Abstract: A knitting system 18 and a needle 1, which show greater stability and consume less power during the knitting process, include a bending portion 9 in which at least one recess 11 is arranged at at least one lateral surface 23 of the needle 1 and/or is formed in such a manner that a shaft offset S exists, in a peripheral direction U, between a working portion 10 of the needle 1 and a shank portion 8 of the needle 1.

Abstract: The present invention provides a biodegradable nonwoven fabric which has biodegradability, while having extremely excellent texture, or having good formability and being suppressed in fluffing in an embossed part during forming. One embodiment of the present invention provides: a biodegradable nonwoven fabric which is configured from fibers that contain a biodegradable thermoplastic resin, and is characterized in that the shear viscosity thereof is more than 0 Pa·s but not more than ?41.4×ln(x)+500.84 Pa·s at a shear rate x (x is from 20/s to 10,000/s) at 230° C., or is characterized in that the biodegradable nonwoven fabric has an embossed part and a non-embossed part, and the embossed part thickness index that is obtained by dividing the thickness of the embossed part by the square root of weight is 2.75 to 4.36 mm/(g/m2)0.

Abstract: A method for producing a combustion resistant upholstery fabric with a weight of approximately 180-210 g/m2 includes: at least one preparation step of an intimate blend yarn with 65% by weight of polyester fibers and 35% by weight of cotton fibers, at least one weaving step with a 2/1 twill weave of the yarn thus prepared to obtain a fabric, at least one washing step of said fabric to obtain a bleached fabric, at least one step of pressing said bleached fabric, the pressing step involves inserting said bleached fabric inside at least one calender to obtain an upholstery fabric.

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet having a laundry compartment located inside said cabinet, an exhaust vent extending from the laundry compartment, an exhaust temperature sensor disposed in the exhaust vent generating an exhaust temperature signal, an exhaust humidity sensor disposed in the exhaust vent generating an exhaust humidity signal and an ambient humidity sensor generating an ambient humidity signal. The appliance further includes a display and a controller coupled to the exhaust temperature sensor, the exhaust humidity sensor and the ambient humidity sensor. The controller determines an estimated time remaining for a drying cycle based on the exhaust temperature signal, the exhaust humidity signal and the ambient humidity signal and causes the display to display the estimated time remaining.

Abstract: A control method of a clothing treatment device including a cabinet forming an exterior, a tub provided in the cabinet and configured to store water, a drum provided to the tub in a rotatable manner and configured to receive clothing, a drainage unit configured to drain water from the tub, and a driving unit configured to rotate the drum is provided that includes a clothing amount sensing operation of sensing a weight of clothing, a water supply operation of supplying water to the tub a first dehydration operation of maintaining at least a portion of the supplied water and rotating the drum while drainage is stopped, and a second dehydration operation of rotating the drum at a drum rotation speed higher than a maximum drum rotation speed in the first dehydration operation, and the drainage is performed in at least a portion of periods after the first dehydration operation.

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance includes a cabinet defining a cabinet interior, a drum, rotatable within the cabinet interior, at least partially defines a treating chamber for holding laundry items for treatment. A lid provides access to the cabinet interior. A user interface is carried by the cabinet and includes a console having a first input opening, a controller including a printed circuit board (PCB) located behind the console, and a rotary knob assembly and push button assembly located above the console and operably coupled to the PCB. A liquid seal is formed between the console and the rotary knob assembly and the console and the push button.

Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus, and the laundry treating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a cabinet; a drum which is provided within the cabinet, is rotatably provided, and accommodates laundry therein; a control part provided to store a plurality of courses for treating laundry, and control rotation of the drum to perform the plurality of courses; an option button part which is provided in the cabinet, and is manipulated by a user to adjust an option setting value for each of the plurality of courses; and a screen output part which is provided in the cabinet and outputs a screen for providing information to the user, wherein the screen output part is provided to output a course selection screen on which any of the plurality of courses for treating laundry is displayed, and when the option button part is manipulated, the course selection screen is converted into an option screen.

Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry treating apparatus in which a control panel for manipulating a laundry treating apparatus is directly coupled to a rear surface of a front panel defining a front surface of a cabinet to prevent other components other than an input part from being exposed to a front surface of the cabinet.

Abstract: A washing machine and a method for controlling the washing machine are disclosed. The washing machine comprises: a case; a tub positioned inside the case; a drum rotatably provided in the tub; and a damper provided to reduce vibration between the case and the tub. The damper includes: a cylinder coupled to either the case or the tub; a piston movably inserted into the cylinder, which is coupled to the other of the case and the tub; a friction member encompassing a portion of the outer surface of the piston; an elastic member encompassing the friction member, and having a reduced inner periphery such that elastic force is applied to the friction member to be pressed toward the piston; and a pusher that spaces the elastic member from the cylinder to reduce the elastic force applied by the elastic member to the friction member.

Abstract: A planetary gear assembly includes a gear housing, a carrier including a carrier flange positioned inside the gear housing, and a carrier shaft extending in an axial direction from the carrier flange toward a front side of the gear housing and coupled to a drum shaft, a sun gear including a front end that is coupled to the carrier while spaced apart from a back end of the drum shaft, and a back end that protrudes toward a back side of the gear housing and is coupled to a rotor frame of a motor, a key bolt including a bolt head coupled to the front end of the sun gear and a bolt shaft extending backward along the axial direction and penetrating the sun gear, pinion gears coupled to the carrier flange and tooth-coupled to the sun gear, and a ring gear tooth-coupled to the pinion gears.

Abstract: The present application relates to a clothing treatment apparatus comprising: a drum comprising a drum body providing a space for storing clothing, a front cover forming the front surface of the drum body, a rear cover forming the rear surface of the drum body, and a drum inlet port formed through the front cover; a fixing panel provided at a position spaced apart from the rear cover; a power transfer portion comprising a housing fixed to the fixing panel, an input shaft, of which one end is located out of the housing and the other end is located in the housing, a first output shaft, of which one end passes through the fixing panel and the other end is located in the housing, a second output shaft fixed to the rear cover, a joint connecting the first output shaft and the second output shaft, and a gear unit located in the housing and transferring the rotation movement of the input shaft to the first output shaft; a stator which is fixed to the fixing panel or the housing and forms a rotating field; and a roto

Abstract: A laundry treating appliance comprising a first body, a second body, and a transport bolt securing the tub to the cabinet during transportation. The first body defines an interior and has at least one wall with a first opening. The second body is located within the interior and has a second opening aligned with the first opening. The transport bolt comprises a shank with a first region and a second region.

Abstract: A dispenser for a laundry appliance includes a housing and a lid. The housing defines a chamber configured to received laundry treatment chemicals. The lid is secured to the housing. The lid has an external cover and an insert. The lid is configured to cover the chamber in a closed position. The lid is configured to provide access to the chamber in an open position. The external cover has an internal surface configured to engage the housing when the lid is in the closed position. The insert is sandwiched between the internal surface and the housing when the lid is in the closed position.

Abstract: A washing machine appliance includes a cabinet; a tub rotatably provided within the cabinet; an agitator provided within the tub, the agitator defining an axial direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction, the axial direction being parallel to the vertical direction. The agitator defines a receiving space; a cup assembly received within the receiving space along the axial direction, the cup assembly including a cup and a cap; and a restrictor tube received within the receiving space along the axial direction below the cup assembly along the vertical direction.

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a valve assembly that includes a body and a conduit that is attached to the body. A first valve is attached to a first end of the conduit. A second valve is attached to a second end of the conduit. A valve support plate has a first aperture that receives a first fitting of the first valve, and a second aperture that receives a second fitting of the second valve. The valve support plate includes a securing interface that secures the first fitting of the first valve with the second fitting of the second valve and prevents independent rotational deflection of the first fitting and the second fitting.

Abstract: A removable fluid pumping and filtration apparatus for a laundry treatment machine is provided. The apparatus includes a handle portion. A filter section is configured to selectively couple to an impeller of the laundry treatment machine, the filter section defining a hollow interior, a lower water opening to allow for the passage of water out of the interior space of the agitator, and an opening about the exterior circumference of the filter section into which a removable filter is selectively attachable. A handle pull locking post is provided within the hollow interior of the apparatus, including a handle pull portion at a top end for gripping against the handle portion and at least one pin at a bottom end configured to selectively lock the apparatus into the base.

Abstract: An appliance includes a cabinet with an interior processing chamber. A door assembly is operable relative to the cabinet between open and closed positions. The door assembly includes a first door panel with a front portion. A second door panel with a rear section is coupled to the front portion of the first door panel. A snap feature is defined along an outer edge of the second door panel. A trim element is coupled to the snap feature. The trim element includes a rear segment with a lip defined on the rear segment. The lip extends along an outer periphery of the first door panel and engages a rear portion of the first door panel to secure the trim element to the outer periphery of the first door panel.

Abstract: A clothing processing device comprises a cabinet, a front panel including a first surface, a second surface, and an opening, a drum inside the cabinet to communicate with the opening, and a door connected to the first surface. The front panel includes a seating groove protruding toward the inside of the cabinet along a circumference of the opening to seat the door in response to closing the opening by the door, and an extension surface extending toward the inside of the cabinet from an upper part of the front panel. The extension surface includes curved nose to form a gap with the seating groove, and the clothing processing device includes an insulation between the curved nose and the seating groove, and a heat dissipation sheet attached to the second surface to enclose at least a part of the insulation along the circumference of the insulation.

Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a cabinet having a top panel that defines an aperture for selectively accessing a treatment chamber defined within the cabinet. A lid is rotationally operable relative to the aperture of the top panel between open and closed positions. Hinge assemblies extend between the lid and the top panel. The hinge assemblies include a first hinge assembly. A second hinge assembly is selectively retractable into the lid to a retracted position. A biasing member biases the second hinge assembly out to an extended position. At least the second hinge assembly is operable to the retracted position to bypass a portion of the top panel to define an installed position where the first and second hinge assemblies are engaged with respective hinge receptacles of the top panel.

Abstract: Provided is a washing machine including: a storage chamber configured to store carbon dioxide in a gaseous state; an additive container configured to store an additive; a mixing chamber configured to mix the carbon dioxide in the gaseous state supplied from the storage chamber with the additive supplied from the additive container and pressurize the carbon dioxide and the additive, which are mixed with each other, to generate a mixed solution in a liquid state; a washing chamber configured to wash laundry using the mixed solution supplied from the mixing chamber; and a distillation chamber configured to accommodate the mixed solution discharged from the washing chamber and vaporize the carbon dioxide from the mixed solution therein, wherein the additive lowers a vapor pressure of the mixed solution to maintain the mixed solution in a liquid state at pressures of 10 bar or less.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clothing processing apparatus comprising: a drum which is provided with a drum body for storing clothing, a front cover forming the front surface of the drum body, a rear cover forming the rear surface of the drum body, and a drum inlet passing through the front cover; a motor provided with a stator that forms a rotating field and a rotor that is rotated by the rotating field; a fixing panel located between the rear cover and the stator; a fixing panel through-hole passing through the fixing panel; a housing-mounting part which is provided with a support body positioned in the fixing panel through-hole and a support body through-hole passing through the support body, the support body being fixed to the fixing panel so as to be rotatable within a preset angle range; and a power transmission unit provided with a housing, which is fixed to the support body and provides a space in which the stator is fixed, an input shaft, of which one end is fixed to the rotor and the other en

Abstract: The present application relates to a clothing treatment apparatus comprising: a drum which is provided with a drum body providing a space for storing clothing, a front cover forming the front surface of the drum body, a rear cover forming the rear surface of the drum body, and a rear cover through-hole passing through the rear cover; a fixing panel provided at a position spaced apart from the rear cover; a power transmission unit which is provided with a housing fixed to the fixing panel, an input shaft of which one end is positioned outside the housing and the other end is positioned inside the housing, an output shaft of which one end passes through the fixing panel and is fixed to the rear cover and the other end is positioned inside the housing, and a gear unit positioned inside the housing and transmitting the rotational motion of the input shaft to the output shaft; a motor which is provided with a stator fixed to the fixing panel or the housing and forming a rotating field and a rotor fixed to the one

Abstract: A blower assembly for an appliance defines a radial direction, a circumferential direction, and an axial direction. The blower assembly includes a motor, a housing, and an impeller. The housing has a front wall and a rear wall defining a volute with the impeller positioned therein. The impeller is mechanically coupled to the motor for rotating to direct a primary airflow into a primary airflow inlet of the housing and throughout the appliance. Further, the impeller includes a hub wall and a shroud wall. The should wall is spaced apart from the front wall of the housing along the axial direction to define a gap through which a secondary airflow can pass. An inner edge of the shroud wall has a shroud feature that causes the secondary airflow to align with the primary airflow entering the primary airflow inlet so as to minimize turbulence.

Abstract: A laundry treatment apparatus includes a treatment space to provide a space for accommodating the laundry therein, a supply device supplying at least one of air or steam to the treatment space, a holder fixed to each of the first side surface and the second side surface, and a support body supported by the holder to divide the treatment space into an upper space and a lower space. The holder may include a holder body fixed to the first side surface or the second side surface, a through hole provided in one surface of the holder body facing the first or second side surface having the holder body fixed thereto, a light source provided inside the holder body, and a light guide provided in a bar shape within the holder body to transmit light supplied from the light source in a length direction of the through hole.

Abstract: An airflow system for a laundry appliance is provided. The laundry appliance has a cabinet for receiving one or more articles for washing or drying. The airflow system includes a duct assembly, a heat exchanger, and a blower assembly. The duct assembly defines an airflow path between an air inlet for receiving air from the cabinet and an air outlet for returning air into the cabinet. The heat exchanger is disposed between the air inlet and the air outlet. The blower assembly directs airflow along the airflow path. Further, during operation of the laundry appliance, the blower assembly directs the airflow through the air outlet, across the heat exchanger, through the air inlet, and back into the cabinet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clothes treatment apparatus which provides various optimized drum motion combinations that can prevent damage to clothes or prevent shrinkage of the clothes in each of the preheating section, a constant rate drying section, a falling rate drying section, and a cooling section.

Abstract: Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as article peel strength, flexibility, article dimensions, and/or dissolvability, and methods for making same are provided.

Abstract: Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as flexibility, article dimensions, and/or dissolvability, and product-shipping assemblies for containing the same are provided.

Abstract: Active agent-containing articles, for example fibrous structures, that exhibit consumer acceptable article in-use properties, such as article peel strength, flexibility, and/or dissolvability, and methods for making same are provided.

Abstract: An inorganic fiber sizing agent is disclosed that contains a vinyl ester compound, a surfactant, and a fatty acid ester. Also disclosed is an inorganic fiber having the inorganic fiber sizing agent attached thereto.

Abstract: Provided are a fiber material for liquid purification, being inexpensive, capable of reducing cleaning, and suppressing the generation of fine particles, and a cleaning device including the same. The present invention relates to a nonwoven fabric base material containing a mixed resin of polyolefin and a styrene-olefin copolymer in a single fiber, which is used as a fiber material for liquid purification for removing a biotoxic substance from liquid, wherein the mass ratio of the polyolefin to the mass of the mixed resin is 10% by mass or more and 80% by mass or less and the mass ratio of all styrene residues to the mass of the styrene-olefin copolymer is 5% by mass or more and 50% by mass or less, a fiber material for liquid purification including the nonwoven fabric base material, a method for producing the material, and a cleaning device including the material.

Abstract: A system for the functionalization of polyolefin fiber includes a reactor chamber, a fiber pulley system, and a precursor sprinkler system. The reactor chamber defines an interior reactor space and a plurality of fiber inlet/outlet pairs positioned at opposite ends of respective fiber processing axes. The fiber pulley system is arranged to direct polyolefin fiber through the plurality of fiber inlet/outlet pairs, along a fiber processing path comprising the respective fiber processing axes. The precursor sprinkler system is operable to aerosolize a precursor solution and contact the aerosolized precursor solution with the polyolefin fiber.

Abstract: Soft surface articles may be treated during manufacture with treatment sheets loaded with treatment chemicals while drying the articles. This eliminates a step of adding the treatment chemicals to a water bath containing the treatment chemicals. Eliminating this step reduces the amount of water used in the manufacture of the soft surface articles and also removes the requirement of having to process a vat of waste water.

Abstract: A thin film may include a high toughness and a high air permeability, e.g., when applied to skin, and may be used as a functional member or an electronic functional member. The thin film may include fibers, which may be formed into a net shape constituting a fibrous net, and a coating film, which may be formed on the surfaces of the fibers and in gaps between the fibers. The fibers may be formed by an electrospinning method. The fibers may be formed by using any of a polyurethane, a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) derivative, and a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) as a material. The coating film may be formed by using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) as a material. A conductive film, which may be formed on a part of all of the coating film, may also be provided.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a jacketed mooring rope (1) comprising a core rope (2) and a jacket (3) surrounding said core rope, wherein the jacket comprises a braided layer of level 2 braided strands (30) and wherein said level 2 braided strands each comprise a plurality of level 1 braided strands (40). In another aspect, the invention is directed to a rope (30) for use in the jacket (3) of the jacketed mooring rope (1), wherein said rope (30) comprises a plurality of level 1 braided strands (40) that each comprise a plurality of braided yarns (50) surrounding one or more core yarns (51), wherein the braided yarns and the core yarns comprise fibers having a yarn count of at least 440 den; a tenacity of at least 5 g/den; and/or a modulus of at least 100 g/den.

Abstract: In a tire the strength of steel cord and the resilience of rubber are a successful combination. However, in some specific areas of a tire, more elongation is expected from the steel cord, while still a sufficient degree of stiffness is expected. A steel cord is presented that has these properties. The steel cord comprises two or more steel elements that are twisted together. The steel elements comprise one or more steel filaments. In total the steel cord comprises ‘N’ filaments, each with a cross sectional area ‘A’. When the steel elements are individualised out of the steel cord they show a helix pitch length of ‘Lo’, while a single pitch has a centre line length of ‘S’. The inventive steel cord shows a ‘P’ value of at least 50 newton, wherein P=?NE (A/S)2. Further methods are presented to produce this steel cord.

Abstract: A fuse assembly for rope systems. A catch is a rope segment having a certain failure strength. An accompanying trigger component has a predetermined failure point which can be less than the failure strength of the catch, acting as a sacrificial element to reveal the potential risk of rope recoil. In one embodiment, the catch includes connecting ends, and the trigger is remote from the catch. In other embodiments the trigger includes the connecting ends and the catch is separate from but works cooperatively with the trigger. Additional hold components can accompany the system, as well as first and second chafe protection layers.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a facility for cleaning cigarette butts, including a treatment tank configured to treat the cigarette butts in order to extract therefrom fibres to be depolluted, and depollution means configured to depollute the fibres by placing them in contact with a fluid in the supercritical state, referred to as supercritical fluid.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wallpaper composition and a wallpaper releasing a flavorant component by heat, and more particularly, to a wallpaper composition and a wallpaper which includes a sugar compound-derived moiety and a flavoring compound-derived moiety in a basic skeleton, and includes a compound decomposed into a lactone compound, a sugar compound, and a flavoring compound upon pyrolysis.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a single-ply tissue paper material having a basis weight less than 40 gsm and a GMT tensile strength of at least 60 N/m, comprising a non-wood tissue ply, comprising non-wood cellulose pulp fibres being present in an amount of at least 10% by dry weight of the of the non-wood tissue ply. The disclosure also relates to a single-ply tissue paper product and to a multi-ply tissue paper product comprising at least one non-wood tissue ply.

Abstract: Methods of sequentially applying nanocellulose(s) onto the surface of paper and paperboard substrates, paper or paperboard prepared using said methods, and systems for producing paper or paperboard having sequentially applied nanocellulose(s).

Abstract: A fiber web containing hardwood pulp is impregnated with a chemical solution that contains a moisturizing component such as glycerin, moisture, an oily component such as hydrocarbons, and a vegetable powder such as corn starch. The vegetable powder enters between pulp fibers of the fiber web in which hydrogen bonds are relaxed by the moisturizing component and the oily component, thereby spontaneously raising some of the pulp fibers in a surface of the fiber web. Accordingly, a fiber web product that is excellent in texture characteristics such as a smooth raised feeling, softness, and moistness, generates less dust such as powder or pulp fibers, and has sufficient strength, and a manufacturing method of the same are provided.

Abstract: A molded article according to the present invention has improved water resistance and tear index and is biodegradable even in the sea, through the introduction of a polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) resin, which is a biodegradable polymer, into pulp. The molded article according to the present invention can be manufactured from a mixed composition of pulp and a biodegradable resin by a process such as hot pressing using a mold, and thus can be provided for various applications and in various forms, in various fields.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods and systems for manufacturing molded fiber products using a pulp slurry and apparatus submerged in pulp slurry. The system utilizes a vacuum and mesh shaping of the product to pull fiber from the pulp slurry to the mesh shape while sucking the water through the mesh shape. The molded fiber product is then pressed to bolster the strength and structure of the product. The product is then coated using centripetal force to uniformly spread the coating across the selected area of the product. After coating, the product is pressed again to ensure the waterproof and airproof structure of the product. The materials used in manufacturing the molded fiber product are biodegradable, and the apparatus to form the molded fiber product is shaped according to the desired shape and size of the product.

Abstract: A method of making 3D printed porous mold or filters are disclosed in which the external surface of the mold/filter is formed by a single printed layer of material. Supporting layers are then laid down on the surface layer in way that creates a porous body that of substantially uniform porosity across the entire mold/filter surface. Use of such porous bodies as screens on molds for the manufacture of molded fiber parts are described as well as general uses as filters having 3D exterior surfaces.

Abstract: In an example in accordance with the present disclosure, a fiber molding screen is described. The fiber molding screen includes a first region and a second region. The fiber molding screen includes a first set of pores formed within the first region. Each pore of the first set of pores has a first pore trajectory angle between a longitudinal axis of the pore and the first region surface. The fiber molding screen also includes a second set of pores formed within the second region. Each pore of the second set of pores has a second pore trajectory angle between a longitudinal axis of the pore and the second region surface. The second pore trajectory angle is different than the first pore trajectory angle.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a thoroughly smooth urban traffic system, which has a two-dimensional urban plane and a road with two main directions which are perpendicular or nearly perpendicular to each other. On an underground first layer, the road in the first main direction is occupied separately, and all automobiles, subways, trains and municipal corridors in this direction are roughly parallel without level crossing, and are smooth. On an underground second layer, the road in the second main direction is occupied separately, and all automobiles, subways, trains and municipal corridors in this direction are roughly parallel without level crossing, and are smooth. The underground layers can be provided with urban sufficient parking lots. An underground third layer is used for non-motor vehicle roads, parking and a large-scale reservoir. On a ground plane layer, only houses, plants, people, open-air bars, etc. are exposed in the sun, to establish a veritable urban park.

Abstract: An in-situ reconstruction and extension structure of an embankment and a construction method thereof are provided. The structure includes a stepped slope excavated on an existing side slope. A gradient of the stepped slope is the same as that of an extension side slope, the stepped slope is individually intersected with top and bottom planes of existing side slope; a toe of existing side slope is taken as a toe of the extension side slope, and gradient of the extension side slope is determined according to positions of the toe and an expanded width. An outer side of stepped slope is filled with a geogrid reinforcement layer in a layered manner, a slope protection structure is arranged on an outer side of the geogrid reinforcement layer to form extension equivalent side slope; a drainage system is arranged at a bottom of the extension side slope.

Abstract: Example implementations of a synthetic turf system comprise a turf tray and a turf element. The turf tray is rigid and planar, and has a lattice structure extending within the lateral perimeter. The turf element includes a backing portion and a blade portion. The blade portion is defined by a plurality of blades of artificial grass affixed to the backing portion, the backing portion is placed secured engagement with the upper side by way of, for example, adhesive or screws. The turf trays may include perimeter and auxiliary adhesive tracks, and an array of screw retention bosses. The system may include a sprinkler assembly mountable in the turf trays for washing down the turf elements. The sprinkler assembly may include mounting flanges configurable to accommodate mounting of various sprinklers. The system may include height-adjustable pedestals or joists to support the turf trays at a distance above the local horizonal surface.

Abstract: A screed assembly for a road paver comprises a main screed and a secondary screed. The main screed comprises a main screed plate for contact with paving material. The secondary screed comprises a screed plate carrier and a secondary screed plate for contact with the paving material. The secondary screed plate is attached to the screed plate carrier so as to be tiltable about a tilting axis. The screed assembly comprises a height adjustment device configured to lower or raise the screed plate carrier relative to the main screed. The screed assembly further comprises a tilting device configured to change a tilting angle of the secondary screed plate about the tilting axis.