Abstract: Embodiments include a reaction vessel having a first reaction chamber filled with a first material; a first light absorbing region adhered to an interior-facing surface of the first reaction chamber; a second reaction chamber filled with a second material; a second light absorbing region adhered to an interior-facing surface of the second reaction chamber; a temperature sensor disposed within the second reaction chamber; and one or more energy sources configured to direct light at the first light absorbing region and the second light absorbing region. A processor may be employed to determine a first temperature of the first material from a second temperature of the second material measured by the temperature sensor. Methods of manufacturing such a reaction vessel are also disclosed.

Abstract: Embodiments include a reaction vessel having a reaction chamber defined by opposing first and second interior-facing surfaces of the housing; a first light absorbing layer conforming to the first interior-facing surface of the housing component; and a second light absorbing layer conforming to the second interior-facing surface of the housing component; a first energy source configured to direct light through the housing at the first light absorbing layer; and a second energy source configured to direct light through the housing at the second light absorbing layer.

Abstract: An embodiment is a sample rack system. The sample rack system comprises a rack having a base, a top opposite the base along a vertical direction, a receptacle that extends from the top toward the base along the vertical direction, and a receiver element proximate the top. The receptacle is sized to receive a sample collection unit. The system also includes a retention clip for holding the sample collection unit in the receptacle. The retention clip includes an engagement head for attachment to the receiver element of the rack. The engagement head defines an outer surface. The retention clip also includes a curved tail that extends from the engagement head and contacts the sample collection unit when the sample collection unit is placed in the receptacle. The outer surface of the retention clip does not project outwardly from the rack when the retention clip is attached to the rack.

Abstract: A rice husker includes a pair of husking rolls. One of the pair of husking rolls is attached to a main shaft and the other of the pair of husking rolls is attached to an auxiliary shaft movable to be close to and away from the main shaft. The rice husker includes abnormality determination means. The abnormality determination means determines that the husking rolls fail to work normally when vibrations having a preset intensity larger than the preset intensity are successively detected by a vibration sensor until a certain time elapses. The certain time is from the start of a husking action to disappearance of distortion on a surface of the husking roll. The vibration sensor is provided on at least either of bearing units of the main shaft and the auxiliary shaft. The vibration sensor detects vibrations occurring due to the husking action by the pair of husking rolls.

Abstract: Discretizers that exhibit improved solid additive laden fluid flow emanating from the discretizers and methods of using same, particularly for making fibrous structures are provided.

Abstract: A wood chipper comprising a chamber in which wood is chipped, and a pair of rollers for feeding of the wood into the chamber. One of the rollers is a smooth roller and may or may not be an idle roller, and an other of the rollers is driven and has cutting elements thereon. One or more pressurized gas springs are attached to the rollers to apply a predetermined pressure to the rollers to cause the cutting elements to bite into the wood fed between the rollers. The cutting elements are blades each of which is un-notched in a direction radially of the other roller and each of which extends over substantially the entire length of the other roller.

Abstract: A comminution system for heterogeneous materials includes pumps, a source of liquid in fluid communication with the pumps, a source of heterogeneous material, a mixer to combine the heterogeneous material and the liquid, and nozzles in fluid communication with the pumps, respectively. The pumps are in straight-line alignment with the nozzles. The nozzles receiving the heterogeneous material combined with the liquid direct the combined slurry to an impact zone where the fractions of the heterogeneous material are disassociated.

Abstract: There is disclosed a combinatory separation system comprising: a first compartment adapted to handle a mixture with magnetic beads having an affinity for molecules, comprising a magnet to attract the beads, a second compartment adapted to receive said magnetic beads transferred thereto with a flow of liquid, and said at least one second compartment is adapted to elute said at least one type of molecules to be separated from said magnetic beads, said at least one second compartment has an outlet comprising means for retaining said magnetic beads in the at least one second compartment. Advantages include that the process becomes simpler quicker and thereby less expensive, since the method is able to remove cells and particles, separate molecules and perform virus inactivation in fewer steps compared to the prior art. Further the method is able to provide a more concentrated end product.

Abstract: A system includes a collection processor configured to receive tailings of a flotation process, the tailings having mineral particles of interest; and at least one collection apparatus located in the collection processor. The collection apparatus has a collection surface configured with a functionalized polymer having molecules with a functional group that attract the mineral particles of interest to the collection surface. The flotation process has scavenger circuits that provide scavenger circuit feeds having scavenger tails. The system features enhanced scavenger circuits having the collection apparatus located in the collection processor and configured to receive the scavenger circuit feeds and provide enhanced scavenger circuit feeds having enhanced scavenger tails and enhanced scavenger concentrate for further processing by the system.

Abstract: A nozzle assembly comprises a hollow nozzle body having a central bore and a plurality of ports extending through the body from the central bore; and a switching valve assembly disposed in the central bore that directs fluid flow to ports upon application of fluid flow above a predetermined threshold to the inlet and direct fluid flow to different ports upon fluid flow having subsequently dropped below the predetermined threshold and then exceeding the predetermined threshold. The assembly comprises a cylindrical poppet slidably disposed within the central bore, a guide between the nozzle body and the poppet, and a biasing member within the cartridge case between the front portion of the nozzle body and the poppet urging the poppet away from the front portion of the cartridge case.

Abstract: A spray-guard for a spray-can, the spray-can including a top-end having a spray-nozzle. The spray-guard includes a cap-ring, a cap-body, a cap-top, a first-pillar and a second-pillar. The cap-top is configured to pivot the cap-body into a paint-guard position. The paint-guard position includes the length of the cap-body located above the spray-nozzle to allow a user to spray straight lines.

Abstract: A speed retarding device for a rotary nozzle includes a hollow cylindrical housing and a rotatable tubular shaft rotatably carried by the housing. The shaft has a central axial bore and an enlarged drag sleeve portion carried in the housing. A pair of support bearings support the drag sleeve portion of the shaft in the housing. An annular inner seal between each of the support bearings and the drag sleeve portion defines a cavity within the housing receiving a viscous fluid confined within the cavity. The drag sleeve portion includes a peripheral helical groove and a plurality of axial bores extending therethrough parallel to the central bore, one or more blind axial bores each having a closed end an open end, and a piston disposed in each of the one or more blind axial bores each defining an air space between the closed end and the piston.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a water outlet device, comprising: at least one rotatable driving member, at least one injector, and a main body with a plurality of water outflow passages. The main body comprises at least one accommodating cavity, each of the at least one rotatable driving member is driven to rotate by water flow, and each of the at least one rotatable driving member drives the corresponding one of the at least one injector to rotate in the corresponding one of the at least one accommodating cavity. Each of the at least one injector comprises at least one injection hole, the at least one injection hole is connected to the corresponding one of the plurality of water outflow passages, and a water outflow direction of the at least one injection hole and an axial direction of the corresponding one of the plurality of water outflow passage forms an angle.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling an electrostatic atomizer for liquids, the atomizer comprising a liquid tank and a delivery device for liquid from the liquid tank, a high-voltage source and also at least one atomizer nozzle for the atomization of liquid, the at least one atomizer nozzle being connected to the high-voltage source. Here, the voltage and/or the current intensity at at least one of the atomizer nozzles are detected by sensors of control electronics and/or the voltage and/or the current intensity at the high-voltage source are detected by sensors of the control electronics.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrostatic atomizer for liquids, in particular, cosmetics, the atomizer comprising a housing, an electrical energy source, an activation mechanism, control electronics, a high-voltage source, a liquid tank, a delivery device and atomizer nozzles. The delivery device is arranged here between the liquid tank and the atomizer nozzles, the delivery device being connected to the liquid tank by a first line and the delivery device being connected to the atomizer nozzles by a second line, so that the delivery device sucks liquid out of the liquid tank and delivers it to the atomizer nozzles.

Abstract: An electrostatic atomizer for liquids, in particular cosmetics, is proposed, at least comprising a housing, an electrical energy source, an activation mechanism, control electronics, a high-voltage source, a liquid tank, a delivery device and atomizer nozzles, the control electronics and the high-voltage source being arranged in an interior space of the housing. It is provided that the control electronics either comprise at least one sensor or comprise at least one transmitting and/or receiving module or comprise at least one sensor and at least one transmitting and/or receiving module.

Abstract: Liquid tank for an atomizer for liquids, in particular, an electrostatic atomizer, the liquid tank comprising a receiving space for a liquid and a delimiting wall for delimiting the receiving space with respect to the surrounding area, the liquid tank comprising a self-closing valve for connection to the atomizer.

Abstract: A sprayer for attachment to a hose, the sprayer including an inlet for introducing fluid into the sprayer, an outlet for discharging fluid from the sprayer, a first controller to control the flow of fluid from the inlet to the outlet, a first fluid path located between the first controller and the outlet, a second fluid path located between the first controller and the outlet, the second fluid path fluidly connectable to a container having an active liquid, and a second controller to control the flow of fluid in the second fluid path, wherein in use, when fluid is flowing in the second fluid path, the fluid flow causes the active liquid to enter the second fluid path and exit the sprayer via the outlet.

Abstract: A device for interruption-free coating of can bodies with a coating liquid comprises an inlet container for providing the coating liquid to be applied, a pressurized air source for supplying pressurized air, an application nozzle for spraying the coating liquid with an application pressure onto the container body. An intermediary container is provided, which is connected on the inlet side to the inlet container by means of the inlet pipe and which is connected on the outlet side to the application nozzle by means of an outlet pipe.

Abstract: The Invention relates to a gadget (multi-fluid dispenser) that allows a user to carry multiple fluids in one portable device. The multi-fluid dispenser (MFD) features capsules which fit in a cylindrical shell, wherein each capsule is used to store fluid. A removable cap allows a user to select and dispense liquid from a capsule of choice.

Abstract: A fluid dispenser head for mounting on a dispenser member, such as a pump, and including a bearing surface for actuating the dispenser member, and a spray wall that is perforated with a network of holes through which the fluid under pressure passes so as to be sprayed in small droplets, the dispenser head being characterized in that it further includes a suction chamber of volume that is variable, such that the volume of the suction chamber decreases when pressure is exerted on the bearing surface and increases when the pressure on the bearing surface is relaxed.

Abstract: A sealant discharging apparatus includes a sealing gun, a movement controller, a discharge controller, a measuring instrument, and an air bubble detector. The sealing gun is configured to discharge sealant to an object. The movement controller is configured to cause the sealing gun and the object to move relatively. The discharge controller is configured to control a discharge amount of the sealant discharged from the sealing gun. The measuring instrument is configured to measure a distance to a sealant pool that has been discharged from the sealing gun and yet to be used to seal the object. The air bubble detector is configured detect mixture of an air bubble in the sealant discharged from the sealing gun, on a basis of a result of measurement by the measuring instrument.

Abstract: A method for producing vehicles, wherein vehicle bodies are conveyed through multiple system zones of a production system in order to produce vehicles. Different types of work are carried out on the vehicle bodies in two respective system zones which follow each other. The vehicle bodies are conveyed through the system zones of the surface treatment system at least from a corrosion protection treatment to a final assembly using a single conveyor system in a surface treatment system for treating the surface of the vehicle bodies. A surface treatment system is provided for treating the surface of vehicle bodies, having multiple system zones, and the vehicle bodies are treated in a different manner in two respective system zones which follow each other. The surface treatment system is designed such that the vehicle bodies can be conveyed through the system zones of the system using a single conveyor system.

Abstract: A sealant discharging nozzle includes a nozzle body, a flat surface, a cutout, and a shaping portion. The flat surface is provided on the nozzle body and is formed on a discharge port side of a through hole that extends along a central axis of the nozzle body. The cutout is formed on a first side with respect to the flat surface. The shaping portion is, with respect to the flat surface, formed on a second side opposite to the first side.

Abstract: A sealant discharging nozzle includes a nozzle body, a through hole, a discharge port, and a cutout. The through hole is provided in the nozzle body and extends along a central axis of the nozzle body. The discharge port is an opening of the through hole provided in an end surface of the nozzle body. Compared with a width of the discharge port in a first direction orthogonal to the central axis, a width of the discharge port in a second direction orthogonal to the central axis and the first direction is small. The cutout is formed on a first side in a first direction with respect to the discharge port.

Abstract: In example implementations, a method is provided. The method may be executed by a processor of a fluid dispensing apparatus. The method includes determining to add a fluid at a location. A dispense pattern to dispense the fluid at the location is determined. The fluid is dispensed in accordance with the dispense pattern that disperses the fluid into different spots within the location.

Abstract: A sealant discharging apparatus includes a sealing gun, a movement controller, and a discharge controller. The sealing gun discharges sealant to an object. The movement controller causes the sealing gun and the object to move relatively. The discharge controller controls a discharge amount of the sealant discharged from the sealing gun. The movement controller controls a movement velocity of the sealing gun based on a volume of post-sealing sealant that has been discharged from the sealing gun and used to seal the object, and an amount of volume change in a sealant pool that has been discharged from the sealing gun and is yet to be used to seal the object.

Abstract: A device for performing a surface coating of pieces is disclosed. The device comprises a housing, including one leak-tight cavity containing a drum, heating means, at least one water inlet conduit and one dyeing agent inlet conduit, and a recovery tank and a fluid recirculation circuit from said recovery tank to said leak-tight cavity and drum. The leak-tight cavity includes a first level sensor connected to a control device, such that the entry of water to the leak-tight cavity is interrupted when a specific level is reached inside the cavity, and the recovery tank includes at least a second level sensor connected to the control device, such that the entry of water and dyeing agent to the leak-tight cavity is interrupted if a specific level is exceeded inside the recovery tank.

Abstract: A sealant discharging nozzle includes a nozzle body, a flat surface, a nozzle positioning portion, and a locating pin. The flat surface is provided on the nozzle body and is formed on a discharge port side of a through hole that extends along a central axis of the nozzle body. The nozzle positioning portion includes a pair of tapered surfaces disposed on both sides of the flat surface in a width direction of the flat surface. The locating pin is formed between the pair of tapered surfaces.

Abstract: A sealant discharging apparatus includes a cartridge, a nozzle member, and a cartridge receiver. The cartridge includes a projection member at a tip end and stores sealant therein. The projection member has a thread groove internally. The nozzle member includes a terminal end insertable in the projection member. The cartridge receiver includes a first tapered member in which the projection member is insertable. The first tapered member has a gradually decreasing inner diameter in a tip end direction in which the projection member is insertable.

Abstract: The invention relates to various embodiments of a solid particle-source (100a, 100a) that can comprise: a container (104) which comprises an area for receiving solid particles; at least one electron source (106) for introducing electrons into the solid particles such that an electrostatic charge of the solid particles produced by the electrons separates them from each other and accelerates them in a direction out from the container (104); a vibration source (110) which is designed to introduce a vibration in the region in order to loosen the solid particles, the electronic source comprising an emission surface for emitting electrons into a vacuum emission region.

Abstract: A material coating system for an apparatus having a housing configured to contain a fluid is disclosed herein. A multi-layer coating is applied to the housing to mitigate damage caused by external factors. The multi-layer coating includes: a layer of a primer coating having anti-corrosive properties, a layer of a mid coating having mechanical and chemical properties capable of at least partially closing a hole in the housing to avoid fluid leakage and optionally a layer of a top coating having properties that resist ultraviolet radiation from passing therethrough.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a system may include an item sorter device. The item sorter device may include at least one optical device configured to capture optical data associated with a waste product, a display, and a processor coupled to the at least one optical device and to the display. The processor may be configured to automatically extract universal product code (UPC) data from the optical data, search one or more data sources based on the UPC data to determine a match, determine a bin of a plurality of bins for storage of the waste product based on the match and based on site-specific classification rules, and provide a graphical interface to the display indicating the determined bin.

Abstract: Method for sorting corn kernels of a batch of corn kernels, the method comprising the steps of: laying the corn kernel on a support surface, the corn kernel having a resting surface in contact with the support surface, and an upper surface opposite the resting surface, acquiring at least one orientation image of the corn kernel with an orientation imaging system, the orientation imaging system having a modality adapted to enable structural features of the corn kernel to be measured, determining an orientation of the corn kernel with respect to the support surface based on the structural features of the corn kernel measured on the orientation image, sorting the corn kernel as a function of the orientation.

Abstract: A lens and/or a view screen of an electronic device having at least one case can be cleaned by wiping the view screen with a cleaning component wherein the cleaning component is configured to selectively couple to the at least one case or some other substrate using a magnetic attractive force. The cleaning devices may have secondary applications such as securing fly fishing lures, activating or deactivating a device having a magnetic switch, or preventing sunglasses from sinking. They may also be manufactured without a cleaning component for use with the secondary applications.

Abstract: A pruner cleaning machine scrubs gummy sap and foreign matter from pruner blades inserted into its cleaning chamber. The machine includes a motor turning a drive shaft assembly having scrubbers coupled thereon. The scrubbers have scrubbing surfaces facing each other and a central scrubber element resides between the scrubbers.

Abstract: A cleaning and sanitizing apparatus for handheld devices may comprise a cuboid-shaped unit body having a top end and a base end, a slot opening, a user interface and microcontroller system for governing the individual components of the said cleaning and sanitizing apparatus for handheld devices, a gripping and carriage apparatus, a removeable cleaning solution reservoir, a pump and sprayer apparatus for dispensing cleaning solution, a moveable cleaning roller apparatus for cleaning the surfaces of handheld devices as such devices are lowered into and raised from the said unit body, and an irradiation chamber located at the base of the cuboid shaped body including at least one germicidal ultraviolet lamp array housed inside the said unit body. The apparatus may further comprise a wireless induction charging module configured to charge a handheld device while the handheld device is within the enclosure or compartment.

Abstract: The invention discloses a glass cleaning apparatus with sterilization and degreasing function, and includes a fuselage and an operating cavity provided in the fuselage, a fixed cavity communicating with the outside is provided in a left end wall of the operating cavity, and a sliding frame is slidably disposed in the operating cavity. The left end of the sliding frame A first sliding cavity with an opening to the left is provided in the wall. The glass cleaning device provided with sterilizing and degreasing functions provided by the present invention can realize automatic cleaning and disinfection of glass. The device of the present invention first sprays the glass surface during cleaning. Drain the heated cleaning and disinfecting solution. The heated cleaning and disinfecting solution has stronger enzyme activity and better cleaning effect. At the same time, there are two rows of cleaning wheels distributed in a straight line in the device.

Abstract: Multistage centrifugal pumps are cleaned using ultrasonic energy and without disassembling the pump. The system can be at a permanent installation where the pump is brought for cleaning. The fully assembled pump is submerged in a tank of fluid and cleaning solution is circulated through the pump while ultrasonic energy is applied to the tank. Alternately, a portable pump cleaning system is taken to the site where the pump is working, such as a well site. The pump is cleaned by circulating a cleaning fluid through the pump while ultrasonic energy is applied to the pump housing. Still further, ultrasonic energy may be applied to the pump housing while it continues to pump a working fluid. Flow resistance through the pump is monitored to determine when the cleaning process is complete. In all three applications, disassembly of the pump is unnecessary, providing a major savings in time and money.

Abstract: A cleaning system encompasses a solution reservoir to reserve a pH-adjusted solution, a gas-filling path connected to a top of the solution reservoir, to send a CO2 gas in a hollow space of the solution reservoir, a CO2 gas-cylinder connected to the gas-filling path, a solution-sending path to send the pH-adjusted solution to a pipeline of a Device-to-be-Cleaned, a cleaning-solution introduction-path connected to the solution reservoir, to introduce an original cleaning solution to the solution reservoir, for generating the pH-adjusted solution, a stock-solution tank provided at an input side of the cleaning-solution introduction-path, configured to the original cleaning solution, and a filling-pressure adjuster provided in the gas-filling path and a solution-sending-pressure adjuster provided in the solution-sending path for adjusting a filling pressure of the CO2 gas-cylinder.

Abstract: A detoxifying device 100 having an inner wall 104 that forms a flow passage 103 through which treatment gas flows includes a first piping 130 that forms a part of the flow passage 103, a replaceable piping section 170 that forms a part of the flow passage 103 at the position downstream of the first piping 130, and is connected thereto for sprinkling the cleaning water to remove the solid product adhering to the inner wall 104, and a second piping 150 that forms a part of the flow passage 103 at the position downstream of the piping section 170, and is connected thereto.

Abstract: Provided is a bottom gas purge device including a nozzle that can be appropriately connected to a purge port. A bottom gas purge device configured to introduce a cleaning gas into a container from a bottom portion of the container accommodating a substrate includes: a mounting table on which the container is mounted; a nozzle provided so as to be movable relative to the mounting table in an upward-downward direction and connectable from below to a purge port provided in the bottom portion of the container; a gas supply unit configured to supply the cleaning gas to the nozzle; and a pressure sensor provided at a tip end portion of the nozzle and configured to detect a pressure rising between the purge port and the nozzle when the nozzle is connected to the purge port.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present invention include a method for the treatment of drilling wastes and coal combustion residues, comprising combining at least a first drilling waste with coal combustion residues to form a paste, combining at least a second drilling waste with coal combustion residues to form a compactable fill, and placing the paste and the compactable fill in a landfill. Other embodiments include a method of treating drilling wastes and coal combustion residues, comprising combining at least one drilling waste with a coal combustion residue to form a paste. Further embodiments include containing the paste within at least one geotextile container. Still further embodiments include placing the geotextile container in a landfill.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for thermal desorption treatment of organic-contaminated soil. The method includes: subjecting thermal desorption flue gas with a temperature of 120-700° C. and the organic-contaminated soil to a countercurrent contact reaction for 5-30 min to obtain desorption waste gas comprising an organic pollutant and thermally desorbed soil; drying biomass to a water content of ?12%, and crushing to a length of ?20 cm to obtain a biomass segment; uniformly mixing the thermally desorbed soil with the biomass segment to obtain a mixture A, carrying out low-temperature pyrolytic carbonization of the biomass in the mixture A at a temperature of 250-450° C., heating the soil to obtain remedied soil including organic carbon and pyrolysis gas from the low-temperature pyrolytic carbonization. The disclosure mixes the thermally desorbed soil with the biomass for pyrolytic carbonization, greatly improving the content of an organic matter, recovering a soil function.

Abstract: An object is to predict a microstructure of Al in an industrial process more accurately than conventional techniques. In an information processor (1), an inter-step information integration section supplies a PC(i) and an MS(i, 0) to each i-th step calculating section included in a step calculating section. Each i-th step calculating section supplies an MS(i, t) and a TMP(i, t) to a microstructure calculating section and thereby causes the microstructure calculating section to find an MS(i, tfi), and supplies the MS(i, tfi) to the inter-step information integration section (11). The inter-step information integration section (11) sets, as an MS(i+1, 0), the MS(i, tfi) received from the i-th step calculating section.

Abstract: A bending machine for metal sheets includes a punching arrangement that supports upper bending tools, a die arrangement that supports lower bending tools, and a back gauge unit movable inside an operating area and arranged to position a workpiece. The back gauge unit has a hooking element to engage at least one lower bending tool to move it along the bending direction. The lower bending tools include a set of side lower bending tools that are positionable in a non-operative configuration outside the operating area and unreachable by the back gauge unit. The side lower bending tools are connectable to one another to form a group selectable in number. At least one of the side lower bending tools of the group is positioned in the non-operative configuration inside the operating area to be engaged by the hooking element and movable along the bending direction together with the group.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for producing a shaped sheet metal component from a billet by means of U O forming, wherein firstly a preform is created by the U-forming and then a final shaping is performed by the O forming to give a final form.

Abstract: A method of forming a component by applying a forming load to a blank of material against a mandrel, wherein the mandrel defines the shape of the component to be formed and applying a forming load as a combination of a localised force and localised friction heating.

Abstract: A method for shaping a blank comprising a metal includes a step of loading the blank onto a first die, a step of bringing the first die and a second die together, a step of forming a seal around the blank, and a step of injecting a pressurized molten salt into a space in the blank to supply a hydraulic pressure to the blank.

Abstract: The present invention is to enable accurate formation of an elongate member while suppressing the occurrence of a shape defect. An electromagnetic forming device is provided with an electromagnetic coil, and a forming mold which is disposed along the electromagnetic coil and provides an elongate material to be formed with a formed shape. An electromagnetic force generated by means of the electromagnetic coil is caused to act on the material to be formed and the material to be formed is pressed onto the forming mold. In the electromagnetic forming device, the forming mold has a cross sectional shape that varies from one end to another in a longitudinal direction of the material to be formed. The forming mold is formed such that, as the material to be formed is moved parallel to the longitudinal direction, the shape of the material to be formed is gradually changed to a desired shape.