Abstract: In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides a golf club cleaning device that includes a cleaning portion including an upper and lower cleaning surfaces; a flag portion disposed at a top end of the cleaning portion, the flag portion including a gripping means; and a spike portion disposed at a bottom end of the cleaning portion substantially opposite the top end of the cleaning portion, the spike portion including a support means for supporting the device in an upright manner when depressed into the ground. By grasping the flag portion, the spike portion is selectively disposed in the ground at a predetermined location associated with a golf course, practice range, or the like, thereby allowing a player to clean a golf club by selectively running the front face and/or rear face of the golf club horizontally and/or vertically across the one or more cleaning surfaces/materials of the cleaning portion.

Abstract: A manual toothbrush with a handle and a toothbrush head mounted on the handle. A pivot bearing for pivoting the toothbrush head relative to the handle is arranged between the toothbrush head and the handle.

Abstract: A surface preparation device for cleaning and/or preparing a surface has a handle with a head piece attached to the upper end of the handle. The head piece has a substantially rigid core surrounded at least in part by a membrane covered foam and is capable of focusing pressure on specific locations across a variety of surface areas. A user grasps the handle and places the head piece on the surface area to be cleaned and/or prepared. By exerting pressure on the head piece, the head piece conforms to the shape of the rigid core which results in a significant amount of pressure being exerted on the surface area to be cleaned and/or prepared. The user then moves the head piece while it is still exerting pressure in order to clean and/or prepare the specific surface area.

Abstract: A portable cleaning device for golf equipment that may be folded and carried in a golfer's pocket without interfering with the golfer's swing or leaking any cleaning liquid. The cleaning device is capable of cleaning not only golf balls but other golf equipment, such as golf clubs, as well. The cleaning device also has a golf ball marker removably coupled thereto so that the golfer may conveniently mark the place of the golf ball before picking it up to clean it. The cleaning device is also capable of being safely washed in a washing machine.

Abstract: A hand-held tool for shaping and smoothing rough beads of highly viscous liquids or pastes, such as caulking compounds or putty, and composed of a long thin, essentially rigid core with a predetermined length to width ratio, and further having a flexible outer covering, tightly encasing the rigid core over all surfaces except for the extreme ends, with the outer covering made from either soft rubber, flexible foam, or transparent flexible plastic. The working end of the tool can be cut to a desired shape and eventually trimmed off for easy cleanup.

Abstract: An apparatus, a system and a method for scraping a surface are provided. The apparatus and the system have a base with an edge surrounding the base. A sloping surface is associated with the base. A layer extends from the top surface of the base outward with respect to the top surface of the base. An indentation is formed in the layer to grip the layer and the base. The indentation, the layer and/or the base are held and/or gripped to move the edge and/or the sloping surface to scrape the surface.

Abstract: Cleaning utensil is a cleaning tool which can be used for both dry and wet applications with sweeping and mopping. The cleaning utensil includes a rod, a tail end of which is provided with a pair of clamping members, with one clamping member being fixed at an upper edge of tail end of rod, and the other clamping member being transfixed into a hollow foaming material. Two ends of clamping members are fixed with a fixing device, such that the foaming material can be fixed between the two clamping members, thereby increasing a contact area with a floor through the foaming material, so as to achieve an efficient cleaning effect. In addition, as the foaming material is provide with a water-absorption feature, it can be applied to dry and wet cleaning, thereby enabling the cleaning utensil to be used for both the dry and wet applications with sweeping and mopping.

Abstract: A cleaning appliance is worn on a hand to clean up an object. The cleaning appliance is in a shape of hollow ring which allows a user to wear on a hand, so as to achieve an object of cleaning through a movement of hand. The cleaning appliance is primarily made by a foaming material which is provided with a rough surface, thereby achieving an effective cleaning function through the rough surface of foaming material, upon cleaning with the hand.

Abstract: Cleaning apparatus including a squeegee including a blade held in a spine, wherein the spine and the blade are shortenable in length.

Abstract: A paint tray attachment having vertical extensions configured to engage a roller to supply a sufficient amount of torque such that the roller rotates to distribute paint therearound. The paint tray attachment has a base portion which adheres or is otherwise operatively attached to a paint tray, and the plurality of extensions to engage a paint roller.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved steam cleaning device, comprising: a hand-held steam generator, a pole, a platform cleaning polygon housing, constructed by an upper lid and a lower lid opposite to each other, a steam-releasing apparatus disposed at the bottom of the platform cleaning polygon housing, indentation of the upper lid pivoted to clips, at least one wheeled body connected to lift said platform cleaning polygon housing off the floor; and a cleaning tool; wherein said hand-held steam generator can be selectively adapted to the pole, the platform cleaning polygon housing or at least one cleaning tool.

Abstract: A material-removal system can include a spray-head assembly with a plurality of rotatable fluid bars arranged in a single shroud with overlapping sweeps. A gear-box assembly can index the rotations of the fluid bars to coordinate their rotation and prevent the fluid bars from interfering with one another. The material-removal system can be mounted on a mobile platform, such as a vehicle. The vehicle can have a fluid-storage tank and a debris tank that can be tilted for dumping operation while the fluid-storage tank remains stationary. A peristaltic pump can advantageously remove liquid waste from the debris tank while a vacuum system has the debris tank operating under vacuum. The spray-head assembly can be coupled to the vehicle with an articulating-arm assembly that can include a four-bar mechanism and a pair of rotary actuators to facilitate vertical and rotational movement of the arm assembly and the spray-head assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a handle unit for a vacuum cleaner. The handle unit for the vacuum cleaner for controlling a cleaner body of the vacuum cleaner includes a handle body of the vacuum cleaner; and a supporting unit projected from one side of the handle body, the supporting unit holding an accessory brush, wherein the supporting unit and the handle body is molded in a single piece by the injection molding process.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an adjustable castor wheel assembly for attachment to an object and a system for supporting an object comprising a plurality of wheel assemblies. The adjustable castor wheel assembly comprises a mount constructed to be attached to the object, and a stud extending from the mount in an axial direction. The assembly also comprises an adjusting member rotatably engaged with the stud so that a rotation of the adjusting member in a first direction causes a distance between the mount and the adjusting member in the axial direction to increase while a rotation of the adjusting member in a second direction causes the distance between the mount and the adjusting member in the axial direction to decrease. The assembly also comprises a castor wheel rotatably attached to the adjusting member.

Abstract: A glide for walker leg includes a seat including a bottom cavity; a base on the seat and including a hole and a top groove; a hollow first sliding member adapted to mount on the base and including a first bore, a bottom rail slidably inserted into the groove, and a top first slope; a hollow second sliding member including a bottom second slope adapted to matingly, slidably mount on the first slope, a second bore, and an upper threaded section in the second bore; and a threaded fastener adapted to insert through the cavity, the hole, the first and second bores for threadedly securing to the threaded section. Driving the fastener will slide the second sliding member relative to the first sliding member by sliding the rail in the groove so as to urge the first and second sliding members against an inner wall of the leg.

Abstract: A spring hinge for spectacles is described, comprising a hinge part (3) which is held in a displaceable manner in the longitudinal direction of the temple in a housing (4) on the temple side, a fixture (6) which projects from the hinge part (3) in the direction of displacement, engages in an opening (5) in the housing and comprises a fixture rod (7) and a transversal bar (8) at the end of the fixture rod (7), and two helical springs (10) which are provided laterally adjacent to the fixture rod (7), are parallel thereto and rest with their end at the hinge side on an abutment associated with the housing and with their opposite end on the transversal bar (8) of the fixture (6).

Abstract: The present application disclosed various embodiments of kinematic optical mounts which include a first body member having at least one hinge extension defining at least one hinge passage extending therefrom and a mount surface configured to receive at least one optical component thereon, one or more positioning registers formed on the hinge extension, a second body member having a hinge recess sized to receive the hinge extension therein and at least one coupling body, one or more positioning elements in communication with the second body member and configured to be force biased to engage the positioning registers, and at least one biasing member configured to apply a constant biasing force to one or more hinge bearing members, thereby forcing the bearing members engage at least one bearing engaging member in communication with the second body member thereby coupling the first body member to the second body member.

Abstract: The invention concerns a hinge of the type including of a pair of members of a hinge (1), each having a pair of screw-anchoring holes (5). The holes are obtained within housing seats (2) prearranged for the introduction of adjusters (3, 9). Each adjuster includes a body (6) and a flange (7). The edge of the flange rests on the surface of each member of the hinge (1) in various mutual positions of the adjuster in its respective seat. According to the invention, said housing seats (2) have a centered-symmetry base layout, and guiding means (6, 11, 11 a) are provided for guiding said adjuster body (6) into its respective housing seat (2) so as to allow the free movement of the adjuster (3, 9) in a single direction, among multiple possible directions, depending on the orientation of each adjuster (2) in its respective seat.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a rotating shaft structure with automatic locking mechanism, characterized in which a shaft extending axially from an axial member passes through, in sequence, the core hole of the upright frame plane of the main frame, a friction disc, a disc-like connecting part connected with the frame plane, a cam member comprising a fastening part and a sliding part, at least an elastic body, and a connecting segment on the free end of the shaft connected with a end enclosure so as to form axial pressure to constrain the elements described above. The shaft and the main frame are provided with a linking portion and a connecting portion, respectively. The outer and inner edges of the adjoining planes between the fastening part and the sliding part are provided with at least a wedge block and at least a wedge slot alternately so as to connect the fastening part and the sliding part together.

Abstract: A foldable hinge comprising: a base seat and a connecting seat able of being adjusted for an included angle between them; an adjusting unit is provided in a pivotally connecting area between the base seat and a pivot connecting unit; the adjusting unit includes a cam being provided with a first slot and a second slot, a positioning member having a protruding bar adapted to extending through the first and second slots, and a press unit able to release engaging of the protruding bar in the first and second slots. When the protruding bar is in the first slot, the connecting seat is adapted to adjusting its depression angle or elevation angle relative to the base seat; when the protruding bar is in the second slot, the base seat and the connecting seat are in a mutual parallel folding state, the protruding bar can be directly extended into the first slot without pressing the press unit.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a rotating shaft structure, comprising a fixed part having a connecting portion whose one end extends to form an external sleeve, wherein the external sleeve is cut to form an shaft hole which is axially communicatable with an embedded groove along whose perpendicular direction which is cut to form a connecting groove; an hollow inner bushing which is partitioned at least by a cut groove into at least two clamping rings whose one end extends radially to form a frame plate and the other end forms a opening with the frame plate, wherein at least a connecting plate is protrudingly disposed on one side of the frame plate; and a moving part having a linking portion on one end and a shaft extending axially from the other end, such that when the inner bushing is socketingly connected within the external sleeve, the clamping rings, the frame plate, and the connecting plate are positioned in the shaft hole, the embedded groove, and the connecting groove, respectively to form a firm conn

Abstract: A hinge has a first bracket, a first pivot pin, a second pivot pin, a second bracket and a positioning and limiting assembly. The first pivot pin is on the first bracket. The second pivot pin is mounted rotatably on the first pivot pin and has a mounting recess. The second bracket is mounted pivotally on the second pivot pin. The positioning and limiting assembly is mounted in the mounting recess in the second pivot pin and has a seat, a positioning disk and limiting disk. The seat is mounted in the mounting recess. The positioning disk is mounted to the first pivot pin and detachably engage the seat. The limiting disk is mounted to the first pivot pin and selectively abuts seat. The positioning and limiting assembly in the mounting recess makes the hinge compact and easily apply to portable devices such as cell phones and digital cameras.

Abstract: A hinge has a first bracket, a first pivot pin, a second pivot pin, a second bracket and a positioning and limiting assembly. The first pivot pin is on the first bracket. The second pivot pin is mounted rotatably on the first pivot pin and has a mounting recess. The second bracket is mounted pivotally on the second pivot pin. The positioning and limiting assembly is mounted in the mounting recess in the second pivot pin and has a seat, a positioning disk and limiting disk. The seat is mounted in the mounting recess. The positioning disk is mounted to the first pivot pin and detachably engage the seat. The limiting disk is mounted to the first pivot pin and selectively abuts seat. The positioning and limiting assembly in the mounting recess makes the hinge compact and easily apply to portable devices such as cell phones and digital cameras.

Abstract: The invention disclosed herein describes a multi-purpose flexible clip, comprising at least a rigid portion and a flexible portion capable of being variously bent according to the shape and dimensions of the intended placement, and of being stably positioned onto.

Abstract: A zipper mechanism is stitched to one side of a base which has a layer of adhesive on the other side. A release liner covers the adhesive and includes a plurality of rows of slits which define sections which are separated from each other. The zipper mechanism is attached to the base by rows of stitches with the rows of stitches being located between sections of the release liner so the release liner can be separated from an adhesive layer covering position in sections without interference by the stitching. The zipper mechanism is formed by a method which slits the release liner just prior to stitching the zipper mechanism to the base and locating each row of stitches between adjacent rows of slits defined in the release liner.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a zipper chain having a chain disposed separately on both sides of a fabric tape of a zipper.

Abstract: The invention provides a waterproof slide fastener and a manufacturing apparatus thereof, wherein each fastener element has a coupling head, a neck portion, a body portion, and leg portions which are continuously fused and integrated, a terminal end is projected from a gap between upper/lower half portions of the coupling head, upper/lower flanges of a slider make a sliding contact with a surface of each of upper/lower half portions of each leg portion, each half portion of the leg portion extending from the body portion via a crotch portion and guiding the flanges, two or more leg portions are disposed with a predetermined interval in a sliding direction, an entire shoulder width of a shoulder portion is larger than a body width of the body portion if it is provided, thereby intensifying fixing strength between a fastener tape and fastener elements and waterproofness, and allowing a smooth sliding of a slider.

Abstract: A combination structure of a zipper head of the present invention comprises a zipper head, a pull tag, a pin lock, a spring piece, and a cover plate, wherein three components, the pin lock, the spring piece, and the cover plate, are composed of different materials and are mutually independent. Such a structure is different from the integrated structure of combining the above three components of the conventional invention. Hence the combination structure of the zipper head of the present invention provides sufficient stopping force via the stopping portion whilst being cheaper to produce, and easily manufactured and fabricated.

Abstract: A co-injection embalming fluid facilitates embalming a deceased who has been refrigerated and who has a substantial amount of blood coagulation. The co-injection fluid includes ethylene glycol.

Abstract: A transport belt, in particular for machines for the production of web material such as paper or paperboard, has, on a web material contact side, depressions of which the majority has a depression opening with a dimension smaller than 20 ?m in at least one direction.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a surface acoustic wave element having an interdigital transducer (IDT) electrode formed on a semiconductor substrate includes a) forming an insulation layer on a surface of an active side of the semiconductor substrate, b) forming a base layer on a whole surface of the insulation layer, c) planarizing a surface of the base layer, d) forming a piezoelectric member on a planarized surface of the base layer, e) forming the IDT electrode on a surface of the piezoelectric member, and f) forming a bank being higher than a height from the surface of the base layer to the surface of the IDT electrode on a peripheral of the surface of the base layer so as to surround the piezoelectric member.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an apparatus for cutting material by means of a milling cutter and laser radiation. The apparatus comprises a milling unit, a work spindle, a milling cutter, a laser, deflecting elements, focusing optics, and a work table. According to the invention, a workpiece can be milled and lasered simultaneously or successively at the same cutting location in that the laser beam is coupled into a channel coaxial to the mill axis.

Abstract: A bottle cap with an integrated valve core remover is provided so that the process of sealing an object, such as a tire, with sealant in a container is simplified.

Abstract: A pulling head that can be used with a wide range of fasteners and power tools having different stroke lengths and/or power ratings. The pulling head has a set of internal jaws which has serrations that are configured to grip a wide range of fastener types and sizes. The effective stroke of the pulling head is determined by the power tool to which it is engaged, rather than by the structure and design of the pulling head. The pulling head preferably has two jaws and a jaw follower with a leading surface which provides two beveled surfaces. As a result, the trailing surface of the jaws need not be conical, thereby providing that the jaws need not be machined after they are cast, thereby providing a very low cost manufacturing solution.

Abstract: An improved system and method for removing extrusion screw elements includes a puller assembly for removing at least one screw element from a screw shaft of a screw-type extrusion machine. The at least one screw element includes a sleeve portion received annularly about the screw shaft and at least one flute extending radially outward from the sleeve portion. The puller assembly includes a body having a sleeve portion with an inner diameter sufficiently sized for axially fitting over the at least one screw element on the screw shaft. At least one engaging element is removably secured to the body for enabling the body to be axially installed on the at least one screw element when the at least one engaging element is removed from the body and axially locking the body on the at least one screw element when the at least one engaging element is installed in the body.

Abstract: An device for breaching an outwardly opening door and methods for use thereof. The device combines a serrated blade for penetrating the crevice between a door and a doorjamb and an extendable handle with a ratcheting mechanism allowing the operator to remain out of the line of fire when breaching the door. The device may also be used by a single operator by initially driving the blade between the door and doorjamb via a hammering function involving the retraction of the extendable handle combined with the weighted block and thrusting force applied thereto.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a “method of recycling wasted printed-circuit-board”, which takes advantage of the characteristics of the PCB so as to dispose different recycling material in stage manner, so that different metals remaining on said PCB are sorted out step by step; Thereby, the bromide and the fiberglass of importance in the resins are collected and converted into variety of industrial materials as resource for recycling use in order to prevent said wasted PCB from spoiling the natural environment after recycling use.

Abstract: A work (W) with a part assembling surface on many faces is rotated by a work holding jig (10) so as to sequentially convert each of the part assembling surfaces to the upward horizontal attitude, a bolt is fastened from above vertically while gripping an assembly part (B) by a part gripping device (12), and this is repeated so that an assembling operation can be carried out smoothly and an assembly space can be saved.

Abstract: A tool system for inserting an insulated wire between knife blades of an insulation displacement type electrical connector, in which the reach of the tool is expanded by use of a an extension member easily inserted between a punch down tool and a wire end insert tool.

Abstract: A brain implant system consistent with embodiments of the present invention includes an electrode array having a plurality of electrodes for sensing neuron signals. A method for manufacturing the electrode array includes machining a piece of an electrically conductive substance to create a plurality of electrodes extending from a base member. Each electrode also has a corresponding base section. A nonconductive layer is provided around at least a portion of the base section of each electrode to support the plurality of electrodes. The base section of the electrodes are then cut to separate the base member from the plurality of electrodes supported by the nonconductive support layer. The present invention also includes a complete brain implant system using the above electrode array.

Abstract: A method for removing a crack in an electromechanical rotor, including: forming a plurality of slots on a periphery of a core portion of an electromechanical rotor along an axial direction thereof; inserting coils into the slots, respectively; forming a plurality of wedges for maintaining the coils in the slots, respectively; and forming a cut hole at at least a part of the core portion from an outer surface of the core portion toward the side of a center axis thereof so as to contain a crack along a circumferential direction thereof.

Abstract: A method for repairing a crack in an electromechanical rotor (10), including forming a plurality of slots (12) on a periphery of a core portion (11) of an electromechanical rotor (10) along an axial direction thereof; inserting coils into the slots (12), respectively; forming a plurality of wedges for maintaining the coils in the slots (12), respectively; and forming a cut hole (20) at the core portion (11) from an outer surface of the core portion (11) so as to remove at least a deeper area of a crack created at the core portion (11) at a contacting surface between the corresponding wedge and the corresponding slot (12).

Abstract: The invention is to novel electrical connections between an electrical device such as a chip and an antenna. The connections are achieved by electrodeposition of metals to achieve electrical communication between the leads of the device and the antenna. The antenna can be formed by electrodeposition simultaneously with creation of the electrical connection. The connection technology is very suitable for continuous production of components for wireless applications such as RFID labels and tags.

Abstract: A method for creating a write element of a magnetic head according to one embodiment includes forming a first pole pedestal; forming a write gap layer above the first pole pedestal; forming a second pole pedestal above the write gap layer; and forming at least one of: a cap layer of CoFeON between the first pole pedestal and the write gap, and a seed layer of CoFeON between the write gap layer and the second pole pedestal. Note that other layers may be interspersed between those set forth here.

Abstract: The invention relates to the development of an electrochemical device including a lithium salt/polyether electrolyte film between two films forming the cathode and the anode, respectively. The method of the invention involves assembling a multilayer structure consisting of the current-collecting carrier, the cathode-forming film, the electrolyte-forming polyether film and the anode-forming film. The cathode and/or anode films are made of a composite material containing the lithium salt. The polyether film is lithium salt-free. The assembled device is allowed to rest for long enough to enable the lithium salt in the cathode and/or the anode to be dispersed throughout the polymer film.

Abstract: A wire setting device for a wire end processing apparatus includes a wire setting portion that includes a wire insertion groove in which an intermediate portion of a wire in a longitudinal direction thereof is set, a first optical detecting portion that detects a property setting of the wire in the wire insertion groove based on a reception signal relating to a first light beam passing across the wire insertion groove, a positioning portion that positions the wire in the longitudinal direction by bringing a distal end of the wire into abutting contact with the positioning portion, a second optical detecting portion that detects an abutting contact of the distal end of the wire with a proper point on a wire abutment surface of the positioning portion based on a reception signal relating to a second light beam which is irradiated in a direction intersecting the wire, and passes through the proper point, a wire clamp portion that is provided between the wire setting portion and the positioning portion, and a con

Abstract: A method of joining the interfacing ends of cables, one to another, wherein each comprises a plurality of conductor strands, comprising (i) providing each of the ends with an enlarged terminal portion of greater diameter than the cable adjacent the end, (ii) inserting the ends into a connecting tube having an outer layer of an explosive charge, and (iii) detonating the explosive layer so as to compress the connecting tube around the conductor strands. The method offers a cheaper, faster and simpler method of joining a bundle of wires and the like than prior art methods.

Abstract: A circuit board is described where the fiberglass fiber pattern as been modified than what is found in conventional FR4 circuit boards. In one embodiment, the sets of fiberglass fibers are disposed in a zig-zag or herringbone manner. In one use, when a pair of conductors are disposed onto or into the board, the material surrounding a first conductor tends to be similar to the material surrounding a second conductor. Doing so may reduce differential to common mode conversion between the conductors.

Abstract: In an implementation of connection pad layouts, a connection assembly includes a substrate assembly and connection pads disposed thereon. The connection pads form a configuration such that each connection pad is configured to align with a different terminal of an interconnect that is warped or otherwise has a non-linear alignment of terminals.

Abstract: Substrate precursor structures include a substrate blank having at least one aperture extending substantially through the substrate blank. At least a portion of at least one conductive layer covers a surface of the at least one aperture of the substrate blank. A mask pattern covers a portion of the at least one conductive layer and exposes another portion of the at least one conductive layer to define at least one conductive element, at least a portion of which extends over the surface of the at least one aperture.