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A laboratory storage and retrieval system and a method to handle laboratory sample tubes are disclosed. The laboratory storage and retrieval system for storing sample tubes and retrieving stored sample tubes comprises a rack handler section (12) and a storage section (14), the rack handler section (12) comprising a transport system and a determination unit, wherein the transport system receives and transports incoming primary racks (PR) containing sample tubes (S) to the determination unit for determining at least one given parameter of the sample tubes (S) relating to predetermined sort criteria in order to have the transport system unload the sample tubes from the analysed primary rack (PR) and resort the unloaded sample tubes into appropriate storage racks (SR) depending on the determined sample tubes' sort criteria parameter for storage in the storage section (14) in the storage racks.

A device for preparing food includes a stand having a plurality of legs for supporting at least one cutting board and lifting it off a work surface. The cutting board has a hole in it. A pan fits in or underneath the hole to catch juices, scraps or finished cut items cut on the cutting board.

A container for a temperature sensitive product, such as a pharmaceutical compound, includes an inner vessel and an outer shell. When the inner vessel is contained in the outer shell, a chamber adapted to receive a phase change material is defined between an inner vessel wall and an outer shell wall. A container may also include multiple chambers defined by multiple walls, with different phase change materials disposed in different chambers. A cap, such as a child-proof cap, may be used to secure the contents of the container.

A filter cartridge which is environmentally friendly in that it is made up of components which are all incinerateable. The ends of a filter element are sealed using potting compound and plastic endcaps. The upper endcap, which is closed, has a pressure relief aperture associated therewith to prevent bowing. In a plugged filter condition the high-downward pressure introduced on the upper endcap is compensated by providing the cartridge with centering ribs which bottom on an associated ledge in the housing to provide a positive stop for the top endcap, preventing it from being driven down into and through the filter element. Rubber gaskets are associated with the respective endcaps, and are reliably secured to the endcaps by being snap fit into grooves molded into the plastic of the endcaps. The lower endcap utilizes a simple radial seal gasket which is both highly effective and also positioned to avoid structural crushing forces on the cartridge. A keying system prevents the installation of improper filters.

An environmentally friendly dual lube venturi filter cartridge which has no metallic components. A plastic centertube having a venturi section supports a bypass filter element on standoffs molded into the centertube. An outer concentric full flow filter element surrounds the bypass filter. The full flow filter is supported on a plastic centertube which creates a gap between it and the bypass filter. A first bypass filter endcap both seals the bypass filter and provides standoffs for allowing full flow oil around the bypass filter. The standoffs thus split the full flow which progresses through the primary filter in two paths, a primary path around the bypass filter and into the centertube, and a bypass path through the secondary filter and the venturi. Plastic upper and lower endcaps carry grooves for simple sealing gaskets, a radial seal gasket on the bottom which seals against both the endcap which carries it and a flange in the housing, and an axial seal gasket at the top.

An environmentally friendly dual lube venturi filter cartridge which has no metallic components. A plastic centertube having a venturi section supports a bypass filter element on standoffs molded into the centertube. An outer concentric full flow filter element surrounds the bypass filter. The full flow filter is supported on a plastic centertube which creates a gap between it and the bypass filter. A first bypass filter endcap both seals the bypass filter and provides standoffs for allowing full flow oil around the bypass filter. The standoffs thus split the full flow which progresses through the primary filter in two paths, a primary path around the bypass filter and into the centertube, and a bypass path through the secondary filter and the venturi. Plastic upper and lower endcaps carry grooves for simple sealing gaskets, a radial seal gasket on the bottom which seals against both the endcap which carries it and a flange in the housing, and an axial seal gasket at the top.

A device for preparing food includes a stand having a plurality of legs for supporting at least one cutting board and lifting it off a work surface. The cutting board has a hole in it. A pan fits in or underneath the hole to catch juices, scraps or finished cut items cut on the cutting board.

The present invention is a biodegradable resin composition having excellent physical properties such as strength, water-resistance, molding workability, thermal-resistance, and suitable for a molded article for various electric products. The biodegradable resin composition of the present invention contains a biodegradable resin and filler coated with a biodegradable coating resin in which the filler coated with the biodegradable coating resin is contained within the biodegradable resin. Preferable aspects are such as an aspect that the filler is at least one of mica, talc and montmorillonite, an aspect that a filler content of the biodegradable resin is in the range of 5 mass % to 50 mass %, an aspect that an average diameter of the filler is in the range of 0.01 μm to 200 μm, and an aspect that the biodegradable resin is polylactic acid.

A system and method of controlling the treatment of water systems comprises multiple feeders for separately feeding treatment products, in the form of concentrated, non-hazardous, liquids with a single active ingredient, to a water system to treat various issues, such as corrosion and biofilms. A sensor verifies delivery of the treatment product to the water system. A controller controls activation of each feeder to control a feed rate according to programmed functions. The controller receives signals from sensors, which can be used as inputs in calculating feed rates or feeder activation times according to the programed functions and can alter treatment product feed rates based on real time data regarding water system chemistry or flow rates. The controller can send and receive data, signals, alerts, alarms or changes in programming to or from remote users, remote computers, or a water system controller.

This invention relates generally to a synthetic medium for soilless propagation and growth of plants. More specifically, the synthetic medium components are formed in particular shapes and sizes of a polymer foam to optimize the several stages of plant propagation and growth. A method for utilizing these foam components is also disclosed for use in a standard glass house environment. Each step is optimized for a particular type of plant and its individual growth stage. The soilless medium preferred in this invention also allows for a dramatic reduction in scrap material disposal costs and problems as the preferred foam material reverts to powder form when compressed at up to an 80% volume reduction versus the foam state. These powders can be land-filled, recycled as soil additives or incinerated without environmental impact. Trays for handling foam material components and their lids prevent evaporation of moisture and are also reusable and the thermoplastic resins from which they are formed are also recyclable.

A measuring device, embodied, for example, as an in-line measuring device and / or flow measuring device, serves for registering at least one measured variable of a medium, for example a medium flowing in a pipeline, and is made, at least in part, of a solid, biologically degradable, synthetic material (BDM).

A laboratory storage and retrieval system and a method to handle laboratory sample tubes are disclosed. The laboratory storage and retrieval system for storing sample tubes and retrieving stored sample tubes comprises a rack handler section (12) and a storage section (14), the rack handler section (12) comprising a transport system and a determination unit, wherein the transport system receives and transports incoming primary racks (PR) containing sample tubes (S) to the determination unit for determining at least one given parameter of the sample tubes (S) relating to predetermined sort criteria in order to have the transport system unload the sample tubes from the analysed primary rack (PR) and resort the unloaded sample tubes into appropriate storage racks (SR) depending on the determined sample tubes' sort criteria parameter for storage in the storage section (14) in the storage racks.

An MRI configuration comprising an MRI phantom positioned in a volume under investigation, wherein the MRI phantom has a chamber disposed in a housing and filled with a liquid, in which a gas bubble forms, the liquid nuclei which have an NMR relaxation time T1 of between 100 ms and 20 s, is characterized in that the chamber the MRI phantom a main chamber and a partial chamber, the main chamber being delimited from the partial chamber such that the gas bubble can completely enter the partial chamber due to its buoyancy by changing the spatial orientation of the MRI phantom in the gravitation field, and remains in the partial chamber in a measurement orientation of the MRI phantom due to its buoyancy. This eliminates imaging artefacts despite the presence of a gas bubble.

A device is provided for foaming and delivery of liquids and includes a housing in which a fluid reservoir having the liquids to be foamed is provided, a propellant reservoir for delivery of a propellant, and a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the foamed liquids. A first part of the propellant can be transported out of the propellant reservoir through a first conduit to the fluid reservoir such that the liquid to be foamed can be conveyed out of the fluid reservoir and introduced into a mixing unit, wherein a second part of the propellant can be introduced directly out of the propellant reservoir into the mixing unit through a second conduit. The liquids conveyed out of the fluid reservoir into the mixing device by the propellant can be foamed.

A cleaning module for cleaning an air stream includes a hollow article which has an inlet port for the entry of the air stream to be cleaned and an outlet port for the exit of the cleaned air stream. A cleaning structure is provided for cleaning the air stream by particle separation and / or for filtration of the air stream. The cleaning structure has at least two separate cleaning sub-structures which through an opening element in the hollow article can be removed from the hollow article and / or can be arranged inside the hollow article.

There is provided a disposable animal litter container comprising a single foldable blank of material. The foldable blank of material comprises a base portion, a pair of end portions, a pair of side portions, a lid portion on each side portion, and may also include a handle portion on each lid portion. The litter container is easily constructed by a completing a series of folds and retaining tabs or adhesive strips. After use, the litter container is easily closed and transported for disposal.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a composition for use in land application. The method comprises: (a) obtaining a fermentation product by a production process comprising the steps of: (i) treating lignocellulosic feedstock to produce sugar; (ii) fermenting the sugar to produce a fermented mixture comprising the fermentation product; and (iii) recovering the fermentation product from the fermented mixture in one or more stages to produce a concentrated fermentation product and still bottoms; and(b) recovering the still bottoms, the still bottoms comprising organic and inorganic components; and (c) providing the still bottoms for use in a land application. Also provided is a soil conditioning composition for use in land application. The soil conditioning composition contains still bottoms and optionally other components.

A trolley for collecting waste products in a vehicle includes: a trolley housing with an upper housing opening to a housing interior of the trolley housing and a waste enclosure suspended in the housing interior and provided with an upper enclosure opening, and a fluid receiving container with an upper container opening and arranged in or laterally on the trolley housing. The enclosure opening and the housing opening are arranged relative to one another in such a way that waste products can be introduced through the housing opening and the enclosure opening. The fluid receiving container includes a container suction port, by which a fluidic connection can be produced to extract a fluid from the bottom of an interior of the fluid receiving container. A cabin monument with such a fluid receiving container, as well as to a system with the trolley and the cabin monument are also described.

An MRI configuration comprising a magnet system for generating a homogeneous magnetic field, a radio frequency (RF) system (105) for generating / detecting an RF field B1, and a gradient system (106) for temporarily superposing defined gradient fields on a magnetic field B0, and an MRI phantom (104) positioned in the volume under investigation, wherein the MRI phantom (104) comprises a chamber (1) disposed in a housing (2) and filled with a liquid, in which a gas bubble (3) forms, wherein the liquid contains nuclei which have an NMR relaxation time T1, of between 100 ms and 20 s, is characterized in that the chamber (1) of the MRI phantom (104) comprises a main chamber (4) and a partial chamber (5), wherein the main chamber (4) is delimited from the partial chamber (5) such that the gas bubble (3) can completely enter the partial chamber (5) due to its buoyancy by changing the spatial orientation of the MRI phantom (104) in the gravitation field, and remains in the partial chamber (5) in a measurement orientation of the MRI phantom (104) due to its buoyancy. This eliminates imaging artefacts despite the presence of a gas bubble.

A portable and passive safety intraosseous device to allow for direct introduction of medications, etc., within the intermedullary space of a subject patient's bone or, if needed, the removal of certain substances from such a subject patient's bone. Such a device permits direct drilling and placement of a cannula within the subject bone with access external to the subject patient's skin, permitting, as well, connection of a tube for such introduction / removal purposes. The ability to provide a passive safety unit allows for facilitated utilization in, for instance, emergency situations with the entire device provided for utilization thereof. The device includes a drilling component with a permanently attached stylet and a removable cannula, a power supply for a single drilling operation, a mechanism to draw the stylet back into the drill component after use and disengagement from the cannula, and an automatic closure that activates with the separation of the cannula.

The present invention provides a pump, comprising: a disposable pump head having an input port and an output port, and being configured to be frictionally engaged to a motor so as to pump fluid into the input port, through the disposable pump head, and out the output port; and a canister having a cover and a latching arrangement, and configured with an interior cavity dimensioned to receive the disposable pump head, the cover configured to close and frictionally engage the disposable pump head and the motor. The cover has a compressible member, like a pad, dimensioned so as to push a top surface of the disposable pump head so as to frictionally engage the disposable pump head and the motor. The cover may be arranged on a hinge. The latching arrangement may comprise a part for grabbing a lip of the cover. The disposable pump head may be diaphragm pump comprising an upper housing, a valve housing, reciprocating pistons, a diaphragm, an outer piston plate, a bearing housing and a cam for coupling to a shaft of the motor.

A disposable pump head and canister assembly is provided having a disposable pump head having an upper housing with an input port and an output port, and being configured to be engaged to a motor so as to pump fluid into the input port, through the disposable pump head, and out the output port, the upper housing configured to couple to a support plate via a plurality of upper housing flexible tabs that snap fit to corresponding structure of the support plate and configured to be frictionally engaged to a motor so as to pump fluid into the input port, through the disposable pump head, and out the output port; and a canister having an exterior wall portion, a cover and a latching arrangement, where the exterior wall portion is configured so as to form an interior cavity dimensioned to receive the disposable pump head, and where the cover is configured to close and be latched to the exterior wall by the latching arrangement so as to frictionally engage the disposable pump head and the motor.

A portable and passive safety intraosseous device to allow for direct introduction of medications, etc., within the intermedullary space of a subject patient's bone or, if needed, the removal of certain substances from such a subject patient's bone. Such a device permits direct drilling and placement of a cannula within the subject bone with access external to the subject patient's skin, permitting, as well, connection of a tube for such introduction / removal purposes. The ability to provide a passive safety unit allows for facilitated utilization in, for instance, emergency situations with the entire device provided for utilization thereof. The device includes a drilling component with a permanently attached stylet and a removable cannula, a power supply for a single drilling operation, a mechanism to draw the stylet back into the drill component after use and disengagement from the cannula, and an automatic closure that activates with the separation of the cannula.

Device for drying laundry by means of a current of air comprises a drum to accommodate the laundry and a ducting system to direct said current of air. The ducting system has a section arranged downstream of the drum, in which the current of air is directed downwards and in which is arranged a filter to capture lint from the current of air. A scraper is assigned to the filter, in order to scrape off the lint. The receptacle has a handle and two interlinked shell elements which can be separated from each other, and which define a storage volume to accommodate the scraped-off lint. According to the invention, lint thus scraped off can be removed from the device and disposed of, without the user needing to come into direct contact with the lint.

The invention discloses a folding fecaluria container. The container comprises a square box with an opening on the top, two opposite longitudinal surfaces of four longitudinal surfaces of the square box are provided with two 45-degree creases which extend from a base angle formed by the bottom of the box and the longitudinal surfaces to the center of the longitudinal surfaces with an angle of 45 degrees to cause the longitudinal surfaces to flex inwards, a longitudinal crease which flexes inwards is formed by extension from a meeting point of the two 45-degree creases vertically upwards to the top, and a horizontal crease which flexes inwards and is parallel to the bottom is formed at the same height as the meeting point of the two 45-degree creases on the other two opposite longitudinal surfaces. The container has the advantages of easy assembly and use, no toilet seat, portable property, low cost, excellent safety and simple disposal treatment after use.

The mixing system for ready-to-use flush solutions is characterized by an RO system, a mixing unit that is connected to the RO system and that contains a mixing chamber, to which high-purity water can be fed from the RO system and flush solution concentrate can be fed from a concentrate source, and a flush solution link connector, wherein the RO system and the mixing unit form a filling station, a mobile flush solution container that contains a pressurized container that receives a flush solution bag that can be coupled to the flush solution link connector of the mixing unit, and a computer and control mechanism for all measurement and monitoring tasks during the local production of a flush solution, wherein the mobile flush solution container and the filling station are provided with sensors by means of which wireless communication is made possible between the mobile flush solution container and the filling station.

The present disclosure relates to a protective wrapping for a cylindrical object, comprising: an essentially square plastic film sheet, having a length exceeding the length of the circumference of the cylindrical object to be wrapped and a width exceeding the width of the cylindrical object to be wrapped, and having an inner face and an outer face referring to the orientation of the film when wrapped; the plastic film sheet comprising two foamed plastic strips arranged on the inner or outer face thereof, the strips arranged essentially parallel in the length direction of the plastic film sheet, at a distance from each other such that the foamed plastic strips can cover and protect the edges of the cylindrical object when wrapped. The present disclosure further relates to the use of the protective wrapping for wrapping a cylindrical object, particularly a reel of plastic film for baling applications.

A measuring device, embodied, for example, as an in-line measuring device and / or flow measuring device, serves for registering at least one measured variable of a medium, for example a medium flowing in a pipeline, and is made, at least in part, of a solid, biologically degradable, synthetic material (BDM).

A method for processing raw liquid manure and / or fermentation residues involves providing raw liquid manure and / or fermentation residues, purifying the raw liquid manure and / or fermentation residues in a first purification stage so as to form a first solid phase and a first purified liquid phase, pre-conditioning the first purified liquid phase in order to separate ultrafine particles from the first purified liquid phase, and purifying the first purified liquid phase in a second purification stage so as to form a second solid phase and a second purified liquid phase.

An excrement automatic cleaning apparatus without taking it off comprises a fully automatic disposal apparatus and a toilet. The toilet is provided with a waste collecting area (911), an excrement and urine discharging opening, a hot water input pipe and a hot air input pipe. The fully automatic disposal apparatus comprises a housing, an evacuation barrel (1), a negative pressure device (2), a hot water device (3), a hot air device (4) and a control device (6). The fully automatic disposal apparatus is further provided with a packing device (5) which is connected with the evacuation barrel (1) and can seal and pack the excrement, the urine and the waste water. The toilet is self-adapting pants (9) made of a soft facing material. The waste collecting area (911) is arranged in the crotch of the self-adapting pants and made of a soft and water-proof material. The fully automatic disposal apparatus is further provided with a positive pressure device (7) which can fill the self-adapting pants (9) with air so that the waste collecting area (911) is expanded to form a discharging space. The toilet can be worn on a user for a long time. The user does not need any help from others during the defecation, and the sanitary disposal after the defecation is simple.