Abstract: A novel filter canister configured to dock into a dry-cleaning machine incorporates unique structural elements that reduce or eliminate debris overfill and jamming of the filter canister after an extended dry-cleaning operation. In particular, a novel perforated hollow inner core, a vertical strut-based canister docking frame, a washable and reusable cartridge with a perforated rigid inner surface layer and a particulate filtering element-encapsulating outer surface layer, and a removable lid that secures or frees the washable and reusable cartridge that constitute the novel filter canister enable a dry-cleaning operator to install, clean, and reuse the washable and reusable cartridge conveniently for numerous dry-cleaning cycles while avoiding debris overfill, canister jamming, and frequent filter canister replacement and repurchase needs that are endemic in conventional dry cleaner filter designs that tend to be cumbersome, costly, and environmentally detrimental.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device (100,200) to improve the drying performance of a tumble dryer, comprising a substantially curved and three-dimensional body portion (102,202) and a heat reflective layer (104,204) disposed on an outwardly facing surface of the body portion. A method of manufacturing a device to improve the drying performance of a textile drying apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: Methods and systems for the thermo-vacuum drying and processing of objects such as clothes. A vacuum ejector driven by high-pressure steam is employed to evacuate evaporated moisture mixed with air from a dryer vessel producing an intensification of the drying process such as can significantly reduce the energy and time requirements for the drying process and increase water utilization.

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a drum for processing laundry. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the drum. A lint filter is positioned within the airflow path that separates particulate matter from the process air to define entrapped lint particles. A lint disposal mechanism removes the entrapped lint particles from a surface of the lint filter to define removed lint. A holding compartment receives the removed lint for disposal.

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a lint pelletizer whereby clothing fibers retained within a fluid can be extracted from the fluid and formed into a pellet. The laundry treating appliance can be a clothes washer or a clothes dryer. The clothes washer or clothes dryer can be a vertical or horizontal axis, either of which can be top-loading or front loading.

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a blower for delivering process air through an airflow path that includes a rotating drum. A condensation system has a heat exchanger that dehumidifies process air within a condensing portion of the airflow path to produce a condensate. A residual condensing area of the airflow path is positioned upstream of the heat exchanger. The residual condensing area produces secondary condensate. A primary flow path delivers the condensate from the condensing portion to a sump. A secondary flow path delivers the secondary condensate from the residual condensing area to the sump.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heat reflective sheet (100) to improve the drying performance of a tumble dryer, comprising a substantially sheet-like substrate (110) and a heat reflective layer (120,122) located on at least one outer surface (112,114) of the substrate. A method of manufacturing a heat reflective sheet to improve the drying performance of a tumble dryer is also provided, comprising providing a substantially sheet-like substrate (110) and locating a heat reflective layer (120,122) on at least one outer surface (112,114) of the substrate.

Abstract: A laundry appliance including a cabinet that defines an opening to access an interior. A drum is positioned within the interior of the cabinet. A removable basket is selectively coupled to the drum and includes a first arcuate body that is coupled with a second arcuate body. The second arcuate body is rotatable between a nested position and an expanded position.

Abstract: A carbon fiber complex material for a carbon fiber reinforced plastic composite material includes a carbon fiber material formed from a continuous carbon fiber, and carbon nanowalls formed on a surface of the continuous carbon fiber.

Abstract: An apparatus and process of making the apparatus is provided in which consumer goods have applied thereto a substantially permanent amount of embedded diatomaceous earth. A portion of the diatomaceous earth is exposed on the surface of the consumer good and when encountered by an insect, will cause sufficient injury to the insect that the death of the insect results in a few days.

Abstract: The present invention provides polynucleotide constructs with at least one disruption or tearing responsive promoter and at least one sequence encoding a fiber-forming protein. The invention further provides a cell comprising such a construct as well as a biofilm containing a plurality of such cells. A biofilm comprising cells containing the construct of the present invention are capable of forming protein fibers in response to a disruption stimulus that are useful, for example, in preparation of self-healing fabrics and textiles.

Abstract: A rubber-reinforcing cord (12) of the present invention includes at least one strand. The strand includes at least one filament bundle and a coating provided to cover at least a portion of a surface of the filament bundle. The coating includes a rubber component including at least one selected from the group consisting of carboxyl-modified nitrile rubber and carboxyl-modified hydrogenated nitrile rubber, an isocyanate compound, a bismaleimide compound, carbon black, and a rubber-modified epoxy resin. In the coating, the content of the isocyanate compound is 10 to 50 parts by mass, the content of the bismaleimide compound is 5 to 25 parts by mass, the content of the carbon black is 2 to 18 parts by mass, and the content of the rubber-modified epoxy resin is 5 to 30 parts by mass, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

Abstract: The invention provides a use of a rope as a combustible material in a heating system, said rope comprising or consisting of fibrous plant material. The invention also provides a method of operating a heating system, comprising feeding a combustible material to a combustion chamber of the heating system, said combustible material being a rope of fibrous plant material.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for obtaining densified material comprising the steps of a. providing lignocellulosic material, b. delignification of the lignocellulosic material providing a delignified material, wherein the delignification step is performed in such a way that the lignin of the lignocellulosic material is almost completely removed and wherein the structural integrity of the lignocellulosic material is maintained in the delignified material, c. densification of the delignified material providing a densified material. Furthermore, a densified material is provided. The fibers and fibrils are maintained in the structural directionality of the raw material and that the cellulosic material is whitish.

Abstract: A method for preparing ?-cellulose, a spinning composition, and a fiber material are provided. The method for preparing ?-cellulose includes providing a coffee residue; subjecting the coffee residue to a decolorization treatment, obtaining a white powder; reacting the white powder with an alkaline solution, obtaining a mixture; filtering the mixture to produce a filter cake; and baking the filter cake to obtain ?-cellulose.

Abstract: A hopper includes a receiving member having a guide surface that guides a non-flat strip-shaped sheet and a posture adjusting unit that adjusts a posture of the falling sheet and sends it to the guide surface, and a discharge unit that discharges the sheet. The posture adjusting unit may have a posture adjusting surface continuous with the guide surface and bent from the guide surface so as to form a ridge line at a boundary portion with the guide surface.

Abstract: The present teachings disclose s a process for forming paper domes including: indexing two or more sheets of cut material intended to form a dome when pressed where at least one of the sheets has a cured or dried glue already adhered thereto, applying a glue activator solvent such as water on an exterior top or exterior bottom surface of at least one of the sheets, pressing the sheets together with heat and pressure to form a completed combined sheet with multiple domes, and moving the completed combined sheet.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing ultrafine fibrous cellulose, which is capable of efficiently obtaining ultrafine fibrous cellulose having phosphoric acid groups with a high yield. The present invention relates to a method for producing fibrous cellulose having a fiber width of 1000 nm or less, comprising: a (A) of introducing phosphoric acid groups into cellulose fibers to form crosslinked structures via the phosphoric acid groups, thereby obtaining crosslinked phosphorylated cellulose fibers, a (B) of breaking some or all of the crosslinked structures to obtain crosslink-broken phosphorylated cellulose fibers, and a (C) of performing a mechanical treatment on the crosslink-broken phosphorylated cellulose fibers to obtain fibrous cellulose having a fiber width of 1000 nm or less, wherein, in the (A), crosslinked structures in an amount of 0.05 mmol/g or more and 2.

Abstract: In order to provide electrical insulating paper and an electrical insulating sheet including the same which exhibit excellent dielectric breakdown strength, excellent hygroscopic dimensional stability and thermal dimensional stability, and excellent tear strength and wear durability, a nonwoven fabric is fabricated wherein the fabric is a wet nonwoven fabric containing a meta-aramid fiber and a polyphenylene sulfide short fiber and a proportion of the polyphenylene sulfide short fiber at least partially fused in the wet nonwoven fabric is 40% or less, and the wet nonwoven fabric has a dielectric breakdown strength of 17 kV/mm or more.

Abstract: In a method for applying a substance to a moving web (4) of a product, an air-vapor mixture is supplied to at least one nozzle (13) in which the substance is propelled by means of the air-vapor mixture as propellant in an application zone (32) on the web (4) is applied. Excess air-vapor mixture and excess material are removed from the application zone (32). In order to improve the energy efficiency of such a process, it is proposed that at least part of the excess air-steam mixture discharged from the application zone (32) be recycled and returned to at least one nozzle (13). In addition, a device (1) for carrying out the method described above is proposed.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for vacuum forming and subsequently applying topical coatings fiber-based food containers. The slurry includes one or more of an embedded moisture barrier, vapor barrier, and oil barrier, and the topical coating comprises one or more of a vapor barrier, a moisture barrier, an oil barrier, and an oxygen barrier. For food containers having deep sidewalls, a spray coating system includes a first nozzle for applying a full cone spray pattern to the bottom surface of the container, and a second nozzle for applying a hollow cone spray pattern to the inside surfaces of the side walls.

Abstract: A damping arrangement for tracks to be travelled over by rail vehicles having flanged wheels, including a) a rail, and b) an outer lateral profile of elastomer material which bears on the outer side of the rail at least in a region of a lateral outer rail head flank and in a region of an outer rail head underside, wherein the outer lateral profile has, in the region of the outer rail head underside and in the region of the lateral outer rail head flank, close to the rail, a soft region which is elastically resilient with respect to the rail head, and, in the region of the lateral outer rail head flank, remote from the rail, a substantially non-elastic hard region.

Abstract: A switch device including a switch rail (12), the switch device having at least one stock rail (14), a junction rail (32) and a switch rail support (16), and the switch rail and the connecting rail being interconnected by a weld joint (34). The switch rail support (16) includes a through-opening (36) or a recess beneath the weld joint, the width of the through-opening or the recess being wider than the width of the switch rail (12). Furthermore, the length of the through-opening or the recess allows the junction rail (32) to connect to switch rails of the same or different lengths.

Abstract: A slipform paving machine includes an offset mold, including a mold frame, a form insert, a form insert actuator and a form insert sensor. A controller receives a signal from an external reference sensor and controls a position of the form insert actuator to control the height of the form insert relative to the mold frame and thereby control a height of at least a portion of a molded structure relative to a ground surface at least in part in response to the signal from the external reference sensor.

Abstract: A slipform paving machine includes an offset mold, and a mold frame actuator which allows the height of the offset mold relative to the paving machine to be controlled. Internal actuators within the mold allow corresponding control of side form assemblies to control both height and profile of a resulting slipformed concrete structure.

Abstract: Apparatus for blending and applying plural substances including aggregate onto an environmental substrate is shown and described. The apparatus includes optionally a single power plant, plural pumps each fed by a respective hopper, and a blender blending pumped materials together. Dispensing ratios of the two pumps are mutually adjustable. An onboard air compressor delivers compressed air for atomizing blended materials as they are dispensed with the aggregate. Because materials may be curable or hardenable, flushing is enabled. The apparatus may be a free standing wheeled device.

Abstract: A giant gully-crossing vehicle for polar scientific expeditions, including a gully-crossing bridge and a vehicle body. The vehicle body includes a stage and a travelling portion. The stage includes a top platform, a front bottom plate, a rear bottom plate and a multifunctional lock platform assembly. The front bottom plate and the rear bottom plate are capable of sliding independently relative to the top platform. The travelling portion includes a first travelling component, a second travelling component, a third travelling component, a fourth travelling component, a fifth travelling component and a sixth travelling component which are symmetrically provided at left and right sides of the stage and below the stage. Bridge bodies of the bridge components can be assembled to two gully-crossing bridges, and are connected to the multifunctional lock platform assembly when crossing gullies.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an orthotropic deck panel includes cambering a deck plate of the orthotropic deck panel to a first degree of camber in a longitudinal direction, cambering the deck plate to a second degree of camber in a transverse direction, and attaching a rib member of the orthotropic deck panel to the deck plate by welding the rib member to the deck plate. The first degree of camber corresponds to a shape of a surface of which the orthotropic deck panel is a part, and the second degree of camber is configured such that the deck plate is flatter in the transverse direction after the rib member is welded to the deck plate than when the deck plate is being cambered in the transverse direction.

Abstract: A mezzanine gate assembly is adapted to provide ingress and egress to an elevated platform while safely preventing falls and injury to workers positioned thereon or even below the mezzanine platform. The mezzanine assembly generally includes a support assembly which has a first and second upright support members. Each of the first and second upright support members has a base portion fixedly attached to the elevated platform and an upper portion which is configured to function as a post adjacent to the respective terminating railing. The mezzanine gate assembly comprises an interior gate assembly and an exterior gate assembly. Generally, each of the interior and exterior gate assemblies are designed to move and pivot through a path of motion which provides a plurality of points of travel. The interior gate assembly is operably designed to engage with and deviate rearward while the load is delivered to the platform via forklift in order to provide a barrier between the respective railing and side of the load.

Abstract: A road safety barrier with a plurality of metal cables, arranged along the side of a carriageway, for re-directing a vehicle in a case of impact, has a plurality of poles, fixed to the ground, which are distanced from one another and which are arranged one following another along the side of a carriageway. The safety barrier also has a plurality of metal cables supported by the poles, so that each metal cable is parallel to and at a predefined distance from the remaining metal cables in order to re-direct a vehicle in a case of impact. Each metal cable is fixed to each pole and is wound at least once about the lateral surface of each pole.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to differing embodiments of safety trailers, which have first and second platforms and a safety wall positioned therebetween. The platforms and safety wall define an area protected from vehicular incursions.

Abstract: Provided in this disclosure is an adjustable snowplow, including a center blade and first and second wing blades each positioned on opposite ends of the center blade. A channel is provided along a back and length of the center blade. First and second wing bars are provided, attached to respective backs of the first and second wing blades, and configured to be slidably received within the channel for reciprocal movement. In this manner, the blades are moved inwardly toward or outwardly away from the center blade, thereby adjusting an overall width of the snowplow. The channel includes a cross-sectional shape defined by a plurality of surfaces. One or more gaps are respectively formed in one or more of the plurality of surfaces, to permit snow and water that would otherwise be trapped to fall and/or flow away from the adjustable snowplow.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a removable artificial reef and barrier system capable of mitigating detrimental wave and current energy and erosion problems, enhancing biological growth and marine aquaculture, increasing carbon sequestration, providing power generation, and enhancing favorable surf conditions for recreational use.

Abstract: Disclosed is a shoreline protection dike including a plurality of juxtaposed protection devices each including a front face which is curved so as to deflect the water from each wave upwards and deflect it back in the direction of ebbing. This makes it possible to form a dike that is modifiable, removable and non-permanent.

Abstract: A barrier 10 for use in an oil spill on water, having a substantially rigid planar member 12 made from plastics, a weight 16 attached to a lower end 14 of the barrier 10, use, art upper portion 12a of the barrier 10 extending vertically above the waterline and a lower portion 12b of the barrier 10 extending vertically beneath the waterline.

Abstract: A waste management system, primarily intended to be for waste floating in water, though it can also be used on land. A shredding device will reduce the size of the particles of waste. Ocean water is removed by a drying device. The dried waste material is cryogenically frozen using liquid nitrogen or other suitable means. The frozen waste material is then pulverized and ground into a powder. The powder may then be sprayed into a gas-filled chamber and heated. Temperature, pressure and humidity are maintained within the chamber for more than one minute. Microwave or other radiation and catalysts may be used to enhance the process of extraction. The processed material is then removed from the chamber. Carbon and water may be recycled. The carbon may be used as fuel by the ship. Water may also be used by the ship or returned to the ocean in a non-toxic condition.

Abstract: A pile is comprised of a pipe, i.e., a tube or hollow cylinder of annular cross-section, with a coextensive internal reinforcement comprised of a plurality of intersecting walls forming a plurality of vertices. Each vertex intersects the pipe. Adjacent intersections are evenly spaced around the annular cross-section. The pile is comprised of a blend of PVC and 20 to 50% (pbw) chopped strand glass fibers. A groove is cut into the pile adjacent to an end for frictional retention in a sea bed.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include post driving implements which attach to a power machine such as a loader in order to pick up posts of various sizes and materials and/or to drive the posts into the ground. In some exemplary disclosed embodiments, the post driving implement allows a post to be picked up when positioned inline with a direction of power machine travel and allows the post to rotate under the force of gravity to a second position in which the post is inline with a pounding mechanism for pounding the post into the ground. Catch mechanisms can be included to capture a portion of the implement to maintain the post in the second position until a release action is taken or a release command is given.

Abstract: An exemplary fluid containment system includes at least one baffle having an outer tube and an inner tube. The outer tube has an elongated geometry that defines a size and shape of the baffle structure. The inner tube can be inflated and inserted into the outer tube. The at least one baffle structure having one or more connection points on a surface of the outer tube for connecting with at least one other baffle structure. The outer tube and an at least partially inflated inner tube inserted within are configured to at least counteract forces of a fluid being contained within a specified area.

Abstract: A loader includes a frame arrangement with a front frame portion and a rear frame portion. The loader includes a lifting arrangement mounted to the front frame portion. The lifting arrangement comprises a main arm provided with a pivot connector at a proximate end and an equipment connector at a distal end. The lifting arrangement includes a main arm support means for pivotably supporting the pivot connector of the main arm. The main arm support means is movable in a direction including a component in a front-rear direction with respect to the front frame portion. The lifting arrangement includes a main arm actuating element for pivoting the main arm such that the equipment connector is movable between a lowered position and a lifted position.

Abstract: A controller includes a storage device that stores a load overflow reference value defined by a mutual relation between a load value of a work target object, a posture of a work implement, and a movement state of the work implement. The controller calculates the posture of the work implement, and calculates a physical quantity (for example, a swing speed) indicating the movement state of the work implement. The controller estimates whether or not the work implement has caused a load overflow during the transportation of the work target object on the basis of the reference value stored in the storage device, the calculated load value of the work target object, the calculated posture of the work implement, and the calculated physical quantity indicating the movement state of the work implement. When the controller determines that the load overflow has occurred, the controller makes a notification to that effect on a monitor.

Abstract: A control device that controls a work vehicle including work equipment includes: a route acquisition unit that acquires a traveling route of a transport vehicle; an area setting unit that sets a limit area for limiting entry of the work equipment along the traveling route; and a signal output unit that outputs a signal for controlling the work vehicle or the transport vehicle on the basis of a relationship between the limit area and the work equipment.

Abstract: A dragging apparatus has a carriage body. The carriage body has at least one attachment portion. The attachment portion is configured to connect the carriage body to a drag barge. At least one ripper shank is disposed on the carriage body. The ripper shank extends downwardly from the carriage body. A method for operating a dragging apparatus includes providing a barge and a dragging apparatus, and then lowering the dragging apparatus to a floor or bottom of a body of water to agitate the floor or bottom.

Abstract: A working machine includes a branched tube connected to a branched portion branching from an operation fluid tube, a plurality of input tubes connected to the second actuator valves, a plurality of output tubes connected to a pressure receiver portion of the second hydraulic device, a main tube connected to the third actuator valve, and a relay device, and the relay device includes a plurality of input ports connected to the plurality of input tubes, a plurality of output ports connected to the plurality of output tubes, a plurality of first flow lines connecting between the plurality of input ports and the plurality of input ports, a main port connected to the main tube, a branched port connected to the branched tube, and a second flow line arranged between the plurality of first fluid lines to connect between the main port and the branched port.

Abstract: Provided is a wheel loader capable of moving up a lift arm in a short time during excavation work. A wheel loader comprises a controller configured to control maximum traction force of the wheel loader and input torque of a working device hydraulic pump, and include a specific condition determination section configured to determine whether a specific condition for specifying excavation work is satisfied, an elapsed time measurement section configured to measure an elapsed time from start of the excavation work, and an input torque control section configured to limit the input torque to a first input torque value when the specific condition is satisfied and increase the input torque from the first input torque value when a second set time elapses from the elapse of a first set time.

Abstract: The present invention provides an engineering machinery hydraulic system with compensation differential pressure controllable, uses an electronic pressure compensating valve to solve the problem of flow mismatch under conditions of pressure over-limit and flow saturation, and realizes proportional shunt control and high-precision flow distribution of the system. The engineering machinery hydraulic system disclosed in the present invention has the advantages of low energy consumption, fast response speed, and high flow control precision.

Abstract: A hydraulic drive device for an industrial vehicle includes a tank, a hydraulic pump, a capacity control valve, a plurality of hydraulic cylinders, a plurality of direction switching valves, a first hydraulic oil passage, a second hydraulic oil passages, a pilot line, a relief valve, a relief pressure setting portion, a plurality of operation detecting portions, and a control unit. The control valve controls the hydraulic pumps so that a differential pressure between a discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump and a pilot pressure of the pilot line is to be a predetermined pressure. The control unit controls the relief pressure setting portion.

Abstract: A system for mounting a sensor on a construction machine is described. The system includes a sensor having a bottom interface and a base for mounting the sensor on a construction machine. The base includes a top interface for rotatably interlocking with the bottom interface of the sensor. The rotatably interlocking of the base with the bottom interface of the sensor causes one or more terminals of the bottom interface of the sensor to communicatively couple to corresponding terminals of the top interface of the base.

Abstract: A work vehicle includes a changing object that is an object in which a known change in an external appearance occurs for each fixed time, an imaging device that images an area where the changing object appears, and a transmitting device that transmits an image captured by the imaging device.

Abstract: To reduce the bulk of an aircraft toilet which includes a toilet bowl and a washbasin, the washbasin is movably mounted in the toilet to be able to adopt at least two distinct positions relative to the toilet bowl, including a retracted position adopted to bring the toilet into a configuration of use of the bowl, and a deployed position adopted to bring the toilet into a washbasin configuration, a position in which the washbasin is arranged above the bowl.