Abstract: A punch and press system includes a low voltage safety circuit and a high voltage control circuit. The high voltage control circuit is further divided into a high voltage low current region and a high voltage high current region. The high voltage low current region is isolated from both the low voltage safety circuit and the high voltage high current region of the control circuit. As the upper tool of the press strikes an object, the object's conductivity will govern whether the press will continue to act on the object. Thus, if the object is conductive, then the upper tool will continue to act on the object. If the object is not conductive, then the upper tool will raise to a neutral position.

Abstract: The Hair Straightening Nozzle of the present invention includes a nozzle suitable for attachment to a typical hand-held hair blow dryer, and is formed with two parallel rows of teeth disposed on opposite sides of the nozzle such that the air from the hair blow dryer passes from the nozzle, through the nozzle opening, and between the two rows of teeth. A heating bar is located between the rows of teeth and in the stream of heated air, and is formed of a heat-conducting material, such as steel. The heating bar, heated by the heated air passing through the nozzle, extends slightly higher than the base of the teeth, such that as the teeth are pulled through the hair, the hair passes over the heating bar and the heated bar straightens the hair.

Abstract: An improved gun grip panel includes two pieces of a carbon, kevlar or carbon/kevlar mix material separated by a spacer. This material and spacer are encapsulated in a clear resin. The combination of strong, lightweight woven material and resin provide improved strength and resiliency to the gun grip panel without disadvantageously increasing the panel's weight. The clarity of the resin allows the woven material to be visible through the resin, giving the gun grip panel an ornamental appearance. Also, the gun grip panel may be textured to improve the grip of the user of the handgun. The inventive method of manufacturing the improved gun grip panel includes cutting a pair of gun-grip-panel-sized inserts from the woven material. The two pieces of material, with the spacer between them, is positioned to cover the bottom of a silicone mold. The silicone mold is then sandwiched between a pair of rigid plexiglass sheets, and the combination is placed in a chamber.