Abstract: A portable railroad spike remover comprises a claw assembly extractor that is shaped to engage and secure a railroad spike previously installed into a rail tie. The claw assembly extractor may include a pair of jaw members that are pivotally connected to each other by a pivoting pin and a rotating pin. Each jaw member may include a lower end configured to contact and secure a railroad spike and a pair of upper members interlocked with each other and pivotally connected to the clevis fastener with the rotating pin. When the drive shaft is rotated, the claw assembly extractor and the mounting flange may move inside the main housing in a vertical direction to extract the railroad spike from the rail tie.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for an assembly fixture for positioning a component having a pivot pin including a rigid member, a fixed positioning pin affixed to a first point on the rigid member for insertion in a first locating hole in an assembly, a component restraint affixed to a second point on the rigid member for applying a force to the component for retaining the component in a fixed position and orientation with respect to the assembly fixture, and a pivot positioning pin coupled to a third point on the rigid member by a flexible mounting assembly, the flexible mounting assembly facilitating a linear movement of the pivot positioning pin along a linear path.

Abstract: A method for smoothing surface roughness within an internal passageway is disclosed. In various embodiments, the method comprises developing a first sphere progression through a length of the internal passageway, each sphere within the first sphere progression having a first sphere diameter greater than or equal to a diameter of the internal passageway; and developing a second sphere progression through the length of the internal passageway, each sphere within the second sphere progression having a second sphere diameter greater than the first sphere diameter, whereby the inner surface of the internal passageway is smoothed, first by the first sphere progression and then by the second sphere progression.

Abstract: A portable cutting apparatus is described. The portable cutting apparatus includes a cutting board having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface includes sockets configured to receive legs of an elevation system. Each socket is threaded to include an alignment component and teeth. The alignment component biases rotation of the elevation system component during insertion into the socket to enable full insertion. The teeth are configured to mesh with corresponding teeth of the leg and mechanically secure the leg within the socket. The leg is threaded opposite an end configured for insertion into the socket to include a table foot, in a manner that enables individual height adjustment for each leg of the elevation system. The table foot is configured with a hollow cavity that permits articulation of a base of the table foot to adapt to various surfaces when the portable cutting apparatus is deployed.

Abstract: The invention provides a remotely activated connecting device for connecting a wellhead and or Christmas tree positioned on a wellhead to a fracing tree that may comprise a collet system for selectively engaging and disengaging from a threaded, spiral, and or flange shoulder that may utilize hydraulics for same.

Abstract: A carpet tack strip removal tool. The carpet tack strip removal tool provides a device for lifting carpet tack strips from a floor surface while remaining allowing a user to remain in a standing position. The carpet tack strip removal tool includes an elongated shaft having a head at an end. The head includes a pry bar arm for placing between the flooring surface and the tack strip to be lifted, and a fulcrum lever for providing mechanical advantage when a lifting force is applied to a lifting arm. When moved from a setup position to the lifting position, the pry bar arm lifts and removed the carpet tack strip from the floor surface.

Abstract: A machined article 100 includes a first member 101 including an inner peripheral portion 101a formed by a hole, and a second member including an outer peripheral portion 102a fitted into the inner peripheral portion 101a of the first member 101. At least either an inner peripheral recess 101b to be formed in part of the inner peripheral portion 101a of the first member 101 or an outer peripheral recess 102b to be formed in part of the outer peripheral portion 102a of the second member 102 is formed. A slit 103 penetrating from a front to a back is formed at a position to which the inner peripheral recess 101b or the outer peripheral recess 102b corresponds, between the first member 101 and the second member 102.

Abstract: A metal cutting board is integrally formed by a metal plate body and includes a first plate body, a second plate body, and an inclined connecting portion. The second plate body is disposed around a periphery of the first plate body, the second plate body and the first plate body are parallel to each other, and the second plate body and the first plate body are positioned on planes of different heights. The inclined connecting portion is circumferentially disposed between the first plate body and the second plate body. The first plate body, the second plate body, and the inclined connecting portion are integrally formed from the metal plate body and are connected to form a shallow tray structure.

Abstract: A cutting board assembly that includes a plurality of anti-slip support assemblies that maintain usability of at least one of the opposing surfaces of the cutting board assembly for cutting operations and which maintain a sanitary and cleanable construction of the cutting board assembly. Each support assembly includes first and second support bodies that are constructed to engage one another and cooperate with discrete through-holes that are formed in the body of the cutting board. Each support assembly includes an anti-slip layer that protrudes above the discrete cutting surface and sealingly cooperates with the walls of the discrete through-holes to maintain a sanitary and cleanable condition of the cutting board assembly. The body of the cutting board assembly is constructed to withstand exposure to high temperature conditions associated with use thereof.

Abstract: A staple removal device includes: a placement table on which a paper bundle is placed, the paper bundle being bound by a staple and including a first paper surface; a moving portion arranged at a position facing the first paper surface, the moving portion being movable in a direction along the first paper surface and including a wedge plate inclined in a wedge shape toward a tip end thereof; a driving portion configured to move the moving portion toward a crown portion and insert the wedge plate between the crown portion and the first paper surface; and an abutment portion arranged at a position facing the first paper surface, the abutment portion being abutted against the crown portion from a direction opposite to an insertion direction of the wedge plate after the wedge plate is inserted between the crown portion and the first paper surface.

Abstract: There is provided an adjustment jig. A fixing unit has a plate shape and is detachably fixed to an attachment unit of a sensor provided on a vehicle side. An extension unit is provided to extend from the fixing unit. A suspension unit is suspended from the extension unit.

Abstract: A portable cutting apparatus is described. The portable cutting apparatus includes a cutting board having a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface includes sockets configured to receive legs of an elevation system. Each socket is threaded to include an alignment component and teeth. The alignment component biases rotation of the elevation system component during insertion into the socket to enable full insertion. The teeth are configured to mesh with corresponding teeth of the leg and mechanically secure the leg within the socket. The leg is threaded opposite an end configured for insertion into the socket to include a table foot, in a manner that enables individual height adjustment for each leg of the elevation system. The table foot is configured with a hollow cavity that permits articulation of a base of the table foot to adapt to various surfaces when the portable cutting apparatus is deployed.

Abstract: A device and method of positioning a component on a cable. The method includes: moving a collet into position on the component; engaging the component with the collet; moving the collet with the component positioned thereon into alignment with an end of the cable; securing the collet to the end of the cable; moving the component from the collet to the cable; and removing the collet from the end of the cable.

Abstract: A method for installing sensors to a vehicle includes fixing a plurality of tolerance compensators to the vehicle. The method includes fixing a plurality of sensor brackets to a jig. The method includes fixing the jig to a vehicle. The method includes, after fixing the sensor brackets to the jig and the jig to the vehicle, fixing the sensor brackets to the vehicle by connecting the tolerance compensators to the sensor brackets and adjusting dimensions of the tolerance compensators to maintain positions of the sensor brackets relative to the vehicle and each other, the positions defined by the jig.

Abstract: A system for retrofitting a wall of an aircraft monument includes a modular power charging unit and mounting hardware. The modular power charging unit includes a housing containing an electrical port component, a cable harness, and a switch. The housing has a plurality of screw holes and a back panel having an opening through which the cable harness extends. The mounting hardware includes a plurality of threaded inserts, each configured to be inserted into one of a plurality of mounting holes formed in the wall, and a plurality of screws, each configured to extend through a screw hole of the housing and into a threaded insert. The housing is configured to be secured to a first side of the wall so that the entirety of the housing projects outward from the first side and only the cable harness extends through a cable-harness hole formed through a thickness of the wall.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lifting system and method for lifting a vehicle, wherein the lifting system including one or more lifting devices and: a frame with a carrier configured for carrying the vehicle; a drive for driving the carrier in at least one of the ascent or descent of the carrier; and a controller including an indoor positioning system with a transponder, wherein the transponder is provided on or at the carrier such that the controller determines the location and the height of the carrier in at least one of the ascent or descent of the carrier.

Abstract: A staple removing device includes a device body, a removing part provided in the device body and configured to execute a staple removing operation of removing a staple from a sheet bundle, an accommodation unit detachably mounted to the device body and configured to accommodate the staple removed by the removing part, a count unit configured to count a number of operation times of the staple removing operation, a detection unit configured to detect whether the accommodation unit is attached or detached with respect to the device body, a measurement unit configured to measure an elapsed time after the detection unit detects that the accommodation unit is removed from the device body, and an operation-times reset unit that resets the number of operation times when the elapsed time becomes a predetermined time or longer.

Abstract: A method of assembling a modular machine on-site. The modular machine includes a first container frame including a first machine module attachable to the first container frame, and a second container frame including a second machine module releasably attachable to the second container frame. Further, the first machine module and the second machine module are connectable to each other. The method includes arranging the first container frame on top of a support. Further, the second container frame is arranged to be in contact with the first container frame, wherein alignment means of the first container frame and alignment means of the second container frame are arranged in connection with each other. Moreover, the second machine module is released from the second container frame and moved from a transportation position to a working position. Additionally, the second machine module is connected to the first machine module.

Abstract: A tray assembly for use with an existing cutting board to provide additional storage and space when cooking. The assembly includes at least two adjustable legs that are securable to the cutting board for either raising the cutting board above a surface or suspending the cutting board between two walls, such as a sink. One end of each leg includes a fastener, such as a C-clamp for attaching to the cutting board. The assembly further includes four trays movably secured to a plate. The plate is configured to rest beneath the cutting board when in a raised position. Each tray is positioned along a distinct sidewall of the plate and configured to extend beyond the edges of the cutting board when extended. For additional storage, a divider frame secures to each tray when in the extended position, forming an additional center tray.

Abstract: A method for assembling an uncured spoke is provided. The method includes the assembly of a panel (14), a first foot (24), and a second foot (26) of the uncured spoke. The first foot (24) and the second foot (26) are complexed onto the panel (14), and the panel extends continuously from the first foot to the second foot.