Abstract: The present invention relates to an anode assembly for use in an electrolytic cell for recovery of metal. The assembly includes a hanger bar, a first perimeter bar, a second perimeter bar, optionally one or more center conductor bars, a base bar, a first tab coupled to the first perimeter bar and/or the base bar, and a second tab coupled to the second perimeter bar and/or the base bar. The assembly may also include insulating separators coupled to the tabs and/or insulators coupled to an active area of the anode assembly. A system includes the anode assembly, a cathode assembly, and a tank.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electroplating bath for zinc-iron alloys as an anti-corrosive layer and to a method for depositing zinc-iron alloy on a device. The invention also relates to a device which comprises an anti-corrosive layer of a zinc-iron alloy and the use of mentioned electroplating bath.

Abstract: A method for anodizing a part made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy by immersing the part in an aqueous bath essentially comprising sulfuric acid at a concentration of 150 to 250 g/L and at a temperature of 5 to 25° C. A DC voltage according to a voltage profile comprising a voltage increased at a rate of 1 to 32 V/min is applied to the part. The voltage is maintained at a plateau voltage value of 12 to 20 V for a duration sufficient for obtaining, at the surface of the part, an anode layer having a thickness of 3 to 7 ?m and/or a layer weight of 20 to 150 mg/dm2.

Abstract: An electroplating apparatus includes an anode configured to electrically communicate with an electrical voltage and an electrolyte solution. A cathode module includes a cathode that is configured to electrically communicate with a ground potential and the electrolyte solution. The cathode module further includes a wafer in electrical communication with the cathode. The wafer is configured to receive metal ions from the anode in response to current flowing through the anode via electrodeposition. The electroplating apparatus further includes at least one agitating device interposed between the wafer and the anode. The agitating device is configured to apply a force to gas bubbles adhering to a surface of the wafer facing the agitating device.

Abstract: Provided is a two-dimensional large-area growth method for a chalcogen compound, the method including: depositing a film of a transition metal element or a Group V element on a substrate; thereafter, uniformly diffusing a vaporized chalcogen element, a vaporized chalcogen precursor compound or a chalcogen compound represented by M?X?2+? within the film; and, thereafter, forming a film of a chalcogen compound represented by MX2 by forming the chalcogen compound represented by MX2 through post-heating.

Abstract: Occlusion and release of lithium ion are likely to one-dimensionally occur in the b-axis direction of a crystal in a lithium-containing composite oxide having an olivine structure. Thus, a positive electrode in which the b-axes of lithium-containing composite oxide single crystals are oriented vertically to a surface of a positive electrode current collector is provided. The lithium-containing composite oxide particles are mixed with graphene oxide and then pressure is applied thereto, whereby the rectangular parallelepiped or substantially rectangular parallelepiped particles are likely to slip. In addition, in the case where the rectangular parallelepiped or substantially rectangular parallelepiped particles whose length in the b-axis direction is shorter than those in the a-axis direction and the c-axis direction are used, when pressure is applied in one direction, the b-axes can be oriented in the one direction.

Abstract: A method for laying down a nanoweb of nanofibers from a centrifugal spinning process by a combination of an air flow field and a charging arrangement. Fibrous streams in the form of fibrils of molten polymer or polymer solution are discharged from a rotating member into an air flow field that is essentially parallel to the direction of discharge of fibrils at the point of discharge of the fibrils. The fibrous streams are attenuated and directed by means of the air flow field onto the surface of a collector to form a nanoweb. The fibrous streams are charged along all or at least a portion of their route from the point of discharge to the surface of the collector.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a fiber-forming process that includes: providing a centrifugal electrospinning apparatus that includes: an emitter that includes a rotating element having a rotational speed of 10,000 rpm or less; and a collector; and providing a spinning solution including at least one polymer dissolved in at least one solvent; supplying the spinning solution to the emitter; and directing the spinning solution from the emitter toward the collector under conditions effective to form separate fibrous streams from the spinning solution, vaporize the solvent, and produce polymeric fibers on the collector.

Abstract: A method for separating out nano-scale fiber threads from many fiber branches and controlling alignment and deposition of the fiber threads on a substrate, comprising: electrospinning at least synthetic polymer fiber streams from an electrically charged syringe needle; controlling the fiber using at least one electrically charged metallic disk rotating about an axis positioned below the needle; capturing the fiber using electrically grounded collector; extracting a single or plurality of fiber branch threads from the fiber streams, wherein the single or plurality of fiber branch threads is attracted to and intercepted by the collector shape, and depositing the single or plurality of fiber branch threads as substantially aligned fiber on the collector.

Abstract: A method for separating out a continuous single thread of fiber from many fiber branches and controlling alignment and deposition of said fiber on a substrate, comprising: electrospinning synthetic polymer fiber streams from an electrically charged syringe needle; controlling the fiber using at least one electrically charged metallic disk rotating about an axis positioned below the needle; capturing the fiber using electrically grounded collector; extracting a single fiber branch thread from the polymer fiber streams, wherein the single fiber branch thread is attracted to and intercepted by the collector shape, and depositing the single fiber branch thread as substantially aligned fiber on the collector.

Abstract: Sports clothing, protective clothing, clothing for body shaping and clothing with a medical function, which clothing comprises at least one fabric comprising elastic fibers, which elastic fibers are produced from a polymer composition comprising a copolymer containing 20-80 wt. % of monomeric units of a dimerised fatty acid or a derivative thereof and further monomer units of at least one dicarboxylic acid and at least one diol.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a nylon latent-crimp yarn having outstanding elastic properties and cool feel, and is characterized in that a nylon 64 random copolymer (A) and one type of polymer (B) selected from nylon 6 and nylon 66 are subjected to conjugate spinning on a yarn cross-section in a side-by-side form. The nylon latent-crimp yarn according to the present invention has outstanding dyeing properties, dye fastness and elasticity, and exhibits high official moisture regain and a good cool feel. Also, the nylon latent-crimp yarn according to the present invention is inexpensive to produce, is highly suited to production, and also has outstanding yarn uniformity. For this reason, the nylon latent-crimp yarn according to the present invention is particularly useful as a fabric material for outdoor wear which is used like an elastic breathable waterproof polyurethane film.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrospinning apparatus Capable of: reusing and recycling VOC, which is generated when a spinning solution jetted from the nozzle of a nozzle block in the electrospinning apparatus is laminating on an elongated sheet, and spinning solution which has overflowed without being nanofiberized by condensing and liquefying same and then adding the resulting products to the spinning solution. The electrospinning apparatus's case lower side forms an electric conductor material and the upper side forms an electric insulator material, the case upper side insulating member for attaching a collector can be deleted, and thereby simplifying the overall configuration of the electrospinning apparatus.

Abstract: According to the invention: at least two pairs of magnets (31.1, 31.2) are arranged near one another on supports (32, 34), the said pairs of magnets (31.1, 31.2) and the said supports (32, 34) form, when the item to be stabilized (30) is in the required angular position, a closed magnetic circuit (except for the air gap), with magnets (33, 34) placed in such a direction that their north and south poles successively alternate with one another along said magnetic circuit, an item (37), sensitive to the magnetic field, is attached to the fixed part and placed inside the closed magnetic circuit, said sensitive item (37) supplies a logic output state corresponding to the “item to be stabilized in the required angular position” when the detected field is less than a predetermined maximum threshold, and a logic state corresponding to the “item to be stabilized not in the required angular position”, when the detected field is greater than a minimum predetermined threshold.

Abstract: A hybrid cord of at least two multifilament yarns twisted together is described, where the first yarn is a viscose multifilament yarn and the second yarn is a non-metallic multifilament yarn composed of a material that is not identical to the first multifilament yarn. The viscose multifilament yarn is conditioned in the standard climate in accordance with DIN EN ISO 139-1:2005, and has a yarn linear density <1100 dtex and a breaking tenacity of ?45 cN/tex. The hybrid cord has a cord linear density of ?3000 dtex.

Abstract: A fabric weaved at least by a first yarn and a second yarn is provided. A first quantum dot material is distributed in the first yarn, and a second quantum dot material is distributed in the second yarn. An average particle size of the first quantum dot material is different from the average particle size of the second quantum dot material.

Abstract: The invention discloses a forming technology of men's underwear, which comprises the following steps: 1) using a seamless underwear machine; 2) adding four 140D nylon yarns in a weaving process; 3) carrying out stitch uplifting weave treatment on two sides of the crotch; 4) threading 40S modal into the 1st to the 8th paths of 5# yarn nozzles, threading 20/20 covering yarns into the 1st to the 8th paths of 2# yarn nozzles, and threading 140D nylon antimicrobial yarns into the 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th paths of 4# yarn nozzles; 5) drawing a graph by graphic software, and slackening the density of the crotch by utilizing an overlapping function, so that the slackened crotch is combined with the added 140D antimicrobial yarns and the stitch uplifting weave to form a bag; and 6) importing a DIS graph drawn in the step 5) into programming software.

Abstract: A three dimensional weave fabric material is disclosed for use in producing woven hats and other items. The three dimensional weave fabric material comprises two layers of material, a face layer and a back layer. The face layer and the back layer are then woven together via floating threads to create predetermined patterns or areas where the two layers are not woven together. These areas which are not woven together create tubes. Specifically, the weaving is controlled by a computer program that will weave or not weave the two layers together. Once the weaving is complete, the three dimensional weave fabric material may be subject to post processing such as heat. The three dimensional material is then assembled to produce a woven hat.

Abstract: A hybrid, woven textile material that can be used in the manufacturing of fiber-reinforced composite materials. The hybrid textile material is a woven fabric composed of unidirectional fibers interlaced with strips of non-woven fibers in a weaving pattern. In an embodiment, the hybrid textile material is porous or permeable with respect to liquid resins used in Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) processes and a preform formed from this textile material can be infused with liquid resins during such RTM processes.

Abstract: A crochet hook can include: a rod-like crochet-hook shaft 2 which has a tip formed with a hook portion 4; and a grip body 3 which covers a base-end side of the crochet-hook shaft 2, with a tip of the shaft protruding therefrom. The grip body includes: a base-end portion 5 which has substantially uniform in its section taken in a vertical direction to a longitudinal axis of the grip body; and a grip portion 6 which is formed on a tip-end side of the base-end portion and formed with a recess 7 on a side in its outer circumference. The recess is formed on a side where the hook portion has a catching head 8. The recess has an arc-like section, with a longitudinal center region being sunken. The crochet-hook shaft has its tip shifted to a side away from the side formed with the recess.

Abstract: A system and method for producing a textile product which includes an insulated enclosure; an electrospinning dispensing system positioned along at least one face of the insulated enclosure; a solution supply system with a solution transport connection to the electrospinning dispensing system; a mold structure; a cyclical mold actuator mechanically coupled to the mold structure; and a charge unit electrically connected to the electrospinning dispensing system and the mold structure.

Abstract: A music washing machine and a control method thereof. The washing machine includes a motor for introducing a washing water flow. The motor is connected to a control device for performing mutual conversion between a rotation and stopping ratio and/or the rotation speed of the motor and a musical characteristic signal, so that the music emitted by an output device synchronizes with the rotation and stopping ratio and/or the rotation speed of the motor during working of the washing machine. By a conversion device of the washing machine, mutual conversion between the rotation and stopping ratio and/or the rotation speed of the motor of the washing machine and the musical characteristic signal is performed, so that the output device emits music corresponding to the rotation and stopping ratio and/or the rotation speed of the motor during working of the washing machine.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance and a fluid additive dispenser are provided. The fluid additive dispenser includes one or more features for containing and dispensing fluid additives. The fluid additive dispenser also includes a spray nozzle formed or molded in a shower plate of the dispenser.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance and a method for operating a washing machine appliance are provided. The washing machine appliance includes one or more features for dispensing fluid additives using fewer valves. The method includes one or more steps for dispensing fluid additives using fewer valves.

Abstract: A laundry washing machine (100) is disclosed. The washing machine (100) comprises a washing tub (107) in which washing/rinsing liquid may be loaded; a rotatable perforated drum (110), in which laundry (112) to be washed can be loaded; a discharge system (145, 150) fluidly connected to the washing tub (107) and adapted to selectively discharge washing/rinsing liquid from the washing tub (107), said discharge system (145, 150) including a discharge duct (150) coupled with the washing tub (107) for receiving washing/rinsing liquid to be discharged; a pump (170) operable to selectively cause washing/rinsing liquid located in the discharge duct (150) to be discharged through a drain hose (175) or to be conveyed back into the washing tub (107) through a recirculation conduit (180).

Abstract: A hybrid vented tumble dryer which includes a drying chamber such as a rotatable drum, a heater, a process air fan, a recirculation duct, and a process air circuit configured to recirculate process air through the dryer. The dryer may include first and second drum seal gaskets located between the drum and first and second bulkheads, respectively. In some embodiments, the recirculation duct is in closed fluid communication with the heater. In other embodiments, the process air circuit is configured such that substantially the only fresh air which enters the process air circuit enters directly into the drying chamber prior to passing through the heater, or such that substantially the only fresh air which enters the process air circuit enters the process air circuit, in an airflow direction of the process air moving through the process air circuit, after the heater and before an outlet of the drying chamber.

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus and a method for controlling a laundry treatment apparatus are provided. The method may include supplying alternating current at a predetermined first frequency to a compressor; measuring a first time a temperature of refrigerant discharged from the compressor; measuring a second time a temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor, when a predetermined first reference time has passed after the measuring the first time of the temperature of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor; and controlling the first frequency of the alternating current based on a difference between the temperature measured the first time and the temperature measured the second time.

Abstract: The present invention involves a flatwork ironer comprising an ironing cylinder, which is partially surrounded by primary ironing section with an ironing cylinder and at least one primary ironing strip, secondary ironing section with at least one secondary ironing strip, and further comprising a driving section, where the primary ironing section further comprises a compensating item intended to compensate stretch of the primary ironing strip of the primary ironing section, and a pressing item intended to press the pressing cylinder of the primary ironing section to the ironing cylinder, whereas the primary ironing strip is tailored.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus (100) is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus (100) includes a cabinet (1) forming an external appearance of the laundry treating apparatus, a support part (2) configured to be withdrawable from the cabinet (1), the support part (2) providing a space to support laundry when the laundry is withdrawn from the cabinet (1), and a laundry treating unit (5) configured to be withdrawable from the cabinet (1), the laundry treating unit (5) supplying at least one of heat and moisture to the laundry supported by the support part (2).

Abstract: The sock clip is a device to be used to hold together two matching socks before, during, and after, prepping, washing, and drying of said socks and any accompanying laundry. It is an easily mass produced device that does not damage the socks or hinder washing ability.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition having a plurality of particles of a filler material and crosslinking units having the formula —(SiR—CH2—CH2—CH2)—. The silicon atom in the crosslinking unit is directly or indirectly bound to the filler material. Each R is alkyl, alkenyl, phenyl, methyl, ethyl, allyl, halogen, chloro, or bromo. Also disclosed herein is a filler material having the silicon atom of a silacyclobutane group is directly or indirectly bound thereto. Also disclosed herein is a method of crosslinking silacyclobutane groups bound to a plurality of particles of a filler material. The silicon atom of the silacyclobutane group is directly or indirectly bound to the filler material. Also disclosed herein is a composition including a plurality of fibers of a polymer having reactive oxygen atoms and siloxane groups. Coordination bonds are formed between the oxygen atoms and the silicon atoms of the siloxane groups of separate fibers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a herbal composition for treating a fabric to make the fabric insect repellent. The present invention further provides a composition for treating a fabric and a method of treating the fabric to make the fabric insect repellent. The invention also provides the various methods of treating different kinds of fabrics along with their dyeing and finishing processes to render the fabric insect repellant. The fabric becomes insect repellant up to 40 washes. The fabric becomes repellent against bed bugs of Cimex species, house dust mites of Dermatophagoides species, ticks of Ixodes species, houseflies or Musca Domestica, mosquitoes or Aedes Aegypti and harvest bugs of Trombidium species. The fabric is selected from the group consisting of a cotton fabric, a regenerated viscose cellulose fabric, a wool fabric, a silk fabric, a polyester fabric and blends thereof.

Abstract: Pigment-dyeing method for individualised textile fibres or textile supports obtained from the fibres consisting of pre-treating the fibres or the support with at least one polymer, then dying the thus pre-treated fibres or support using pigments, characterised in that the polymer is a vinylamine-based (co)polymer.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for the application of a treatment agent to a substrate, the method comprising the treatment of the pre-wetted substrate in an aqueous system comprising the solid particulate treatment agent in a closed container, the treatment being carried out at a ratio of liquor to substrate which does not exceed 2:1. Typically, the method is applied to the dyeing of textile fibres at liquor ratios of ?1:1 and is carried out in the absence of additives conventionally included for the sole purpose of promoting dye uptake by controlling electrical interactions or otherwise enhancing interactions between the substrate and the treatment agent. The invention also provides a method for the removal of surplus treatment agents following application of said treatment agents to a substrate, said method comprising not more than three wash-off treatments of said substrate with water following said application.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for the production of high-filled, preferably wet-laid non-woven fabrics, in particular non-woven glass fiber fabrics, which have a very low binder content, as well as the non-woven glass fiber fabrics produced according to this method and the use thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a process for improving the performance of wet-strength resins, such as polyaminopolyamide-epichlorohydrin resins, by treatment with a base to increase molecular weight to provide improved wet strength.

Abstract: A rail vehicle includes a frame, a clamping assembly and a towing arm coupled to the frame and selectively coupled to the clamping assembly. The towing arm is movable from a first, unengaged position to a second, engaged position. The clamping assembly includes a plurality of roller clamps that are adapted to rotate about respective central axes of the roller clamps.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a switch monitoring method and a switch monitoring system, a railway line management method and a railway line management system. Electric signal of a switch motor during pulling of the switch can effectively reflect status of the switch, when the switch is in a stable state, electric signal of its motor is very steady during pulling of the switch; however, when the switch is in an unstable state, there will be different degrees of fluctuation in electric signal of its motor during pulling of the switch. Thus, the invention may be used to identify state of a switch by monitoring electric signal of a switch motor, and further take different measures based on different states of the switch. With these measures, accidents due to switch failure may be effectively reduced, and train delay time may also be reduced through proper line management.

Abstract: A pavement marking tape has raised, irregular polygonal relief features with retroreflective elements covering a portion of the surface of the tape. The form of the relief features minimizes shadowing effects. Raised relief features are shaped to increase the visible number of vertical faces and edges of the relief features, which are the most reflective structures, and are oriented toward incident light from an approaching observer to maximize retroreflectivity.

Abstract: A method for releasing at least one anchor cable from a terminal post in a cable barrier, after an inline impact, including deforming the terminal post from a straight upright configuration to a bent inclined configuration where the deformation creates a suitably sized aperture in the post which enables release of the anchor cable.

Abstract: Described herein are assemblies configured to be constructed atop of highway, freeway, or road barriers or guiderails. Methods of constructing the assemblies are also described.

Abstract: The doggy doo bag and stick includes a circular bag with hinges and a plastic strap that attaches to each side of the hinged bag that allows bag to hang open and flat to the ground and two retrieval straps attached on each side of the hinged bag to allow for closing and retrieval of the bag. A telescoping rod having a grip at one end and a stationary diamond shaped wire at 45 degrees to the rod on the other end, that aids in application of the doggy doo bag.

Abstract: A snow flipper for clearing snow. The snow flipper includes a blade. The snow flipper also includes a handle attached the blade. The handle includes a first portion, a second portion attached to the second portion and a bend creating a vertical portion of the handle. The snow flipper further includes a handgrip. The handgrip is movably secured to the handle, telescopes relative to the handle and provides a gripping surface for the user. The snow flipper additionally includes a flat spring attached to the vertical portion of the handle. The flat spring includes a curved piece of rigid material configured to deform under a force, return to its initial shape upon removal of the force and cause downward motion of the handgrip to result in motion that is upward and away from the user. The snow flipper moreover includes a wheel attached near one end of the flat spring.

Abstract: The present invention relates to systems and methods for cost effectively supplementing existing networks of ground/underground-level drainage pipes with a system of elevated pipes, by leveraging existing elevated transportation and communications infrastructure while minimally disrupting existing water drainage infrastructure.

Abstract: Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for flood hazard zone modeling. In one implementation, one or more relevant stream segments are identified from an input stream network. One or more cross profiles are defined for one or more selected points on the relevant stream segments, with the selected points located within a flood hazard area. A high resolution flood level elevation map is generated by interpolating flood level elevation from the selected points. A flood depth map is generated having a flood depth value for each of the selected points computed as a difference between the high resolution flood level elevation map and a terrain elevation. One or more flood zones are defined in the flood depth map. The flood zones have a positive flood depth for a return period.

Abstract: A floating-type sandy beach growing device includes wave absorbing bodies arranged in parallel at appropriate intervals, each of them including a floating body having an offing side end oriented toward offing side and a land side end having a larger buoyancy and oriented toward land side, rocking following a wave vertical movement, offing side end being pivotally supported, and a stand erected in a relatively shallow shore for pivotally supporting offing side end, floating body being level-adjusted so as to be horizontal during low tide in neap tide, and installed angled with respect to wave progress direction in a horizontal plane.

Abstract: The present invention is a self-ballasted wood timber to be used for shoreline protection and aquatic habitat enhancement. It is made by installing a dense ballast material within an interior cavity of a wood timber. The material is retained within the timber by plugging the open end(s). Two or more self-ballasted timbers may be assembled to form larger structures. Structures composed of the present invention have the advantage of being composed of organic materials ballasted internally by a dense material with specific gravity relative to fresh or salt water greater than one. Thus they can provide all of the aquatic habitat enhancement benefits of natural organic materials without the buoyant instability associated with organic materials in dynamic aquatic environments. Additionally, they can provide stability for shoreline protection without the negative impacts to aquatic habitat, water quality, and natural water body aesthetics associated with inorganic shoreline stabilization structures.

Abstract: An inflatable flood barrier includes a board having a side plate and a peripheral plate attached to the side plate. The board being provided with a charging port, the peripheral plate has rounded corners, and the side plate has corner portions. The rounded corners and the corner portions are positionally corresponding. The corner portion has guiding grooves. A flexible seal embraces at least a part of the peripheral plate and has an internal channel, a gas inlet and a gas discharging port. When the flexible seal is inflated at the internal channel, a watertight combination between the inflatable flood barrier and a contacting surface of a gate it protects is achieved. The inflatable flood barrier is structurally simple, watertight, convenient to use and store, apparently pleasing, and functionally versatile.

Abstract: An apparatus for compacting and forming depressions along a tract of ground being worked generally consisting of a support means; a drum mounted on the support means for rotation movement about an axis thereof; and a liner formed of a material having earth adherent retarding properties mounted on a cylindrical surface of the drum, having a bay section disposed on the cylindrical surface and a plurality of outwardly projecting sections.

Abstract: A Stake Driver Apparatus. The apparatus provides the user with the ability to rapidly drive stakes into a straw wattle. There is a slot within the apparatus for inserting a stake and then guiding the stake as the stake is being driven through the wattle and into the ground. A slide hammer shuttle can slide up and down an elongate barrel member to drive a slide hammer into the top of a stake being held within the barrel member. A footrest assembly having adjustable height is incorporated so that the stake and barrel will be spaced above the top surface of the wattle while each stake is being driven into the wattle and ground.