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Lambswool Tweed is a classic woollen spun yarn in a 15/2nm (2/14wc) weight, which in knitting terms falls between 2ply and 3ply. It is light and airy, with lots of bounce, so a good long meterage for the weight of cone. Some shades are packed full of nepps and flecks adding a character-filled lovat sort of effect. Even the solid shades have the same tweedy texture just using self-coloured knops
The yarn is end of lines or discontinued colours from a large spinner in Scotland, so we can get hold of it regularly, just not always in exactly the same colours, so make sure you order enough for your project. As it's an industrial yarn it is spun in oil giving it a slight greasy feel and a lovely woolly smell. This will of course wash out once your project is complete to create a very soft fabric, but check tension carefully (see below).
Most of the shades we are stocking are 2 fold, though a couple of slightly thicker yarns snuck into the range as I was rifling through boxes, so please check the shade name to see these.
Lambswool Tweed is manufactured as a machine knitting yarn and is perfect to use on either a fine gauge or a standard gauge machine. It can be hand knitted or crocheted as about a laceweight, but check tension first.
As the yarn is spun in oil it is important to knit/crochet/weave a tension square, measure it, wash it (as you will subsequently launder the finished item), measure it again and see if there is any shrinkage or fulling and adjust your pattern/needles accordingly. See ** below and images for how my samples turned out. Being spun in oil means that yarn is very smooth to work with and will glide through your knitting machine or across your hooks and needles. When the finished piece is washed, it fulls out slightly to create a really soft, fleecy surface, rather than creating good stitch definition. In industrial knitwear this is a really desirable effect and creates a very professional finish. The only down side, and one of the reasons you don't see a lot of oiled yarn in yarn shops, is that the oil will mark the ball band or cone and leave greasy marks, so cover your clothes with a towel etc. if it's likely to be in contact with your clothing for long…but your hands will feel nice and soft!!
You can weave Lambswool Tweed very effectively, though it is recommended for the weft only as there isn't a huge strength with it having a fairly light twist and just being 2 fold.
With most untreated pure wool yarns Lambswool Tweed will felt beautifully, especially if treated mean and thrown in the washing machine. It shouldn't take too much effort to thicken up into a nice soft, squishy fabric that can then be used for bags, cushions and accessories.
**Washing, Shrinking & Felting;
- Machine Knitted Samples (Purple & Pink) on Stitch Dial 4 – sizes:
- Before washing - 14cm x 24.5cm
- After hand washing & tumble drying - 12cm x 22.5cm
- After machine washing and tumble drying - 11cm x 20.5cm
- Hand Knitted Sample (Green & Pink) on 3mm needles (30sts x 52 rows) – sizes:
- Before washing - 13.5cm x 14cm
- After gentle hand washing – no change
- After machine washing and tumble drying - 11.5cm x 10.5cm
Suitable Crafts: Crocheting, Embroidery, Feltmaking, Knitting, Machine Knitting, Needlefelting, Tapestry Weaving, Weaving
This brilliant quality yarn is a fabulous price and the colours are glorious.
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|Main Fibre Content
|Price Per 100g
|Crafts Suitable For
|Crocheting, Feltmaking, Knitting, Knotting, Machine Knitting, Weaving
|Gauge or Tension
|Knit on 3mm pins to a tension of 30 stitches and 40 rows for a 10cm square
|Yarn Count
|15/2nm (2/14wc)
|Wraps Per Inch (WPI)
|Approx. 1500m
|Product Weight
|When It's Gone It's Gone
|Washing Instructions
|Gentle Hand Wash, Dry Flat, Cool Iron

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Adjacent to the Frank Gehry-designed New World Center (NWC), the new $13 million Miami Beach SoundScape has raised the bar for music presentation in open public spaces. Installed for audiences in the 2.5-acre park, the audio system employs Meyer Sound's Constellation® acoustic technology with more than 160 self-powered loudspeakers to replicate the immersive sonic experience enjoyed simultaneously by listeners inside the 756-seat hall for the New World Symphony. At the same time, high-definition video images of the concert are digitally projected on a 75' x 100' exterior wall of the angular NWC structure, with the total experience dubbed a "Wallcast."
After immersing himself in the inaugural presentation featuring Michael Tilson Thomas conducting the New World Symphony, New York Times music critic Anthony Tommasini concluded his review stating, "Every orchestra in America should check out the Wallcast concerts at SoundScape, which set a new standard for the outdoor relaying of indoor musical performances."
The Wallcast concept was initiated by the board of the New World Symphony, then incorporated into the landscape design by the park's architects, West 8 New York. Principal sound designer for both the New World Center and SoundScape was Fred Vogler of Los Angeles-based Sonitus. Engineering specifics for SoundScape audio were a collaborative effort on the part of Vogler, his associate Tim Boot, and Rod Sintow and Kelly Prince of Florida-based systems integrator Pro Sound and Video.
Speaking on behalf of the symphony, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer David J. Phillips remarks that "the sound came through with crystalline and immersive clarity from the fabulous speaker system" in SoundScape's stunning debut with the orchestra. He concludes: "It will be a tough decision now – inside or outside?"
The Constellation system in Miami uses Meyer Sound's new D-Mitri® digital audio platform and features a range of loudspeaker models that include the M'elodie® line array loudspeaker, MSL-4, and UPJ-1P VariOâ"¢ loudspeakers, in addition to M1D-Sub subwoofers and 700-HP subwoofers. The front LCR under-screen loudspeakers and subwoofers are concealed inside large planters adjacent to the building, while dual front line arrays and associated subwoofers are placed inside 40-inch diameter steel columns. Eighty-eight loudspeakers and subwoofers are tucked into two 26-inch diameter tubular steel ballet bars, raised 20-feet high on both sides of the grassy audience area. Additional loudspeakers are concealed in the projection tower and small "media hydrants."
In all other installations, Constellation active acoustic technology is used to provide flexibility and enhancement of existing interior acoustical spaces. Here, however, Constellation uses a minimum of 22 microphones inside the New World Center as the acoustical starting point, then applies patented VRASâ"¢ processing algorithms to tailor the sound for optimum effect in the outdoor environment.
"It's been a very exciting project," sums up Fred Vogler. "We couldn't have asked for a better initial reception, but I think we've only just begun. There's a lot of adventure yet to come, with this system and others like it that are likely to follow."
The New World Center and the adjacent SoundScape, both opened in January of 2011 and were developed as a public-private venture by the City of Miami Beach and the New World Symphony. Established in 1987 by famed conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, the New World Symphony is an orchestral academy that prepares musicians for careers in symphony orchestras and ensembles.
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|23rd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 5
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|FUELING SYSTEM VAPOR RECOVERY AND CONTAINMENT PERFORMANCE MONITOR AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method and apparatus for monitoring and determining fuel vapor recovery performance is disclosed. The dispensing of liquid fuel into a tank by a conventional gas pump nozzle naturally displaces a mixture of air and fuel ullage vapor in the tank. These displaced vapors may be recovered at the dispensing point nozzle by a vapor recovery system. A properly functioning vapor recovery system recovers approximately one unit volume of vapor for every unit volume of dispensed liquid fuel. The ratio of recovered vapor to dispensed fuel is termed the A/L ratio, which should ideally be approximately equal to one (1). The A/L ratio, and thus the proper functioning of the vapor recovery system, may be determined by measuring liquid fuel flow and return vapor flow (using a vapor flow sensor) on a nozzle-by-nozzle basis. The disclosed methods and apparatus provide for the determination of A/L ratios for individual nozzles using a reduced number of vapor flow sensors. The disclosed methods and apparatus also provide for the determination of fuel dispensing system vapor containment integrity, and the differentiation of true vapor recovery failures as opposed to false failures resulting from the refueling of vehicles provided with onboard vapor recovery systems.
|Method for detecting leakage from a pipe - A method for detecting leakage from a pipe uses multiple channels/inputs, wherein a low frequency range input measures seismic noises, and a high frequency range input measures cavitation noises. A leakage indication is issued if both the low frequency and high frequency noises are simultaneously detected. A Sophisticated algorithm for processing sensors data in a four dimensional space includes location and time, includes a method for detecting an intruder's path in a location and time space. A method for detecting unauthorized access to oil, gas or other pipes, by monitoring the protective cathodic voltage and detecting changes in the voltage which are indicative of a technical failure or a deliberate attack on the pipe.
|MEMS SENSOR PACKAGE - Methods and apparatus for a MEMS sensor package are provided. In one embodiment, a MEMS sensor package comprises a MEMS sensor; a sensor body permeable to gas leakage at a first leak rate; a backfill gas that pressurizes the sensor body to a backfill pressure; wherein the backfill pressure provides a dampening of the MEMS sensor; and wherein the backfill pressure is set such than any increase in pressure within the sensor body due to gas leakage will not cause a deviation in a Q value of the MEMS sensor beyond a predefined range for at least a specified design service life for the MEMS sensor package.
|METHODS FOR RHEOLOGICAL TESTING OF MULTIPLE SAMPLES AND SYSTEMS THEREFOR - The viscosity or relative viscosity of samples can be measured in parallel by dispensing or aspirating the samples at a set condition and then measuring a property of the sample such as mass dispensed or aspirated.
|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF BLOOD - An oscillating rheometer adapted for use in measuring rheological properties of blood or the propensity of blood to clot, the rheometer including at lease two surfaces between which a blood sample is introduced, said surfaces being provided as: A first surface, providing a sample receiving member defining a surface for receipt of a blood sample; A second surface, providing a sample contact surface in movable relationship to said first surface. Wherein in use, said first and second surfaces move towards each other so as to sandwich said blood sample between the first and second surfaces, with the blood sample being subjected to a controlled environment provided by way of one or more of the surfaces in contact with the blood to allow for measurement of the rheological properties of the blood or the propensity of the blood to clot.
|IC SYSTEM INCLUDING SAMPLE PRETREATMENT AND USING A SINGLE PUMP - An IC system including sample preparation. The system includes a liquid sample injection loop, an ion concentrator, an ion separator, and only a single pump for pumping fluid through the system.
|PARTICLE FOCUSING WITHIN A MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE USING SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVES - Examples of the present invention include apparatus and methods for particle focusing, for particles within a fluid sample. An example apparatus, which may be a microfluidic device, comprises a substrate, a channel receiving the fluid sample, and at least one surface acoustic wave (SAW) generator. The SAW generator may comprise electrodes supported by the substrate. In some examples, the channel has a particle focusing region located near a region of the substrate surface in which a SAW is generated. Particles are concentrated within one or more particle focus regions of the sample flow (the particle focus regions being appreciably narrower than the channel dimensions) by the effects of the SAW. As an example, a pair of SAW generators can be used to generate a standing surface acoustic wave (SSAW) that is used for particle focusing.
|METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF PORE WATER CONTENT IN EQUILIBRIUM WITH GAS HYDRATE IN DISPERSED MEDIA - The method can be used in the field of gas hydrate geology for determining the pore water content in equilibrium with gas hydrate in different dispersed media, including rock, sedimentary deposits and soil systems. A dispersed-medium specimen which has been pre-dried and weighed is placed between, and in direct contact with, two plates of ice, ice-containing soil or ice-containing dispersed medium; then, the specimen is put, together with the plates, into an altitude chamber at a specified negative or positive Celsius temperature. A hydrate-forming gas is injected into the altitude chamber to a pressure exceeding the pressure of the "ice/gas/hydrate" three-phase equilibrium, and the specimen is held in the altitude chamber until equilibrium saturation of the specimen with moisture is achieved. The altitude chamber gas pressure is then decreased to the atmospheric level, the specimen is withdrawn and weighed, and the equilibrium moisture content of the specimen is determined from the difference between the specimen weights before and after the experiment.
|SENSOR - A sensor including a sensor element including a plurality of electrode terminals, terminal metal fittings, a terminal surrounding member, and lead wires connected to respective terminal metal fittings. The terminal surrounding member is divided into a front side surrounding member and a rear side surrounding member in the front-rear direction, and a rear end face of the front side surrounding member abuts a front end face of the rear side surrounding member. At least one of the terminal metal fittings includes a protruding piece portion protruding in a lateral direction and held between the rear end face of the front side surrounding member and the front end face of the rear side surrounding member.
|System for Calculating SCR Conversion Efficiency for Diesel Vehicles and Method Thereof - A system for and process of is provided for calculating SCR conversion efficiency by applying a reference control signal by which a urea dosing module is controlled to an NOx conversion value respectively in absorption and release modes of NH3 according to a loading amount of the NH3 determined from the SCR efficiency map. The system and process may include a process of determining the NOx conversion value according to a loading amount of NH3, a process of detecting the reference control signal of the dosing module injecting the urea solution, and a process of calculating the SCR conversion efficiency based on the determined NOx conversion value and reference control signal of the dosing module.
|Method and Device for Monitoring an Ozone-Oxygen Conversion Means, especially for Vehicles - The invention relates to a method for monitoring the operation of an ozone-oxygen conversion means, especially for monitoring of the installation site of a heat exchanger and/or a temperature sensor (DOR sensor) of an ozone-oxygen conversion means, especially for vehicles, the ozone-oxygen conversion means having at least one catalytically coated heat exchanger through or around which air flows and through which a heat exchange medium flows, with at least one temperature sensor (DOR sensor) located on or in the heat exchanger for detecting the heat exchanger temperature, especially for detecting the surface temperature of the heat exchanger, for a defined time interval the temperature characteristics (tka, tprem) at the heat exchanger outlet and on the DOR sensor being determined and thus set into a relation to one another and/or to given comparison quantities and/or values such that evaluation of the operation of the ozone-oxygen conversion means and/or of the installation site of the catalytically coated heat exchanger and/or of the DOR sensor can be carried out, such that
|METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE PLAUSIBILITY OF A PRESSURE DIFFERENCE VALUE DETERMINED ACROSS A PARTICLE FILTER - In a method for achieving plausibility of a pressure difference value by means of a particle filter, a pressure difference value is allocated to each charging pressure of the internal combustion engine. As a result, the identification of a faulty pressure difference value occurs when the detected pressure difference value is outside a limit range of the detected charging pressure value.
|APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING TYRE WEAR - A fleet management system for monitoring the tread depth of a plurality of tyres in use in a fleet of vehicles, includes an electronic database of information relevant to the depth of tread for each of a plurality of tyres in use in a fleet of vehicles, an apparatus (
|CURRENT TANK SYSTEMS AND METHODS - There is disclosed a current tank system comprising a first current tank adapted to produce a first current in a first direction, and a second current tank adapted to produce a second current in a second direction. There is also disclosed a method of testing a sample, comprising exposing the sample to a first current in a first current tank, and exposing the sample to a second current in a second current tank.
|Adhesive Creep Fixture - The invention provides a test apparatus capable of testing an adhesive bond in multiple loading modes, such as in tension and in shear. The test apparatus includes a test frame, a force generator, and a force transfer arm. The test frame is configured so that the force generator may be attached to the test frame in a plurality of locations, where each location allows for a different loading mode to be tested. The test apparatus also may be used within an environmental chamber for testing the adhesive bond at extreme environmental conditions.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING VOLUME AND FLUID FLOW OF A WELLBORE - An apparatus for estimating a parameter of a borehole disposed in an earth formation, the system includes: an injection unit configured to inject at least one radio frequency identification device (RFID) into a fluid configured to be disposed in the borehole; and a collection unit configured to receive at least a portion of the fluid, the collection unit comprising a detector that detects at least one of the at least one RFID and data contents thereof; wherein the detector provides output for estimating the parameter. A method for estimating a parameter of a borehole is also disclosed.
|Methods and Systems for Characterizing LCM Particle Plugging and Rheology in Real Time - Methods and systems for characterizing drilling fluids laden with LCM (Lost Circulation Material) and other solid materials are disclosed. A test cell for analyzing a fluid is provided with a first conical inner portion and an axial positioning device positioned along an axis of the test cell. A first conical plug is coupled to the axial positioning device and is movable in and out of the first conical inner portion along the axis of the test cell. A fluid inlet is positioned at a first location on the test cell and a fluid outlet at a second location.
|Monitoring fluid pressure in a well and retrievable pressure sensor assembly for use in the method - A method for monitoring the pressure difference across an ESP comprises:—connecting the ESP (
|SENSOR, SENSOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD AND ABNORMALITY RECOVERY METHOD - A heater pattern is arranged on at least one substrate among substrates configuring a package, and a temperature in the package is controlled by controlling a quantity of electricity carried to the heater pattern corresponding to the ambient temperature of a sensor chip in the package.
|APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND/OR MONITORING MASS FLOW - The invention relates to an apparatus for determining and/or monitoring mass flow of a fluid medium (
|THERMAL FLUID FLOW SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A thermal fluid flow sensor having a diaphragm structure body configured by an insulating film formed by stacking a film having compressive stress and a film having tensile stress on the top and bottom of a temperature-measuring resistive element and a heater resistive element which are processed by microprocessing is provided. The insulating film at a lower layer of the heater resistive element, a temperature-measuring resistive element for heater resistive element, upstream temperature-measuring resistive elements, and downstream temperature-measuring resistive elements, has films having compressive stress (a first insulating film, a third insulating film, and a fifth insulating film) and films having tensile stress (a second insulating film and a fourth insulating film) being alternately arranged, and two layers or more of the films having tensile stress are arranged.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIQUID LEVEL IN A VESSEL - A level control system for controlling a liquid level in a vessel containing a two-phase fluid includes a plurality of sensors configured to measure parameters related to the vessel. The parameters include liquid level in the vessel, vapor flow rate leaving the vessel, pressure in the vessel, temperature of the vessel, and feed-liquid flow rate entering the vessel indicative of a state of the vessel. A predictive controller is configured to receive output signals from the plurality of sensors and predict a volume of liquid over a predetermined time period in the vessel based on output signals from the plurality of sensors and a variation in pressure, thermal load, or combinations thereof in the vessel. The controller is configured to generate a liquid level set point of the vessel based on the predicted volume of liquid in the vessel; and further control a liquid level in the vessel based on the generated liquid level set point by manipulating one or more control elements coupled to the vessel.
|SCAN LOCK AND TRACK FLUID CHARACTERIZATION AND LEVEL SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD - A liquid characterization and level sensor with a coaxial probe attached to a closed loop servo circuitry combined with a DSP and novel algorithms to scan, lock and track signals to ascertain the level and purity of fluid in a container.
|Level Indicator - A level indicator having a support, a thick-film resistor network arranged on the support, a bow that carries a contact structure that produces, depending on the position of the bow, an electrical signal in the thick-film resistor network, a lever arm that is retained in the bow and has a float on its other end. The float having has a seat for the lever arm. The lever arm has a pivoting range in a first plane. The float has a second plane that is perpendicular and that extends perpendicular to the first plane and through the center of mass of the float. The float is mounted on the lever arm to be positionally immobile. The seat for the lever arm is arranged in a region of the float which is arranged on the side of the second plane that faces away from the seat of the bow and that is delimited by the second plane and the outer periphery of the float.
|METHOD FOR EVALUATING AN INSTRUMENT OPERATING FORCE - Different loads are applied to the skeletal muscle of at least one of an upper arm, an upper limb girdle, and a lower limb of the test subject to cause isometric muscle contraction under each load and measure the muscle activity of the skeletal muscle. Then, an upper limit of the muscle activity in a region where a magnitude of the load and an intensity of the muscle activity have a linear relationship is determined as the limit in an appropriate muscle activity range that suits the test subject. Subsequently, the muscle activity of the skeletal muscle of a test subject operating an instrument is measured, and the test subject's force for operating the instrument is evaluated based on a frequency distribution where the frequency of the muscle activity of the skeletal muscle being exercised to operate the instrument is distributed with respect to the obtained limit.
|Balancing machine for balancing vehicle wheels - The balancing machine for balancing vehicle wheels comprises a supporting structure for supporting grip and rotation means for gripping and rotating a wheel to be balanced, detection means for detecting the unbalance of the wheel during rotation, a processing unit which is operatively associated to the grip and rotation means and to the detection means, and interface means associated to the supporting structure and operatively associated to the processing unit. The interface means comprise a support associated to the supporting structure, a screen housed internally of a first housing on the support and a keyboard housed internally of a second housing on the support.
|APPARATUS FOR MEASURING UNBALANCE FORCES - Apparatus for measuring forces which are produced by an unbalance of a rotary member
|Illumination devices for balancing machine for balancing vehicle wheels - The balancing machine for balancing vehicle wheels comprises a base frame supporting a balancing shaft for balancing a vehicle wheel and illumination means for illuminating the wheel which comprise a plurality of light sources arranged substantially around the balancing shaft.
|ROTATION RATE SENSOR - A rotation rate sensor comprises a substrate and two structures which move relative to the substrate on a design plane (x-y), with the two moving structures being coupled to form a coupled structure such that the coupled structure has a first oscillation mode with antiphase deflections of the moving structures in a first direction (x) on the design plane (x-y) as excitation mode. The coupled structure has a second oscillation mode as a detection mode which is excited by Coriolis accelerations when the first oscillation mode is excited and on rotation about a sensitive axis (z) of the rotation rate sensor. The sensitive axis is at right angles to the design plane (x-y), and the coupled structure is designed such that, subject to optimal preconditions, it does not have any oscillation mode which can be excited by linear accelerations of the rotation rate sensor in a direction parallel to the second axis.
|MECHANICAL QUANTITY SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A mechanical quantity sensor includes a first structure having a fixed portion with an opening, a displaceable portion arranged in the opening and displaceable relative to the fixed portion, and a connection portion connecting the fixed portion and the displaceable portion, a second structure having a weight portion joined to the displaceable portion and a pedestal joined to the fixed portion, and arranged and stacked on the first structure, and a base having a driving electrode and a detection electrode arranged on a face facing the weight portion, connected to the pedestal, and arranged and stacked on the second structure. The second structure has a recessed portion arranged in an area on a face of the weight portion facing the second base, the area corresponding to an area where the driving electrode and the detection electrode are not arranged.
|SENSOR FOR DETECTING ACCELERATION - Exemplary embodiments relate to a sensor for detecting an acceleration acting on the sensor, having: a substrate, a mass unit, which acts as an inert mass in the event of the presence of an acceleration, a fixing structure, wherein the mass unit is articulated on the substrate in such a way that at least one pivot axis is defined, about which the mass unit can perform a rotation relative to the substrate as a result of an acceleration acting on the sensor, and the mass unit has an interial center of gravity, which is at a distance from the respective pivot axis, and at least one detection unit, with which a change in position between the mass unit and the substrate may be detected. The detection unit is arranged with respect to the mass unit in such a way that a deformation of the mass unit cannot be transferred to the detection unit.
|Highly sensitive piezoresistive element - A mechanical-to-electrical sensing structure is provided with first and second movable blocks. A first hinge is coupled to the first and second movable blocks and configured to resist loads other than flexing of the first hinge. At least a first gage link is separated from the first hinge and aligned to provide that a moment tending to rotate one of the first or second blocks relative to the other about the first hinge applies a tensile or compressive force along a length of the first gage link. Electrochemistry is used to define the at least first gage.
|PARAMETER INDEPENDENT DETECTION OF ROTATING MACHINERY FAULTS - A parameter-free method to analyze sensor signals incorporates two or more of frequency demodulation, amplitude demodulation and phase demodulation of the raw signal data. The resulting signal is transformed to a frequency domain, and target fault characteristics from the demodulated signal are identified. The method is used to detect faults in bearings, gears and other mechanical components.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ULTRASONIC INSPECTION - An ultrasonic inspection apparatus may include a chamber partly filled with water from a first portion of the chamber to a water-line disposed apart from a second portion of the chamber, and at least one transducer disposed apart from the water-line. The at least one transducer may emit ultrasonic signals through a portion of a part being inspected towards the water-line. The water-line may reflect the ultrasonic signals emitted from the at least one transducer off the water-line, back through a portion of a part being inspected, and back to the at least one transducer. In such manner, one or more portions of a complex-shaped part may be inspected.
|Fiber Optics Sound Detector - An optical sound detection system including: a laser source to generate a laser beam; an optical fiber; an optical sensor aligned to detect a detected portion of a diffraction pattern formed by the laser light emitted from the output coupling port of the optical fiber; and a signal processor to process the signal produced by the optical sensor. The optical fiber includes: a core that includes a photoelastically active material; an input coupling port optically coupled to the laser source to couple the laser beam into the core of the optical fiber; and an output coupling port from which the laser light is emitted after propagating through the core. The optical sensor is adapted to produce a signal corresponding to the detected portion of the diffraction pattern.
|Micromechanical chemical sensors with multiple chemoselective resonant elements and frequency division multiplexed readout - Micro-opto-mechanical chemical sensors and methods for simultaneously detecting and discriminating between a variety of vapor-phase analytes. One embodiment of the sensor is a photonic microharp chemical sensor with an array of closely spaced microbridges, each differing slightly in length and coated with a different sorbent polymer. The microbridges can be excited photothermally, and the microbridges can be optically interrogated using microcavity interferometry. Other actuation methods include piezoelectric, piezoresistive, electrothermal, and magnetic. Other read-out techniques include using a lever arm and other interferometric techniques.
|PRESSURE GAUGE - The invention relates to a pressure measuring device (
|Low pass filter semiconductor structures for use in transducers for measuring low dynamic pressures in the presence of high static pressures - A semiconductor filter is provided to operate in conjunction with a differential pressure transducer. The filter receives a high and very low frequency static pressure attendant with a high frequency low dynamic pressure at one end, the filter operates to filter said high frequency dynamic pressure to provide only the static pressure at the other filter end. A differential transducer receives both dynamic and static pressure at one input port and receives said filtered static pressure at the other port where said transducer provides an output solely indicative of dynamic pressure. The filter in one embodiment has a series of etched channels directed from an input end to an output end. The channels are etched pores of extremely small diameter and operate to attenuate or filter the dynamic pressure. In another embodiment, a spiral tubular groove is found between a silicon wafer and a glass cover wafer, an input port of the groove receives both the static and dynamic pressure with an output port of the groove providing only static pressure. The groove filters attenuate dynamic pressure to enable the differential transducer to provide an output only indicative of dynamic pressure by cancellation of the static pressure.
|Construction of a pressure sensor - A micromechanical pressure sensor includes a first diaphragm and a second diaphragm accommodated in a shared semiconductor substrate. The two diaphragms facilitate independent pressure sensing of one or more media, by the fact that a respective pressure variable is sensed by way of the deflection of the respective diaphragm. A cap above the first diaphragm defines a hollow space that is connected to the hollow space below the second diaphragm.
|Micromechanical Pressure Sensing Device - A micromechanical pressure sensing device includes a silicon support structure, which is configured to provide a plurality of silicon support beams. The device further includes one or more diaphragms attached to and supported by the support beams, and at least one piezoresistive sensing device, which is buried in at least one of the support beams. The piezoresistive sensing device is arranged to sense a strain induced in the silicon support structure, the strain being induced by a fluid in contact with the one or more diaphragms, to determine the pressure acting on the one or more diaphragms.
|DIGITAL PRESSURE SENSOR - A digital pressure sensor, which is mounted on a pressure controller of a pneumatic tube system, includes a casing including a control circuit, which has a pressure sensing unit, therein, a display, which has a plurality of displaying units for showing numerals or icons, on a front side connected to said control circuit, and a connection tube on a bottom thereof for communication with a connection tube of the pneumatic tube system that said pressure sensing unit of said control circuit senses a pressure in the tube via said connection tube; and a battery set received in said casing and electrically connected to said control circuit.
|DIFFERENTIAL NON-LINEAR STRAIN MEASUREMENT USING BINARY CODE SYMBOL - The bands and corners of rectangular or other geometric shapes for binary code symbols are used to measure non-linear and non-uniform strain in a material with an anomaly such as a crack in the area of strain measurement. In particular, they can be used to evaluate differential strains in the regions of the bands and corners; and the external and internal boundaries can be used to measure differentials in strain between the external boundaries and internal boundaries.
|Strain sensor and corresponding sensor arrangement - The invention relates to a sensor as a built-in component of an object, especially an elastic object, the sensor comprising a polymer material containing electroconductive additives according to the invention and thereby acting as an expansion sensor (
|BI-DIRECTIONAL OSCILLATING JET FLOWMETER - A bi-directional flowmeter comprises a first fluidic oscillator device arranged to measure the flow of fluid in a first direction and a second fluidic oscillator device arranged to measure the flow of fluid in a second direction opposite to the first direction and in which the two oscillators devices are connected together in series between an inlet port and an outlet port of the flowmeter between which the fluid to be measured can flow.
|Method for Monitoring an Ultrasound Flowmeter System and/or Process - A method for system- and/or process-monitoring in the case of an ultrasound flow measuring device having a plurality of measuring channels, wherein a medium flows though a pipeline or measuring tube in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the pipeline or measuring tube. Ultrasonic measuring signals are coupled into the pipeline or measuring tube and coupled out of the pipeline or measuring tube in such a way that they travel through the medium along different sound paths. Following passage through the pipeline or measuring tube, the ultrasonic measuring signals are detected in the individual measuring channels, wherein at least one actual quantity describing the ultrasonic measuring signal of each measuring channel is ascertained. The actual quantity is compared with a desired quantity captured under predetermined system- or process-conditions, and a report is output in the case of a difference between the ascertained, actual quantity and the captured, desired quantity.
|METHOD FOR OPERATING A RESONANCE MEASURING SYSTEM AND A RESONANCE MEASURING SYSTEM - A method for operating a resonance measuring system, in particular a Coriolis mass flowmeter, an oscillation element is excited to oscillation and the oscillations of the oscillation element are detected by an oscillation sensor and are formed as at least one response signal of a respective eigenform. Orthogonal projection components of the response signal are created, at least a first value corresponding to an eigenfrequency of the resonance measuring system is determined with at least a part of the alternating components of the projection components, at least a second value corresponding to the eigenfrequency of the resonance measuring system is determined with at least a part of the constant components of the projection components and the first and the second value correspondents are used for exciting the resonance measuring system with at least one control in at least one control loop in the eigenform corresponding to the eigenfrequency.
|METHOD FOR OPERATING A RESONANCE-MEASURING SYSTEM AND A RESONANCE-MEASURING SYSTEM - A method for operating a resonance-measuring system, in particular, a Coriolis mass flowmeter, having at least one oscillation element, at least one oscillation driver and at least one oscillation sensor, the oscillation element being excited to oscillation in at least one control using at least one control loop by at least one oscillation driver being excited by at least one excitation signal and the excited oscillations of the oscillation element being detected by the oscillation sensors as at least one response signal. At least one set variable of the closed loop is varied in a pre-determined manner and by evaluating at least one resulting excitation signal and/or at least one resulting response signal with the help of a mathematical model of the resonance-measuring system, at least one parameter of the excited eigenform is selectively identified.
|MEASUREMENT OF SLIDING FRICTION-INDUCED VIBRATIONS FOR BIOMIMETIC TACTILE SENSING - Tactile sensors are disclosed that mimic the human fingertip and its touch receptors. The mechanical components are similar to a fingertip, with a rigid core surrounded by a weakly conductive fluid contained within an elastomeric skin. The deformable properties of the finger pad can be used as part of a transduction process. Multiple electrodes can be mounted on the surface of the rigid core and connected to impedance measuring circuitry within the core. External forces deform the fluid path around the electrodes, resulting in a distributed pattern of impedance changes containing information about those forces and the objects that applied them. Strategies are described for extracting features related to the mechanical inputs and using this information for reflexive grip control. Controlling grip force in a prosthetic having sensory feedback information is described. Pressure transducers can provide sensory feedback by measuring micro-vibrations due to sliding friction.
|Torque Sensor Arrangement - A sensor arrangement for measurement of a torque acting on a shaft, wherein the shaft has a first shaft section and a second shaft section and these two shaft sections can rotate with respect to one another, having at least one magnetic encoder which is arranged on the first shaft section and having a stator which is arranged on the second shaft section, wherein the stator has two stator elements each having projecting fingers, and a flux concentrator is associated with each of the stator elements and directly or indirectly supplies to a magnetic field sensor element the magnetic field which is to be detected and is produced by the magnetic encoder, wherein the at least one flux concentrator includes a ring or ring sector, is arranged essentially in the radial outer area with respect to at least one stator element and is magnetically coupled thereto via an air gap.
|CELL FOR CONFINEMENT OF VERY SMALL VOLUMES OF SOFT MATTER AND FLUIDS - The present invention relates to a nanocell, and method for manufacturing same, for holding small volumes of soft matter confined in a gap of order 1 micrometer or smaller and measurement systems using the same. The nanocell comprise:
|EVALUATION METHOD FOR CHEMICAL SOLUTION, QUALIFICATION METHOD FOR CHEMICAL SOLUTION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for evaluating chemical solution includes determining number of particles in liquid for each size of the particles by measurement, expressing a relationship between size of the particles and number of particles corresponding to the size by a function based on the number of particles for each size of the particles determined by the measurement, and evaluating influence of particles having size less than or equal to a measurement limit in the liquid based on the function.
|EXTERNAL SENSOR ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - In accordance with one embodiment, a system may include an external position adjuster configured to move a sensor within an agricultural tank without requiring access inside the agricultural tank. In another embodiment, a method may include magnetically coupling a sensor to a structure located inside an agricultural tank, wherein the sensor is adjustable to different positions inside of the agricultural tank in response to user input from outside of the agricultural tank.
|Rotary Manual Release - A clamp and quick release mechanism for clamping and releasing a cylindrical linkage to a rod-like member comprises a locking ring located on the rod-like member and a clamping ring. The inner surface of the clamping ring and the outer surface of the locking ring are configured such that rotation of the clamping ring in one direction will compress the locking ring and rotation in the other direction will allow expansion of the locking ring.
|VIBRATOR FOR A GROUND COMPACTING APPARATUS - A vibrator for a ground compaction apparatus includes two parallel shafts which are coupled to one another be rotatable in opposite directions and on each of which is at least one unbalanced mass is disposed. A phase adjusting mechanism is used for modifying the phase angle of the two unbalanced masses relative to each other. In order to do so, the actual phase angle of the two unbalanced masses is detected with the help of proximity sensors or the like. A regulating device compares the actual phase angle with a desired phase angle that is predefined by the operator and controls the phase adjusting mechanism in such a way that the difference between the actual phase angle and the desired phase angle is minimal.
|ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A VEHICLE SEAT - An adjustment device is disclosed for carrying out at least one adjustment function, such as for a motor vehicle seat. The device includes a drive in the form of a planetary gear mechanism. The mechanism has a planet carrier and an output. The output is stopped by a brake device when the drive is not actuated. The planet carrier cooperates with the brake device to release the brake device.
|ACTUATOR - An actuator has a frame and a slider body which are both made of extruded shapes of light-metal alloy. A first rail member is fastened to the frame by means of a simple construction. An upper sealing member is placed between the frame and the slider body. With the actuator constructed as stated earlier, the frame is an elongated extrusion of U-shape in transverse section whose side walls have first recesses of dovetail configuration to fit over first rail members and flanges. A slider has therein the slider body having second recesses of rectangular shape to fit over second rail members. There is further provided a driving unit to force the slider with respect to the frame. The first rail members each have the wedged configuration including tapered contours and dents, while the second rail members each have the rectangular shape.
|Linear Actuator - A linear actuator capable of making a bed flat in emergencies is provided.
|Electromotive Linear Drive - An electromotive linear drive (
|ACTUATOR FOR LIFTING DEVICE - An actuator includes a base, a motor mounted on the base for driving a worm to rotate a worm gear of a transmission gear set that is set in an accommodation chamber inside the base and has a gear shaft pivotally inserted through the worm gear and fixedly mounted with an output gear, a brake module rotatable with said worm gear, a linking rod assembly having a driven gear meshed with the output gear, a screw rod rotatable with the driven gear, a movable member threaded onto the screw rod and an extension rod connected to the movable block and movable in and out of a sleeved outside the base upon rotation of the screw rod for biasing a crane beam of a lifting device.
|Power transmission switching mechanism for office machine - A power transmission switching mechanism for office machine. The power transmission switching mechanism has simple structure and enables the office machine to commonly use a motor to execute scanning and printing works. The power transmission switching mechanism includes a rotary shaft, a drive gear mounted on the rotary shaft, an actuator reciprocally movable on the rotary shaft and a driving gear for transmitting power of a motor to the drive gear. The drive gear has an spline. The actuator can be selectively moved forward or backward to make the spline disengaged from a first gear mounted on the rotary shaft or engaged with the first gear. When the spline is disengaged from the first gear, the power of the motor is transmitted to a scanning module. When the spline is engaged with the first gear, the power of the motor is transmitted to the rotary shaft for printing work.
|SCISSORS GEAR - A scissors gear may include a main gear and a sub-gear co-axially combined by a scissors spring therebetween to integrally rotate, a first oil supply hole formed in the main gear or the sub-gear to supply oil from the outside, an oil groove formed in the sub-gear or the main gear to receive the oil by being selectively communicated with the first oil supply hole, and a check valve that is disposed in the main gear or the sub-gear to open/close the oil groove.
|DISC-SHAPED TORQUE TRANSDUCER - A power tool includes a motor having an output shaft that defines an axis, a drive train connected to the output shaft and operable to drive a tool output and a housing at least partially surrounding the motor and the drive train. The power tool further includes a reference disk fixed to the housing, a collar including internal teeth that engage at least a portion of the drive train and a torque transducer having a hub, a web and a rim. The torque transducer is positioned between the collar and the reference disk such that the rim is connected to the collar and the hub is connected to the reference disk. The web defines a first thickness measured parallel to the axis and the rim defines a second thickness measured in a radial direction with respect to the axis, such that the second thickness is greater than the first thickness.
|Ball screw with a circulation member - A ball screw with a circulation member comprises: a screw, a nut, a circulation member, a plurality of rolling elements and a plurality of flexible members. The flexible members are disposed at the combining portion between the circulation member and the nut to allow them to be assembled closely, and to prevent the circulation member and the nut from being damaged when they are assembled and disassembled.
|REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER HAVING AN ELECTRIC DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - The invention relates to a rear windscreen wiper comprising an electric drive assembly, in particular for a motor vehicle. Said wiper comprises an armature shaft (
|FOUR-WHEEL VEHICLE - A four-wheel vehicle includes a compact operation lever unit and is constructed so as to secure a sufficient space between the seat and the dashboard. In the four-wheel vehicle, a main body of the operation lever unit includes a first pivoting member, a stopper, and a second pivoting member. The first pivoting member is pivotable between a first position at which a first drive switching mechanism is set to a first mode, and a second position at which the first drive switching mechanism is set to a second mode. The first pivoting member is biased toward the second position. The stopper is arranged to restrict pivoting of the first pivoting member beyond the second position. The second pivoting member is pivotable in conjunction with an operation lever and includes a contact portion that causes the first pivoting member to pivot to a side of the first position against a biasing force. Further, when the contact portion is brought into contact with the first pivoting member, the second pivoting member sets a second drive switching mechanism to the first mode, and when the contact portion is at a predetermined position separated from the first pivoting member, the second pivoting member sets the second drive switching mechanism to the second mode.
|MANEUVERING SYSTEM HAVING INNER FORCE SENSE PRESENTING FUNCTION - A compact, lightweight manipulation system that excels in operability and has a force feedback capability is provided.
|ROBOTIC DEVICE - A robotic device includes a first link portion, a second link portion that moves relative to the first link portion, a first contact load detecting portion that detects a contact load in a contact area of the first link portion, a second contact load detecting portion that detects a contact load in a contact area of the second link portion, and a first link portion control target setting portion that sets a control target for the first link portion. The first link portion control target setting portion sets the control target for the first link portion such that the difference between the detection value of the contact load of the first contact load detecting portion and the detection value of the contact load of the second contact load detecting portion decreases.
|STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY - A steering column assembly includes a steering column shroud comprising an inner member and an outer member, the inner member being at least partially received within the outer member, a support bracket which is fixed in position relative to a part of the vehicle, the outer member passing between two spaced apart arms of the bracket, and a clamp assembly which includes a cam mechanism movable between a locked position in which the clamp mechanism fixes the inner member and outer member in position relative to the support bracket and an unlocked position in which the clamp mechanism permits movement of at least one of the inner and outer members relative to the support bracket. The clamp assembly includes a clamp pin which passes through openings in each of the two arms of the bracket, the clamp pin being provided with a first reaction member located towards one end of the pin outside of one arm of the clamp bracket and a second reaction member located towards the other end of the clamp pin outside of the other arm of the clamp bracket such that the arms of the bracket are clamped between the reaction members so as to provide a pre-load to the bracket arms, and in which both reaction members are prevented from rotating relative to the pin during use, and one reaction member is located at least partially within a cavity formed in a part of the cam mechanism. The outer member may also include an elongate slit that extends beyond a steering lock mechanism fitted to the assembly.
|Steering column system - Paired distance pieces (
|DOUBLE-WHEEL CONTROL MOMENT GYROSCOPE - Provided is a control moment gyroscope, in which a pair of momentum wheels are symmetrically disposed, thereby reducing torque noise and vibration, increasing output torque, and reducing its size. The control moment gyroscope includes a gimbal rim, a wheel frame having a first wheel frame located inside the gimbal rim and a second wheel frame having the same structure as the first wheel frame and symmetrically coupled with the first wheel frame, a first momentum wheel coupled to the first wheel frame, a second momentum wheel coupled to the second wheel frame corresponding to the first momentum wheel, a gimbal motor installed on an outer circumference of the gimbal rim and connected with first ends of the first and second wheel frames, and an angular velocity sensor installed on the outer circumference of the gimbal rim, connected with second ends of the first and second wheel frames.
|Parking Brake Lever Apparatus - A parking brake lever apparatus for a vehicle may include a lever operably activated by a driver, a connecting member rotatably coupled to a support bracket which is fixed to a vehicle body and configured to support the connecting member, first and second rods, one ends of which are pivotally coupled to the lever with a predetermined distance therebetween and the other ends of which are connected to the connecting member, wherein the other end of the first rod is fixedly connected to rotation axis of the connecting member and the other end of the second rod is pivotally coupled to the connecting member and disposed with a predetermined distance from the rotation axis of the connecting member, and a position control unit to selectively hold the connecting member to a rotational position.
|BICYCLE OPERATING DEVICE - A bicycle operating device is provided with a first operating unit, a second operating unit and a connecting member. The first operating unit includes a clamp portion for attaching the bicycle operating device to a bicycle and a first operating member. The second operating unit includes a housing and a second operating member. The connecting member includes a first attachment portion and a second attachment portion, with the first attachment portion being detachably attached to an outwardly facing surface of the clamp portion of the first operating unit by an adjustable connection for changing a relative position of the connecting member with respect to the clamp portion. The second attachment portion is detachably attached to the second operating unit.
|Damping System for Shift Cable - A damping system for a shift cable is disclosed, in which vibrations and noises that are generated by a transmission and transmitted into the interior of a vehicle through a shift cable are considerably reduced across a damper, that is positioned in a bottleneck section of a socket housing and contacts with bottleneck section, such that it is possible to effectively exclude vibrations and noises transmitted into the interior of a vehicle. Further, the present invention is advantageous in terms of the cost and weight, because a rubber damper is used instead of a mass damper, and it is possible to reduce vibrations and noises without increasing force for operating a shift lever and maximally prevent the function of reducing vibrations and noises from being deteriorated by frictional wear.
|ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEVICE WITH VARIABLE PEDAL EFFORT - An accelerator pedal device with variable pedal effort, may include an elastic member that applies a restoring force in a return direction to an accelerator pedal rotatably coupled to a vehicle body, at least a pedal effort providing elastic member coupled to the vehicle body and providing a pedal effort in an operation direction of the accelerator pedal, and at least a locking pin mounted to the vehicle body and being selectively engaged with at least one of the at least a pedal effort providing elastic member to disable an operation of the selected pedal effort providing elastic members to adjust sequentially the pedal effort of the accelerator pedal.
|ELECTRONIC ORGAN TYPE ACCELERATOR PEDAL - An electronic organ type accelerator pedal apparatus, may include a pedal housing having a pedal arm receiving space therein and a carrier fitting hole, a pedal pivotally hinged to a hinged portion of the pedal housing, a pedal arm pivotally mounted to an inner surface of the pedal housing, wherein one end portion of the pedal arm is elastically biased by an elastic member and the other end portion of which is pivotally coupled to the pedal through the carrier fitting hole to transfer an activating force of the pedal to the other end portion of the pedal arm, and a damping stopper fixed to the inner surface of the pedal housing in the pedal arm receiving space and selectively engaged with the other end portion of the pedal arm to limit a rotation of the pedal arm when the pedal arm is rotated by the elastic member.
|Car Gear Lever Assembly Having A Lighting or Blinking Effect - A gear lever assembly for a car includes a gear lever, a support unit, a control unit and a power supply unit. The support unit includes a housing, a transparent body, a sphere, an electric wire, and an insulating member. The control unit is used to control operation of the sphere and the electric wire. The power supply unit is used to provide an electric power to the electric wire. The sphere produces a blink (or light) by operation of a high voltage static electricity. The insulating member is enclosed around the electric wire to prevent from incurring a static electricity leakage from the housing and the transparent body so as to prevent the static electricity from interfering with operation of the electronic systems in the car.
|BICYCLE BRAKE LEVER - An actuator unit for a hydraulic brake mechanism on two-wheelers, comprising a housing fastened to the handlebar, a brake cylinder being arranged substantially perpendicular to the handlebar in the housing, a piston movable in it and a brake lever acting on the piston at an intermediate portion remote from either end of the lever, the lever being mounted at one end thereof to rotate relative to the housing, wherein the brake lever is mounted adjustably movable with respect to an axis substantially at an end of the lever, the axis being unchangeable in position but rotatably mounted to the housing, the adjustment option being provided for by the adjustment mechanism, wherein the lever, the adjustment mechanism and the axis rotate together relatively to the housing upon operation.
|Steering Handle - The present invention is designed to lock a plurality of hooks integrally formed on ornaments to a plurality of locking projections integrally formed on a rim of an armature assembly, in order to provide a steering handle that allows the ornaments to be easily assembled by the locking projections formed on the rim and the hooks formed on the ornaments and detachably locked to the locking projections.
|STEERING WHEEL THAT HAS AN INTERMEDIATE CORK COVER AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SAME - The present invention describes an automotive steering wheel having a frame, which includes a central hub portion; a ring radially spaced from the central hub portion and having a gripping section; and spokes or arms joining the ring to the central hub portion; the steering wheel is provided with an intermediate cork cover wrapping at least a segment of the ring of said frame; said intermediate cover being formed by two complementary halves joining each other. On this intermediate cork cover there is a decorative layer for the purpose giving the steering wheel an aesthetic appearance and a sense of comfort, preferably, such decorative layer is made of wood. A process for manufacturing this kind of steering wheel is also disclosed.
|Dual mass clutch flywheel and clutch, and a method for manufacturing such dual mass clutch flywheel - In order to realize an idling disengagement by simple structural means in a dual mass clutch flywheel, a separation is provided between the damper system and spring system of a torsional vibration damper in this dual mass clutch flywheel.
|CRANKSHAFT MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The invention relates to a crankshaft member having high fatigue strength and good bending correctability, and its method of manufacture. The steel made crankshaft member mainly consists of a two-phase structure of ferrite and perlite. The steel includes C, Ni, Mn, and Cr as required elements and Si, Cu, Mo, Ti, V, Nb, Ca, and S as optional elements that may be included, in the amounts of C within the range of 0.20 to 0.50 wt %, Si within the range of 0 to 0.6 wt %, Mn within the range of 0.5 to 1.5 wt %, Cu within the range of 0 to 0.7 wt %, Ni within the range of 0.05 to 1.5 wt %, Cr within the range of 0.05 to 0.45 wt %, and Mo within the range of 0 to 0.5 wt % to satisfy the condition 115≧70 C+8 Si+23 Mn+11 Cu+128 Cr+83 Mo≧50. A portion of the member surface is provided at least with a hard nitride layer having an average hardness within the range of 300 to 450 HV. Lamellar spacing of the perlite is 0.3 μm or less.
|TRANSMISSION WITH INTEGRATED HOUSING FOR MOTOR AND CLUTCH - A transmission has a motor assembly with a stationary portion surrounding a rotor. The transmission also includes a clutch housing. A transmission casing surrounds the motor and the clutch housing. The stationary portion is rigidly connected to and supported by the clutch housing. Thus, a separate housing for the motor/generator is avoided. The housing may also support one or more motor bearings, seals, clutch pistons, or clutch plates.
|Power transmission switching mechanism for office machine - A power transmission switching mechanism for office machine. The power transmission switching mechanism has simple structure and enables the office machine to commonly use a motor to execute scanning and printing works. The power transmission switching mechanism includes a rotary shaft, a drive gear mounted on the rotary shaft, an actuator reciprocally movable on the rotary shaft and a driving gear for transmitting power of a motor to the drive gear. The drive gear has an spline. The actuator can be selectively moved forward or backward to make the spline disengaged from a first gear mounted on the rotary shaft or engaged with the first gear. When the spline is disengaged from the first gear, the power of the motor is transmitted to a scanning module. When the spline is engaged with the first gear, the power of the motor is transmitted to the rotary shaft for printing work.
|STEP VARIABLE TRANSMISSION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A step variable transmission for a motor vehicle has a plurality of forward gear stages and at least one reverse gear stage. The transmission comprising: a drive input shaft arrangement, a drive output shaft arrangement, and a plurality of wheel sets which have loose wheels and shift wheels, wherein the shift wheels are rotatably mounted on a shaft arrangement and can be rotationally fixedly connected to the associated shaft arrangement by means of respective shift clutches.
|Methods of Forming Nanoparticles - The present invention provides a method for preparing nanoparticles of group IV elements, particularly nanoparticles of Si, Ge and Sn, and binary and ternary alloys of these elements. The method comprises the solution-phase decomposition of one or more group IV metal precursors at elevated temperature and under an inert atmosphere at atmospheric pressure, using a decomposition-promoting reagent. A surface-bonding agent is added to the reaction mixture to form an organic layer surrounding the nanoparticles and prevent aggregation.
|REDUCTION TREATMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF REDUCTION TREATMENT - A reduction treatment apparatus can include a reduction furnace configured to reduce zinc and/or iron oxide thorough heat treatment of zinc-containing iron oxide or zinc oxide or iron oxide, with a reducing material. The reduction treatment apparatus also has an oxide inlet configured to supply to the reduction furnace the zinc-containing iron oxide or zinc oxide or iron oxide. The reduction treatment apparatus further has a reducing material inlet configured to supply to the reduction furnace the reducing material. The reducing material can comprise at least one of ASR, shredder dust of home electric appliances, waste plastics, PDF, RPF, sludge, oil mud, chips of wood, thread debris, rubber debris, and animal and plant residues. The reduction furnace can be configured to use the reducing material as a heating material and reduce the zinc-containing iron oxide or zinc-oxide or iron oxide without auxiliary fuel.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERING INDIUM FROM ETCHING WASTE SOLUTION CONTAINING INDIUM AND FERRIC CHLORIDE - It is an object to provide a method and an apparatus for recovering indium, the method and apparatus ensuring that it is unnecessary to recover indium in the form of indium hydroxide, indium can be recovered easily by a filter or the like without handling inferiors and also, the recovery rate of indium is greatly improved. The method includes immersing a precipitation-inducing metal which includes zinc and is made into the form of a solid such that any part coming into view three-dimensionally has a longitudinal length of 2.5 to 10 mm in an etching waste solution containing at least indium and ferric chloride and allowed to stand, thereby allowing indium contained in the etching waste solution to precipitate on the surface of the precipitation-inducing metal based on a difference in ionization tendency between zinc and indium, and detaching the indium precipitated on the surface of the precipitation-inducing metal to recover it.
|COUPLING FOR HANDLE AND TOOL HEAD - A coupling for an elongated handle and a tool head is provided. The coupling may be positioned at the handle upper end after the handle upper end has passed through the tool head eye. The coupling is a frustoconical shape which engages the tool head in a manner of a slip eye coupling. However, because the lower end of the handle does not pass through the tool head eye, the lower end of the handle, i.e., the grip, may have any shape. Thus, the present invention allows for use of a slip eye coupling while also allowing the handle grip to be of any shape.
|Multi-task-tool - The Multi-Task-Tool provides more positive control of clamp-action-mounted power distribution devices while placing, tightening, loosening and removing the devices from their intended receivers, including but not limited to power lines and taps, and it may be attached to common extension sticks for long reach. Many electrical power distribution devices are secured in position directly or indirectly by a threaded fastener which is most often an eye bolt. The tool body receives and contains the eye bolt and a portion of the shank giving leverage to control the device. Once the distribution device is in place the tool is then rotated to position internal rails on each side of the eye and then pulled down to seat the eye against its aperture cap. Internal rails provide stops to transmit rotational force to the eye bolt in either direction. The tool may be modified to work with other fastener heads.
|EXTENSION BAR WITH ILLUMINATION DEVICE - An extension bar includes an elongate body, a conductive unit, a control unit and an illumination unit. The conductive unit includes a non-conductive first piece, a non-conductive second piece and a conductive third piece which is separated from the body. A conductive bead is engaged with one end of the third piece. The control unit includes a first control member and a second control member which has an opposite conductivity to the first control member. The first control member is mounted to the body and includes a first recess and a second recess. The second control member is securely engaged with the first recess and in contact with the exterior of the body. The illumination unit includes an illumination part and a power supply unit which contacts between the illumination part and the third piece.
|Granular Particle Gripping Surface - An improved die insert for gripping oil field tubular members in tubular handling systems such as power tongs, slips, safety clamps and the like. The die insert has a gripping surface which comprises a backing surface adapted to contact the tubular member. The backing surface may be smooth or it may have a series of teeth formed thereon. The backing surface further has a granulated particle coating applied thereto which forms the gripping surface of the present invention. In a preferred embodiment, the gripping surface will include a refractory metal carbide selected from the group consisting of the carbides of silicon, tungsten, molybdenum, chromium, tantalum, niobium, vanadium, titanium, zirconium, and boron.
|CENTERING BUSHING FOR CENTERING MATERIAL BARS - The invention relates to a centering bushing for centering a material bar which is supplied to a chuck of a lathe. An outer construction and an inner construction arranged therein are rotatably arranged about the longitudinal axis of a material bar. The inner construction is arranged to be rotatable with respect to the outer construction. The outer construction has means to fix the inner construction with respect to the chuck. The outer construction has a centrifugal force device which produces a force corresponding to the rotational speed. The inner construction has a centering device which leads to a centering of the material bar due to a force exerted on the centering device. A force transmission unit is arranged between the outer construction and the inner construction and ensures that the inner construction can rotate, with respect to the outer construction, and transfers the force produced by the centrifugal force device to the centering device.
|Method and System for Producing Notes of Securities - There is described a method and system for producing notes of securities, in particular banknotes, wherein individual printed sheets or successive printed portions of a continuous web are cut into individual notes on a sheet-fed or web-fed processing system, and wherein these individual notes are subsequently processed by a single-note processing system comprising a plurality of single-note processing stations. Individual notes corresponding to independent production cycles or dependent production cycles are produced on the sheet-fed or web-fed processing system, each production cycle being processed on a separate one of the single-note processing stations. Each production cycle is subdivided into a sequence of distinct production sub-cycles corresponding to successive subsets of individual notes (
|AUTOMATICALLY REMOVING WASTE MATERIAL USING A STRIP DIE WHEN CUTTING A SHEET OF MATERIAL ACCORDING TO A PREDETERMINED PATTERN - A strip die is prepared with cutouts according to a pre-determined pattern, e.g., on a cutting table and positioned on a stripping station that has a removal tool to remove waste material. After a sheet of material is cut on the same or another cutting table, the sheet is positioned in the stripping station over the female strip die. The removal tool moves to programmed positions in the stripping station and removes pieces of waste material. The final stripped cut sheet is the brought to the out-stack.
|Micro-Cutting Machine for Forming Cuts in Products - Micro-cutting machines for forming cuts in catheters, guidewires, and similar products, are disclosed, including a micro-cutting machine that can directly control the dimensions of the resultant beams being cut into products, and that can capture images of each cut for feedback control and accuracy verification.
|Saw device and method for sawing a workpiece - In order to improve a saw device with a feed axis for a workpiece to be sawed, with a first saw unit to saw the workpiece in a first sawing plane extending transversely to the feed axis and with a second saw unit to saw the workpiece in a second sawing plane extending transversely to the feed axis, with a central device region arranged between the sawing planes, with a front device region arranged in front of the first sawing plane, viewed in a feed direction, and with a rear device region arranged behind the second sawing plane, viewed in the feed direction, in such a way that as high a cutting efficiency as possible can be achieved, it is proposed that the saw device comprises at least two transport mechanisms arranged in different device regions to transport different workpiece portions along the feed axis.
|CUTTING DEVICE - Cutting device for cutting strips from a band of material (
|SEPARATING DEVICE - The invention relates to a separating device for separating individual container products from a frame assembly made of a plastic material, particularly polypropylene, having at least one stamping device (
|CUTTING TOOL - Cutting tool comprising a structural member (
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Refugees - Introduction
Palestinians – thanks to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 – make up the longest standing and largest group of refugees in the world. In fact, Palestinians account for 70 percent of the world's refugees.
It all started in 1948 with the creation of the state of Israel, which was carved out of 78 percent of historic Palestine. In the months leading up to the birth of Israel and for several months afterward, the Zionist paramilitary group the Haganah, the forerunner to today's Israeli military, and terrorist groups like the Stern Gang and the Irgun depopulated and/or destroyed more than 500 Palestinian villages. More than 750,000 Palestinians became immediate refugees when they were forced into exile.
During the Six Day War in 1967, another 350,000 Palestinians were forced into exile when Israel invaded and occupied the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Today, because generations born to refugees also are considered refugees, the number of Palestinian refugees has surpassed the 7 million mark, according to the human rights organization the Badil Resource Center.
Palestinian refugees or internally displaced persons make up 74 percent of the total Palestinian population of more than 9 million. One-third of the registered Palestine refugees, nearly 1.4 million, live in 58 recognized refugee camps in Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
Despite United Nations Resolution 242, which guarantees the refugees' right to return and remuneration for their lost property, Israel refuses to allow the refugees to return or to compensate them for their lost land and property.
Current Israeli military laws are created to displace even more Palestinians. In this way, Israel makes the path clear for its further expansion and colonization of Palestinian land.
Although military invasions and home demolitions tend to be the most common method used to displace Palestinians, the Israeli government also revokes Palestinian residency rights and establishes illegal Israeli settlement systems that force indigenous Palestinians to leave their lands behind, according to the Norway-based Internal Displacement Monitoring.
Some Palestinians are even refugees in their own land: More than 455,000 Palestinians are considered Internally Displaced Persons. They've been forced from their home villages, only to find themselves living in refugee camps in the West Bank or the Gaza Strip. In another cruel irony, the internal refugees became 'present absentees,' and as such had to relinquish control of their land to Israel.
~ American Muslims for Palestine, 2012
Palestine 101
- Al Nakba
The Intifadas
- What is an "intifada?"
- The First Intifada Erupts, Forcing Israel to Recognize Palestinians
- The First Intifada - Historical overview
- The First Intifada - Introduction
- The Second Intifada - Introduction
- Second Intifada - International Law
- The Second Intifada - The Mitchell Report
- The Second Intifada - UN Resolution 1322
- Original Documents
- Peace Processes
- The British Mandate
- Truman overrode strong State Department warning against partitioning of palestine in 1947
- What is political Zionism? - Introduction
- From its beginning, Israeli policy promoted war, not peace
- Meticulously planned Exodus saga gained sympathy For Zionist cause
- Zionism in US: Haganah's arms procurement
- Zionism in the US 1917-1948
Key Topics
- Water Resources
- Israel's Palestinian-only buses draw accusations of segregation, apartheid
- The Russell Tribunal on Palestine
- Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu on Israeli Apartheid
- South African study: Israel practicing apartheid and colonialism
- Israel's deportations and forcible transfers of Palestinians out of the west bank during the second intifada
- Discrimination in Israeli Law
- Adalah Position Paper On the Israeli Government's New Decision Classifying Communities as National Priority Areas
- ICJ opinion on Apartheid WallICJ opinion on Apartheid Wall
- Apartheid Q & A - Al Haq
- International Court Apartheid Wall OCHA
- Qalqilya Apartheid Map
- Restricted Space in West Bank
- Israeli apartheid - Introduction
- What is Apartheid?
- Israel Apartheid Policies Enacted Egainst Palestinians
- Arrests and Detentions
- Checkpoints and Closures
- Education
- Home Demolitions
- Jerusalem
- Maps
- Refugees
- Settlements
UN Resolutions
- UN Resolution 181 - The Partition of Palestine
- UN Resolution 194 - Right of Return
- UN Resolution 242 - Withdraw from Occupied Land
- UN Resolution 465 - Changing Physical and Demographic Nature of Palestine Illegal
- UN Resolution 694 - Reaffirming UN Res. 681
- UN Resolution 681 - Prohibition Against Acquiring Land Through War
- UN Resolutions - Introduction
- Verbatin Record of Security Council vote on Res. 242
Us Aid to Israel
- US aid to Israel - 2015 Fact Sheet
- United States Needs to Reevaluate Its Assistance to Israel
- Sequester to Reduce U.S. Aid to Israel, but Not Below 2012 Level
- US Foreign Aid to Israel
- U.S. Aid to Israel - Introduction
- US Aid to Israel Fact Sheet
- The Cost of Israel to U.S. Taxpayers: True Lies About U.S. Aid to Israel
- U.S. Can't Afford Military Aid to Israel
- US Aid to Israel: 2014 Fact Sheet
- US Aid to Israel: Impact on America
- How Does Aid to Israel Impact Us?
- The Occupation's Impact on Palestinian Environment - Introduction
- Environmental Impact of Settlements
- Environment Emerges as a Major Casualty in Palestine
- Gaza Strip Soil Has Been Contaminated Due to Bombings: Population in Danger
- Experimental Weapons' Use in Gaza May Cause Genetic Mutations in Unborn Palestinian Children
- Gaza


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Portable Belt Sander 101
Is the belt sander a noisy, dusty, expensive, heavy, dangerous, and probable ruiner of fine woodworking projects? NO! This is a wonderful time-saving power tool and when understood and operated correctly, can make difficult sanding problems a thing of the past.
First we must be familiar with the simple mechanics that make the sander do what it does best......Sand. There are only 2 moving parts that one has to be concerned about, the rear drive roller, the front idle roller. Between these, is the stationary bottom skid plate. Tracking of the belt is accomplished by turning the tracking knob, located close to the front idle roller. With the sander on and held away from material, turning the knob will noticeably move the belt from side to side. The ideal position of the belt would be to make it flush with the left side of the skid plate. The sander can be damaged if the sanding belt is allowed to track off to the right side for any length of time where it can destroy the metal rub strip and ultimately the sander.
Prior to actual sanding, some precautions should be mentioned. Loose clothing or unbuttoned sleeves are a no-no. The dust bag should be emptied, and the location of the power cord should be monitored during sanding, since running over the cord usually ends up with it being wedged between the rubber drive roller and the sanding frame. Been there, done that. Next, most sanding belts have a rotation arrow printed inside, but some lack this feature and seem to work just fine regardless of how they are installed. The belt travels counterclockwise and can be easilly be inserted by releasing the tension lever, which moves the front roller and loosens it enough to slip the belt into place, then snaps tight to secure it. Check tracking after all belt changes, especially if sparks are occur due to improper movement against the rub strip.
Now we must decide what grit of belt to use. I like to have a good supply of new belts on hand, ranging from course (50 to 80) to fine (100 and up). Aggresive removal requires course belts, and here is where the trouble usually starts. New belts cut fast, yet the same grit that's well worn, removes less wood, is easier to control and after initial sanding, I often change to a less abrasive one.
A few words about the placement of a loose work piece prior to beginning. The stock to be sanded must be made immovable to prevent it from flying off the workbench. When I sand the surface of a flat board, I install a stop-block at the end that is a bit lower than the work piece. The sander wants to push the board backward, and the stop-block prevents movement. When sanding the edge, I mark it with cross-wise pencil marks and secure it in a bench vice or any other suitable clamping device. The trigger lock on sanders, in my opinion, should never be used. My trigger-finger is never too tired to squeeze it, and I don't want it racing off the work table when I plug it in. However if you are having a "sander race" with your neighbor and his sander, the trick is to lock both triggers and plug them both into a switched outlet, flip the switch and let the race beguin! Hmmm just like we did in high school wood shop.
Now comes the fun part, sanding the wood. If needed, I prepare the surface with the tell-tale pencil marks to determine where wood is being removed. I usually start the sander in mid air, letting it float onto the wood with just a little pressure, often not allowing the full weight of the machine on the belt right away. Using long, flowing strokes, monitor the gradual removal of the fading pencil marks. With a little practice, putting an ever-so-slight pressure on either the left or right side of the sander, the entire surface can be sanded uniformlyand all marks removed. The lengthy strokes should terminate with 1/2 of the sander extending over the end of the work piece, being careful not to 'nose-dive' it at either end of the stroke. This can be followed up with a finer grit belt, using the same proceedure. If extreme amounts have to be removed, more downward pressure or sanding crosswise to the grain will result in greater material removal then followed by with-the-grain strokes to do away with objectional cross-sander marks.
Don't fall in love with the belt that is in the sander, change belts accordingly to obtain the required finish. However, I usually keep a supply of "worn" belts to use when I want to remove paint. When sanding off old paint, I don't use long strokes but start at the front end of board, slowly sanding backward, allowing the rear roller to attack the painted area first. This allows it to remove and lift the gummy paint and pitch it behind the sander and reduces the clogging of the belt. I generally slide the sander from side to side and continue down the length of the board while removing paint. Of course when the paint is gone, normal steps listed above can be followed, and Bingo, you have a new board.
Now, the size of the sander itself. During my production work I used large, heavy, 4" wide beltsanders requiring both hands to operate. They can run longer without heating up and are more powerful and aggressive. After scaling back to my do-it-yourselfer projects, like my Woody Teardrop, I have found that the lighter the sander the better. Also, 4 x 24 belts are more expensive than the 3 x 18 size that I use now. Sometimes, I must hold the sander in one hand, and the big ones are just too heavy.
I have found that some foreign sanding belts are a smidge too big and they will slip if the front roller isn't tight enough against it. There are 2 methods I have used to solve this problem. One is to wrap the front idle roller with a few layers of duct tape and the other is to add a 1/4" secondary wood skid plate, and both methods work fine. Also, when sanding the inside of curved ribs, as in galley hatch, I cut a matching curved skid plate which allows sanding this curved surface easilly with no flat spots. Ocasionally I sand with just the front roller on a very tight inside radius curve, but this can be distructive if not done carefully.
When sanding intersecting wood members, as on the face frames of cabinets, I sand the intermediate members first, using the pencil mark trick, then finish off the longer, outside members, carfully watching the edge of the belt so it doesn't cross onto the adjoining cross-grain member. This move takes a tender touch, but that is what belt sanding is all about. It's quite a bit different than sanding down a big, gnarley 4 x 12 timber that will get stained in the ceiling of the great room.
In cabinetry, I have edge-banded walnut, birch, oak and ash plywood panels, with solid wood members that match the veneer of the plywood. I cut the solid edge members slightly wider than the plywood and when glued to end grain of the plywood, I sand it down to the flush surface of the plywood. To do this, the old pencil trick is involved again, and of course a very fine grit of sanding belt. One mistake in this process, and it becomes firewood. Often the edges of raw plywood must be sanded, such as cabinet doors or shelves. To accomplish this, I place the plywood flat on a low work bench, kneel on it, place the sander on it's side, start it in mid air then slowly engage the belt surface, in long, even strokes. Progress is checked with a square and more or less pressure is exerted as needed.
I am sure many accomplished belt sander users have even more tips to that could help us all become more proficient with these multi-use portable machines. If so, share them with us and if you take exception to any of my pointers, be sure to let me know as well. It is advisable to wear a dust mask and of course it would be nice to have an adequate dust removal system, but I have a covered, outside sanding area and the wind blows the dust into the neighbors yard....... :-)
Roly, just my 2 cents, and I hope this sheds a little light on successful beltsanding for everyone.


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With America's two open-wheel series finally unified, the calendar poses the next roadblock: The season-opening race is just five weeks away.
At this point, nobody knows how many teams and cars will move from the now-defunct Champ Car World Series to the Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series in time for the March 29 opener at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
"The reaction has been overwhelmingly positive," IRL spokesman Fred Nation said Saturday. "There has been great interest from most of the Champ Car teams. They will be welcomed with open arms as we have teams from CART (the forerunner of Champ Car) over the years. Already there is a wonderful sense of camaraderie and relief that this long family squabble is over."
The IRL is planning a meeting Monday in Indianapolis for most of the Champ Car teams. A news conference to announce the details of the agreement, including additions to the 2008 schedule, is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday at the Homestead track, where the IRL will hold preseason testing Wednesday and Thursday.
None of the Champ Car teams will be there, but the IRL is expected to set up a special test for the newcomers at Homestead before the opener.
Even before Friday's announcement that IRL founder Tony George and Champ Car co-owners Kevin Kalkhoven and Gerald Forsythe had signed off on the agreement to close down Champ Car and run as a unified series, teams were preparing to make the move.
The open-wheel rivalry lasted 12 years. The peace process began several weeks ago when George, also president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, offered any Champ Car team interested in switching to the IndyCar Series a free Honda engine lease program, free Dallara chassis and $1.2 million in team incentives.
Champ Car team owner Derrick Walker said last week he already put his Champ Car equipment at the back of his Indianapolis garage and was beginning to work on new IRL cars in preparation for the move.
"The path won't be easy in the beginning, but Walker Racing is ready for the challenge," Walker said. "It's going to be a rough old ride because we don't have the familiarity with the Dallaras and it's a more experienced formula. But the bottom line is that it's great news to put this thing together."
It is expected that the two-car Newman/Haas/Lanigan team that has won eight series championships, including the last four, will lead the move to the IRL from Champ Car.
Newman/Haas/Lanigan would bring 19-year-old American Graham Rahal, the son of longtime open-wheel star Bobby Rahal, and a budding open-wheel star, along with Englishman Justin Wilson as their drivers.
Other Champ Car teams expected to take the deal include PKV Racing, Forsythe Championship Racing, Conquest Racing, Dale Coyne Racing and Pacific Coast Motorsports, with veterans Paul Tracy, Oriol Servia, Bruno Junqueira, Alex Tagliani and talented newcomers Robert Doornbos, Will Power and Simon Pagenaud.
The number of cars added to the IRL's current 16-car grid could range from eight to 12.
One of the first teams to announce its intentions was PCM. That was something of a surprise because it was thought the team would switch to sports cars or close down if unification took place. PCM team manager Tyler Tadevic says the goal is to be on the IRL grid in Miami with two IndyCars.
"We are working diligently on this program and welcome all opportunities," he said.
Open-wheel merger brings plenty of questions with unity
With America's two open-wheel series finally unified, the calendar poses the next roadblock: The season-opening race is just five weeks away.


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