Abstract: A cardboard box unpacking device has a blade positioned in a slanting blade groove of a main body and a covering body for cutting off plastic packaging strap tensioned on a cardboard box, a staple removing device provided at the upper rear side of the main body for removing staples from the cardboard box and a telescopic blade device disposed at the lower portion of the covering body for cutting off adhesive tape adhered to the cardboard box, able to remove all sealing members from the cardboard box at the same time.

Abstract: A dust and debris shield for a power hand tool is disclosed. According to the invention, the invention includes a bifurcated dust and debris shield that is readily affixed to a wide variety of power hand tools utilizing material processing heads. The shield is comprised of two primary shield components including a material processing head encompassing portion to be affixed to the power hand tool about an axial housing of the power hand tool, and a complementary-shaped outer housing portion to be engaged and disengaged with the head encompassing portion, the outer housing portion further including an exhaust tube for coupling to a suction or vacuum hose.

Abstract: Disclosed is a folding knife (10) having a handle (12) and a blade (14) mounted on a pivot axis (16). The blade (14) is locked in open (FIG. 4) and closed (FIG. 2) positions by a slidable latch member or bolt (22). The bolt (22) is biased toward the locked position by a gas spring (38) which operates as a sealed, gas filled, variable volume piston/cylinder unit.

Abstract: A releasable, double locking knife including a body having a cavity and a pair of opposed arms, each having a free end extending into the cavity, and a blade connected to the body for rotation between the closed position wherein the blade is disposed substantially within the cavity and an opened position wherein the blade is disposed substantially outside the cavity. The opposed arms engage side surfaces of the blade when the blade is in the closed position to resist movement of the blade out of the closed position. The arms further engage stop surfaces on the blade when the blade is in the opened position, thereby locking the blade in the opened position. The blade further includes a release mechanism for moving the arms out of locking engagement with the blade to permit movement of the blade out of the opened position.

Abstract: An automatic optical center punch adapted to perform with high accuracy and ease of use is disclosed. The punch includes a spring-loaded hammer and a rotational latch mechanism. The rotational latch mechanism restrains the movement of the hammer to allow the spring to be compressed when pressure is initially applied to the punch by its operator. When the spring is fully compressed, the latch mechanism engages a cam surface, which causes the latch to rotate to release the hammer. The spring-loaded hammer makes contact with a punch head assembly, which causes perforation of the work surface to take place. Once the hammer has been extended by the spring, the latch engages a second cam surface, which causes the latch to rotate in the opposite direction to restrain the hammer in preparation for the next compression of the spring.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to a device that integrates a pencil point protector, a pencil sharpener and a pencil eraser and more specifically to a device adapted at one end to receive the point of a pencil for sharpening the pencil point or protecting the pencil point when the pencil is not in use, and further comprising at its opposite end an eraser element. In the preferred embodiment, the invention is an integrated device for sharpening and protecting a pencil point, and includes an erasing element for erasing pencil marks. The apparatus comprises a body member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is sized to receive the pencil point, and the body member is adapted to enclose and secure the pencil point thereby protecting the pencil point from unwanted use and/or breakage. The device further includes a cutting element disposed on the body member for cutting the pencil point when the pencil point is secured within the body member.

Abstract: A tractor-trailer highway parameter gauge having visual indicators near the center of the field of view of an operator, which correlate with the location of the rearwardmost portion of the tractor-trailer within a traffic lane. The parameter gauge comprises a horizontally disposed base, a first electrically illuminated visual indicator mounted upon a first bracket assembly that is fastened to the base, a second electrically illuminated visual indicator mounted upon a second bracket assembly that is fastened to the base, an electrical component housing operatively connected to the first and said second visual indicators, and an electrical power supply connected to the electrical component housing. The parameter gauge enables safer operation of a tractor-trailer on a public highway.

Abstract: A method and a device for determining the rectilinearity of guide rails wherein a guide rail is oriented substantially parallel to a reference axis. At least one light beam is emitted along the reference axis by a light source and is detected by a light detector. When the light source or the light detector is displaced along the guide rail, warping and twisting of the guide rail can be detected as changes in the spacing between the guide rail and the reference axis.

Abstract: A distance measuring tool including a plurality of substantially flat unit members each having ears at opposite ends of opposing sides and measurement marks along a side extending between the opposing sides, with pivot members pivotably secured between the ears at opposite ends of opposing sides of adjacent unit members. The unit members are pivotally secured to adjacent pivot members along two spaced pivot axes, where the ears define the pivot axes a distance X from the ends of the ears and the pivot members define the pivot axes spaced apart a distance at least 2X. The unit members have a thickness Y and the pivot members have a width W, where 2X≦W≦2Y and, in another form, the ears are rounded to avoid interference with an adjacent ear when the unit members are pivoted relative to the pivot members. The pivot axes are defined by axially aligned pins pivotably received in recesses.

Abstract: An apparatus (20) for measuring angles, typically a bevel square, having a first arm (27), a second arm (21) pivotally attached to the first arm, a transducer (62, 63) for detecting changes in the angular position of the second arm (21) relative to the first arm (27), a controller (66) communicating with the transducer (62, 63) for calculating an angular position value of the second arm (21) relative to the first arm (27) and an output device (67) communicating with the controller (66) which outputs the angular position value.

Abstract: Touch-triggered probe comprising a fixed part, designed to be fastened onto a measuring machine or a machine tool, and a mobile contact feeler that can be oriented on two independent axes along a multiplicity of spatial directions. The two axes of the probe comprise each an actuator for unlocking and adjusting the axes.

Abstract: A length measuring probe that includes a base body, a guide element and a probe pin having a touch scanning element for touch scanning a measuring object, the probe pin is seated, displaceable in relation to the base body in a measuring direction opposite a spring force F via the guide element. A detection device detects a position of the probe pin with respect to the base body and a first spring element and a second spring element arranged behind the first spring element in the measuring direction so as to prestress the probe pin. The guide element is arranged between the first and second spring elements, on which facing end areas of the first and second spring elements are fixed in place, and wherein the at least one guide element is seated, displaceable in the measuring direction, on the probe pin and on the base body.

Abstract: Touch-triggered probe comprising a fixed part, designed to be fastened onto a measuring machine or a machine tool, and a mobile contact feeler that can be oriented on two independent axes along a multiplicity of spatial directions. The two axes of the probe comprise each an actuator for unlocking and adjusting the axes. The operation force is reduced as compared with the high effective indexing force by a demultiplying mechanism having an increasing transmission ratio, for making easier the operation in unlocked position. The indication elements can easily be read whatever the feeler's orientation.

Abstract: A device for the directional attachment of a scale element of a linear position measuring system to an installation face of a first body. The device includes a first body, a second body comprising a scanning head, which is movable in a measuring direction in relation to said first body, and a scale element is aligned parallel with respect to the measuring direction and a profiled alignment device is provided on the second body, which works together with a complementary tape profile on the scale element for aligning the scale element.

Abstract: In a scale device including a scale unit (4) and detector (5), the scale unit (4) includes a scale member (6) formed from a long material and having at least a pair of fixing holes (12) formed therein across a position signal carrying area (11) defined thereon and which carries positions signals, and a case member (7) housing the scale member (6) therein and having formed therein a pair of fixing holes (15) through which there is penetrated a fastening member (13) to be screwed into a mounting hole (10) formed in a stationary part (2) of a machine to which the scale device is to be installed. The detector (5) is fixed to a moving part (3) of the machine, which moves relative to the stationary part (2), and includes a sensor (29) which moves oppositely to the position signal carrying area (11) on the scale member (6). The scale unit (4) is fixed to the stationary part (2) with the scale member (6) and case member (7) being fastened together by the fastening member (13).

Abstract: A device for heat treating metallic webs in-line, in particular for operation with a low-density protective gas, comprises stabilising nozzle systems which stabilise the course of the web and effect heat transfer, primarily by forced convection, in the heating portion and at least in the first portion of cooling. The web is guided in a non-contact process in the treatment portion localised by rollers. The course of the web exhibits a concave curvature (as viewed from above), at least in a partial area in the treatment portion. The area of said concave curvature can be in a fluid which is different from the fluid with which the web is blown in the heating portion and at least in the first portion of the cooling area.

Abstract: An apparatus for controlling gas valves of a gas drier prevents gas leakage in case of ignition failure and reduces the risk of accidents accordingly.

Abstract: A grain dryer control system uses the grain dryer discharge temperature to account for moisture reduction in the grain as it cools after discharge from the dryer. The control system includes moisture and temperature sensors and a means to control the discharge of grain from the grain dryer. Given a grain discharge temperature, a control temperature and a moisture reduction factor as a function of temperature, the control system calculates an expected moisture reduction in the grain as the grain cools. Grain is discharged from the dryer when the target moisture content after cooling added to the expected moisture reduction in the grain as the grain cools meets the measured grain moisture content in the dryer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for heating and cooling a substrate are provided. A chamber is provided that comprises a heating mechanism adapted to heat a substrate positioned proximate the heating mechanism, a cooling mechanism spaced from the heating mechanism and adapted to cool a substrate positioned proximate the cooling mechanism, and a transfer mechanism adapted to transfer a substrate between the position proximate the heating mechanism and the position proximate the cooling mechanism.

Abstract: A method for etching a metal layer on which an oxide-based ARC layer is coated in a semiconductor device comprises the step of performing a dry cleaning process by using a Cl2/CHF3 based gas, after dry cleaning the ARC layer by using the oxide-based gas. As a result, the etching rates of the center area and the edge area are substantially same.

Abstract: An air dryer assembly and mounting bracket for mounting an air dryer to a vehicle. The air dryer assembly has a manifold and a canister which seal against the surface of the mounting bracket. Orientation pegs are provided along the sealing surface of the air dryer manifold and receive corresponding indented regions in a cut out region in the mounting bracket. By providing a number of orientation pegs on the surface of the manifold, a number of mounting orientations for the air dryer assembly can be achieved.

Abstract: An athletic shoe midsole includes a hard elastic stabilizing member that extends generally around a central opening through which a relatively soft elastic cushioning layer extends downwardly from a heel center beneath a wearer's calcaneus bone to thereby form a heel-cushioning pillar. The stabilizing member extends along lateral and medial sides of the pillar to prevent pronation and supination, and preferably includes a protrusion that extends into a depression in the heel-cushioning pillar in alignment with a line of flexure of the heel region to thereby affect flexure characteristics of a heel region of the shoe. The midsole may also include flex grooves, channels, and/or notches aligned with the line of flexure for promoting the desired flexure characteristics in the heel region of the sole and for helping decelerate the wearer's heel-toe gait during the stance phase of the wearer's gait cycle.

Abstract: A shoe sole structure that not only provides a shock absorbing effect but also can protect the elastic portion of the shoe sole structure from aging and wear. The shoe sole structure contains a first protective container, a first elastic pad, a second protective container and a second protective container. The first protective container has a first side having a first containing space and a second side having plural first gutters thereon. The first elastic pad is united with the first side within the first containing space. The second protective container has a third side having a second containing space and a forth side having plural second gutters thereon. The second elastic pad is united with the third side within the second containing space. The second side is united with the forth side.

Abstract: The invention relates to a new design for a shoe, especially an athletic shoe, with a sole that cushions mechanical stress while running, with an area with a cushioning effect and at least one further area with an effective transfer of force.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a shock absorbing shoe. The shock absorbing shoe comprises: an upper member which wraps and protects the instep and ankle; a cushion member which is sutured to the upper member, improves a frictional force between the sole of a foot and the ground, and consists of a forefoot portion and a heel portion each having a recess of a predetermined depth; a buffering unit which is arranged-in the respective recesses of the forefoot and heel portions of the cushion member for absorbing shocks while the wearer is walking or running; an air pumping unit which is arranged in the recess of the heel portion to perform an auxiliary buffering action and which supplies air onto the forefoot portion; and a bottom sole which is mounted on the upper part of the cushion member and to which the foot sole of the user is tightly attached.

Abstract: A sole to be placed under a patient's foot inside a shoe or being part of a prosthesis or an orthosis, with the purpose of correcting a person's gait, characterised in that the sole have two or more areas of different flexural resistance. The boundary line between the different areas have a certain shape resembling an “S”. The sole is made up of carbon fibre composites, aramid fibre composites and/or other materials, and the differences in flexural resistance are achieved for example by applying composite materials with the reinforcing fibres arranged as parallel fibres, or weave, or fabric with the fibres crossing each other at different angels and in different number of layers in different parts of the sole or applying different types of fabric and weave in different areas.

Abstract: A lace tightening assembly is applied to a shoe body having eyelet tabs, and includes a mounting seat, a tightening member mounted pivotally in the mounting seat, and a pull cord for operating the tightening member to pivot between a shoe lace tightening position and a shoe lace loosening position.

Abstract: A clothes drying cabinet is provided with an internal compartment for receiving clothes and having a plurality of air inlet nozzles. An air plenum provides air to the cabinet through the nozzles. The plenum has a decreasing cross section from one corner to an opposite corner to provide a balanced distribution of air through the nozzles at a substantially uniform velocity. The nozzles are angularly oriented to direct air across upper and lower surfaces of shelves mounted within the drying compartment.

Abstract: A combined hanger and greeting card keepsake with a double-sided display having a substrate with a first side and a second side, a first indicia on the first side, and a second indicia on the second side. The first indicia and the second indicia have a common greeting card theme, and the combined hanger and greeting card keepsake conforms with standard postal regulations for first class mail or the like. Also, an envelope combined with the combined hanger and greeting card keepsake. The envelope has a third indicia which has the common greeting card theme. Further, a method of making the combined hanger and greeting card keepsake.

Abstract: An indicator for a connector, which is attached to a connector, has a first indication member at which is indicated first information urging a user to perform a predetermined operation before using the connector, and which is attached to a position such that the connector cannot be connected if the user does not remove the indicator for a connector, and which can be removed from the connector. The indicator for a connector also has a second indication member at which is indicated second information which is useful at a time of connecting the connector, the second indication member being attached to a position which does not impede connection of the connector.

Abstract: In one embodiment, there is shown a system and method of allowing a user to gain access to information pertaining to certain equipment by pulling a label out of an opening in a surface of the equipment, viewing information on the label; and pushing the label back into the opening. In a further embodiment, the label is captive to the equipment independent from a bezel surrounding the equipment. In a still further embodiment of the invention, the label has on it pre-established information pertaining to the equipment, as well as user added information.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a revealing picture structure for surface picture or three-dimensional picture. The present invention mainly consists of a covering body and a content body wherein the covering picture can be pushed apart unlimitedly using different methods to finally regain an original covered content body status. The picture designed in the lower level of the content body is the final picture to be revealed. Hence, the present invention provides a creative and interesting structure satisfying the desire of knowledge and improving manufacturing values.

Abstract: A light-conductive and transparent front panel 12 is mounted in a frame 11. One or more etched characters 22 are formed on a rear surface 17 of the front panel 12, and one or more photo-luminescent characters 16 is/are disposed in overlying relation to the etched character(s) 22. A strip of light emitting diodes (LED's) 14 are mounted in the frame 11 adjacent to a side wall 13 of the front panel 12. Mounting members 19, 20 are formed on the frame to position and hold the front panel in place.

Abstract: A system for mounting a flexible sheeting material to a substrate is comprised of a number of frame sections including an elongate support member secured to the substrate and an elongate connector member secured to an end portion of the flexible sheeting material, with the support member and the connector member including interlocking anchor elements capable of forming a releasable interconnection therebetweeen. The support member and the connector member each include a tool engaging portion defining oppositely facing bearing surfaces. A tool is provided which includes a first engaging surface positioned in abutment against one of the bearing surfaces, and a second engaging surface positioned in abutment against the opposite bearing surface. Displacement of the engaging surfaces along the bearing surfaces tensions the flexible sheeting material to a taut state, with the interlocking anchor ribs forming a releasable interconnection to maintain the flexible sheeting material in the taut state.

Abstract: A preferred artistic medium comprises a first translucent sheet having at least one first image presented thereon, a second translucent sheet having a least one second image presented thereon, the second image being substantially identical to the first image, wherein at least a portion of at least one of the first and second sheets is textured in a substantially uncolored area of the image, and wherein the first and second sheets are positioned in proximity to one another and in a relative orientation such that the first and second images are in substantial registration with each other.

Abstract: An elongated tubular support (10) is mounted in a stationary position (FIGS. 6 and 7) for rotation about a horizontal (FIGS. 1 and 2) or vertical (FIG. 5) axis. A spring biased detent (66, 70, 72) is positioned between the support member (10) and a stationary mounting member (68). The detent (66, 70, 72) permits the display panel (DP) to be swung in position about a first position (FIG. 1) and a second position in which it is positioned about 180 degrees from the first position (FIG. 2).

Abstract: A marking element for marking the function of a control element of an electric or electronic device with numbers or pictorial symbols. The marking element is composed of a first section composed of a first film having a luminescent layer to be applied to a control area of the control element, and a number or pictorial symbol is provided on the first section.

Abstract: A protective display holder for a flat item, such as a collectible card or a photograph, comprising a substantially rigid base having a flat top surface and a recess from the flat surface for receiving the flat item; a substantially rigid cover having a flat bottom surface; and at least one magnetic member affixed to the base, and at least one magnetic member affixed to the cover and magnetically attracted to the at least one magnetic member affixed to the base for urging the bottom surface of the cover against the top surface of the base.

Abstract: An encasement system for a display article comprising a transparent top section, a bottom section, a side section disposed directly adjacent the transparent top section and bottom section, the side section having an extending arm, the extending arm having a top segment and a bottom segment and a channel defined there between, whereby a cavity is defined between the transparent top section, bottom section and side section for receiving the display article and whereby the channel is in communication with the cavity, an inert gas injected into the cavity through the channel; and a means for attaching the transparent top section to the side section and to the bottom section such that the inert gas is sealed inside the cavity between the transparent top section and bottom section and adjacent the side section.

Abstract: A picture frame includes a frame with a decorative cover thereon. The frame has an opening through which a picture can be viewed and the cover extends from a top of the frame and around an interior edge of the opening to a bottom of the frame. The picture frame has an annular substrate that has an interior peripheral wall with plural steps ascending from the substrate and extending into the opening, where a riser of a top step abuts the interior edge of the opening to hold the cover between the riser and the frame, and where a flat of a bottom step abuts the bottom of the frame to hold the cover between the flat and the frame. A removably attachable back that holds a picture is provided in the opening.

Abstract: An ammunition clip is provided for supplying cartridges to a gun. The ammunition clip includes an elongated housing having an internal chamber for holding a plurality of laterally aligned cartridges, said elongated housing having a loading end and an opposing end, a moveable carriage disposed within the internal chamber for urging the aligned cartridges towards the loading end and a resilient elongated member that engages the opposing end of the housing with a first end and the moveable carriage with a second end, said resilient member being adapted to assume a substantially straight configuration when the ammunition clip is empty and a U-shaped configuration when the ammunition clip is full.

Abstract: A breeching tool assembly is provided for use with a shotgun barrel including a cylindrical carrier tube with a first externally threaded portion at one end for threadingly engaging an internal thread in the shotgun barrel. A second externally threaded portion is provided on the carrier tube which will remain exposed beyond the muzzle end of the shotgun barrel when the carrier tube is fully threaded into engagement with the shotgun barrel. An internally threaded stand-off tube is also provided which is sized to be threadingly carried on an outside of the carrier tube and to engage the second externally threaded portion of the carrier tube such that the stand-off tube can be threaded onto the carrier tube until the stand-off tube abuttingly engages the muzzle end of the shotgun barrel.

Abstract: A tube and ring assembly is provided for use with a shotgun barrel including a cylindrical tube, which may be a conventional choke tube or a carrier platform, with a first externally threaded portion at one end for threadingly engaging an internal thread in the shotgun barrel. A second externally threaded portion is provided on the tube which will remain exposed beyond the muzzle end of the shotgun barrel when the tube is fully threaded into engagement with the shotgun barrel. An internally threaded ring is also provided which is sized to be threadingly carried on an outside of the tube and to engage the second externally threaded portion of the tube such that the ring can be threaded onto the tube until it abuttingly engages the muzzle end of the shotgun barrel.

Abstract: A chambering device for a gun includes a shank having a plurality of cutting flutes, a projection extending from one end of the shank, at least one spacer disposed about the projection, and a shaft extending from the shank opposite the projection and adapted to rotate the shank along an interior of the barrel of the gun for enlarging the interior and providing a desired head spacing.

Abstract: Bird-repelling devices and methods involving the reflection of light so as to disorient and thereby discourage birds from perching on outside structures. The devices feature an upside down “v” or a “w”-shaped reflector that is mounted to the top of a structure, such as a billboard. These reflectors provide a repelling effect while minimizing the reflection of light to the ground, thereby lessening any chance of distraction to motorists or pedestrians caused by glare. The invention also includes a structure for pivotally attaching the reflectors, such as by a cog and gear, that allow the reflectors to track the sun or other source of light.

Abstract: A jig fish lure having a body and a hook attached to the body. An eye allows attachment of fishing line to the lure. The eye is located to the rear of the body, either in a recess or cavity or behind the body itself, so that fish line knotted to the eye is shielded by the body of the lure. The fishing line is led from the front of the body to the eye in the rear through a passage through the body. Weed guards may optionally be provided.

Abstract: An insect trap that utilizes a combustion chamber to produce carbon dioxide for an attractant. Combustion gasses from the combustion chamber are cooled in a conduit for the trap inlet. Thus, a single fan may be used for both drawing insects into the insect trap and for cooling the combustion chamber. Combustion gasses, after being cooled by the flow of air through the conduit connected to the trap inlet, may be further cooled by a cooling system, such as a thermoelectric device. As such, the insect trap of the present invention may be used to produce carbon dioxide, via combustion, at temperatures at or below ambient temperature.

Abstract: A method of dispersing a volatile composition which method comprises dispersing a volatile composition into an air steam; and generating an ion wind, thus causing the molecules of the volatile to become electrically charged. An apparatus for use in the method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method to use diesel fuel alchohol micro emulsions (E-diesel) to provide a source of reductant to lower NOx emissions using selective catalytic reduction. Ethanol is stripped from the micro emulsion and entered into the exhaust gasses upstream of the reducing catalyst. The method allows diesel (and other lean-burn) engines to meet new, lower emission standards without having to carry separate fuel and reductant tanks.

Abstract: Low molecular weight and high molecular weight two-block emulsifiers, in particular based on polyisobutylene, of the formula (Ia) or (Ib) and mixtures thereof 1