Abstract: A tapered rope structure comprises a first rope region, a second rope region, and a splice region. The splice region is between the first and second rope regions and comprises a taper portion, a finish portion, and an overlap portion. The finish portion is arranged between the taper portion and the first rope region. The overlap portion is arranged between the taper portion and the second rope region. A diameter of the first rope region is smaller than a diameter of the second rope region. A diameter of the overlap portion is greater than the diameter of the second rope region. A diameter of the splice region generally decreases from the overlap portion to the first rope region.

Abstract: Coupling body devices, including methods of making the same, are provided and described. A method of manufacturing a coupling body, for example, can include forming a tube by braiding nonmetal fibers, forming a flange by rolling inwards an end of the tube, providing a metallic connector, inserting at least one Z-pin in an end portion of the connector, and coupling the tube and the connector by inserting the Z-pin in the flange and performing a composite material forming process.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the invention, a rotary feeder for transferring comminuted fibrous material is provided having as components: a rotary feeder housing, having at least one inlet opening for receiving material (chips) and at least one opening for discharging material (chips), and an internal shear edge assembly adjacent the inlet; wherein a protective baffle (doctor blade) is adjacent to the shear edge assembly; a rotor, rotatably mounted with the rotary feeder housing and having pockets for accepting material introduced to the rotary feeder housing; and a power source which rotates the rotor in said housing; and wherein the rotary feeder housing has a recess along the length of the rotor in the inlet at an exit end of the inlet, the recess being of sufficient size to allow the shear edge assembly and doctor blade to sit within the recess.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for obtaining cellulose or a mixture containing at least cellulose and at least lignocellulose from at least one substrate that is at least to some extent amenable to fermentation comprising at least the steps of (1) to (3) and optionally (4), namely conversion of the substrate via addition of at least one inorganic base into an aqueous mixture with pH?8.5 (step 1), ultrasound treatment of the aqueous mixture obtained after step (1) (step 2), separation of the aqueous mixture obtained after step (2) into a liquid aqueous phase and a disperse mixture containing, cellulose or a mixture containing at least cellulose and at least lignocellulose (step 3) and optionally purification of the disperse mixture obtained after step (3) containing cellulose or of the mixture containing at least cellulose and at least lignocellulose (step 4), where step (1) and step (2) of the process respectively are carried out at a temperature <100° C.

Abstract: An omnibus process of pulping and bleaching lignocellulosic materials in which a charge of a lignocellulosic material is biopulped and/or water extracted prior to pulping and bleaching. The lignocellulosic material may be mechanically pulped and bleached in the presence of an enzyme that breaks lignin-carbohydrate complexes.

Abstract: Described herein are methods and systems for reducing, preventing, or eliminating wrinkles in a paper sheet during papermaking. The systems may include a dryer configured to dry a continuous paper sheet having a travel direction. The system may also include at least one roll configured to receive the dried continuous paper sheet. The systems may also include an air spreader located downstream of the dryer and upstream of the at least one roll. The at least one roll may include one or more calendering rolls. The air spreader may include a plurality of nozzles configured to expel a gas toward the dried sheet. The nozzles may be oriented in a direction at least partially opposed to the travel direction of the dried sheet.

Abstract: A pulp molding machine and a paper-shaped article made thereby are provided. The pulp molding machine comprises a machine frame body, a pulp-dredging stage, a compression thermo-forming stage and an edge-cutting stage disposed on the machine frame body. The pulp-dredging stage comprises a paper slurry tank, a first upper mold and a first lower mold, a wet pulp is dredged up by the first lower mold from the paper slurry tank, and is pre-compressed by and between the first upper mold and the first lower mold to form a first semi-finished product. The compression thermo-forming stage comprises a second upper mold and a second lower mold, the first semi-finished product is thermo-compressed by and between the second upper mold and the second lower mold to form a second semi-finished product. The edge-cutting stage is utilized for cutting superfluous edges of the second semi-finished product to form a paper-shaped article.

Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a forming unit configured to form a continuous sheet. The forming unit includes a deposition unit configured to deposit a material containing fiber, a pressurizing unit configured to pressurize a deposited web, and a heating unit configured to heat the web. The forming unit further includes a detection unit. The detection unit may be an optical sensor including a light source configured to emit light from a side of one surface of the continuous sheet (or a single sheet) and a light receiver configured to receive the light on a side of the other surface. The texture may be detected by the optical sensor over the entire surface of the continuous sheet.

Abstract: A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a defibrating unit, a forming unit, and an operation unit. The defibrating unit defibrates a raw material that contains fiber in air. The forming unit forms a sheet by using at least a part of a defibrated material after defibration by the defibrating unit. The operation unit is for operation of the sheet manufacturing apparatus. When the side where the operation unit is located is defined as the front side, the defibrating unit is located at the rear side, and the forming unit is located at the front side.

Abstract: A process for making a hydrogel forming material from a kraft or sulfite pulping process cellulosic pulp slurry by extracting hemicellulose heteropolymers from the cellulosic pulp slurry as a hemicaustic extract by treating the cellulosic pulp slurry with a cold caustic solution, then isolating the hemicaustic extract and preparing a mixture of the hemicellulose extract and a derivatizing agent comprised of a monofunctional etherifying agent and/or a polyfunctional organic cross-linking agent, and reacting the mixture to produce the hydrogel forming material. A polyvalent metal cross-linking agent can optionally be reacted with the hydrogel forming material to enhance its gel strength.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reusable water writing paper, as well as to its production process and an inkless printing device thereof The reusable water writing paper is consisted of a substrate as structure-support material, a color-displaying component supported on the substrate, and an optional performance-enhancing additive, wherein the color-displaying component is an oxazoline-based hydrochromic dye, which can change color obviously to display characters and/or patterns after contacting with water, and revert to the initial color to disappear the displayed characters and/or patterns after the water is removed, thereby the water writing paper is reusable. The paper is not only suitable for the exercise of writing or drawing with a brush pen, but also can be used for daily writing with a pen. Furthermore, inkless printing also can be achieved by spraying water.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of producing a creped paper and the crepe paper products made using this method. The method includes treating the surface of a crepe fiber web and/or surface of a Yankee drum dryer or cylinder with compositions containing a combination of hydrophobes and surfactants and wherein these compositions have been subjected to physical treatments to reduce the mean particle size to about 1 micron (?m) or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a paper cup comprising a first coating comprising a polyethylene copolymer on a first surface of the paper cup and optionally a second aqueous-based coating on a second surface of the paper cup. In some embodiments, the first coating is on an inside surface of a bottom portion of the paper cup, and the second aqueous-based coating is on an inside of a side portion of the paper cup. The present disclosure also relates to methods of making the paper cups disclosed herein.

Abstract: A porous metal mold for a wet pulp molding process is disclosed herein. The porous metal mold comprises a first surface where a paper-pulp-fiber layer is disposed for forming a finished paper-shape product or a semi-finished paper-shape product; a cavity, formed on the first surface, for shaping the finished paper-shape product or the semi-finished paper-shape product; and a second surface. The porous metal mold is made by integrally sintering a plurality of metal particles, and after the sintering at least one pore is formed between at least two of the metal particles so that at least one through hole between the first surface and the second surface of the porous metal mold, for exhausting water or moisture contained in the paper-pulp-fiber layer disposed on the first surface.

Abstract: A pulp molding machine, a pulp molding process and a paper-shaped article made thereby are provided. The pulp molding machine comprises a pulp-dredging stage, a first pre-compression forming sub-stage, a second pre-compression stage, a compression thermo-forming stage and an edge-cutting stage. The pulp molding process comprises the steps of a pulp-dredging step, a first pre-compression forming step, a second pre-compression forming step, a compression thermo-forming step and an edge-cutting step. The pulp molding machine the pulp molding process can drain off water or vapor from a wet pulp more efficiently and shorten the cycle time of the pulp molding process due to the extra pre-compression sub-stage. The paper-shaped article made thereby has a greater smoothness and structural strength than conventional paper-shaped product.

Abstract: A method for restoring and reusing railroad ties and the resulting product are disclosed. According to the method, otherwise spent wooden ties are sorted as to their apparent suitability for providing a core for reuse. Those found unsuitable are discarded, while those found to be suitable are milled or trimmed about their dimensions to define a suitable core. That core is banded about a transverse perimeter and then submitted to a reaction injection molding process by which urethane or other suitable polymers impregnate the various voids, holes and cracks in the core, bond with the bands, and define a finish unit having the overall size and configuration of previously known railroad ties. The encapsulated product is then capped or plugged at the ends to ensure that the resulting product is impervious to penetration by the environment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rack change system for changing of roller racks of a rolling block with a rail system along which change carriages can be moved, wherein the rail system includes a first track and a second track, which extend in different directions and are connected to one another via a switch, wherein the first track runs parallel to the rolling line of the rolling block, wherein a roller rack can be moved from the rolling block to the change carriage or a roller rack can be moved from the change carriage to the rolling block when the change carriage is standing on the first track and/or on the switch.

Abstract: An environmentally-friendly airport with renewable energy sources. The environmentally-friendly airport includes a security zone encompassing the land area of the airport, and a plurality of runways across the land area. There are one or more terminals within the security zone encompassing the land area of the airport. Further, a plurality of power generator systems are disposed within the land area for generating renewable, clean energy, and an industrial zone is placed within a boundary formed by the runways.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of artificial sliding mats or textile pistes of plastic, which are provided for sliding thereon in sliding fashion with sports devices suitable for this purpose. The artificial sliding mat is formed substantially of at least one sliding surface segment having a woven fabric. The woven fabric comprises a combination of warp threads and weft threads and has floating warp threads and non-floating warp threads in one fabric direction.

Abstract: A compactor is disclosed that has at least one roller drum configured to compact a work material. The compactor also has a memory storing a calibration system. The calibration system has a plurality of reference propelling power values, a plurality of reference ground stiffness values, and correlation information between the plurality of reference propelling power values and the plurality of reference ground stiffness values. The compactor further has a processor. The processor is configured to determine a propelling power of the compactor. The processor is also configured to compare the propelling power of the compactor with at least one of a plurality of reference propelling power values in the calibration system. The processor is further configured to determine a stiffness value of the work material based on a relationship between the propelling power of the compactor and the at least one of the plurality of reference propelling power values.

Abstract: A method of protecting a drive train from sudden shocks in a machine having a rotatably-mounted implement selectively couplable to a driver by the drive train includes sensing the movement of teeth of an annular toothed surface of the input pulley to monitor the rotational speed of the input pulley, and disengaging the clutch if a programmable controller identifies at least one of a rapid deceleration of a speed of the input pulley, and a difference between the speed of the input pulley, and a calculated speed provided to the input pulley by the input belt from the driver.

Abstract: The present invention incorporates to a new temporary, reusable, retroreflective, raised pavement marker design. The pavement marker utilizes a water soluble, adhesive embedded in a fibrous base material for application to the pavement. This temporary adhesion method allows the pavement marker to be reused after removal from the pavement. The semispherical shape of the marker provides increased lateral stability. The recesses on the top surface of the marker protect the retroreflective microspheres from loss of retrorefectivity from vehicular abrasion. The round shape also allows the marker to be used to form arrows and other pavement markings.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a safety trailer has semi-tractor hitches at both ends and a safety wall that is fixed to one side of the trailer. That side, however, can be changed to the right or left side of the road, depending on the end to which the truck attaches. A caboose can be attached at the end of the trailer opposite the tractor to provide additional lighting and impact protection. Optionally, the trailer can be equipped with overhead protection, lighting, ventilation, onboard hydraulics, compressors, generators and other equipment, as well as related fuel, water, storage and restroom facilities and other amenities.

Abstract: A roadway barrier includes: (i) a longitudinally corrugated rail defining a longitudinal trough between longitudinal ridges, which rail in the region of the trough, defines an aperture: (ii) a reflector comprising: (a) a substantially V-shaped panel with a reflective surface, the panel defining a spine and a pair of arms that diverge from the spine, and the panel arms being resiliently movable between a neutral condition and a splayed condition; (b) a shaft extending from the spine of the panel, between the panel arms, wherein each panel arm is substantially planar and tapers in height from the spine towards its free end; and (c) a connector for securing to the reflector shaft.

Abstract: A frontal-impact crash barrier (1) for use in automobile or motorcycle racing circuits, comprising a plurality of impact-absorbing units (2) arranged in reciprocal contact, each in turn comprising: a longitudinal body (3) having an external lateral surface (15), which is hollow and which is arranged vertically; and a plurality of annular elements (4) which are inserted along the longitudinal body (3) so as to externally embrace the longitudinal body (3) and which are stacked on one another so as to enclose the longitudinal body (3) so that the external lateral surface (15) of the longitudinal body (3) is entirely facing the plurality of annular elements (4). The longitudinal body (3) of each impact-absorbing unit (2) can be made of metal. Each transversal section of the longitudinal body (3) of each impact-absorbing unit (2) has a thickness forming a polygon having five sides, or six sides or seven sides.

Abstract: A device for the damming of a liquid in a liquid basin including a tubular enclosure suitable for arrangement at an edge of the liquid basin, wherein a longitudinal direction of the tubular enclosure extends substantially parallel to the edge, wherein the enclosure encloses a liquid-fillable space, wherein the, enclosure, at an exterior side thereof, facing the liquid basin, is provided with a skirt for being supported by a sloping underground of the liquid basin, seen from the edge, wherein the support during use is carried out in such a way, that a contact surface present between the skirt and the underground remains substantially free from liquid from the liquid basin, wherein the enclosure, near the lower side of the side during use facing the liquid basin, is provided with one or more filling openings, arranged above the skirt, that during use create an open liquid connection between the space and the liquid in the liquid basin.

Abstract: An implement may be configured to displace ground material. For example, an implement may include roller apparatus (e.g., a cylindrical portion and a plurality of ground displacing elements) configured to engage a ground surface and form a plurality of reservoirs in the ground surface.

Abstract: The concrete panel anchoring assembly including a concrete panel having a rear face and a connector member projecting from a rear face of the concrete panel. The connector member includes an attachment loop and a saddle element assembled together.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides guy wire anchoring brackets, guy wire anchoring kits, and guy wire anchoring systems that effectively reduce the land right-of-way needed to anchor guy wires attached to free standing structures. The guy wire anchoring brackets interconnect one or more helical piles in an angular relationship so that they act in unison to resist loading and reduce the real estate needed to anchor guy wires. The guy wire anchoring kits includes a pile connector assembly and the guy wire anchoring bracket capable of interconnecting one or more helical piles in an angular relationship so that they act in unison to resist loading. The guy wire anchoring systems include the guy wire anchoring bracket, one or more helical piles and one or more pile connector assemblies that connect the one or more helical piles to the guy wire anchoring bracket.

Abstract: A foundation including first and second wings, each including first and second wing portions and a bent portion. The first and second wing portions and the bent portion, of each of the first and second wings, are made of a single sheet of metal. The first wing portions of the first and second wings are connected to each other. The second wing portions of the first and second wings are connected to each other. The bent portions of the first and second wings are spaced apart from each other.

Abstract: The safety device is to be installed in a well. The safety device is has a support structure that is arranged to be lowered at least partly into the well and that restricts the movement of the safety device in the horizontal direction. A collar is in connection with the support structure and arranged to be set against the ground to restrict the movement of the safety device in the vertical direction, with a protective structure arranged on the collar to define a safe working area around the well.

Abstract: The Safety Manhole Industrial Cover (SMIC) is a lightweight temporary safety manhole cover with a hinged access door made with aluminium or a strong nonferrous composite used when sewerage, storm water, water maintenance or inspections are required. It is a temporary self-ventilating design manhole grate to be used whenever the manhole cover is removed when operations are in progress around the manhole. The slots allow for natural light and airflow and it allows workers below ground to see through to the persons above; and vice versa. The safety manhole cover is designed to eliminate the risk of falling from heights regulations requirement whilst works are carried out near or over sewer openings by allowing the operators to walk freely above ground without having a harness to secure themselves.

Abstract: A method for water-proofing underground structures (10) comprising: a step of injecting an expanding compound adjacent to the surface (10b) directed toward the outside of an underground structure (10) to be waterproofed in order to form at least two confinement portions (2); a step of injecting a diffusing compound (4) intended to harden adjacent to the surface (10a) directed toward the outside of the underground structure (10) and at a completion region (3) that is delimited by said at least two confinement portions (2).

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for deep sea mining including: generating an upward flow of valuable matter in a riser line from the bottom of a body of water to a matter processing platform; processing the matter at the processing platform; generating a return flow in a return pipe of a mixture of seawater and a non-valuable part of the matter from the processing platform towards the bottom of the body of water; and controlling the pressure in the return pipe for avoiding collapse of the return pipe and/or cavitation of the return pipe, in particular for avoiding collapse of or cavitation in an upper part of the return pipe.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a vehicle body frame, an outer cover, an engine compartment, a cooling compartment, a partition wall, an inverter, and a capacitor. The engine compartment contains an engine. The cooling compartment contains a cooling device. The partition wall separates the cooling compartment from the engine compartment. The inverter and the capacitor are disposed between the partition wall and the cooling device. The inverter is positioned above the capacitor. A length of the capacitor in the vehicle width direction is greater than a length of the inverter in the vehicle width direction. At least one of a first side surface of the outer cover positioned leftwards of the left side surface of the inverter and a second side surface of the outer cover positioned rightwards of a right side surface of the inverter is separated from the inverter by a gap.

Abstract: A hydraulic machine includes an undercarriage; a rotating structure rotatably mounted on the undercarriage and configured to rotate with and with respect to the undercarriage; a first controller configured to receive user input and configured; a user interface configured to accept commands from a user and output a command signal to the controller; and a first gyroscope fixed to the rotating structure and electrically connected to the controller and configured to provide a data signal of rotation information of the rotating structure to the controller. An axis of rotation of the gyroscope is parallel to the axis of rotation of the rotating structure. The controller is configured to generate a control signal to control the rotating structure and cause the rotating structure to rotate with respect to the undercarriage based on the command signal from the user interface and the data signal from the first gyroscope.

Abstract: Provided is a guard-equipped cab for a work vehicle in which contact between a work implement and a member for coupling an operator protective guard to a cab can be avoided. A front guard is coupled by hinges to be openable/closable with respect to a cab for a work vehicle. A hinge has a shaft portion, a first plate member, and a second plate member. The first plate member is fixed with respect to a right front pillar. The second plate member is fixed with respect to the front guard. The first plate member has a support portion supporting the shaft portion, and extends from the support portion toward a left surface of the cab for the work vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is a work vehicle capable of expanding a field of vision from inside a cab equipped with an operator protective guard. A front guard provided on a front side of a cab has a frame constituting an outer edge of the front guard. The frame is formed by framing an upper frame, a lower frame, a right vertical frame, and a left vertical frame. The right vertical frame has a vertical frame bent portion, and extends rearward toward the cab as it comes close to the lower frame from the vertical frame bent portion.

Abstract: A power system is disclosed for use with a mobile machine having a work tool. The power system may have an engine, a first input device configured to generate a first signal indicative of an operator-desired output of the engine, a second input device configured to generate a second signal indicative of an operator-desired movement of the work tool, and a controller in communication with the engine, the first input device, and the second input device. The controller may be configured to adjust fueling of the engine based on the first signal and based on a desired speed of the engine during a first mode of operation, and to adjust fueling of the engine based on the first signal and a desired torque of the mobile machine during a second mode of operation. The controller may be further configured to selectively switch operation of the machine between the first and second modes based on the second signal.

Abstract: A blade a work vehicle can include a moldboard for engaging material to be moved. The moldboard has a moldboard axis that lies laterally across the blade. The blade further includes a top wall adjacent a top portion of the moldboard a back wall including a pivot coupling for attachment to a hydraulic cylinder. The blade can include a debris guard the debris guard affixed to the top wall above the pivot coupling and aligned with the pivot coupling to shed debris away from the pivot coupling when the blade is operated in the forward direction. The debris guard can be welded to the top wall only along at least one line that is within twenty degrees of perpendicularity with the moldboard axis or that is within twenty degrees of parallel with the moldboard axis.

Abstract: A drinking water supply device may include a first channel configured to channel water, a water discharge pipe coupled to the rear end of the first channel configured to discharge the drinking water, a first connection pipe connecting the first channel and the water discharge pipe, a second channel configured to supply minerals to the first connection pipe, the second channel provided with a pressure sensor and a mineral supply valve, a mineral container configured to communicate with the first connection pipe via the second channel and configured to store condensed minerals, a pump configured to pressurize the interior of the mineral container to discharge the condensed minerals out of the mineral container, and a controller configured to control the mineral supply valve to open for a first predetermined time and then close according to a water discharge signal.

Abstract: A drinking water supply device may include a first channel configured to channel water, the first channel provided with a first valve, a flow rate sensor configured to sense a flow rate of the water, a water discharge channel connected to the rear end of the first channel, a connection pipe connecting the first channel and the water discharge channel, a second channel configured to supply minerals to the connection pipe, the second channel provided with a pressure sensor and a second valve, a mineral container configured to connect to the connection pipe via the second channel and configured to store condensed minerals, a pump configured to pressurize an interior of the mineral container to allow discharge of the condensed minerals from the mineral container, and a controller configured to control the flow rate sensor, the pressure sensor, and the first valve.

Abstract: A ceramic valve includes a casing, a drive seat, a coupling seat, a rotary block and a fixed block sequentially mounted into the casing, wherein a braking shaft is pivotally connected to the drive seat and extends through a top of the casing. A pedestal is sealingly secured on a bottom of the casing for positioning the drive seat, the coupling seat, the rotary block and the fixed block. The rotary block is moved relative to the fixed block to guide cold water into the ceramic valve when the ceramic valve is in a middle section and the braking rod is operated to an inclined status.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a plumbing adapter for coupling a hose and a spout. The plumbing adapter is provided as a plumbing assembly. The plumbing adapter includes a first portion having a hose pipe, a second portion having a support assembly and a third portion having a lock assembly. The hose pipe connects to a tap spout of a water dispensing system. The support assembly includes two parallel arms to support the hose pipe at a first side. The lock assembly includes a pivoting assembly. The pivoting assembly includes a lever component, an arm component and a vertical threaded post connecting the lever component and the arm component at a second side. The pivoting assembly rotates to enable the plumbing assembly to make a transition between a lock position and an unlock position when the hose pipe is connected to the tap spout of the water dispensing system.

Abstract: A fitting for a faucet handle includes a body having an interior wall disposed within the body, the interior wall having a plurality of apertures.

Abstract: A splash back shield is provided. The splash shield is adapted to removably attach to all types of faucets and protect individuals from the splash back of dirty and unsanitary materials being washed thereunder. The removable shield includes a planar member having a slit that divides symmetrically opposed first and second locking connectors. Each locking connector includes a slot and a hook, wherein each hook corresponds to the opposing locking connector's slot. When attaching the shield to a faucet, the slit is aligned with the faucet neck and each hook is inserted into the slot on the opposing locking connector such that the locking connectors overlap each other and pull the shield into a conical configuration around the faucet neck, thereby creating a shield around the faucet.

Abstract: A drain clog removal tool is adapted for removable attachment to a drain line and delivery of a pressurized flow of water therethrough. The tool includes an airtight coupler component having a first end adapted for attachment with a drain pipe and an opposite second end adapted for attachment with a pressurized water source. In one embodiment, a flexible tube is provided for connecting the pressurized water source with the second end of the coupler component for allowing airflow communication therebetween. The coupler component includes a check valve for permitting one way water flow (towards the drain line) and a pressure gauge for visually indicating the pressure within the drain line during operation of the drain clog removal tool.

Abstract: A device for controlling the filling of a cistern in a main reservoir of a toilet flushing system includes a water inlet is controlled by a valve. The closing of the valve is controlled by a float that is movable from a high position to a low position. The float is contained in a float housing in the high position. The float housing connects to the main reservoir by at least one siphon having two tubes: a suction tube linked to the float housing; and a discharge tube linked to the main reservoir and opening into an auxiliary reservoir. There is a control mechanism provided with a mechanism for priming the siphon, wherein shifts between an initial position and an actuated position result in overpressure and underpressure at the tubes, overflowing the auxiliary reservoir, and the tubes, so as to drain the float housing.

Abstract: A toilet sensor and actuator assembly, having: (a) an infrared sensor configured to detect the presence of an object at a far distance from a toilet; (b) an ultrasonic sensor configured to detect the presence of the object at a near distance from the toilet, wherein the ultrasonic sensor remains in a sleep mode until awakened by a signal from the infrared sensor that the infrared sensor has detected the presence of the object at the far distance; and (c) an actuator mechanism that flushes the toilet in response to a signal from the ultrasonic sensor that the ultrasonic sensor has detected the presence of the object at the near distance.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a square closet flange support for overall support of closet flange and toilet bolts and to be used with new construction projects as well as in renovation projects to level, support and determine the final height of the closet flange and to prevent a need of cutting circular forms from floor tiles, hardwood or other floor covering. The square support has a seam that allows it to be snapped into two identical halves for use in renovation projects to enable sliding the support halves under the flange without a need to remove and reinstall an already installed flange.