Abstract: A double-drum washing machine comprises a first outer drum and a second outer drum which are respectively provided with a drum inside, wherein the second outer drum is provided with a connecting part which protrudes out of a surface of the second outer drum and which is molded integrally, the connecting part extends towards the first outer drum along a radial direction from the surface of the second outer drum, and an end part of the connecting part is in detachable connection with the first outer drum. Double drums of the double-drum washing machine are connected to be almost integrated, therefore, auxiliary fixed parts are reduced, and the connection between double drums is more stable, reliable and more compact, the vibration of the double-drum washing machine is effectively reduced during operation, the noise pollution of the double-drum washing machine is reduced, and additional counterweight is not required.

Abstract: The present invention relates to home appliances treating the laundry or object received therein using artificial intelligence. Specifically, the home appliance may include an artificial intelligence-based laundry washing machine that recognizes a load based on vision and automatically provides a specific course. The home appliance include a processor configured to: obtain a learning result from a learning operation using image information previously acquired using the camera and treatment information previously acquired from user interface; and process image information currently acquired using the camera with respect to the learning result, thereby to generate and set current treatment information; and control the home appliance to treat the object based on the set current treatment information.

Abstract: A method for controlling release amount of detergent and a washing device, include: dividing inner space of a detergent box into independent N compartments, wherein each of the compartments is configured to store a type of detergent having a certain concentration range; assigning a concentration level Ci, i=1, . . . , N to each of the compartments wherein the higher the detergent concentration, the lower the concentration level; selecting one of the compartments containing detergent and releasing the detergent in the selected compartment, and obtaining the concentration level C of the selected compartment; obtaining a laundry weight m; and calculating a release amount of the detergent, wherein Vn=1.25*m*(C+1). The formula which is configured to calculate the release amount of detergent is also provided based on both of the detergent concentration level and the laundry weight.

Abstract: A control unit comprises a calculation unit, a determination unit, and a motor rotation control unit. The calculation unit calculates the rate of change in water level, which indicates the amount of change in water level per a predetermined period of time, on the basis of the result of sensing by a water level sensor in connection with a water supply stroke. The determination unit determines whether laundry having a waterproof property is contained in a drum or not on the basis of the rate of change in water level during the water supply stroke calculated by the calculation unit. When it is determined that laundry having a waterproof property is contained in the drum, the motor rotation control unit controls the operation of a driving motor such that the drum is rotated at a predetermined number of rotations or less during the dewatering stroke.

Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus including a voice recognition unit coupled to any one of a cabinet and a door to receive voice of a user and convert the voice into an input signal for driving a laundry receiving portion, and a shielding portion coupled to at least one of the cabinet or the door to prevent vibrations or sound waves generated from the laundry receiving portion from being transmitted to the voice recognition unit.

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet that includes a front panel that defines an aperture. A user-interface assembly is positioned within the aperture and includes a retaining bracket assembly. The user-interface assembly is biased by a force of gravity toward an open rest position. A spring pin is selectively engaged with the retaining bracket assembly. The user-interface assembly is retained in a retained position by the engagement between the spring pin and the retaining bracket assembly. A spring bracket is coupled to an interior surface of the user-interface assembly. The spring bracket engages an inner surface of the front panel to stop the user-interface assembly in the open rest position when the retaining bracket assembly is released from engagement with the spring pin.

Abstract: A fabric treating appliance for treating an article according to a cycle of operation includes a chassis defining an interior with a tub provided within the interior, the tub at least partially defining a liquid chamber. A drum is provided within the liquid chamber to at least partially define a treating chamber. The drum has a peripheral wall terminating in a front edge and a rear edge, with the front edge defining a front opening. An exoskeleton is provided within the liquid chamber coupling the drum to the chassis.

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry items according to an automatic cycle of operation includes a cabinet defining an interior. The cabinet has a front panel that at least partially defines an access opening to the interior. A treating chamber is located within the cabinet and accessible by the access opening. A closure is movably mounted to the cabinet to selectively open and close the access opening. The closure has a rear face confronting the treating chamber when the closure closes the access opening. The laundry treating appliance further includes a treating chemistry dispenser.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drain pump driving apparatus and a laundry treatment machine including the same. The laundry treatment machine includes: a drain pump driving apparatus configured to drive a drain pump, wherein the drain pump driving apparatus includes: a motor to drive the drain pump; an inverter to convert a direct current (DC) power to an alternating current (AC) power by a switching operation, and output the converted AC power to the motor; an output current detector to detect an output current flowing to the motor; and a controller configured to control the inverter, wherein the controller is further configured to calculate a speed of the motor based on an output current, and calculate a lift, which is a difference between a water level of a water introduction part through which water flows into the drain pump and s water level of a water discharge part for discharging water from the drain pump, based on the calculated speed.

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance with a shroud having an access opening, a lid for opening and closing the access opening and a hinge coupled to the shroud. The hinge has a housing having a portion received by an aperture in the shroud. The housing also has a first end comprising a mouth adapted to couple with the shroud. The hinge further has a bracket that has a first end connected to the lid and a second end fastened to the housing and the bracket is received in the aperture in the shroud.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for determining drying of clothes. The method for determining drying of clothes includes: acquiring an intake air temperature at an air inlet of a drum; calculating a change rate of the intake air temperature at the air inlet of the drum; determining that drying of the clothes is completed when a relationship between the change rate of the intake air temperature and a preset temperature change rate ks satisfies a determination condition. According to the clothes drying determination method of the present disclosure, the determination factors affecting the drying of clothes are reduced, and the accuracy of determination of drying of clothes is improved and the cost of drying clothes is reduced.

Abstract: A handheld appliance for emitting steam to treat a fabric has a housing, a water reservoir, a pump, and a steam generator operatively connected to the pump. The housing has an annular steam emitting head having a hole passing through the steam head. The steam head has an outlet with a shape surrounding the hole so that steam inside the steam head is emitted out of the steam head through the outlet around the hole. A handheld appliance for emitting steam to treat a fabric also has a housing having a water reservoir, a pump, a steam generator operatively connected to the pump, and an outlet. The steam generator forms a steam path that has a first layer that extends from an inlet into the steam generator on a first side of a heater to a second layer that is on a second side of the heater opposite to the first layer.

Abstract: A mist of water and air and ozone gas is used in the finishing of fabrics of jeans and other apparel to achieve a faded, worn, or washed appearance and finish. Jeans or other apparel items are processed in a chamber of a finishing machine. Water and air mist that includes drops of liquid water are sprayed into the chamber. Ozone is separately introduced into the chamber. After processing, the jeans or other apparel will have a stonewashed or acid-washed appearance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wool treatment process and to a wool product produced by the wool treatment process. In particular, the invention relates to a wool treatment process that produces a wool product with increased absorbency properties and to a wool product that has increased absorbency properties.

Abstract: A fabric print medium can include a woven fabric substrate, a first barrier layer on an imaging side of the woven fabric substrate where the first barrier layer includes first barrier layer binder and first barrier layer flame retardant, a primer layer on the first barrier layer wherein the primer layer includes primer layer binder and primer layer pigment filler, an imaging layer on the primer layer where the imaging layer includes imaging layer film-forming binder and where the first barrier layer, the primer layer, and the imaging layer have a combined thickness from 10 ?m to 70 ?m, and a non-woven support layer on a back side of the woven fabric substrate.

Abstract: A fabric printable medium comprising a fabric printable medium, with an image-side and a back-side, comprising a fabric base substrate; an image-receiving coating layer, applied on the image-side of printable medium, comprising a first and a second crosslinked polymeric network; a fire retarding barrier layer, applied to the back-side of the printable medium comprising polymeric binder and filler particles with flame retardancy properties; and, at least, a migration control finish layer comprising a film-formable polymer and a flame retardant agent, at a coat-weight ranging from about 0.5 to 10 gsm. Also disclosed are the method for making such fabric printable medium and the method for producing printed images using said material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a porous sheet comprising cellulose fibers having an average fiber diameter ranging from 20 to 500 nm; cut fibers having an average fiber diameter ranging from 1.5 to 20 ?m; and a hydrophilic polymer binder, wherein an amount of the cut fibers is 1% by weight or more and 80% by weight or less based on the total weight of the cellulose fibers and the cut fibers, and an amount of the hydrophilic polymer binder is 5 parts by weight or more and 30 parts by weight or less with respect to 100 parts by weight of the total weight of the cellulose fibers and the cut fibers. The porous sheet of the present invention can exhibit a superior strength (in particular, both tear strength and tensile strength), and exhibits a superior performance as a separator for an electrochemical device.

Abstract: The present invention provides an embossed multi-ply tissue product that is visually pleasing and has improved physical attributes. For example, the inventive multi-ply tissue products have reduced stiffness, such as a GM Flexural Rigidity less than about 600 mg*cm, improved absorbency, such as a Residual Water (WResidual) value less than about 0.15 g, and improved wet resiliency, such as a Wet Elastic Strain Ratio greater than about 32 percent.

Abstract: The invention relates to supporting a switch rail of a switch having a projecting leaf spring which can be pretensioned to the switch rail and on which the switch rail is displaceably arranged. Low friction and easy adaptation to the mounting position is possible in that the leaf spring is adjustably arranged in its longitudinal direction in a guide body which can be fastened to the stock rail.

Abstract: An artificial turf field system is provided. The system may include a plurality of synthetic turf strands attached to a backing layer and an infill material positioned between the synthetic turf stands. The infill material may include a plurality of porous particles. A sub-layer may be included beneath the backing layer, and may be formed of a resilient material. A support layer may be included beneath the sub-layer, and may include materials configured for drainage. The porous particles of the infill material may include porous ceramic particles and the sub-layer may include rubber. The porous particles may be at least partially coated, for example, by a polymer coating. The infill material may be free of sand and/or crumb rubber.

Abstract: A method for coupling a machine frame (12) of an earth working machine (10) to a working device (28) between the machine frame (12) and a substrate (U) encompasses the following steps: arranging the machine frame (12) and the working device (28) between the machine frame (12) and the substrate (U); aligning the receiving portion (42) and working device (28) relative to one another in such a way that fastening formations (56, 60) of the working device (28) are lined up, along a spacing direction, with fastening counter-formations (58, 62) of the machine frame (12); bringing the fastening formations (56, 60) and fastening counter-formations (58, 62) closer to one another; and operably fastening the working device (28) onto the receiving portion (42).

Abstract: A transition construction for bridging a building joint between two component parts of a building with at least one cover element that at least partially covers the building joint. The cover element is attached to a component part of the building via an anchoring structure, wherein the anchoring structure is configured such that the at least one cover element is selectively supported.

Abstract: A fastening system configured to attach railroad crossties to one or more support structures such as the girder of a bridge. The fastening system includes a plate mounted on a crosstie and a clip attached to the plate that is configured to provide a force between the support structure and the crosstie and secure the crosstie in place.

Abstract: A warning structure includes a bracket and a warning member mounted on the bracket. The bracket includes a main body, rollers rotationally mounted to the main body, and a stopping assembly including a rotating mechanism and a stopping member coupled to the rotating mechanism. The rotating mechanism is rotationally coupled to the main body. One of the rollers is mounted adjacent to the stopping member. When the rotating mechanism is rotated, the stopping member is engaged with a ground to prevent the bracket from moving.

Abstract: To install, in or on a road surface of a road, a magnetic marker having retained in its outer perimeter an RFID tag including an antenna for wireless communication, an arrangement step of accommodating the magnetic marker in an accommodation hole provided to be bored in the road surface and a formation step of providing the magnetic marker with a protecting part for isolating the antenna from water are performed. With these steps, even if the periphery of the magnetic marker is submerged in water after installation, high communication performance of the RFID tag can be kept.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vehicle for removing foreign objects (e.g. rubbish) from an area proximal to the vehicle (e.g. along a roadside). The vehicle comprises an arm that is moveable into a foreign object collecting position, a foreign object collector located at a distal end of the arm and configured for collecting foreign objects, and a conduit for conveying collected foreign objects to a storage bin.

Abstract: A two-handed scissor-action grasping implement has a pair of clasping paddles connected to the distal ends of a pair of arms, which are pivotally connected to each other through a central pivot. The proximal ends of the arms are pressed together in order to press the clasping paddles together in a scissoring action in order to gather debris between the clasping paddles. A plurality of protrusions connected to the clasping paddles aid in capturing debris between them. The clasping paddles are oriented at inward angles relative to the arms so that the clasping paddles are flush with each other when pressed together. A forward angle of the clasping paddles may be selected by the user through a pair of fastening mechanisms through which the clasping paddles are connected to the arms. The clasping paddles may include a specified angle at one or more corners to conform to street curbs.

Abstract: A snow and ice melting device has a frame that uses a trailer hitch to connect to a propane truck. The frame also holds a plurality of flame nozzles that directs heat down towards a snow and/or ice covered surface. In one embodiment, at least one propane tank is provided that allows the device to be hooked up to any vehicle rather than a propane truck such as a pickup truck, or small tractor. In one embodiment, a front mounted snow and ice melting device is also attached to the front of the vehicle to further enhance the snow and melting effect. In another embodiment, the snow and ice melting device has a frame that holds a propane tank. The frame has a handle and wheels to allow the user to maneuver the device to melt ice and snow. A riding embodiment is also shown.

Abstract: The invention relates to a trench cutter and a method for producing a cut trench in the soil having a cutter frame, at least one pair of cutting wheels which are supported and driven in a rotatable manner on a lower end of the cutter frame, wherein each cutting wheel has a plurality of cutting teeth along its outer circumference, and a supply and/or discharge means for supplying or discharging a cutting liquid to or from the cut trench in the region of the cutting wheels. According to the invention provision is made in that spaced from the supply and/or discharge means a cleaning device is provided for cleaning the cutting wheels during the cutting operation with a cleaning fluid and in that the cleaning device has a plurality of cleaning nozzles which are directed onto the outer circumference of at least one cutting wheel and designed to inject the cleaning fluid to loosen adhering soil material.

Abstract: A panning tool is described and comprises a sifting scoop comprising an elongated half sphere of proportional dimensions. The elongated half sphere can be a one-piece main body comprising a floor with a front edge, a left side wall curving upwardly along the floor's left side, a right side wall curving upwardly along the floor's right side, and a back wall curving upwardly from the floor's back side. The left side wall, right side wall, and back wall define a reservoir. The floor extends forwardly from the back side. The panning tool comprises a connection body. The connection body is affixed to an interior face of the sifting scoop. Methods of using the panning tool and manufacturing the sifting scoop are also described.

Abstract: An attachment coupling device for heavy industrial equipment, includes a coupler body coupled to operation links of the heavy industrial equipment, a fixed hook fixedly mounted to the coupler body, a movable hook rotatably coupled to the coupler body, an actuator connected to the movable hook and rotatably connected to the coupler, and a pin locking unit rotatable through operation of the actuator, to lock a first pin of the attachment coupled to the fixed hook and the movable hook, to which a second pin of the attachment is coupled. The pin locking unit includes a pivot body rotatably coupled to the coupler body and connected to the actuator, a hook support for locking the movable hook, a pin support for locking the first pin, and a locking elastic member for preventing the pivot body from excessively pivoting in a release direction thereof.

Abstract: A readily attaching-detaching structure of a front loader that can make the attaching and detaching work to a vehicle body easier, a front loader, and a work vehicle. The attaching-detaching structure of a front loader is provided with a first retained member that is on either a main frame on a vehicle body or a sub-frame that supports a boom; a second retained member on the other of the main frame or the sub-frame; a first retaining member that retains the first retained member and is on the side opposite of the first retained member; a second retaining member that retains the second retained member and is on the side opposite to the second retained member; a first guiding member that guides the first retained member to the first retaining member when the sub-frame is mounted on the main frame; and a second guiding member that guides the second retained member to the second retaining member when the sub-frame is mounted on the main frame.

Abstract: A levelling apparatus, typically as used on tractors, excavators and skid-steer vehicles includes a blade body portion and body mounting portion connected by an arrangement of fixed and adjustable linkages, preferably hydraulic, to allow movement of the blade body portion (relative to the body mounting portion) in substantially an up and down direction, as well as rotational movement about an axis perpendicular to the general plane of an attached blade.

Abstract: A cutting edge assembly is disclosed. The cutting edge assembly may include an attachment element configured to be attached to a work tool of a machine, wherein the attachment element is formed from a first metal alloy, and wherein the attachment element includes a plurality of retention structures that extend from an attachment end of the attachment element toward a cutting edge end of the attachment element. The cutting edge assembly may include a wear element configured to form a cutting edge of the work tool, wherein the wear element is formed from a second metal alloy that is different from the first metal alloy, and wherein the wear element is cast over the plurality of retention structures to bond the wear element to the attachment element.

Abstract: A v-shaped wear strip includes a v-shaped body defining a longitudinal axis, a first end, and a second end disposed along the longitudinal axis. The v-shaped body includes a first attachment portion defining a first aperture, a first pressing portion that forms a first oblique angle with the first attachment portion at the first end, and a first arcuate portion transitioning from the first attachment portion to the first pressing portion at the first end.

Abstract: A rotary working vehicle is provided with: a lower traveling body; an upper rotating body; a rotating frame constituting the bottom of the upper rotating body; a boom bracket supported by the rotating frame so as to be capable pivoting horizontally; a first vertical plate and a second vertical plate, which are raised from the bottom plate of the rotating frame; a swing cylinder provided on the opposite side of the second vertical plate from the first vertical plate and connecting the rotating frame and the boom bracket; a protrusion piece protruding toward the swing cylinder from a side wall of the second vertical plate above the swing cylinder; a hose guide provided to the protrusion piece; and first and second hydraulic hoses which pass above the first vertical plate and the second vertical plate, extend downward from above through the hose guide, and reach the swing cylinder.

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

Abstract: An apparatus for installing a land anchor of a foundation in an earthen surface includes an articulated arm assembly including a first linear actuator and a drill configured to releasably couple to a helical member, and a control system coupled to the articulated arm assembly and configured to operate the first linear actuator in a free-floating mode configured to maintain an installation angle between the drill and the earthen surface as the helical member is drilled into the earthen surface.

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 working machine includes a prime mover, a traveling pump to be driven by the prime mover to output operation fluid, a traveling motor to be driven by the operation fluid outputted from the traveling pump and to change a motor speed between a first speed and a second speed higher than the first speed, a machine body on which the prime mover, the traveling pump, and the traveling motor are arranged, a traveling switching valve to be switched between a first state allowing the traveling motor to rotate at the first speed and a second state allowing the traveling motor to rotate at the second speed, and a controller to reduce a revolving speed of the prime mover based on a traveling condition of the machine body in switching the traveling switching valve between an accelerating state to switch the traveling switching valve from the first state to the second state and a decelerating state to switch the traveling switching valve from the second state to the first state.

Abstract: A computing device generates a graphical user interface displaying a three-dimensional representation of the site comprising a position of a vehicle capable of moving material within the site and a target location within the site for the vehicle to move material. The computing device transmits a set of instructions for the vehicle to move a volume of material from the target location. The computing device receives sensor data describing a depth of the target location, a current volume of material moved from the target location, and a position of the vehicle. The graphical user interface displayed on the computing device is modified to display the current depth of the target location, and the position of the vehicle relative to the target location. The computing device modifies the set of instructions based on the received sensor data and provides the modified set of instructions to the vehicle.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for controlling equipment. The method includes: acquiring an electrical signal collected by a displacement sensor; determining a displacement of a movable rod of a hydraulic cylinder relative to a cylinder tube of the hydraulic cylinder according to the electrical signal; determining, according to the displacement, a rotating angle of a mechanical arm connected to the movable rod relative to a mechanical arm connected to the cylinder tube; and controlling equipment according to the rotating angle.

Abstract: A base edge includes a plurality of center notches and a first and a second end notches that all include the same configuration, defining a notch depth along direction of assembly, a straight middle portion straddled laterally by a first arcuate corner portion and a second arcuate corner portion, the straight middle portion defining a lateral straight middle portion width, and the notch depth ranges from 0.1 multiplied by the lateral straight middle portion width to 0.5 multiplied by the lateral straight middle portion width.

Abstract: The first and the second legs and the throat portion of an adapter include an upper surface and a lower surface that at least partially define a slot, and a clearance void disposed at the closed end of the slot. A ratio of the clearance void width to the clearance void height ranges from 2.0 to 3.0.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an approximately parallelepiped-shaped sink comprising a series of flat rectangular slabs made of ceramic/clay material, firmly connected to one another at their relative sides. the sides of the slabs are provided with connection bevels tilted in respect to the lying planes of the respective slabs with angles sized so that the support of the flat face of a connection bevel present on a side of a slab against the flat face of the connection bevel present on a connection side of another slab, determines a mutual perpendicular positioning between the two slabs; and firmly fixing the flat faces of the connection bevel by means of an adhesive composition.

Abstract: The valve is applied in the industry of bathroom furniture, the industry of manufacturing urinals or dry urinals that do not drag waste through water. The valve provides a water seal that does not require dragging water; it is the urine itself that achieves the seal without the odor developed by the urine of the water seal returning to the users' space. A seal is provided by spheres avoiding the use of consumables, such as sealing oil, scent pads, among others. An outlet valve is provided, in a waterless urinal, towards the drainage, preventing the return of foul odors, including a hydraulic trap formed by a tank where a certain volume of urine is formed, a funnel that discharges the new urine into the bottom of the tank, and an upper valve where the seal is carried out by one or two spheres in their respective seats.

Abstract: A flush toilet according to an embodiment includes a bowl part, a rim part, and a water spout port. The bowl part receives waste. The rim part is formed on a top of the bowl part. The water spout port spouts a washing water along the rim part. A height of a bottom surface wall that forms a passing water channel where the washing water flows along the rim part increases from an end part on a side of the water spout port toward a front end of the bowl part.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a debris catching and removing apparatus and method. For example, bar screens or grids for collecting and removing trash or debris from storm, waste water, or sewage systems, and mounting systems and methods therefore are provided. These apparatus and method may provide a long-lasting, light-weight, and low-cost debris screen screening solutions for removing trash or debris from, for example, storm, waste water, or sewage systems. The invention may be particularly applicable to small lift stations that use submersible pumps or surface mounted pumps that suction waste water from a wet well.

Abstract: A built-up beam includes a pair of I-beams each having opposing flanges, a web that extends between the opposing flanges, a plurality of flange openings in each of the opposing flanges, a plurality of web openings in the web, and a plurality of bolt holes in one of the opposing flanges. The I-beams are stacked together flange-to-flange in a stacked beam configuration and a plurality of bolts extend through the plurality of bolt holes and secure the pair of I-beams together in the stacked beam configuration.

Abstract: A full-moment column collar is disclosed, including four collar flange components and four collar corner components. Each collar flange component includes an upper transverse element and a lower transverse element, connected by a bridging member. Each collar corner component includes first and second expanses defining a corner and a standoff portion extending from the corner, the standoff portion having a distal T-shaped structure. Each collar corner component is configured to connect two adjacent collar flange components, and each collar corner component has a multi-axis alignment structure extending from a bottom end portion for vertically positioning a lower transverse element of a respective collar flange component.