Abstract: A bracket (20) includes: a pedestal (21, 22) that is mountable on a support frame (2) of a work stand (1) for supporting a saw (60); and first and second engaging parts (38A, 38B) arranged on the pedestal to sandwich the support frame in a horizontal direction and engage with first and second engagement parts (8A, 8B) on opposite sides of the support frame. The second engaging part includes first and second levers (41, 42). The pedestal is movable along the longitudinal direction of the support frame by manipulating only the first lever to disengage it from the second engagement part (8B) and is removable from the support frame by simultaneously manipulating both the first and second levers in the same direction to disengage them from the second engagement part. The first and second levers both move in the same opposite direction to engage the second engagement part.

Abstract: A filament for an oral care implement has a longitudinal axis and a substantially cross-shaped cross-sectional area extending in a plane substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The cross-shaped cross-sectional area has four projections and four channels. The projections and channels are arranged in an alternating manner. Each channel has a concave curvature formed by neighboring and converging projections. The concave curvature has a radius, and each projection is end-rounded thereby forming a curvature. The curvature has a diameter, and the ratio of the diameter of the curvature of the projection to the radius of the curvature of the channel is from about 0.2 to about 1.5.

Abstract: A handheld window cleaning machine includes a shell assembly in which a water-air separation unit is accommodated; a water tank assembly at a bottom of the shell assembly, a wastewater separation unit in the water tank assembly, an outlet of the wastewater separation unit in communication with an inlet of the water-air separation unit; and a suction nozzle assembly pluggably connected to a front end of the shell assembly, an outlet of the suction nozzle assembly in communication with the wastewater separation unit; an air outlet of the water-air separation unit is open outward, and a wastewater backflow opening at a bottom of the water-air separation unit, and the wastewater backflow opening in communication with an inlet of the wastewater separation unit. The cleaning efficiency of the window cleaning machine is ensured, and wastewater is effectively separated from air.

Abstract: A robot cleaner including a body, a driven wheel, and a side brush coupled to the body. The side brush includes a hub configured to rotate about a pivot axis and a plurality of bristles. Some bristles may form a first angle with the pivot axis and others form a second angle with the pivot axis which is larger than the first angle. Some bristles may have a first bristle length and others have a second bristle length which is larger than the first bristle length. The robot cleaner may include a side brush deflector to deflect debris propelled by the side brush towards the vacuum inlet. The side brush deflector includes a plurality of deflector bristles extending downwardly from a floor facing surface of the robot cleaner towards a floor such that some of the bristles pass through or underneath a portion of the deflector bristles.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner is provided. The vacuum cleaner may include a cleaner body having a suction head that communicates with the cleaner body and a suction motor assembly to generate a suction force. The suction motor assembly may include a motor, a motor housing having a chamber to accommodate the motor, a housing cover configured to cover the motor housing and provided with an air inlet, a circuit board provided at an outside of the motor chamber and having at least one heat generating component installed thereupon, and a heat sink provided at the chamber and in contact with the at least one heat generating component. An installation part to install the circuit board may be provided at the motor housing.

Abstract: A socket includes two opposite ends and an axis extending between the ends. The socket further includes a small-diameter section in the vicinity of the first end, a large-diameter section in the vicinity of the second end, and a polygonal section between the small-diameter section and the large-diameter section. A circular bore extends in the small-diameter section along the axis. A non-circular bore extends in the polygonal section and the large-diameter section along the axis. Thus, an entire length of the socket and a length of the large-diameter section measured along the axis are rendered relatively small without reducing a depth of the non-circular bore.

Abstract: A method and device for the production of bristle fields for brushes is provided. The method for producing bristle fields includes filling bundle holders (3) of a bristle field support plate (2) with bundles of bristles using at least two different funnel plates (4, 5). The device includes at least two different funnel plates with complementary hole patterns in relation to a complete hole pattern (13) formed by inlet openings (12) of the bundle holders (3) on the bristle field support plate.

Abstract: A tool for use with a glad-hand connector; the tool includes a tool-body having a handle-end and a socket-end. The glad-hand connector includes a glad-hand body having a seal-side and a rear-side, and the socket-end includes an arcuate wall configured to encompass and conform to the rear-side of the glad-hand body. The tool is useful for facilitating coupling of glad hand connectors.

Abstract: The present subject matter discloses a longitudinal silicon ingot slicing apparatus for lateral slicing of cylindrical ingot to maximize resulting chips yield as compared to the conventional transverse slicing of ingot. The resulting rectangular wafers made from lateral slicing of ingot maximizes yield as by the lateral slicing of ingot, overall chips per wafer ratio gets increased as compared to transversal cutting while the said apparatus and method decreases waste due to conflict between chip and wafer geometry. The novel apparatus of longitudinal slicing of cylindrical ingot is comprising of a wire wounded around a wire reels and a plurality of grooved rollers to form a wire raw to slice the cylindrical silicon ingot. A motors are connected with the wire reels and with at least one grooved roller to slide the wire row back and forth to cut the cylindrical ingot. A work feed table is also configured along with the JIG fixture that holds the cylindrical ingot as well as align the wire raw during slicing.

Abstract: A polishing apparatus includes a holder holding a target. A polisher polishes the target. An irradiator irradiates the target with an irradiation light from below the polisher. A photoreceiver receives a reflection light reflected from the polishing target to detect a relation between a wavelength and a light quantity of the reflection light. A first reflector bends the irradiation light from the irradiator in a direction tilted to the polishing target. A second reflector bends the reflection light from the polishing target to the photoreceiver. The first reflector irradiates the polishing target with the irradiation light in a direction tilted to the polishing target.

Abstract: A torque socket tool is provided, including: a main body, a driving member, an engaging member, a torque adjustment assembly and a rotating member. The main body defines an axial direction and has a first restricting portion. The driving member is rotatably disposed on the main body about the axial direction. The engaging member is slidably disposed on the main body. The torque adjustment assembly includes a mandrel. The mandrel is disposed within the main body and rotatable about the axial direction. The rotating member is non-rotatably sleeved with the mandrel and has a second restricting portion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a machine tool for robot-assisted surface finishing. According to one embodiment, the machine tool comprises a first support plate and a second support plate. The first support plate is designed for mounting on a manipulator. An output shaft for receiving a rotatable tool is mounted on the second support plate. The machine tool additionally comprises a linear actuator that acts between the first support plate and the second support plate, as well as a motor which is mounted on the first support plate. The machine tool additionally comprises a telescopic shaft with a first shaft portion and a second shaft portion that can be displaced relative to said first shaft portion. The first shaft portion is coupled to a motor shaft of the motor, and the second shaft portion as mounted on the second support plate. The telescopic shaft is coupled to the output shaft by means of a gear mechanism.

Abstract: A windshield wiper system (100) includes a pivoting wiper arm (110); a wiper blade (120) for wiping a surface (102); and a connector assembly (128) coupling the pivoting wiper arm (110) to the wiper blade (120), the connector assembly (128) comprising a gear drive (130) including at least one drive gear (132) and at least one positioning cog (136), wherein the gear drive (130) rotates the wiper blade (120) based on an angular position of the pivoting wiper arm (110) such that an arc of a motion path (320) of the wiper blade (120) is reduced.

Abstract: A belt sander having a fast-lift cover structure includes a drive mechanism, a body and a cover. The drive mechanism includes a drive module, a tension arm, a sanding belt surrounding the drive module and the tension arm. The body receives the drive module. The body includes a base, an extendable support rod extended from the body and connected to the tension arm, and a cover fastening assembly disposed at the base. The cover fastening assembly includes a release and a resilient element for restoring the release to its original position. One end of a cover is pivotally connected at one side of the body, and the other end of the cover includes a fastening portion engaged with the release. Operation is easy, no hand tools are required, and the cover does not fall off.

Abstract: A retaining ring for a polishing process is disclosed. The retaining ring includes a body comprising an upper portion and a lower portion, and a sacrificial surface disposed on the lower portion, the sacrificial surface comprising a negative tapered surface having a taper height that is about 0.0003 inches to about 0.00015 inches.

Abstract: A cleaning roller is mountable to a cleaning robot. The cleaning roller includes a sheath comprising a shell, an outer diameter of the shell tapering from a first end portion of the sheath and a second end portion of the sheath toward a center of the roller. The cleaning roller further includes a core including a central portion interlocked with the sheath to rotationally couple the core to the sheath and inhibit relative translation of the sheath and the core along an axis of rotation. An inner surface of the sheath and an outer surface of the core define an air gap therebetween, the air gap extending from the central portion of the core longitudinally along the axis of rotation toward the first end portion or the second end portion.

Abstract: An oral care implement having tooth cleaning elements and an elastomeric soft tissue cleanser. In one aspect, the oral care implement has a handle and a head (110) coupled to the handle, an elastomeric soft tissue cleanser having a plurality of protuberances (152) extending from a rear surface of the head (110), and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements (115) extending from a front surface of the head. The protuberances (152) of the elastomeric soft tissue cleanser collectively define a convex longitudinal side profile and comprise at least one convex transverse top profile. The plurality of tooth cleaning elements (115) collectively define a concave longitudinal side profile and comprise at least one concave transverse top profile.

Abstract: A device for sharpening a knife. The device includes an enclosure, first and second grinding strips, first and second grinding strip holders, and first, second, third and fourth pendulum rods. Each of the first and second grinding strip holders have a lower section. The first grinding strip holder holds the first grinding strip and the second grinding strip holder holds the second grinding strip. The first and second grinding strip holders are movably arranged next to each another in the enclosure so that the first and second grinding strips intersect to form a movable sharpening slot having a V-shape. The first and second pendulum rods are hinged to the first grinding strip holder at the lower section via a lower joint. The third and forth pendulum rods are hinged to the second grinding strip holder at the lower section via a lower joint.

Abstract: A waterjet system in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present technology includes a cutting head and an associated catcher assembly. The cutting head directs an abrasive-containing waterjet toward a workpiece supported by a cutting deck of the catcher assembly. The catcher assembly also includes a tank and a container fluidly connected to the tank. The tank contains abrasive-containing liquid in which the waterjet diffuses after the waterjet passes through the workpiece. The container collects abrasive at least primarily by shielding abrasive-containing liquid within the container from at least some turbulence of abrasive-containing liquid within the tank during operation of the waterjet system. The catcher assembly also includes a quick-release coupling through which the container is removably connected to the cutting deck. Operating the quick-release coupling allows the container to be removed to dispose of the collected abrasive.

Abstract: The chisel includes a tip (2), a working section (6), and an impact surface (3), and a longitudinal axis (7) that extends through the tip (2), the working section (6), and the impact surface (3). The working section (6) includes multiple webs (14) that extend along the longitudinal axis (7) and that are distributed about the longitudinal axis (7) in the circumferential direction (15). For at least one of the webs (14), a dimension (27) in the circumferential direction (15) increases by at least one-third with increasing distance (26) from the longitudinal axis (7). The webs become significantly wider toward the outside and thinner toward the longitudinal axis.