Fabric finishing

A fabric, such as a loop fastener material, is finished by applying a foam to a surface of the fabric, the foam containing both a liquid binder and a powder. The binder is allowed to flow into pores of the fabric and coat fiber interstices of the fabric as the foam collapses, and is dried to stabilize the fabric. The powder is of a particle size selected to cause most of the powder to remain on the surface of the fabric while the binder is dried to bond the powder to the fabric surface. The powder, as bonded to the fabric surface, is activatable, such as by heat or RF or UV energy, to adhere the stabilized fabric to another surface or to provide a desired surface property.

Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command sets

Methods and systems present commands to a user within a software application program by determining the user's context within the application program and automatically presenting in a user interface commands that pertain to the user's current context. When the user's context changes, the context-sensitive commands are automatically removed from the user interface. In one implementation context blocks and context panes are employed to present the commands.

Task-Sensitive Methods and Systems for Displaying Command Sets

Methods and systems present commands to a user within a software application program by determining the user's context within the application program and automatically presenting in a user interface commands that pertain to the user's current context. When the user's context changes, the context-sensitive commands are automatically removed from the user interface. In one implementation context blocks and context panes are employed to present the commands.

FABRIC FINISHING

A fabric, such as a loop fastener material, is finished by applying a foam to a surface of the fabric, the foam containing both a liquid binder and a powder. The binder is allowed to flow into pores of the fabric and coat fiber interstices of the fabric as the foam collapses, and is dried to stabilize the fabric. The powder is of a particle size selected to cause most of the powder to remain on the surface of the fabric while the binder is dried to bond the powder to the fabric surface. The powder, as bonded to the fabric surface, is activatable, such as by heat or RF or UV energy, to adhere the stabilized fabric to another surface or to provide a desired surface property. 1. A method of finishing a fabric , the method comprisingapplying a foam to a surface of a fabric, the foam comprising a liquid binder and a powder;allowing the liquid binder to flow into pores of the fabric and coat fiber interstices of the fabric as the foam collapses; anddrying the binder coating the fiber interstices, so as to stabilize the fabric;wherein the powder is of a particle size selected to cause most of the powder to remain on the surface of the fabric while the binder is dried to bond the powder to the fabric surface, andwherein the powder, as bonded to the fabric surface, is activatable to alter a surface property of the fabric upon activation.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the powder is dispersed in the liquid binder as the foam is applied to the surface of the fabric.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the foam comprises one part powder to ten parts binder claim 1 , by weight.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the powder comprises at least 50 percent claim 1 , by weight claim 1 , of the foam.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the binder comprises at least one of an acrylic and a urethane.6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the powder comprises at least one of co-polyamide and co-polyester resin.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the powder claim 1 , as bonded to the fabric ...

FABRIC FINISHING

A fabric, such as a loop fastener material, is finished by applying a foam to a surface of the fabric, the foam containing both a liquid binder and a powder. The binder is allowed to flow into pores of the fabric and coat fiber interstices of the fabric as the foam collapses, and is dried to stabilize the fabric. The powder is of a particle size selected to cause most of the powder to remain on the surface of the fabric while the binder is dried to bond the powder to the fabric surface. The powder, as bonded to the fabric surface, is activatable, such as by heat or RF or UV energy, to adhere the stabilized fabric to another surface or to provide a desired surface property. 116-. (canceled)17. A method of bonding a fastener loop material to a mounting surface , the method comprisingactivating a surface of a fastener loop material opposite hook-engageable loops of the material to cause particles of resin at the surface of the loop material to soften, the particles being held to the loop material by a dried binder; andbringing the surface of the loop material into contact with the mounting surface;wherein softened particles of resin at the activated surface bond the loop material to the mounting surface, with hook-engageable loops of the loop material exposed for hook engagement.18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the surface of the fastener loop material is activated after being brought into contact with the mounting surface.19. The method of claim 17 , wherein activating the surface of the fastener loop material comprises applying heat to raise a temperature of the resin particles above a softening point of the resin particles but below a melting point of the dried binder.20. The method of claim 17 , wherein activating the surface of the fastener loop material comprises applying energy at a radio frequency under conditions that cause the resin particles to soften without significantly softening the dried binder or resin of the loops.21. The method of wherein the ...

STEER BY WIRE SYSTEM WITH REDUNDANT ANGULAR POSITION SENSING AND AN END-OF-TRAVEL STOP

A steer-by-wire system comprising a steering wheel for use by an operator and an electric motor assembly coupled to the steering wheel for providing active torque feedback. The electric motor has a rotor mounted for rotation, and a magnet mounted to the rotor for rotation about an axis, wherein the at least one magnet is a permanent magnet with a pole pair. A fixed stator has coils for creating an electric field to act upon the magnet. Electronics are positioned on the axis of the magnet for controlling commutation of the stator coils and generating a primary high resolution angular position signal indicative of movement of the steering wheel by the operator. High resolution on-axis sensors, in communication with the electronics, detect a commutation position between the rotor and the stator and producing first and second continuous angle measurements for the pole pair of the at least one magnet. 1. A brushless DC motor for providing active torque feedback in a steer by wire system comprising:a fixed stator;a rotor mounted for rotation with respect to the fixed stator, the rotor having a plurality of magnets, each magnet forming a pole pair;at least two analog magnetic sensors for providing a continuous angle measurement signal; anda steering control unit for receiving the continuous angle measurement signal and determining a relative positional measurement of the rotor based on the continuous angle measurement signal.2. A brushless DC motor as recited in claim 1 , wherein the steering control unit determines an absolute measurement of a position of the rotor upon start up and updates the position of the rotor based on the relative positional measurement.3. A brushless DC motor as recited in claim 2 , wherein the steering control unit utilizes a single magnet at an end of a shaft of the rotor for sensing the position.4. A brushless DC motor as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least two analog magnetic sensors provide motor commutation data to the steering control ...

KNIT FASTENER LOOP PRODUCTS

A method of making a loop fastener product features knitting, such as by circular knitting, a pile yarn and one or more ground yarns to form a stretchable knit fabric having loops of the pile yarn extending from a knit ground, with the ground yarns including polymers of differing melt temperatures. The knit fabric is then held in a desired state while the fabric is set by first applying sufficient heat to cause the lower melt temperature resin to flow into interstices of the fabric ground, and then allowing the fabric to cool. The cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from bound interstices. 1. A method of making a loop fastener product , the method comprising knitting a pile yarn and one or more ground yarns to form a stretchable knit fabric having loops of the pile yarn extending from a knit ground , wherein at least one of the ground yarns comprises a bicomponent yarn with a filament comprising a first portion of a first polymer and a second portion of a second polymer , the first and second portions bonded together along a length of the filament and defining a boundary between the first and second polymers;holding the knit fabric in a flat state; andwhile the fabric is held, setting the fabric by first applying sufficient heat to cause resin of the sheath of the bicomponent yarn filament to flow into interstices of the fabric ground, and then allowing the fabric to cool, such that the cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, the cooled fabric has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from interstices bound by the first polymer.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein knitting the pile yarn and one or more ground yarns comprises circular knitting.3. The method of ...

Methods for the Destruction of Contaminants Adsorbed to Activated Carbon

Systems and methods for the destruction of contaminants adsorbed from contaminated water by activated carbon are contemplated. Following adsorption of contaminants onto micron-sized activated carbon particles, the micron-sized activated carbon particles are contained within a reactor. A destructive process is then initiated within the regeneration reaction in order to destroy contaminant adsorbed to the micron-sized activated carbon particles contained within the reactor, which results in the destruction of the contaminants adsorbed to the micron-sized activated carbon particles and thus the regeneration of the micron-sized activated carbon particles for subsequent re-use in remediation of contaminated water. 1. A method for destroying contaminants adsorbed to activated carbon , the method comprising the steps of:a. concentrating micron-sized activated carbon particles having contaminants adsorbed thereon from a wastewater treatment process;b. containing the micron-sized activated carbon particles having contaminants adsorbed thereon within a reactor;c. initiating at least one destructive process operative to destroy at least one contaminant adsorbed to the micron-sized activated carbon particles contained within the reactor; andd. allowing sufficient time for the at least one destructive process to destroy on at least a portion of the contaminants adsorbed to the micron-sized activated carbon particles.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contaminant(s) adsorbed to the micron-scale activated carbon particles are derived from groundwater claim 1 , industrial wastewater claim 1 , or municipal water.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the contaminants adsorbed to the micron-scale activated carbon particles comprise one or more of: a hydrocarbon claim 1 , a chlorinated hydrocarbon claim 1 , a fluorinated alkyl claim 1 , a pesticide claim 1 , a herbicide claim 1 , a polyaromatic compound claim 1 , a bacterium claim 1 , a microorganism claim 1 , a spore claim 1 , a ...

PRINTING PLATE CONNECTION SYSTEMS

Techniques are disclosed for connecting a printing plate to a print cylinder or surface. The techniques may be implemented, for instance, with respect to a printing plate, a print cylinder, a print sleeve, or some combination thereof. In an embodiment, a field of mechanical fasteners is provisioned on a printing plate, and a complementary field of mechanical fasteners is provisioned on a print sleeve or cylinder. The mechanical fasteners collectively operate to provide a mechanical bond or interface that inhibits lateral and rotational movement of the plate during printing operations, and can also be configured to manage backlash between engaging surfaces of the interface. In some cases, backlash management includes use of cushion effect integral with the mechanical bond itself and/or unidirectional and possibly angled fastener elements to provide a snugging effect. The mechanical bond may be implemented with hook-and-loop, hook-and-hook, hook-to-channel, male/female-type fittings, vacuum, suction, and/or magnetics. 1. A fastening system for mounting a print plate to a print cylinder , comprising:a first field of mechanical fasteners on one side of the print plate, the other side of the print plate for carrying a print design in relief; anda second field of mechanical fasteners for placement on or integration with the print cylinder;wherein the first and second fields of mechanical fasteners operate together to provide a mechanical bond that inhibits lateral and rotational movement of the plate during printing operations, and is configured to manage backlash between engaging surfaces of the mechanical bond by way of at least one of a field of unidirectional fastening elements and a cushion effect integral with the mechanical bond itself.2. The system of wherein at least one of the first or second fields of mechanical fasteners comprises a field of unidirectional hooks claim 1 , wherein the unidirectional hooks are angled according to machine direction.3. (canceled)4 ...

Automatic ink refill system for disposable ink jet cartridges

An ink refill system is provided for an ink jet printer having a print carriage that traverses across a print medium and is adapted to receive one or more ink jet cartridges. The ink refill system includes a disposable ink jet cartridge removably mountable in the print carriage and constructed as a self-contained unit that includes a print head and an ink supply container that stores a first quantity of liquid ink at a given subatmospheric pressure hydrodynamic condition. An ink reservoir external to the print carriage stores a second quantity of ink for replenishing the first quantity of ink in the ink supply container. Flexible supply tubing couples the ink reservoir to the ink supply container to supply ink from the second quantity of ink to the first quantity of ink during operation of the ink jet printer as the print carriage traverses across the print medium. A mechanism for refilling the ink supply container of the ink jet cartridge from the external ink reservoir during operation of the ink jet printer as the print carriage traverses across the print medium operates such that the refilling of the ink supply container is accomplished in a manner that preserves the negative pressure hydrodynamic condition of the ink jet cartridge.

Single window navigation methods and systems

A user interface (UI) in the form of a single navigable window enables a user to navigate to and between multiple different functionalities that are provided by a single application program. Novel use is made of a navigation model that manages the user's navigation activities to and between the different functionalities. Navigation instrumentalities enable the user to navigate among the different functionalities and include links to each of the different functionalities as well as browser-like navigation buttons. Context-sensitive command sets can also be provided along with the single navigable window. The context sensitive command sets include commands that automatically change as the user's computing context changes, e.g. as the user moves from functionality to functionality. The single application can be defined as a software platform that is extensible to receive and incorporate different functionalities. The functionalities can be provided as software modules that can be sent over a network such as the Internet. The extensible software platform provides a basis to offer a subscriber or fee-based service where different subscribers can, for a fee, access different functionalities via a network such as the Internet.

Process for making ozone

A novel process and apparatus for synthesizing high-purity ozone (or for preparing test gas mixtures containing ozone). The process involves containing liquid nitrogen inside a vacuum dewar, supporting a dielectric ozonizer in the liquid nitrogen, evacuating the ozonizer to a low vacuum through a vacuum outlet, closing the vacuum outlet of the ozonizer, introducing highpurity oxygen into the ozonizer through an inlet, closing the inlet, applying a source of high-discharge alternating voltage across metal electrodes and oxygen therebetween, and removing the ozone thereby formed. The product is high-purity ozone. The apparatus comprises a two-walled annular ozonizer of Pyrex glass with electrodes secured onto the outer and inner surfaces.

Temperature-compensated touch sensing

Embodiments included herein are directed towards a method for determining a temperature-compensated touch state of a device, and related systems. The method may include receiving, by a processor of the device and from a first sensor of the device, a first measured value corresponding to a first sensor measurement captured by the first sensor. The method may further include receiving, by the processor and from a temperature sensor of the device, a temperature value corresponding to a first temperature measurement associated with the device and captured by the temperature sensor. The method may also include adjusting a signal corresponding to the first sensor measurement based upon, at least in part, the temperature value, to create a temperature-compensated touch signal. The method may additionally include determining, by the processor, the temperature-compensated touch state of the device based upon, at least in part, the temperature-compensated touch signal.

Method and system for recovering coal fines from pipe line coal slurry

A method and system for dewatering coal fines from the centrate of a pipeline slurry centrifuge, to recover the coal and purify the water, includes blending the centrate from the centrifuge with slurry from the pipeline in the proportion of about 4:1. The blend is chemically conditioned agglomerating polymer, and then dewatered on a belt press. The cake from the belt press is dry enough to burn in the boiler, and the filtrate is clarified in a gravity clarifier. The clarifier effluent is clean enough for plant purposes or to return to the environment, and the clarifier underflow is returned to the blend for dewatering in the belt press. In a second embodiment, the blend is dewatered directly in a disphragm filter press without chemical conditioning, and the filtrate is clean enough to use directly without clarifying.

Ink jet printer with variable advance interlacing

A scanning head ink jet printer utilizes variable paper advance interlacing. The printer includes a plurality of heads each having a plurality of rows of uniformly spaced ink jets which print different colors. A printing medium is advanced in a series of non-uniform distances (d 1 , d 2 , d 3 , d 4 ) the sum of which is equal to the total number of uniformly-spaced ink jets (n) of one of the colors times the uniform spacing (s) of one pixel row from an adjacent pixel row. In a specific embodiment, a total advance of the printing medium is equal to the total number of uniformly-serial spaced ink jets of one color is 48, the spacing is four pixels, and the non-uniform distances include 49, 49, 45 and 49 pixels.

Network-based software extensions

Loop material, its manufacture, and its use in products

Lightweight, non-woven loop products for hook-and-loop fastening are disclosed, as are methods for making them and end products employing them. The products are non-woven webs of entangled fibers of substantial tenacity, the fibers forming both a sheet-form web body and hook-engageable, free-standing loops extending from the web body. The product is stretched and stabilized to produce spaced-apart loop clusters extending from a very thin web of taut fibers. In important cases a binder is added to stabilize the product in its stretched condition. An example of the loop product is produced by needlepunching a batt of staple fibers in multiple needle-punching operations, applying a foamed acrylic binder, and then stretching the needled batt and curing the binder with the batt stretched. Other forming techniques are disclosed and several novel articles and uses employing such loop products are described, such as for filters and fasteners.

Single window navigation methods and systems

A user interface (UI) in the form of a single navigable window enables a user to navigate to and between multiple different functionalities that are provided by a single application program. Novel use is made of navigation model that manages the user's navigation activites to and between the different functionalities. Navigation instrumentalities enable the user to navigate among the different functionalities and include links to each of the different functionalities as well as browser-like navigation buttons. Context-sensitive command sets can also be provided along with the single navigable window. The context sensitive command sets include commands that automatically change as the user's computing context changes, e.g. as the user moves from functionality to functionality. The single application can be defined as a software platform that is extensible to receive and incorporate different functionalities. The functionalities can be provided as software modules that can be sent over a network such as the Internet. The extensible software platform provides a basis to offer a subscriber or fee-based service where different subscribers can, for a fee, access different functionalities via a network such as the Internet.

Operating device for a machine

Maschine (38) mit: einem Bedienersitz (40), einer dem Bedienersitz benachbarten Armlehne (38), und einem Steuersystem (50) beinhaltend: einen Steuerhebel (12), der sich zumindest teilweise von der Armlehne aufwärts erstreckt, und eine Force-Feedback-Einrichtung (16), die mit dem Steuerhebel antriebsmäßig verbunden ist und derart betreibbar ist, dass eine Feedback-Kraft dem Steuerhebel zugeführt wird, wobei die Force-Feedback-Einrichtung zumindest einen Aktuator und/oder zumindest eine Bremse beinhaltet und das Steuersystem die Stärke der Feedback-Kraft, die dem Steuerhebel durch die Force-Feedback-Einrichtung zugeführt wird, in zumindest einigen Fällen automatisch einstellt. Machine (38) with: an operator seat (40), an armrest (38) adjacent to the operator's seat, and a control system (50) comprising: a control lever (12) extending at least partially upwardly from the armrest, and a force feedback device (16) drivingly connected to the control lever and operable to supply a feedback force to the control lever, the force feedback device including at least one actuator and / or at least one brake, and the control system automatically adjusts the amount of feedback force applied to the joystick by the force feedback device in at least some cases.

Operator-control device for a machine

A machine (38) includes an operator seat (40) and an armrest (48) adjacent the operator seat. The machine may also include a control system (50), which may include a control handle extending at least partially upward from the armrest. The control system include a force feedback device (16) drivingly connected to the control handle and operable to supply feedback force to the control handle. The force-feedback device may include at least one of an actuator or a brake. The control system automatically adjust the magnitude of the feedback force supplied to the control handle by the force feedback device in at least some circumstances.

Fabric finishing

A fabric, such as a loop fastener material, is finished by applying a foam to a surface of the fabric, the foam containing both a liquid binder and a powder. The binder is allowed to flow into pores of the fabric and coat fiber interstices of the fabric as the foam collapses, and is dried to stabilize the fabric. The powder is of a particle size selected to cause most of the powder to remain on the surface of the fabric while the binder is dried to bond the powder to the fabric surface. The powder, as bonded to the fabric surface, is activatable, such as by heat or RF or UV energy, to adhere the stabilized fabric to another surface or to provide a desired surface property.

Method for producing a laminated hook fastener

A dispenser for strip materials, e.g. hook and loop fastener material, which automatically finds formations in a continuous fastener strip during its dispensing and, at that point in the dispensing procedure, produces a resistance to the remaining supply, that enables parting of the lead unit from the remaining supply, thus dispensing a discrete unit. The dispenser has a receptacle to hold the supply of fastener strip material; it employs a retarding device to provide light drag against the motion of the strip as the leading strip unit moves from the dispenser in response to pull by a user. A detent downstream of the retarding device engages a corresponding formation in the strip material to resist movement of the remaining strip material, so that the strip ruptures along a line of weakness under a user's tension. Also disclosed are dispensable fastener strips of various forms, some advantageously formed by use of needled bat, and methods of forming the fastening strips.

Network-based software extensions

Single window navigation methods and systems

A user interface (UI) in the form of a single navigable window enables a user to navigate to and between multiple different functionalities that are provided by a single application program. Novel use is made of navigation model that manages the user's navigation activites to and between the different functionalities. Navigation instrumentalities enable the user to navigate among the different functionalities and include links to each of the different functionalities as well as browser-like navigation buttons. Context-sensitive command sets can also be provided along with the single navigable window. The context sensitive command sets include commands that automatically change as the user's computing context changes, e.g. as the user moves from functionality to functionality. The single application can be defined as a software platform that is extensible to receive and incorporate different functionalities. The functionalities can be provided as software modules that can be sent over a network such as the Internet. The extensible software platform provides a basis to offer a subscriber or fee-based service where different subscribers can, for a fee, access different functionalities via a network such as the Internet.

Network-based software extensions

Methods and systems for network-based or Internet-based software delivery are described. In one embodiment, an application program or software platform resides on a client. The program or platform is configured so that it is extensible based on software extensions that are deliverable over a network such as the Internet. Various extensions can be developed by third party developers for incorporation into the program or platform. In the described embodiment, extension files that comprise a software extension are hosted on an Internet server. Additional files are also hosted on the Internet server and describe aspects of the software extension. The additional files include files that describe a logical attachment of the extension to the program or platform, as well as files that describe the location of the extension files. Extensions are incorporated on a client by navigating to a particular Internet site through which the extensions can be accessed. The files describing the extension files are downloaded on the client. These files tell the client where the particular extension is to be plugged in, as well as where to find the appropriate extension files and how to download them. The extension files are then downloaded and incorporated into the program or platform.

LOCKING MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND USE THEREOF

Expandable communication controls

Recovery of sulfides from tannery waste liquor

An apparatus and process for the removal and recovery of sulfides from tannery waste water or liquor. The apparatus comprises a closed vessel, the sulfide-bearing liquor is introduced into a first or acidulation zone of the vessel and mixed with acid to decrease the pH, preferably to a value below 4.0, and generate hydrogen sulfide. The acidified liquor is then overflowed into a second or desorption zone of the vessel and slowly agitated and conveyed through the second zone by disc conveyors to release the hydrogen sulfide gas from the liquor. A slight vacuum is drawn on the vessel causing the released hydrogen sulfide gas to be drawn into a third reaction zone of the vessel, where the gas combines with sodium hydroxide solution to form sodium sulfhydrate. The effluent from the second zone can be filtered or dewatered and the filtrate discharged to a disposal site while the proteinaceous solids can be recovered for use as fertilizer. The sodium sulfhydrate produced in the third zone can be used in the unhairing operation of the tanning process.

Printing plate connection systems

Techniques are disclosed for connecting a printing plate to a print cylinder or surface. The techniques may be implemented, for instance, with respect to a printing plate, a print cylinder, a print sleeve, or some combination thereof. In an embodiment, a field of mechanical fasteners is provisioned on a printing plate, and a complementary field of mechanical fasteners is provisioned on a print sleeve or cylinder. The mechanical fasteners collectively operate to provide a mechanical bond or interface that inhibits lateral and rotational movement of the plate during printing operations, and can also be configured to manage backlash between engaging surfaces of the interface. In some cases, backlash management includes use of cushion effect integral with the mechanical bond itself and/or unidirectional and possibly angled fastener elements to provide a snugging effect. The mechanical bond may be implemented with hook-and-loop, hook-and-hook, hook-to-channel, male/female-type fittings, vacuum, suction, and/or magnetics.

Ink supply line support system for an ink jet printer

An ink supply line support system (100) for a continuous ink refill system (10) for an ink jet printer (90) having a print carriage (91) that traverses across a print medium (96) and is adapted to receive one or more disposable ink jet cartridges (12). The ink supply line support system (100) includes an elongate guide structure (102) having a first end (104) operably connected to the ink jet printer (90) at a fixed location (106) and a second end (108) operably connected to the print carriage (91). The second end (108) is movable relative to the first end (104) in a first orientation along the direction in which the print carriage (91) traverses across the print medium (96), but is substantially rigid relative to the first end in a second orientation that is transverse to the first orientation.

Single window navigation methods and systems

A user interface (UI) in the form of a single navigable window enables a user to navigate to and between multiple different functionalities that are provided by a single application program. Novel use is made of navigation model that manages the user's navigation activites to and between the different functionalities. Navigation instrumentalities enable the user to navigate among the different functionalities and include links to each of the different functionalities as well as browser-like navigation buttons. Context-sensitive command sets can also be provided along with the single navigable window. The context sensitive command sets include commands that automatically change as the user's computing context changes, e.g. as the user moves from functionality to functionality. The single application can be defined as a software platform that is extensible to receive and incorporate different functionalities. The functionalities can be provided as software modules that can be sent over a network such as the Internet. The extensible software platform provides a basis to offer a subscriber or fee-based service where different subscribers can, for a fee, access different functionalities via a network such as the Internet.

Extensible communication controls

Methods for the destruction of contaminants absorbed to activated carbon

Knit fastener loop products

A method of making a loop fastener product features knitting, such as by circular knitting, a pile yarn and one or more ground yarns to form a stretchable knit fabric having loops of the pile yarn extending from a knit ground, with the ground yarns including polymers of differing melt temperatures. The knit fabric is then held in a desired state while the fabric is set by first applying sufficient heat to cause the lower melt temperature resin to flow into interstices of the fabric ground, and then allowing the fabric to cool. The cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from bound interstices.

Improved control of soil contaminant mass discharge with horizontal permeable colloidal sorbent barriers

Methods of treating soil contained in a volume of treatment in an underground site and forming a containment barrier within an underground site are contemplated herein. A treatment methodology may be administered upon soil having previously been contained in the volume of treatment. Such a treatment methodology may include the application of an adsorbent to this soil. A layer of micron-sized adsorbents may also be placed on one or more interfaces surrounding the volume of treatment to form a containment barrier operative to mitigate diffusion of contaminants into or from the volume of treatment. Soil in the volume of treatment may be removed to allow for the methods contemplated herein to be performed more simply and effectively. The volume of treatment may then be refilled with a filler.

Control of soil contaminant mass discharge with horizontal permeable colloidal sorbent barriers

Methods of treating soil contained in a volume of treatment in an underground site and forming a containment barrier within an underground site are contemplated herein. A treatment methodology may be administered upon soil having previously been contained in the volume of treatment. Such a treatment methodology may include the application of an adsorbent to this soil. A layer of micron-sized adsorbents may also be placed on one or more interfaces surrounding the volume of treatment to form a containment barrier operative to mitigate diffusion of contaminants into or from the volume of treatment. Soil in the volume of treatment may be removed to allow for the methods contemplated herein to be performed more simply and effectively. The volume of treatment may then be refilled with a filler.

Context-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command sets

Methods and systems present commands to a user within a software application program by determining the user's context within the applicaton program and automatically presenting in a user interface commands that pertain to the user's current context. When the user's context changes, the context-sensitive commands are automatically removed from the user interface. In one implementation context blocks and context panes are employed to present the commands.

Temperature-compensated touch sensing

Embodiments included herein are directed towards a method for determining a temperature-compensated touch state of a device, and related systems. The method may include receiving, by a processor of the device and from a first sensor of the device, a first measured value corresponding to a first sensor measurement captured by the first sensor. The method may further include receiving, by the processor and from a temperature sensor of the device, a temperature value corresponding to a first temperature measurement associated with the device and captured by the temperature sensor. The method may also include adjusting a signal corresponding to the first sensor measurement based upon, at least in part, the temperature value, to create a temperature-compensated touch signal. The method may additionally include determining, by the processor, the temperature-compensated touch state of the device based upon, at least in part, the temperature-compensated touch signal.

Steer by wire system with redundant angular position sensing and an end-of-travel stop

A steer-by-wire system comprising a steering wheel for use by an operator and an electric motor assembly coupled to the steering wheel for providing active torque feedback. The electric motor has a rotor mounted for rotation, and a magnet mounted to the rotor for rotation about an axis, wherein the at least one magnet is a permanent magnet with a pole pair. A fixed stator has coils for creating an electric field to act upon the magnet. Electronics are positioned on the axis of the magnet for controlling commutation of the stator coils and generating a primary high resolution angular position signal indicative of movement of the steering wheel by the operator. High resolution on-axis sensors, in communication with the electronics, detect a commutation position between the rotor and the stator and producing first and second continuous angle measurements for the pole pair of the at least one magnet.

Steer by wire system with redundant angular position sensing and an end-of-travel stop

Low profile touch fastener

A releasable touch fastener includes a loop component and a hook component, with a particularly small overall engaged thickness in combination with a high fastening strength, both in peel and shear. The loop component is a woven material, while the hook component may be woven or molded. The molded hook component includes a scrim reinforcement for tear resistance and sewability. The fastener is useful for high cycle applications, such as on non-disposable garments, footwear and luggage.

Knit fastener loop products

A method of making a loop fastener product features knitting, such as by circular knitting, a pile yarn and one or more ground yarns to form a stretchable knit fabric having loops of the pile yarn extending from a knit ground, with the ground yarns including polymers of differing melt temperatures. The knit fabric is then held in a desired state while the fabric is set by first applying sufficient heat to cause the lower melt temperature resin to flow into interstices of the fabric ground, and then allowing the fabric to cool. The cooled fabric ground is less stretchable in two orthogonal directions after setting than before setting, has a greater air permeability after setting than before setting, and has hook-engageable pile loops extending from bound interstices.

Steer by wire system with redundant angular position sensing and an end-of-travel stop

A steer-by-wire system comprising a steering wheel for use by an operator and an electric motor assembly coupled to the steering wheel for providing active torque feedback. The electric motor has a rotor mounted for rotation, and a magnet mounted to the rotor for rotation about an axis, wherein the at least one magnet is a permanent magnet with a pole pair. A fixed stator has coils for creating an electric field to act upon the magnet. Electronics are positioned on the axis of the magnet for controlling commutation of the stator coils and generating a primary high resolution angular position signal indicative of movement of the steering wheel by the operator. High resolution on-axis sensors, in communication with the electronics, detect a commutation position between the rotor and the stator and producing first and second continuous angle measurements for the pole pair of the at least one magnet.