Abstract: An integrated valve set for use in a vacuum toilet system is disclosed. The vacuum toilet system includes a waste receptacle defining an outlet and having a rinse fluid nozzle, a source of rinse fluid, and a sewer line placeable under partial vacuum pressure. The integrated valve set comprises a discharge valve having an inlet in fluid communication with the waste receptacle outlet, an outlet in fluid communication with the sewer line, and a rotatable discharge valve member adapted to selectively establish fluid communication between the discharge valve inlet and discharge valve outlet. An integrally mounted rinse fluid valve has an inlet in fluid communication with the pressurized rinse fluid source, an outlet in fluid communication with the rinse fluid nozzle, and a rinse fluid valve member adapted to selectively establish fluid communication between the rinse fluid valve inlet and the rinse fluid valve outlet.

Abstract: A portable outdoor toilet with advertising indicia including a platform having a generally circular configuration. A base is positioned atop the platform. The base has a generally circular configuration. A cylindrical tube is positioned atop the base. The cylindrical tube has an open upper end, an open lower end, and a cylindrical side wall therebetween. The open lower end is positioned on the platform. The cylindrical side wall has an opening therein. The opening has a door hingedly coupled thereto. A roof is positioned atop the open upper end of the cylindrical tube. The roof has a generally circular and arcuate configuration. A flexible sheet is adapted for being wrappedly disposed around the cylindrical side wall of the cylindrical tube. The sheet has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface has an adhesive disposed thereon. The outer surface has indicia disposed thereon. The sheet has a lateral slit formed therein to accommodate the door of the cylindrical side wall.

Abstract: A spa construction wherein a spa shell is supported and reinforced by a matrix of interlocking horizontal and vertical members attached to a base grid. The matrix supports the spa shell through contact with only two regions of the spa—namely the bar top and footwell areas. The construction eliminates the necessity to encase the shell in structural foam and facilitates ready access to spa plumbing.

Abstract: A shower assembly for use as a stationary shower or a hand-held shower includes a housing, a hose and a shower head. The housing includes a plurality of sides, an inlet, and an at least one outlet where said housing is concealed behind a shower wall adjacent thereto and protects the shower wall from water damage. A hose is freely disposed within the housing having a first end connected to a water supply pipe, a second end connected to the shower head on the exposed side of the shower wall and defining a fluid engagement between the water supply pipe and the shower head. The hose is extractable from a housing outlet when the user pulls on the hose second end during use as a hand-held shower and is retractable into the housing during use as a stationary shower and the hose is concealed from the user's view. The shower head height may also be adjusted to user's desired height.

Abstract: An apertured mounting unit comprises a deck sheet with a top and a bottom surface, the deck sheet has a cross-sectional edge defining an aperture. A non-porous seal member abuts the edge, the seal member has top and bottom surfaces. A sink with an upper circumferential flange may be removably mounted on the bottom surface of the deck sheet, with the flange in sealing engagement with the seal member. The flange cooperates with the seal member and with the bottom surface of the deck sheet so that the flange is brought into sealable engagement with the seal member when the flange is biased against a stop that is fixed with respect to the bottom surface of the deck sheet.

Abstract: An automatic public toilet for outdoor use has a public part confined by a roof, four walls and a floor, and comprises a lavatory unit including a toilet seat and bowl, the lavatory unit being supported on a wall of the toilet, wherein the floor is movable into and out of the public part of the toilet and the cleaning device for the floor is placed outside the public part. The floor is rotatable around a vertical axis.

Abstract: A furniture frame convertible from a seat to a bed is disclosed. The furniture frame includes side frame members spaced-apart by a supporting rail and a body-supporting member including two sections pivotally connected together and connected to the side frame members substantially toward the rear of the furniture frame. In the disclosed furniture frame the two sections are movable relative to each other between at least a first and second sitting orientations and a bed orientation wherein the second sitting orientation is less upright than the second sitting orientation. The two sections provide a seat section and a back section having transversely spaced apart side section members and upper surfaces inclined relative to each other when the two sections are in one of the first and second sitting orientations.

Abstract: This invention provides methods and apparatus for moving or transferring a prone person or other body between two platforms, permitting a single caregiver of less than average strength to perform such transfer between an unmodified bed and a second surface, which may for example be part of a transport device. The method involves providing some form of low friction surface over any significant portion of a bed or other platform over which the person or other body is to be moved, the person either being mounted on a low friction board or sheet having straps extending therefrom to facilitate movement of the person across a first platform to a second platform, which is preferably mounted at a slightly lower height than the first one, or straps being wrapped around the person at two spaced locations and used for pulling the patient across the low friction surface to effect the transfer.

Abstract: Assembly of a bed or similar support and an apparatus for movement support for a person moving into or out of the bed/support. The apparatus has a base part and at least one swivelling arm that is pivotable relative to the base pad about an axis of rotation between at least two positions. The swivelling arm is driven by a motor. Positioning apparatus are provided for disposing the apparatus adjacent the bed/support so that—during use—at least a first pad of the swivelling arm can extend in a first position above a person located on the bed/support and in a second position the first part of the swivelling arm can extend along a person located beside the bed/support. Throughout the path between the first and the second position and vice versa, the swivelling arm can transmit a pulling force to the person in a direction towards the second or first position, as desired, to support his or her movements.

Abstract: A folding frame device for a playpen includes four leg posts, four bottom rods each pivotally mounted on a respective leg post and each pivotally mounted on a support base which is located at a central position of the bottom rods, four upright rods each secured to a respective leg post, four fixed bases each secured to a respective upright rod, four pairs of top rods each pivotally mounted between two adjacent fixed bases, four coupling bases each pivotally mounted on a respective pair of top rod, four first connecting bases each secured on a respective bottom rod, two pairs of long side rods each mounted between two adjacent first connecting bases, four second connecting bases each secured on a respective bottom rod, two pairs of short side rods each mounted between two adjacent second connecting bases, and four support brackets, wherein two of the four support brackets each pivotally mounted on a mediate portion of a respective pair of long side rods, and the other two support brackets each pivotally mounte

Abstract: A hook and fastener assembly for hooking engineered wood bed rails to the bedpost of headboards and footboards. Includes a bed rail hook configured to slide into the end of a bed rail made of engineered wood. Engineered wood may include any type of man made wood material, including particle board, medium density fiberboard, oriented strand board, and the like. Rivets extend through the bed rail and through apertures in the inserted portion of the bed rail hook in order to securely fasten the bed rail hook in the bed rail end. The same or similar rivets used to secure the bed rail hook may also be oriented in the bedpost in a manner allowing downwardly extending hooks of the bed rail hook to engage the rivets and securely hold the bed rail to the bedpost. The rivets are semi-tubular rivets and include a head and a shank. The ends of the shank are clinched during assembly to secure the rivet and provide substantial removal resistance. Preferably, the ends of the shank form a rolled clinch.

Abstract: An operating apparatus comprises an operating table with an operating support post, an operating table top and means for detachably fastening said operating table top to said operating support post, an anesthesis station and an examining station located at a distance from said operating support post and comprising an examining support post for receiving said operating table top. An overhead rail extends above said operating table and said examining station, and an overhead conveyor comprising means for carrying said operating table top is mounted on said overhead rail for movement therealong from a first position above said operating support post to a second position above said examining station. An overhead support carrying said anesthesis station is also mounted on said overhead rail for movement therealong. First coupling means are provided on said overhead conveyor and second coupling means are provided on said overhead support.

Abstract: A body support for posturing the torso of a user lying in a fetal position to derive a therapeutic benefit while resting or sleeping. The device is arranged to engage the chin and the legs of the user so that the user's spine is held in an erect position. At the same time, arm grooves are provided in the support that enable the user to freely pass his or her arm through the upper section of the support and draw it against the user's chest, thus supporting the chest in an open position to promote ease of breathing and free circulation of blood through the upper torso.

Abstract: A remote controlled variable height leg pillow support apparatus (10) including a support unit (11) comprising a pair of independently movable contoured foot support members (20), (20′) each having a molded foam foot rest (22) which is suspended above a base member (30) by two separate pairs of hydraulic piston members (40). Each of the two separate pairs of hydraulic piston members (40) associated with each of the foot support members (20), (20′) are independently responsive to a remote control member (60) which activates a microprocessor (52) which controls a plurality of stepping motors (50). Each stepping motor (50) is connected to one of the hydraulic piston members (40) for independently raising and lowering the foot support members (20), (20′).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an alternating pressure pad comprising at least two sets of inflatable cells, each set being alternately inflated and deflated, wherein at least one cell in each cell set has further means, such as, for example, circumferential internal membranes or external straps, to accelerate the deflation of the at least one cell.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling the dosing of detergent in multiple stage washing machines having at least one separate detergent tank per washing stage. The entry of water into a detergent tank of the washing machine releases, without intervention in the washing control system, the single dosing of a predetermined amount of detergent into the detergent tank, the release of further dosages being prevented until a renewed activation. Furthermore, the invention relates to a control device for dosing detergents in washing machines in accordance with one of the above methods.

Abstract: A mobile access bridge provides access to the doors and the exterior surface of an aircraft fuselage in the final stages of construction, assembly, and outfitting. The access bridge includes catwalks preferably arranged at several levels, in pairs on opposite sides of the aircraft. The bridge further includes bridge supports that each have an arched inverted U-shape. The bridge supports are connected to and carry the catwalks, and respectively arch over the top of the aircraft fuselage. The bridge may be made up of a number of bridge segments that are coupled together as needed by coupling units. The entire bridge or each individual bridge segment is lifted at a lifting fixture by an overhead crane or lifting cable, is then moved into position, and then lowered onto the aircraft fuselage.

Abstract: A brush tip for a motorized toothbrush has a first brush head and a second brush head. The second brush head encircles the first brush head. Means are provided for differently accelerating the first and second brush heads in response to motion produced by the toothbrush motor.

Abstract: A cleaning device has a handle. The handle has a wall with a distal end with a recess extending axially into the handle, and an elongated nipple brush secured in the recess, such that the distal end of the brush extends axially beyond the distal end of the handle. The nipple brush can be housed in a core having a main body with a sponge secured thereto and an extension with opposed depressible tabs that can be inserted into the recess of the handle. Each tab has one or more protuberances that are biased to seat in opposed apertures in the wall of the handle. The core has an axial channel. When the extension of the core is inserted in the recess and attached to the handle, there is provided a cleaning device with a sponge at one end of the handle and a nipple brush housed in the channel of the core.

Abstract: A connector for multi-directionally mounting and securing a manual cleaning implement, such as a broom head, to a shaft, includes a main body portion having a collar for receiving the shaft. The main body portion has an upper mounting flange for mounting to an upper surface of the cleaning implement. The upper mounting flange has an opening therein for receiving a fastener, such as a bolt. The connector includes at least one lower mounting flange having a depending portion for extending around a side surface of the cleaning implement and a hook portion for mounting to a lower surface of the cleaning implement. The fastener is inserted into the opening in the upper mounting flange for multi-directionally securing the connector to the cleaning implement.

Abstract: A toothbrush which has a brush head to which is mounted an elongated handle. At the free end of the handle is mounted a suction cup mounting device. The handle is integrally attached to the suction cup at the peripheral edge of the suction cup so that when the toothbrush is removed from a vertical surface on which it is attached by merely canting of the handle will result in breaking of the seal of the suction cup facilitating its disengagement.

Abstract: A buffing pad assembly having a right pad, a left pad, a disk securing the two pads together, and an elongated member for releasably attaching the buffing pad to the drive shaft of a buffing motor is disclosed. Each pad has a central aperture. The disk has a connector located in the center thereof. The connector has an opening therethrough. The right and left pads are secured to first and second faces, respectively, of the disk so that the apertures and opening are aligned when the buffing pad is assembled. The elongated member has a body, a head, and an indented area separating the head and the body. The head fits through either of the apertures and through the opening of the connector. The elongated member also has an open end which may be secured to the spindle of a buffing motor.

Abstract: The wiper blade (10) for a windshield has a wind scoop (20, 22, 24) elastically fastened to it. The wiper blade (10) includes a rubber wiping element (16), which is adapted to contact the windshield (12) with its wiper lip (18). The wind scoop (20, 22, 24) includes a rigid component and an elastic lip arranged close to the windshield (12) during an upward wiping motion. The elasticity and lever arm of the elastic lip are selected so that it moves closer to the windshield during a downward wiping motion and, when opposing forces due to wiper lip friction and wind exceed a predetermined limiting value, it contacts the windshield (12) during the downward wiping motion. The edge region of the elastic lip that contacts the windshield is provided with steps, zigzags and/or waves, so that friction forces between the elastic lip and windshield are reduced.

Abstract: An infinite door check mechanism for enabling a door to be moved from a closed position in a door frame to any one of a plurality of different open positions including a clevis adapted to be mounted to the frame, an elongate strip member mounted to the clevis and directed outward from the frame, a door check housing adapted to be mounted on the door, the strip member extending at least partially through the housing, and a support member arranged in the housing. A rotatable locking member is arranged in the housing such that the strip member is interposed between the locking member and the support member. A biasing member such as a spring is positioned in the housing for selectively pressing the locking member against the strip member to force the strip member against the support member and thereby retain the strip member in a fixed position resulting in checking of the door and releasing pressure of the locking member against the strip member and thereby enable movement of the strip member.

Abstract: In order to achieve the situation where a pivotably mounted structural part, under the action of an adjusting force, is made to move indeed automatically but merely with braking and damping action, and thus at a reduced speed and with reduced kinetic energy, provision is made for the hinge which mounts the structural part to be equipped with a pivot brake, of which the braking force applied over the pivoting distance is smaller than the adjusting force and is adapted to the progression of the adjusting force over the pivoting distance. In selected regions, the braking force of the pivot brake may be greater than the adjusting force, in order to retain the structural part in these regions. The braking work performed by the pivot brake is advantageously calculated so as to absorb 20% to 25% of the adjusting work performed by the adjusting force.

Abstract: A door handle for a door of a vehicle includes a handle portion and a housing or base portion. Preferably, the handle portion is assembled to the base portion by a snap fit of a pair of snap clasps onto a corresponding pair of axles or cross members attached to the housing. The snap clasps engage the cross members via a tapered opening to guide the cross members into the snap clasps, thereby easing the assembly process of the handle assembly. The snap clasps are snapped onto the cross members marked by an audible click to pivotally secure the handle portion to the housing, such that pivotal movement of the handle relative to the housing may be operable to open the door of the vehicle. Preferably, a biasing member is included to bias the handle portion toward its closed position relative to the housing, while the handle and the housing comprise polymeric materials.

Abstract: A paint roller assembly is disclosed as including a handle that is configured for use with a variety of extension poles, each requiring a different type of connection with the handle. The handle includes a pole connector socket extending inwardly from one end thereof that is designed to receive a number of different pole connectors. The illustrated socket is provided with a tapered wall section and a circumferential groove, with the former being configured to provide a press fit attachment between the handle and connector and the latter being configured to provide a snap fit attachment between the handle and the connector.

Abstract: The safety strap comprises a first strap portion and a second strap portion and two spaced projections extending upwardly from the safety strap for being received around and fixed to an electrical cord by one of an adhesive or a heat sealing, and the strap portions having mating releasable fastening structure thereon.

Abstract: An item of jewelry having an having an essentially linear construction made of swivel elements linked together to produce a closed loop by connecting first and second end pieces belonging to opposite ends, wherein a clasp thereof includes a pin attached to the first end piece and passes through a hole belonging to the second end piece, at least one end of the pin having a swelling (enlarged end) suited to snapping into a safety clip provided with intrinsic elasticity and rotatably coupled to the first or to the second end piece.

Abstract: A thin film resonator (TFR) is produced with an improved piezoelectric film which is epitaxially grown on a growing surface, resulting in a piezoelectric film with less grain boundaries. Epitaxial growth refers to the piezoelectric film having a crystallographic orientation take from or emulating the crystallographic orientation of a single crystal substrate or growing surface. For example, by epitaxially growing a piezoelectric film on a single crystal silicon substrate as the growing surface, an improved piezoelectric film is produced with little or no grain boundaries. Also provided is a method of making a TFR in which the piezoelectric film is grown on a substrate. Subsequently, a portion of the substrate is removed, and the electrodes are deposited on either side of the piezoelectric film.

Abstract: A method for forming piezoelectric/electrostrictive film element at low temperature using electrophoretic deposition includes the steps of: dissolving or dispersing the raw material of constituent ceramic elements in a solvent or a dispersion medium; adding citric acid into the solution or the dispersed mixture; obtaining ultrafine ceramic oxide powder of particle size less than 1 &mgr;m with uniform particle diameter size distribution by forming ceramic oxide by a nonexplosive oxidative-reductive combustion reaction by thermally treating the mixed solution at 100-500° C.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a microelectronic assembly to have aligned conductive regions and dielectric regions with desirable processing and dimensional characteristics. The invention is particularly useful for producing integral capacitors, with the desired processing and dimensional characteristics achieved with the invention yielding predictable electrical characteristics for the capacitors. The method generally entails providing a substrate with a first conductive layer, forming a dielectric layer on the first conductive layer, and then forming a second conductive layer on the dielectric layer. A first region of the second conductive layer is then removed to expose a first region of the dielectric layer, which in turn is removed to expose a first region of the first conductive layer that is also removed.

Abstract: Processes and apparatuses for partly disassembling tape cassettes having at least one closure flap comprise separating the closure flap from the cassette or from the cassette housing at an early time, before, during or shortly after the opening of the cassette. Several process methods and examples of apparatus are specified. The separating methods and apparatuses can be expediently used for all tape cassettes with one or more closure flaps, it being possible for these to be any type of audio, video and data cassettes.

Abstract: A burnishing apparatus is provided for burnishing a surface of a material. The burnishing apparatus includes a guide member having an annular groove which is eccentric to the rotating axis of the guide member. A rolling element is disposed between the groove and the surface of the material. The rolling element has a radius r, an effective rolling radius on the guide member r1, and an effective rolling radius r2 on the surface of the material, and r=r2 and r1<r2. Due to the combined effects of an eccentric groove and r1<r2, a variable track is left on the surface of the material as the rolling element rolls along the groove and on the surface of the material. The variable track repeats after the rolling element revolves around the surface of the material N revolutions. The burnishing apparatus may further include an actuator which drives a top cover onto the material to force the surface of the material on the rolling element. The burnishing disk may be rotatively driven by a motor.

Abstract: A tool for positioning or seating a ring seal within an annular groove of a seal fitting is disclosed. Generally, the ring seal seating tool of the present invention includes a first member for receiving a ring seal fitting to support such fitting during seating operations, a second member for at least aligning the ring seal with the ring seal groove of the ring seal fitting, and a third member for advancing the ring seal into the ring seal groove via the second member.

Abstract: An optical fiber cable (12) is installed within an enclosure (14) a duct by pushing the cable into the duct via a motorized pushing mechanism (38). As the optical fiber cable enters the enclosure, the image of interior of the enclosure is focused by a lens (22) onto a first end of the optical cable for transmission to the opposite end in which is optical registration with a television camera (24). The television camera captures the image of the enclosure interior for display on a monitor (26) to enable installation personnel to observe any possible narrowing of the enclosure that could impede fiber installation. Upon detecting such a restriction or obstruction narrowing the enclosure, the installation personnel actuate a pair of fingers (28a, 28b) carried by a casing (18) circumscribing the forward end of the optical fiber cable to push outwardly against the interior of the enclosure to reduce the narrowing and facilitate installation of the cable in the enclosure.

Abstract: Support members are provided on the terminal portions of a sensor main body. In this state, a seal portion is formed by molding, and the seal portion seals the terminal portions of the sensor main body. During molding, external pressure acts on a housing. However, since four electrode wires pulled out from the housing are supported by insulating support members, the four electrode wires do not contact one another due to the pressure applied during molding, and thus do not short-circuit.

Abstract: A flower pot cover having a base and preferably a skirt. The base has an upper end, a lower end and a pot receiving space. The skirt is connected to the upper end of the base and the skirt extends a distance outwardly from the base. A bonding material is disposed on the skirt. A flower pot is disposed in the pot receiving space and the portion of the skirt having the bonding material thereon is crimped to provide a bonded crimped portion in the skirt. The crimped portion may be formed after the pot is disposed within the cover.

Abstract: A method of making an electromechanical machine stator assembly in provided in which concentric coil groups are alternately inserted from both ends of the stator core. A first phase group is inserted through a first axial end of the stator core. A second phase coil group is then inserted through an opposite end of the stator core, such as by rotation of the stator core 180 degrees. Additional coil groups are similarly inserted into the stator core to complete the stator. The alternating insertion process provided a winding configuration utilizing a combination of full and shared slots of the stator core with leads exiting from both ends. The method permits the use of automated winding equipment in large induction motors, and facilitates subsequent connection to the stator coil leads.

Abstract: A method of making a balance-compensated (BC) rotary actuator for use in a rotatable BC head stack assembly (HSA) portion in a disk drive based upon track-follow characteristics of a rotatable test HSA portion is provided. The test HSA portion includes a test rotary actuator having a test actuator weight specification. The test rotary actuator has an actuator body portion, a test pivot axis extending through the actuator body portion and a head connected to the actuator body portion. The test rotary actuator is controlled to rotate about the test pivot axis for positioning the head over a selected disk track. The test rotary actuator has a test rotary actuator center-of-gravity torque vector associated therewith about the test pivot axis. The method provides for vibrating the disk drive at a vibration frequency in order to vibrate the test HSA portion. Position error information is read using the head while performing a track-follow operation during the vibrating of the test HSA portion.

Abstract: A tool which accurately controls the thickness of a thermal grease applied to an integrated circuit that is mounted to a printed circuit board. The tool includes a bracket that supports the printed circuit board and the integrated circuit. A thermal grease is applied to the top surface of the integrated circuit. A lid is attached to the bracket to capture the printed circuit board. The lid has a platen that is separated from the integrated circuit by a space which has a predetermined thickness. The space defines the thickness of the thermal grease. Any excess thermal grease is pushed out of the space by the lid so that a consistent thickness of thermal grease is applied for each integrated circuit assembly. The bracket, lid, integrated circuit and printed circuit board can be mounted to a motherboard as a single integrated circuit module. Alternatively, the lid can be detached from the base so that the grease covered integrated circuit can be removed from the tool for subsequently assembly.

Abstract: A method of preventing vibration loosening of a clamping screw 26 of a circuit protection apparatus 10 is provided. The circuit protection apparatus 10 has a conductor receiving member 28 including a conductor receiving opening 40 for receiving an electrical conductor 46 therein. The conductor receiving member 28 has an aperture 42 extending from a surface 50 thereof into communication with the conductor receiving opening 40. An overall extent of the aperture 42 includes threads. The method provides a clamping screw 26 having a threaded shaft 50. The threaded shaft 50 has a surface feature 52 in the threads thereof near an end 54 of the shaft.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing components of gas turbine engine combustors, including the steps of performing a plurality of forming steps on a workpiece of a designated material to produce a combustor component of desired size and shape without exceeding a forming limit of the designated material, the forming steps being performed without any intermediate heat treatment on the workpiece.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an air-gap-insulated exhaust pipe having a branch stub, as well as an exhaust pipe produced according to such a method and a tool for forming such an exhaust pipe. Two tubes are inserted into one another to form a double tube. The double tube is placed in a first internal high-pressure shaping tool, and exposed to internal high pressure fluid such that it expands to match the contours of the engraving of the first shaping tool, and a double-walled branch stub is blown out of the double tube. The partially formed double tube is then placed in a second internal high-pressure shaping tool, with the double tube being surrounded, between the two ends including the branch stub, circumferentially and throughout by a corresponding design of the engraving, by an expansion chamber.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of aligning a bearing assembly relative to a roll in a fiber-making machine. The method of the present invention is particularly adapted for dryer cylinders in a paper-making machine, the dryer cylinders having an end rotatably mounted in a preferably freely carrying bearing assembly such as a continuous aligning roller bearing (CARB) that allows for axial (z direction) movement of the cylinder particularly axial movement due to thermal expansion. The bearing assembly includes inner and outer races of which the outer race is stationary with the inner race is affixed to the journal and moves therewith. For axially aligning or providing an initial offset of the outer race to the inner race, an alignment plate is mounted to the end of the cylinder journal during bearing housing installation that allows various measurements to be taken.

Abstract: On the periphery surface of the outer race, the stepped portion is formed, and on one side of the race retention hole formed on the housing, a screw portion is provided coaxially with the race retention hole, in which the setscrew is screwed and tightened. Retention of the front surface of the setscrew makes the end face of the stepped portion, pressed against the snap ring retained with the annular groove, formed on the race retention hole. Since the outer race is clamped by the setscrew and the snap ring and the gap between the end face of the outer race and the setscrew, and the snap ring becomes null, the outer race is securely retained in the axial direction.

Abstract: A shaving razor cartridge including a housing having an upper surface, a housing opening in the upper surface and side surfaces extending downward from the upper surface, blades mounted in the opening and supported by the housing, and a retaining clip on the upper surface having a clip opening around the housing opening. The retaining clip is made of flat painted sheet metal that has been drawn so as to provide an upper surface extending outward of the clip opening and side surfaces extending downward over the side surfaces of the housing. The paint on the sheet metal has sufficient delamination properties to pass a delamination test involving drawing a piece of flat painted sheet metal such that the paint is compressed greater than 35% and inspecting the resulting drawn piece of sheet metal to see there has been delamination of the paint.

Abstract: A cutting device having a head member having a movable cutting blade positioned therein, first and second legs pivotally mounted on said head member, a connector connecting the first leg, the cutting blade, and the second blade, wherein the connector and cutting blade are movable within a slot in the head member to bring the cutting blade into cutting engagement with a shield connected to said head member when the legs are moved into a closed position.

Abstract: A utility knife for retractably retaining a replaceable blade with a body, at least two detents connected to the body and a blade adjusting knife retaining fastener mechanism. The body has first and second portions and a major longitudinal dimension. The first and second portions define a cavity for storing at least a portion of the blade. The blade adjusting, knife retaining fastener mechanism extends through the blade adjustment slots of the first and second portions and is coupled to the blade. The fastener mechanism is configured to releasably connect the distal ends of the first and second portions of the body without the use of tools, and to releasably engage at least one of the detents and to adjustably extend along the blade adjustments slots without the use of tools. Each engagement of the fastener mechanism to one of the stops defines a distinct position of the blade with respect to the body.

Abstract: A cable cutter for cutting a cable by using an explosive event is provided. The cable cutter includes a main body and an initiator assembly connected to the main body. The main cutter includes a cutterjaw and a receptacle having an opening accommodating a cable, a longitudinal bore formed in the housing and connected to the receptacle and having an inner opening and an outer opening, a cutter blade having a cutting edge facing the inner opening and a base facing the outer opening, being inserted into the bore of the receptacle, and slidably moving toward the cutter jaw within the bore of the receptacle to cut a cable disposed within the receptacle and between the cutter jaw and the cutting edge of the cutter blade. The initiator assembly includes a coupler, a passageway formed within the coupler, a cap covering having a hole connected to the coupler, and an explosive material and detonator are inserted through the hole in the cap into the passageway.