Abstract: A plural-layer body-contacting cushioning interface structure and method. The cushioning structure is interposable the human body and an external structure, such as a helmet. The cushioning structure of the invention, in one preferred form, has a bodyfacing side which contacts the body, and a load-facing side which contacts the mentioned external structure. Intermediate these sides is a moisture-wicking layer which is designed to contact, and draw moisture away from, the body, a continuous, moisture-blocking, gas-permeable barrier layer adjacent the moisture-wicking layer, and an acceleration-rate -sensitive cushioning structure disposed protectedly within the barrier layer which fully encapsulates the cushioning structure.

Abstract: Protective headwear (e.g., helmet) is provided with patterned reflective surfaces that are highly reflective and resist rough handling. The reflective surface is produced by sealing a reflective sheet between a base and a cover layer that includes a pattern, to protect the reflective sheet from the environment. The protective headwear can reflect light in different colors. A method for cost-effectively producing reflective objects by injection molding is also provided.

Abstract: Protective headwear (e.g., helmet) is provided with patterned reflective surfaces that are highly reflective and resist rough handling. The reflective surface is produced by sealing a reflective sheet between a base and a cover layer that includes a pattern, to protect the reflective sheet from the environment. The protective headwear can reflect light in different colors. A method for cost-effectively producing reflective objects by injection molding is also provided.

Abstract: Protective wrestler headgear having straps fully adjustable by the user with the headgear in place on the head. To allow adjustment of each strap, the adjustment is spaced from the ear cover an amount sufficient to permit some small spacing from the head thereby providing sufficient room for the strap to be moved through the adjustment element that is attached to the ear cover. In the embodiment described below, the adjustment element comprises a “D-ring” attached to, but spaced from, the ear cover. The strap extending from the other ear cover passes through the D-ring with enough clearance from the head and nearest ear cover to permit movement of the strap relative to the D-ring with the headgear in place on the wrestler's head.

Abstract: A portable urinal apparatus includes a supporter attached to the top of a catch basin and a discharge tube attached to the bottom of the catch basin, in which the catch basin is constructed so as to catch urinary fluids and direct those fluids down through the discharge tube into the toilet bowl of a conventional sit down toilet. An interior chamber is defined by the walls of the catch basin. The sides of the catch basin are sloped to direct fluids towards the middle and bottom of the interior chamber of the catch basin, rather than outside the basin. The bottom of the catch basin is sloped to direct fluids towards the discharge tube. When in use, the bottom end of the discharge tube is positioned over the middle area of the toilet bowl.

Abstract: A toilet bowl, the toilet bowl including a body in which feces are contained and a seat plate on which bottoms of a user directly touch, wherein the apparatus comprises: a plurality of suction inlets formed underneath the seat plate for sucking in air within the body; a suction passage formed along a margin of the seat plate for collecting the air sucked in through the plurality of suction inlets to discharge same thereafter; a blower mounted in communication with the suction passage; and a drain passage communicating with a discharge outlet of the blower, such that stench generated while a user relieves himself or herself is eliminated to be discharged through a drain pipe such that displeasure in and out of the toilet room can be removed.

Abstract: A combination hydrothermal bath and bidet that is one-piece, made of porcelain, and has a base portion, a front portion, a rear portion, a pair of side portions, and a seat portion. The base portion rests on a floor. The front portion extends upwardly from the base portion. The back portion extends upwardly from the base portion and is leaned against by the back of the user when the combination is utilized as a hydrothermal bath. The pair of side portions extend upwardly from the base portion and forwardly from the back portion to the front portion and are straddled by the legs of the user. The seat portion is sat upon by the user when the combination is utilized as the hydrothermal bath, and is bordered by the base portion, the front portion, the rear portion, and the pair of side portions.

Abstract: A commode is disclosed having a specially configured pan that can be used as a splash guard when the commode is used in conjunction with a household toilet and the same configuration or shape can be used as a pail for a stand alone commode. In either case, the pan pan in intended for use with a commode seat having an elongated opening and thus has an upper opening that is generally rectangular in configuration. The pan also has a sloping front surface that directs the waste products rearwardly and downwardly to a circular bottom. The centerline of the circular bottom is displaced rearwardly with respect to the midpoint of the front to back length of the pan so that the pan can be used over a household toilet and the waste products are directed to the center of the receiving portion of that toilet.

Abstract: The present invention provides a seat supporting table for a barber or beauty chair which can slide a barber or beauty chair even when the barber or beauty chair is provided with no sliding function, or a hair washer with the seat supporting table. A sliding plate 11, to which a barber or beauty chair 20 is attached, is slid forward and backward to a desired position toward a seat back face of the attached barber or beauty chair along a guide rail 14 for guiding a slide of the sliding plate 11, wherein a sliding power controlling bolt 15 for controlling a sliding power required for sliding the sliding plate 11 and a slider 16.

Abstract: A unitary U-shaped safety enclosure or barrier formed of a resilient and heat and water-resistant material is removably positionable in a bathtub in enclosing relation about the water faucet and valve thereof to prevent access thereto and minimize injuries to a bather, such as arising from a slip or fall, or a child inappropriately adjusting the temperature or water being supplied to the tub, possibly resulting in scalding or the tub to overflow. The safety enclosure includes a central wall that extends above and shields the bather from the water delivery faucet, and a pair of sidewalls that space the central wall from the faucet and have slotted portions for hanging the enclosure. A net-like basket is removably mounted within the U-shaped enclosure for storing bath apparatus and permitting water to drain from the bath apparatus when the enclosure is hung or otherwise removed from the water.

Abstract: An invalid positioning device comprising a support structure, a lifting element which is angularly displaceable about a main horizontal axis relative to the support structure, and a power operated mechanism for pivoting the lifting element about the said main horizontal axis. The power operated mechanism is arranged such that the torque applied by the power operated mechanism decreases as the lifting element moves away from one extreme position and increases again as the lifting element approaches its other extreme position and such that the angular speed of the lifting element increases as it moves away from one extreme position and decreases as it approaches its other extreme position.

Abstract: A bassinet and bouncer combination is provided. The frame of the bassinet and bouncer combination is readily foldable such that it is easily carried and stored. The bassinet and bouncer combination may include a seat positionable in at least two positions such that it may be used as a traditional bassinet (reclined position) or traditional bouncer (sitting-up position). A baby support has a base with a portion that is adapted to lie on the floor, and a pair of arms that extend from their first ends upwardly and rearwardly from the portion and on one side thereof when in a deployed configuration. A connector mechanism joins the first ends of the arms to the portion enabling the arms to pivot through an arc so as to lie substantially in a same plane as the portion and on the other side thereof. A collapsible frame for a baby receptacle is attached to the other ends of the arms when in a collapsed position lying in substantially a same plane as the arms.

Abstract: A bed for a person is provided. The bed includes a frame, a deck, a mattress, a pair of head end siderails, and a pair of foot end siderails. The bed further includes a plurality of foot-operated controls configured to control features of the bed.

Abstract: A mattress support, in particular a bed lath grid with a neck support that can be raised with respect to an adjustable backrest has an adjustment mechanism that can be produced easily and economically and that ensures a direct support on the backrest. This is achieved with an adjustment mechanism which has an adjustment lever that is pivotally positioned on a rotational axis. The adjustment lever has a guidance arc that is guided in a restricted guidance fixed on a longitudinal or a transverse beam and a lever arm which is supported on the neck support, so that the adjustment lever can be pivoted around the rotational axis by guiding the guidance arc in the restricted guidance when raising the backrest, and so that the neck support, which moves together with the backrest through the use of the lever arm, can be raised.

Abstract: A quick-connect hand tool for use in automotive repair and other repair/manufacture needs comprising a handle, a quick-connect attachment device coupled to the handle and at least one tool accessory dimensioned to releasably couple to the quick-connect attachment device. Preferably, the handle portion is hollow, and permits the storage therein of a plurality of tool attachments.

Abstract: A process of dying a seat belt within a dye range, the seat belt comprising a woven polyester material containing a blended hybrid fiber of the type known as PET-polycaprolactone diblock copolymer fiber, the process comprising the steps of: heating the webbing to a preferred range while under tension and subsequently washing, steaming, finish coating and drying the webbing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for treatment of cellulosic material, as for example, knitted or woven cotton fabric, comprising the steps of preparing an aqueous enzyme solution comprising pectinase, treating the cellulosic material with an effective amount of the aqueous enzyme solution under alkaline scouring conditions; e.g., pH of 9 or above and a temperature of 50° C. or above, in a low calcium or calcium-free environment, yielding a modification of the cellulosic material such that exhibits an enhanced respond to a subsequent chemical treatment.

Abstract: The invention relates to a ready-to-use composition for the oxidation dyeing of keratin fibres, and in particular human keratin fibres such as the hair, comprising, in a medium which is suitable for dyeing, para-phenylenediamine as first oxidation base, at least one para-aminophenol as second oxidation base, 2-methyl-5-N-(&bgr;-hydroxyethyl)aminophenol as coupler and at least one enzyme of 2-electron oxidoreductase type in the presence of at least one donor for the said enzyme, and to the dyeing process using this composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a direct dye composition for keratin fibers, in particular for human keratin fibers such as the hair, comprising, in a medium which is suitable for dyeing and which is free of oxidases or oxidoreductases, at least one cationic direct dye of given formula and at least one specific polyol and/or polyol ether. Subjects of the invention are also the dyeing processes and devices/kits using the said composition.

Abstract: Compositions for oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers comprising at least one oxidation base and at least one coupler chosen from indolizine derivatives, methods for using the same for oxidation dyeing of keratin fibers, and compounds chosen from indolizine derivatives.

Abstract: A swimming pool cleaner is operable through a vibratory movement of its housing through a flow of water past a vibratory element carried within the housing . A friction support is carried by the housing and engages a surface to be cleaned. The friction support has a first end pivotally attached to the housing and a second free end in frictional contact with the surface to be cleaned. The friction support is further biased toward a first orientation and limited in its movement therefrom as the friction support is displaced during vibration of the housing and movement of the pool cleaner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a horizontally movable and downwardly biased appendage that extends laterally from a surface treating apparatus, such as a robotic floor cleaner.

Abstract: A toothbrush incorporating an indicator comprising a pressure indicating material which provides an optical signal without the provision of a power supply.

Abstract: A toothbrush for cleaning the entire mouth having a solid straw-like support base (6) which is completely surrounded at one end by a cylindrical formation of radically extending tufts of bristles (8) implanted in rows and creating a dome like formation at the tip of the cylindrical bristle formation.

Abstract: A tool for spreading plaster comprises a knife blade with an edge configured as a concavity. In one embodiment, the concavity has a radius of curvature of approximately one-sixteenth of an inch and tapers to respective flat surfaces on each end of the blade. The blade is disposed on a handle for easy manipulation. The blade and handle may be fabricated from metal or plastic material and may be of one-piece design.

Abstract: The present invention is related to an ARTICULATION SYSTEM BETWEEN WINDSCREEN WIPER COMPONENTS, which purpose is to provide the perfect adjustment between the windscreen wiper and the vehicle windscreen.

Abstract: A hinge structure for an opening-and-closing member of an automobile includes a base member attachable to an automobile body. The base member has front and rear through holes formed therein. Front and rear bushes are fitted to the through holes. The bushes have a rod slidably inserted therethrough. The rod has its front and rear ends projecting from the base member. The front end of the rod is pivotally connected to an arm. The arm is attached to a trunk lid. The base member has one end of a connection link connected via a pin thereto. Another end of the connection link is connected to the arm by means of a pin.

Abstract: The double hinged latch is an ambidextrous latch having corresponding activation means substantially parallel on either side of a lid substrate. During activation, a slide member drives a rotary linkage, which in turn disengage slide pins from the housing. Simultaneously, a lock link is driven by a rotary link, to secure the opposite rotary link, thereby locking the second side slide pins within the housing thereby being used as hinge. The slide members are biased by a living spring with aperture located therein. Engagement is biased by a compression spring attached to the rotary linkages.

Abstract: A device for electrically powering electrical members or user devices positioned on a refrigerator door, the refrigerator comprising an insulated cabinet defining at least one food preservation compartment on which said door is movably disposed, at least one hinge member being provided for the connection between the cabinet and said door; with the cabinet and with the door there being associated electrical conductors connected respectively to an electrical source and to each user device positioned on the door, said conductors being electrically connected together via the hinge member, which is constructed such that at least a part of it is electrically conductive.

Abstract: Hinge assembly including a horizontal shaft, a monitor rotator having one part fixed to the shaft for rotating as one unit with the shaft, and the other part fixed to a rear part of the monitor, supporting member rotators rotatably coupled to opposite sides of the shaft, a supporting member fixed to the supporting member rotators for supporting the monitor at a rear part thereof from a floor at an angle to the monitor, and elastic members provided to the shaft such that one end thereof is held at the monitor rotator fixed to the monitor, and the other end thereof is held at the supporting member rotators fixed to the supporting member, for providing an appropriate torque between the monitor and the supporting member according to an angle between the monitor and the floor, thereby adjusting a tilting angle of the LCD monitor.

Abstract: In an apparatus and a process for preparing a flock-air mixture which is fed by a pulping device through a feed conduit to a flock-laying device for forming an absorbent pad, the feed conduit includes a dispersing device for loosening up lumps of flock within the mixture. To achieve a high level of efficiency in loosening the flock lumps, as independently as possible of the through-put of the mixture through the feed conduit, the dispersing device is in the form of a pneumatic dispersing device which loosens up the lumps by accelerating the mixture with lumps therein to cause the lumps to burst or tear apart.

Abstract: A buckle includes a first assembly and a second assembly which are selectively latched to one another. Each assembly includes a keeper and a latch secured between a pair of first and second outer plates. The two assemblies are identical in construction and configured to selectively interlock in a manner that provides a reliable buckle.

Abstract: A holding fastener 1 comprising a shank 3 adapted to be inserted into a mounting hole of an attachment member. The holding fastener having a first holding portion 5 disposed at one end of the shank and adapted to extend radially and outward from the mounting hole of the attachment member to engage and hold one surface of the attachment member, and a second holding portion 6 disposed at the other end of the shank and adapted to engage and hold the other surface of the attachment member. The second holding portion 6 includes a holding piece 9 connected to the shank 3 through a hinge 7 to allow the holding piece to be pivoted or rotated between an insertion position extending along the axis of the shank and a holding position extending orthogonal to the axis of the shank. An insertion tube 15 is provided at the one end of the shank. The insertion tube 15 is adapted to be inserted axially into a hollow portion of the shank from the side of the first holding portion to the side of the second holding portion.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hook for clothes, wherein a male member is unlikely to escape from a female member when the male member engages with the female member and which can be attached on clothes easily by means of an automatic machine.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric, and method of production, are disclosed, wherein the nonwoven fabric comprises textile length fibers with a portion being thermally fusible. The fabric exhibits sufficient durability to withstand commercial dyeing processes, with the resultant fabric finding widespread applicability by virtue of its durability and aesthetic appeal.

Abstract: Provided are a sample warper and a warping method where data regarding yarn diameters of counts are preliminarily input and stored, counts of warping yarns as well as pattern data for warping are input, a conveyor belt feed pitch per revolution of a yarn introduction means is calculated with a warping width, the number of warping yarns, and a warping length (the number of warping windings), and the conveyor belt feed pitch per revolution of the yarn introduction means is controlled according to the counts (yarn thicknesses or yarn diameters). Accordingly, a surface of the yarns wound on a warper drum is finished in a flat state without undulation irrespective of the counts, thereby solving troubles in the next weaving step.

Abstract: A tow of filamentary filter material for tobacco smoke is stretched between an upstream pair and a downstream pair of advancing rolls. Suction nozzles are provided to evacuate air from those portions of the path for the tow which are located immediately upstream and immediately downstream of the path section at the nip of the downstream advancing rolls. This prevents eddying of air at the nip and a fluttering of filaments of the tow.

Abstract: A holder driving mechanism holds a wafer holder with gripping portions, and swings it within a wafer processing bath. When the peripheral portion of a wafer comes into contact with the distal end portion of a swing support member, the wafer rotates and vertically moves in the wafer holder. The wafer can be efficiently swung, and processing can be made uniform. By supplying ultrasonic waves from an ultrasonic bath, the processing rate can be increased.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for protecting an internal thread (7) of a blind rivet (2) during a second operation, such as painting or lacquering, wherein the internal thread (7) is provided with a mandrel (9) having a shank 12 with an external thread, which mandrel (9) is connected to the blind rivet (2) during riveting of the blind rivet (2) to a workpiece (1) and remains in the internal thread (7) during the second operation so as to protect the internal thread (7) from soiling during the workpiece (1) and the blind rivet (2) having its surface worked on, as by being painted.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of placarding which is characterized in that at least one sheet (1, 1b), preferably of corrugated cardboard, is provided with printed matter on at least one side. It is thereafter provided with at least one score/groove (2) crossing the sheet, about which it is thereafter folded up into an easily transportable unit. At a placarding site the sheet (1, 1b) is then unfolded to its full size and applied in a holder (3, 3b) specially intended for this. The said holder is made to retain the sheet (1, 1b) in that at least one part of an edge area of the sheet is enclosed by the holder (3, 3b). The invention also relates to a system of placarding adapted to this method.

Abstract: A nonreciprocal circuit device, which has superior performances and can be manufactured with a high productivity, is provided by avoiding problems in an etching method, such as long manufacturing time, and large variation of line widths, and by avoiding problems in a punching method, such as occurrence of breakage and bending during transportation of elements. When the nonreciprocal circuit device, such as an isolator, is manufactured having central conductors disposed adjacent to a magnetic body, to which a DC magnetic field is applied, and a case receiving the central conductors and the magnetic body therein, the central conductors integral with a hoop are formed by punching the hoop made of a metal film, the hoop is wound around a reel while the central conductors are transported, and when the nonreciprocal circuit devices are manufactured, the central conductors are fed into a manufacturing step after being separated from the hoop.

Abstract: A method for making a planar inductor is disclosed. The inductor is made by using a core with high magnetic flux. Outside the substrate, a layer of insulator and conductive foil is securely mounted. Thereafter, copper traces are formed on the insulator. Before the copper traces are formed, holes are defined and metalized to provide electrical connection between conductive foils on opposite sides of the core, which forms a planar inductance. Furthermore, if the copper traces are breaking up in a predetermined location, the planar inductance becomes a transformer.

Abstract: A lead billet having a large outer diameter cylindrical section and a small outer diameter cylindrical section is positioned in a cavity formed of fixed and movable mold sections. Forcing a punch into the lead billet forms a hollow molding with one end closed. Both ends of the molding are then cut away. The use of a billet with two different outer diameters facilities the plastic flow of the billet material to form a collar with projections for preventing rotation of the terminal mounted with its foot in a cover of a storage battery. Uninterrupted ring ridges below the collar assure a positive seal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the shaver capable of cutting deeply, provided with the outer blade having a plurality of the hair-guiding ports and the inner blade being adjacently located to the inner part of the outer blade and relatively moving against the said inner part, serving like an electric shaver of rotation or motion, which consists in going back and forth adjacently, wherein there is provided an escaping gap for taking hairs out in one part between the outer and inner blades, thus hooking the hairs guided into the gap, on the tip of the inner blade or pinching them inside the escaping gap and afterward, taking out the hairs and beards from the root of hairs and when the hairs move to the region without any escaping gap, they will be cut in the deep location.

Abstract: A portable circular saw includes a base. A saw blade has a portion projecting downward from the base. A saw-blade cover conceals at least a part of the saw blade. A projection provided on the saw-blade cover protrudes in a direction away from the saw blade. The projection has a lower surface extending across a first plane which is parallel to an axis of rotation of the saw blade, and which contains a tangent to an outer circumference of the saw-blade at a point of intersection with a second plane including a lower surface of the base. Chips fly from the point of intersection along a direction in the first plane. The lower surface of the projection inclines relative to a line perpendicular to the tangent so as to change a path of a portion of flow of the chips toward a forward side as viewed in a cutting direction.

Abstract: A punching machine has a power-driven plunger to which a punch is chucked to be driven into and out of a die for perforating sheet-metal work. The plunger has a punch socket formed centrally in its end for receiving the shank of the punch, and a plurality of ball guideways extending radially outwardly from the punch socket. Locking balls are slidably received one in each ball guideway for movement into and out of locking engagement in an annular groove in the shank of the punch received in the punch socket. Concentrically mounted on the plunger, a cam ring is sprung in one axial direction of the plunger for urging the locking balls into locking engagement with the punch shank. Each locking ball is elongated radially of the plunger with a view to reduction of the machine dimension axially of the plunger for given diameters of the plunger and the punch.

Abstract: In order to design a motor chain saw with a chain brake device releasable as a back kick brake and as a coasting brake comprising a tension lever (2), movable with respect to the housing of the motor chain saw, which can be moved between a brake position (B) and a ready position (b), a release lever (19) which can take up a coasting brake position (A) and a disengaging position (f), in combination with a supplementary brake device known as a coasting brake, it is proposed that the tension lever (2) is placed linearly slidingly movable with respect to the housing of the motor chain saw and that the release lever (1) is placed slidingly movable with respect to the tension lever (2), whereby both axles of the sliding movement are parallel to each other.

Abstract: An angle measuring device for measuring an angular position of a stationary object with respect to an object which is rotatable around an axis of rotation, that includes a rotor which is connected to the rotatable object which rotates about the axis of rotation and a stator that includes a scanning unit for scanning a graduation, which moves in relation to the scanning unit. A coupler is fastened to the stationary object or stator so as to seat the stator on the stationary object that has a contact face which extends transversely with respect to the axis of rotation. The coupler has a contact face that extends transversely with respect to the axis of rotation and engages the clamping face of the stationary object or stator so that a clamping force is generated so as to fasten the coupler to the stationary object and wherein the coupler is fixed against relative rotation, but is radially and/or axially elastic.

Abstract: An intersection between a first circular arc traced around a given measuring point on a toroidal surface on one side by the extreme end of a segment with a length equal to the curvature radius of traction surfaces of discs and a second circular arc traced around a given measuring point on a toroidal surface on the other side by the extreme end of the segment is obtained in a cross section along the central axis of the power roller. A plurality of intersections are obtained by repeating the process for obtaining the intersection for each of different measuring points on the toroidal surfaces. That specific one of the intersections which is situated nearest to the reference surface of the power roller is selected and it is concluded that the selected intersection is the tilting center of the discs.

Abstract: A cantilevered frame in a paper machine dryer group of a dryer section supports a drying wire loop to run by at least one impingement drying unit positioned outside the loop. The frame structure (60) supports devices and rolls situated inside the wire loop (13) of the dryer group (R) which guide and support the run of the wire (13) and the web (W). A dryer section may have multiple such dryer groups which overlap one another with closed draws therebetween.