Abstract: The present aspects include a method of detaching a security tag from an article, including receiving, at a detacher device, an unlock signal from a transaction system. The detacher device includes a housing having a nest configured to receive a security tag, a gate assembly including a gate member movable between a closed position that blocks the nest and an open position, and a magnet positioned on an opposite the nest and having a magnetic flux sufficient to unlock a magnetic lock of the security tag. The method further includes moving the gate member from the closed position to the open position based on receipt of the unlock signal, receiving the security tag in the nest, and unlocking the magnetic lock of the security tag to allow the security tag to be detached from the article.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for bending a heat exchanger. The apparatus includes: a plurality of support members, each of which includes a first support plate having a first support surface, a second support plate having a second support surface, and a connecting plate. The first support plate and the second support plate are spaced apart in a transverse direction. A distance between the first support surface and the second support surface keeps unchanged during bending a heat exchanger. A distance between a first support surface and a second support surface of one support member of any two support members is equal to a distance between a first support surface and a second support surface of the other support member. A connecting component connects the plurality of support members in a longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A hydraulic hammer includes a housing and a plurality of splines. The housing defines a chamber extending along a longitudinal axis configured to receive a tool. The splines are disposed on an inner surface of the chamber and extend parallel to the longitudinal axis. Each of the splines has a contact surface configured to slidably guide the tool when disposed within the chamber. A treated layer is applied to the contact surface of each spline, the treated layer configured to withstand approximately between 100 MPa to 320 MPa of pressure applied during an operation of the hydraulic hammer without galling. An interface is defined between the contact surface of the splines and a surface of the tool and is configured to facilitate sliding engagement between the treated layer of the contact surface of the splines and the surface of the tool without lubricant during the operation of the hydraulic hammer.

Abstract: A dental prosthetic positioning assembly comprises an occlusal assembly and a maxillary arch subassembly. The occlusal assembly includes a maxillary tray configured to be formed in a patient's maxillary alveolar ridge, wherein the maxillary tray comprises a occlusal rim component. The occlusal assembly further includes a carriage frame component composed of biocompatible magnetic metal material anchored to the maxillary tray. The maxillary arch subassembly comprises a plurality of prosthetic maxillary teeth components magnetically anchored to the occlusal rim component. The carriage frame component is moveable with respect to the maxillary tray. The prosthetic maxillary teeth components are individually moveable with respect to each other to achieve a desired dental positioning.

Abstract: A skeletonized bolt carrier for an AK rifle is provided. The bolt carrier features a skeletonized operating rod to reduce overall weight while maintaining structural integrity. The bolt carrier also features side indents cut out of both sides of the base block which further reduce weight. The reduced weight of the bolt carrier enables lower gas consumption when firing, resulting in less recoil and less associated muzzle rise, leading to improved accuracy especially when multiple rounds are fired consecutively.

Abstract: A body part holder arrangement for fastening vehicle attachment elements at a carrier element by way of at least one clamping system including a chamber element and a pin element. The clamping system is configured as a zero point clamping system that can be actuated by a clamping medium, wherein the zero point clamping system in the mounted state is disconnected from the clamping medium. The zero point clamping system includes an interface in a clamping medium circuit, which, in the mounted state, can be connected to a connecting element on the vehicle attachment element, such that the zero point clamping system can be used for vehicle data or vehicle medium transmission.

Abstract: A torque transfer member having a strengthened fluid port and a method of making the same. The torque transfer member includes a body member formed of a steel alloy and is rotatable about a rotational axis. The body member includes an external surface, an interior surface defining a fluid passageway extending through the body, and a fluid port in communication with the fluid passageway. The fluid port includes a port surface connecting the external surface of the body to the interior surface of the fluid passageway. A compressive load above a yield point of the steel alloy is applied to the port surface by using a steel mandrel having a hardness of greater than 60 HRC. The body member is subjected to a heat treated process to form a hardened case after the compressive load is removed from the port surface.

Abstract: A cooling assembly for a metallurgical furnace includes a cooling plate disposed inside of a furnace shell of the metallurgical furnace; a cooling pipe traversing a shell opening in the furnace shell and being connected to the cooling plate; and a compensator disposed around the cooling pipe for forming a seal between the cooling pipe and the furnace shell. In order to provide ways for facilitating repair of a cooling system of the metallurgical furnace, the method includes at least the step of performing at least one cutting operation with a cutting device having a fixture and a cutting tool movably connected to the fixture for a guided movement with respect to the fixture. The fixture is mounted to the cooling pipe, whereby the cutting device is aligned with respect to the cooling pipe, and the cutting tool is guidedly moved while performing the cutting operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a plastic powder for use as a building material for the additive manufacturing of a three-dimensional object by selective solidification of the building material at the points corresponding to the cross-section of the three-dimensional object in the respective layer by exposure to radiation, wherein the plastic powder comprises polymer-based particles and an additive for imparting biodegradability in an amount of 0.05 to 5% by weight based on the weight of the polymeric components in the polymer-based powder. Further disclosed is a method for the production of such powder, methods for the production of three dimensional objects using such powder as well as three dimensional objects, which have been prepared accordingly, as well as the use of corresponding additives to impart biodegradability to three dimensional objects, which have been prepared accordingly.

Abstract: Oral devices for reducing obstructive sleep apnea, snoring and/or nasal drainage, or improving sleep even without substantial reduction in snoring. One device includes an upper member fitting portions of the interior and exterior surfaces of a user's upper dentition, and a lower member fitting similarly adjacent a user's lower dentition. The upper and lower members include molar and pre-molar extensions so that when a user bites or clenches, the upper right and lower right extensions impinge on one another in substantially overlapping fashion, as do the upper left and lower left extensions. In certain embodiments, patterned surfaces on mating right and left molar and pre-molar extensions reduce friction. The lower and upper molar and pre-molar extensions may have curved or arcuate shaped interior surfaces to provide more room for a user's tongue. Right and left sub-chambers formed in the upper and lower molar and pre-molar extensions may provide lateral space for the tongue.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a convenient reusable handle device for a beverage can, which firmly holds the beverage can and makes it easy to carry. The beverage can handle device comprises an upper or top portion, a middle or handle portion and a lower or base portion, where the shapes of the top and base portions of the beverage can handle device are matched to that of the top rim and bottom rim, respectively, of the beverage can, so as to engage and clasp securely the beverage can. The base of the beverage can handle device is configured to linearly traverse the bottom diameter of the beverage can in a single direction when the base is contracted and to linearly traverse the bottom diameter of the beverage can in two directions (e.g., substantially perpendicular directions in a “scissor hinge”) when the base is expanded.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a frame for an ice skate boot, the method including: a) moulding a substantially T-shaped body having a first plate and a second plate extending substantially perpendicularly from the first plate; b) milling the first plate to form a platform intended to be uppermost on the frame, in use, for supporting an ice skate boot, the platform having a first support for supporting a forward portion of an ice skate boot and a second support, separate from the first support, for supporting a rearward portion of an ice skate boot; c) milling the second plate to form an elongate body defining an elongate length of the frame, the elongate body having first and second arms extending from the elongate body, where distal ends of the first and second arms are connected to the first and second supports, respectively; and d) forming a mounting arrangement on the elongate body for mounting a blade runner to the elongate body, wherein step a) includes the step of integrally forming the first and second

Abstract: A wearable climbing device, including a main body, including a bottom section to receive a foot of a user thereon, a top section removably connected to at least a portion of the bottom section, and a spike disposed on at least a portion of the bottom section to penetrate into at least one of a tree and a utility pole, a calf strap removably connected to at least a portion of the main body to be worn around a calf of the user, and an ankle strap removably connected to at least a portion of the main body to be worn around an ankle of the user.

Abstract: A method for producing an armored wall for an aircraft by determining an available thickness of the wall, an allowable areal mass of the wall, and an available space for a wall deformation due to ballistic impact. The method includes retrieving a parameterization of a plurality of armoring materials, which includes a parameter for each of a plurality of material characteristics for each of the plurality of armoring materials. The method also includes comparing the available wall thickness, the allowable areal mass, and the available deformation space with a corresponding parameter of the parameterization, selecting one armoring material for the wall from the plurality of armoring materials based on a result of comparing, and manufacturing a wall by supplementing the selected armoring material to a basic wall structure.

Abstract: An installation and removal tool for connecting a wall-mountable object to a wall mount on a wall includes a holder which is configured to receive the wall-mountable object, a first cable spool connected to the holder, a first cable windable around the first cable spool, the first cable having a distal end, a first connector disposed at the distal end of the first cable, the first connector removably connectable to the wall mount. And a second cable spool connected to the holder, a second cable windable around the second cable spool, the second cable having a distal end, a second connector disposed at the distal end of the second cable; the second connector removably connectable to the wall mount. A rotary drive is connected to the holder. A first axle is connected between the rotary drive and the first cable spool. A second axle is connected between the rotary drive and the second cable spool.

Abstract: An additively manufactured article is assembled from a plurality of printed voxels. The article includes a lattice of unit cells of a composite lattice material and an encasing matrix of structural material arranged between adjacent unit cells of the lattice. The structural material has greater mechanical strength than the composite lattice material.

Abstract: Provided is a copper paste for forming a wick of a heat pipe, the copper paste containing copper particles, thermally decomposable resin particles, a dispersion medium for dispersing the copper particles and the thermally decomposable resin particles, and a thermally decomposable resin that is soluble in the dispersion medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a differential housing having at least one machined bearing body and a machined gearing. In order to improve the differential housing in terms of production technology and/or function, the differential housing which has the bearing body is cast from a nodular cast iron material before the differential housing which has the bearing body and the gearing is machined.

Abstract: A front rail weldment may include a base frame comprising a pair of substantially uninterrupted outlooking members extending from a first end to a second end and a cross member extending therebetween. The weldment may also include a pair of hangar bars each secured to respective outlooking members of the base frame at or near a midpoint of the respective outlooking members and extending upward to a top end. The weldment may also include a pair of struts extending from a respective first end of the pair of outlooking members to the top of a respective hangar bar of the pair of hangar bars. The weldment may also include a pair of tieback bars each configured for tying back the top end of a respective hangar bar of the pair of hangar bars.

Abstract: The invention relates to method for manufacturing a dental prosthetic assembly. The dental prosthetic assembly comprises a first and a second element. The first element comprises a first connection portion with a reception configured to establish a mechanical connection between the first and the second element by receiving a protrusion of a second connection portion comprised by the second element.