Abstract: Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture consistent with the present invention allow a user operating on a data processing computer to view geometry of an object model produced by an image generator hosted on an image processing computer by allowing the user to define a zone associated with the object model, slices of each zone, and viewpoints associated with the slices, controlling the graphics image generator to produce geometric images of the object model in accordance with the zone, slices, and viewpoints, and selectively navigating the images in accordance with the zone, slices, and viewpoints.

Abstract: A surgical instrument and a method according to which a vane is disposed in a rotor housing and is rotated by the impingement of air on the vane to drive a shaft to which a surgical tool is attached. The housing is fabricated of a relatively hard material to reduce the wear on it when compared to other materials.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for pleating paper. The apparatus includes a pair of pleating rollers, means to rotate one of said pleating rollers, a first pair of support rollers in supporting contact with a first of said pair of pleating rollers and a second pair of support rollers in supporting contact with a second of said pair of pleating rollers. Each of said pleating rollers has a plurality of radially reduced sections. An elongated pleating finger member is positioned in at least a plurality of radially reduced sections, and means are provided to movably support each of said elongated pleating finger members.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cargo shipping crate having a base, four sides and a top cap, a first panel and a second panel. The first panel and the second panel form four sides of the crate. Each panel has a first, a second and a third subpanel. The first subpanel of the first panel is positioned to overlap the third subpanel of the second panel, and the second subpanel of the first and the second panel have substantially identical dimensions. The first subpanel of the first and the second panel have substantially identical dimensions, and the third subpanel of the first and the second panel have substantially identical dimensions. The top cap has four flaps, each of the four flaps are rotatable to a position superjacent a subpanel.

Abstract: A packaging product is produced by preconditioning sheet material, as for example, by pleating. The preconditioned sheet material is wound on a roll and transported to a production site at which the preconditioned sheet material is processed to form a multi-layer product. The preconditioned sheet material and at least one outer layer material are provided with a cohesive that bonds the preconditioned sheet material to the outer layer sheet or sheets, subsequent to the pleating of the preconditioned sheet material.

Abstract: The composite liner structure for the interior of motor vehicles in accordance with the present invention includes a sheet section comprising a backing portion of flexible material and an outer surface portion of plush fibers. The plush fibers provide a generally soft resilient face. A pressure sensitive adhesive layer is disposed upon the backing of the sheet section for attaching the backing portion of the liner structure to the interior surface of a motor vehicle. A releasable non-adhesive material cover is disposed on the adhesive layer. The composite liner structure has a predetermined profiled contoured configuration matching the profiled contoured interior surface of the motor vehicle to be lined. Additionally the composite liner structure is preferably formed of thermally insulative material. In one embodiment, the outer surface portion of plush fibers can be provided with decorative indicia.