Abstract: An improved apparatus for ventilating bathroom odors of a commode is provided. The apparatus provides a seat containing an entire ventilation system including an intake, an air plenum positioned within the interior of the seat. At least one air filter is positioned within the air passage. A fan or blower motor is used to move air through the air passage and the filtered air exits through an edge of the seat, the blower fan controlled by a battery pack contained within the commode seat. An external pushbutton switch sets a time that controls operation of the ventilation system. The replaceable filter is accessible from an outer edge of the commode seat.

Abstract: A toilet tank with a sediment removal assembly comprises a flexible tube connected to the upper discharge spout of the intake standpipe in the toilet tank cavity, and a configured length of copper tubing connected to the flexible tube for water to flow therethrough when the float valve is open to flow water into the tank during a flushing operation. The copper tubing has a longitudinal section which extends downwardly and vertically from its connection to the flexible tube, an integrally joined first lateral or horizontal section curved or bent to lie on the bottom wall of the tank adjacent to the rear wall, and an integrally joined second lateral or horizontal section curved or bent to extend substantially normal to the first lateral section and lie on the bottom wall of the tank adjacent to the then facing end wall of the tank.

Abstract: A portable outdoor toilet system configured to be suspended from an object to support the toilet system above the ground is provided. The toilet system comprises a toilet seat having a front portion and a back portion, and a suspension system configured to be coupled to the object to suspend the toilet seat above the ground. The suspension system includes at least one tensile support member coupled to the toilet seat between the front portion and the back portion of the toilet seat. The tensile support member extends upwardly from the toilet seat toward the object to support the toilet seat from a location above the toilet seat. The suspension system also includes a securing device coupled to the tensile support member to secure the toilet system to the object.

Abstract: The disclosed system enables the conversion of a massage table to a hydrotherapy wet-table through use of a frame. The frame consists of a horizontal foot panel, connected to a drain system, and a foot upright affixed to the foot brace. A pair of prongs extend from the foot brace to be received by holes within the table. The head panel also has a substantially horizontal head brace, with a head upright affixed to the head brace. A head support is placed within the table to provide support for the head panel. Sidepieces are connected to the foot and head uprights to complete the frame. A waterproof sheet covers the table and frame and is secured by releasable attachments members. The system can also have an overhead U-shaped frame formed from a pair of frame walls rotatably attached to the sidepieces. A waterproof covering can be placed over the frame walls and top frame to maintain the water within the confines of the hydrotherapy table.

Abstract: The header is heat sealed along the top of one side of the liner body with both ends extending beyond the edges of the liner body. The ends of the header are folded around the edges of the liner body to a position parallel to the other side of the liner and heat sealed. Grommets are mounted through the liner and header portions such that the hook receiving openings at the corners of the liner are re-enforced.

Abstract: A unitary U-shaped safety enclosure or barrier formed of a resilient and heat and water-resistant material is removably positionable in a bathtub in enclosing relation about the water faucet and valve thereof to prevent access thereto and minimize injuries to a bather, such as arising from a slip or fall, or a child inappropriately adjusting the temperature or water being supplied to the tub, possibly resulting in scalding or the tub to overflow. The safety enclosure includes a central wall that extends above and shields the bather from the water delivery faucet, and a pair of sidewalls that space the central wall from the faucet and have slotted portions for hanging the enclosure. A net-like basket is removably mounted within the U-shaped enclosure for storing bath apparatus and permitting water to drain from the bath apparatus when the enclosure is hung or otherwise removed from the water.

Abstract: A drain cover assembly with a hollow conduit member with an open end that penetrates and extends through a drain port of a bathtub, and a drain cover with a center opening, a horizontal flange, and an integral sleeve that extends into the open end of the conduit, the sleeve having protruding elements that are received by slots on the interior of the conduit to guide and releasably secure the drain cover to the conduit.

Abstract: A portable baby carrier with a bed having sidewalls and two hoods which can be used alone or in conjunction with each other. Each hood is storable in a channel located in a sidewall of the carrier. The top hood extends to cover the infant's head and is made of a fabric material while the opposite end lower hood is made of a mesh net material. The mating facing edges of the two hoods zipper together to form a complete enclosure around the infant to protect the infant. Either hood may be used independent of the other.

Abstract: An infant bed is slidably attachable to a bed frame such that the infant bed can be moved along a length of the bed frame. The infant bed can be readily moved in relation to the bed to maintain infant/adult closeness and facilitate adult ingress/egress from the adult bed.

Abstract: An improved structure of a ventilated mattress with cooling and warming effect is disclosed. The structure comprises a mattress body, a warming/cooling air-delivery controlling box, and a connecting tube. The control box produces warming/cooling air to the mattress body via the connecting tube and the warming/cooling air is released via a plurality of ventilation buttons mounted at the surface of the mattress body. Thereby, the mattress provides the user with a warming/cooling effect.

Abstract: A mobile medical emergency and surgical table that comprises a frame assembly, a pair of mechanically advantaged undercarriage assemblies having wheels, a plurality of stretcher yoke assemblies, a plurality of preferably uniformly dimensioned and interchangeable storage cassettes, an electrical subsystem, and a plurality of optional mounts for the attachment of medical and surgical equipment.

Abstract: A seat cushion for vehicle seats is disclosed. The seat cushion includes a seating surface and a core including a plurality of cylindrical tubular sections generally extending perpendicular to the seating surface.

Abstract: A conforming air and foam support device for providing support to a body or a body part of an individual, where the conforming shape of the support device suspends the foam in order to cradle the body or the body part of the individual sitting or resting on the support device. The support device has an air bladder structure with at least one central opening and at least two foam slab members being slightly longer and wider than the air bladder structure. The air bladder structure is sandwiched between the at least two slab members, where the two foam slab members are bonded to the air bladder structure in the deflated condition as well to each other at the central opening to form the conforming air and foam support device. Once the air bladder structure is inflated, the upper foam slab member forms at least one concave surface while the lower foam slab member forms at least one convex surface at the central portions in order to cradle the body or the body part of an individual.

Abstract: An air mattress includes a first through a fourth sheets (6, 7, 8, and 9), respectively, which are bonded together along the peripheries thereof and at a multiplicity of bonding spots, creating a triple-layer air cell structure consisting of a first, a second, and a third air cells (13, 15, and 17), respectively. A multiplicity of first bonding spots (10) bonding the first and second sheets together are spaced apart at regular intervals along longitudinal and transverse lines such that four neighboring spots occupy four corners of a tetragon. On the other hand, a multiplicity of second bonding spots (14) bonding the second and the third sheets together are arranged at positions which correspond to the centers of the tetragons. The third air cell has the same structure as the first air cell. These air cells are inflated such that the third air cell maintains high a pressure, while the first and second air cells maintain a low pressure. The low pressure air mattress may effectively prevent bedsores.

Abstract: A casing scraper for cleaning the internal wall of a tube 26 such as a well casing has at least three, rigidly connected, axially and angularly spaced scraper bodies 12, 14, 16 each with a scraping surface 13, 15, 17. The radial dimension of the scraper at each scraping surface is slightly greater than the internal radius of the tube which it will scrape. When the scraper is fully inserted in the tube bore, the scraping surfaces are deflected inwardly and the axial connection 20, 22 between the bodies is accordingly elastically deformed. Th energy stored through this elastic deformation produces a radially outwardly acting force which presses the scraping surfaces 13, 15, 17 against the wall of the tube 26. The eccentric arrangement of the scraping surfaces, and the axial spacing between the surfaces causes the parts of the scraper connecting the scraping surfaces to be placed in bending when the scraper is in place within the tube.

Abstract: A drain cleaning machine includes a housing and a cage member that is axially displaceable along and rotatable about the longitudinal axis of the housing. The cage member has an axial bore and is adapted to receive a cable. A plurality of jaw elements are inserted into and displaceable within the cage member. A rotatable cone member surrounds the first end of the cage member and is adapted to engage the jaw elements and displace the jaw elements radially inward within the cage member as it is axially displaced along the longitudinal axis. A motor is coupled to the cone member for rotating the cone member, wherein rotation of the cone member causes rotation of the cage member. The jaw elements are adapted to engage and grip the cable such that rotation of the cage member causes rotation of the cable about the longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A toothbrush comprising a handle at one end of which a bristle portion is provided for cleaning the teeth, whereas at the opposite end of the handle, a massaging portion is provided; the massaging portion being integrally formed with the handle and substantially having the shape of a convex body.

Abstract: A paint pad holder has a pad holder plate with a housing for mounting a handle on the plate. The housing has a guide recess for receiving a head of the handle, and for pivotally mounting the handle for movement about an axis generally parallel to the plane of the pad holder plate. The handle can be pivoted a selected number of degrees relative to the plate, and includes a lock sleeve that can be used for locking the handle in selected angular positions relative to the plate.

Abstract: A toothbrush with a detachable/replaceable head, comprising a top section having a first aperture, a second aperture, a first end and a second end. The first end includes a notched portion. The first aperture extends from the top section first end along a length of the top section within the top section. The second aperture is located along a top surface of the top section, a bottom section having a first end and a second end. The first end includes a tabbed portion which matingly engages with the notched portion of the top section first end. The bottom section further includes an extension having a first end and a second end and a protrusion adjacent the extension first end wherein the extension is connected to the bottom section first end. The protrusion selectively cooperates with the second aperture in the top section to selectively lock and unlock the top and bottom sections. The extension is inserted into the first aperture of the top section.

Abstract: A toothbrush having an elongated resilient handle has a brush head containing a plurality of tufts of bristles fabricated of polybutylene terephthalate. Each tuft has a multiplicity of short primary bristles and longer secondary bristles having tapered and pointed distal extremities. The effect of the secondary bristles is to function in a manner similar to dental floss to clean the spaces between the teeth.

Abstract: A cleaning wand that enables one to wipe off or wipe up materials such as paint, oil, grease, chemicals, hazardous materials, etc. with a hands-off action. The wand comprises a gripping surface (12) inside the front end of a main body tube (20) that effectively holds a folded center section of a household paper towel or a cloth while being used. A flexible front-end piece (10), comprising a hole through its center, is attached around and flush with the front end of the wand. This flexible piece (triangular) provides resistance to bending so that forceful wiping-up is possible. The wand comprises a built-in plunger (22) that enables a user to push out the used paper towel or cloth. The whole mess is then dropped into a garbage can or pail. All this action is done without getting any of the material on one's hands. In some cases serious injury could be prevented.

Abstract: A flexible body cleansing brush with angularly-adaptable head is provided having an elongated, tubular body with a rubber handle positioned at one end, and an applicator/cleansing sponge located at an opposite end. A flexible elastomeric tubular coupler flexibly adjoins a primary arm to an extension arm. The flexible elastomeric coupler allows the extension arm to move pivotally, with unlimited angular relation with respect to the primary arm. The applicator/cleansing sponge is fabricated of a polysulfone/polyurethane conjugate foam which allows the sponge to retain dimensional stability when in contact with a cleansing agent, and is also durable.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a flexible device for moving flowable materials including liquids, powders, pellets and the like. The invention has a thin edge of sufficient flexibility to conform to different surface irregularities and yet has sufficient stiffness to exert substantial force on the material being moved. An additional feature is an integral handle enabling ease of storage.

Abstract: An automatic attachable side-view mirror cleaning device is provided for cleaning the side-view mirrors on tractor-trailer rigs. Utilizing a rubber squeegee blade, similar to that used on windshield wipers, the blade travels up and down the long, thin mirror of a tractor-trailer rig. The squeegee scraper blade utilizes two vertical tracks which reside on the two exterior sides of the mirror and is powered by a small electric motor located under the dashboard. Additionally, washer solvent is directed at the mirror using a small pump, through jets at the top of the mirror. The solvent system would be tapped into the main solvent system of the truck using small diameter plastic tubing. The controls for both the electric drive motor and the solvent pump would be located in a dash-mounted panel inside the cab. The invention would be made available as a factory option on new trucks as well as be made available as an after-market attachment accessory for do-it-yourself installation.

Abstract: There is disclosed a pressure pad used in an apparatus for cleaning the outer surface of a cylinder with a cleaning fabric. The cleaning fabric is directed between the pressure pad and the cylinder, the pressure pad having opposite side edges which are fixed in the apparatus to extend parallel to the cylinder. The pressure pad is made of elastomer and curved between the opposite side edges thereof to be convex toward the outer surface of the cylinder. The pressure pad cooperates with the cleaning fabric so that the cleaning fabric can be pressed against the outer surface of the cylinder by the pressure pad to clean the outer surface of the cylinder. The pressure pad comprises an engaged portion engaged with the cleaning fabric so that the cleaning fabric is sandwiched between the engaged portion and the cylinder to be pressed against the outer surface of the cylinder.

Abstract: A dual filter arrangement for a vacuum cleaner for filtering particles of dust and debris from an airflow passing through the vacuum cleaner. The dual filter comprises a coarse pre-filter having an array of pores formed therein of substantially uniform diameter and a fine primary filter which is located rearwardly of the pre-filter in the direction of flow of the airflow. The dual filter is releasably latched to a main housing portion of the vacuum cleaner housing. A nose cone is removably secured to the housing and circumscribes the dual filter assembly. The dual filter enables even more efficient filtering of contaminants from dust and dirt entrained air ingested by the vacuum cleaner. Attachment of the dual filter to the main housing portion provides the additional advantage of increasing the capacity of the nose cone and eliminating the need for the user to handle the dual filter assembly when emptying contaminants collected within the nose cone.

Abstract: An upright type vacuum cleaner has a cyclone type dust collector removably disposed therein. The cyclone type dust collector separates by centrifugal force and collects various contaminants from the air that is drawn into the cleaner body. The cyclone type dust collector includes an upper cover, inner and outer cyclone receptacles, and a lower cover. The air, along with minute dust and large particle contaminants, is drawn into the dust collector and induced into a vortex, whereby the dust and contaminants are separated by centrifugal force and collected. The clear air is discharged to an outside atmosphere through an outlet pipe in the upper cover. The dust collector may be removed from the cleaner body and the lower cover opened to dispose of contaminants collected therein.

Abstract: A covering device for use with a door handle and interconnecting shaft extending from a hingedly secured door. The device includes an elasticized body having a substantially three dimensional shape with an inner face, an outer face, and an open inserting end defined around a narrowed neck of the body. The body further including a flexible and plasticized material which may be covered by a soft fabric outer layer. A resilient retaining portion, such as an elasticized ring is disposed around the neck in association with the open inserting end and for securing the body in place over the door handle and shaft. Frictional engagement is provided between the inner face of the elasticized body and the door handle surface in use and is preferably provided as an adhesive tacking surface which may be incorporated into an inner ply of covering device or spray applied.

Abstract: A hinge includes a first member, a second member, and a pivot housing. The pivot housing includes an inner housing and an outer housing. The inner housing is fixedly coupled to the first member. The outer housing is fixedly coupled to the second member. The hinge distributes forces acting upon the hinge between the inner and outer housings.

Abstract: An extension pole for tools provides nearly universal attachment of a wide variety of different tool heads or components, for painting, cleaning, and other tasks which may require a long reach to access otherwise inaccessible areas. The present extension essentially comprises a tubular base or handle component and a tubular extension component. The extension tube telescopes within the base tube and may be locked at the desired extended length by a pull release pin which extends through a selected one of several holes in a keyway in the extension tube. The distal end of the handle tube includes a folded down tab which engages the extension tube keyway, to preclude axial rotation of the extension tube within the base tube. The distal end of the extension tube includes a threaded attachment, preferably having an Acme threaded configuration to provide nearly universal attachment of a wide variety of devices.

Abstract: A hollow full grip gas assist appliance handle for use in a household refrigerator has a hollow full grip portion comprising a thermal plastic material that is a 10-40% glass filled homopolymer polypropylene. The distal ends of the hollow grip portion are solid thermoplastic material which encases a metal insert that is adapted to be secured to a side panel of the refrigerator door. The hollow appliance handle provides a solid feel or touch handle along it's full grip portion with solid distal end portions subject to little bending movement due to the metal inserts permitting the door handle to be firmly attached to the side panels of the refrigerator door.

Abstract: A vehicle luggage compartment structure, facilitating the putting in and taking out of small articles from a tray provided in a luggage compartment, and enabling the luggage compartment to be partitioned by the tray by fixing a box to a floor surface of the luggage compartment. A first protruding portion and a second protruding portion for engagement of the tray are engaged with a first guide groove and a first anchor hole of the box, respectively, to hold the tray in the box. By sliding the first protruding portion for engagement along the first guide groove to pull the tray out to the rear of the vehicle, a top wall of the luggage compartment no longer covers an open top side of the tray, thereby enabling small articles to be easily placed into and taken out from the tray.

Abstract: A golf glove saver device for drying out a golf glove wet from perspiration while playing on a golf course. The planar device is flexible and elongate, being foldable about a medial line to define first and second portions, each portion containing a magnet so that the device can be looped about a pocket, waistband, belt, or other article of clothing and secured by attraction of the magnets. A patch of hook and loop fastening material is attached to the outer face of the golf saver device. The golf glove is attachable to the hook and loop fastening material.

Abstract: A cable clamp of the spring biased wedge type incorporates a housing having an elongate slot formed therethrough, the slot being disposed in parallel relation to the direction of movement of the wedge in the housing. A retractor pin extends through the slot and is coupled to the wedge. The wedge may be shifted into cable releasing position by the application of compressive forces exerted between the portions of the pin projecting through the slot and an abutment portion or end of the housing. A simplified method of assembly includes interposing a spring between the wedge and the portion of the housing, shifting the wedge such that a blind bore in the wedge is aligned with the slot, and thereafter connecting a pin to the wedge as by press fitting, portions of the pin projecting outwardly through the slot to thereby capture the wedge and spring.

Abstract: A buckle provided in the form of a frame comprising first and second side edges opposed to each other in a longitudinal direction of strap recieved by the buckle, first and second ends opposed to each other in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, and a plurality of partitions arranged between the first and second ends which connect the first and second side edges to each other. The first and second side edges and the first and second ends cooperating with the partitions to define a plurality of strap guiding holes arranged in the longitudinal direction. One of the first and second side edges partially defining a first outermost one of the strap guiding holes lying adjacent the first end. The other of the first and second side edges partially defining a second outermost one of the strap guiding holes lying adjacent the second end.

Abstract: A detachable closure includes separable burr-type elements which, at surfaces to be joined, have interlocking elements which mutually interlock during joining of the burr-type elements and hold the burr-type elements together. The interlocking elements are made of a material which carries out a deformation under the influence of heat, electromagnetic radiation, and/or a magnetic field.

Abstract: A woven fastener product includes an array of hook elements and an array of loop elements that extend from the surface of different respective regions of a common fabric base. The arrays are formed by warp yarns, the arrays being separated in the warp direction of the fabric base. To form a self-engaged fastening, the fastener product is conformed so that the hook elements overlie the loop elements. Monofilament loops are shown sized and located to provide pin-receiving mounting sleeves as part of the woven structure.

Abstract: A new self-mating mechanical fastener is disclosed, which comprises a base sheet and a multiplicity of parallel, narrowly spaced, elastically deformable ribs projecting from the base sheet. The ribs comprise a stem portion attached to and substantially upright from the base sheet and at least one flange attached to each side of the stem portion and spaced from the base sheet. At least the outer portions of the flanges desirably project toward the base sheet. The cross-sectional profile formed by the ribs is substantially uniform over the length of the ribs, but in the direction transverse to the ribs has a regularly repeated deviation from the profile that would be formed by a full population of equally spaced, identical, undivided, symmetric ribs.

Abstract: A fabric having at least one hydraulically napped surface comprised of tangled fibers is disclosed. Because the fiber tangles are created from intact, undamaged fibers, fabric strength is not adversely affected by treatment. In addition, laundering enhances entanglement and the aesthetic qualities attributed to this fabric property: surface texture (hand), resistance to pilling, drapeability, and the like. These subjective characteristics have been quantified using values from the Kawabata Evaluation System. A process for creating such fabrics has also been disclosed. The fabric passes through one or two treatment zones in which high pressure fluids (e.g., water) are directed at the fabric surface as the fabric moves away from a support member. In the case of dual treatment zones, a substantially lower pressure is used in the second treatment zone.

Abstract: A method for forming a crater-style sampling capacitor. The capacitor includes a dielectric having a smooth crater shaped input electrode on a first surface and output and guard electrodes on a second surface. A sampling capacitor is defined by the input and output electrodes, and a guard capacitor is defined by the input and guard electrodes. The edge of input electrode is positioned below the first surface to increase surface flash over voltage, further, the input electrode is curved to eliminate corona discharge at edges of the input electrode and to reduce self-heating to negligible levels. The apparatus is suitable for high-voltage radio-frequency applications, such as a mass spectrometer, or other high-voltage applications that require an accurate sampling capacitor for amplitude control and accurate sampling of radio-frequency wave-forms.

Abstract: A display strip assembly system for efficiently assembling bags upon a point of purchase display strip. The display strip assembly system includes a base, an elongate frame mounted to the base extending in an angled manner, a receiving channel within the elongate frame for receiving a length of point of purchase (POP) display strip, a plurality of first apertures and second apertures within the receiving channel aligned with the fingers of the POP display strip, and a elevating unit within the frame for extending a corresponding plurality of first shafts and second shafts through the apertures for extending the fingers of the POP display strip for allowing attachment of a plurality of bags without moving the POP display strip.

Abstract: An automatic riveting apparatus includes a base (10), a feeding device (30), and a riveting device (50). The base has a U-shaped support frame (12). Two photoelectric relays (18) extend upwardly from the base. The feeding device includes two parallel sliding rails (32), a lower die plate (36) for supporting a workpiece (80), and a feed cylinder (34) driving the lower die plate to slide along the rails. The riveting device has an upper cylinder (52) and a riveting head (58). In operation, the feed cylinder is started up to drive the lower die plate together with the workpiece to a riveting position. The lower die plate touches a photoelectric point (48) to actuate the upper cylinder. A piston rod (60) of the upper cylinder drives the riveting head downwardly to rivet the workpiece. The piston rod moves back up, and the lower die plate returns to its original position.

Abstract: A device for removing a screw (63) or pin tightly seated in a mounting hole of a bearing eye (45) or the like, especially a pivot pin (49, 50) or axle components (45, 25, 26, 27) of a motor vehicle axle is provided. To attach the device to the bearing eye (45) in the area of the screw (63 ), a support body (1) with a lateral support wall (2) is provided, wherein the support body (1) has a pressing device acting on the screw (63). To reach extremely strong pressing forces to loosen and/or press out the screw (63) or the pin, the pressing device (85) has a guide cylinder (99), in which a stud (97) is guided axially displaceably in a guide hole (99). A screw-down nut (91), which is screwed onto the guide cylinder (86) and is provided with a pressing surface (95) acting on the stud (97), is provided for the axial displacement of the stud (97).

Abstract: An anti-spin and drift device and installation method for railway plug type car doors that prevents unintentional rapid rotation of the center door operation handle caused by accidental movement of the door. The anti-spin device rapid rotation in both directions and replaces existing pinion gear assemblies and one-directional anti-spin assemblies that interlink the operational handle with the door operating mechanism that activates multiple crank rod assemblies for opening and closing the doors.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods are disclosed by which wooden railroad ties are pre-plated prior to use in constructing and/or repairing railroad lines. Methodology disclosed comprises placing two plates on top of each of a succession of wooden ties, temporarily positioning disclosed one of the two plates on each tie with a distance or spacer template temporarily clamping the two plates accurately to the tie using a jig, starting a field spike and a gauge spike (usually with one or more sledge hammers) into each wooden tie through the selected apertures in each plate, and further driving the started spikes into the associated tie (usually using a jackhammer). Typically, the field spike is located outside the field flange of the plate and is driven until the head of the spike is contiguous with the plate. Typically, the gauge spike is displaced through an aperture in the gauge flange of the plate until the head is about 1½ inches above the plate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel anvil for a rivet setting machine configured to drive a rivet into a workpiece within a riveting process. The anvil has a cavity therein configured to accommodate a deformation of the rivet and the workpiece during the riveting process. The cavity is defined by a main portion configured to support the workpiece during the riveting process and a relief portion that is proximate to the main portion. The relief portion is configured to provide an area into which the workpiece and the rivet deform during the riveting process. The relief portion includes at least one relief pocket configured to maintain an area which remains unoccupied by the workpiece and the rivet throughout the entire riveting process. The relief portion does not substantially hinder the workpiece and rivet during the riveting process and allows the workpiece and rivet to freely deform during the riveting process.

Abstract: The diameter of a first metal tube charged with raw material powder is reduced for obtaining an elementary wire. A plurality of such elementary wires are charged into a second metal tube, which in turn is reduced in diameter for obtaining a round first wire having a plurality of first filaments. The first wire is uniaxially compressed thereby obtaining a tape-like second wire having a plurality of second filaments. The second wire is heat treated thereby obtaining an oxide superconducting wire including a plurality of superconductor filaments. The maximum grain size of the raw material powder is smaller than the minor diameter of the first or second filaments.

Abstract: A tool used in manufacturing circuit board holders from sheets of material has a working face for forming embossments on the sheets by repetitively striking the sheets therewith. The working face includes an H-shaped formation for forming two separate halves of an embossment on the sheet of material with one strike, of which, of the two separate halves, one is delimited by the upper parallel lines of the H and the other is delimited by the lower parallel lines of the H.

Abstract: A six-axis alignment and installation tool having a multi-component base unit and a plurality of multi-component interchangeable units. Some of the degrees of freedom are provided by the components of the base unit, and the remaining degrees of freedom are provided by the components of each interchangeable units. The alignment and installation tool has two modes of transportation: levitation by air bearings, and rolling by removable casters.

Abstract: A method of peeling off a coating of an elliptical cross sectional insulated conductive wire has a groove forming process of forming a groove nearly perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the insulated conductive wire at given positions within a peeling region thereof, a first peeling process of peeling off the coating by moving a pair of first cutting edges in a longitudinal direction of the insulated conductive wire and perpendicularly to a longer diameter direction of the cross section thereof toward the groove from opposite ends of the peeling region, and a second peeling process of peeling off the coating at the peeling region by moving a pair of second cutting edges in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and in parallel with the longer diameter direction of the cross section thereof. As a result, the coating all around the outer circumference of the insulated conductive wire at the peeling region may be completely peeled off.