Abstract: A basting brush having a replaceable bristle head provides for economical and hygienic reuse of basting brush handle portions. The brush also permits rapid twist-lock disconnection and replacement of the bristle head element. Angled bristles, a curved neck and a soft-grip hand-piece provide for improved comfort during use for more convenient basting action.

Abstract: A mop has a handle and a mop head including a set of mop fibers attached to a connector. The connector includes a strap extending from a base plate. The strap includes a molded curved section between an end and a section of relatively flexibility. The end of the strap includes barbs that allow it to be anchored to a slot in the base plate, binding the mop fibers in place. The connector has a rigid stem that fits within an open lower end of a broom handle. The stem includes a button on a deformable web, which seats in a sidewall aperture on the handle to releasably secure the connector to the handle.

Abstract: A wet/dry vacuum appliance having a lid and a collection canister is disclosed. A latching mechanism is provided for detachably affixing the lid atop the collection canister. In one embodiment, the latching mechanism comprises a pair of opposing latch members rotatably coupled to the lid. The latching members each have an upper, end adapted to engage journals formed on the lid. Each upper end is provided with retaining means for preventing the latch member from becoming disengaged from the journals. A lower end of each latching member is adapted to engage a latching element such as a rib formed on said collection canister.

Abstract: A doorstop device to automatically and securely fix the door to be retained at the same opened position comprises a door member 11 mounted on a bottom side of a door 10 and including a magnet 12 and an elastic fixing member 17, and a floor member 15 buried in a floor face 18 and having a movable piece 16 which is attracted to the magnet 12 and engages with the elastic fixing member 17. As the door opened, the movable piece 16 of the floor member 15 projects and attaches to the magnet 12 of the door member 11, and the elastic fixing member 17 presses and holds the movable piece 16, thereby fixing the door 10 to be retained at the same position.

Abstract: A door stop for hollow walls having two drywall surfaces. The door stop comprises a cylindrical housing having an outwardly turned flange serving as a trim plate engaging the drywall surface exposed to the door knob of a swinging door. The flange is located at the exposed end of the housing. A piston occupies and is entrapped within a chamber formed in the housing. The piston is exposed to the door knob and presents surface roughly flush with the outer surface of the wall. The piston receives impacts when the door is swung so that the door knob strikes the wall. A spring inside the housing decelerates the piston responsive to the door being swung until contact with the wall ensues, and subsequently returns the piston to its original position. The chamber of the housing communicates to the exterior by a small orifice, so that piston movement is pneumatically dampened.

Abstract: A running carriage (1) includes a support piece (27) connected to the roller carrier (25) in an articulated manner. The support piece (27) is preferably injection molded as a single piece. Using an adjusting and displacing bolt (41) screwed into the support piece (27), the mutual angular position of the support piece (27) and the roller carrier (25) can be adjusted and displaced.

Abstract: A snap-in hinge for an enclosure having provisions to prevent binding of the attached cover. The hinge includes at least two legs extending from the ends of a curved portion of the hinge and a blocking means integral with the corresponding hinge slot located in the enclosure. The legs, extending from the ends of the hinge, provide a smooth and continuous bearing surface for the enclosure cover, thereby preventing the enclosure cover from being trapped under an extended portion of the hinge which might be used to prevent over insertion of the hinge into the hinge slot. The blocking means of the corresponding hinge slot engaging parallel edges of the curved portion on the hinge prevents the hinge from being over inserted into the slot and thereby binding on the portion of the enclosure cover captivated by the curved portion of the hinge.

Abstract: An arrangement is provided in connection with a cellular mobile telephone, having a protective hatch or flip pivotably arranged on a housing of the telephone. The flip is pivotable around an axle and is arranged to be able to physically cover at least parts of a keypad on the telephone. The axle includes passive hinges at its one end for establishing a physical pivotable connection along an axis of pivot for the flip, and an active hinge arrangement at its other end for positively urging the flip to occupy at least one predetermined position. The active hinge arrangement is arranged in a substantially closed compartment or cavity at one end of the housing and is formed from a shaft and a combined torsion/pressure spring arranged thereon.

Abstract: A hinge for a notebook computer is disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides an ergonomical handle for a power tool that reduces the risk of injury to an operator's wrist or forearm by redirecting torsional forces to the operator's upper arm and reducing the force provided by the tool operator necessary to resist the torque produced by the tool. The handle includes a concave channel and a means for attaching the handle to a tool adjacent to the barrel of the tool, such as an annular collar with a substantially elliptical outer diameter. In a preferred embodiment, the channel includes an inner side wall and an outer side wall that are curved in a nonparallel fashion so as to mirror the planar and dorsal sides of a hand. In use, a tool operator inserts a hand into the channel. The side walls of the channel frictionally engage the operator's hand so that the operator may operate the tool without gripping the barrel thereof.

Abstract: There is disclosed a belt clip capable of being clipped onto a user's belt or garment edge for carrying small items like a pager or a cellular telephone. The belt clip comprises a belt clip body with a bottom flange that has two different flange surfaces. The first flange surface is flat and abuts the back of the cellular telephone when the cellular telephone is attached to the belt clip. The second flange surface is also flat but lies in a plane that is disposed at an angle with respect to the plane of the first flange surface. The second flange surface does not abut the back of the cellular telephone. A space is formed between the second flange surface and the back of the cellular telephone to facilitate the placement of the combination of the belt clip and cellular telephone on the user's belt or garment edge. The space also facilitates the removal of the combination of the belt clip and cellular telephone from the user's belt or garment edge.

Abstract: A brassiere back closure can have flat circular injection molded male and female fastener halves connectable in a hook-and-eye fashion on respective tapes partly covered by brushed knitted strips and designed to be pulled apart for opening of the closure.

Abstract: A tobacco belt buckle pipe serves as a closure for the opposite ends of a belt and also serves as a smoking pipe. The buckle pipe includes a geometrically shaped tubing which includes an endless internal passageway having an opening defined as a receptacle for insertably receiving a quantity of tobacco and further having a slit opening in the tubing for holding the tobacco. A rotatable closure device is provided around the tubing having an opening having a first position remote from the receptacle so as to close the receptacle and a second or operative position in registry with the receptacle during a smoking procedure. A pipe stem is secured to a rotatable bearing or coupling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a clip used in connecting between a wiper blade and a wiper arm of a vehicle that can eliminate the generation of a gap which used to be present when assembling a wiper arm and conventional type of clips. The clip of the present invention, when installed into the main shaft of a wiper blade so that it can wrap around a wiper arm, can not only prevent the generation of a gap between a wiper arm and the clip, but also eliminate the trembling phenomenon of a wiper arm and the resulting noise that used to occur in the conventional type of clips during the normal operation.

Abstract: A button clip, especially for the attachment of a strap to a strapless brassiere, has a pair of tongues which can be clamped against the strapless brassiere by the movement of a slider therealong. The slider has the configuration of a button with a hole in its center through which a tongue surface is visible. The tongues are attached to the strap by a pair of plates.

Abstract: Methods, an apparatus and a system in which reclosable bags and components thereof are formed are disclosed. The reclosable bags 2001 are made from base web material that has transversely applied fastener tape segments thereon. The web material is used in a vertical form, fill and seal bag forming method. The method includes the steps of supplying a continuous strip of tape, having male and female fasteners profiler across the web for sealing thereon. In one embodiment a continuous strip of barrier material, and a continuous strip of fastener having first and second interlocked fastener profile strips are positioned on the continuous strip of tape; and secured thereon, the barrier tape is folded to obtain a fold and two opposing barrier tape fastener strip connecting portions; and, the fold is slit to form two separate continuous strips of barrier material strips and two continuous strips of tape.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for guiding a textile tube to the rollers of a machine, which reduces the tensioning of the fabric and accordingly reduces post-production shrinkage. A feeding arm mounted on a support, preferably at a slight downward incline, provides a spreader having a breadth sufficient to flatten the textile tube. In a preferred embodiment a plurality of feeding arms are rotatably mounted to the support, so that as one feeding arm is being used to feed the fabric into the machine another feeding arm can be loaded with a textile tube.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for hydroentangling polymeric filament webs for production of low basis weight nonwoven fabrics. A hydroentangling device having a foraminous forming surface is employed for hydroentangling a precursor web to form a fabric. High-speed production of relatively low basis weight fabrics can be achieved, with the fabrics exhibiting desired softness, uniformity, and strength characteristics.

Abstract: The device (100) is used to apply a treatment medium to a moving strip of material (W) e.g. a dyebath to a strip of carpet. The device (100) is composed of a rigid support (3) that is securely arranged in a machine frame (1) and extends in a perpendicular position with respect to the strip of material, an inflatable pressure cushion (12) extending along the support (3), a less rigid supporting beam (13) arranged on the pressure cushion (12) with ends that are mounted in an articulating manner on the machine frame (1) around axes (22, 22) that are parallel to the strip of material, in addition to an application beam (25) placed on the supporting beam (13) in perpendicular position with respect to the strip of material (W) and running parallel to the surfaces thereof, whereby the application beam rests upon the strip of material (W) with the aid of a sliding surface. An application slit (30) that opens out onto the sliding surface (35) in placed in the vicinity thereof.

Abstract: An improved heavy denier fibrillated polymer carpet yarn is densely knit, deknit and heat treated. An improved carpet face yarn is provided in an omnidirectional carpet pile.

Abstract: A method of forming an ultrasound transducer having thermoformed protuberances comprises providing a substrate having a plurality of perforations of a given dimension. The perforations or apertures are formed in the substrate and operate to determine the resonance frequency associated with the transducer. A film of polymeric material capable of showing piezoelectric properties when strained in its plane and electrically biassed by a field applied in a direction normal to its faces, is then laminated onto the substrate. The film is heated to a given temperature and a pressure differential is applied between the top and bottom surfaces of the film for a sufficient time to form protuberances in the film through the apertures in the substrate.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing an enveloped multilayer capacitor and an enveloped multilayer comprising a method of manufacturing enveloped multilayer capacitors, in which a flat supporting plate of an electrically insulating material is provided with through-holes, dielectric layers and electrode layers are provided in the holes and on both surfaces of the flat supporting plate, after a sufficient number of layers has been provided for the intended purpose, the supporting plate is covered on both sides with a cover plate of an electrically insulating material which is hermetically secured to the supporting plate of an electrically insulating material, the assembly is subdivided into blocks which each comprise a multilayer capacitor enveloped by an electrically insulating material, with partition lines extending through the electrode layers situated on both surfaces of the supporting plate, and, subsequently, end contacts are provided on two opposing ends of the blocks.

Abstract: A system for holding or transporting engraveable workpieces of different configurations is provided. The system includes a first workpiece carrier that has an internal relief configured to receive a first workpiece having a first configuration. The system also includes a second workpiece carrier that has an internal relief configured to receive a second workpiece having a second configuration. The outer surface of the second workpiece carrier is substantially the same as the outer shape of the first workpiece carrier, to thereby provide a carrier of uniform outer dimensions regardless of the workpiece configuration. The carrier may hold the workpiece within the internal relief through a snap lock and in such a manner as to avoid contact with and possible damage from an adjacently stored workpiece.

Abstract: A method and device for A process for removing oxide skin from cut surfaces of a thin-walled metal strip used for preparing strip material for welded pipes. The invention comprises passing the metal strip between pairs of rotating cutting tools and applying a low self-adjusting working pressure to the cut surfaces with the tools. During this process, the temperature of the metal strip is maintained below 80° C. to prevent the oxide skin from redepositing.

Abstract: A tool for removal of an automotive engine valve from a cylinder head, the valve including a valve stem, valve spring, and keepers locking the spring in engagement with the valve stem. The tool compresses the valve spring to remove the keepers from the valve stem to thereby permit removal of said valve. The tool includes a working head and a shaft/handle extending up from it. The working head includes axially aligned bottom and top members separated by spacer posts. The bottom member includes an annular ring with a center aperture and an upstanding cylindrical sidewall, and magnets on the annular ring within the sidewall. The shaft/handle are connected to the top member and extend upward from the working head in axial alignment with it. Axial movement of the working head along the valve stem and against the valve spring compresses the spring to release the keepers from the valve stem for attachment to the magnets.

Abstract: A prewinder mandrel including an elongate shaft having a threaded lead end, a slot dividing the lead end into first and second end portions, and a pair of opposing beveled edges on the first end portion. A first drive edge is located between the first and second beveled edges, a second drive edge is located on an outer edge of the second end portion, and an inclined ramp extends along the second end portion from the leading edge towards the slot. The mandrel may part of a prewinder tool for installing helical wire inserts that includes a drive mechanism coupled to the mandrel shaft and a threaded nozzle through which the shaft extends. The shaft includes a threaded intermediate region for engaging the threaded nozzle to drive the mandrel at a predetermined pitch. The lead end is inserted into a wire insert, the shaft rotated to advance the insert over the lead end until the tang engages a first beveled edge and is seated within the slot.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing sealing tool comprising a socket (3) and a head (4) at one end and the other end of a linear element (2) respectively and a protrusion (11) for locking the head (4) in a head-insertion hole (10) of the socket (3), which comprises the steps in the mentioned sequence of fixing a core ball (13) and either the socket (3) or the head (4) to the linear element (2), cutting the linear element (2) at a point close to the core ball (13), pulling the linear element (2) to bring the core ball (13) to be set in a cavity (27) and filing a synthetic resin in the cavity (27) in a manner such that the core ball (13) and the socket (3) engageable with the head (4) are integrally formed.

Abstract: A method of covering a flower pot with a floral grouping disposed therein. In the method, a sheet of material with a sheet extension connected to the outer peripheral edge of the sheet of material and extending a distance therefrom is formed about the flower pot to a position wherein the sheet of material extends about substantially the entire outer peripheral surface of the flower pot to provide a decorative covering and the sheet extension is formed about the floral grouping to a position wherein the sheet extension extends about a portion of the floral grouping to provide a protective covering. A portion of the sheet of material is then crimped to form a crimped portion in the sheet of material.

Abstract: A covering for a flower pot with a floral grouping disposed therein and extending a distance above an upper end of the flower pot wherein the flower pot has a lower end and an outer peripheral surface. The covering includes a sheet of material having an upper surface, a lower surface and an outer peripheral surface with a sheet extension connected to the outer peripheral surface of the sheet of material and extending a distance from the outer peripheral surface of the sheet of material. The sheet of material is formed about the flower pot to a position wherein the sheet of material extends about substantially the entire outer peripheral surface of the flower pot to provide a decorative covering and the sheet extension is formed about the floral grouping to a position wherein the sheet extension extends about a substantial portion of the floral grouping to provide a protective covering.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for attaching a processor bracket to a system board. The apparatus includes: a) a driver base, b) a plurality of air drivers secured to the driver base, c) a screwdriver rod, with a screwdriver head, extending from each air driver, and d) a positioning guide attached to the driver base. The method includes the steps of: a) positioning a processor bracket, having a processor bracket slot and having multiple bracket nuts, on a system board, b) positioning a positioning guide of a multiple nut driver within the processor bracket slot, c) contacting the bracket nuts with the corresponding screwdriver heads of the multiple nut driver, and d) exerting downward pressure on all the screwdriver heads.

Abstract: A method of applying a matching layer to a transducer includes placing the transducer on a fixture and covering the transducer with a stencil so that an opening in the stencil allows access to a metal-coated, piezoelectric surface of the transducer, and so that the stencil is affixed to the transducer surface. A roughly cylindrically shaped bead of epoxy is extruded onto the stencil at a predetermined distance from the opening, and a blade is positioned upstanding relative to the transducer surface and located so that the bead lies between the blade and the opening. The fixture is moved laterally so that the blade rolls the bead across the exposed transducer surface to form a layer of epoxy thereon. The fixture can then be moved back in the opposite direction to its initial position if desired. The assembly can also be subjected to a vacuum before the fixture is returned to its initial position. If desired, the fixture can be designed to vibrate during movement.

Abstract: A stator assembly method is disclosed for constructing a generator stator in the field. For stator assembly, the method includes the steps of positioning a stator frame on an assembly site; inserting a plurality of stator core modules into the stator frame; clamping the stator core modules together to form a stator core, attaching the stator core to the stator frame; and, winding a plurality of coil windings into the stator core. The stator may be positioned substantially vertically or horizontally at various steps in the method. The stator assembly method may also employ an assembly base to facilitate construction of the stator in the field.

Abstract: A method for adjusting the curvature of an air bearing surface (ABS) of a slider having a back surface opposite the ABS. The method includes steps of repeatedly measuring the curvature of the ABS and scribing lines (e.g. with a laser scribing tool) on the back surface to partially adjust the curvature of the ABS. In each measuring/scribing installment, the curvature of the ABS is measured and compared with a final target curvature to determine a curvature difference between the measured curvature and final target curvature. Each installment of scribing lines corrects for a predetermined percentage of the curvature difference. The predetermined percentage may be different in succeeding installments. Alternatively, each installment changes the curvature of the slider to match an intermediate target curvature. In a three-installment process, for example, there will be two intermediate target curvatures and a final target curvature.

Abstract: A method of forming a key comprising the steps of: depositing an electroless metallic layer on an upper surface of a substrate; removing the metallic layer from selected portions to expose the substrate, said exposed portions of the substrate defining the image of an indicia; depositing a second metallic layer on the remaining portions of the first metallic layer by electrolysis; and coupling a lower surface of the substrate to an element for actuating a switch. A device for tactile actuation by a user, having an element, for activating a switch, coupled to a body supporting a metallic layer for tactile actuation by a user, wherein the metallic layer extends over an upper surface of the body and wherein at least one aperture extends through the metallic layer to said upper surface thereby defining at least one visible indicia.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and a disk file for adjusting the height of a set of load/unload lift cams with respect to the axial height of an associated stack of disks. The method steps comprise supporting load/unload lift cams with an adjustment tool, measuring the relative height of the load/unload lift cams with respect to the stack of disks in the axial direction with a non-contact transducer, and fixing the load/unload lift cams at a registered height with respect to the stack of disks.

Abstract: The method for the manufacture of multilayer connecting substrates with multiple functions comprises the design of the connecting substrate taking place in functionally separated manner, in that signal conducting substrate parts (19), power supplying substrate parts (2), mechanical substrate parts (7), as well as the arrangement of components (4) or component-carrying substrate parts is separately planned and optimized as independent functions or modules and finally associated with spatially separated functional areas (inner/outer) of the overall circuit, the design taking place by the connection of the modules to an overall circuit embodying the connecting substrate. The resulting multilayer circuit with conductor network (19, 2), components (4) and mechanical stiffening elements (7) has the following structure.

Abstract: In a surface-acoustic-wave (SAW) device and method of fabricating the same, a SAW chip is flip-chip mounted in a package. The package has a window facing an electrode formed surface of the SAW chip. After the SAW chip is mounted, the in-process item is inserted into reactive ion etching equipment, with the window open. The substrate or electrodes of the SAW chip is etched by an etching gas introduced into the ion etching equipment. Films may be formed on the electrode formation surface, in place of etching. Thus, variation in characteristics stemming from variations in manufacturing processes can be suppressed.

Abstract: Connectors and electrical wires of a wire harness are temporarily arranged on a plate, and an interior panel on which fixtures are provided is set on the plate on which the wire harness is temporarily arranged. Connectors and electric wires are held by the fixtures, and the interior panel is separated from the plate, so that the wire harness is integrated with the interior panel. Since connectors and electric wires are positively held by the fixtures, the shape of the wire harness is not collapsed, and the fixtures are used not only as temporary fixtures but also as final fixtures to attach the wire harness onto the interior panel. Accordingly, when the automobile manufacturer attaches the interior panel to an automobile body, the wire harness is simultaneously incorporated into the automobile body.

Abstract: A method of fitting connectors includes a step of inserting a first connector into a mounting hole of a joint body from one side of the mounting hole in order to temporarily retain the first connector in the mounting hole, a step of inserting a second connector into the mounting hole from the other side of the joint body in order to release the condition in that the first connector has been retained in the mounting hole simultaneously with fitting both connectors to each other, and a step of inserting the second connector into the mounting hole further so that the second connector is primarily fixed in the mounting hole.

Abstract: The concentric wrench includes an outer tube having flats at one end and a gripping surface at an opposite end. An inner tube has interior flats at one end and a gripping surface at its opposite end. With the inner and outer tubes disposed about a pressure transmitting conduit, the tubes may be inserted into a blind access opening in the outer turbine casing to engage the flats of the tubes against hex nuts of an internal fitting. By relatively rotating the tubes using the externally exposed gripping surfaces, the threaded connection between the parts of the fitting bearing the respective hex nuts can be tightened or loosened.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a turbine nozzle having a nozzle blade body, a flat plate is prepared. A first support plate for supporting an inner ring side of the turbine nozzle is blanked from the flat plate by using laser beam cutting. A second support plate for supporting an outer ring side of the turbine nozzle is blanked from the flat plate by using laser beam cutting. Each of the first and second support plates in bent so as to form each of the first and second support plates as a ring member. While controlling laser beam based on a program, by the laser beam, the ring-formed first and second support plates are drilled so as to form holes therethrough. At that time, each of the holes has a three-dimensional blade profile, and the three-dimensional blade profile corresponds to a three-dimensional profile of the nozzle blade body. After that, the nozzle blade body is inserted into the holes of the first and second support platen so as to weld the nozzle blade body thereto by using a laser beam.

Abstract: A method of forming an internal channel within an article, such as a cooling channel in an air-cooled blade, vane, shroud, combustor or duct of a gas turbine engine. The method generally entails forming a substrate to have a groove recessed in its surface. A sacrificial material is then deposited in the groove to form a filler that can be preferentially removed from the groove. A permanent layer is then deposited on the surface of the substrate and over the filler, after which the filler is removed from the groove to yield the desired channel in the substrate beneath the permanent layer.

Abstract: A gas generator is produced of separate units, including a mixing head, a casing and an outlet branch pipe, which are interjoined by welding. The mixing head is welded to the outlet branch pipe through a spacer and a structural spherical casing. The spacer and the outlet branch pipe are made of two inter-brazed envelopes, the inner envelopes of the spacer and the branch pipe are welded at their end faces by electron-beam welding, and the outer structural envelopes are welded by electron-arc welding using a split ring. The spacer is joined to the mixing head by automatic gas-shielded welding. The spherical casing of the gas generator is welded to the outlet branch pipe and the mixing head after the spacer is welded to the mixing head and the outlet branch pipe.

Abstract: A heat sink comprises a base plate and a plurality of heat dissipating fins upwardly extending from the base plate. Each fin includes a heat dissipating portion and a connecting portion integrated with the base plate by punching whereby concave sections are left in the connecting portion. The fins can be formed in various shapes by shearing and bending or by bending a metal sheet. A method for making a reliable heat sink includes a preparing step, a punching step and a flattening step. The preparing step comprises manufacturing a base plate and a plurality of fins each including a connecting portion and a heat dissipating portion. The punching step comprises punching the connecting portions of the fins against the base plate thereby integrating the connecting portions with the base plate, forming concave sections in the connecting portions and convex sections on an opposite lower surface of the base plate.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a heat pipe integrated into a heat sink. A pipe-shaped groove is mounted into the mold of the heat sink. The heat pipe is shaped into a form fitting into the groove and mounted into the groove. The heat sink is formed by compression casting and the heat pipe is integrated into the heat sink. The heat pipe has at least one open end exposed to the lateral side of the heat sink. Heat conductive liquid is filled into the heat pipe through the above open end which is sealed by tin afterwards. According to the foregoing method, the heat pipe is formed integrally in the heat sink so that the separation of the heat pipe can be avoided and the efficiency of heat dissipation is also improved.

Abstract: A wick trimmer includes a gauge for assisting a user in trimming a candle wick to an appropriate length. The wick trimmer is adapted to be of a shape and size to allow a user to trim the wick within a votive holder, hurricane lamp, or the like without removing the candle. The gauge may be fixedly, rotatably, or slidably attached to the cutter and extends transversely of the blade of the cutter.

Abstract: The present invention is a hand held utility knife for cutting and trimming materials such as carpet, vinyl, wallpaper and the like. The utility knife comprises a knife body adapted for grasping in a single hand and at least one knife blade mounted proximate a guide end in the knife body and having a cutting direction axis. The guide end includes at least one guide cheek defining a planar surface disposed at an angle theta relative to the knife blade such that the guide cheek is adapted to slidably engage and move parallel along an adjacent planar surface thereby ensuring that the blade cuts material at a uniform and preselected angle. The guide cheek ensures the knife cuts in a uniform angular relationship relative to an adjacent planar surface such that the guide minimizes rotation of the knife body about the cutting direction axis.

Abstract: A windshield remover knife is described. The knife is principally comprised of a straight, elongated shaft having a pivotal neck portion securing a cutting blade for cutting through the adhesive, elastomeric bond holding the windshield in place. When the shaft is held by an operator in a horizontal position, the neck portion can be secured in the same identical plane as the shaft with the cutting edge of the blade facing downward. In this horizontal position, the neck portion can also be pivoted and secured in pivotal alignment to the left or right of this plane of the shaft at any angle up to 90°. In this manner the neck portion of the knife can be configured to even extreme windshield curvatures while maintaining the shaft portion in a comfortable position for rapid and efficient cutting of the adhesive bond.

Abstract: A method for determining azimuth in well bore hole where the well is being drilled utilizing Measurement-While-Drilling (MWD) equipment, including gravitometer and magnetometer instruments in the presence of an adjacent well. Interference fields introduced by adjacent wells are modeled as a single or series of magnetic dipoles. The interference fields axial interference field IBz is tracked and a position determined where the IBz component is at its maximum, minimum or a zero value. The total magnetic field is then measured at that point and the magnetic inclination and therefrom, the azimuth may be determined. Alternately, the interference field in the x,y plane (IB(x,y)) may be tracked and a position determined where the IB(x,y) component is equal to a minimum, maximum or zero value. The azimuth may then be determined by an alternate numeric or curve fitting methods.

Abstract: A cutting template for use in cutting a geometric shape or pattern, such as an oval, of any size, into or out of a selected medium. A preferred embodiment configured according to the invention includes a transparent or translucent sheet with two or more grooves therein that generally define a selected geometric pattern, and additional grooves in the sheet define one or more similar patterns that differ in size, with the several different size patterns being arranged in a nested relationship. The grooves serve as guide channels for a cutting instrument that extends directly through the channels into cutting relation with an underlying medium, thereby eliminating any need for separately tracing the desired pattern onto the medium. Different embodiments of the invention have sets of grooves which define different shapes.