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A method of fabricating an organic film is provided. A non-reactive carrier gas is used to transport an organic vapor. The organic vapor is ejected through a nozzle block onto a cooled substrate, to form a patterned organic film. A device for carrying out the method is also provided. The device includes a source of organic vapors, a source of carrier gas and a vacuum chamber. A heated nozzle block attached to the source of organic vapors and the source of carrier gas has at least one nozzle adapted to eject carrier gas and organic vapors onto a cooled substrate disposed within the vacuum chamber.

The present invention relates generally to mill blank constructions to facilitate the manufacture of dental restorations. A given mill blank is formed in a shape (i.e. with a given geometry) that has been predetermined to reduce material waste when the mill blank is machined into the final part. A set of two or more blanks each having such characteristics comprise a smart blank “library.” In one embodiment, a smart blank library includes a sufficient number of unique blanks such that, when the geometry of the designed restoration is known, the smart blank with a highest yield can be selected for use in milling the restoration. The “yield” of a given smart blank represents the amount of material of the smart blank that is actually used in the final restoration. Automated processes for smart blank inventory management and smart blank selection are also described.

A system for the characterization of webs that permits the identification of anomalous regions on the web to be performed at a first time and place, and permits the localization and marking of actual defects to be performed at a second time and place.

A decompressing and feeding device for safely feeding in the gastrointestinal tract of a recovering patient continuously aspirates and feeds at a rate commensurate with the ability of the intestines to absorb fluids including nutrient. Air is also aspirated in the process so that neither air nor excess fluids cause distension in the gastrointestinal tract. Digestive juices and nutrients that are aspirated are continuously refed together with unused feeding material into the gastrointestinal tract at a location that more efficiently moves and digests the food. The device may include two aspirate reservoirs to which and from which aspirate is alternatingly and continuously transferred. To provide the continuous and alternating flow, a solenoid valve and timer switch device is provided. Alternatively, a device is provided with a single aspirate reservoir to which and from which aspirate is continuously transferred.

The invention is directed to a piston or plunger (1) for a material delivery system (10) and a delivery system (10), such as a cartridge delivery system or syringe for storage and dispensing of a viscous or pasty material, in which the system includes a piston or plunger (1). The piston or plunger (1) is preferably provided for a unit dose dental capsule for the direct placement of a dental material, such as a light-curable tooth filling material, into a desired location.

Photovoltaic devices include an insulator structure bonded to an exfoliation layer, preferably of a substantially single-crystal donor semiconductor wafer, and at least one photovoltaic device layer, such as a conductive layer. In a preferred embodiment, a device may include a conductive layer adjacent to the insulator substrate and integral to the exfoliation layer, near the side that faces the insulator substrate, such as between the insulator substrate and the exfoliation layer. In a further preferred embodiment, a device may include a plurality of photovoltaic device layers distal to the insulator substrate and in or on the exfoliation layer, preferably having been epitaxially grown on the exfoliation layer after the exfoliation layer has been anodically bonded to the insulator substrate by means of electrolysis.

The invention relates to a locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards (1) constructed from a body (30), a rear balancing layer (34), and an upper surface layer (32). A strip (6), which is integrally formed with the body (30) of the floorboard and which projects from a joint plane (F) and under an adjoining board (1), has a locking element (8) which engages a locking groove (14) in the rear side of the adjoining board. The joint edge provided with the strip (6) is modified with respect to the balancing layer (34), for example by means of machining of the balancing layer under the strip (6), in order to prevent deflection of the strip (6) caused by changes in relative humidity. The invention also relates to a floorboard provided with such a locking system, as well as a method for making floorboards with such a locking system.

Apparatus and method for forming cigarette filters comprise a single or multiple hopper system for forming filter components of single or multiple sizes. The filter components with spaces therebetween are partially wrapped and then conveyed to at least one media applying wheel where media is deposited into the spaces between the filter components. A cover cap is formed and placed over the partially wrapped filter components downstream of the media wheel to thereby completely wrap the filter components. Subsequently, the completely wrapped filter components are joined to tobacco rods with tipping paper.

A system, method, and process that determine and automatically correct registration errors between printed objects and mechanically produced objects using advanced image processing techniques is disclosed. Means are also presented for maintaining all registered functions to within very close tolerances during normal running, with other means for rapidly obtaining initial registration with substantial savings in material waste. The disclosed system and method / process are compatible with the printing and converting industry in which rolls of material are processed by printing a number of colors that require close registration especially in pictorial representation. These roll-fed printing machines are quite versatile and in addition to the printing of any number of colors on both front and back can perform any number of additional operations on the printed web at the same time. Some of these additional operations can be the punching of line holes, scoring, perforation and die cutting all of which impart a specific shape mechanically on the printed web. All of these functions must be initially registered to each other and maintained within close tolerances during normal running conditions. The presently disclosed registration system permits these initial registration procedures to be performed with high accuracy, speed, and across a wide variety of web materials and colors. The system generally applies to any web material (5701) on which register marks (5702) are applied, wherein images of the web are obtained (5703) and image processed (5704) under optional control of an operator interface display (5705), resulting in web press motor control (5706) to affect improved print registration on the web material (5701).

The present invention relates to a stent having a longitudinally-extending passage defined by a plurality of seamless strut elements with spacing between them. Each of these strut elements are in the form of lines defining the passage. The strut elements have a thickness in the range of 30 microns to 150 microns and are formed as at least one written layer. Also disclosed are methods of making the stent.

The invention relates to a locking system for mechanical joining of floorboards (1) constructed from a body (30), a rear balancing layer (34), and an upper surface layer (32). A strip (6), which is integrally formed with the body (30) of the floorboard and which projects from a joint plane (F) and under an adjoining board (1), has a locking element (8) which engages a locking groove (14) in the rear side of the adjoining board. The joint edge provided with the strip (6) is modified with respect to the balancing layer (34), for example by means of machining of the balancing layer under the strip (6), in order to prevent deflection of the strip (6) caused by changes in relative humidity. The invention also relates to a floorboard provided with such a locking system, as well as a method for making floorboards with such a locking system.

A method of deactivating land mines buried in ground comprises projecting high-pressure water jets into ground, cutting through ground with the high-pressure water jets, and making at least one cut through a land mine or cutting through at least one land mine that had been under the ground, the cutting of the land mine reducing the performance of the land mine. The method may reduce the performance of the land mine by rendering the land mine inactive to normal detonation procedures for the land mine. To reach as many surface areas on the buried landmines, it is preferable that at least two high-pressure water jets are spaced apart are used to cut through the ground. The method may be practiced with the high-pressure water jet being carried on a vehicle and cutting is done in a line that is formed at least in part by movement of the vehicle over the ground while the high-pressure water jet is cutting ground. An apparatus for the reduction in effectiveness of land mines buried in ground may comprise a self-contained push-cart unit or a unit attached or attachable to a vehicle. A complete system could comprise a vehicle having a source of liquid, a high-pressure pump to move the liquid under high pressure, a nozzle directing a liquid jet path for the liquid, a support for the nozzle, abrasive delivery system, and nozzle being controllable to direct the liquid towards the ground while the nozzle is fixed relative to the vehicle.

The present invention relates generally to mill blank constructions to facilitate the manufacture of dental restorations. A given mill blank is formed in a shape (i.e. with a given geometry) that has been predetermined to reduce material waste when the mill blank is machined into the final part. A set of two or more blanks each having such characteristics comprise a smart blank “library.” In one embodiment, a smart blank library includes a sufficient number of unique blanks such that, when the geometry of the designed restoration is known, the smart blank with a highest yield can be selected for use in milling the restoration. The “yield” of a given smart blank represents the amount of material of the smart blank that is actually used in the final restoration. Automated processes for smart blank inventory management and smart blank selection are also described.

The present invention integrates the use of pre-manufactured structures with minimal on-site installation and lift-slab construction to achieve the construction of multi-story buildings. The pre-manufactured structures are designed to be readily integrated with both horizontal and vertically adjacent building components, including lift-slab components, so that multiple building stories may be readily and securely stacked, one on top of the other. The present invention advantageously permits top- down lift-slab construction for multi-story buildings. The present invention also provides for the development of flexible design plans for institutional, residential, office and other types of buildings. The present invention advantageously provides for easier, more efficient, faster, cheaper, safer, higher quality and more consistent, environmentally advantaged, energy-efficient, easier to maintain, intelligently designed, and customizable multi-story building construction.

The present invention relates to a system and methodology facilitating material-driven processing in an industrial controller environment. Various models supported by database objects are provided to automatically and dynamically map inventory systems / processes to control systems / process such as in batch or recipe operations. A material model is provided that tracks to an inventory database and includes such aspects as defining material types and containers to house such materials. An area model maps the material model to possible units and equipment modules to process the materials. These models include phased-based parameters that define amounts of material that flow into and out of a determined area for processing the materials. Before, during and / or after automated manufacturing operations, object binding operations occur between material-based servers associated with an inventory system and batch servers associated with a process-control system. Such binding includes Just-In-Time or on-demand binding at run time, and relates material requirements of a recipe (or batch) to the units and equipment that are available to produce the recipe.

A method of constructing a preform for use in forming a machined structural assembly is provided. The method includes determining the dimensions of the machined structural assembly. First and second structural members are selected based on the predetermined dimensions of the machined structural assembly. The first structural member is positioned adjacent the second structural member so as to define at least two contact surfaces. The contact surfaces of the first and second structural members are friction welded to construct the preform such that the preform has dimensions approximating the dimensions of the machined structural assembly to thereby reduce material waste when forming the machined structural assembly. A machined structural assembly having predetermined dimensions is formed from the preform by machining away excess material.

The invention relates to an online quality detection system for printed matter. The system consists of a 3CCD camera, an LED-array light source, an MV-600 high-speed / high-accuracy industrial image acquisition card and a computer host with a PC (Personal Computer) and image processing software. The online quality detection system is applied to online quality detection in online intaglio printing and online flexography of roll paper in cigarette packet production enterprises, and batches of defective products with shape defects and color defects can be avoided in cigarette packet printed matter. Moreover, hardware is not in contact with the printed matter during online detection, so that the quality of the printed matter is not lowered. By the online quality detection system, the problems of lagging of detection time and insufficient principle basis of a conventional subjective visual observation method, density detection method and chromaticity detection method are solved, the production efficiency is increased, material waste is reduced, and the demand of labor force is lowered.

The invention discloses an intelligent cabinet with comprehensive functions of fresh product purchasing, express delivery and table reservation and a realization method thereof. The intelligent cabinet includes a principal cabinet, a centralized inbox and a plurality of goods storage cabinets, wherein the principal cabinet is designed for customers to handle comprehensive services such as membership registration, purchasing of plastic bags for containing merchandises, printing of express waybill and the like in a self-help mode; the goods storage cabinets are used for storing fresh products, take-out food, delivered express packages and the like; the centralized inbox is used for centralizing and receiving express packages which people are about to deliver. The intelligent cabinet includes comprehensive functions of fresh product purchasing, express delivery and table reservation, in particular the functions of on-site self-help shopping of fresh products, on-line order and purchasing, self-help goods picking, on-line table reservation and self-service meal taking, and self-service delivery and receiving of express packages, thereby optimizing the utilization of equipment resources, saving costs of services and purchasing, solving a series of problems in the prior art such as a high vacancy rate of fresh food delivery cabinets, high costs of operation, bad user experience and the like, and providing people' life with great convenience.

The invention discloses a decoration information model-based VR virtual decoration method. The method comprises the steps of S1, shooting a two-dimensional photo of a room all-directionally, generating a three-dimensional model of the room through a multi-dimensional fusion method, and converting the three-dimensional model into a VR scene model; S2, constructing a decoration component characteristic module based on the VR scene model; S3, sending a decoration instruction according to the decoration component characteristic module and the VR scene model, and performing decoration on the three-dimensional model; and S4, obtaining observation point information of a user, establishing a VR scene, corresponding to current observation point information of the user, in the three-dimensional model, and displaying the VR scene in a VR wearable device. According to the method, a corresponding relationship between the VR scene model and the three-dimensional model is established, so that VR scenes in different view angles can be updated in real time, and the vividness and immersion of VR virtual decoration are improved.

The invention relates to a bulkhead that can realize not only manufacture as lightweight and inexpensive as possible but also less the waste produced from material, while keeping sufficient structural strength and rigidity thereof. The bulkhead 1 for raising strength and rigidity of a vehicular frame member 2 comprises: a partition face 11 having an outer shape contoured to a sectional shape of the vehicular frame member 2; connecting wings 12, 13, 13 projected and folded at individual sides of the partition face 11 except an open edge 111, and forming a peripheral wall section 16 having a C-shape by linking vicinities of folded edges 121, 131, 131; and a bead 14 formed on the partition face 11 near the open edge 111 in that it is denting in same direction of the folded connecting wings 12, 13, 13, and extending in parallel to the open edge 111.

A backlight assembly is provided. The backlight assembly including a frame, a light source, and at least one optical film. The light source is disposed on the frame. The optical film has at least one positioning flange. The positioning flange includes at least two contact edges configured to abut against at least one edge of the frame in at least two directions to hold the optical film in place relative to the frame.

A three-dimensional printing method for forming a three-dimensional object on a base is provided. The method comprises providing a model library comprising at least one supporting member, selecting the at least one supporting member from the model library and disposing the at least one supporting member onto the base. The three-dimensional object is printed over the base and the at the least supporting member, and the three-dimensional object has an overhanging portion relative to the base and the at least one supporting member is filled between the overhanging portion and the base.

A golf club head for playing golf made by a method including providing a powdered metal; and applying a controlled source of energy to the powdered metal layer by layer to form a golf club head, wherein the golf club head is formed as a one-piece golf head having a hollow or partially hollow section and no welds.

A stator core for an electrical machine and a method for producing the same. Said stator core comprising a core back and a plurality of teeth arranged circumferentially at the core back and extending radially there from. The core back being made of at least one sheet of electrically insulated soft magnetic material arranged as a spiral. Said method comprising the acts of winding a sheet of electrically insulated soft magnetic material into a spiral in order to form a core back and attaching a plurality of teeth to the core back so that the teeth are circumferentially separated and extends radially from the core back.

A decompressing and feeding device for safely feeding in the gastrointestinal tract of a recovering patient continuously aspirates and feeds at a rate commensurate with the ability of the intestines to absorb fluids including nutrient. Air is also aspirated in the process so that neither air nor excess fluids cause distension in the gastrointestinal tract. Digestive juices and nutrients that are aspirated are continuously refed together with unused feeding material into the gastrointestinal tract at a location that more efficiently moves and digests the food. The device may include two aspirate reservoirs to and from which aspirate is alternatingly transferred. To provide the continuous and alternating flow, a solenoid valve and timer switch device is provided. Alternatively, a device with a single aspirate reservoir to which and from which aspirate is transferred can be used. A feeding and aspirating tube assembly having a plurality of separable lumens can be incorporated.