Abstract: A planter includes a lid and a container. The container has an upper side, a lower side, and a plurality of lateral walls extending between the upper side and lower side. The upper side, lower side, and lateral walls of the container define a container interior configured to retain a growth medium. The upper side of the container includes an opening configured to provide access to the container interior, and the lower side includes a plurality of drainage apertures or holes. One or more protrusions extend from at least one of an first face of the lid and the exterior of the lower side of the container.

Abstract: A plant pot assembly comprises a first pot for a plant in growing medium, a second pot coupled to it for forming a liquid reservoir, and a wick between the liquid reservoir and the first pot for transporting liquid from the liquid reservoir into the first pot. The liquid reservoir has a filling opening at or near the upper side of the assembly and wherein the first pot is received in the second pot with a close fit so that the liquid reservoir is situated substantially below the first pot. The wick extends between the first and second pots and protrudes near an upper edge of the first pot into the first pot, and extends in it. The first pot is substantially watertight and the assembly is arranged to prevent liquid transport between the reservoir and the growing medium via another route than the wick.

Abstract: A door system for an aircraft or spacecraft having a door and an actuator for actuating the door. The actuator includes an actuator drive which moves the door in relation to the aircraft or spacecraft, a detection device which determines movement information of the door and/or of the actuator, an actuator control unit which controls the actuator based on the movement information, and an actuator housing which surrounds the actuator drive and the actuator control unit.

Abstract: A household appliance including a non-adjustable first door, an adjustable second door, and an adjustable third door. The non-adjustable first door provides a reference point for adjusting each of the second door and the third door. A first adjustment device adjusts the second door in a vertical direction until one of a handle and a top edge of the non-adjustable first door and the second door are aligned at a same height. A second adjustment device adjusts the third door in a horizontal direction such that a first gap between the third door and the second door is equal to a second gap between the non-adjustable first door and the second door, and adjusts the third door in the first direction such that the third door is level and a bottom edge of the third door is aligned with a bottom edge of the second door.

Abstract: A power actuator for a window in a building includes a drive unit, a cable system, and a controller. The drive unit is positioned within a sill of the window. The cable system is engagable with the drive unit for moving a pane of the window relative to a window frame between an opened position and a closed position. The controller is electrically coupled to the drive unit and a power outlet located in the building and connected to an external power grid.

Abstract: A method of fixing a drive motor in a window regulator is provided which enables mounting operations to be facilitated. The window regulator includes the drive motor, an elongate push-pull member, and a frame. The frame has a guide portion for guiding the elongate push-pull member, a motor-fixture portion for mounting the drive motor, a motor mounting hole, and a positioning regulating portion for positioning the drive motor. The method includes the steps of: mounting the drive motor on the motor-fixture portion; rotating the drive motor with an output shaft of the drive motor as a center of rotation to bring a portion of the drive motor into contact with the positioning regulating portion; and connecting the drive motor with the frame through the motor mounting hole.

Abstract: A sliding cantilevered gates gate panel is carried by posts for sliding movement in the plane of the gate opening with each post having inner and outer parallel post members separated by a central opening within which the gate panel is mounted. The gate panel has a longitudinally extending track member, a plurality of upstanding posts connected to and upstanding from the track member and a top rail connected across top ends of the posts forming together a generally rectangular panel. Each post has support rollers for running along the track and a drive assembly at a post drives a sprocket engaging a chain mounted inside the track member.

Abstract: A device for opening and closing a door is provided, with a rolling device having a shell-shaped housing assembled from two complementary housing parts and in which a driving device is arranged, which is connected via a drive shaft to a driving wheel which, in a fitted operating position of the rolling device, is in frictional contact with a rolling surface facing the driving wheel. A fixing body is arranged on a housing part, which together with an opposite fixing body on the other housing part, form a fixed bearing for the drive shaft, each fixing body further having a recess forming a bearing seat for a bearing of the drive shaft. A housing part has linear guide means for connection to corresponding linear guide means of a fastening element. The linear guide means are arranged adjacent to the bearing seat. A method for installing such a device is also provided.

Abstract: An assembly (1) is provided comprising a spring break protection mechanism and a spring plug (21, 22, 25;112) for connecting a balancing spring (110) of a sectional door system to the spring break protection mechanism. The mechanism comprises a base plate (2;72) with a circular opening for receiving a balancing axle (100). A ratchet wheel (4;80) is rotatably arranged at a first side of said base plate to cooperate with the balancing axle. A pawl (12;84) is pivotably connected to the base plate. Attached to said pawl is an extension (16) extending from the pawl to beyond a second side of the base plate. The base plate and the spring plug are arranged for bayonet mount interaction wherein if the spring plug is placed against the second side of the base plate and then rotated for bayonet connection, part of the spring plug pushes the extension so as to force the pawl in the first position.

Abstract: A household cooking appliance include a housing having an oven chamber accessible through an opening, the opening having a seal surrounding a perimeter of the opening, and a door covering the opening and moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position. The door includes an outer door skin forming an outer surface of the door, the outer door skin including an outer glass panel, a full glass inner panel forming an inner surface of the door, the full glass inner panel abutting the seal when the door is in a closed position, a middle glass panel disposed between the outer glass panel and the inner glass panel, and outer glass support means for supporting the outer glass panel on the outer door skin.

Abstract: A door interlock apparatus is disclosed. The door interlock apparatus has a body configured to couple to a first one of a door and an enclosure structure, the body having one or more angled self-locating features, a locking protrusion extending from a surface of the body and configured to couple with the locking member of an interlock mechanism, and a misalignment-accommodating mechanism configured and adapted to allow motion of the body. The door interlock apparatus aligns the locking protrusion and locking member during door closing, even when the door and enclosure structure are substantially misaligned. Electrical component enclosures, door interlock assemblies, and methods of assembling a door interlock assembly are also provided, as are other aspects.

Abstract: A door assistant apparatus for retaining an opened door in a desired position, comprising a wedge-shaped portion, a foot pad portion and a vertically extending handle portion. The handle portion includes a grasping portion rotatably mounted to a vertical element of the handle portion. The grasping portion is operable between a first position substantially aligned with the wedge-shaped portion and the foot pad portion, and a second position wherein the grasping portion is substantially aligned with a surface of a door to which the door assistant has been applied.

Abstract: An insert for a cutting tool and a method of making an insert are provided. The insert for a cutting tool may comprise a body and a substrate carrier. The body may have a top, a bottom, and a plurality of side walls connected to the top and the bottom. The body may comprise superhard particles in absence of a support. The substrate carrier may have a recess. The bottom and the sidewall of the body may be adapted to be affixed to the recess of the substrate carrier.

Abstract: A cutter assembly and a method of making the cutter assembly are disclosed. A method of fabricating a cutting element having at least one island structure in at least one pocket of a substrate may comprise steps of building a substrate green body with at least one pocket; building at least one island green body; assembling the at least one island green body and the substrate green body with at least one pocket in the substrate green body to form a green body assembly; and subjecting the green body assembly to a final fabrication process to form the said cutting element.

Abstract: A deployable and inflatable roof, wall, or other structure has first and second covers made of flexible panels and cables arranged from edge to edge along the covers. Couplings along the edges of the covers connect the structure to supports, such as rails on which the structure can deploy and other supports of a building. Air from blowers blow air in between the covers to inflate the structure like an air cushion. In addition to cables, lateral support for the structure can use struts disposed edge to edge along the covers. Traction or rack and pinion drive mechanisms or cable drive systems can be used to deploy and retract the structure along the rails to cover or open a rooftop or other opening or area of the building.

Abstract: A readily deployable shield for single family dwellings and other structures protects the structures from transient, temporary threats such as fire, hurricane, tornado or similar forces. The deployable structure shield is delivered to a structure site in an enclosed shield module. The enclosed shield module may be permanently or temporarily secured to the roof of the structure to be protected. The shield module includes the shield canopy, an energy generator, a compressor, control electronics, one or more deployment catapults, sandbags, lanyards, tie-down straps, and a manual deployment apparatus. Once secured to the roof of a structure, the shield canopy may be deployed manually with the manual deployment apparatus, or remotely using the control electronics and any suitable initiation apparatus such as a smartphone.

Abstract: Described herein are systems for both preventing intrusion by an unwanted party and/or detection of a local event.

Abstract: A method is proposed for constructing mufti-story concrete structures using a rail-guided self-climbing formwork system. A climbing rail is thereby displaced in a vertical direction within lower and upper climbing shoes and a lower extension piece is positioned to extend vertically in a downward direction below a lower end of the climbing rail. The lower extension piece has a length which is less than the length of the climbing rail. The climbing rail is then displaced in the vertical direction until the lower extension piece is captured within the lower climbing shoe. The method simplifies construction of the lower stories of concrete structures.

Abstract: A scaffold wall system for erecting temporary insulated facilities using a scaffold structure for support is disclosed. The system comprises a floor supported by the scaffold structure, a plurality of walls supported by the floor, and a ceiling supported by the walls. The floor comprises a plurality of support beams laid across the scaffold structure, and floor boards laid across the support beams. The walls comprise a plurality of wall panels placed into customized tracks secured to the floor. Insulative sleeves are placed between the wall panels. The ceiling also comprises a plurality of panels with insulative sleeves. The system allows for multiple levels of temporary insulated facilities to be erected within a scaffold.

Abstract: A drilling rig including a base structure, a lifting device attached to the base structure, and a rig floor comprising a derrick and drilling equipment disposed thereon, in which the lifting device is configured to lift the rig floor so that at least one box may be inserted between the base structure and the rig floor, the rig floor having load points attached thereto and configured to be aligned with the lifting device.

Abstract: A method and system for ground installation is disclosed. In one aspect, a method to secure a fixture on a ground includes steps of securing one or more anchors on a base plate; placing the base plate on the ground; applying force to one or more ground stakes into the ground through the base plate to secure the base plate on the ground; disposing the fixture on the base plate; and securing the fixture on the base plate. The entire ground installation system merely includes a base plate and a few ground stakes, and it is fairly easy to assemble and disassemble the installation system without special training and skills. Also, the ground installation system provides a stable and secure base for the fixtures thereon.

Abstract: An insulating glass unit may include at least three panes of transparent material and at least two spacers positioned between different panes of the unit. For example, a first spacer may hold a first pane of transparent material a first separation distance from a second pane of transparent material and a second spacer may hold the second pane of transparent material a second separation distance from a third pane of transparent material. In some examples, the insulating glass unit is configured so that the first separation distance is greater than the second separation distance. In such examples, the insulating glass unit may have a comparatively larger first between-pane space and a comparatively smaller second between-pane space. In some applications, the insulating glass unit may exhibit thermal and sound insulating properties approximately equal to a triple-pane insulating glass unit while having size characteristics approximately equal to a double-pane insulating glass unit.

Abstract: A solar panel mounting anchor adapted for mounting a solar panel on a flat roof, the anchor comprising integral ballast, and edges comprising a resilient material and at least one engagement feature adapted to receive a solar panel and to space the panel from said roof, and a base adapted to inhibit slipping of the anchor on said roof. Preferably the integral ballast is such that the mass of the anchor is at least 15 kg.

Abstract: A ballast tile system for supporting photovoltaic modules that includes at least one fiber-reinforced concrete ballast tile. The at least one ballast tile has a first mounting member extending upwardly from a top surface thereof, the first mounting member configured to receive a lower end of a photovoltaic module. The at least one ballast tile also has a second mounting member extending upwardly from the top surface thereof, the second mounting member configured to secure an upper edge of the photovoltaic module.

Abstract: An energy generating system for placement on a roof structure is disclosed including one or more solar panels being secured to roof system components. The solar panels are secured thereto with hook and loop fasteners that may be integral with the roof system components.

Abstract: A matting system comprised of an assembly of discrete, individual small mat segments connected by pre-tensioned cable elements. The mat segments are configured to displace at the connecting surfaces of the mat segments at a predetermined load. The pre-tensioned cable elements holding the mat segments together are elastic through a reasonable displacement range so that the mat segments of the matting system will reassemble after the applied load is removed.

Abstract: A set of honeycomb panels for producing covers and walls includes a first honeycomb panel and a second honeycomb panel which are positioned adjacently, to be joined to each other at end-sections, wherein the end-section of the first honeycomb panel defines a groove and the end-section of the second honeycomb panel includes a protuberance, which has a substantially complementary form to that of the groove and is configured to be housed in the groove. In one embodiment, each of the first and second honeycomb panels of the set is made of a plastic material and has a sealing element firmly applied during production of an individual honeycomb panel at the groove.

Abstract: Multi-storey ICF building having concrete walls poured into insulated concrete forms with adjustments mounted between floors and an outside foam layer and guides for an inside for layer. ICF buildings can be constructed with greater than three stories and masonry or stucco exteriors without the use of supplementary forms.

Abstract: An elongated crown moulding with a front surface having a top front chamfer portion, a bottom front chamfer portion, and a front non-planar decorative profile portion separating the top front chamfer portion and the bottom front chamfer portion, and a back surface having a top back chamfer portion, a bottom back chamfer portion, and a back non-planar decorative profile portion disposed between the top back chamfer portion and the bottom back chamfer portion, the back non-planar decorative profile portion oriented as an inversely mirrored version of the front non-planar decorative profile portion.

Abstract: Floor support members in a grain bin floor system support perforated floor panels spanning above a plenum space at the bottom of a grain bin. Each floor support member includes a top rail including a horizontal top flange at a top end of the floor support member and a bottom rail including a horizontal bottom flange at a bottom end of the floor support. Each floor support member further includes a plurality of columns connected between the top rail and the bottom rail such that a top end of each column is abutted with the top flange of the top rail and such that a bottom end of each column is abutted with the bottom flange of the bottom rail. Clinching is used to fasten each column to the top and bottom rails.

Abstract: An element is directed to the dry construction of lightweight walls, especially the construction of load-bearing lightweight façades or non-load-bearing lightweight façades, which do not contribute to the stability of the building. The element includes a panel based on a hydraulic binding agent and all or part of the face is coated with a polymer film obtained by polymerization under the action of radiation. The element also includes a structure, and a jointing component resistant to air transfers and thermal and hydric transfers. The element does not comprise any membranes that are resistant to air transfers and thermal and hydric transfers.

Abstract: A structural unit includes a first face shell; a second face shell positioned opposite the first face shell; at least one central web connecting the first face shell to the second face shell; a first partial web forming a gap between an end of the first partial web and a first edge of the second face shell, and defining a first cavity; and a second partial web forming a gap between an end of the second partial web and a second edge of the second face shell, and defining a second cavity.

Abstract: Some novel features pertain to a floor coupling structure that includes a first portion, a second portion extending from a first end of the first portion, the second portion for coupling to a first plank portion of a floor plank; and a third portion extending from a second end of the first portion, the third portion for coupling to a second plank portion of the floor plank. In some implementations, the first portion, the second portion and the third portion are a single piece. In some implementations, the floor coupling structure further includes a side protrusion and side slot, the side slot configured to couple to another protrusion of a first coupling structure, the side protrusion configured to coupled to another side slot of a second coupling structure. In some implementations, the second portion is a first coupling portion and the third portion is a second coupling portion.

Abstract: A fire resistant membrane comprising a plurality of regularly spaced elongated parallel sheet metal framing elements, a first layer of fire rated wallboard attached directly to the framing elements with screws, a side of the framing elements opposite a side bearing the first wallboard layer being substantially free of any directly attached covering layer, a grid of elongated parallel sheet metal shafts overlying the first wallboard and secured to the studs with screws extending through the first wallboard layer, the shafts being oriented at right angles to the studs, and a second layer of fire rated wallboard overlying the shafts and being spaced from the first layer by the shafts, the second layer of wallboard being attached to the shafts with screws having a length insufficient to fully penetrate the first wallboard layer.

Abstract: A sheet metal yoke for supporting a pair of main runners of a suspended ceiling grid in parallel alignment with a relatively narrow spacing, the yoke having an inverted U-shape with a horizontal span and a depending leg adjacent each end of the span, a lower end of each leg having a tab extending towards the other leg, the tab being proportioned to fit in a cross runner slot of a main runner and being capable of vertically supporting the main runner at a desired elevation.

Abstract: Floor panels with a flexible tongue in an insertion groove, the flexible tongue is designed to cooperate, in a connected state with a tongue groove of another panel, the panels are adapted to be locked together by vertical folding, the flexible tongue has a projection portion which, in a connected state projects outside the insertion groove and cooperates with the tongue groove, said projecting portion has a beveled and/or rounded sliding surface and the panels have a sliding surface adapted to cooperate therewith during vertical folding, the flexible tongue during the vertical folding is displaced twice in the horizontal direction, a first displacement is effected by the vertical folding of the fold panel whereby at least a part of the flexible tongue is bent, a second displacement of the flexible tongue towards its initial position is accomplished substantially by a spring effect caused by said bending of said flexible tongue.

Abstract: An attachment member for securing a structural building component (e.g., joist) to a support pedestal of an elevated building surface assembly. The attachment member includes a central portion and at least one joist support arm attached to the central portion. The central portion includes one or more features that allow it to be secured to a support pedestal, and the at least one support arm includes engagement flaps that can be attached to a structural building component to secure the structural building component to the attachment members, and hence to the support pedestal.

Abstract: Composite face panels for use with structural insulated panels (SIP) are provided to form a suitable replacement for structural insulated panels that employ oriented strand board or plywood. The structural insulated panel has a sandwich structure with a generally planar, insulating core. A composite face panel is disposed on each of the opposed surfaces of the insulating core. The insulating core composition includes an insulating material that is formed of an expanded polystyrene or a rigid polyurethane foam. Each composite face panel includes a core and face sheets on each surface of the core. The core composition includes mixture of a resin binder and a fire retardant. The resin binder can be formed of a methacrylate modified urethane, and the fire retardant can be formed of alumina trihydrate.

Abstract: A portable drilling rig apparatus includes a rig floor having a pedestal structure thereon, the pedestal structure comprising a lower pivot point and a lower attachment point and wherein the pedestal structure is configured to be rotated to a vertical position about the lower pivot point. The drilling rig further includes a mast structure having a mast pivot point at a lower end of the mast structure wherein the mast pivot point is configured to be pinned to an upper pivot point of the pedestal structure.

Abstract: A casing system for covering the edges of structural frameworks and the like. The system includes a first casing piece and a second casing piece shaped to fit together. The first casing piece has a decorative profile milled into at least one side or end edge. The second casing piece has a reverse image of the decorative profile milled into a side or end edge. The pieces fit together by abutting edges or sides having a decorative profile and the reverse image of the decorative profile.

Abstract: Insulated wall and roof sheathing systems for use in building construction designed to provide moisture permeable wall panels that protect from bulk water, excess air, and thermal transfer.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing sorbent canisters into containers includes a first wheel and a second wheel, disposed to rotate with each other. A first plate is disposed between the first and second wheels and a second plate is disposed on a side of the second wheel opposite the first wheel.

Abstract: The device (D) for transferring pharmaceutical articles from a counter to inside containers (C), continuously advancing along an advancement direction (V), comprises a first series of tubular elements (T1) and a second series of tubular elements (T2) having dimensions such as to be able to freely receive the pharmaceutical articles internally thereof.

Abstract: An automatic packaging device includes a casing, a wrapping mechanism and a conveyance mechanism. An insertion portion is provided in the casing. The wrapping mechanism is provided inside the casing and wraps a radiation image capture device inserted through the insertion portion in a cover material. The conveyance mechanism automatically conveys the radiation image capture device that has been wrapped in the cover material by the wrapping to an ejection portion. The automatic packaging device automatically wraps the radiation image capture device in the cover material.

Abstract: An automatic test tube recapper is presented that is capable of recapping thousands of test tubes per day. Specially designed caps are poured into an upper triangular shaped hopper. The randomly oriented caps are transported by a pair of belts to an upper slide. Misaligned caps are rejected and fall back into the hopper, while properly aligned caps slide down the slide to a cap catch, one at a time. A hammer shaft then drives the cap into the top of the test tube until the cap is firmly seated. The hammer shaft reverses, which withdraws the shaft upwards. As the hammer shaft moves upwards, it triggers a pair of arms that allows another cap to fall into the cap catch. A conveyor also automatically moves the next uncapped test tube under the cap. The cycle then repeats itself.

Abstract: A packaging for a liquid filling with a product packaging pouch made out of a liquid-tight and elastic material and having a reaction chamber pouch made out of a liquid-tight and elastic material. The reaction chamber pouch is completely closed, and is arranged inside the product packaging pouch and partially filled with a first reactant. An inner pouch made out of a liquid-tight and elastic material is completely closed, is arranged inside the reaction chamber pouch and exhibits a predetermined breaking point that yields when its interior pressure is increased, and is filled with a second reactant. The first and second reactant induce a temperature change upon coming into contact with each other. As a result, a temperature change can be initiated by the user on the one hand, while minimizing the risk that the filling will become contaminated with chemicals on the other.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for detecting a leak in a sealed package containing a product in the form of a foodstuff or a pharmaceutical. The leak detecting arrangement comprises a testing station, in which a package is placed by the transporting means and a pressure applying means arranged to apply a predetermined amount of pressure on the package located in the testing station. The arrangement further comprises a continuously operated suction means arranged to draw ambient air past a seal on the packet to be tested and a gas sensor located in the flow of ambient air drawn off by the suction means and arranged to transmit a signal dependent on the test gas concentration detected in the ambient air.

Abstract: A system for dispensing homemade baby food includes a dispenser with a nozzle and a plunger that can be moved toward the nozzle for dispensing baby food from the nozzle. The system further includes a container having a nipple that is releasably engageable with the nozzle so that baby food in the dispenser can be dispensed directly into the container. The container can be separated from the dispenser and sealed when a selected volume of the baby food has been placed in the container. The container with the baby food therein can be stored temporarily and used when needed.

Abstract: The present application relates to a lifting apparatus comprising a first member and a second member; a lifting mechanism coupled to said first member adapted to move said first member towards said second member; and a third member coupled to said first member, the third member slideably moveable through said second member when said first member is moved towards said second member. When a predetermined compressive force is applied to said third member, a latching mechanism responds by latching said second member to said third member, such that when a further compressive force is applied to said third member, said first member and lifting mechanism are isolated from said further compressive force.

Abstract: A cap stabilizer of a capping device includes a fastening element that connects the cap stabilizer to the capping device such that the cap stabilizer is removable from the capping device by sliding the cap stabilizer in a first direction, opposite a direction of travel of container to be capped by the capping device.