Abstract: A brush attachment for vacuum cleaners comprises a housing consisting of a bottom part and a top part, a turbine wheel driven by the suction air stream, a brush roller driven by the turbine wheel, and a suction tube connection constructed in the form of a swivel/tilting joint. The brush roller is disposed in a brush roller chamber which has a bottom opening constructed as a suction orifice. The turbine wheel is disposed in a turbine chamber with a connection duct of the swivel/tilting joint. The duct is pivotable about the turbine wheel. The bottom part of the housing has webs which form the back wall of the brush roller chamber and the side walls of the turbine chamber and define a flow chamber. A nozzle made as a separate part is inserted in the flow chamber and contains an incident flow duct for alignment of the suction air stream flowing against the turbine wheel. The top part of the housing has connection webs which bear against the webs and against the top of the nozzle.

Abstract: An impeller for generating an air flow, for use in a device such as a blower/vacuum, the impeller having a hub structure for mounting the impeller on a rotatable shaft of the blower/vac and a plurality of air-flow generating vanes coupled to the hub structure in a non-uniform manner wherein the spacing between adjacent vanes is irregular. An impeller having non-uniform spacing between adjacent vanes is provided by the present invention. Additional features of the impeller may include a plurality of debris engaging structures or serrations for facilitating a finer mulch of air-entrained debris.

Abstract: There is provided an improved connecting member for use in connecting a sash support arm and a sash arm in a hinge assembly for a casement window, the connecting member having a cylindrical stud portion which extends through a sash arm cylindrical aperture and a cylindrical shaft extending from the cylindrical stud portion, the cylindrical shaft being eccentric with respect to the stud portion and extending through to a sash support arm opening, the cylindrical shaft having a recess formed therein designed to receive a tool to prevent rotational movement of the connecting member to thereby permit change of a sash support arm pivot access.

Abstract: A tool handle having a central gripping portion joined with a pair of opposed fastening portions. The gripping portion has an internal shell with an overcoating. The overcoating is two-part having first and second external sections having at least one different characteristic. The first overcoating section is applied in a first mold and thereafter the resulting structure is placed in a second mold wherein molding material is flowed through a channel in the interior of said shell from an underside of the handle to an exterior surface of the shell. The first and second sections cooperate to produce a continuous overcoating having sections with different characteristics that are free from molding blemishes.

Abstract: A flat card fed with fibres by means of a plurality of feed devices comprising licker-in rollers that operate in parallel so as to feed different fibres onto different points of the main carding drum, where the feed points are set sequentially and are staggered in such a way as to constitute, on the main carding drum, a series of pre-carding areas that are specific for the fibres fed at each point and that are provided with equipment adjustable for each type of fibre that is being processed.

Abstract: A carding machine includes a main carding cylinder having a cylinder surface carrying a cylinder clothing thereon; a licker-in cooperating with the cylinder for transferring fiber material, including long and short fibers, from the licker-in to the carding cylinder; a doffer cooperating with the carding cylinder for transferring fiber material from the carding cylinder to the doffer; a cylinder cover extending circumferentially underneath the carding cylinder between the licker-in and the doffer; a force-exerting arrangement for applying, to the short fibers, a removing force greater than a retaining force exerted on the short fibers by the cylinder clothing carrying the fiber material; a waste outlet opening provided in the cylinder cover for discharging short fibers from the fiber material carried by the cylinder clothing; a suction hood coupled to the waste outlet opening for receiving the short fibers from the waste outlet opening.

Abstract: A plurality of cotton boll modules are received by a cotton ginning plant from a plurality of cotton field locations. A sample of cotton modules is removed from each field lot. The sample and the field lot are identified and identification data associating the sample with its field lot is generated. Each field lot sample is separately processed to produce cotton lint. The cotton lint is assayed to determine a relative quality of the lint or the sample. The assay information from the several samples is used to establish a formula for blending cotton from a plurality of field locations to form a blend of a desired intermediate quality. The identification data is used for locating modules to be blended from the various field lots. The located modules are delivered to dispersers and the dispersers are used to disperse cotton boll clumps from the modules in amounts necessary to form the desired amount of the desired blend of cotton boll clumps. The cotton boll clumps are blended.

Abstract: A jewelry closure created when a first jewelry clasp and a second jewelry clasp are aligned such that the central plane of the first jewelry clasp and the central plane of the second jewelry clasp are angularly offset with respect to each other. The central planes are offset to a degree such that each jewelry clasp can be rotated in a manner that a hole in an eyelet from one engagement region fits over a post from a second engagement region and a magnet in one jewelry clasp can magnetically engage with a magnet in the second jewelry clasp.

Abstract: A zipper slide is constructed to include a slide body adapted for closing/opening zipper tapes, the slide body having a top block, a hollow slide handle adapted for the gripping of the fingers to move the slide body, the slide handle having a decorative color design, a locating plate fastened to the inside of the slide handle, a coupling member mounted inside the slide handle and covered on the top block of the slide body, and a retaining plate, which secures the coupling member to the locating plate in the slide handle and the top block of the slide body.

Abstract: A one piece clamp for affixing a pliable bag to a container. The device can be deformed to an open position and normally assumes a closed position. While in the closed position, the clamp is in condition to secure a bag to a container. The clamp may be deformed to place it in position on the lid of a container, and to allow release of the bag from the container.

Abstract: A two-dimensional ultrasound transducer array and the method of manufacturing thereof is provided in which the transducer array is formed by a plurality of transducer elements sequentially arranged in the azimuth direction and each transducer element has a non-uniform thickness and each transducer is divided into a left and a right half which can be independently excited.

Abstract: Flat electrolytic capacitors particularly for use in implantable medical devices having stacked cathode and anode layers particular electrical connections of the capacitor anode and cathode layers with a capacitor connector assembly. Anode terminal means extend through the capacitor case side wall for electrically connecting a plurality of the anode tabs to one another and providing an anode connection terminal at the exterior of the case that is electrically insulated from the case. A cathode terminal extends through or to an encapsulation area of the capacitor case side wall via a cathode terminal passageway for electrically connecting a plurality of the cathode tabs to one another and providing a cathode connection terminal at the exterior of the case. The connector assembly is electrically attached to the anode connection terminal for making electrical connection with the anode tabs and to the cathode connection terminal for making electrical connection with the cathode tabs.

Abstract: An automated method for installing a seat cover and a device for implementing the method are disclosed. The seat cover is provided with at least one shaped spar onto a seat body that includes at least one securing element which is positioned in the base of at least one slot in the seat body and into which the shaped spar may be secured.

Abstract: A dismantling device is provided for dismantling a fuel injector from a mounting bore in a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine. The dismantling device has a jacket body, which at least partially surrounds the fuel injector, and has an engagement section, which engages with the fuel injector via of a contact face projecting radially inward. The engagement section of the jacket body surrounds the fuel injector only over a maximum angle range of 180° between two free ends. The contact face tapers in the direction of free ends of the engagement section.

Abstract: An apparatus for radially expanding an elastic handgrip on its axis of elongation to allow easier introduction of a shaft to the elastic handgrip by an open end of the shaft. The main body of apparatus provides a two section element which includes a cradle revealed by opening the element which is shaped to receive an elastic handgrip. A ventilation probe extends from the cradle to penetrate the elastic handgrip away from its open end upon positioning of the elastic handgrip in the cradle. The second section of the main body is a cradle closure, positionable on the cradle, for substantially enclosing an elastic handgrip disposed therein except in an area immediately surrounding the open end of the elastic handgrip. A muzzle fits around a shaft and is positionable over the cradle and cradle closure for stretching the handgrip adjacent the open end of the hand grip over a shaft.

Abstract: A fin folding machine has a base, a pair of vertical side support members extending from the base. A top support member is spaced from the base and is attached to the pair of vertical side support members. The base, pair of vertical side support members, and the top support member defining an opening therebetween. A plurality of tools are movably positioned within the opening. A bar has a plurality of sensors positioned therein abut a plurality of sides. The sensors send corresponding signals to a controller which monitors the position of the plurality of tools relative to a preestablished position. And, the plurality of tools are moved to the preestablished position. The sensors monitor the preestablished position of a depth and taper of a plurality of deep serpentine upper grooves and a plurality of deep serpentine lower grooves.

Abstract: Fiducial calibration systems and methods for precisely and accurately manufacturing a part from a workpiece, inspecting or measuring a part, and/or assembling a plurality of manufactured parts including providing a workpiece, wherein the workpiece and the associated processes are subject to environmental and structural variations, and disposing a plurality of datums on a surface of or within the workpiece. The systems and methods also including calibrating the separation distance between each of the plurality of datums to workpiece distance units and disposing the workpiece in a machine, wherein the machine is subject to environmental and structural variations.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention includes an apparatus for preparing a fuel tank for repairs and verifying repair work upon completion. The apparatus includes a supply system constructed and arranged to be coupled to the fuel tank for providing a supply of inert gas into the fuel tank, for purging the fuel tank of oxygen to a certain level and for making inert the fuel tank with the gas. The supply system includes a gas release system constructed and arranged to provide the supply of inert gas. The supply system further includes an arrangement for connecting and facilitating transport of the inert gas. A supply mechanism is configured and positioned to facilitate and regulate a transfer of gas from the gas release system to the fuel tank. A connector mechanism is for coupling the supply mechanism to the gas release system. A relief system is constructed and arranged to be coupled to the fuel tank to regulate and relieve pressure in the fuel tank.

Abstract: A system for fabricating muntin bars from sheet material. Sheet material in the form of thin ribbon stock is fed to a first forming station including a punching mechanism that punches the ribbon stock at a precisely predetermined location. The ribbon stock is delivered from the first forming station to a second forming station in the form of a rolling mill. The stock passes through a succession of forming rolls to produce a tube having a desired cross-sectional shape. The tube is delivered from the second forming station to a third forming station including a severing apparatus that severs the tube at a precisely predetermined location to produce a muntin bar. After severing, the muntin bar is engaged by a conveyor and moved to a desired location.

Abstract: A method for the production of a hollow body from aluminium sheet or alloyed aluminium sheet, especially a tank having at least one pipe mounted therein. Said method involves the following steps: preparing at least a cut flat sheet (10); placing at least one pipe (18) on the surfaces of the cut sheet to form inner surfaces of the hollow body being produced; folding and/or superimposing the cut sheet or sheets (10, 12) in such a way that a closed structure, with the exception of the inlet pipe and forming the hollow body by applying high pressure internally via the inlet pipe (18).

Abstract: A security alarm sensor for mounting between two corner walls is described comprising a housing unit having a housing base for attachment to the corner walls and a selectively detachable housing cover; a circuit board sized for engagement within the housing unit; first and second openings on opposite sides of the housing base; first and second mounting pins selectively movable within the first and second openings wherein said mounting pins have a length and a range of movement so as to have a first position wherein the mounting pins are totally retracted within the housing unit and a second position wherein said mounting pins extend outwardly from the housing unit sufficiently to pierce the corner walls and securely hold the security alarm sensor in place. The installation of the alarm sensor is usually accomplished by first removing the housing cover from the housing base and detaching the printed circuit board prior to mounting the housing base to the corner of the wall.

Abstract: A decorative element for use on a pierceable object such as a pumpkin is provided which includes a decorative body and an insertion device. The decorative body defines an interior chamber. The interior chamber receives and is attached to the insertion device. Preferably, the insertion device is attached to the interior chamber with glue.

Abstract: A device for processing workpieces utilizes a frame and a fixture. The frame has a perimeter with an opening, and inner and outer side walls. A pair of shelves are located in the opening for supporting a workpiece and a spring retains the workpiece on the frame. The fixture has work locations with elevators that are moved by an elevator handle. The fixture also has an engagement handle for actuating the springs. The workpieces may be simultaneously mounted to or removed from the frames with the fixture. The frames are loaded into the locations and both handles are rotated to raise the elevators and bend the springs. The workpieces are then placed on top of the elevators, and the elevator handle is rotated to lower the workpieces. Next, the engagement handle is rotated to release the springs to form assemblies that can be removed from the fixture.

Abstract: A cutter mounting bar (18) is attached between both left and right side walls of an outer shield (16) in an armature winding apparatus to be swingably rotatable, and it is biased in a direction in which a movable blade (21) provided integrally with a tip end portion is away from an axis X by a compression spring (19). When an inner shield (15) is rotated, a cam surface presses an adjustment screw (23) outward to swing a cutter mounting bar (18) in a direction in which the movable blade (21) approaches the axis X. In this state, when an armature (1) is rotated and a wire (7) connecting a hook wire connection portion and a gripper (30) is inserted between the movable blade (21) and a backing blade (22) to advance the outer shield (16) rightward, the backing blade (22) abuts against a groove bottom surface of the inner shield (15) and stops, and only the movable blade (21) advances rightward and severs the wire (7) at a position close to the hook wire connection portion.

Abstract: A method for assembling battery element group includes the steps of folding the plates, arranging the positive and negative plates alternately, inserting a plate with one of the polarities into a laminated area of the plate with the other polarity, and providing a separator between the positive and negative plates. This invention improves the producing efficiency, decreases the waste products, and the plates can be integrated and connected with the bar reliably, thus decreases the resistance and increases the high current discharge performance.

Abstract: An electrochemical cell having a cell package made of a metallic material to allow the cell package to be sealed by welding, even when contaminated, and a method of manufacturing the electrochemical cell.

Abstract: A pin grid array insertion and extraction tool is disclosed that is used to both insert and extract pin grid array connectors. The tool comprises a rigid window frame defined by bars connected to handles wherein the bars define straight slots and ramped slots on an elongated side that engage tabs and sliders of a header and socket of a pin grid array connector. The ramped slots are used to generate mechanical advantage and bring the insertion force seen by an operator's hand down to reasonable levels when engaging or disengaging connector pins to or from their mating receptacles. By using ramped slots the insertion and extraction tool can be made very compact in almost every dimension.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electronic component mounting apparatus. In the apparatus, a rotary body for changing the direction of a component mounting section is fixed to a hollow rotary shaft with a flange. The hollow rotary shaft is provided in a hollow motor and rotated integrally with the rotary body by driving of the hollow motor. A wire extending from an electric component, which is provided in the rotary body for changing the direction of the component mounting section, is arranged in the hollow rotary shaft of the hollow motor. An end of the wire is fixed to the rotary body, and the wire is arranged with looseness or into a spiral in the hollow rotary shaft. Further a lateral surface of inside the hollow rotary shaft and a surface of a coupling shaft are coated with protective materials.

Abstract: A semiconductor device mounting jig capable of holding a flexible tape substrate or other board flat and stable, provided with a holding plate having a flat mounting board holding surface integrally formed at an opening of a plate support having a hollow portion inside and having the opening communicated with the hollow portion or fit in the opening of the plate support through an O-ring, suction holes penetrating through the holding plate at the mounting board holding surface, and a suction means for applying suction at the suction holes from the opposite side to the mounting board holding surface such as applying suction at the hollow portion of the plate support, the mounting board being placed on the mounting board holding surface to cover the suction holes and the suction means applying suction to the hollow portion to hold and fix the mounting board by suction, and a method of mounting a semiconductor device using the same.

Abstract: A method of detecting a position of a rotation axis of a suction nozzle of an electric-component mounting apparatus, the suction nozzle holding, by suction, an electric component, and being rotated about the rotation axis thereof to rotate the electric component held thereby, so that the electric component rotated is mounted on a component-mounting surface of a circuit substrate, the method including the step of detecting, on a position-detecting plane including the component-mounting surface of the circuit substrate, the position of the rotation axis of the suction nozzle.

Abstract: A multi layer printed circuit board with a 3-load topology is disclosed. First, second, and third integrated circuit (IC) printed wiring board packages having first, second, and third sets of terminals respectively are mounted on opposite sides of the board so that the second set of terminals are directly opposite the third set of terminals. Each package contains an IC die coupled to the respective set of terminals. The IC die in the first package is substantially identical to the one contained in the second package, and different than the one contained in the third package. For improved fanout of the metal lines that interconnect the first package to the second and third packages, each of the first, second, and third sets of terminals in the packages is arranged in substantially a U-shape. Each set of terminals has the same set of signal assignments of a parallel bus implemented by metal lines in the board.

Abstract: Bulges in a wire having helically coiled strands are formed by untwisting the strands in an anti-helical direction at a predetermined position, to form an electrical connector from a length of the stranded wire. The wire is gripped by moving two spaced apart clamp members to a closed position and thereafter rotating the clamp members relative to one another in at least one complete relative revolution in a direction which is anti-helical relative to the coiled strands to form the bulge. The wire is gripped and rotated in the anti-helical direction for a relative rotational interval of greater than one-half, and preferably three-fourths, of a complete relative revolution. Thereafter, during the remaining rotational interval of each relative revolution, the clamp members are opened to permit the wire to be advanced to the next position where a bulge is to be formed.

Abstract: Twist pins having bulges are fabricated from helically coiled stranded wire. Wire is advanced from a source such as a spool to create slack wire configuration, and wire is then advanced from the slack wire configuration to a position where each bulge is formed. Each bulge is formed by gripping the wire in two spaced apart locations and rotating the wire in an anti-helical direction in a single continuous relative revolution to untwist the strands and form the bulge. The wire is thereafter advanced to the position of the next bulge or the position where the wire will be severed to release the fabricated twist pin. The severed fabricated twist pin is conveyed through a flow of gas in a delivery tube into a receptacle of a cassette where the twist pin is stored until used. The cassette is automatically moved to position an occupied receptacle to receive each newly fabricated twist pin.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printhead for raising its product acceptance rate and improving its quality is provided. The method of manufacturing printheads includes steps of providing a base layer, forming a pattern layer on the base layer by a semi-conductor manufacturing process, forming a dry film of a channel barrier layer having an ink channel, a flow channel and plural ink cavities on the pattern layer; and adhering a nozzle plate on the dry film of the channel barrier layer by thermal compression. The pattern layer further includes a flow pattern and a base pattern surround a central location reserved for the ink channel, wherein the base pattern comprises at least a heating layer and a passivation layer, and the flow pattern is made of the same material and at the same height as the base pattern.

Abstract: A punching tool for forming elongated slots in a tubular wall comprises a punching end having a generally oblong cross section, said cross section comprising a central portion and two lateral portions. According to the invention, said central portion has a larger thickness than said lateral portions.

Abstract: A heating element is described for a regenerative heat exchanger that is constructed as a profiled steel sheet. The aim of the invention is to produce a heating element that is resistant to acids, has anti-soiling properties and, however, has a good thermal output. To these ends, the heating element is provided with an enameling, and a fluoroplastic coating is applied to the enameled surface.

Abstract: A method of preventing unauthorized driving of vehicle including providing a steering column and a steering wheel; connecting the steering wheel with the steering column for driving; disconnecting the steering wheel from the steering column when a driving is no longer needed and a driver wants to remove the steering wheel so that it can not be used by an unauthorized person; and forming a connecting unit for connecting the steering wheel to the steering column so that the connecting unit is designed individually for each vehicle, and once the steering wheel of a vehicle is removed from the steering column, any different steering wheel can not be connected with the steering column.

Abstract: The wheel hub of a bicycle is made of a single part of structural fibre based material, typically carbon fibre material, after reticulation in a mould which exploits the expansion of a core to obtain the application of a radial pressure to the tubular body consisting of layers of structural fibre based fabric.

Abstract: A bicycle wheel rim made of a single part using structural fiber based material, preferably carbon fiber material, with two circumferential wings for anchoring the tire, which extend radially outwards from the two sides of the outer peripheral wall of the rim.

Abstract: A method for setting one or more hydrodynamic bearing gaps in a disc drive spindle motor is provided. In one embodiment, a method setting one or more hydrodynamic bearing gaps in a disc drive spindle motor includes disposing a rotary member against one or more working surfaces such that substantially no gap exists therebetween and inducing creep between the rotary member and the working surfaces. The creep creates a bearing gap therebetween the rotary member and at least one of the working surfaces. The creep may be induced by thermally cycling the motor components or applying a force to a tool coupled to a member having at least one of the working surfaces disposed thereon.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a drive mechanism for driving a working unit, movable in a rotary oscillating manner, of domestic appliances, particularly dry shavers.

Abstract: A disposable razor unit having a razor head is assembled with a handle. The handle has attachment means comprising at least one prong which extends outward from the handle. The prong has a tooth on the underside of the end opposite the handle. The razor head has a chamber which receives the attachment means of the handle when the razor head and the handle are fastened together. The chamber has a clearance slot and a locking shoulder at its innermost, central point into which the tooth of the prong fits to fasten the razor head and handle together. The fit between the handle and the razor head is such that the razor head may be removed by a forward force exerted on the top of the chamber by the user, however the fit is sufficient that the handle and the razor head will not become separated by normal forces encountered during shaving.

Abstract: The present invention is a cable preparation tool which allows the preparation of a coaxial cable having a corrugated outer conductor to receive a connector in one step. The tool allows for the control of trim dimensions for each component of the cable without measuring. No matter whether the end of the cable before preparation is at the crest or valley of the outer conductor, the tool provides the correct trim dimensions for each component and stops cutting when these dimensions are reached. The cable preparation tool includes a main body having a cable receiving end, cable receiving area for stripping of the cable such that the crests and valleys are exposed, and a crest and valley locating system as part of the main body for locating the exposed crests and valleys of the corrugated conductor. The crest and valley locating system includes at least one valley locator unit extending into the cable receiving area and a spring that biases the valley locator unit into the cable receiving area.

Abstract: The present invention is a cable preparation tool which allows the preparation of a coaxial cable having a corrugated outer conductor to receive a connector in one step. The tool allows for the control of trim dimensions for each component of the cable without measuring. No matter whether the end of the cable before preparation is at the crest or valley of the outer conductor, the tool provides the correct trim dimensions for each component and stops cutting when these dimensions are reached. The cable preparation tool includes a main body having a cable receiving end, cable receiving area for stripping of the cable such that the crests and valleys are exposed, and a crest and valley locating system as part of the main body for locating the exposed crests and valleys of the corrugated conductor. The crest and valley locating system includes at least one valley locator unit extending into the cable receiving area and a spring that biases the valley locator unit into the cable receiving area.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a beard trimmer with an internal vacuum system that collects the hair clippings generated by the trimmer during grooming. The beard trimmer is comprised of two main mechanisms, a beard trimmer and a vacuum powered suction unit. The beard trimmer with internal vacuum is comprised of an external body, which houses a motor, wiring, and a power source. Additionally, the beard trimmer casing also houses the vacuum powered suction unit. The beard trimmer also includes of a pair of reciprocating cutting blades and an electric motor that drives the blades. The vacuum powered suction unit includes an air intake, a filter unit, a hamster cage or turbine style impeller, a filter unit housing, and at least one external exhaust port. The suction unit is designed to capture the clippings created by the blades during grooming. The resultant trimmer allows an operator to trim facial hair while simultaneously collecting hair clippings created by the trimming process.

Abstract: A kitchen utensil for handling food products, the handle of which has a cross section which is substantially V-shaped or U-shaped. Kitchen utensils of this kind can easily be stacked to form a compact unit.

Abstract: A string trimmer comprising a body wherein a cavity is formed within the body and which is adapted to store at least one cutting member for the string trimmer.

Abstract: A trimmer head for a line trimmer includes an automatic line feeding mechanism. The trimmer head accepts a spool of cutting line and spins extended line to trim, for example, unwanted vegetation in lawns. Upon actuation of the automatic line feeding mechanism, damaged or broken cutting line is replaced with additional cutting line from the spool. The mechanism is actuated remotely (electrically or manually) and eliminates the requirement to bump the trimmer head on the ground thus reducing wear and tear on the trimmer.

Abstract: An angle encoder including a carrier member, a measurement tape securable on the bearing surface circumference of the carrier member by being clamped thereto and having its opposite ends engaging opposite stop surfaces provided on the bearing surface in a mounted position of the measurement tape, and an adjustment element for adjusting a position of at least one of the stop surface so that a distance between the two stop surfaces and thereby a length of the bearing surface circumference correspond to a length of the measurement tape.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for the separation of round or elliptical bodies from the surrounding material or for annular shaped bodies from the material sorrounding the OD as well as the material confined by the ID. The method applies to non-metallic substances under special consideration of glass.