Abstract: A device includes a semiconductor substrate containing gallium nitride and having a crystal face inclined from 0.05° to 15° inclusive with respect to the c-plane. The semiconductor substrate includes an irregular portion on the crystal face, and the contact angle of pure water having a specific resistance of 18 M?·cm or more on the surface of the irregular portion is 10° or less.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of this invention includes: a step of slicing a silicon single crystal containing boron as an acceptor and obtaining a non-heat-treated silicon wafer, a step of determining a boron concentration with respect to the non-heat-treated silicon wafer, and a step of determining an oxygen donor concentration with respect to the non-heat-treated silicon wafer, in which a determination as to whether or not to perform a heat treatment at a temperature of 300° C. or more on the non-heat-treated silicon wafer is made based on a boron concentration determined in the step of determining a boron concentration, and an oxygen donor concentration determined in the step of determining an oxygen donor concentration. By this means, a wafer in which unevenly distributed LPDs that are present on the wafer are reduced is obtained.

Abstract: A melt blowing die includes a stack of plates including corresponding melt blowing die tip, die body and air functionalities. One or more rows of polymer filament extrusion orifices extend through in a stack direction across multiple plates of a stack. A gas distribution system within the stack has gas outlets are positioned to provide distributed gas flow to contact and attenuate extruded polymer filaments. One of more polymer distribution channels extend longitudinally through multiple plates in the stack direction to supply polymer to each of the rows of extrusion orifices. A polymer distribution channel is open to receive polymer feed only at a longitudinal end. A melt blowing apparatus has a collection substrate movable in a machine direction that is transverse to a stack direction in a melt blowing die. A method for producing fiber-containing material includes melt blowing using a melt blowing die with a stack of plates.

Abstract: A method of treating tough inorganic fiber bundles including opening a plurality of the tough inorganic fiber bundles such that tough inorganic fibers can be dispersed in a liquid slurry to lay down a homogenous fiber aggregate, wherein the tough inorganic fibers have a crush settle volume of greater than 250 ml, optionally greater than 450 ml. Also, a method of treating tough inorganic fiber bundles including dispersing a plurality of the tough inorganic fiber bundles in a slurry with a dilution of about 0.1% to about 2%, optionally about 0.1% to about 1%, effective to lay down a homogenous fiber aggregate, wherein the tough inorganic fibers have a crush settle volume of greater than 250 ml, optionally greater than 450 ml.

Abstract: Weaving equipment may include strand positioning equipment that positions warp strands and that inserts weft strands among the warp strands to form fabric. The weaving equipment may include one or more guide arms that pushes warp strands in the weft direction during weaving. Fabrics having warp strands that extend in both the warp direction and the weft direction may be used in forming circuitry in fabrics such as touch sensor circuitry. For example, a touch sensor in a fabric may be formed using first conductive warp strands that form first touch sensor electrodes and second conductive warp strands that form second touch sensor electrodes that overlap with the first touch sensor electrodes. The second conductive warp strands may each have a first portion that extends in the warp direction and a second portion that extends in the weft direction across the first touch sensor electrodes.

Abstract: To ensure during the braiding of braiding cores, which have a complex braiding core geometry or vastly different side lengths, that the braiding threads are always correctly following the braiding core contour in terms of storage, at least two braiding rings are provided, which have a constant opening cross-section and are arranged in series directly adjacent to one another. The opening cross-sections delimited by the braiding rings overlap at least partially. The braiding rings are adjustable independently of one another.

Abstract: To ensure during the braiding of braiding cores, which have a complex braiding core geometry, for example a rectangular braiding core cross-section or one-sided cross-sectional changes, that the braiding threads are always correctly following the braiding core contour in terms of storage, a braiding ring is provided. The braiding ring is composed of a number of adjustable segments, each of which can be actuated individually and independently of the other segments by an actuator.

Abstract: A method for hydroforming a composite precursor material includes forming a composite precursor material comprising an original spun bonded nonwoven web and a polymer film layer. The method also includes applying a plurality of pressurized liquid jets onto an outer surface of the original spun bonded nonwoven web while the composite precursor material passes over a forming structure to push and reorient a plurality of spun bonded fibers from a closely packed substantially horizontal orientation to a more loosely packed orientation with greater vertical spacing between the fibers to produce a hydroformed composite material comprising an expanded spun bonded nonwoven layer having a loft of at least about 1.3 times greater than the original loft of the original spun bonded nonwoven web, and an air permeability of at least about 1.2 times greater than an original air permeability of the original unexpanded spun bonded nonwoven web.

Abstract: A substrate for a support for bituminous membranes, comprising two or more layers of fibers comprising a homogeneous mixture of organic fibers and inorganic fibers, between which there is interposed a reinforcing scrim, said fibers being oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis of the substrate and laid said by side and alternate.

Abstract: Provided are a nonwoven fabric mainly composed of amorphous polyetherimide having a melt viscosity at 330° C. of 100 to 3000 Pa·s, and satisfying conditions of: 1) an average fiber diameter of 0.5 to 5 ?m; 2) an air permeability of more than or equal to 20 seconds/100 mL; and 3) a withstand voltage of more than or equal to 15 kV/mm, an insulating material using the nonwoven fabric, and a method for manufacturing the nonwoven fabric including continuously treating fibers between a pair of rolls at a temperature of 150 to 300° C. and a linear pressure of 100 to 500 kg/cm.

Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus equipped with an exhaust type drying system, which is capable of not only enhancing drying efficiency while reducing consumption of energy and cooling water required to dry laundry, but also achieving smooth exhaust of air even when a water trap is formed in a drainage duct. The laundry treatment apparatus includes a casing, an outer tub, an inner tub, a drainage duct for guiding wash water stored in the outer tub to be discharged to the outside of the casing, a first exhaust duct connected, at one end thereof, to the drainage duct, to guide air present in the outer tub into the drainage duct, and a second exhaust duct upwardly branched from the drainage duct, to exhaust air present in the drainage duct to the outside of the outer tub or the outside of the cashing.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a washing machine and a method for controlling a washing machine. The washing machine may include: a body; a tub provided inside of the body to store water; a detergent supply unit disposed adjacent to the tub to supply detergent to the tub during an operating mode for washing laundry and to receive water during a cleaning mode; and a controller configured to allow a cleaning of the detergent supply unit to be performed by controlling a flow of water of the detergent supply unit and the tub during the cleaning mode of the detergent supply unit. The present disclosure may be possible to keep the washing machine clean by automatically cleaning a detergent supply unit. In addition, it may be possible to improve the quality and the reliability of the product by automatically cleaning a detergent supply unit by using an input.

Abstract: Provided are a washing machine and a method for controlling the same. The method for controlling a washing machine includes supplying water to a tub, driving a driving unit to perform tumbling to rotate a drum disposed in the tub, calculating a water level variation in the tub, and displaying freeze state information on a display unit when the calculated water level variation is less than a reference water level variation.

Abstract: A self-cleaning drum washing machine, comprises a coaxial drum and outer tub. Cleaning particles are arranged between the drum and the outer tub. Structures between the drum and the outer tub opposite to each other are smooth. A flange is fixedly connected to the bottom of the drum; the outer portion of the flange has a smooth structure or an enclosed cavity is arranged on the outer portion of the drum bottom; the flange is arranged in the cavity; a shaft hole is arranged at the center of the cavity; and a drum shaft sticks into the cavity through the shaft hole and is connected to the flange. The smooth structures go against the attachment of dirt, so that the outer wall of the drum and the inner wall of the outer tub can be conveniently cleaned by the cleaning particles.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine including a balancer module which is actively driven in a balancer housing to damp load unbalance of the washing machine, a power supplying unit provided at an outside of a tub to supply electric power to the balancer module, and a wire configured to pass through a hollow portion of a rotating shaft of a flange shaft to electrically connect the balancer module and the power supplying unit. The washing machine comprises a slip ring disposed between the rotating balancer module and the fixed power supplying unit to prevent the wire from being twisted. An internal wire disposed in a rotating tub is covered by a waterproofing tube so as to prevent moisture from permeating the internal wire. The hollow portion of the rotating shaft of the flange shaft is sealed by a stopper member and a packing member so as to prevent the moisture from permeating. An external wire disposed at an outside of the tub may be neatly arranged by a guide bracket.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a plurality of suspension units through which a tub is supported by a cabinet, and a stabilizer unit mounted to the tub. When horizontal vibration displacement of the tub occurs by unbalance mass during washing/dehydration processes, the washing machine limits tub displacement according to the attenuation effect caused by torsional force and bending force of the stabilizer unit, resulting in reduction of excessive vibration.

Abstract: Pressure sensor for measuring the level of a liquid in an appliance such as a washing machine, a dishwasher or the like, including a casing having a cavity, a deformable membrane having an outer edge fixed to the casing so as to divide the cavity of the casing in a first chamber and in a second chamber, and in wherein the membrane is susceptible to deformation as a function of the pressure difference in said chambers, and a detector device located in the first chamber and adapted to provide an electrical signal indicative of the deformation of the membrane, wherein the housing incorporates an air trap including a cup surrounding said second chamber, a tubular portion intended to be connected directly to a tank adapted to contain a liquid, and a barrier forming a siphon between said tubular portion and said second chamber.

Abstract: A washing machine includes: a cabinet having a first opening and a washing space formed therein; and a door assembly provided to open and close the first opening, wherein the door assembly includes: a door body having a second opening and corresponding to the first opening and provided to rotate relative to the cabinet; door glass having a glass hole communicating with the inside of the cabinet and coupled with the rear surface of the door body; a guide duct that connects the second opening and the glass hole; and a sealing member. The sealing member can prevent washing water or internal air from escaping from the door assembly.

Abstract: A door of a dryer appliance includes a frame defining a distribution plenum surrounding a transparent window. The frame defines a plurality of inlets on an inner surface and being spaced circumferentially around the frame to provide fluid communication between a drying chamber and the distribution plenum. A plenum outlet provides fluid communication between the distribution plenum and a trap duct for permitting the discharge of heated air from the drying chamber.

Abstract: The clothes dryer of the present disclosure includes a circulation air flow path communicating with the drum, a condensed water storage chamber communicating with the circulation air flow path and a pump chamber communicating with the condensed water storage chamber. The communication path introduces air into at least one of the first circulation air flow path and the pump chamber to reduce the pressure of the pump chamber by introducing air into the pump chamber or to introduce air into the condensed water storage chamber through the first circulation air flow path. Accordingly, there is an effect of increasing the air volume of the fan device while preventing backflow and scattering of the condensed water caused by dehumidification in the clothes dryer.

Abstract: A cutting guide having a seam allowance recess and methods of cutting a piece of material with such cutting guide.

Abstract: Methods and devices for providing moisture in an ozonation process applied to textile products. Unlike other existing moistening methods the invention relates to process of moistening which is provided by means of spraying water by an ultrasonic atomizer and supplying into enclosed volume in micro droplets and production of super oxide radicals with O3.

Abstract: In some embodiments, the inventive subject matter relates to a fiber construct suitable for use as a fill material for insulation or padding, comprising: a primary fiber structure comprising a predetermined length of fiber; a secondary fiber structure, the secondary fiber structure comprising a plurality of relatively short loops spaced along a length of the primary fiber. In some embodiments, the inventive subject matter relates to insulative fiber structures that mimic the structure and scale of natural down and thereby provide similar properties.

Abstract: Examples to process print media (105) are defined herein. At least one marked cell from a plurality of cells (305) extending throughout a processed image of the print media (105) is detected. The processed image of the print media (105) may include marked portions (110) and unmarked portions (115). Further, the marked cell overlays a marked portion of the processed image. Once the marked cell is detected, the marked portions (110) of the print media (105) corresponding to the marked portions (110) of the processed image may be determined and separated from the print media (105) to provide a processed media (130) comprising the unmarked portions (115).

Abstract: The object is to provide a base fabric for a papermaking felt wherein there is no damage to the MD yarns of the seam loops and a method of producing the same. This is achieved by a base fabric for a papermaking felt wherein seam loops are formed by MD yarns, which is made from MD yarns of the felt running direction (MD) and CD yarns of the felt cross-direction (CD); wherein the seam loops are obtained by removing CD yarns from a part other than the CD yarn no-removal part of a woven fabric comprising a seam loop region having the CD yarn no-removal part, and by moving CD yarns of the CD yarn no-removal part and CD yarns from between the CD yarn no-removal part and the part in which the CD yarns have been removed in the direction of the part in which the CD yarns have been removed, and wherein the strength of the MD yarns of the part in which the CD yarns have been removed is lower than the strength of the MD yarns of the CD yarn no-removal part.

Abstract: Soft, durable and bulky tissue products comprising non-wood fibers and more particularly high yield hesperaloe pulp fibers are disclosed. The tissue products preferably comprise at least about 5 percent, by weight of the product, high yield hesperaloe pulp fiber and have relatively modest tensile strengths, such as a geometric mean tensile (GMT) greater than about 1,000 g/3?, and improved durability and cross-machine direction (CD) properties, such as a CD Stretch greater than about 10 percent. Additionally, at the foregoing tensile strengths the products are not overly stiff. For example the tissue products may have a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0.

Abstract: A multi-functional railway fastening component adjustment system is disclosed. The system may include a railway component adjuster. The railway component adjuster may include adjustment tools pivotally coupled with a tool bracket. The railway component adjuster may be configured to selectively engage railway fastening components from different addressing positions of the adjustment tools at least in part by pivoting to a selected addressing position. The railway component adjuster may be adapted to hold the one or more adjustment tools in the selected addressing position to make a component adjustment to the railway fastening component with the adjustment tools. The component adjustment may include movement of the railway fastening component with respect to a rail of a railway.

Abstract: A material spreader for a heavy duty vehicle is provided having a hopper capable of carrying and distributing a particulate material, a longitudinally extending conveyor to move material within the hopper, a pivotably attached discharge chute and optionally, one or more liquid storage tanks secured to the exterior of the hopper by a securement system comprise a series of one or more straps connected on each end to a c-shaped cross member affixed to the vehicle or hopper body.

Abstract: A control system (40) is disclosed for a mobile machine (10) configured to transfer material into a receptacle (18). The control system may include a first sensor (44) configured to generate a first signal indicative of one of a speed of the mobile machine and a distance between the mobile machine and the receptacle, a display system (56) having at least one display device (58) configured to show information relating to one or more of the mobile machine and the receptacle to an operator of the receptacle, and a controller electronically connected to the first sensor and the display system. The controller may be configured to determine a relative speed of the receptacle with respect to the mobile machine based at least in part on the first signal and generate on the at least one display device a first visual indicator (68) indicative of the relative speed of the receptacle with respect to the mobile machine.

Abstract: A composition comprising recycled paint and a thermal shock resistant material, a method of making the composition, and a method of applying the composition to a surface to prevent crack or leakage.

Abstract: A light emitting sign apparatus using an optical fiber includes: a front panel including a plurality of emission holes; a plurality of optical fibers having one ends respectively connected to the plurality of emission holes and the other ends constituting a concentrated bundle; and a light source assembly including a plurality of light emitting diodes optically coupled to the other ends of the plurality of optical fibers, wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes are located on a plane. Each of the plurality of light emitting diodes belongs to any one of a plurality of groups, one ends of the plurality of groups are connected to the same node, and different power voltages are applied to the other ends of the plurality of groups.

Abstract: A post foundation system is provided. The system has a shaft with a helical disk attached to one end and a post support attached to the other end. The helical disk drives the shaft into the ground as a rotational force is applied to the shaft. A fin section is rotatably coupled about the shaft between its first and second ends. The fin section can have one or more fins extending outwardly from the shaft. The fin section engages the ground to stabilize the post foundation system as the shaft of the post foundation system is driven into the ground.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an isolation and restoration method for compound contaminated soil. The isolation and restoration method for the compound contaminated soil provided by the present disclosure is used for isolation and restoration of a contaminated site, which includes: laying an isolation layer, a pure soil layer and an arable soil layer containing compound soil in turn on the contaminated site which is flattened and compacted, where the compound soil is composed of loess, slaked lime, fine sand and substances having an adsorption function in a volume ratio.

Abstract: A soil conditioner apparatus and method of conditioning soil for compaction. The soil conditioner apparatus creates a heated stream of air directed toward the ground as the conditioner moves along the ground. A mixer on the conditioner mixes soil in the path of the heated air to dry the soil. Some embodiments of the mixer will propel the soil into the air in the stream of heated air. The conditioner can decrease moisture in the soil in the location where the soil will be compacted. The mixer can also mix added soil and other additives to the soil in location. The soil conditioner apparatus may take the form of an apparatus towed by another vehicle, a set of towed apparatuses, an apparatus carried by another vehicle, or a self propelled vehicle having the operational elements of the soil conditioner.

Abstract: A method for the construction of an improved tank base. A tank base is constructed for protection against accidental spills and/or leaks associated with a tank battery. The improved tank base comprises at least one part of a suitable substrate, which allows for the adhesion of an elastomer such as polyurea. Polyurea is preferably applied using a spray device which yields an average coverage of about 50-80 mils, and most preferably 60 mils. If more than one substrate is used, one or more substrates can be bound together with a fastening system. Once pressure is applied in the form of weight, the fastening system can be removed, resulting in an improved tank base having at least one seam and impervious to the fluid of the tank battery.

Abstract: The present application discloses a final joint of an immersed tunnel, a prefabrication method and an installation method, wherein the final joint includes two end surfaces connected with installed adjacent tube sections; the two end surfaces are both tilted surfaces, so that the longitudinal profile of the final joint along an installation direction is of an inverted trapezoid structure; and the final joint further may be of a structure with a tube section I and a tube section II which are connected with each other.

Abstract: Various embodiments of methods and apparatus for detecting a change in an orientation of a portion of a structure. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a processor, an energy storage unit, a location reporting unit, a wireless communication module and one or more inclination sensors. In some embodiments, each of the one or more inclination sensors is configured to measure inclination by measuring an orientation of the each of the one or more inclination sensors relative to a gravitational acceleration vector.

Abstract: A porewater pressure dissipater is disclosed. In one example, a disclosed dissipater includes aggregate; a cylindrical receptacle for receiving the aggregate; a plate having a top surface and a bottom surface and one or more openings transcending from the top surface to the bottom surface wherein the plate secures and compacts the aggregate in the cylindrical receptacle; and one or more access tubes coupled to the top surface of the plate wherein the one or more access tubes are positioned over the one or more openings thereby forming a passageway to the cylindrical receptacle. The disclosed dissipater allows piles and shafts to be embedded at the optimum depth without concerns of liquefaction.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a bucket which can perform a tilting operation with a hydraulic oil, a valve adjusting a flow rate of the hydraulic oil having the bucket perform the tilting operation, an electromagnetic proportional control valve generating a pilot pressure guided to the valve, a controller outputting a current to the electromagnetic proportional control valve, and a first sensor for detecting the tilting operation. The controller detects a horizontal state of the bucket based on an output from the first sensor. The controller adjusts a value for the current output to the electromagnetic proportional control valve after the horizontal state of the bucket is detected, and starts calibration of data for predicting an operation speed of the bucket in the tilting operation.

Abstract: Work machines and methods and systems to control and determine a position of an associated implement are disclosed. An example work machine including a first vehicle component movable relative to a second vehicle component; and a processor to: cause the first vehicle component to move toward a commanded position; predict a first position of the first vehicle component of the work machine using first processes; determine a second position of the first vehicle component using second processes; and in response to a difference between the first position and the second position, to cause the first vehicle component to move further toward the commanded position to correct for the difference.

Abstract: Provided is a construction machine allowing regeneration of a return hydraulic fluid at the time of both a boom raising operation and a boom lowering operation with a small number of valves, making it possible to secure a satisfactory operability at the time of both the boom raising operation and the boom lowering operation.

Abstract: A hydraulic energy regeneration system for a work machine for boosting a pressure of a return hydraulic fluid of a hydraulic cylinder and regenerating the hydraulic fluid, prevents a bottom pressure from reaching an overload relief set pressure and suppresses a changeover shock to ensure favorable operability.

Abstract: A tooth with a retaining system for retaining the tooth in a receiving portion of an adapter in a cutting system comprises a first holding system to releasably retain the tooth to the adapter; and a second holding system to tension and secure the tooth with respect to the adapter.

Abstract: An environmental system is disclosed. The environmental system is configured to provide varying degrees of ventilation and shading. In addition, the environmental system can include provisions for collecting rainwater and holding greenery. The system can includes a mounting structure, a set of frames, a plurality of bars, skins, beams, and optionally one or more plants.

Abstract: A flow monitoring system, which is configured to detect a leak in a water distribution system having appliances, includes a flow sensor. The flow sensor is configured to detect flow data of a flow of water within a conduit configured to fluidly couple to the appliances. The flow monitoring system also includes a processor. The processor is configured to receive the flow data from the flow sensor, determine whether a reference flow pattern (of a plurality of reference flow patterns) is present in the flow data (where the plurality of reference flow patterns correspond with expected water flow patterns to one or more appliance of the appliances), and initiate a shut-down mode configured to stop the flow of water in response to a determination that the reference flow pattern is not present in the flow data.

Abstract: A device is disclosed comprising an electrically actuated flow control element and control circuits electrically coupled to the electrically actuated flow control element. The control circuits can receive wireless control signals from a displaced electronic device and responsive thereto, transmit electrical signals to the electrically actuated flow control element to actuate the electrically actuated flow control element from a current flow state to an alternate flow state.

Abstract: A retractable faucet with guided mechanical reset includes a retractable flexible pipe; an outlet portion having an end face and being connected to the retractable flexible pipe; a weight; and a support through which the retractable flexible pipe passes and connects to the weight and that has a front-end face that contacts the end face of the outlet portion. The support has a guiding groove and the outlet portion is provided with a guiding structure that is surrounded by and coupled to the guiding groove. The guiding groove has guiding surfaces continuously arranged from a lowest position to a highest position, and the guiding structure and the guiding groove move relative to one another due to gravity of the weight to cause the guiding structure to move to the highest position to bringing the end face of the outlet portion in contact with the front-end face of the support.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for delivering a solution to a region of a human body, and washing, cleaning, and drying the region are provided. The apparatus includes a toilet seat assembly, and a spraying nozzle assembly. The spraying nozzle assembly includes one or more spray nozzle units having one or more spray nozzle bodies that are retractable and adapted to deliver the solution, a first driving motor being connected to the one or more spray nozzle units and adapted for moving the one or more spray nozzle bodies in retracting-and-extending motion, and a second driving motor being connected to the one or more spray nozzle unit and adapted for moving the one or more spray nozzle units in three-dimensional circular rotational motion. The one or more spray nozzle units may further include one or more nozzle jet head openings.

Abstract: A toilet according to an embodiment includes a toilet body and a water drainage socket. The toilet body has a water drainage outlet on a back surface thereof. The water drainage socket connects the water drainage outlet and an inlet of a water drainage pipe that is provided on a wall surface. The back surface of the toilet body is provided with an opening and a guide part. The opening is provided to insert therethrough a tubular member that extends from the wall surface in a case where the toilet body is mounted on the wall surface. The guide part guides the tubular member that is provided in a state where it is inserted through the opening so as to move to an outer side of the water drainage socket in a case where the toilet body is mounted on the wall surface.

Abstract: The temporary storm water storage system comprises a storage tank, an inlet pump, an outlet pump, a graded top drain, a plurality of sensors, a timer, a first valve, a second valve, and a plurality of interconnecting pipes. The temporary storm water storage system may pump flood water from a street into the storage tank when flooding is detected by the plurality of sensors. The temporary storm water storage system may pump the flood water from the storage tank into the street after a predetermined time interval once the flooding has subsided. The flood water pumped from the storage tank to the street may be drained from the street via one or more catch basins into a storm drain.