Abstract: A control mechanism for use with a door closer, comprises a shaft (10), angularly movable between a normal position and a second position, the shaft (10) having a first portion (21a) and a second portion (21b), a brush spring (35) attached to the shaft first portion (21a) to return the shaft to its normal position, and a damping mechanism (36, 38) attached to the shaft second portion (21b) to resist shaft movement to its normal position. The damping mechanism includes a coiled strap-like member (36) keyed to the shaft and contained in a damping medium.

Abstract: A hinge for mounting a door on a furniture article frame, including a first hinge member adapted to be affixed to the furniture door and a first hinge arm segment having a rearward end portion pivoted to the first hinge member on a pivot axis. The first hinge arm segment includes a forward end portion on which is formed a first adjustment plate comprising two segments, the more forward segment forming a right angle with the more rearward segment and comprising an aperture. The hinge also includes a second hinge member adapted to be fastened to the furniture article frame and second hinge arm segment having a rearward end portion extending from the second hinge member. The second hinge member and second hinge arm segment are formed as one piece. The second hinge arm segment has a forward end portion on which is formed a second adjustment plate comprising two segments, the more rearward segment comprising an aperture and forming a right angle with the more forward segment.

Abstract: A unitary shell for encasing a hand tool includes an elongated hollow tubular sleeve having an open upper end for receiving and conforming to a tool handle. The upper end of the tubular sleeve includes a head portion which may be wrapped about a tool head. The shell allows a user to selectively cover a hand tool to minimize damage to surrounding objects if the tool collides therewith.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for conditioning of textile, e.g. cotton, fibers as they are removed from bales for processing. A source of a conditioning liquid and a source of pressurized air are each in flow communication with a plurality of atomizing nozzles secured to a reciprocating fiber take-off device located above a plurality of aligned bales of fibers. As the removal apparatus moves back and forth across the upper surface of each bale, the nozzles dispense conditioning liquid directly onto the exposed upper surface of each bale. The fibers are thereafter entrained in an air flow for transport to further processing station(s).

Abstract: A dual spacing clamp tie includes a locking head and two flexible straps extending outwardly in opposite directions from the locking head. The straps are insertable through the locking head to form two, spaced loops that can be used to secure items in spaced, parallel relationship to each other. A pair of releasable pawls in the locking head secures the straps around the items to be secured. An aperture through the locking head is provided for securing the dual spacing clamp tie to a mounting structure such as a threaded stud. An additional pawl mechanism is provided within the aperture to secure the clamp tie to the mounting stud. A nut or other fastener can be used to further secure the clamp tie to the mounting stud. If desired, the additional pawl mechanism can be configured to permit insertion of the mounting element into the aperture from one end only. The locking head may be bifurcated wherein one of the halves contains the aperture for securing the dual spacing clamp tie to the mounting structure.

Abstract: A clamp made from clamping band material in which optimization for the length of the necessary blank is realized in dependence on the length of the bridging portion of a so-called “Oetiker” ear whereby this bridging portion length is used to determine the length of the overlapped full-band-width inner clamping band portion as well as the location of the beginning of the step-like portion and the length of the tongue-like extension at the end of the full-band-width inner clamping band portion.

Abstract: A novel handle tab or pull for a zipper which comprises a unitary wire-like resilient member having an integral spring member and including a pair of offset, spring biased gripper members which are squeezed together against the tension of the integral spring member so as to separate the gripper members so that the ends of the gripper members may then be introduced into the slide tang or loop of the zipper after which the tension of the spring biased grippers is released causing the gripper members to lock around the tang or loop of the zipper securing the novel handle, tab or pull to the zipper enabling the zipper to be operated as originally manufactured. A cover member may be employed to increase handling area of the pull. The novel zipper handle, tab or pull may be used by the zipper user to replace a lost, destroyed or damage zipper handle, tab or pull.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for use in remanufactured toner cartridges in which the toner hopper has been physically separated from the developer roller housing. The device holds the toner hopper and developer roller housing in proper alignment to one another and the component parts within. The nature of this device is disclosed and described herein.

Abstract: A bar 3 is provided on one extremity of an elongated filament part 2, a head 4 is provide on the other extremity of the filament part 2 and, at the same time, a removing portion 6 is provided between this head 4 and the filament part 2, and it is so composed that the head 4 and the filament part 2 can be separated easily, and a fastener affixed to the product S can be removed by manual operation.

Abstract: A shoe string retaining device is provided having a connection eyelet forming a flat ring connected to a lower retaining tube affixed horizontally. The lower retaining tube forming a tapered interior sidewall having a lace entry orifice formed at one end and opposite a lace exit and impingement orifice.

Abstract: A press fabric for the press section of a paper machine has a base fabric which includes a nonwoven mesh fabric. The base fabric, or a layer thereof, is assembled in integral form using a strip or strips of the nonwoven mesh fabric. The assembly may be effected by spirally winding the nonwoven mesh fabric in a plurality of non-overlapping turns, by abutting each turn of the nonwoven mesh fabric against that previously wound, and by joining each turn of the nonwoven mesh fabric to that previously wound to form an endless loop. Alternatively, a plurality of endless loops of equivalent length are formed from separate strips of nonwoven mesh fabric, and arranged in a side-by-side abutting relationship. The endless loops are then joined, one to the next, to provide a base fabric, or component thereof, in the form of an endless loop.

Abstract: A process for combining single color feed yarns, either dyed or melt pigmented, without twisting or heat-setting, to form an apparent space-dyed yarn product. The process includes the sequential steps of individually and simultaneously drawing two or more pre-spun, pre-colored singles yarns, at least one of which is differentially colored with respect to the other yarns; individually and simultaneously texturing the two or more yarns; individually and simultaneously entangling the two or more textured yarns in a first air-jet entangling process to form respective two or more entangle-sequenced yarns each having sequences of entangled and unentangled fibers; together air-jet entangling the two or more sequences of entangled and unentangled fiber yarns in a second air-jet entangling process to form a final apparent space-dyed yarn; and winding up the final apparent space-dyed yarn.

Abstract: A transport system for transporting substrate wafer, for making semiconductor integrated circuits and liquid crystal display panels and the like advanced devices, is presented.

Abstract: A tool for coiling spring and holding the coiled spring for replacing strip type spring used in equipment such as chain saws, weed cutting implements, etc. The spring is coiled within a cap that has an ejector plate provided therein as well as a spring holder. Once the spring is wound within the cap, the spring holder is moved relative to the cap to release the inner end of the spring and the ejector plate is used for pushing the plate out of the cap into a pull cord starting housing of an internal combustion engine.

Abstract: A method of lining installed pipework which includes the steps of taking a length of liner pipe made from a memory retaining plastics material of external diameter greater than the internal diameter of the pipework to be lined, drawing the liner pipe through a swaging die which is attached directly or indirectly to the pipe to be lined using pulling means under tension attached to the leading end of the liner pipe and threaded through the pipework to reduce the external diameter of the liner pipe by up to 15%, the tension applied by the pulling means being such as partially to restrain the radial expansion of the outer surface of the liner pipe after its emergence from the die, drawing the liner pipe after its emergence from the die, drawing the liner pipe through the installed pipework with its outer diameter reduced to and/or maintained at a dimension less than that of the inner diameter of the pipework and thereafter allowing the liner pipe to expand within the pipework by relaxation of the said tension fo

Abstract: A rivet setting tool is provided with a cycle control whereby a pressure switch or pressure transducer enables the electronic logic controller to monitor tool hydraulic pressure. When the pressure reaches a predetermined threshold and subsequently drops below a second threshold valve the controller deduces that a rivet has been set and removes pressure from the tool so that the tool can be immediately reset, thus reducing the tools cycle time. Upon determining that a rivet has been set, a mandrel collection window is set. The controller monitors whether a mandrel is returned to the mandrel collection system prior to the expiration of the timed window, and if not, the controller provides a fault signal to the operator. Multiple windows are utilized so that more than one mandrel can be in the return tube at one time without delaying operation of rivet setting system. The pressure sensors can also be utilized to confirm that a rivet has been loaded into the rivet setting tool without the use of a rivet sensor.

Abstract: A blind rivet disassembling device comprising a cutting means adapted to get in between a flange portion of a blind rivet and a base metal and cut a body portion of the blind rivet in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the body portion and toward a center of a through hole formed through the blind rivet, a push-out means which pushes out a residual mandrel from the flange portion toward a bulge of the through hole along the axial direction of the body portion, a moving means which causes the cutting means to move toward the center of the through hole, and an advancing means which causes the push-out means to advance into the through hole for pushing out the residual mandrel interlocked with the movement of the cutting means.

Abstract: A stent crimping tool for firmly and uniformly crimping a stent onto a balloon catheter is constructed from a crimping section holding the stent and the balloon catheter therein, wherein the crimping is actuated by a shaft having an input end and an output end, engaging the crimping section at the output end. The shaft has a detent formed into the input end. A gripping member has an internal cavity to receive the input end, and includes a hole proximate to the shaft, wherein a ball bearing and a compression spring are located within the hole to bias the ball bearing toward the shaft and to engage the detent. When a torque is applied to the gripping member, it is transmitted through the ball bearing to the shaft; if the torque exceeds a predetermined magnitude, it overcomes the force of the spring on the ball bearing causing the bearing to slide out of the detent thereby disconnecting the applied torque from the shaft. The crimping section can be a rubber tube having a lumen holding the stent and catheter.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a medicated prosthesis such as a stent. The method includes forming a stent out of porous metal and loading a therapeutic agent into the pores of the metal. In one embodiment the stent is formed from a sintered metal wire, sheet, or tube and can include adding a coating to the stent. When the stent is implanted into the vasculature of a patient, the therapeutic agent in the stent dissipates into the tissue of the vasculature proximate the stent.

Abstract: A sheet bar having a thickness of 20 to 50 mm, as continuously cast by a sheet bar caster, is passed as it is through a first sheet bar twister and is then wound in an up-end state into an up-end sheet bar coil. Then, this up-end sheet bar coil is rewound, passed through a second sheet bar twister, finish-rolled and wound into a hot coil. As compared with the slabbing—high draft rolling process of the prior art, the invention is advantageous in that it can improve the quality, production yield and production efficiency and can reduce the cost for an apparatus such as the cost for its construction and maintenance.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of a prefabricated motor vehicle door module and is directed to improving the manufacturing efficiency of complex technical systems with extensive cabling. The method for manufacturing the prefabricated motor vehicle door module with an electronics unit and several electrical components, such as a window regulator motor, central locking, mirror adjustment and heating, switches, lights, speakers, and a side bag, comprises fitting out of a support plate with the electrical components provided for a specific vehicle door and the cabling of the door by means of electrical leads; wherein the fitting out step is carried out in a main assembly line; wherein at least a part of the electrical leads is prefabricated as individual lead connections in a secondary cable production line in accurate sequence for the door module production in a production device and are mounted independently of each other directly on the door module in a main assembly line.

Abstract: A method of preparing wires or tapes including Bi-2223 superconductor material by providing oxide and carbonate sources of Bi, Sr, Ca, Cu and Pb, milling the material for a time not to exceed about 30 minutes but preferably not greater than 20 minutes to produce a homogeneous mixture. Then heat treating by calcining the milled mixture at a temperature of at least about 830° C. for a time not less than about 12 hours, followed by at least one additional milling for a time not to exceed about 20 minutes and one additional heat treatment, to produce an oxide powder having an average diameter in the 4 to 5 micron range. Then a silver or silver alloy tube is filled with the oxide powder, and shape formed into a rectangular tape. Then alternately thermally treating and mechanically working the tube filled with oxide powder by heating the filled tube to an elevated temperature of about 835° C. to 840° C. and reducing the diameter of the tube, repeating the thermal and mechanical treatment.

Abstract: In a process in which a composite consisting of a metallic base and a superconductor mainly containing a Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox superconducting phase is formed into a composite wire or wire, the composite is subjected to calcination and cold working before heat treatment for crystallization from a partial molten state.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a plurality of thin-film, surface-mountable, electronic components, comprising the following successive steps: providing a substantially planar, ceramic substrate having a first and second major surface which are mutually parallel, the substrate containing a series of mutually parallel slots which extend from the first major surface through to the second major surface, such slots serving to subdivide the substrate into elongated segments extending parallel to the slots and located between consecutive pairs thereof, each segment having two oppositely located walls extending along the edges of the adjacent slots, each segment carrying a thin-film electrode structure on at least one of its first and second major surfaces; with the aid of a three-dimensional lithographic technique, providing electrical contacts which extend along both walls of each segment and which make electrical contact with the electrode structure on each segment; severing the segments into individual block-shaped co

Abstract: The invention relates to an inductor comprising a plurality of interconnected conductive segments interwoven with a substrate. The inductance of the inductor is increased through the use of coatings and films of ferromagnetic materials such as magnetic metals, alloys, and oxides. The inductor is compatible with integrated circuit manufacturing techniques and eliminates the need in many systems and circuits for large off chip inductors. A sense and measurement coil, which is fabricated on the same substrate as the inductor, provides the capability to measure the magnetic field or flux produced by the inductor. This on chip measurement capability supplies information that permits circuit engineers to design and fabricate on chip inductors to very tight tolerances.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system of manufacturing an electric heater (1) intended for heating foam-molded cushions for e.g. vehicle seats or mattresses, said heater (1) comprising an electric conductor (2) which preferably consists of an insulated or non-insulated metal wire. The method comprises the steps of arranging a plurality of protruding members (10) forming part of a conductor layout structure (9) in a pattern adapted to the configuration of the heater (1), arranging a conveyor (13) which is equipped with a follower (14) along a track (13) which essentially corresponds to the desired configuration of the heater (1) around said protruding member (10), and moving said conveyor (13) while said follower (14) deposits said conductor (2) along said track.

Abstract: A dust collection electrode with catalyst to be provided on the electronic dust collector is manufactured simply at low cost without using a furnace. To the surface of the metal tube of the sheathed heater a low temperature curing type heat resistant inorganic adhesive is applied. Thereafter, a catalyst such as Zeolite is adhered to the heat-resistant inorganic adhesive. Next, the sheathed heater is energized to make self-heating, and using said heating, the heat-resistant inorganic adhesive is heated to cure, thereby fixing the layer to the surface of the metal tube.

Abstract: Thin-profile battery circuits and constructions, and in particular button-type battery circuits and constructions and methods of forming the same are described. In one implementation, a substrate is provided having an outer surface with a pair of spaced electrical contact pads thereon. At least two thin-profile batteries are conductively bonded together in a stack having a lowermost battery and an uppermost battery. The batteries include respective positive and negative terminals. The lowermost battery has one of its positive or negative terminals adhesively bonded to one of the pair of electrical contact pads while the uppermost battery has one of its positive or negative terminals electrically connected to the other of the pair of electrical contact pads. The batteries can be provided into parallel or series electrical connections.

Abstract: A pressing device for joining workpieces has a pressing tool and a motorized drive for actuation of the pressing tool over a pressing distance, as well as a control device which has a drive control device for influencing the drive. The drive control device has a malfunction detection device which has an actual value sensor which is suitable for detecting, as the actual value, a physical magnitude which is correlated with the pressing resistance. At least one limit value profile for the actual value is retained in the malfunction detection device, and it has a comparison device which, during a pressing, checks whether the particular actual value lies on the permissible or impermissible side of the pertinent limit value profile. The malfunction detection device comprises a signal device and/or a shutdown device for the drive, which are/is activated if the actual value lies on the impermissible side of the pertinent limit value.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for mechanically joining metal sheets, which lie flat one upon the other, by metal forming, having a tool set comprising at least one punch and one die which bounds a cavity in which the joining operation takes place, it being the case that at least one of these two tool parts can be driven via a driving force, produced by fluid supply, such that the punch displaces sheet-metal material out of a sheet-metal plane, and upsets it, under the action of deformation work, and the driveable tool part has a stop which is moved along with it and limits its penetration depth.

Abstract: A mounting head is provided with a pair of first levers which are pivotally connected so that the first levers can swing in an open and close direction and forced in the close direction by a compression spring so as to grip a shaft, a release pin for opening the first levers by engaging release grooves at an open/close end of the first levers, a second lever for driving the release pin toward the open/close end of the first levers by a driving means, and a spring for forcing the second lever in a direction opposite to the driving direction of the release pin. During an operation of the mounting head, the first levers are opened by driving the release pin with the second lever, only after the shaft is activated, and at the end of the operation releasing the drive of the release pin by the second lever, allowing the first levers to close and support the shaft in a gripping manner.

Abstract: A connecting tool for guiding a flexfoil into a connector element. The tool includes a guiding part that directs the flexfoil into the opening in the connector element. The tool also includes a crimping part that urges the clamps of the connector element against the flexfoil. The guiding part and the crimping part of the tool are movable relative to each other.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for loading deposit material, such as an embolic coil, into a shape memory polymer (SMP) gripping/release mechanism. The apparatus enables the application of uniform pressure to secure a grip by the SMP mechanism on the deposit material via differential pressure between, for example, vacuum within the SMP mechanism and hydrostatic water pressure on the exterior of the SMP mechanism. The SMP tubing material of the mechanism is heated to above the glass transformation temperature (Tg) while reshaping, and subsequently cooled to below Tg to freeze the shape. The heating and/or cooling may, for example, be provided by the same water applied for pressurization or the heating can be applied by optical fibers packaged to the SMP mechanism for directing a laser beam, for example, thereunto. At a point of use, the deposit material is released from the SMP mechanism by reheating the SMP material to above the temperature Tg whereby it returns to its initial shape.

Abstract: A battery replacement system and method for electronic devices which does not require a back-up battery or storage capacitor. A battery is placed within a tunnel formed in the electronic device. The tunnel has an input opening and an output opening. During use, the battery resides within the tunnel where it makes electrical contact with the power terminals of the device. When the battery is exhausted and needs to be replaced, a new battery is introduced into the tunnel via the input opening. As the new battery enters the tunnel, it makes electrical contact with the power terminals, while at the same time serving to push the exhausted battery out the output opening of the tunnel. The tunnel is configured such that the new battery makes electrical contact with the power terminals before the exhausted battery loses contact with the terminals. In this way, there is no interruption in power being supplied to the electronic device.

Abstract: According a method of manufacturing a lead frame of the present invention, a plurality of leads each having an inner lead portion and an outer lead portion are formed on a metal base having on its surface a nickel layer by copper plating. An insulative holding film for holding each of the leads is formed. A projecting electrode is formed on the outer lead portion. Respective leads are separated by selectively removing the metal base by etching.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic device includes placing a plurality of components on a printed wiring board (204), detecting a defect in a component (210) and, in response, producing a defect indication including a defect location on the printed wiring board. Subsequently, additional components are placed on the printed wiring board (220) but placement of all additional components having a location which has a predetermined relation with the defect location is suspended. The defective printed wiring board may then be repaired by a technician who subsequently places the additional components over the defect location. This reduces the need to apply a large amount of heat to the printed wiring board to remove subsequently placed components such as radio frequency shields. This further reduces the possibility of additional defects occurring during repair.

Abstract: In a method of production of a multichip package module, rough-pitch bare chips are positioned at first locations on a printed-circuit board, and the rough-pitch bare chips are temporarily attached to the board at the first locations. The rough-pitch bare chips are mounted on the board at the same time by applying heat and pressure to the rough-pitch bare chips simultaneously. A respective one of fine-pitch bare chips is positioned at a respective one of second locations on the board other than the first locations, and the respective one of the fine-pitch bare chips is mounted on the board by applying heat and pressure to the fine-pitch bare chips individually, in order to produce the multichip package module.

Abstract: Circuit boards are formed within the boundaries of an insulative sheet or panel such that the panel may be automatably processed. The periphery of each printed circuit board is defined by at least a plurality of score lines which do not extend to the edge of the sheets and may include also uncut and/or unscored areas to provide stability to either the sheet or segments of scrap material, lending rigidity to the sheet. Following complete fabrication of the printed circuit board, the sheet is cut by a routing process to extend selected score lines to the edges of the sheet to destroy the integrity of the frame of scrap material surrounding the printed circuit boards.

Abstract: In a process producing a multi-layer printed wiring board, an inner core having at least one wiring pattern on its surface and an outer layer of copper foil are laminated with an organic insulating layer interposed therebetween, a via hole is formed using a laser beam, and the outer copper foil and the inner wiring patterns are electrically connected to each other by depositing copper. The process is characterized in that the outer layer of copper foil has a thickness of no more than one-fifth of the thickness of the inner wiring pattern, but will not exceed 7 &mgr;m, preferably 4 &mgr;m. The hole is formed in both the copper foil and the insulating layer simultaneously by irradiating with a laser beam on the outer layer of copper foil.

Abstract: The connecting plates 10, 10′ for a battery holder are characterized in that a molded resin plate 11 for integrally molding bus bars 16, 16′ for connecting a plurality of batteries A at intervals corresponding to an arrangement of the plurality of batteries incorporates voltage detection terminals 17 for detecting voltages of the desired batteries in such a condition as to be connected to the bus bars.

Abstract: A full face wheel assembly comprises a full face disc and a rim. The disc is preferably cast from aluminum whereas the rim is rolled from aluminum strip stock. The full face disc comprises an outboard bead seat flange, an outboard bead seat and an outboard well side wall. The disc may also include lightener pockets or a continuous re-entrant channel adjacent the outboard bead seat. The rim comprises an inboard bead seat flange, an inboard bead seat, an inboard leg, and a deep well. The disc and rim are welded together in the deep well or bead seat regions by gas metal arc welding, electron beam welding or other suitable welding technique.

Abstract: A fluid metering roll such as an anilox roll is comprised of a tubular carbon fiber composition core having one or more metallic layers intervening between the core and a surface layer comprised of ceramic, the ceramic having outwardly opening fluid metering cells. The method of forming the roll includes steps of thermal spray applying one or more layers comprised of metal over the roll surface the layers intervening between the roll and an external ceramic coating. Characterizing features of the application method reside in each of the thermal spray applied layers being directed toward the core at a negative rake angle of from about 11½ to about 13½ and preferably 12½°, the core and layers which receive the thermal spray being simultaneously cooled to about 110° Centigrade or less during application of the thermal spray.

Abstract: A titanium honeycomb 1 is manufactured by using titanium or titanium alloy as the base material 2, performing diffusion bonding in a striped pattern with heating and pressing, and elongating the stacked base materials 2 . Further, a powder of rare earth oxide, such as yttrium oxide with a particle size of, for example, 30 &mgr;m or less, is employed as the parting agent 5. The oxide is mixed in an amount of 1% by weight or more with the organic binder vaporizing at 350° C. A parting agent is applied at a thickness of 0.3-30 &mgr;m.

Abstract: A process for forming a lubricating film on a direct acting bearing includes the steps of forming a liquid film on at least the rolling and sliding portions of the direct acting bearing by using a solution prepared by diluting a fluorine-containing polymer in a solvent. The liquid film is then cured to form a solid film of a fluorine-containing polyurethane high molecular compound on the direct acting bearing.

Abstract: A telescoping series of coaxial nested tubes 1-4 extend to provide an elongated handle. Each inner tube of the series has a back end with a gradual conical flare. Each tube that encloses a smaller tube has a front end with a gradual conical reduction. At full extension the tubes stop and bind against each other, so no clamps or screws are needed. A pruning saw blade 7 is attached to the front end of the innermost tube 4. The innermost tube is shorter than the outer tube 1 by at least the length of the saw blade, so that all the tubes and the blade retract within the outer tube. Caps 10 and 13 close the outer tube on each end. A resilient damper in each cap presses against the ends of the inner tubes, preventing motion and noise among them. A spare saw blade can be enclosed in the innermost tube 4. It can be retained in a hole in the back damper 11, or in a resilient slotted plug in the innermost tube. The front cap 13 preferably includes a direction-finding compass 15 for wilderness use.

Abstract: A cutting head for a cutting machine, in particular a strimmer, having a hub (4) connected to a drive member (9) of the cutting machine, and a number of filiform elements (7) connected to and extending substantially radially from the hub (4); each pair of filiform elements (7) being defined by respective end portions (7a, 7b) of a single wire having a C-shaped intermediate portion (7c) housed firmly inside the hub.

Abstract: An improvement for trimmers of the type that include an elongated main handle member with a motor assembly on one end and a cutting head at the other end. A secondary retractable handle member is pivotally mounted at one end to a point on the main handle member that is adjacent to the cutting head so that maximum control can be exerted on the positioning of the latter. The retractable handle member is preferably made to conform to the shape of the main handle member when brought next to it. A securing latch assembly releasably keeps both of them attached to each other when desired by a user, typically, to operate on horizontal cutting planes. The retractable handle member is not separated when a user desires to make vertical cuts.

Abstract: A sewing cutter is provided which includes a handle, a cutting member attached to the handle, and a guiding member supported by the handle. The guiding member, which is arranged below the cutting member, may be an elongated plate whose front end is tapered. The guiding member is provided with an upper surface which is brought into facing relation to cloth to be cut by the cutting member.

Abstract: A device for measuring angles, primarily for measuring bending angles attained by press brakes and similar when a piece to be worked is bent between upper and lower pressing tools (1), includes an oscillating device (6) that detects the angled position of the piece to be worked. The detection device comprises a rocker (6) that is connected directly to a detecting mechanism (12) such as, for example, a rotating potentiometer. The rocker is arranged to pivot around an axis (5) that runs parallel with the longitudinal axis of the lower pressing tool. In its turn, the axis shaft (5) is supported by a supporting and displacement device (3, 4) that can displace the axle, and thereby the rocker, towards and away from the piece to be worked at an oblique angle to the relative direction of movement of the upper and lower pressing tools.

Abstract: The invention relates to an orienteering compass comprising a distance measuring device (4) including a circular element (11) to be rotated over a map from an arbitrary point A to an arbitrary point B for determining the distance from point A to point B. In order to make orienteering easier without significantly enlarging the size of the compass, the distance measuring device comprises an axis (7) provided with a screw thread (6), a pointer (11) to be moved using the screw thread (6) and at least one measuring scale (13, 14) for indicating the distance. The invention also relates to a distance measuring device for an orienteering compass provided with a base plate.