Abstract: The present invention relates to a complementary nutritional composition characterized by a low glycemic load and/or index and/or comprising an ingredient characterized by a low glycemic index for use in treatment, prevention and/or reducing the risk of a metabolic syndrome disorder appearing later in life.

Abstract: The method may include retrieving a first cooking profile associated with the first food item, wherein the first cooking profile comprises at least one first temperature set point and at least one first time period. The method may also include controlling a temperature of the grill to the first cooking profile. The method may further include retrieving a second cooking profile associated with a second food item, wherein the second cooking profile comprises at least one second temperature set point and at least one second time period. The method may also include combining the first cooking profile and the second cooking profile to form a hybrid cooking profile comprising at least one third temperature set point and at least one third time period. The method may further include controlling the grill to the hybrid cooking profile after beginning the second cooking session.

Abstract: The present invention is related to the field of reddening of food products. In particular the present invention relates to the preservation or optimization of nitrate reductase activity of frozen and/or dried lactic acid bacteria cultures or Micrococcaceae cultures (particularly cultures comprising one or more species of Staphylococcus having nitrate reductase activity).

Abstract: A method for producing black ginseng concentrate is characterized by including steps of adding red ginseng to a continuous steaming-dryer followed by steaming, cooling, and drying to prepare black ginseng, carrying out extraction by adding alcohol to crushed black ginseng obtained by crushing the black ginseng prepared above followed by filtration to prepare black ginseng extract, and concentrating the black ginseng extract prepared above by using a plate type evaporative concentrator followed by heat treatment, and the present invention also relates to black ginseng concentrate prepared by the aforementioned method.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for roasting coffee beans with a roasting apparatus (10) said roasting apparatus being positioned in a room and said roasting apparatus comprising: ?—a roasting device (1), and ?—a smoke treating unit (3) configured to treat the smoke produced in the roasting device (1) and to prevent the dispense of air contaminants in the room.

Abstract: A destemming device includes a housing, a motor, and a belt system configured to fit within the housing. The housing includes at least one cutting aperture. The belt system includes a first belt assembly and a second belt assembly. The first belt assembly includes a first plurality of rollers and a first gripper belt extending around the first plurality of rollers. The second belt assembly includes a second plurality of rollers and a second gripper belt extending around the second plurality of rollers. The first gripper belt and the second gripper belt define a nip. The at least one cutting aperture is aligned with the nip. The motor is operatively connected to the belt system.

Abstract: A composition facilitates smooth and efficient intake of a food containing abundant insoluble dietary fibers, including non-edible part, through improvement in its texture and taste. The composition includes a fine particle composite having insoluble dietary fibers and fat/oil. The composition includes edible and inedible parts of a food material. A dry weight ratio of inedible part to edible and inedible part is 1% to 80%. The composition has 0.1 mass % or more of insoluble dietary fibers, a fine particle content of 2 to 98 mass %, a total fat/oil content of 10 to 98 mass %, and less than 20 mass % water. A modal diameter after ultrasonication is 0.3 to 200 ?m, a ratio of specific surface area per unit volume after ultrasonication to minimum particle size after ultrasonication is 0.1 or more, a ratio of specific surface area per unit volume before and after ultrasonication is 0.01 to 0.99.

Abstract: A method of moulding products from a mass of food stuff. The method includes providing a pump, which pumps the mass towards a mould member, providing detection means, which detects unwanted objects in the mass, removing a portion of the mass via a valve in case an unwanted object is detected, moving a mould cavity, which is part of the mould member past a feed channel, wherein the feed channel is connected to a feed pump, filling the mass into the mould cavity to form a product until a predetermined filling pressure is reached, ejecting a gas through a porous sidewall and/or a porous bottom of the mould cavity to eject the product, wherein no ejection gas is provided when the predetermined filling pressure has not been reached.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for extracting tar aroma components from a cigarette butt and use of the tar aroma components in a cigarette. The method includes the following steps: (1) adding the cigarette butt to an extraction solvent, and carrying out ultrasound-assisted extraction to obtain an extraction solution; (2) centrifuging the extraction solution, and carrying out vacuum distillation on the supernatant to obtain a concentrated extractum; and (3) carrying out molecular distillation on the concentrated extractum, and collecting a light fraction of the molecular distillation to obtain the tar aroma components. In the present disclosure, the cigarette butt is used as a raw material, through the ultrasound-assisted extraction and separation by the molecular distillation to extract the tar, harmful substances in the tar are removed, and the aroma components are retained.

Abstract: This unique and novel exemplary embodiment of an invention relates to a multi-use tool used for handling and preparing a variety of herbal products for smoking or consumption. The multi-use tool comprises a substantially compact, flat profile that allows the multi-use tool to be conveniently stored and readily accessible when needed. The multi-use tool provides a combination of tools specially designed for preparing and handling herbal products.

Abstract: The method for manufacturing inductively heatable tobacco rods comprises the steps of providing a continuous profile of a susceptor, guiding an aerosol-forming tobacco substrate along a tobacco substrate converging device, positioning the continuous profile of susceptor in the aerosol-forming tobacco substrate and converging the aerosol-forming tobacco substrate to a final rod shape. Therein, the step of positioning the continuous profile of susceptor in the aerosol-forming tobacco substrate is performed before performing the step of converging the aerosol-forming tobacco substrate to its final rod shape.

Abstract: A conveyor for aligning rod-shaped articles and including a succession of flutes which are movable along a feed path and which are configured to hold respective rod-shaped articles or groups of rod-shaped articles. For each flute, the conveyor has an abutment portion, disposed at least at one end of the flute to define an abutment surface for one end of the rod-shaped article or group of rod-shaped articles housed in the suction flute. The abutment portion is provided with at least one suction zone to hold the end of the rod-shaped article or group of rod-shaped articles by suction against the abutment portion. The suction zone is defined by a plurality of suction perforations, connected or connectable to a negative pressure source and whose transverse size is, for example, smaller than 1 mm, preferably smaller than 0.8 mm and, still more preferably, smaller than 0.6 mm.

Abstract: The present apparatus and system relate to a machine and components thereof adapted to fill packages and which may be utilized according to a method. The machine progresses a package via a conveyor through sub-stations, such as a cone trimmer, product conveyor, packing head, folding station, and injection station. The cone trimmer trims the package to a desired length, the product conveyor deposits product into the packing head, the packing head packs the product in the package, the folding station folds the package, and the injecting station injects the package.

Abstract: A method of, and equipment for gathering fibres entrained a gas stream, for example by melt blowing, comprises an enclosure having an inlet, through which a gas stream carrying entrained fibres may be directed into the enclosure, a fibre outlet from which an assembly of gathered fibres may be withdrawn from the enclosure and an exhaust outlet through which gas may pass out of the enclosure. The enclosure is constructed to provide a pathway for the fibres from the inlet to the fibre outlet in which surplus gas in the gas stream is separated from the entrained fibres and directed to the exhaust outlet, thereby reducing turbulence in the fibres in the enclosure which may affect the quality of the finished assembly.

Abstract: A cigar holder may comprise a tubular receptacle having a sidewall, a first end, and a second end, the first end comprising a first opening such that the tubular receptacle may be configured to receive at least a portion of a cigar insertably thereinto via the first opening of the first end, the second end comprising a second opening, the sidewall of the tubular receptacle including a through-hole; a magnet receptacle fastened to the second end of the tubular receptacle, the magnet receptacle comprising an end cap and a protrusion extending therefrom, the protrusion fit to the second opening, the protrusion including a cavity; and a magnet disposed at least partially within the cavity. A method of making a cigar holder may comprise providing a tubular receptacle, a magnet receptacle, and a magnet; attaching the magnet to the magnet receptacle; and fastening the magnet receptacle to the tubular receptacle.

Abstract: A smoking storage device has an elongate housing with a top end and a bottom end, the top end having openings into a lighter receiving chamber, a pipe receiving chamber, and a smoking product receiving chamber, and wherein the bottom end is closed. The lighter receiving chamber is sized and shaped to receive a lighter, the pipe receiving chamber is adapted to receive and store an elongate smoking pipe, and the smoking product receiving chamber is adapted to receive and store a smoking product. An overcap is pivotally mounted adjacent the top end of the elongate rigid housing pivots between a closed position and an open position.

Abstract: A shisha cartridge comprises a body defining a cavity and an internal cavity surface. The cartridge comprises an aerosol-forming substrate disposed in the cavity and comprises a layer of gel disposed in the cavity adjacent the internal cavity surface. As the cartridge is heated, the gel may improve aerosol formation.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a cartridge configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol generating material; and a main body comprising an accommodation space for accommodating the cartridge, wherein an airflow passage for introducing external air is formed between a wall of the main body adjoining the accommodation space and a wall of the cartridge when the cartridge is accommodated in the accommodation space of the main body.

Abstract: An assembly facilitating the generation of vapor including a power source and a power adapter electrically connected to said power source and including a plurality of connectors. The power adapter includes a plurality of conductors disposed and structured to independently direct current flow from the power source to each of said plurality of connectors. Each of the connectors includes a conductive terminal electrically connected to the power adapter. Each of the plurality of connectors is structured for removable, electrically conductive connection, via corresponding ones of the terminals and conductors, to a different one of a plurality of vaporizable material cartridges.

Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge includes: 1) a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device, 2) a heating chamber including a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material, 3) a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece, 4) a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and including a well for retaining the heating element and interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the well for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the well, and 5) a cap insertable at the second end for retaining the seal within the storage compartment.

Abstract: The method includes defining a duct within a capillary medium, first forming an air impingement structure, the air impingement structure including electrically conductive filaments, and connecting a first surface of the capillary medium to a second surface of the air impingement structure to form an assembly, a first end of the duct abutting the second surface, at least one first portion of the air impingement structure extending into the first surface.

Abstract: Apparatus for an aerosol generating device comprises a circuit comprising an inductive element for heating a susceptor arrangement to heat an aerosol generating material. The apparatus also comprises a controller configured to determine a change in an electrical parameter of the circuit when the circuit is changed between an unloaded state wherein the susceptor arrangement is not inductively coupled to the inductive element, and a loaded state wherein the susceptor arrangement is inductively coupled to the inductive element. The controller is configured to determine a property of the susceptor arrangement from the change in the electrical parameter of the circuit.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: an opening configured to receive a cigarette, an accommodation space configured to accommodate the cigarette inserted through the opening, a coil surrounding the accommodation space and configured to generate an induced magnetic field, a susceptor configured to generate heat due to the induced magnetic field generated from the coil, a heat dissipating structure surrounding the coil and having a double wall structure including a vacuum inner space, a shielding portion configured to block the induced magnetic field generated from the coil and disposed between the coil and the heat dissipating structure, a cigarette recognition sensor configured to detect changes in inductance of the cigarette recognition sensor which is generated by insertion or extraction of the cigarette, and a controller configured to determine whether the cigarette is inserted or extracted, based on the changes in inductance.

Abstract: A cartridge for a personal vaporizing device includes a liquid store, a liquid transfer element, a heating element, a first power terminal and a second power terminal connected to the heating element, and a memory configured to store a first reference value indicating the resistance of the heating element at a reference temperature or reference. A method of manufacturing such a cartridge is also provided. A main body of a personal vaporizing device has a cartridge seating configured to receive such a cartridge.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an aerosol generating device may include a battery, a first control circuit configured to convert power received from the battery into a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal, a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating article based on the PWM signal received from the first control circuit, and a second control circuit configured to transmit an instruction for causing the first control circuit to generate the PWM signal, in response to a user input to the first control circuit. The first control circuit may determine abnormal operation of the second control circuit, and the second control circuit may determine abnormal operation of the aerosol generating device. Accordingly, the aerosol generating device may determine a more specific operation state and prevent abnormal operation of the heater.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating system (50) has an optical sensor (23) disposed on a portion of an exterior surface of the aerosol-generating system. The optical sensor is configured to output sensor data. A controller (29) is operably coupled to the optical sensor. The controller is configured to manipulate one or more operating parameters of an aerosolizer element of the aerosol-generating system based on the optical sensor data.

Abstract: An inhalation device controller includes a holding portion configured to hold an atomizer including a heater configured to heat an aerosol source, a power supply unit configured to supply power to the heater of the atomizer attached to the holding portion, an amplifier to which a voltage according to a voltage of a node on a current path configured to supply the power to the heater is input, and a processor configured to acquire information from the amplifier and execute control according to the information. A first range that a value of the information takes in a holding state in which the holding portion holds the atomizer and a second range that the value of the information takes in a non-holding state in which the holding portion does not hold the atomizer do not include ranges overlapping each other.

Abstract: An aerosol delivery device is provided that includes a cartridge coupled with a control body. The cartridge is equipped with a heating element, an authentication device and a second switching circuit. The control body includes a first switching circuit and is configured to exchange authentication signals with the authentication device to authenticate the cartridge for use with the control body and, only in instances in which the cartridge is authenticated, direct power to the heating element. The control body and the cartridge include respectively a two-wire electrical connector and a corresponding two-wire electrical connector coupled with one another, and across which the authentication signals are exchanged and the power is directed. The first switching circuit is coupled with the second switching circuit to form switching circuitry configured to manage the authentication signals and the power across the two-wire electrical connector.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette device has an elongate main body including a power supply unit, electrical circuitry and a seating for a liquid reservoir. Front and back panels are slidably attached to the elongate main body and configured to move in the longitudinal direction between an extended position and a retracted position. The panels include connectors configured to slide on rail members in a longitudinal direction. The connectors include a movable portion that is movable relative to a fixed portion, and which allows movement of the panel in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the rail members.

Abstract: The present disclosure teaches provision of a method for an aerosol provision device. The method includes operating a wireless communication interface of the aerosol provision device in a listening mode. During operation of the listening mode, data is received data from the wireless communication interface of another aerosol provision device. The received data is stored in a memory of the aerosol provision device. A connectionless-state advertising packet that includes information relating to an identity and advertising state of the aerosol provision device is created using the wireless communication interface of the aerosol provision device and transmitted via the wireless communication interface. A connectionless-state request packet is received from a remote wireless device, via the wireless communication interface.

Abstract: A brassiere to be worn by a wearer is disclosed. The brassiere includes a pair of bra cups. The brassiere also includes at least one side wing attached to lateral peripheries of the pair of bra cups to support the brassiere around a torso of the wearer, when worn. The brassiere further includes a pair of straps attached to top peripheries of the pair of bra cups to support the brassiere on shoulders of the wearer, when worn. Herein, at least one of the at least one side wing and the pair of straps comprise one or more flat-knit fabric layers.

Abstract: An absorbent garment has a pair of breast cups, each having a layer of moisture-wicking one-way transport material, an inner layer of absorbent terry cloth, an inner layer of foam, and an outer layer of water-resistant material. An inner face of the absorbent terry cloth is fully laminated to an outer face of the one-way transport material. An outer face of the absorbent terry cloth is fully laminated to an inner face of the foam. An outer edge of the one-way transport material is coupled to an outer edge of the foam. An outer face of the foam is fully laminated to an inner face of the water-resistant material. The absorbent terry cloth has an outer edge that does not extend to the outer edges of the one-way transport material or the foam such that the absorbent terry cloth is fully enclosed between the one-way transport material and the foam.

Abstract: A glove magnetic attraction kit device is provided and includes glove bodies, and magnetic attraction devices arranged on wrist parts of the glove bodies respectively. Each of the magnetic attraction devices includes a base, a blind hole is arranged in a middle of the base, and a hollow convex plate used to place a magnetic attraction body is arranged on the base. A side part of the convex plate is provided with an opening used for taking out the magnetic attraction body. The glove magnetic attraction kit device has advantages of strong practicability, reasonable structure, low cost, simple use, safety and reliability.

Abstract: A protective guard for a hand, finger or thumb includes a first thermoplastic layer heat welded to second thermoplastic layer. The second thermoplastic layer has a thickness that is greater than the thickness of the first thermoplastic layer.

Abstract: A camouflage system and methods of making camouflage systems. The camouflage comprises a series of image layers that are sequenced and superimposed to create a repeatable composite image that reduces visibility to first set of sensors (e.g., an animal's eyes) while enhancing visibility to a second set of sensors (e.g., a human's eyes). The camouflage includes a base set of layers that may be used to mimic a macro-environment, a pattern layer, and a detail set of layers that may be used to mimic a microenvironment. The camouflage may be presented in various color schemes, with one suitable scheme being a range of colors centered around safety orange (Pantone 152) and a range of colors from grey to black.

Abstract: A garment is provided which includes a flat-warp-knitted fabric laminate made of at least one flat-warp-knitted fabric. The flat-warp-knitted fabric includes a polyurethane film which is stretchable in substantially all directions. A knit fabric made of fleecy thread may be adhesively bonded to the film and be positioned between the film and the inner lining. The garment can be made up of five tailored flat-warp-knitted laminate pieces: three flat-warp-knitted laminate pieces for the two front sides and the rear side of the torso, and two flat-warp-knitted laminate pieces for the two sleeves. The seams form the two sleeve cuffs, and the seams are sewn onto the flat-warp-knitted laminate pieces for the torso. The front pieces are sewn together, and the rear side of the torso piece is positioned along the side of the torso by a respective seam. The seams are used to connect these parts along the shoulders.

Abstract: A cycling bib (1) comprising a trousers member (2) and an elastically stretchable suspender member (3), wherein the suspender member comprises a stiffer portion (8) compared to the remaining of the suspender member, according to at least one stretching direction, said stiffer portion (8) being located in the rear lower region of the suspension member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a strap component and strap component system. The strap component has a first strap component piece and a second component piece. Each strap component piece has one or more teeth, each teeth having a base with a base width, a tip with a tip width, two side surfaces extending from the tip to the base, and a hole extending through both side surfaces. The first strap component piece and second strap component piece may be arranged whereby the one or more teeth of the first strap component piece and the one or more teeth of the second strap component piece are vertically staggered. In this arrangement, the holes of all of the teeth may be aligned whereby a connecting member may be configured through the holes to connect the first strap component piece and the second strap component piece.

Abstract: A hat brim technology for framing one or more brim opening in a hat brim. A brim clip which engages at least a portion of a brim opening and which can optionally secure a number of brim material layers when in an installed state. A method for creating a framed brim opening in a hat brim. A cap including at least one panel and a brim having an opening in a shape of at least one of an advertisement, a logo, a design, a statement, a phrase, an emblem of a sports team, company, or organization.

Abstract: A helmet may be worn on a head of a wearer having a shape and a contour. The helmet may have a plurality of layers coupled together including an energy management layer and an outer shell layer disposed over the energy management layer. The plurality of layers are integrally formed with one another, and the energy management layer is configured to absorb and dissipate energy received by the helmet during an impact by an external force. The outer shell layer is configured to disperse and dissipate impact energy from the external force. Each of the plurality of layers has a density and a geometry, and the density or geometry of at least one layer differs from the density or geometry of at least another layer.

Abstract: There is provided a welding helmet (1) comprising a face protection member (3) moveable between a lowered position in which the face protection member (3) covers a wearer's face, and an upraised position, in which the face protection member (3) uncovers the wearer's face, a headband suspension system (9) for fixing the face protection member (3) to a wearer's head, a protective cap (17) comprising a flexible outer layer (19) and at least one compressible inner liner (21).

Abstract: A sports helmet kit has a shell, attachable face guard, composite helmet liner, and fit pods to improve and customize the fit of the helmet to the wearer. The composite liner consists of a base liner and a selected group of fit elements, for example, fit pods, removably attached to the inner surface of the base liner (i.e., the surface of the base liner facing the wearer's head). The fit pods are selected from a set of fit pods having different properties, for example, different sizes, thicknesses, densities, and cross-sections. The selection of fit pods from the set may be aided by taking anatomical measurements of the wearer's head and analyzing the measurements with respect to the geometry of the helmet to produce a pressure map. The measurements may be taken by physical contact or by non-contact means. The fit pods may be selected to optimize a pressure map, and thus optimize the fit, for a given wearer of the helmet.

Abstract: A footwear sole structure may include a plurality of discrete hexagonally-shaped sole elements defined by a plurality of sipes. The sipes may include a plurality of sipes that extend in a transverse direction across the sole structure and a plurality of sipes that extend in an oblique direction relative to the transverse sipes. A plurality of sipes may also subdivide the hexagonally-shaped sole elements into one or more diamond-shaped sole element portions. The sole structure may include additional features such as non-hexagonal sole elements and lugs distributed across a bottom surface of the sole structure.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole structure that has a front midsole component and a rear midsole component. A connecting member connects the front midsole component to the rear midsole component. The connecting member defines a groove at a lower side of the sole structure between the front midsole component and the rear midsole component. The front midsole component and the rear midsole component are pivotable relative to one another at the groove between a use position and an access position. Confronting surfaces of the connecting member at the groove are closer to one another in the access position than in the use position so that the groove is relatively open in the use position, and the groove is relatively closed in the access position.

Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear is provided. The sole structure includes an outsole having a ground-engaging surface and an upper surface formed on an opposite side of the outsole than the ground-engaging surface. A first cushion is disposed proximate to a medial side of the sole structure and includes a first fluid-filled chamber attached to the upper surface of the outsole and a second fluid-filled chamber attached to the first fluid-filled chamber and disposed between the first fluid-filled chamber and the upper. A second cushion is disposed proximate to a lateral side of the sole structure and includes a third fluid-filled chamber attached to the upper surface of the outsole and a fourth fluid-filled chamber attached to the third fluid-filled chamber and disposed between the third fluid-filled chamber and the upper. The second cushion is fluidly isolated from the first cushion.

Abstract: Components for articles of footwear and athletic equipment including a foam are provided. The foam portion of the components and articles include a composition which includes a thermoplastic copolyester, the composition having a foam structure. A polymer layer is provided on at least on surface of the foam portion. The polymer layer can control or reduce the water uptake of the foam portion. Methods of making the compositions, foams, and components are provided, as well as methods of making an article of footwear including one of the foam components. In some aspects, the foams and foam components can be made by injection molding, or injection molding followed by compression molding.

Abstract: An article of footwear may include a first ground engaging member extending substantially downward from a baseplate, the first ground engaging member may have a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape in a substantially horizontal plane, the first ground engaging member having a first sidewall edge, a second sidewall edge, and a third sidewall edge forming vertices of the substantially triangular cross-sectional shape. In addition, a first sidewall may have a concave portion that is concave in the substantially horizontal plane. Further, the first ground engaging member may be disposed proximate a peripheral edge of the outer member with the first sidewall edge disposed opposite the concave portion of the sidewall, and the first sidewall edge oriented facing toward the peripheral edge. Also, the concave portion of the first sidewall may be oriented in a substantially lateral direction, facing away from the peripheral edge of the outer member.

Abstract: Various articles, such as footwear, apparel, athletic equipment, watchbands, and the like, and methods of forming those articles are presented. The articles are generally formed, in whole or in part, using rapid manufacturing techniques, such as laser sintering, stereolithography, solid deposition modeling, and the like. The use of rapid manufacturing allows for relatively economical and time efficient manufacture of customized articles. The articles may include one or more reinforcements configured to provide added durability to various regions of the articles. In addition, the articles may be formed from two or more materials in a single rapid manufacturing process. The rapid manufacturing additive fabrication technique may also include using of varying intensities of the laser to fuse material to form the articles.

Abstract: An upper for a sports shoe may include a component such as a vamp or a rear portion. The shoe component may include a UV curable microlattice structure with a plurality of regions such that each region has a different density. In some cases, the microlattice structure may include a high density microlattice structure, a mid-level density microlattice structure, and a non-structural region with a low density microlattice structure.

Abstract: An upper structure of an article of footwear includes an upper, a cuff member, and a strobel. The upper includes an exterior upper member and an interior upper member. The cuff member includes a first end coupled to the exterior upper member and a second end coupled to the interior upper member. The cuff member is folded over on itself at a fold to define an ankle opening. The strobel is coupled to the upper and cooperates with the upper to at least partially define a foot-receiving void.