Abstract: A wear member for attachment with a work tool includes a body portion configured to be coupled to the work tool. The body portion includes a first outer surface, a second outer surface positioned opposite the first outer surface, a coupling surface configured to engage the work tool, and a wear surface disposed along a front edge of the body portion. The wear member further includes a lifting passage extending through the body portion from the first outer surface to the second outer surface and is positioned between the wear surface and the coupling surface.

Abstract: Sinks and drains for sinks permitting the attachment of the drain to the sink such that the drain is substantially disposed below the top surface of the sink basin, and such that there is no discernable separation between the base of the sink basin and the drain when viewed from above the sink. A method of making a sink such that there is no discernable separation between the base of the sink basin and the drain when viewed from above the sink.

Abstract: An apparatus for flushing a fluid drain; the apparatus includes a water supply interface, a drain line interface, and a conduit. The water supply interface is configured to hydraulically couple with a water supply, such as a water supply for a kitchen sink. The water supply interface includes a threaded connector for threadably engaging with the water supply. The drain line interface is able to hydraulically couple with a drain line. The drain line interface includes a stepped adapter which is able to couple with one of a selection of drain lines having disparate diameters, so that the system may be used with a variety of sizes of drain lines. The conduit extends between the water supply interface and the drain line interface, hydraulically coupling the two components.

Abstract: A toilet with voice command unit includes a base, a piping unit and a control unit. The base includes a first space and a second space. The piping unit is located in the first space and includes an inlet pipe, at least one outlet pipe and at least one electro-magnetic valve. When the at least one electro-magnetic valve is activated, the at least one outlet pipe is opened to flush the toilet. The control unit includes a voice command processing unit which receives at least one voice command from the user, and verifies the at least one voice command, and generates at least one voice command signal to activate the at least one electro-magnetic valve so that the at least one outlet pipe is opened to flush.

Abstract: A toilet includes a base, a piping unit, a control unit and a wireless electric-power charging unit. The base includes a first space and a second space. The piping unit is located in the first space and includes an inlet pipe, at least one outlet pipe and at least one electro-magnetic valve. When the at least one electro-magnetic valve is activated, the at least one outlet pipe is opened to flush the toilet. The control unit is to activate the at least one electro-magnetic valve so that the at least one outlet pipe is opened to flush. The wireless electric-power charging unit provides necessary electric power for the control unit, the at least one electro-magnetic valves through a wireless power system.

Abstract: A bathroom cleaning assembly for cleaning a bathroom includes a housing. A handle is slidably coupled to the housing for gripping. A pair of wheels is each rotatably coupled to the housing for rolling along a support surface. A plurality of dispensing units is provided and each of the dispensing units is positioned in the housing. Moreover, each of the dispensing units contains a fluid. A plurality of brushes is provided and a selected one of the brushes is selectively and fluidly coupled to a selected one of the dispensing units. The selected brush dispenses the fluid from the selected dispensing unit for cleaning the bathroom. A vacuum unit is positioned in the housing for vacuuming debris from the bathroom.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to a toilet bidet system for use on a passenger transportation vehicle. In particular, there is described a bidet rinse ring that converts a standalone toilet to a combined toilet and bidet system. Designs find particular use onboard passenger transportation vehicles, such as aircraft. Such systems benefit from efficient space management and generally cannot support a separate toilet and bidet. The bidet rinse ring described herein may come factory-mounted on the toilet. In other examples, the bidet rinse ring may replace a standard rinse ring in order to retrofit an existing toilet.

Abstract: A portable bidet module is an apparatus that connects to the incoming toilet water supply to function as a bidet on a standard toilet. The device has an adapter that tee's into the waterline and connects via a hose to a module housing that houses a pump for boosting the water pressure to a second hose having a spray nozzle at the end that is used as the bidet. The module housing may also hold disposable towels and a disinfectant dispenser.

Abstract: A thermophilic enzymatic biosynthesis (TEBS) device (50) produces outputs of newly synthesized substances, stabilized matter and fully recovered organic material, wherein the preferred device is a dry closet employing multistage treatment of organic solid, liquid and gaseous wastes. Said contemplated device comprises a multiphase thermophilic environment chamber (MTEC) (1) having a mixing zone (4), a cultivation zone (12), a pasteurization zone (24) and a germination zone (7) which utilizes a multiphase germination (62). The device comprises a thermodynamic pathway (29) and a functional respiration (64) which is directed toward an ammine reaction chamber (ARC) (3), which includes an oxidation surface (47) having reactivity with ammonia, producing a metal ammine complex. The device further comprises a subterranean uptake chamber (SUC) (2) which includes a plant growth medium (44) where gases received from the ARC (3) disperse to an uptake root structure (46), thereby reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

Abstract: A super drainage system and a method for flood control comprise an open channel, a reinforced concrete conduit (RCC) inside the open channel. The RCC has a bottom slab supported on a riverbed, a bank-side wall for retaining bank soils, and a top slab elevated above a predetermined level. The RCC supports a road below the top of river banks for traffic traveling along the river banks during normal weather conditions. The traffic is either on the top slab or on the bottom slab. During extreme weather conditions, traffic is evacuated from the super drainage system and the entire space is available for water conveyance.

Abstract: A septic sensor sprayer, including a rod, a hose attachment portion disposed at a first end of the rod to receive an external hose to be removably fixed thereto, such that the hose attachment portion receives water from the external hose, and a rotatable head disposed at a second end of the rod to rotate upon receipt of water from the rod.

Abstract: A prefabricated column assembly includes a hollow tubular column having a longitudinal axis. A gusset plate assembly includes a plurality of gusset plates connected to the column and extending laterally outward from the column in planes generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the column. A first pair of the gusset plates extends laterally outward from the column along a first axis and defines a space for receiving an end portion of a first beam for mounting the first beam on the first pair of gusset plates. A second pair of the gusset plates extends laterally outward from the column along a second axis that is nonparallel and non-coincident with the first axis. The second pair of gusset plates defines a space for receiving an end portion of a second beam for mounting the second beam on the second pair of gusset plates to provide a bi-axial joint connection.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for constructing a single story or multistory building using timber as a major structural material. The apparatus includes a connector plate having a series of pins extending therefrom. In a building component, each pin engages with a relatively small diameter timber flange by way of an axial bore hole formed in each flange. In this way, the flanges form a timber structural member useful in the formation of a framework of a building structure. The plate of the connector provides a fastener for fastening to other similar connectors or to other building structures. Various combinations of connectors and building flanges may be used to construct a single story building, and furthermore may be used in the construction of a multistory building.

Abstract: An inflatable greenhouse panel joiner includes a middle circular tube, a first circular tube, and a second circular tube. Each tube includes an input base and an output base for the user to introduce supporting materials. The first circular tube and the second circular tube both include a pair of filleted edges for the user to slide the panel into the first or second circular tube, respectively. The panel joiner allows the user to join multiple plastic panels with support material to build or modify a greenhouse with minimum effort.

Abstract: A concrete anchor assembly includes a housing including a lower opening and a side wall; a flange portion extending from the housing; a ramp surface extending upwardly around the lower opening; a split body disposed over the lower opening, the split body including a bottom surface engaging the ramp surface, the split body including a threaded opening. The housing includes a gap between the split body and the side wall. A compressed spring forces the split body toward a bottom of the ramp surface.

Abstract: A ventilation screed comprising: a perforated attachment flange portion that is substantially vertical and has a top end and a bottom end and at least one perforation between the top end and the bottom end; a three sided cavity portion having a first side that is substantially horizontal having a left portion and a right portion, a second side that is substantially vertical having a top portion and a bottom portion and the top portion is in communication with the left portion of the first side at a substantially 90 degree angle to the first side and a third side that is between the bottom portion of the second side and the top end of the perforated attachment flange portion at an angle that slopes downwardly, wherein the third side has at least one ventilation opening; and a ventilation spacer along an underside of the three sided cavity portion.

Abstract: Method for producing a ballast weight for damping vibrations of a structure (2), the ballast weight (8) being formed from ballast components comprising at least part of a ballast cable (12). The method comprises: connecting the ballast cable to a conveying device (14), by means of the conveying device, moving successive portions (12P) of the ballast cable from a low point (B) to a high point (H), and forming the ballast weight (8) from at least part of the successive portions of the ballast cable which have been conveyed to the high point.

Abstract: A wood blocking blank for creating wood blocking for placement between metal studs includes a panel of a blocking material. The panel of blocking material has an original length and a standard width. The standard width is sized to a nominal stud width configured to fit between the metal studs. A groove is cut down the entire original length of the panel of blocking material approximate a first side of the panel of blocking material. The groove is configured for orienting the first side of the panel of blocking material in a soft side of a first metal stud and a second side of the panel of blocking material against the hard side of an adjacent metal stud. The groove is sized to receive the lip of the soft side of the metal stud.

Abstract: A wall element having two sets of columns with panel between the columns so that the columns of the first set and the second set are within each other so that the wall element can be extended and contracted, depending on the room height, in such a way that the wall panels cover the area between columns and form a substantially continuous wall from floor to ceiling.

Abstract: A module, system and method for the utilization of wall modules molds which may be enjoined in various combinations, filled in situ with concrete, cement or similar aggregates aggregate and linked so that said when solidified, said concrete, cement or similar aggregates aggregate combines with said molds to form a continuous structural wall that may be used in the construction of dwellings and other such buildings.

Abstract: A device for suspension of a suspended ceiling, comprising an elongated suspension member (3) having a first end (10) and an opposing second end (11), an anchoring head (4) being arranged at the first end (10); a housing (2) having an open top side (5) and an opposed, closed bottom side (6), the (2) housing defining a housing cavity (7) adapted to be filled with an adhesive (16); and a suspension member holder (8). A passage (9) is provided extending through the closed bottom side (6) of the housing (2), wherein the elongated suspension member (3) in an assembled state of the device extends through the passage (9) with the first end (10) positioned inside the housing cavity (7) and the second end (11) positioned outside the housing cavity (7) and wherein the suspension member holder (8) in the assembled state of the device positions the first end (10) and the thereto arranged anchoring head (4) of the suspension member (3) at a distance H1 from the closed bottom side (6).

Abstract: Described herein is a ceiling panel assembly comprising a panel body having an inner surface defining an internal cavity having a first open end defined by a first side edge of the panel body, a first end cap comprising a face plate, an insertion portion extending from an inner surface of the face plate, and a concealment portion extending from the inner surface of the face plate; and the first end cap coupled to the panel body so that: (1) the insertion portion extends into the internal cavity; (2) the concealment portion wraps around at least a portion of the first edge and is adjacent an outer surface of the panel body; and (3) the end face plate encloses the first open end of the internal cavity, and the first end cap is coupled to the panel body by frictional fit.

Abstract: In one aspect, composite construction materials are described herein. In some embodiments, a composite construction panel comprises a substrate layer, a cover layer separated from the substrate layer by one or more spacers, and at least one mat disposed between the substrate layer and the cover layer, wherein the mat comprises at least one phase change material disposed in at least one phase change region.

Abstract: Disclosed are an improved reinforcing bar and methods for manufacturing the same. The improved reinforcing bar is made from a high strength material, and has a circular or oval or elliptical cross section and deformation of the axis in a single plane or in multiple planes. The methods for manufacturing the improved reinforcing bar include a hot working process and a cold working process. The undulating/wavy bar with axis deformation can improve the anchorage of the bar in concrete and the bond strength without comprising any surface modifications. The amplitude and pattern of axis deformation of the bar can avoid stress concentration and its ill effects.

Abstract: A method of installing a vertical reinforcing bar in a masonry wall includes constructing a base portion of the masonry wall, positioning a vertical holster within the base portion, stacking concrete masonry units above the base portion to form a vertical core within the concrete masonry units that is aligned with the vertical holster, and lowering the vertical reinforcing bar through the vertical core and the opening of the upper portion of the vertical holster until the leading end of the vertical reinforcing bar is secured to securing means of the vertical holster.

Abstract: A sealed tabbed asphalt shingle system and method of sealing around the slots defining the tabs of the installed shingles, prevent the intrusion of water and preventing the lifting of installed shingles by wind forces.

Abstract: A converted reverse ballasted roof system is provided including a structural roof beam. Insulation is positioned upwardly adjacent the structural roof beam, and a first waterproofing membrane is arranged upwardly adjacent the first waterproofing membrane. A weighted cover board is disposed upwardly adjacent the first waterproofing membrane and a second waterproofing membrane is installed upwardly adjacent the weighted cover board. The first water proofing membrane and the second waterproofing membrane substantially seal the weighted cover board.

Abstract: A self supporting panel system used to fabricate ceilings, floors, walls, or roofs. The panel system is assembled from a plurality of panels, each having a core that is sandwiched between opposing plate members. In a preferred embodiment, the core of each panel includes a unifying material to enhance the load bearing capacity of the panel.

Abstract: A kick out flashing includes a base for placement adjacent a roof, a sidewall for placement adjacent a wall by the roof, a first kick out wall angled away from the sidewall, an intermediate wall joined with the first kick out wall, distal from and optionally parallel to the sidewall, and a second kick out wall angled away from the intermediate wall, the second kick out wall distal from the sidewall and downstream from the first kick out wall. The sidewall, intermediate wall and a bottom wall can form a channel that receives a J channel or other wall covering. The first kick out wall can prevent water from traveling directly under the bottom wall and/or the channel, diverting it away from the sidewall. The second kick out wall can further divert water away from the channel and/or sidewall.

Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for water capture. A water collection opening is shaped to collect water from a water source. A water outlet is in fluid communication with a water collection opening to receive collected water from a water source through the water collection opening. A horizontal adjustment mechanism is configured to provide mechanical support to a water outlet and a water collection opening at any one of a plurality of user selectable positions at different horizontal offsets relative to a water source to accommodate different sizes and types of water sources.

Abstract: A synthetic multilayer floor covering has floor panels, each of which comprises at least a first and a second edge with a first and a second connecting profile, respectively. The connecting profiles are complementarily shaped so that adjacent floor panels may be coupled to one another. The first connecting profile of a first floor panel and/or the second connecting profile of a second floor panel is deformed when connecting profiles become coupled with each other. The deformation comprises a component that persists as the connecting profiles remain coupled. The persistent deformation results in stress within the connecting profiles, which are made of viscoelastic material. That material undergoes significant stress relaxation. At standard ambient temperature and pressure, the stress within the first and/or the second connecting profile decreases by at least 40% within 12 hours after the connecting profiles have become coupled.

Abstract: Provided is a deck fixing apparatus including a rectangular support plate having a bottom surface which can partially come into contact with the top surface of a lower support; deck fixing parts formed by pressing the both side portions of the support plate and each of the deck fixing parts having a top surface for supporting the bottom surface of a deck and piece-fastened to the deck; and a support fixing part formed by extending a part of one side end of the support plate outwards in a plate surface direction so as to be fixed to the lower support, wherein the support plate has a cutout formed by cutting out a predetermined area inwards at the other side end of the support plate. Therefore, such deck fixing apparatuses can be coupled to each other in an angle-adjustable manner, thereby enabling the curve section construction of decks.

Abstract: Building panels, especially floor panels, which are provided with a locking system including several separate strip parts connected to the panel edge. A strip part, configured to lock panels horizontally and to be fixed to a panel edge, including a strip body with an inner part configured to be fixed under the panel edge and an outer part configured to extend outside the panel edge, wherein the inner part comprises a fixing element configured to lock the strip part to the panel edge in a horizontal direction, wherein the outer part including a locking protrusion, located above the strip body and configured to lock the strip part to the panel edge vertically and a locking element configured to lock the panels in a horizontal direction, and wherein the inner part includes a cavity formed in the strip body and located between the fixing element and the locking protrusion.

Abstract: A system for constructing a deck using engineered wood products, including, but not limited to, structural composite lumber (SCL). Deck boards may be formed from a plurality of veneer layers treated with fire protection treatments, preservatives and/or other chemical treatments, which may be specific to a particular veneer layer, and assembled with adhesives binding the layers together in a stack, resulting in a deck board with unique properties in aggregate. The veneer layers directly adjacent to the two outer face layers may be positioned so that the direction of the wood grain is cross-directional to the direction of the wood grain in the surface layers. The boards are also subject to a multi-layer surface finishing treatment with aesthetic components and a protective component.

Abstract: An exemplary self-adhered membrane installation device includes a frame, a handle extending from the frame, a carrier for a roll of self-adhered membrane, and a plurality of rollers for feeding the self-adhered membrane through the installation device so that the self-adhered membrane can be applied.

Abstract: An elevated work platform vehicle attachment is disclosed that includes a base assembly having primary and secondary connection members to detachably connect to a motor vehicle when a worker requires an elevated work platform. The attachment further includes a working platform operatively connected to the base assembly by a roller assembly that allows for rectilinear movement of the working platform relative to the base assembly. When the working platform is in an extended position, the base assembly provides cantilever support thereto and the roller assembly includes a locking mechanism to prevent movement of the working platform, both of which allow a worker to be safely positioned on the extended working platform.

Abstract: A modular scaffold board comprising: a plurality of board members of different lengths; and at least one joining member, for joining the board members in an end-to-end fashion. A kit of parts comprising a plurality of board members of different lengths, joining members and end parts for forming modular scaffold boards in a wide variety of lengths is also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a formwork element (20a) of a ceiling formwork (10). The formwork element (20a) has a non-fully circumferentially closed, in particular U-shaped, frame onto which a formwork skin can be or is arranged. The frame preferably has at least a first leg, a second leg and a base strut in between. The base strut is preferably oriented at a right angle ±5° relative to the two legs. The legs are preferably each provided at their end regions opposite to the base strut with a fastening projection and/or a fastening recess. The formwork element (20a) can be suspended by a worker from below into a pillar head (16a) and is upwardly pivotable. It makes it possible to build around an obstacle (18) in a simple manner while maintaining a grid-like imprint structure in the concrete surface to be created with the ceiling formwork (10).

Abstract: A manipulator includes an articulated boom configured to be folded out. The articulated boom includes a turntable that can be rotated about a vertical axis, a plurality of boom segments, electrically-actuated proportional valves, and a remote control. The boom segments are pivotable via respective drive assemblies. The electrically-actuated proportional valves are respectively arranged directly on or in proximity to the respective drive assemblies to be controlled. The remote control includes at least one control lever configured to be displaced in a plurality of actuating directions. The manipulator further includes an electronic controller configured to actuate the drive assemblies via a travel command. The travel command indicates a desired movement of the boom tip. The travel command is generated in response to displacement of the control lever into at least one of the plurality of actuating directions. And, the travel command causes actuation of the respective electrically-actuated proportional valves.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of repairing a plaster ceiling. The plaster ceiling to be repaired by the above described method includes: plates bridged across joists and spaced apart from each other; a ceiling base material finished with a masonry trowel over the lower surfaces of the plates; and a ceiling finishing material formed over the lower surface of the ceiling base material. The above described method includes the steps of: drilling an injection hole extending from the upper surface of the plate to the interface between the plate and the ceiling base material; injecting an acrylic resin composition containing: at least one monomer selected from an acrylic monomer or an methacrylic monomer; a thermosetting resin; and a curing agent; through the injection hole into the interface between the plate and the ceiling base material; and curing the acrylic resin composition so that the plate and the ceiling base material are adhered to each other.

Abstract: A birthing pool (10) includes an inflatable floor (12) consisting of a bottom layer (16) and a top layer (18) spaced apart from each other by a series of longitudinal floor beams (20). A separate inflatable perimeter wall (14) is composed of an outer layer (30) and an inner layer (32) spaced apart from each other by upright wall beams (34) that define a serpentine profile along the height of the perimeter wall.

Abstract: The present invention includes an inflatable spa pool with thermal insulative properties to maintain an elevated temperature of water stored in the spa pool. The inflatable spa pool can include a pool body including a wall and a bottom, where the wall includes an inner wall and an outer wall, where the inner wall and the bottom define a cavity with a first upper opening. The inflatable spa pool can include a thermal insulation pool sheath with a second upper opening to receive the pool body, where the thermal insulation pool sheath includes an outer sheath and a first thermal insulation structure. The inflatable spa pool can include a thermal insulation pool lid that includes an outer lid and a second thermal insulation structure, where the bottom includes an upper layer and a lower layer for receiving a third thermal insulation structure.

Abstract: A pool cover anchor system, for use on deck boards surrounding the pool, includes first and second anchor parts. The first anchor part includes: a first portion having an opening; a second portion that extends away from the first portion; and an anchor member that extends away from the first portion for a hook of the pool cover to be mounted thereto. The second anchor part includes: a first portion pivotally received in the opening in the first anchor part; and a second portion that extends away from the first portion of the second anchor part. The opening in the first anchor part is positioned a distance away from the second portion of the first anchor part for each of the second portion of the first anchor part and the second, portion of the second anchor part to respectively bear against two different deck boards simultaneously, and distribute loads therebetween.

Abstract: A robotic pool cleaner including: a housing; a propulsion mechanism configured to propel the robotic pool cleaner along an interior surface of a pool and a suction mechanism to draw liquid from the pool into the housing. A cable extends outward from the housing and a pull sensor is configured to generate a signal indicative of at least a direction in which the cable is pulled. A controller is configured to receive the signal and to operate the propulsion mechanism to propel the robot in accordance with the received signal.

Abstract: A plant building (4) includes a building body (5) that has a first installation region (51) where a first rotary machine (2) is installed, a second installation region (52) where a second rotary machine (3) is installed, and a carrying in and out region (53) provided between the first installation region (51) and the second installation region (52) in a horizontal direction, a first overhead crane (6) that is disposed in the building body (5) and is capable of traveling above the first installation region (51) and above the carrying in and out region (53), and a second overhead crane (7) that is disposed at a height position different from a height position of the first overhead crane (6) in the building body (5) and is capable of traveling above the second installation region (52) and above the carrying in and out region (53).

Abstract: An earthquake resistant wall construction is described. The earthquake resistant wall construction comprises a first runner, a second runner, at least one first earthquake resistant insert in communication with the first runner or second runner. The earthquake resistant insert is connected to a construction board and comprises at least one first elongate slot, wherein the earthquake resistant insert is held in communication with said first runner or second runner via at least one first fixing member which passes through the first elongate slot.

Abstract: A connecting element for connecting tower portions of a wind turbine, to a tower portion, to a tower and to a wind turbine and also to a method for producing a tower portion and to a method for connecting tower portions. The connecting element comprises a fastening surface which has the form of a segment of a circumferential surface of the tower and is designed to be arranged on a circumferential surface of a tower portion, and also comprises a connecting surface which is arranged at an angle to the fastening surface and which has receptacles for receiving fastening elements.

Abstract: A sliding door locking system includes a sliding door having an inner surface that slides over a doorway opening when the door is slidably mounted above the doorway opening, and an outer surface. A lock housing is mounted in the sliding door, the housing having an aperture extending through the inner surface of the sliding door. A latch is hingedly mounted in the aperture such that the latch is moveable from a retracted position, in which the door is slidable along the door opening, and an extended position, in which the latch engages a catch opposite the inner surface of the door and adjacent the doorway opening. At least one of the inner and outer surfaces of the sliding door includes an actuator that, when moved from a first position to a second position, moves the latch from the retracted position to the extended position.

Abstract: A door latch system comprises an interchangeable latch assembly for securing a door to a door frame. The interchangeable latch assembly comprises a head and a latch mounted to the head. The latch is moveable between latched and unlatched positions. A driven member is operatively connected to the latch, the driven member moveable to latch or unlatch the latch. The door latch system further comprises a universal actuating assembly removably couple-able to the interchangeable latch assembly. The universal actuating assembly comprises a mounting bracket and a driving member releasably coupled to the driven member. Actuation of the universal actuating assembly translates the driving member and the driven member, moving the latch to the unlatched position. A first interchangeable latch assembly may be swapped with a second interchangeable latch assembly without requiring modification of the universal actuating assembly.

Abstract: A vehicle door lock device includes: a remote control device that is provided in the middle of an operation transmitting system between a lock device, which binds a door of a vehicle such that the door becomes not able to move, and a door handle, in which a connection member that absorbs an excessive operation force by being elastically deformed in a direction in which the operation force is transmitted is interposed between a transmitting member that transmits an operation force input to the door handle and an input lever on the remote control device side to which the operation force is input via the transmitting member.