Abstract: A mass flow controller includes at least one conduit having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, the conduit defining a flow path along which the fluid flows. The mass flow controller also includes a modified inlet block having an inlet aperture, an inlet channel, and a reservoir fluidly coupled to the inlet channel and the conduit that enhances flow through the controller and improves rate-of-decay measurements. The mass flow controller includes at least one flow sensor that generates a flow sensor signal that is proportional to the mass flow rate of the fluid through the conduit. The mass flow controller includes a control sub-system coupled to a flow sensor and a valve assembly to control flow through the conduit.

Abstract: An over-pressure limiting arrangement for a cryogen vessel includes an access neck providing access into the cryogen vessel, a tubular structure extending through the access neck, a turret outer assembly joined leak-tight to the cryogen vessel and defining an interior volume that is separated from the atmosphere by a protective valve or burst disc, enclosing an upper extremity of the access neck and the tubular structure. An egress path defines a route for cryogen gas to escape from the turret outer assembly, and a pressure-responsive quench valve seals the egress path and opens when a differential pressure between the interior of the turret outer assembly and the interior of the egress path exceeds a predetermined value. An auxiliary burst disc, or a valve, is attached to the tubular structure within the turret outer assembly, with an inner surface thereof exposed to the interior of the tubular structure and an outer surface thereof exposed to the interior of the turret outer assembly.

Abstract: A gasification reactor comprising a gasifier with a tubular gastight wall arranged within a pressure vessel. The gasification reactor comprises one or more pressure responsive devices comprising a sleeve with a cooled section extending outwardly from an opening in the gastight wall. The pressure responsive devices can, e.g., include a pressure measurement device and/or a pressure equalizer. Method of using a pressure responsive device with such a gasifier, wherein a heat sluice is used formed by a sleeve with a cooled section extending outwardly from an opening in the gastight wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to a suction device for dental, medical or industrial purposes, comprising a suction system and a housing (12) in which the suction system (50) is accommodated. The suction device is characterized in that the housing (12) is composed of at least two housing shells (14, 16) that can be assembled and are manufactured from a foamable material, in that at least one of the housing shells (14, 16) has support surfaces that support and/or hold the components of the suction system (50) in the housing (12), and in that at least one of the housing shells (14, 16) forms at least one functional component of the suction system (50).

Abstract: A gas cylinder valve is opened by application of a pilot gas pressure. The gas cylinder valve connects with a yoke for engaging a valve assembly of a gas cylinder The yoke comprising a pilot gas passage that connects a pilot gas chamber in the cylinder valve assembly to a source of pressurised pilot gas and the cylinder gas port of the gas cylinder valve to an external cylinder gas passage. The valve and yoke enable the gas cylinder to be tamper-resistance.

Abstract: A split valve assembly (10) comprising two valve portions (12, 14) complementarily shaped such that the first can sealingly engage with and co-operate with the second to allow the movement of material therethrough. Each valve portion (12, 14) comprises a housing (16, 18), a valve seat and a valve closure member (20, 20?). The assembly has a first configuration in which the first and second valve portions engage with one another, the valve closure members being closed, and a second configuration in which the two valve portions are disengaged from one another. The first valve portion has locking means (60) moveable relative to the second valve portion to selectively lock and unlock the two valve portions together. The locking means are received by the second valve portion, which comprises a shim.

Abstract: This invention relates to an overfill prevention system for preventing the overfilling of tanks when filling up large tanks from a fuel distribution truck. The system operates by monitoring and automatically controlling the filling process by use of a power take off switch assembly that is connected electronically to a secondary overfill prevention system that is also connected to a signal probe located in the tank that is being filled. In operation, once fuel contacts the signal probe, a communicator signal is sent from the signal probe to a secondary overfill prevention system, which interrupts a looping electrical current through a fuel shut off sensor assembly to a power take off switch assembly along a connecting cable.

Abstract: A water flow monitor for detecting water flow comprising: a control panel, where the control panel depicts control mechanisms associated with water flow monitoring; a pipe receptacle on a bottom side of the water flow monitor; a strap extending from the bottom, where the strap secures the water flow monitor to a water supply pipe; a plurality of time period settings, where a particular time period may be selected using the control panel; and an alarm, where the alarm alerts a user of continuous water flow over one of the time period settings. In an alternative embodiment, the water flow monitor connects in line with a water supply pipe, where water flow monitor provides both an alarm and a mechanism to actually cut the water supply off should the overflow parameters are met associated with the monitor.

Abstract: A valve device includes a butterfly valve and a first link member each supported by a stay so as to be rotationally movable about a first rotation axis and a second rotation axis, respectively, a second link member supported by the butterfly valve so as to be rotationally movable about a third rotation axis, and a spring to bias the butterfly valve in a valve closed direction. The first link member and the second link member are connected to each other so as to be mutually rotationally movable about a fourth rotation axis. An angle formed by a first link line connecting the second rotation axis and the fourth rotation axis to each other and a second link line connecting the third rotation axis and the fourth rotation axis to each other is formed to be the largest when the butterfly valve is in a valve closed state.

Abstract: The invention generally provides a dynamic back pressure regulator. In exemplary embodiments, the back pressure regulator includes an inlet, an outlet, a seat disposed between the inlet and the outlet and defining at least part of a fluid pathway, and a needle displaceable relative to the seat to form a restriction region therebetween for restricting fluid flow between the inlet and the outlet. In some embodiments, the needle can be formed of a chemically resistant ceramic or have a metal plating to provide corrosion and/or erosion resistance.

Abstract: A valve housing receives a spool and the spool has a regulating chamber selectively communicating a supply line to a return line. The spool is biased in one direction by a spring force and there is a second force biasing the spool in an opposed direction with the second bias force being provided by a fluid pressure within a hydraulic system associated with the pressure regulating valve. The amount of communication between the supply port and the return port is regulated by a position of the spool as the bias force from the fluid pressure change. Damper chambers are provided on opposed sides of the spool and serve to dampen a speed of movement of the spool and a supply line for supplying fluid into the damper chambers through check valves. The supply line serves to assist in purging air outwardly of the damper chambers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydraulic attachment comprising a hydraulic circuit, the attachment being a construction or demolition tool, in particular a hydraulic breaker, demolition shears, scrap shears, a pulveriser, a gripper, a crusher bucket or a compactor, which can be mechanically connected to a support device and hydraulically connected to the hydraulic system of the support device. In order to enable the hydraulic circuit to be opened quickly and safely within an attachment and, in particular, to make it possible to display the presence of a particular pressure level within a hydraulic attachment and to determine whether a dangerous residual pressure is present in the system, a hydraulic attachment is proposed that has a residual pressure display (40) which is connected to the hydraulic circuit of the attachment in a detachable or non-detachable manner.

Abstract: A hydraulic pressure supply system may supply low hydraulic pressure generated at a low-pressure hydraulic pump to a low pressure portion through a low-pressure regulator valve, may supply a portion of the low hydraulic pressure to a high-pressure hydraulic pump, and may supply high hydraulic pressure generated at the high-pressure hydraulic pump to a high pressure portion through a high-pressure regulator valve.

Abstract: A first hole is connected through a first fluid chamber to an inflow hole. A first valve seat is formed around the first hole. A second fluid chamber is connected through a second hole to the first hole. An outflow hole is connected to the second fluid chamber. A second valve seat is formed around the second hole. A third valve seat is formed around the outflow hole. A first valve element is movable in the first fluid chamber to make contact with the first valve seat. A second valve element is movable in the second fluid chamber to make contact with the second valve seat or the third valve seat. A biasing member biases the second valve element toward the second valve seat. An outer peripheral passage is formed between an outer periphery of the second valve element and the second housing to enable flow therethrough.

Abstract: A thermal management valve module having separate first and second flow chambers is provided, with one or more respective inlets and outlets connected to each of the flow chambers. A first valve body is rotatably positioned in the first flow chamber, and includes a fluid pathway that connects a first and/or third inlet to a first outlet, which allows separate or mixed flows, or blocks the flow, based on the valve body position. A second valve body is rotatably positioned in the second flow chamber, and includes a fluid pathway that connects a second and/or fourth inlet to a second outlet, which allows separate or mixed flows, or blocks the flow, based on the valve body position. At least one actuator controls the positions of the first and second valve bodies.

Abstract: An oil control valve has a cup shaft and a plunger. The cup shaft and the plunger have a projection and a recess to provide a male-female joint. The male-female joint provides contact points which can reduce lateral offset and inclination. The projection and The recess provides two or more force transmitting points from the plunger to the cup shaft, when the projection and the recess are inclined with each other. The force transmitting points are located about the central axis of the spool in a distributed manner.

Abstract: Disclosed is a valve for field-sensitive liquids having a valve channel and at least one coupling element for coupling a control field into the valve channel. The valve has a control body which can be moved counter to the force of a restoring element in order to change a flow cross section and can be moved by way of the action of the field-sensitive liquid. A hydraulic system comprising the valve is also disclosed.

Abstract: A thermal management valve module having at least one flow chamber is provided, with one or more inlet and outlet ports connected to the at least one flow chamber. A first valve body is rotatably positioned in the at least one flow chamber, and includes a fluid pathway that connects a first port to the flow chamber, which allows separate or mixed flows, or blocks the flow, based on the valve body position. A second valve body is rotatably positioned in the at least one flow chamber, and includes a fluid pathway that connects a second port, which allows separate or mixed flows, or blocks the flow, based on the second valve body position. One or more actuators can be used to independently position the first and second valve bodies. An indirect connection, which can be an epicyclic gear arrangement, allows a single actuator to independently position both valve bodies.

Abstract: An automatic material adder includes a reaction container, a feed storage tank, installed at the top of the reaction container; and at least one liquid bottle, installed adjacent to the feed storage tank, and having a feeding end and a liquid transfer end of the liquid bottle directly or indirectly interconnected with the interior of the reaction container, and the feeding end of the feed storage tank further having an automatic switching device for feeding a material at a fixed time, and the reaction container having a water inlet formed on a sidewall of the reaction container, and a siphon draining device installed on the bottom wall of the reaction container for discharging a mixture contained in the reaction container to the outside.

Abstract: A rehabilitation pipe is assembled inside an existing pipe using integrally formed plastic segments each comprising an inner surface plate, side and end plates. The segments are in part or all divided in the pipe-length direction to provide a variable-width segment comprising two segment halves that are moved relative to each other in the pipe-length direction to make the width of the segment in the pipe-length direction variable. A filler is injected into a space between the rehabilitation pipe and the existing pipe to provide a composite pipe. A falsework temporarily supports the rehabilitation pipe inside the existing pipe until the filler hardens. A shape-holing member is disposed circumferentially in part or all over the inner surface of the rehabilitation pipe so as to be in contact with the inner surface plate of the variable-width segment. A support member directly or indirectly supports the shape-holding member.

Abstract: A multi-layer heat-shrinkable tubular sleeve (100) comprises an outer layer (110) and an inner layer (120). The outer layer (110) is arranged around the inner layer (120). The outer layer (110) comprises a partially crystalline thermoplastic material with a major part of partially crystalline thermoplastic material with a crystallinity of more than 60%. The inner layer (120) comprises a partially crystalline thermoplastic material or an elastomeric material.

Abstract: An identifier for a conduit includes a substrate having a pair of apertures. The substrate further contains a frangible portion encompassing one of the apertures and having a shape that corresponds to an opening left in the substrate after removal of the frangible portion. The identifier enables the shape of the frangible portion to be correlated with the shape of the opening left in the substrate after the frangible portion is separated from the substrate.

Abstract: The invention relates to an elongate reinforcement element for reinforcing an unbonded flexible pipe, a method of producing the elongate reinforcement element and an unbonded flexible pipe comprising the elongate reinforcement element. The reinforcement element comprises a plurality of elongate armor strips and an elongate support element comprising a channel, wherein the plurality of elongate armor strips are arranged in the channel of the elongate support element. Preferably the elongate armor strips are arranged to be superimposed in the channel and the plurality of superimposed elongate armor strips are displaceable in relation to each other upon bending of the elongate reinforcement element.

Abstract: A pipeline system is enclosed including unlined or plastic lined pipes. A mechanical metal to metal connection is employed that can provide a fluid tight seal. A pipe coupling may be employed to span the connection. Plastic lined pipes can have their plastic liners connected to form a fluid tight bladder. Electro-fusion may be employed.

Abstract: A profile is produced from a bent metal sheet surrounding an interior space by at least 360°, the longitudinal edges of said metal sheet being connected to respectively adjacent wall sections of the metal sheet. The longitudinal edges are separated from the respectively adjacent wall sections or longitudinal edges by spacers and are connected thereto in a form-fitting manner by fasteners such as screws, rivets, or the like.

Abstract: This weft insertion system includes at least one rapier (6, 8) provided with weft yarn clamping means (622, 822) for drawing a weft yarn (202) and a reed (2) provided with dents (22) made of a magnetic material. The rapier (6,8) is equipped with magnetic means for exerting an attractive magnetic effort (E, E?) between this rapier and the dents of the reed. The reed (2) advantageously has a variable magnetic permeability along its longitudinal axis (X2). The rapier (6, 8) has a lateral face (8262) oriented towards the reed (2) and the magnetic means have a direction of polarization perpendicular to the direction of travel (X6, X8) of the rapier and secant with this surface (8262).

Abstract: An assembly for assisting with the pouring of fluid includes, among other aspects, a fill tube and a pop-up component disposed at least partially within the fill tube. The pop-up component assists with directing poured fluid into the fill tube.

Abstract: Rotary filling machine comprising a rotating infeed starwheel (3), configured to supply packages (2), a rotating filling carrousel (6), upon which a plurality of filling stations (5) are located and; a rotating outfeed starwheel (4), configured to remove the packages (2). Each filling station (5) comprises dosage means (60); vertical displacement means (20) configured to vary the relative distance between the package (2) and the dosage means (60) in the direction of a vertical axis (Z); rotation means (40) configured to provide relative rotation movement (R) between the package (2) and the dosage means (60), around the vertical axis (Z) and; horizontal displacement means (70) configured to vary the relative distance between the package (2) and the dosage means (60) on a horizontal plane (XY), perpendicular to the vertical axis (Z).

Abstract: A method for making a piece of figured veneer comprises softening lignin in a sheet of veneer, and advancing the sheet of veneer between a first roller having a semi-flexible outer surface and a second roller. Apparatus for making a piece of figured veneer comprises a device for softening lignin in a sheet of veneer, and first and second rollers between which the sheet of veneer is pressed. The first roller has a semi-flexible outer surface.

Abstract: An apparatus used for cutting tenons consists of a plurality of mounting brackets, a plurality of arms, a motor, and a pair of threaded rods. The plurality of mounting brackets attaches the apparatus to an external platform. The motor is mounted onto one of the plurality of arms allowing the motor to slide along the length of the arm. The log in which the tenon is to be cut is placed in between the pair of threaded rods. By rotating the log with the use of one of the threaded rods or with the use of a drill, the log makes contact with the motor. The rotating motion of both the log and also the motor, results in a tenon being cut on the log. Additionally, two motors can also be used in tenon cutting such that a tenon with different diameters can be cut simultaneously.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arrangement in connection with a feed roller of a harvester head of a forestry machine, which arrangement includes a feed roller (1) and an operating device driving the feed roller (1), which feed roller (1) includes at least one attachment flange (2) for attaching the said feed roller (1) to the said operating device, and at least two toothed discs (3) attached to the said attachment flange (2), which said toothed discs (3) are arranged to act as gripping surfaces against a tree. The said feed roller (1) further includes spacer pieces (4) between the attachment flange (2) and the toothed discs (3), and attachment means (17) for connecting the attachment flange (2), the toothed discs (3), and the spacer pieces (4) to form the feed roller (1).

Abstract: A solder paste which solves any nozzle clogging that suddenly occurs in a case of being used in a discharging method and which also realizes residue-free because flux is decomposed by heating during soldering. In the solder paste produced by mixing solder powders with the flux, the flux is flux containing polyalkyl-methacrylate of not less than 1.0 mass % and less than 2.0 mass % as methacrylate polymer of an amount such that it prevents the solder powders from being sedimented at ordinary temperature and it is decomposed or evaporated in the process of heating during the soldering, and containing stearic acid amide of not less than 5.0 mass % and less than 15.0 mass %, as viscosity modifier, wherein viscosity is 50 through 150 Pa·s. It is preferable that the content of flux in the solder paste is not less than 11 mass % and less than 13 mass %.

Abstract: A method produces a high strength electrical steel sheet in which a cumulative rolling reduction ratio in rough rolling is 73.0% or more, in which in a hot band annealing step, an annealing condition is selected that satisfies an area ratio of recrystallized grains after hot band annealing of 100%, and a recrystallized grain size of 80 ?m to 300 ?m, under a condition where annealing temperature is 850° C. to 1000° C., and annealing duration is 10 seconds to 10 minutes, and in which in a final annealing step, an annealing condition is selected that satisfies an area ratio of recrystallized grains after the final annealing of 30% to 95%, and a length in the rolling direction of a connected non-recrystallized grain group of 2.5 mm or less, under a condition where annealing temperature is 670° C. to 800° C., and annealing duration is 2 seconds to 1 minute.

Abstract: A steel material for nitriding has a composition comprising, by mass percent, C: more than 0.15% and not more than 0.35%, Si?0.20%, Mn: 0.10 to 2.0%, P?0.030%, S?0.050%, Cr: 0.80 to 2.0%, V: 0.10 to 0.50%, Al: 0.01 to 0.06%, N?0.0080%, O?0.0030%, and optionally one or more elements of Mo, Cu, Ni, Ti, Nb, Zr, Pb, Ca, Bi, Te, Se and Sb, the balance being Fe and impurities. The composition satisfies the conditions of [20?(669.3×logeC?1959.6×logeN?6983.3)×(0.067×Mo+0.147×V)?80] and [140×Cr+125×Al+235×V?160]. The microstructure is a ferritic-pearlitic structure, a ferritic-bainitic structure, or a ferritic-pearlitic-bainitic structure. The area fraction of ferrite is 20% or more and the precipitate content of V is 0.10% or less.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of producing an amorphous alloy ribbon, the method including a step of producing an amorphous alloy ribbon by discharging a molten alloy through a rectangular opening of a molten metal nozzle having a molten metal flow channel along which the molten alloy flows, the opening being an end of the molten metal flow channel, onto a surface of a rotating chill roll, in which, among wall surfaces of the molten metal flow channel, a maximum height Rz(t) of a surface t, which is a wall surface parallel to a flow direction of the molten alloy and to a short side direction of the opening, is 10.5 ?m or less.

Abstract: A high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet having excellent ductility and stretch flangeability includes: a chemical composition consisting, in mass %, C: 0.06 to 0.3, Si: 0.6 to 2.5%, Mn: 0.6 to 3.5%, P: at most 0.1%, S: at most 0.05%, Ti: 0 to 0.08%, Nb: 0 to 0.04%, total of Ti and Nb: 0 to 0.10%, sol.Al: 0 to 2.0%, Cr: 0 to 1%, Mo: 0 to 0.3%, V: 0 to 0.3%, B: 0 to 0.005%, Ca: 0 to 0.003%, REM: 0 to 0.003% and the remainder of Fe and impurities; a microstructure having a main phase including at least 40 area % in total of martensite and/or bainite; and a texture in which proportion of an average X-ray intensity in an {100}<011> to {211}<011> orientations relative to an average X-ray intensity of a random structure not having a texture is less than 6.

Abstract: A thin steel sheet having sheet thickness ?1.6 mm, but tensile strength ?780 MPa and Young's modulus ?240 GPa in transverse direction is provided, where the steel sheet has composition including, in mass %, C: 0.06-0.12%, Si: 0.5-1.5%, Mn: 1.0-3.0%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Al: 0.5% or less, N: 0.01% or less, Ti: 0.02-0.20%, and the balance being Fe and incidental impurities, where the composition satisfies relations of Formula (1) and (2), and microstructure such that ferrite phase has area ratio ?60% and martensite phase has area ratio of 15-35%, ferrite and martensite phases are 95% or more in total, average grain size of ferrite is ?4.0 ?m and that of martensite is ?1.5 ?m, 0.05?[% C]?(12/47.9)×[% Ti*]?0.10 ??(1), where Ti*=[% Ti]?(47.9/14)×[% N]?(47.9/32.1)×[% S]??(2).

Abstract: An aluminum material for producing light-weight components includes aluminum (Al), scandium (Sc), zirconium (Zr) and ytterbium (Yb), where a weight ratio of scandium (Sc) to zirconium (Zr) to ytterbium (Yb) [Sc/Zr/Yb] is in a range from 10/5/2.5 to 10/2.5/1.25.

Abstract: The invention provides a steel sheet for hot press-forming that can reliably give hot press-formed parts having excellent paint adhesiveness, perforation corrosion resistance and joint corrosion resistance, and also provides a method for manufacturing the steel sheet for hot press-forming, and a method for producing hot press-formed parts using the steel sheet for hot press-forming. The steel sheet for hot press-forming includes a base steel sheet and a Zn-based coating layer with a mass of coating of 10 to 90 g/m2 on the base steel sheet, wherein the average ferrite grain diameter in the surface microstructure of the base steel sheet is not more than 20 ?m.

Abstract: This invention relates to a high strength bake-hardenable low density steel and to a method for producing said the steel.

Abstract: A hardenable chromium-nickel steel, comprising 0.005 to 0.12% carbon, 9 to 17% chromium, 5 to 12% nickel, at most 3% cobalt, 0.5 to 4% molybdenum, 0.25 to 1.0% silicon, 0.5% to 3.0% manganese, 1 to 3% titanium, 0.25 to 1% vanadium, 0.05 to 0.5% niobium, 0.001 to 0.30% nitrogen, at most 0.5% tantalum, 0.001 to 0.030% sulfur, 0.2 to 2.0% copper, at most 0.5% tungsten, at most 1.5% aluminum, 0.0001 to 0.01% boron, and at most 0.035% phosphorus, remainder iron including impurities resulting from smelting, is suitable in particular as a material for producing wire by drawing in the 3-phase region of ?-martensite, ?-martensite, and austenite, in conjunction with a heat treatment. The wire can be used for components for instrument construction, surgical needles, valve pins, and dental braces.

Abstract: A rail cooling method for forcibly cooling a rail by jetting a coolant includes jetting the coolant to a foot back part of the rail from a porous plate nozzle in which a nozzle hole at an end in a width direction is smaller than a nozzle hole at a central part in the width direction and causes a cooling capacity for the end in the width direction of the underside of the base of the rail to be lower than a cooling capacity for the central part in the width direction of the underside of the base of the rail.

Abstract: A Si-containing high-strength cold rolled steel sheet has a chemical composition comprising C: 0.0˜20.3 mass %, Si: 0.8˜2.0 mass %, Mn: 1.0˜5.0 mass % and the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities with a ratio of Si content to Mn content (Si/Mn) exceeding 0.4, and has a tensile strength TS of not less than 780 MPa, wherein a metallic structure of the steel sheet surface contains polygonal ferrite and/or bainitic ferrite having a Si concentration of not more than 3.0 mass % and a grain size of not more than 10 ?m and does not have a Si-containing oxide layer on the steel sheet surface.

Abstract: A method for producing partially hardened steel components in which a blank composed of a hardenable sheet steel is subjected to a temperature increase and shaped into a component; the component is transferred to a tool in which the heated component is cooled and thus quench hardened; during the heating of the blank or component in order to achieve the temperature increase to a temperature required for the hardening in regions that are to have a lower hardness and/or higher ductility, cooling elements are spaced apart from the surface by a small gap; the cooling element is dimensioned so that the thermal energy acting on the region that remains ductile flows through the component into the cooling element, characterized in that in order to space the cooling element apart from the component, micro-nubs or knobs are used, which are distributed over the area of the cooling element.

Abstract: A steel sheet for hot pressing use according to the present invention has a specified chemical component composition, wherein some of Ti-containing precipitates contained in the steel sheet, each of which having an equivalent circle diameter of 30 nm or less, have an average equivalent circle diameter of 3 nm or more, the precipitated Ti amount and the total Ti amount in the steel fulfill the relationship represented by formula (1) shown below, and the sum total of the fraction of bainite and the fraction of martensite in the metal microstructure is 80 area % or more. Precipitated Ti amount (mass %)?3.4[N]>0.5×[total Ti amount (mass %)?3.4[N]]??(1) (In the formula (1), [N] represents the content (mass %) of N in the steel.

Abstract: Protective covers for a laptop computer that are configured to prevent unintended access to the keyboard of the laptop. The protective cover is configured to physically block the keyboard from inadvertent engagement. The protective cover protects laptop computer keyboards from damaged by spilling fluids, food or other objects onto the keyboard. The laptop protective cover is easily removable by the user for access to the keyboard and may include one or more straps for securing the cover to the laptop base. The protective cover is of a simple and easy to use designed, lightweight, easily portable, effective and are capable of being inexpensively manufactured.

Abstract: A dual purpose cover device is provided. The cover device may have a generally cylindrical shaped sleeve configuration having a body providing a closed bottom end and a generally circular top end sleeve opening. The exterior surface of the body may provide two fasteners near the sleeve opening, wherein the two fasteners are disposed a predetermined distance apart when the cover device is in an open position, wherein the body defines a cavity adapted to slidably receive and snugly secure a beverage container or, separately, receive a golf club head. The cover design may be configured into a closed position by connecting the two fasteners so that a portion of the body extending over the predetermined distance is urged to into the cavity and the sleeve opening area of the open position, thereby pinching and/or clasping the sleeve opening. Said pinching and/or clasping of the sleeve opening secures the golf head club within the cavity while allowing the club shaft to protrude through the sleeve opening.

Abstract: Tread for civil engineering tires, having blocks in the central part and edge ribs, each block having a width Ltb measured parallel to transverse edges and a width Lcb measured along the circumferential direction, wherein each edge rib has a plurality of recesses, forming housings, with a transverse width Lte and a circumferential length Lce, delimited over the whole of its height He by transversely orientated walls and a circumferentially orientated wall, having a suitable geometry to receive at least an end part of a block of the central region with a circumferential clearance Ac in the circumferential direction and a transverse clearance At in the transverse or axial direction, these clearances determined to ensure that, in the usual running conditions of the tire the end part of said block of the central region is at least partially in contact with at least one of the transversely orientated walls of each recess, thereby preventing each of the blocks, having its ends locked in said recesses, from coming i

Abstract: A system for molding a non-pneumatic tire may include a lower mold portion including a lower face plate configured to provide a lower relief corresponding to a first side of the tire. The system may further include an upper mold portion configured to be coupled to the lower mold portion. The upper mold portion may include an upper face plate configured to provide an upper relief corresponding to a second side of the tire. The system may also include a plurality of mold inserts configured to be positioned between the lower and upper face plates. The mold inserts may include a shell portion at least partially enclosing a void configured to provide a cavity in the tire, and the shell portion of the mold inserts is configured to remain embedded in the tire upon removal of the tire from the lower and upper mold portions.

Abstract: A multi-chambered tubeless tyre or tube and manufacturing process for the same for vehicles comprising of a master chamber near wheel rim to keep/contain pressurized air/fluid; at least one chamber sandwiched between said master chamber and inner surface of tyre, said sandwiched chamber(s) has/have independent one way inlet valve for sealant or pressurized fluid/air as the case may be; said sandwiched chamber(s) are formed and joined in green state with said green tube or green tubeless tyre to achieve mechanical properties after vulcanization. Even independent chamber can be sandwiched between said master chamber and inner surface of tyre. This arrangement can be used in all kind of vehicles. It can be used in Self Supporting RFT (Run Flat Tyres), Auxiliary Supported RFT. It can be used for replacement of twin tire by providing extra wide tyre with multiple chambers with/without sealant.