Abstract: A dispenser for locating beneath a wall cabinet or shelf and provided for dispensing sheet materials, or boxed material, such as sheets, or bags. The dispenser includes a pair of support beams, one normally for locating the front, and the other at the back, and a pivotal door connecting to the front beam. The space between the beams are compartmentalized, and end walls provide closure to the dispenser. The various compartments are provided for mounting miscellaneous rolls or boxes of dispensed material. One or more styles of clamps connect to one or both of the beams, and can hold, for example, a roll of paper towels, while other compartments include lower flanges, for support of the rolls or boxed material, for dispensing. Various types of roll holding devices, such as shaped wire, are resilient and flexible members are designed for holding rolls of the sheet materials in place, during dispensing.

Abstract: A packaging system for sheet material comprises a length of substantially planar material with a series of linear scale indicia applied along the length of the substantially planar material, and dispensing means adapted for retaining and dispensing desired lengths of the material, the dispensing means further including a reference indicator in operative association with the series of linear scale indicia to indicate the amount of the material dispensed before severance and/or the amount of the material remaining in the dispensing means.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing flexible web material from a center pull roll capable of accommodating different types of web material in the form of sheets separated by lines of perforation. The dispenser includes dispenser apparatus permitting the device to self-adjust to the different thicknesses, sizes and physical characteristics of different types of web material. In certain preferred embodiments, the dispenser comprises a housing, a web support within the housing and structure permitting the dispenser to self-adjust to the effective cross-sectional area of the web. The preferred dispenser structure includes elements positioned to receive the web between them. At least one of the elements is movable and is biased for displacement toward the other. Frictional force applied against the web by the elements resists pull force applied to the web by a user so that a single web sheet separates from the web along the perforation between the elements and the lead end when a user pulls on the web outside the housing.

Abstract: A multiple-loading magazine mechanism for a nailing machine comprising a nail feeding passage and first and second guiding portions. The nail feeding passage is for guiding one of plural rows of connected nails to a striking mechanism of the nailing machine. The first guiding portion faces the nail feeding passage, and the first guiding portion is rotatively disposed and arranged to separate one of the rows of the connected nails from the others. A second guiding portion is for feeding the connected nails.

Abstract: A multiple-loading magazine mechanism for a nailing machine comprising a nail feeding passage and first and second guiding portions. The nail feeding passage is for guiding one of plural rows of connected nails to a striking mechanism of the nailing machine. The first guiding portion faces the nail feeding passage, and the first guiding portion is rotatively disposed and arranged to separate one of the rows of the connected nails from the others. A second guiding portion is for feeding the connected nails.

Abstract: A nail-driving tool comprises a cylinder defining a chamber for reciprocatingly receiving a piston. A bumper is received in the chamber and comprises a first bumper section and a second bumper section made of a material having a rigidity different from that of the first bumper section. When in a driving stroke of the piston toward the bumper, air in the chamber exits the cylinder via ports of the cylinder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new and improved device adapted for mounting semiconductor components to substrates. More particularly, the device includes a housing and a first member rotatably mounted to the housing. A first interface is formed between the first member and the housing. The device also has a second member mounted in the first member. The second member is movable in an axial direction relative to the first member between a first position, in which the second member extends from the first member, and a second position, in which the second member is retracted from the first position. The second member has an engaging mechanism at an end thereof for engaging a semiconductor component when the second member is in its first position. A second interface is formed between the first and second members.

Abstract: The superplastically formed structural assembly includes first and second structural members having facing surfaces. The first and second structural members can include a first outer structural member, a second outer structural member or at least one intermediate structural member. In one embodiment, the first and second structural members include first and second outer structural members. In another embodiment, the first and second structural members include first and second intermediate structural members. The structural assembly includes at least one friction stir weld joint joining the first and second structural members. In one embodiment, the facing surface of the first structural member is at least partially covered with oxide to prevent thermo-compression welding of the first and second structural members adjacent the at least one friction stir weld joint. In another embodiment, the facing surface of the second structural member is at least partially covered with oxide.

Abstract: A multifunctional weld fixture is provided having a base receiving a component and a plurality of locator tabs disposed around its outer edge. A circumferential array of expansion feet are movably attached to the top surface of the base. A disk-shaped wedge is disposed in sliding engagement with the expansion feet. A cover supports a portion of the component and seals against the component to create an enclosed plenum. The same fixture may be used to expand the component to compensate for shrinkage after the weld is compete.

Abstract: An electronic component mounting apparatus removes an electronic component supplied to a part feeder in face-up status and mounts it to a board. A flip-chip supplied from a first holding table is removed and flipped over by a take-out head and then delivered to a mounting head, which mounts the component on the board. A die supplied from a second holding table is picked up directly and mounted to the board by the mounting head. This structure allows a single mounting apparatus to perform both die bonding and flip-chip bonding.

Abstract: A flux based on alkali fluoroaluminate is described which is highly suitable for dry application (“dry fluxing”). This is a flux which is free of fine-grained fraction, which is defined by a range of grain-size distribution.

Abstract: A flexible framing system including a framing station disposed along a vehicle body assembly line to receive and hold vehicle bodies for welding. A pair of framing gates is interchangeably supportable at the framing station. A pair of underbody tool support beams is also interchangeably supportable at the framing station. The gates and beams carry tools that positively locate and hold sub-elements of a vehicle body in predetermined positions relative to one another when the gates and beams are supported in respective framing positions engaging a vehicle body received at the framing station. A transport positioner disposed at the framing station moves the gates from respective supported positions at the framing station, interconnects the gates with the beams into a single gate-beam set, and moves the gate-beam set to a transport position for removal from the framing station.

Abstract: A solder bump fabrication method and apparatus. The method comprises following steps. First, a printed circuit board, having a plurality of devices, is provided. A material is formed on the printed circuit board, and it is disposed between pins of the devices so that the material prevents the devices from short-circuiting due to the solder bumps. Then, the solder bumps are formed on the pins of the devices so that the devices are fixed on the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board is passed through an infrared oven to melt the solder bumps. Finally, extra solder bumps other than those attached to the device pins are removed, and the material separates the solder bumps attached to the pins of the devices so that the devices are prevented from short circuiting. In addition, the apparatus is provided with a plurality of through holes corresponding to gaps between the pins on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A package with bottom panel stand-offs includes a plurality of upstanding side walls, each side wall contiguous or sealed to adjacent side walls, a sealed top panel, and a sealed bottom panel. The sealed bottom panel has a generally planar portion and three stand-offs formed therein. The three stand-offs are non-coplanar with the generally planar region and define a triangular pattern other than a right angle triangle. The standoffs raise the generally planar portion above and spaced from a surface on which the package rests. A method for forming a stable carton is also disclosed.

Abstract: A container having multiple wall panels forming container sides, the container having at least first and second wall panels that meet at a first corner. The container is assembleable from a flat or knockdown state to an opened or assembled state. A first inner panel is attached to a first wall panel, the first inner panel having an end spaced from the first corner. A slidable corner support is attached to the end of the first inner panel and extends towards the second wall panel. When the container is assembled from the knockdown state, the slidable corner support moves away from the first corner to form a support member that can help support a container stacked on top and prevent nesting.

Abstract: A data transfer method for topping up a prepaid electronic credit associated with a service user over a data and telecommunication network, essentially in real time, where the service user is the holder of a first electronic settlement account, and a service operator is the holder of a second electronic settlement account, and, in response to a transfer signal transmitted from a terminal of the service user, the prepaid credit is increased by a predetermined electronic sum of money and, at the same time, the sum of money is transferred from the first settlement account to the second settlement account.

Abstract: A system for transferring information electronically. The system includes a scanner for scanning data stored on a magnetic strip of an identification card; a processor for analyzing the scanned data; and a printing device. The printing device prints relevant portions of the scanned data on a medium under control of the processor. The medium is preferably a check presented by a customer to pay for an item. The scanned data includes information concerning the customer such as at least one of an address of the customer, a driver's license of the customer, a social security number of the customer, an address of the customer and a telephone number for the customer. The printing device is also able to print a check for a customer to provide to pay for an item based upon said scanned data analyzed by the processor. The scanning device includes a keypad for inputting additional data for analysis by the processor and a display for displaying data input instructions from the processor.

Abstract: A method of controlling an appliance comprises controlling the appliance with at least one of a plurality of mobile computing devices and establishing priority of control over the appliance between the plurality of mobile computing devices using a priority rule.

Abstract: Methods and systems for identifying locations of objects are provided. A first location of a mobile transceiver unit is determined and a first plurality of objects each having a tag attached to the object are illuminated with electromagnetic radiation. The mobile transceiver unit then simultaneously senses electromagnetic radiation emitted by the tags attached to the first plurality of objects. The identities of the first plurality of objects are determined from the sensed electromagnetic radiation.

Abstract: Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each planar laser illumination beam is produced from a planar laser illumination beam array (PLIA) comprising an plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM comprises a visible laser diode (VLD, a focusing lens, and a cylindrical optical element arranged therewith. The individual planar laser illumination beam components produced from each PLIM are optically combined to produce a composite substantially planar laser illumination beam having substantially uniform power density characteristics over the entire spatial extend thereof and thus the working range of the system.

Abstract: A manual magnetic card reader allows a card with a magnetic strip to be inserted in a card insert slot to a card stop position and then allows the card to be removed. The reader comprises a magnetic head for reading magnetic data recorded in the magnetic strip, a data editing portion for editing the magnetic data and a saving buffer for saving the magnetic data of the card that is read during card insertion. The magnetic data is read and saved in the saving buffer during the card insertion and the magnetic data is also read during card removal.

Abstract: An optical reader for collecting image data representative of light reflected from a target which may be a symbology and a method of collecting data are described. The optical reader comprises an imager having a photosensitive detector for producing image data signals from light reflected by the target and a system for focusing the reflected light onto the photosensitive detector from the target located within a depth of reading range of the imager, as well as a targeting generator for generating an illuminated pattern on the target such that the pattern appears substantially in focus on the target located over a range of distances from the generator within the depth of reading range of the imager. The photosensitive detector may include charge coupled devices or complementary metal oxide silicon devices. The targeting generator may comprise one or more generators mounted about the imager to project a predetermined pattern along an optical axis.

Abstract: Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each planar laser illumination beam is produced from a planar laser illumination beam array (PLIA) comprising an plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM comprises a visible laser diode (VLD, a focusing lens, and a cylindrical optical element arranged therewith. The individual planar laser illumination beam components produced from each PLIM are optically combined to produce a composite substantially planar laser illumination beam having substantially uniform power density characteristics over the entire spatial extend thereof and thus the working range of the system.

Abstract: Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each planar laser illumination beam is produced from a planar laser illumination beam array (PLIA) comprising an plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM comprises a visible laser diode (VLD, a focusing lens, and a cylindrical optical element arranged therewith. The individual planar laser illumination beam components produced from each PLIM are optically combined to produce a composite substantially planar laser illumination beam having substantially uniform power density characteristics over the entire spatial extend thereof and thus the working range of the system.

Abstract: Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each planar laser illumination beam is produced from a planar laser illumination beam array (PLIA) comprising an plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM comprises a visible laser diode (VLD, a focusing lens, and a cylindrical optical element arranged therewith. The individual planar laser illumination beam components produced from each PLIM are optically combined to produce a composite substantially planar laser illumination beam having substantially uniform power density characteristics over the entire spatial extend thereof and thus the working range of the system.

Abstract: A laser scanning unit to form an electrostatic latent image according to an image signal by projecting a light onto a photosensitive medium. The laser scanning unit has a light source having a cylindrical shape of a predetermined length; a reflective member surrounding the light source to focus the light from the light source; a micro-mirror array to reflect the light focused by the reflective member toward the photosensitive medium; a driving control unit to drive the micro-mirror array according to the image signal; and a micro-lens array disposed in an optical path between the micro-mirror array and the photosensitive medium, to focus the light reflected from the micro-mirror array onto the surface of the photosensitive medium.

Abstract: A bar code reader data communications method using radio paging networks, comprising: reading a bar code symbol with a bar code reader and storing the data in the reader; electrically coupling the bar code reader with a mobile communications transceiver; transferring the data from the bar code symbol reader to the transceiver and processing the data into a message; and transmitting the message over a wireless communication link to a base station.

Abstract: Adjustable reader arrangement and method of reading encoded indicia formed on an object. The reader arrangement comprises a base and a detector removably connected to the base for detecting the indicia. The detector has a first portion thereof adapted to be removably connected to the base and also has a second portion thereof pivotably adjustable into alignment with the indicia formed on the object. An emitter is coupled to the detector for emitting a signal indicative of the indicia detected by the detector. The reader arrangement is ergonomically conducive to reading encoded information on the object as an operator brings the object in the vicinity of the reader.

Abstract: Methods of and systems for illuminating objects using planar laser illumination beams having substantially-planar spatial distribution characteristics that extend through the field of view (FOV) of image formation and detection modules employed in such systems. Each planar laser illumination beam is produced from a planar laser illumination beam array (PLIA) comprising an plurality of planar laser illumination modules (PLIMs). Each PLIM comprises a visible laser diode (VLD, a focusing lens, and a cylindrical optical element arranged therewith. The individual planar laser illumination beam components produced from each PLIM are optically combined to produce a composite substantially planar laser illumination beam having substantially uniform power density characteristics over the entire spatial extend thereof and thus the working range of the system.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of a module card comprises steps of: providing a base board having a golden finger; mounting a chip on the base board for electrically connecting to the golden finger; and forming a packing layer on the chip for forming the module card. A module card comprises: a base board; a chip mounting on a surface of the base board; a golden finger on the board and electrically connecting to the chip; and a packing layer forming on the chip for covering the chip.

Abstract: A decoding device includes a signal-conditioning device for generating an intermediate signal from an input signal, a data register for storing a time section of the intermediate signal and a bit decoder for converting the intermediate signal into an output signal having at least one bit. The decoding device also includes a pattern recognition device. The decoding device enables even severely disturbed signals to be reliably detected and correctly decoded. Simple adaptation of the decoding device to various uses is possible. A smart card including the decoding device is also provided.

Abstract: An HVAC system including a housing, an evaporator assembly, a heater core assembly, an air inlet assembly, a fan assembly, and a film valve assembly including first and second rollers, wherein each roller includes a biasing member with a constant force urging the biasing members to rotate and the biasing members are biased in opposite directions.

Abstract: The disclosed device is directed towards a rubber railroad tie comprising a body including rubber tire byproduct configured as a railroad tie. Another embodiment comprises a rubber railroad tie comprising a body including rubber tire byproduct configured as a railroad tie wherein the body is configured from multiple layers of rubber tires stacked into a stratified structure. Another embodiment comprises a rubber railroad tie comprising a body including rubber tire byproduct configured as a railroad tie wherein the body is defined by crumb rubber formed into a railroad tie shape.

Abstract: A machine for fastening rail plates to cross-ties, utilizing spikes or the like, and method therefore, is disclosed in the present invention. The present invention further is configured to facilitate the installation of threaded spikes or screws, as are utilized in high-speed, concrete and other cross-ties. A numerically controlled drilling station is therefore provided for selectively positioning a drill about the length of the cross-tie for drilling bores into the tie, along with a separate screwed pre-plating station which may include a template for positioning the tie, a plate dispenser (or manual plate loading means), and a positionable driving mechanisms for engaging and screwing threaded spikes or screws into the bores formed by the drilling station to securely pre-plate each plate on a tie, which may be wood or concrete, traditional or high-speed.

Abstract: Fluids are atomized using a miniaturized electrostatic microinjector. The microinjectors are capable of producing uniform droplets in several spray modes, and metering and dispersing very small volume fluids. The atomizer is useful in carburetion systems for internal combustion engines, to prepare samples for analytical methods such as MALDI, for fluid filtration and separation, and in other applications.

Abstract: A snow making tower including an elongated tower conduit combination which has an elongated air conduit extending within an elongated water conduit with upper and lower ends and provided with a ground support mount. Air and first water discharge nozzles are respectively provided adjacent the upper ends of the conduits and positioned for producing a plume of atomized water from external interacting air and water discharged under pressure from the air and first water discharge nozzles to produce snow in subfreezing ambient conditions. Couplings are provided for connecting air and water under pressure at the lower end of the tower. Three additional water discharge nozzles are positioned below the first water nozzle and connected to the water conduit for providing additional water sprays which are directed whereby at least portions thereof will intermix with the plume of atomized water as it falls.

Abstract: The invention provides spill-resistant drinking straws which are normally in a substantially sealed state such that liquid is substantially prevented from flowing through the straw, but which can be caused to open by the normal sucking action associated with the use of a straw to drink from a container.

Abstract: A container (4) holding in its cavity (2) perfumed essences (3), is provided with a stopper (4) and hanging members for the container (1) when hooked to a fixed support, where the members are made up of one or more threadlike elements (5), which pass through the stopper (4) in such a way that a section (5d) can come into contact with the perfumed essences (3) and are produced in a material suitable to absorb them and permit their propagation through capillary action along their length.

Abstract: In order to provide a discharge device which forms microlenses, etc., with high precision, a switch circuit selects a predetermined one of drive pulses COM1, COM2, and COM3 included in a drive signal COM on the basis of waveform selection data obtained from control means, and applies the selected drive pulse.

Abstract: A liquid injection apparatus 10 comprises an injection device 15, and an electro-magnetic injection valve 14 for ejecting pressurized fuel into the injection device. An ejection hole in the electro-magnetic injection valve is connected to a hollow cylindrical hermetically sealed space, which in turn is connected to a liquid ejection nozzle, through a liquid filling port, a liquid supply passage, and a chamber which are included in the injection device. By means of allowing the electro-magnetic injection valve to eject the pressurized fuel at an angle of inclination relative to the center axis of the hollow cylindrical hermetically sealed space, flows of fuel are produced across a wide area in the hermetically sealed space so that large-sized air bubbles are prevented from being formed in the hermetically sealed space.

Abstract: A watering nozzle (16) for underground pop-up sprinkler (1) comprises a bottom part (17) and a top part (37) comprising a distribution cylinder (40). The bottom part (17) is provided with an annular opening (100) that receives the flow of water coming from the base of the sprinkler (1) and generates a jet in the form of a spray having pre-established angular extension that flows into a distribution cylinder (40) provided with radial slots (41) arranged as an arc of circumference that proceed from its bottom to its side wall so as to subdivide the single spray jet into single jets. The distribution cylinder (40) has on top a fan wheel (70) having a diameter greater than the cylinder and provided with external fins (71) that extend downward.

Abstract: A pivot flow joint for high-pressure fluid-flow devices of the type including a rotating flow member connected to a non-rotating flow member. The pivot flow joint includes first and second axially-aligned seal bushings secured to the non-rotating and rotating flow members, respectively, the first and second seal bushings having opposed adjoining contact surfaces. The seal bushings are biased toward one another for sealing engagement at such contact surfaces. Certain preferred embodiments involve spring-biasing the seal bushings toward one another and/or use of the high-pressure fluid to exert axial pressure for that purpose. The two seal bushings, which are preferably ceramic and of identical size and shape, carry out the sealing function of the pivot flow joint in the transition between the non-rotating and the rotating members of such joint.

Abstract: A pressure washer apparatus and method comprising a telescoping tube section which contains a hose. There is a forward outlet section having an outlet housing with a quick disconnect to the forward end of the hose in the telescoping tube section. A control section is located at the rear end of the telescoping tube section and makes a second quick disconnect connection to the hose. Releasable connectors are provided for the tube sections to lock the tube sections in place, and these comprise tapered threaded gripping fingers which combine with a locking nut with the threads of the two of the gripping fingers, and the locking nut having a taper end and thread configuration enabling the connection to be accomplished by only a very short rotation of the compression nut.

Abstract: A coating-powder spray gun comprising a gun housing (2) of which the front end face is sealed pressure-hermetically with respect to compressed gas by a front end wall (28). A current-limiting resistor (32) and at least a portion of a high-voltage generator (10) are potted in an integral electrically insulating block. The potted block may be received in the gun housing (2).

Abstract: An air brush is shown and described including a replaceable, rotatable, nozzle head including a media port and a needle arrangement. Media contamination of the air brush is limited to the removable nozzle head, thereby making the air brush body free of media contamination. By rotatable mounting of the nozzle head, a variety of media sources are made available, ranging from gravity fed devices such as media top and side cups to suction fed devices such as media jars. The trigger arrangement of the present invention presents an actuator shaft movable longitudinally in response to trigger movement for engagement of the needle of the nozzle head. Mechanical coupling between the air brush body and nozzle head is limited to structural coupling for mounting the nozzle head and an abutment relationship between the actuator shaft and the needle. This allows rotational freedom of movement for the nozzle head relative to the body, and also ease of dismounting by simply separating the nozzle head from the air brush body.

Abstract: A fuel injection valve having a valve retaining body (1), which has a longitudinal axis (2) and in which a central spring chamber (5) is embodied. In this spring chamber (5), a closing spring (6) is disposed, which transmits a closing force to a valve member (30), which valve member (30) cooperates with a valve seat (32) for controlling at least one injection opening (36). In the wall of the spring chamber (5), an inlet conduit (3) extends parallel to the longitudinal axis (2) of the valve retaining body (1), and by way of this conduit, fuel at high pressure can be delivered to the at least one injection opening (36).

Abstract: A fuel filter arrangement includes a core member and a filter main body. The filter main body includes an inner filter and an outer filter, which is arranged at outside of the inner filter. A pore size of the outer filter is greater than a pore size of the inner filter. The inner filter is formed by immersing the core member in a high-density fiber solution and generating an inward flow of the high-density fiber solution through the core member. The outer filter is formed by immersing the core member, around which the inner filter is formed, in a low-density fiber solution and generating an inward flow of the low-density fiber solution through the core member and the inner filter.

Abstract: To manufacture a cylindrical member, such as the nozzle body of a fuel injector, in which a fluid passage is formed at high productivity and to improve the reliability.

Abstract: A fuel injector (1), especially for the direct injection of fuel into the combustion chamber of a mixture-compressing internal combustion engine having externally supplied ignition, comprising a swirl disk (35) having swirl channels (36) and a central recess (38), and having a guide compensator (41) inserted into the recess (38) whose center axis is able to be inclined relative to the center axis of the fuel injector (1) and which has a sealing fit with respect to the valve needle (3). Formed by a sealing-seat surface (39), disposed in the swirl disk (35), and a radial widening (40) of the guide compensator (41) is a sealing seat which tolerates an excursion of the center axis, preventing a swirl-free leakage flow in the same manner as the sealing fit between the valve needle (3) and the guide compensator (41).

Abstract: A novel method of making a nozzle by forcing a malleable metallic disk into a series of cavities in progression using punches to draw down a formed section so metal can be pulled into the shape of the next cavity in the series. Each cavity differs in size and shape, progression of the nozzle to the next cavity occurs until the metal is incrementally hardened by each step in the progression and the desired shape is formed. Wall thickness of the nozzle can be selectively varied in each section drawn down or pulled. Exceptionally accurate nozzles can be made with smooth, hard, rigid, walls of varying and constant thickness at low cost.