Abstract: A work glove particularly useful for gardening, automobile mechanical work and any other type of use which brings the palmar side of the hand in contact with work or the like which may result in stinging, bruising, or blistering of the fingers, thumb and palm of a human hand is provided with protective padding disclosed or positioned for overlying at least the distal halves of the index finger and long finger metacarpals excluding the metacarpalphalangeal joints of the index finger and the long finger. Preferably, the glove also includes protective padding disposed along a thumb stall of the glove at a location adapted to be along an ulnar border as well as the A2 pulleys of the thumb's proximal phalanx between the metacarpalphalangeal joint and the interphalangeal joint.

Abstract: A joint protector of high strength impact resistant material is used for absorbing and dissipating energy from the high impact contact. The protector includes a preformed lightweight high strength material contoured to fit the joint. The preformed contoured material is covered with layers of impact absorbing padding and encased in an elastic cover. The high strength material is shaped to cover from 50-75% of the joint.

Abstract: A glove designed to prevent contamination of the user when it is being used to clean a predetermined surface area. Such glove includes an flexible portion designed to fit over a wearer's hand. The flexible portion having an inner surface adjacent such wearer's hand and an outer surface. The flexible portion is impervious to passage of predetermined fluids therethrough. There is a predetermined absorbent soft material portion covering at least predetermined portions of an outer surface of such flexible portion.

Abstract: Headwear having a two-ply headband coated with a layer of polyurethane. The headwear includes a crown main body, a visor, and the headband which is preferably connected to the lower peripheral edge of the crown main body. The two-ply headband is created by folding a strip of knitted fabric, coated on one side with polyurethane, so that the polyurethane is inside the folds and then stitching the folds to secure the shape of the headband. The knitted portion of the headband demonstrates good moisture absorbency while the polyurethane layer prevents the conveyance of sweat to the crown main body and any accompanying staining that might otherwise occur. The headband stretches to fit the wearer comfortably without undue pressure during use, while also exhibiting good resilience when removed.

Abstract: An improved sport goggle for skiing, motorcycling, paintball, racing, and other sports featuring apertures communicating with a pressurized air flow provided by focusing channels in a ledge projecting from the goggle body thereby increasing air flow into the eye cavity of the goggle through the apertures. Venting of the eye cavity of the sport goggle is aided by forming of the goggle body shape to create low pressure zones adjacent to side and top venting apertures that communicate with the eye cavity. During use by a user, wind and forward motion creates air flow onto the focusing channel which focuses the divergent entering air upon a point adjacent to lower intake apertures thereby increasing the air pressure entering the goggle. Air circulation through the eye cavity is additionally aided by the curved shape of the goggle body creating low pressure zones adjacent to venting apertures to pull air from the eye cavity thereby increasing air flow and eliminating fogging.

Abstract: A mechanism for raising a toilet seat includes two geared shafts that are cooperatively engaged while mounted on a toilet. A foot-operated lever attached to a first of the geared shafts provides torque thereto, causing a rotation of the first geared shaft upon depressing the lever. This, in turn, causes a rotation of the second of the geared shafts. The second geared shaft includes a metal flange or other connector that secures a toilet seat thereto over the bowl of the toilet. As the two geared shafts rotate, the toilet seat raises and lowers with the movement of the metal flange on the second geared shaft.

Abstract: A sanitary cleansing apparatus is provided for attachment to conventional toilets to facilitate posterior part cleansing with a cleaning fluid after use of the toilet. The “First Embodiment” utilizes a conventional toilet flush tank as its cleaning fluid source. A submergible housing, containing functional operating components and cleaning fluid, is inserted into the toilet flush tank. The submergible housing derives its cleaning fluid through a number of communicating fluid entry openings along its vertical axis while the functional operating components consist primarily of a cleaning fluid pump, a pressure release valve, and an electrical heater. A cleaning nozzle is mounted fixed or replaceable and/or moveable or stationary within the confines of a conventional toilet bowl. The cleaning nozzle creates a diffusing stream of cleaning fluid directed toward a projected cleaning space located within the confines of the toilet bowl.

Abstract: The invention relates to a swimming pool with a rigid structure, comprising a rigid peripheral wall made of a rot-resistant material supported by posts and a flexible waterproof liner arranged in the space defined by the rigid wall and attached to the upper edge of the said wall, in which, along their full height, the posts comprise an interior portion made of a rot-resistant material to which the rigid wall is secured and an externally projecting portion having at least two grooves, one on either side, and cladding panels having at least externally at least the appearance of wood are slid into the opposing grooves of two consecutive posts the externally projecting portions of the posts being of such dimensions and the grooves being so positioned that there is a gap between the cladding panels and the rigid wall.

Abstract: A spout directs a stream of water onto an adjacent washing apparatus. The washing apparatus has a body with a first work surface and a drain opening that is connected by a coupling to the waste water system of a building. A second platform is removably positionable on the first work surface and has a second work surface raised from the first work surface.

Abstract: A temporary closure for a bathtub overflow port, comprising placing on the outer end of a drain pipe extending through the overflow port a solid cap threaded on the outer end and a cap with an outer face with an aperture thereon covered by a sealing diaphragm.

Abstract: To provide an adjustable bed that assists a user to turn comfortably in his or her sleep without mental stress. Once an automatic mode starts, measurement on the depth of sleep of the user lying on the bed is launched. The depth of sleep is measured by detecting biological information such as brain waves, heart rate, and respiratory rate of the user using electrode sensors or the like, and analyzing the biological information according to a polysomnography method or the like. If the depth of sleep is 0, i.e., the user is in REM sleep, and if one hour or more has passed since the measurement is launched or since an immediately preceding turn operation, a turn operation is performed to turn the user.

Abstract: The invention provides an articulating bed frame, comprising a stationary base frame having a head end, a foot end, and opposed longitudinal members connecting the same, an articulated moving upper frame mounted on a carriage, having leg support portions and upper body support portions articulated to each other and supported on the carriage traveling in channels attached to the bed frame for longitudinal shifting of the support portions relative to the base frame and a mattress-supporting body attached to the upper frame, the mattress-supporting body being divided into at least a first portion including a body support sub-portion, a thigh support sub-portion and a lower leg support sub-portion, and a second head support portion, wherein the articulated movable frame is connected to linkages causing displacement of the head-support portion, at the neck area of the user, linearly and normal relative to the plane of the first portion.

Abstract: There is provided a table for positioning a patient for a medical procedure on a breast, the table comprising: a solid frame surrounding a perimeter of the table; and a membrane-like contour surface for a surrounding breast area, wherein the surface comprises an aperture for the breast to be pendantly suspended therethrough, and the surface is adjusted to a shape of the patient's body. Preferably, the membrane-like contour surface covers the entire surface area of the table. Alternatively, it can be limited to a section that will cover an area from approximately the bottom of the rib cage to the collar bone when the patient is lying face down on the table.

Abstract: A fluid supply apparatus includes a housing which is selectively coupled to a portion of a bed in either a first orientation or a second orientation.

Abstract: A bedding or seating product comprising a spring assembly made up of a plurality of parallel strings of springs joined to each other. Each of the strings of springs comprises a row of interconnected pocketed coil springs. Selected pockets of fabric are shorter than adjacent pockets, so coil springs in the selected pockets are under a greater load than adjacent coil springs. In one preferred embodiment, every other pocket is under a greater load than the adjacent pockets, resulting in a checkerboard arrangement in at least one area of the product.

Abstract: A feeding utensil such as a spoon or fork having a pry for dislodging a tightly fit closure from a receptacle such as a jar. The utensil has a flat, broad handle, with a spoon or fork projecting from one end and a curved arm serving as the pry projecting from the handle. Preferably, the handle is blunt and extends beyond the pry. The pry is located on the handle and configured such that the closure is dislodged by applying a squeezing motion wherein the user's hands are urged towards one another. The utensil may bear any of the group including indicia, non-metallic coloring, metallic coloring, and a temperature indicating material thereon, and any combination of these.

Abstract: Fibrillation of certain cellulosic fibres has been widely studied, and fibrillation can be utilised to improve fabric performance, for example strength, absorbency, surface area together with handle and opacity. However, it believed that keratinous fibres such as wool have not been treated in this way. The invention seeks to provide a fibrillated keratinous fibre fabric and a method of fibrillating natural fibres. A textile fabric of keratinous fibre is disclosed characterised by the presence of fibrils, micro-fibrils and proto-fibrils. The fibrils may be further characterised as having diameters in the range 3 &mgr;m to 5 &mgr;m and by having lengths in the range 25 &mgr;m to 60 &mgr;m. Preferably, the fabric is a woven, knitted, non-woven or composite fabric. A method of treating natural fibres is also disclosed which comprises:- a pre-treatment to remove surface lipid materials or scales, e.g. using an oxidising agent; a treatment to remove or partially remove intercellular cement, e.g.

Abstract: Disclosed is a fabric rise composition comprising a) 0.

Abstract: The invention is directed to fabric treatment compositions comprising at least one cationic polymer and at least one anionic polymer, wherein at least one of these two polymers is a silicone polymer, and wherein said composition forms a coacervate phase.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling a hot water washing of a washing machine and method thereof, by which a hot water washing time is reduced by reducing a time for taken to heat water. The present invention includes the steps of setting a washing condition for the hot water washing, supplying the water according to the set washing condition, judging whether the water level of the supplied water is a heating water level for heating the water, heating the water if the water level of the water is the heating water level, judging whether the water level of the supplied water is a washing water level according to the set washing condition, if the water level of the supplied water is the washing water level according to the set washing condition, judging whether a temperature of the water is a heating temperature according to the set washing condition, and if the temperature of the water is a heating temperature according to the set washing condition, executing the hot water washing.

Abstract: A washing machine and a control method thereof are provided for accurately sensing an amount of laundry placed in the washing machine and setting a wash pattern accordingly. The washing machine includes a motor for being driven, in response to a user command, to rotate a drum holding laundry; a pulse sensor for sensing a pulse generated by the driven motor and outputting a voltage signal indicative of a width of the pulse; and a microcomputer for sensing an amount of laundry based on an integration value derived from the voltage signal output from the pulse sensor and on a revolution time period with respect to a reference value stored in the microcomputer. The control method includes steps of sensing a laundry amount according to a pulse generated when a motor is driven in response to a user command; and controlling a wash pattern according to the sensed laundry amount.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a composition comprising at least one conductive polymer in a cosmetically acceptable medium, said polymer being in soluble form in said medium, as, or for the manufacture of, cosmetic products for giving a visual effect to human keratin fibers and more particularly the hair, and also, when said conductive polymer absorbs in the visible region, as, or for the manufacture of, cosmetic products intended to color said fibers.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel diaminopyrazole compounds having formula (I): wherein R1 represents a linear or branched C4-C5 alkyl or n-propyl group, or a linear or branched C3-C5 mono or polyhydroxy alkyl group, and the addition salts thereof with a physiologically acceptable acid. The invention also relates to the compositions containing such a compound for the dyeing of keratinous fibers and the method for using said compositions.

Abstract: An objective of the invention is to provide a hair dye composition having sufficient decolorizing performance and dying performance without exhibiting any irritative odor, and also having an ability of imparting the hairs with an excellent smoothness.

Abstract: A pool cleaner, including a valve chamber (4) having an inlet and two outlet orifices and a valve (7) within the valve chamber. The valve continuously oscillates between first and second positions due to water flow through the chamber from the inlet to the outlet orifices. A bias means (8), in the form of resilient projections on the valve (17), the valve being offset in the chamber or a stiff projection from the valve (13) contacting the wall of the valve chamber. The bias means applies an eccentric influence on the valve such that the operator does not need to initiate oscillation of the valve.

Abstract: A motorized cleaning/polishing device includes a housing and a carrier with a detachable cleaning/polishing attachment. The housing contains a rechargeable battery, motor and flex mount having flexible pillars to which the carrier is mounted. The carrier is also coupled to the motor drive shaft via an eccentric element and bearing. The carrier may have a foam layer with hook fasteners adhered to its underside for removably attaching any one of various attachments to the carrier. Cleanser or polish can be impregnated in the attachment wet or dry, or it can be contained in a perforated or water dissolvable packet sandwiched between the carrier and the attachment. A removable scrub brush can also be attached to the carrier so that its bristle head orbits in front of the device. The device is particularly suited to orbit in the 2,500 to 10,000 OPM range.

Abstract: A join end face of an optical connector is easily and reliably cleaned when the optical connector has been inserted into a connector housing, by using an optical connector cleaning unit comprising a cleaning member which wipes clean a join end face of an optical connector inside a connector housing by relative motion against the join end face, a drive mechanism which drives the cleaning member, and a connection section which enables a drive auxiliary mechanism for applying a moving force to the drive mechanism to be connected, and an optical connector cleaning tool in which a drive auxiliary unit comprising the drive auxiliary mechanism has been connected to the connection section of the optical connector cleaning unit.

Abstract: A toothbrush tufted with needle-shaped bristles. The bristles are formed of polyester resin. The bristles are 0.1 to 0.2 mm thick before tapering, 13 to 18 mm long, tapered 4 to 8 mm only on one end with a tapered tip thickness of 0.01 to 0.08 mm, and planted to be 7 to 13 mm high in the toothbrush.

Abstract: The subject invention provides a vacuum unit, a waste container, and a transport mechanism. The vacuum unit applies a vacuum to clean an area to collect debris and the waste container collects waste by a user separate from debris collected by the vacuum unit. The transport mechanism supports the vacuum unit and the waste container thereof for moving the vacuum unit and the waste container across the area while applying the vacuum to collect the debris and while allowing independent filling of the waste container with waste.

Abstract: The following invention refers to a mobile unit comprising a hollow container (5) fit for housing in a sliding manner at least one drawer (7), and a case (16), which can be detached in virtue of suitable hooking/unhooking means (15), containing a dust suction device. Said mobile unit also comprises additional containers (19) that can be moved and piled on top of each other and on top of said hollow container (5).

Abstract: A cyclone-type dust collecting apparatus for a vacuum cleaner having a dual contaminant separating structure in which contaminants can be effectively separated and collected comprising a cyclone body having a dual structure including a first outer cylinder and a first inner cylinder with the lower part open, and an air inlet portion and an air discharge portion connected to an upper surface of the body portion in an area of an upper surface of the inner cylinder for air, including entrained contaminants, to flow in through the air inlet portion to form a cyclone stream, a first contaminant discharge path formed on the lower side of the first inner cylinder for discharging contaminants to a space between the first inner cylinder and the first outer cylinder, a contaminant collecting receptacle having an inner space divided into a first contaminant collecting space and a second contaminant collecting space by the dual structure of a second outer cylinder corresponding to the first outer cylinder and a second in

Abstract: A cleaning tool for a vacuum cleaning device has a housing and a motor arranged in the housing. A tool carrier and a rotatingly driven working tool are provided. The working tool has two ends rotatably supported in the tool carrier. The tool carrier and the working tool form a changing unit. The tool carrier is detachably secured on the housing by catch elements. A gear system is connected between the motor and the working tool, wherein the motor drives via the gear system the working tool. The gear system has a driving wheel driven by the motor and a driven wheel fixedly connected to the working tool. The tool carrier and the housing have wall sections that overlap one another and align the tool carrier relative to the housing and the driven wheel relative to the driving wheel when the changing unit is inserted into the housing.

Abstract: A cleaning tool for a vacuum cleaning device has a housing having a bottom plate with a working slot. A rotatingly driven working tool is rotatably supported in the housing and passes through the working slot to act on a surface to be cleaned. A motor is arranged in the housing and has a motor shaft. A gear system is connected between the motor and the working tool, wherein the gear system has a driving wheel driven by the motor shaft and a driven wheel fixedly connected to the working tool. The driving wheel and the driven wheel are V-belt pulleys and have a peripheral groove, respectively. The gear system further has a V-gear positioned between the driving wheel and the driven wheel, wherein the V-gear has an outer periphery that engages the peripheral grooves for establishing a driving connection between the driving wheel and the driven wheel.

Abstract: A gas-filled cylinder, with two concentric cylindrical bodies (1, 2) that determine an intermediate duct (3) and are separated by a shaft cap and a valve cap that allow the passage of gas towards the interior, in which a piston (6) moves and forms two chambers (4, 5). The gas passes from one chamber to the other when the valve shaft (13) is operated. This valve shaft is of considerable length and can be operated by means of small movements.

Abstract: The invention concerns a cabinet fitting, in particular a hinge, with integrated braking and damping device, including a fastenable hinge arm on a cabinet component and a fastenable hinge cup on another movable cabinet component that is connected by at least one articulated lever with the hinge arm. The invention is characterized by the driver plate, which can slide, is held in the hinge cup and can be operated directly or indirectly by the articulated lever and has held in the hinge cup at least one pivoting or swiveling brake plate moves turning, so that the brake plate has at least one brake surface that glides on at least one corresponding, fixed brake surface or, on one opposite the first brake surface, a second movable brake surface.

Abstract: Apparatus for securing bills and/or cards in a decorative and aesthetically pleasing manner. A preferred embodiment comprises an elastic loop forming a cavity in which bills and/or cards can be secured, a charm attachment device, and a charm either permanently or removably attached to the charm attachment device. In other embodiments, the loop is formed of two rigid or semi-rigid side members having ends attached by two respective elastic members.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed for clamping cable. The apparatus has an elongate body having an interior passage extending from a first end to a second end. An end of the cable inserts into the first end, is pushed through the interior passage, and pushed out the second end. A roller is mounted within the interior passage, and the cable rolls along the roller as the cable is pushed through the interior passage. A wedge slides within the body to a position adjacent the roller, and the wedge clamps the cable between the roller and the wedge. Tension in the cable in one direction causes the wedge to slide away from the roller, thus permitting the apparatus to be slid along the cable to a desired location. Tension in the opposite direction, however, causes the wedge to slide to the roller, thus clamping the cable within the apparatus.

Abstract: A zipper slide is constructed to include a slide body having a locating hole and a retaining hole, a mount integral with the slide body at the top, a pull-tab, the pull tab having a coupling hole pivotally coupled to pivot holders of the mount, and a spring member inserted through the coupling hole of the pull-tab and connected between the locating hole and retaining hole of the slide body to hold down the pull-tab, the spring member having a pointed rear end inserted through the retaining hole of the slide body for engaging the interlocking teeth of the zipper tapes in which the zipper slide to stop the zipper slide from displacement when the pull-tab turned to a horizontal position in parallel to the slide body.

Abstract: A segmented hook and loop type fastener accommodates molding contours. Each segment may be surrounded by a gasket barrier, or covered by another sort of cover, or left unprotected. The fastener component is a plurality of fastening segments. Carried on the fastening face of a base member are a plurality of fastening elements, either hook-type or loop-type. Located between and joining each adjacent pair of fastening segments is a flexible neck that is narrower than the fastening segment. The flexible neck region is typically flexible around two or three orthogonal axes. Each segment may have a barrier for use during an operation to incorporate the fastener into a molded body. The barrier would prevent any liquid foaming material from contacting the fastening elements if the fastener is placed in the mold with the fastening elements pressed against the wall of the mold. The cover may be enveloping or space filling.

Abstract: A fastener for installing a radiator on a radiator seat is disclosed. The fastener has a strip having a central portion curved downwards from two ends thereof. A first attaching portion is formed at a first end of the strip. The first attaching portion has a first hook formed at a bottom thereof. A second attaching portion is formed at a second end of the strip. The second attaching portion has a second hook formed at a bottom thereof and a tab formed on a top of thereof.

Abstract: A chain keeper for retaining a chain operatively connected to a driving mechanism of a chain hoist system. The chain keeper has a support bracket and a pair of plates. The support bracket is mountable onto a fixed structure, and has a substantially vertical longitudinal axis, and opposite top and bottom sections. Each plate has top and bottom portions. The plates project from the support bracket and are slanted with respect to the longitudinal axis thereof. The plates converge towards one another towards the bottom section of the support bracket, a slot being defined between peripheral edges of the plates at the bottom section of the support bracket. The slot is shaped and sized to slidably and removably receive therein a segment of the chain for retaining the same from substantial vertical movement along the longitudinal axis of the support bracket.

Abstract: During the construction of the nozzle beam according to DE-A-195 01 738, the insertion slit for the nozzle strip (14) is sealed on the front side of the nozzle beam by means of a screwed cover (16,17). It is easier to exchange a nozzle strip (14) if a special closing unit (26) having an opening (3) for the nozzle strip is provided on the front side, and said opening (30) is closed in a liquid-tight manner by a simply fixed insertion mandrel (31).

Abstract: Provided is a water-decomposable fibrous sheet including fibers containing at least 3% by mass of fibrillated rayon. The fibrillated rayon has a degree of beating of at most 700 cc and has primary fibers of a predetermined fiber length and microfibers extending from the primary fibers. In the fibrous sheet, the microfibers are entangled with at least either of other microfibers and other fibers therein, and the surface friction resistance of the fibrous sheet in dry, measured according to the abrasion resistance test method of JIS P-8136, is at least three rubbing cycles.

Abstract: A solid electrolyte capacitor includes a capacitor element, an anode lead, and a cathode lead. The capacitor element includes a capacitor chip, an anode wire projecting from the capacitor chip, and a cathode electrode formed on outer surfaces of the capacitor chip. The anode lead is electrically connected to the anode wire, whereas the cathode lead is electrically connected to the cathode electrode. A method for making such a solid electrolyte capacitor includes a laser irradiation step for irradiating the anode wire with a laser beam, and a connection step for connecting the anode wire with the anode lead after the laser irradiation step.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new type of encapsulated surface acoustic wave component and to a method for the batch production of such components.

Abstract: The invention relates to a tool turret comprising: a housing (10), for connection to a machine tool, an electric drive motor (28), a tool disc (14), which is mounted such as to rotate relative to the housing (10), about a longitudinal axis (34) and which may be fixed in selected angular positions, with recesses (16) for machining tools (18). At least one rotating machining tool (18) may be driven by the drive motor (28), using shafts (24, 30), running perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (34) and which represent the swivelling axis of the tool disc (14). The above is embodied with the electric drive motor (28) arranged within the tool disc (14) and the driveshaft (30) from the electric drive (28) aligned with the driveshaft (24) for the machining tool (18) or running parallel thereto, such that an economical drive design for machining tools on a tool turret is achieved, furthermore with a small installation volume.

Abstract: A seal puller tool head (10) has a blade forming an elongated, flat, metal shank (12) and a hook (16) that is disposed at one end of the shank, above a top face of the shank, such that it lies no more than partially in the plane of the shank. The hook is angled or offset above the shank for use in penetrating the interface between a sealed shaft and a shaft seal without scratching the shaft or requiring extreme lateral tilting of the shank to establish a hooked engagement on the inside face of the seal. The shank (12) is coated with cushioning or protective material to further avoid scratching the shaft, and a backside edge opposite the opening of the hook may carry a wear strip (42) as further protection. A base (14) is suitably configured to be engaged by a wrench, slide hammer, or lever for manipulating the hook in tight clearances. A fulcrum also engages the lever in variable position.

Abstract: The present invention springs from the discovery that mild acids could be utilized to shear undesired metals away from desired precious metals that have been plated onto circuit board runners or contacts. This shearing action occurs at a high rate when metal scrap segments are immersed in mild acid and excited by application of an electromagnetic field at specific frequencies and power levels. These frequencies and power levels are based on the end metal desired and the metals contained in the scrap and the acid utilized. When mild acid saturated with copper sulfate and loaded with scrap metals is subjected to an electromagnetic field at the appropriate frequency and power levels copper and nickel molecules are sheared rapidly and absorbed into solution, leaving only the desired metal, such as gold, in a 99.5% pure flake which can be skimmed off the surface of the solution or filtered from the solution.

Abstract: A rivet setting device for setting a self-tapping rivet in a work piece includes a rotatable head for rotating a self-tapping rivet to form a hole in the work piece and a shank retracting assembly for compressing and spreading the hollow body of the self-tapping rivet, allowing the head of the self-tapping rivet to detach from the shank upon application of a predetermined tensile force. The rotatable head comprises a clutch having a body enclosing a plurality of bearings circumferentially located around the shank, for gripping the shank. The clutch is formed with a plurality of tapered channels for urging the bearings into engagement with the shank upon rotation of the clutch.

Abstract: A refrigerant gas is collected and a compressor is removed from a discarded refrigerator, a heat-insulating housing including a heat insulator is cut/processed and separated into a plurality of pieces, and the pieces are compressed/processed by compression rollers opposing each other so as to collect a gas contained in the heat insulator. In accordance with this method, substantially no gas contained in the heat insulator is diffused at the time of cutting the heat-insulating housing, and the gas can be collected at a high concentration because it is collected by being allowed to leak out at the time of compressing. Furthermore, by using the compression rollers, closed-cells in the heat insulator can be crushed easily, thereby collecting the gas completely and reliably. Thus, it is possible to collect a foaming gas contained in the heat insulator efficiently and disassemble a refrigerator at low cost without increasing the size of-equipment and an installation space.