Abstract: A mandrel is provided with a plurality of oval sections of varying circumference formed thereabout. The circumference of a first oval section is between about 1.75? and about 2.6?. The circumference of a second oval section is about 0.2? to 0.9? greater than the circumference of the first section. The circumference of a third oval section is about 0.2? to 0.9? greater than the circumference of the second section.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a fuel dispensing apparatus for delivering fuel from a fuel source, and related components, systems, and methods. As fuel is delivered from the fuel source, fuel quality is monitored using one or more fuel quality sensor devices, which detect one or more corresponding fuel quality characteristics. In response to the detected fuel quality characteristics, a visual indication of fuel quality is provided at a visual indication device. The visual indication includes a unique combination of a color component and a frequency component, thereby allowing a user of the fuel dispensing apparatus to quickly determine fuel quality status as the fuel is delivered from the fuel source.

Abstract: A system for dosing coffee beans, comprising a coffee bean package provided with walls enclosing an inner space for coffee beans, a coffee bean outlet for delivering coffee beans, and a coupling part for coupling and uncoupling the coffee bean package with an apparatus that is provided with a coffee bean grinder, and an at least partly movably arranged coffee bean receiving device for supplying coffee beans from the coffee bean package to the grinder, which coffee bean receiving device is provided with a dosing space for being capable of containing a predetermined dose of coffee beans, wherein the coffee bean package prior to use in itself is closed off such that exposure of the coffee beans to ambient air is prevented, and the coffee bean receiving device is arranged to be guided through the coffee bean outlet into the inner space of the coffee bean package for letting coffee beans from the coffee bean package into the dosing space, and to guide the dosing space through the coffee bean outlet out of the inne

Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing a defined amount of dry powder concurrently to a plurality of spaced apart dose receiving containers include: (a) a dosing head comprising a support body with a plurality of spaced apart elongate channels having a channel length with an upper end defining an entry orifice and a lower end defining an exit port; (b) a dry powder bed residing above and in communication with the dosing head; and (c) at least one vibration source in communication with the dosing head channels configured to controllably apply a vibration flow signal, wherein, when the vibration flow signal is applied to the dosing head channels, dry powder from the dry powder bed flows through the elongate channels and out the exit port and when the flow signal is removed, dry powder does not flow through the dosing head elongate channels.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for fueling the onboard storage tank of a vehicle with liquefied natural gas. A liquid cryogen such as liquid nitrogen is fed to a condensing unit to condense natural gas present in a fueling system. Liquefied natural gas is fed into the fueling system and natural gas vapor is recovered from the onboard storage tank of the vehicle and fed to the condensing unit. When the pressure of the onboard storage tanks is sufficient, the liquefied natural gas is fed from the fueling system to the onboard storage tanks.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved analytical method that can be utilized by hydrogen filling stations for directly and accurately calculating the end-of-fill temperature in a hydrogen tank that, in turn, allows for improvements in the fill quantity while tending to reduce refueling time. The calculations involve calculation of a composite heat capacity value, MC, from a set of thermodynamic parameters drawn from both the tank system receiving the gas and the station supplying the gas. These thermodynamic parameters are utilized in a series of simple analytical equations to define a multi-step process by which target fill times, final temperatures and final pressures can be determined. The parameters can be communicated to the station directly from the vehicle or retrieved from a database accessible by the station. Because the method is based on direct measurements of actual thermodynamic conditions and quantified thermodynamic behavior, significantly improved tank filling results can be achieved.

Abstract: A compressed natural gas storage and dispensing system having bulk storage tanks in fluid communication with a natural gas supply source; a primary compressor delivering the natural gas to the bulk storage tanks; dispensing storage tanks in fluid communication with the bulk storage tanks and in fluid communication with fuel dispensers; a secondary compressor delivering the natural gas to the dispensing storage tanks from the bulk storage tanks; wherein when the pressure within the dispensing storage tanks falls below a predetermined minimum pressure, natural gas is delivered from the bulk storage tanks to the dispensing storage tanks, and wherein when the pressure in the bulk storage tanks falls below a predetermined minimum pressure, natural gas is delivered from the supply source to the bulk storage tanks.

Abstract: A pneumatic system includes a first line configured to be coupled to a container, and to convey a flow of gas from a source to the container, a second line in communication with gas in the container, a valve coupled in series with the first line, between the source and the container, and a spring member. The valve includes a body having a first port, a second port, and an exhaust port, and the valve includes a moveable element in communication with the second line and is configured to control the flow of gas through the first line as a function of the pressure of the gas within the container. The spring member is positioned to apply a biasing force to a first side of the moveable element, and the second line provides a feedback to a second side of the moveable element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for filling a tank (1) with a gas in gaseous phase in order to store said gas in solid phase, in which the gas is introduced into the tank (1) at either: a filling pressure (Pr) equal to the equilibrium pressure of a reactant product at a filling temperature plus a times the difference between the saturation vapour pressure (PS) of the gas at the filling temperature (Tr) and the equilibrium pressure of the reactant product, a being between 0.1 and 0.9; or a filling temperature (Tr) equal to the vaporisation temperature of the gas at the filling pressure (Pr) plus ? times the difference between the equilibrium temperature (Te) of the reactant product at the filling pressure (Pr) and the vaporisation temperature of the gas, ? being between 0.1 and 0.9.

Abstract: A machine for the automatic preparation of an intravenous medication is provided. In one implementation the machine has a chamber with a starting products area where at least one receptacle is disposed with a base product from which the intravenous medication is generated, a transfer tools area where at least one transfer tool that is used to prepare the required medication is disposed, a prepared products area where at least one container to house the prepared medication is disposed, and a first robot to handle the transfer tool, the first robot being adapted to transport the transfer tool between the transfer tools area, the starting products area and the prepared products area in order to prepare the intravenous medication.

Abstract: A device including a base body and a resin feed device to fill the base body with resin. The base body includes an area not to be filled by the resin and an opening at a level of an upper end, the area not to be filled being situated at the upper end of the base body and extending inside the base body. The resin feed device includes an injection column coinciding with the opening and extending inside the base body so that, during the filling, resin enters the interior of the base body via the injection column. The injection column extends more deeply inside the base body than the area to be filled, wherein when, during the filling, the resin reaches the injection column, air trapped in the base body is compressed, whereby the filling is stopped automatically, so that the area not to be filled is not filled.

Abstract: A container having openings on an inside surface, in which the openings are for use with a vacuum pump for retaining a liner within the container while the contents of the container are being dispensed.

Abstract: A device for filling a receptacle with a beverage and a user interface for allowing a user to select a desired level of fill of beverage in the receptacle. The interface includes a mechanism for detecting an object below the outlet, such that the receptacle can be filled with the beverage up to the user selected level of fill, wherein the detection mechanism is arranged to detect a position of a human finger or a hand-held freely movable pointing instrument, which human finger or pointing instrument is adjacent to and pointing towards a side of the receptacle, so that the level of fill of the receptacle is determined from the detected position of the finger or pointing instrument the user-selected level of fill and the beverage is dispensed to fill the receptacle up to that level. The device is useful in coffee or other beverage dispensing machines.

Abstract: An apparatus for filling cans with an uncarbonated liquid fill includes a rotatable rotor, can holders, filling elements, a can-pickup station, a can set-down station, and either a movable clamping element or an underpressure acting on a can's bottom. The filling operation is either pressureless filling, free-jet filling, or hot free-jet filling. During a filling operation, the rotor moves a can from the pick-up station to the set-down station. Either the clamping element or the underpressure then fixes the can to either a circumferential side with respect to the rotor or a filling-element support.

Abstract: A device to fill a tank of a motor vehicle with a liquid, for example for a selective catalytic reduction system, including a filling tube that includes a bottom end penetrating into the tank and a top end receiving the liquid to fill the tank. A ventilation duct includes an inlet end penetrating into a top portion of the tank, an outlet end penetrating into the tube near the top end, and a lower section located at a first structural level below the inlet and outlet ends. A stationary head-loss generating element places the lower section in communication with a cavity located at a second structural level below the first structural level.

Abstract: The present invention provides a flux for brazing aluminum-based materials, the flux being capable of brazing an A5052 alloy or the like containing 1.5 wt % or more of magnesium even when an Al—Si eutectic alloy (Si content: 7 to 12 wt %; A4343 alloy, A4047 alloy; melt starting temperature: about 577 to 615° C.) is used as a brazing material. Specifically, the present invention provides a flux for brazing aluminum-based materials, comprising, expressed in mol %, 20 mol %?CsF?49 mol %, 1 mol %?LiF?58 mol %, 19 mol %?AlF3?41 mol %, and 0 mol %<NaF and/or KF?19 mol %.

Abstract: Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention fabricate objects including amorphous metals using techniques akin to additive manufacturing. In one embodiment, a method of fabricating an object that includes an amorphous metal includes: applying a first layer of molten metallic alloy to a surface; cooling the first layer of molten metallic alloy such that it solidifies and thereby forms a first layer including amorphous metal; subsequently applying at least one layer of molten metallic alloy onto a layer including amorphous metal; cooling each subsequently applied layer of molten metallic alloy such that it solidifies and thereby forms a layer including amorphous metal prior to the application of any adjacent layer of molten metallic alloy; where the aggregate of the solidified layers including amorphous metal forms a desired shape in the object to be fabricated; and removing at least the first layer including amorphous metal from the surface.

Abstract: A method of forming a bulk metallic glass is provided. The method includes overheating the alloy melt to a temperature above a threshold temperature, Ttough, associated with the metallic glass demonstrating substantial improvement in toughness compared to the toughness demonstrated in the absence of overheating the melt above Tliquidus, and another threshold temperature, TGFA, associated with the metallic glass demonstrating substantial improvement in glass-forming ability compared to the glass-forming ability demonstrated in the absence of overheating the melt above Tliquidus. After overheating the alloy melt to above Ttough and TGFA, the melt may be cooled and equilibrated to an intermediate temperature below both Ttough and TGFA but above Tliquidus, and subsequently quenched at a high enough rate to form a bulk metallic glass.

Abstract: One embodiment provides an article, comprising: an inner container having a cavity, the inner container comprising a ceramic; and an outer container, the outer container comprising a susceptor; wherein at least a portion of an outer surface of the inner container is in contact with an inner surface of the outer container, and wherein the inner container is removable from the mold. Methods of melting using the present article are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a casting having increased crashworthiness including an an aluminum alloy of about 6.0 wt % to about 8.0 wt % Si; about 0.12 wt % to about 0.25 wt % Mg; less than or equal to about 0.35 wt % Cu; less than or equal to about 4.0 wt % Zn; less than or equal to about 0.6 wt % Mn; and less than or equal to about 0.15 wt % Fe, wherein the cast body is treated to a T5 or T6 temper and has a tensile strength ranging from 100 MPa to 180 MPa and has a critical fracture strain greater than 10%. The present invention further provides a method of forming a casting having increased crashworthiness.

Abstract: In a method of producing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet by subjecting a coil for grain-oriented electrical steel sheet after cold rolling to a primary recrystallization annealing, applying an annealing separator thereon, and conducting final annealing, rapid heating is conducted at a rate of not less than 80° C./sec from 500° C. to 700° C. in the course of heating for the primary recrystallization annealing, and a temperature keeping treatment is conducted for 2 to 100 hours from 700° C. to 1000° C. in the course of heating for the final annealing, and further, the final annealing is preferably conducted by laying a thermal insulation material on an upper surface of a coil supporting stand in an annealing furnace used for the final annealing concentrically from the outer periphery of the coil supporting stand and over an area of not less than 20% of the radius of the coil supporting stand.

Abstract: A method for producing a high fatigue life quenched/tempered steel pipe comprises a quenching treatment of keeping an unquenched starting steel pipe having a composition that comprises, % by mass, C: 0.1 to 0.4%, Si: 0.5 to 1.5%, Mn: 0.3 to 2%, P: at most 0.02%, S: at most 0.01%, Cr: 0.1 to 2%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.1%, Nb: 0.01 to 0.1%, Al: at most 0.1%, B: 0.0005 to 0.01%, and N: at most 0.01%, with a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, at 900 to 1100° C. for 10 to 60 seconds and then rapidly cooling it. The cooled pipe is subjected to a tempering treatment of keeping the pipe at 280 to 380° C. for 10 to 60 minutes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing forged components of a TiAl alloy, in particular turbine blades, wherein the components are forged and undergo a two-stage heat treatment after the forging process, the first stage of the heat treatment comprising a recrystallization annealing process for 50 to 100 minutes at a temperature below the ?/? transition temperature, and the second stage of the heat treatment comprising a stabilization annealing process in the temperature range of from 800° C. to 950° C. for 5 to 7 hrs, and the cooling rate during the first heat treatment stage being greater than or equal to 3° C./sec, in the temperature range between 1300° C. to 900° C.

Abstract: An aspect of the copper alloy sheet contains 5.0 mass % to 12.0 mass % of Zn, 1.1 mass % to 2.5 mass % of Sn, 0.01 mass % to 0.09 mass % of P and 0.6 mass % to 1.5 mass % of Ni with a remainder of Cu and inevitable impurities, and satisfied a relationship of 20?[Zn]+7×[Sn]+15×[P]+4.5×[Ni]?32. The aspect of the copper alloy sheet is manufactured using a manufacturing process including a cold finishing rolling process in which a copper alloy material is cold-rolled, the average crystal grain diameter of the copper alloy material is 1.2 ?m to 5.0 ?m, round or oval precipitates are present in the copper alloy material, the average grain diameter of the precipitates is 4.0 nm to 25.0 nm or a proportion of precipitates having a grain diameter of 4.0 nm to 25.0 nm in the precipitates is 70 % or more.

Abstract: The present invention is related to an improved golf club head cover comprising a main body in a tubular shape having a receiving portion with a wider width and an opening portion with a narrower width and characterized in that a front side of the main body of the head cover comprises a left flipping piece and a right flipping piece; an extendable cloth is provided at a front edge portion between the two flipping pieces; a soft metal plate is provided inside the left flipping piece and an a restraining piece with magnets is provided inside the right flipping piece and extends outward therefrom. By covering a golf club head with the improved golf club head cover having such unique structure of the present invention, the club head can be advantageously protected from unnecessary impacts or scratches that may cause damages to the golf club head.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tyre designed to be fitted to a light vehicle, comprising: two beads (20) designed to come into contact with a mounting rim, each bead comprising at least one annular reinforcing structure (70); two side walls (30) extending the beads radially outwards, the two side walls meeting in a crown; at least one carcass reinforcement (60) anchored in the beads and extending from the beads, through the side walls as far as the crown, the carcass reinforcement comprising a plurality of carcass reinforcing elements (61), these carcass reinforcing elements being textile and oriented radially; a crown reinforcement consisting of a fabric (180) of textile reinforcing elements, which are oriented at ±45° with respect to the circumferential direction; the crown reinforcement being surmounted by a textile hooping reinforcement (100) and by a tread (40), the hooping reinforcement being formed of reinforcing elements (101) that are oriented circumferentially.

Abstract: A tread 4 of a tire 2 includes a center region Ta, in an axial direction, including an equator plane, and a pair of shoulder regions Tb located outward of the center region Ta in the axial direction. Each shoulder region Tb includes a base layer 20, a middle layer 22 layered outward of the base layer 20 in a radial direction, and a top layer 24 layered outward of the middle layer 22 in the radial direction. A loss compliance LCt of the top layer 24 is set to be higher than a loss compliance LCm of the middle layer 22. The loss compliance LCm of the middle layer 22 is set to be higher than a loss compliance LCb of the base layer. A breaking energy Et of the top layer 24 is set to be less than a breaking energy Em of the middle layer 22.

Abstract: It is an object to reduce tire vibration during high-speed travel on paved roads without lowering traction performance in fields. An agricultural machine tire includes: lug blocks disposed in a tread portion and formed alternately on both sides of a tire equatorial plane in a tire circumferential direction; and a central rib extending in the tire circumferential direction and to which end portions of the lug blocks on the tire equatorial plane side are integrally connected, and when a tire width length of the central rib from connecting portions to the tire equatorial plane is taken as a first rib width and a tire width length of the central rib from end edges of the central rib from the connecting portions across the tire equatorial plane to the tire equatorial plane is a second rib width, the width of the first rib is greater than the second rib.

Abstract: The invention relates to a water based rubber cement and tire with fabricated tread where the tire tread is fabricated by joining ends of an uncured rubber strip containing a high content of hydrophobated precipitated silica content with a water based cement containing a diene-based elastomer and a component reactive with said diene based elastomer and with residual hydroxyl groups on said hydrophobated precipitated silica contained in said uncured rubber strip.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rubber cement, fabricated tire tread and resulting tire, where the tire tread is fabricated by joining ends of an uncured rubber strip together with a silica coupler-containing rubber cement between opposing ends of the uncured tread rubber strip where the rubber strip contains a high content of hydrophobated precipitated silica and where the cement contains a silica coupling agent.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition for a sidewall having excellent conductivity, anti-spew cutting property and extrusion processability in good balance and assuring low production cost. The present invention provides a rubber composition for a sidewall comprising 2 to 15 parts by mass of a wet processed silica having a BET specific surface area of 70 to 250 m2/g and 40 to 62 parts by mass of a carbon black having a BET specific surface area of 37 to 125 m2/g based on 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber component, wherein the rubber composition does not contain a silane coupling agent, and has a volume resistivity of not more than 1×108 ?·cm.

Abstract: Applicators and methods for applying a conductor cover to a cable, the conductor cover being tubular and split longitudinally to define a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge. The applicator comprises: a structural element; a spool connected to rotate relative to the structural element, the spool being sized to store the conductor cover in a pre-application state where the conductor cover is wrapped one or more times around the spool with the first longitudinal edge and the second longitudinal edge of the conductor cover spread open and perpendicular to a spool axis; and a lock for holding the conductor cover in the pre-application state.

Abstract: A holding system holds an elongate member in a desired position as a process operation is carried out on the member. The elongate member is held in a weight neutral position in a holding fixture without the need for clamps.

Abstract: An apparatus to facilitate the application of a micro-contact printing stamp to a roll. The apparatus preferentially constrains some of the stamp's six degrees of freedom, and then drives the stamp (or the assembly of the stamp and the master against which it was formed) into controlled contact with the printing roll so as to attach the stamp onto the outer surface of the roll.

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method of manufacturing a fire proof board from strands of wood, the method comprising the following steps in the given order: (a) providing strands of wood, (b) immersing the strands of wood in a watery solution of a flame retardant chemical composition, (c) separating the strands of wood from each other, (d) at least in part drying the strands of wood, (e) applying an adhesive to the strands of wood, and (f) forming a board of a predetermined shape from the strands. The invention furthermore pertains to a board formed by a plurality of strands of wood that are compressed and bonded together with an adhesive, wherein the board further comprises a flame retardant chemical composition, said composition comprising a phosphate compound.

Abstract: Exemplary methods of making an applique are disclosed. An exemplary method includes forming a graphic and at least one registration mark on a display side of a fabric layer. An adhesive may be applied to a non-display side of the fabric layer, and a backing carrier may be applied to the adhesive. The methods may further include cutting through the fabric layer and the adhesive, but not the backing carrier, using a cutting tool that is responsive to the at least one registration mark. Exemplary methods may also include applying a topside carrier to the display side of the fabric layer. A bond between the topside carrier and the fabric layer may be stronger than a bond between the backing carrier and the fabric layer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for associating an edge of a first object with a second object. An insert comprising a structure holding a fastener element may be positioned within a hollow portion at the edge of the first object. The structure may be configured to span an entire thickness of the first object at the edge of the first object. The structure may be adhesively bonded to the first object. The second object may be attached to the edge of the first object using the fastener element.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for PU molded product, comprising: manufacturing a mould for a PU molded product; b. manufacturing a flexible release internal mould, wherein a coating is disposed on the inner surface of the flexible release internal mould; c. putting the release internal mould in the mould and pouring a PU foaming raw material, and closing the mould, wherein heat generated in the process of PU foaming can transfer the coating on the inner surface of the release internal mould to the surface of PU molded product; d, opening the mould, and separating the flexible release internal mould from the molded product to obtain a molded semi-finished product; and e. carrying out post-treatment. The manufacturing method of PU molded product can avoid the step of spraying mould release agent, reduce the harm to worker body, improve the yield and production efficiency of finished product remarkably and lower the production cost.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of manufacturing an in-mould labelled article, the method comprising the steps of: placing a label comprising a film having a core comprising polypropylene/polyethylene random copolymer as its principal polymeric constituent into a mould for injection moulding, thermoforming, or blow moulding; holding the label in position; injecting a polymeric melt into, or thermoforming or blowing a polymeric preform in said mould so as to bind with the label; and removing the article from the mould. A process of in-mould labelling using such a label is also disclosed.

Abstract: A distance between the surface of the base member and the electrostatic chuck having the heater pattern formed on a bottom surface thereof can be uniformized. A bonding method of bonding an electrostatic chuck and a base member to each other includes forming a filling member 30 by covering irregularities of a heater pattern 9a formed on a bottom surface 61 of the electrostatic chuck 9 facing the base member 10; grinding a base member contact surface 62 of the filling member 30 facing the base member 10; and bonding the ground base member contact surface 62 of the filling member 30 to the base member 10 with an adhesive layer 31 provided therebetween.

Abstract: A system for constructing a pneumatic tire includes a tread component having two opposite tread splice ends, a water based adhesive applied to the tread splice ends for securing the tread splice ends to each other; and a heating means applied to the tread splice ends and water based adhesive for reducing drying duration of the water based adhesive.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a mixing assembly, a metallic plate, a curing device, a film chemical treatment device, a mounting device, and a cutting device. The mixing assembly obtains a polymer resin with polymer grids. The metallic plate has an impression surface with a number of impression patterns, and the polymer resin is poured on the impression surface. The curing device cures the polymer resin on the impression surface to obtain a preprocessed molding film, the preprocessed molding film having a molding surface in contact with the impression surface. The film chemical treatment device forms a number of silica nanoparticles in the polymer grids of the preprocessed molding film to obtain a molding film. The mounting device winds the molding film around a circumferential surface of a main body. The cutting device cuts the molding film. The molding film and the main body cooperatively form a molding roller.

Abstract: A apparatus is used for manufacturing a molding roller, and includes a mixing assembly, a metallic plate, a curing device, a mounting device, and a cutting device. The mixing assembly obtains a molding film material by polymerization of polydimethylsiloxane and hard chain additive. The metallic plate has an imprinting surface with a number of imprinting patterns, and the molding film material is applied on the imprinting surface. The curing device cures the molding film material to obtain a molding film, the molding film has a molding surface in contact with the imprinting surface, and the molding surface has a number of molding patterns coupled with the imprinting patterns. The mounting device mounts the molding film to a circumferential surface of a main body, and the molding patterns is opposite to the main body. The cutting device cuts the molding film.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a metallic plate, a mixing assembly, a curing device, a receiving container, a mounting device, a cutting device, and a vacuum chamber. The metallic plate has a planar imprinting surface. The mixing assembly obtains a molding film material. The curing device cures the molding film material on the imprinting surface of the metallic plate to obtain an original film. The receiving container allows the original film to be immersed in a reaction liquid until the reaction liquid is absorbed by the original film, thereby obtaining a preprocessed molding film. The mounting device winds the preprocessed molding film around a main body. The cutting device cuts the preprocessed molding film to obtain a preprocessed molding roller. The vacuum chamber promotes the chemical reaction of the preprocessed molding film with the reaction liquid to form a number of silica nanoparticles in the preprocessed molding film.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a film chemical treatment device, a loading plate, a processing device, a mounting device, and a cutting device. The film chemical treatment device forms a number of silica nanoparticles in the polymer grids of an original molding film to obtain a preprocessed molding film. The loading plate loads the preprocessed molding film having a preprocessed molding surface opposite to the loading plate. The processing device forms a number of molding patterns on the preprocessed molding surface to obtain a molding film with a molding surface. The mounting device winds the molding film around a circumferential surface of a main body. The cutting device cuts the molding film. The molding film and the main body cooperatively form a molding roller.

Abstract: The method for equipping a building component with a sealing tape includes providing a building component which has two profile channels open in an upward direction and providing a sealing tape comprising an elastically recoverable foam strip and a stiff strip-shaped element, which comprises a first side section and a second side section and includes two predetermined fold points. The first side section and the second side section of the stiff strip-shaped element are bent downward in opposite directions at the two predetermined fold points, and the bent-over first and second side sections are then introduced into the two profile channels where they clamp themselves in place.

Abstract: A high pressure hose and method of manufacturing the hose is disclosed. The hose is comprised of an elastomer, thermoset rubber inner tube, reinforced with one or more layers of braided or spiralized high tensile strength wire or high tenacity textile yarn and covered with a highly flexible thermoplastic sheath.

Abstract: A decoupling assembly for positioning between an underlying surface and a flooring material, the decoupling assembly including a decoupling membrane having a base panel having opposing upper and lower surfaces and a plurality of projections extending from the lower surface for contacting an underlying surface and supporting the base panel above the underlying surface. Each projection includes a bottom surface. The assembly further includes a plurality of adhesive fasteners, each adhesive fastener having an inner surface fixed to the bottom surface of a respective one of the plurality of projections, and an adhesive outer surface opposite the inner surface. The assembly further includes a plurality of release members, each release member covering the outer surface of one respective adhesive fastener, each release member being removable to expose the outer surface of the respective adhesive fastener for adhering the decoupling membrane to the underlying surface.

Abstract: A method of chip sorting comprises providing a chip holder having a first surface; providing multiple chips on the first surface; providing a chip receiver having a second surface, wherein the second surface faces the first surface; attaching the multiple chips to the second surface; decreasing an adhesion between the multiple chips and the first surface; and separating the multiple chips from the first surface after the step of decreasing the adhesion between the multiple chips and the first surface.

Abstract: A multi-layer, super-planar structure can be formed from distinctly patterned layers. The layers in the structure can include at least one rigid layer and at least one flexible layer; the rigid layer includes a plurality of rigid segments, and the flexible layer can extend between the rigid segments to serve as a joint. The layers are then stacked and bonded at selected locations to form a laminate structure with inter-layer bonds, and the laminate structure is flexed at the flexible layer between rigid segments to produce an expanded three-dimensional structure, wherein the layers are joined at the selected bonding locations and separated at other locations.