Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium includes computer program instructions, which when executed by an information processing system, cause the information processing system to: store a plurality of game media in association with each of a plurality of players, the game media each having a plurality of parameters; place a first of the plurality of game media in a predetermined area among areas of a field, based on an operation by a first player, in association with a state of first parameter indicating that a first parameter among the plurality of parameters is valid; and specify one or more specific areas in which is placed a second game medium associated with a different state of parameter indicating that a different parameter, other than the first parameter, is valid.

Abstract: The present invention is generally related to dolls, and in particular, a doll having a costume element such that the doll can change into different characters using the costume element. The doll may have body with a torso and at least one appendage. The doll also may have at least one from the group consisting of the torso and the at least one appendage that defines a cavity and a costume element that is storable within the cavity. At least a portion of the costume element is configured to engage at least a portion of the body of the doll. The costume element may be any design including a tail, wings, an outfit, pants, a shirt, a head piece, a swimsuit, a jacket, or any other type of costume.

Abstract: A light projection apparatus in the shape of a toy animal includes components that promote a twinkling effect on a display of light through an outer shell. The outer shell includes apertures that together form a pattern in the appearance of a constellation on a surface when light is projected outwardly from inside the apparatus. Light-emitting members are spread apart internally on a surface within the apparatus, and each member has a perforated cover positioned above it to partially block light emitted therefrom. Each cover has either a different pattern and/or a different orientation relative to the light-emitting member it covers, and each member is also configured to slowly brighten and dim, the combination of which creates the twinkling effect when light is projected out through the apertures. Each member's brightening and dimming function may be at predetermined intervals independent of other members, and may also be of a different color, to increase the effect.

Abstract: The present invention is generally related to dolls, and in particular, a doll having a costume element such that the doll can change into different characters using the costume element. The doll may have body with a torso and at least one appendage. The doll also may have at least one from the group consisting of the torso and the at least one appendage that defines a cavity and a costume element that is storable within the cavity. At least a portion of the costume element is configured to engage at least a portion of the body of the doll. The costume element may be any design including a tail, wings, an outfit, pants, a shirt, a head piece, a swimsuit, a jacket, or any other type of costume.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to packaging boxes for toy cars. The packaging box of the present disclosure serves a dual purpose, firstly for packaging the toy car and secondly, the packaging box serves as an accessory for the toy car. The packaging box comprises a container element and a lid element, each comprising at least one upright longitudinal sidewall and at least one lateral foldable sidewall, wherein the longitudinal sidewall and the foldable sidewall of the container element and the lid element engage with each other defining a track, which can be employed for displacing the toy car thereon.

Abstract: An excavator shovel assembly has an excavator shovel and a shovel arm. A shovel swivel locking device locks the excavator shovel relative to the shovel arm. It has a shovel connecting lever, a shovel arm connecting lever and a rocker connecting lever. The shovel connecting lever is connected to the excavator shovel via a shovel connecting joint. The shovel arm connecting lever is connected to the shovel arm via a shovel arm connecting joint. The rocker connecting lever is connected to the shovel connecting lever via a shovel rocker connecting joint and to the shovel arm connecting lever via a shovel arm rocker connecting joint. The shovel connecting joint and the rocker connecting joints are arranged such that the rocker connecting lever is displaceable between a shovel lifting position and a shovel delivery position through a dead center position, defined by the shovel connecting joint and a rocker connecting joint.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a miniature finger gyro boomerang, comprising a main body casing, a propeller being arranged in the main body casing, and a shaft being arranged in the center of the propeller. Both ends of the shaft are penetrated with a finger pressing top bracket and a finger pressing bottom bracket, and the finger pressing top bracket and the finger pressing bottom bracket are respectively disposed on the top and the bottom sides of the main body casing. A drive component, a main control board and a power supply are provided in the main body casing, the power supply is electrically connected to the main control board, the main control board is electrically connected to the drive component, a motor cover of the drive component is linked with the main body casing, and the driving motor shaft is drivingly connected to the propeller.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a toy block, and the toy block includes a main body, a plate-shaped magnetic body located in an accommodation space in the main body and including a first surface and a second surface having different polarities, and a guide part disposed in the accommodation space and configured to guide rotation of the plate-shaped magnetic body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetic assembly for creating three-dimensional structures, said magnetic assembly comprising at least one ferromagnetic element (1), at least one magnetic element (2), magnetically couplable to said at least one ferromagnetic element (1), and at least one support panel (3) having a perimeter edge (10). Said magnetic assembly being characterised in that it further comprises at least one connection element (4), said at least one connection element (4) comprising a seat (6) for removably housing and retaining a ferromagnetic element (1) or a magnetic element, and at least one peripheral portion (9) suitable for being removably coupled to at least one portion of the perimeter edge (10) of said support panel (3), becoming locked thereto.

Abstract: This invention is about the clip for barriers for domino toys. In more detail, in assembling structures with barriers, etc., it allows the use of various structures by making them using domino blocks with I shaped clips (110), H shaped clips (120), L shaped clips (130), + shaped clips (140) and C shaped clips (150). Also, this invention is about the clip set for domino toys to help children for their learning effect such as enhancing creativity by making and using the structures themselves as well as arranging the domino blocks by themselves.

Abstract: A building block set having a series of blocks and screws for connecting blocks. The blocks are provided with screw holes to receive screws. The screws insert into a block and extend into a neighboring block. Some of the screws are provided with screw heads having threaded channels that are configured to receive terminal ends of other screws.

Abstract: A Children's Flexible Hand Paddle like Bubble Maker with Bubble Dispenser tray Blister Package used for dipping the Paddle in bubble making solution before creating bubble by using the paddle

Abstract: The present invention proposes a constructive arrangement introduced in an interactive toy adapted for narrating and storytelling, comprising a housing provided with an upper wall, a lower wall, two side walls, and a back wall; wherein said housing comprises: a first longitudinal cutout provided on said upper wall; and a second longitudinal cutout provided in said upper wall or a side wall. Said interactive toy further comprises: at least one movable support element which cooperates with said upper housing wall and connects to a character member and together moves along the first longitudinal cutout; and at least one removable stage element traversing said second longitudinal cutout.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the recovery of filtering agents and rolling oil from a mixture containing used rolling oil and filtering agents coated with used rolling oil in which the mixture containing rolling oil and filtering agents is subjected to vacuum distillation under agitation in a reactor equipped with an agitator and vapour precipitator. The vacuum during distillation is regulated with an inert gas flow, the rolling oil is condensed and collected, and a rolling oil which can be reused for rolling and a powder filtering agent which can be reused are obtained.

Abstract: A method for preparing an aqueous solution of a defined pH comprising an acid, a base and optionally one or more additives is provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to Fc binding proteins comprising one or more domains with Cysteine in the C-terminal helical region. The invention further relates to affinity matrices comprising the Fc binding proteins of the invention. The invention also relates to a use of these Fc binding proteins or affinity matrices for affinity purification of immunoglobulins and to methods of affinity purification using the Fc binding proteins of the invention.

Abstract: A slop oil treating device, including a pretreatment device, a solid-liquid separator, a demulsification nucleus-increasing treating device, a squeezing filter press, a three-phase separator, a buffer tank, a feeding pump, a circulating pump, a conveying pump, and an outputting pump. The slop oil is subjected to a pre-heating at a temperature ranging from 90° C. to 92° C. in the pretreatment device, and then conveyed to the solid-liquid separator for separation. Solid residue after a first-stage separation enters the squeezing filter press for solid-liquid squeezing. The squeezing filter press discharges the squeezed solid residue and conveys the squeezed waste water to the demulsification nucleus-increasing treating device. Oil and water after the first-stage separation enter the three-phase separator for second-stage high-speed centrifugal separation. Oil separated by the three-phase separator is conveyed to the buffer tank, and conveyed to a storage tank through the outputting pump.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a polysiloxane having a plurality of siloxane groups and at least one tertiary amide group covalently linked as a pending and/or terminal group to the polysiloxane, as a defoaming agent in a liquid composition.

Abstract: An improved solids interceptor and methods of using the same. The solids interceptor includes a tank having an inlet and at least one outlet, and an access opening on an upper end of the tank. A perforated basket is removably received within the tank via the access opening. When the basket is installed within the tank, wastewater entering the tank via the inlet flows into the basket, with the solid waste being collected in the basket and the liquid waste flowing out of the basket via the perforated screen. The basket and tank include an interlocking flange assembly that automatically axially aligns a basket inlet with an inlet pipe simply by inserting the basket into the tank. The basket is removable from the tank to easily clean out and discard solid waste accumulated in the basket.

Abstract: Provided are specific cell-fractionating and -capturing methods which can fractionate and capture, respectively, specific cells (e.g., many types of cancer cells, including cancer cells not expressing EpCAM, or peripheral blood stem cells). Included is a method for fractionating specific cells present in blood or biological fluid, the method including fractionating the blood or biological fluid by centrifugation to collect the specific cells in the blood or biological fluid, the centrifugation being carried out using a container having a low protein adsorbing layer at least partially formed on the inner surface thereof.

Abstract: A lint collection assembly for a dryer appliance includes a filter housing defining an aperture through which a flow of air exits the drying chamber. A roller assembly includes a supply roller for unrolling clean filter medium over the aperture and a collection roller for simultaneously receiving a used section of the filter medium. A drive mechanism, such as an electric motor is coupled directly to the collection roller or to a separate drive roller for moving the filter medium over the aperture between drying cycles to automatically and conveniently collect filtered lint.

Abstract: A filtering and pumping assembly for reducing pump maintenance includes a shell, which is meshed and defines an interior space. A power module and a pump, which is operationally coupled to the power module, are coupled to the shell and positioned in the interior space. A pipe is coupled to and extends from an exit port of the pump through an aperture positioned in a top of the shell. A plurality of fasteners is coupled to the shell and is configured to couple the shell to an element of a water feature so that the pump is positioned below a surface of water that in the water feature and so that the pipe extends above the surface. The shell is configured to filter debris from water that enters the interior space and an intake port of the pump. The pump is configured to discharge the water from the pipe.

Abstract: The filter includes a body, cap, and a filter media. The body includes an internal chamber and a plurality of perforations exposing the internal chamber. A filter media is positioned and retained in the internal chamber such that it covers the plurality of perforations. The internal chamber is in fluid communication with a water fill hose so as to receive water and dispense the water out of the body through the plurality of perforations after having passed through the filter media. The cap is adapted to cover the open top of the body. The cap includes a threaded passage for receiving a male threaded connector on the hose. The internal chamber is preferably filled with sanitizer preferably selected from a group consisting of an oxidizer and chlorine.

Abstract: A liquid filter arrangement is provided, as well as methods of assembly and use. Advantageous features, relating to a preferred filter cartridge and a preferred slide arrangement, are provided.

Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a sensor or a filter are disclosed. In one arrangement, a donor material is provided on a support substrate. The donor material comprises carbon or a carbon compound. A collecting substrate is provided. The donor material is illuminated with laser radiation. The illumination is such that a porous material comprising carbon is formed on the collecting substrate. The collecting substrate comprises an electrode arrangement configured to provide an output dependent on an electrical property of a portion of the porous material.

Abstract: A centrifugal-separation type oil separator includes a cylindrical separator body, and an inflow pipe arranged to introduce a fluid including an oil into the separator body. The inflow pipe includes a curved portion. The curved portion includes at least one oil draining hole.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for separating an air/oil mixture comprising an air/oil mixture inlet (8), an oil receiving chamber (9), an air circulation duct (11), at least one filter element (21) rotatably coupled to a rotating drive shaft (12), the device (1) being designed so that the mixture from the above-mentioned inlet (8) opens into the chamber (9) and is driven through the rotatably driven filter element (21), so that the oil contained in the mixture is centrifuged radially outside the filter element (21) and fed into the oil receiving chamber (9), the filtered air opening into the air flow line (11), characterized in that the rotating drive shaft (12) is coupled to a turbine (26) capable of being driven in rotation by at least part of the filtered air flow, the turbine (26) comprising an outlet (29) of the filtered flow which opens to the outside.

Abstract: A filter cartridge comprises a filter core, a filter frame, glue, and at least one sealing unit. The filter frame is mounted around an axial end of the filter core and has a frame body, an abutting segment, and a gluing segment. The abutting segment axially protrudes from and annularly extends along an edge of one of two axial end openings. The gluing segment axially protrudes from and annularly extends around the abutting segment, and surrounds the filter core. The glue is coated on and is wrapped around the gluing segment, extends into a position between the gluing segment and the filter core, and attaches to an inner gluing surface of the gluing segment, an outer gluing surface of the gluing segment, and an outer surface of the filter core. Therefore, the adhering area between the glue and the filter frame is effectively increased.

Abstract: A duct filter box device including a filter box member and a duct collar member. The filter box member is in fluid communication with a supply air passage from an air handler unit. Moreover, the filter box member includes at least one filter element for filtering air particles from the supply air. The duct collar member is attached to the filter box member and is in fluid communication with the filtered supply air passing through the filter element. The duct collar member is attached to a supply duct channel for distributing the filtered air to one or more supply vents.

Abstract: A filter device and a filter system are provided. A magnetic unit is disposed on at least one side of the filter device. The filter device includes a filter and a magnetic fixing device. The filter includes a first side wall. The magnetic fixing device includes a body, a clipping portion, and the magnetic unit. The body includes a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side face, and a second side face opposite to the first side face. The clipping portion includes a top flange extending from the top edge along the facing direction of the first side face by a first distance and a clip plate extending from an outer edge of the top flange toward the bottom edge by a second distance. The first side wall is clipped between the clip plate and the first side face. The magnetic unit is disposed on the second side face. The filter system includes a frame and the filter device.

Abstract: Certain implementations of amine sweetening of flash gas are described. Flash gas including acid gas is flowed from a flash drum through a column section connected to the flash drum. A lean amine stream is flowed through the column section. The lean amine stream is configured to treat the acid gas flowed from the flash drum through the column section. A quantity of the lean amine stream flowed through the column section is controlled based, in part, on a rate at which the flash gas including the acid gas is flowed from the flash drum through the column section and a concentration of the acid gas in the flash gas.

Abstract: An absorption column including at least one external heat exchange circuit for cooling or heating the absorption liquid, including one or more serially connected heat exchangers, wherein the junction of the pipeline for withdrawal of the absorption liquid from the column is disposed above the junction of the pipeline into the first heat exchanger in the flow direction, wherein the pipeline also includes a dumped bed

Abstract: A process for preparing a copper sulfide of the formula CuxSy, wherein the process comprises the following steps: (i) reacting an aqueous solution of a copper salt with a molar excess of a sulfiding agent so as to precipitate copper sulfide from the solution; (ii) isolating the copper sulfide precipitate from the reaction mixture; and (iii) drying the copper sulfide precipitate at a temperature of less than 100° C., wherein x and y are integer or non-integer values.

Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a metal catalyst support including: transferring a plate member of the same size along a transfer unit; aligning the plate member so that a front portion of the plate member is located at a start point when the plate member reaches a set position; forming a corrugated plate by alternately forming a first corrugated portion and a second corrugated portion on the plate member which is aligned at the start point; and laminating the fabricated corrugated plates and the flat plates alternately in a case.

Abstract: Fluid treatment system comprising a row of vertically arranged cylindrical filtration modules having a cylindrical shell, an upper end, a lower end and a shell interior and an upper and a lower header coupled to upper and lower end of the shell. In the shell interior, hollow fiber membranes are embedded with their ends in an upper and a lower tube sheet and are open at the ends. An exterior filtrate space is formed around the membranes extending between upper and lower tube sheets and an inner surface of the shell. Upper and lower head spaces are formed between upper and lower tube sheets and the respective headers. The lumina of the hollow fiber membranes are in fluid communication with the head spaces. The cylindrical shells comprise outlet ports being in fluid communication with the exterior filtrate spaces and being connected to a filtrate branch pipe.

Abstract: A technique for separating components of a microfluid, comprises a self-intersecting micro or nano-fluidic channel defining a cyclic path for circulating the fluid over a receiving surface of a fluid component separating member; and equipment for applying coordinated pressure to the channel at a plurality of pressure control areas along the cyclic path to circulate the fluid over the receiving surface, applying a pressure to encourage a desired transmission through the separating member, and a circulating pressure to remove surface obstructions on the separating member. The equipment preferably defines a peristaltic pump. Turbulent microfluidic flow appears to be produced.

Abstract: A submerged membrane unit has air diffusers located outside of the membrane area in plan view. The diffusers may be mounted in or below a diffuser case. The diffuser case may have walls to direct bubbles towards the membranes. The diffusers may be drop diffusers, for example as in a single drop diffuser assembly. The membrane unit may have polymeric or ceramic membranes, for example ceramic flat plate membranes. In an example, a rectangular shrouded membrane unit has a diffuser case below it that is rectangular in plan view but trapezoidal in side view, with drop diffusers located in the corners of the diffuser case. In a process of treating high strength wastewater, for example thickening or digesting waste sludge, a membrane unit optionally with ceramic plate membranes is immersed in the wastewater. The membranes are sparged with bubbles produced below but beside the membrane unit in a diffuser case.

Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a gas separation membrane, the method including forming a porous layer by coating a hydrophilic polymer solution on a porous substrate; and forming an active layer by coating a composition for forming an active layer including a polymer of Chemical Formula 1 on the porous layer, wherein in Chemical Formula 1, n is the number of a repeating unit, and is an integer of 500 to 3,000, and R1 to R5 are the same as or different from each other, and each independently is hydrogen, an alkyl group, or —(C?O)R6, and R6 is an alkyl group, wherein the polymer of Chemical Formula 1 is included in an amount from 1% by weight to 5% by weight based on the composition for forming an active layer, and a gas separation membrane prepared using the same.

Abstract: A preparation method of separation membrane is provided. First, a polyimide composition including a dissolvable polyimide, a crosslinking agent and a solvent is provided. The dissolvable polyimide is represented by formula 1: wherein B is a tetravalent organic group derived from a tetracarboxylic dianhydride containing aromatic group, A is a divalent organic group derived from a diamine containing aromatic group, A? is a divalent organic group derived from a diamine containing aromatic group and carboxylic acid group, and 0.1?X?0.9. The crosslinking agent is an aziridine crosslinking agent, an isocyanate crosslinking agent, an epoxy crosslinking agent, a diamine crosslinking agent, or a triamine crosslinking agent. A crosslinking process is performed on the polyimide composition. The polyimide composition which has been subjected to the crosslinking process is coated on a substrate to form a polyimide membrane. A wet phase inversion process is performed on the polyimide membrane.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a porous monolayer polymer membrane, to a porous monolayer polymer membrane, and to the use of the polymer membrane for filtration.

Abstract: A filtration membrane coating comprising a hydrophilic polymer, a surfactant, and one or more charged compounds, each containing one or more sulfonate functionalities and one or more linkable functionalities selected from the group consisting of amine, monochlorotriazine, and dichlorotriazine. The hydrophilic polymer and surfactant form a thin primer layer which is also superhydrophilic. The primer layer improves flux, and enables improved adhesion of the one or more charged compounds, which form a charged dye layer on top of the primer layer when enhances rejection of charged divalent ions. The coating can be applied while the membrane is packaged in its final form, such as in a spiral wound or other configuration.

Abstract: Provided is a nanofiltration (NF) or reverse osmosis (RO) membrane made of a hard carbon film that has oil resistance and can efficiently separate not only ions in water but also dye molecules present in an organic solvent, a filtering filter, a two-layer-bonded-type filtering filter, and methods for manufacturing the same, using a nanofiltration (NF) or reverse osmosis (RO) membrane (10) made of a hard carbon film characterized by being made of a hard carbon film, having a thickness (t10) of from 5 nm to 300 nm, and having a maximum pore diameter of less than 0.86 nm.

Abstract: This invention discloses a method for separation of an aromatic compound from a mixture comprising an alkane using an improved thin-film composite membrane. The membrane is particularly useful for separation of benzene from cyclohexane, which have similar boiling points. The membrane comprises a more mechanically durable and defect-free separation layer as a result of its fabrication from an ionomer solution that is substantially free of dissolved ionic species not associated with the ionomer.

Abstract: A zeolite membrane structure includes a porous support, and a zeolite membrane. The zeolite membrane has a first zeolite layer located in a surface of the porous support, and a second zeolite layer located outside of the surface of the porous support and integrally formed with the first zeolite layer. The porous support has an outermost layer in which the first zeolite layer is located. An average thickness of the first zeolite layer is less than or equal to 5.4 micrometers. A porosity of the outermost layer is greater than or equal to 20% and less than or equal to 60%.

Abstract: Fiber webs which are used in filter media are described herein. In some embodiments, the fiber webs include fibrillated fibers and optionally non-fibrillated fibers, amongst other optional components (e.g., binder resin). In some embodiments, the fiber webs include limited amounts of, or no, glass fiber. The respective characteristics and amounts of the fibrillated fibers are selected to impart desirable properties including mechanical properties and filtration properties (e.g., dust holding capacity and efficiency), amongst other benefits.

Abstract: Self-assembled porous block copolymer materials with a complex block copolymer architecture, methods of preparing, uses for separation and detection, and devices for using as such. The porous materials contain at least one of macro, meso, or micro pores, at least some of which are isoporous, and include at least one block copolymer with at least two chemically distinct blocks, which further comprises a complex architecture such as: multiple distinct monomers in or between blocks, branching, crosslinking, or ring architectures.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a wine aerating device, including: a container comprising a bottom that is provided with an outlet aperture having a predetermined size, wherein said container is at least partially filled with a multitude of elements for breaking up and diverting a flow of wine streaming from the top to the bottom of said container, each of said elements having a size at least equal to said predetermined size of said outlet aperture, said size thereby preventing said multitude of elements from passing through said outlet aperture while allowing the passage of wine through said outlet aperture and increasing the wine's turbulent motion and oxigenation while coming out of said container. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Abstract: Fine-bubble-producing aeration units and large-bubble-producing (or other mechanical) mixing units are interspersed with each other in a given body of water to be treated. The two different types of units are independently controlled to independently regulate degrees of aeration and mixing in the given body of water.

Abstract: A fine bubble generating apparatus has a storage tank, a liquid feeding unit suctioning and feeding liquid stored in the storage tank, a gas discharge unit discharging gas into the liquid which is being fed by the liquid feeding unit, and a storage tank. The gas discharge unit includes a gas discharge member with pores having pore diameters of 1.5 ?m or less, and a base member having a groove formed in a surface contacting the gas discharge surface of the gas discharge member. The liquid feeding unit moves the liquid along the gas discharge surface of the gas discharge member by causing the liquid to flow in a flow channel enclosed by the gas discharge surface of the gas discharge member and the groove of the base member such that a velocity relative to the gas discharge member is not less than 1 msec.

Abstract: A stirrer device, especially for the mixing of a fluid with at least one other fluid, includes at least one fluid dispersing unit able to turn about an axis of rotation, having at least one exit opening for at least one fluid discharge, and the stirrer device has at least one optimization unit, which in at least one operating state increases at least a differential pressure at the exit opening.