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A grip for the handle of a golf club having multiple two layer panels that are wrapped about an underlisting sleeve. The edges of the panels are adhesively sealed together. The grip reduces impact and shock and provides a feeling of tackiness in the manner of a spirally wrapped polyurethane-felt grip while allowing the use of multiple color panels and easy instillation onto a golf club shaft.

An autonomous ground maintenance vehicle is provided with maintenance equipment for performing a ground maintenance operation, such as mowing and storing grass, a marking device that includes a delivery structure for applying a marking material to the ground, a guidance mechanism for guiding the ground maintenance vehicle, and a position sensor for determining the position of the vehicle. The marking device is controlled in response to the position of the vehicle according to the position sensor.

Adhesives and sealants comprising submicron particles and nanomaterials, methods of making such adhesives and sealants, and methods of using such adhesives and sealants are provided.

A split support ring having two halves joined by a hinge is mounted about a tree. A trolley is mounted on the support ring and movable horizontally in all positions over 360 angular degrees. A plurality of wheel assemblies are paced around the support ring and depend downwardly providing wheels angularly positionable into contact with the tree for supporting and moving the support ring vertically on the tree. A tension device in contact with the wheel assemblies causes the wheels to gain traction against the tree. A saw is mounted on the trolley, the saw engaged so as to move in mutually orthogonal directions for positioning the saw as needed in cutting into the tree and its branches or fronds.

According to the present invention, there is disclosed a hand-held system and a method for detecting the presence of fecal contamination or ingesta on objects, such as a protein source, a worker's hands or utensils. In one embodiment, there is included a system comprised of a housing having a first end, where said housing supports a light source which emits light out of said housing first end having a wavelength effective to elicit fluorescence at a wavelength between 660 to 680 nm, and a light filter allowing the user to distinguish light at a wavelength between about 660 to 680 nm from any other light the vicinity of the object. The detection of light at a wavelength between about 660 to 680 nm indicates the presence of fecal contamination or other ingesta. There is also disclosed a method of using such a device to detect the presence of such contamination, optionally including further steps to identify the source of any contamination and to modify any practices so that the spread of contamination may be reduced.

A machine and a process for producing lightweight thermoplastic composite products in a continuous manner is disclosed. An oven is provided for heating a dry unconsolidated fabric sheet of commingled fibers of thermoplastic and re-enforcing fibers or carbon fibers to a temperature sufficient to ensure melting and flow of the resin in the voids of the commingled fibers. The unconsolidated composite sheet is conveyed through the oven and then through a first pair of heated rollers at an outlet of the oven whereby to maintain the fabric sheet heated to prevent abrupt cooling at the surfaces while compressing it under pressure. A further pair of rollers at a further reduced temperature is provided whereby the heated sheet is gradually lowered in temperature and the pressure is maintained thereon during consolidation of the commingled fibers to ensure complete flow of the resin in the voids between the reinforcing fibers. The continuous composite consolidated sheet can then be processed to sheet form, or laminated in a sandwich, or profiled whereby to form a desired product.

The invention discloses a method for performing automatic surfacing repair on a damaged metal part, which is a technical scheme used for performing automatic surfacing repair aiming at the missing part on the damaged metal part. In the method, a measuring robot and an arc welding robot are involved, wherein the measuring robot consists of a structured light sensor and a six-freedom-degree mechanical arm; and the arc welding robot consists of a welding gun and a six-freedom-degree robotic arm. The system works according to the following steps of: first, fixing a damaged part to be repaired on a working table, and scanning the damaged part by using the measuring robot to obtain three-dimensional surface point cloud data of the damage of the part; then, performing registration (geometric alignment) on the three-dimensional surface point cloud data and an original CAD model of the metal part, and extracting the point cloud data of a damaged area by calculating the error from the point cloud data to the CAD model; and finally, generating a surfacing repair path according three-dimensional information of the damaged area, and controlling the arc welding robot to finish the automatic repair of the damaged area of the part by using a computer.

An improved method and apparatus for S/TEM sample preparation and analysis. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide improved methods for TEM sample creation, especially for small geometry (<100 nm thick) TEM lamellae. A novel sample structure and a novel use of a milling pattern allow the creation of S/TEM samples as thin as 50 nm without significant bowing or warping. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide methods to partially or fully automate TEM sample creation, to make the process of creating and analyzing TEM samples less labor intensive, and to increase throughput and reproducibility of TEM analysis.

The invention discloses a method and a device for computer visual inspection classification of the quality of fresh corn ears, which aim to solve the problem that an artificial classification method makes the accuracy and the reproducibility of classification generated adverse effects. The method comprises the following steps of: 1, under a certain illumination condition, acquiring images of the fresh corn ears passing through a place right below a camera by an image acquisition device, and transmitting the images to a main control computer; 2, according to the acquired images of the fresh corn ears, performing image analysis by the main control computer through intelligent analysis software through the steps of: partitioning backgrounds of the images of the fresh corn ears by adopting an iteration-replacement method, and then extracting characteristics as quality indexes of the fresh corn ears on the basis of the images obtained after the background partitioning of the images of the fresh corn ears; and 3, on the basis of the quality indexes, which are acquired through the image analysis, of the fresh corn ears, and according to a grading standard that the fresh corn ears are classified into three grades, performing grade estimation on the fresh corn ears by using a fuzzy neural network. The invention also provides a detection device for implementing the method.

The present invention, among other things, provides technologies for detecting and/or quantifying nucleic acids in cells, tissues, organs or organisms. In some embodiments, through sequential barcoding, the present invention provides methods for high-throughput profiling of a large number of targets, such as transcripts and/or DNA loci.

A method of making A fiber optic connector adapted to receive a fiber bearing unit involves coupling at least one high precision piece, having holes configured to accept an array of optical fibers, to a low precision piece to form a unit, inserting optical fibers into the unit and housing the unit within a fiber optic connector housing. A commercial fiber optic connector of a style constructed to accept a ferrule-like unit therein has a connector housing, at least 36 optical fibers, a low precision piece, and at least one high precision slice having at least 36 fiber holes each adapted to accept one of the optical fibers, the low precision piece and the at least one high precision slice being contained substantially within the connector housing and forming the ferrule like unit.

The invention discloses hydraulic automatic water-saving vehicle cleaning equipment, which relates to vehicle cleaning equipment and comprises a water saving device, a hydraulic device and an inductive control device. The water saving device consists of a middle water tank, a clean water tank, an accumulated water tank, a self-priming pump, a hydraulic tank, a nanometer filter screen, a hydraulicvalve, an automatic interchange valve, an automatic water pumping valve and an internal automatic blow-off valve. The hydraulic device consists of a rough cleaning workshop, an agent spraying workshop, a spray-washing workshop, a throw-drying workshop, a wax spraying workshop, a polishing workshop, a hydraulic nozzle, a self-inductive nozzle, throw-drying equipment and polishing equipment, and the inductive control device comprises an automatic control device and a remote control device. A vehicle is firstly roughly cleaned in the rough cleaning workshop, cleaning agent is sprayed on the vehicle entering the agent spraying workshop, then the vehicle enters the spray-cleaning workshop to be thoroughly cleaned in a spraying manner, is in a throw-drying process in the throw-drying workshop and enters the wax spraying workshop, wax agent is sprayed on the vehicle, then the vehicle is polished in the polishing workshop, accordingly, cleaning and maintenance of the vehicle are completed, and comprehensive water conservation and efficacy enhancement are synchronously realized. The hydraulic automatic water-saving vehicle cleaning equipment has the advantages of exquisite structure, multiple functions, wide applicability, high grade and efficiency, energy conservation, environmental protection, convenience in carrying and utilization, small occupied area, low manufacturing cost, high comprehensive cost performance and the like.

A rectangular tilt-up concrete tank includes a concrete slab with a metal plate anchored thereto, the metal plate defining at least one substantially linear concrete side wall location. A plurality of preformed concrete side panels each having metal plates attached along a bottom edge and opposing side edges are welded in a liquid-tight weld to the metal plate defining the concrete side wall location and a side metal plate of each side panel is welded to a metal side plate of an adjacent side panel in a liquid-tight weld to define a concrete side wall. Horizontal and vertical post-tensioning sleeves are provided in the side panels for receiving post-tensioning tendons.

The present invention, among other things, provides technologies for detecting and/or quantifying nucleic acids in cells, tissues, organs or organisms. Pre-designed barcodes are associated specific molecular targets through sequential hybridization experiments. A pseudo-color based barcoding scheme is developed to overcome limitations in the previous generation of the technology such as lack of visual signals that can be associated with the probes or small internal within cell when carrying out in situ experiments. The current method can be applied to both in vitro and in situ analysis. According to the method, each barcoding round comprises multiple serial hybridizations where a small number of colored signals (that are associated with probes) are used in each hybridization experiment within a serial hybridization round. Images from each serial hybridization experiment within the same serial hybridization round are combined to form a composite image for each barcoding round. In each barcoding round, the same set of molecular targets are analyzed. After all barcoding rounds are completed, associated of the barcode with these molecular targets is completed.

The invention belongs to the technical field of production of sodium copper chlorophyllin and in particular relates to a method for producing sodium copper chlorophyllin through supercritical purification. The method for producing sodium copper chlorophyllin through supercritical purification comprises the following steps: (1) saponifying; (2) washing; (3) copperizing; and (4) purifying, namely purifying copperized chlorophyll by adopting supercritical carbon dioxide; and (5) obtaining the finished product. According to the method, the copperized chlorophyll is purified by adopting a supercritical technology, the particularity of a molecular structure of chlorophyll derivatives is overcome, and the yield of the copperized chlorophyll is greatly improved, so that the process of producing the sodium copper chlorophyllin is efficient and friendly to the environment.

The invention discloses a method for planting yams. The method includes steps of selecting seeds and accelerating germination; preparing lands and ditching the lands; performing shallow directional planting and applying fertilizers; managing water; controlling and preventing pests; harvesting the yams. A cultivation technology implemented by the aid of shallow directional PVC (polyvinyl chloride) plates is adopted, so that shortcomings of constraints of suitable soil types and terrains and factors such as high harvesting labor intensity, easiness in injuring tubers, influence on storage on large-area development of yams can be overcome, the traditional time-wasting, labor-wasting, low-yield and low-efficiency cultivation production conditions can be changed, the method has the advantages of wide suitable lands, quick tuberization, easiness in harvesting, high yield and quality and the like, and the high-quality yams can be efficiently cultivated and are high in yield.

The invention discloses a building construction waste recycling device. The building construction waste recycling device comprises a housing, wherein a transverse partition is fixedly connected between inner walls at the two sides of the housing; the inner walls at the two sides of the housing are fixedly connected with stamping barrels; the bottoms of the stamping barrels are fixedly connected with the upper surface of the transverse partition; a charge hole is fixedly connected in the middle position of the upper surface of the housing; the bottoms at the two sides of the charge hole are fixedly connected with connecting blocks through transverse rods; the connecting blocks are movably connected with separating inclined plates through pin rolls; and one side, away from each connecting block, of each separating inclined plate is fixedly connected with the side surface of the corresponding stamping barrel through a fixed block. The building construction waste recycling device has the advantages of preliminarily crushing and separating building waste; the building waste is re-separated after being preliminarily crushed, so that normal crushing of a crushing device is prevented; and moreover, the building construction waste recycling device further has the advantages of high waste crushing efficiency and uniform crushing, and solves the problem that building waste cannot be effectively recycled directly.

A tower lifting stand system and method is provided for use in lifting a large structure such as a transmission tower that is used in our power grid. A lifting mechanism engages a structure connected to the tower which work together to lift the tower once the lifting mechanism has been activated. Once the tower is lifted, a vertical extension section can be installed thus lifting the tower, and its associated power lines, vertically a predetermined distance.

The purpose of this invention is to dispose of and effectively utilize waste of the skin of a bamboo shoot, young bamboo and parent bamboo by using one or both of the skin of the bamboo which is waste in a boiling work plant of the bamboo shoot and the young bamboo which is a grown bamboo shoot as main components, adding the parent bamboo therein and composting the raw materials for a short time at a low cost. The subject fermented fertilizer is produced by adding useful microorganisms containing one or more kinds of actinomyces, photosynthetic bacteria, fungi, lactobacilli, yeast and aspergillus bacteria into the composting raw material mainly using one or both of the skin of the bamboo shoot and the young bamboo, and if need, the parent bamboo, further adding at least one of a fermentation accelerating assistant, a water control agent and a nutritious agent of the microorganisms if needed and mixing and stirring them. The fermented fertilizer containing a growth promotor contained in the bamboo shoot or the young bamboo is produced by composting the skin of the bamboo shoot or the young bamboo used as the main components and becomes the fertilizer remarkably effective for the growth promotion of plants.