Abstract: A hinge assembly for use in connecting a cover to a frame of a personal digital assistant (PDA) or the like. The hinge assembly is arranged so that the cover will auto-close or auto-open depending on the angular orientation of the cover.

Abstract: A vehicle outer handle system includes a handle main body formed from a synthetic resin and having a hollow grip part, and an electrode for detecting a change in capacitance. One end of the handle main body is swingably supported in a door outer panel, and the electrode is housed within the grip part. A grounded electrostatic shield plate is disposed with the grip part outwardly of the electrode, thereby preventing an erroneous determination of a user's intention of opening the door.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the application of fiber length measurement in the blowroom or carding room of a spinning mill. A method and an apparatus in a textile processing machine are described and claimed in which before and/or after a working element of the textile processing machine the nep count and/or the fiber length (staple) is determined, with an open-loop/closed-loop control unit being provided which receives the said values for the fiber length and/or the nep count as input values and determines therefrom the optimized machine setting data and outputs the same to at least one actuator of a working element which influences the nep count and/or the staple of the textile processing machine.

Abstract: A carding machine includes clothed rolls for processing and carrying fiber material thereon; an arrangement for separating lightweight waste from the fiber material processed by the clothed rolls; a conduit for receiving the lightweight waste; an air stream generating arrangement for generating an air flow in the conduit for removing the lightweight waste; an adjusting device for varying a degree of carding intensity of the carding machine; and a detecting device for measuring quantities of the lightweight waste produced at a respective degree of carding intensity.

Abstract: A device for adjusting the work gap between the points of the flat clothings and the points of the cylinder clothing of a card, whereby the flat bars being furnished with clothings are led over a partial area of the drum circumference on both sides of the card on sliding surfaces which are being provided with respective convex bent sliding guides, whereby the flat bars are being provided with flat heads, furnished with sliding surfaces, which slide alongside the sliding guides, the sliding guides each are being formed by a bent part and the radial position of the sliding surfaces of the sliding guides in relation to the axis of rotation of the drum is changeable by changing the local position of the parts is characterized in that those parts, each forming the sliding guides, are supported at several discrete supporting points and are shiftably arranged in relation to the supporting points, around the axis of rotation of the drum, whereby the sliding surfaces of the sliding guides, for adjusting the work gap,

Abstract: A carding machine in combination with an apparatus for charging a flat coiler can with sliver. The apparatus is disposed at the outlet of the carding machine and includes a rotary coiler head receiving sliver from the carding machine outlet and depositing the sliver in coils in the coiler can. The coiler can is reciprocated underneath the coiler head in a first direction for depositing sliver along a coiler can length extending parallel to the first direction. When charging of the coiler can is concluded, a device shifts the coiler head in a second direction over an additional coiler can for switching coiler cans from a full can to an empty can. A slack forming device for forming a slack in the sliver is arranged between the carding machine outlet and the coiler head.

Abstract: A method of determining an optimal preliminary draft of sliver running consecutively through a preliminary drafting field and a principal drafting field. The method includes the following steps: setting various levels for the preliminary draft; measuring quality-characterizing magnitudes of the sliver drafted at the various preliminary draft levels; deriving sliver number deviations from the quality-characterizing magnitudes; determining a function between the sliver number deviations and the respective preliminary draft levels; forming two approximated straight lines from the function; determining a value of a point of intersection between the two straight lines; and utilizing the value of the point of intersection for setting the optimal preliminary draft.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a band 20 which is used to secure single or multiple items. Band 20 has a first set of teeth 30 disposed on a first side 26 at a first end 22, and a second set of teeth 32 disposed on a second side 28 at an opposite second end 24. An aperture 34 is located near second end 24. Band 20 is wrapped around the item or items. First end 22 is then inserted into aperture 34 and band 20 is closed so that first teeth 30 interlockingly engage second teeth 32, thereby preventing band 20 from opening.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a fixture of indication tag or the like having a magnetic body for marker for preventing commodities in a store or furnishings of public facilities or others from being taken away without leave, formed by connecting an engagement male portion (2) to one end side of a filamentous coupling portion (4) and an engagement female portion (3) to the other end side, and forming a loop (R) by engaging the engagement male portion (2) and the engagement female portion (3), wherein the filamentous coupling portion (4) is formed with a filament (40) having a soft magnetic material fiber (41), in order to obscure the location of the magnetic body for marker and prevent it from being removed.

Abstract: Magnetic buckle structure including an attractive body, three discs and two rivets. The attractive body is composed of a receiving cap, a magnet and a disc. The magnet and the disc are sequentially received in a receiving cavity of the receiving cap and then the bendable lugs of the receiving cap are inward bent to fix the magnet and the disc in the receiving cap, whereby the center of the attractive body being formed with a stepped hole having larger outer portion and smaller inner portion. When mounted on a purse, two discs are respectively laid on inner and outer faces of a flap of a purse with the through holes aligned with a small circular hole formed on the flap. A rivet is sequentially passed through the discs and the flap to rivet the same together. The attractive body and the other disc being respectively placed on the outer and inner faces of a main body of the purse with the stepped hole and the through hole of the disc aligned with a small circular hole formed on the main body.

Abstract: It relates to a slider for slider fastener with locking device where a sheet-like spring having a locking pawl at one end is fixed at the other end on a body. A bent portion of a spring portion of the fixed spring is exposed at a guide post, and a pull is mounted between the body and the spring so as to be raised or laid. A cam is provided on a lower face of an axle of the pull, and the axle slides on an inclined guide portion on the body. When the pull is laid forward of the body, a gap is formed between an edge of a through hole of a grip portion of the pull and the bent portion of the spring. Even if a load is applied to the pull in the horizontal direction or the vertical direction, this gap prevents the spring from plastic deformation, so that the spring is never plastically deformed under any use condition, thereby ensuring an excellent locking function.

Abstract: A device useful in the closing of the zipper of a plastic bag has an elongate hollow body with one or more sidewalls. A linear sidewall slit is defined within the sidewalls. The sidewall slit is disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body and runs along the entire length of the body. A closer element is disposed within the body. The closer element has a pair of opposed biased surfaces disposed proximate to one another to form a trough. The biased surfaces are spaced apart at the base of the trough by a closer element slit having a width which is the same or slightly smaller than the combined thickness of the plastic bag and zipper combination. The closer element slit is disposed in communication with the sidewall slit. In a typical embodiment, the intersection of the closer element slit and the sidewall slit forms a single L-shaped combined slit.

Abstract: A coupling self-locking hook consisting of a hook annulus body having pivotably conjoined to its upper extent a hoisting shackle, the boom end of which has a plurality of upward facing openings that serve as a directional clamp slot and, furthermore, active rigging components of various specifications can be installed to the directional clamp slot and thereby provide for suspending and securing from different rigging components. After the hoisting shackle is rotated via a support point provided at a conjoinment position to the maximum angle, the press section of the hoisting shackle is pushed against the position lock of the body to maintain its active angle. The hoisting shackle of the self-locking hook can be secured to various types of active rigging components for increased practicality.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing woven fabrics, especially airbag woven fabrics, while using a multiphase weaving machine with the following steps: weaving a fabric comprised of filament threads in warp and weft on the multiphase weaving machine, whereby a high shrinking type of yarn is used as the warp and an average to low shrinking type of yarn is used as the weft, and finishing the woven fabric by hydroshrinking and/or thermoshrinking.

Abstract: A process for producing supporting frameworks for electrodes of galvanic elements, in the form of plates which include expanded metal, including providing a metal strip with incisions in the conveying direction, expanding the metal strip substantially transversely to the incisions, pressing/flattening the expanded metal in a region of the strip selected for cuts to be made transversely to the conveying direction, and dividing the strip by cutting in the region.

Abstract: The instant invention is a method and apparatus for assembling two hinge leaves. The apparatus includes an assembly for feeding a predetermined length of a wire pintle into a shear assembly. The shear assembly cuts the wire pintle to a specified length and locates the wire in a channel. Substantially simultaneously with the shearing of the wire, a punch and die assembly adjacent the shear assembly locates the two leaves of the hinge such that the barrels of the hinge are aligned. Once in position, a linear actuator drives the sheared length of wire pintle into the aligned hinge barrels to couple the two hinge leaves together. Once the pintle has been inserted, staking pins within the punch and die assembly impact select ones of the hinge barrels to keep the pintle in place. Also, disclosed is a novel method of manufacturing the two hinge leaves.

Abstract: Apparatus is disclosed for finishing the inside of hollow work-pieces such as long hydraulic or pneumatic cylinders. A rotatable skiving and roller burnishing tool is advanced into one end of the work-piece and advanced through the cylindrical interior of the work-piece. The skiving section is located at the front of the skiving and roller burnishing tool, and the roller burnishing section comprises the rearward section of the tool. The skiving section of the tool has a knife holding portion which holds a skiving knife to skive the interior from a start diameter to a larger, finish diameter. The skiving section also has a plurality of cavities, forward of the knife holding section, which are disposed circumferentially around the skiving section of the tool. A plurality of probe centering location finders are located in the respective cavities.

Abstract: An apparatus that includes a frame structure, a plurality of suction cups and a clamp assembly. The plurality of suction cups are coupled to the frame structure and are operable in an energized mode for securing the apparatus to a first structure. The clamp assembly is coupled to the frame structure and exerts a clamping force onto a second structure when the suction cups have secured the apparatus to the first structure. The clamping force is of sufficient magnitude to retain the second structure in a predetermined position relative to the first structure. An optional tool may be included to perform a desired operation and an optional conveyance mechanism may be employed to selectively position the tool relative the frame structure. A method for coupling a first structure to a second structure is also provided.

Abstract: A screw extractor usable for an ordinary chisel is reversely rotatable and can be easily cut into the broken surface of said screw, and by turning it in reverse direction together with said broken screw and relevantly shaking said screw extractor during operation, said broken screw can be easily loosened and removed.

Abstract: There is a module conveyance mechanism 1 projected, which comprises: lift means for transfer 6, in which the module constructed in a subline SL is made to move through a lower part than a floor side FL of a mainline ML; a slide mechanism 5, wherein the module is made to move through a lower part than the floor side of a mainline ML parallel to the floor thereof; the lift means for assembly 4, in which the module transferred from the slide mechanism 5 is made to rise to the assembly zone of the body F.

Abstract: A method for creating a releasable joint between two components wherein one of the components is elastically deformed by radial compressive forces in such a way that one effective circumferential contour corresponds to the corresponding effective circumferential contour of the other component with a predefined clearance, and the two components are fitted together. After being fitted together, a compressive joint is created by the fact that the deformed component is elastically deformed back by reducing or discontinuing the radial compressive forces. What is used as the elastically deformable component is a hollow body which has multiple cavities in its wall, and the radial compressive forces are exerted on the inner or outer contour of the hollow body located opposite the effective circumferential contour in such a way that their working lines, considered in the circumferential direction, run approximately centeredly through the cavities.

Abstract: A method of loading a clutch pack into a clutch drum. The clutch pack includes a plurality of friction plates between a plurality of reaction plates. Each reaction plate has a plurality of outside spline teeth slidably received in a corresponding plurality of straight spline grooves in a cylindrical wall of the drum. The method of loading the clutch pack into the drum includes the steps of forming annular seat on an outboard end of the cylindrical wall of the drum interrupted by a plurality of notches where the spline grooves intersect the annular seat, supporting the drum on a platform with the outboard end of the drum opening upward, supporting the clutch pack in a sleeve above the annular seat, releasing the clutch pack for vertical descent toward the sleeve until the outside spline teeth on the bottom one of the reaction plates engage the annular seat, and vibrating the drum at high frequency and low amplitude to induce rotation of the clutch pack within the sleeve.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a honeycomb extrusion die has the steps of: preparing a die base metal in which a plurality of intersecting slits are arranged in a front surface thereof and a plurality of raw material feeding holes communicated with the slits are arranged in a back surface thereof; forming a plating layer on the die base metal by means of electrolytic plating; (1) and forming a TiCN layer on the plating layer by means of CVD (chemical vapor deposition); or (2) forming a TiN layer on the plating layer by means of CVD (chemical vapor deposition); and forming a TiCN layer on the TiN layer by means of CVD. In this manner, the honeycomb extrusion die is obtained.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a system and two methods for forming electrically conductive pathways. These pathways can be connected with a microchip in order to form a radio frequency identification tag. A first method uses a thermal transfer ribbon, coated with a conductive material that is engaged with a receiver substrate. A thermal print head will heat a composition on the thermal transfer ribbon in order to transfer it to the receiver substrate. This transfer composition forms the electrically conductive pathway or antenna. In an alternative method, a receiver substrate is heated in order to react conductive material thereon. This receiver substrate is also heated by a thermal print head to form an electrically conductive pathway.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a system and two methods for forming RF reflective pathways. These pathways can form a radio frequency identification tag. A first method uses a thermal transfer ribbon, coated with a conductive material that is engaged with a receiver substrate. A thermal print head will heat a composition on the thermal transfer ribbon in order to transfer it to the receiver substrate. This transfer composition forms the RF reflective pathway. In an alternative method, a receiver substrate is heated in order to react conductive material thereon. This receiver substrate is also heated by a thermal print head to form a RF reflective pathway.

Abstract: A printed-on-display (POD) antenna is mounted on a wireless mobile personal terminal. The POD antenna is formed of conductive transparent material such as indium oxide doped with tin oxide (ITO). The POD antenna is printed on a glass substrate of display of the personal terminal by physical vapor deposition (PVD) or chemical etching. Pattern of the POD antenna is configured to have a radiation pattern the same as a conventional monopole antenna and an omni-directional characteristics. Hence, the POD antenna may be embedded, resulting in an elimination of drawbacks of conventional exposed antenna such as liable to damage, complex in assembly, and high in cost.

Abstract: A process is provided for forming a heater chip module comprising a carrier adapted to be secured to an ink-filled container, at least one heater chip having a base s coupled to the carrier, and at least one nozzle plate coupled to the heater chip. The carrier includes a support substrate having at least one passage which defines a path for ink to travel from the container to the heater chip. The heater chip is secured at its base to a portion of the support substrate. At least the portion of the support substrate is formed from a material having substantially the same coefficient of thermal expansion as the heater chip base. A flexible circuit is coupled to the heater chip module such as by TAB bonding or wire bonding.

Abstract: A nonaqueous electrolytic secondary battery includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution including an electrolytic salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent. A polymer is added to the nonaqueous electrolytic solution. Also, a method of making a nonaqueous electrolytic secondary battery includes the steps of placing a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution including an electrolytic salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, in a battery housing to assemble a battery; and charging and discharging the battery under overcharge conditions or applying a pulse voltage to the battery.

Abstract: A method and a device for coupling a PCB sheet are disclosed. If a defective PCB is found after the manufacture of continuously arranged circuit patterns, then the defective PCB sheet portion is removed to replace it with a new PCB sheet portion. That is, a defective circuit pattern sheet 2′ is removed from continuously arranged circuit patterns of a first PCB sheet 4a. After removal of the defective circuit pattern sheet 2′, the first PCB sheet 4a is position-located by means of a position locating means 12. Then the space which is formed by removing the defective circuit pattern sheet 2′ is filled with a second PCB sheet 4b on which a good quality circuit pattern 2b is printed. Then the first PCB sheet 4a and the second PCB sheet 4b are coupled together by using an adhesive means 14.

Abstract: An electronic circuit device of a three-dimensional mounting mode capable of being produced by a simple method while suppressing the production costs and of a structure resistant to external stress, including first-mounting-board wiring portions formed on a first mounting board, first mounting parts mounted on the first mounting board, bumps formed on the first mounting board connecting to the first-mounting-board wiring portion, a protective layer formed covering the first mounting parts so that at least the portions near the tops of the bumps are exposed, a second mounting board stacked as an upper layer of the protective layer, second-mounting-board wiring portions formed on the second mounting board in order to connect to the bumps, and second mounting parts mounted connecting to the second-mounting-board wiring portions on the second mounting board at the surface of the second mounting board opposite to the protective layer side, and a method of production of the same.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preparing a thin core substrate for fabricating a build-up multilayer circuit board. The method involves the use of an insulating layer which is covered with the electrically conductive sheets. The openings are made in the electrically conductive layers at the predetermined positions, where the vias are also formed in the insulating layer. An electrically conductive layer is deposited to cover the vias. After the electrically conductive sheets and layer are patterned, a thin core substrate is constructed. The build-up layers are then made at least one side of the thin core substrate to form a build-up multilayer circuit board.

Abstract: In order to provide a device for the production of gasket layers for single or multiple layered gaskets from one respective gasket layer section of a starting material comprising several continuous gasket layer sections, comprising a follow-on combination tool with several machining stations which follow one another along a direction of feed and in which the gasket layer sections are machined during operating cycles, wherein at least one of the machining stations is designed as a station for cutting outer contour lines, in which facing outer contour lines of two adjacent gasket layers are cut by means of a tool for cutting outer contour lines, and a feeding device, by means of which the gasket layer sections are moved further along the direction of feed by a feed distance v between two operating cycles, with which the outer contour lines of the gasket layers are cut with less resources and the starting material can be better utilized it is suggested that the tool for cutting outer contour lines be designed su

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a crank arm for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, wherein the crankshaft is composed of separately produced parts. The crank arm is stamped out of a semifinished part and has a central recess for receiving a shaft journal of the crankshaft, and has an eccentrically disposed recess for receiving a crankshaft pin. A peripheral contour of the stamped part delimits a flywheel member of the crank arm. A recessed surface portion is formed or stamped in the crank arm in an area surrounding the central recess.

Abstract: A method for producing a metallic honeycomb configuration is described. The method includes forming a honeycomb body by stacking and/or winding layers of steel sheet containing chromium and aluminum resulting in the honeycomb body having channels through which a fluid can flow. The honeycomb body is introduced into a tubular jacket. Connections are formed between neighboring layers of steel sheet by thermal treatment. The honeycomb body is then cooled down. It is preferred for the layers of steel sheet to be provided with a rolling oil having a high carbon content before the forming of the honeycomb body, with the effect that a layer of carbon enhancing the sintering process is formed in the thermal treatment. The number of connections produced in individual regions can be further influenced by selective introduction of stresses or by stress relief.

Abstract: A method of configuring a vehicle assembly line includes the steps of classifying a vehicle assembly line (10) into at least three zones (20 to 60) by grouping assembly parts based on the positions for installation operation, assembly procedures, and the functions of the parts, setting, for each classified zone, a standard assembly man-hour used commonly for all vehicle models, comparing the standard assembly man-hour with the assembly man-hour for each vehicle model and zone, and positioning the zone with the largest assembly man-hour for each zone adjacent to the zone with the next larger assembly man-hour, whereby a middle tact (M) can be adopted between a long tact (L) and a short tact (S), and the average speed of the line and accordingly the productivity can be increased by moving the assembly line by selectively using the three speeds.

Abstract: A superfinishing method of a tapered roller bearing, including the steps of: rotating an outer ring of the tapered roller bearing about a center axis thereof; inserting a straight-shaped superfinishing stone from a front face of outer ring; and slidingly contacting a leading end face of the superfinishing stone with a taper-shaped raceway surface formed in an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring to thereby superfinish the raceway surface. The superfinishing stone is inclined outwardly of the front face of outer ring with respect to a vertical line of the raceway surface.

Abstract: An anti-detachment structure for a knife and knife sheath, including a knife and a knife sheath. The knife has a fixing section and the knife sheath is provided with a resilient member and a linearly movable driving block. By means of coordinate operation of the driving block, resilient member and fixing section, the knife can be easily extracted out of the knife sheath.

Abstract: An arrangement for mounting a handle to a power tool housing includes a first mounting portion defined by the housing and a second mounting portion defined by an end of the handle. The first mounting portion includes a plurality of projections extending laterally therefrom.

Abstract: A printed circuit board processing machine has: a table that can travel in a X-direction carrying a printed circuit board thereon; a cross rail arranged so as to straddle the table; a plurality of sliders supported for independently movement in a Y-direction by the cross rail; a plurality of spindles supported for movement in a Z-direction by the sliders; a magnetic rail of a linear-motor fixed to the cross rail; and a plurality of coils of the linear-motor fixed to the sliders so as to oppose the magnetic rail.

Abstract: A hand-held electronic celestial object-locating device assists in identifying a celestial object or directing a user to a desired celestial object. The device is useful for locating or identifying any celestial object including stars, constellations, planets, comets, asteroids, artificial satellites, and deep sky objects to name a few. The device utilizes sensors for 3-axis magnetic field and 3-axis gravitational field detection. The device utilizes a processor and an electronic database to perform the required calculations. The device's database may be updated through access to the Internet through which the updates may be purchased.

Abstract: A device for measuring the angle of orientation with respect to a known frame of reference between a first object having a first axis and a second remote destination comprises a first arm member defining a first longitudinal axis and an object engaging surface substantially parallel to the first longitudinal axis for engaging a first object. A second arm member is connected in pivotal relation to the first arm member at a primary joint for pivotal movement about a first transverse pivot axis intersecting the first longitudinal axis and defining a second longitudinal axis intersecting the first longitudinal axis and the first transverse pivot axis. A laser is mounted on the second arm member for projecting a laser beam along a laser beam axis parallel to the second longitudinal axis. A first angle measurer is mounted on the second arm member to measure and indicate the angle of the second longitudinal axis with respect to a fixed reference frame other than the first longitudinal axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a measurement method for determining the position and the orientation of a moving assembly in a base frame of reference. According to the invention, the method comprises the steps of: taking an image of an optical reference mark associated with the moving assembly by means of a first camera having a focal axis lying in a direction that is known in the base frame of reference; taking an image of an optical reference mark associated with the first camera by means of a second camera associated with the moving assembly; measuring the distance between a point associated with the first camera and a point associated with the second camera by using self-contained measurement means that are independent of said first and second cameras; and computing the position and the orientation of the moving assembly in the base frame of reference on the basis of the images taken and of the measured distance.

Abstract: A drawing board assembly includes a board having two tracks and two slide bases are movably received in the tracks. A ruler is connected between the two slide bases and a frame is connected to the ruler. The frame has a groove in which a slide member is movably received. A protractor is connected to the slide member and a guide ruler is pivotally connected to the protractor. A bolt extends through the guide ruler and the protractor. A positioning knob is connected to the bolt so that when the bolt is loosened, the guide ruler is pivoted.

Abstract: A transfer apparatus of a testing master block for a coordinate measuring machine which enables a testing master block to be transferred on to a measurement table of the measuring machine quickly without human intervention and can be easily attached to an existing measuring machine with a small installation space, provided with a moving member for moving a testing master block for a measuring machine between a retracted position near an end of a measurement table of the measuring machine and a measurement position on the measurement table. When measuring a workpiece, the moving member or testing master block is retracted to a retracted position to enable the measurement table as a whole to be made effective use of in the measurement work. Between measurement operations of workpieces, the testing master block can be quickly moved and transferred to the measurement position to inspect the accuracy of the measuring machine itself or check the operation.

Abstract: A measuring system including a linear gauge 8 is placed on a vibration isolation table 7, and this system assembly is placed in a temperature controllable, constant-temperature chamber. A specimen table 16, which has a centrally-disposed circular protrusion 16C of a diameter sufficiently smaller than a specimen under measurement, is mounted on a surface plate 2 of a linear gauge 8. The position of a measuring element 1 is measured when it is brought into contact with the centrally-disposed circular protrusion 16C, and the position of the measuring element 1 is measured when it is brought into contact with the specimen placed on the specimen table. The measured values are used to determine the thickness of the specimen.

Abstract: A scale on an apparatus for measuring displacement is enclosed which comprises a scale member having a plural of rectangular gratings arranged with periodic pattern on the glass epoxy substrate and the like, a coating layer covered on the side of the scale member which a plural of the rectangular gratings are formed, a scale cover (film layer) which functions as a protective layer and a scale forming material bonded to the outer portion of the coating layer through an adhesive layer so as to keep contaminant, oil or particles from intruding between the rectangular grating and the adhesive layer such as an adhesive tape and the like.

Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting devices and for setting adjustments, in particular in a &mgr;m range, nm range and below, in particular of optical elements in semiconductor lithography, comprising a base part and a head part spaced apart therefrom., the two parts being connected to one another by at least one adjustment device, and the adjustment device having side parts, the angle of which, or the spacing between which, can be adjusted or see by a length-adjustment device.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the alignment of a valve sealed onto a canister comprises hollow lower and upper sections, a mounting platform, and a transducer. The upper and lower interior regions cooperatively define an inner chamber in which the mounting platform is disposed. The transducer is mounted to the upper section and includes a probe extending through the upper section and into the inner chamber. The apparatus is adapted for relative rotational movement between the mounting platform and the upper section. The transducer is responsive to linear translation of the probe and displays a human-readable indication of the alignment of a valve sealed in a canister as the probe moves around the circumference of the top surface of the valve.

Abstract: An improved process for removing trace solvent from a material comprises rewetting the product with water during the drying process. Finished products such as suramin are produced efficiently to a high quality on a factory scale.

Abstract: A web treatment device is disclosed capable of heating and creping a fibrous web with control systems for uniform operation. The web is pressed between two belts in a compression zone, where is it also subject to a temperature gradient that can assist in water removal. Durable coatings on the press belts can assist in maintaining good performance. The system can be used to apply texture to a fibrous web or drive chemical reactions or other physical changes in the web.