Abstract: A system and methods for wrapping bales in a harvester uses wrapping material stored in flat, folded layers instead of conventional round tubes or rolls. The system includes a material support tray at least one feed roll, and at least a first tensioning element. The material support tray is capable of supporting at least one bundle of wrapping material. The first tensioning element is positioned adjacent to or in the material support tray and is in operable contact with at least one bundle of wrapping material.

Abstract: Provided is an impact tool which can perform control in accordance with working situations. The impact tool converts a torque of a brushless motor into a striking force and applies it to a tip tool. The impact tool includes: a motor control unit which makes detection about whether the tip tool is pressed against an object during the rotation of the brushless motor; and a motor control unit which performs speed increase control for increasing the rotational speed of the brushless motor when a state of pressing the tip tool against the object has been detected continuously for a predetermined time.

Abstract: A handheld work apparatus has a device for starting an electric drive motor via an actuating element which can be displaced in a handle counter to an actuating force and acts on a transmission element. The transmission element is shiftable from a rest position into an operating range, wherein the transmission element actuates a switching element and starts the motor. For shifting from the rest position into an end position, a shift force is applied. The shift force forms at least a portion of the actuating force. To keep the actuating force low after the motor is switched on, the displacement path of the transmission element is divided into a first segment and a second segment which includes the operating range. The shift force to be applied to the transmission element rises on the first segment of the path and, after a maximum, decreases on the second segment.

Abstract: A surgical stapling apparatus (10) having an adjustable minimum tissue gap (G) is provided. The surgical stapling apparatus (10) includes a proximal handle portion (20), an elongated central body portion (30), a distal head portion (40), an anvil assembly (50), and an approximation assembly (100). The approximation assembly (100) includes a drive screw (140), a screw stop (150), and a screw extension (160). The adjustable minimum tissue gap (G) can be adjusted by selectively securing the screw extension (160) to the drive screw (140) using a first or second pair of openings (145, 147) of the drive screw (140). A method is also provided to determine the minimum tissue gap (G) of the surgical stapling apparatus (10).

Abstract: An electric working machine in one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a motor, a first operation unit, a control unit, a second operation unit, and a storage unit. The storage unit stores a reference speed that is set via the second operation unit. The control unit drives the motor at a rotation speed corresponding to a drive command from the first operation unit, in accordance with a control characteristic that is set based on the reference speed stored in the storage unit.

Abstract: A fill packaging machine includes a vertical sealing means for folding a packaging film at its central part and continuously forming a vertical sealed portion at its side edge part to shape into a cylinder, and a lateral sealing means for forming lateral sealed portions in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the packaging film. An easy separable sealed portion is continuously formed in the side edge part of the packaging film by the first vertical sealed portion forming section, and a vertical sealed portion having a partial non-sealed portion of a bottle mouth type is formed on the easy separable sealed portion by the second vertical sealed portion forming section. The first vertical sealed portion forming section is a pair of heat sealing rolls or heat sealing plates, a surface of at least one of which is made from an elastic material softer than a metal.

Abstract: A power tool includes a motor, a power circuit coupled to the motor, and a speed sensor coupled to the motor. The power circuit provides power to the motor. The speed sensor detects a position of the motor. The power tool also includes an electronic processor coupled to the motor and the speed sensor. The electronic processor is configured to receive an output signal from the speed sensor indicative of a measured speed of the motor at a first time, determine a cumulative value based on the measured speed of the motor, and interrupt power from the power circuit to the motor when the cumulative value exceeds an accumulator threshold.

Abstract: An extendible wire guide is slidably fitted at the front of a staple gun tool housing. An easily operated lever switch is linked to the wire guide to enable the wire guide to be deployed or retracted. The lever switch includes an up and a down position corresponding to a retracted and an extended position of the wire guide. The wire guide is resiliently biased, preferably toward the retracted position. The lever switch acts on the wire guide against the bias through a cam action on an upper edge of the wire guide. A bias spring is preloaded in a subassembly of the wire guide and bias spring for simplified final assembly.

Abstract: Described herein are packaging materials and their use in manufacturing packaging containers having an opening device, and intended for food products. In some embodiments, a packaging material for a packaging container for liquid or semi-liquid food includes: a bulk layer made of paper or paperboard; a heat-sealing layer; a barrier layer arranged between the bulk layer and the heat-sealing layer; and a laminate layer arranged between the barrier layer and the bulk layer. The packaging material can include one or more weakenings in direct or indirect contact with an attenuation in the packaging material, the one or more weakenings defining a consumer opening area. The attenuation can provide a material bridge for an injection molded opening device. In one embodiment, the attenuation can include the heat-sealing layer, the barrier layer, and the laminate layer, but not the bulk layer.

Abstract: An adapter assembly for connecting an end effector to an electromechanical surgical instrument includes first, second, and third drive assemblies configured for converting rotational motion into linear motion. Each of the second and third drive assemblies includes a jackscrew assembly for longitudinally advancing and retracting respective second and third drive members.

Abstract: A folding unit for producing packages from sealed packs having at least one flap to be folded, the folding unit including a conveying device carrying at least one pushing element arranged for interacting with the at least one flap, and a supporting element onto which the conveying device abuts when the at least one pushing element interacts with the at least one flap. The conveying device also includes at least one rolling element rolling onto the supporting element.

Abstract: An improved insulated sleeve for prolonging the period during which a chilled beverage can is able to maintain a cool condition is disclosed. The sleeve is generally cylindrical and made from an insulating material and defines a side wall, a floor and an open end. The sleeve further defines a notch which extends at least horizontally through the floor. In another aspect, the invention discloses a method of using the insulated sleeve.

Abstract: A hydraulic torque impulse generator includes a drive cylinder with a hydraulic fluid chamber, an output shaft with an impulse receiving portion connected to a radially movable seal element and intermittently dividing the hydraulic fluid chamber into high and low pressure compartments, and cam profiles which can displace the seal element from an idling position to a high pressure pulse generating position. A by-pass passage communicates fluid between the high and low pressure compartments, and a valve element movable between closed and open positions controls the fluid flow. The valve element is closed during pressure build-up in the high pressure compartment and opens when a high pressure pulse is completed, and is part of a control spindle coupled to the drive cylinder. The control spindle rotates through an angular play by inherent kinetic energy at an abrupt stop of the drive cylinder at the generation of each high pressure pulse.

Abstract: A nail feeding device for a magazine of coil nailer, comprising a housing, a handle, a nailer head, a magazine assembly; the magazine assembly comprising a nail receiving chamber, one end of the nail receiving chamber being connected with the handle, and the opposite end thereof being connected with the nailer head; the nail receiving chamber comprising a cover, a nail feeding pallet disposed therein, a post disposed at a center of the nail feeding pallet, and a sliding groove; the sliding groove having an opening; the nail feeding pallet correspondingly comprising an pallet adjuster; wherein the nail feeding pallet can be moved outwardly from the nail receiving chamber, thereby having more space in the magazine, and keeping the handle and the magazine from disturbing the loading process. The coil nails loading process has been improved to a great extent.