Abstract: A garment and a device are provided having at least one pocket attached to the garment or device accessible via a zipper or other fastener that provides access to another interior compartment formed by the pocket as well as a method for providing a garment or device with a waterproof compartment. The fastener is preferably a waterproof zipper that is attachable via a process requiring the pocket and the zipper to be attached by of gluing, stitching and/or heat-sealing the same. As a result, a completely watertight and waterproof pocket is formed allowing the user of the garment or the device to carry therein items that typically may not be exposed to water.

Abstract: A rotatable pallet changing apparatus, a system and a method are provided in which the rotatable pallet changing system has a rotatable bed having a first pallet and a second pallet side-by-side and set on tracks. A first and a second workpiece may be set upon a first pallet and a second pallet, respectively. As the first pallet with the first workpiece is drawn into a machining center to be worked upon, the second workpiece may be added to the second pallet. When the first workpiece on the first pallet is finished being worked upon, it is withdrawn from the machining center and placed upon the rotatable bed. The rotatable bed then rotates, allowing the second pallet to be fed into the machining center and further allowing the first workpiece to be off-loaded from the first pallet.

Abstract: A continuous assembly of special service mailing labels and a method for preparing mailpieces requiring delivery by a special service are provided. The labels are adhesively secured to a backer and removable therefrom for application to a mailpiece. The labels include at least one area that may be printed, and a designation area that is distinct from a majority of the remainder of the label. The designation area identifies the type of special service required for the mailpiece to which the label is attached. In addition, the labels include a detachable auxiliary information portion which may serve as either a return address label or a customer receipt.

Abstract: An assembly for mailing an article requiring special services and a method for mailing same are provided. The assembly includes a single sheet constructed in such a way that one portion of the sheet provides a label and the other portion provides a return postcard or other special service form for attachment to an envelope in its assembled position. The return postcard is integrally formed, but removably attached, such that the return postcard remains attached to the envelope until received by the addressee, at which time the return postcard may be removed. The assembly is designed to incorporate a form into the return postcard to simplify preparation of the mailpiece for delivery by the special service.

Abstract: A sled motor mounting structure is provided with a sled motor which having a rotation shaft and a lead screw which is mounted on the rotation shaft and is in mesh with a mated gear, the rotation shaft being constructed so as to have a play in its axial direction for enabling a smooth rotation; and a stopper provided in front of the tip of the rotation shaft of the sled motor such that the tip of the rotation shaft comes to abutment thereto when the rotation shaft is displaced toward the tip direction thereof within the play due to the rotation of the lead screw which is in mesh with the mated gear, thereby restricting the tip of the rotation shaft from further movement in the axial direction thereof. The stopper is arranged at a prescribed distance from the tip of the rotation shaft when the rotation shaft is moved to the base end within the play. The prescribed distance is set to be less than the play in the axial direction, for example it lies within the range of 0.02 mm-0.05 mm.

Abstract: A writing instrument having an adaptable refill is provided as well as a method for refilling any one of many commercially available writing instruments sold by various manufacturers. The adaptable refill includes a refill body and a variety of components attachable to the refill body in various orders depending on the writing instrument in which the adaptable refill is incorporated. The adaptable refill with the components may be purchased by a consumer and may fit any of the available writing instruments produced by various manufacturers. The components are constructed and designed to secure to the refill body of the adaptable refill in various orders or various arrangements to incorporate the adaptable refill into any one of many commercially available writing instruments.

Abstract: A hydraulically energized magnetorheological replicant muscle tissue is provided as well as a system and method for using and controlling the same. The artificial muscle tissue is capable of causing motion, inducing force and enabling control thereof with life-like action. Numerous muscle tissue elements may be combined together to form a tissue capable of causing motion, inducing force and enabling control. Each muscle tissue element may receive fluid from a fluid supply. Control of fluid entering and exiting the muscle tissue element through valves may be effected using a central processing unit. As a result thereof, life-like action and artificial muscle tissue may be formed that replicates actual muscle tissue.