Abstract: A device for attachment to a vacuum cleaner to combine the steps of scraping articles from a surface and removing the resulting debris. The device includes a first end which attaches to a vacuum cleaner. The second end of the device has a substantially rectangular shape. A slot is formed beneath the second end near the opening of the device. The slot has a first width slightly greater than the width of the safety end of a scraping blade. The slot also has a second width slightly greater than the width of scraping portion of the scraping blade. A scraping blade is inserted into the slot so that the scraping edge of the blade extends just in front of the opening of the second end of the device. Articles can then be removed from a surface by the blade. The debris which the results is sucked up through the second end and into the tank of a vacuum cleaner.

Abstract: The “Protector Sleeve For Wires And Pipes In Wood Frame Construction” is a cylindrical grommet/bushing, that looks like a short length of pipe, that fits snugly in any hole drilled through a stud or joist in wood frame construction and which has anchors on both sides to keep it in place. When the “Protector Sleeve” is in place it shields the hole that was drilled and thereby protects the wire or pipe that the hole was drilled for from being punctured by any screw or nail that might be driven through the wall and into the stud. The “Protector Sleeve” also serves to provide a smooth surface for wires to pass through as they are being pulled through several studs at a time towards their end point. The “Protector Sleeve” also reinforces the stud where it was weakened by the hole that was drilled.

Abstract: A doorstop for vehicle doors, including:

Abstract: Door stop apparatus includes a block secured to a vehicle and a bar extending through a generally horizontal bore in the block. The bar is secured to a vehicle door and includes stop recesses spaced apart from each other. The bar extends through a cylinder a generally vertical bore in the block and the cylinder includes a biased roller which extends sequentially into the stop recesses on the bar to provide intermediate stops for the vehicle door. The cylinder pivots or rotates in the bore as the door moves.

Abstract: A molded thermoplastic mug handle cover clips to handle of mugs and other beverage containers, identifies the mug from other identical mugs, and is used for the purpose of advertising, branding, and mug distinction. The mug handle cover is a three-sided arcuate piece that is concave and arcuate. The two sides of the mug handle cover expand over the outer front surface width of the mug handle and retract to shape when the cover's side edges reach the interior side edge of the mug handle. At the outer edges of the interior of the two sides, a set of small half cone protrusions build in height from half way to the interior of the top to the outer edge of the sides and enable the mug handle cover to grip multiple sized mug handles.

Abstract: The prior art of manufacture of multi-purpose folding hand tools utilizes metal as the material of composition for the handles of the hand tools. The use of an electrically non-conductive material as the sole component of material to fabricate the handles of the hand tool is new to the art.

Abstract: A vehicle body hood hinge (24) includes a pivotal connector (32) that extends between a vehicle body hinge member (28) and a hood hinge member (30) to permit adjustment so that the hood is flush with the vehicle body in a closed position. The pivotal connector (32) includes a connection member 34 having an adjustment pivotal connection (36) on the vehicle body hinge member and an adjustable positioning connection (38) that secures the connection member in an adjusted position, while a main pivotal connection (40) of the pivotal connector includes a bushing (42) and a pintle (44) that cooperate to permit pivotal movement of the hinge between hood open and closed positions and to also permit adjustable positioning of the mounted hood with respect to the vehicle body.

Abstract: A barrel hinge having a female barrel portion and two male barrel portions. The female barrel portion has a sidewall with an aperture formed therein, a length, two ends, and an outside surface, and an axial bore, with an interior wall surface and a diameter, which extends from end to end. The male barrel portions each have a main body portion with an outer surface, and a pin extension. The pin extensions have a pin length and pin diameter, the pin extensions having ends, the pin diameter being sized to be received within the interior bore of the female barrel portion. The sum of the pin lengths of the pin extensions of the first and second barrel portions is less than the length of the interior bore of the female barrel portion.

Abstract: A hinge device comprises a main plate, a mounting member, a first arm, and a second arm X-hinged to the first arm. The first arm includes a first end pivoted to the main plate and a second end pivoted to the mounting member. The second arm includes a first end pivoted to the main plate and a second end pivoted to an end of a connecting member. The other end of the connecting member is pivoted to the mounting member. When the hinge device is moved to an open state, an engaging member pivoted to the connecting member moves across a lobe of a positioning block fixed to the mounting member. When the hinge device is in a closed state, the protrusion of the engaging member is engaged in a retaining groove of the positioning block.

Abstract: A device, method and system for a secure, comfortable grip on a railing or other hand support system. The device includes a skin layer permanently adhered to a 4-way stretchable material layer. The 4-way stretchable material layer is releasably adhered to a railing or other hand support system. A backing layer between the skin layer and the 4-way stretchable material layer can be inserted for greater comfort and friction. The grip of the present invention is designed to be releasably attachable to the railing or other hand support system.

Abstract: A power tool user pressure abatement system may include a soft, cushioning material configurable to a tool such as a power tool, including a power drill, such that the material remains in position between the tool and a user's contacting hand, thereby minimizing impact forces and pressures imparted during tool use. In at least one embodiment, a unitary piece of cushioning material such as neoprene may be cut or slit appropriately in order to facilitate quick placement of the material onto the tool, retention of the material in an effective position during tool use, and quick removal thereof. Associated methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A device for use with a fiber processing machine is provided. The device has a rotating cylinder, a fiber material feeding device that feeds fibers to the cylinder, an air duct that extends essentially tangential to the cylinder in a fiber-removal zone, an airflow creating device coupled to the air duct and creating an airflow in the air duct, and at least two adjustable airflow adjustment elements arranged inside the air duct in the fiber-removal zone.

Abstract: A support for a combing means for an opening roller comprises an opening roller combing means, which is designed as a saw-toothed helix having multiple thread grooves. The number of threads amounts to approximately between one twentieth and one thirthieth (expressed in millimetres) of the outer diameter of the opening means. In addition, the angle of inclination (expressed in degrees) of the helix amounts to between 0.5 and 0.7 times the number of threads. The angle of inclination of the helix should not exceed 2.5°.

Abstract: A releasable tie is described in which an elongated strand of flexible material is provided with a first set of three dimensional beads spaced apart along a first length of the strand. A second set of three dimensional beads, formed on the strand are spaced apart along a second length of the strand. A tab formed along the strand includes a first locking slot for releasably receiving the first strand length; and a second locking slot for releasably receiving the second length of the strand.

Abstract: A clamp retention device for positioning an open, generally cylindrical hose clamp on a hose extends generally about a longitudinal axis and has locating projections and cams for cooperating with the clamp and coupling the clamp to the retention device to hold the clamp disposed about said longitudinal axis. The body of the retention device may include at least one preformed perforation to receive a fastener for attaching the retention device to the hose. The fastener is preferably in the form of a wire staple or a rivet received through a perforation formed in a tab at one end of the retention device to be adjacent to the hose.

Abstract: Disclosed is a two shot molding method which can be used to make a fastener device having a fastener portion and integral seal portion of different material. More particularly, the invention relates to a fastener device comprising a fastener part having a plastic head and anchor stem with prongs and a flexible seal of different material integral with the fastener part and the two molded together in a two-shot molding technique.

Abstract: A device for guiding and preventing the upward movement of a belt worn by a person, the device having a first portion for fastening to a garment, such as a pair of pants or a skirt, and a second cantilevered flange or loop portion extending from an upper portion of the fastener and away from the person, preventing the movement of the belt past the flange or loop portion.

Abstract: A shoulder pad (24) is mounted on a shoulder strap of a seat belt so as to be positioned, in use, between the shoulder strap (20) and the shoulder of a user. The pad (24) has a friction-increasing surface (40) on a side thereof that faces towards the shoulder strap (20) and resilient projections (50) extending from said friction-increasing surface (40) to hold the friction-increasing surface (40) out of engagement with the shoulder strap in normal use but to allow the friction-increasing surface (40) to come into engagement with the shoulder strap when a force exceeding a predetermined value is applied thereto.

Abstract: A right rail and a left rail are constituted of an entrance rail portion, an exit rail portion, and a rail connecting portion. The respective portions of the rails are moved in a film-width direction via a rail attachment and a positioning section. The positioning section is constituted of a lead screw rod and a positioning motor. The respective positioning motors are controlled by a controller. Upon inputting an entrance width and an exit width through a data input section, the controller moves positions of the respective rail attachments and performs orientation so as to decline an orientation axis.

Abstract: This invention relates to specific, improved spun-bonded nonwoven fabrics comprised of continuous multi-component longitudinally splittable fibers. The resulting nonwoven fabrics exhibit enhanced flexibility, drape, softness, thickness, moisture absorption capacity, moisture vapor transmission rate, and cleanliness in comparison with other nonwovens of the same fiber construction. These improved aesthetic and performance characteristics permit expansion of high-strength nonwoven fabric materials into other markets and industries currently dominated by woven and knit fabrics that exhibit such properties themselves, but at high cost and requiring greater manufacturing complexity. Such enhanced fabrics are subjected to certain air impingement procedures, for instance through directing low-pressure gaseous fluids at high velocity to the surface of the targeted nonwoven fabric. Also encompassed within this invention is the method of treating such a specific nonwoven fabric with this air impingement procedure.

Abstract: A lightweight constructional element (100) is disclosed. The lightweight constructional element (100) comprises: (a) a shell-shaped basic body or shell (1), e.g., fabricated from metal, having interior (20) and exterior (23) surfaces, the interior surfaces (23) of the basic body define an interior space (26); and (b) reinforcing ribs (2a, 2b) of plastics material, preferably thermoplastic material, which are fixedly attached to the exterior surface (23) of basic body (1). The reinforcing ribs are fixedly attached to the exterior surface of said basic body by means of discrete attachment points {which may include, for example, apertures (3a), slots (3f), beads (3b) and/or protrusions (3c)}. Articles of manufacture that may include the lightweight constructional element include, for example, structural components of motor vehicles (e.g., a cross car beam) and aircraft, and a structural component having a channel for receiving at least one of a cable and a gas.

Abstract: A high frequency device packing method and package are described wherein coaxial structures are formed from the high frequency device to the via. A coaxial via structure and a micro-coaxial bonding wire are described.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing a forming element from a concrete pipe includes a support member and a removal device including first and second elements. The first element is attachable to the forming element and has a stop. The second element is supported by the support member such that the second element is swingable with respect to the support member. In addition, the second element is engageable with the stop so as to apply a force to the first element for removing the forming element from the concrete pipe.

Abstract: There is disclosed a roof module (10) configured for assembly to a body of an automotive vehicle. The module is comprised of a roof portion (12) and one or more transparent panels (14) wherein the one or more transparent panels (14) is attached to the roof portion (12) prior to assembly of the module (10) to the body of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing great quantity of a composite storage tank characterized in that great quantity of main body (1) and assemblies joining together the main body (1) are extruded using a thermoplastic synthetic resin, the main body and assemblies are contacted with each other perpendicularly, the contact parts are welded by a fillet welding method or a butt welding method to give great quantity of a composite storage tank. The method in accordance with the present invention has many features such as a process for manufacturing is easy and convenience, working time for the manufacture is short, standardized articles can he produced in large amount in short period, man powers and materials for manufacturing them are saved and so forth.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a photosensitive drum includes fabricating a rotary drum and a cylindrical photosensitive belt that closely contacts a circumferential surface of the rotary drum in an electrophotographic color image forming apparatus. The photosensitive belt is in contact with the circumferential surface of the rotary drum using shrinkage and expansion of the rotary drum according to a temperature change of the rotary drum. Thus, it is easy to fabricate the photosensitive drum. Also, since an inexpensive photosensitive belt is used, a fabricating cost of the photosensitive drum can be reduced.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hoisting and handling systems and methods. The present invention is a system and method to facilitate the hoisting, positioning, installation and removal of continuous track drive units. Continuous track drive units are used as a means for propelling certain vehicles, such as farm tractors, construction machines and military vehicles. The present invention allows for simplified, efficient handling and transfer of continuous track drive units.

Abstract: This invention provides a manufacturing method of a dynamic damper comprising steps of: forming an annular elastic body; fitting a weight on the inner periphery of the annular elastic body and an outer pipe on the outer periphery; and bonding the weight and the outer pipe on the inner periphery and the outer periphery of the annular elastic body.

Abstract: The inventive method of assembling conductive segments (16) of a rotor winding or a stator winding in a rotary electric machine comprises the following stages: insertion of the conductive segments (16) into slots made in a core (12) of the rotor or stator, whereby the free ends of the conductive segments protrude beyond the latter, and welding of the free ends of the conductive segments in groups of two in order to form a winding (14) around the rotor or stator. The conductor statements are both made of wire which is electrically conductive and coated with an electrically insulating material. The coating of electrically insulating material is removed in the welding zone of the conductive segments by the means used for welding the latter. The invention can be used for conducting segments of a rotor or stator winding in an alternator in a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A stator of a rotary electric machine such as an alternator for use in an automobile vehicle is composed of a cylindrical stator core and a stator winding held in the stator core. The stator winding is formed by electrically connecting plural U-shaped conductor segments inserted into slots of the stator core. Pairs of segment ends to be electrically connected are aligned along two or more coaxial circumferences and correctly positioned by individually restricting each pair of segment ends. Correctly positioned plural pairs are continuously welded one by one by rotating the stator core.

Abstract: An armature for a brush commutated electric motor having a distributed coil winding arrangement for reducing brush arcing and electromagnetic interference (EMI). The winding pattern involves segmenting each coil into first and second subcoil portions with differing pluralities of turns. Each subcoil portion is wound around separate pairs of spaced apart slots of a lamination stack. Adjacent coils are wound such that one subcoil portion of each is wound in a common slot to therefore form an overlapping arrangement of each pair of adjacently coils. The winding pattern serves to “shift” the resultant magnetic axes of each coil in such a manner so as to significantly reduce brush arcing and the EMI resulting therefrom. The reduction in EMI is sufficient to eliminate the need for EMI reducing components, such as chokes, which have typically been required to maintain EMI to acceptably low levels.

Abstract: An iron core of a rotating-electric machine and a manufacturing method for the same permit a uniform curvature to be easily obtained over an entire circumference of the iron core. The iron core has laminated magnetic plate strips, a cylindrical core proximal portion, a plurality of teeth projecting in a substantially radial direction from the core proximal portion, and slots for accommodating a winding that are located between the teeth adjacent to each other. The iron core is fabricated by curving both end portions of a substantially hexahedral laminate so that the core proximal portion obtains a predetermined curvature, forming the entire laminate into a cylindrical shape by wrapping it around a cylindrical core member so that distal ends of the teeth project from the core proximal portion, and joining both end portions of the laminate.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for merging a disc drive head disc assembly (HSA) with a disc stack. The HSA comprises a flexure which supports a data transducing head and the disc stack comprises a disc having a data storage surface. A merge assembly includes a shipping comb attached to the HSA, the shipping comb having a first alignment member and a first flexure support member. The merge assembly further includes a merge comb having a second alignment member and a second flexure support member. The merge comb is advanced by a robotic arm to a position where the second alignment member engages the first alignment member. This aligns the shipping comb with the merge comb and allows transfer of support of the flexure to the second flexure support member at an elevation suitable to subsequently pass the head in a safe, clearing relationship over the data storage surface.

Abstract: A system for forming bumps on pads which are provided on a target at low cost and with high productivity. The target is a semiconductor wafer or a semiconductor chip. The system has an attracting and compressing device for attracting bump materials for bumps, and compressing and bonding the bump materials onto the pads. The attracting and compressing device may have an attracting and compressing plate in which hollow portions for attracting and holding the bump materials are formed, the hollow portions being one of holes, concave portions, and grooves. The attracting and compressing plate can collectively attract the bump materials to be compressed onto a predetermined area which corresponds to one of a wafer, a chip, and a block. The attracting and compressing device may have a finishing plate which has a flat surface for pressing and bonding the bump materials, and an ultrasonic wave generating device.

Abstract: This invention goes to a voltage equalizer hub wiring method and apparatus (Equalizer Hub™)for use in low voltage landscape lighting systems. The method comprises providing a power source, connecting a transformer to said power source, connecting said transformer to an Equalizer Hub™, and connecting said Equalizer Hub™ to one or more fixtures with equal length wire leads. The Equalizer Hub™ consists of a plastic cylinder with a cap and two or more connectors for connecting a homerun wire from the transformer to the wire leads from the fixtures. This method provides equal voltage to each of the fixtures in the lighting system by making each fixture an equal distance from the transformer, thereby equalizing the voltage drop.

Abstract: A method of making a connection to a surface of an electronic carrier, the method comprising the steps of: providing a mass of malleable material on the surface of the electronic carrier; connecting the mass to said surface; and extruding the mass into a bore of a tool in order to elongate the mass so as to create a pin, or pin-like, structure having an end to which a further connection may be made.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manually and automatically processing microelectronic workpieces. The apparatus can include a tool having a plurality of processing stations, all of which are manually accessible to a user, and an input/output station configured to support at least one microelectronic workpiece for automatic transfer to and from the processing stations. A transfer device is positioned proximate to the input/output station and the processing stations and is configured to automatically transfer microelectronic workpieces between the input/output station and the processing stations. The apparatus can be used for both manual and automatic processing of microelectronic workpieces, either sequentially or simultaneously.

Abstract: An improved method for fabricating Chip-on-Board memory modules using partially-defective memory chips or a combination of partially-defective and flawless memory parts, comprises mounting unpackaged (or a combination of packaged and unpackaged) memory parts to a printed circuit board using one or more selectively settable materials, testing and patching the memory parts, and providing a protective cover after a suitable combination of memory parts and patches produces a fully-functional memory module. Also, a new set of printed circuit boards designed to allow fabrication of memory modules using single-bit patching, any-bit patching, and DDR technology with unpackaged memory parts. In a preferred embodiment, the method and printed circuit boards mentioned above are combined to produce a number of low-cost memory modules using modern, available partially-defective and flawless memory parts.

Abstract: A device and appertaining method for picking up devices in a component placement device permits even very small components and even a first component of a new belt to be picked up by scanning the structural features of the belt directly in the proximity of the components. The positional tolerances can be disregarded so that even the first component of a new belt can be reliably detected by the pick-up tool.

Abstract: A method of removing an optical device contained within a device package from a circuit board, wherein the device package is secured to the circuit board using an adhesive pad. The method includes peeling a portion of the adhesive pad away from the circuit board, inserting an optical removal tool between the optical device and the circuit board, wherein the optical removal tool has a pair of fork portions and a cavity positioned between the fork portions, and the fork portions straddle one or more leads on the optical device during the inserting step, and prying the remainder of the adhesive pad away from the circuit board using the optical device removal tool.

Abstract: Metal chloride vapor and reducing gas are brought into contact to form metallic powder, the metallic powder is washed in carbonic acid aqueous solution, and the metallic powder is classified in a liquid phase. In this way, metallic powder, such as nickel powder, in which the content of chloride components is extremely small and the coarse particle content is small, can be efficiently produced.

Abstract: A penetrating hole is formed by punching out part of a region in a conductive pattern supported on a substrate, the region being-covered by a protective film which is provided over the substrate, and the substrate and the protective film being punched out together with the part of the region.

Abstract: The present invention is a strengthened fiber optic. The first embodiment of the invention consists of pre-coating a fiber optic waveguide with an ultra violet (UV)/visible light-curable resin such that the resin buffers the fiber waveguide. The pre-coated fiber optic waveguide is then cured in an UV/visible light oven at a temperature at ambient or above. An UV/visible light curable resin is pre-heated to a selected temperature and the buffered fiber optic waveguide and the at least one reinforcing fiber are transported through a binding resin bath, the fiber optic waveguide maintaining linear alignment throughout the bath as at least one reinforcing fiber is disposed about the fiber optic waveguide. The resin coated fiber optic waveguide and the at least one reinforcing fiber are then cured in an UV/visible light curing station so as to form a fiber optic cable.

Abstract: A method of producing a cam lobe piece of an assembled camshaft in a valve operating system for an internal combustion engine. The method comprises (a) forming a profile of the cam lobe piece by upsetting a material under forging to obtain an intermediately formed body; (b) piercing a central portion of the intermediately formed body to form a shaft bore; and (c) ironing an inner peripheral surface of the pierced intermediately formed body to form unevenness at the inner peripheral surface, all accomplished by cold working. The material at the forming the profile of the cam lobe piece has a first section located on a side of a cam nose of the cam lobe piece, and a second section located longitudinally opposite to the first section. The material has a thickness which gradually increases in a direction from the second section to the first section.

Abstract: A method of removing a sensing rod from a hydraulic water pump includes an access plug, a sealing o-ring, and an end block modified to receive the access plug. The access plug preferably includes a front flange, a threaded body, and a rear tapered end. An o-ring groove is formed adjacent the front flange to retain the sealing o-ring. An internal thread is preferably formed in the modified end block to threadably receive the access plug. An opening is formed through the length of the access plug which is sized to receive the sensing rod. The access plug is unthreaded to allow the sensing rod to be removed. A nut removal tool inserted through the internal threads of the modified end block to unscrew a rod nut. Once the rod nut has been unscrewed, the sensing rod may be removed.

Abstract: A process for producing a catalyst by providing a monolith with a polygonal cross section, tightly enclosing the monolith with a single part jacket made of metal sheet or plate, placing a layer of expanded matting between the jacket and the monolith, bending the jacket with at least one of a bending and a clamping device into a proper final shape so that edges of the jacket which extend at least essentially in a longitudinal direction of the monolith at least contact each other, and undetachably joining the edges to each other.

Abstract: The invention provides a flow path constituting member for an ink jet recording head, having a low stress and a chemical resistance and capable of forming a coated film enabling easily pattern formation for example by an ultraviolet irradiation, an ink jet recording head utilizing such material, and a method for producing an ink jet recording head. For the flow path constituting member of the ink jet recording head, there is employed an epoxy resin composition including an epoxy resin having at least two epoxy groups within a molecule and a specified structure, and a cationic polymerization initiator.

Abstract: Provided is a resist material that comprises a polymer compound represented by the following general formula (I): 1

Abstract: Process for producing a tubular component which comprises sections which are intentionally different from one another with regard to one or more aspects selected from the group consisting of aspects including material, thickness, size, more specifically circumference or diameter, and the like, and hydroforming of the component, in which process the component is produced by rolling up a substantially flat sheet, which flat sheet substantially corresponds to a flat blank of the tubular component.

Abstract: A knife has a blade-carrying blade slide and a separate actuator slide, both urged by springs into rear positions. A transversely displaceable coupling member on one of the slides is engageable with the other of the slides for coupling the blade slide with the actuator slide for movement of the blade slide from its retracted position into its intermediate position on displacement of the actuator slide from its rear end position into its front end position and for decoupling the slides from each other and shifting transversely out of a path of the other slide on movement of the blade slide from its intermediate position into its extended position. Cam formations on the slides displace the blade slide into the extended position on exertion of a transverse force against the blade edge in the intermediate position of the blade.