Abstract: A production method of enzyme containing Antrodia Cinnamomea component includes steps of: filling fruits of the season and Antrodia Cinnamomea in eighty percent full in the internal space of a container to be sealed off and adding a yeast for a first yeast fermentation for a period of 30 days; then stuffing the same container with the fruits of the season for a second yeast fermentation for a period of 30 days; injecting air into the container when alcohol level goes lower than 12% and adding an acetic acid bacteria for an acetic acid fermentation for a period of 120˜180 days. Through two times of alcoholic extraction, followed with the acetic acid extraction, the particular bioactive components of Antrodia Cinnamomea may be fully obtained and carried with the natural enzyme drinks.

Abstract: A wheelchair comprises a frame and first and second rear wheels that are each independently mounted to the frame via a respective mounting hub. Each rear wheel is detachably mounted to its respective mounting hub at two or more distinct hub mounting points. Either or both of the hub mounting points can be movable with respect to a remainder of the hub, for example via a pivoting arrangement. A disk can be positioned at the rear wheel and a stop element located at the mounting hub can be selectively operated to interfere with the disk to prevent rotation of that rear wheel. The frame can comprise first and second spaced apart and unitary tubes which each extending in an unbroken manner from a wheelchair seat to a wheelchair forward region.

Abstract: A ball feeding device includes a mounting seat with a driving device. The driving device includes a driving shaft defining an axis of rotation. A discharge hole is provided in a top plate of the mounting seat. An annular guiding wall is formed on the top plate and surrounds the axis of rotation. A rotary unit is rotatably mounted on the top plate and includes tubes for containing balls. A blocking member is mounted in each tube. When the rotary unit is rotated, lower ends of the tubes are aligned with the discharge hole in sequence such that the balls in the tubes are fed into a pitching machine one by one. The blocking members hold or release the balls in the tubes under the action of the guiding wall such that the balls to be fed cannot contact with the top plate.

Abstract: An exercise machine includes a frame, a saddle, at least one crank arm, at least one pedal, a force measurement, an angle detector, a processor, and an adjustment mechanism. The saddle is connected to the frame. The crank arm is pivotally connected to the frame, and the pedal is pivotally connected to the crank arm. The force measurement measures a force applied to the crank arm, and the angle detector detects a crank arm angle. The processor is programmed to calculating a work value according to the force and the crank arm angle. The feedback mechanism returns the work value to a user.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a preferably crosslinked polymer product from a starting polymer. In said method, at least one liquid additive and other additives are metered to the starting polymer and are then processed into the final product in a continuous casting or injection molding device. The additives are first mixed with a suitable supporting material that has a fissured surface or an open cell structure, whereupon the liquid additive is added. Said mixture is then mixed with the basic material and is processed immediately in front of the continuous casting or injection molding device.

Abstract: There is provided an optical device, including a light-transmitting substrate (20) having an input aperture and first and second major surfaces (26, 32) parallel to each other and edges, one partially reflecting surface located in the substrate which is non-parallel to the major surfaces of the substrate and an optical arrangement having an output aperture for coupling light into the substrate by total internal reflection. The optical arrangement for coupling light is located outside of the substrate, the output aperture is optically attached to the input aperture of the substrate and the part of the substrate located next to the substrate input aperture, is substantially transparent.

Abstract: A single-chip driving device for a high intensity discharge lamp includes a high voltage direct current electric power supply system, a power control circuit, a frequency transformation circuit, and an ignition steady current circuit. The high voltage direct current electric power supply system transforms an external power supply into a relatively higher voltage direct current electric power. The power control circuit transforms the relatively higher voltage direct current electric power into a relatively lower voltage and higher frequency direct current electric power. The frequency transformation circuit transforms the relatively lower voltage and higher frequency direct current electric power into a relatively lower voltage and lower frequency direct current electric power so as to drive the ignition steady current circuit.

Abstract: A nasal mask comprising a pair of main bodies, which respectively form a containing space having an open end and a through-hole end; a connection which connects the edges of the opening ends of the main bodies; and a filtration device disposed inside the containing space of the main bodies. An alar projection is disposed at the upper brim of the opening end of the main bodies, which seals with the superior alar nasi of the nasal cavity. The main bodies forms a structure sealed with the nasal cavity. The main bodies of the nasal mask is made of soft elastic material and seals with the nasal cavity through the arrangement of an alar projection at the upper margin of the opening end of said main bodies that provides the wearer a sense of comfort.

Abstract: A dual-band FR4 chip antenna is disclosed. The present invention forms a meandering radiating metal line on a low-cost FR4 chip base, thereby achieving a dual-band operation. The present invention comprises: an FR4 chip base made of an FR4 material; a meandering radiating metal line; and a connecting point, wherein the meandering radiating metal line is formed on at least two surfaces of the FR4 chip base, and the connecting point is used for connecting the meandering radiating metal line to a signal transmission line. The present invention can cover two ISM (Industrial-Scientific-Medical) bands, such as those around 2450 MHz and 5800 MHz. The FR4 chip antenna in the present invention is not only easy to be integrated with microwave circuits, but also sturdy and cheap, and is further suitable for using the surface-mounting technology (SMT) to perform a mass production. In addition, the present invention has two separate wide bandwidths, and is suitable for dual-band operation.

Abstract: A food product comprising a substantially solid mass based on chocolate or a chocolate-like product in contact with an aqueous phase in unfrozen state, with a local free moisture content ranging between 30% and 45%, preferably between 35% and 45%, said substantially solid mass having a low water intake in suitable conditions of preservation. The substantially solid mass comprises in weight percentage: 43 to 68% of fat; <25% of defatted dry cocoa; <17% of skim milk powder; appropriate amounts of sugar >13%, the solid mass being such that for an aqueous phase having a local free moisture content ranging between 30% and 45%, preferably 35 and 45%, the quantity &tgr; is less than 3, where &tgr;=(−16.6×[water]+2.9)×F+(22.5×[water]−3.5)×(S+SMP)+(66.9×[water]−11.8)×C.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of puroindolines as additives in biscuit manufacture. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of puroindolines added to biscuit flour in order to increase the firmness of a biscuit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of compound of microarray chips, especially the method by repeatedly impressing reagents at fixed locations on a substrate to synthesize said chips; and also realtes to a compound microarray chips produced according to said method.

Abstract: A safety hypodermic syringe includes a barrel having a receiving hole, a needle holder slidably and controllably disposed therein and having an insertion hole, an inner tapered hole, a pull stop edge located between the insertion hole and the inner tapered hole, and a liquid transporting hole in communication with a hypodermic needle; a plunger having a rod body, a connection head of a conical shape cooperative with the inner tapered hole, two claws capable of retaining the pull stop edge of the needle holder, and two notches formed in opposite inner side of each claw; wherein the plunger and the needle holder are in intimate cooperation to provide a minimum residue of liquid drug, the claws serving to catch and pull the pull stop edge of the needle holder, so as to enable the plunger to draw the needle holder and the hypodermic needle into the receiving hole of said barrel.

Abstract: A brake for loom weft yarn feeding device is arranged between a front portion of the drum, on which the yarn coming from a conventional bobbin is wound, and a space defined by a hollow enclosing and covering element. The covering element has a front orifice and is positioned in front of the drum. The element has a substantially cone-shaped or spherical cap configuration, wherein a brake is provided comprising a body of round, oval or possibly even quadrangular plan, consisting of one or more intermediate segmental rings, within approximately semicircular profile, which are fitted with at least one head in a portion of lesser diameter than those of the segmental rings at either end. The weft yarn is comprised and compressed between the rim of one of the heads and the inner wall of the hall element, immediately before exiting therefrom through the orifice.

Abstract: The invention concerns a frame for spectacles comprising at least one element made of polycrystalline copper—aluminum—beryllium (Cu—Al—BE) of elasticity between 3 and 6%, preferably of the order of 4%. The polycrystalline alloy composition is 0.5% to 1% of beryllium, 11% to 12% of aluminum, the remainder being copper. The polycrystalline alloy average grain size is less than 0.12 mm. The Cu—Al—BE element is formed by several shrinking operations not exceeding deformation of {fraction (1/100)} th of a millimeter per passage, or 40% of clod shrinking, followed by thermal beta treatment or directly by hot-forming.

Abstract: A process for producing an ethylene vinyl acetate insole involves weighing molding compounds for manufacturing the ethylene vinyl acetate insole. The molding compounds are mixed and rolled by means of a roller so as to form a sheet material. The sheet material is cut into a plurality of elongated strips. A predetermined amount of the strips are placed into a first mold unit, which is heated and pressurized so as to form a partially foamed insole. The partially foamed insole is placed into a second mold unit, which is heated, pressurized, and cooled so as to form a completely foamed insole. The completely foamed insole is trimmed to form a finished ethylene vinyl acetate insole.

Abstract: A photo-detector based calculating means having a grating wheel with integrated lenses is provided. The photo-detector based calculating means having a grating wheel with integrated lenses includes a light source (1), a grating wheel (2), and a photo-detector (3), with the light emitted from the light source (1) impinging upon an input plane of the grating wheel (2). The photo-detector (3) has a set of photo-sensitive chips (31) to receive the working light beams emitted from the grating wheel (2). The input plane of the grating wheel (2) has a ring-shaped lens (24) to focus the light emitted from the light source (1). The output plane (23) of the grating wheel (2) has a plurality of tooth-shaped lenses (25), each projecting perpendicularly to the ring-shaped lens (24), which can focus the working beams after the working beams pass through the output plane (23), thus minimizing interference.

Abstract: An ice fishing system comprising a variable stiffness jigging mechanism inside a housing. The jigging mechanism includes an oscillating arm having a flexible tube that supports and jigs the fishing line. The fishing line is draped over a flexible line guide. The flexibilities of the flexible tube and the line guide are chosen to suit the particular kind of fish to be caught. A heat exchanger in the housing has a slidable glass door that protects a burner from the wind as well as provides illumination inside the housing. The heat exchanger is spaced from the housing walls to provide adequate air circulation around it. A lid of the housing is strong enough for a fisherman to kneel on.

Abstract: A fixing sucker structure including a movable handle, a sucker main body, a controlling inner tube fitted in a tube body of top end of the sucker main body, a lifting thread rod positioned in the sucker main body and screwed with the controlling inner tube and a disc-like enlarged section connected with the bottom end of the lifting thread rod. The circumference of the enlarged section is formed with annular grooves in which soft gaskets are fitted. A gasket with U-shaped cross-section is fitted with the bottom edge of the sucker main body. When the movable handle is rotated, the controlling inner tube is driven to rotate so as to micro-adjust and drive the lifting thread rod to move upward or downward within the sucker main body, creating a vacuum state therein and producing a strong sucking force for firmly attaching the sucker main body to a polished surface such as the outer surface of a car or a glass.

Abstract: A baby carriage with an illumination sound system comprises a control box having a control circuit, a frame with wheels, a magnet and a magnetic switch mounted on a rear leg of the frame. The magnetic switch is connected to the control circuit, and the control circuit outputs a signal to drive a speaker, an illuminating device, a signal transmitting device, respectively or a combination signal of all the above, thus, when pushing the carriage the above devices can be activated.