Abstract: A device for hot cleaning of various types of surfaces, such as floors, tiled wall, large windows, mirrors, large household appliances, etc. The device includes a core body, including a steam generator and dispenser, suitable to generate steam under pressure and at high temperature, a metal heating plate with an heating element, a metal heated lower base to support and heat a cleaning cloth, a first valve, such as for example a solenoid valve, a second valve, such as for example a solenoid valve, a series of nozzles, a series of steam dispensers, and provided at the top with an articulated joint, a long hollow stiff thermally insulated element, such as a cylindrical tube, an ergonomic control and command system hollow along the length, and a hose.

Abstract: A flat floor jack is configured to be maneuverable and manage a heavy load. The flat floor jack has a handle attached to a first side wall and a second side wall. A lifting arm is rotatably coupled to the first side wall and the second side wall. A hydraulic cylinder is joined to the first side panel and the second side panel. A first axel is arranged through the first side wall and the second side wall and attached to a first roller and a second roller. A second axel is arranged through the first side wall and the second side wall and attached to a third roller and a fourth roller. Each roller has a roller bearing assembly that has hundreds of small spheres arranged adjacent to one another such that weight from the roller is distributed among the hundreds of small spheres.

Abstract: A hand vacuum cleaner has an air flow path extending from a dirty air inlet to a clean air outlet. An air treatment member and suction motor are positioned in the air flow path. The hand vacuum cleaner includes an onboard energy storage unit and has a pistol grip handle. When the hand vacuum cleaner is oriented with its upper end above its lower end, the pistol grip handle is located at the rear end of the hand vacuum cleaner, the energy storage unit is located at the lower end of the hand vacuum cleaner with the suction motor located above the front end of the energy storage unit and the pistol grip handle located above the rear end of the energy storage unit. A finger grip area may be provided between the handle and the suction motor above the energy storage unit.

Abstract: An upright surface cleaning apparatus comprises a floor cleaning head and an upright section moveably mounted to the surface cleaning head. A portable cleaning unit is removably mounted to the support structure and comprises an auxiliary cleaning tool mount. The auxiliary cleaning tool mount is provided on one lateral side of a portion of the rigid air flow conduit that is positioned above the portable cleaning unit when the upright surface cleaning apparatus is in the upright cleaning mode and the upflow duct is in the upright storage position wherein the auxiliary tool mount remains spaced from the portable cleaning unit during all use of the upright surface cleaning apparatus in the upright cleaning mode and the auxiliary cleaning tool mount remains mounted to the rigid air flow conduit when the upright surface cleaning apparatus is in the portable cleaning mode. A cord wind member is provided on an opposed lateral side of the rigid air flow conduit.

Abstract: A robotic cleaner may include a chassis, a single drive wheel rotatably coupled to the chassis, the single drive wheel being configured to rotate about a steering axis and a drive axis, an agitator chamber having an agitator rotatable therein, and a cleaning motor assembly configured to cause the agitator to rotate and further configured to cause air to flow into the agitator chamber.

Abstract: A multi-tool system includes a multi-tool sleeve assembly including a storage sleeve and an end cap to be inserted into an open end of the storage sleeve, with one of a bit driver multi-tool or a chain break multi-tool to be stored in the storage sleeve of the multi-tool sleeve assembly.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of cleaning devices, and discloses a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes a machine body, a front bumper, a cleaning assembly, a collecting assembly and a water tank. The machine body is provided with a recess, and the cleaning assembly includes a roller for cleaning the ground. The roller is mounted between the machine body and the front bumper. The collecting assembly is provided with a wastewater outlet and mounted between the machine body and the roller and abuts against the roller. The water tank is provided with a wastewater inlet and is removably mounted in the recess. The wastewater flows into the water tank through the wastewater outlet and the wastewater inlet.

Abstract: Polishing pads having discrete and selectively arranged regions of varying porosity within a continuous phase of polymer material are provided herein. In one embodiment a polishing pad features a plurality of polishing elements each comprising a polishing surface and sidewalls extending downwardly from the polishing surface to define a plurality of channels disposed between the polishing elements, wherein one or more of the polishing elements is formed of a continuous phase of polymer material having one or more first regions comprising a first porosity and a second region comprising a second porosity, wherein the second porosity is less than the first porosity.

Abstract: A method and system for mapping fluid objects on a substrate using a microscope inspection system that includes a light source, imaging device, stage for moving a substrate disposed on the stage, and a control module. A computer analysis system includes an object identification module that identifies for each of the objects on the substrate, an object position on the substrate including a set of X, Y, and ? coordinates using algorithms, networks, machines and systems including artificial intelligence and image processing algorithms. At least one of the objects is fluid and has shifted from a prior position or deformed from a prior size.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wire saw apparatus including a wire supply reel; a long roller; wire guides; a wire winding reel; and a tension arm controlled to move within a control angle of ±A (°) set in advance and configured to apply tension to the wire, the method including the steps of: measuring a surface roughness Rmax of the long roller; measuring an angle a (°) of the tension arm at which the tension arm swings outside a range of the control angle set in advance while the wire is extending from the wire supply reel; calculating R1×2×A÷(|a|+A)=R2, where R1 (?m) represents the measured surface roughness Rmax of the long roller; and adjusting the surface roughness Rmax of the long roller to the calculated numerical value R2 or less. The method for manufacturing a wire saw apparatus can prevent the tension arm from greatly swinging outside the control range.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a coupling device. This is known below as a docking receptacle. The docking receptacle comprises an approximately U-shaped pilot centring device with an insertion trough tapering approximately conically in an insertion direction for pre-centring a docking insert designed to mate with the docking receptacle, at least a first and a second centring device, with the first and the second centring devices each comprising two coupling elements which are designed for centring a docking insert with respect to the docking receptacle along four centring axes in an insertion direction, and wherein a drawing-in device with two hydraulically actuated drawing-in or capture hooks are provided. The disclosure further relates to a docking insert.

Abstract: The method is for profiling blades with a belt grinding profiling machine. The blades are mounted into a vise. A vertical position of the template is adjusted by rotating the rotatable knob. The motor is turned on to rotate the grinding belt over the grinding wheel. The guide wheel engages the underside profile of the template. The guide wheel of the template guides movement of the grinding wheel mounted on the common axle by moving the guide wheel along the underside profile of the template. The grinding belt grinds material off the underside of the blade until a portion of the underside profile of the template is copied to the underside of the blade.

Abstract: A device includes a camera sensor and an illumination source structure. The illumination source structure is positioned to emit light towards a field of view of the camera sensor. The illumination source structure includes a bore, internal threads extending along at least a portion of a length of the bore, and a light emitting diode (LED) positioned within the bore such that the internal threads encircle a lens of the LED.

Abstract: A lug not engaging tool in the form of a rod includes a first end for receiving a standard socket, and a second end for engaging a socket wrench or impact wrench. An intermediate portion has a hexagonal section for engaging an open end wrench or a closed end box wrench. The rod includes sections having differing diameters. In use, a jack or jack stand may be placed under a section having an appropriate diameter to ensure that the jack or jack stand supports the lug nut engaging tool in a position that is substantially perpendicular to the wheel as the tool is used to loosen or tighten a lug nut.

Abstract: A multipurpose drive tool having a handle to secure an extension driver between an extended position and a retracted position. The extension driver has a proximal end with a ¼ inch socket extending outwardly for use with a plurality of driver bits, and a distal end socket having a 5/16 inch socket. The drive tool further has a ? inch and 7/16 inch socket secured to the handle, having a base member housing with biasing springs for frictionally engaging the driver bits. The extension driver has grooves that interact with a ball bearings positional placement thereof, and a pin for securing the extension driver in an extended or retracted position.

Abstract: The present disclosure comprises devices, systems and methods for the removal of a precipitate from a surface of a water treatment chamber using a dasher assembly having two cylindrical actuator rods connected to a dasher for scraping an interior surface of the water treatment chamber. The water treatment chamber has an enclosed first end, an enclosed second end, and an electrolysis rod extending linearly therein. The two cylindrical actuator rods extend linearly within the water treatment chamber and pass through the enclosed first end so that portions of the two cylindrical actuator rods are within the water treatment chamber and portions are outside the water treatment chamber. The dasher includes an aperture therethrough so the electrolysis rod can pass through the aperture and allow the dasher to translate from a first location and a second location by translation of the two cylindrical actuator rods via a mechanical actuator.

Abstract: A reconfigurable surface cleaning apparatus includes a floor cleaning unit comprising a surface cleaning head, and a hand vacuum cleaner. The reconfigurable surface cleaning apparatus is operable in a floor cleaning mode in which the hand vacuum cleaner is mounted to a rigid wand of the floor cleaning unit and operated using an energy storage member of the hand vacuum cleaner, and also operable in an above floor cleaning mode in which the hand vacuum cleaner is disconnected from air flow with the floor cleaning unit and operated using the energy storage member. A cross-sectional area through the rigid wand is less than a cross-sectional area through an upstream portion of an airflow path of the hand vacuum cleaner. A velocity of air travelling through the wand in the floor cleaning mode is greater than a velocity of air flow through the upstream portion in the above floor cleaning mode.

Abstract: A beverage container holder assembly for holding a fluid dispensing tumbler, and having a sleeve; mounting assemblies associated with the outer surface of the sleeve; two opposed handles movably attached to the mounting assemblies for movement relative to the outer surface of the sleeve; and a lid which is snapped onto the tumbler and having a plurality of fluid outlet ports and a rotatable center piece having a T-shaped configuration with three leg segments and a movable leg segment for selectively opening one of the plurality of fluid outlet ports and closing all of the ports. A first embodiment has spur gear assemblies associated with the movable handles and the sleeve; and a second embodiment has hinge assemblies associated the movable handles and the sleeve. The invention allows a user to grasp the beverage container holder assembly by the user's left or right hand or by both hands.

Abstract: An image decoding method performed by a decoding apparatus includes the operations of: deriving a correspondence block corresponding to the current block of the current picture, the correspondence block being located in a co-located picture; deriving a movement vector of the correspondence block; scaling the movement vector of the correspondence block based on a first temporal distance and second temporal distance, the first temporal distance being the difference between the POC values of the co-located picture and POC values of the reference picture of the correspondence block, and the second temporal distance being the difference between the POC values of the co-located picture and POC values of the current picture containing the current block; deriving the movement vector updated based on the scaled movement vector and location of the current block; and deriving a movement vector of the current block based on the updated movement vector.

Abstract: A blasting or stripping booth is provided creating a generally downward flow for treatment of fluid and particle flow, which reduces operator exposure to potentially hazardous debris. The booth comprises an enclosure defining an upper region for a workpiece, a lower region, and a separator assembly. In some instances the separator assembly includes individual separator units which are discrete units, each having a generally square or rectangular plan view configuration which are arranged in an array for providing the required process flow capabilities. Further embodiments utilize structures forming the separator which have an elongated trough-like configuration. These embodiments find a particular application in large-scale stripping or blasting booth used in production environments where workpieces may flow through a treatment system in a serial manner. Other suitable applications include batch type processing of parts.