Abstract: The present disclosure provides a steam iron with an independent air suction system includes an ironing body. An air suction system is disposed on the ironing body. The air suction system includes an air suction structure, an electromotor, an impeller, a filter screen, an air outlet, an air inlet passage, a suction head, and a speed-control switch. The air suction structure is disposed on the ironing body. An inlet end of the air suction structure is connected to the air inlet passage via the filter screen.

Abstract: An integrated strainer and container includes a strainer with a plurality of openings in at least one wall thereof and at least one engagement foot; and the container for holding a liquid and having an open top, configured to receive the strainer within in a soaking position, the container having an upper structure configured to engage at least one engagement foot to hold the strainer relative to the upper structure in a raised, drainage position.

Abstract: This patent document discloses a method of fabricating an electrically conductive fiber coated with polythiophene and a carbon material. The low-cost method is amenable to modifications to suit the practical needs in various applications.

Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial leather base material having a surface with a lightness L* value of ?50 and including a fiber base material that includes cationic dye-dyeable polyester fibers and an elastic polymer, the artificial leather base material being dyed with at least one cationic dye. Also provided is a resin layer-equipped artificial leather, a napped artificial leather, and a shoe that use the artificial leather base material is used. Also provided is a decorating sheet including the artificial leather base material, and a decorative molded body using the same.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a method for improving the sharpness and stability of prints by digital printing on hair fabrics and a textile product obtained by the method, which is aimed at solving the problem of capturing a predetermined digital image on a fabric of hair, where the image has characteristics of definition, contrast and durability of the print without neglecting or affecting the texture and joints of the tissue on which it is shaped. Preferably without intending to limit the scope of the invention, the woven material can be bedding such as blankets, quilts and the like, clothing, woven items for personal use, among others made of hair fabrics.

Abstract: A rope severing guard is engageable around a rope or flexible member to protect it from severing by a chainsaw cutting chain. The guard has a flexible body having a rope passage through which a protected rope is positioned. An interior cavity in the body of the rope severing guard is filled flexible fibers which if contacted by a moving cutting chain of a chainsaw, will form clogging engagements with the cutting chain and the chain support it moves upon or with the cutting chain and the motor drive gear powering it.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for adjusting S/Na-balance of a sulphate pulp mill, wherein a pulp mill CNCG stream containing sulphur compounds is first scrubbed with an aqueous scrubbing solution containing an alkaline agent, thereby producing an aqueous spent scrubbing solution containing sulphides, which is then oxidized in a bioreactor by means of sulphur-oxidizing microbes, thereby obtaining an aqueous suspension containing elemental sulphur from which the elemental sulphur can be separated as a precipitate and the residual solution may be used for replenishing the aqueous scrubbing solution.

Abstract: The present invention relates to papermaking fabrics useful in the manufacture of paper products, such as tissue paper. Particularly this invention relates to a woven papermaking fabric that includes a stabilized weave providing a textured contacting surface. The woven papermaking fabric includes a plurality of warp and shute filaments woven together to provide at least one protuberance on the web contacting side of the fabric that extends longitudinally over at least five shute filaments. The at least one protuberance is stabilized by including an offset shute float weave pattern configured such that a majority of the shute filaments forming the at least one protuberance are woven in an anti-nesting configuration.

Abstract: A press cover has at least one polymer layer. The polymer layer includes, or is produced from, a polyurethane. The polyurethane has been formed from a prepolymer and a crosslinker. The prepolymer is a reaction product of phenylene 1,4-diisocyanate and at least one polyol. The crosslinker includes at least two components, namely, a first component having at least one diamine and a second component from the group of the carbonic esters.

Abstract: The invention provides woven papermaking fabrics having a machine direction (MD) axis and a cross-machine direction (CD) axis, a machine contacting surface and a sheet contacting surface where the sheet contacting surface comprises a plurality of twill woven protuberances defining valleys there between. Generally the protuberances are skewed relative to a principle axis of the fabric, such as the MD axis and have a non-zero element angle. The protuberances generally have an upper surface defining the upper most surface plane of the web contacting surface of the fabric. Further, the protuberance upper surface is substantially planar providing the protuberances with a height that is substantially constant along the length of the protuberance.

Abstract: Disclosed are woven papermaking fabrics having a textured sheet contacting surface with machine and cross-machine direction topography. The machine direction (MD) topography may be imparted by substantially MD oriented protuberances comprising a warp strand supported by a shute strand. The cross-machine direction (CD) topography may be imparted by substantially CD oriented protuberances comprising a shute strand supported by a warp strand. The CD protuberances may extend continuously in the CD and intersect the MD oriented protuberances to form discrete pockets there between. The pockets may have a variety of shapes and size depending on the MD and CD oriented protuberance. In certain instances the pockets may be rectilinear and have a pocket depth greater than 1.0 mm and a pocket angle greater than 28 degrees.

Abstract: The composite structure includes a fiber-containing layer, such as a fiberboard layer or other layer having fibers from natural and/or synthetic sources, and a mineral-containing layer covering the fiber-containing layer. The fiber-containing layer and mineral-containing layer can be shaped, sized and manufactured such that the composite structure formed therefrom is capable of being machined to form a storage article. The composite structure has advantages in that it can improve whiteness, opacity, ink adhesion, materials reduction, barrier properties, recyclability, and printability. The composite can reduce polymer mass requirements for heat seal, barrier, and fiber adhesion. Further improvements include economics, pliability, and flexibility that is increased over the pliability of the fiber-containing layer alone.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a barrier laminate in which barrier materials is directly coated on a paper substrate, by suppressing penetration of barrier materials into paper through the paper surface sizing or coating process and increasing density and smoothness of the paper through the calendering process.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing paper or board is disclosed and further disclosed is an internal sizing system for providing improved retention of hydrophobic internal sizing agents. The internal sizing system includes a hydrophobic internal sizing agent as a first component selected from a group consisting of alkenyl succinic anhydride (ASA), alkyl ketene dimer (AKD), rosin sizes and any combination thereof, and a water-soluble polymer product including amphoteric polyacrylamide as a second component, which amphoteric polyacrylamide has neutral or cationic net charge at pH 7, a weight-average molecular weight of 700,000-18,000,000 g/mol and a total ionicity of 4-28 mol-%, where the first component and the second component are provided as separate components or as a combination of the first component and the second component.

Abstract: An artificial turf system (100) provides an existing artificial turf (102) including a plurality of existing artificial turf fibres (104) and an existing artificial turf backing (106) configured to carry the plurality of existing artificial turf fibres, a new artificial turf comprising a plurality of artificial turf fibres and an artificial turf backing layer, where the artificial turf backing layer comprises a carrier structure (302) configured to carry the plurality of artificial turf fibres, and a geogrid (114) positioned between the existing artificial turf and the backing layer of the new artificial turf.

Abstract: The invention provides for an artificial turf fiber comprising or consisting of polymer material. The polymer material comprises a first flame retardant. The first flame retardant is a salt having a positive enthalpy of solution in water.

Abstract: The present disclosure refers to the development of a hot mix asphalt plant mounted on a single fixed chassis with the correct dimensions for transport in a single shipping container. On this tubular structure chassis, two individual dosing silos fixed to the chassis and supported on metering conveyor, a rotary dryer, a two-axle pug mill mixer, an enclosed burner, a fuel pipe, bituminous binder tubing, exhaust pipe, bag filter, drag lift and a control cabin are disposed.

Abstract: A screed assembly for use with a paving machine is disclosed. The screed assembly can optionally comprise: a screed plate; a heating assembly having a heating element positioned on the screed plate; a heating element cover positioned on or adjacent the heating element; a screed frame releasably coupled to the screed plate and having one or more openings therein; and a plurality of compression spring assemblies connected to the screed frame and connected to the heating element cover. Each of the plurality of compression spring assemblies can be are configured to exert a desired force on the heating element cover. The plurality of compression spring assemblies are accessible through the one or more openings of the screed frame and the bolt is moveable relative to the screed frame to adjust a position of the heating element cover relative to the heating element for facilitating removal of the heating element.

Abstract: A road-making machine is provided in the form of a road-finishing machine for producing a paving layer from a laying material or a charger vehicle for supplying the road-finishing machine with a laying material. The road-making machine comprises a material bunker, and a pushing means fixed forward of the material bunker at a chassis, such that pushing rollers of the pushing means may dock to rear tires of a truck. The pushing rollers comprise a pair of first pushing rollers mountable in a first position in a seat of a traverse of the pushing means. Either the pushing means is expandable by at least one changeable attachment to which the first pushing rollers may be mounted in a second position further forward with respect to the first position, or the pushing means comprises a pair of second pushing rollers which may be selectively positioned forward of the first pushing rollers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for processing a hard surfacing, the device comprising a rotatable hammering unit configured to process the hard surfacing under the hammering unit with hammers, the hammering unit comprising a substantially flat first and second disc with a number of hammer wheels on the underside of the second disc, wherein the coupling between the first and second disc is formed by one or more vibration-damping coupling elements. The invention also relates to a method for processing a hard surfacing with a vehicle provided with the device described herein.

Abstract: A traffic control device, for use with a roadway receiving vehicles travelling longitudinally along the roadway, includes a housing mounted transversely across the roadway with an upper supporting surface that supports the vehicles rolling over the housing. A frame comprised of a shaft supporting tire puncturing members thereon is rotatable within the housing between stored and working positions of the tire puncturing members relative to the upper supporting surface of the housing. Offset counterweights are coupled to the frame to bias the tire puncture members towards the working position. An upper stop member on the housing, formed of resilient material, is engaged by the frame in the working position and is adjustable in height to control position of the tire puncturing members in the working position.

Abstract: A safety trailer is shown including first and second platforms, at least one of said first and second platforms having an axle and wheels attached thereto; a plurality of interconnected wall sections positioned between and connected to the first and second platforms, the plurality of wall sections defining a protected work area on a side of the trailer; and wherein the trailer supports a ballast member, the ballast member being positioned near a first side of the trailer and the wall sections near a second, opposing side of the trailer, the ballast member offsetting, at least partially, a weight of the plurality of wall sections.

Abstract: A snow removal machine has: a storage unit that stores a vehicle speed coefficient map indicating the relationship between an incline angle and a vehicle speed coefficient for decreasing an instructed vehicle speed; a vehicle speed coefficient setting unit that sets the vehicle speed coefficient on the basis of a detected incline angle and the vehicle speed coefficient map; and a vehicle speed setting unit that sets the vehicle speed of a traveling unit by way of multiplying the instructed vehicle speed by the set vehicle speed coefficient. The vehicle speed coefficient map sets the vehicle speed coefficient so same is smaller for larger incline angles when at least the traveling unit is going forward on an upslope. A travel control unit controls a drive source so that the traveling unit travels at the set vehicle speed set by the vehicle speed setting unit.

Abstract: Implements, such as snow blower implements and buckets, have a frame forming a housing with at least one aperture arranged to provide improved visibility for an operator of a power machine on which the implement is mounted.

Abstract: A dry-bulk tanker for the provision of binding agents for soil stabilization for a spreading device comprises a storage container (10) for binding agent. A mechanical conveying device (18) for conveying binding agents from the storage container (10) into an intermediate chamber (20) is connected to the storage container (10). A pneumatic conveying device (36) for conveying the binding agent to the spreading device is connected to the intermediate chamber (20). A pressure relief device (40, 41) is connected to the mechanical conveying device in order to avoid the entry of compressed air into the storage container (10). The invention furthermore relates to a conveying system for a dry-bulk tanker and to a work train for working soils with a self-propelled ground working machine and a dry-bulk tanker.

Abstract: Backflow during installation of a ground anchor is controlled using a preventer, and the preventer is removed during curing of grout and backflow. A cylinder may be inserted at least partially into a structure, and the preventer placed or attached atop the cylinder. A hollow bar may be extended through the preventer and cylinder into one or more layers of materials beyond the cylinder. Grout may be delivered to the layer(s) through the hollow bar, which may cause a viscous backflow to flow into the cylinder and preventer. During application of the grout, the preventer may be used to control a rate of backflow. After application of the grout, the preventer may put into an open position, and a seal assembly forced down the hollow bar, through an interior cavity of the preventer, to a position below the preventer, after which the preventer may be removed while the grout and backflow cure.

Abstract: Provided is a helical pile having an elongated shaft, at least one helical blade on the shaft having a leading edge and a trailing edge, and a displacement paddle extending outward from the shaft longitudinally positioned between the leading and trailing edges of the blade to push away soil to create a grout channel surrounding the shaft. At least one grout propeller may be provided on the shaft, having at least one blade pitched an opposite direction from the helical blade to propel grout downward in the grout channel as the pile rotates.

Abstract: The invention relates to a securing means and a method for securing a civil engineering element to a construction machine by means of a flexible securing element, wherein a first end of the flexible securing element is attached to the construction machine and a second end is provided with a connecting link which can pass through a securing lug on the civil engineering element and can be releasably fastened to the construction machine by a connecting means. According to the invention, a detection unit is provided on the connecting means, which detection unit is designed for identifying fastening of the connecting link to the connecting means. The detection unit can generate and output a signal if fastening of the connecting link is identified.

Abstract: A concrete chair elevates rebar above an underlying surface. The chair includes a rectilinear rim having a length, width and height of different distance. The rim may be oriented so each side abuts the underlying surface so rebar can be supported at three different heights above the underlying surface. In a foundation pour, the chair supports rebar at three different elevations. In a tilt wall pour, the chair supports rebar at three different elevations and produces a mark on the cured wall of considerably reduced extent.

Abstract: A method for constructing an assembled recyclable rectangular working well with preset detachable door openings comprises steps of: (I) designing according to functional requirements for a rectangular working well; (II) constructing by supporting piles; (III) installing prefabricated top beam; (IV) edge protection construction; (V) alternate construction of earthwork excavation, retaining slabs and internal support breast beams; (VI) installing the ladder entering the rectangular working well; (VII) rectangular working well back cover; (VIII) demolition of the detachable subsection support piles in the door part and completing the construction of the assembled recyclable rectangular working well in the preset detachable door hole; (IX) after the operation in the well is completed, during the backfilling process of the rectangular working well, gradually recovering the working well components such as the retaining slab, the internal support girder, the prefabricated crown beam and the supporting piles.

Abstract: A manhole cover for a manhole provided with an access opening and suitable for containing a device for transmitting a radiofrequency signal is described. The cover includes a wall for covering the access opening when the cover is in a closed position, where the wall includes at least one through-opening filled with a sealing material, the sealing material extending over the surface of the wall of the cover that is oriented towards the inside of the manhole when the cover is in a closed position, the sealing material comprising a material that is transparent to the propagation of a radiofrequency signal transmitted from and/or to the transmission device.

Abstract: The automatic connection device includes a fixed connection plate, that is attached to or integrated with the tool holder and stationary relative to same, a movable connection plate, that is mounted movably on the tool so as to be able to both pivot and slide relative to same, and a centering device provided on the tool holder and the tool such that, when said tool is mounted and assembled mechanically on the tool holder, the connection plates are mutually centered and the electrical, pneumatic and/or hydraulic couplers of same are mutually connected so as to connect at least one of the electrical, pneumatic and/or hydraulic networks of the tool to that of the tool holder.

Abstract: A boom includes a body and a base end bracket. The body includes a straight section and a wide section. When viewed from above, a width of the straight section is substantially constant. When viewed from above, a width of the wide section increases toward the base end bracket. The straight section and the wide section are smoothly continuous to each other.

Abstract: A scarifier assembly for connection to a vehicle, including right and left housing assemblies, each of which includes a first and second pivots. The scarifier assembly has a pivotal arm assembly having a rear cross member with a forward extending right end connected to the first pivot of the right housing assembly and a forward extending left end connected to the first pivot of the left housing assembly. A plurality of elongate teeth are removably connected to a plurality of flanges that are connected to the rear cross member. A right lift actuator is pivotally connected to the second pivot of the right housing assembly and pivotally connected to the forward extending right end of the pivotal arm assembly, and a left lift actuator is pivotally connected to the second pivot of the left housing assembly and pivotally connected to the forward extending left end of the pivotal arm assembly.

Abstract: An attachment system and, more specifically, an attachment system for with vehicles with buckets, such as lawn tractors or other similar compact tractors, is disclosed. The attachment system includes a frame, two bucket adapter arms, and two swing arms which securely attach the attachment system to the bucket of the vehicle by effectively surrounding the bucket. The frame or base of the attachment system may be configured to allow the attachment system to be used with various other yard devices, including, but not limited to, a leaf collector, mobile scaffold, auger, snow blade, water tank, trencher, and other lawn care related equipment. The disclosed attachment system provides a universal attachment that may be strongly and securely attached to the bucket of a vehicle.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a boring machine for producing a trench in the ground, comprising a chassis that extends in a longitudinal direction, the chassis having a lower end, the machine including a boring device mounted at the lower end of the chassis, the boring device including: a first boring member which is rotary about a first axis of rotation; a second boring member which is rotary about a second axis of rotation, the second axis of rotation and the first axis of rotation extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; wherein the first axis of rotation is inclined with respect to the second axis of rotation.

Abstract: Screening bucket (100) provided of a screening basket (1) comprising a first cylindrical body (30) having a central axis (51) and a plurality of first holes (32); an actuating unit (50) being provided to rotate the first cylindrical body (30) around the central axis (51); a second cylindrical body (60) being coupled to the first cylindrical body (30) in a longitudinally free and angularly fixed manner; the second cylindrical body (60) having a plurality of second holes (62) facing the first holes (32); an actuating unit (50) being arranged between the first and the second cylindrical bodies (30) (60) to move them longitudinally relative to each other.

Abstract: A front loader includes a boom, a main frame attached to a vehicle body, and a sub frame supporting the boom. The sub frame is attached to the main frame and configured to be detached from the main frame. The front loader includes a first engaging portion provided on the main frame, a second engaging portion provided on the sub frame and configured to be engaged with the first engaging portion when the sub frame is attached to the main frame, a guide portion provided on the main frame and configured to guide the second engaging portion to be engaged with the first engaging portion, and an opening member provided on the sub frame and provided with an opening portion to which the guide portion is inserted when the second engaging portion is engaged with the first engaging portion.

Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper swiveling body that is rotatably mounted on the lower traveling body, and a controller configured to perform straight facing control by which an actuator is operated to cause the upper swiveling body to face a target construction surface straight, based on information related to the target construction surface and information related to a direction of the upper swiveling body.

Abstract: A jib assembly includes a support; a jib attached pivotally to the support for pivotal movement of the jib in relation to the support about a horizontal axis; a first linear hydraulic actuator attached to the support for regulating pivotal movement of the jib and for maintaining the jib in a specific position relative to the support; a lever arm attached unrotatably to the jib; and a draw member attached to the lever arm and to the jib; wherein the first linear hydraulic actuator is attached to the lever arm, and the lever arm is arranged to extend in the direction above the jib.

Abstract: An excavation vehicle capable of autonomously actuating an excavation tool or navigating an excavation vehicle to perform an excavation routine within an excavation site is described herein. Sensors mounted to the excavation vehicle and the excavation tool produce signals representative of a position and orientation of the corresponding joint relative on the excavation vehicle relative to the excavation site, a position and orientation of the excavation vehicle relative to the excavation site, and one or more features of the excavation site based on the position of the excavation vehicle within the excavation site. A set of solenoids are configured to couple to corresponding hydraulic valves of the excavation tool to actuate the valve. A controller produces actuating signals to control the joints of the excavation tool to autonomously perform the excavation routine based on the signals produced by the sensors.

Abstract: A control system is disclosed. The control system may include a first input component to control a lean angle of at least one set of wheels of a machine and to provide a visual and/or tactile indication of the lean angle. The control system may include a second input component to control an articulation angle of an articulated joint of the machine and to provide a visual and/or tactile indication of the articulation angle. The control system may include a third input component to control a rotation angle of an implement of the machine and to provide a visual and/or tactile indication of the rotation angle.

Abstract: A shovel includes a lower traveling body, an upper turning body turnably mounted on the lower traveling body, an engine provided in the upper turning body, a hydraulic pump and a hydraulic oil tank provided in the upper turning body, a plurality of hydraulic actuators driven by the hydraulic pump, and a hydraulic circuit connected to the hydraulic pump, wherein the hydraulic circuit includes a plurality of control valves configured to control flows of hydraulic oil between the hydraulic pump and the plurality of hydraulic actuators, and a unified bleed-off valve configured to collectively control bleed-off flowrates of the plurality of control valves, wherein the hydraulic circuit is configured so that a discharge pressure of the hydraulic pump becomes equal to or less than a predetermined pressure during start-up of the engine.

Abstract: A control module for controlling an operation of a hydraulic actuator that is associated with an earthmoving machine includes a body. The body has a spool chamber and a load sensing passageway associated with the spool chamber. The body also has a spool positioned axially, and at least partially, within the spool chamber. The spool is spring-biased by an end cap located at a first end of the body. The body also has a pair of electrohydraulic spool actuators that are located at a second end of the body and. operable to axially displace the spool within the spool chamber. The pair of spool actuators are positioned in parallel and disposed adjacent to one another. The body also has an inlet chamber disposed parallel to the spool chamber and in selective fluid communication with the spool chamber via a spool supply passageway.

Abstract: Provided is a work machine which makes it possible, in a hydraulic closed-circuit system, to prevent occurrence of cavitation when reverse lever operation which is an instruction for a swing in a direction opposite to a swing direction is performed during swing deceleration. A controller is configured to perform control such that a rate of a flow supplied from a bidirectionally tiltable hydraulic pump to a swing motor becomes lower than a pump flow rate according to an operation amount of the swing operation lever when a swing direction corresponding to a swing velocity sensed at a velocity sensor is different from a swing direction corresponding to operation of a swing operation lever.

Abstract: A hydraulic system is capable of improving the acceleration performance of a slewing motor and suppressing an increase in the flow rate of hydraulic fluid supplied to the slewing motor. The hydraulic system includes a slewing speed sensor that detects a slewing speed of a slewing body and a controller that controls a slewing motor capacity, which is a capacity of the slewing motor. The controller controls the slewing motor capacity so as to make the slewing motor capacity when the slewing speed is in a low speed range be greater than the slewing motor capacity when the slewing speed is in a high speed range.

Abstract: A surroundings monitoring apparatus includes a sensor configured to acquire detection information about a position of a predetermined monitoring target located in an area surrounding a work machine, and a processor configured to output an alarm or restrict an operation of the work machine in response to detecting that: the monitoring target is in a sensor range in which the sensor can acquire the detection information; the monitoring target is in a predetermined range equal to or less than a predetermined distance from the work machine; and the monitoring target is in a first range in a height direction of the work machine.

Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information which indicates a final design topography which is a target topography of the work target. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device. The controller acquires the design topography information from the storage device. The controller generates a command signal to move the work implement along a first locus that follows a slope of the actual topography, and a second locus positioned above the actual topography and below the final design topography in front of the first locus.

Abstract: A work vehicle control system includes an actual topography acquisition device, a storage device, a soil amount acquisition device, and a controller. The actual topography acquisition device acquires actual topography information, which indicates an actual topography of a work target. The storage device stores design topography information, which indicates a final design topography of the work target. The soil amount acquisition device generates a soil amount signal indicating a held soil amount of the work implement. The controller acquires the actual topography information from the actual topography acquisition device, the design topography information from the storage device, and the soil amount signal from the soil amount acquisition device. The controller determines an intermediate design topography positioned above the actual topography and below the final design topography in accordance with the held soil amount.

Abstract: A wear member assembly may include a nose attachable to a bucket lip. The nose may include a rear portion having a first set of substantially planar surfaces including a first, second, and third subset of surfaces. The third subset of surfaces may be angled and positioned between the first subset of surfaces and the second subset of surfaces. The nose may also include a forward portion positioned forwardly adjacent to the rear portion, the forward portion having a second set of substantially planar surfaces including a fourth, fifth, and sixth subset of surfaces. The sixth set of surfaces may be angled and positioned between the first subset of surfaces and the second subset of surfaces. The wear member assembly may also include a wear member having a cavity comprising rear and forward bearing surfaces corresponding to the third and sixth subset of surfaces.