Abstract: A material handling machine such a skid-steer loader includes an electrohydraulic control system for controlling flow between a boom lift cylinder, an accumulator, and a source of pressurized fluid that delivers a variable system pressure. The electrohydraulic control system is switchable between a standard or normal mode and a ride control mode. It is configured to charge the accumulator with fluid from the pressurized fluid source while isolating the accumulator from the lift cylinder during operation in the standard mode and is configured to isolate the accumulator from the pressurized fluid source and to couple the accumulator to the lift cylinder during operation in the ride control mode. The accumulator is charged to a maximum pressure output by the source of pressurized fluid during the standard operating mode and pressure-balanced with the lift cylinder prior to initiation of operation in the ride control mode.

Abstract: A water detection and shut-off system is disclosed. The water detection system may be battery powered and include a water detector, a satellite water detector, and a water shut-off mechanism. The detectors and shut-off mechanism may be communicatively coupled via one or more communication links to a client component such as a smartphone app. Upon detecting the presence of unwanted water, the shut-off mechanism may operate an electric motor to close a water shut-off valve to prevent flooding or water damage.

Abstract: A hydrant device includes a faucet body, a rotation shaft, an upper rotation cap, a check valve, a switch valve, a lower fixed cap, and a water intake seat. The faucet body is provided with a rotary knob connected with the rotation shaft which is connected with the upper rotation cap. A first elastic member is biased between the rotation shaft and the upper rotation cap. A second elastic member is biased between the upper rotation cap and the check valve. The check valve is provided with a stop face. The switch valve is combined with the upper rotation cap. The water intake seat is mounted on the faucet body. Thus, the stop face forms an anti-reverse state to seal the switch valve, thereby preventing water from being gathered in the switch valve.

Abstract: A deviator device, particularly for bathroom fittings such as showers, baths and the like, comprising a control rod rotatably movable in a support associated to a mixing cartridge; said control rod has at least two supply positions in which the mixed water flow is directed to one or another of two or more separate lines corresponding to two or more separate users; said rod is integral with a rod support and turns in the cover and further comprises a closing position; said deviator device being characterized in that said movement is guided and is obtained by fixed paths of pegs in slots.

Abstract: Proposed is a monitoring apparatus for a sanitary installation, comprising a first sensor for monitoring the presence of persons in a first spatial region in the surroundings of the sanitary installation and comprising a second sensor for monitoring a second spatial region in the surroundings of the sanitary installation, wherein the first sensor comprises an operating mode and a standby mode and the second sensor is embodied to switch the first sensor from a standby mode into an operating mode in the case of a predetermined detection. In order to avoid faults in the operating procedure, the first sensor is embodied as a distance sensor, in particular as a TOF sensor.

Abstract: An insert part is provided having a water-channeling cartridge housing which is insertable into a housing holder in a water line. The water-channeling cartridge housing includes at least one encircling annular groove on an outer circumference thereof, and a sealing ring is arranged in this groove. The sealing ring has a ring cross section with a sub-region that projects radially outward beyond the annular groove. At least one component is assigned to the insert part and has an end side that is directed toward the insert part. The end side includes at least one retaining protrusion by which the component, in a latched position on the outer circumference of the cartridge housing, is latched to the cartridge housing to form a unit. Here, the at least one retaining protrusion is latched in the at least one annular groove that receives the sealing ring.

Abstract: A seamless quick-release strainer structure for a metal sink is provided. At the water outlet at the sink bottom of the metal sink, an inclusive assembly extending from the circle frame to the opening end of the stepped trough of the strainer is formed, so that there is no seam left around the water outlet at the sink bottom of the metal sink, thereby bringing the metal sink about benefits about esthetics, easy cleaning and maintenance, and hygiene. By reversing the locking sleeve for a small angle, the studs of the connecting sleeve can rapidly retreated from the retaining slots of the locking sleeve, thereby quickly releasing the strainer from the circle frame and the water outlet.

Abstract: A lavatory for a vehicle includes a housing that is accessible through an access opening, and a washing apparatus for washing feet. The washing apparatus includes a water supply device and a water removal device. The washing apparatus also includes a depression, with which the water removal device is couplable and which is positionable underneath the water supply device. The depression has a use height, which is 700 mm at a maximum.

Abstract: A toilet having a tank to receive water and a bowl connected with the tank. Water travels from the tank to the bowl to discharge waste in the bowl through a manifold connected to the bowl and into a drain line. The toilet has a jet trapway portion having a jet inlet with a nozzle connected with the tank. The nozzle directs water from the jet inlet to overcome an upward bend in the jet trapway portion until received by the manifold at an inlet below the upward bend. A waste trapway portion extends from the manifold opposite the jet trapway portion and connects with the drain line. Waste is discharged from the bowl through the manifold over a bend in the waste trapway portion by combining water flowing from the jet trapway portion into the manifold with waste flowing from the manifold into the waste trapway portion.

Abstract: A drainage treatment system for minimizing debris entering a drainage system is described herein, the system including a support housing supportingly received in the drainage system downstream of an opening thereof. The support housing includes a first drainage means for allowing liquid to flow therethrough. The system also includes a first insert for collecting debris, the first insert having a second drainage means for allowing liquid to flow therethrough while preventing the flow through of debris. The first insert is removably supported within the housing such that when in place, the first and second drainage means align, permitting liquid to pass through the drainage treatment system. In use, debris collects in the system and is removed therefrom by removing the first insert from the support housing.

Abstract: A modular precast concrete structure to form a portion of a subsurface storage basin, and a method of forming the structure, is provided, the structure including a concrete slab having a first edge and opposite second edge, and a first concrete side wall having an outer surface extending from the first edge substantially perpendicularly to the concrete slab, and a second concrete side wall having an outer surface extending from the second edge substantially perpendicularly to the concrete slab, the outer surfaces of the first and second concrete side walls being configured to be substantially parallel, each of the first and second side walls being configured with canted inner surfaces such that the first and second side walls taper in thickness away from the slab.

Abstract: A water inlet protection system and apparatus for removing sediment and/or chemical from water or other fluids is provided. The system may include a filtration material that is configured to be water permeable and to collect sediment within the water. The system may be configured to be removably secured to various types of storm drains or water inlets. The system may include a frame configured to be removably attached to a storm grate. The frame may also include a plurality of tabs extending from the frame and be slidably adjustable. The system may also include an s-clip member or magnets for removably securing the filtration material to a storm drain or water inlet. Furthermore, the water inlet protection system may include one or more over-flow protection openings. The over-flow protection openings may include a raised member or barrier to regulate the water level where over-flow occurs.

Abstract: A deck board support bracket includes a drainage channel in a top surface of the bracket and deck boards are secured in an end to end manner with a space between two deck board ends centered over the drainage channel. Water presented on the deck surface at two deck board ends passes therebetween and to one side of a supporting joist. The deck board support bracket can be used with various deck board fastening arrangements and preferably is made of an injection molded plastic material.

Abstract: A precast thermally separated cantilevered balcony system includes a concrete slab, a thermal separation component and a plurality of reinforcing bars. The concrete slab has an inside edge and a plurality of reinforcing bars extending therethrough generally orthogonal to the inside edge. The thermal separation component is an elongate member extending along the inside edge of the concrete slab. The plurality of reinforcing bars extend through the thermal separation component and extend inwardly from the thermal separation component. A method of constructing a building having at least one precast thermally separated cantilevered balcony system is discussed.

Abstract: A composite foam and concrete building component (1) for forming panels such as walls and roofs includes a central core (4) of structural concrete as a framework of spaced posts (6) and beam (7) structures, around blocks (8) of rigid, closed cell foam material such as expandable polystyrene (EPS) foam or expanded poly-lactid acid (PLA) foam. The core is straddled by front and back layers (2,3) of low density, cellular concrete, thus encapsulating the foam blocks. Cellular concrete plugs (14) can extend through the foam blocks to bond the layers together. The component can be formed by separately pouring the structural and cellular concrete without significantly altering the formwork.

Abstract: An adjustable structure (1) comprising a first structural layer (10) defined by a first array of extendable and/or retractable rods or beams (11, 11a, 11b) pivotally connected to each other at their ends and a second structural layer (20) connected to the first structural layer (10) and defined by a second array of extendable and/or retractable rods or beams (21, 21a, 21b) pivotally connected to each other at their ends, wherein at least a portion of the second layer (20) is outside the volume defined by the first structural layer (10) and the extendable and/or retractable rods or beams in the second array are more densely packed than the extendable and/or retractable rods or beams in the first array.

Abstract: The invention is related to methods and pergola systems comprising a plurality of pergola components, a plurality of pergola brackets that engage with the pergola components and allow for the pergola components to attach to a building at a range of angles with respect to the pergola bracket.

Abstract: Described herein is a smoke and sound barrier construction for building joint systems and method thereof, wherein an optional packing material and a non-porous adhesive article are used in a building joint.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for intensifying or reversing a geo-gravomagnetic field having a certain frequency in order to add moisture to or remove moisture from moist capillary-capable masonry or such floors, to transport dissolved salts in the capillary water or to colloidally plug the capillaries after the drying out, and to reduce or suppress and to intensify a gravomagnetic disturbance field of a certain frequency by means of at least one electrical conductor, which is arranged in a housing (6) and is wound into a spiral or conically spiral coil (100, 101, 102, 103, 101a, 102a, 103a), wherein the winding diameter of the coil becomes smaller from the outer end to the center of the coil in the manner of a spiral, wherein the largest coil radius (R1) between the outer end of the coil and the coil axis is an integer multiple of half of a grid line width having a permissible deviation of one eighth of a grid line width of the grid network of the gravomagnetic field.

Abstract: Wall structures and methods of manufacturing wall structures are described in this specification. The wall structures include a frame, a first foam panel attached to the frame, a second foam panel disposed in a cavity defined by the frame, and a foam layer.

Abstract: Described herein is a firestop for construction assemblies comprising a penetration wherein a packing material and a non-porous adhesive article are used to fill and seal the opening.

Abstract: An acoustic panel for use in an interior space is disclosed along with a system and method for using two or more of such panels to improve the acoustics of the interior space. Each acoustic panel comprises a substrate and a plurality of nodules affixed to the substrate wherein each nodule has a width and a substantially right triangular shape across the entire width with a first leg of the right triangular shape substantially perpendicular to the substrate, a base of the right triangular shape substantially parallel to the substrate and a hypotenuse, the first leg of each nodule having a height that is substantially less than a length of a quarter wave formed in the interior space by a lower frequency signal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular structural panel intended to form part of an inner or outer wall of a building, the structural panel including two façade panels parallel to each other. Both façade panels are connected by at least one first strut extending along a first direction of the structural panel and by a set of second struts extending along a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, the second struts protruding from an edge of the structural panel by a distance D and the at least one first strut extending in a recessed manner from the opposed edge of the structural panel by a distance D? at least equal to the distance D, in order to allow the protruding parts of the adjacent panel in the building to be nested within the intermediary space between this first strut and the close edge of the structural panel.

Abstract: A foldable dual-layered wall structure is positionable in a stowed condition and in a deployed condition. The wall structure includes a first foldable layer having at least a first pair of panels and a first joint rotatably connecting the panels of the at least a first pair of panels. A second foldable layer is positioned adjacent to the first foldable layer. The second foldable layer includes at least a second pair of panels and a second joint rotatably connecting the panels of the at least a second pair of panels. The wall structure is structured such that the first joint is positioned directly opposite a panel of the at least a second pair of panels and the second joint is positioned directly opposite a panel of the at least a first pair of panels when the wall structure is in the deployed condition.

Abstract: A stay-in-place lining is provided for lining a structure fabricated from concrete. The lining comprises a plurality of panels connectable via complementary connector components on their longitudinal edges. Each panel comprises a first connector component on a first longitudinal edge thereof and a second (complementary) connector component on a second longitudinal edge thereof. The lining comprises at least one edge-to-edge connection between the first connector component of a first panel and the second connector component of a second panel, the edge-to-edge connection comprising a protrusion of the first panel extended into a receptacle of the second panel through a receptacle opening. The receptacle is shaped to prevent removal of the protrusion from the receptacle and the receptacle is resiliently deformed by the extension of the protrusion into the receptacle to thereby apply a restorative force to the protrusion to maintain the edge-to-edge connection.

Abstract: A system and method for constructing an insulated concrete form (ICF) wall are provided. Vertically-oriented pairs of ICF foam panels of an ICF structure are erected above a footing, with vertical panel supports located along opposed vertical edges of each set of adjacent vertically-oriented panel pairs. An internal brace support, extending longitudinally along the structure, is installed between the individual panels of the panel pairs. Concrete is poured between the erected vertically-oriented ICF foam panels to complete the ICF wall.

Abstract: Architectural precast concrete construction relies on mechanical connectors at discrete location that may be damaged in a blast or seismic event, posing specific design problems to the engineer. These problems can be overcome with proper detailing. The performance of precast concrete cladding wall panel connection details may be enhanced by incorporating a specific connection hardware, herein described, that deforms elastically or inelastically to accommodate relative displacements due to building motion and/or energy associated with blast pressures.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a fibrous panel including a basemat and a porous veil disposed on at least one side of the basemat, the veil having a first surface in contact with the one side of the basemat and a second facing surface opposite the first surface, the veil having a patterned coating disposed on the second facing surface, the patterned coating including defined areas without any coating and defined areas with at least a single layer of coating. The disclosure further provides a method of making a fibrous panel according to the disclosure.

Abstract: A high density mineral fibre board having a formaldehyde free binder has acceptable strength and good dimensional stability.

Abstract: A door or wall element includes a frame having four hollow profiles; two side panels at opposed sides of the frame and attached to the frame; at least two of the profiles, positioned at opposed sides of the frame, include a groove at the sides of the profiles defining the outer circumferential surface; and each of the side panels at opposed edges has an upstanding rim fitting into the slot of the frame. The element includes a connection piece between two adjacent profiles of the frame wherein the profiles are mitred and the connection piece includes a body having a cross section matching the inner space of a first profile and inserted therein. The body has a mitred end surface from which at least one toothed part protrudes in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the body and fits in the inner space of an adjacent second profile.

Abstract: An exemplary roofing system for covering an existing shingle roof with an exposure height measured between bottom edges of adjacent courses is disclosed. The roofing shingle system comprising includes a plurality of reroofing shingles. The reroofing shingles have an exposure portion extending from a top edge to a bottom edge for a height that is at least the exposure height of the existing shingle roof. At least one course of reroofing shingles is installed on at least one course of the existing shingle roof, wherein the course of the existing roof is covered by the at least one course of reroofing shingles. The top edge of the reroofing shingles abuts the bottom edge of the adjacent course of existing shingles.

Abstract: An exemplary prefabricated offset shingle includes a headlap portion extending from a top edge to a nail zone, a tab portion extending from the nail zone to a bottom edge, the headlap portion and the tab portion extending between first and second side edges. Two transverse cuts extend from the bottom edge to the headlap portion, and frangible lines of weakness in line with the transverse cuts extend from the transverse cuts to the top edge. The cuts and lines of weakness separate the shingle into first, second, and third offset portions having first, second, and third widths.

Abstract: A cover for water flow inlet for rainwater drainage of roof and buildings is disclosed. The inlet cover comprises an outer formation forming a plurality of ridged fins to avoid the vortex formation of rainwater entrainment and to protect the cover from debris materials and a central plate member. The central plate member has a profiled lower surface. The plate member is of an inverted shape with a plurality of ridged formation or channels on the lower surface to further eliminate formation of air inducing and vortices, therefore promoting high volume laminar flow of water in the inlet pipe of the drainage system.

Abstract: The present invention is a gutter system comprising at least a gutter section and one or more downspout sections. It may further incorporate one or more elbow sections. Each of the gutter, downspout and elbow sections may incorporate at least one see-through section. Such see-through sections allow for the monitoring of the rainwater flow and debris in the gutter system. This monitoring facilitates detection of the exact spot of where debris collects in the gutter system, so that blockages in the gutter system can be predicted and prevented, debris build-up in the gutter system can be cleaned, and the gutter system can be repaired. Rainwater runoff can flow through the gutter system, and unnecessary cleaning of the gutter system, and the cost thereof, can be avoided. The elbow sections may incorporate an access port for access to the interior of the elbow, to permit the removal of debris therefrom.

Abstract: The present invention is a gutter system comprising at least a gutter section and one or more downspout sections. It may further incorporate one or more elbow sections. Each of the gutter, downspout and elbow sections may incorporate at least one see-through section. Such see-through sections allow for the monitoring of the rainwater flow and debris in the gutter system. This monitoring facilitates detection of the exact spot of where debris collects in the gutter system, so that blockages in the gutter system can be predicted and prevented, debris build-up in the gutter system can be cleaned, and the gutter system can be repaired. Rainwater runoff can flow through the gutter system, and unnecessary cleaning of the gutter system, and the cost thereof, can be avoided. The elbow sections may incorporate an access port for access to the interior of the elbow, to permit the removal of debris therefrom.

Abstract: Various roof vent adaptors are disclosed. The roof vent adaptors can be used to seal penetrations on buildings, such as vent penetrations on metal or non-metal roofs. In various embodiments, the roof vent adaptor includes a sealing member, an outer securing unit and an inner securing unit. The roof vent adaptor can be secured to the roof to provide a generally liquid-tight seal around the roof vent, thereby inhibiting or preventing water intrusion into the building.

Abstract: A subframe configuration for a retrofit roof includes a subframe connected to the upper surface of a rib on an existing roof. The subframe is also connected to the valley/purlin of the existing roof. The connection can be a mechanical interference connection or one that is formed by a mechanical connector. The subframe of the disclosure includes a rib flange that extends from the bottom of the lip. The rib flange is disposed substantially parallel to the base of the subframe. When installed, a connector extends through the rib flange into a rib of the existing roof. Rib flange can be continuous or provided only at each or just some of the ribs.

Abstract: This invention relates to a bracket including a barrel with a screw-threaded recess, a disk-shaped cap and a fastener that is receivable in the recess. The fastener is configured to attached the cap to the barrel in a spaced apart arrangement, when the fastener is received in the recess. The barrel comprises a body of polymeric material, a metal bush embedded in the body and defining the screw threaded recess, and a metal sleeve that extends partially around the periphery of the body.

Abstract: A telescoping rail assembly for a roof hatch includes a bracket configured to couple to the roof hatch, where the roof hatch is configured to provide access to a roof of a building, a post coupled to the bracket and configured to extend from the roof hatch and outward from the roof, and a telescoping rail having a first portion and a second portion, where the first portion and the second portion are slidably adjustable with respect to one another, and where the telescoping rail is disposed along a portion of a perimeter of the roof hatch to enable the telescoping rail assembly to enclose an area that includes the roof hatch.

Abstract: A vented stop bead and a vented weep screed are used to vent a stucco or plaster wall. The vented stop bead has a base panel with a stop bead wall extending from the base panel at a first location and a spacing member wall extending from the base panel at a second location, wherein a spacing member is connected to the spacing member wall. A vented portion is positioned between the stop bead wall and the spacing member wall, wherein the vented portion has a venting structure positioned through the base panel between the first and second locations. The vented weep screed has a nailing fin with a first leg extending therefrom at a first location. A second leg extends from the nailing fin at a second location, the second leg having at least one venting structure positioned through the second leg.

Abstract: A flush face wall tile is provided that can be installed on an exterior wall of a building to protect it from rain and/or sun. The wall tile may have a tapered profile such that a thickness of the wall tile between a front face wall and a rear wall increases from a bottom portion of the front face wall to an upper portion of the front face wall. A plurality of these wall tiles can be installed on the wall such that the front face walls of each tile are substantially aligned along a longitudinal axis to form a flush exterior wall surface.

Abstract: A siding product is disclosed and includes a panel having a plurality of simulated courses of simulated shingles including a front, back, top, bottom and sides. The siding product also includes a hanger clip that extends from the front of the panel and a butt leg that extends from the back of the panel. The butt leg is configured to engage the hanger clip of a lower panel in two courses of panels. Further, the siding product includes a fastener slot having a fastener plane of reference and only one fastener depth stop (FDS) that abuts the fastener slot. The only one FDS comprising a stop plane of reference displaced forward from the fastener plane of reference by at least about 0.030 inches, and not greater than about 0.125 inches.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a support system for raised flooring made with wooden boards and to the relative flooring obtained by this system. The supporting system is used for obtaining a floor with boards made of wood or similar material wherein the floor is elevated with respect to the reference ground. The supporting system includes a trampling plate and at least three supporting feet fixed to the plate in order to support the plate with respect to the reference ground.

Abstract: A door hardware tool includes an edge wall with a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and an edge bore aperture that extends through the first side and the second side. The edge bore defines a first axis that extends centrally through the edge bore and through the first side and the second side. The door hardware tool also includes a side wall coupled to the edge wall. The sidewall includes a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a cavity defined between the first and second side, and a cross bore aperture moveable between a first setback position and a second setback position within the cavity along a second axis. The second axis is parallel and offset from the first axis.

Abstract: A truck-mounted cargo box houses a commercial-grade system for blowing loosefill insulation material in bags through a hose, without first removing insulation from the bags. The cargo box and system include bag feeding means, and a chute having an inlet end positioned in an end wall of the cargo box mounted on the truck. Also included is a material processing unit in the form of a wood-chipper style or other industrial and/or commercial grade shredder, for together shredding the bags and the insulation material, without first removing the insulation material from the bags, and conditioning them both, as a composite material, to be fed into a fluid stream through the hose. There is also disclosed a kit for retrofitting a cargo box, and a related method.

Abstract: A scaffold toeboard system for locking a toeboard between two vertical scaffold members where each vertical scaffold member includes a tubular member having a diameter and an outer shape. The toeboard system includes a toeboard having an elongated member with a fixed terminating end and an adjustable terminating end. The toeboard further includes a front portion, a top edge, a bottom edge and a rear portion. The toeboard system further includes a second sleeve fixed to the fixed end of the toeboard, and a first sleeve fixed to the adjustable end of the toeboard. Slidably positioned in the first sleeve is a slide lock sleeve. The toeboard system a locking mechanism slidably mounted to the adjustable terminating end, to fix the position of the slide lock sleeve to the first sleeve. The slide lock sleeve included two fingers or tabs extending outwardly from the front edge of the slide lock sleeve. The two fingers separated by a horizontal distance of about the diameter of a scaffold vertical member.

Abstract: A construction apparatus constituted of: a support structure comprising a support frame, a first inner support arm extending from the support frame and a first outer support arm extending from the support frame; a support extension member; a first enclosure member; and a second enclosure member, the second enclosure member positioned in parallel with the first enclosure member such that a space is defined therebetween, wherein the first outer support arm is juxtaposed with the outer face of the first enclosure member, wherein the first inner support arm is juxtaposed with the outer face of the second enclosure member, wherein the support extension member extends through the first enclosure member and the second enclosure member, and wherein the first end of the support extension member is secured to the first outer support arm and the second end of the support extension member is secured to the first inner support arm.

Abstract: An actuator for a treatment tool including: a tube having a distal end configured to rotatably support the treatment tool; a twisting wire disposed along a longitudinal axis of the tube, the twisting wire having a distal end and a proximal end, the treatment tool being connected to the distal end of the twisting wire, the twisting wire being actuated by applying a tensile force at the proximal end, the twisting wire converting the tensile force into rotation of the treatment tool around the longitudinal axis of the tube; and at least one wire movable in a longitudinal direction to actuate the treatment tool, the at least one wire actuating the treatment tool separately from actuation of the twisting wire to rotate the treatment tool.

Abstract: An adjustable concrete form brace includes a horizontal adaptable extension member. A first lower brace element and a second lower brace element opposing the first lower brace element each have a horizontal insertion channel adapted to receive the horizontal extension member. A first upper brace element and second upper brace element are attached to the first lower brace element and the second lower brace element respectively. Each of the lower brace members include a saddle, and each saddle is adapted to retain one or more reinforcement bars. The first upper brace element and second upper brace element each include a form retaining element.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a safety rail. The safety rail may include a body disposed on first and second adjustable boots. The first and second adjustable boots may be adapted to secure the safety rail to an excavation support structure. The body may include a lower rail connected to the first and second adjustable boots.