner, and producing a watertight edge corner welded seam along a second longitudinal portion of the strip of sheet metal such that the edge corner welded seam watertightly meets the end portion of the welded seam.