Abstract: A method for arranging appointments in an appointment schedule is to be implemented by a computer storing data that includes a session including a plurality of time slots. The data further includes a plurality of cumulative values corresponding respectively to the time slots and a plurality of maximum values related respectively to the cumulative values. The method includes steps of: in response to receipt of a message for reserving a desired time slot selected from among the time slots, changing the cumulative value and the maximum value that correspond to the desired time slot respectively to a first value and a second value; and performing procedures to update the appointment data related to two groups of the time slots that are in the reservation session and that are respectively after the desired time slot and before the desired time slot.

Abstract: A dummy load for automotive LED lights is revealed. The dummy load includes an automotive battery and a control module which is electrically connected both a body computer and a LED light module and provided with a LED control circuit and a charge control circuit. The charge control circuit includes a signal mixer circuit receiving signals from the body computer and discharge signals of the automotive battery, a charger integrated circuit (IC) and a feedback control circuit for battery both electrically connected to the signal mixer circuit, and a battery charging circuit electrically connected to the charger IC and transmitting charge signals to the feedback control circuit for battery and the automotive battery. Thereby a conventional dummy load resistor is replaced by the automotive battery for protecting the automotive LED light from overheating, increasing product stability and recycling a part of electricity for recharge of the automotive battery.

Abstract: A pipe joint device includes a nut defining a threaded hole and including an inward flange that defines a through hole and that has a shoulder surface facing the threaded hole, a tube body having inner and outer end portions, and a stopper detachably sleeved on the tube body. The inner end portion extends through the through hole, has an inner end surface and an outer peripheral surface connected to the inner end surface and formed with an external thread. The stopper has opposite first and second abutment surfaces and an inner surface formed with an internal thread threadedly engaging the external thread. The inner end portion further extends through the stopper, such that the second abutment surface faces and abuts against the annular shoulder and the first abutment surface is disposed not farther away from the outer end portion than the inner end surface.

Abstract: A tool machine magazine includes a base, a tool disc disposed on the base, tool sleeves disposed on a periphery of the tool disc through a bearing, a motor, a brake structure, a cam, a driver shaft, an angle sensor, and a control terminal. The motor drives the cam to operate. Each bearing orderly operates along the outline of the cam, driving the tool disc to continuously rotate without intermittence. The angle sensor is disposed on one end of the driver shaft or a rotation center of the tool disc. When the rotation angle of the tool disc matches the tool change command, the control terminal controls the brake structure to stop the motor, so as to stop the tool disc for facilitating the tool change operation.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for analyzing health information to generate medical assessments are described. Health information may include any type of information associated with the health or physical characteristics of a patient. Non-limiting examples of medical assessments include medical diagnoses, medical orders, and risk assessments. A health information analysis system may access health information associated with a patient and provide a medical assessment based on various analyses of the health information. The health information analysis system may receive feedback associated with the medical assessments, such as historical information and/or user input regarding the accuracy or completeness of the medical assessment. The feedback may be used by the health information analysis system to update the analyses of the health information.

Abstract: adjustable keyboard bracket mechanism includes fixed seat provided with first axle for use as pivot and rotatable second axle; bracket set including first support with one end thereof fastened to the first axle and the second axle and the other end thereof provided with third axle, second support having one end thereof fastened to the second axle and the other end thereof provided with fourth axle and adjustment device set fastened to the third axle and the fourth axle, the adjustment device set including rotating adjustment block having two opposite sides thereof respectively provided with first friction wheels and two mating friction blocks each having inner side thereof provided with second friction wheel for fitting the first friction wheel to form the positioning or rotating adjustment status of the adjustment device set; and connecting seat assembled on the rotating adjustment block opposite to the third axle and the fourth axle.

Abstract: A drum-type tool magazine adaptive to a multi-axis machining center allows the machining center to use spindles to directly take and replace tool holders that hold machining tools. The drum-type tool magazine includes a driving member, a drum, and plural tool clamps. The drum is centrally provided with a rotating shaft and peripherally provided with plural separated mounts that are arranged circularly. The driving member drives the drum to rotate. Plural tool clamps are arranged abreast on each of the mount. Every tool clamp of the same mount has a tool-clamping jaw parallel to a tangential direction at a periphery of the drum and communicated with the tool clamp so that the machining tool when clamped is laid horizontal and located close to the periphery of the drum. This allows the volume of the tool magazine to be minimized.

Abstract: A lockable tool clamp includes two jaw members and a pin together installed on a mount to clamp a tool holder securely. The jaw members each have a connecting portion and a jaw tip. The two connecting portions are overlapped and connected to the mount through a shaft. The pin when installed on the mount is parallel to the shaft, and passes through the two jaw members at a location different from where the shaft passes through the two jaw members. When the pin is in its unlocking position, the jaw members are allowed to pivot with respect to each other, so that the tool holder can be withdrawn or replaced by pushing the jaw tips apart. When the pin is in its locking position, the jaw members are restricted from pivoting with respect to each other. At this time, the tool holder is clamped between the jaw tips securely.

Abstract: A tool changing system with rigidity improved belt moving mechanism includes a pedestal, a sliding base, a driving unit, a positioning belt, and a transmission belt. The sliding base is disposed on the pedestal, and reciprocatively moves along a linear direction. The driving unit is disposed on the sliding base. The positioning belt and the transmission belt are disposed on the pedestal and include a gear rack, respectively. A detouring section of the transmission belt is separated from the positioning belt, and transmissibly meshed with the driving wheel of the driving unit. When the driving wheel rotates, the detouring section is driven to continuously shift on the transmission belt, and the sliding base is simultaneously driven to slide on the pedestal along the linear direction. Thus, a combination of the positioning belt and the transmission belt achieves an improved rigidity.

Abstract: An automatic loading and unloading device includes a frame, an unloading unit, a receiving unit and a receiving link unit. The frame defines a processing area, an unloading area and a receiving area. The unloading unit includes an unloading slide rail, and an unloading drive group movably disposed on the unloading slide rail for driving at least one plate to move from the processing area to the unloading area. The receiving unit includes a receiving slide rail, and a receiving lift group movably disposed on the receiving slide rail for driving the at least one plate to move from the unloading area to the receiving area. The receiving link unit interconnects the unloading drive group and the receiving lift group.

Abstract: A pad body integrally molded from a thermoplastic resin foam material with high compressibility includes a foam absorbent body, an outer film layer formed on an outer portion of the foam absorbent body, and a pull string connected to the outer film layer. A tampon is also disclosed, and includes a tubular sleeve unit and the pad body. The tubular sleeve unit includes an outer tube and a push rod. The foam absorbent body and the outer film layer constitute an absorption section of the pad body. The absorption section is constrained by the outer tube in a compressed state, and is transformed to an expanded state when pushed by the push rod to move out of the receiving hole via the exit opening.

Abstract: A method for analyzing gait of a user includes: detecting, by left and right motion sensors respectively mounted on left and right shoes, movement of the left and right shoes so as to generate and output left-foot motion information and right-foot motion information; and by a processing unit, performing gait analysis based on plural sets of coordinates in a Cartesian coordinate system that are contained in the left-foot motion information and the right-foot motion information so as to generate a result of the gait analysis.

Abstract: Disclosures of the present invention describe a plant light raising and lowering apparatus. Particularly, a control module is configured for controlling a rope winch to complete at least one inching rotation along a clockwise direction or a counterclockwise direction, such that a base is driven by the rope winch so as to have an upward inching movement or a downward inching movement. Moreover, a counter is adopted for counting the direction, times and/or frequency of the inching rotation, and therefore the control module is able to know a total moving distance of the base by using the inching movement recording unit to record each time of the upward inching movement and each time of the downward inching movement. Therefore, a user is able to control the base to move back to a specific position such as an initial position or a previously-staying position.

Abstract: A screw structure is disclosed herein. It comprises a head; a rod body integrally extended from the head and having a flat shank part and a tapered tip at a terminal of the flat shank part; a first screw thread disposed on the rod body and having a positioning tooth at a terminal thereof, a plurality of cutting units and a plurality of shaving collection spaces; a plurality of second screw threads disposed on the rod body; and a reamer thread disposed at an upper end of the rod body.

Abstract: A smart charging method can supply a charging device with power, and the charging device includes charging regions disposed inside thereof, and each charging region includes sockets for charging mobile electronic devices. The charging device includes a control circuit to perform automatic charging control on the mobile electronic devices plugged into the charging regions. During process of the automatic charging control, inrush current is filtered out, and when the total current required by at least two charging regions is higher than a maximal current supply value, the at least two charging regions take turn to charge for a first charging period; otherwise, the charging regions satisfying the condition, and remaining charging region can take turn to charge for a second charging period until the mobile electronic devices are fully charged. The smart charging method can filter out inrush current and effectively increase the charging efficiency.

Abstract: A strip-shaped elastic member, which is adapted for being formed into an ear loop of a mask, includes a first end, a second end opposite to the first end, and a stretchable portion located between the first end and the second end and having a wave structure. When the strip-shaped elastic member is formed into the ear loop of the mask, the wave structure is adapted for contacting the ear of the user wearing the mask, thereby providing comfortable wearing experience to the user. Besides, resulted from the stretchable portion having the wave structure, the strip-shaped elastic member has a relatively larger stretchable length. A mask including a mask body and two ear loops formed from the aforesaid strip-shaped elastic members is disclosed too.

Abstract: A rolled sheet material dispenser, used for dispensing a sheet material on a reel, includes a box and a clamping assembly. The clamping assembly includes a first clamping member, a second clamping member and at least one elastic member. The first clamping member or/and the second clamping member may be a roller. The roller is pivotally connected to the box through a pair of rolling bearings and adjacent to a dispensing opening. The roller is connected with the elastic member so that the roller can be displaced by an elastic force of the elastic member to a clamping position and can be supported by the rolling bearings to clamp the sheet material stably.

Abstract: A multicolored aglet connected to a shoelace has a unit slice, a pattern layer, and a white background layer. The unit slice is formed into two aglet bodies that are respectively sheathed on two ends of the shoelace, and has a mounting portion. The mounting portion of the unit slice is stuck to an outer side of the unit slice. The pattern layer is printed on and covers the inner side of the unit slice excluding the mounting portion, and is located between the unit slice and the shoelace. The white background layer is printed on the pattern layer and is located between the pattern layer and the shoelace. A method for producing the multicolored aglet is also provided.

Abstract: An accelerator-equipped pneumatic cylinder includes a cylinder block, a switch valve, and pneumatic cylinder. The cylinder block defines therein a piston chamber and a pressure chamber. The switch valve has a valve seat installed in the cylinder block and between the piston chamber and the pressure chamber. A controller is installed in the valve seat for controlling the piston chamber and the pressure chamber to be communicated with each other or not. The pneumatic cylinder has a piston portion received in the piston chamber, and has a shaft portion extending outward from the cylinder block. At a moment when a channel is made opened by the controller and the piston chamber and the pressure chamber come into communication with each other, the piston portion is pushed by a pressure medium at an accelerated speed, so that the shaft portion is pushed outside the piston chamber at the accelerated speed.

Abstract: A fast tool changing method with pre-unclamping step for controlling operations of the spindle, tool unclamping cylinder, and tool changing arm. The spindle has one end clamping the tool at the clamping position. The method includes following steps. In a tool pre-unclamping step, the clamp end of the spindle moves the used tool to a pre-unclamping position; the tool unclamping cylinder pushes the used tool to leave a taper of the spindle. In a tool changing step, the tool changing arm rotates to clamp the used tool and pulls the used tool away from the clamp end, and further aligns a target tool with the clamp end. In a tool inserting step, the tool changing arm inserts the target tool into the clamp end, to be clamped therein. Therefore, the tool unclamping and tool clamping operations are accelerated.