Abstract: A handle of sporting equipment in accordance with the present invention comprises a hollow elastic sleeve, the hollow elastic sleeve further composes a first end, a second end in conical shape and a main shaft in between; a strip wrapping spiral around the hollow elastic sleeve from the first end to the second end, and a hollow skirt stretches out from the second end of the hollow elastic sleeve; the hollow skirt can turn over toward the second end and offer a strong restrained force to wrap and press the end of the strip.

Abstract: A sash window counterbalance spring mounting arrangement for fitment into a channel section within a window jamb. The arrangement comprises at least two coiled ribbon springs, a spring support mounting comprising support means for each of said at least two coiled ribbon springs to support and locate said coiled ribbon springs to the spring support mounting, and locating means adapted, in use, to locate the spring support mounting within and to said channel section. The spring support mounting comprises a single integral component from which the support means depend and from which the at least two springs are located and supported. The support means may comprises sets of pairs of triangular cross section integral projections which extend from the rear surface of the main body portion. An end portion of the main body portion of the support mounting is curved. Wing projections may extend from the front surface of the main body of the spring support mounting.

Abstract: One or more coupling assemblies are located at each opposite end of a first part and a second part. Each coupling assembly includes an elongated slot formed in the first part and a corresponding latch device which projects from the second part and which is releasably receivable by the slot. The latch device includes a tab and a pair of spaced-apart fingers projecting from the second part. The tab is positioned between the fingers. The fingers project generally linearly and parallel with respect to each other, and define a plane. The tab has a base, a first leg and a second leg. The base extends generally parallel to the fingers. The first leg extends away from the plane and from a first end joined to the base to a second end joined to the second leg. The second leg and extends towards the plane and away from the second end of the first leg. The first and second legs form an apex which is spaced apart from the plane of the fingers. The first part forms a pair of ramp surfaces adjacent to the ends of each slot.

Abstract: An improved shoe for a casement window hinge is disclosed. The hinge has a base with a front end and a rear end and two sides. The base has a ridge on the rear end for securing the base to a track and a tongue extending from one of the sides. The tongue has a plurality of teeth extending from a side of the tongue. A gear wheel is adapted to be rotatably secured to a track. The gear wheel has a plurality of teeth about its circumference which mesh with the teeth on the gear wheel. The rotation of the gear wheel causes the base of the hinge to move longitudinally in relation to the track.

Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a shaft (1), a prime mover spring (2) having two end portions (22, 23), a case drive member (3) having a cam face (311), a main body drive member (4) having a cam face (411) movably engaged with the cam face of the case drive member, a number of driving pins (5) each having one end abutting the case drive member, and a manual button (8) connected with an opposite end of each driving pin. The two end portions of the prime mover spring are respectively secured in a flange head (12) of the shaft and in the case drive member. The shaft extends through the prime mover spring, the case drive member and the main body drive member thereby integrating the hinge assembly into a complete unit.

Abstract: To provide, in a portable terminal such as a cellular phone, especially of a foldable type, a hinge for portable terminal that not only has both functions of allowing a second casing having a display portion to turn in a horizontal direction relative to a first casing having a keyboard portion and of allowing the second casing to open/close relative to the first casing, but also is capable of preventing external leakage of a lubricating oil and is formed to be as compact as possible so that a mounting space can be saved.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hinge mechanisms for electric devices with folding casings and to a double articulated hinge mechanism for aforesaid electronic devices offering advantageous characteristics for electric conductors to be passed through the inventive hinge mechanism. The mechanism allows pivoted junction of at least two casing parts constituting a folding casing of an electric device, wherein each casing part includes electric components. The hinge mechanism comprises at least a hinge body component and flexible electrical conductor means for connecting the electric components included by different casing parts. The hinge body component enables establishing two independent, substantially parallel and at a predefined distance separated pivot axes. Further the hinge body component provides a passage, which is adapted to receive the flexible electrical conductor means for being routed though the hinge mechanism.

Abstract: A metallic fastener includes a head, two bent segments bent from two opposite sides of the head and engaged onto and parallel to the head, two shanks bent and extended from the bent segments, and a cap attached onto the head. The head further includes one or more projections extended beyond the bent segments of the head, and/or includes one or more bent flaps to position the heads of the metallic fasteners in a guide track, and to guide the metallic fasteners to move through the guide track, and to prevent the metallic fasteners from being jammed or engaged with each other within the guide channel of the guide track.

Abstract: A fastening element (1) including a rear grip member (11) for introduction into the longitudinal spaces (17) of the mounting rail (2), in the transport position, and for gripping of holding projections (6.1, 6.2) arranged in the mounting rail (2), in the securing position, and a stop (12) for the front external contact of the mounting rail (2). The stop (12) is connected to the rear grip member (11; 31; 52; 64) by a screw (13). A spacer element (14) is arranged with two projections (15.1, 15.2), between the stop (12) and the rear grip member (11), for temporary fixing of the rear grip element (11), in the transport position. The projections (15.1, 15.2) are mounted spring-biased on the spacer element (14).

Abstract: A side-release buckle having a male member having at least one forwardly dependent catch arm, and a female member having an opening adapted to receive the at least one forwardly dependent catch arm, wherein the at least one forwardly dependant catch arm includes an aperture permitting the connection of a security device. The female member may also include a second opening, the male member having three forwardly dependant catch arms, the middle of which is adapted to penetrate the second opening with an extension member having an aperture capable of receiving a security device. The male member and the female member may be connected by a strap. The female member may include a housing capable of preventing the strap from being loosened when the male member is within the female member.

Abstract: A retaining end of a shoelace includes a shoelace and a retaining end integrally molded at both ends of the shoelace thereof respectively. Both ends of the shoelace is respectively disposed a tying section which is located into an upper and a lower molds communicating with piping for rubber to be injected therein to form the retaining end securely coated outside the tying section of the shoelace without coming off there-from easily to attain the best using condition and facilitate the production thereof on a massive scale. Besides, the rubber molding the retaining end thereof can also be eco-friendly silica-gel, or mixed with other materials such as gold dust, pearl white, aromatics, or thermo-indicating agent to achieve more colorful and eye-catching effects of the retaining end thereof in display, boosting its competitive power in the market.

Abstract: Cremation urns for storing and displaying cremated remains, including methods of forming such devices, are disclosed. A cremation urn in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention may include an urn assembly coupled to an extending below a mineral slab. The urn assembly may include a container body, neck portion, and lid that together can be used to store human or animal cremated remains. A display stand including a number of support legs can be used to support the mineral slab in an upright and angled position, if desired.

Abstract: A casket assembly includes a container and a two-piece lid. The two-piece lid includes a superior lid that covers the anterior end of the casket and an inferior lid that covers the opposite end. The container includes a bottom panel, an inferior end panel, a superior end panel, and two elongated side panels. Each elongated side portion has a recessed portion on the superior end of the casket for providing an improved viewing of the deceased. In one embodiment, the casket panels each include a plurality of mortise holes and/or tenons. The tenons on individual panels are designed to fit into the mortise holes on other panels. Pins are placed through pinholes on the tenons to retain the tenons in the mortise holes. A shelf and bracket assembly may be provided for use in displaying mementos of the deceased and/or for supporting the inferior casket lid.

Abstract: A master substrate 15 is prepared which is partitioned into plural substrate regions A, formed with a window 16 in each of the substrate regions A, and provided with a throw-away region B between a respective pair of adjoining substrate regions A, the throw-away region including a write control terminal 12. A package 1 including a recess 11 is loaded from one side of the master substrate so as to be mounted on the substrate region A in a manner to close the window 16. A quartz-crystal oscillator device 5 is accommodated in the recess 11 of each package 1, while an aperture of the recess 11 is sealed with a closure 4. An IC 6 is inserted through the window 16 from the other side of the master substrate 15 so as to be mounted to a lower side of the package 1. Temperature compensation data for the quartz-crystal oscillator device 5 are written to a memory in the IC 6 via the write control terminal 12.

Abstract: A machine for securing a border wire on a mattress inner spring comprises a support for supporting the mattress inner spring and border wire; a clip applicator for applying clips to the mattress inner spring and the border wire to secure the border wire to the mattress inner spring; a movement generating system for effecting relative movement between the mattress inner spring and border wire, and the clip applicator, such that the clip applicator successively secures clips to the mattress inner spring and the border wire around a perimeter of the mattress inner spring; a controller controlling activation and deactivation of the clip applicator and drive system; and a clip applicator feed system configured to receive and feed to the clip applicator a plurality of non-coiled strips of clips.

Abstract: The setting device for blind rivet nuts is characterized by an electric motor with a drive shaft which is arranged in a first housing part and connected via a transmission means to a tool housing part which is arranged in parallel with the drive shaft, a tool shaft which is arranged in the tool housing part and to which a tool is non-rotationally connected, a locking means with which the tool housing part and the tool shaft can be non-rotationally coupled, an anti-rotation means with which the tool shaft can be blocked against rotation, and a spindle means which in the rotation-blocked state of the tool shaft creates a relative axial movement between the tool shaft and the tool housing part. The locking means and the anti-rotation means are preferably formed by a joint coupling means.

Abstract: A float operated fuel vapor vent valve has body structure with an annular mounting flange formed of material weldable to a fuel tank and the flange is spin welded to the tank. The float has surfaces thereon which slidably engage corresponding surfaces in the float chamber to prevent relative rotation of the float with respect to the valve body during spin welding. An optional pressure relief valve in the vent outlet also has surfaces slidably engaging the vent passage to prevent relative rotation during spin welding.

Abstract: A method for assembling components that are sealed hydraulically or pneumatically includes forming an outer component having an inner surface, a groove for holding a seal, the groove having an opening at the inner surface. A seal is fabricated in the form of a substantially circular ring having a scarf cut extending through the width and the thickness of the seal, and a second inner surface having an inside diameter. The seal is then placing over a mandrel having a diameter that is larger than the inside diameter of the second inner surface so that the seal is expanded by plastic deformation such that a gap is formed at the scarf cut. Then the seal is inserted in the groove while the seal is expanded.

Abstract: An apparatus for fastening an earring, said apparatus comprising: a motor adapted for generating a torque; and an earring back holder adapted for applying said torque to an earring back.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a metallic blank into a shaped article useful as an enclosure for an implantable medical device is described. The method entails a plurality of steps in a particular order to obtain certain finish characteristics. Some of them are a surface roughness for bond ability and/or a uniform surface finish on the drawn section of the blank. The preset steps must be completed in a particular order; otherwise the desired characteristics are not provided.

Abstract: For an improvement of the coating of disintegrator rolls, an accessory wire in the area of a tooth base is coated with a reduced quantity of hard material granulate as compared to the coating on the tooth. With the proposed coating, the advantage is gained that a precoated accessory wire, without damaging the coating, can subsequently be wound on an accessory wire carrier.

Abstract: A continuous cable processing apparatus for producing cable sections with processed ends comprises a cable transport apparatus having at least one transport means for moving and holding the cable in the axial direction and, transversely thereto, a knife station. According to a special variant, two transport means are arranged in the longitudinal cable direction on both sides of the knife station and, after the cable has been cut through, each hold one of the cable end regions produced on cutting, so that said end regions are movable in the longitudinal cable direction. At least one of these end processing stations is arranged transversely with respect to the longitudinal cable direction, adjacent to the knife station and at least one transport means is movable transversely with respect to the longitudinal cable direction so that a cable end region can be fed to the end processing station.

Abstract: A magnetic head having a spin valve sensor that is fabricated utilizing an Al2O3, NiMn0, Si seed layer upon which a PtMn spin valve sensor layer structure is subsequently fabricated. In the preferred embodiment, the Si layer has a thickness of approximately 20 ? and the PtMn layer has a thickness of approximately 120 ?. An alternative fabrication process of the Si layer includes the overdeposition of the layer to a first thickness of from 15 ? to 45 ? followed by the etching back of the seed layer of approximately 5 ? to approximately 15 ? to its desired final thickness of approximately 20 ?. The Si layer results in an improved crystal structure to the subsequently fabricated PtMn and other spin valve sensor layers, such that the fabricated spin valve is thinner and exhibits increased ?R/R and reduced coercivity.

Abstract: A door hinge mounting system includes a first multi-sided rotating member and a second multi-sided rotating member that are provided with at least two mounting surfaces. Each of the mounting surfaces of the first and second multi-sided rotating member is provided with a door hinge mounting unit.

Abstract: A wire harness is made up of a plurality of partial harnesses. Each of the partial harnesses is arranged such that opposite end portions of a plurality of electric wires having terminals at ends thereof are retained in advance in U-shapes with predetermined intervals provided so as to correspond to a plurality of connectors into which the terminals are inserted, by a plurality of wire clamps juxtaposed at equal pitches on a wire clamping bar. The terminals at the ends of the plurality of electric wires in each of the partial harnesses are inserted into terminal accommodating chambers of predetermined connectors selected from the plurality of connectors, thereby aggregating the partial harnesses into a combined unit.

Abstract: An equipping installation introduces fitted-out cable ends into plug housings and is arranged downstream from a fitting-out installation. A contact for the first plug housing is arranged at the leading cable end and a contact for the second plug housing is arranged at the trailing cable end. A feeder unit takes over the cable loop fitted-out to a finished state from a second transfer unit and transfers the leading cable end to a positioning unit and the trailing cable end either to a rotatable store or, after the positioning unit is again free of cable, to the positioning unit in accordance with a cable plan. An equipping unit takes over the cable ends in succession at the positioning unit and introduces the cable ends into the corresponding plug housings.

Abstract: A mechanism for positioning a substrate of an image sensor. The substrate has first to fourth edges. The mechanism includes a standard unit, a link unit, and a push-up needle unit. The standard unit has adjacent first and second standard planes, both of which define a positioning region for receiving the substrate. The first and second edges contact the first and second standard planes, respectively. The link unit includes a first link and a second link pivotally mounted to the first link at a pivotal portion for positioning the third edge of the substrate. The push-up needle unit positions the fourth edge, a flexible element being arranged within the push-up needle unit so that when the push-up needle unit contacts the fourth edge of the substrate, the push-up may be retractable.

Abstract: A method for programming a routing layout design through one via layer includes forming a plurality of metal traces on a first routing layer and a second routing layer, and positioning a plurality of vias within a via layer disposed between the first and second routing layers for connecting the metal traces on the first and second routing layers according to a first current route defined by a predetermined circuit layout design to connect a first node and a second node so as to establish a second current route equivalent to the first current route.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a micro-electromechanical fluid ejection device includes the step of forming a first layer of a sacrificial material on a substrate incorporating a drive circuitry layer. A first electrically conducting layer, a first structural layer and a second electrically conducting layer are formed on the sacrificial material with the first structural layer interposed between the electrically conducting layers. The sacrificial material is formed so that the first electrically conducting layer defines a heating circuit connected to the drive circuitry, and the electrically conducting layers and the first structural layer define a fluid ejecting member connected to an actuator arm that is displaceable on heating and subsequent expansion of the first electrically conducting layer. A second layer of sacrificial material is formed on the second conducting layer layer. A second structural layer is formed on the second layer of sacrificial material.

Abstract: A method of mechanical twist lock attachment of a pass-through valve or fitting over an aperture in a plastic fuel tank having an embedded vapor barrier layer. A ring having circumferentially spaced internal lugs is secured to the tank by weldment around an aperture in the tank wall exposing an edge of the barrier layer. A seal ring on the pass-through is located in the aperture to seal the exposed vapor barrier edge. Outwardly extending projections on the pass-through attach the pass-through by twist locking engagement with the projections on the ring.

Abstract: A manicuring appliance comprising a hand held center section with proximal and distal end sections each of which may be detachable from the center section. Each end section may have a lip shaped to bear against the base of the cuticle. The distal end section comprises a pusher for shaping the cuticle and prepare it for cutting by the proximal end section. The proximal end section includes a cutting blade positioned to properly cut or trim the cuticle along an arc which follows the arc of the cuticle base as the user moves the appliance along the cuticle. Various alternative embodiments of the proximal cutting section are disclosed.

Abstract: The invention entails an actuatable tool, such as a chain saw, with at least one handle for manually manipulating the tool by one hand of a user. The tool includes at least one device in at least one area of the at least one handle. The device is suitable and adapted for radiating energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation in the microwave range so that a warming of the user's hand can be brought about.

Abstract: A utility knife include a handle, a neck pivotally mounted on the handle, and a blade mounted in the neck. The neck can be folded into the handle to transport the utility knife. The blade is slidably removably inserted into and out of the handle without requiring disassembly of the handle. The blade is secured to the neck of the knife by a pivotally mounted arm.

Abstract: An electric hair trimmer includes a housing with a handle and a head extending from the handle. Two fixed arrays of cutting teeth are attached to the head and face in opposed directions away from one another. Two movable arrays of cutting teeth face in opposite directions away from one another and each cooperates with a respective one of the fixed arrays of cutting teeth. An electric motor is located within the housing and affects movement of the two movable arrays of cutting teeth. The hair trimmer is designed for self-use in trimming one's hair and can be grasped by either hand and moved back and forth across the scalp somewhat in a brushing manner.

Abstract: A hand tool such as a folding knife, fixed blade knife, multitool and the like has a handle with a slip-resistant grasp. The handle incorporates a bi-directional saw-tooth pattern formed into the handle surface that defines a ridged pattern that is generally transverse to the longitudinal axis of the handle. A first plurality of ridges face in the rearward direction and a second plurality of ridges face in the forward direction. The bi-directional pattern provides a secure grip in all orientations.

Abstract: The invention concerns a process for the aligning of the tooth spaces of workpieces (1) with precut teeth, which are set up for fine machining on the work spindle (2) of a gear finishing machine. In order to avoid the trend related occurrence of out-of-tolerance aligning errors as series production progresses, teach-in cycles are performed on the workpiece machined in the immediately preceding machining cycle, called for automatically after time intervals or machining cycle intervals which are either pre-defined or calculated by the machine control system. By this means any prevailing trend errors are restored to zero.

Abstract: The invention relates to a template for determining the shape and size construction materials should be cut to substantially match an irregularly shaped area to be covered by the construction materials. The template is a single layer material having lines that permit snapping off parts of the template without a cutting instrument. The template also has pegs on periphery edges of the template to assist in positioning the template. The invention also relates to a method of installing construction materials into an irregularly shaped area with the template.

Abstract: A method for making beaded jewelry is provided. The method utilizes a megaphone shaped device having a small diameter first end and a larger diameter second end. The circumference of the first end is that of one part of the human body, such as a child's wrist. The circumference of the second end is the size of another part of the human body, such as an adult ankle. Markings on the girth of the device sequentially graduate in circumference and define graduated bracelet, anklet and other jewelry sizes. When one is making a bracelet or other article of jewelry of strung beads, the diameter of the beads affects the finished length of the article. Use of the device takes into account the diameters of the beads and thereby ensures that the finished item of beaded jewelry will fit the intended wearer.

Abstract: A probe head for a coordinate measuring machine has a feeler device that can be deflected in space. Also provided are balancing element for adjusting a predetermined rest position of the feeler device for any different alignment of the probe head in space. The balancing element are designed as masses. The forces or moments required for balancing the feeler device are produced by the masses.

Abstract: The body tool has a rectangular shape with two projections and a central passage for a Pinewood Derby® car body. The holes in one projection align with the other projection. A child places a car body into the passage so the kerf for an axle aligns with the holes in the projections. Alternately, the body alignment tool has two jaws upon a threaded rod closed by a wing nut that grasp a car body. The child then drills through the holes and the car body to straighten the kerf to accept an axle. The child then removes the car body from the body tool and inserts an axle into the new kerf.

Abstract: The invention relates to a measurement probe, in particular for an apparatus for measurement of the thickness of thin layers, having a housing which has at least one printed circuit board and at least one sensor element which is associated with the printed circuit board, and having a contact cup which is arranged at the lower end of the housing, characterized in that a flexible strip, which has at least one connecting line, is provided on the at least one printed circuit board, and which is passed out of the housing.

Abstract: Article of footwear includes a sole, an insole overlying the sole, the insole having in a surface thereof a groove having an inlet and outlet in an edge of the insole, the groove winding substantially throughout the length and width of the insole upper surface. A tube is disposed in the groove and extends throughout the length of the groove and has an inlet portion extending from the groove inlet at the edge of the insole and an outlet portion extending from the groove outlet. An upper fixed to the sole has apertures through which extend the tube inlet and outlet portions.

Abstract: An article of waterproof footwear is provided which contains a sole (1) joined to an insole (2) and to a welt (3) which encloses the lower edge of an upper (4), the inner surface of which is lined by a preferably semi-permeable membrane (6). The lower edge of the membrane is glued to a waterproof tape (7) joined to the insole (2). The welt (3) is preferably made in a single piece of plastic or rubber material with the sole (1). A process of manufacturing the waterproof footwear is also provided.

Abstract: An article of footwear comprises a sole, a shoe top having at least one of a toe portion and a heel portion wherein the shoe top is attached to the sole, and a shoe lip having a plurality of holes disposed between the sole and the shoe top.

Abstract: A sole for a shoe with a foot guiding mechanism which has the particularity that the sole comprises a sole body which has, on an outer face thereof, at least one protrusion. The at least one protrusion is flexible in order to produce a desired movement of the protrusion which is suitable to force a guided sequence for a foot, wearing the shoe sole, from when the heel section initially contacts a ground surface to when the front edge of the sole breaks contact with the ground surface.

Abstract: A footwear piece having a platform and a fluid assembly. The platform supports a wearer's foot and is engagable with an underlying surface. The platform has a rear heel region for engaging the wearer's heel and a sole region forwardly of the heel region for engaging a portion of the wearer's foot including the ball and toes of the wearer's foot. The fluid assembly has a first chamber containing a first quantity of a first fluid. The fluid assembly is provided on the platform and configured so that as the wearer of the footwear piece walks or runs, the wearer's heel is caused to apply a force to the first chamber that causes at least a portion of the first quantity of the first fluid to be discharged from the first chamber in such a manner that impact forces imparted from the platform to the wearer's heel are absorbed.

Abstract: A sports shoe comprising a semirigid shell divided into a heel unit and a separate toe unit, which are slidingly associated, the shell containing a soft innerboot that comprises a detachable interconnection for connection of an element for at least partial covering and/or fastening of the soft innerboot, the covering and/or fastening element being conveniently associated with the toe unit and protruding therefrom.

Abstract: An expandable shoe includes an outer shell and an adjustable inner assembly within the outer shell. The inner assembly includes a first sole portion, a second sole portion, and a screw drive. The screw drive has a screw passing through a screw insert mounted to one of the first and second sole portions and a screw-receiving portion attached to the other of the first and second sole portions, so that turning the screw causes the sole portions to move relative to one another, thereby adjusting a dimension of the shoe. The shoe includes a manually operable control to turn the screw without the need for tools. The control is operable between a first position in which the control resists movement around an axis defined by the screw and a second position in which the control can be used to turn the screw to adjust a dimension of the footwear.

Abstract: A length-adjustable shoe is disclosed. The shoe includes an outsole, an insole attached on the outsole, an upper attached on the insole, means for adjusting a length of the insole, which is provided at the insole, an upper tension member provided at the upper, a lower tension member provided at the outsole, and means for fastening a front part and a rear part of the upper divided by the upper tension member to maintain a size of the shoe at a wearer's foot size. The shoe is extended and contracted longitudinally without change of an outer shape of the shoe, by the length-adjusting means, the upper tension member, the lower tension member, and the fastening means. The shoe can accommodate a wearer suffering hallux valgus or hallux varus, a wearer with both feet having different sizes, and a wearer with rapid growth rate. The shoe can be worn by a wearer for a long period of time without needless expenditure due to purchase of two pair of shoes.

Abstract: A footwear attachment interface including an insert inserted into a hole in a sole of footwear, and an electrical connector disposed in the insert. There is also described a foot paddle assembly including a forefoot racket and at least one of a medial racket and a lateral racket, each of the rackets including a ball rebound surface, wherein the medial and/or lateral racket includes mounting elements that medially protrude therefrom.