System and method of making wood curls

    公开(公告)号:US10882210B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-05

    申请号:US15808041

    申请日:2017-11-09

    申请人: James Lovinsky

    发明人: James Lovinsky

    IPC分类号: B27L11/02 B27L11/00 B27G13/10

    摘要: A system and method are provided for producing wood curls with reliable consistency and resiliency. Moisture content of wood blocks is determined and a plurality of cutting knives are installed on a disc of a curling machine and set to extend about 0.012 inches from the face of the disc. The wood blocks are fed through the curling machine and the feed rate is set based on the moisture content of the blocks and the sharpness of the cutting knives and readjusted based on the resiliency of previously cut curls in order to produce wood curls of a desired resilience.

    Systems and methods for variably paced real time translation between the written and spoken forms of a word

    公开(公告)号:US10825357B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-03

    申请号:US15551994

    申请日:2016-02-19

    申请人: TERTL STUDOS, LLC

    摘要: An enunciation system (ES) and method according to the present disclosure enables users to gain acquaintance, understanding, and mastery of the relationship between letters and sounds in the context of an alphabetic writing system. An ES as disclosed herein enables the user to experience the action of sounding out a word, before their own phonics knowledge enables them to sound out the word independently; its continuous, unbroken speech output or input avoids the common confusions that ensue from analyzing words by breaking them up into discrete sounds; its user-controlled pacing allows the user to slow down enunciation at specific points of difficulty within the word; and its real-time touch control allows the written word to be “played” like a musical instrument, with expressive and aesthetic possibilities.

    Air to electrical energy and water microgrid

    公开(公告)号:US10819147B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-27

    申请号:US16059239

    申请日:2018-08-09

    申请人: Varnell M. Castor

    发明人: Varnell M. Castor

    摘要: A combined heat and power microgrid system is provided that stores energy in the form of compressed air that can then be utilized as needed in the form of electricity. The compressed air may be generated with energy from multiple electrical energy sources, such as renewable energy sources. The energy stored as compressed air/heat is used to charge a battery by utilizing a pulley system and a barrel housing that transfers kinetic energy generated by the release of the compressed air to an array of piezoelectric generators that can produce electricity, which is stored in the second battery. In addition, water may be extracted from the compressed air storage tank. In this way, energy produced by the renewable sources can be accessed during periods of high need or low production and water may be collected.

    Tracking device and a system for finding objects

    公开(公告)号:US10157533B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-18

    申请号:US15098345

    申请日:2016-04-14

    申请人: Daniel Hänggi

    发明人: Daniel Hänggi

    摘要: Embodiments of a tracking device featuring a housing, which preferably is closed, waterproof, perhaps made from a synthetic material, and free of pressure switches or other man-machine interface, unless rudimentary at best, are disclosed. Typically, the tracking device comprises attachment means for its attachment to the object, which are suited to the object type. At best, its external shape is adapted to that of the object in such a way that the tracking device hardly vibrates or rattles during transport of the object. By virtue of its shape or by virtue of its attachment means, it is suitable for durable attachment to its object. Ideally, a tracking device measures only a few centimeters, or is even smaller. It should be suitable for being hidden in the object or for being separable therefrom only with difficulty. For such reasons alone, tracking devices differ from mobile telephones and the like.

    Method and system for programmable loop recording

    公开(公告)号:US10148993B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-04

    申请号:US15524050

    申请日:2015-11-10

    发明人: Steven Arms

    摘要: A loop recording system allows users to remotely save and share short recorded video, audio, or combination clips using portable devices equipped with cameras, microphones, and sensors. The loop recording system enables users of portable devices, such as smartphones, tablets, smart watches, etc., to record moments of interest during live events (hereinafter called “loops”, “recordings”, or “loop recordings”), while preventing unwanted data loss and conserving memory resources of the portable device. In exemplary embodiments, the loop recording system has loop recording intervals that can be defined by the user or can be predetermined, certain recordings can be automatically saved rather than overwritten, and/or the number of recordings that are saved may be programmable by the user or predetermined. The loop recording system can also prevent unwanted erasure of data, facilitating the tagging of loops, sharing of loops, and enhancing the loops using post processing means.

    Exercise chair
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    公开(公告)号:US10010758B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-03

    申请号:US14947675

    申请日:2015-11-20

    摘要: A device for moving the back and core muscles while sitting includes a rocking assembly that sits atop a base assembly, and optionally a height adjustment mechanism between the rocking assembly and the base assembly. The rocking assembly further includes a rocking mechanism that sits between a base plate or platform and a seat. The rocking mechanism can be, for example, a hollow or solid hemispheric- or dome-shaped rocking mechanism, an eccentric bicylinder rocking mechanism, and/or a rocking mechanism based on an arrangement of halfpipe members. The rocking mechanisms of the exercise chair allow to the seat to rock, wobble, and/or swivel with a side-to-side rocking motion, a front-to-back rocking motion, or both a side-to-side rocking motion and a front-to-back rocking motion.