Abstract: A novel metal organic framework, EMM-39, is described having the structure of UiO-66 and comprising bisphosphonate linking ligands. EMM-39 has acid activity and is useful as a catalyst in olefin isomerization. Also disclosed is a process of making metal organic frameworks, such as EMM-39, by heterogeneous ligand exchange, in which linking ligands having a first bonding functionality in a host metal organic framework are exchanged with linking ligands having a second different bonding functionality in the framework.

Abstract: A novel metal organic framework, EMM-42, is described having the structure of UiO-66 and comprising bisphosphonate linking ligands. EMM-42 has acid activity and is useful as a catalyst in olefin isomerization. Also disclosed is a process of making metal organic frameworks, such as EMM-42, by heterogeneous ligand exchange, in which linking ligands having a first bonding functionality in a host metal organic framework are exchanged with linking ligands having a second different bonding functionality in the framework.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to synthetic coupling methods using catalytic molecules. In certain embodiments, the catalytic molecules comprise heterocyclic thiolamide, S-acylthiosalicylamide, disulfide, selenium containing heterocycle, diselenide compound, ditelluride compound or tellurium containing heterocycle. Catalytic molecules disclosed herein are useful as catalysts in the transformation of hydroxy group containing compounds to amides, esters, ketones, and other carbon to heteroatom or carbon to carbon transformations.

Abstract: The invention describes a novel nickel-based composition. The invention also concerns the use of said composition as a catalytic composition in an olefin oligomerization process.

Abstract: A photocatalytic system having enhanced photo efficiency/photonic efficacy is provided that includes a thin nucleation material coated on a substrate. The nucleation material enhances lattice matching for a subsequently deposited photocatalytic active material. Such a photocatalytic system may be used as a self-cleaning surface in an application where removal of fingerprints and other residue is desired. In certain aspects, the nucleation material comprises aluminum oxide (Al2O3) and the photocatalytic material comprises an anatase phase of titanium dioxide (TiO2) deposited over the nucleation material. A photocatalytic activity of the system is ?about 50% above a comparative photocatalytic activity where the photocatalytic active material is disposed directly on the substrate. Methods of making such photocatalytic systems are also provided.

Abstract: A counter-current catalyst regenerator with at least two stages of counter-current contact is proposed. Each stage may comprise a permeable barrier that allows upward passage of oxygen-containing gas and downward passage of coked catalyst into each stage, but inhibits upward movement of catalyst to mitigate back mixing and approximate true counter-current contact and efficient combustion of coke from catalyst.

Abstract: Methods for regenerating and/or rejuvenating catalysts, particularly dewaxing catalysts, as well as methods for performing dewaxing of diesel or distillate boiling range feeds with the regenerated and/or rejuvenated catalyst are provided herein. The regeneration and/or rejuvenation methods can include calcining spent catalyst followed by contacting the calcined catalyst with a solution comprising a complexing agent, which can restore hydrotreatment (HDT) activity and dewaxing activity of the spent catalyst such that it may be reused during hydroprocessing.

Abstract: A laboratory cabinet, for example a cold room, heating cabinet, drying oven or incubator, with a housing having at least one outer door with an outer door closure, which has at least one inner chamber, which is closable by an inner door with an inner door closure, wherein the inner door closure is a mechanical closure, that the laboratory cabinet with the outer door closed has actuatable first means for releasing the inner door closure of the inner door, which are electrically actuatable, and that the laboratory cabinet has second means which are designed such that upon opening the outer door, the inner door also opens.

Abstract: Provided is a multichannel pipette whose number of channels can be arbitrarily set and managed to improve usability of the multichannel pipette and improve productivity, quality control, and maintainability in a research site. A multichannel pipette includes a pipette main body, a lower part attached to a lower end portion of the pipette main body, and a plurality of chip holder units housed inside the lower part, wherein each of the chip holder units has a connecting portion attachable to and removable from any of a plurality of to-be-connected portions provided in a unit case inside the lower part, and each of the chip holder units is attachable to and removable from the lower part.

Abstract: An electronic dosing drive comprising a support structure, a threaded spindle with an external thread for driving a plunger, at least one first guide element is firmly connected, and is guided parallel to the threaded spindle on a second guide element, a spindle nut having an internal thread is engaged with the external thread of the threaded spindle, an electric drive motor having a motor shaft is coupled with the spindle nut and is attached to the support structure, an electric control apparatus is connected to the electric drive motor, where the external thread of the threaded spindle has multiple threaded areas that are separated from each other by first flattenings on their circumference extending in the longitudinal direction, and the first flattenings have guide areas that abut the core diameter of the internal thread of the spindle nut.

Abstract: An electrowetting-on-dielectric actuator may include an array of electrodes and a dielectric layer. The actuator may modulate voltage of the electrodes in such a way that time-varying electric fields created by the electrodes cause droplets of liquid to move relative to the actuator. The electric fields may cause the droplets to press up against a bottom surface of the actuator while the droplets are under and touching the bottom surface. The droplets may then be released from the bottom surface and thereby deposited on an object being fabricated. The release of droplets may be repeated, one layer of droplets at a time, to fabricate the object. Multiple actuators may simultaneously organize droplets in layers. A robot may move the actuators, one at a time, into position for releasing the droplets.

Abstract: A device and method are proved for transferring a target from a first location to a second location. The target is bound to solid phase substrate to form a target bound solid phase substrate. The device includes transfer surface for receiving the target bound solid phase substrate thereon for transfer. The transfer surface movable between a first position wherein the transfer surface is aligned with the first location and spaced therefrom by a distance and a second position wherein the transfer surface is aligned with the second location. An alignment structure aligns the transfer surface with respect to the second location, with the transfer surface in the second position. A force is movable between an attraction position wherein the target bound solid phase substrate are drawn toward the transfer surface and a discharge position wherein the target bound solid phase substrate are free of the force.

Abstract: A kit for detection of an analyte of interest in a liquid sample, and methods of using, are provided. The kit may include a pipette and a disposable pipette tip configured to engage the pipette. The pipette tip may define an acoustic channel configured for allowing flow-through of a liquid. The kit may also include a vibratory device in communication with the acoustic channel and configured for imparting a vibratory force thereto. The impartation of the vibratory force may create standing acoustic waves, thereby separating any negative acoustic contrast particles (NACPs) from the remaining contents of the liquid sample. The NACPs may capable of biospecific recognition of the analyte of interest, thereby separating the analytes of interest, which can then be collected or analyzed accordingly.

Abstract: A mixing system that employs a pump with a highly sensitive means of adding and controlling volumes of single or multiple reagents to a controllable volume of a sample, mixing said samples and reagents, providing the means of employing a specific measurement tool on some portion of the mixed sample, and finally reporting the results to a final control element automatically under industrial conditions and often essentially in situ to fluid flows such as fluid moving through a pipeline or industrial process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a component separator capable of guaranteeing the purity of a subject component such as isolated blood or stem cells while simplifying a process compared with a conventional technique, and preventing air contamination during a component separation process, the component separator comprising: a hollow main body having a communication pipe, through which a body fluid communicates, formed at one end portion, and a main body female screw part disposed at the other end portion; a plunger for varying a main body space while moving forward and backward inside the main body; and an operation member having a pressing tube having a pressing male screw part capable of being screwed with the main body female screw part, and a plunger coupling tube having a tube screw screwed with a plunger screw part at the lower part of the plunger by coming into contact with or retracting from the inside of the pressing tube.

Abstract: A microfluidic probe includes a probe head with a processing surface that includes a first aperture and a second aperture. The probe further includes a liquid injection channel, which leads to the first aperture, and a liquid aspiration channel, which extends from the second aperture. The probe also includes a bypass channel, arranged so as to fluidly connect the liquid injection channel to the liquid aspiration channel, as well as a control channel. The latter fluidly connects to the bypass channel, hence forming a junction therewith, so as to define two portions of the bypass channel. These portions includes: a first portion that extends from the junction to the liquid injection channel; and a second portion that extends from that same junction to the liquid aspiration channel. The invention is further directed to methods of operation of a probe as described above, to process a surface.

Abstract: A microfluidic probe includes a probe head with a processing surface that includes a first aperture and a second aperture. The probe further includes a liquid injection channel, which leads to the first aperture, and a liquid aspiration channel, which extends from the second aperture. The probe also includes a bypass channel, arranged so as to fluidly connect the liquid injection channel to the liquid aspiration channel, as well as a control channel. The latter fluidly connects to the bypass channel, hence forming a junction therewith, so as to define two portions of the bypass channel. These portions includes: a first portion that extends from the junction to the liquid injection channel; and a second portion that extends from that same junction to the liquid aspiration channel. The invention is further directed to methods of operation of a probe as described above, to process a surface.

Abstract: In an example implementation, a method of fabricating a microfluidic channel filter, includes depositing an imprintable material in a microfluidic channel, pressing an imprint stamp with a filter pattern into the imprintable material, curing the imprintable material, and removing the imprint stamp from the imprintable material.

Abstract: At least one electrode is integrated on a lab on a chip cartridge in a sample preparation chamber of the cartridge, a DNA hybridization chamber of the cartridge, a protein assay chamber of the cartridge, and/or a detection chamber of the cartridge, for example, where the electrode is used to generate pH electrochemically in order to activate, deactivate, or intermediately attenuate an enzyme's activity on demand, in order to increase the fidelity of analyte detection, for cell lysis, for protein extraction, for DNA dehybridization, for primer hybridization control, for sample pre concentration, and/or for washing to remove non target species.

Abstract: The invention relates to microfluidic devices and array disks for “one-pot” isolated chemical reactions. The array disks comprise a plurality of sectors in which each sector comprises one microfluidic device. The microfluidic devices comprise a fluid delivery channel and an array of wells wherein the fluid delivery channel delivery fluid into the wells in a serpentine arrangement. In some embodiments, the fluid delivery channel is directly above the array of wells. In other embodiments, the fluid delivery channel is offset from the array of wells so that side channels branching from the fluid delivery channel delivers fluid into the wells. The well of the microfluidic device comprises a gas-permeable membrane that forms the floor, well, or at least a portion of the floor or wall of the well. In preferred embodiments, the well is cylindrical.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a microfluidic-based analyzer, including a drive module and a microfluidic disc. On the microfluidic disk, a capillary is connected between a mixing chamber and a waste chamber. More particularly, the capillary is connected to the mixing chamber through a first access on the first radius of the microfluidic disc, and the capillary is connected to the waste chamber through a second access on the second radius of the microfluidic disk. Specifically, a turn of the capillary is disposed between the first access and the second access, in which a folding is configured on a third radius of the microfluidic disc. Overall, the aforementioned microfluidic-based analyzer is able to be operated in different rotational speeds and is capable of evacuating the mixing chamber and enhancing the washing efficiency.

Abstract: Microfluidic devices for cell sorting or cell fractionation are disclosed. A microfluidic device can comprise one or more inlets, a first wall and a second wall, and two or more outlets. The first and second walls can be substantially planar to each other and the first wall having can have a plurality of ridges protruding from the first wall and defining a compression gap between the ridge and a surface of the second wall. The microfluidic device can also be a cell sorting device for sorting a plurality of cells based on one or more biophysical cellular properties including size, elasticity, viscosity, and/or viscoelasticity wherein the cells are subjected to one or more compressions due to the compression gap. Also disclosed are methods for cell sorting based on a variety of biophysical cellular properties.

Abstract: Cartridges for the isolation of a biological sample and downstream biological assays on the sample are provided, as are methods for using such cartridges. In one embodiment, a nucleic acid sample is isolated from a biological sample and the nucleic acid sample is amplified, for example by the polymerase chain reaction. The cartridges provided herein can also be used for the isolation of non-nucleic acid samples, for example proteins, and to perform downstream reactions on the proteins, for example, binding assays. Instruments for carrying out the downstream biological assays and for detecting the results of the assays are also provided.

Abstract: An incubation device includes an actuator, a platform, and an incubation lid. The actuator includes a motion disc and a shaft connected to the motion disc. The shaft extends away from the motion disc. The platform is connected to the shaft of the actuator in a manner allowing movement transmission. The platform has a through hole and a thermal conductive plate. One end of the through hole is sealed by the thermal conductive plate. The incubation lid is movably disposed over the platform. The platform is thermal insulating. The incubation lid has an opening allowing fluid communication.

Abstract: A method and crushing device for coarse-grained material. The crushing device includes one first axially rotatable grinding mechanism and a second grinding mechanism which is fixed with respect to the first axially rotatable grinding mechanism. The second grinding mechanism accommodates the first axially rotatable grinding mechanism and is in operative connection with the first axially rotatable grinding mechanism for the purpose of crushing the coarse-grained material. The axially rotatable grinding mechanism has one transport channel for the respective material to be crushed. The transport channel includes a first section extending axially and a second section which adjoins the first section at an angle and passes through an outer lateral surface of the axially rotatable grinding mechanism.

Abstract: A roller press comprises a roller having a roller edge; an edge wear component provided adjacent to the roller edge, the edge wear component further comprising a wear portion, an anchor portion and a connection portion; an anchor mounting pocket configured to receive the anchor portion; a gap configured to receive autogenous or semi-autogenous crushed material, the gap provided within the roller adjacent to an inner face of the edge wear component, the gap running substantially parallel to an inner face of the edge wear component and the gap configured to receive autogenous or semi-autogenous crushed material; wherein the autogenous or semi-autogenous material is disposed within the gap and the anchor portion is disposed within the anchor mounting pocket to secure the edge wear component to the roller. Also disclosed, is a method of mounting an edge wear component to a roller using such an arrangement.

Abstract: The invention discloses improvements and additional uses of thermo-mechanical processes using a rotary kiln for the separation of parts from a device that are held together by various means such as solder, epoxies, glues, and/or any other thermally degradable adhesives or underfills, and which is suitable for material size reduction via thermal decomposition of encapsulant materials such as integrated circuit casings or thermally degradable materials such as carbon-based hydro processing catalysts. The invention includes further sorting the materials according to predetermined size either in-situ or in series using a meshed vibrating table downstream of the rotary kiln. These devices can include, but not limited to, printed circuit boards, catalysts, solar panels, and the like.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel filtration apparatus for the selective separation of metals from a mixture thereof. The invention also provides a method for the separation and isolation of metals from a sample using electrochemical precipitation.

Abstract: The magnetic particle separator uses an induced magnetic field to separate magnetic particles held in solution by magnetophoresis. The magnetic particles may be, for example, inherently paramagnetic or superparamagnetic, may be magnetically tagged or the like. First and second magnetic particles initially flow along a longitudinal direction. An external magnetic field along a lateral direction, orthogonal (or near orthogonal) to the longitudinal direction, is applied to an externally magnetizable wire, which extends along a transverse direction orthogonal to both the longitudinal and lateral directions. The external magnetic field generates an induced magnetic field in the externally magnetizable wire, and the induced magnetic field generates repulsive magnetic force on the first and second magnetic particles.

Abstract: An improved electrode for use in an electrostatic precipitator is disclosed. The electrode comprises a generally rod-shaped conductive central portion, to which are attached a plurality of conductive disc-shaped elements. Each disc-shaped element has a number of sharp points spaced around its circumference and a plurality of openings near its center. The central portion of the central portion passes through the centers of each of the plurality of disc-shaped elements such that the disc-shaped elements are located parallel to one another along the central portion, and may be equally spaced along the central portion. The disc-shaped elements are conical or convex in shape, and oriented with their rims raised above their centers so that any water that collects on them runs out through the openings and down the central portion of the electrode. This greatly reduces or eliminates arcing between the electrode and a collector in the electrostatic precipitator.

Abstract: The present invention is a centrifuge to be used for removing ice particles from the air fed to a gas turbine system. In an embodiment, the centrifuge is comprised of three ducts defining an air-path which comprises of two bends greater than 90 degrees. In an embodiment, the first two ducts extend past the bends to provide a dead air zone to trap ice particles which have been introduced by cooling air containing moisture. The dead air zones are further provided with revolving doors which remove the ice particles from the system. In an embodiment, the centrifuge receives cold air from the compander and removes ice particles before exhausting the cold air to a gas turbine electric generator, such that the blades of the gas turbine generator are not damaged by the ice particles.

Abstract: A rotor of a centrifugal separator, wherein the rotor comprises a central shaft on which an axially movable plate stack, formed by multiple plates, is arranged. A stack base is arranged on the shaft under the plate stack. A stack cap is arranged in an axially moveable manner on the shaft above the plate stack. The rotor includes a compression spring surrounding the shaft, with a first end supported on the shaft and a second end supported on the stack cap, pressing the plate stack together. The rotor includes a sleeve-like extension arranged on the stack cap, projecting into the plate stack and surrounding the shaft with a separation. The compression spring is located inside the extension, at least over a majority of the axial length thereof. A support surface for the second end of the compression spring, is arranged on a base of the extension.

Abstract: A fluidic component having a flow chamber allowing a fluid flow to flow through, said fluid flow entering the flow chamber through an inlet opening of the flow chamber and emerging from the flow chamber through an outlet opening of the flow chamber, and which flow chamber has at least one means for changing the direction of the fluid flow at the outlet opening in a controlled manner. The flow chamber has a main flow channel, which interconnects the inlet opening and the outlet opening, and at least one auxiliary flow channel as a means for changing the direction of the fluid flow at the outlet opening in a controlled manner. The inlet opening has a larger cross-sectional area than the outlet opening or the inlet opening and the outlet opening have cross-sectional areas that are equal in size.

Abstract: A water outlet terminal with the function of purified water outlet, includes a body and a mandrel. A raw water outlet hole and a pure water outlet hole are arranged on the end surface of the mandrel. The mandrel has a raw water inlet cavity and a purified water inlet cavity which are independent from each other. One end of the raw water inlet cavity and the purified water inlet cavity are communicated with the raw water outlet hole and the purified water outlet hole, and the other ends are the raw water inlet hole and the purified water inlet hole. The water outlet terminal has a purified water opening member with a first position and a second position corresponding to an open or closed state of purified water inlet hole, a cover assembly, with a purified water outlet passage in the geometric center of the assembly.

Abstract: An adjustment device includes: an adjustment sheet; a spray pipe positioning unit, including spray pipe positioning holes symmetrical in pairs disposed on the adjustment sheet and two spray pipe positioning bolts for being inserted into the spray pipe positioning holes; and a nozzle positioning unit, including a nozzle positioning hole disposed at the center of the adjustment sheet and an angle fixing portion homocentrically disposed on a periphery of the nozzle positioning hole. The angle fixing portion is a rotating disc structure capable of homocentrically rotating relative to the adjustment sheet. Angle auxiliary scales are disposed on an edge of the angle fixing portion and the adjustment sheet at corresponding positions. Two symmetrical angle positioning holes and two symmetrical angle positioning bolts are further disposed on the angle fixing portion.

Abstract: A hygienic spray deflector apparatus includes an inlet opening, an outlet opening, and at least one wall that encloses a space between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The hygienic spray deflector further includes a spray deflector in the space between the inlet opening and the outlet opening. The spray deflector is configured to deflect fluid that enters the hygienic spray deflector through the inlet opening. The hygienic spray deflector further includes a connector between the spray deflector and the at least one wall. The connector is configured to fix the spray deflector in place within the space. The connector is configured to allow air flow between the inlet opening and the outlet opening.

Abstract: A spool and wobbler assembly for a sprinkler includes a spool section with facing spool flanges on opposite sides of a spool core, where at least one of the spool flanges includes a circumferential rolling ledge. A wobbler cage including a wobbler ring is supported on the spool section, and a water deflector plate is coupled with the wobbler cage. An underside of the wobbler ring is provided with a circumferential rolling surface that engages the circumferential rolling ledge of the at least one spool flange. The rolling surface and rolling ledge provide for smoother orbital motion of the deflector plate.

Abstract: An outlet device with multilevel rotary massage water has a main body, an operating unit, a switching unit and a driver. The main body has a cavity for accommodating the driver and the cavity has inlets with at least two different directions; the water from the inlet flows into the cavity and rotates the driver; the driver rotates a massage driving outlet unit, and the direction of the flow of the massage driving outlet unit periodically changes with the rotation to form the massage water; the operating unit drives the switching unit to move so that at least two inlets are both open or one of the inlets is closed; then, the velocity of the flow in the cavity is changed, so that the rotational speed of the driver increases or decreases correspondingly and the switching frequency of the massage water also increases or decreases accordingly.

Abstract: An irrigation sprinkler can include a reversing mechanism configured to transition the nozzle turret of the irrigation sprinkler between a forward direction of rotation and a reverse direction of rotation. The reversing mechanism can include shifting frame having an input gear and at least one output gear. The at least one output gear can be mounted on an axle of rotation which permits lateral movement of the at least one output gear between a power transmitting position, wherein rotational power from a gear reduction is transferred to the nozzle turret, and a disengaged position wherein rotational power from the gear reduction is not transferred to the nozzle turret.

Abstract: A new scanner fluidic oscillator is used in an economically manufactured fluidic showerhead or nozzle assembly 50, 198, 250, 400 which aims oscillating sprays from multiple scanner fluidics to spread water uniformly over a preselected coverage area. The scanner fluidics and showerhead of the present invention provide a pleasing spray pattern, droplet size, droplet velocity, and temperature uniformity at very low flow rates (i.e., 2 gpm or less) for showering. The scanner fluidics are provided in a plurality of distinct configurations for generating individually tailored scanning sprays having a selected scanning spray characteristics. The showerhead's front plate (e.g., 56, 200, 270, 454) is configured to support and aim the fluidic oscillators, optionally with indexing slots 802 configured to receive corresponding angular indexing tabs 800 on the fluidic oscillator inserts to orient and aim the spray from each fluidic oscillator (e.g., 172, 220,282, 530).

Abstract: An electrostatic coating method in which a plurality of coating materials is respectively retained in a plurality of coating-material containers in a coating material cartridge, and the coating materials are changed by a valve at the time of sending of each of the coating materials, in an electrostatic coating device, each of the coating materials is sent from the coating material cartridge to a coating machine via a common path according to the change, and multilayer coating is performed by the electrostatic coating device.

Abstract: The electrostatic spray device includes a liquid sprayer including a nozzle that spouts a liquid; a voltage applicator that applies a voltage between the liquid sprayer and a heteropolar portion functioning as a pole opposite a pole of the liquid sprayer to generate an electrostatic force for causing the liquid to separate from a distal end of the nozzle in a charging state; and a stabilization electrode that maintains a stable spraying state of the liquid even when a pressure is applied to the liquid to supply the nozzle with the liquid. The stabilization electrode has an electric potential identical to an electric potential of the liquid sprayer, and is disposed near the nozzle such that a jet portion formed at a front of the nozzle by a linear extension of the liquid has a length longer than a length of the jet portion before the stabilization electrode is provided.

Abstract: A system for dispensing liquid foam, in particular a direct foam cleaning product, comprises a container for the liquid and a dispensing apparatus connected to the container. The dispensing apparatus comprises a pump comprising a pump chamber in fluid communication with the container and a piston arranged in the pump chamber, the piston and pump chamber being movable with respect to one another. An outlet channel connects the pump chamber to a nozzle. A pre-compression valve is arranged between the outlet channel and the nozzle; and a buffer comprising a buffer chamber is connected to the outlet channel. The buffer chamber includes a compressible variator arranged therein for varying the usable volume of the buffer chamber; wherein the nozzle, the buffer and the pump are configured and dimensioned such that the foam is dispensed in a predetermined spray pattern.

Abstract: A switching valve spool has a fixed shaft and a switching shaft coaxially arranged within. The switching shaft is linked with an operating unit and moves between a first, second, and third position in the fixed shaft along the axis. The switching shaft has an inlet and an outlet. In the first position of the switching shaft, the inlet is closed; in the second position of the switching shaft, the inlet is open and an air intake is formed between the side wall of the switching shaft closing to the outlet and the fixed shaft, when the water flows into the fixed shaft from the outlet, the air sucked from the air intake mixes with the water in the fixed shaft, because the fixed shaft diameter is larger than the outlet diameter; in the third position of the switching shaft, the inlet remains open and the air intake is closed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a showerhead, and a water jet for a showerhead, that is specifically configured to aerate at least some of the water passing through the showerhead. This is achieved by a water jet configuration that may require less precision in manufacturing tolerances and may be a more cost-effective solution for producing a softer flow of water compared to prior art arrangements. The invention has particular application for handheld showerheads which have multiple spray arrays.

Abstract: A dispenser pump is constituted by a closure body (2), a diaphragm body (3) which forms a pump chamber with the closure body and optionally a top actuator (4) for pressing the diaphragm body (4). The diaphragm body has a deformable wall (35) formed integrally in the same polymer as its annular mounting portion (31). An inlet valve (5) through the floor (21) of the closure body has a flap (52) which is formed and hinged integrally with that floor (21). An outlet valve may also be formed in the same polymer, either integrally with the diaphragm body or as a separate component. The deformable wall of the diaphragm body is shaped to generate a restoring force itself without a separate spring, so that the entire pump may be made from the same polymer e.g. polypropylene and without metal components.

Abstract: Dispensing systems utilize shaped cartridges to dispense one or more different types of chemical product concentrates. The chemical product concentrates may include, for example, tablets, capsules, encapsulated pellets or loose powders, or any other unit dose form factor. The chemical product concentrates may also include loose pellets or loose powders, or any other form of chemical product concentrate. The chemical product concentrates are dispensed from a plurality of shaped dispensing cartridges having different geometrically shaped cross-sections. Each cross-sectional shape may correspond to a different type of chemical product concentrate. Dispensing units include one or more shaped receptacles, each having a different geometrically shaped cross-section sized to receive a geometrically compatible one of the shaped dispensing cartridges. The dispensing units may further include shaped dispensing fitments sized to receive a geometrically compatible neck of a product container.

Abstract: A dispenser for liquid to pasty substances, has a pumping chamber that has a top pumping chamber wall and a bottom pumping chamber wall in relation to a vertical pumping movement; the bottom and top pumping chamber walls extend from laterally inside to laterally outside in relation to a geometrical axis running vertically through the center of the pumping chamber. In order to advantageously improve a dispenser of the aforementioned type, the bottom pumping chamber wall is joined to the top pumping chamber wall by designing the two walls as a single piece, or by welding or gluing the two walls together, and when the dispenser is actuated, the bottom pumping chamber wall deforms by folding inward such that an elevated region is formed inside in the lateral direction and a lowered region is formed outside in the lateral direction in order for substance to be dispensed.

Abstract: A method for producing a vapor deposition mask capable of satisfying both enhancement in definition and reduction in weight even when a size increased, a method for producing a vapor deposition mask device capable of aligning the vapor deposition mask to a frame with high precision, and a method for producing an organic semiconductor element capable of producing an organic semiconductor element with high definition are provided. A metal mask provided with a slit, and a resin mask that is positioned on a front surface of the metal mask and has openings corresponding to a pattern to be produced by vapor deposition arranged by lengthwise and crosswise in a plurality of rows, are stacked.

Abstract: An autonomous machine for the application of paint to a targeted application area. The autonomous machine operates with complete autonomy to paint a room without guidance or intervention. The autonomous machine includes a propulsion system to generate movement along a surface, a sensor system that generate signals representative of conditions during the painting to a targeted application area, and a control system that is in communication with the propulsion system and applicator system. In operation the autonomous machine automatically moves to and along walls that need to be painted. The autonomous machine detects the boundaries of the walls. A sensor head on the autonomous machine scans the walls, detecting and accommodating for any obstacles such as windows and windows trim present on the walls. Pressurized paint is then moved from a reservoir in the autonomous machine to the applicator and the applicator begins applying paint to the targeted application area.