Abstract: A method for preparing an IC card is disclosed. The IC card has an IC module provided in an adhesive layer between a first substrate and a second substrate. In the method, an adhesive containing diphenylmethanediisocyanate in an amount of less than 1.0 percent by weight based on the whole amount of the adhesive and having an elongation at fracture of the adhesive of 150-1,500 percent after complete curing is employed, and the blanc IC card sheet is cut when an elongation at fracture of the adhesive of 5-500 percent prior to complete curing.

Abstract: The cartridge comprises a body in which there is formed a mixed fluid chamber; a fixed disk; a movable disk; thermostatic regulation means including a regulation slide-valve and a thermostatic element which are mechanically connected to each other; and a single control lever for controlling the flowrate and the temperature of the mixed fluid and adapted to drive the movable disk in rotation and in translation and to move the thermostatic element inside the mixed fluid chamber. Cold fluid inlet passage and cold fluid return passage in the fixed disk extend approximately end-to-end in circumferential arcs with substantially equal radii and hot fluid inlet passage and the hot fluid return passage in the fixed disk extend approximately end-to-end in circumferential arcs with substantially equal radii. Application to the field of mixer taps.

Abstract: A water heating system uses a heated fluid storage tank to deliver a continuous supply of water heated to a desired temperature, such as between 100°-130° F. The system also includes a furnace with altitude-sensitive control circuitry to provide multiple sources of heat for the heating system in the most effective way given the altitude at which the system is located. The system also includes a micro-controller that adjusts certain system components in response to changes in atmospheric pressure conditions that are measured by an atmospheric-pressure sensor component: There is also an automatic-air-bleeder subsystem with an optical or ultrasonic sensor mounted adjacent a suitable air accumulator. Also included is an air-release solenoid and a fuel return line.

Abstract: A device for controllably dispensing and volatilizing liquid by the user sucking or drawing on the device. An elongate tubular body is substantially filled with a liquid retaining and fluid flow-controlling element that is penetrated by one or more hollow passages.

Abstract: A nebulizer assembly, and more particularly, for nebulizing liquids into aerosols, includes an oscillation driver connected with an aerosol excitation device at one end thereof, a liquid delivery device adjacently disposed to the aerosol excitation device for supplying an impingement baffle provided in the aerosol excitation device with micro liquid bodies having tension liquid membranes, so that energy is completely acted upon the micro liquid membranes for excitation into aerosol particles, thereby achieving aimed excitation without causing unnecessary loads.

Abstract: Provided between a housing (2) and a paint cartridge (20) is a magnetic holding mechanism (32) composed of a permanent magnet (33) provided on a bottom surface (4A) of a cartridge mount portion (4) and a magnetic member (34) provided on a front surface (21A) of a container (21) of the paint cartridge (20). As the container (21) is fitted on the cartridge mount portion (4), the paint cartridge (20) can be fixedly and securely held on the housing (2) by magnetic attraction between the permanent magnet (33) and the magnetic member (34). Accordingly, even if a trouble occurs to one of components which are operatively connected with the cartridge type coating machine (1), the paint cartridge (20) can be securely retained on the housing (2) by the magnetic holding mechanism (32).

Abstract: A coating material color changer includes multiple modules. Each module includes a body constructed from an electrically non-conductive material, such as an insulative resin or polymer, and a plate coupled to the body and constructed from, for example, stainless steel. Each plate includes at least one of a receptacle for receiving an electrically non-insulative contact and an electrically non-insulative contact oriented to be received in such a receptacle when multiple modules are coupled together in a coating material color changer to couple the plates of the modules of the coating material color changer together electrically.

Abstract: Nozzle attached to the boom of agricultural sprayers each include an improved air eduction system and discharge slot eliminating the need to change the angle of the boom and nozzle to ensure a comprehensive spray pattern irrespective of boom height and improved penetration of the material sprayed into and under the crop canopy.

Abstract: A fuel swirler plate for improving atomization of fuel in a fuel injector. A plurality of identical fuel supply passages is formed in the plate, each passage including an outer fuel reservoir region; a region having converging walls wherein fuel is accelerated and turned partially tangential to the axis of the plate and fuel injector; a metering region wherein flow is regulated; and an exit region wherein the fuel is combined with similar fuel flows from the other passages to form a high velocity swirl annulus between the swirler plate and a pintle ball of the fuel injector. An advantage of the novel swirl plate over prior art plates is that, when the injector valve is closed, only a very small volume of fuel resides in the swirl annulus between the pintle ball and the exit region of the plate, and such residual fuel is urged rotationally and becomes the leading edge of a new vortex the next time the valve is opened, thus minimizing SAC spray formation.

Abstract: A fluidic insert that receives fluid under pressure from a fluid inlet tube and generates a specified spatial distribution of the fluid exiting the insert includes: (1) a body member having top, bottom, front and rear outer surfaces, (2) top and bottom fluidic circuits located, respectively, at least partially within the member's top and bottom surfaces, wherein each of these circuits has at least one power nozzle, an interaction chamber, and an outlet whose exit lies within the member front surface, (3) the bottom fluidic circuit having a portion of its surface area located upstream of the power nozzle and adapted so that it can mate with a fluid inlet tube that supplies fluid to the insert, and (4) an inter-circuit flow passage that allows fluid to flow from the bottom fluid circuit to the top fluid circuit, the bottom end of this passage located such that it is downstream of the point where the inlet tube mates with the bottom circuit and upstream of the bottom circuit's power nozzle, with the top end of t

Abstract: A method is disclosed for the production of a superfine mineral material powder wherein the subject mineral material is combined with a dry separation agent such as sodium chloride and ground for a sufficient time to produce the superfine mineral material of predetermined size or specific surface area. The separation agent is then removed from the final product by washing it with a solvent such as water. Superfine powders composed of mineral materials where the material is selected from the group consisting of talc, calcium carbonate, zeolite, clay, aluminum hydroxide, aluminum silicate, iron oxide and magnesium oxide are also claimed.

Abstract: A plurality of elements are disposed on a continuous sheet of coiled paper product. The elements are repeated with a repetition rate determined by the use for the paper product. In the application to an examining room table, the repetition rate is determined by the length of the table.

Abstract: A recording tape cassette capable of allowing a thin recording tape to run properly. At this recording tape cassette, a pair of reels which include lower flanges and upper flanges at vertical ends of reel hubs are each rotatably accommodated in a case. The reels cause a magnetic tape to run while winding from one reel and winding onto the other reel. At least one of the lower flange and upper flange of each reel, which contacts the running magnetic tape, are formed by resin-molding using a resin material whose surface electrical resistance value is 1×1013&OHgr; or less, and is resistant to static charging. Consequently, a thin magnetic tape whose thickness is less than 13 &mgr;m runs suitably without being drawn toward the lower flanges or the like by electrostatic force.

Abstract: A cartridge assembly (10) includes a cartridge (12) and a cartridge retainer (14). The cartridge (12) includes a reel (22) having a rotational axis (46) and a flange (48, 50). The cartridge (12) also includes a cartridge housing (16) that rotatably secures the reel (22). The cartridge housing includes one or more interior surfaces (19, 21). The reel (22) is adapted to tilt relative to the cartridge housing (16). The cartridge housing (16) includes a plurality of ribs (30) each having a chamfer (72). The ribs (30) can be disposed on an upper housing section (18) and/or a lower housing section (20) of the cartridge housing (16). The reel (22) has a contact tilt angle &thgr;1 relative to the interior surface (19, 21), and at least one of the chamfers (72) has a chamfer angle &thgr;2 relative to the interior surface (19, 21) that is substantially similar to the contact tilt angle &thgr;1. The flange (48, 50) contacts the chamfer (72) so that the flange (48, 50) is substantially parallel with the chamfer (72).

Abstract: A recording tape cartridge which can lead to smaller drive devices. The recording tape cartridge includes a case, an opening, a covering member and guide grooves. The case is substantially rectangular and rotatably accommodates a single reel on which recording tape is wound. The opening is provided by cutting away a corner portion at a drive device loading side of the case. The opening is for drawing out a leader member to which an end portion of the tape is attached. The covering member is provided inside the case and is formed in a substantially circular arc shape in plan view. The covering member moves along a predetermined circular circumference to open and close the opening. The guide grooves are provided at inner faces of the case and guide the covering member. End portions of groove walls of the guide grooves that face leader member exit/entry openings are chamfered.

Abstract: A recording tape cartridge has a case which is substantially rectangular, and which rotatably accommodates a single reel on which a recording tape is wound; an opening formed at a corner portion of the case at a side of loading the case into a drive device, the opening being for pulling-out of a leader member attached to an end portion of the recording tape; and a shielding member sliding so as to open and close the opening. A dustproofing wall, which overlaps with a distal end of the shielding member when the shielding member closes the opening, is formed at a peripheral edge of the opening.

Abstract: A sensor for triggering a vehicle occupant restraint system, in particular a locking mechanism of a belt retractor, comprises an inertia body, a lower shell in which the inertia body is received, and an upper shell which rests on the inertia body and into which it projects. The upper shell is part of a pivotally mounted sensor lever which swings on displacement of the inertia body and activates the locking mechanism. At least one of the shells has at least one projecting support section for abutment of the inertia body.

Abstract: A device which allows a customer to test fishing gear before purchasing the gear. The device comprises a housing having a variable speed motor and spool mounted within the enclosure. The outside of the enclosure has a guide which leads the fishing line to the spool, the line secured thereon. The motor torque is controllable and enables an angler to simulate the reeling in of a fish at a selected torque level; the angler, through the use of a remote control, simulates the running of a fish by winding the fishing line at a predetermined speed and torque level.

Abstract: A water hose winding apparatus mainly includes an upright plate and a fastening frame, wherein the top portion of the upright plate forms a handle ring and the lower end thereof is disposed with a peg rod; two lateral end portions of the fastening frame form bend portions with forked openings at the distal ends; one end portion of a shaft sleeve pivotally couples at the center of a support plate; the center of a rotary disc is disposed with a shaft hole; the shaft sleeve rotates synchronously with the rotary disc and a shaft; one end of the water hose inserts into the through hole of the rotary disc thereby coiling the hose body around the shaft sleeve; the other end thereof is stored at or pulled outwardly from the forked opening area.

Abstract: A device is provided for winding a roll of a fabric web made from organic and/or synthetic fibers and which has a relatively high porous material structure and a high volume per unit area. The device includes a winding bed having a plurality of support rollers and a pressure roller located above the support rollers for exerting a pressure force on the fabric web being wound into the roll. An ascending delivery table has a distal end above the pressure roller. The support rollers and the pressure roller are rotated in the same direction during the winding process. A packing station is provided adjacent the winding bed. The direction of rotation of the support rollers is reversed to move the roll from the winding bed to the packing station.

Abstract: The rewinding machine includes: at least a first and a second winding cylinder (3, 5), whose axes are parallel, defining a winding cradle (7) in which said reels of web (N) are formed, and mating centers (65) for engaging and withholding the winding mandrels (M, M1, M2) on which the reels are formed in the winding cradle. It is further provided a pair of lateral flanks (43), on each of which a corresponding guide (61) defining a closed path is arranged, along which guide a plurality of said mating centers (65) are mobily arranged. Each mating center associated to one of said flanks is aligned with a corresponding mating center associated to the other of said flanks. It is further provided a drive system to move the mating centers along each of said guides.

Abstract: The rewinding machine comprises: a first and a second lower winding roller (5, 7) defining a winding cradle for a reel (R) of web (N); a third upper roller (13) having a mobile axis (13) arranged over said first and second lower winding rollers and carried by two mobile slides (11) to allow for the increasing dimension of the reel under formation in said winding cradle. The two slides (11) carry two cylinders (21, 27) whose axes are parallel to the axis (13A) of the third upper roller (13) which are provided with a reciprocal approaching and distancing movement for either approaching or distancing the reel under formation in said cradle.

Abstract: A fence winding reel device including a rotatable frame with a slotted groove along its length and a pair of curved plates, together which comprise an expandable core. In an expanded position, a pair of expanders holds the pair of curved plates away the frame. An end of fence wire is placed into the slotted groove of the frame. The reel device may be connected to any standard earth auger mounted on a skidsteer loader. As the auger motor rotates, fence wire is wound around the expandable core to form a wound fence coil. Removing the fence coil from the reel device involves contracting the core, which narrows the distance between the expanders and the frame, and sliding the coil off the core and out of the frame groove. The reel device may also be used to lay down fence wire by operating the auger motor in a reverse rotational direction. A hydraulic core expander is also depicted.

Abstract: A wiring cart for use by electricians is provided whose wire collator outlet from which the wires are drawn is adjustable relative to the position of the conduit opening through which the wires are to be pulled. Such adjustability is provided in one embodiment by adjustable legs that vary the height of at least one end of wire cart. The frame of the wire cart is constructed to allow the cart to be stood on end to aid in the installation of wires through a junction box or in overhead installations. Adjustable wall spacers may also be included to provide a fixed relative positioning relative to the wall. Modular expansion of the number of spools from which wire may be pulled is also provided by stacking, vertically or horizontally, a number of such wire carts. Portability is facilitated by wheels on which the wire cart may be rolled.

Abstract: An unbalanced gyroscopic apparatus is disclosed for producing unidirectional thrust without having to interact with an external gas, liquid, or solid mass. The technique is based on the controlled transitions of an unbalanced spinning mass between two stable unbalanced weight states resulting in a net unidirectional thrust at the spin axis. In one existing embodiment, an apparatus with an attached body can be propelled up a planar incline “sliding” uphill against terrestrial gravity. In another embodiment, multiple pairs of synchronized and mirror-image, unbalanced gyroscopic assemblies are combined as one apparatus and attached to a body with the potential to propel it in any direction, including defeating gravity completely without interaction with gas, liquid, or solid mass or without use of propellants.

Abstract: Guidance of a gliding vehicle is disclosed. A method of the invention allows the range of the glide phase of a gliding vehicle to be maximized, while satisfying final flight path angle and aimpoint requirements. The method controls the time-of-flight of the gliding value to a desired value. The time-of-flight control can correct for winds, off-nominal launch conditions, and rocket motor variations, among other factors. Both time-of-flight control and range and cross-range maximization can be achieved by the inventive method, utilizing a compact closed-loop approach.

Abstract: An airship has a generally spherical shape and has an internal envelope for containing a lifting gas such as Helium or Hydrogen. The airship has a propulsion and control system that permits it to be flown to a desired loitering location, and to be maintained in that location for a period of time. In one embodiment the airship may achieve neutral buoyancy when the internal envelope is as little as 7% fall of lifting gas, and may have a service ceiling of about 60,000 ft. The airship has an equipment module that can include either communications equipment, or monitoring equipment, or both. The airship can be remotely controlled from a ground station. The airship has a solar cell array and electric motors of the propulsion and control system are driven by power obtained from the array. The airship also has an auxiliary power unit that can be used to drive the electric motors.

Abstract: A lifting arrangement for aircraft fuselages that consists of placing longitudinal vertical or slanted fins or plates on the lower and lateral lower part of the whole fuselage, said fins forming a channel with the underside of the fuselage, including nose, fuselage and tail, open on their lower area. Further adding longitudinal horizontal or laterally slanted fins on the lateral middle or middle-to-low area of the fuselage and with a positive slope up to the nose with said fins arranged in such a way that the upper fins are projected increasingly laterally, and because of this arrangement and their slope up to the nose, the air flow is directed downward and backward.

Abstract: Aircraft windows and associated methods for installation. The windows can be installed in a passenger cabin of an aircraft and can include a frame that supports a pane assembly having a viewing area of at least 180 square inches. The viewing area can have a triangular shape, with the sides of the window aligned with none of the major axis of the aircraft. Alternatively, the window can have a longitudinally extended rectangular shape, a diamond shape or an elliptical shape. The window frame can have a divider portion that separates two window apertures, each of which carries a separate pane assembly. Adjacent windows can be closed out with a common bezel.

Abstract: An inflatable evacuation slide for emergency evacuation of an aircraft comprises a pair of main support tubes supporting a flexible sliding surface. The main support tubes taper from a widest point near the exit opening of the aircraft to a narrowest point at the foot end of the slide. This arrangement of main support tubes, together with the toe end transverse tube and the head end transverse tube, form a quasi-trapezoidal truss structure, which is inherently more stable than the rectangular slides of the prior art.

Abstract: Method and device for reducing the vibratory motions of the fuselage of an aircraft.

Abstract: A station control system for and method of controlling the operation of a driverless vehicle. The system includes a vehicle travel path, a plurality of station tags in readable proximity to the travel path, and a vehicle movable along the travel path. Each of the tags are pre-programmed with a unique and arbitrary tag identifier. The vehicle has a tag reader and a controller communicating with the reader with the tag reader is configured to read tag identifiers from the tags. The controller is configured to receive the tag identifiers from the tag reader and access a correlation table having a function command associated with the tag idendifier. The method includes the steps of reading the tag identifier associated with one of the plurality of tags, accessing the correlation table to identify a command in the function field associated with the tag identifier, and executing any identified command.

Abstract: A support capable of supporting geomatic equipment has hinged legs which allow the legs to pivot about a horizontal axis to selected positions. A hinge lock associated with each of the legs allows the leg to be locked in the selected angular position. Locking of the legs in this manner facilitates stability of the support. The locks are readily engaged and disengaged and can be used to hold the legs in a stowed position.

Abstract: To provide a tripod in which downsizing can be easily realized. A tripod comprises: a main tripod body; a camera supporting rod capable of rising and falling; rotatable legs; and operating bodies for adjusting the opening degree of the legs. These operating bodies are provided so as to be shiftable in the left and right direction without protruding upward from the upper surface of the main tripod body. These operating bodies each have an operating plate portion which shifts in the horizontal direction approximately along a plane including the upper surface of the main tripod body.

Abstract: A forearm extension for an adjustable extension arm for mounting an electronic device. The forearm extension provides a cable pathway therethrough in which a cable for an electronic device may extend for protecting and/or obscuring the cable from view.

Abstract: An attachment mechanism for attaching a network device to an object at a certain angle with respect to a horizontal direction, the network device being connectible to a cable connected to a communication apparatus, and the network device assisting a communication on a network by the communication apparatus includes a support part for supporting a housing of the network device, an accommodation part for accommodating the cable, and an engagement part connectible to the object.

Abstract: A mount for supporting a camera having a lens with a first optical axis includes a plate configured for attachment to the camera. The first optical axis passes through the plate. A platform through which light may pass has first and second sides, the second side being opposite the first side. The first side of the platform is spaced from the plate and positioned such that the first optical axis passes therethrough. A support rod has first and second ends and a longitudinal axis. The first end is attached to the second side of the platform such that the longitudinal axis and first optical axis are generally aligned. An optic having a reflective surface and a second optical axis is attached to the second end of the support rod such that the reflective surface faces the lens and the second optical axis is aligned with the first optical axis.

Abstract: A furniture glide includes a cylindrical elastomeric body adapted for insertion into a tubular furniture leg. The body has a first end and a second end. An integrally formed bulbous support is positioned at the first end of the body. At least two integrally formed discrete engagement members are positioned at the second end of the body with a centrally positioned gap between the at least two engagement members. Upon insertion of a pressure member into the gap when the second end of the body is positioned within the tubular furniture leg, the at least two engagement members are forced outwardly and into engagement with the tubular furniture leg.

Abstract: A height-adjustable apparatus for supporting a flat monitor is disclosed. The height-adjustable apparatus includes a first support unit, an elastic element, and a second support unit. The first support unit has a first engaging device. One end of the elastic element is affixed on the first support unit. The second support unit, which is movably sleeved into the first support unit, has a second engaging device, a first end, and a second end. The first end touches the elastic element, and the second end connects the flat monitor. When the first engaging device and the second engaging device engage with each other, the height-adjustable apparatus has a first length. When the elastic element is extended with an external force, the second support unit slides to a position such that the apparatus has a second length. The first length is longer than the second length.

Abstract: A support device for displaying individual objects, such as books in a readable position, comprises a backrest having a substantially planar upper portion having an upper edge and a substantially curved lower portion comprising a cradle having a free edge. A support means is adapted to support the upper portion whereby in operation the upper portion of the backrest is rearwardly inclined from the cradle, and object restraining means are affixed substantially perpendicular to the free edge of the cradle.

Abstract: A portable apparatus for demarcating a region with respect to the ground comprising a plurality of posts adapted to be removably inserted into the ground. The apparatus further comprises an adjustable connecting means which is secured by a receiving member in an upper portion of the post. A pedestal extends radially from a lower portion of the post. The pedestal is adapted to facilitate the removable insertion of the post. At least one pennant depends from the connecting means. The connection between the posts and the connecting means defines an adjustable border region or perimeter wherein the connection means, the posts, and/or the pennants are elevated above the ground and are thereby highly visible.

Abstract: A security apparatus connects an electronic device to a structure. The security apparatus includes a structural mount, a security enclosure, and a swivel mechanism. The structural mount extends from the structure. The security enclosure has a tray that can mount a variety of electronic devices externally to the security enclosure. The security enclosure also has a security housing that slidably receives the tray. The tray and the security housing define a substantially secure fastening volume wherein at least one electronic device fastener is located. The swivel mechanism, which is at least partially located within the fastening volume, engages the security housing and orients the security enclosure and the electronic device attached thereto with respect to the structure.

Abstract: A conformable modular support/enclosure wall system incorporates a skin formed of modular sheet sections bolted to a skeleton or framework constructed of elongate rib elements that can be fastened, e.g. bolted, together in various relationships including end-to-end, side-to-end and side-to-side configurations. The rib elements are provided in a variety of lengths and wall arrangements and each element has a generally trapezoidal cross-section, with a similar trapezoidal appearance in side elevation. The rib elements include transverse slots and apertures as well as axial apertures all configured to receive bolt fasteners within a range of angular orientations relative to the axial and transverse axes of the ribs. The flexible sheet sections of the skin bear arrays of openings in the form of elongated slots arranged in coordinate grid patterns, with the slots alternately aligned with the x and y axes of the same or independent coordinate grids.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing pellets of hot-melt ink which includes the steps of filling molten ink into a mold cavity defined by a first die and a second die of a mold, allowing the ink to cool down and solidify in the mold cavity, and heating at least one of the first and second dies for re-melting the surface of the ink pellet to facilitate its removal from the mold cavity.

Abstract: A mold for making confections mainly includes a main body made of a flexible material and provided at one surface with a recess. The recess may show different shapes and is provided on an inner bottom surface with raised and depressed portions matching with the shape of the recess, dams lower than a top of the recess to divide the recess into several separated areas, and fine engraving ribs lower than the dams to show different curves or straight lines. Materials of different colors are separately poured into the separated areas in the recess to a level lower than the dams, and a binding stratum is formed between tops of the dams and the recess. After the materials and the binding stratum are set to form a molded confection, the main body is inverted and bent upward to separate the molded confection from the mold.

Abstract: A manufacturing platform has one or more tables for producing construction components such as walls, floors, decks and roofs. The tables are pivotally mounted on second and/or third axes at the outboard edges or rear end of a pair of rectangular horizontal frames which are pivotally mounted on first axes on either side of a trailer. Actuating means tilts each table outward about the second axis or rearward about the third axis to an upright position for removal of the finished construction components, and tilts each table and corresponding frame together inward about the first axis to an upright storage position for trailer transport. Locking means secures and releases the tables to the frames. A first axis support is either the trailer or a foundation affixed to a floor. A second support at the outboard edge of the frame is selectively variable in height to level the table.

Abstract: An impression mold includes a main body and a detachable segment. The main body has an obverse bearing a first intaglioed pattern, and is formed with an opening defined in the obverse thereof. The segment has an obverse bearing a second intaglioed pattern and has a shape complementary to the opening of the main body. Therefore, a complete pattern is formed by the two intaglioed patterns when the segment is fitted in the opening of the main body.

Abstract: An integrated microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sun sensor includes a filter, microlens, aperture and a folded MEMS optical element combined with an active pixel sensor array to form an integrated spacecraft sun sensor in an integrated sealed package, offering lower power, smaller size and higher performance for use on spinning spacecraft useful in attitude determinations. Multiple like sun sensors can be disposed for increasing the reliability, spatial coverage or spatial resolution for a specific performance requirement.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system and structure for maintaining light characteristics from a multi-chip LED package. This may be done by selecting a desired light output and restricting light from a plurality of light emitting diodes in the multi-chip LED package. It may also be done by measuring the restricted light, comparing the measured output light to the desired light and by adjusting current to LEDs in the multi-chip LED package based on the measured light.

Abstract: A tiled electro-optic imaging device includes two or more tiles each tile having a two dimensional array of pixels and at least one non-linear edge, the tiles being aligned edge to edge such that pixels from the tiles are inter-digitated along the non-linear edge, whereby the visibility of the non-linear edge is reduced and the visual uniformity of the device is enhanced.