Abstract: A buckle assembly includes a fixing seat adapted to securely connected an object and having a hoop, a controlling bracket having a roller rotatably mounted therein, a fixing rod securely sandwiched between two side walls and adjacent to the baffle to correspond to the hoop and a pressing plate pivotally received in the controlling bracket. A spring is provided to provide a recovery force to the pressing plate. The second end of a secondary strap is extended through the adjusting ring to enclose the second roller such that when the adjusting ring is pulled, the pressing plate is detached from engagement with the roller to allow the secondary strap to slide on the roller to adjust a distance of the controlling bracket to the second end of the secondary strap.

Abstract: Forming a fastener component having heads constructed to engage loops formed e.g. of fibers of a mating component, comprises forming, from a thermoformable material, a preform product having a sheet-form base and an array of preform stems integrally molded with and extending from the base to corresponding terminal ends, by a process having a machine direction and a cross-machine direction. Each molded stem has at least two terminal features spaced from one another in the cross-machine direction, the features having a transverse shape about which engaging fibers can bend, the features having a thickness of about 0.25 mm (0.010 inch) or less, preferably about 0.20 mm (0.008 inch), and for personal care products and the like preferably about 0.1 mm (0.004 inch) or less. The terminal ends of the features are heated to a predetermined softening temperature and the terminal ends are contacted to reform the terminal ends to form heads therefrom that overhang the sheet-form base sufficiently to engage loops.

Abstract: A clamp having first and second handle assemblies with each handle assembly having a jaw, a hand grip and an intermediate portion. The handle assemblies are pivotally mounted to each other at their intermediate portions for movement between an open position and a predetermined closed position. A spring is provided for biasing the hand grips and jaws to an open position. A locking mechanism is provided to lock the jaws in the predetermined closed position. The locking mechanism comprises a rack mounted on one of the hand grips and a pawl mounted on the other hand grip, each of which have teeth adapted to mesh with each other to hold the jaws in the predetermined closed position. Mechanism is also provided to release the pawl teeth from the rack teeth to permit the jaws and hand grips to move to an open position.

Abstract: A closure arrangement for a reclosable polymeric bag is disclosed, the closure arrangement comprising convex and concave areas that facilitate opening the bag. To initially open the bag, first and second films are separated from each other by tearing perforations. Next, interlocked closure profiles are detached from each other by grabbing onto gripper ridges and pulling the opening of the bag apart. If the first or second film becomes tucked into the groove left by the perforations such that the gripper ridges are difficult to access even after tearing the perforations, then the end of the opening may be flexed up or down, thereby causing separation of the convex area and concave area to provide access to the gripper ridges.

Abstract: The invention is directed to shrink wrapping a casket to be entombed, including an article of a shrink wrapped casket with a ventilation port including a filter and a method comprising steps of sealing the wrap with shrink wrap tape and providing two-way ventilation by placing a ventilation filter that is impenetrable to the phorid fly. This invention overcomes problems associated with the entombment of caskets in aboveground mausoleum crypts, such as fluids escaping from the casket and phorid fly infestations.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for stuffer box crimping a multifilament yarn, wherein the yarn is conveyed into a crimping device in two steps. In the first step, the yarn is taken in by a conveying fluid stream of a first feed nozzle at a yarn intake speed. In the second step the yarn is advanced by a conveying fluid stream of a second feed nozzle at a second yarn conveying speed into the crimping device. In this process, the second yarn conveying speed is at least the same as or greater than the intake speed.

Abstract: To reduce a stop time of transportation of wafers which occurs when one stepper handles many kinds of products, before exposure of semiconductor wafers of a first cassette port 7a is completed, a process recipe for semiconductor wafers of a second cassette port 7b is obtained from a host computer 2, the progress of the exposure of the semiconductor wafers of the first cassette port 7a is detected via a sequencer 5, it is determined, based on the obtained process recipe, whether or not the semiconductor wafers of the second cassette port 7b can be transported to an exposure stage following the last semiconductor wafer of the first cassette port 7a, and a stepper 1 is caused to perform exposure in accordance with the determination result and the progress detection result.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to form individual packaged ICs by using a single apparatus to cut wiring boards on which a plurality of IC chips are mounted.

Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating assembling of a covering sheet onto a cushioned padding for a seat, the covering sheet being formed into a three-dimensional shape and having tensioning cords provided therein, the cushioned padding having a central portion, bulged portions formed at both sides of the central portion, and grooves formed in the central portion, the tensioning cords of the covering sheet being to be received in the grooves of the cushioned padding at the time of fastening of the covering sheet to the cushioned padding, and being to be fastened to the cushioned padding, the apparatus including a base table, a supporting member mounted on the base table for receiving and supporting the cushioned padding at the time of the assembling of the covering sheet onto the cushioned padding, hooking arms arranged at both sides of the base table for causing the bulged portions of the cushioned padding on the supporting member to be pulled away from each other and causing the grooves of the cushioned padding to

Abstract: A rubber ring coupling apparatus for coupling rubber rings with an object includes a ring cartridge and expansion elements. A rubber ring is held in an expansion opening located in the ring cartridge. The expansion elements are disposed into the rubber ring and expanded along expansion slots formed in the ring cartridge. Then the object is inserted into the rubber ring and the expansion elements are withdrawn from the rubber ring to let the rubber ring couple with the object. Thereby assembly labor cost and time may be reduced.

Abstract: A puller (10) for removing a compression sleeve from a pipe (38) generally comprised of a cylindrical body (24) containing on one end an internal cavity (28) to receive the pipe (38) and an external double thread (30) to engage a compression nut (34) and on the opposite end a threaded through screw (14) entering the cavity (28). A disk (22) attached at one end of the screw (14) bears on the end of the pipe (38) and a torque handle (12) at the other end is used to supply increasing pressure against the end of the pipe (38). The puller (10) is threadably attached to the compression nut (34) placing the pipe (38) into the internal cavity (28) against the disk (22) while the compression sleeve (36) is contained between the compression nut (34) and the puller (10). Turning the torque handle (12) urges the compression nut (34) and the compression sleeve (36) toward the end of the pipe (38) until the compression nut (34) and compression sleeve (36) are freed from the pipe (38).

Abstract: A method of salvaging a cast article by correcting the dimensional characteristics of the cast article and forming a protective coating. The dimensional differences are determined between pre-repair cast article dimensions and desired post repair cast article dimensions to correct a casting defect in the article. The determination may be made by determining the location and approximate volume of a void in the surface of the article. The determination may also be made by determining an amount of buildup volume required to make at least a portion of the surface of the cast article built up to the desired post repair dimensions. The article is coated in at least an area of the casting defect with a high-density coating material capable of forming a diffusion boundary between the coating material and the article. The coating material may comprise an alloy with substantially no oxide forming constituents so as to avoid the formation of oxide inclusions in the coating material.

Abstract: A method for making a stator assembly having a thermally-conductive, plastic housing for a high speed motor is provided. A thermally-conductive, high-density polymer composition is used to make the housing, and the stator is uniformly encapsulated therein. The polymer composition comprises a base polymer matrix such as polyphenylene sulfide, and a thermally-conductive, high-density filler material such as zinc oxide.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrochemical cell having plate electrodes housed inside mating “clam shell” casing components. When mated together, the casing components are form fitting with respect to the internal battery structure so as to reduce the overall size of the electrochemical package. A one-piece header containing both a glass-to-metal seal opening for a terminal lead and an electrolyte fill opening is used in conjunction with the clam shell casing.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing metal air cell systems. The method includes a thermoset molding step to integrate the cell structure with necessary cell components. This method offers reliable, stable structure and, most importantly, good bonding with porous components (e.g., air cathode, charging cathode) to prevent potential leakage.

Abstract: A tool for everting a stripped portion of the braided conductive shielding of a coaxial cable in preparation for the attachment of a coaxial cable connector thereto. In order to attach a coaxial cable connector to the end of a coaxial cable, a portion of the cable jacket near the end of the coaxial cable is first stripped by a suitable stripping tool to expose a portion of the underlying braided shielding. The tool of the present invention is employed to evert the exposed portion of the braided shielding layer and fold it over the unstripped adjacent jacket. A preferred embodiment of the tool includes a handle with a circular opening therein dimensioned to receive a coaxial cable inserted thereinto. The circular opening has a plurality of bristles disposed around the circumference thereof. A fixed end of the bristles is supported by the handle. The free opposing end of the bristles extend radially inwardly toward the center of the circular opening.

Abstract: Metal traces and solder bump pads are formed on a semiconductor substrate by way of a semiconductor template that has been micromachined to receive solder paste material. The solder paste material is then formed into precisely controlled ball shapes and metal trace geometries.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing electrically conducting tracks on a transparent substrate, by screen printing with an electrically conducting paste, and to the transparent substrate provided with said tracks.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a multilayer wiring board according to the present invention comprises the step of heating and pressurizing a stacked product to be integrated in a state in which a plurality of double-sided wiring boards (10) having a wiring pattern (12) formed on both surfaces of an insulating layer (11) are laminated through a prepreg (1) obtained by impregnating a resin porous film with a thermosetting resin. The present invention is advantageous to mass production because a gap for forming an insulating layer can easily be controlled, and furthermore, can provide thinner layers of the whole board and is also advantageous to the flattening of the surface of the board.

Abstract: A printed circuit board (7) is electrically connected to an electroluminescent display by applying the circuit board (7) to the display so that metal tracks (8) on the underside of the circuit bard (7) make electrical contact with conductive tracks (6) on the display. While the tracks (6, 8) are in electrical contact and electrically insulating adhesive (10) is applied between the lower surface of the circuit board (7) and the upper surface of the display to bond the circuit board (7) to the display. The thickness of the tracks (6, 8) spaces the circuit board (7) from the display to define a void to receive the adhesive (10). The connection method has the advantage that the operation of the assembled circuit board (7) and display can be tested before the adhesive is applied.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of producing a container such as a catalytic converter for holding a fragile substrate in a cylindrical housing with a shock absorbent member wrapped around the substrate, with an appropriate holding force determined on the basis of frictional force between the shock absorbent member and the one with the smaller coefficient of friction out of the substrate and the cylindrical housing.

Abstract: A method of construction of an inkjet printhead having a large array of inkjet nozzle arrangements by defining a single inkjet nozzle arrangement for the ejection of ink from a single nozzle and utilizing a series of translations and rotations of the single inkjet nozzle arrangement to define all the inkjet nozzles of the inkjet print head. The utilizing step can comprise: initially forming those nozzles in a pod; forming a group of pods corresponding to each color utilized in the print head; forming a firing group of pods; forming a segment of the printhead; forming each segment of the print head. The inkjet nozzle arrangements can include a series of layers deposited and etch utilizing a mask.

Abstract: The described embodiments relate to a slotted substrate for use in a fluid ejecting device. One exemplary embodiment includes a substrate having a thickness between generally opposing first and second surfaces. A slot received in the substrate. The slot has a central region joined with at least one terminal region. The central region extends between the first and second surfaces. The at least one terminal region includes, at least in part, a bowl-shaped portion that has a diameter at the first surface greater than a width of the central region at the first surface.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing herringbone gears starting with non-hardened cylindrical stock material, establishing a relief notch for each tooth in the cylindrical stock where the two helices meet, roughing the double helical teeth, and case-hardening the gear teeth. The teeth are then finished using high accuracy Cubic Borzon Nitride (CBN)-faced cutters with the relief notch allowing run-out of the cutters.

Abstract: A method for cold forming splined transmission hubs is provided. A blank (10) with an inner surface and an outer surface is secured on a tool insert support member (100). The tool insert support member (100) has an internal spline tooth profile (110) machined into it. A forming roller (120) is inserted inside the blank and then moves radially under pressure until it contacts an inner surface of the blank. A set of teeth (111) are created on the outer surface of the blank (10) and the blank (10) is rotated relative to the forming roller (120) to form an oil reservoir on the inner surface of the blank.

Abstract: A cigar cutter has a housing, a receiving well provided in the housing for receiving one end of a cigar, a motor retained inside the housing, and a cutter carried on the motor and extending into the receiving well. The cutter has a lower portion and a conical upper tip, with three cutting surfaces provided on the conical upper tip.

Abstract: The current invention addresses these issues in a simple yet effective way. The engagement between the blade and handle is extremely strong when locked, yet can be easily moved with the tip of a finger when the actuating means is engaged. Thus the blade is held rigidly in both the open and closed positions by the interlock and is easily changed in an ergonomically intuitive flick of one finger. The preferred method is to use a cam or cams to rotate against the frame, pivoting near the center of the blade, perpendicular to the axis of blade rotation. Thus the entire knife is composed of three primary parts: the blade, the frame and the cam. No additional springs are needed to effect the mechanism. Another desired feature is an integrated lanyard clip which is designed into the interface of the cam and blade surfaces. This clip is located in a way that allows the user to “pluck” the knife from a ring or lanyard. A belt clip can also be affixed to the u shaped member.

Abstract: A lopper used to perform lopping, pruning and similar operations includes a lopping head having a spring-biased blade cooperating with a jaw, a drive mechanism connected to the lopping head and an elongate housing connected to the drive mechanism.

Abstract: A transparent plastic shield kit for hand-held weed trimmers of various designs is disclosed. The kit includes a substantially square, transparent, planar shield with a vertical U-shaped slot that divides its upper half in equal parts. Installed on a trimmer shaft by a clamp either with or without an extension arm between the clamp and the shield, the kit allows the trimmer operator to have a protected view of the trimmer cutting head in use, while giving the operator full-body protection from debris thrown by the cutting head.

Abstract: A kitchen appliance for cutting cuttable material such as vegetables, fruit, etc., with a main body. The appliance comprises a guide surface on which the cuttable material can be moved to and fro, and a blade which, for cutting, is arranged offset in relation to the guide surface so that a piece is cut off from a cuttable material moved on the guide surface in the guide direction toward the blade. The offset between the blade and the guide surface determines the cutting thickness. The appliance further comprises an exchangeable insert for modifying the cutting thickness.

Abstract: This invention, the Expandable Knife Holder, is a container within a container having knife slots that are sequentially and concurrently aligned such that knives can pass into slots of both containers and are thus held in place by the knife slots. By way of adding more knives should it be deemed necessary, the inner container can be pulled from within the outer container exposing additional knife slots. Both containers have slots that are incrementally synchronized and aligned such that when the containers are closed together the knives will fit into the slots of both containers simultaneously, and when they are apart, knives will fit in the slots of one or the other, or both simultaneously.

Abstract: A multiple receptacle blade holder tool including an elongated rectangular cross section main body with one end being rounded and having multiple rectangular receptacles for blades. The blade holder also has top and bottom surfaces parallel to the blade receptacles and a relief channel forming independent legs that clamp one or more blades in the holder.

Abstract: A device enabling a user to reproduce an observed scene on a drawing board support including a first mirror; at least one second mirror, the mirrors being arranged to transmit an image from the support onto an eyepiece in front of which the user can position a first eye; and a secondary support capable of being intercalated between the scene and a second eye to be able to handle a close scene.

Abstract: A bow sight having a support structure, and two or more vertically aligned vertical pins connected to the support structure is provided. At least two of the vertical pins include a sight point. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a bow sight having a support structure connected to two or more sight points is provided. The two or more sight points are rotationally adjustable such that they can be rotated into vertical alignment. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a bow sight having a support structure, a sight point connected to the support structure, and a dampener is provided.

Abstract: A light detector which includes a housing having front and rear walls, a light receiving section disposed on the front wall, and displays disposed on the front and rear walls for showing the location of received light relative on the light receiving section. Also disclosed is a laser level including a motor, a shaft driven by the motor, a housing fixedly disposed on the shaft, the housing having a bore therein, a barrel pivotally connected to the housing, a laser diode module disposed within the barrel, and a screw disposed on the housing and contacting the barrel for adjusting the pivotal position of the barrel.

Abstract: The apparatus forms a combined locating pin and gage for supporting and measuring two pieces of an assembly. The method for using the apparatus includes measuring an opening within each piece of the assembly using the limit gage portion of the apparatus and then locating the pieces together to form a temporary assembly using the gage as the shank of the locating pin portion of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a handle and a shank extending from the handle. In order to use the locating pin and gage apparatus, the mid-section of the shank forms a limit gage and has an outer diameter of a fixed dimension for measuring an opening within the two pieces of the assembly. If the diameter of each opening is within the predetermined limit set for the openings, then the handle of the apparatus is rotated in either direction, correspondingly rotating the lower locking section and causing the locking section to contact the lower piece, effectively temporarily and positively locking the assembly together.

Abstract: An article for determining the adequacy of space for a television set comprises a foldable generally rigid body, such as cardboard, having dimensions approximately equal to those of the television set. The article includes indicia indicating the diagonal screen size or other dimensions of the television set and/or identifying television model(s) having the represented dimensions. The article can be dispensed to individuals who wish to make determinations of the availability or suitability of space in a particular location prior to taking possession of the television set. Several articles of different dimensions can be provided, e.g., in a retail electronics store, wherein the dimensions of the several articles correspond to the dimensions of several television models that are available.

Abstract: An offset tape measuring tool marked with standard English measurements includes integrated indicia for quick determination of distance between bends for a given offset depth and offset angle when installing conduit. Additional indicia may be included for the measurement of the shrinkage of the conduit with respect to the specified offset depths and angles. The integrated invention may be part of a standard tape measure strip to provide a convenient multi-purpose tool. Although the tool eliminates any external calculations or table reference typically necessary when bending conduit to clear an obstacle, it still provides an optional reference card for unique bends.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method of drying a substrate includes (1) setting a gas delivery angle for an air knife used during an immersion-drying process; (2) using the air knife during immersion drying of a hydrophilic substrate; and (3) using the air knife during immersion drying of a hydrophobic substrate. The gas delivery angle is unchanged during immersion drying of both the hydrophilic substrate and hydrophobic substrate. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Abstract: The substrate drying apparatus has a substrate processing vessel 1, a substrate supporting section for supporting plural substrates 2 in a standing condition and lined up condition in the interior of the substrate processing vessel 1, fluid reservoir section 3 for drying provided at an upward predetermined position of the substrate processing vessel 1, a first inert gas supplying section 4 for blowing inert gas against the drying fluid 6 pooled in the fluid reservoir section 3 for drying so as to generate droplet of the drying fluid, and for guiding the droplet towards the center of the substrate processing vessel 1, and a second inert gas supplying section 5 for supplying inert gas vertically and downwardly so as to supply the generated droplet of the drying fluid towards the substrates 2, consequently safety is improved without providing special safety device, and sufficient amount of drying fluid is supplied to the dipping boundary face of the substrate and the cleaning liquid.

Abstract: A shoe for treating and preventing chronic foot wounds such as ulcerations in diabetes patients. A malleable shoe upper is attached to a sole and receives a custom-fitted orthosis produced by imprinting the patient's plantar aspect into heat-deformable foam or a hardening silicone. A heel of the shoe includes an internal spring to further dampen reactive forces.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes an air cushion sandwiched between an upper and an outsole. The air cushion confines an air chamber and has a bottom wall formed with a plurality of grooves that are respectively confined by groove-confining walls and that extend inwardly of the air chamber. The outsole includes a plurality of studs that respectively extend into the grooves and that are respectively bonded to the groove-confining walls.

Abstract: A cleat holder is fixed to an underside of footwear and comprises a base and a hub projecting from. The hub includes a plurality of lobes on an outer periphery thereof and a screw-threaded bore. Grooves are defined in a side of the base, each groove having a portion extending to an indentation between two adjacent lobes. A shoe cleat comprises a cleat body and a screw-threaded spigot projecting from the cleat body. The screw-threaded spigot is releasably engageable with the screw-threaded bore of the cleat holder through rotary insertion. Protrusions are formed on a side of the cleat body and located around the screw-threaded spigot. Each protrusion of the shoe cleat is retained in place by an associated groove and an associated indentation of the cleat holder when the screw-threaded spigot is in the engaged position.

Abstract: A manually operated snow plow includes a V-shaped blade assembly, a pair of end blades, a front pivoting extension, and a handle. A first and second plow blade are fastened to each other on a front thereof to form a V-shape. The handle extends from the V-shaped blade assembly. At least one end blade extends outward from each plow blade. A front pivoting extension is formed on a front of the V-shaped blade assembly and preferably, a rear pivoting extension is at substantially a rear thereof. A curved surface is preferably formed on a bottom of each pivoting extension. In a second embodiment, a manually operated snow plow includes an angled plow assembly and a handle pivotally attached to the angled plow assembly. The angled plow assembly preferably has symmetry about a lengthwise centerline to enable left and right plowing, after flipping the angled plow assembly over.

Abstract: A hydraulic control circuit of a boom cylinder for a work machine, which, when controlling the supply and discharge of pressurized oil with respect to a boom cylinder, improves fuel efficiency, work efficiency in combined operations, and work efficiency and operationality in work of difficult boom operations, such as debris raking-up work and bumping work, etc. The hydraulic control circuit of a boom cylinder is provided with a first change valve for holding the boom control valve in the neutral position, a communication line for causing the head side oil chamber and the rod side oil chamber to communicate with each other, an opening and closing valve for opening and closing the communication line, and a pilot operation check valve that is changed to an unidirectional state where, although an oil flow from the head side oil chamber to the rod side oil chamber is permitted, a reverse flow is hindered, and a bi-directional state is permitted where the oil flows in both directions.

Abstract: A method and system for laying and burying pipe a seabed using a pipe trenching plow that is advanced along the seabed to form a continuous trench. The pipe trenching plow cuts a pilot hole in the seabed using a cutting apparatus and widens and forms a trench from the pilot hole using expandable spreading side sections. A pipe guiding sled also is used to support and guide the pipe into the trench and a trench box section retains the trench geometry as the pipe trenching plow is continuously advanced in a forward direction. The pipe trenching plow cutting the trench and burying the pipe with minimal turbidity and seabed disturbance.

Abstract: A base edge protection system is provided for use with a base edge having at least one securing structure attached therewith. The base edge protection system comprises a base edge protector having a shroud portion and a tail portion, attached to said shroud portion, which is structured and arranged to extend through a securing structure opening attached to the base edge. A retaining device is adapted for attachment to the tail portion and retains the base edge protector on the base edge by contact with the securing structure.

Abstract: A novel three-dimensional article of manufacture provides a viewer with a three-dimensional, statue-like view, including being able to see details from both hemispheres of a statue when viewed off-normal. The article of manufacture at least includes a background region and a statue image region. The statue image region is an inverted view of a view of a three-dimensional statue (i.e., a concave outline when viewed from a positive plane). In a preferred embodiment, the statue image region depicts an interpretation of the face of a religious icon, and the effect produced by the novel configuration is that of a normal (i.e., frontal) view being produced even though a viewer's vantage point is lateral to the horizontal normal plane, or azimuthal to the vertical plane.

Abstract: A sign letter includes a front plate, a back plate, and a side wall sandwiched between the front and back plate. The side wall includes a plurality of cavities formed by removal of side wall material for allowing the side wall to be easily bent to the shape of the sign letter. The side wall also comprises one-piece construction and includes at least one feature integral thereto that allows joining of the side wall with either the front plate or the back plate. The sign letter is automatically formed on a router with computer instructions to cut the front plate, the back plate and the side wall and to remove unnecessary material therefrom. The sign letter also includes a lighting system for illuminating the sign letter.

Abstract: A signboard device exhibiting information regarding roads, buildings or street names is disclosed. The device includes a post having a plurality of fitting grooves at its outer surface; a base joined to a concrete foundation, the base having a post-seating stepped recess comprised of two concentric recesses into which a lower end of the post is seated, and the base having a plurality of radial support plates around the post-seating recess to support the post; a post cover unit, having a lower cover surrounding the support plates of the base, a cylindrical intermediate cover coupled to an upper end of the lower cover, and an upper cover coupled to an upper end of the intermediate cover; a signboard unit comprised of a signboard frame assembly having a protrusion to be fitted into the fitting grooves of the post and having stepped lines, and a pair of signboards attached to the stepped lines of the signboard frame assembly; and a stopper for fixing the signboard frame assembly to the post.