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An improved free piston assembly for use in combination with a plunger lift assembly is provided. The improved free piston assembly includes a sleeve member, a flow restriction member, and retention means. In some embodiments of the invention the sleeve member has an inner surface that is contoured to provide a seat for the flow restriction member during lifting operations. The flow restriction member can be a ball held in the interior of the sleeve by retention means capable of overcoming the force of gravity but at the same time designed to release the flow restriction member when a rod of the plunger lift assembly contacts the flow restriction member. In one embodiment of the invention the retention means is a plurality of inwardly biased spring loaded held in place by a retention ring that is fittably received by a groove in the exterior surface of the sleeve. In other embodiments of the invention the retention means are in the form of a raised lip or a retention sleeve.

An energy efficient and compact axial fan with a housing comprising a fan assembly comprising a drive motor and a propeller coupled thereto. The inlet opening and/or the outlet opening of the fan housing are provided with a shutter assembly positioned adjacent the propeller and having a plurality aerodynamically shaped pivoted louvers working in tandem for less air obstruction and noise. The propeller comprises a plurality of radial blades comprising means for straitening the air flow and reducing the vortex flow of the propeller thereby permitting the shutter to be mounted adjacent the propeller to lessen the dept of the fan housing for making the fan more compact.

An adaptive addressable circuit redundancy method and apparatus, e.g., an adaptive memory redundancy method and apparatus, utilizes an on-chip processor to test, analyze and reassign spare addressable circuits to replace defective or intermittent addressable circuits. The present invention is applicable both in a manufacturing environment and/or in a field environment wherein the integrated circuit is operational. An adaptive addressable circuit redundancy module intercepts a data path between the on-chip processor and the addressable circuits to reassign defective addresses as necessary to utilize a spare addressable circuit bank. In another embodiment of the present invention, a broadcast write module cuts memory test time almost in half by writing a same data pattern to a significant portion or all of the addressable circuits, e.g., memory, substantially simultaneously.

The present invention discloses an integrated multi-function window in the technical field of building material, which overcomes the disadvantages of the existing windows, including complicated structures and time, labor and cost consuming double constructions. The integrated multi-function window includes a first window frame having a first window. A first window cover is mounted at the upper part of the first window frame and first telescopic curtain cloth is located within the first window cover. One side of the first window frame is fixedly connected to the second window frame having a second window. The position of the second window is corresponding to that of the first window. The integrated multi-function window has a simple configuration and multiple functions and is of a low cost and improved reliability.

The present invention relates to the use of proteins that are differentially expressed in tumor associated stromal cells, as compared to normal stromal, as biomolecular targets for tumor treatment therapies. The present invention also provides compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions for administration in the methods of the invention.

Electrically-driven steering column apparatus including: lower jacket; upper jacket axially slidably inserted thereinto; and telescopic drive disposed astride these two jackets. The telescopic drive contains: support member; screw shaft connected to the support member; and electric motor unit fixed to the lower jacket. The screw shaft is rotatably driven by the motor unit to make slidable motion of the upper jacket with respect to the lower jacket thereby allowing telescopic operation. The lower jacket has axially extending evacuation section shaped by partially increasing the inner diameter of the lower jacket, thereby allowing the passage of nut member provided on the upper jacket. Attaching bolt is screwed into the nut member through longitudinally extending rectangular hole defined by the evacuation section. The support member is supported by the upper jacket through the attaching bolt. Pushing member is disposed circumferentially opposite to the evacuation section, for pushing the upper jacket inwardly.

This invention provides a family of cation-strung polymers capable of forming membranes having exceptional hydroxide ionic conductivity as well as low water uptake and methods of making the same. The invention also provides for using these cation-strung polymers to manufacture membranes useful in HEMFC fuel cells and other devices such as electrolysis, solar hydrogen generation, redox flow battery, dialysis, reverse osmosis, forward osmosis, pervaporation, ion exchange, sensor, and gas separation.

A fan device capable of increasing air pressure and air supply includes a frame, a first blade wheel, a second blade wheel and a guide flow part. The frame is a hollow casing to define a flow passage with a first air port and a second air port available for air passing through. The guide flow part is held with a support in the flow passage and a driving device is received in the support. The first blade wheel with first fan blades and the second blade wheel with second fan blades are disposed in the flow passage next to the support for being driven by the driving device. The number of the first fan blades is more than that of the second fan blades. Once the first and second fan wheels are in operation, air induced by the fan wheels is guided by the guide flow part and air pressure and air supply of the fan system are increased substantively due to number of the first fan blades being greater than that of the second fan blades.

A circulating inset-gas seal system based on gas-supply servo device and QHSE based storage and transportation method are provided. The gas-supply servo device includes a servo constant pressure unit including: inlet gas compressors a charging check valve, a gas supply container and a degassing valve control unit which are connected in sequence and communicated and controlled by a one-way valve. According to a preset gas pressure of the gas phase space in the material container, a inert sealing medium filled in the material container group is received, stored and released via an inerting pipe to form a station-type circulating inert seal system. A multi-group circulating inerting system cooperates with a mobile material container for self-sealing loading and unloading, which is capable of realizing a QHSE storage and transportation system with no gas phase emission.

A magnetic driving device comprises a slider disposed on an inside of a glass; a handle disposed on an outside of the glass; a plurality of magnets respectively disposed in the slider and the handle, the polarities of the adjacent magnetic poles of the magnets disposed in the slider being opposite to each other, the polarities of the adjacent magnetic poles of the magnets disposed in the handle being opposite to each other; and a spacing layer disposed between the adjacent magnets to space the adjacent magnets from each other, the spacing layer being made of a material that is not a magnet, wherein positions of the magnets in the slider and positions of the magnets in the handle correspond to each other one by one, and the polarities of the magnetic poles, which are toward the glass, of the magnets in the slider are opposite to the polarities of the magnetic poles, which are towards the glass, of the corresponding magnets in the handle, respectively.

A hot melt adhesive dispensing system comprises a remote metering station for receiving a supply of hot melt adhesive material from an adhesive supply unit (ASU), a plurality of applicator heads for depositing hot melt adhesive material onto different substrates, and a plurality of relatively short hose structures respectively fluidically inter-connecting the remote metering station to the plurality of applicator heads. Oppositely disposed terminal end portions of each one of the relatively short hose structures are respectively provided with universal connectors so as to effectively overcome or counteract the inherent inflexibility characteristic of the relatively short hose structures per se and thereby in fact permit the plurality of applicator heads to be moved to different locations, depending upon the various different requirements attendant particular hot melt adhesive deposition requirements, in order to perform a particular hot melt adhesive deposition operation.

A grilling appliance is disclosed for preparing various different types of food wherein the food is conveyed through the appliance, from a food insert end of the appliance to a food removal end of the appliance, by means of continuously movable flow-through upper and lower cooperating conveyors operatively associated with platen-type heating members over which the upper and lower conveyors are conveyed so as to be heated by the platen-type heating members and thereby, in turn, heat, brown, or carmelize the food as desired or required. Multiple independently controlled conveyor sets define multiple independently controlled conveyor cooking lanes within the appliance.

A display including a light source for generating light, an optical waveguide for receiving and evenly distributing light in a light propagation direction by total internal reflections and a matrix of picture elements constructed on the upper surface of the waveguide, the picture elements including electrically activated micro-mechanical actuators having optical properties for modulating light to produce an image.

In a manufacturing method of a printed circuit board, a rigid substrate having a rigid-board metal layer is provided, an open slot is formed on the rigid substrate, and a flexible substrate is installed in the open slot, and the flexible substrate and the rigid substrate are securely bonded, and an increased-layer circuit layer is formed after electric circuits are manufactured on the rigid-board and flexible-board metal layers, and stacked on the rigid substrate and on an adjacent block where the flexible substrate is coupled to the rigid substrate, and an electric circuit is manufactured, and the increased-layer circuit layer is provided for electrically connecting and conducting the rigid and flexible substrates to overcome the issue of alignment errors.

A discharging device for a vinasse tank, including a flipping component and a lifting component. The flipping component includes convex rods externally connected with opposite side surfaces of the tank, and a frame matched with the tank; the frame includes an outer frame and an inner frame; opposite inner supporting rods of the inner frame are provided with C-shaped grooves having openings downward and matched with the convex rods; respective C-shaped grooves include a through hole penetrating through lower parts of groove walls on both sides; a gear lever matched with the through hole and a first driving mechanism for driving the gear lever to move left and right axially along the through hole are arranged in the inner supporting rod; and a second driving mechanism for driving the inner frame to flip is arranged at a joint between the inner supporting rod and an outer supporting rod.

The present invention provides an optical device including a spectral filter and an optical detection unit for detecting light passing through the spectral filter. A band-limited filter is provided on the path of light.

A structure of an air blowout outlet for a vehicle, includes a case having an air inlet through which air is supplied. A pair of first wall sections extend in a longitudinal direction of the case. A pair of second wall sections are provided in such a manner that each second wall section connects end portions of the first wall sections. The first wall sections and the second wall sections define an air outlet through which air supplied from the air inlet is blown out. A first guide is formed at an inner surface of the second wall sections to extend in a longitudinal direction of the case so as to squeeze air introduced from the air inlet. Additionally, a second guide is formed at an inner surface of the first wall sections. A central portion of the second guide in the longitudinal direction of the case extends larger than an end portion of the second guide in the longitudinal direction of the case so that the central portion squeezes air larger than the end portion.

A grilling appliance is disclosed for preparing various different types of food wherein the food is conveyed through the appliance, from a food insert end of the appliance to a food removal end of the appliance, by means of continuously movable flow-through upper and lower cooperating conveyors operatively associated with platen-type heating members over which the upper and lower conveyors are conveyed so as to be heated by the platen-type heating members and thereby, in turn, heat, brown, or carmelize the food as desired or required.

The present invention provides a method for cutting a single sheet of glass substrate, which includes the following steps: (1) providing a single sheet of glass substrate (10) to be cut and a cutting platform (20); (2) fixing the single sheet of glass substrate (10) on the cutting platform (20); (3) rotating the cutting platform (20) to have the single sheet of glass substrate (10) located under the cutting platform (20); (4) providing a cutting head (30) under the cutting platform (20) to proceed with a cutting operation on the single sheet of glass substrate (10) and also providing a vacuum suction device (40) and a static electricity elimination device (50) to remove glass chips generated by the cutting head (30) cutting the single sheet of glass substrate (10); and (5) after the cutting operation, moving the cutting platform (20) away from the cutting head (30), the vacuum suction device (40), and the static electricity elimination device (50) and rotating the cutting platform (20) to have the cut single sheet of glass substrate (10) located above the cutting platform.

The present invention relates to additive manufacturing field and laser shock peening (LSP) field, in particular to a combined apparatus for layer-by-layer interactive additive manufacturing with laser thermal/mechanical effects. In the apparatus, a LSP module and a SLM module operate in alternate so as to perform LSP for the formed part in the forming process of the formed part, and thereby a better strengthening effect of the formed part is achieved. The present invention effectively overcomes the challenges of “shape control” against deformation and cracking of the formed parts incurred by internal stress and “property control” against poor fatigue property of the formed parts incurred by metallurgical defects during additive manufacturing, improves fatigue strength and mechanical properties of the formed parts, and realizes high-efficiency and high-quality holistic processing of the formed parts.

The invention discloses an external tincture with anti-inflammation detumescence and wound healing promotion functions, which is prepared by soaking more than ten traditional Chinese medicines such as Chinese angelica, radix paeoniae alba, pangolin scales and the like in alcohol, and has the functions of stopping bleeding, removing blood stasis, relieving pain, astringing, promoting tissue regeneration, challenging and disintegrating and evacuating pus and healing up sore. Moreover, a great quantity of components for reinforcing healthy qi and nourishing are adopted, the treatment means of eliminating evil and reinforcing healthy qi of the traditional medicine is sufficiently embodied, and the resistance and immunity of a patient are improved to defeat the pathogenic factor more effectively and durably.

An aligning and assembling method of a stereoscopic display device is provided and includes providing a liquid crystal (LC) panel and a brightness detector. A lenticular panel is placed between the LC panel and the brightness detector. The LC panel is driven to output a light-dispersion pattern. The lenticular panel is rotated and the brightness detector obtains a plurality of brightness patterns and a plurality of light-dispersion periods generated from the light-dispersion pattern after the light-dispersion pattern has passed through the lenticular panel. The brightness patterns correspond respectively to the light-dispersion periods. A maximum light-dispersion period is found from the light-dispersion periods. The lenticular panel is stopped to rotate when the maximum light-dispersion period is found.

A door catch for a sliding door of a motor vehicle includes a holding arm, with the holding arm being secured on a running rail of the sliding door using a holder and being pivotable against a preloaded spring. The catch has a latching member, the latching member being a nose which is arranged on the holding arm, and a counter-latching member, the counter-latching member being a latching cam which is acting transversely to the direction of travel of the sliding door. In the open position of the door, the holding arm latches, through said latching member, with said counter-latching member.