Abstract: The flushing device comprises a flush bowl (1) comprising an odor trap (8) on a bottom part (7) and comprises a flushing conduit (2) with flushing openings (14, 15, 16) on an upper edge (3). Flushing openings (14) in a frontal area (13) of the flushing conduit (2) have a greater throughput than laterally arranged flushing openings (15, 16) do. The flushing openings (4) in said frontal area (13) are arranged in an asymmetric manner and the flushing water (17) forms a flushing vortex (17c) in the bowl (11). The flushing device makes it possible to effectively flush with less flushing water.

Abstract: An improved control valve for a pressurized water closet, having a housing, a spool rotatable within the housing, a valve stem threading engaging the spool but fixed from rotating relative to the housing and a needle valve extending from the valve stem and into the housing orifice, creating a self cleaning valve adjustable by rotating the spool, which adjusts the depth of the needle valve in the orifice, and thus adjusting the effective opening of the orifice.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for disinfecting and removing standing water from the hydraulic plumbing system that circulates water in a whirlpool bath. The apparatus includes a pneumatic pump fluidically coupled to the whirlpool hydraulic plumbing system of a whirlpool bathtub, such that air pressure from the pneumatic pump can be used to flush standing water out of the hydraulic plumbing after each use of the whirlpool bathtub. An ozone generator is pneumatically connected to the pneumatic pump, such that the air circulated by the pump is enriched with ozone or ozonated. The pneumatic plumbing connecting the pneumatic pump to the hydraulic plumbing system is positioned substantially above the maximum water level allowed in the tub and also substantially above the hydraulic plumbing system.

Abstract: Method and device for raising or moving a person from a seated position to a standing position, or vice versa. With this arrangement use is made of a movable frame to which an articulated construction is fixed, which construction consists of a lifting arm which is hingeably connected to the frame via an auxiliary arm. By independently controlling the movement of the lifting arm and the auxiliary arm, it is possible to execute a movement which is adapted to the circumstances of the person who has to be moved, which raising movement can differ from that required when lowering again.

Abstract: The invention relates to table for X-ray examination, comprising a tabletop supported by a frame, on which a person to be examined can lie in a horizontal position of the tabletop. An image recording element, which is movable in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal direction of the tabletop, is connected to the tabletop. The tabletop is vertically adjustable with respect to the frame and pivotable through an angle of ±90° about a pivot pin extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the tabletop.

Abstract: A side bolster system is provided for use with a mattress having a first side and a second side. The side bolster system of the present invention includes a first side bolster configured to be positioned along the first side of the mattress, and a second side bolster configured to be positioned along the second side of the mattress.

Abstract: A stress reducing device is defined by a dual use orthopedic pillow having a low density polyurethane foam outer region, a high density polyurethane foam middle region that are provided in removably attachable layers, so that the size of the device may be adjusted to accommodate different sizes and preferences of individual users. The pillow advantageously includes leg clasps for securely engaging the inner thighs of an individual in a side lying position defined by a stem and a pair of crescent shaped buttresses. The buttresses resist rotation to the prone and supine lying positions. The high density foam within the stem separates the knees to reduce spinal stress. Advantageously, a supine sleeping position is aided by positioning said pillow under the legs to flatten out the spine while supporting the legs at the thigh and calf regions.

Abstract: A bed is provided including a frame, an accessory mount coupled to the frame, a siderail, and an ambulatory assist arm assembly. The accessory mount is configured to removably couple the siderail to the frame so that the siderail can be removed and replaced with the ambulatory assist arm assembly.

Abstract: A method of rinsing laundries in a washing machine with a tilted washing tub consisting of an outer tub and an inner tub is disclosed. In the method of this invention, a predetermined amount of water is primarily fed to the washing tub while constantly rotating the inner tub at an initial speed of no higher than a predetermined rpm, with the amount of water being predetermined in accordance with the weight of the laundries to be rinsed within the washing tub. Thereafter, a circulation-rinsing step is performed. In this step, the laundries are rinsed while rotating the inner tub at a second speed, with the water repeatedly circulated from the washing tub to a nozzle provided at the upper portion of the washing tub through a water circulation hose, and sprayed under pressure from the nozzle into the washing tub.

Abstract: A compact, portable clothes washer and dryer system requires no direct water connection or drain line and includes a feed reservoir for holding hot or cold water; a basket for receiving clothes and said water from said feed reservoir; a filtration membrane unit that generates permeate for rinsing said clothes and retentate; a motor for operating said basket; a pump for circulating water from said feed reservoir through said membrane unit and to said basket; and a heating assembly for drying said clothes in said basket. The system reduces water usage and gray water generation for washing clothes. The system is particularly useful in dormitories, small apartments, or other remote dwellings where water is scarce or where there are no water feed lines or drains.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for increasing the stain resistance of an acid dyeable nylon filament or staple fiber, especially in the form of a textile or floor covering article such as a carpet. The invention involves the addition of a stain blocker to the dye bath through which the textile article is passed. The stain blocker contains phenolic groups and is free of sulfonic and carboxylic groups. After the dyeing process, the carpet is subjected to sequential heat treatments.

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Abstract: A foot support system 60 for supporting a hyperpronating foot 20 both dynamically while the foot 20 is in motion and statically is disclosed. The foot support system 60 is a bed upon which the foot 20 rests which includes an inner edge 62 and an outer edge 64. The foot support system 60 is positioned underneath the medial column of the forefoot of foot 20. The foot support system 60 laterally decreases in thickness from the inner edge 62 to the outer edge 64. The inner edge 62 is positioned along the medial side of the foot 20, and the outer edge 64 is positioned longitudinally in a zone adjacent to a lateral margin of the hallux 48, the proximal phalanx 46, and the first metatarsal 36 and a medial margin of the phalanges 47 of the second toe and the second metatarsal 38.

Abstract: A snow removing device for removing snow and ice from the roof of semi-trailers, vans and similar vehicles. The snow removing device includes; a scraping blade slidably mounted for vertical movement between spaced apart vertical frame posts. A mechanism is provided for automatically adjusting the position of the scraping blade relative to the vehicle's roof so as to maintain a predetermined blade spacing between the blade lower peripheral edge and the vehicle's roof in order to prevent the scraping blade from damaging structures protruding from the vehicle's roof. A resilient skirt extends from the scraping blade so as to fill the spacing there underneath and so as to contact the vehicle's roof. A mechanism is also provided for adjusting the amount of pressure exerted by the scraping blade and resilient skirt on the vehicle's roof depending on the consistency of the snow being scraped. A breaking assembly is further provided for breaking slabs of hardened snow and ice supported on the vehicle's roof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an air circulation type vacuum cleaner comprising a casing having a suction port and an exhaust port separately, a suction blower placed so as to be consecutive to the suction port of the casing in order to suck impurities with surrounding air, a suction fan having a dust collect filter placed so as to be consecutive to the outlet side of the suction blower in order to filter the impurities from the sucked air and a fan motor for generating suction force, at least one reflux pipe arranged its inlet portion is placed on the discharge side of the suction fan having the fan motor in order to return the discharge air discharged from the suction fan to the suction side, and at least one ejector installed on the outlet side of the reflux pipe in order to jet the discharge air with high speed.

Abstract: A floor cloth employed in a suction assembly of a vacuum cleaner for cleaning impurities on a cleaning surface, and an apparatus of the vacuum cleaner for rotatably driving the floor cloth. The rotatable floor cloth driving apparatus includes a rotary member rotatably disposed on a lower end of the suction assembly for supporting the floor cloth, and a rotational driving portion on-off controlled by a manipulation of a driving switch for providing a rotational driving force for rotating the rotary member on on-state. Accordingly, while drawing in air and impurities, the vacuum cleaner can also remove impurities stuck on the cleaning surface with the floor cloth.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaning head for a vacuum cleaner includes structure for inducing vortices in the incoming air travelling between the sole plate and the surface to be cleaned. The vortices assist in entraining dust and dirt particles raised from the surface to be cleaned by a cleaning implement which may be a brush, beater bar or the like. The axis of the vortices is substantially parallel to the surface to be cleaned and the vortices b ring the rotating air substantially adjacent to and preferably in contact with the surface to be cleaned.

Abstract: The invention has been contrived to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior grommets and to provide a water-proof grommet, in which insertion load can be reduced further than those of the prior grommets and an entire grommet is not moved axially irrespective of plate thickness of a member being mounted.

Abstract: In a frictional hinge device, a diameter-increased section 11 of a rotation shaft 10 is formed so that the surface roughness (Ra) is 0.05˜0.20 &mgr;m in the circumferential direction, and the surface roughness (Ra) in the axial direction is 0.15˜0.30 &mgr;m. A relationship between a deviation “P−P” and an innermost dent V is defined as P−P<2.5 &mgr;m and V<1.0 &mgr;m. With the use of synthetic resin (PC, PAR, PPS, e.t.c.), a support block 20 is provided integrally around the rotation shaft 10. The support block 20 tightly engages with the rotation shaft 10 due to a residual stress based on a shrinkage allowance appeared when molding the synthetic resin. With a good deviation “P−P”, a shallower innermost dent V and a smaller surface roughness in the circumferential direction, a stable surface friction is maintained for an extended period time with the least amount of wear.

Abstract: A control unit (10) for “pilgrim step” operation of the detaching cylinders (22, 23) in a combing machine, comprising a first electric motor, which rotates the circular comb (18) of the combing machine with uniform motion and a second electric motor (11), rotating a shaft (12), which houses the components to transmit motion to the detaching cylinders (22, 23). The first electric motor also operates at least one of the components that transmit motion to the detaching cylinders (22, 23), and the motor (11) is operated with a law of motion comprising acceleration and deceleration phases. Both motors mesh at all times and the first motor operates the components to transmit motion to the detaching cylinders (22, 23) by means of a differential device to obtain motion of the “pilgrim step” type.

Abstract: In an effort at increasing the quality and styling of the casket interior, and in particular the casket cap dish assembly, and in an effort to increase the quality of the memorialization aspect of the casket and memorial service, the present invention was devised which comprises, in one aspect, a dish assembly for installation into an underside of a casket cap, the assembly comprising a foam dish including an opening therethrough, and a cap panel installed in the opening in the foam dish. In a second aspect, the dish assembly comprises a dish including an opening therethrough and a cap panel removably installed in the opening in the dish, the cap panel being personalized to the deceased and being removable from the dish by a loved one of the deceased subsequent to a memorial service for the deceased and retained by the loved one as a memorial to the deceased.

Abstract: A method of making a one-piece, unitary lid for a casket comprises providing tooling configured to produce a casket lid having a crown, a pie, a rim and a header, providing settable material, preferably a mixture of wood chips and binder, from which to mold the lid, molding the settable material with the tooling and permitting the settable material to set. The tooling transmits a wood grain pattern into the settable material. The wood grain pattern of the lid is continuous when viewed rotated 180° about an axis perpendicular to the plane defined by the lid, located medially of the transverse extent of the lid and coinciding with the header end edge of the lid. Thus two such caps placed end-to-end have a continuous wood grain pattern extending from the head end of the casket to the foot end of the casket. Resin impregnated tissue paper is applied to the settable material prior to molding. The resin impregnated tissue paper conforms to the wood grain and conceals the wood chips.

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 device is known in which the bulky nonwoven arriving on a continuous belt for water needling is slowly compressed between a needling drum and another belt and at the same time is wetted by a first water curtain from the nozzle bank; its water jets first flow through the continuous belt and then the fiber web and ultimately the needling drum. There is a simpler and thus more economically producible device of this type when instead of the needling drum this compacting unit consists only of two continuous belts which however should be guided such that at the inlet the two working sides of the continuous belts slowly compact and press the incoming nonwoven, and then the belts lying on one another are moved past the nozzle bank as they are held pressed. Additional deflection rollers are used for this purpose.

Abstract: A stage device, usable in, e.g., an exposure apparatus, can include an inexpensive passive type vibration control pad system, while avoiding problems such as contact between stationary and movable parts and deterioration of stage control performance. The stage device includes a stage main body that moves on a base, and a support that is vibrationally isolated from the base. A movable part is disposed on the stage main body. A stationary part is supported by the support, the movable part moving relative to the stationary part. A detector detects a size of a gap between the movable part and the stationary part. An actuator adjusts a relative positional relationship between the movable part and the stationary part based on the detected gap size.

Abstract: A drive-on system for installing a tire chain (i.e., snow chain) on a pneumatic tire mounted on a vehicle wheel. The system includes a U-shaped installation tool whose arms releasably engage fastening elements (hooks or links) at one end of each side chain, and a installation tray or ramp in which the connected tire chain and tool are arranged, and may be stored, prior to installation, with the tire chain in a partially laid-out orientation and the tool preferably within a tool compartment in the tray. To install the tire chain, the vehicle is driven onto the tray and stopped, preferably in a predetermined optimum position in response to a signal initiated by a position-indicating switch on the tray. Then the tool, with one end of the tire chain connected to it and trailing it, is drawn upward and circumferentially around the tire.

Abstract: A riveting system is operable to join two or more workplaces with a rivet. In another aspect of the present invention, a self-piercing rivet is employed. Still another aspect of the present invention employs an electronic control unit and one or more sensors to determine a riveting characteristic and/or an actuator characteristic.

Abstract: A method and a device for manufacturing a hollow body from two plates, which are placed against one another and inserted into an internal high pressure forming tool. After the forming tool is closed, a fluid is introduced under high pressure between the plates by way of an expansion lance inserted between the plates. The plates are expanded until they abut the interior surfaces of the forming tool that match the shape of the hollow body. To achieve a process-reliable manufacture of the hollow body, the plates, before any internal high pressure is developed, are pinched in the thickness direction along the circumference of the opening that surrounds the inserted expansion lance by cooperation between the dies of the forming tool and the circumferential contour of the expansion lance that is oversize relative to the location between the plates at which the expansion lance is introduced.

Abstract: An intraparenchymal infusion catheter system for delivering drugs or other agents to selected sites in an organism, such as a human, includes a pump that may be implanted or disposed outside the organism. A catheter is coupled to the pump. The catheter comprises a flexible biocompatible tubular portion terminating in a free distal end. The distal end of the catheter bears a rounded tip, a portion of which is slidably disposed within the lumen of the tubular portion. The tip is porous for discharging an agent or drug to a selected site. The tip has a microporosity of less than or equal to 0.22 microns. The tubular portion is composed from a material that will expand from its nominal size when exposed to a stimulus such as heat or a solvent and return to its nominal size when the stimulus is withdrawn. By expanding the tubular portion, a physician can select the amount of the tip that is exposed to the organism, thereby customizing the catheter to the structural size of the selected site within the body.

Abstract: An insulating unit has a pair of glass sheets about an edge assembly to provide a compartment between the sheets. The edge assembly has a U-shaped spacer made of metal, metal coated plastic, gas and moisture impervious polymer, or gas and moisture impervious film coated polymer. The outer legs of the spacer and the glass provide a long diffusion path to limit the diffusion of argon gas out of the compartment. The edge assembly has materials selected and sized to provide edge assembly having an RES-value of at least 75.

Abstract: An ultrasonic surgical apparatus for fragmenting and aspirating tissue is disclosed. The apparatus includes a handpiece which encloses a transducer, an aspirating tool, and a connector body connecting the aspirating tool and the transducer. The aspirating tool includes a elongated boy having a centrally located throughbore, a hexagon engagement portion, a threaded proximal end and a distal tip. Methods of manufacturing aspirating tools having small and large diameter throughbores adapted for use with a common handpiece are also disclosed.

Abstract: A device for detaching a suspension assembly, adapted to support a head, staked to an actuator arm of an actuator block of a disc drive. The device includes an expandable device operable between an insertion dimension and a deswaging dimension having a flanged end defining a deswaging surface for forcing the stake from a hole of the actuator arm. In the insertion dimension, the device being sized for insertion through channels of tubular stakes for placement relative to an extended end of the stake. The device being expanded to the deswaging dimension, so that the deswaging surface of the flanged end aligns with an end surface of the stake for removing the stake from the actuator block.

Abstract: A method of forming a thin film magnetic head, including forming a first magnetic layer, forming a second magnetic layer as a magnetic flux passage in combination with the first magnetic layer, and forming a laminate structure body between the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer. The forming of the laminate structure body includes forming a third magnetic layer, a fourth magnetic layer and a non-magnetic conductive layer between the third magnetic layer and the fourth magnetic layer, projecting the laminate structure body more toward an air bearing surface than a projection of the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer toward the air bearing surface, and providing the laminate structure body with a width which is smaller than a width of the first magnetic layer and the second magnetic layer.

Abstract: A second pole piece layer of a write head is constructed using first and second photoresist layers which are sensitive to light with different bandwidths. The second photoresist layer, which is on top of the first photoresist layer, is light exposed with light that excludes light that would change the molecular structure of the first or bottom photoresist layer. After light exposure and development of the second photoresist layer to provide an opening for yoke and back gap portions of the second pole piece layer, the first photoresist layer is light exposed with light that includes the light excluded in the light exposure step of the second photoresist layer. The light exposure of the first photoresist layer and its developing provides the first photoresist layer with an opening for electroplating the second pole tip of the second pole piece layer.

Abstract: A printed wiring board, in which an LSI is enclosed, is to be manufactured efficiently. To this end, a wiring pattern 17 is formed on a first substrate 11, and a component mounting portion 18 is formed in the first substrate 11. An insulating spacer 25 then is formed, in which there is formed a first opening 29 in registration with the component mounting portion 18 of the first substrate 11 for accommodating an LSI 39. A second substrate 19 is stacked on the spacer 25. The component units, thus stacked, are bonded together. A second opening 36 communicating with and continuing to the first opening 29 is formed in the second substrate 19 to expose the component mounting portion 18 to outside. The LSI 39 is mounted on the component mounting portion 18, exposed to outside, and synthetic resin 40 is charged in the first and second openings 29, 36. A third substrate 41 then is mounted for stopping the second opening 36.

Abstract: To stabilize the form of a letter S of an inner lead after bonding in a method of manufacturing &mgr;BGA•IC in which a chip is fixed via an insulating film on a tape carrier on one main surface of which plural inner leads are laid and each electrode pad of the chip is bonded to each inner lead, when the inner lead is bonded to the electrode pad, first, the chip is supplied in a fixed position for a bonding tool using a sprocket hole of the tape carrier. Next, the respective positions of the inner lead and the electrode pad are recognized using a feature lead and an electrode pad. Afterward, the center line of the inner lead is recognized, the inner lead is touched to the chip by the bonding tool and after the inner lead is pushed in the direction of the base and bent in the form of a letter S, the end of the inner lead is bonded to the electrode pad by thermocompression by the bonding tool.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a cooling channel piston, in which the overall height is reduced in that the annular recess has a lower height than the height of the tool used for producing the cooling channel, and the production of the cooling channels starts parallel to the piston boss face, in which the axial height of the annular recess (8) is smaller than the axial height of the cooling channel (13).

Abstract: A shaver for shaving hair from skin includes a cutter head having at least one cutter unit and at least one relatively sharp scraper edge located on the cutter head so as to be pressable into the skin forwardly of the cutter unit to erect hairs in the skin and to tauten the skin in advance of the cutter unit as the cutter head is moved across the skin.

Abstract: A shaving cutter (111) comprises a skin-engaging surface (116) having both a convex elliptic region (116a) and a hyperbolic region (116b). The elliptic region merges with the hyperbolic region along a parabolic transition region (117). Preferably, at least one of the surface regions is perforate. In addition, a concave parabolic skirt region (114) may depend from the hyperbolic region, while a convex parabolic skirt region (115) depends from the elliptic region. Methods of manufacturing the shaving cutter are also described.

Abstract: A trimming tool includes a selectable blade attachment for effecting a conversion between a string trimming mode and a blade trimming mode without requiring disassembly of the unit. The assembly includes a locking mechanism (46) selectively engageable with a pivoting trimming blade (40) that pivots between a retracted position and an extended position by centrifugal force. In one embodiment, the locking mechanism is reciprocated between the locked position and the unlocked position based on a rotation direction of the motor. The locking mechanism itself may also be reciprocated by centrifugal force. A spool lock, which is also positioned by centrifugal force, disables automatic string feeding in the blade trimming mode. The trimming tool may also be provided with a blower function incorporating a blower attachment readily attachable as a trimming guard of the trimming tool, or a blower assembly integrated into the tool components.

Abstract: Apparatus (4) for converting an optical theodolite (2) into a laser theodolite, which apparatus comprises a laser diode adapter (6) for connection to the optical theodolite in place of an eyepiece of a telescope (8) of the optical theodolite, and driver means (10) for the laser diode adapter (6); the laser diode adapter (6) comprising a housing (12), a laser diode (14); a holographic image reshaping lens (51), and a focusing lens (52) in the housing (12), and an externally threaded male portion (16) for screwing into the telescope (8) in place of the eyepiece; and the driver means (10) having securing means (18) for securing the driver means (10) to the optical theodolite (2) remote from the laser diode adapter (6).

Abstract: A marking device is disclosed to enable the placement of an indicator mark on one side of a sheet of material to mark the approximate periphery of a stationary object. The device consists of a base containing at least one inking transfer with a marking surface raised above the base surface. Multiple flexible self-hinges, each having a width, a thickness, a first end and a second end extend, from the first end, at an angle from the first surface of the base. Each of the self-hinges as a contact pad, positioned parallel to the base and adjacent to the second end of the self-hinge. The self-hinges extend from the base a distance sufficient to prevent the sheet material from contacting the inking transfer without the application of sufficient pressure to compress the self-hinges. In one embodiment, the base contains positioned to receive the self-hinges and contact pads during compression. The second surface of the base has affixing members to enable the base to be positioned on the item to be marked.

Abstract: A tank stores a drying liquid for drying a semiconductor wafer. A boat vertically holds a plurality of target semiconductor wafers to be dried. The semiconductor wafers which are held by the boat are entirely soaked in the drying liquid. After this, the semiconductor wafers are lifted from the drying liquid at a rate in a range from 1 to 3 mm/min, so as to be dried. At this time, the surface of the drying liquid is divided with using a dividing liquid at each side of the semiconductor wafer. The dividing plate divides the surface of the drying liquid, thereby to prevent particles, which are once removed from the semiconductor wafer, from being again adhered onto the semiconductor wafer.

Abstract: Improved spray drying apparati, and methods of use thereof, have been developed. The spray drying equipment includes a primary drying chamber and a secondary drying apparatus which includes tubing having a length sufficient to increase the contact time between the drying gas and the droplets/particles to dry the particles to the extent desired, at a drying rate and temperature which would be too low to provide adequate drying without the secondary drying apparatus. The secondary drying apparatus increases the drying efficiency of the spray dryer system without increasing the drying rate, while minimizing loss in yield. The ratio of the length of tubing to the length of the primary drying chamber is at least 2:1. The tubing diameter is substantially smaller than the diameter of the primary drying chamber, such that the particles move at higher velocity through the tubing to minimize product losses.

Abstract: A shock absorbing section (10) of a shoe sole (1) is provided with a shearing transformation element (11). This shearing transformation element (11, 11A) is supported at an upper position dislocated forward (F) with respect to a grounding surface (20) so that it performs a shearing transformation independently due to a load (W) applied from above.

Abstract: A combined pronation and supination control plantar insert for shoes comprising posture control elements adapted to correct and/or modify the posture of the entire tendon, bone and muscle structure of the body, both laterally and medially and both for talipes equinus and for talipes calcaneus. The plantar insert allows to correct the main postural defects involving mastication, cervical structures, the spinal column, hips, ankles and feet.

Abstract: A card with a removal and reusable covering thin transparent vinyl layer sheet with indicia thereon and a backing material sheet layered under said vinyl layer sheet and removably retained thereto by static cling without the use of adhesives there between. The covering vinyl sheet may cover part or all of one side of the backing material sheet such as in a folded greeting or a unfolded postcard, respectively. The indicia may take on almost any form of visual data including letters, words, pictorial representations, drawings, photographs, logos or any combination thereof. When the vinyl layer sheet is removed from the backing sheet, it may be placed on any flat smooth surface, such as a glass window pane, as long as static cling can hold the removable vinyl layer sheet thereto.

Abstract: A luminous electric display unit is disclosed in which glass tubing containing inert gas such as neon is entirely or substantially enclosed within a protective housing, thereby providing protection both for the glass tubing and the public.

Abstract: A firearm in which a mechanical identification is integral with the surface of the chamber. Preferably the identification markings are elongated (ridges or grooves) in the direction of spent casing extraction. The extracted casings are thereby marked with a unique weapon identification number, which can easily be read by standard forensics methods.

Abstract: An adjustable weapon auxiliary mount for mounting devices of different diameters, one at a time, to a rail of a weapon. The adjustable weapon auxiliary mount is provided with a base, a device clamp and a rail clamp. The base has a first end, an opposed second end, and a clamping surface formed therebetween. The device clamp is mounted to the base. The device clamp is provided with a clamping member having a clamping surface facing the clamping surface of the base and spatially disposed therefrom so as to define a receiving space for receiving one device and securely gripping the device. The clamping surfaces of the clamping member and the base are configured to securely grip, one at a time, devices having varying diameters within a predetermined range.