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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.

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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 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.

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.

Composite tape is laminated onto a substrate using a gantry to move a tape laminating head along the length of the substrate. The laminating head is mounted for movement along a beam on the gantry that extends across the width of the substrate. The direction of lamination may be altered by changing the angular orientation of the beam.

A method for molding and aligning microstructures on a patterned substrate using a microstructured mold. A slurry containing a mixture of a ceramic powder and a curable fugitive binder is placed between the microstructure of a stretchable mold and a patterned substrate. The mold can be stretched to align the microstructure of the mold with a predetermined portion of the patterned substrate. The slurry is hardened between the mold and the substrate. The mold is then removed to leave microstructures adhered to the substrate and aligned with the pattern of the substrate. The microstructures can be thermally heated to remove the binder and optimally fired to sinter the ceramic powder.