Abstract: The present invention provides a wiping cloth which has unique surface properties, tactile feel and enhanced wiping performance for wiping both wet and dry surfaces. The wiping cloth has a series of three-dimensional projections which encircles apertures. The wiping cloth is made from a substrate which contains a thermoplastic polymer.

Abstract: A reversible sponge has four main cleaning surfaces including first and second oppositely disposed outer facing surfaces and third and fourth opposing, inwardly facing surfaces within a hand receiving pocket defined by a slot that is open at opposite ends. The sponge can be flipped inside out, by tucking the outer facing surfaces into the open ended slot and pulling the inwardly facing surfaces out from the opposite end of the slot so that the first and second surfaces now oppose each other within a newly formed pocket and the third and fourth surfaces are disposed on opposite outwardly facing sides for use. The four main surfaces of the sponge allow for greater cleaning capacity. The pocket allows the sponge to be worn on four fingers of a user's hand for convenient grasping with both outer facing sponge surfaces available for cleaning.

Abstract: The disclosure provides an effective technique for enhancing a cleaning effect in a cleaning tool having a cleaning element for cleaning an object to be cleaned. According to a representative cleaning tool, a cleaning element includes a plurality of elongate split cleaning parts having respective insert regions for receiving the holding elements. In an inserted state of the holding elements into the insert regions, the fiber assemblies of the adjacent ones of the split cleaning parts overlap each other in the space in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A scraper includes a cylinder, a clamp, a blade and a striker. The cylinder includes a closed end and an open end. The clamp is secured to the closed end of the cylinder. The blade is clamped with the clamp. The striker includes a striking end movably inserted in the cylinder for striking the closed end of the cylinder to cause the blade to scrape a tile from a floor or wall.

Abstract: A scrubber assembly (14) for a windshield wiper (10) having a wiper arm (12) includes a scrubber housing (22) attached to the wiper arm. The scrubber housing (22) has an interior volume (66) and at least one opening (58). A rod (68) is at least partially disposed in the interior volume (66) and is displaceable from a first position to a second position. A brush assembly (42) is attached to the rod (68) with at least one flexible connecting member (76) that extends through the at least one opening (58) to the brush assembly.

Abstract: A scrubber assembly (14) for a windshield wiper (10) having a wiper arm (12) includes a scrubber housing (22) attached to the wiper arm. The scrubber housing (22) has an interior volume (66) and at least one opening (58). A rod (68) is at least partially disposed in the interior volume (66) and is displaceable from a first position to a second position. A brush assembly (42) is attached to the rod (68) with at least one flexible connecting member (76) that extends through the at least one opening (58) to the brush assembly. When the rod (68) is in the first position, a first portion of the flexible connecting member (76) protrudes from the opening (58), and when the rod is displaced to the second position, a second portion of the flexible connecting member that is larger than the first portion protrudes from the opening.

Abstract: A window wiper device for a vehicle has a driving motor, the motor shaft of which is kinematically coupled to an output shaft, wherein the motor shaft and output shaft are releasably drive-connected via a connecting means.

Abstract: A blade rubber having both of superior durability and wiping performance can be manufactured by using a non-diene-based rubber without environmental burden. A pair of blade-rubber molded bodies molded from the non-diene-based rubber is subjected to an irradiation treatment to generate radical active sites, and monomers are bound by graft polymerization as beginning at the radical active sites. Also, the monomers are adhered on a surface of the blade rubber either before or after the generation of the radical active sites. The irradiation treatment and the graft polymerization may be simultaneously performed or independently performed in this order. In this manner, a surface treatment for reducing friction of the non-diene-based rubber having superior durability can be performed without halogen, and therefore, a blade rubber having superior durability and wiping performance can be manufactured.

Abstract: A roll polishing apparatus that can suppress cracks on a strip. The roll polishing apparatus includes brush rolls which face outer periphery of chilled rolls over an axial length of the chilled rolls, respectively, cylinders which urge the brush rolls wholly to the chilled rolls, respectively, and cylinders which deform the brush rolls in conformity to crowns of the chilled rolls, respectively. By these elements, wires of the brush rolls are uniformly contacted on outer peripheries of the chilled rolls to wipe off oxides adhering to the outer peripheries of the chilled rolls.

Abstract: A latch arrangement for releasably securing a lid to a container wherein the latch arrangement includes: a latch element coupled to one side of the lid; wherein the latch element is moveable between an engaged position wherein the latch is retained against the container by a magnetic force whereby the lid is secured to the container, and a disengaged position wherein the lid is able to be removed from the container.

Abstract: An auxiliary vacuum device for a central vacuum cleaning system is location specific and comprises housing mountable externally on an inlet of a mounting plate of the system, a dedicated flexible concertina hose is provided on the device and a cleaning tool mounting probe is registrable with a docking station. When the probe is removed from the docking station, a lever may be moved in first and second directions to selectively activate and deactivate the motor of the central vacuum cleaning system and the device. When the probe is parked in the docking station the probe moves the lever in one of the directions and holds the lever in a deactivated configuration, thus deactivating the motor and the device and preventing activation thereof.

Abstract: An extractor comprises a foot assembly supported by at least one wheel at a rearward portion thereof and at least one rotatable agitator at a forward portion thereof, a fluid delivery system, a fluid recovery system and an extension with a first end aligned with an inlet for an extraction path and a second end in register with a surface to be cleaned. The foot assembly can be traversed over the surface to be cleaned in alternating forward and rearward movements. Movement of the foot assembly in a rearward direction supports the forward portion of the foot assembly on the extension in a first position and the at least one agitator and movement of the foot assembly in a forward direction shifts support of the forward portion of the foot assembly off of the extension in a second position.

Abstract: A canister type vacuum cleaner is disclosed. An object of the present invention is to provide a canister type vacuum cleaner including a suction nozzle having a movement direction changed smoothly and quickly, even in case of colliding with an obstacle. The canister type vacuum cleaner includes a body, a wheel member rotatably provided in the body and supporting the body, the wheel member including a main rotation member rotatably provided in the body and an auxiliary rotation member rotatably provided in the main rotation member to be rotated along a predetermined rotational direction different from a rotational direction of the main rotation member.

Abstract: An upright type vacuum cleaner is disclosed. An object of the present invention is to provide an upright type vacuum cleaner having a movement direction changed smoothly and quickly as necessary during the movement. The upright type vacuum cleaner includes a body, a wheel member provided in the body, the wheel member including a main rotation member rotatably provided in the body, and an auxiliary rotation member rotatably provided in the main rotation member to be rotated in a predetermined rotational direction different from a rotational direction of the main rotation member.

Abstract: A brake-equipped swivel caster including a tired wheel rotatably fitted to a support leg comprises a movable pin allowed to move up and down inside the vertical axial member and normally retained by an elastic member in its uppermost position, left and right brake arms in a pair swingably fitted to the support leg and normally retained by elastic members such that their lower ends are a specified distance apart from the lateral wheel surfaces of the tired wheel, and an operation mechanism arranged over the movable pin. When the operation mechanism pushes down the movable pin a specified distance, a tapered lower end portion of the movable pin causes the brake arms to turn by pushing outward on the upper ends of the brake arms, so that the lower ends of the brake arms are pressed against the lateral wheel surfaces of the tired wheel.

Abstract: A door stop pin assembly for a housing having a through hole is disclosed. The assembly includes a door stop pin having a body with a base pad attached to one end of the body and a recess formed in the other end of the body, the body having external threads formed in a first threading direction and internal threads formed in the recess in a second threading direction, and a locking screw having external threads also formed in the second threading direction. The external threads of the door stop pin engage internal threads formed on at least one of the through hole or a bushing inserted into the through hole to position the door stop pin relative to the housing. The external threads of the locking screw engage the internal threads of the recess to lock the door stop pin in position. Methods of assembling the same are also disclosed.

Abstract: A handle pivot structure includes carrier frame, a handle, and a pivot shaft mounted in an axle hole of the handle to pivotally secure the handle to a screw rod of the carrier frame, the pivot shaft having a mounting member threaded onto the screw rod of the carrier member and a rotating member peripherally affixed to the axle hole of the handle and rotatably coupled to the mounting member for allowing biasing of the handle relative to the carrier frame to move an engagement member thereof in an out of an opening on the carrier frame between a locking position and an unlocking position.

Abstract: A hinge assembly has a pintle, a stationary leaf, a rotating leaf, a rotating pressing disk, a stationary pressing disk, a biasing assembly and a fastener. The rotating pressing disk is mounted rotatably around the pintle, is attached non-rotatably to the rotating leaf and has a track face, an inner track and an outer track. The stationary pressing disk is mounted securely around the pintle and has a protrusion face, an inner protrusion and an outer protrusion. The inner and outer protrusions respectively contact slidably with the inner and outer track on the rotating pressing disk. With the arrangement of the inner and outer tracks on the rotating pressing disk and the inner and outer protrusions on the stationary pressing disk, the resistance provided by the hinge assembly is variable.

Abstract: A custom sports handle having a grip portion, at least one elongated projection, and a tactile layer. The grip portion includes a distal end and a proximal end. The at least one elongated projection is integrally positioned along a surface of the grip portion, while the tactile layer prepared over the surface of the grip portion by way of a coating process.

Abstract: A unitary damper shaft extender for HVAC air ducts, the extender comprising a unitary apparatus comprised of two interlocked, but relatively movable members. One of the members being capable of interlocking with a damper shaft, and he second member being slidably movable to cover, and thereby lock the first member to the damper shaft, so as to extend its length beyond the usual insulation used for air ducts.

Abstract: A mounting assembly for operatively mounting one or more glass shower door panels to one or more panels is described. The mounting assembly includes an elongate guide assembly adapted for receiving and retaining a carriage assembly for mounting a reciprocating glass shower door; and a mounting assembly including one or more end mounting devices for mounting one or more ends of the elongate guide assembly perpendicular to one or more glass panels or walls. Also described is a mounting assembly including an elongate guide assembly adapted for receiving and retaining a carriage assembly for mounting a reciprocating glass shower door; and one or more spaced guide mounting devices for connecting the guide assembly to an adjacent parallel panel and spacing the guide assembly a selected distance from and parallel to the adjacent parallel glass wall panel to provide access between the parallel glass wall panel and guide assembly for cleaning.

Abstract: A holder clip having a planar body is secured to a temple piece of a pair of eyeglasses to allow a user to suspend and support the eyeglasses from a pocket, lapel, or other location on a garment. The holder clip can be secured by adhesive or flexible gripping fingers that are crimped around the temple piece.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided herein that provide for bag cutting and closure.

Abstract: A pull lead holder indicating a pulling direction of the pull lead for a desired operation of a device, the pull lead holder comprising: a directional indicator selected from the group consisting of a variation in color, a variation in texture, and combinations thereof, so that a pulling direction is indicated for a desired operation of such device.

Abstract: A locking tongue seat belt assembly includes a tongue plate with a pair of side portions, an end flange that extends along the rear of the tongue plate, a pair of spaced apart side flanges that extend from the tongue plate along respective side portions of the tongue plate, and a lock bar that extends between the two side flanges. The ends of the lock bar are guided in respective slots of the side flanges such that the lock bar is movable between a locked position and an unlocked position. The lock bar and the end flange are configured to receive seat belt webbing between the lock bar and the end flange. The seat belt webbing is cinched between the lock bar and the end flange when the lock bar is in the locked position.

Abstract: A clip-mounting seat for mounting a clip to a vehicle interior component is disclosed. The clip includes a pillar-shaped axial portion. The clip-mounting seat includes a clip seating section, the clip seating section having an engaging hole for engagingly receiving the axial portion of the clip, and a pair of guide edge portions extending to the engaging hole from a side of the clip seating section to thereby form a tapered silt for allowing the axial portion of the clip to be slid along the pair of guide edge portions and allowing the axial portion of the clip to be guided into the engaging hole.

Abstract: A new form of clasp is disclosed having two components which hook together. The components have a large number of holes on two sides to allow thread or fine wire to attach a knitted cuff or the like.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a tensioning device having a permanently affixed illumination source disposed on the tensioning device to provide illumination during, among other things, operation of the tensioning device, is described herein.

Abstract: Electrode lead terminals in a number not less than three are attached to a cathode foil and an anode foil. The electrode lead terminals include at least one cathode lead terminal attached to the cathode foil and at least one anode lead terminal attached to the anode foil. A winding core having an axis is prepared. The cathode foil and the anode foil are wound around the winding core, being overlapped each other. A cross section of the winding core perpendicular to the axis includes an outer edge having a portion along each side of a polygon with the above number of sides. Thereby, a method for manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor capable of suppressing displacement of a lead terminal can be provided.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor having an even conductive polymer layer and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The method of manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor includes the steps of forming a conductive polymer layer on an anode element by bringing a dispersion containing a conductive solid and a first solvent into contact with the anode element having a dielectric film formed thereon, washing the anode element with a second solvent higher in boiling point than the first solvent, in which the conductive solid can be dispersed, after the conductive polymer layer is formed, and drying the anode element washed with the second solvent at a temperature not lower than the boiling point of the first solvent and lower than the boiling point of the second solvent.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor excellent in adhesion to a solid electrolyte with excellent ESR and heat resistance can be provided without reducing the material characteristics of a separator. This solid electrolytic capacitor comprises a capacitor element formed by winding an anodic foil prepared from a chemical conversion foil obtained by anodizing a metal having a valve action and a counter cathodic foil through a separator and a solid electrolyte employed as an electrolyte, while the separator is prepared from aramid fiber, and a silane coupling agent adheres to voids of the aramid fiber.

Abstract: A multi-tool having a plurality of tool-receipt openings adapted to receive respective tools. The multi-tool can be used on turret presses, single-station presses, other industrial presses, or other fabrication equipment.

Abstract: A motion-powered liquid sprayer that can increase the number of rotations of the pump relative to each rotation of the wheel or axle is provided. The sprayer can include a gearing assembly that employs gears to increase the number of pump revolutions as a function of the wheel or axle rotation. The sprayer can also include a gear pump that employs an over-capacity or enhanced gullet together with blow-by spacing to control consistent liquid flow relative to variable motional velocities. Further, the sprayer can include a vertically adjustable nozzle as well as a free reverse rotation wheel hub.

Abstract: A machine for connecting elongate metal profiles with plastic strips includes an elongate support table for supporting a pair of the profiles to be connected and a horizontal elongate support beam extending along one side of this table. A support carriage is mounted for movement lengthwise along the beam. There is a drive system for moving the support carriage horizontally on the beam. The machine includes top and bottom tool heads each mounted on the carriage for vertical movement thereon. The top tool head is arranged above the table and the bottom tool head below the table. Further drive systems are able to move the tool heads vertically on the carriage. Strip pullers are provided on the carriage to engage and hold end sections of two plastic strips so that they can be pulled between the two profiles. Clamping rollers are mounted on the tool heads for engaging longitudinal connecting flanges extending along the profiles in order to connect the plastic strips.

Abstract: Systems and methods for modifying a shoulder joint configuration exhibiting wear that take into account resultant of forces responsible for the wear of the glenoid surface from geometric characteristics of wear.

Abstract: The present invention provides a restored winding core and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein at least one discarded winding core is first collected. At least one of the extremities of the discarded winding core is internally ground on a predetermined grinding distance to remove the crimping portion and provide a ground portion thereon. The ground portion defines a female joint socket extending at the corresponding extremity of the discarded winding core for providing a machined core extremity. The method also comprises the step of providing at least one hollow insert tube diametrically snugly fitting into the female joint socket. The at least one insert tube is inserted inside the corresponding female joint socket for providing a restored core extremity. The present invention thus allows to restore the damaged extremities of a winding core which can then be reused as a new winding core of the same length.

Abstract: It is applied in those processes in which it is required to modify the configuration of a first piece (1) for which, when joined to a second piece (2), for carrying out different tests, as is the case of measurements of aerodynamic properties of objects in a wind tunnel, it is required to modify the first piece, which implies modifying the coupling part of the second piece (2) on the first piece (1). The invention avoids manufacturing the complete second piece (2) with each new design of the first piece (1), for which the latter is designed and manufactured with a fixed configuration, valid for any possible configuration (1a, 1b) of the first piece (1) and which lacks the coupling part (3) with the first piece (1) in such a way that a third piece (3) is designed and manufactured corresponding to the coupling part between the configuration (1a, 1b) of the first piece (1) and the second piece (2) for carrying out the joint between both, with each design of the first piece.

Abstract: The method for de-binding of documents bound by means of channel-shaped element using a wedge, which is distinguished by the wedge, which is inserted into the documentation that is to be de-bound, wherein the wedge is forced to penetrate and to immerse into said documentation, up to beveled position of the channel-shaped element by means of a lever being attached at one its side to an axis. The de-binding apparatus for documents which are bound by means of channel-shaped element by using a wedge, which apparatus comprises the wedge (4) attached to a lever (3) which lever (3) is supported to rotate on the axis positioned in a base (1).

Abstract: A manufacturing method and assembly assisting device for a vehicle capable of reducing man-hours, improving worker posture, and increasing worker efficiency in a step for mounting components on a frame as part of a vehicle assembly step. Some or all of components such as tanks, pipes and wires are mounted on a frame 3 before assembling the frame 3. Namely, some or all of components are first mounted on side rails, which are elements of the frame 3, and cross members 2 are then assembled to the side rails 1. Side rail holding stands disposed on a working surface plate hold a pair of side rails 1 in parallel and at a prescribed height, and in accordance with advancement of work, rotate each of the side rails 1 about a longitudinal axis thereof. Each side rail holding stand includes a means for hydraulically rotating the held side rail by a prescribed angle (approximately 90 degrees) about a longitudinal axis thereof, and a means for controlling the rotating means.

Abstract: Provided is a construction apparatus for safe and smooth construction of a floating offshore wind turbine generator in deep sea. The construction apparatus for constructing the offshore wind turbine generator with a crane ship includes a guide member attached to the crane ship in a work position perpendicular thereto such that a bottom end of the guide member is disposed under the sea and at least one pair of arm units that include grippers capable of holding and releasing a tower member divided into a plurality of segments in an axial direction and that slide along the guide member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a locking element (42) to be insertable into a cartridge chamber (420) of a firearm, said locking element having a proximal end (220) and a distal end (260). The locking element comprises an outer sleeve (14) with a movable operating element (16) provided therein, wherein the sleeve (14) comprises a (first) diameter such that the sleeve (14) is snugly insertable into the cartridge chamber (420) from the cartridge chamber side, but said diameter being larger than the diameter of the barrel (6) of the firearm.

Abstract: Process for assembling a first part made of metal material and a second part made of composite material, by an attachment element, which includes: —pre-piercing the parts to form a recess with a diameter D1in the first and the second parts; —installing an insert having a variable diameter in the direction of the thickness of the parts in the recess, the insert including a main hollow body and at least one flange designed to rest at least partially against the outside surface of a part, the insert being designed to accommodate the attachment element; generating residual compression constraints by radial expansion on the inner wall of the insert by an expansion tool having an outside diameter that works with the inside diameter of the insert in at least one zone of the two parts along the circumference of the insert; —boring the recess of the main body wider so that the insert has a final inside diameter that is significantly greater than the outside diameter of the attachment element to allow play between the

Abstract: A condensate draining pipe is provided for a heating system, a ventilating system, and/or an air conditioning (HVAC) system that includes, but is not limited to a condensate feed portion and a condensate drain portion. The condensate feed portion and the condensate drain portion are connectable to one another by a press-fit coupling assembly comprising an O-ring seal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to an apparatus for use in a system that senses an excitable wireless target capable of being implanted in a body or tissue. The apparatus includes multiple electromagnetic field sensors arranged approximately in a common plane, and multiple sense signal output paths coupled to the sensors. Each one of the sensors and corresponding output paths is configured to provide an output signal representing at least a portion of an electromagnetic field provided by the marker, where the output signal is proportional to a component of the field at the sensor, where that component is substantially perpendicular to the plane. Various other configurations regarding this apparatus, as well as the overall system and methods of exciting and receiving signals from wireless markers, are also disclosed.

Abstract: An orifice holder assembly provides a boss connected by at least one arm to a base having an outlet therethrough. The boss is provided below the outlet. A tube is inserted through the boss until a bead contacts a first boss surface and the tube end is then deflected to form a lip where the lip and the bead connects the tube to the boss. An orifice body is then inserted in the tube end.

Abstract: A seal shipping system includes a seal having an outer diameter surface and an inner sealing lip. A sleeve member having a cylindrical body and a radially extending flange extending from the cylindrical body engages the inner sealing lip. An annular collar surrounds the radially extending flange of the sleeve member and frictionally engages the outer diameter surface of the seal.

Abstract: This invention relates a method for manufacturing cathode assemblies for field emission devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) for assembling panels using riveting which includes a riveting system (6) together with a drilling system (4). According to the invention, the device includes means for setting the riveting head (38) in motion relative to a carriage (34) of the riveting system, where these means are designed to be capable of moving this riveting head (38) between an at-rest position in which the drilling head axis and the riveting head axis (16, 40) are distinct, and a working position in which the same axes (16, 40) coincide. Particular application in the field of aeronautic construction.

Abstract: In a method for processing a laminate, which comprises at least one solid plate, particularly a glass plate, prior to a lamination step at least one location marking is applied to the solid plate and at least one distance and/or angle value of the solid plate is determined with respect to the location marking. Following the lamination step, the laminate is processed, wherein the laminate and a processing tool are automatically positioned relative to each other as a function of the location marking and the at least one distance and/or angle value. Prior to lamination, the solid plate can be easily measured, the edge thereof can be detected both mechanically (such as by a sensor) and without contact (such as optically, by way of a camera), and common, in particular automated, methods can be used for measuring.

Abstract: A light source manufacturing apparatus, which manufactures a light source device by adhering a laser device and a wavelength converting device that converts the laser light emitted by the laser device to laser light of a different wavelength, includes a first stage that holds the wavelength converting device, a second stage that holds the laser device, a power meter that measures the amount of laser light emitted by the wavelength converting device, a light receiving device that detects the drive waveform of the laser light, and a controlling unit that changes relative positions of the first stage and the second stage in such a manner that the amount of laser light measured by the power meter is a predetermined value or greater and the drive waveform detected by the light receiving device falls within a reference range.