Abstract: An entertainment device which may be used as a promotional vehicle for the sale of beverage products includes a bottle having a sidewall and a vertical axis and a support member rotatably coupled to the bottle for enabling a rotation of the bottle about the axis. A series of closely related fixed images is disposed in a circular array on the sidewall for presenting a user with an apparently moving image during a rotation of the bottle about the axis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an air mask for a helmet of a motorcycle which is selectively detachable by a user of a helmet for protecting a user's head when a user rides a motorcycle, snowmobile, bicycle, etc.

Abstract: In a fuel injection apparatus in which a pressure regulator is attached to a vapor separator, in order to make the vapor separator compact, to improve corrosion resistance of the pressure regulator and to maintain a stable pressure regulating operation for a long time period, a vapor separator is constituted by a chamber and a cover, a pressure regulator is arranged within a recess portion of the cover and above a fixed fuel liquid surface, the longitudinal axis of the pressure regulator is arranged in a state of being approximately parallel to the fuel liquid surface, a pressure fuel inflow passage is formed in the cover and is formed so as to be branched from a fuel discharge passage formed in the cover, and a vent hole of a spring chamber is open at a lower position in the gravitational direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reduced form of Coenzyme Q also known as ubiquinol in oral dosage form such as a gelatin capsule, preferably a soft gelatin capsule. Compositions according to the present invention include storage stable compositions comprising effective amounts of ubiquinol in combination with an amount of a reducing agent effective to maintain ubiquinol in its reduced state when formulated in capsules, tablets and other orally administrable form. Methods of use are also disclosed.

Abstract: An ultrasonic medical treatment device has a casing, an elongate probe, a transducer assembly, a sheath and a plurality of electrode members. The probe is mounted to and extends from the casing and has an axis and a free end serving as an operative tip. The transducer assembly is mounted to the casing and is operatively connected to the probe for generating vibrations of at least one ultrasonic frequency in the probe. The sheath surrounds the probe. The electrode members are connectable to an RF voltage source and are mounted at least indirectly to the casing so as to permit relative motion between the electrode members and the probe.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling fan motor for a condenser having a direct engagement connector.

Abstract: In an alternator having a vacuum pump capable of improving a cooling characteristic, and having a rotary shaft supported by bearings installed in a rear bracket of the alternator, a housing of the vacuum pump has vanes and a rotation rotor is installed on the rotary shaft. A pump bracket is assembled to a lower portion of the housing and includes a packing inserted in an outer circumferential portion of a center shaft hole of the pump bracket for implementing a sealing operation in surface-contact with the rear bracket. A certain space is formed between the packing and the shaft hole for preventing a heat transfer, and a heat radiating unit is installed in a lower surface of the pump bracket.

Abstract: To reduce the number of the fuel distribution pipes and fuel joints to make the cost for them inexpensive, a fuel distribution pipe is provided with a fuel distribution passage with one end being opened by a fuel introduction hole, a plurality of injection valve insertion holes positioned apart from a longitudinal axial line of the fuel distribution passage toward one side by a predetermined amount, having longitudinal axial lines thereof crossing orthogonally to the longitudinal axial line, and having a leading end open toward one side a plurality of mounting bosses formed orthogonally to a cross section including the longitudinal axial lines and, and each having an upper end surfaces and a lower end surfaces uniformly protruding upward and, downward a predetermined amount from the longitudinal axial line, and mounting holes provided in the mounting bosses apart from the longitudinal axial line toward one side by a predetermined amount, at least two fuel distribution pipes being prepared, the fuel introducti

Abstract: The present invention relates to a housing assembly structure of a starter motor for a vehicle which is capable of implementing an easier assembling operation of a magnet switch and a lever in a finished assembling line of a starter motor based on a shape change of a housing in a housing with a magnet switch which is attached to a front bracket of a starter motor for thereby operating a lever and decreasing a fabrication cost of a product.

Abstract: In a medical treatment method, magnetic elements are injected into organic tissues of a patient. The magnetic elements are disposed, upon injection, on opposite sides of tissues or a hole to be closed or collapsed. Owing to magnetic attraction between the magnetic elements, the organic tissues of the patient are drawn together to constrict tissues or to close or collapse a wound or vessel.

Abstract: A table tennis table has a main panel defining a playing surface and a pair of opposing edges. A frame is connected to the playing surface for supporting the playing surface in a horizontal orientation, a pair of substantially rigid auxiliary panels, and adjustable mounting elements mounting the auxiliary panels to the frame along respective ones of the edges so that the auxiliary panels each have a first orientation extending substantially perpendicularly relative to the main panel and an alternate second orientation substantially coplanar with the main panel to extend the playing surface of the main panel. A table tennis net is connected perpendicular to the playing surface and extends transversely along a midline thereof.

Abstract: Compounds of general structural formula (1) are shown to have AMPA receptor enhancing properties. The compounds are useful for such therapeutic purposes as facilitating the learning of behaviors dependent upon AMPA receptors, and in treating conditions, such as memory impairment, in which AMPA receptors, or synapses utilizing these receptors, are reduced in numbers or efficiency. They may also be used to enhance excitatory synaptic activity in order to restore an imbalance between brain subregions, as in treatment of schizophrenia or schizophreniform behavior.

Abstract: A ventilated walking shoe comprising a mid-sole, under the upper. The mid-sole is constituted by a felt of natural fibers and is surmounted by a perforated insole made of leather or hide. The mid-sole is arranged within a perimetric edge for connecting the upper to the insole without requiring a toe lasting machine, the heel region and/or the front region and/or the central region contain, below the mid-sole, components made of a felt of natural fibers and covered with a membrane of microporous, transpiring and waterproof material and/or with perforated components made of leather or hide at openings of the edge of a box-like rubber sole that contains the entire assembly. The openings on the edge of the sole are closed all around by the edge so as to avoid interrupting its continuity.

Abstract: The invention provides a hair conditioning formulation useful in repairing split ends comprising: (a) an amphoteric or cationic guar gum; and (b) a Necon fatty dialkyl amine salt, wherein the formulation contains natural or synthetic gums.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ice cream dispenser which is directed to effectively discharging an ice cream from the interior of a dispensing container without any transformation and damage of the dispensing container by providing a lid which slides in the interior of the body of the dispensing container and a pressing device which transfers a uniform pressure to the lid.

Abstract: A microscale biosensor for use in the detection of target biological substances including molecules and cells is a microfluidic system with integrated electronics, inlet-outlet ports and interface schemes, high sensitivity detection of pathogen specificity, and processing of biological materials at semiconductor interfaces. A fabrication process includes an all top-side processing for the formation of fluidic channels, planar fluidic interface ports, integrated metal electrodes for impedance measurements, and a glass cover sealing the non-planar topography of the chip using spin-on-glass as an intermediate bonding layer. Detection sensitivity is enhanced by small fluid volumes, use of a low-conductivity buffer, and electrical magnitude or phase measurements over a range of frequencies.

Abstract: Gas burner for a cooking hob, comprising a burner body provided with a plurality of openings for entry of primary air, a flame-dividing element which defines together with the burner body and air/gas mixing chamber, a gas injector which is mounted on the cooking hob, for injecting gas inside the mixing chamber, and a converging/diverging duct which defines a Venturi tube located downstream of the gas injector for drawing air into the mixing chamber. In accordance with the present invention, the burner body, the flame-dividing element and the converging/diverging duct consist of a single monolithic structure in the form of a pressed sheet-metal casing.

Abstract: A machine for the conditioning of laminar flexible products such as industrial hides and skins, including at least one conditioning unit crossed by the products to be processed, blowers for blowing and extracting air directed toward products, and a series of air jets blowing simultaneously on both sides of the products under treatment in a transverse direction with respect to the advancement direction of the products. The products are caused to advance along a substantially horizontal plane by means of pairs of annular threads uniformly distributed across the useful width of the conditioning paths. The threads of each pair are placed on opposite sides and in contact with the products to support and transfer them along the path leaving their side surfaces substantially free. As an alternative, the advancement means are formed by pairs of endless belts in mutually facing relationship to firmly hold the products while permitting passage of blown air.