881 results about "Water damage" patented technology

The present invention is a water damage prevention system that has a residential or industrial / commercial facility water supply interruption system. The system is comprised of a remotely controllable base station with shut-off / on mechanism that is in wireless or wired communication with a convenient controller. The base station with shut-off / on mechanism is interposed within a water line from a water main to the living or operating quarters portion of a residential or a industrial / commercial facility or building, such that activation of the base station with shut-off / on valve operates to prevent flow of water from the water main to the living quarters when the residential home or industrial / commercial facility or building is vacated or unsupervised. In this manner, damage to the living quarters or the industrial / commercial facility or building from failure of water pipes running through the living or working quarters is prevented during times that the shut-off mechanism is activated.

The present invention is a water damage prevention system that has a residential or industrial / commercial facility water supply interruption system. The system is comprised of a remotely controllable base station with shut-off / on mechanism that is in wireless or wired communication with a convenient controller. The base station with shut-off / on mechanism is interposed within a water line from a water main to the living or operating quarters portion of a residential or a industrial / commercial facility or building, such that activation of the base station with shut-off / on valve operates to prevent flow of water from the water main to the living quarters when the residential home or industrial / commercial facility or building is vacated or unsupervised. In this manner, damage to the living quarters or the industrial / commercial facility or building from failure of water pipes running through the living or working quarters is prevented during times that the shut-off mechanism is activated.

The snow guard for roofs includes a plurality of slotted brackets, which are permanently installed atop the roof structure. A snow fence is removably installed in the slots of the brackets, permitting the user to remove the fence as needed for the deliberate removal of snow from the roof in a safe and predetermined manner. The slots of the brackets extend only partially toward the bottoms of the brackets, thus placing the lower edge of the snow fence elevated above the underlying roof structure. This provides clearance between the snow fence and any strengthening ribs or ridges formed in the roof covering, as are typically provided in sheet metal covered roofs. The brackets are preferably attached along the eaves of the roof outboard of the wall structure to preclude leakage through the mounting holes and water damage to the interior of the structure.

A foundation plate accepts a structural member such as a beam or post. The foundation plate uses weep holes to prevent water damage to the structural member. Anchor slots allow the use of earth screws or other means to secure the foundation plate. Additional protection to the structural member is provided by the slope and shape of the foundation plate.

The invention discloses a traffic anti-rut asphalt modifier and a preparation method thereof; the asphalt modifier is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 20 to 200 parts of thermoplastic elastomer, 5 to 450 parts of polyolefin, and 5 to 400 parts of rubber powder. Simultaneously, the invention also discloses modified asphalt which contains the asphalt modifier and application of the modified asphalt in asphalt mixture. The invention can significantly improve the high-temperature performance and the anti-rut capability of the asphalt mixture, improves anti-water damage and anti-low temperature cracking and other performance, and has high cost performance. Compared with asphalt modification, the invention does not need to add asphalt modification equipment, can significantly reduce energy consumption and loss in the production process, can realize long-termed inventory, prevents the problem of the poor storage stability of modified asphalt, does not affect the mixing proportion design, does not change the gradation of the asphalt mixture under any content, only finely adjusts the asphalt-aggregate ratio, has simple construction process, and realizes random adding through a direct feeding method.

Improved means for powering and increasing evaporative cooling in an indirect-direct evaporative cooling (IDEC) apparatus are disclosed. Sustainable energy from solar energy mixed with grid power, when needed, power the IDEC device. These DC and AC power sources are seamlessly merged in a unique diode interconnect unit. Improved means for evaporative cooling include a rayon-based flocking on the wet side of molded plastic indirect evaporative cooling plates. Separate wet and dry passages through those plates are facilitated by a unique means for clamping the upper ends of the plates. These clamping means also add to the structural integrity of an array of plates so that the array can be inserted in and removed from a housing containing other operational components of the IDEC such as fan, direct cooling plates and water distribution means. Applicants IDEC utilizes improved porous piping that allows uniform and continuous distribution of water to all wet passages within both the indirect and direct stages of the IDEC. Operational controls for the system limit the potential water damage caused by overflow of water from the IDEC housing.

Pre-fabricated wall, ceiling and roof panels for use in building construction have a metal framework, metal interior bracing as needed and may include internal electrical, water and gas supply conduits enabling simple and efficient building construction. A method for manufacturing the pre-fabricated building panels includes constructing a metal panel framework with internal structural bracing and placing the framework in a machine having relatively moveable foam containment plates. Polyurethane foam panel filler material having efficient thermal insulating quality is injected into the panel frame between the foam containment plates and expands during curing to fill the voids within the panel frame and define parallel exterior and interior panel surfaces. The light-weight polymer foam filled panels are then secured to the panel connectors of a building foundation and are secured to one another to define the walls, ceiling and roof a building structure and provide resistance to storm damage, insect and water damage and heat reflection.

A system for monitoring environmental conditions at a facility which has suffered water damage which includes one or more sensors or sensor nodes adapted in certain embodiments to measure environmental conditions and to transmit or communicate information or data relating to such environmental conditions through a wireless transmitter. In certain aspects, the monitoring system comprises a wireless mesh network having a mesh router, a plurality of sensor nodes and a remote operating unit adapted to receive such environmental condition information.

The invention discloses a pitch modifier for traffic anti-rut, modified asphalt and bituminous mixture, which is characterized by the following: allocating 20-200 wt thermoplastic elastomer ethenyl aromatic hydrocarbon-conjugated diene block copolymer and 5-950 wt polyolefin; setting the thermoplastic elastomer ethenyl aromatic hydrocarbon-conjugated diene block copolymer as SBS, SIS, SEBS and or SEPS; setting the polyolefin as PE, PP, EVA, APP, APAO, POE, HDPE, LDPE and or LLDPE; setting the mass percent of adding basic pitch at 1%-7%; increasing high-temperature behavior and anti-rut ability distinctively; modifying anti-water damage and anti-low temperature property. This craft is simple, which avoids the problem of bad stability of modified asphalt storage.

In an exemplary embodiment, a server system provides a user interface that allows users to submit a variety of claim data for an insurance claim stemming from water damage to an insured property. The server system utilizes the user-submitted claim data to generate additional claim data. The user-submitted claim data and the generated claim data together include (a) information on the damaged structural materials within the insured property and (b) information on the restoration of the damaged structural materials within the insured property. The user interface of the server system presents multiple web pages that display all of the claim data for the users so as to enable management of the insurance claim. The users may comprise an insurance carrier, a claim adjuster, an insurance agent, a claim administrator, a contractor and / or a claimant.

The invention relates to a road paving structure, which is a semi-flexible, draining, antiskid and noise-reducing paving structure and comprises a semi-rigid foundation layer. The invention is characterized in that the semi-rigid foundation layer is paved with a modified emulsified asphalt slurry sealing layer, the sealing layer is filled with a semi-flexible road surface material structure layer on the surface, the semi-flexible road surface material structure layer is distributed with a high-viscosity modified asphalt adhesive layer, and the adhesive layer is paved with a draining, antiskid and noise-reducing abrasion layer. The road paving structure has stable property under high temperature, is provided with draining, noise-reducing and antiskid functions, and can effectively prevent water damages and has long service life.

The invention discloses an asphalt regeneration agent which is prepared from the following raw materials in percentage by mass: 65-80% of plant asphalt, 3-5% of an interface reinforcing modifier, 15-30% of a plasticizer, 0.3-1% of a penetrating agent and 0.5-1% of an anti-aging agent, wherein the interface reinforcing modifier is one or a mixture of more than two of epoxy aliphatic polyethylene polyamine, epoxy silicon resin and epoxy resin in any ratio; the content of the epoxy group in the interface reinforcing modifier is 10-40%. In addition, the invention further provides a preparation method of the asphalt regeneration agent, an asphalt mixed material prepared from the asphalt regeneration agent, and a preparation method of the asphalt mixed material. When the asphalt mixed material is prepared from the asphalt regeneration agent, the anti-rutting performance, the anti-water damage property and the low-temperature anti-cracking property can be greatly improved, and waste resources can be recycled.

A composition can embrace a fire retardant can be combined with a fluoropolymer, which can be a coating, for example, a paint, especially a latex paint, or which can be an organic solvent based coating, for example, a paint. The fire retardant can be an ammonium phosphate containing fire retardant, which can be combined with a fluoropolymer, a penetrating barrier, borate-containing formulation having resistance to water damage with protective properties coming from materials used in food packaging and cosmetics, and / or a medium-to-long chain polar carboxyl substance to make a composition. Also, a composition can embrace a fire retardant formulation having a cross-linked component, which composition may be a coating, for example, a paint or stain, especially a latex paint. The cross-linked component may be a base of the paint or stain, say, a vinyl acetate base of the fire retardant latex paint. At least one other active agent, for example, a mold inhibitor and / or an insecticide, may be included. The composition can be used by contacting it with a substrate, which beneficially is otherwise flammable. The composition or its residue may be found in combination with the substrate.

The invention relates to a semi-flexible pavement base material and a preparation method thereof. The semi-flexible pavement base material comprises 20-75% of an aggregate, 22-75% of cement-emulsified bitumen mortar and 1-8% of water. Through adjustment and optimization of composition and compatibility of the cement, emulsified bitumen and aggregate, an adhesion state and a molded structure of the cement, emulsified bitumen and aggregate are improved so that the semi-flexible pavement base layer structure has ideal rigidity and flexibility, rutting resistance and cracking resistance of the semi-flexible pavement base layer structure are improved and water damage resistance and fatigue resistance of the semi-flexible pavement base layer structure are improved. The semi-flexible pavement base material and the preparation method thereof are mainly used for building and refurbishment of high-grade roads and urban roads and are especially suitable for easily-rutted road sections such as heavy-loaded traffic roads, road intersections, uphill and downhill of a road, a bus stop and a bus transit lane.

A drying fan, including for water damage restoration, including for drying a room corner extending axially along an interface between a wall and a floor, has a shrouded housing having an axial flow path therethrough, an intake cowling receiving intake air, and an exhaust cowling discharging exhaust air and having a tapered ramp both a) expanding the airflow and b) directing the airflow where desired.

Described is a protective case for a tablet computer providing a compartment for receiving and holding the tablet computer in a watertight environment. The protective case can further include a mounting adaptor attachable to a mounting apparatus for holding the protective case in a fixed or stationary position on a boat. The protective case allows the optimal use and protection of a tablet computer with its connections in many environments, including protecting the tablet computer from water damage on boats.

The present invention discloses a warm mix asphalt modifier and a preparation method thereof, the warm mix asphalt modifier comprises the following components: 75-95 parts of solvent oil and 3-25 parts of a surface active agent. The warm mix asphalt modifier using oil base surface active technology effectively reduces the risk of water damage of a warm mix asphalt mixture, improves the low-temperature anti-craking performance of the warm mix asphalt mixture; at the same time, the warm mix asphalt modifier greatly reduces the mix temperature of the asphalt mixture, has the advantages of simple process, environmental protection, energy saving, low cost and the like. In addition, the invention also discloses warm mix asphalt and the warm mix asphalt mixture.

The invention discloses a water conservation method for overlying strata water flowing fracture main channel through ground horizontal directional drilling grouting and sealing, which is suitable forthe technical field of water resource conservation in coal mining and mine water damage prevention and control. The method includes the following steps: firstly obtaining development characteristic information of the mined height of the overlying strata water flowing fractured zone in a tested area under specific mining conditions; then according to the development characteristic information, determining the distribution range of an aquiclude area of the overlying strata water flowing fractured zone communication stratum corresponding to the water flowing fracture main channel in the tested area; lastly, after determining position and orientation of the water flowing fracture main channel, constructing horizontal directional drilling on the ground and grouting and sealing the water flowingfracture main channel, thereby achieving the goal of reducing water conductivity of the fracture and conserving groundwater resources. The water conservation method has the advantages of simple steps, reliable effect and strong practicability.

The invention provides a steel slag and rubber asphalt concrete and a preparation method thereof. In the concrete, the steel slag is selected as a coarse aggregate and rubber asphalt is selected as a binder, and the concrete further comprises a fine aggregate and a filler; the mineral aggregate of the asphalt mixture is graded to form a coarse aggregate gap gradation framework solid type; the ratio of the rubber asphalt to the mineral aggregate is comprehensively determined through a Marshall compacting experiment to determine the range via the volume parameter of a Marshall test piece and verification on the road properties such as high-temperature rutting resistance and water damage resistance; when the rubber asphalt and the mineral aggregate are mixed and stirred, the heating temperature of the rubber asphalt is 175-180 DEG C and the heating temperature of the mineral aggregate is 10-30 DEG C higher than that of the rubber asphalt; moreover, the dry mixing time of the mineral aggregate is 15-20 s and the wet mixing time of the mineral aggregate is 35-40 s; and the ex-factory temperature of the steel slag and rubber asphalt concrete formed after the mixing and the stirring is 175-185 DEG C. The invention replaces the mineral aggregate by the steel slag, and can recycle the waste materials, save the stone resources, and reduce the destruction from the stone mining to the environment.

The invention discloses a traffic anti-rutting asphalt modifier and a preparation method thereof, and the asphalt modifier is prepared by the following component in parts by weight: 10-20 parts of polyolefin, 1-80 parts of rubber powder and 0.5-1 part of antioxidant. The invention simultaneously discloses modified asphalt containing the asphalt modifier and an application of the modified asphalt in asphalt mixture. The invention can significantly improve the high-temperature performance and the anti-rutting capacity of the asphalt mixture, improve the resistance to water damage, the resistance to low temperature cracking and other performances and have high performance-price ratio. Compared with asphalt modification, the invention does not need to add an asphalt modification device and can significantly reduce the energy consumption and the loss during the production process, realize the long-term storage, avoid the problem of poor storage stability of the modified asphalt, not affect the design of the mixing proportion, not change the graduation of the asphalt mixture under any content and only need to carry out micro-adjustment on the asphalt-aggregate ratio; the construction process is simple; and the direct input method can realize the addition at will.

The invention relates to a solvent-type cold-patch asphalt liquid and a preparation technology therefor. The solvent-type cold-patch asphalt liquid comprises the following substances, by weight, 100 parts of petroleum asphalt, 10-15 parts of diluents, 10-15 parts of heavy oil, 10-15 parts of solvent naphtha, 1-5 parts of tackifier, 1-5 parts of strengthening agent, 0.2-0.8 part of surfactant and 0.5-0.8 part of anti-stripping agent. The above materials form performed polymers respectively and then are mixed uniformly, thus the obtained cold-patch liquid has good dispersibility, the stability of the obtained cold-patch asphalt liquid is raised, the storage stability is excellent, the employed tackifier, strengthening agent and anti-stripping agent can raise adhesion and strengthening effects of asphalt, and the surfactant can improve fluidity of asphalt substantially. The solvent-type cold-patch asphalt liquid is blended with aggregates when used to prepare cold-patch asphalt mixture for repairing pavement pits, no heating is needed during the blending process, the prepared cold-patch asphalt mixture has good initial and molding intensities and water damage resistance, and the construction workability is good.

The invention provides a fog sealing layer asphalt emulsion admixture and a use method thereof. The admixture consists of the following raw materials in percentage by mass: 30 to 60 percent of asphalt reclaiming agent, 5 to 10 percent of asphalt reclaiming aid, 1 to 3 percent of penetrant, 1 to 5 percent of emulsifier, 2 to 8 percent of tackifier, and the balance water. When the admixture is added into a fog sealing material, the infiltrability of the fog sealing layer asphalt emulsion can be reinforced, thus the emulsion can be quickly filled in pores and microcracks on road surfaces, so that the water seepage resistance of the pavement is reinforced, and the asphalt pavement is prevented from water damage; the admixture can be quickly infiltrated to an aged asphalt layer to harmonize the components in the aged asphalt, so that the aged asphalt is regenerated; the admixture has strong bonding capability with the asphalt pavement, after traffic is open, the fog sealing layer material and the pavement are bonded firmly, and the admixture is not easy to adhere to vehicle wheels; and the molded admixture has accordant color with the newly built pavement, thus the road appearance is beautified.

The invention relates to a modified asphalt mixture and preparation and construction methods thereof, particularly relates to rubber modified asphalt and preparation and construction methods thereof and belongs to the technical field of engineering. The rubber modified asphalt and the methods solve the construction problem that the mixture is thick and sticky by adding trans-polyoctenamer rubber (TOR) into the asphalt mixture, further reduce the stirring temperature of the rubber asphalt mixture, reduce processing equipment, improve production process, and are favorable for preventing water damage by a design method of continuous dense gradation. The preparation process of the mixture improves the using performance of the rubber asphalt mixture. The rubber modified asphalt and the methodshave the advantages of promoting the comprehensive utilization of waste tires by paving asphalt pavements with waste rubber powder modified asphalt, reducing great environment stress brought by blackpollution, saving resources, improving the pavement performance of the asphalt mixture, improving the service quality of the pavement, prolonging the service life of the pavement, reducing cost, and improving performance of products. Compared with the conventional modified asphalt production process, the preparation and construction methods have the advantages of energy saving and environmental protection and are convenient for construction.

A method for continuous microwave expansion of cut tobacco comprises the following steps: impregnating the cut tobacco in an expanding agent; recycling the expanding agent in an impregnating device after impregnation; carrying out microwave expansion on the impregnated cut tobacco by a microwave dryer to obtain the expanded cut tobacco. The expanded cut tobacco comprises one or more than two components of ethanol with 4-12 carbon atoms, ketone with 4-12 carbon atoms, halogenether with 2-12 carbon atoms, alkane with 3-12 carbon atoms or alkane with 3-12 carbon atoms substituted by 2 halogen atoms. The filling value of the expanded cut tobacco reaches above 7.5, the cutting ratio is above 90%, the moisture content after expansion is 12-13%, the expansion of the cut tobacco is even without water damaged cut tobacco; the whole set of devices has low energy consumption and high automation, and continuous closed mass production can be carried out.

The present invention belongs to the coal mining geophysical prospecting technical field, relates to a transient electromagnetic stack advanced detection device and method, in particular, a coal mine underground roadway transient electromagnetic stack advanced detection device and method. According to the device and method of the invention, a probe is arranged in a borehole, so that the probe can be far away from interference sources such as metal machineries in a roadway, and therefore, the influence of the interference sources can be avoided; the hole drilling conditions of a coal mine tunneling face are fully utilized, so that inside-roadway coil emission and inside-borehole three-component receiving can be realized; and a receiving device can move towards a direction before the tunneling face, and therefore, various kinds of the interference of the metal machineries at the tunneling face can be avoided without affecting the tunneling work of a mine party, and the advanced detection data of a plurality of positions in the borehole can be subjected to stack processing, and processing results can be displayed, and thus, hidden water damage geological bodies before the tunneling face can be predicted at an extra long distance.

An electrical equipment rack, such as a computer server rack, with a protective shield to protect the electrical equipment rack and equipment thereon from water damage is described. In general, the shield is constructed of a curved polycarbonate shell fastened to an aluminum frame having arc-shaped end sections attached to spaced elongated side rails. The aluminum frame is attachable to threaded rod hangers of the type that are used in most server rack rooms. Multiple shields may be fastened together end-to-end to increase the length of the overall shield, to extend over the entire length of the server racks or cabinets needed to be protected. Gaskets such as neoprene seals are compressed between shield sections to prevent water from penetrating between the fastened sections. Deployable curtains are fastened to the elongated side rails to further protect the electrical equipment rack from water damage.

The present invention discloses one kind of rut resisting road asphalt modifier, and its modified asphalt and asphalt mixture material. The rut resisting road asphalt modifier consists of thermoplastic elastomer of vinyl arene-conjugated diene block copolymer 20-200 weight portions, polyolefin 5-950 weight portions and lignocellulose 30-60 weight portions. The thermoplastic elastomer of vinyl arene-conjugated diene block copolymer is SBS, SIS, SEBS and / or SEPARATES; and the polyolefin is PE, PP, EVA, APP, APAO, POE, HDPE, LDPE and / or LLDPE. The present invention also discloses the preparation process of the asphalt modifier. The asphalt modifier can raise the high temperature performance and rut resisting performance of asphalt mixture material obviously, and can also raise its water damage resistance, low temperature cracking performance, etc.

A transportable dehumidifier system is provided that employs a thermal expansion valve to control the flow of refrigerant therethrough.