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A luminescent device includes: a light source; a housing for accommodating the light source, a heat discharging member including a heat transfer portion and a heat dissipation portion and passed through the housing, the heat transfer portion being mounted on the light source and the heat dissipation portion being located outside the housing; a seal portion for sealing a gap between the heat discharging member and the housing; and optical axis adjusting device for adjusting an optical axis of the light source, wherein the heat transfer portion or the seal portion is deformed so as to follow an angular change of the optical axis of the light source by the optical axis adjusting device.

Thin chamber diaphragm-operated fluid handling devices, including thin chamber pumps and thin chamber valves, facilitate device compactness and, in some configurations, self-priming. Diaphragm actuators of the thin chamber devices either comprise or are driven by piezoelectric materials. The thinness of the chamber, in a direction parallel to diaphragm movement, is in some embodiments determined by the size of a perimeter seal member which sits on a floor of a device cavity, and upon which a perimeter (e.g. circumferential or peripheral portion) of the diaphragm actuator sits. The diaphragm actuator is typically retained in a device body between the floor seal member and another seal member between which the perimeter of the actuator is sandwiched. The devices have an input port and an output port.

The present invention provides a variable valve timing device for an internal combustion engine having a double camshaft. A gas exchange valve control shaft is provided which has first and second concentrically arranged cam shafts that are adjustable in a rotatable manner with respect to each other, by which a cam of the first cam shaft is adjusted in terms of its angle towards a cam of the second cam shaft. A cam phasing device is provided which operates by rotatable vanes provoking a swivelling relative movement between a driven member and an output member. The cam phasing device comprises at least two pivotable vane adjusters. Each pivotable vane adjuster is assigned to one of the two cam shafts. The pivotable vane adjusters are arranged axially one after the other in a direction of a valve control shaft. Each pivotable vane adjuster may be designed as a rotor-type vane adjuster.

A compact epicyclic drive includes a pinion rotatable about a ring gear and an eccentric element fixedly connected to the pinion so as to be rotated thereby, a knife head bearing supported on and extending around the eccentric element, and a knife head assembly connected in driving relation to a sickle knife assembly. The knife head assembly includes an element supported on and extending around the knife head bearing and configured so as to transfer sidewardly directed components of rotations of the eccentric element into sideward reciprocating movements of the sickle knife assembly. The eccentric element, knife head bearing, and knife head assembly are generally flat and axially coextensive, contributing to the compactness of the drive. The sickle drive is adapted to incorporated into or beneath a floor or pan of a header of an agricultural harvesting machine.

At a milling machine to work ground surfaces, with a machine frame, a milling drum supported at the machine frame, at least one transport device arranged at the machine frame which accepts the milled material from the milling drum, as well as with a suction device for the air polluted with dusts and vapors, whereby the milled material on the at least one transport device is enclosed by a channel, the suction device is connected to a rear channel section of the channel in the direction of the material transport and sucks off the air polluted during milling at the milling drum and in the rear channel section essentially in the direction of the material transport, it is provided that the suction device consists of a suction ventilator, a separator device for solids and a suction channel which is connected to the rear channel section, that the suction ventilator is arranged downstream of the separator device, and that the suction device disposes of the separated solids onto the transport device in a forward channel section in the direction of the material transport or into a collecting device, and the suction ventilator blows off the cleaned air into the environment.

A method for preparing a beverage through a capsule (2) inserted in a beverage machine; the capsule comprising an enclosure (20) containing one or more beverage ingredients, wherein a brewing fluid is introduced in the enclosure to brew the said one or more beverage ingredients, wherein a brewed liquid is filtered by a filtering wall (22) and delivered from the capsule, wherein the filtering wall extends from substantially the bottom of the enclosure and said filtering wall is associated to an overflow wall (3) that forces the brewed liquid to traverse at least one overflow aperture (25). The method is particularly suitable for brewing a tea containing capsule.

For providing a compact illuminating device capable of uniform illumination with a high intensity, there is provided a light conductive member including a light entrance face provided in a part of a lateral face of a rod-shaped translucent member, an area provided on a side opposed to the light entrance face, for reflecting and / or diffusing the entered light in the longitudinal direction of the translucent member, and an exit face provided in at least a part of a lateral face other than those on which the area and the light entrance face are provided, for emitting at least a part of thus reflected and / or diffused light beam.

A tote bag apparatus includes a plurality of panel members joined together forming individual bounded container regions for securing containers. The panel members are joined in varying multi-panel designs limiting unintended container contact, limiting damage and thermal transfer while providing secure transport. During use, the present embodiments enable a plurality of external consumer products to be stored in a stable manner without risk of tipping.

The present invention provides a variable valve timing device for an internal combustion engine having a double camshaft. A gas exchange valve control shaft is provided which has first and second concentrically arranged cam shafts that are adjustable in a rotatable manner with respect to each other, by which a cam of the first cam shaft is adjusted in terms of its angle towards a cam of the second cam shaft. A cam phasing device is provided which operates by rotatable vanes provoking a swivelling relative movement between a driven member and an output member. The cam phasing device comprises at least two pivotable vane adjusters. Each pivotable vane adjuster is assigned to one of the two cam shafts. The pivotable vane adjusters are arranged axially one after the other in a direction of a valve control shaft. Each pivotable vane adjuster may be designed as a rotor-type vane adjuster.

A compact epicyclic drive includes a pinion rotatable about a ring gear and an eccentric element fixedly connected to the pinion so as to be rotated thereby, a knife head bearing supported on and extending around the eccentric element, and a knife head assembly connected in driving relation to a sickle knife assembly. The knife head assembly includes an element supported on and extending around the knife head bearing and configured so as to transfer sidewardly directed components of rotations of the eccentric element into sideward reciprocating movements of the sickle knife assembly. The eccentric element, knife head bearing, and knife head assembly are generally flat and axially coextensive, contributing to the compactness of the drive. The sickle drive is adapted to incorporated into or beneath a floor or pan of a header of an agricultural harvesting machine.

A process to produce dense nanocrystalline composites such as ceramic bodies, coatings and multi-layered devices with uniform microstructure is disclosed. The invention utilizes sol-gel solutions to reduce agglomeration of nanocrystalline powders in the production of “green bodies” or intermediate products. This novel use of sol-gel solutions also reduces grain growth and porosity in products during sintering. In finished products, final grain sizes are typically less than 100 nm with densities of the final products approaching 99.5% of theoretical densities. In addition, sintering temperatures required are lower than those in conventional methods, typically less than 1,100° C. While FIG. 1 shows one application of this novel process, this invention has wide application in the manufacture of many other products, particularly for composite coatings and in the production of nanodevices.

A travel bag includes two major components; specifically, a bag member and a base member. These components are formed to matingly fit together and to be permanently attached to one another via rivets. The bag member incorporates additional features including a reinforcement system of webbing with longitudinal and circumferal portions. Also, the bag includes accessory pockets, a taper and padding, zippered opening, ‘D’-ring, among others. The base member features include wheels, reinforcement ribbing, seamless and cornerless joints, surface relief indicia among others. In addition, the travel bag as a whole enjoys a new arrangement of all parts and systems which provides for an extremely durable and rugged device.

The wall-mountable device for convenient and compact storage of an automatic pool cleaner and related hose sections. The wall-mountable device includes a body which has a shelf portion with a substantially-vertical upper surface sized to receive the pool cleaner, a back-edge portion having a substantially-vertical surface securable to a wall, and hose-mounting portion(s) which has substantially-horizontal ledges defining open-sided notches. Each ledge is size to receive and support a hose section for uncoiled vertical storage.

A travel bag fabricated of flexible material such as nylon and is combined with a specialized rigid support to form combination. The support is configured to protect portions of the bag which are subject to high wear and tear during normal use. In addition, the support is formed to receive and hold wheels therein which facilitate transportation of the bag. The support is constructed of a high impact rigid material such as plastic to resist wear due to friction and impact which may accompany a bag in use. The support is specially arranged to cooperate with the flexible portion of the bag. The shape of the support tends to defend the corners of the bag against particular wear. The flexible main portion and the support portions are affixed together.

A portable travel headrest for supporting the head of a seated individual includes a head cradle with a cushion (100), a base footing (200), and a medial support (300) vertically sandwiched between the head cradle and the base footing. Semi-rigid materials are used to beneficially reduce bulk. In one embodiment, the use of semi-rigid materials also advantageously allows for adding couplers (401, 402) to compact, adjust, and replace the headrest parts.

In various embodiments, wavelength beam combining systems feature multiple beam emitters each emitting an individual beam, as well as multiple micro-optics arrangements each disposed optically downstream from a beam emitter to intercept the beam emitted thereby and direct the beam toward a dispersive element for combination into a multi-wavelength output beam.

A sound baffle attached to a telephone handset comprises a pair of telescopically connected members shaped and dimensioned to act as a sound guide in combination with a reflecting cover plate that can be obliquely adjusted to direct the sound waves emitted by the user toward the handset microphone, and to muffle his conversation to the surroundings for improved privacy.

A door assembly is provided having an ergonomic egress handle. The egress handle includes a door release lever that is pivotally connected to an automotive vehicle door about an axis that is generally perpendicular to the door for unlatching the door so that the door may be opened relative to the vehicle. A method is also provided for operation of the door assembly.

A projector includes: a projection unit that projects projection light toward an illuminated surface; a housing that houses the projection unit and has an opening that allows the projection light to exit outward; and a cover portion that blocks the opening and transmits the projection light, wherein a plurality of areas is set in the cover portion relative to the projection unit, and a process of changing the reflectance of the light-incident surface of the cover portion at which the projection light is reflected is performed on each of the areas.

This invention relates to carbon nanometer tubes reinforced aluminium nitride composite material, and its preparation method. The preparation procedures are: the carbon nanometer tubes (1-3wt%) being chemically purified, ultrasonic dispersed, being mixed with aluminium nitride (89-95wt%) and agglutinants: yttrium oxide (2-4wt%) and calcium fluoride (2-4wt%); proceeding ball-milling dispersing to produce mixture slurry, drying, milling, sieving and finally pressure sintered to obtain this inventive product with excellent mechanical properties. This invention is of low temperature compacting agglutination with simple process and low cost.

At a milling machine to work ground surfaces, with a machine frame, a milling drum supported at the machine frame, at least one transport device arranged at the machine frame which accepts the milled material from the milling drum, as well as with a suction device for the air polluted with dusts and vapors, whereby the milled material on the at least one transport device is enclosed by a channel, the suction device is connected to a rear channel section of the channel in the direction of the material transport and sucks off the air polluted during milling at the milling drum and in the rear channel section essentially in the direction of the material transport, it is provided that the suction device consists of a suction ventilator, a separator device for solids and a suction channel which is connected to the rear channel section, that the suction ventilator is arranged downstream of the separator device, and that the suction device disposes of the separated solids onto the transport device in a forward channel section in the direction of the material transport or into a collecting device, and the suction ventilator blows off the cleaned air into the environment.

The invention relates to a microwave preparation method of an anti-oxidation coating made of a carbon-based material, in particular to a substrate material which may be a carbon material, a C / C composite material or a C / SiC composite material. In the invention, slurry prepared by using Si compounds is coated on the carbon-based material, which is subjected to surface treatment, by a brush or immersion, then the carbon-based material is buried in graphite powder in a corundum crucible, the corundum crucible is placed in microwaves to be heated, the pre-heating, heating and temperature preservation are performed by stepwise regulating the power of a microwave oven, and thus, an anti-oxidation single-layer coating is obtained; on this basis, a composite coating of oxides, silicides and the like can be obtained. In the invention, microwaves act directly on the carbon-based material and the carbon-based material, after absorbing the microwaves, generate heat raises the temperature to a required temperature, so that the coating and a substrate are bonded and a protective coating with high protective performance is obtained; and as aluminum powder is added as a SiC sintering aid, the compaction of the SiC is promoted by the silicon aluminum alloy produced by the low-melting-point aluminum and part of molten silicon.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a silicon nitride ceramic substrate. The preparation method comprises steps as follows: silica powder, silicon nitride powder, a sintering aid and a dispersing agent are mixed, a solvent is added, all components are subjected to ball milling for the first time, then an adhesive and a plasticizer are added, all components are subjected to the ball milling the second time and subjected to vacuum defoamation, slurry is obtained, and a mass ratio of the silica powder to the silicon nitride powder is (1:10)-(10:1); the slurry is subjected to tape casting and dried, a biscuit is obtained and subjected to vacuum adhesive discharging, and a green body is obtained; the green body is sintered, and the silicon nitride ceramic substrate is obtained. The silicon nitride powder and the cheap silica powder are adopted as main raw materials, the silicon nitride ceramic substrate is prepared with a tape casting technology, and the silicon nitride ceramic substrate with low cost and excellent comprehensive performance is obtained.

The invention discloses a light high-strength silicon nitride bonded silicon carbide refractory and a preparation method thereof. The refractory is mainly made of silicon carbide and silica powder, and the weight ratio of the silicon carbide and the silica powder is (65-85): (15-30), wherein the particle size D50 of the silicon carbide is 0.1-150 microns and the particle size D50 of the silica powder is 0.1-1 micron. The preparation method includes subjecting all the raw materials to ball milling for 8-12 hours after mixing, and drying the materials after the ball milling, adding polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) which accounts for 8-12% of the raw materials by weight for granulation, subjecting the mixture to a sieve with 40-80 meshes, standing at a room temperature for more than 24 hours, performing dry pressing with 40-80MPa of the pressing pressure, binder removing, and nitridation sintering. The silicon nitride bonded silicon carbide refractory prepared through the formula and the method has the advantages of being low in production cost, easy to achieve industrial production, low in volume density and high in bending strength of products, and capable of reducing the production energy consumption and improving the utilization rate of equipment.

A folding table is comprised of a platform connected by hinges to mounting brackets that partially wrap around the vertical supports of a handrail. Slits extend down from the upper edges of the brackets to mate with slits extending up from the lower edges of locking plates on an opposite side of the vertical supports. One of the mounting bracket is a vertically elongated bracket. A folding diagonal brace comprised of upper and lower braces is connected between a lower side of the platform and the elongated bracket. A lower pin at the lower end of the upper brace is positioned through a longitudinal slot in the lower brace. An upper pin on the upper brace is positioned in a coiled slot at an upper end of the lower brace when the platform is fully raised and the diagonal brace is straightened.

The invention provides a preparation method for promoting to sinter zirconium boride or zirconium carbide ceramics by using reaction aids. Two-phase sintering aids capable of being reacted, namely Zr powder and C powder, or Zr powder and B4C powder, are added, and a material is promoted to be compact and crystals of a matrix are inhibited from growing by zirconium carbide / zirconium boride second phase particles with higher sintering activity, which are generated through in-situ reaction between the sintering aids. The ZrB2 or ZrC-based bulk material prepared by the method has the relative density of over 97 percent, the room temperature bending strength of 500-800MPa, the fracture toughness of 3.5-6.5MPa.ml / 2, and the hardness of 14-20GPa. The second phase generated through the in-situ reaction has the same melting point as the matrix, and the sintering acids cannot bring adverse effect to the high temperature mechanical properties of the material.

Provided is an inverter-integrated electric compressor that utilizes an inexpensive and simple structure to effectively cool high heat-producing electrical components disposed on a control circuit board, and that can simultaneously be made more compact and lighter. A control circuit board (25) constituting an inverter (21) serves as a thermally-conductive substrate. One surface of the control circuit board (25) is installed in a heat transferable manner on a heat-dessipating planar part (31) disposed on a housing (2), white heat-producing electrical components (39) are disposed in a heat transferable manner on the other surface of the Control circuit board (25). The control circuit board (25) is provided with a substrate body (41) comprising an insulator, and heat-conducting through members (42) comprising a good thermal conductor filled through in the thickness direction of the substrate body (41), One end of the heat-conducting through members (42) is positioned in a heat transferable manner on the heat-dissipating planar part (31), and the electrical components (39) are positioned in a heat transferable manner on the other end.