Abstract: A shield member and an apparatus for growing a single crystal equipped with the shield member. Such a shield member includes: a vessel for growing the single crystal; a raw material storage part positioned at a lower portion of the vessel for growing the single crystal; a substrate supporting part, positioned above the raw material storage part to support the substrate; and a heating apparatus positioned at an outer periphery of the vessel for growing the single crystal, thereby sublimating the raw material from the raw material storage part to grow the single crystal of the raw material onto the substrate, in which a plurality of permeation holes through which the raw material gas passes is formed. The shield member is configured such that the heat capacity thereof increases from the center to the outer periphery.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an improved susceptor for a substrate processing chamber. In one embodiment, the susceptor comprises an outer peripheral edge circumscribing a pocket, wherein the pocket has a concave surface that is recessed from the outer peripheral edge, and an angled support surface disposed between the outer peripheral edge and the pocket, wherein the angled support surface is inclined with respect to a horizontal surface of the outer peripheral edge.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein describe a liner assembly including a plurality of individually separated gas passages. The liner assembly provides control of flow parameters, such as velocity, density, direction and spatial location, across a substrate being processed. The processing gas across the substrate being processed may be specially tailored for individual processes with a liner assembly according to the present embodiments.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a nanofiber producing apparatus includes a portion to be deposited, an ejection unit, a power supply unit, an inspection unit and an adjusting unit. The portion to be deposited includes a first surface and a second surface. The second surface faces the first surface. The ejection unit ejects a raw material liquid toward the first surface. The power supply unit generates a potential difference between the ejection unit and the first surface. The inspection unit inspects a defect of the first surface. The adjusting unit is provided so as to face the second surface. The adjusting unit generates a potential in the second surface.

Abstract: A melt differential electrospinning device and process, the melt differential electrospinning device comprising a spinning nozzle (1), a fiber receiving device (3), a first high-voltage electrostatic generator (6), a second high-voltage electrostatic generator (7), a grounding electrode (5), and n layers of electrode plates of a first electrode plate (2) and a second electrode plate (4), n being an integer greater than or equal to 2; the spinning nozzle comprises a splitter plate (21), a nut (22), a spring spacer (23), an air pipe positioning pin (24), a screw (25), a nozzle body positioning pin (26), a nozzle body (27), an air pipe (28), a heating device (29), a temperature sensor (210) and an inner cone nozzle (211).

Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses and methods of creating fibers, such as microfibers and nanofibers, that are composed of saccharides. The methods discussed herein employ centrifugal forces to transform saccharide material into fibers. Apparatuses that may be used to create saccharide fibers are also described. Fiber producing devices with features that enhance fiber production and adaptability to different types of fiber are described.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing an antimicrobial 3D-printing filament, comprising: providing a first mixture comprising a plastic resin and at least one antimicrobial agent selected from the group consisting of an inorganic antimicrobial agent, an organic antimicrobial agent, a metal antimicrobial agent, an ammonium salt antimicrobial agent, a guanidine antimicrobial agent, a copper compound antimicrobial agent, a sustained-release polymer antimicrobial agent, and a natural antimicrobial agent; providing a master batch by extruding the first mixture; and preparing an antimicrobial filament by excluding a second mixture containing the master batch and the plastic resin.

Abstract: A puncture resistant material is made from high modulus continuous filament polypropylene yarns which are twisted and woven into a tight weave. Batting materials are placed adjacent the woven layer (which may comprise one or more individual woven layers) to form a stack and the stack is needlepunched to form a consolidated material. The material is heat treated and calendared and the finished product may be used in applications where puncture resistance is required, such as in a shoe insole material.

Abstract: Techniques for operating a loom to produce multiple different textiles during a single operation of the loom. Conventionally, a loom produces a single textile during each single operation of the loom. When producing multiple different textiles during a single operation of the loom, a single run of the mill may generate the multiple different textiles for multiple different customers. In some embodiments, during a single operation of a loom, the loom may generate a single piece of loom-finished fabric that includes multiple different textiles for multiple different customers and, following the single run of the mill, the single piece of loom-finished fabric may be cut apart to yield the different textiles, which may be one, two, more than five, more than ten, or any suitable number of different textiles for any suitable number of different customers.

Abstract: A fabric with level gradient effect contains: at least one yarn Y1, at least one yarn Y2, at least one yarn Y3. At least one of Y2 is knitted between Y1 and Y3. Y1, Y2, and Y3 is obtained by one of the conditions: (1) Each of Y1, Y2, and Y3 is dope dyed and has at least an identical pigment with three different content and account for X1, X2, and X3 wt % of fiber, and 1.03*X1?X2?0.97*X3, the fabric is further bath dyed to obtain level gradient color effect; (2) Each of Y1, Y2, and Y3 is cationic dyeable polyester yarn having the same sulfonic acid group with three different content of the sulfonic acid group and account for X1, X2, and X3 mol. % of fiber, and 1.03*X1?X2?0.97*X3, the fabric is further bath dyed to obtain level gradient color effect.

Abstract: Provided is a porous laminate having satisfactory resistance to a mechanical load such as a bending stress while maintaining the characteristics of a porous structure. A porous laminate includes: a layer A formed on a support, the layer A including a porous film containing polymer nanofibers; and a layer B formed on the layer A, the layer B including a porous film containing polymer nanofibers, in which: an existence ratio of the polymer nanofibers contained in the layer A) is larger than an existence ratio of the polymer nanofibers contained in the layer B; and a difference between the existence ratio of the polymer nanofibers contained in the layer A and the existence ratio of the polymer nanofibers contained in the layer B is more than 40%.

Abstract: A method for homogenizing the stitching pattern in a needled fleece requires a detector which is arranged between a first needling device and a second needling device and detects areas in the fleece where stitches are absent. Then the fleece needled by the first needling device is also needled in the second needling device, wherein at least one operating parameter or at least one structure parameter of the second needling device is adapted specifically on the basis of the result of the detection of the absent-stitch areas, so that, during the further needling of the fleece in the second needle machine, the absent-stitch areas are filled in a targeted manner.

Abstract: A sewing machine includes: a sewing-machine-side wireless communication unit having a capability of wireless communication at least with the terminal device; a sewing-machine-side recording unit configured to record embroidery data; and a control unit configured to respond to an inquiry from the terminal device. The terminal device includes: a terminal-side wireless communication unit having a capability of wireless communication at least with the sewing machine; a terminal-side recording unit configured to have a capability of recording embroidery data; an embroidery data obtaining unit configured to obtain embroidery data unrecorded in the terminal-side recording unit from the sewing-machine-side recording unit, and to have the terminal-side recording unit record the obtained embroidery data; and an editing unit configured to edit the embroidery data recorded in the terminal-side recording unit.

Abstract: A sewing tool holder includes a base and a plurality of of projections. The base has an obverse face and a reverse face spaced from each other in a thickness direction of the base. The plurality of projections are supported on the obverse face of the base via a common connecting portion attached to the base. Each of the plurality of projections has an upper or front end and a root or lower end that is connected to the common connecting portion.

Abstract: A fiber composite component includes a composite including cured matrix material and a fiber material embedded therein. At least one partial area of the fiber composite component is provided with at least one thread, which undulates as it extends along a surface area of the composite, so that sections of the thread alternately run inside of the composite and outside of the composite. An adhesive arrangement for such fiber composite components is also disclosed. Finally, methods for manufacturing such a fiber composite component or for manufacturing such an adhesive arrangement are disclosed.

Abstract: A novel method of tufting carpets is provided to allow the use of the same sequence of colored yarns on front and rear staggered needle bars to yield sufficient gauge stitch density to provide for a solid appearance of any of the selected colors et, and utilizing optimized tacking of rear yarns to minimize loose yarn on the backing.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a top-loading type washing machine which includes a drum including a drum body opened at upper and lower sides thereof, and a drum base coupled to the lower side of the drum body, a hub fixed to the drum base, an upper balancer installed to the drum body, for reducing vibrations generated when the drum rotates, and a lower balancer fixed to one of the hub and the drum base, for reducing vibrations generated when the drum rotates. The top-loading type washing machine can effectively remove eccentricity or vibrations generated during the rotation of the drum, since the lower balancer is installed at the lower side of the drum.

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is provided that may include a cabinet provided with an introduction port for introduction of laundry, a tub arranged in the cabinet to store washing water and provided with a tub introduction port that communicates with the introduction port, a drum rotatably provided in the tub and adapted to accommodate the laundry introduced through the tub introduction port, a detergent supply module positioned at a lower portion of the introduction port to store a liquid detergent and to provide the stored liquid detergent to the tub, and a water supply device to supply washing water to the tub and to rinse the detergent supply module using the washing water supplied to the tub.

Abstract: An iron (10) which comprises a first arm (12) mounted to a second arm (14) about a pivot (16); where the first arm (12) includes a first arm body (20), a first arm opposing portion 18 and a grip handle (24); and the second arm (14) includes a second arm body (26) and a second arm opposing portion (23); where at least a portion of the grip handle (24) of the first arm (12) extends away from the first arm body (20) towards the second arm (14); with the first and second arms being movable about the pivot (16) between an open configuration in which the first arm opposing portion (18) is separated from the second arm opposing portion (23), and a closed configuration, in which the first arm opposing portion (18) is in contact with the second arm opposing portion (23); wherein movement of the second arm (14) towards the grip handle (24) brings the iron into the closed configuration from the open configuration.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, my glove inverter/reformer is a manual non-mechanized device that comprises a base and a guide. This is a device for inverting/reforming glove appendages thus gloves expeditiously; especially suited for however not limited to substantially thick material gloves including industrial-heavy duty-lined-rubber gloves, ski gloves, leather gloves, heat resistant gloves, multi layered gloves etc. The present invention facilitates efficient cleaning and/or rapid drying of the lining and quick reformation to the proper side with a proper fit. The main objective of the present invention is to promote healthy, morbidity free hands in the workplace and at home.

Abstract: A method for producing printed textiles for motor vehicles, the textiles having a polyester-based top material and a bottom material, introduces at least a thickener and a UV absorber into the top material in a foulard process. The top material is dried, a digital printing process is carried out on the dried top material, and the printed top material is laminated with the bottom material. Dyes are applied such that the dyes are especially abrasion resistant. This is achieved in that, in the foulard process, a hydrophilizing agent is introduced into the top material.

Abstract: Polyurethane floor covering products are formed from a web layer containing at least 30% by weight fibers. A cooled polyurethane foam formulation which includes at least one polyisocyanate, water and at least one polyol having an equivalent weight of at least 500 is applied to the web layer. The wetted web layer is then compressed to mechanically wet out the fibers, gauged and heated to cure the foam formulation.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a moisture transferable textile sheet of single layer. The moisture transferable textile sheet according to the present invention, hygroscopicity polymers are conformally coated on a top layer, and water-repellenting composition is partially coated on a bottom layer. Water in contact with the bottom layer is rapidly absorbed in the hygroscopicity polymers by a water-repellenting layer, so that water is transferred in one direction.

Abstract: Poly(trimethylene terephthalate) compositions, and articles made therefrom, having improved flame retardancy are provided. The compositions can be used to make carpets that are suitable for installation where flame retardancy is desired.

Abstract: The present invention provides a combined dyeing method that includes: a scouring process (S12) of scouring a dyeing target material which is chemically dyed with a chemical dye to remove impurities remaining in the dyeing target material; an eco-friendly dyeing process (S13) of dyeing the dyeing target material with an natural dye; a mordanting process (S14) of adding a mordant to the dyeing target material to fix the natural dye to the dyeing target material; a cleaning process (S15) of removing the mordant remaining in the dyeing target material; and a drying process (S16) of drying the dyeing target material.

Abstract: A process is defined for the continuous steam pretreatment and fractionation of bagasse to produce a concentrated cellulose solid stream that is sensitive to enzymatic hydrolysis. Valuable chemicals are recovered by fractionating the liquid and vapor stream composed of hydrolysis and degradation products of the hemicellulose. Cellulosic derived glucose is produced for fermentation to biofuels. A hemicellulose concentrate is recovered that can be converted to value added products including ethanol.

Abstract: A bend for introducing a steam-and-fibers stream into a dryer or a pulp chest of a fibers-processing plant, a blow line with such a bend, and a fibers-processing plant with such a blow line are provided to reduce the energy consumption in a fiberboard plant or another fibers-processing plant, such as a pulp mill or a board mill. The bend includes an inlet socket for the steam-and-fibers stream, a first outlet socket for emptying into the dryer or the pulp chest, a bent section that connects the inlet socket to the first outlet socket, and a second outlet socket arranged radially inwardly with respect to the first outlet socket. The bent section connects the inlet socket to the second outlet socket.

Abstract: A seamed press felt formed from a base fabric material including MD yarns arranged in two superimposed layers joined by the MD yarns at CD folds at opposing ends thereof to form a continuous unbroken tube-like structure. The MD yarns form loops at the folds to define a pintle channel. A generally planar yarn assembly including an array of polymeric yarns bonded to an elastic carrier material that is extensible by at least 1% is located inside the base fabric with the yarns of the array oriented in the CD. A high surface contact area material is bonded to the elastic carrier material at both exterior MD ends adjacent to the MD loops at the folds. Each of the MD ends is anchored in a fixed position adjacent to the loops at the folds. A pintle extends through the channel defined by intermeshing the loops from the opposing ends.

Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus according to the invention includes: a manufacturing unit which manufactures a sheet; a supplying unit which supplies a mounted material mounted thereon to the manufacturing unit; and a determination unit which determines whether or not to initiate manufacturing of the sheet in a state where the mounted material is mounted on the supplying unit.

Abstract: The present invention is in the field of paper production, more in particular it relates to the process of wood pulping. It provides useful biological methods and compounds for reducing the energy requirements of the production of wood pulp. It describes a method for reducing the energy requirement of a thermo-mechanical pulping (TMP) process wherein cellulose fibers are recovered from a biomass comprising lignocellulosic material, wherein the lignocellulosic material is treated with a CotA laccase before recovering the cellulose from the lignocellulosic material.

Abstract: An enhanced paper for printing, including an ablation resistant coating or ablation resistant fibers, wherein the paper is ablation resistant so that it is not damaged by a light beam that illuminates paper with a fluence that ablates ink or toner but would damage paper that is non-ablation resistant; and wherein the enhanced paper has physical properties of standard paper for printing with laser printers and ink printers.

Abstract: In a method for impregnating semi-finished fibrous products using resin as the impregnating means, winding or laying the semi-finished fibrous products in a plurality of layers on top of one another onto a receiving carrier is initially performed. Here, lower layers lie close to the receiving carrier, and upper layers lie more remote therefrom. The receiving carrier is configured so as to be permeable to the impregnating means. The impregnating means is then introduced through the receiving carrier into the semi-finished fibrous products, wherein the impregnating means initially permeates the lower layers and then permeates the upper layers of the semi-finished fibrous products.

Abstract: The present invention provides tissue products having increased CD stretch, which may be manufactured using a process in which the nascent web is subjected to two distinct rush transfers. The first rush transfer occurs when the web is transferred from the forming fabric to the transfer fabric, i.e., the “first position,” and the second occurs when the web is transferred from the transfer fabric to the through-air drying fabric (TAD) fabric, i.e., the “second position.” The overall speed differential between the forming fabric and the TAD fabric may be, for example, from about 10 to about 50 percent, with the amount of rush transfer being divided between the first and second position in a manner sufficient to achieve the desired CD stretch and other sheet properties.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved method for producing a printable single or multi-layered material web, characterised, inter alia, in that the following features are present: prior to printing, a primer layer is applied to the side of the material web that is provided for printing, this primer layer is applied in an excess amount to the printing side of the material web, excess primer material is stripped away by means of a doctor blade stripping element that is downstream of the material web in the removal direction or forward feed direction, for which purpose the plane of the removal doctor blade is adjustable in its alignment angle with regard to the plane of the material web and in its relative position and/or distance to the plane of the material web, and a primer material is used which has a flow time of between 10 and 30 seconds according to DIN norm 53211/4, and/or which has a solids fraction constituting between 30% and 60%.

Abstract: The disclosure provides tissue webs, and products incorporating the same, where the webs comprise wood and bamboo fibers. More specifically the disclosure provides soft and durable through-air dried tissue webs comprising at least about 10 percent bamboo fiber by weight of the web. In the through-air dried tissue webs of the present disclosure, bamboo typically replaces high average fiber length wood fibers, which increases the bulk of the through-air dried web without negatively effecting softness or durability.

Abstract: A method and system for treating and strengthening material filling a pothole. One or more electron accelerators can be integrated with a mobile unit. The electron accelerators are positioned on the mobile unit to heat, irradiate and treat in-situ, both the base material and a material filling a pothole located proximate to the mobile unit, wherein irradiation of the material by the electron accelerators results in in-situ cross-linking or polymerization of the material and therefore a strengthening and increased durability of the material filling the pothole. Deep heating of the substrate allows pothole repair even under extreme low temperature winter conditions. The in-situ treatment of the material filling the pothole in a road surface to toughens and strengthens the road surface and the filled pothole which results in improved material properties of the surface, enhanced durability, and improved lifetime of the pothole fill.

Abstract: A street- or railway section arrangement includes the section of a street or of a railway track, a roof and/or at least one sidewall. The roof and/or sidewall is/are assembled by prefabricated plates built up on one hand by a solar converter system. Mechanical stability, thermal isolation as well as acoustical absorption according to the needs in context with the addressed arrangement is established on the other hand by a layer system of the plate. The layer system is firmly fixed to the solar converter system of the prefabricated plate.

Abstract: A pusher plow blade system includes a blade with horizontal and vertical reinforcing channels. The pusher plow includes side plates or vertical plates extending forward from each end of the blade. Each side plate includes a plurality of modular independently movable and independently replaceable skid shoes or wear shoes for sliding contact with the ground surface. The removable and repositionable skid shoes comprise replaceable cast steel wear parts.

Abstract: A snow removal device includes: a brush rotary shaft that is mounted on a vehicle body traveling along a track and in front of a running wheel of the vehicle body and that is rotated in a direction opposite to the rotation direction of the running wheel; a travel brush part that protrudes radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of the brush rotary shaft and comes into contact with a runway of the track with which the running wheel is in contact; and a brush pressing part that presses the travel brush part toward the runway. The travel brush part is provided in a spiral region formed on the outer circumferential surface of the brush rotary shaft in a spiral manner extending toward an axis direction in which the axis extends as going toward a circumferential direction of the brush rotary shaft.

Abstract: This patent is directed to corrugated retention and filtration systems which are designed and installed to control sediment runoff. The corrugated systems creates a multiple of adjacent retention and filtration wedges with acute angles at their downstream vertexes for increased surface area and an increased number of structural support elements throughout the system. The corrugated retention and filtration system provides structural, hydrodynamic, and filtration features not available from a conventional linear systems used for sedimentation control applications.

Abstract: An apparatus for continuously removing an oily pollutant from polluted water includes an absorbent unit and a suctioning unit. The absorbent unit is made of a hydrophobic and oleophilic porous material and is able to absorb and to separate the oily pollutant from water when the absorbent unit is placed in the polluted water. The suctioning unit is coupled to the absorbent unit and is operable for providing a suctioning force to the absorbent unit so as to continuously remove the oily pollutant absorbed by the absorbent unit. A method for continuously removing the oily pollutant from the polluted water is also provided.

Abstract: A pile connecting metal bracket adapted to be secured to a structure to be supported by a metal pile is described. The bracket has a pair of elongated straight vertical support flanges in a pair of spaced-apart horizontal guide walls secured across the vertical support flanges. The guide wall guides driven hollow metal tubes of the pile. A drive mechanism is removably connected to an attachment.

Abstract: A pile hammer includes a cylinder, a piston displaceably guided in the cylinder, a striker displaceably guided in the cylinder and disposed underneath the piston in the operating position of the pile hammer, a combustion chamber delimited axially by a face surface of the striker that lies in the interior of the cylinder and by a face surface of the piston, as well as a disengagement apparatus by way of which the piston can be moved in the cylinder, into an upper position, wherein the disengagement apparatus includes a carriage, which is connected with at least one cable, by way of which the carriage is guided to be displaceable on the outside, along the cylinder, wherein a stop that projects outward is disposed on the cylinder and a buffer part is disposed on the carriage, with which part the carriage lies against the stop in an upper end position.

Abstract: An internal caisson/jacket leg cutter and method provides a frame having upper and lower end portions. The upper end portion has rigging that enables the frame to be lifted. Extensible arms are movably supported upon the frame. The arms extend and retract along generally radially extending lines. Extension of the arms enables them to contact the inside surface of a caisson/jacket leg and thus center and anchor the frame within the caisson/jacket leg interior. A cutting mechanism at the lower end portion of the frame includes one or more rotary cutters or milling devices that cut the caisson/jacket leg wall as these cutters traverse an arc shaped path, tracking the caisson/jacket leg wall.

Abstract: A utility cover for covering an opening includes an outer frame formed of a first material and an insert within the outer frame formed of a second material, wherein at least a portion of the insert is substantially transparent to wireless communications.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a speed limit calculation portion, a speed determination portion, an adjustment portion, and a boom speed determination portion. The speed limit calculation portion calculates a speed limit for limiting a speed of a cutting edge of a bucket. The speed determination portion determines whether or not a speed of raising the boom has been lowered when an amount of operation of an arm is smaller than a prescribed amount. The adjustment portion delays speed change to the speed limit. The boom speed determination portion determines a target speed of the boom based on the speed limit after delay by the adjustment portion when it is determined that the speed of raising the boom has been lowered, and determines a target speed of the boom based on the speed limit calculated when it is not determined that the speed of raising the boom has been lowered.

Abstract: A plow blade comprising a plurality of serrated blade sections. The plurality of serrated blade sections include a serrated bottom edge. Each of the plurality of serrated blade sections comprise a plurality of serrations. At least one of the plurality of serrations includes a blade wear indicator. A plurality of wear bars can be mounted to a rear side of the serrated blade sections. Each of the plurality of wear bars include a weldment of carbide matrix along a bottom edge.

Abstract: A system for controlling an earthmoving machine is provided. The system includes a positioning system and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the position signals from the positioning system, store the position signals in a pass history, and determine, based on pass history, an actual profile of the work surface. The controller is further configured to determine, based on the actual profile of the work surface in the pass history, existence of a first condition, the first condition exists when the actual profile has a first volume having a height above a threshold for an upper pass, and existence of a second condition, the second condition exists when the actual profile has a valley having a floor lower than the threshold for the upper pass. The controller is configured to direct the earthmoving machine to operate based on the lower pass if the first and second conditions exist.

Abstract: An engine room is disposed rearward of a cab. An engine is disposed inside the engine room. A first exhaust processing device and a second exhaust processing device are disposed over the engine. An air cleaner is disposed in the engine room in front of the first exhaust processing device and the second exhaust processing device. A tank is disposed between the cab and the air cleaner in the vehicle front-back direction. A rear surface of the tank has a lower rear surface part and an upper rear surface part. The upper rear surface part is disposed above the lower rear surface part and is positioned forward of the lower rear surface part. At least a portion of the air cleaner is disposed facing the upper rear surface part.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a boom, an arm, a bucket, an arm cylinder, a direction control valve, a calculation portion, and a speed determination portion. The calculation portion calculates an estimated speed of the arm cylinder based on correlation between an amount of movement of the spool of the direction control valve in accordance with an amount of operation of an arm control lever and a speed of the arm cylinder. The speed determination portion determines a target speed of the boom based on the estimated speed of the arm cylinder. When the amount of operation of the arm control lever is smaller than a prescribed amount, the calculation portion calculates a speed higher than a speed of the arm cylinder in accordance with correlation as the estimated speed of the arm cylinder.