Abstract:
A cover replicating the appearance, texture, and surface features of a regulation baseball enclosing a flexible, hollow, spherical core. The core is fabricated from a pair of substantially similar semispherical shells made of a homogeneous, waterproof composition and bonded one to another at the circumferential edges. The composition from which the core is formed includes by weight 30-40 percent styrene butadiene rubber, 16-20 percent natural rubber, 33-37 percent calcium carbonate, and 5-9 percent silica powder, as well as diphenyl guaniden, rubber cure accelerator, and traces of zinc oxide and sulfur. The outer diameter of the core is approximately 2.6-3.0 inches with a wall thicknesses in the range of approximately 0.08-0.16 inches. The core with the cover assembled thereon has a weight of approximately 2.5-3.5 ounces, less than that of a regulation baseball, and an outer diameter substantially equivalent thereto. The cover includes two pieces of synthetic leather secured at the edges with raised herringbone stitching in the pattern of a regulation baseball. Optionally, a layer of twine may be tightly wound in random fashion about the core and the outer cover may be adhered to the structure beneath it using an adhesive. Due to its flexibility and lighter weight in relation to a regulation baseball, the disclosed substitute baseball affords an enhanced margin or safety to young and inexperienced players.
Abstract:
A method to manufacture a carbon fiber electrode comprises synthesizing polyamic acid (PAA) as a polyimide (PI) precursor from pryomellitic dian hydride (PMDA) and oxydianiline (ODA) as monomers and triethylamine (TEA) as a catalyst, adding dimethylformamide (DMF) to the polyamic acid (PAA) solution to prepare a spinning solution and subjecting the spinning solution to electrostatic spinning at a high voltage to obtain a PAA nanofiber paper, converting the PAA nanofiber paper into a polyimide (PI) nanofiber paper by heating, and converting the polyimide (PI) nanofiber paper into a carbon nanofiber (CNF) paper by heating under an Ar atmosphere. Also, the method to manufacture a polyimide carbon nanofiber electrode and/or a carbon nanotube composite electrode may utilize carbon nanofibers having diameters that are lessened by optimizing electrostatic spinning in order to improve spinnability.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a clothes treating apparatus with a liquid supply unit. The clothes treating apparatus comprises: a body; a drum accommodated in the body; a steam generator communicated with inside of the drum, and configured to inject steam into the drum; a reservoir configured to store liquid to be supplied to the steam generator, and having an outlet at a bottom surface thereof; a closure having a check valve, and configured to close the outlet; and a reservoir accommodation portion configured to temporarily store the liquid discharged through the check valve, and communicated with the steam generator for flow of the liquid, wherein the check valve is configured to be open only when the reservoir has been mounted to the reservoir accommodation portion.
Abstract:
An electrode and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The method includes adding carbon nanotubes to a mixed solution of nitric acid and sulfuric acid and subjecting the carbon nanotube solution to microwaves for surface treatment resulting in facilitating the surface treatment, subjecting the carbon nanotube solution to ultrasonic waves to disperse the carbon nanotubes resulting in increasing the dispersion effect, subjecting the carbon nanotube solution to filtration and drying the carbon nanotubes to obtain a carbon nanotube plate mold.
Abstract:
A method to manufacture a carbon fiber electrode comprises synthesizing polyamic acid (PAA) as a polyimide (PI) precursor from pryomellitic dian hydride (PMDA) and oxydianiline (ODA) as monomers and triethylamine (TEA) as a catalyst, adding dimethylformamide (DMF) to the polyamic acid (PAA) solution to prepare a spinning solution and subjecting the spinning solution to electrostatic spinning at a high voltage to obtain a PAA nanofiber paper, converting the PAA nanofiber paper into a polyimide (PI) nanofiber paper by heating, and converting the polyimide (PI) nanofiber paper into a carbon nanofiber (CNF) paper by heating under an Ar atmosphere. Also, the method to manufacture a polyimide carbon nanofiber electrode and/or a carbon nanotube composite electrode may utilize carbon nanofibers having diameters that are lessened by optimizing electrostatic spinning in order to improve spinnability.