Abstract: A shoe edge processing machine comprises means (26, 27) of gripping a shoe along an axis (31) virtually perpendicular to the shoe, shoe processing means (16), relative movement means (12, 22) for the shoe and processing means for causing these processing means (16) to travel the edge of a shoe held in the gripping means (26, 27). Advantageously the gripping axis (21) rotates to cause the entire peripheral edge of the shoe torn under the processing head. Powered jaws (42, 43) provide positioned means for the shoe to allow its correct gripping by the gripping means (26, 27).

Abstract: A receptacle connector (R) comprises a plurality of receptacle contacts (70), each of which has a female contact portion (71) in a tuning-fork like shape, and a receptacle retaining member (60), which aligns and retains the receptacle contacts (70). A plug connector (P) comprises a plurality of plug contacts (40), each of which has a male contact portion (41) insertable into the female contact portion (71) and a plug retaining member (10), which aligns and retains the plug contacts (40). The plug and receptacle connectors (P) and (R) are matable and constitute a matching male and female connector assembly. The plug retaining member (10) includes a reinforcing member (12) which extends along a side fo the male contact portions (41) of the plug contacts (40) retained therein.

Abstract: Apparatus for feeding items of pharmaceutical product to pockets in a continuously travelling web for the production of blister packs has a plurality of product delivery chutes mounted on a moving carriage having delivery gates for releasing product from the delivery chutes. The carriage cycles the delivery chutes from a stationary position under stationary metering chutes, where product is transferred into the delivery chutes, accelerating and lowering them into alignment with pockets in the travelling web, where product is released, and raising and returning the delivery chutes to the stationary position to repeat the cycle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heater cable (10) that may be deployed in a wellbore to elevate the temperature of the wellbore above the temperature of the surrounding fluid and the formation. One or more fiber optic strings are included in or are carried by the heater cable. The heater cable carrying the fiber optics is placed along the desired length of the wellbore. At least one fiber optic string measures temperature of the heater cable at a plurality of spaced apart locations. Another string may be utilized to determine the temperature of the wellbore. In one aspect of this invention, the heater cable is heated above the temperature of the wellbore. The fluid flowing from the formation to the wellbore lowers the temperature of the cable at the inflow locations. The fiber optic string provides measurements of the temperature along the heater cable. The fluid flow is determined from the temperature profile of the heater cable provided by the fiber optic sensors.

Abstract: A cable connector comprises a plurality of female contacts 20 which are arrayed and held in a lateral direction inside an insulating housing 10, and a cable consisting of a plurality of conductors, the front ends of which are connected to said contacts and the rear ends of which extend externally from said housing. Here, the cable consisting of a plurality of conductors is an FPC cable 50 wherein a plurality of signal conducting layers 51 are formed on one face thereof and a ground conducting layer is formed on the other face thereof. The cable connector is constituted by connecting the signal circuit layers 51 to the plurality of female contacts 20, and connecting the ground conducting layer 55 to the shield cover 30 in the housing.

Abstract: A card connector 1, which is constructed with a main body 11, a flap member 21, a plurality of first contacts 31 and a plurality of second contacts 32, comprises a first connector section 10 and a second connector section 20. The first connector section 10 allows removable insertion of a first card-like memory module 51 through a insertion opening 12 into a slot-like receiving part provided at the lower part of the main body 11 for electrical connection through the first contacts 31, which are aligned and retained in the receiving part. The second connector section 20 allows removable installation of a second card-like memory module 52 for electrical connection through the second contacts 32, which are aligned and retained on the main body above the receiving part, with the flap member 21 being mounted on the upper part of the main body 11 pivotally to be opened and closed for installation of the second card-like memory module 52.

Abstract: In the expander (50) in a drum brake, when the brake is activated, the sleeve (56) is extended in the lateral directions in the drawing by the wedge (52) inserted within the housing (51), and the shoe engaged with the clip (58) is swung to press the lining (23) against the drum, and friction braking is performed. When the lining (23) wears away and the amount of movement of the sleeve (56) increases, the sleeve (56) is rotated by reciprocal action with a drive ring (62) that is engaged with the periphery of the sleeve and, thereby, the pressing screw (57) screwed thereon comes out by the amount of the increase of movement (the amount of wear on the lining). A flat surface (56c) is formed on the periphery of the sleeve and the detecting head (80) of the displacement detection apparatus detects the rotation of the sleeve (56).

Abstract: A method for treating osteoporosis or for repairing a join between bone and a prosthetic pin by injecting cement dispensed under high pressure from a cement gun into the bone cavity at one end of the medullary canal or into an interstice in the join formed between the prosthetic pin and cement in the cavity, anchoring the pin in the cavity, employs an adaptor at entry and exit ends. The adaptor has a shank portion with a self tapping external thread tapering from a connecting portion having an internal thread for attachment to a zerk, and radially outward wings, forming fingerpieces by which the shank portion can be rotated. An internal glue passageway extends completely through the adapter. A kit for injecting cement includes two adapters, a zerk, a high pressure lever action hydraulic gun for cement, two flexible connecting hoses, two plugs and a pressure release valve.

Abstract: An in-line roller skate exercise device has a pair of, open ended, channel section tracks extending in side by side relation for receiving a pair of in-line roller skates worn by a person. The tracks are arcuate, forming progressively elevated front and rear track ends so that respective in-line roller skates of a pair worn by a person can be rolled by the person in opposed reciprocating motions along said tracks. Each track is of downwardly convergent channel section for engaging wheels of a respective roller skate with a wedging action providing frictional resistance to the motions of the roller skates thereby to increase substantially the effort of the person. The tracks can be formed by elongate stands molded as hollow shells with open bottoms for stacking, one inside another, facilitating compact storage and portability.

Abstract: An electrical cable connector P comprises a plurality of contacts 40, which are aligned and retained in a retaining member 10, and each contact includes a cable connection portion 42. The core wires 51 of cables are soldered respectively onto the upper surfaces of the cable connection portions 42. The retaining member 10 includes a plurality of receiving grooves, which are formed in alignment in a plane to receive, align and retain the cable connection portions 42, respectively. When the cable connection portions 42 are received and retained in the receiving grooves, and when the core wires 51 are placed on the upper surfaces of the cable connection portions, respectively, the upper ends of the core wires 51 are positioned at a height which is above the plane in which the grooves are formed. Therefore, all the core wires 51 are heated and soldered simultaneously by pressing a pulse heater on the core wires.

Abstract: Frame grounding fixtures (plug connector fixtures) 40 are provided at the longitudinal ends of the plug housing 10 for mounting the plug connector half 1 on a printed circuit board K1, and receptacle connector fixtures 80 are provided at the longitudinal ends of the receptacle housing 50 for mounting the receptacle connector half 5 on a printed circuit board K5. When the plug and receptacle connector halves 1 and 5 are intermated, the frame grounding fixtures 40 are brought into contact with the receptacle connector fixtures 80 because the contact surfaces of the frame grounding fixtures 40 are provided in the same planes as the inner surfaces 12c of the plug housing 10, and the contact surfaces of the receptacle connector fixtures 80 are provided in the same plane as the outer surfaces 52b of the receptacle housing 50.

Abstract: The housing 10 is formed such that when the tilting angle of a miniature card 70 is in a predetermined range of acute angle (e.g., 20 to 25 degrees), the lower end 70a of the miniature card 70 is insertable into the groove 14 of the housing 10. In addition, guide portions 27 and 28 are provided on the front surface of the rear wall 11 and on the upper end of the front wall 12, respectively, to lead the lower end 70a of the miniature card 70 which is tilted to an angle greater than the predetermined range. Thereby, the space required for the installation of the miniature card is made relatively small to produce a compact connector. The groove 14, into which the lower end 70a of the miniature card 70 is inserted for the installation of the miniature card, is formed or defined by the rear wall 11 and the front wall 12 of the housing 10, and lateral arms 13 are provided at the lateral ends of the rear and front walls 11 and 12 to connect these walls.

Abstract: A plurality of signal contact grooves 21 are provided in a laterally extending row, each groove opening through the front surface of a rear wall 11 of a housing 10. In each of the signal contact grooves 21, a first signal-transmission contact 30 and a second signal-transmission contact 40 are mounted in a front and rear pair. The second arm portions 44 of the second signal-transmission contacts 40, which are positioned rearward, are positioned above and extend longer than the second arm portions 34 of the first signal-transmission contacts 30, which are positioned forward. As a result, the contact portions 35 and 45 of the first and second signal-transmission contacts 30 and 40 are aligned in upper and lower rows in front of the front surface of the rear wall 11. This design is advantageous in reducing the number of steps necessary for the production of the signal-transmission contacts of the connector, and it also makes the mounting of the contacts into the housing easy, improving productivity.

Abstract: The motherboard MB1 of the present invention is a motherboard comprising a plurality of plug connectors 12 installed on the front face of the board 11 and a bus line for inter-connecting these plug connectors so as to allow inter-communication of daughter boards DB1-DB7 connected to the plug connectors 12. The motherboard is configured such that a termination board TB1 having a terminating resistance to decrease reflection noise of the bus line is connected to the plug connector at the last slot S8 of the bus line among the plug connectors 12, 12, . . . installed on the front face of the motherboard. Alternatively, the motherboard is configured such that the termination board is connected to the rear face of the last slot S8.

Abstract: An electrical cable connector comprises a plurality of female contacts 20 and a plurality of cables 50. The female contacts 20 are aligned and retained in a row extending in a right and left direction in an insulative housing 10, and one end of each cable is connected to a corresponding female contact in the insulative housing 10. Each of the female contacts comprises a base portion 21, which is fixed in the insulative housing 10 and to which the core wire of a corresponding cable 50 is connected, and a resilient arm portion 25, which is continuous from the base portion 21 and extends along the base portion 21 with a predetermined distance therebetween. When this connector is engaged with a matable connector, each female contact receives and holds a corresponding male contact of the matable connector in a space between the base portion 21 and the resilient arm portion 25, thus establishing the electrical connection of the female and male contacts.

Abstract: A disabling device for a computer mouse allowing the operator to lock the pointer/cursor in the chosen spot on the screen and prevent any unintended and unpredictable input signals from the an idle computer mouse to the computer system, thereby ameliorating unnecessary movement of the mouse to reinstall the pointer/cursor in the proper position on the screen and to correct any possible wrong interaction with the computer before resuming the mouse operation again.

Abstract: A connector element 5 removably holding a card 2 containing stored data is mounted within a case 100 such that the connector element is slidable in the card 2 insert/eject direction, this connector element 5 being normally urged in the card 2 eject direction by springs SP1, SP2. A connector element mounting member 120 is provided with a locked portion 125 detained by a locking member 143 urged rightward by a spring 142 when the connector element 5 has been slid in the card 2 insert direction, and the locking member 143 is unlocked by leftward motion thereof by means of magnetic attraction by a solenoid 140 operated by a switch 147.