Abstract: The sound emitting device in at least one configuration is intended to emit a continuous sound upon activation that requires a code be manually entered or requires the user to complete a series of challenges to silence the device. The sound emitting device has multiple power sources so the removal of one of the power sources will not silence the device. In one embodiment, the sound emitting device has a display embedded into the device, which may displays code information and provide further user interaction. Additionally, a method of silencing a sound emitting device is disclosed.

Abstract: An artificial eye for use with an animatronic figure or a robot. The artificial eye includes an outer shell formed with a wall defining a spherical inner void space. The outer shell includes a transparent outer or forward portion or half joined with a rear portion or half. The artificial eye includes an inner eye or sphere including a hollow, semi-spherical shell, and the inner eye is positioned in the inner void space of the outer shell. The artificial eye includes an electromagnetic drive positioned within the hollow, semi-spherical shell of the inner eye. The electromagnetic drive supports the inner eye a distance from inner surfaces of the outer shell wall, and the drive includes a pivot joint such as a gimbal operable to pivot the inner eye. The inner eye is supported by a central pivot joint and driven by components centrally located and hidden within the inner eye.

Abstract: A robot toy comprising arms legs, torso and head each made of toy buildings or skyscrapers which connect, transform, and assemble into a toy robot is disclosed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling track-bound toys, in particular electromotively operated model railways and model trains, wherein memory modules which can be read in a contactless manner and store unique identification data are situated on or in the vicinity of the installed tracks, track sections, signals or points. At least one memory module reader which is situated on or in the toy is also provided. When the respective memory modules are approached or driven over, the data stored there are acquired by the memory reader. According to the invention a module for wireless communication and for establishing a local radio network is provided on or in the toy, in particular a rail car or locomotive.

Abstract: Disclosed are toy systems for creating and fixing an array of polygon shaped plastic beads together to form a design. The toy systems can include a tray, a plurality of beads, and a template. The plurality of beads can engage pins on the surface of the tray. Each of the beads can be configured to fuse or adhere to adjacent beads upon drying after the application of liquid to the plurality of beads engaged to the tray, forming a fixed array of beads. The template can be configured to engage the pins of the tray between the tray and the plurality of beads. The template can provide a design for the plurality of beads and can be used to remove a fixed or loose array of beads from the tray.

Abstract: A base plate for supporting a plurality of interlocking building bricks includes a planar sheet having a top surface and a bottom surface, with a plurality of nodes projecting from the top surface. The plurality of nodes includes a node having a vertical cylindrical wall and a horizontal top wall, the vertical cylindrical wall tapering along its vertical height; the node also having a bevel extending around a circumference of the node at an edge where the vertical cylindrical wall transitions to the horizontal top wall. A method of assembling a composite base plate includes securing two component base plates to one another via a common backing material. A method of printing on a base plate includes applying ultraviolet ink to at least the top surface of the base plate from an ultraviolet light printer, the base plate having a plurality of studs or nodes projecting from the top surface.

Abstract: A flying disc specifically adapted for dogs is provided. The present invention comprises a flying disc having an open central region and a plurality of grooves extending concentrically between the open central region and the rim of the disc on the top surface of the flying disc. The flying disc also preferably includes a peripheral rim having a bottom lip and an internally located tapered surface. The present invention is preferably composed of flexible material, such as natural rubber to provide flexibility to allow the dog to retrieve the flying disc. The combination of the open central region and the flexible material make the present invention easier for dogs to grasp between their teeth when catching and retrieving the disc. The grooves make the present invention easier to grip when it is resting on a flat surface.

Abstract: A wind chime assembly with traditional chiming functions actuated by outside wind currents knocking a striker into an array of metal pipes but additionally incorporating bubble making acquisition through a coupling of a bubble making apparatus with integrated wind vanes joined to a plurality of bubble producing apertures rotatablely dipped into a supply of contained bubble solution to simultaneously manifest a flotilla of entrancing bubbles drifting airily about to the soothing tones of the wind chimes actuated by the same outside wind currents. Disengagement of the primary components also allow for each be operated separately.

Abstract: A gas-blowing liquid sample infusing device includes a sample introducing tube 17 made from a liquid-sample inner tube 40 and a nebulizing-gas outer tube 41 for nebulizing and supplying a liquid sample, and an exhaust sealing tube 18 provided on the circumference of the sample introducing tube 17, and a cushion member 43 that is mounted on the opening of a sample container 19 (the body of an infusion container 21), that allows the sample introducing tube 17 to pass through and has a contact surface for contacting the lower end of the exhaust sealing tube 18, and an engaging member (lid) 20 that includes a cushion admitting concave part 42 in which an engaging part 44 that is mounted on the opening of the sample container 19 and prevents the upward movement of the cushion member 43 is provided on the lateral surface of the inner circumference.

Abstract: A defoamer assembly for a filler comprising a containment tank, a extrusion forcing sub-assembly, a collection subassembly and an extruder subassembly. The extrusion forcing sub-assembly is associated with the containment tank. The extrusion forcing sub-assembly is structurally configured to force gas from within the containment tank through an opening. The collection subassembly is coupled to an inlet port on the containment tank, and includes a collection head with an inlet opening and a conduit coupling the collection head with the inlet port. The extruder subassembly is coupled to the inlet port. The first end of the extruder assembly receives foam from the collection assembly and an outlet comprising a mesh having a plurality of openings. The outlet is in fluid communication with the extrusion forcing sub-assembly. The extrusion forcing sub-assembly directs the foam through the mesh, thereby extruding the foam therethrough, to, in turn, separate at least a portion of the foam into a fluid and a gas.

Abstract: A floating media filter including a filter housing having an influent inlet and an effluent outlet. A floating media is positioned in the housing and forms a static media bed when the filter is in a filtration stage. A diffuser trough is positioned in the filter housing such that the lower surface of the media bed, when the filter is in the filtration stage, is below the upper edge of the diffuser trough. A backwashing mechanism causes dispersion of the media bed during the backwashing stage.

Abstract: A filter cartridge constructed to prevent an enclosed pleated filter from collapsing into the through-bores formed in a rigid core in high differential pressure applications. The core is modified with reduced-dimension bores to reduce the area of filter material not supported by the core. Alternatively, or in addition, a semi-rigid or rigid core wrap is superposed about the core to add further structural support to the pleated filter. The wrap is formed as a webbed structure with the thickness and spacing of the webbing segments adjusted to partially occlude the underlying core though-bores. This reduces the effective cross-sectional diameter of the through-bores to reduce the overall area of the pleated filter unsupported by the core. The through-bores may have modified shapes to maintain the area of the through-bore and reduce the distance of the through-bore center point from portions of the core wall defining the through-bore. The core also may be modified with clustered through-bores regions.

Abstract: A filter element (10) has at least a first filter body (12) that is separated in a fluid-tight fashion from a second filter body (14) and is arranged above the second filter body (14) in an axial direction (L). A first flow outlet (24) proceeds from the first filter body (12) and a second flow outlet (26), proceeding from the second filter body (14), is arranged outside the first flow outlet (24) in a transverse direction (Q) perpendicular to the axial direction (L). A centering element (20) that acts in the transverse direction (Q) is arranged on an end disc (16) of an end face (15) of the filter element and corresponds to a corresponding receptacle (110) of a filter housing (108).

Abstract: Disclosed is a filter (10) for liquid fluid, in particular lubricant, particularly motor oil, or fuel, in particular of an internal combustion engine, a filter element (16) and a filter housing (12). The filter housing (12) has at least one inlet (24) for fluid to be cleaned and at least one outlet (22) for cleaned fluid. The filter (10) has at least one hollow filter element (16), which is arranged in the filter housing (12) such that it separates at least one inlet (24) from at least one outlet (22). The filter element (16) has at least one filter medium (26), which is at least partly surrounding at least one internal space (28) of the filter element (16) circumferentially relating to an axis (20). The at least one filter element (16) has at least one passage (34) for connecting at least one internal space (28) fluid-ducting to at least one inlet (24) or at least one outlet (22).

Abstract: A water filter communication system and method of using the system. A method of periodically reading water filter data associated with a water filter and retained by the water filter that has been positioned in an appliance includes the steps of: installing a water filter into an engaged position in a filter head assembly within an interior of a cabinet of an appliance that includes a water inlet and a water outlet and periodically, based upon and after a user's interaction with the appliance or the water filter, supplying power from the appliance to the filter read-write memory device engaged to the filter housing; transmitting water filter data to the appliance from the filter read-write memory device, which retains filter information.

Abstract: A separate filter bed cylindrical filter may include a cylindrical filer bed configured to remove foreign materials included in air, a filter bed holder punched with a plurality of holes to be introduced with air passing through the cylindrical filter bed and inserted with the cylindrical filter bed, and an upper fixing plate provided at a first end part of both end parts of the filter bed holder and contacting a first end part of both end parts of the cylindrical filter bed inserted into the filter bed holder, and a lower fixing plate coupled with a connecting end provided at a second end part of both end parts of the filter bed holder to contact a second end part of both end parts of the cylindrical filter bed and be separated from the connecting end to separate the cylindrical filter bed from the filter bed holder.

Abstract: An automatic cylindrical air filter cleaning device and method is disclosed. The device comprises a support frame, two parallel rollers mounted to the support frame for receiving a cylindrical air filter to be cleaned, a V-belt drive, motor-and-pulley assembly mounted to the support frame, wherein the V-belt is fastened to the parallel rollers to permit their rotation and the rotation of the cylindrical air filter upon activation of the motor, and an air supply apparatus mounted to the support frame, the air supply apparatus having an air inlet, and upper and lower branches each with vented holes. Air from an external air source flows into the air supply apparatus via the air inlet and then out of the upper and/or lower branches through the vented holes onto the rotating filter, causing dust and particulate matter from the filter placed on the parallel rollers to become dislodged.

Abstract: A sensor device is disclosed for providing end of service life indication for an air purification filter. The sensor device has a cylindrical housing for insertion into a sorbent bed of a filter, and can be removed from the bed and reused at the end of the filter service. One or more sensors inside the housing are configured to sense physical/chemical characteristics of air passing through the sorbent bed, and to provide associated data to a sensor conditioning board within the housing. The sensor conditioning board processes the received data and conditions the data as desired. The housing is receivable in a cavity formed in the filter bed. A receiving structure receives the housing therein. Data from the one or more sensors can be used to calculate predicted end of service life of the filter. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: A filter element for filtering impurities from air, whereby the filter element comprises one or more filters, whereby each filter is composed of a filter frame that is connected to a filter bag, characterized in that the filter frame and the inflow opening of the inlet piece have an aerodynamic design and that the filter bag is essentially cylindrical of which the one end is open and fastened to the inflow opening and the other end is closed.

Abstract: An oil mist collector contains a casing unit, a first filtering unit, a second filtering unit, and a ventilation unit. The casing unit includes an inlet, a first air chamber, a second air chamber, an air guiding orifice corresponding to the second air chamber and communicating with an exterior, and a first recycling orifice arranged on a bottom end thereof and communicating with the first air chamber. The first filtering unit is disposed in the first air chamber and corresponds to the inlet. The second filtering unit is fixed above the air guiding orifice and includes an open rear end, a first lip with a noncircular cross section, a second lip, and a first filtration assembly defined between the first lip and the second lip. The ventilation unit includes a motor and a rotary fan rotatably connected with the motor and secured in the second air chamber.

Abstract: An integrated device for removal of both liquid-containing droplets and pollutants from a gas stream includes a plurality of passageways and a plurality of exposed surface portions, different ones of the surface portions disposed along different ones of the plurality of passageways. The plurality of passageways include an inlet and an outlet for the flow of a gas stream therethrough, wherein each passageway includes at least one segment configured to perturb the flow of at least a portion of the gas stream between the inlet and the outlet. Such gas perturbation enhances gas stream contact with the exposed surfaces. Portions of the exposed surfaces comprise a sorbent-polymer-composite material adapted for contact conversion of sulfur oxides to sulfuric acid droplets. The exposed surfaces are disposed to enhance the removal of liquid-containing droplets and contact conversion of sulfur oxides to sulfuric acid droplets.

Abstract: A carbon dioxide concentration-controlling device (1 or 100) of the present invention controls the carbon dioxide absorption rate of a carbon dioxide-absorbing material (30) in accordance with a carbon dioxide concentration detected by a detector (20). A state determining unit (11) determines a state of the carbon dioxide-absorbing material (30), and a state controlling unit (12) controls the state of the carbon dioxide-absorbing material (30) to the state determined by the state determining unit (11).

Abstract: The method of capturing gaseous heavy metals disclosed herein includes exposing a stream of vapor including the gaseous heavy metals to a reactor bed of carbon (C) and aluminum (Al) in the form of pellets and granules. The gaseous heavy metals include mercury (Hg), mercury oxide (HgxOy), and other heavy metals in ionized or oxidized form.

Abstract: An exhaust gas cleaning system, comprising an active regenerable particulate filter and an SCR catalyst comprising a hydrothermally microporous stable zeolite having the AEI type framework and being promoted with copper, where the zeolite is SSZ-39.

Abstract: A reverse osmosis membrane filtering device includes: a water-collecting member including at least one water collecting pipe, and having a plurality of sections each of which has a plurality of water collecting apertures: at least one filter assembly disposed around the plurality of sections, the at least one filter assembly including a filter member including a reverse osmosis membrane; at least one insertion tube disposed inside the water-collecting member and defining a plurality of permeate-water channels corresponding to the plurality of sections inside the water-collecting member in cooperation with at least one seal member; and a pressure adjusting device configured to increase a pressure of at least one of the plurality of permeate-water channels to a pressure higher than that of another one of the plurality of permeate-water channels.

Abstract: A cross-flow filtration device comprises a retentate plate, a permeate plate, and a membrane sandwiched between the retentate plate and the permeate plate. The retentate plate comprises at least one feed channel extending from a distribution manifold, and at least one drain channel extending from a collection manifold, and a feed channel is fluidly connected to a drain channel via through-holes extending from a first side of the retentate plate, from a feed channel, to an opposing second side of the retentate plate, and through-holes extending from the second side of the retentate plate to the first side of the retentate plate, into a drain channel. One or more of the through-holes extending from the feed channel have a chamfered inlet.

Abstract: A composition for treating a water system or membrane fluid system, such as a reverse osmosis system, to remove scale, microorganisms and biofilm, and corrosion by-products. The composition comprises chelating agents and a surfactant. The composition may be a solid dissolved by water or solvent in the system being treated or may be a pre-mixed foam or aerosol. A method for using such a treatment composition comprises contacting the treatment composition with substantially all parts of the water system and draining the treatment composition from the system before resuming normal operations. For certain systems, the method also comprises draining some existing water in the water system to remove prior treatment compositions and filling or rinsing the system with fresh water prior to adding the treatment composition.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hollow-fiber membrane blood purification device having an improved antioxidant performance, good water permeation performance and blood compatibility performance, and economic rationality. The present invention provides a hollow-fiber membrane blood purification device including hollow-fiber membranes filled in a vessel, in which the hollow-fiber membranes contain a hydrophobic polymer, a hydrophilic polymer and a fat-soluble vitamin, when a hollow-fiber membrane bundle is divided into five sections in a lengthwise direction and divided sections positioned in endmost portions are defined as body end portions, an amount of the fat-soluble vitamin present in at least one of the body end portions is the largest among amounts of the fat-soluble vitamin present respectively in all the divided sections, and an amount of the fat-soluble vitamin per m2 of a hollow-fiber membrane inner surface of the at least one body end portion is 20 mg/m2 or more and 300 mg/m2 or less.

Abstract: A selective membrane, for example an ultrafiltration, nanofiltration or reverse osmosis membrane, has a layer comprising flakes of graphene, graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, or functionalized variations. The flakes may form a layer themselves, be embedded in the surface of a layer of another compound, or be dispersed in a layer of another compound. In some cases, the flakes functions as a selective membrane. In other cases, the flakes modify the properties of a membrane, for example by making the membrane more hydrophilic. In yet other cases, the flakes function as a bonding agent between layers of a membrane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of a polymer membrane based on poly(meth)acrylonitrile, in which a poly(meth)acrylonitrile-comprising solution is used. The solution comprises a solvent for poly(meth)acrylonitrile and also a non-solvent. All of the components of the solution which are used are thereby non-toxic and do not represent chemicals which are a hazard to water. In addition, a solution which comprises a solvent for poly(meth)acrylonitrile and also a non-solvent is described. The solution is suitable in particular for implementing the method according to the invention.

Abstract: Provided is a gas separation membrane including a support, a separation layer, and a protective layer in this order, in which the separation layer contains inorganic particles, the protective layer contains a resin and inorganic particles having an average particle diameter of 10 nm or greater which is less than 0.34 times the film thickness of the protective layer, and the content of the inorganic particles contained in the protective layer is 40% by mass or less with respect to the content of the resin contained in the protective layer, the gas separation membrane being capable of being made into a spiral type gas separation membrane module while maintaining high permeability; and a gas separation membrane module which uses the gas separation membrane.

Abstract: A liquid aerator including a first conduit for liquid communication therethrough, a second conduit for air communication therethrough, and, a third conduit configured for air communication between the first and second conduits; the first conduit including an internal shape configuration for generating a first pressure condition therein as liquid flows therethrough wherein air in the third conduit is drawn in to the first conduit in response to the first pressure condition generated in the first conduit, and, the second conduit including an internal shape configuration for generating a second pressure condition therein as air flows therethrough wherein air in the second conduit is forced in to the third conduit in response to the second pressure condition generated in the second conduit, whereby air flowing through the second conduit is transferred via the third conduit in to contact with the liquid flowing through the first conduit to aerate the liquid.

Abstract: A liquid drawing device includes a main body assembly, a drawing pump mounted inside the main body assembly; an adjustable air intake is mounted outside the air intake hole of the connecting seat of the main body assembly, and the first liquid delivery pipe of the connecting seat is mounted with a drawing straw. With the drawing pump drawing liquid inside a container, the procedure of liquid drawing may not be restricted by whether an airtight condition of an opening of the container is well maintained, and an opened degree of the air intake hole of the connecting seat can be adjusted by the adjustable air intake. Besides, because the drawing straw is a telescopic pipe assembly with a plurality of sections, the liquid drawing device can be conveniently carried around after the drawing straw is retracted and shortened.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a device (1) and a process for dissolving a gas into a liquid like carbonating a water based beverage, comprising a pump (4) for the liquid, a mixing venture nozzle (8) with a main inlet (10) fluidly connected to the pump (4), at least one side inlet (14) connectable to a source of pressurized gas (6), and an outlet. The device (1) comprises also a conical flow restrictor (24) fluidly downstream of the mixing venture nozzle (8), and a pipe (20) of a length of at least 0.5 m fluidly interconnected between the mixing venture nozzle (8) and the flow restrictor (24).

Abstract: A milk-whipping device is disclosed. The device includes a heating base, a cylindrical container for the milk which rests on the base and which has a thermal exchange, a sealing closing flange, an impeller inserted in the container to produce an emulsifying effect on the milk; and a pair of connecting arms which can be snap-actuated. The connecting arms are revolvingly constrained to the base and extend along the lateral skirt of the container until hooking onto the closing flange.

Abstract: A spatially controllable, for example CD controllable, eductor, and more particularly an eductor that is capable of providing a variable motive fluid and processes using such an eductor are provided.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed including a cylindrical vessel including an inside wall defining an interior volume, a first vessel end and a second vessel end, a top and a bottom; at least one inlet in the bottom of the cylindrical vessel; at least one and at most one outlet in the top of the cylindrical vessel; and at least one dividing plate attached to the inside wall and disposed within the interior volume. A method for hydrating a polymer is also disclosed utilizing such apparatus and including: a. introducing a slurry comprising water and the polymer to the cylindrical vessel through the inlet; and b. removing an at least partially hydrated polymer slurry from the outlet of the cylindrical vessel.

Abstract: A storage container for hydrocarbon fluid includes a mixing device having a sacrificial coating to protect against abrasion of the protective coating along the container wall during mixing.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing prion protein having an aggregated conformation by contacting native conformation prion protein with aggregated conformation prion protein in a liquid preparation and subjecting this to at least one cycle or to a number of cycles of application of shear-force for fragmenting aggregates of prion protein, wherein the shear-force applied is precisely controlled. In addition to this process for amplification of aggregated state prion protein from native conformation prion protein, the invention relates to the aggregated state prion protein obtained by the amplification process, which aggregated state prion protein has one conformation, which is e.g. identical within one batch and reproducible between batches, e.g. as detectable by proteinase resistance in a Western blot.

Abstract: A baby bottle blender includes a baby bottle having a top collar with external threads and a bottom collar with external threads. A nipple has an anti-colic air vent. The nipple cap is internally threaded to be removable threaded onto the top collar of the baby bottle and holds the nipple extending through a central aperture of the nipple cap onto the top collar. A top cover snaps over the nipple cap and covers the nipple. An agitating unit is centrally retained within a bottom attaching cap of the baby bottle. Next, a base member has a top recess to engage with the agitating unit in the bottom attaching cap on the baby bottle. An electrical mechanism in the base member is for operating the agitating unit, so that the agitating unit will mix formula within a liquid placed through the top collar of the baby bottle in approximately seven (7) seconds to thoroughly blend the formula.

Abstract: A liquid mixing unit including a base unit, a magnet in a magnet recess in the base unit, an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder that is sized to fit in a central cavity in the outer cylinder, and a mixing unit in the inner cylinder.

Abstract: A method and system for blending biogas with conventional fuel in which the fuel blend is automatically adjusted for lower biogas flows and methane concentrations by introducing higher concentrations of conventional fuels. The system is able to automatically adjust the fuel blend, thereby eliminating the requirement for manual intervention, and producing a variable blended biogas that can be utilized within existing natural-gas fired combustion units such as boilers, furnaces, heaters, etc., as well as enabling automatic adjustment and operation, maximum usage of biogas, and integration with combustion unit controls. Using all available biogas to provide energy also minimizes the need for flaring unused biogas.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for accommodation and dispensing of miscible materials, having an accommodation vessel having a lower region in the form of a truncated cone, with a lower discharge opening in the direction of gravity, and having a mixing mechanism shaft disposed centrally in a mixing space, which shaft has at least one mixing mechanism that revolves in the accommodation vessel. In order for all the mixed materials situated in the mixing space to reliably flow through not only the zones of slight mixing but also the zones of intensive mixing, it is provided that the discharge opening is provided with a displacer apparatus that projects into the interior of the lower region of the accommodation vessel, wherein the lower end of the mixing screw or mixing spiral of the mixing mechanism projects into the approximately V-shaped channel between the lower vessel wall and the displacer apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dispersing agent to be used for dispersing metal particles, comprising a structural unit originating from a compound represented by a general formula of wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, R2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group with a carbon number equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or less than 9, a phenyl group, a bicyclopentenyl group, or a nonylphenyl group, x is 2 or 3, and n is equal to or greater than 1, and a structural unit that has an ionic group, wherein a number average molecular weight of the compound represented by general formula (I) is equal to or less than 10000.

Abstract: An apparatus to generate nitric oxide is disclosed in one embodiment in accordance with the invention as including a heat source and a vessel containing the heat source. A tablet may be placed within the vessel such that it is in thermal communication with the heat source to receive heat therefrom. The tablet may contain reactants that are substantially non-deliquescent and form nitric oxide in response to heat from the heat source.

Abstract: A furnace and a process for temperature control of a material stream, wherein the furnace has a first combustion chamber, at least one reactor tube for receiving the material stream to be heated, and at least one second combustion chamber. The at least one reactor tube extends through the first combustion chamber and through the at least one second combustion chamber. The furnace is designed to establish a first temperature in the first combustion chamber and a second temperature in the at least one second combustion chamber, wherein the first temperature and the second temperature are separately adjustable.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a process for polymerizing olefins in gas phase in a fluidized bed reactor having a vertical body, a generally conical downwards tapering bottom zone, a generally cylindrical middle zone above the bottom zone, and a generally conical upwards tapering top zone above the middle zone. The fluidization gas is withdrawn from the top zone of the reactor, compressed and cooled so that a part of the fluidization gas condenses and then introduced to the bottom zone of the reactor. The bed is thus cooled upon evaporation of the liquid. There is no fluidization grid in the reactor.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for mixing and atomizing a hydrocarbon stream using a diluent/dispersion stream.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of organic-inorganic microcapsules, with a flavour or fragrance core and a hybrid shell composed of at least two types of inorganic particles that are cross-linked. Microcapsules obtained by said process are also an object of the invention. Consumer products comprising said capsules, in particular perfumed consumer products in the form of home care or personal care products, are also part of the invention.

Abstract: A mixer reactor apparatus comprising a plurality of baffles positioned within the reactor, the baffle comprising a hollow cylindrical structure with a substantially flattened baffle section between an upper section and a lower section. The apparatus further comprises a lever formed by a portion of the upper section bent at a perpendicular angle, the lever is configured to adjust an impact of the baffle by adjusting a position of the baffle member relative to an interior wall of the reactor.