Abstract: The present invention is a spray squeegee having automatic recipient surface wetting mechanism with extension and remote triggering system, which includes a squeegee section having an enclosed container for holding liquid, a sprayer head, which is in connection with the squeegee section, and a surface extending in a lengthwise direction. The enclosed container has a threaded neck. The sprayer head has a threaded cap adapted for engaging the threaded neck, as well as a dispensing means for dispensing the liquid. There is a squeegee blade and at least one wiping mechanism. One wiping means includes a wiping support that has a plurality of nozzles for wetting the wiping mechanism and is located on a side opposite the blade. Another wiping means, which may be on the blade side or the first wiping mechanism side, is tiltable and includes a clamp for holding a wiping material.

Abstract: A combination tool capable of being clipped into a pocket which incorporates an outwardly biased writing implement, e.g., pen, into a tip of a removable Phillips-head screwdriver tip at one end of a hexagonal tube while having a removable second tip, e.g., regular screwdriver tip at an opposed end. The handle, an inwardly biased clip affixed thereto for fastening into a shirt or pant pocket, is used for facilitating rotational movement of the hexagonal tube with screw tips attached, and is insertable over either tip and at least partially onto the hexagonal tube, an interior hole within the handle being dimensioned so as to permit sliding frictional engagement between the handle and the tube. In a preferred embodiment, the pen has a selectively retractable tip, retracting effected by converting inward radial force into compressive longitudinal movement.

Abstract: An applicator for local application of a liquid to a person's skin. The applicator includes a porous dome, a chamber under the dome, a squeeze bottle providing a reservoir containing the liquid, and a tube from the squeeze bottle to the chamber. The porous dome has pores sized to provide liquid transport therein by capillary action. The chamber provides a location for liquid in position to be transported into dome. Increased pressure in the reservoir from squeezing the bottle causes liquid to flow from the reservoir through the tube to the chamber, and decreased pressure in the reservoir from releasing the bottle causes excess liquid in the chamber to flow from the chamber through the tube to the reservoir.

Abstract: An album page for displaying articles, such as photographs, includes at least two sheets, and preferably an opaque sheet located between two transparent outer sheets. The sheets are sealed together, preferably by heat welding or ultrasonic welding to create an album attachment section and a display section. The display section has a pair of stair-step shaped seal arrangements which, together with a sheet seal, are adapted to define horizontal display surfaces having a variety of widths, thereby permitting a variety of different sizes of planar objects to be displayed. The seal arrangement is also preferably made by ultrasonic welding. In all of the display positions, the objects are supported on both of their bottom corners.

Abstract: A fastening device for a conveying cart is used for fastening the conveying cart to a to-be-fastened apparatus. The device includes a flange provided on a side of the to-be-fastened apparatus, and having a pin standing therefrom, and a recess formed therein; and a fastening mechanism provided on a side of the conveying cart, and having a first hook member engaging with the pin of the flange so as to position the conveying cart with respect to the to-be-fastened apparatus, and a second hook member engaging with the recess of the flange so the to fasten the conveying cart to the to-be-fastened apparatus.

Abstract: In a connecting device for binding or lashing having a connecting part (1) and at least one fixing part (2), a number of spacing cams (7) are disposed on the outer surface (6) of the fixing part (2). The position of the spacing cams is selected so that, without regard to the position of the fixing part (2) relative to a base, a minimum clearance is maintained between the base and the fixing part (2) to enable a perfect connection of the fixing part (2) to the base by a root weld.

Abstract: An anti-theft device secures a removable body part, such as a viewing unit, to a microscope stand. The device is intended to replace a common thumbscrew used to fix the location of a removable body part in a corresponding guide of the microscope stand, and comprises a housing threaded into a tapped hole in the stand for carrying a plunger and a driver both movable within an axial passageway in the housing. The driver is threadably adjustable by hand between driving and non-driving positions with respect to the plunger, and the plunger has a limited range of motion so that it may retract enough to allow the removable body part to be adjusted within the guide but not enough to allow the body part to be removed from the guide when the driver is in a non-driving position. The housing is tightened onto the microscope body by a tool such as a wrench, and the driver is held captive by a snap ring fitting within an internal groove near a trailing end of the housing.

Abstract: An integrated separation system and interface structure is disclosed for a variety of deployment applications. In one embodiment, a Universal Spacecraft Separation Node (100) includes a separation nut assembly (102), a separation spring assembly (104) an LV node fitting (106) and an SC node fitting (108). The LV node fitting (106) is connected to a launch vehicle (210) and the SC node fitting (108) is connected to a spacecraft (216). The separation nut assembly (102) holds the fittings (106 and 108) together until separation is desired. Upon separation, the separation spring assembly (104) provides a force to urge the launch vehicle (210) and spacecraft (216) apart. Prior to separation, an annular tongue (224) of fitting (108) mates with an annular groove (226) of fitting (106) to resist shear forces.

Abstract: A connecting fitting for releasably connecting two furniture parts is disclosed. The fitting comprises a pin-shaped member that is insertable into a hole in a first furniture part, and a fitting body insertable into a bore in a second furniture part. The fitting body comprises a tightening element. The fitting body is in the form of a circular cylindrical part defined by a curved side wall and a flat side wall. The fitting body is radially displaceable within said bore in the furniture part when not in a tightened position. The pin-shaped member protrudes from the curved side wall when in the tightened position.

Abstract: A coupling plate frame is integrally made of hardened high molecular material and comprises a top plate section a vertical plate section, a bottom plate section, and two flap plates. The top plate section has an engaging hole thereon. The vertical plate section is integrally associated with the top plate with a width gradually reduced from a top to a bottom thereof, and has an engaging hole near the bottom thereof. The bottom plate section is attached integrally to the vertical plate section with extending outward and opposite to the top plate section from the vertical section plate. Each of the flap plates is integrally attached to the top plate section, the vertical plate section, and the bottom plate section, respectively. Each flap plate is slant at the top plate section and extends downward along the vertical plate, and the width between the flap plates is gradually smaller from a top thereof to a bottom thereof. Two of the coupling plates can be lapped to each other without occupying extra space.

Abstract: A tapered spline 16 which allows members 12, 14 to be selectively coupled and which further allows energy to be selectively communicated by and between these members 12, 14.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to obtain economically a corrosion-resistant, abrasion-resistant or heat-resistant composite structure having a high strength by joining together two members so that the two members may not separate from each other. A composite structure is formed by combining and joining together first and second members. The first member has a protruding part expanding toward its extremity and the second member has a concave part defining a space of a shape corresponding to that of the protruding part of the first member and capable of forming a predetermined clearance between the protruding part of the first member and a surface of the concave part of the second member when the first and the second member are combined. Separation of the first and the second member from each other is prevented by inserting wedges in the clearance. Vacant portions of the clearance remaining after the wedges have been inserted in the clearance may be filled up with a filler.

Abstract: A spring-loaded wedge dead end connector includes a connector body having a base and a pair of opposite jaw guides formed on and protruding outwardly from the base and defining a guide channel therewith, a pair of jaws mounted between the jaw guides and on the base of the connector body for undergoing slidable movement within the guide channel thereof along converging paths from an open position for receiving a segment of an electrical conductor therebetween to a closed position in which the jaws provide a clamping wedging engagement with the electrical conductor segment disposed therebetween, a plurality of complementary elements formed on the jaws such that the complementary elements directly and slidably interfit with one another so as to ensure that the jaws are coupled to one another to undergo their slidable movement together, and a plurality of retention elements for preventing removal of the jaws from the connector body.

Abstract: A hook strap comprises a transverse arm formed as a ribbon for abutment on an top flange on a formwork girder. The ends of the ribbon are provided with hook-shaped retainers for engagement below parts of a waler and tension elements for fixing the hook strap. The ribbon has a small thickness to prevent obstruction of the elements bordering the top flange and the upper surface of the top flange. The hook strap may be mounted at any location of a formwork girder or of a waler to interconnect formwork girders and/or connect formwork girders to a waler.

Abstract: A clamping device to hold adjacent formwork panels has a backing plate against which edges of the adjacent formwork panels can be held, at least one rod extending from the backing plate, and a clamping member able to move along the rod between a clamping position where the member clamps the formwork panels against the backing plate, and a free position where the formwork panels can be removed.

Abstract: A cutting head is provided for milling rumble strip depressions in a road surface. The cutting head has a center rotational axis and a transverse diameter that varies along the length of the rotational axis so that an outer cutting surface of the cutting head defines a plane curve, such as an ellipsoid with truncated ends. The cutting head is mounted on a milling machine and rotated about the rotational axis as it is moved alternately up and down into the road surface. As the milling machine moves down the road, the movement of the cutting head creates spaced apart rumble strip depressions in the road. Because of the elliptical configuration of the cutting head cutting surface, the dimensions of the depressions can be varied along both the forward and lateral axes by simply varying the depth of cut. The curved profile of the cutting head along the rotational axis creates rumble strip depressions that avoid the sharp ninety degree corners and vertical side walls found in conventional rumble strips.

Abstract: In a lift for mooring a boat stern-on, a pair of horizontally spaced guide members is fixed to the sea wall. A frame is fixed to a pair of substantially parallel hydro-pneumatic buoyancy tanks to provide a flotation platform for supporting the hull of the boat. The stern end of each of the tanks is connected to the guide members. The guide members limit movement of the platform away from the sea wall and along the sea wall but permit vertical reciprocation of the stern ends of the lift tanks in unison and restrict the lift from listing during operation.

Abstract: In a method for coastal protection, where the coastal area has an underlying freshwater basin and below this a salt water tongue which extends obliquely down into the coastal area, the pressure is equalized in the groundwater basin at least along an area at the shore line completely or partly to the atmosphere through pressure equalization modules, preferably in the form of pipes with a filter at the bottom, which extend down into the groundwater basin. This causes sedimentation of material and thereby an increase in the width of the shore. The resulting sand drift may be utilized for additional building-up of the coastal area by further establishing fascines.

Abstract: A block assembly for constructing a seawall and dissipating waves. The block assembly includes a block comprising a front wall, a left side part and a right side part. The left and right side parts include stepped surfaces and a plurality of round shaped projection parts are closely disposed on the front wall. The block further includes two connecting walls having male protrusions and female recesses formed on upper and lower surfaces thereof.

Abstract: The greens maintenance system is specifically directed to lawn areas with lawn grass covering underlying soil, and the soil having a given seepage rate defined by an amount of water allowed to seep into the soil per unit of time. The system includes a water collection device disposed to collect runoff water during and immediately after precipitation exceeding a seepage rate of the soil and to collect runoff water running off from surfaces adjacent the lawn area, such as roofs, driveways, and the like. A storage container communicates with the water collection device and stores the runoff water collected by the water collection device. An active irrigation system communicates with the storage container, for irrigating the lawn area during periods of reduced precipitation. Elongate dividers are strategically placed in the soil underlying the lawn surface for reducing a velocity of the water running across the lawn area.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for removing pollutants from soil with the aid of a stripping gas which involves (a) injecting the stripping gas into the soil at the level of and/or under the pollutant, (b) volatilizing the pollutant with the stripping gas, so that it rises to the ground level above the pollutant, (c) collecting and further treatment of the volatilized pollutant, a pneumatic screen being provided in the soil along the circumference of the polluted area.

Abstract: Coated metal peroxides, their preparation and use, in which metal peroxides are coated with silicone compounds from selected from the group siliconates, hydrogen-polysiloxanes, siloxanes, silicone resin emulsions, silane/siloxane emulsions, silane/siloxane mixtures, silicone microemulsion concentrates, and silicic acid ester mixtures.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for pressurizing tubular members of an offshore structure immersed in seawater so that the internal pressure resists the hydrostatic pressure of the seawater. To achieve this internal pressure, compressed air or gas is introduced into the tubular members after the various tubular members are submerged in seawater.

Abstract: An inflatable bag for use in a mine support has an inlet for the admission of a pumpable load bearing material such as a cementitious grout and an outlet for the air. The outlet is provided with a valve comprising a porous element the pores of which are capable of being blocked by the grout or similar load bearing material whereby the valve is closed by the grout and the pressure in the bag increased. The porous element can comprise a sponge. The bag is preferably made of a heat sealable material such as a synthetic plastics material e.g. polyethylene. The bag is used with a tube in which it is placed with the inlet in alignment with an aperture in the wall of the tube and grout pumped into the bag to inflate the bag against the floor and roof of the mine.

Abstract: A modular erosion and sediment control barrier. The linear modular erosion and sediment control barrier is constructed of fiber logs joined end-to-end. Each fiber log is made of a quantity of loose fibers retained in a tubular casing by a plug. The tubular casing includes an extended section which is peeled back and folds over the end of the coupler fiber log during storage and transportation. When deployed, the extended section is unfolded to receive the end of an adjacent fiber log. The two fiber logs are secured together by a cord and hooks.

Abstract: A diamond-coated tool including: (a) a substrate; and (b) a diamond coating disposed on the substrate. The diamond coating is formed of diamond crystals grown on the substrate. Each of the diamond crystals has a diameter not larger than 2 &mgr;m as measured on an outer surface of the diamond coating, and/or a length not larger than 2 &mgr;m as measured in a direction in which each of the grown diamond crystals has expanded by its growth. The diamond coating preferably consists of a plurality of layers.

Abstract: A method for reaming a hole in a metal substrate that minimizes the tendency of long and stringy metal chips to be formed that can surround the reamer with a “steel wool-like” mesh or mass of material, as well as an improved reamer for carrying out this method. The reaming method involves longitudinally advancing the chamfered end of the reamer into the hole at an increased rate of at least about 5 mils (0.13 mm) per cutting edge as the hole is reamed during rotation of the reamer. For holes or bores having a length (L) that is at least about 3 times the cutting diameter (D) of the reamer, a preferred subsequent step is to momentarily reduce the rate of advance of the chamfered end into the hole to about 1 mil (0.025 mm) or less per cutting edge for from about 1 to about 5 rotations of the reamer.

Abstract: An in-die tapping unit for a press in which two ball screw mechanisms are driven by closing motion between two housing pieces caused by press actuation. Both ball screw mechanisms rotate a central drive gear which causes rotation and axial advance of a pitch adapter sleeve axially advanced by a threaded engagement with a fixed pitch adapter hub, the movable pitch adapter carrying a tap holder, which rotates and advances a tap inserted therein. A striker pad and acceleration spring reduces the shock loading of the unit when the press engages the upper housing piece.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and a device in the chip-removing machining of a work-piece by means of a rotatable tool with a shaft arranged in a headstock. The tool is displaceable in an axial direction both towards and away from the work-piece, and in a plane substantially perpendicular to the arbor. Arranged around a machining point is an enclosure. The enclosure has a first opening that is designed to press against the work-piece around the point to be or being machined. A second opening in the enclosure is made in a wall substantially perpendicular to the shaft. This opening is designed, during machining, to press against a plane plate arranged behind the tool and around the headstock, substantially perpendicular to the arbor, so that during machining there is a substantially enclosed space in the area around the tool and the machining point. The device includes a line for delivering cutting fluid to the machining point.

Abstract: A machine tool comprises a bed 1 having longitudinal guiding tracks 7, 7 on upper faces of right and left side parts 4, 4 respectively, a cutting unit 2 hung and supported by the guiding tracks 7, 7, moving in a longitudinal direction, and having a cutting part at its front, and a work fixing table 3 integrally attached on the bed 1, cover faces provided between the cutting unit 2 and the work fixing table 3 to surround an upper face as well as right and left side faces of the cutting part 2, and a cover device 14 forming a working space with only the bottom open relative to the cover faces, the work fixing table 3 and the cutting unit 2, wherein right and left side faces “d”, “d” of the cover faces hang below the guiding tracks 7, 7 inside the right and left side parts 4, 4 of the bed 1.

Abstract: A prestressing device for a mechanical component of a mechanical finishing device has at least one rigid prestressing unit mounted in the mechanical component. This can provide a prestressing tension to the mechanical component. The bending and the deformation of the mechanical component can be prevented. The useful life of the mechanical finishing device is prolonged.

Abstract: A blind fastener with an improved drive nut and assembly process. The blind fastener includes a screw, a sleeve, a nut, and a drive nut. The drive nut has a smooth bore and protruding nibs that mate precisely with a driving recess located in the nut head. A retaining device is used to retain the drive nut on the screw against the nut. Once the new assembly process for the blind fastener has been completed, the drive nut will have been mated with the nut head to prevent any rotation of the nut during installation of the blind fastener. The assembly process will now include placing the sleeve over the threads of the screw to a position adjacent the screw head. The nut is then threaded onto the screw adjacent the sleeve. The drive nut's protruding nibs are next aligned and physically engaged into the driving recess of the nut head by sliding the smooth bore over the screw. A retaining device is placed over the screw adjacent the drive nut to retain the drive nut to the screw.

Abstract: A device for preparing a book spine includes a plurality of movable pockets, each pocket having an angled back, a packer and a spine stop at a lower end of the pocket for receiving the spine. The spine stop has a first collect position, a second position wherein the spine stop is lower with respect to the packer than in the collect position but still holds the spine, and a third position wherein the spine stop is rotated away from the spine. A method for preparing a spine is also provided.

Abstract: A combination book binding machine with a plastic coil forming machine, whereby a plastic spiral coil is formed at a first raised temperature, then cut to a length sufficient for the plastic spiral coil to bind a book, cooled and then advanced toward a receiving coil conveyor of a coil binding machine, for binding the book with a plastic coil at the lowered cooled temperature. The binding machine and method for spirally binding a sheaf of papers into a book uses an adjustable speed drive to rotate the cooled flexible plastic spiral coil into respective holes in the book. The book has a plurality of holes in a row adjacent one edge of the book to receive the leading edge of the plastic spiral binding coils. A cylindrically shaped mandrel is spaced apart from a glidable block. The plastic pre-formed spiral binding coil is fed onto the mandrel from the distal end thereof, with the leading edge of the binding element facing and spaced apart from the book.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pressurized two-chambered container in the form of an aerosol can, in which a housing is provided with an opening that can be sealed tightly by a spray or aerosol valve. A product chamber and a propellant chamber are formed separately fluid-tight from each other by a flexible diaphragm in the housing. The product chamber can be charged with a product which can be release through said valve. The propellant chamber can be charged, on the other hand, with a compressed propellant. The product chamber communicates with the product-release opening. At least one end of a blank is left open to constitute subsequently the housing. The diaphragm is inserted into the blank through the open end, and the blank then is formed into the housing. An edge of the open end of the blank is reformed to narrow it into an integral mouthpiece that accommodates the product-release opening.

Abstract: A wafer carrying system includes an intermediate cassette device having a plurality of wafer support holders, a robot arm device to carry wafers, an aligner unit to align the wafers, and a wafer feed and storage cassette. The wafers held by the robot arm device are transferred to the aligner unit are aligned in the intermediate cassette device, and are then directly delivered from the aligner unit to the wafer support holders of the intermediate cassette device.

Abstract: An improved hydraulic system and method of operating same for waste collection vehicles is provided where a closed center valve in conjunction with a positive displacement pump is used without the need for increasing engine RPM, thus significantly reducing vehicle noise during operation of the hydraulic system

Abstract: A truck having either a segmented body configured to receive a plurality of form fitted containers or a substitute body that can be interchangeably mounted on the chassis of the truck. The truck is also provided with a multi-purpose crane and a plurality of hydraulic valve banks mounted to the chassis of the truck, whereby the crane and hydraulic tools can be operated simultaneously. The truck may also be configured with various other features such as a hose reel or a snow plow.

Abstract: A scooter lift includes a post and boom made from a single piece of curved pipe. The boom further includes an arm that is rotationally adjustable about the pipe to provide small, incremental changes in elevation. Incremental rotational adjustment is achieved by a plate attached to the pipe and having a first set of holes that align with second set holes in the angular portion. The holes are drilled in a pattern that provides a vernier-like adjustment of position. The post is mounted on a base such that at least some of the post overlies a point outside the footprint of the base.

Abstract: A load bearing lift attachment apparatus for a multipurpose loader bucket including a first jaw and a second jaw movably mounted thereto between an opened condition and a closed condition. The lift attachment apparatus includes a lift member formed and dimensioned to engage an object to be lifted; and a lift support device removably coupling the lift member to the loader bucket. The lift support device is configured to cooperate with the first jaw and the second jaw, in the closed condition, to distribute the cantilever forces, caused by the weight of the object acting on the loader bucket, across a substantial transverse portion of a support member of the first jaw and a rear engaging wall of the second jaw.

Abstract: This invention relates to a lifting device for low-weight loads, and may have a lift and tilt arrangement comprising one single lift arm and one single tilt arm. In that case those arms can either be located centrally in relation to the platform or at one of its sides. Two lift arms and two tilt arms together may be used with related link arms, those lift and tilt arms then being suitably journalled on a common horizontal shaft and the link arms on another horizontal shaft, those two shafts extending transversely to the load-supporting portion of the platform.

Abstract: A substrate transport apparatus having a drive section and a movable arm assembly connected to the drive section. The drive section has a coaxial drive shaft assembly with independently rotatable drive shafts. The movable arm assembly has two scara arms. Each scara arm has an inner arm connected to a separate respective one of the drive shafts. An outer arm of each scara arm is connected to a rotationally stationary pulley on the drive section by respective transmission belts.

Abstract: An apparatus and process of loading rolls of roofing material onto a stationary pallet, wherein the process performs a series of operations, in accordance with the present invention. Each operation includes the steps of: (a) loading rolls of roofing material onto an upwardly inclined conveyor; (b) depositing the rolls of roofing material onto a downwardly inclined-table; (c) dropping the rolls of roofing material onto a sloped, rotating table until the desired number of rolls of roofing material are accumulated; (d) rotating the table and then tilting the plate until it is nearly upright into a vertical position; (e) traversing the rotating table over the pallet conveyor; and (f) unloading the roll of roofing material from the rotating table onto the pallet.

Abstract: A remaining-stack carrying device (3) in a sheet feeder (2) is used in non-stop stack changing. The remaining-stack carrying device (3) is integrated into the stack feeder (2) to simplify retrofitting. A remaining-stack lifting gear (5) uses the lifting elements present in each sheet feeder (2) for lifting and lowering during stack exchange.

Abstract: In a stack changing device, on a sheet feeder the remaining stack bars (7A, 7B) are pulled from the stack area, out-of-line in relation to each other. For improved stack joining, the inner remaining stack bars (7A, 7B) are each pulled more slowly than the outer remaining stack bars (7A, 7B).

Abstract: A technique for facilitating the movement of multi-phase fluids. The technique utilizes a compressor pump and a production pump. The compressor pump compresses a fluid to remove vapor phase and then discharges the pressurized fluid to a production pump. The production pump produces the pressurized fluid to a desired location with greater efficiency due to reduction of the vapor phase.

Abstract: A regenerative type electric motor fuel pump has a vapor vent passage disposed outside of a fuel pumping channel and communicating the fuel pumping channel with the exterior of the fuel pump to vent fuel vapor from the fuel pumping channel. The vapor vent passage extends through one of a pair of end plates between which a pump impeller is received for rotation. Preferably, the vapor vent passage communicates with the fuel-pumping channel through a connecting slot in the end plate.

Abstract: A bracket includes a housing and a cover attached to the housing. The housing includes a base and first and second side walls extending from opposite sides of the base. The base forms a number of first sills to define a receiving space for engagingly receiving a fan therein. The first side wall forms a pair of first tabs. The second side wall forms a secure plate. The cover forms a pair of second tabs pivotablly attached to the first tabs of the first side wall. A latching plate extends from the cover opposite the second tabs for engaging with the secure plate of the second side wall.

Abstract: A fluid impeller, such as a fan for moving air or gases, includes one or more rotatable fluid impelling blades; a flow guiding member adjacent to an edge of the blades, and at least one blade facing surface of the flow guiding member being formed substantially as a segment of a sphere of radius r1 about a center of curvature. Each blade has a flow guiding member abutting edge curved substantially to fit against a sphere of radius r1.

Abstract: A gas turbine frame has inner and outer annular bands, respectively, joined together by generally radially extending struts therebetween. A radially outer conical support arm extends radially outwardly from the outer band and a radially inner conical support arm extends radially inwardly from the inner band. Circumferentially spaced apart inner and outer openings are disposed in the inner and outer conical support arms, respectively. Each of the struts has at least one radially extending hollow passage which extends through the inner and outer bands. The frame is a single piece integral casting. The inner and outer conical support arms have an equal number of the inner and outer circumferentially spaced apart openings. The inner circumferentially spaced apart openings are equi-angularly spaced apart and the outer circumferentially spaced apart openings are equi-angularly spaced apart.