Abstract: The invention is an elevator car, with a door system, for with a bottom-driven elevator, where it does not play a structural role in lifting, but provides aesthetics and safety to the passengers. The elevator car comprises lightweight materials. The car comprises a frame and a door system. The door system comprises at least one elevator door and at least one pulley system. The pulley system is attached to the frame and the elevator door is attached to the pulley system, such that the elevator door rotates horizontally around the frame when the pulley system is engaged. The elevator door comprises a pliable material, such as ballistic nylon. The elevator car can have one, two, three, or four door openings, including two adjacent door openings. Finally, the system may also include at least one light curtain that transmits signals to an elevator control system.

Abstract: A moving handrail monitoring system includes a sensor configured to sense at least part of a moving handrail of the passenger conveying device to acquire a data frame; a processing device configured to analyze and process the data frame to monitor whether a tension degree of the moving handrail is in a normal state, wherein the processing device is configured to include: a target object recognition module configured to recognize, based on a sensed movement and/or position and/or color and/or shape, a moving handrail portion that serves as a target object from the data frame; an object feature extraction module configured to extract a tension degree feature of the moving handrail portion; and a judgment module configured to compare the extracted tension degree feature with a system preset interval, and judge whether a current tension degree of the moving handrail is normal.

Abstract: Equipment provided with a display device, the equipment including a mechanism that includes a movable portion, an operating device that operates movement of the movable portion, a moving mechanism that moves the movable portion, the display device that makes a display about movement of the movable portion, and a drive control unit that, based on the operation by the operating device, controls operation of the moving mechanism and the display of the display device. The display device is configured to make a display about movement of the movable portion prior to start of the movement of the movable portion.

Abstract: A crane assembly includes a main body, a boom, a hoist, a sheave, a hook assembly including a hook, a cable, and a projection. The boom extends from the main body and includes a tubular main section and a tubular extension section telescopically nested within the tubular main section. The boom has a first end pivotally coupled to the main body. The hoist is coupled to at least one of the first end of the boom and the main body. The sheave is disposed at an opposing second end of the boom opposite to the main body. The cable extends from the hoist, along the length of the boom, over the sheave, and downward to the hook assembly. The projection extends outward from the boom and toward the main body.

Abstract: The present disclosure is a lift attachment apparatus for construction and farm equipment, including a loader. In an embodiment of the disclosure, lift apparatus may include a frame including an attachment device configured to attach to a tilting plane of a loader having a forward facing loader arm, a pair of wheels connected to the frame, a first wheel of the pair of wheels located on a first side of the frame and a second wheel of the pair of wheels located on a second side of the frame, the first wheel configured to be maintained parallel to the second wheel. The lift attachment apparatus may further include a boom connected to the frame, wherein control of the boom is provided by application of force to the attachment device by the forward facing loader arm in a downward direction to create lift and rotation of the tilting plane causing rotation of an end of the boom about the first wheel and the second wheel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a crane vessel and a method of lowering an object from such a crane vessel into the sea. The crane comprises a stationary pedestal, a crane housing that is adapted to slew relative to the pedestal about a vertical rotation axis and a boom, comprising an inner end which is connected pivotably about a horizontal pivot axis to the crane housing. A luffing device extends between the boom and the crane housing, adapted to position the boom and actuate the up-and-down movement of the boom.

Abstract: A crane includes a base, an upperstructure rotationally mounted on the base, a boom pivotally mounted to the upperstructure at a front attachment location and having a distal end supporting a load line for raising a payload, and a gantry mounted on the upperstructure and supporting a boom line coupled to the distal end of the boom. The gantry includes at least one front leg mechanically coupled to the front attachment location and inclined in a direction away from the boom to apply, to the front attachment location, a horizontal force component towards the boom that is opposed by a horizontal force component applied by the boom towards the front leg. The upperstructure includes a circular turret, and the front attachment location is aligned over a circle of the turret.

Abstract: A manual to motorized chain lift conversion system converts a manually operated chain lift into a motor operated chain lift. The system includes a chain lift having a drive shaft which is exposed when a chain wheel is removed from the chain lift. An adapter is coupled to the lift frame. A motor is coupled to the adapter such that the motor engages and rotates the drive shaft of the chain lift. A battery is coupled to the adapter and electrically coupled to the motor wherein the motor is powered by the battery.

Abstract: A method of powering an intermittent-duty cycle winch is disclosed. The method includes identifying a number of amp-hours required to power the winch through one duty cycle, identifying a minimum required rest period between two consecutive duty cycles, and assembling a power supply unit that powers the winch based, at least in part, on the duty cycle and the rest period. The duty cycle is mechanically or thermally limited. The power supply unit includes at least two components: a power storage unit and a charging unit that recharges the power storage unit during the rest periods. The power storage unit powers the winch through at least one duty cycle. The charging unit recharges the power storage unit during the rest period so that the power storage can power the winch through at least a second duty cycle that immediately follows the end of the minimum required rest period.

Abstract: A vehicle lift assembly includes a base, a vehicle engagement member, an actuation assembly, and a lifting linkage assembly. The vehicle engagement member vertically actuates relative to the base member while interfacing with a vehicle in order to lift the vehicle relative to the base member. The actuation assembly drives the vehicle engagement member relative to the base member. The lifting linkage assembly connects the actuation assembly with the vehicle engagement member. The lifting linkage assembly also includes one or more longitudinally extending links, while one or more reinforcement plates are fixed to each of the longitudinally extending links, wherein each reinforcement plate is shorter than the respective link to which it is attached.

Abstract: A lift device includes a chassis, a boom pivotally coupled to the chassis, a first leveling assembly pivotally coupled to a first end of the chassis, a second leveling assembly pivotally coupled to an opposing second end of the chassis, and a control system. The first leveling assembly includes a first pair of actuators positioned to facilitate a first pitch adjustment and a first roll adjustment of the first end of the chassis. The second leveling assembly includes a second pair of actuators positioned to facilitate a second pitch adjustment and a second roll adjustment of the opposing second end of the chassis. The control system is configured to (i) actively control the first pair of actuators and the second pair of actuators during a first mode of operation, and (ii) actively control the first pair of actuators and facilitate passive control of the second pair of actuators during a second mode of operation.

Abstract: A component moving system may include a cart, and a component support assembly coupled to the cart. The component support assembly may include a component cradle moveable in first linear translational directions, second linear translational directions that are orthogonal to the first linear translational directions, third linear translation directions that are orthogonal to the first and second linear translational directions, and first rotational directions.

Abstract: A gripping mechanism extends from a clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism includes a fixed handle, a pivotally connected movable handle, a releasable locking mechanism, and the upper section of two opposing L-shaped arms. The lower section of each arm extends from the clamping mechanism to connect to a pair of lugs to form the gripping mechanism. Each lug includes an elongated member and a gripping surface for gripping a valve box cover. The gripping mechanism is manipulated to pivot the arms and move the gripping surfaces into position to grip the valve box cover. Once the gripping surfaces grip the cover, the arms are locked in a fixed position relative to one another to facilitate the separation of the cover, the lifting of the cover, and the transportation of the cover from the valve box.

Abstract: A beverage dispensing machine which defines a service opening through which beverage dispensing equipment is accessible to an operator includes a service door on a housing that is movable between an open position, such that the beverage dispensing equipment is accessible to an operator via the service opening, and a closed position, such that the service door closes the service opening so that the beverage dispensing equipment is inaccessible to the operator. A display panel on the service door displays operational characteristics of the beverage dispensing equipment. When the service door is in the open position the display panel is maneuverable so that the display panel is angled towards the service opening so that an operator can view the display panel while accessing the beverage dispensing equipment via the service opening.

Abstract: A material transfer system for storing, transferring and dispensing viscous material, such as fluids and liquids, includes a material containment vessel with an upper region incorporating a motive force and a bottom region with a material ingress and egress opening. A diconical or other shaped force transfer device is located in the material containment area. The force transfer device is an energy transducer when the material containment is filled with highly viscous materials, such as adhesives, sealants, mastics or lubricating greases. The system's performance can be improved by applying a surface treatment to the wetted surfaces of the system to change the physical properties at the fluid/vessel interface.

Abstract: Provided is a microvolume liquid dispensing method in which a variable capacity passage section of a liquid passage in a microvolume liquid dispenser is pressurized from the outside and shrunk in a direction that reduces the internal capacity thereof so that a liquid that is within the variable capacity passage section is pushed toward both a downstream passage section and an up stream passage section. A microvolume of the liquid is pushed toward the downstream passage section as a result of the downstream passage section having a much larger liquid passage resistance than the upstream passage section. It is thus possible to precisely drip a microvolume liquid of a picoliter order from the tip opening of a nozzle by simple control.

Abstract: An optical module includes a semiconductor substrate, an electrostatic actuator including a fixed portion fixed to the semiconductor substrate and a movable portion moved with respect to the fixed portion by an electrostatic force generated between the movable portion and the fixed portion, a first spring portion connected to the movable portion and having a first spring constant K1, a second spring portion connected between the first spring portion and the semiconductor substrate and having a second spring constant K2 greater than the first spring constant K1, and a movable mirror which is an optical component connected to a connection portion between the first spring portion and the second spring portion.

Abstract: An improved microelectromechanical system (MEMS) pressure sensing device has an extended shallow polygon cavity on a top side of a silicon supporting substrate. A buried silicon dioxide layer is formed between the top side of the supporting substrate and a bottom side of a device layer. Piezoresistors and bond pads are formed and located on a top side of the device layer and produce measureable voltage changes responsive to a fluid pressure applied to the device layer. The purpose of the extend shallow polygon cavity is to improve the sensitivity or increase the span while keep a low pressure nonlinearity during shrinking the die size of the MEMS pressure sensing device die with corner metal bond pads having a keep-out distance to prevent a wire bonder from breaking the thin diaphragm.

Abstract: A getter structure is provided, including a support; a first layer of getter material disposed on the support a second layer of getter material, the first layer of getter material being disposed between the support and the second layer of getter material; a first portion of material mechanically connecting a first face of the second layer of getter material to a first face of the first layer of getter material and forming at least one first space between the first faces of the first and second layers of getter material configured to allow a circulation of gas between the first faces of the first and second layers of getter material; and a first opening crossing through at least the second layer of getter material and emerging into the first space.

Abstract: A semiconductor device may include a first substrate, a first electrical component, a lid, a second substrate, and a second electrical component. The first substrate may include an upper surface, a lower surface, and an upper cavity in the upper surface. The first electrical component may reside in the upper cavity of the first substrate. The lid may cover the upper cavity and may include a port that permits fluid to flow between an environment external to the semiconductor device and the upper cavity. The second substrate may include the second electrical component mounted to an upper surface of the second substrate. The lower surface of the first substrate and the upper surface of the second substrate may fluidically seal the second electrical component from the upper cavity.

Abstract: An integrated MEMS device comprises two substrates where the first and second substrates are coupled together and have two enclosures there between. One of the first and second substrates includes an outgassing source layer and an outgassing barrier layer to adjust pressure within the two enclosures. The method includes depositing and patterning an outgassing source layer and a first outgassing barrier layer on the substrate, resulting in two cross-sections. In one of the two cross-sections a top surface of the outgassing source layer is not covered by the outgassing barrier layer and in the other of the two cross-sections the outgassing source layer is encapsulated in the outgassing barrier layer. The method also includes depositing conformally a second outgassing barrier layer and etching the second outgassing barrier layer such that a spacer of the second outgassing barrier layer is left on sidewalls of the outgassing source layer.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing an interaction system of a microelectromechanical type for a storage medium, the interaction system provided with a supporting element and an interaction element carried by the supporting element, envisages the steps of: providing a wafer of semiconductor material having a substrate with a first type of conductivity and a top surface; forming a first interaction region having a second type of conductivity, opposite to the first type of conductivity, in a surface portion of the substrate in the proximity of the top surface; and carrying out an electrochemical etch of the substrate starting from the top surface, the etching being selective with respect to the second type of conductivity, so as to remove the surface portion of the substrate and separate the first interaction region from the substrate, thus forming the supporting element.

Abstract: A syngas cooler is configured to cool a syngas. The syngas cooler includes a superheater heat exchanger, which further includes a first header configured to receive saturated steam, a second header configured to discharge superheated steam, and a first group of tubes directly coupled to and vertically extending between the first and second headers. Each tube of the first group of tubes includes an outer surface that interfaces with the syngas and a respective length between the first and second headers, and each tube of the first group of tubes does not contact another tube along the respective length to enable a flow of the syngas around each tube's outer surface along its respective length and between each tube.

Abstract: In an ozone generating system which performs intermittent operation, that is, an operation in an ozone generating operation period in which ozone is generated by discharging gas including oxygen at a discharge electrode part and an operation in an ozone generating operation standby period in which ozone is not generated by stopping discharge are alternately repeated, a gas circulating device which circulates gas in the ozone generating apparatus and removes at least nitric acid from the gas which is circulated is connected to the ozone generating apparatus.

Abstract: A method for producing nanoporous graphene includes steps of preparing cellulosic raw materials; impregnating the prepared raw materials with a catalyst; activating the impregnated cellulosic raw materials; heating the activated cellulosic raw materials in a heating system to create nanoporous graphene; and washing the nanoporous graphene to remove impurities.

Abstract: A coal upgrade plant includes: a dryer 1 that dries coal; a pyrolyzer 3 that pyrolyzes the coal dried by the dryer 1; a quencher 5 that cools the coal pyrolyzed by the pyrolyzer 3; a finisher 7 that deactivates the coal cooled by the quencher 5; and cyclones 28 and 94 that collect pulverized coal generated from the coal, wherein the pulverized coal collected by the cyclones 28 and 94 is fed to an absorber fed to a scrubber 32 that treats a flue gas. Thus, the mercury generated from the coal upgrade plant can be removed.

Abstract: A printed energy storage device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first and the second electrode. At least one of the first electrode, the second electrode, and the separator includes frustules, for example of diatoms. The frustules may have a uniform or substantially uniform property or attribute such as shape, dimension, and/or porosity. A property or attribute of the frustules can also be modified by applying or forming a surface modifying structure and/or material to a surface of the frustules. A membrane for an energy storage device includes frustules. An ink for a printed film includes frustules.

Abstract: A process for preparing phyllomineral synthetic particles formed from constituent chemical elements in stoichiometric proportions including at least one chemical element selected from the group formed from silicon and germanium, and at least one chemical element selected from the group formed from divalent metals and trivalent metals, by a continuous solvothermal treatment at a pressure above 1 MPa and at a temperature between 100° C. and 600° C., by making the reaction medium circulate continuously in a solvothermal treatment zone of a continuous reactor (15) with a residence time of the reaction medium in the solvothermal treatment zone that is suitable for continuously obtaining, at the outlet of the solvothermal treatment zone, a suspension including the phyllomineral synthetic particles.

Abstract: A novel synthetic crystalline molecular sieve designated as SSZ-108 is disclosed. SSZ-108 may be synthesized using a structure directing agent comprising one or more of 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidinium cations and 1-butyl-1-methylpiperidinium cations. Molecular sieve SSZ-108 may be used in catalytic and sorptive processes.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a new synthetic crystalline molecular sieve material designated SSZ-111, its synthesis using N,N,N?,N?-tetramethyl-N,N?-diisobutylhexane-1,6-diammonium cations as an organic structure directing agent, and uses for SSZ-111.

Abstract: A novel chemical cycle for producing and capturing ammonia using nitrogen and hydrogen sulfide containing feedstocks is presented. An example of this cycle may start with the reaction between lithium nitride and hydrogen sulfide containing materials to form both lithium sulfide containing material and ammonia, where the produced ammonia is separated and captured. Metallic lithium may then be extracted high temperatures from said lithium sulfide containing material and then may or may not be separated from the said lithium sulfide containing material and other byproducts. The said extracted metallic lithium containing material may then be reacted with nitrogen containing feedstock to form lithium nitride containing material to complete the cycle.

Abstract: A plate-like alumina powder production method of the present invention comprises placing a transition alumina and a fluoride in a container such that the transition alumina and the fluoride do not come into contact with each other and then performing heat treatment to obtain a plate-like ?-alumina powder. The transition alumina is preferably at least one selected from the group consisting of gibbsite, boehmite, and ?-alumina. It is preferable that the amount of the fluoride used is set such that the percentage ration of F in the fluoride to the transition alumina is 0.17% by mass or more. The container preferably has a volume such that a value obtained by dividing the mass of F in the fluoride by the volume of the container is 6.5×10?5 g/cm3 or more. The heat treatment is preferably performed at the temperature of 750 to 1,650° C.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a process for the preparation of an aqueous solution comprising at least one earth alkali hydrogen carbonate and its uses. The process may be carried out in a reactor system comprising a tank (1) equipped with a stirrer (2), at least one filtering device (4) and a grinding device (18).

Abstract: Various examples are provided for multiferroic thin films. In one example, a multiferroic thin film device includes a thin film of multiferroic material and an electrode disposed on a side of the thin film of multiferroic material. The multiferroic material can be (Fex,Sr1-x)TiO3 In another example, a method for producing a multiferroic thin film includes forming a multiferroic precursor; disposing the multiferroic precursor on a substrate to form a multiferroic coating; pre-baking the multiferroic coating on the substrate to form a pre-baked multiferroic thin film; and annealing the pre-baked multiferroic thin film under an oxygen atmosphere to form a crystalized multiferroic thin film. One or more electrodes can be formed on the crystalized multiferroic thin film.

Abstract: The system includes a tank for receiving water, a microwave unit having a plurality of sides, one of the sides having a first opening and a second opening, the microwave unit housing a vessel for receiving water from the tank, the vessel having a lid including an inlet port extending through the first opening and an outlet port extending through the second opening, the inlet port of the vessel being positioned in fluid communication with the tank, a magnetic stirrer having a stir bar immersed in the water contained in the vessel, and a condenser unit having a natural convection condenser positioned within a first tube, an adapter, and a heat exchange coil having an inlet configured for receiving water from the tank and an outlet for discharging water to the tank, the condenser unit being positioned in communicating relation to the outlet port of the vessel.

Abstract: A fluid disinfection system comprising at least one UV light source to provide UV radiation into a chamber. The chamber containing an amount of fluid to be disinfected and fitted with at least one adjustable wall. The adjustable wall positioned on an upper surface of the fluid to reflect UV radiation within the amount of liquid. This adjustable wall effectively providing a variable volume chamber in which fluid disinfection can occur.

Abstract: An emitter arrangement includes a UV irradiation source, a cladding tube surrounding the UV irradiation source, and a UV-C sensor. The cladding tube has an end face on an open end. The UV-C sensor has a sensitive area, wherein the UV-C sensor is in optical connection with the end face of the cladding tube, so that the sensitive area of the UV-C sensor can detect the UV irradiation emerging from the end face of the cladding tube during the operation of the UV irradiation source.

Abstract: A process for the amelioration of acid mine drainage useful in shale hydrolyic fracturing operations for the production of natural gas involving the exchange of sulfate and chloride ions by an ion exchange resin so as to produce hydrochloric acid and water for use in hydrolyic fracturing operations from acid mine drainage.

Abstract: Underwater systems for data center cooling and water desalination are provided. Aspects of the systems include a data center subunit and a desalination subunit that are co-located with each other at an underwater location, where the desalination subunit is configured to receive warm water output from the data center. Aspects of the invention also include methods for cooling a data center and desalinating water using underwater systems as described herein.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe a headworks and dewatering component coupled to an inlet and disposed above a base of the basin, the headworks and dewatering component to include a filtration element to define a flow restriction for solid materials, dewater the solid materials from the wastewater influent, and pass a remainder of the wastewater influent (e.g., to another compartment of a host WWTP container). In one embodiment, the headworks and dewatering component comprises a box shape (i.e., orthogonal polyhedral). In other embodiments, said component may comprise a circular or free-form shape. In one embodiment, the filtration element defines a flow restriction for solid materials based, at least in part, on dimensions of the solid materials. Said filtration element may comprise fabric netting, or metal mesh netting.

Abstract: Methods of processing molten material comprising the step (I) of flowing molten material through an interior of a conduit from a first station to a second station of a glass manufacturing apparatus and the step (II) of cooling the molten material within the interior of the conduit by passing a cooling fluid along an exterior of the conduit. The method further includes the step (III) of directing a travel path of the cooling fluid toward a vertical plane passing through the conduit. In further examples, a glass manufacturing apparatus comprises a first station, a second station, and a conduit configured to provide a travel path for molten material traveling from the first station to the second station. The glass manufacturing apparatus further comprises at least one baffle configured to direct a travel path of cooling fluid toward a vertical plane passing through the conduit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a laser drilling method and a laser drilling system. The laser drilling method includes a hole-boundary formation step of outputting a pulse laser beam and scanning a substrate to be drilled, to form a boundary cutting groove of a preformed hole; a material-in-hole heating step of outputting a CO2 laser beam, aligning the CO2 laser beam with the preformed hole, and heating a substrate material of the preformed hole for a predetermined period of time; and a hole formation step of cooling the substrate material of the preformed hole, to deform the substrate material and enable the substrate material to fall off from the substrate to be drilled.

Abstract: Apparatus for applying traction to an elongate cylindrical element produced by fusion of an end portion of a preform of glass material, in which a traction device is capable of being connected to a portion of the elongate cylindrical element to provide traction of the elongate cylindrical element along an axis. A device for the rotation of the elongate cylindrical element applies a twist to the elongate cylindrical element about the axis simultaneously with the traction.

Abstract: Optical fiber (1) made of a photosensitive glass and with a rectangular cross section, wherein the radius of curvature of a corner of the rectangular cross section is smaller than 100 microns.

Abstract: An optical fiber with low fictive temperature along with a system and method for making the optical fiber are provided. The system includes a reheating stage that heats the fiber along the process pathway to a temperature sufficient to lower the fictive temperature of the fiber by relaxing the glass structure and/or driving the glass toward a more nearly equilibrium state. The fiber is drawn from a preform, conveyed along a process pathway, cooled and subsequently reheated to increase the time of exposure of the fiber to temperatures conducive to lowering the fictive temperature of the fiber. The process pathway may include multiple reheating stages as well as one or more fiber-turning devices.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transparent substrate that significantly prevents the progress of a crack in a thin-plate glass and the rupture of the glass, and is excellent in bending property and flexibility. A transparent substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a thin-plate glass having a thickness of 10 ?m to 100 ?m; and a resin layer on at least one side of the thin-plate glass, wherein a shrinkage stress of the resin layer on the thin-plate glass is 5 MPa or more.

Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.

Abstract: There are provided coated articles that include two or more infrared (IR) reflecting layers (e.g., of or including NbZr, Nb, NiCr, NiCrMo, and/or a nitride thereof) sandwiched between at least dielectric layers, and/or a method of making the same. The coating may be designed so that the coated articles realize green glass side reflective coloration in combination with a low solar factor (SF) and/or a low solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC). Such coated articles may be used in the context of monolithic windows, insulating glass (IG) window units, laminated windows, and/or other suitable applications, and may optionally be heat treated (e.g., thermally tempered) in certain instances.

Abstract: A substrate is coated on one face with a thin-film multilayer including at least one metal functional film based on silver or made of silver having a thickness e of between 7 nm and 20 nm inclusive of these values, and two antireflection coatings. The antireflection coatings each include at least one antireflection film. The functional film is placed between the two antireflection coatings. The multilayer includes two discontinuous metal films each having a thickness e? of between 0.5 nm and 5 nm inclusive of these values. A lower discontinuous metal film is located between the face and the only or first metal functional film as counted starting from the face and an upper discontinuous metal film located above the only or last metal functional film as counted starting from the face.

Abstract: A method of providing highly reactive hydrated lime and the resultant lime hydrate where an initial lime feed comprising calcium and impurities is first ground to a particle-size distribution with relatively coarse particles. Smaller particles are then removed from this ground lime and the smaller particles are hydrated, allowed to mature in a damp state, and flash dried to form a hydrated lime, which is then milled to a significantly smaller particle size than that of the relatively coarse particles.