361 results about "Soil resistance" patented technology

A fabric treatment composition that includes a hydrophobic agent with a melting point or glass transition temperature below 100° C. and optionally, a fluoropolymer, that imparts fabric protection benefits, including improved stain and soil resistance, oil repellency, water repellency, softness, wrinkle and damage resistance, and better handfeel to treated fabrics. Compositions may further include a zeta potential modifier in an amount sufficient to adjust the zeta potential of the composition to be positive and greater, than zero millivolts. The composition can be used as a pretreatment prior to drying or ironing, through soaking or direct spray application, or used prior to or during the drying cycle of an automatic drying machine or clothing refresher machine, or used prior to or in conjunction with an ironing device. The fabric treatment is complete when the fabric treated by contact with the protective composition is then cured by drying and / or heating. The invention further includes a kit providing a means for convenient dispensing of the protective composition to effect treatment and curing of fabric articles.

A fabric treatment composition that includes at least one zeta potential modifier and a hydrophobic agent with a melting point or glass transition temperature below 100° C. that imparts fabric protection benefits, including improved stain and soil resistance, oil repellency, water repellency, softness, wrinkle and damage resistance, and better handfeel to treated fabrics. Particularly preferred compositions include at least one zeta potential modifier in an amount sufficient to adjust the zeta potential of the composition to be positive and greater than zero millivolts. Particularly preferred compositions also include a fluoropolymer. The composition can be used as a pretreatment prior to washing, through soaking or direct spray application, or added to the treatment liquor, that is either the wash or rinse cycle of an automatic washing machine, or used prior to or during the drying cycle of an automatic drying machine or refresher machine, or used prior to or in conjunction with an ironing device. The fabric treatment is complete when the fabric is cured by drying and / or heating.

This invention relates to textile substrates to which a finishing treatment has been applied during the manufacturing process. Such a finishing treatment provides improved water and / or oil repellency and stain and soil resistance. The finishing treatment generally includes a repellent agent, a stain release agent, and a particulate component. Other compounds may be added to the treatment, such as stain-blocking agents, crosslinking agents, coupling agents, antimicrobial agents, and pH adjusting agents. The components of the finishing treatment are generally applied to the textile substrate using an application process that results in layered structures on the surface of the treated substrate, which has been found to greatly improve the durability of the treatment. Such treated textile substrates thus exhibit excellent stain and soil resistance and water and / or oil repellency properties.

A fabric treatment composition that includes at least one zeta potential modifier and a hydrophobic agent with a melting point or glass transition temperature below 100° C. that imparts fabric protection benefits, including improved stain and soil resistance, oil repellency, water repellency, softness, wrinkle and damage resistance, and better handfeel to treated fabrics. Treatment compositions can be used as a pretreatment prior to washing, through soaking, or added to the treatment liquor, that is either the wash or rinse cycle of an automatic washing machine, to first provide and then maintain and restore the beneficial fabric protection benefits imparted to the fabrics during a first treatment operation. The fabric treatment is complete when the fabric is cured by drying and / or heating. Following use of a first treatment composition, protective benefits are maintained and restored by means of a second treatment operation employing a second treatment composition with lower active levels of the protective agents to provide for economical and continual maintenance of the imparted fabric protection benefits through a delivered second fabric treatment benefit with each subsequent treatment operation employing the fabric treatment compositions.

This invention relates to textile substrates to which a finishing treatment has been applied during the manufacturing process. Such a finishing treatment provides improved water and / or oil repellency and stain and soil resistance. The finishing treatment generally includes a repellent agent, a stain release agent, and a particulate component. Other compounds may be added to the treatment, such as stain-blocking agents, crosslinking agents, coupling agents, antimicrobial agents, and pH adjusting agents. The components of the finishing treatment are generally applied to the textile substrate using an application process that results in layered structures on the surface of the treated substrate, which has been found to greatly improve the durability of the treatment. Such treated textile substrates thus exhibit excellent stain and soil resistance and water and / or oil repellency properties.

Disclosed herein are acidic aqueous hard surface cleaners and methods for using them. The cleaners include a surfactant and a poly D-glucosamine such as chitosan. They provides residual benefits on the hard surface such as soil resistance and resistance to bacteria, molds and biofilms.

This invention is an organic silicon modification acrylic acid ester emulsion that used to environment temperature crosslinking water craft coating. The feature is that it is made by the following way, organosilicon prepolymer is synthesized first, then it is reacted with tetra ethyl ortho silicate, silicon dioxide nanometer particle of modifying surface is synthesized by sol-gel technique. Seed emulsion got by seed emulsion concentrical technique is core, compound consisted by nonsaturated organosilicon monomer, hard monomer, soft monomer and function monomer, and the silicon dioxide nanometer particle said above is shell, then anorganic nanometer particle modified silicon abicin emulsion is got through nucleocapsid trough polymer network polyreaction. The preparing method includes following procedures (1) synthesis of organic silicon prepolymer. (2) Preparing of silicon dioxide nanometer particle. (3) Preparing of seed emulsion. (4) Synthesis of silicon abicin emulsion, then this product is got. Abrasion resistant quality, alkali resistance, water resistance, weather resistance, soiling resistance of the product after film forming is greatly improved.

A terpolymer having units of Formula I ##STR1## wherein X is a C.sub.2-10 alkyl, C.sub.6-12 aryl, or C.sub.4-12 alkoxy radical, d is from about 3 to about 50, R is a fluoroalkyl radical R.sub.f --(A).sub.v --(B).sub.w --, R.sub.f is a fully fluorinated straight or branched aliphatic radical optionally interrupted by at least one oxygen atom, A is a divalent radical selected from --SO.sub.2 N(R")--, --CON(R")--, --S--, or --SO.sub.2 --, where R" is H, or a C.sub.1-6 alkyl radical, B is a divalent linear hydrocarbon radical --C.sub.t H.sub.2t --, where t is 1 to 12, Y is a divalent radical --CH.sub.2 --O--, u, v, and w are each independently zero or 1, R' is hydrogen or methyl, e is from about 0.05 to about 10, M is hydrogen, alkali metal, or ammonium, and f is from about 5 to about 40, and its use to provide soil resistance and resistance to staining by acid dyes for fiber substrates is disclosed.

A multifunctional soil electroosmosis solidification device is provided with a soil sample room which consists of an outer soil sample room wall, a base at the lower end of the outer soil sample room wall and a top cover at the upper end of the outer soil sample room wall. An upper partition and a lower partition which are made of filter paper, electrodes and bearing water through plates are arranged in the soil sample room. The upper partition is provided with a loading plate. The upper and the lower electrodes are respectively connected with an upper and a lower conductive wire. The base is provided with a water discharge pipe and a water outlet. The loading plate is also provided with a water discharge pipe and a water outlet. The multifunctional soil electroosmosis solidification device can carry out electroosmosis solidification, loading solidification and electroosmosis and loading combined solidification, causes a uniform and stable one-dimensional electric field to be formed in the soil body, facilitates the calculation of relative parameters, uniforms the electroosmosis direction, the water discharge direction and the soil deforming direction, conforms to the one-dimensional electroosmosis solidification theory and provides convenience for calculation and analysis. The multifunctional soil electroosmosis solidification device can monitor main parameters in a test in the real time. Moreover, the multifunctional soil electroosmosis solidification device can measure an electroosmosis coefficient and a soil resistance so as to cause the electroosmosis solidification design to be more scientific and reasonable.

This invention relates to textile substrates to which a finishing treatment has been applied during the manufacturing process. Such a finishing treatment provides improved water and / or oil repellency and stain and soil resistance. The finishing treatment generally includes a repellent agent, a stain release agent, and a particulate component. Other compounds may be added to the treatment, such as stain-blocking agents, crosslinking agents, coupling agents, antimicrobial agents, and pH adjusting agents. The components of the finishing treatment are generally applied to the textile substrate using an application process that results in layered structures on the surface of the treated substrate, which has been found to greatly improve the durability of the treatment. Such treated textile substrates thus exhibit excellent stain and soil resistance and water and / or oil repellency properties.

The invention discloses a simulation method for detecting the side direction stability of a directly paved submarine pipeline and a simulation device; the invention firstly prepares a soil sample to simulate a seabed, mounts a test pipeline, releases the pipeline to lead the pipeline to generate initial sedimentation under the action of self-gravity when the pipeline is just contacted with the seabed and simultaneously adopts a laser displacement sensor to measure the initial sedimentation amount of the pipeline in a soil body, applies an incline pull to the pipeline through a stepping motor to simulate the actions of a horizontal daggling force and a vertical lifting force of a sea flow to the pipeline, and simultaneously measures the pull of the stepping motor, a horizontal displacement and an additive sedimentation amount during the side direction destabilization process of the pipeline, a displacement field of the soil body at the lower side during the side direction destabilization process of the pipeline, and a soil pressure of the side direction. The utilization of the simulation method and the simulation device of the invention can effectively simulate a bearing soil body, the horizontal dragging force and the vertical lifting force of the single-direction sea flow to the pipeline, etc., of the directly paved submarine pipeline and can monitor the stability parameters like the limit side direction soil resistance of a pipeline foundation in real time, thus being capable of simulating the side stability of the directly paved submarine pipeline.

A soil repellency aqueous dispersion for treating various fibers, yarns, and textiles is disclosed. The dispersion provides superior soil resistance when compared to known fluorochemical and silicone fiber treatments. The dispersion comprises clay nanoparticle components and fluorochemicals that can be applied to the fibers, yarns, and textiles using known methods.

The present invention provides a foundation that facilitates the extraction process by minimizing the soil resistance. When the foundation is lowered onto a seabed, it penetrates the seabed and experiences soil resistance therefrom. In particular, the suction generated at the base of the foundation contributes significantly to the soil resistance. The foundation is configured to uniformly distribute pressurized fluid to the base external via a plurality of outlets. The outlets are terminated with an interface layer to allow the transfer of pressurized fluid to the base external and prevent the ingress or seabed sediments into the body. The pressurized fluid released to the base external increases the pore pressure at the base external, thus minimizing the suction at the base.

There is provided a surface treatment agent which comprises a fluoropolymer having repeating units derived from a fluorine-containing monomer of the formula: wherein (a) the fluoropolymer contains a silicon atom, and / or (b) the surface treatment agent contains a fluorine-free polymer which is different from the fluoropolymer and which is a silicon-containing polymer. The surface treatment agent imparts excellent water- and oil-repellency and soil resistance to textiles while retaining the feeling of the textiles, even if the surface treatment agent contains a fluorine-containing acrylate polymer substituted at its α-position by a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom or the like.

The invention discloses a wireless multipoint soil resistivity measuring system. A soil resistivity measuring circuit is designed according to a principle of 'current-voltage four-electrode method', and a self-made mini-probe is used for reducing the interference on movement of a soil solute and can also carry out high-density distribution measurement. A wireless communication circuit of the wireless multipoint soil resistivity measuring system is an nRF24L01 wireless module which can form one 'one-to-many' communication network, thereby realizing multipoint measurement on the soil resistivity. The wireless multipoint soil resistivity measuring system establishes a measurement platform by a master-slave mode structure, a master machine finishes functions of receiving, processing, displaying and storing data of the soil resistivity, and a slave machine finishes functions of collecting and transmitting the data of the soil resistivity, thus a problem of consistency on multipoint soil resistivity real-time measurement is effectively solved. Based on test results, the wireless multipoint soil resistivity measuring system has excellent stability and practicability, and the soil resistivity, the saltness and the water content are of excellent linear relationship.

Disclosed are polyesters, particularly poly(trimethylene terephthalate), comprising fluorovinylether functionalized aromatic repeat units, and methods to make the polyester polymers. The polymers are useful for imparting soil resistance to polyesters, particularly in the form of fibers, fabrics, and carpets.

A fabric treatment composition that includes at least one zeta potential modifier and a hydrophobic agent with a melting point or glass transition temperature below 100° C. that imparts fabric protection benefits, including improved stain and soil resistance, oil repellency, water repellency, softness, wrinkle and damage resistance, and better handfeel to treated fabrics. Treatment compositions can be used as a pretreatment prior to washing, through soaking, or added to the treatment liquor, that is either the wash or rinse cycle of an automatic washing machine, to first provide and then maintain and restore the beneficial fabric protection benefits imparted to the fabrics during a first treatment operation. The fabric treatment is complete when the fabric is cured by drying and / or heating. Following use of a first treatment composition, protective benefits are maintained and restored by means of a second treatment operation employing a second treatment composition with lower active levels of the protective agents to provide for economical and continual maintenance of the imparted fabric protection benefits through a delivered second fabric treatment benefit with each subsequent treatment operation employing the fabric treatment compositions.

An instrument and method for variable depth tillage is provided. A soil engaging implement has a pair of load cells and at least one strain gauge set mounted thereon. The load cells are used to determine a linear trend of topsoil resistance pressure change with depth as the soil engaging implement is drawn through the soil. The strain gauges are used to measure torque on the soil engaging implement caused by the load transmitted through the at least two load cells as well as the load applied to the point of the soil engaging implement. The linear trend of topsoil resistance pressure change with depth and the torque on the soil engaging implement are then used to determine both measured and predicted mechanical soil resistance to penetration applied to the point and the difference between the two values serves as an input for tillage depth adjustment.

The invention discloses a preparation method of a fluorine-silicon surfactant. The method comprises the following steps of: continually dripping 13 to 18 weight parts of trichlorosilane into 44 to 65 weight parts of perfluor alkyl ethylene or perfluor alkyl ethyl iodide serving as a raw material in the presence of 0.1 to 1.0 weight part of noble metal catalyst so as to obtain an intermediate product; and adding 14.8 to 20 weight parts of high-boiling-point solvent into the intermediate product, continuously dripping 10 to 16.35 weight parts of methanol or ethanol for reacting, decompressing and rectifying so as to obtain a target product. In the method, raw materials are readily available, byproduct is not produced, a reaction in an entire synthesis process is stable, process control is stable, safety, low cost and easy separation are realized, the yield of a final fluorine-silicon surfactant is over 95 percent, and the purity of the surfactant is over 98 percent. Due to the presence of a siloxane active group, the fluorine-silicon surfactant can react with and be tightly combined with substances with a hydroxy functional group, such as glass and the like, so that the surface of the fluorine-silicon surfactant has high waterproofness, oil resistance and soil resistance, surface tension is less than 17.6 dynes per meter, and light transmittance is over 99.9 percent.

The invention discloses a grounding simulation testing device and a grounding simulation testing method. The grounding simulation testing device consists of a transparent container, a transparent liquid medium and an equivalently-contracted grounding device model. The method comprises the following steps of: simulating the variation of earth resistivity by adjusting the resistivity of the liquid medium in the transparent container; simulating non-uniform distribution of soil resistivity by arranging a horizontal or vertical insulated spacer layer in the transparent container; simulating grounding devices of different types by changing the shape of the grounding device model; simulating different grounding device types or the dispersion processes and dispersion mechanisms of different soil structures flowing through working frequency, direct-current and lightning impulse current by arranging working frequency, direct-current and impact testing power supplies; embedding a sampling sensor; measuring needed testing parameters; and recording a testing process through a video camera. The grounding simulation testing device and the method have the advantages of simple and compact structure, easiness in operating and high equivalence.

The invention discloses an evaluation method of grounding device impact performance. The method includes the steps of firstly, determining physical parameters of a grounding device in actual operation; secondly, building an equivalent numerical model, and calculating capacitance, inductance and conductivity of an element; thirdly, using a PSCAD / EMTDC simulation platform to evaluate impact features of impact current testing models; fourthly, drawing a device impact grounding resistance variation curve graph under different lightening current amplitude, different soil resistance, different size and different burying depth; fifthly, comparing grounding resistance with the curve graph to judge whether the grounding resistance accords with the curve variation range or not. By the method, grounding device grounding resistance impact features of a 10kV distribution line can be evaluated accurately.

An instrument and method for variable depth tillage is provided. A soil engaging implement has a pair of load cells and at least one strain gauge set mounted thereon. The load cells are used to determine a linear trend of topsoil resistance pressure change with depth as the soil engaging implement is drawn through the soil. The strain gauges are used to measure torque on the soil engaging implement caused by the load transmitted through the at least two load cells as well as the load applied to the point of the soil engaging implement. The linear trend of topsoil resistance pressure change with depth and the torque on the soil engaging implement are then used to determine both measured and predicted mechanical soil resistance to penetration applied to the point and the difference between the two values serves as an input for tillage depth adjustment.

The invention relates to a garlic harvester, which comprises a rack, a garlic lifting and conveying unit, a reinforced vibration shovel and a garlic-aligning and stem-cutting unit, wherein the garlic lifting and conveying unit, the reinforced vibration shovel and the garlic-aligning and stem-cutting unit are arranged on the rack; a garlic conveying unit fixedly connected with the rack is arranged at the lower part of the garlic-aligning and stem-cutting unit; a grass cutting divider is arranged at the front end of the garlic lifting and conveying unit; the reinforced vibration shovel comprises an installation seat hinged with the rack through a hinge shaft and a vibration rod; the vibration rod is arranged on the installation seat in a penetrating manner; an arrow shovel is fixedly connected with one end of the vibration rod and the other end is fixedly connected with a power source for driving the vibration rod to move along the axial direction; the power source comprises a motor fixedly connected to the installation seat and an eccentric gear fixedly connected to an output shaft of the motor; and the eccentric gear is inserted into the vibration rod. The eccentric gear is driven to rotate through the motor to drive the vibration rod to move in a reciprocating manner along the axial direction, thereby completing a soil breaking action, so that the soil resistance is overcome by using the impact force during reciprocating, soil breaking is time-saving and labor-saving, and the energy consumption of equipment is reduced.

Wash-durable fluorochemical-containing textile and / or fiber treatments that simultaneously impart soil resistance (or soil-release) properties and moisture wicking characteristics to target fabric substrates are provided. Such treatments surprisingly impart these two simultaneous effects to target fabrics and / or fibers because fluorochemicals generally provide moisture repellency rather than moisture wicking capabilities. As prior soil release / moisture wicking treatments do not function properly, or, alternatively, compromise hand or other properties of certain target textiles after treatment application, a new, effective, soil release / moisture wicking formulation for such purposes was needed. The inventive treatment is extremely durable on such fabric substrates; after a substantial number of standard launderings and dryings, the treatment does not wear away in any appreciable amount and thus the substrate retains its soil release / moisture wicking properties. The method of adherence to the target yarn, fiber, and / or fabric may be performed any number of ways, most preferably through the utilization of a jet dyeing system or through a steam-transfer method. The particular methods of adherence, as well as the treated textile fabrics and individual fibers are also encompassed within this invention.

Anchor for mooring of buoyant marine structures. The anchor comprises an elongated shaft with a mooring line attachment that is rotatable around the full circumference (that is, a full 360 degrees of rotation) of the anchor shaft. The lower end of the shaft comprises nose section, while the upper end comprises a tail section. A plurality of fins are attached to the nose section and tail section, and extend radially outward from the anchor shaft. While the number of fins may vary, one presently preferred embodiment has three fins in each section of the anchor shaft. The anchor is preferably configured (via design of the nose and tail section fin areas, shapes, etc., and the location of the mooring line attachment along the anchor shaft) such that less soil resistance is created on the nose section than on the tail section under the influence of a mooring line load, so that the anchor will rotate slightly about the mooring line attachment point under the applied load while penetrating deeper into the soil underlying the seabed.

Disclosed is a strippable floor coating which includes an undercoat layer (A) to be applied to a floor surface, and a strippable overcoat layer (B) over the undercoat layer (A). The undercoat layer (A) is formed from an undercoating agent mainly containing a wax or analogue thereto and having film-formability. The overcoat layer (B) is formed from a floor polish composition mainly containing an aqueous emulsion. The undercoat layer (A) has greater adhesion to the floor surface than to the overcoat layer (B). Even when applied to various flooring materials, this strippable floor coating does not peel off practically and is excellent in soiling resistance and wear resistance to retain a beautiful appearance over long time. If necessary, the coating can be easily stripped off.

The invention provides a method for simply and conveniently detecting nonmetal underground drainage pipeline leakage and a device. The method comprises the following steps: a detector is used for detecting the traverse pressure of a buried pipeline with water, an independent resistance measuring apparatus is used for detecting a soil resistance value above the buried pipeline, a detection electrode is inserted for adjusting the size of a detection electric current sent out by the detector according to different soil resistance values, an electric current detection device which is connected to the detection electrode is used for collecting leakage electric currents in real time and transmitting data of the electric current detection device to the measuring apparatus, and a computer is used for analyzing so as to obtain the accurate position of a damage pipeline.

A remote sensor platform may utilize a low-cost touch sensor coupled to capacitive plates to measure the capacitance of a soil. The sensor platform may also use other sensors to measure other garden parameters, such as soil resistance, soil pH, ambient light, soil or air temperature, and humidity. Based on measurements of a soil's resistance and capacitance, the soil moisture content may be determined.

The invention, which belongs to the technical field of the electrical power engineering, particularly relates to a construction method of a resistance reduction and grounding device of a transformer station. The method comprises: a surveyor measures a soil resistivity, a frozen soil depth, and a soil layering situation in a site area of a transformer station to obtain surveying data; a soil model is established according to the surveying data; on the basis of the soil model, a grounding device inside the station is designed in the site area of the transformer station; safety verification is carried out on the grounding device designed at the last step so as to obtain a verification result; if the verification result meets the requirement, a next step is executed; if the verification result does not meet the requirement, a grounding device is arranged externally outside the site area of the transformer station and safety verification is carried out; the verification result is stored; a construction drawing is drawn; and construction is carried out by organizing people. Under the circumstances that no extra collected land is increased, the construction method of the resistance reduction and grounding device of the transformer station is provided. The construction method has characteristics of obvious resistance reduction effect, simple structure, convenient construction, and low cost and the like.