Abstract: The invention provides a good inking quality and high inking efficiency lens digital inking device in drum layout. It includes a rotating unit, a lens height adjustment unit, invisible mark recognition unit and print head, utilizing the rotating circumference of the same drum, to completely or partially compensating for the curvature of the front surface of the lens, making the distance between print head to the center or edge of the lens edge reduced, which improves the print quality. This invention is suitable for all kinds of lens inking.

Abstract: There is provided a print apparatus and a media roll for the print apparatus, comprising a media identifier located on an end of a core section of the media roll. A type of media loaded into the print apparatus is determined by sensing the media identifier on the media roll using a non-contact sensor to scan the end of the core section.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes a printing device to print, on a sheet, a detection mark for acquiring an amount of deviation of an image, a detection device to read a position of the detection mark and acquire the amount of deviation of the position of the detection mark, and control circuitry to perform correction according to the amount of deviation. The circuitry prints the detection marks on both faces of the sheet in duplex printing, reads the detection marks on both faces with the detection device, calculates a first correction value from the position of the detection mark on a first face on which printing is performed first, calculates a second correction value from the position of the detection mark on a second face on which printing is performed later, and calculates a third correction value from the positions of the detection marks on the first and second faces.

Abstract: A printing system includes a feeding mechanism adapted to feed substrate from a substrate roll to a print zone, the feeding mechanism including a roller with an associated encoder configured to provide an encoder signal. A printhead is located in the print zone, and a controller configured to receive the encoder signal from the encoder, and to correlate the encoder signal to a substrate type.

Abstract: A sticky-layer-cleaner for removing residues adhered to a sticky flat layer includes a receptacle for a cleaning-liquid and a cleaning-roll in contact with the sticky flat layer, wherein the cleaning-roll includes an elongated carpet fabric which is helically folded around the cleaning-roll and a pile of which includes yarn tufts in loop and/or cut configuration, and the cleaning-roll further includes a helical channel along the length of the folded carpet fabric for draining the cleaning-liquid from the cleaning-roll and/or for wetting the cleaning-roll with the cleaning-liquid.

Abstract: A blowing device includes a housing including a blowing path, a fan, a first flow path member being fixed downstream of the fan, and including a first and a second air outlet that are arranged in a width direction, and a second flow path member being fixed downstream of the fan, and including a third and a fourth air outlet that are arranged in the width direction. The first and the second flow path member are fixed in a state of being arranged in the width direction, a fifth air outlet is formed between the first and the second flow path member that are fixed, and a part of an opening edge of the fifth air outlet is the first flow path member, and a part of the opening edge of the fifth air outlet is the second flow path member.

Abstract: While the described ink pad can include any suitable component, in some cases it includes a lid, a base, and an absorbent material. Additionally, in some cases, the lid and the base define a cavity that houses the absorbent material and the lid and the base each comprise one or more magnets and/or magnetic materials that are configured to magnetically couple with each other to releasably couple the lid and base together. In some instances, the ink pad further includes one or more seals that are configured to extend between the base and lid to limit air movement into the cavity when the lid and base are coupled together in a closed position. Additional implementations are described herein.

Abstract: A screen-printing screen for printing electrically conductive patterns on glass sheets, includes a main mask, the aperture size of the main mask being larger in a lateral portion than in the central portion, the screen furthermore including, in at least one double-mask zone, located in the central portion, at least one secondary mask fastened to a face of the main mask, the aperture size of the or each secondary mask being larger than the aperture size of the main mask in the central portion, and the mesh of the or each secondary mask making, with the mesh of the main mask, an angle ? comprised between 1 and 89°.

Abstract: A method for forming a stereoscopic pattern of a plastic floorboard, comprising: positioning a base board on a digital printing unit, wherein the base board has an outer surface; using the digital printing unit to print pigment on the outer surface of the base board according to a preset pattern to form a pattern layer, wherein the pattern of the pattern layer corresponds to or does not correspond to the stereoscopic pattern; using a first forming unit to form a protection layer on the pattern layer with a transparent melt plastic raw material; and using a second forming unit to form the stereoscopic pattern having a concave-convex structure on the protection layer.

Abstract: A method of printing a stealth white image includes applying a stealth ink containing a red coloring material that emits visible light at exposure to ultraviolet radiation and a green coloring material that emits visible light at exposure to ultraviolet radiation to a substrate which contains a fluorescent brightener to form the stealth white image thereon, wherein the stealth white image demonstrates an a* value of from ?2.0 to 2.0 and a b* value of from ?10.0 to 0 at exposure to ultraviolet radiation having a wavelength of 370 nm according to CIE 1976 L*a*b* colorimetric system.

Abstract: Provided is a rare earth magnet, on the surface of which a coating film of an ultraviolet cured resin is formed by covering the surface of the rare earth magnet with an ultraviolet curable resin composition and subsequently curing the ultraviolet curable resin composition by irradiating the ultraviolet curable resin composition with ultraviolet light. With respect to this rare earth magnet, the coating film is formed by a method which comprises: a step for having droplets of the ultraviolet curable resin composition adhere to the rare earth magnet surface by ejecting the droplets of the ultraviolet curable resin composition from a tip of a head by an inkjet method wherein droplets are ejected from a head; and a step for curing the ultraviolet curable resin composition by irradiating the ultraviolet curable resin composition adhering to the rare earth magnet surface with ultraviolet light.

Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a paper or a thermoplastic foil or a vitrimeric foil printable with an inkjet printer for use as a decor paper, respectively a decor foil in a laminate or laminated panel. The method may involve providing a paper layer, respectively a foil. At least one side of the paper layer, respectively of the foil, may be coated with an inkjet receiver coating that includes at least pigment and binder. The inkjet receiver coating may include an ink reactive compound. The papers and foils may be provided with a printed pattern and used as a decor in the panels.

Abstract: An optical device that produces flicker-like optical effects is provided. The optical device employs directionally cured image icons. Specifically, the optical device is made up of at least one arrangement of image icons formed from one or more cured pigmented materials, and at least one arrangement of optionally embedded focusing elements positioned to form one or more synthetic images of at least a portion of the arrangement(s) of image icons. Some or all of the pigmented material(s) is cured using collimated light directed through the focusing elements toward the arrangement(s) of image icons at one or more angles relative to a surface of the optical device to form directionally cured image icons. The synthetic image(s) of the directionally cured image icons is viewable at the cure angle(s) and therefore visually appears and disappears, or turns on and off, as the viewing angle of the device moves through the cure angle(s).

Abstract: A security sheet including at least one paper substrate, at least one watermark produced in the paper substrate, the watermark having an exterior outline, at least one aperture of regular edge, produced by ablation of the paper substrate, and at least one security film that is at least partially superposed on the watermark and on the aperture. In the sheet, the at least one aperture lies inside the watermark, such as bounded by its exterior outline.

Abstract: Rods for use in a filing system are disclosed. An example file folder rod includes a first end, a second end and an elongated body extending between the first end and the second end, the elongated body having a longitudinal axis. The example rod also includes a hook coupled to the first end of the rod. The example hook includes a longitudinal portion extending along the longitudinal axis, an elongated hook portion coupled to an end of the longitudinal portion with the elongated hook portion extending from the longitudinal portion a first distance, and a first extension extending from the longitudinal portion with the first extension extending from the longitudinal portion a second distance, the second distance less than the first distance.

Abstract: Writing instrument having a body, a clip, and a retractable eraser device movable between a first position and a second position, the clip forming a housing that is designed to receive all or part of a gripping portion of the eraser device in the first position.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention include an apparatus for creating a line. Certain embodiments of an apparatus include two or more reels having an extendable and retractable cord. Pulling the two or more reels apart allows for the creation of a line of various sizes. In certain embodiments, the two reels share a single cord. In certain embodiments, a first reel has a first cord with a first attachment end that joins with another attachment end. Certain embodiments include a reel with a magnet, allowing attachment to a magnetic surface. Certain embodiments of the invention include a system for creating a line. In certain embodiments, the system includes an apparatus, and a pin having a magnet. Certain embodiments of the pin help to change the direction of the cord.

Abstract: A method of forming a non-optically detectable identifiable marking invisible to the naked eye is formed from plural recesses of multiple levels at an outer surface of an article formed from a solid-state material. The method includes forming plural recesses of multiple levels within a predetermined region of a photoresist applied to an outer surface of an article formed from a solid-state material. The plural recesses are formed by grayscale lithography and the recesses extend at least partially through the photoresist and towards the outer surface of the article formed from a solid-state material.

Abstract: A liquid-storing container is produced having holes punched during manufacturing into the plug type lid-receiving groove(s) of the container to mitigate the accumulation of excess liquids therein. During normal use, after initial opening of the container, liquids that would otherwise gather in said groove(s), either through pouring or the “brushing” of an applicator across the inner edge of the lid-receiving groove(s) to remove excess liquid, such as a paint brush, will now flow through said “pre-fab” holes and return to the interior of the container. In this invention, liquids that previously would overflow from the lid-receiving groove to the exterior wall of the container will be significantly limited, assuring minimal wasted liquids and a much cleaner exterior wall of the container and surrounding workspace. Additionally, after each use dried liquids cannot accumulate in the lid-receiving groove that would otherwise compromise the effectiveness of the reusable sealed lid of the container.

Abstract: A display substrate, a display panel and a display method are provided. The display substrate includes a display layer, a plurality of optical layer formation units and a spacer layer. The display layer includes a plurality of pixel regions, and each of the plurality of pixel regions includes a plurality of color sub-pixel openings emitting color light of different colors. The plurality of optical layer formation units are stacked with the display layer. The spacer layer is between the display layer and the plurality of optical layer formation units for spacing the display layer from the plurality of optical layer formation units. The plurality of optical layer formation units are configured to form a transparent optical layer on a side, which is away from the display layer, of the spacer layer, and the transparent optical layer is configured to make a display image have visual roughness.

Abstract: A wheel assembly includes a mounting plate for attachment to a rotatable axle; a plurality of friction plates each engaging one of a plurality of parts of a tire assembly; and a plurality of cable members each connecting the mounting plate to the tire assembly such that each cable member extends radially outward through a first hole in one of the friction plates and radially inward through a second hole in the one friction plate to form a loop about the one friction plate and the one part of the plurality of parts of the tire assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a two piece center cap design which can be securably affixed to a wheel in a manner that does not require the center cap to be removed when installing and removing the wheels from a vehicle. This is achieved by rotating the center cap from a first position covering the lug nuts, to a second position, which does not cover the lug nuts, thereby providing access to the wheel lugs to allow the wheel to be installed and removed.

Abstract: A wheel assembly includes a mounting plate for attachment to a rotatable axle, a plurality of elongate friction members for engaging a tire assembly, a plurality of first angular flanges extending radially outward and circumferentially in a first direction from the mounting plate, and a plurality of second angular flanges extending radially outward and circumferentially in a second direction, opposite the first direction, from the mounting plate. Each elongate friction member is disposed axially between one of the first angular flanges and one of the second angular flanges.

Abstract: A brake assembly includes a wheel hub having a radially-outer diameter and a plurality of splines that are spaced apart around the radially-outer diameter. A brake disc is mounted on the wheel hub and has a radially-inner diameter and a plurality of pockets that are spaced apart around the radially-inner diameter. The pockets receive the splines such that the brake disc rotates with the wheel hub. Each pocket has opposing axially-extending side walls. Each side wall has an outwardly-chamfered outboard end and an inboard locking recess. A plurality of spacers are radially disposed between the splines and pockets. Each spacer has opposing arms connected together by a brace. Each arm has an outwardly-chamfered end and outwardly-projecting locking foot which together mate with the outwardly chamfered outboard end and inboard locking recess, respectively, so as to lock the spacer in the pocket.

Abstract: An article movement system includes an article and at least one ball wheel. The article has first and second article surfaces meeting at a first article edge. The ball wheel is located along the first article edge and includes a ball, a bearing arrangement and a shell. The ball engages a surface underlying the article, the bearing arrangement supports the ball for omni-directional rotational movement, and the shell is located along the first article edge and contains the ball and the bearing arrangement. The shell defines a non-circular ball opening through which a portion of the ball extends to contact the underlying surface. The article, the bearing arrangement and the shell are configured such that the ball wheel is able to support the article for omni-directional rolling motion over the underlying surface with either of the first and article surfaces parallel thereto, and at any orientation therebetween.

Abstract: Wheel for a motor vehicle, including a rim and an air-filled tire mounted thereon, wherein, in the interior of the wheel, a material adsorbing molecules contained in the air is provided.

Abstract: A metallic or metallized reinforcer has at least a surface of which is at least partially metallic, the at least partially metallic surface being coated with a polybenzoxazine sulfide whose repeating units include at least one unit corresponding to formula (I) or (II): in which the two oxazine rings are connected together via a central aromatic group, the benzene ring of which bears one, two, three or four groups of formula —Sx—R in which “x” is an integer from 1 to 8 and R represents hydrogen or a hydrocarbon-based group including 1 to 10 carbon atoms and optionally a heteroatom chosen from O, S, N and P. Such a reinforcement can be used for the reinforcement of a rubber article, in particular a motor vehicle tire.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a carcass and a belt reinforcing structure wherein the belt reinforcing structure is a composite belt structure having at least one radially inner spiral layer and at least one zigzag belt reinforcing structure located radially outward of said spiral layer. The zigzag belt width is preferably wider than the spiral layer. The spiral layer and at least one of the zigzag belts reinforcing structures is preferably formed of a merged cord of aramid and nylon.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire having a carcass and a belt reinforcing structure wherein the belt reinforcing structure is a composite belt structure having at least one radially inner spiral layer and at least one zigzag belt reinforcing structure located radially outward of said spiral layer. The zigzag belt width is preferably wider than the spiral layer. The spiral layer and at least one of the zigzag belts reinforcing structures is preferably formed of a merged cord of aramid and nylon.

Abstract: Heavy goods vehicle tire, having a crown portion covered radially on the outside by a tread, this tread having at least two cut-outs, the central portion of the tread having a width Lc of between 35% and 70%, the crown portion comprising a reinforcement having at least two working layers having reinforcing elements, these reinforcing elements consisting of UHT-grade threads, having a mechanical breaking strength R satisfying the following relation: R?(4180?2130×D), where D is the diameter of the thread expressed in millimetres, this tread being formed of at least two layers of superimposed material, the material forming the first layer with a breaking elongation of more than 600% at a temperature of 60° C., this tread being such that, in the central portion, the cavity ratio per unit volume is not more than 10% and the surface cavity ratio as new is not more than 10%.

Abstract: The tire has a tread portion axially divided into two shoulder land regions, two middle land regions and one crown land region by two shoulder circumferential grooves and two crown circumferential grooves. The middle land regions are each provided with a single longitudinal sipe, and first and second middle transverse grooves extending from the adjacent shoulder circumferential groove and crown circumferential groove, and terminated without being connected to the longitudinal sipe. The shoulder land regions are each provided with shoulder transverse grooves extending from tread edges and terminated within the respective shoulder land regions.

Abstract: A management system for tires for construction and mine vehicles comprises: a fatigue degree calculation section; a grouping processing section configured to group a plurality of front tires into a plurality of fatigue degree groups depending on calculated fatigue degrees; and an assignment processing section configured to assign front tires belonging to a fatigue degree group as rear tires of a vehicle after rotation. A management method for tires for construction and mine vehicles comprises: a fatigue degree calculation step; a grouping step of grouping a plurality of front tires into a plurality of fatigue degree groups depending on calculated fatigue degrees; and an assignment step of assigning front tires belonging to a fatigue degree group as rear tires of a vehicle after rotation.

Abstract: A tire system includes a tire side device that is arranged corresponding to a tire provided in a vehicle and transmits data related to the tire, and a wear estimation unit that estimates a tire wear state based on the data related to the tire. The tire side device holds data related to an elapsed time since the tire was manufactured as data related to the tire, transmits data related to the elapsed time to the wear estimation unit. The wear estimation unit estimates the tire wear state based on the mileage from the start of use of the tire and a tire deterioration degree indicated by the data related to the elapsed time.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire includes a plurality of protrusion portions extending along a tire side surface of a tire side portion longitudinally intersecting a tire circumferential direction or a tire radial direction and being provided at intervals in the tire circumferential direction, and each of the protrusion portions includes an external contour that includes a plurality of main external contour portions having different curvatures, and a connection portion connecting between the main external contour portions, the external contour projecting from the tire side surface in a cross-sectional shape in a longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A tire includes a surface geometry arrangement on a surface of a sidewall portion. The surface geometry arrangement includes a ridge pair in which two ridges bend so as to intersect each other a multiple number of times.

Abstract: The pneumatic tire includes: a pair of bead portions; a pair of sidewall portions; a tread portion; a carcass; a reinforcing rubber layer, a tire widthwise cross-section of the reinforcing rubber layer having a substantially crescent shape; an inclined belt including at least one inclined belt layer formed by a plurality of cords extending at an inclination to a tire circumferential direction and covered with rubber; and an inner liner provided on an inner peripheral surface of a tire body in at least the tread portion. In a tire widthwise cross-sectional view, an edge of the inner liner is positioned farther outward in the tire radial direction than a tire maximum width position of the pneumatic tire and farther inward in the tire radial direction than a perpendicular from a tire widthwise edge of the inclined belt to the inner peripheral surface of the tire body.

Abstract: The tire of the present disclosure includes an inner surface layer that forms a tire inner surface and is formed of a thermoplastic resin or contains a thermoplastic resin, and a porous body that is partially embedded in the inner surface layer.

Abstract: A method for detecting a change in position of a wheel unit of a wheel on a motor vehicle, a position of each wheel unit having been identified and stored. Communication between each wheel unit and at least one control device takes place in accordance with a standard allowing the bidirectional exchange of UHF wave signals, each wheel unit performing scanning to intercept the signals sent by a given wheel unit whose signature is established by the wheel unit performing the scanning in accordance with a detected average power value. Current and starting signatures are compared. If the current signature differs by more than an experimentally determined percentage from its starting signature for a given wheel unit, a change in position of one of the two wheels is detected.

Abstract: A towing hook arranged on a mining machine, with a first end having a bent portion to allow a towing tool to be connected and a second end having a cylindrical rod. An intermediate part is located between the first and the second end. The towing hook is arranged to be mounted in a through hole in a frame of a machine in order for the first and second ends to be positioned on different sides of the machine frame. The intermediate part is mounted partly in the through hole of the frame, and wherein the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical rod is generally parallel with a longitudinal axis defined through the towing hook representing the force transmitting direction when connecting the towing tool to the bent portion.

Abstract: A wheel suspension for motor vehicle, having a wheel mount rotatably mounted around a steering axis for steering the motor vehicle, on which a wheel hub supporting a rim of a wheel is rotatably mounted or mountable by means of a wheel bearing around a wheel hub rotational axis and which has a bearing point for attaching a tie rod and having a first suspension arm arrangement and a second suspension arm arrangement, which engage on the wheel mount spaced apart from one another in the actual direction with respect to the steering axis for coupling the wheel mount to a vehicle body of the motor vehicle.

Abstract: A vehicle wheel suspension has a hydraulic adjustment system for the base of a support spring provided between a wheel-guide component and the vehicle structure. The suspension includes a piston pump which is driven via a relative movement of the vehicle structure in relation to a wheel-guiding component and intended for conveying hydraulic medium through a return valve into a hydraulic chamber provided at the spring base, as well as a pressurized compensation volume for providing hydraulic medium. Preferably, the piston pump has a pump cylinder and a pump piston guided such that it can move relative to the former and a return channel connected to the hydraulic chamber feeds into the pump cylinder in such a way that the feed opening is blocked or released by the pump piston in a position-dependent manner, wherein hydraulic medium can flow via the released feed opening, out of the hydraulic chamber, through the pump cylinder and into the compensation volume.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension for supporting the body or chassis of a vehicle includes suspension arms positioned at opposite sides and at one end of a vehicle and two suspension arms positioned respectively at opposite sides and at one end of a vehicle, each arm mounted for pivotal movement about a respective hinge axis. A balancing hub is attached to the vehicle body or chassis with at least one part of the hub free to rotate relative to the vehicle body or chassis about at least one pivotal position. Each suspension arm is connected to the hub at a position of the suspension arm spaced from a respective hinge axis whereby pivotal movement of the suspension arm applies a force to the hub. In use, the force opposes the force from another suspension arm at at least one of the same side and the same end of the vehicle suspension.

Abstract: A method for constructing a roller spring perch has steps for cutting holes through sides of a spring perch bracket along an axis at a right angle to the sides of the bracket, cutting a tube having an outside diameter substantially the same as an inside diameter of the holes cut through the sides of the bracket, to a length longer than a dimension across the sides of the bracket, counterboring the tube from each end to an inside diameter and a length to accommodate roller bearings, and inserting the tube through the holes in the sides of the bracket, and spot welding the tube in place.

Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle is provided. The method includes: identifying detection signals output through a plurality of detectors during travel, identifying the detection signal that changes in response to a state of a road surface among the identified detection signals, acquiring detection information corresponding to the state of the road surface based on the detection signals, recognizing the state of the road surface based on detection information for each state of the road surface stored in a non transitory memory and the acquired detection information, and controlling the plurality of suspension devices based on the recognized state of the road surface and information regarding a control strategy of the suspension device for each state of the road surface stored in the storage.

Abstract: A suspension system for a vehicle includes a knuckle defining a bore therethrough. The suspension system includes a wheel hub rotatably mounted on the knuckle. Further, the suspension system includes an axle at least partially received within the bore of the knuckle and operatively coupled to the wheel hub. The suspension system includes a pump driven by the axle and configured to generate pressurized fluid. The suspension system includes an actuator receiving pressurized fluid from the pump.

Abstract: A vehicle air control system includes a vehicle body that defines an interior. A first particulate matter sensor is coupled to an exterior of the vehicle body. A second particulate matter sensor is disposed within the interior of the vehicle body. A temperature sensor is coupled to the exterior of the vehicle body. A vehicle speed sensor is coupled to the vehicle body. A heat, ventilation, and air condition (HVAC) system is disposed within the interior of the vehicle body. The HVAC system includes an inlet door rotatable between a first position, a second position, and a third position therebetween. A controller is configured to receive a signal from at least one of the first and second particulate matter sensors, the temperature sensors, and the vehicle speed sensor. The controller is configured to rotate the inlet door in response to the signal.

Abstract: An air conditioning device for a vehicle is provided in which air cleaning control can be executed to reduce a concentration of floating particulate substances in a vehicle cabin by increasing an air volume passing through a filter by further increasing an air volume blowing out from a blower outlet into the vehicle cabin from an air volume which is necessary for cabin temperature control or an air volume which is set by a passenger of the vehicle, and in which, under an air conditioning condition in which an increase of the cabin temperature is strongly demanded, when a fluid temperature of a fluid which is a heat source of indoor heating is lower than a predetermined fluid temperature, an upper limit value permitted as an amount of increase of an air volume by the air cleaning control is inhibited.

Abstract: The present invention relates to refrigerated trucks, more particularly to a front-mounted external cold air intake system for a large refrigerated truck, including a refrigerated compartment, an indoor chiller unit, an outdoor chiller unit, a front-mounted air duct, air outlets, horizontal louvers, folding elbows, windshields, blade control knobs, filters, covers, wind deflectors and blades. In the front-mounted cold air intake system, the front-mounted air duct introduces outdoor cold air into the refrigerated compartment, and transmits and distributes the cold air through the air outlets. Moreover, the air window structures formed by the horizontal shutters, the folding elbows and the windshields are used for discharging air, so as to stabilize the pressure in the refrigerated compartment. The system of the present invention uses outdoor cold air to effectively cool the compartment allowing for energy saving of the refrigerated truck.

Abstract: An air vent assembly includes an air inlet, an air outlet, and two or more channels that are positioned between the air inlet and the air outlet. The air vent assembly also includes moveable vanes that are interconnected to an actuator that is configured to move each of the moveable vanes in unison. The vanes may be positioned in the channels or upstream of the channels. The air vent assembly also includes a valve that is positioned between the air inlet and the vanes, and which is configured to selectively increase or decrease air flow to at least one of the channels when moved. Optionally, the vanes may be positioned at least partially behind a fixed divider so that they are not typically visible via the air outlet.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a damper dial for a vehicle air vent and prevents a manipulation force from increasing even when a dial fixture in which a dial body is rotatably installed is deformed by an impact generated while a vehicle is being operated such that the inner wall surfaces of the dial fixture are displaced toward the dial body.