Abstract: Rolling bed wheel decor cover. A decorative rolling bed wheel cover to hide the appearence of the rolling bed wheels. If properly placed it will cover the metal on top of the rolling wheel to avoid hurting your feet if you hit the rolling wheel or metal you will hit a cover make of plastic.

Abstract: A door closer includes a casing having a recess in which a base is received, and a first cylinder and a second cylinder are in communication with the recess. A passage is in communication between the first and second cylinders so as to allow the hydraulic oil to flow between the two cylinders. The base includes a driving shaft for being connected to a door. A first rod and a second rod are pivotably connected to the base and respectively inserted in the first and second cylinders. A threaded rod is connected to a distal end of the first rod and a first spring is mounted to the first rod and the threaded rod. A sleeve is threadedly engaged with the threaded rod and an operation rod is securely connected to the sleeve so that when rotating the operation rod, the first spring is adjusted by moving the sleeve relative to the threaded rod.

Abstract: The invention provides a side door structure of a vehicle of which side openings are covered by a front door swingably supported by a door hinge located at the front of the front door and by a rear door swingably supported by a door hinge located at the rear of the rear door. The side door structure includes a door checker for holding the front door at an open position situated slightly on the outside of a swing trajectory of the rear door.

Abstract: A handle of a hand tool includes at least one recess defined in an outer periphery of the handle and a magnetic piece is received in the at least one recess. An outer layer is mounted to the handle to enclose the handle and the magnetic piece. The hand tool can be easily positioned by being attracted on a metal floor or board by the magnetic piece.

Abstract: A notebook computer hinge with spring opener is provided. The shaft has a C-shaped stopper ring with an offset notch in the middle section, which allows the coupling block of the rotatable bracket to be engaged by the notch. A spring is mounted on the outer edge of the rotatable bracket through a common shaft. As the display panel is lowered towards the computer body, the coupling block presses against the stopper ring and a torsional force is accumulated by the spring. The force will be released once the notebook computer is opened, enabling the display panel to be separated from the computer body with an appropriate angle, thus providing extra convenience for notebook computer users.

Abstract: A vehicle hinge for coupling a flap to a vehicle body, comprises a first link, a second link, a first spring, wherein one of the first link and the second link are to be arranged pivotably on a body of a vehicle and on a flap of a vehicle, respectively, wherein, when the flap is closed, the first spring pretensions the flap in an opening direction, a tensioning device for tensioning the first spring in a second opening phase of the flap, and a locking device for retaining the tensioned first spring.

Abstract: A parallel handle, parallel handle system and method for designing parallel handles for a hand for use with tools or control mechanisms, that includes a handle having a radial section having a side for receiving the thumb and having a side for receiving the index finger, the radial section having a surface for engaging a portion of the palmar surface of the hand, a middle section having a side for receiving at least a portion of the middle finger and at least a portion of the ring finger and having a surface that avoids placing undue pressure on a surface of the hand located over the carpal tunnel, and an ulnar section having a side for receiving the small finger and having a surface for engaging a portion of the palmar surface of the hand so as to position the end of the small finger.

Abstract: An appliance knob has a polymeric body, which is molded, and a metal cup, which is made by stamping and drawing a metal sheet or a metal strip. The polymeric body has a central boss, which has an end face, a cylindrical wall, and an annular recess encompassing the central boss and having an annular floor. The cylindrical wall adjoins the annular floor. The metal cup, which is adapted to fit over the central boss, has a circular plate covering the end face top of the central boss and a cylindrical skirt encompassing the cylindrical wall of the central boss. The cylindrical skirt is unitary with the circular plate. The metal cup is secured to the polymeric body via two unitary tabs, which project through associated slots in the annular floor and coact with the polymeric body, as well as adhesively.

Abstract: A textile machine segment including a first or main roller (12) adapted to support and convey a travelling fibre web, associated second (16) and third (14) rollers co-operable with each other and at respective nips (24, 25) with the first roller as the three rollers rotate, to open the web and detach a mat of fibre tufts at the nip (25) between the first and second rollers and to return the tufts to the first roller at the nip (24) between the first and third rollers, and drive means (100) for rotating the rollers, wherein the drive means is arranged to rotate the second roller in a rotational direction that is the same as that of the first roller and opposite that of the third roller.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of granules from a liquid composition by spraying the liquid composition in the granulation zone of a granulating device onto or over solid particles present in the granulation zone that are being kept in motion, as a result of which these particles grow, and withdrawing a stream of particles from the granulation zone, yielding a stream of particles of the desired size, with a part of the air flow leaving the granulating device during granulation being returned to the granulating device. In this way only a small part of the air flow needs to be purified of the starting materials.

Abstract: Disclosed is a holding device. The holding device includes two opposing clamping surfaces which are spaced apart from each other and which are held by a carrier body or which form part of the carrier body.

Abstract: A button fastener of plastic material, which can be quickly, attach onto clothing and material. The button fastener has a pointed, ribbed and/or toothed, free-end strap leading downward from the underside of the fastener. The point of the strap is inserted into and drawn through pants, clothing or material and the strap is then inserted through an opening in bottom of the fastener leading to a passageway through the fastener. Situated above the opening in the fastener is a flap, which is folded in onto the body of the fastener. The flap has full detail art icons and emblems molded into the outward side of the flap. An angled lip on the inside of the flap is bent out of position and is inserted into an underside indent in the fastener, locking the flap onto the fastener body and securing the position of the strap within the passageway. An alternative embodiment of a button fastener is designed with a pointed, ribbed strap that is inserted through a passageway within the shank of a button fastener.

Abstract: A quick-action tensioning device (1) for cable control switches comprises a holding element (2), to which a cable (3) can be fastened in a clamping manner, and a housing (8), which is connected with the holding element (2). According to the invention, devices (9, 10) for a precise adjusting are provided between the housing (8) and the holding element (2). In particular, a nut (10) can be used for the precise adjusting, so that the cable tension can be continuously adjusted, in which case a rough adjustment as well as a precision adjustment can be carried out.

Abstract: A zipper includes two straps each having a series of teeth secured on one side of the two straps. A core is embedded into each of the two series of teeth and a suture is sewn into each of the series of teeth and the strap to hold the series of teeth and the core in place on the strap, wherein the two series of teeth are made of transparent material and selectively engaged to each other such that the user can see the color of the core through the transparent teeth for promoting the vision effect of the zipper. The sutures is previously dyed and divided into multiple color sections each having a single color such that the suture forms multiple continual color portions on the zipper after sewing on the teeth for securing the series of teeth on each of the straps.

Abstract: Fastener products, for example for use in hook and loop fasteners are provided. The fastener products include a sheet form backing, and, extending from the backing, a plurality of fastener elements that include a shape memory polymer. Method of making and using such fastener products are also provided.

Abstract: The present invention is a self locking provided with many apertures mounted onto a removable clip member provided with connecting members, which allows by the use of a tool adapted to this one to engage and block the removable clip member onto a locking pin.

Abstract: A retainer clip for use in assemblies held together by a latch having a resilient engagement arm. The force holding the engagement arm in the latched position is a function of the resiliency of the material of the engagement arm and the length of the unsupported portion of the engagement arm. The retainer clip attaches to a part of the assembly by holding the part between a retaining lip and an engagement side to position the retainer clip to bear against the engagement arm. The retainer clip supports the engagement arm to shorten the length of the unsupported portion of the engagement arm thereby increasing the force holding the engagement arm in the latched position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary buckle structure which is comprises of a buckle member and a rotary member; the bottom of the buckle member and rotary member are respectively coupled to a downwardly tapered conical body, conical hole and with the same concentric axis, and the length of surface of external circumference is longer than the length of the inner circumference of the conical hole. The arrangement of completing buckle member and rotary member improves the traditional effectively reduces the wearing to prevent the entire buckle set from loosening or falling off, and thus extends the life of use.

Abstract: The present invention is a miscarriage kit. More specifically, the present invention is a kit for use with a miscarriage by a human. The kit comprises at least one item for use in helping the human with the miscarriage. For example, the miscarriage kit may contain at least one under pad/bed liner, at least one sanitary napkin, at least one towel, at least one pair of gloves, at least one specimen pan, and at last one container for holding pregnancy remains.

Abstract: An aluminium foil rolling method comprising the steps of taking two strips of aluminium, bringing facing surfaces of the two strips into contact with one another and subjecting the two strips to a first pack rolling operation, thence subjecting the same two strips to a second pack rolling operation whilst maintaining the two strips in substantially the same registry as when the first pack rolling operation was carried out. Advantageously, following the first pack rolling operation, the two strips are coiled together onto a common coil in order to assist in maintaining their registry for the second pack rolling operation. In an embodiment, a release material is applied to the facing surfaces of at least one of the strips prior to bringing them together for the first pack rolling operation, and a further amount of release material, less than that applied before the first pack rolling operation, or even a zero amount, is applied between the two pack rolling operations.

Abstract: The manufacturing method for components of the inductive type, in particular inductance coils, transformers or antennae, consists in making by micro-machining simultaneously on a first substrate made of magnetic material a plurality of first parts (1) connected to each other by connecting elements (2) or a connecting support, inserting on the arms (8a, 8b, 8c) of these first parts (1) a printed multi-layered plate (4, 5) having openings for the arms and metal windings ending in at least two contact pads (7a, 7b), in placing and securing a second substrate made of magnetic material on the first substrate and the plate, said second substrate having undergone micro-machining to obtain second parts (13) complementary to the first parts. These second parts are connected to each other by connecting elements or a connecting support.

Abstract: The invention discloses a stacked piezoelectric element comprising a plurality of piezoelectric layers and electrode layers stacked alternately in which the electrode layers are electrically connected by a penetrating electrode formed in a conductive hole formed in a direction of the thickness of the piezoelectric layers, and in which the penetrating electrode formed in a piezoelectric layer of a first layer is so positioned as to overlap with the penetrating electrode formed in a piezoelectric layer of a first layer in the direction of thickness.

Abstract: The method and apparatus for drilling holes and optionally inserting fasteners of the present invention provide for efficiently drilling holes through a multiple-layer structure because the layers are securely held together during the drilling by an electromagnet and a clamp, each on opposite sides of the structure. The electromagnet and clamp hold the layers together so tightly that burrs do not form within the holes and debris does not accumulate between the layers and, therefore the layers do not have to be disassembled after drilling. In addition, the apparatus and method of the present invention provide for initially drilling the hole with a countersink and for inserting a fastener into the hole, through the electromagnet, immediately after drilling the hole, such that the hole does not have to be revisited after reassembly and drying of the sealant in order to drill a countersink and/or insert a fastener.

Abstract: An extractor is provided for extracting a pin or another component which is pressed into a hole and protrudes from the hole with a cylindrical section. The extractor has a gripping element, which has a tubular basic body, is axially adjustable in a guide tube and is provided at its outer ends with at least two gripping jaws having conical outer jacket surfaces. With the gripping jaws the gripping element can be attached to the center pin or the cylindrical section. The basic body can be pulled axially into the guide tube, as a result of which the gripping jaws are pressed by conical jacket surfaces radially inwardly in cooperation with the guide tube, so that a snug hold of the gripping jaws at the cylindrical pin or the cylindrical section is brought about.

Abstract: The invention concerns a stand for manufacturing bicycle, of the type comprising in particular: a frame (1), handlebars (3), a fork (2), a handlebar extension (4), for fixing the handlebars (3) on the fork (2), mounted mobile on the frame (1), a crankset (7) provided with a shaft, a saddle (5), a seat tube (6) for mounting the saddle (5) on said frame (1). The invention is characterised in that the bench comprises a table (10) bearing first (16) and second (18) means for fixing the bicycle and a measuring device (20) for determining at least one characteristic dimension of the bicycle.

Abstract: The invention provides a method of servicing a dry cleaning system in the home wherein the method comprises being notified or put on notice of the fact that an item or items needs servicing and providing a means (e.g., home delivery serviceperson) to inspect and, if necessary provide said servicing. The servicing may involve replacing, fixing and recycling an item or items (e.g., solvent) in need of servicing.

Abstract: A wire rope and socket combination comprises a wire rope socket, a rope formed of strands of twisted wires extending into the wire rope socket, selected strands of the twisted wires being bent over 180 degrees within the wire rope socket to provide a selected breaking strength; and babbit securing the rope in the wire rope socket. A method of constructing a wire rope socket, the method comprising the steps of: bending selected strands of a rope formed of twisted wires over 180 degrees to form bent strands; inserting the rope and bended strands into a wire rope socket; and pouring molten babbitt into the wire rope socket to secure the rope in the wire rope socket.

Abstract: A gasket singulation apparatus for separating one gasket from a web-connected stack of gaskets includes a mandrel for receiving the web-connected stack and an arrangement of cylinders which are used to support the web-connected stack of gaskets and to pull one gasket away from the remainder of the web-connected stack so as to singulate that one gasket. A first plurality of cylinders are used to support the web-connected stack. A second plurality of cylinders are used to pierce any connecting material between the gasket to be singulated and the remainder of the stack. Once the web material is pierced, cylinder movement is effected so as to pull the selected gasket away from the stack, allowing any connecting material to sever and thereby singulate one gasket from the stack. Once the gasket is singulated, various insertion mechanisms are disclosed for inserting the singulated gasket into a pail lid groove.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a connection for composite tubing is disclosed. The method includes maintaining tension on the composite fibers while “winding in” the connector to the composite tubing. The tension on the fibers results in the fibers bridging across traps of the connector as they are being wound. The bridging results in improved load bearing characteristics of the connection.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hydraulic shock absorber is provided with a piston main body manufacturing step 21 including the process of sintering of the piston main body and the process of forming of the molded sealing are performed, a piston assembly manufacturing step 22 including process of forming of the throttle oil passage on the piston main body manufactured in the piston main body manufacturing step 21 and the assembly of valves onto the piston main body, and a hydraulic shock absorber manufacturing step 23 for manufacturing a hydraulic shock absorber using the piston assembly. In this manner, it is not necessary to provide for an intermediate inventory between each process. Furthermore inventory monitoring processes are simplified in the piston main body manufacturing step and productivity is increased since it is not necessary to monitor the inventory level with respect to a plurality of piston assembly types with different valves or throttle hydraulic passages.

Abstract: A microphone assembly comprises a microphone, a connector secured to the underside of the microphone. A gasket has a sound collecting hole and is secured on the upper surface of the microphone.

Abstract: A plurality of grooves 25 are formed in an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical rubber magnet 17. The grooves 25 extend in a direction in which the cylindrical rubber magnet 17 is inserted into a yoke 3. The grooves 25 are open on both ends in the direction of insertion and are also open outwardly in a radial direction of the cylindrical rubber magnet 17. The grooves are formed at predetermined intervals in a peripheral direction of the cylindrical rubber magnet 17. When the cylindrical rubber magnet 17 is inserted into the yoke 3, an adhesive 15 gets into the grooves 25 without being pushed out of a lower end surface 21 of the cylindrical rubber magnet 17. The adhesive located between adjacent grooves also readily gets into the grooves 25. By presence of the adhesive got into the grooves 25, a necessary and sufficient amount of the adhesive can be uniformly interposed between a peripheral wall section 11 of the yoke 3 and the cylindrical rubber magnet 17.

Abstract: A device for assembling circuit boards. The device has an upper surface for receiving a compressing force. The device also has a lower surface for compressing a number of compression devices in a land grid array assembly while allowing access to a number of fasteners associated with the compression devices. The device is able to assist in the formation of an electrical contact between a chip package in the land grid array assembly and a circuit board by the lower surface being pressed against the compression devices to compress the compression devices and then allowing the plurality of fasteners to be tightened.

Abstract: The invention provides abrasion resistant electrodes that comprise metal-coated conductive valleys between protrusions having a fractured metal coating thereon; electrical devices made from a plurality of said electrodes; and methods of making said devices.

Abstract: A carrier substrate, or interposer, for use in a chip-scale package. The interposer is formed from a material, such as a semiconductive material, that has a coefficient of thermal expansion that is the same or similar to that of the semiconductor device to be secured thereto. A chip-scale package including the interposer is formed by aligning a substrate including a plurality of interposers over semiconductor devices carried upon a wafer or other large-scale substrate. Bond pads of the semiconductor devices are exposed through insulator-lined apertures of the interposers. The apertures are filled with electrically conductive material and conductive structures are secured to the apertures so as to communicate with corresponding bond pads. The resulting chip-scale packages may then be severed or diced from the substrate and wafer. Apparatus and methods for simultaneously testing multiple, physically connected chip-scale packages are also disclosed.

Abstract: An electric connector and IC tin ball shaping and fixing manufacturing method is used in welding portions of terminals of one of an electric connector, IC and other electronic elements. A tin film is covered on a bottom of the ball grid array seat; wherein the tin film is formed by connecting a plurality of round small tin pieces with respect to the terminals, and a periphery of the small tin pieces being enclosed by slender connecting portions the ball grid array seat is melt so that the small tin pieces of the tin film weld as tin liquid, then the slender connecting portions will break and the small tin pieces are connected as a tin ball; thereby, the liquid tin ball will enclose the welding portion of the terminal. Finally the tin balls is cooled and condensed and then combined to the welding portions of the terminals.

Abstract: A method of joining a wire includes the steps of: providing the wire having a conducting portion consisting of a plurality of core wires, restricting a width of the conducting portion, pressing the core wires of the conducting portion restricted in the restricting step, and joining the pressed core wires of the conducting portion each other so that the conducting portion is integrally formed into a flat plate-shape.

Abstract: A thrust reverser cascade flow directing element (28) for a gas turbine engine (10) comprises a plurality of plates (30) and a plurality of flow directing vanes (40). At least one vane (40) extends between each pair of plates (30), the plurality of plates (30) are formed from sheet material and a single integral piece of ductile sheet material (32) forms the plurality of flow directing vanes (40). The single integral piece of ductile sheet material (32) has a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart apertures (36) and a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart sheet material portions (38) between the apertures (36) and the ductile sheet material (32) is bent at a plurality of longitudinally spaced positions such that each sheet material portion (38) defines one of the plurality of flow directing vanes (40).

Abstract: A process of manufacturing a nozzle plate for an ink-jet print head. The nozzle plate includes (a) a substrate having an outside surface which is to be opposed to a print media, an inside surface which is opposite to the outside surface and nozzle holes which are formed through the substrate so as to be open in the outside and inside surfaces, and (b) a non-wetting layer which has a non-wetting characteristic and which covers the outside surface of the substrate. The manufacturing process includes: (i) a masking step of applying a resist on the inside surface of the substrate, and charging the nozzle holes with the insulating material such that portions of the resist protrude outwardly from openings of the nozzle holes on the outside surface; (ii) a non-wetting-layer forming step of forming the non-wetting layer on the outside surface in a plating operation; and (iii) an unmasking step of removing the resist from the substrate.

Abstract: An environment protection concerned method for manufacturing a heat sink comprises steps of: (a) putting a main material with a top into a die; (b) placing a heat transfer promoting material on the top of the main material, wherein the heat transfer promoting material has a thermal conductivity larger than that of the main material; and (c) forging the heat transfer promoting material and the main material to form a heat sink having a plurality of radiation fins.

Abstract: A method for producing intermeshing gears having improved acoustic and vibration properties characterized by: examining the transmission errors due to mesh stiffness variations, performing Gear Tooth Topological (GTT) to compensate for such errors, and isotropic processing of the face surfaces of the gear teeth to produce an ultra-smooth surface finish.

Abstract: Wear resistant jewelry apparatus and methods of making the same wherein articles of jewelry are made from sinterable metal and/or ceramic powder materials compressed into a predetermined configuration and then sintered to form a blank from which a jewelry item may be made and to which softer precious metals, stones, crystals or other materials suitable for use in jewelry may be affixed. Such items of jewelry may have multiple facets and can be fabricated using various disclosed techniques and various combinations of materials.

Abstract: In a microreplicated shaving element the substrate includes a plurality of microshaving elements projecting outwardly from a surface defined by the substrate. Each microshaving element defines a cutting edge spaced away from the surface and a plurality of guard elements are attached to and also extend outwardly from the substrate. Each guard element is preferably positioned adjacent to at least one of the microshaving elements and includes a non-planar distal end for engaging a user skin during a shaving operation.

Abstract: A rotary knife having a ring blade that defines a closed loop cutting surface for cutting material which the ring blade contacts during rotation. Materials cut using the blade such as meat cut from a carcass or trimmed from a piece of meat are suctioned away from the blade. The material is drawn into a blade housing which supports the ring blade. A housing body has a wall that defines a housing interior into which material separated by the cutting surface of the ring blade moves as it is cut. The blade housing body defines a bearing surface that is defined by a wall of the housing body that supports the ring blade and allows the ring blade to rotate with respect to the blade housing. Alternate coupling designed of the housing body allow the blade housing to be coupled to a suction tube for withdrawing meat from the interior of the blade housing.

Abstract: A folding knife having a safety lock moveably mounted on a handle of the knife. The safety lock may slide to a locking position to prevent the blade from opening out of the handle by obstructing the path of the blade as the blade is urged from a closed position to an open position. The safety lock also may slide away from the locking position, in which the safety lock does not obstruct the path of the blade.

Abstract: A tool device for rotary knives of the type that comprises a handle associated with a tool supporting assembly and an actuation for the rotary actuation of the tool with respect to the tool supporting assembly, the tool comprising a substantially tubular coupling body that is associable with the tool supporting assembly and being provided with a coupling to the actuation, and a cutter that is rigidly associated with the body and is arranged so as to protrude substantially radially with respect to the body.

Abstract: A trimmer comprises a cutting head (1) housing a cutter (5), and a shaft (2) for supporting the cutting head. A large diameter wheel (8) is rotatably mounted with respect to the cutting head (1), and a motor is provided for driving the cutter (5) via drive means (7). The cutting head (1) is connected to the shaft (2) by connection means permitting the cutting head to be positioned with its cutter (5) either substantially horizontal or substantially vertical. The wheel (8) is sized to contact the ground when the cutter (5) is substantially vertical and to circumscribe the axis of the drive means (7). The arrangement is such that the cutter (5) extends beyond the circumference of the wheel (8).

Abstract: A cutting device provides for hands free cutting of a material such as thread, string, line, filament and rope. The cutting device is generally an L-shaped device, which includes a blade contained within a housing that is connected to a back support at an angle, which provides sufficient clearance for material to be inserted into a slot within the housing and cut against a cutting edge of the blade. The back support is provided with an attachment means for attaching the back support to a fixed object thereby facilitating hands-free cutting.

Abstract: The present specification discloses a cutting blade (10) for use with a tool (36) for reciprocating same intended for cutting sealing strips securing glass panels into a surrounding frame structure such as vehicle wind screens, the cutting blade (10) having a cutting region (11) with a cutting edge (37), the cutting region having one flat face (16) and an opposed face (14) that is curved in a convex shape with the thicker region of the blade being adjacent to and extending along a mid region thereof, the cutting edge (37) being formed along at least one side edge (26) of the cutting region (11) and around a free tip portion (22) of the cutting region (11), the cutting edge (37) being located, when viewed in the plane of the cutting region (11) of the blade (10), between the flat face (16) and the mid region of the second surface (14), the at least one side edge (26) having serrations (26) along at least a portion of the cutting edge (37).

Abstract: A transparent measuring device with enhanced visibility lines formed on a transparent substrate having opposing planar front and back surfaces and with at least one opaque line formed on one of the front and back surfaces and at least one transparent line formed on one of the front and back surfaces to be colinear with the at least one opaque line to present a composite line where the transparent line permits viewing of material on which the device is placed while highlighting the at least one opaque line for enhanced visibility. The transparent line may be formed of excitable pigment that reacts to light, such as a black light, or that retains luminance after exposure to light.