RING-OF-LIGHT FIXTURE TO MAXIMIZE ENERGY COUPLING WHILE MAINTAINING LOG FLOTATION

• Main Authors: ZHANG, Jia, MAINVILLE, Amos James, PANIDES, Elias, JAIN, Priyank Paras, AKARAPU, Ravindra Kumar, LI, Xinghua, SARIEGO, Kenneth Charles
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 07.03.2024
• Subjects: AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SHAPING CLAY OR OTHER CERAMIC COMPOSITIONS, SLAG, OR MIXTURESCONTAINING CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, e.g. PLASTER; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR; SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; TRANSPORTING; WORKING CEMENT, CLAY, OR STONE; WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL

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