Abstract: The subject invention provides a portable cleaning assembly. The assembly includes a vacuum body and a vacuum unit. The vacuum body has a receiving channel extending from the top of the vacuum body. The assembly further includes a waste container supported on top of the vacuum body, wherein the bottom of the waste container is supported. The bottom of the waste container also separates the vacuum body from the waste container, such that waste container is separate and distinct from the vacuum body and removable from the vacuum body. A transport mechanism supports the vacuum body and the waste container thereof for moving the vacuum body and the waste container across the area while applying the vacuum and for independently filling the waste container with waste.

Abstract: Pressurized filtered exhaust air from a motorized fan in a vacuum cleaner body passes on an exhaust path to a floor suction tool. The exhaust air is directed by the floor suction tool generally parallel to the surface to be cleaned to agitate dust and thus to improve cleaning performance. An electric motor in the floor suction tool drives a rotation brush. The exhaust air is also directed toward the rotation brush in the floor suction tool in a direction to add rotation force to the rotation brush. Feeder lines to the electric motor pass through the exhaust path so that the feeder lines are exposed only to filtered air. Passing the feeder lines through the exhaust path avoids the necessity to make special provision for the feeder lines. The exhaust path passes along a hose, and may optionally pass along one or more extension pipes on its way to the floor suction tool.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a suction brush movably disposed at a lower portion of a cleaner body, a by-pass motor disposed in the cleaner body and generating a suction force at the suction brush. A cyclone dust-collecting apparatus disposed in the cleaner body has an inflow passage, into which air passing by the by-pass motor flows, and an outflow passage through which the air, cleaned by the separation effect of the centrifugal force created within the dust-collecting apparatus is discharged. A dust bag is disposed in the cleaner body and connects to the outflow passage for filtering minute dust entrained in the once cleaned air which is discharged from the cyclone dust-collecting apparatus.

Abstract: An upright type vacuum cleaner has a separately removable dust barrel. The vacuum cleaner includes a suction brush and a cleaner body having a dust chamber, a motor driving chamber housing a motor, an air inflow path, and an air outflow path for interconnecting the upper dust chamber and the lower motor driving chamber. A cyclone body is mounted in the dust chamber, and a dust barrel removably mounted to a lower side of the cyclone body. The vacuum cleaner further includes a fine dust filtering portion removably disposed in the air outflow path. The vacuum cleaner also includes a locking/unlocking portion that detaches the dust barrel from the cyclone body. Accordingly, a user can dispose of collected contaminants and dust without having to remove the entire cyclone dust collecting apparatus, but rather by removing only the dust barrel from the dust chamber.

Abstract: A writing implement having a forward-positioned eraser, and method. The eraser circumscribes the shaft of the writing implement, and may have an annular or doughnut shape. The eraser may be affixed to the shaft portion, for example where used with a fixed-length writing implement such as a mechanical pencil or erasable pen. The eraser may, alternatively, be slidable along the shaft portion, which would make the eraser useable with a sharpenable pencil, the length of which will be changed as a result of sharpening.

Abstract: A spring hinge structure includes a first hinge plate, a second hinge plate, and a restoring control device. The restoring control device includes an upper spindle mounted in the upper shaft tube of the first hinge plate, a lower spindle mounted in the lower shaft tube of the first hinge plate, and a spring mounted in the elongated shaft tube of the second hinge plate. A pair of juxtaposed T-shaped mounting rings made of composite plastic material are mounted between the upper shaft tube of the first hinge plate and the elongated shaft tube of the second hinge plate, and are mounted between the lower shaft tube of the first hinge plate and the elongated shaft tube of the second hinge plate respectively.

Abstract: A hinge that has a first mounting base for attachment to a first hinged object. The hinge also has first and second hinge members pivotally connected together. The first hinge member and the first base are configured and dimensioned for cooperatively positioning and aligning the first hinge member in a plurality of mounted positions along the base length. At least one first locking member is associated with the first hinge member and the first base for locking the first hinge member to the first base in one of the mounted positions. The hinge may also be segmented. A positioning tool may be connected to at least the first base with an attachment portion and configured for positioning the first base and attachment portion on a first hinged object at a predetermined distance from the second hinge member.

Abstract: To accurately and reproducibly set the angle of a hinge, especially a very small hinge, a precision hinge and angled mounting stops are provided. The device comprises a hinge joint having a fastener, such as a screw, connecting two bodies. A flat C-shaped mounting stop fits over the fastener and has two straight outer edges that contact each of the two bodies, respectively. The relative angle between the outer edges determines the set angle of the hinge.

Abstract: A hand-held instrument has a business end and a handle attached to the business end. The handle has a gripping portion and a longitudinal axis. A knob is provided on the gripping portion of the handle to facilitate the wielding of the hand-held instrument. The knob is disposed such that it projects away from the handle in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the handle. In a preferred, but not required embodiment, the knob is removably attached to the handle by a quick release attachment device. In a typical, but not required, such embodiment, the quick release attachment device includes a male connection pin disposed within the knob and a female receptor disposed within the hand tool.

Abstract: So as to produce a condensed nonwoven, at least one first nonwoven is produced with the aid of a carding machine (1), said first nonwoven issued from the carding machine is directed to a rotating transfer element (20) by means of one first transport surface (S1), and said first nonwoven is transferred onto a second transport surface (S2) by means of said transfer element (20), the second transport surface (S2) being driven at a linear speed (V2) slower than the circumferential speed of the transfer element (20). In the transfer zone between the two transport surfaces (S1) and (S2), the first nonwoven is preferably kept against the surface of the transfer element (20) by means of suction. Application: production of heavy condensed nonwovens, especially having a weight of more than 80 g/m2.

Abstract: A method of treating a woven fabric of thermoplastic synthetic fibres to produce a two-way stretchable fabric (20) which comprises providing a fabric (20) having stretch characteristics in the width direction, applying heat and pressure to the fabric (20) in such a manner that the yarn strands substantially across the width of the fabric (20) are forced closer together thus imparting stretch into the fabric (20) in the length direction. The fabric (20) material is a synthetic material which is thermoplastic and can be heat set, such as a polyester or polyamide textile material. Stretch in the width direction (normally the weft direction) may be produced conventionally, but owing to processing constraints, it is not normally as easy to produce as much stretch in the length (or warp) direction. By subjecting such a fabric (20) to compressive shrinkage, the stretch in the warp direction is increased.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of manufacturing a liquid jet head which has a plurality of piezoelectric vibrators, each having, at least in part, a laminate structure of electrodes and at least one layer of piezoelectric material. An ejection characteristic measurement step applies a similar drive signal to all of the piezoelectric vibrators to eject liquid from the nozzle openings. The liquid ejection characteristics are measured in a one-by-one basis of the nozzle openings. An ejection characteristic adjustment step sets a treatment condition for at least one of the piezoelectric vibrators based on a result of measurement by the ejection characteristic measurement step. At least one piezoelectric vibrator is subjected to a displacement amount adjustment based on the set treatment condition by trimming away a portion of an external electrode, thereby making the liquid ejection characteristic associated with the nozzle openings uniform.

Abstract: A film bulk acoustic resonator is fabricated in the following manner. First, a base layer is formed on an insulating substrate. Then, a resonator assembly is formed on the base layer. The resonator assembly includes a first electrode held in contact with the base layer, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric layer held between the first and the second electrodes. Then, a resist layer is formed to cover the resonator assembly and the base layer. Then, a through-hole is formed in the resist layer so that the base layer is exposed via the through-hole. Then, etchant is supplied via the through-hole to make a space in the base layer under the resonator assembly. Finally, the resist layer is removed.

Abstract: A system and method for recycling materials from appliances, such as refrigerators and freezers, including a conveyor system having a number of stations to remove material from the appliance, and a band saw to cut the appliance into at least two pieces. The cut pieces of the appliance are taken apart to separate a metal shell and plastic interior from polyurethane foam. The polyurethane foam is placed in sealed bags, palletized, shrink-wrapped and shipped to an incinerator for burning to eliminate outgassing of CFC-11 to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A dismantling system (automobile dismantling system) 1 of a product for dismantling the product having plural kinds has input means (terminal) 30a, 30b, 40a, 40b, - - - for inputting information of the dismantled product; memory means (a memory device of a host computer 2) for storing the information inputted from the input means 30a, 30b, 40a, 40b, - - - ; lot determining means (means constructed within the host computer 2) for classifying the product into the same kind or the approximately same kind on the basis of the stored product information, and determining a product number as a lot when the number of products of the same kind or the approximately same kind reaches a predetermined number; and dismantling means (automobile dismantling means) 61 for dismantling the product; wherein the product is dismantled by the dismantling means 61 every lot.

Abstract: A method of constructing a rail track on a concrete slab, in which method the concrete slab is poured around anchor members for fixing tie plates supporting rails of the rail track, includes the following steps: suspending temporary tie plates at the location where the tie plates supporting the rail track are to be placed, the temporary tie plates supporting anchor members to be partly embedded in the concrete and including vents for evacuating air trapped under the bottom face of the temporary tie plate when pouring the concrete slab, pouring a concrete slab up to the height of the temporary tie plates, removing the temporary tie plates after the concrete slab has dried, and placing the tie plates supporting the rails accurately in their final position and fixing the tie plates to the anchor members.

Abstract: This invention discloses a method of inexpensively and reliably manufacturing a clip that has planar levers. A method for making a planar lever, which can be attached to the clamping element of a conventional binder clip, is described. Two wire members, which are bent near the end, and which each have a notched end, are inserted into a pre-formed planar member. The bend in the wire and the notched end hold the wires in place so that the lever can be attached to the clamping element. This invention also relates to a clip that has been manufactured according to the method of this invention. Finally, this invention discloses a method to make an advertising clip that can be used to hold the folded end of a collapsible tube, such as a tube of toothpaste, and a clip therefrom.

Abstract: A rivet and method for riveting metal members, and particularly, metal sheets is disclosed. The apparatus includes a rivet assembly for driving a piercing rivet into stacked metal sheets and a die for assisting in supporting the sheets during driving of the rivet and for assisting in securing the rivets to the sheets. The rivet of the invention includes an adhesive that is forced through passages in the rivet for assisting in fastening the rivet to the sheets and for assisting in fastening the sheets to each other with greater strength.

Abstract: A method for producing magnetoresistive heads includes the steps of placing a substrate having a plurality of transducers in an environment including a focused ion beam. The focused ion beam is directed onto the first MR element. A property level, generally the resistance associated with the MR stripe, of the first MR element is monitored until the resistance reaches a desired level. The focused ion beam is redirected onto a second area of the substrate which includes the second MR element. The electrical resistance of the second MR element is monitored as the focused ion beam acts on the second MR element until the resistance of the MR element reaches a desired level. Using this process, the resistivity of individual MR elements within the substrate can be tightly controlled.

Abstract: A method of forming a resistor is described which achieves improved resistor stability and voltage coefficient of resistance. A resistor is formed from a conducting material such as doped silicon or polysilicon. The resistor has a rectangular first, second, third, fourth, and fifth resistor elements. A layer of protective dielectric is formed over the first, second, and third resistor elements leaving the fourth and fifth resistor elements exposed. The conducting material in the exposed fourth and fifth resistor elements is then changed to a silicide to form low resistance contacts between the second and fourth resistor elements and between the second and fourth resistor elements. The second and third resistor elements are wider than the first resistor element and provide a low resistance contacts to the first resistor element. This provides a low voltage coefficient of resistance and thermal process stability for the resistor.

Abstract: When ring components 4 of layers to assemble a laminated ring 3 are unloaded from a component storage facility 10, a computer 13 generates lamination combinatorial data representing a combination of ring components of layers. A target frequency distribution of circumferential length values of ring components 4 of each layer is established, and lamination combinatorial data including ring components of a class where an error of an actual inventory frequency with respect to a target frequency is large are selected in a layer where an error between the target frequency distribution and an actual inventory frequency distribution is maximum. Ring components 4 of all layers corresponding to the selected lamination combinatorial data are unloaded from the component storage facility 10.

Abstract: A sealing device is provided for a working chamber system with a robot hand (216) that extends into the working chamber (100) through an aperture (120) by means of which a seal may be established and removed by remote control. The sealing device includes: (a) a flexible sealing element (20) by means of which an inner pass-through ring element (40) is connected with the edge of the aperture (120); (b) at least two coupling elements that are attached to the pass-through ring element (40) and (c) at least one locking element that is connected with the robot hand (216) and that may be positioned by means of positioning elements for coupling of the robot hand (216) with the pass-through ring element (40) by means of the coupling elements.

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for expanding the ends of a sleeve that has previously been installed into a defective section of inaccessibly located soft metal heat exchanger tubing. The sleeve ends are expanded using an apparatus of a plastic bladder connected to a series of connectable sections of sufficient length to reach the ends of the installed sleeve. The expansion is performed by locating the plastic bladder inside the sleeve at one end and hydraulically compressing the plastic bladder and forcing it to expand in diameter as a function of Poisson's ratio to thus expand the sleeve end into the tube.

Abstract: An extraction tool (100) not only releases an optical fiber terminus (20) from a retainer clip (62) so the terminus can be moved rearwardly out of the connector, but also retracts the terminus without applying tension to the optical fiber (52) or force to the tip (32) of the optical fiber. The tool includes inner and outer tubes (104, 102), the inner tube having a front portion (110) forming a plurality of fingers (120) with front ends (124) that can grasp the terminus body. After the inner tube has been inserted into place, the outer tube is slid forwardly past the inner tube to expand the tines (64) of the retainer clip and prevent the fingers of the inner tube from expanding. Without sliding the tubes relative to each other, the inner and outer tubes are pulled rearwardly out of the connector passage to withdraw the terminus without pulling on the optical fiber.

Abstract: A method for shortening a cable, which is mounted in a device housing of a measurement device, of a cable probe, comprising the step of: removing the measurement device electronics; interrupting the electrical connections between the measurement device electronics and the cable probe; releasing a built-in sleeve which surrounds the cable, as a result of which at least one seal which surrounds the cable and acts with respect to a medium to be measured, is relieved of load; drawing out of the device housing the built-in sleeve, together with the cable and the seal; shortening the cable by a desired length; once again drawing over the remaining cable of the cable probe, a seal, a built-in sleeve and clamping cone and mounting the cable in the built-in sleeve, by pulling it into said built-in sleeve; once again making the electrical connections between the cable probe and the measurement device electronics; and once again closing the device housing once the measurement device electronics have been fitted.

Abstract: A technique for increasing electronic component density on circuitry boards is disclosed. In one embodiment, the technique is realized as a method for increasing electronic component density on an electronic circuit board. The electronic circuit board has an electrically conductive signal layer formed on a dielectric layer, wherein the electrically conductive signal layer has a plurality of electrically conductive pads formed therein. The method comprises forming a cavity in the electronic circuit board extending through the electrically conductive signal layer and the dielectric layer.

Abstract: The present invention is generally directed towards a catalytic converter installed in the motor vehicles. More specifically to a method of measuring the pressure on the substrate as the catalytic converter is subject to the spin forming process. A pressure-measuring device such as a sensor is contact with the substrate. In order to transfer data from the rotating catalytic converter to a stationary object, a slip ring device is connected to the pressure-measuring sensor.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring member including winding an electric wire into a desired pattern in a set of wire holding members, each of the wire holding members inserted into a rotary shaft and containing a plurality of wire retaining sections; cutting the electric wire at a desired position; and removing the electric wire and wire holding members from the wire winding body.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method of producing an electrical connection to a sheet metal part, in particular to a sheet metal part having a non-conductive or poorly conductive protective layer, using a hollow fastener element which is mounted by means of the riveting or pierce riveting process to the sheet metal part, wherein a terminal lug is attached by means of a screw to the hollow fastener element, i.e. to the sheet metal part. The method is characterized in that the screw which is screwed into the hollow attachment element penetrates the sheet metal part and forms or reforms a thread in the sheet metal part. The disclosure furthermore relates to a component assembly which is produced in accordance with the said method.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for manufacturing an exhaust emission control device, and the exhaust emission control device formed thereby. The method of manufacturing an exhaust emission control device, comprises: disposing a viscous-elastic material around at least a portion of a substrate to form a wrapped element. The wrapped element is compressed at a first compression rate and at a second compression rate that is slower than the first compression rate, and the wrapped element is introduced into a housing.

Abstract: Manufacturing an inkjet printhead and orifice plate by providing upstanding spaced apart barrier walls on the orifice plate to separate adjacent firing chambers on the printhead. A plurality of orifice plates are initially created in a one-layer array on a workpiece. An abrasive member is controlled to contact and truncate end edge portions of the barrier walls on the workpiece to create mutually coplanar surfaces for engagement with a substrate in order to help prevent cross-talk between adjacent firing chambers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for forming aluminum alloy hydroformed structures for automotive vehicles at low cost. The process continuously casts molten aluminum alloy into aluminum alloy strip material preferably followed by continuously warm rolling the strip material into aluminum alloy sheet material. The sheet material is formed into one or more aluminum alloy tubes and the tubes are hydroformed into the desired automotive vehicle structure.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a lightweight bearing in which raceway surface parts are formed of iron-based material and body members are formed of a lightweight material that is lighter than the iron-based material. Bearing rings are manufactured by producing first and second split body members whose shapes are identical to those obtained by dividing the body members transversely along a plane perpendicular to the center axis, producing split raceway surface members whose shapes are identical to those obtained by similarly dividing the raceway surface formation members, and bonding together split raceway surface members and split body members.

Abstract: A folding tool such as a knife or multitool has a handle defined by opposed side walls with a slot therebetween. An implement such as a blade is pivotally connected to the handle. A spring such as a liner disposed between the implement and one side wall has a longitudinal slot cut therein and opening on the end adjacent the implement attachment to define a spring arm. The slot includes a constricted zone that is preferably substantially V shaped and has an apex aligned with the pivot axis of the implement. A pin on the implement rides in the slot. When the pin is on the rearward side of the apex the spring arm applies pressure to the implement and prevents it from moving into the open position. The implement is thus safely and securely locked into the handle.

Abstract: A sharpener for pencils with a soft lead with a sharpener housing has a conical sharpener channel, a sharpening knife which is fastened at the fastener housing and which is set tangentially to the sharpener channel. A shape-cutting knife, which can be swiveled into the sharpener channel, is provided with a manually actuated lever and with an arc-shaped, curved cutting edge for the selective shaping of the front end section of the lead. The sharpener is constructed as a double sharpener with individual sharpeners for pencils of different diameters placed opposite to one another in a common housing and the shape-cutting knives can be swiveled alternatively upward against the lead in the respective individual sharpener about a common axis, which is disposed at the common front end of the sharpener channels which are open in the upward and downward directions in this region.

Abstract: A rotary position sensor for an rotating shaft includes a planetary gear set and a potentiometer. The planetary gear set is coupled to the rotating shaft. The potentiometer is coupled to the rotating shaft and the planetary gear set and is adapted to measure a rotary position of the rotating shaft and responsively generates a position signal. The planetary gear set is adapted to reduce multiple rotations of the rotating shaft to less than a full rotation of the potentiometer.

Abstract: A wall form aligning tool includes a tool for determining a straight line along which wall forms may be constructed. Inner wall forms are positioned between a pair of corner wall forms. The device comprises a target attachment for selective attachment to one of the upper edges of the wall forms. A sight attachment is selectively attached to another one of the upper edges. A sight may be removably attached to the sight attachment. The target attachment is positioned on one of the corner wall forms and the sight attachment is positioned on another one of the corner wall forms. The sight is aligned with the panel. The target attachment may be moved along inner wall forms positioned between the corner wall forms such that the inner wall forms may be aligned along a line formed by the sight.

Abstract: An orientation sensor includes variable resistance elements within the sensor, the variable resistance elements forming an electric circuit with a conductive ball or drop of conductive material. The resistance of the electric circuit uniquely identifies the orientation of the apparatus. A method of determining the orientation of an apparatus includes measuring the resistance of a circuit completed between two conductive members in the apparatus, and determining the position of a freely movable conductive member in the apparatus from the measured resistance.

Abstract: A leveling device for a construction material surface surrounding a drainpipe presents an elongated beam having a central seat therein for reception of the end of a drainpipe therein. Upon a seating of the drainpipe, a pair of opposed inclined surfaces contact the construction material surrounding the drainpipe. Rotation of the beam about the drainpipe presents a smoothed, inclined surface about the drainpipe with the excess poured material being collected in pockets in a sidewall of the device. The depth of the inclined surfaces below the drainpipe top can be regulated. Bubble levels assure a proper orientation of the beam during rotation.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for adjusting the position of a load port utilized in a semiconductor wafer processing system. Generally, a door opener can be configured for opening a door through which a semiconductor wafer may enter for subsequent positioning and processing thereof by a semiconductor wafer processing system. A load port is associated with the door opener. A calibration mechanism can then be utilized for calibrating the load port for leveling and height positioning, such that a plurality of directional axis associated with the load port do not interfere with one another, thereby conserving calibration time while permitting a single individual to perform calibration operations thereof.

Abstract: An in-process kerf measuring device and method of using thereof, for measuring a kerf made from a cutting device. The device includes a taper gauge having a top and bottom, the taper gauge being a predetermined shape and size and capable of probing the kerf. The device also includes a spring coiled around the taper gauge, a shaft having a top and a bottom, the top of the shaft is in mating relation to the bottom of the taper gauge, a horizontal connecting plate having a resting position, the bottom of the shaft is rotatably attached to the horizontal connecting plate. The device also includes a stroke means, where the stroke means is in connected relation to the horizontal connecting plate, a measurement means for measuring the kerf and a means for actuation of the device.

Abstract: A template for making tapered sliding dovetail pins from a workpiece. The template includes a longitudinal centerline, a pair of side edges, a workpiece side, a tool side, a minor end having a minor width and a major end having a major width that is larger than the minor width such that the template has a taper in width from the major end to the minor end, and at least one stabilizing member disposed on the workpiece side of the template for holding the template in place while the sliding dovetail pin is being formed from the workpiece.

Abstract: A pipe fitting method and apparatus for taking simultaneous linear and angular measurements is used for pipefitting. A first pipe joint fitting of a pipe fitting apparatus herein disclosed is attached to a first pipe joint, a second pipe joint fitting of the pipe fitting apparatus is attached to a second pipe joint, and the first pipe joint is attached to a first unconnected end of a first pipe-to-be-joined. Then, the pipe fitting apparatus is extended to an extended length thereof, while an angle measuring device of the pipe fitting apparatus simultaneously maintains an angular reading at a preselected joinder angle, until a top open end of the second pipe joint aligns with a second pipe-to-be-joined at an alignment line. Next, it is determined where to cut the second pipe-to-be-joined with reference to the alignment line. Finally, it is determined how long to cut a third connecting pipe with reference to the extended length of the pipe fitting apparatus.

Abstract: A device for rapidly cooling a semiconductor wafer test/transfer machine and which includes a body which is provided with an interior gas passage one end of which is connected to a source of clean, dry air or other gas by a tubing. In typical application, the body is rested on the cover of a semiconductor wafer test or transfer machine, typically above or adjacent to the chuck or other wafer holder of the machine, with the other end of the gas passage in contact with the cover. The air or gas flowing through the gas passage impinges against the machine cover and rapidly cools the chuck or other wafer holder.

Abstract: A shoe drying device having two arms and an airflow channel extending therethrough. A spring exerts an outward force on the arms. Each arm includes a member for holding a shoe at an end thereof. During a drying cycle, convection air enters through an air inlet towards the center of the device, flows through the airflow channel, and exits through air outlets in the members for holding a shoe at the ends of the arms. This facilitates more even drying of shoes held in the members for holding shoes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device including a vessel, a vacuum pump (10), at least one condenser (3 and/or 8) and a heat exchanger (16) for heating and drying parts (2) with cellulose or plastic based hygroscopic insulation in transformers, condensers, instrument transformers or electric leadthroughs by means of condensation heat from the steam of a heating fluid (a solvent, kerosine). During heating, at least one higher-boiling second liquid, such as transformer oil, is removed. In order to provide a mobile system enabling local treatment of transformers (2) which are already in operation, the heat exchanger (16) heats the heating fluid in the liquid phase and evaporation occurs near to or in the vessel, for example, via expansion valves (18) and/or in an expansion container or evaporator arranged directly on the vessel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a blower dryer appliance typically used for drying and styling hair. When electrically activated, these appliances virtually always route electrical power to the fan or blower motor prior to or simultaneously with the heating element(s). Semiconducting switching devices used for regulating, controlling and/or switching electrical power generate waste heat that must be dissipated. Typically, heat is conducted and/or channeled away from the semiconducting switching device through a heat sink which is thermodynamic-mechanically coupled to the device. The greater the coverage area of the heat sink, the more waste heat can be dissipated depending on the ability of the heat sink to make contact with cooler, ambient air. This adds costs to the dryer/blower for engineering the heat sink, cost of the sink itself, and necessary design changes in the dryer/blower for accommodating the sink.

Abstract: An electrothermal rack of a hair dryer includes a main body including a plurality of support wings each having a mediate portion formed with a positioning section formed with a plurality of inner insertion recesses. Each of the support wings has an outer side formed with a protruding plate formed with a plurality of outer insertion recesses. Each of the support wings is formed with a slideway between the positioning section and the protruding plate. Thus, the electrothermal body forms a multi-loop inner layer and a multi-loop outer layer around the support wings to increase the heating area of the electrothermal rack, thereby enhancing the heating efficiency of the hair dryer.

Abstract: A UV curing module for use with a label printer. UV curing lamps/radiation emitters are located to cover the label media path. The UV curing module may be integrated into the label printer or similar devices including a label applicator or a label rewinder.

Abstract: A paper web drying apparatus and process is provided in which the heated air drying medium is replaced with between 10 percent to 100 percent of live steam. The addition of a steam component to the drying medium provides for a higher drying temperature to be supplied to the wet moving web. The introduction of live pressurized steam contributes to the load of force of the drying medium, thereby decreasing the energy requirements of blower motors. The introduction of pressurized live steam also lowers the free atmospheric oxygen content of the drying medium which reduces the burning or scorch hazard associated with high temperature drying of a cellulose web.