Abstract: A cooling module (1) for use with a beverage container (21) is provided. The module includes at least one hermetically sealed reservoir (7) containing a potable liquid (5) which may be frozen therein. The reservoir (7) is specifically adapted for this purpose. The module (1) also has an engagement formation (3) adapted to engage the beverage container (21), thereby enabling the beverage container (21) and the cooling module (1) to be supplied as a unit to a consumer. The module (1) may, for example, be attached to the neck of a bottle (21) containing a beverage or may rest on top of a glass (73) containing a beverage.

Abstract: A system to perform a vapor compression refrigeration cycle using water as the refrigerant is provided and includes an evaporator to output water vapor having a water vapor temperature of a first temperature and a water vapor pressure of a first pressure, a condenser to output liquid water at a second temperature, which is higher than the first temperature, and a second pressure, which is higher than the first pressure and a compressor, operably disposed downstream from the evaporator and upstream from the condenser, to compress the water vapor to thereby increase the water vapor temperature from the first temperature and to thereby increase the water vapor pressure from the first pressure by at least a 7:1 ratio.

Abstract: An ejector (38) has ports (40, 42, 44) for receiving a motive flow and a suction flow and discharging a combined flow. The ejector has a motive flow inlet, a suction flow inlet (42), and an outlet (44). A suction flow flowpath extends from the suction flow inlet. A motive flow flowpath extends from the motive flow inlet to join the suction flow flowpath and form a combined flowpath exiting the outlet. The ejector comprises a plurality of motive flow nozzles (100, 302, 402, 602, 702, 802) along the motive flow flowpath. The motive flow nozzles are oriented to impart a tangential velocity component to the motive flow. A plurality of diffusers (130, 304, 404, 604, 704, 804) are along the combined flowpath and are oriented to recover the tangential velocity from the combined flow.

Abstract: A method for processing heavy hydrocarbons in an NGL recovery system is provided. In one embodiment, a feed stream is separated into a carbon dioxide recycle stream and a heavy hydrocarbon stream. The heavy hydrocarbon stream comprises carbon dioxide and natural gas liquids, and the heavy hydrocarbon stream comprises heavy hydrocarbons. The carbon dioxide recycle stream is separated into a purified carbon dioxide recycle stream and a natural gas liquids stream. The purified carbon dioxide recycle stream comprises the carbon dioxide, and the natural gas liquids stream comprises the natural gas liquids. In another embodiment, a set of process equipment comprises a first separator and a second separator. The first separator is configured to separate a feed stream into a recycle stream and a heavy hydrocarbons stream, and the second separator is configured to separate the recycle stream into a purified recycle stream and a natural gas liquids stream.

Abstract: A clothing article having a hidden pocket which may be displayed without removal from an elongated body such as a bracelet attached to the wrist or angle of the user. The pocket is rotatable from a hidden sandwiched engagement between two layers of the bracelet to an exposed position where the user may access it or a third party may view the ID in the pocket. The pocket may also be removably engaged allowing for removal for using a magnetic strip on a credit card or displaying identification.

Abstract: A finger ring, including a clasp joining the ends of a flexible band of material, is used with an ornamental charm having a through hole through which the material passes. The clasp includes a first and second clasp portions which join or separate first and second ends of the material. The band of material and at least one of the clasp portions are sized for passage through the through hole so that the charm can be positioned along the material. The finger ring with the charm is securable to a user's finger when the flexible band is wrapped around a user's finger and the clasp is in a joined state.

Abstract: A clasping apparatus having a main body a removable element coupled to a front surface of the main body. A second removable element may be coupled to a top surface of the main body. A first insert may be removably coupled to a first lateral side of the main body and a second insert may be removably coupled to a second lateral side of the main body. A band with a first end may be removably coupled to the first insert, and a second end may be removably coupled to the second insert.

Abstract: Referring to the invention, there is shown an article of body jewelry intended to be worn upon the hand. The body jewelry comprises a length of an elastic material upon which may be threaded one or more decorative elements and an ornamental decoration. A portion of the elastic material is connected to a securement element. The body jewelry is secured to multiple parts of the hand, using the tension within the elastic material stretched between various locations; e.g., from the back of the wrist, over the back of the hand, to a securement element sitting behind two adjacent fingers.

Abstract: A system and method for making jewelry comprising one or more than ornament with a mounting hole therethrough, where the mounting hole has a diameter; a flexible stringing material comprising a first end and a second opposing end. A first clasp element on the first end, where the first clasp element has a diameter, and the diameter of the first clasp element is greater than the diameter of the mounting hole. A mounting post attached to the second end, where the mounting post has a diameter, and the diameter of the mounting post is less than the diameter of the mounting hole. A second clasp element attachable to the mounting post, where the second clasp element has a diameter, and the diameter of the second clasp element is greater than the diameter of the mounting hole. The second clasp element can engage the first clasp element and thereafter be disengaged.

Abstract: A jewelry item having plurality of radially symmetrically oriented flared portions integrally continuously connected to a pair of opposing center portions. The center portions are mirror images of each other with convex surfaces. Peripheral edges of adjoining flared portions form multiple distinct display surfaces for stone mounting or other decorations.

Abstract: In a known process for drawing a quartz glass strand, SiO2 particles are fed to a melting crucible and softened therein to form a quartz glass mass, and the softened quartz glass mass is pulled vertically downward as a quartz glass strand via a drawing nozzle which is provided in the bottom region of the melting crucible and has a gap-like drawing nozzle opening.

Abstract: A method for making a vacuum insulated glass window assembly is provided in which an exposed end of a pump-out tube of a vacuum insulated glass window assembly is sealed using a laser that is applied to the end of the pump out tube in controlled sequential manner as opposed to a short duration, high-powered application of a laser. In particular, a method is disclosed in which a multiphase sequential variable power application of laser energy to an exposed end of a pump-out tube for controlled exposure times and decreasing laser trace diameters produces a more controlled melting of the tube glass to reduce or eliminate undesirable outgassing that may occur during a high-power short duration exposure of laser energy to the end of the pump-out tube to seal the tube.

Abstract: A sealing glass of the present invention is a sealing glass for vacuum sealing an exhaust opening provided in a metal-made vacuum double container, wherein the sealing glass is used in a metal-made vacuum double container having a structure that the sealing glass is placed in a position excepting a position right over the exhaust opening in a vacuum sealing process, the sealing glass is substantially free of a Pb component, and the sealing glass produces a total amount of gases of 900 to 7000 ?L/cm3 when a temperature is raised from 30° C. to 700° C. at 15° C./minute in a vacuum state.

Abstract: A sag-bending system is disclosed. The sag-bending system comprises a sag-bending glass support mold and a perimeter thermal manager. The sag-bending glass support mold has a quadrilateral shape, a collective upper surface, and a periphery. The support mold comprises a plurality of rib members extending in a first direction, each of the plurality of rib members having a curved upper surface shaped to form the collective upper surface having a position and shape to support a quadrilateral-shaped sag-bent glass sheet into a desired contour, each of the rib members further having a lower surface, and a plurality of support members extending in a second direction between at least two of the plurality of rib members, the second direction traverse to the first direction.

Abstract: Elastic knitting thread, having a core of an elastic material, an inner wrapper surrounding the core and an outer wrapper surrounding the inner wrapper, wherein one yarn is a flat yarn and the other yarn is a textured yarn.

Abstract: Provided is a washing machine that can maintain sufficient rigidity while reducing a thickness of a frame by improving the shape of beads disposed at the frame, the washing machine including: a cabinet; a tub that is disposed to accommodate washing water in the cabinet and has a fastening hole formed in a rear side of the tub; a tub fixing part that is provided in plural numbers at a rear side of the cabinet in a position corresponding to the fastening hole; a fixing member that is inserted into the tub fixing part and is fastened to the fastening hole so that the tub is fixed to the rear side of the cabinet; and beads that are provided in plural numbers at both sides of the cabinet so as to have a shape of grooves formed in a direction of an inner side of the cabinet.

Abstract: A combination sling and locking component for employment in combination with a skateboard is provided. A housing having an internal cavity for a reeled cable is configured for operative sandwiched engagement between a skateboard deck and truck using fasteners through apertures in the housing aligned with existing passages in both the truck and deck which align. The cable is extendable to encircle an object and lock to the housing or to form a sling when just locked to the housing. A second mode of the device employs a second housing to provide the receiver for locking the end of the cable to a housing which provides a more elongated sling.

Abstract: A gate lock (10) includes a body (11), which in turn includes a latch (12) that can house a key (13) for opening the lock (10) and a stop element (14) having a first configuration of engagement on at least a part of the gate. The lock (10) further includes a slide (17), which slides with respect to the body (11); the stop element (14) is slidably constrained to a guide element.

Abstract: An actuating motor set includes a mounting base; a motor; a transmission set including a worm gear formed with a tooth, wherein two opposite ends of the worm gear respectively defining are a pushing end and a restoring end; and a spring including an engagement part and an abutment part. The engagement part is engaged with the tooth, and an inner diameter of the abutment part is larger than an outer diameter of the tooth. The spring is pushed spirally by the tooth upon rotation of worm gear, and thus moving back and forth on an axial direction of the worm gear. The spring idles when it is moved to the pushing end due to lack of engagement therewith, and the spring also idles when it is moved the restoring end due to lack of engagement therewith.

Abstract: A heteromorphic granule comprising lysine free base and a lysine salt is disclosed. A fertilizer composition is set forth having cores containing an acid salt of a basic amino acid and effective amounts of first and second layer coatings coated sequentially to the surface of each core. A method for using the heteromorphic granule as a fertilizer and/or an animal feed is provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to organic fertilizers that satisfy the standards in both the United States and the European Union to be labeled as organic. The organic fertilizer comprises oilseed extract and/or corn steep liquor in combination with whey and/or other protein supplements, which provide a natural, nitrate free, nitrogen to the fertilizer.

Abstract: A controlled release fertilizer including a fertilizer granule, having an outer surface, a coating of biopolymer composition on the outer surface of the fertilizer granule, wherein the biopolymer composition includes at least one biopolymer, and a process of making the controlled release fertilizer including the steps of screening fertilizer granules to a preselected granule size, heating a biopolymer to become substantially fluid, and applying the biopolymer onto the surface of the fertilizer granule to produce a coating on the granule of a predetermined amount.

Abstract: An encapsulated particle includes a core particle and a polyurethane disposed about the core particle. The polyurethane includes the reaction product of an aromatic isocyanate component and a polyol component. The polyol component includes a polyol derived from an aromatic amine-based initiator and an aliphatic polyether polyol. The polyol derived from the aromatic amine-based initiator has a nominal functionality of 4. The aliphatic polyether polyol has a nominal functionality of from 2 to 4. The weight ratio of the polyol derived from the aromatic amine-based initiator and the aliphatic polyether polyol is from about 1:2 to 2:1. A method of forming the encapsulated particle is also provided.

Abstract: A dust suppressing aggregate includes a core particle and a dust suppressing agent. The dust suppressing agent comprises polyurethane and is disposed about the core particle for suppressing dusting of the core particle. A method of forming the dust suppressing aggregate includes the steps of providing the core particle and encapsulating the core particle with the polyurethane.

Abstract: A round bender is disclosed. The round bender may include a plurality of bending roll units disposed along a process line between a pair of bender frames so as to bend a straight shaped beam to have a curvature. Each of the plurality of bending roll units may include upper and lower bending rolls rotating between the pair of bender frames and may be adapted to bend the shaped beam to have the curvature when the shaped beam passes between the upper and lower bending rolls. A lower bending roll of a rearmost bending roll unit disposed on a rearmost part of the process line may be configured to be rotatable with reference to an upper bending roll of the rearmost bending roll unit so as to change a curvature radius of some portion of the shaped beam.

Abstract: Generation of cavitation jet in air on a surface of a work roll provides a higher cleaning force than squirting of only high pressure fluid, so that sticking substances on the surface of the work roll are reliably removable. When a distance between a cleaning nozzle and the surface of the work roll and pressure of the high pressure fluid are controlled within a predetermined range, sticking substances are efficiently removable while roughness of the surface of the work roll is maintained.

Abstract: A single piece stent construction having a plurality of commissure posts, each of which extends upwardly from a solid ring along a bend line and generally along a central longitudinal axis of the stent.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of an iron-type golf club head has acts of preparing a formed bar-shaped steel substrate, rough-hot forging the bar-shaped steel substrate, mid-hot forging the rough blank, fine-cold forging the mid-blank, cold stamping the striking surface and drilling a hosel of the iron-type golf club head. The cold forging reduces the thermal expansion and contraction of the blank, and the shape of the forged blank is more accurate therefore. As a result, the following grinding processes of the blank are reduced. Therefore, the weight of the blank is more accurate, and the manufacturing time and cost are also reduced. The blank does not have to be heated to high-temperature state prior to cold forging so that the blank can be cooled down faster, and the cost of the heating is reduced.

Abstract: A mold for hot stamping is disclosed. The mold for hot stamping according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include an upper mold and a lower mold so as to stamp a heated blank having a welding portion. A recess may be formed at an upper forming surface in the upper mold corresponding to the welding portion of the blank and may define a cooling space between the recess and the blank such that a cooling fluid directly cools the welding portion of the blank after the blank is stamped.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing tube end forming equipment or machines that utilize the advantage of hydraulic power without having the constant noise, heat, and energy usage associated with traditional hydraulic power units. The end forming machine includes a hydraulic pump that is operated only when a demand from the system for oil pressure/flow is present. This is accomplished by providing a synchronous servo motor and servo drive coupled to a fixed displacement hydraulic pump. The oil pressure of the system is monitored to detect when the pressure drops below a preset value to provide closed-loop control of the servo motor. The servo motor is controlled to rotate the hydraulic pump at the required speed (up to the maximum RPM of the motor/pump combination) as necessary to obtain the desired system pressure during the tube end forming process.

Abstract: The microelectromechanical component has a semiconductor substrate (1), which has a cavity (2a) formed in the semiconductor substrate. The cavity is covered by a reversibly deformable membrane (2). A sensor (17) for detecting a deformation of the membrane (2) is formed within the region of the membrane (2). A test actuator (28, 29, 30) for deforming the membrane (2) for testing purposes is also arranged within the region of the membrane (2). Finally, the microelectromechanical component has an evaluation and activation unit (41) connected to the sensor (17) and the test actuator (28, 29, 30) for activating the test actuator (28, 29, 30) in order to deform the membrane (2) as a test and for evaluating a measurement signal of the sensor (17) as a sensor detection of a deformation of the membrane (2) as a result of the activation of the test actuator (28, 29, 30).

Abstract: Disclosed are a calibration device, a calibration system and a calibration method. The calibration device includes a camera configured to capture image information, a laser sensor configured to capture image information, a laser sensor configured to detect distance information, and a calibration module configured to perform a calibration of the camera and the laser sensor by obtaining a relation between the image information and the distance information, wherein the calibration module includes a plane member disposed to intersect a scanning surface of the laser sensor such that an intersection line is generated, and disposed within a capturing range by the camera so as to be captured by the camera, and a controller configured to perform coordinate conversions with respect to the image information and the distance information based on a ratio between one side of the plane member and the intersection line, and based on a plane member image included in the image information.

Abstract: The system (1) for measuring a golf swing according to the present invention is provided with at least two image pickup apparatuses that each capture an image of a golf club (5) that includes at least one head identifier attached to the head and with a measurement apparatus that measures the force acting on the head of the golf club (5) based on position information of the at least one head identifier, the position information being acquired from the images of the golf club (5) captured during a swing.

Abstract: A gas detector test system is provided. The gas detector test system includes a test apparatus and a control apparatus. The test apparatus includes a housing, a baffle, an elastic device, a gas discharger, and a gas sensor. The housing defines an inner space communicating with an opening. The elastic device pushes the baffle disposed in the inner space toward the opening, thereby sealing the opening. The baffle can be moved against the opening to form an interval between the baffle and the opening. The gas sensor produces a gas parameter signal according to a gas detected in the inner space. The control apparatus controls the gas discharger of the test apparatus to discharge gas according to a control signal, and displays the information of the gas according to the gas parameter signal. The disclosure further provides a gas detector test apparatus.

Abstract: A breath analyzer includes an analyzer body and an alcohol sensor module detachably attached to the analyzer body. The analyzer body includes a signal processing unit for calculating an alcohol concentration, a display unit for displaying the alcohol concentration, a connector coupling unit connected to the signal processing unit and a breath passage conduit. The alcohol sensor module includes an alcohol sensor. The alcohol sensor includes a sample gas passage and a reaction cell arranged within the sample gas passage to output an actual detection signal value corresponding to an alcohol concentration in a sample gas. The sample gas passage is composed of a sample gas inlet tube, a sample gas outlet tube and a sample gas chamber.

Abstract: In a gas sensor (100), a base end portion (175b) of a second outer wall (175) of an outer protector (171) is airtightly connected to a forward end portion (164c) of a first inner wall (164) of an inner protector (161). The outer protector (171) has a taper wall (172) which is located on the axially forward end side of the second outer wall (175). The taper wall (172) has the shape of a tapered tube whose diameter decreases toward the axially forward end side, and has a second outer hole (176), which is a forward end opening. The entire taper wall (172) is disposed on the axially forward end side in relation to the inner bottom wall (162) of the inner protector (161).

Abstract: A sensor device for an oxygen module mountable on board an aircraft includes an electrical conducting element, a defining device for defining at least one measurement section, assigned to the oxygen module, on the electrical conducting element, and an evaluating unit for determining an electrical resistance present along the at least one measurement section, the evaluating unit further being configured to ascertain, based on the determined electrical resistance, whether the oxygen module is present. An aircraft has at least one oxygen module mounted on board the aircraft and at least one sensor device of the above type.

Abstract: The gas sensor includes a sensor element, a first insulator inside which the sensor element is inserted, a second insulator disposed on a proximal side of the first insulator so as to cover a proximal side of the sensor element, and a contact member held by the second insulator and sandwiching the sensor element. A proximal end portion of the first insulator and a distal end portion of the second insulator abut on each other in an axial direction. Each the proximal end portion and the distal end portion is provided with a positioning structure. The positioning structure is configured to restrict a relative movement between the first and second insulators in a sandwiching direction in which the sensor element is sandwiched by the contact member and in an orthogonal direction perpendicular to the sandwiching direction and in the axial direction.

Abstract: A sensor element for detecting a parameter of a gas mixture in a gas chamber, having a first electrode and a first diffusion barrier layer arranged to be coupled to said first electrode in a predetermined first region, and arranged such that the gas mixture of the gas chamber only impinges on the first electrode in the first region via the first diffusion barrier layer. In addition, the sensor element has a second electrode arranged such that the gas mixture of the gas chamber impinges on the second electrode in a further first region. The sensor element includes a solid electrolyte designed to be coupled to the first and the second electrodes.

Abstract: A process gas analyzing device is provided. The process gas analyzing device may include a sample gas introducing unit configured to introduce a process gas including a sublimable aromatic compound; a sublimable aromatic compound removing unit configured to remove the sublimable aromatic compound; a process gas pretreatment unit arranged between the sample gas introducing unit and the sublimable aromatic compound removing unit; and a gas analyzing unit arranged in a downstream position of the sublimable aromatic compound removing unit. The sublimable aromatic compound removing unit may include an adsorbent of activated carbon including a non-volatile acid.

Abstract: A device measuring air permeability of a building, including: an airtight duct, open at both its ends; a motorized fan; an air induction member positioned in the duct with its axis of rotation substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the duct; a mechanism measuring pressure difference between an inside of a part of the building and an outside of the building; an adjustable shut-off member shutting off the duct, and configured to vary locally cross section for air flow through the duct, the shut-off member being continuously adjustable between a configuration of minimal shutting-off of the duct and a configuration of complete shutting-off of the duct; and a mechanism determining a degree to which the duct is shut off by the shut-off member for a reference pressure difference determining, from the degree of shutting-off, either corresponding air flow rate through the duct, or a parameter representative of the air permeability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an oil leak detection device. In an aspect, the oil leak detection device includes a base film layer 200 configured in a tape form, a pair of polymer lines 220, 230 formed on a top surface of the base film layer in parallel in a length direction, a pair of conductive lines 210, 240 formed on the top surface of the base film layer in parallel to the pair of polymer lines in the length direction, and an upper protection film layer 300 attached to the top surface of the base film layer and configured to have a plurality of sensing holes 310 formed at specific intervals in the length direction at locations through which only one of the pair of polymer lines is exposed.

Abstract: A viscometer for measuring the viscosity of fluid. The viscometer includes: a first chamber and a second chamber separated from the first chamber; a micro channel connecting the first chamber to the second chamber; a first thin film disposed over the first chamber and a second thin film disposed over the second chamber; and a first piezoelectric film disposed over the first thin film and a second piezoelectric film disposed over the second thin film. At least one of the first and second piezoelectric films has a hexagonal shape if a longest distance between a center and an edge of the piezoelectric film is longer than a threshold range and a circular shape if the distance is shorter than the threshold range.

Abstract: The invention aims to produce an instrumentation making it possible to measure the loadings which pass through mechanical joins between two mechanical structures, so as to best evaluate the dimensions and masses without impairing their mechanical properties of a secure transfer of load. To this end, the invention proposes introducing into the zones of transit of the loadings an instrumented component of the form that favours the measurement of shear and its installation. In one embodiment, a zone of transit of loadings consists of an instrumentalized hollow shaft which takes the form of a cylinder (1) able to be introduced into collinear openings (30) in the fittings (20, 25, 26). It comprises a longitudinal housing (10) into which is introduced an insert (2) composed of a central prop (21) in tight contact with the internal wall (1i) of the shaft (1) and connected, on each side, to a flyweight (31, 32) also in tight contact, by way of multiple tabs (41 to 44) away from contact with said internal wall (1i).

Abstract: An arrangement of a tire pressure sensor unit on the inner wall of the tread of a vehicle tire in a retaining device for the sensor unit is provided. The retaining device is connected to the inner wall, wherein a sealing compound is applied to the inner wall, or in the case of a retaining device having a closed bottom section which is connected to the inner wall, the sealing compound is applied to the bottom section facing the sensor unit. In the event that a foreign object punctures the inner wall, or punctures the inner wall and the bottom section, the sealing compound prevents at least a short-term loss of pressure caused by the hole resulting therefrom in that the sealing compound at least almost tightly seals the hole.

Abstract: A system and method for providing information regarding the trajectory of a projectile is disclosed. The system comprises two subsystems: a non-magnetic sleeve designed to fit over the barrel of a gun, with a series of rings of magnetic material disposed thereupon, and an onboard measurement and control system comprising at least one magnetic sensor and control electronics, located within a projectile. As the projectile passes through the sleeve, the magnetic sensors within the projectile produce signals as the projectile passes through the magnetic rings. From the time profile of the signals thus produced, the projectile's linear and angular muzzle velocities are determined.

Abstract: A low-cost fluid flow meter to conveniently measure the volume of a fluid, for example water, when expelled from a faucet is disclosed. The device is simple to install and requires no user interaction or electric power to operate. The device includes a scale with markings for predetermined volumes of a fluid. A flow divider is used to redirect a small portion of the fluid flow into a separate measurement compartment. The fluid level is then registered optically and presented through light-guiding optics to the user. The measurement compartment is automatically emptied through a pressure activated reset mechanism, so that when fluid flow is turned off the meter is nulled. The device can serve as a direct replacement for many of the common measurement sets and containers used in a household for water dosage. In this setting water spoilage is reduced and water consumption awareness is increased.

Abstract: The invention relates to a metallic sensor housing for an optoelectronic sensor which is composed of a plurality of parts. Provision is made in accordance with the invention that two or more metallic parts of the housing are connected to one another with material continuity. The invention additionally relates to an optoelectronic sensor having a metallic sensor housing in accordance with the invention and to a method of manufacturing a metallic sensor housing in accordance with the invention.

Abstract: The present sensing device comprises a sensor (1) for providing sensor data representative of a quantity to be measured. Together with the sensor (1) a radio frequency interface (2) for transmitting the sensor data is arranged in a casing (3). The casing (3) comprises an opening (33) for exposing a sensitive element (11) of the sensor (1) to an environment of the casing (3). A seal (4) is provided for sealing the opening (33) against an interior (3) of the casing (3). The sensing device can be used as autonomous humidity detector for detecting humidity e.g. in cars under test.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gyroscope. Particularly, a ring-shaped rotary core in which magnetic bodies and nonmagnetic bodies are alternately arranged is provided to simplify the structure of the gyroscope and reduce the weight of the gyroscope. Also, due to reduced frictional resistance, noise can be minimized, and the speed at which the gyroscope rotates is markedly increased. As necessary, the gyroscope may be disposed within a sealed container to minimize a frictional loss and improve energy efficiency.