Abstract: The field of the invention is oil sands processing. A solvent treatment system and process for treating a bitumen-containing stream include contacting that stream with a solvent-containing stream to produce an in-line flow of solvent diluted material; supplying the solvent diluted material into a separation vessel with axi-symmetric phase and velocity distribution and/or particular mixing and conditioning features. The solvent addition, mixing and conditioning may be performed with particular Co V, Camp number, co-annular pipeline reactor, pipe wall contact of low viscosity fluid, flow diffusing and/or flow straightening. The processes enable improved performance of downstream unit operations such as separation of high diluted bitumen from solvent diluted tailings.

Abstract: A housing of a flotation device has a flotation chamber with at least one inlet for a suspension. The flotation device has at least one foam collecting unit, arranged on an upper face of the housing, for receiving and discharging a foam product, and at least one fluid distribution element, provided above the at least one inlet in the flotation chamber, for generating a flow directed toward the at least one foam collecting unit. The vertical position of the at least one fluid distribution element is variable above the at least one inlet in the flotation chamber.

Abstract: A rotor for flotation machines or flotation cells of flotation machines includes blades that are configured to provide improved bubble flow and bubble generation performance while also reducing the power requirements for rotating the rotor to generate bubble flow within a tank of a flotation cell used to generate froth. Embodiments of the rotor may also be configured to be smaller than conventional rotor designs, which may help reduce the costs of manufacturing the rotor or flotation machines using such embodiments of the rotor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for handling notes of value, comprising a sensor unit (300) for detection of at least one feature of each note of value, and a control unit (28) which classifies the notes of value into accepted notes of value and sheet-shaped media to be returned, dependent on the feature to be detected by the sensor unit (300). A sorting gate (400) is arranged downstream the sensor unit (300), wherein the control unit (28) controls the sorting gate (400) to supply notes of value classified as accepted notes of value to a first intermediate storage (32), and notes of value classified as sheet-shaped media to be returned to a second intermediate storage (500).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for handling notes of value, comprising two intermediate storages (32, 500) for intermediate storage of notes of value and a stack combining unit (802). The stack combining unit (802) combines a first stack formed by notes of value intermediately stored in the first intermediate storage (32) and a second stack formed by notes of value intermediately stored in the second intermediate storage (500) to a single combined stack.

Abstract: A treatment device for stormwater is provided that comprises a container which in use contains a growing medium and a hydrodynamic separator located within the container. The hydrodynamic separator comprises a separation chamber, an inlet duct extending from the outside of the container to the separation chamber, a solids outlet; and a liquid outlet that opens into the container. In use, liquid flow containing solids enters the separation chamber through the inlet duct and is caused to swirl within the separation chamber, thereby causing solids to exit the separation chamber through the solids outlet and liquid to exit the separation chamber through the liquid outlet and to flow into the growing medium.

Abstract: Provided is foreign-object offshore processing system, including foreign-object inflow prevention devices configured to prevent inflow of foreign object into water intake and provided at interval. Each device includes: collecting pontoon serving as inlet of foreign object and provided to float on sea surface of pool defined by curtain wall, the pool being for drawing cooling sea water from sea toward water intake; bottom net spreading toward sea bottom on upstream side of water intake channel in triangular shape with collecting pontoon as vertex; longitudinal net fixed to two floating chains in suspended manner to spread out in surface area of sea, the two floating chains extending on sea surface from collecting pontoon in correspondence with two sides extending from vertex of triangular shape forming bottom net; and lateral net spreading between bottom net and at least portion of longitudinal net, wherein horizontal net cover covers interval between adjacent devices.

Abstract: The present invention provides a lubrication apparatus configured to supply oil to one or more supply portions in an internal combustion engine. This lubrication apparatus includes a first member including a hydrotalcites compound that is provided in an oil passage, and a second member that is provided in the oil passage and includes a reaction substance having a function of trapping a metallic component separated from the hydrotalcites compound.

Abstract: A UV fluid sterilizer which makes it possible to effectively sterilize a fluid which has a low UV transmissivity and an advanced oxidation device with high oxidation efficiency using a turbulent flow. To this end, the UV sterilizer or advanced oxidation device has a spring coil or wrinkled pipe in a spiral shape to bring forth a turbulent or spiral flow in the fluid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a microfluidic filter system using three-dimensional carbon nanotube networks. The density of the carbon nanotubes can be adjusted such that particles having a specific size can be filtered. In addition, the network structures can be maintained even in a fluid. The present invention also provides a method for preparing the microfluidic filter system.

Abstract: The invention relates to a dirt precipitator (100) for a highly viscous medium, having a housing comprising a front housing element (30; 30?) that comprises at least one inlet channel (33) and a rear housing element (20) that comprises at least one outlet channel (23), mid having a screen wheal (10; 10?) rotatably mounted between the housing elements (20, 30; 30?) having a number n of screen positions disposed in a ring zone, on each of which at least one screen opening (11.1, . . . , 11.12) having at least one screen insert element is provided. The inlet channel (33), the outlet channel (23), and the screen opening (11.1, . . . 11.12) are disposed flush one after the other in at least one working position and form a flow channel, In all positions of the screen wheel (10; 10?), more than 50% of the screen openings (11.1, . . . ,11.12) are always able to be permeated, and are impinged by flow from at least one inlet channel and from which at least one outlet channel leads.

Abstract: Methods and devices for providing dialysis treatment are provided. The device comprises a cartridge for providing regenerative dialysis, the cartridge comprising: a body having an inlet and an outlet and defining an interior, the interior including at least a layer comprising urease, a layer comprising zirconium oxide, a layer comprising zirconium phosphate, and a layer comprising carbon, wherein at least two of the layers are blended together to provide a gradient of the two materials.

Abstract: The fuel filter comprises: a housing (10); a lid (20) hermetically retained against an open end (14) of the housing (10) and incorporating an outlet nozzle (21); and a tubular filter element (50) housed inside the housing (10) to define, therewith, an annular fuel admission chamber (C). The filter element (50) has its interior maintained in communication with the outlet nozzle (21) of the lid (20. The housing (10) has the open end (14) thereof provided with an outer thread (16), at least one of the parts defined by the open end (14) of the housing (10) and by the lid (20) carrying a sealing means (30) seated against the other of said parts, the filter further comprising a nut (40) to be engaged to said outer thread (16) of the housing (10) and to the lid (20), maintaining the latter hermetically seated on the housing (10).

Abstract: An apparatus disclosed herein includes a pliable filter and a brace coupled to the filter. The example apparatus further includes a first portion of a housing coupled to a second portion of the housing to hold the filter across an inlet of a first fluid flow passageway, which is in fluid communication with a second fluid flow passageway via the inlet. A seal is disposed between the brace and the housing and surrounds the inlet.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a semipermeable hollow fiber membrane having an outer wall surface, an inner wall surface and an interior lumen extending along the length thereof and having the selective layer on the outer wall surface with a surface roughness below 10 nm. According to the invention the membrane has the smallest pore size on the outer wall surface, and has an outer wall surface which is smooth, continuous and homogeneous in a nanoscopic scale and four to five distinct layers of different pore size and density. Further the present invention concerns a prone:is for manufacturing thereof and the use thereof.

Abstract: A microfluidic device for extraction of analytes of interest from a carrier liquid in a liquid solvent, the two liquids forming an interface between micro-pillars in an extraction chamber. The carrier liquid forms a wetting angle ?1 on the micro-pillars and a bottom wall of the extraction chamber, and a wetting angle ?2 on a top wall, the wetting angles satisfying equation 45°?(?1+?2)/2?135°.

Abstract: A system includes a hydrocyclone liner. The hydrocyclone liner includes a head section having a fluid inlet and an overflow outlet. The hydrocyclone liner also includes a separation section having an underflow outlet and a first sidewall. A diameter of the separation section of an outer surface of the first sidewall is constant along a length of the outer surface of the first sidewall. The head section and the separation section are joined together via a bond at an interface between the head section and the separation section. The hydrocyclone liner includes a sleeve disposed about at least a portion of the head section, the separation section, and the interface. The sleeve is configured to hold the head section and the separation section together if the bond fails.

Abstract: A filter cartridge structure with a filter cartridge includes a column-shaped main body having an open top, a cavity formed at the middle of the main body and interconnected to the open top, and a joint portion formed at the open top of the main body and combined with an insert. The insert is made of metal, ABS, or any material with physical properties similar to those of ABS to achieve the effects of enhancing the tenacity and impact resisting strength of the joint portion of the filter cartridge effectively, overcoming the problem of the joint portion of the conventional filter cartridge that may be cracked or broken easily, and improving the service life of the filter product.

Abstract: A ballasted sequencing batch reactor system for treating wastewater including one or more sequencing batch reactors. A weighting agent impregnation subsystem is configured to mix biological flocs and weighting agent to form weighted biological flocs. A weighting agent recovery subsystem is configured to recover weighting agent from the weighted biological flocs and reintroduce the recovered weighting agent to the weighting agent impregnation subsystem.

Abstract: In an apparatus for treating wastewater, e.g sewage water, the water passes through a standard treatment process stream to promote production of dissolved reactive phosphate ions (PO4). Iron (or aluminum) ions are generated by electrochemical means and added to the process stream at one or more locations to produce metal-P coagulant solids removed in part by pump-out, with the substantial remaining P removed by mineralization and filtration in a biological filter such as a sand filter or leach field. In another apparatus, the water passes through a standard aerobic treatment process stream to promote production of dissolved reactive phosphate ions. Iron (or aluminum) ions are generated by electrochemical means and added to the process stream at one or more locations to produce a flocculant of Fe—P minerals that are separated out by sedimentation, physical filtration or magnetic means.

Abstract: The method of reclaiming usable products from sludge is disclosed. A predetermined level of solvent within an extractor is heated, below boiling point, and dried sludge is immersed within the headed solvent. The solvent is a non-polar or polar aprotic solvents, such as ethyl acetate. The non-solid products, an oil/solvent mixture, within the sludge are separated and transferred to at least one evaporator with a concentration of between 5-25% oil in the solvent. The oil and solvent are is separated in one or more evaporators to remove approximately 80%-90%, and preferably 70%-95%, of the solvent. The solids are moved to a desolventizer for removal of the residual solvent and are then dried to a moisture content of below 25%, and preferably between 10 to 15%.

Abstract: Described herein is a submerged plate membrane device intended for use in forward osmosis processes, particularly for concentrating various process streams such as those in ponds. Particular examples of feed streams that may be concentrated are for example the following feed solutions: brines, seawater, drilling mud, waste water, bio-digestate, and the like. Thus, the process and device described herein are useful for de-watering, and thus concentrating, the content of solar evaporation ponds and drilling mud ponds.

Abstract: A reaction product of silicious material, aluminum metal, and an aqueous solution is disclosed. The reaction product may be used to form a sorbent that is used to purify water of contaminants such as biological matter, dyes, soluble metals, arsenic, or radioactive elements. Additives may be added to the reaction product to further improve the sorption qualities of the sorbent. Water purification devices having the sorbent are also disclosed.

Abstract: A single, mixed-bed column of Birm® over Filox® to remove iron and manganese, thereby protecting Filox®, the oxidizing media, from fouling by iron and manganese. This helps to remove iron and manganese to low levels so that As(III) may be oxidized to As(V) more efficiently before it is treated with adsorptive media.

Abstract: Means for reducing an arsenic ion concentration in the solution to the degree of ultra trace amount are provided. Ammonium molybdate is supported by a nanostructure material by mixing the nanostructure material, which is obtained after the nanostructure material such as an alumina reacts with a surfactant, in the solution containing the ammonium molybdate. The nanostructure material supporting an arsenic ion adsorption compound such as ammonium molybdate can selectively adsorb and remove trace of arsenic ion in the solution by a room temperature treatment without a water conditioning such as pH control. In our removal system of arsenic, extra posttreatments are not needed because special pretreatments are not carried out, and special heating equipments are not used. Accordingly, our removal system of arsenic can be constructed at low cost. Furthermore, it can supply an arsenic-free solution by be constructed at multi stages.

Abstract: A system and method for dosing additives to an aquatic environment. The rate of addition of an additive is monitored by an aquatic environment monitoring device as the additive is added to the aquatic environment. Stored information related to aquatic environment parameters is utilized to generate a rate correction instruction that may be used to make changes in a rate of addition by an automatic dosing device and/or provide an alert to a user of the aquatic environment. A user interface may be provided for entry of certain aquatic environment parameters.

Abstract: Systems and methods are involved with but are not limited to: a freestandable container including one or more wall portions extending at least in part from said perimeter of said one or more floor portions to bound an interior space; said one or more perforated piping portions extending through said interior space and coupled to one or more passageways through one or more of said wall portions; and a plurality of members coupled to said one or more floor portions and extending from said one or more floor portions to distance said one or more exterior surface portions of said one or more floor portions from a horizontally oriented surface when said plurality of members are in contact therewith. In addition to the foregoing, other method aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Abstract: A method for reclaiming and reusing a substantial portion of the waste water creating during the backwashing of a pool filter. The system uses a separate floating debris filter to remove solids before pumping the waste water into a sediment retention tank. The waste water is stored in the sediment retention tank for about a day, during which time the suspended solids settle to the bottom. The water in the sediment retention tank is then pumped back into the circulating pool system.

Abstract: A framing system for mounting solar collection devices to form a solar array can include a plurality of interconnected frame members having connectors provided on the frame members to form rows of an array solar collector devices. Mounts can be provided at the upper portion of the frame members to secure the solar collecting devices at a raised position. The framing system can simplify the installation of the wiring system before the solar collection devices are attached to the frame members.

Abstract: A display assembly may be fitted with display advertisements. The assembly may be affixed to pre-existing cooler doors, including those that do not permit a bracket to completely surround it.

Abstract: A display fixture includes a support assembly mounted to a pair of uprights on a display unit and has a pair of arms having upper surfaces that directly attach to the uprights and a crossbar extending between proximal ends of the pair of arms. The upper surfaces are oriented at a first angle from the uprights. The display fixture also includes at least one loose item display assembly mounted to the crossbar and includes a collar and a mounting bracket. The collar has an inner diameter that defines a central opening for receiving a container. The mounting bracket is fixedly attached to a back of the collar at a proximal end and removably coupled to the crossbar of the support assembly with a distal clip. An upper surface of the collar is oriented at a second angle relative to upper surfaces of the pair of arms of the support assembly.

Abstract: A shelf clamp for connecting a rack unit to a display shelf has a flat body with a clasp extending from the top end of the flat body, a support lip extending from the mid-section of the flat body, and a front fin extending diagonally upward from the front face of the flat body, wherein the front fin is comprised of flexible material such that the front fin can flex towards the flat body. The bottom end of the shelf clamp is fashioned to slide down between an edge of the shelf and a wall, causing the front fin to flex upward toward the flat body as it presses between the shelf and the wall, and then return to its diagonally upward position once it passes the shelf. Thereby, the shelf clamp engages the edge of the shelf and the support rib and the front fin.

Abstract: A rack primarily for storage of snowboards or skis at an elevated position is formed generally as a triangle with an additional upstanding arm for hanging the rack from a rafter, beam, ceiling or other elevated structure. In one form at least one snowboard can be retained on hooked overhangs that extend beyond the base leg of the triangle, with two such racks being used in tandem to hang the snowboards. The rack can be formed of bent and welded metal rod and has a suspension connection such as a tapered screw thread or other connection at the upper end of the arm for attaching the rack to a selected structure, preferably wood.

Abstract: A rectangular expandible container has lateral compartments each of which being composed of inner and outer panels which slide relative to each other for lengthening and shortening the effective length of the compartments. The container also has front and back compartments defined by sliding panels for lengthening the effective width of the front and back compartments. A middle compartment is surrounded by the lateral compartments and the front and back compartments. The walls of the middle compartment are all slidable for lengthening both the width and the length of the latter compartment. The front and back compartment may contain partitions which separate the interior of those compartments into a number of sub-compartment of differing sizes for accommodating articles of varying sizes both in length and in width.

Abstract: Drying devices configured to facilitate air drying of assorted items without taking up significant floor space are disclosed. In an aspect, a drying device includes a frame mountable to a vertical surface such as a door, wall, or fence. The drying device includes a plurality of drying areas which may be moved between a stored position and a drying position. In the stored position, the drying device has a compact profile, thereby occupying very little space when not in use. In the drying position, the drying areas extend away from the frame and may support articles, such as clothing, as the articles dry.

Abstract: A roof assembly for a storage car includes a supporting element, a pair of first fixing elements, a pair of second fixing elements, and four connecting elements. The pair of first fixing elements and the pair of second fixing elements engage and cover around the periphery of the supporting element. Two of the four connecting elements are mounted at two opposite ends of each of the first fixing elements. Therefore, a storage cart including a frame and holes does not need to install or form additional supports for connecting with the roof assembly. Fasteners can pass through the holes of the storage cart and engage with the connecting elements to cause the roof assembly securely connected with the storage cart.

Abstract: A crane comprising a laterally projecting crane jib on which a hoisting device is arranged and which is connected to at least one carrier body, which, together with the crane jib, can travel along an upper guide rail and a lower guide rail by way of traveling gears, wherein in each case the upper and the lower guide rails, and correspondingly, the traveling gears, are arranged spaced vertically from one another. In order to provide a crane comprising a laterally projecting crane jib, in particular a bracket crane or a traveling crane, the manufacture, transport and installation of which are optimized, according to the invention the at least one carrier body is designed as one component and connecting surfaces are arranged on said carrier body, to which a respective traveling gear and the crane jib can be detachably fastened.

Abstract: A crane assembly for lifting marine vessels is provided. The assembly includes a sleeve having first and second clamps extending therefrom that are configured for engaging with a pylon of a dock and a boom pole slideably and rotatably received within the sleeve. A winch assembly is carried by the boom pole and including a winch and a cord. A crossbar is provided that has a main support that receives the cord and that has a pair of adjustable supports being carried along a length thereof that are adjustable to vary the space between the pair of adjustable supports. The adjustable supports are configured for engaging a support strap that is configured for passing beneath the marine vessel.

Abstract: The invention relates to a jib-bracing system for a revolving tower crane, in the case of which the length of a jib (2) and the length of a bracing means (5) for the jib can each be changed. The bracing means comprises at least part of a cable (6) of which one end can be connected to the jib at at least two different fixed points (8, 9) arranged on the jib, wherein a deflecting element (7), over which the cable can be guided, is arranged on the jib, and wherein the one end of the cable can be fastened at at least one of the fixed points when the cable has been guided over the deflecting element.

Abstract: A hydraulically actuatable jib for a loading crane includes at least two jib extensions, the first jib extension being designed as an outer jib extension and the second jib extension being designed as an inner jib extension. At least two feed cylinders extend and react the at least two jib extensions. A hydraulic circuit for a working fluid includes a retraction line for retracting the feed cylinders in a pressurized manner, and the retraction line opens into the feed cylinder of the outer jib extension. A tank is provided for releasing the working fluid, and a control valve can be switched into an open position when the outer jib extension reaches a defined retraction position, particularly when the outer jib extension is substantially fully retracted. The valve thereby supplies the feed cylinder of the inner jib extension with pressurized working fluid.

Abstract: Embodiments related to a self-contained coupler for model railroad rolling stock are provided. In one example, a self-contained coupler comprises a coupler assembly including a knuckle and an uncoupling assembly configured to operate the coupler assembly. The example uncoupling assembly includes a signal input for receiving a signal and a motivator coupled to the coupler assembly via a movable link, the motivator operative to adjust the knuckle from a first position to a second position responsive to the signal. The example uncoupling assembly also includes a housing including the motivator and a rolling stock mounting location for mounting the uncoupling assembly to an item of the model railroad rolling stock.

Abstract: A nursing bottle includes a bottle, a sealing unit detachably coupled at a top opening of the bottle to seal a nipple thereat, and a temperature indicator extended from the sealing unit into an interior of the bottle, wherein the temperature indicator is suspended and supported the said bottle in abutting relation to an interior wall of a neck portion of a surrounding wall of the bottle for indicating an interior temperature of the bottle.

Abstract: Delamination resistant glass containers with heat-tolerant coatings are disclosed. In one embodiment, a glass container may include a glass body having an interior surface, an exterior surface and a wall thickness extending from the exterior surface to the interior surface. At least the interior surface of the glass body is delamination resistant. The glass container may further include a heat-tolerant coating positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the glass body. The heat-tolerant coating may be thermally stable at temperatures greater than or equal to 260° C. for 30 minutes.

Abstract: A baby bottle cap which comprises a one-piece cap which attaches to the open end of a baby bottle neck, a flexible straw extending from the interior of the baby bottle, through the inlet of the cap to a position outside of the baby bottle, and a removable sealing disk. The innermost hole of the inlet applies pressure to the flexible straw to create a leak-proof seal between the cap and the flexible straw and to hold the flexible straw in place. The sealing disk is secured to the underside of the cap which will create a leak-proof seal for traveling and storage. This apparatus will be used for a toddler that is weaning off of a bottle nipple learning to drink from a straw and used as a drinking device for the toddler years.

Abstract: A method of forming a capacitor structure, which comprises: applying a silicon etching liquid which contains an alkali compound and a hydroxylamine compound in combination, with the pH adjusted to 11 or more, to a polycrystalline silicon film or an amorphous silicon film, removing a part or all of the polycrystalline silicon film or amorphous silicon film, and forming concave and convex shapes that constitute a capacitor.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for using actuated surface-attached posts for assessing biofluid rheology are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for testing properties of a biofluid specimen includes placing the specimen onto a micropost array having a plurality of microposts extending outwards from a substrate, wherein each micropost includes a proximal end attached to the substrate and a distal end opposite the proximal end, and generating an actuation force in proximity to the micropost array to actuate the microposts, thereby compelling at least some of the microposts to exhibit motion. The method further includes measuring the motion of at least one of the microposts in response to the actuation force and determining a property of the specimen based on the measured motion of the at least one micropost.

Abstract: A piezo-resistive MEMS resonator comprising an anchor, a resonator mounted on the anchor, an actuator mounted to apply an electrostatic force on the resonator and a piezo-resistive read-out means comprising a nanowire coupled to the resonator.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a narrow frame touch input sheet includes forming and stacking transparent conductive films, light-excluding conductive electrode films, and first resist layers sequentially on both surfaces of a transparent base sheet, exposing and developing the first resist layers simultaneously on the both surfaces, etching the transparent and light-excluding conductive electrode films on the both surfaces, and stripping the first resist layers to form a fine wiring circuit pattern with the stacked transparent conductive film and light-excluding conductive electrode film in an outer edge portion on each of the two surfaces. The method further includes forming a second resist layer to cover the fine wiring circuit pattern on each surface, and etching only the light-excluding electrode conductive film layer on which the second resist layer is not formed, to expose a circuit pattern of the transparent conductive film in a central window portion on each surface.

Abstract: For a cross slit structure that contains a nanopore, a layer is produced including a first spacer that penetrates through the layer. A subsequent layer over, and in direct contact with, the layer is also produced. The subsequent layer includes a second spacer penetrating through the subsequent layer. The first spacer and the second spacer are selectively etched away, creating a first slit and a second slit. Respective projections of these slits are crossing one another at an angle. At such a crossing an opening is formed which provides for fluid connectivity through the two layers.

Abstract: A method and system for constructing a printed circuit board with multifunctional holes. A first conductive material is deposited into a hole in a substrate to form a first plating on an inner surface of the hole. At least one outer portion of the hole is modified to have a larger diameter than the original hole and to remove the first conductive material from that outer portion. A seed material is deposited into the modified hole. An etchant is applied to the hole to non-mechanically remove the first conductive material from the unmodified portion of the hole. Another conductive material is deposited to into the modified hole that adheres to the seed material in the modified outer portion via to form a second plating at the outer portion.