Abstract: A castor particularly for trolleys comprises a rolling body supported rotatably by a fork mounted in a support destined to be connected to a trolley. The rolling body comprises: a central body and at least two circular flanges protruding radially from the central body and having a thickness smaller than the width of longitudinal grooves defined between longitudinal ridges of a conveyor belt for trolleys. The central body of the castor comprises at least one facet defining a flat surface. When the edges of the circular flanges are received within longitudinal grooves of the conveyor belt, the facet of the central body abuts against the upper surface of the longitudinal ridges of the conveyor belt to block rotation of the castor body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to castors for furniture or the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a locking device for foldable rigid buckling packing housings, which has a lower housing and an upper housing hinging to each other, wherein the hinge between the upper housing and the lower housing has a structure as following: an upper housing hinge plate is attached on the upper housing; the upper housing hinge plate is interconnected with the lower housing hinge plate; a locking plate is installed on the lower housing to lock the rotatable arms of the upper housing hinge plate in both clockwise and anticlockwise direction; the locking plate is linked to a button on the side wall of the lower housing; the button has a resetting spring. The present invention makes the foldable rigid buckling packing housings able to be locked in both closed position and open position, and makes the structure simple and the device easy to use.

Abstract: A hinge assembly structure for opening and closing a door in a storage facility is provided. The hinge assembly structure includes a main body provided with a storage room, a door opening and closing the storage room on the upper portion of the main body, a hinge assembly connecting the door rotatably with the main body, and a hinge receptacle accommodating the hinge assembly, in which the hinge receptacle is integrally formed between the door and the main body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hinge structure comprising: a fixed plate; pivotal plates provided outside both side planes of the fixed plate for relatively pivoting in respect to the fixed plate; a hinge shaft inserted into the fixed plate and the pivotal plates for functioning as a central pivoting shaft and provided in one end with a head portion expanded beyond the diameter of the hinge shaft and in the other end with a coupling portion; a fixing member fitted around the other end of the hinge shaft and laterally movable for adjusting the degree of tightening the hinge shaft; and projected washers each integrally bulged from inner faces of the pivotal plates for forming frictional faces against the fixed plate.

Abstract: An ornamental eyeglass retainer and necklace for surrounding a user's neck to suspend a pair of eyeglasses or for wear about a user's neck, as an adornment. A pair of ornamental bodies each conceal one or more interconected rings within a vertical through bore. A transverse bar spans the through bore, at an upper end and passes through one of the rings, for retaining the ring in position. One of the rings protrudes from a lower end of the through bore for attaching a decorative neck surrounding cord or chain. The ring, at the upper end of the through bore, of each body, may be slideably engaged on each eyeglass temple and the cord or chain may be attached to a ring at the lower end of the through bore, on each body, to suspend the pair of eyeglasses. The ends of the cord or chain may be connected to form a necklace.

Abstract: An apparatus includes: a base having at least one surface lying substantially in a base plane; a first member extending substantially perpendicularly from the surface of the base and defining an aperture therein; and a second member having a proximal end coupled to the surface of the base and a distal end, the second member defining a second plane extending transversely from the base plane of the base at least toward the aperture, wherein the orientation of the second member biases the second member toward the first member such that an article may be gripped therebetween.

Abstract: A clip is adapted to attach a pencil or the like to a wearer's cap. The clip is made of a flexible resilient material. The clip has a first channel adapted to receive a lower edge portion of a wearer's cap. The clip also has a slot which is adapted to receive a pencil to be gripped between the sides of the slot.

Abstract: A structure of the invention for fixing an end portion of a binding band 10 includes a lock portion 11 having a band retaining portion provided within a band insertion hole 14, and a band portion 12 which extends from the lock portion 11, and has engagement portions 15 for retaining engagement with the band retaining portion. Wire harnesses are fixed in a bundled manner to a protector 40 by the band portion 12. A holder portion 16 in the form of a recess is formed in the protector 40, and has a shape similar to the outer shape of the lock portion 11, and this holder portion 16 includes a band passage hole for the passage of the band portion 12 therethrough, and an abutment surface provided at an end of the band passage hole. When the engagement portion 15 is retainingly engaged with the band retaining portion upon bundling of the wire harnesses, the lock portion 11 abuts against this abutment surface.

Abstract: A V-band clamp that includes an annular band having an inner surface and an outer surface. A latch assembly is attached to the outer surface of the band for attaching objects together. A plurality of insert segments are attached to the inner surface of the band, wherein each segment includes a contour edge for preventing damage to objects being joined together during installation of the V-band clamp.

Abstract: A child safety clip which consists of two elongated, opposed legs adjoined by a bridging section. Each leg provides a loop which may be opened or closed by a latch or clasp mechanism. Also, if the user desires to open or close either loop of the legs without using the latch or clasp mechanism such as through the application of pressure or force, the child safety clip is designed to succumb to the pressure or force and permit the latch or clasp mechanisms to open and the loops of the legs to bend or flex, thereby, releasing the item to the user held by the loops. The child safety clip is made of a material having a memory to return the clip to its original shape for continued use.

Abstract: A method for providing an end-stop for a slider on a resealable thermoplastic bag is provided. The resealable thermoplastic bag includes a profile track having a first side panel and a second side panel. A clip having first and second legs is made to straddle the profile track such that the first leg of the clip being proximate to the first side panel and the second leg of the clip being proximate to the second side panel. One of the legs has an inward-facing protrusion for engaging a corresponding recess on the panel proximate thereto, such that the clip resists vertical motion on the profile track. The other of the legs of the clip is sealed to the panel proximate thereto.

Abstract: A survival hook consisting of a pair of hooks rotationally attached to a plate which is itself provided with fastening means to retain the plate over clothing, typically over the forearm of a user. The plate can be of a strap-on type by way of fastening means or can be sown as part of the clothing or alternatively, it can be fixedly attached to the clothing by mechanical fastening means, adhesive means or combination thereof. The hands are always free and unencumbered and the moving elements are simple enough that it is unlikely that jamming through frost or packed snow or ice can occur and hinder proper operation of the invention. The pair of hooks are normally folded against the plate so as not show their pointy ends, and are folded out only when needed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reusable casket including a rectangular solid-configured body preferably having a casket top hingedly connected to a casket rear for pivotal movement between a casket-open position and a casket-closed position, a casket front pivotally connected to a casket bottom between a casket-closed position and a casket-open position, latching means for latchingly retaining said casket front in said casket-closed position and locking means for securing said casket top to said casket front. The reusable casket also preferably has a tray for supporting a disposable cremateable container for human remains and a plurality of track assemblies connected to the casket bottom for rotatably supporting the tray during tray movement along said casket bottom. Also disclosed herein are additional embodiments of the reusable casket, as well as methods for preferably single-handedly transferring boxed human remains from a casket interior on to a support for transport of said remains.

Abstract: A casket comprises a casket shell, a casket lid close able upon the shell and deployable structure, operably associated with either the shell or the lid, and integrally formed therewith, which, when deployed, defines a memorial surface adapted to have placed thereon items of memorialization for display. The deployable structure is so configured and arranged such that the items of memorialization must be removed therefrom when the structure is not deployed. In one aspect, the deployable structure can be operably associated with said shell. In another aspect, the deployable structure can be operably associated with the lid.

Abstract: A golf club head comprises a hollow body having a cavity, a plurality of rib-like walls provided on the inner surface of the hollow body so as to extend backward from a position near the face portion, and a sound bar disposed behind the face portion so as to extend along the back face of the face portion. A method of making a golf club head comprises making a wax model of the hollow main body having an opening, wherein in order to prevent deformation of the wax model during making a casting mold, the wax model is provided with a brace which extends across the opening and protruding walls which are disposed on the inner surface of the wax model and extend backwards from the opening.

Abstract: The present invention provides a manufacturing method for color balls. A piece of glittery foil is cut into shredded slips while the other piece of glittery foil is cut into the slips with different geometric shapes on one end. Then the shredded slips and the slips with different geometric shapes on one end are tied by two threads so as to form a downy fluffy garland. After that, the fluffy garland is coiled around a hemispheric base and is attached with fixing pins, forming a color ball. This method is to increase the manufacturing speed as well as reduce the manufacturing cost.

Abstract: An injection moulding assembly includes a male moulding member surrounded by a female moulding member forming a void between them that upon injection of molten plastics into the mould a container can be formed. The moulding assembly includes a guide rod and ejection flange and a pair of ejection flange guide rods, an air vent valve and an injection passage. The male member includes in this embodiment eight grooves unevenly spaced so that the partially hardened container formed in the injection mould can be pushed from the mould using the ejection flange while the container is sufficiently green to enable the ribs formed in the grooves to move over the surface of the male mould during the ejection process.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for production of a metal strip from a strip (6), cast directly from molten metal (4), whereby a trimming of the strip edges (9, 9?) of the strip (6) is carried out, characterised in that the strip edges (9, 9?) are cooled before the trimming in such way as to render said edges more brittle than the rest of the strip (6). The invention further relates to a unit for processing a thin metal strip (6), arising from the casting of thin strips directly from molten metal, characterised in comprising a unit for the controlled, exclusive or preferential cooling of the strip edges (9, 9?) of the strip (6).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing teeth of a stator or rotor of a linear stepping motor includes a step of placing a mask above an object and the mask having apertures, and a step of hitting the object at high speed via the apertures by the particles so as to from teeth on the object.

Abstract: There is provided a stator of a rotary electric machine in which the proportion of the cross sectional area of a coil in the cross sectional area of the slot is high, and an electric power loss due to leakage flux can be reduced. The stator is a stator of a rotary electric machine including a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core having multiple slots in a direction parallel to a rotational axis of the rotary electric machine, and a laminated flat-body conductor which is formed, in a press process, by laminating a predetermined number of flat-body conductors each of which has a predetermined shape. According to the predetermined shape, the flat-plate conductor has an open end portion such that the flat-plate conductor can be fitted in the stator core. The laminated flat-body conductor is inserted in the slots of the stator core, and the open end portion of the laminated flat-plate conductor is closed, whereby a coil is formed.

Abstract: A device for applying balancing weights to vehicle wheels in wheel balancing machines, comprising: a detector for the position of an indicator that can slide on rectilinear guides with respect to a wheel supported rotatable on the frame of a balancing machine; removable locking elements the indicator in at least one direction of sliding activatable when a preset position of the indicator is reached and comprising at least one first and second gears, supported rotatable on the wheel machine which mesh with each other; transmission elements for transmitting motion of the indicator to the first gear; and motion elements for moving a third gear between an inactive configuration, in which it is disengaged from the first and second gears, and a locking configuration, in which the third gear is engaged with the teeth of the first and second gears to prevent their rotation.

Abstract: A device for assembling electronic circuits comprises a placing station for placing circuit components on a circuit carrier held at a placing location, a fixing station for fixing the circuit carrier under the effect of heat, and a belt conveyor for conveying a circuit carrier from the placing location to a take-over location of the fixing station. The fixing station comprises a heatable zone and a manipulator for raising the circuit carrier from the take-over location and placing it in the heatable zone. A continuous belt conveyor extends from the placing location up to the take-over location.

Abstract: An electronic parts mount apparatus for taking out electronic parts from a parts supply section 3by a transfer head 9 and transporting and mounting the electronic parts to and on a board 2 has a board recognition camera 15 moving independently of the transfer head 9 and advancing to and retreating from the board 2 positioned on a transfer passage 1 for picking up an image of the board 2 to detect the position thereof. The image pickup step of the board 2 by the board recognition camera 15 and the parts taking out step in the parts supply section by the transfer head 9 are performed concurrently. Thus, the tact time can be shortened and the electronic parts can be mounted on the board efficiently.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a capacitor-embedded PCB is disclosed wherein a RCC with a resin thickness of several tens of micrometers and another RCC or a PREPREG with a copper foil is used for the embedded capacitor. The present invention eliminates the problem of losing a thermal pad of the upper electrode or the ground pad during the etching step of the outer layer. The present invention makes it possible to minimize the manufacturing tolerance due to the reduction of the beam size of a laser drilling and thereby to increase work efficiency.

Abstract: Methods are provided for making vertical feed through electrical connection structures in a substrate or tile. The vertical feed throughs are configured to make the tile attachable and detachable as a layer between other substrates. For example, the tile with vertical feedthroughs can form an easily detachable space transformer tile in a wafer test system. The vertical feed through paths are formed with one end of each feed through hole permanently encapsulating a first electrical contact, and a second end supporting another pluggable and unpluggable electrical probe contact. Decoupling capacitors can be further plugged into holes formed in close proximity to the vertical feed through holes to increase performance of the decoupling capacitor.

Abstract: Methods are provided for making plated through holes usable for inserting and attaching connector probes. In a first method, a curved plated through hole is formed by bonding curved etchable wires to a first substrate, plating the wires with a non-etchable conductive material, encasing the plated wires with a dielectric material to form a second substrate, planing the second substrate to expose the etchable wire, and etching the wires to leave plated through holes. In a second method, wires coated with a first etchable layer are initially bonded to a substrate, a second non-etchable plating layer is then applied over the first layer, and the first layer is etched away leaving plated through holes with wires disposed inside.

Abstract: A system and method for coupling a thermal dissipation device to a substrate to be cooled and to an underlying support. The system includes a frame having an aperture, an upper surface abutting at least part of the bottom periphery of the thermal dissipation device, and a lower surface abutting the underlying support. A biasing element is positioned within the aperture of the frame and fastened to the thermal dissipation device. The biasing element urges the substrate into contact with the thermal dissipation device by applying a biasing force thereto, and decouples this biasing force from the force securing the heat sink to the underlying support.

Abstract: The present invention has its main object in providing a bearing device of a motor superior in its resistance to impact and sliding performance. Therefore, according to the present invention, a shaft and a sleeve into which the shaft is inserted are formed from stainless steel, and a plating layer formed by means of an electroless nickel plating so as to have a phosphorous concentration of at least 6% and at most 12% and subjected to a precipitation hardening treatment in an atmosphere of at least 500° C. and at most 700° C. is provided on a surface of the shaft. Thereby, the sliding performance of the bearing device having a superior resistance to impact can be improved.

Abstract: The present invention is directed in one aspect to a razor cartridge having a shaving aid dispensing system that includes a housing that defines a cavity in which a supply of shaving aid film is disposed. At least one razor blade is positioned within the housing and has an at least partially exposed cutting edge. The supply of shaving aid film is positioned in the cavity and is used to transfer shaving aid to a user's skin during a shaving operation. An applicator is coupled to the housing adjacent the cutting edge of the razor blade. Means provide an application path for drawing the shaving aid film over the applicator in response to the razor cartridge being moved over, and in contact with, a user's skin during a shaving operation. The shaving aid film deposits at least a portion of the shaving aid provided thereon, onto the user's skin when contact is made therewith.

Abstract: A hair trimming device is disclosed as including a first body part and a second body part, the first body part having a first end pivotally secured with a first end of the second body part for relative pivotal movement, the first body part including a brush portion at a second end distal from its first end, the brush portion including a recess, the second body part having a lever and a ruler pivotally engaged with each other, in which the ruler is receivable within the recess of the brush portion for holding hair between the brush portion and the ruler for trimming.

Abstract: The ice axe for mountaineering comprises a head, a shaft, and an anatomical grip having one free end and an end secured to the shaft. The grip defines a handling zone of the ice axe and comprises means for adjusting the length of the handling zone. The adjustment means comprise an adjustment end-piece arranged at the free end of the grip. The handling zone is bounded by the adjustment end-piece and by a protuberance of the grip at its end secured to the shaft. The adjustment end-piece is mounted rotating around a rotation pin. The free end of the grip comprises a plurality of notches operating in conjunction with a plurality of grooves of the adjustment end-piece and corresponding to different positions of the adjustment end-piece.

Abstract: A safety razor blade unit has two or more blades (19,20,21) with parallel cutting edges (24,25,26) mounted in a frame (10) between guard and cap surfaces so that the average inter-blade span is not greater than 1.25 mm, and the wash through index, a measure of the rinsability obtained by a method defined in the specification, is not less than 0.20. The combination of narrow inter-blade spans and good rinsability enables enhanced comfort levels during shaving to be achieved.

Abstract: A manipulator of a compass for drawing a circle or a compass-cutter for cutting an object in circular configuration is provided with a mechanism for transmitting the force from the user's hand only in one direction. With such the construction, a user can smoothly draw a complete circle at 360 degree, or can cut a paper, a cloth and so on in circular configuration, without re-pinching the manipulator during operation, in a manner for a ratchet which is a commercially available tool.

Abstract: A method of calibrating a gyro (42) of a spacecraft (14) may include determining a yaw attitude residual of the spacecraft. Roll gyro bias residual is determined in response to the yaw attitude residual. The gyro (42) is calibrated in response to the roll gyro bias residual. A method of calibrating a gyro (42) of a spacecraft (14) may alternatively include disabling gyro calibration, gain scheduling, or resetting attitude and gyro bias covariance, for selective axes, for a yaw transient period. The gyro (42) is calibrated in a nominal fashion after completion of the yaw transient period.

Abstract: A device that teaches the relationship between a right triangle, the length of its hypotenuse, the length of its two sides and the trigonometric functions. The device includes a horizontal and vertical ruler attached by a sliding attachment bracket. A circular plate showing 360 degrees (?) is attached to the horizontal ruler along with a pivoting ruler that can rotate 360 degrees. By sliding the vertical ruler along the horizontal ruler and revolving the pivoting ruler, the height of the vertical ruler (Y) where it intersects the pivoting ruler, the length of the horizontal ruler (X) where it intersects the vertical ruler, and the length of the of the pivoting ruler (R) where it intersects the vertical ruler can be measured. The trigonometric functions can then be calculated and plotted by their relationship with the measured values of X, Y, R and ?.

Abstract: An article machining apparatus is disclosed for use with a machine vise. The apparatus includes an article holding fixture with a securing section having a connecting bridge, foot and attached locator gauge pins. The fixture is oriented in the vise at a desired predetermined angle using three point contact of the fixture within the vise according to the dimensions stipulated in a MSN Excel program that provides variable data when fixed data such as the angle of machining the article is enclosed in addition to the diameters of the gauge pins and parameter dimensions of the fixture.

Abstract: A brake drum caliper is disclosed having a beam and two jaws for measuring the inside diameter of a cylinder, with the improvement of limit stops on each jaw for accurately measuring diameter of the cylinder in at least two depths from the top of the cylinder.

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: An attachment to a hair dryer is provided including a housing, an ion generator system, and a control box to contain the ion generator system. The housing removably couples to a hair dryer along an air-venting portion of the dryer. The attachment includes a fitting device to enable the attachment to be securely and releasably coupled with any of a variety of hair dryer designs. The ion generator system includes a high-voltage module that generates and emits ions and/or ozone into a stream of air generated by and within the hair dryer. The ion generator includes an ion release configured to deliver ions and/or ozone emitted from the module into a stream of air such that ions and/or ozone become entrained and flow with air from the hair dryer. The ion generator system may further include an actuator switch and a power source operatively coupled to the high-voltage module to control its operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is the hair dryer. In the hair dryer, a hollow dryer housing has an inlet port, an outlet port and a front handle. An intake cover is coupled to a rear side of the dryer housing and has a rear handle protruding downwardly from the hollow dryer, for suctioning an outer air into the dryer housing. A nozzle is coupled to the outlet port of the dryer housing. A heating assembly is positioned in the dryer housing and in the intake cover, and includes a hollow assembly body, a support frame, a driving motor, a rotating shaft, and a blowing fan. A shielding member is installed along an inner side of the dryer housing, the intake cover, and the nozzle. Due to this structure, the hair dryer is capable of absorbing and shielding the magnetic field not to cause human problems such as headache, dermatitis and chronic fatigue.

Abstract: A method for extracting water from laundry articles between a wash cycle and a rinse cycle is provided. The method including performing a spin cycle between the wash cycle and the rinse cycle, the spin cycle including a first initial spin, a first rest period after the first initial spin and a spin subsequent the first rest period lasting until an end of the spin cycle.

Abstract: A method for dry etching and chamber cleaning high dielectric constant materials is disclosed herein. In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a process for cleaning a substance comprising a dielectric constant greater than the dielectric constant of silicon dioxide from at least a portion of a surface of a reactor comprising: introducing a first gas mixture comprising a boron-containing reactive agent into the reactor wherein the first gas mixture reacts with the substance contained therein to provide a volatile product and a boron-containing by-product; introducing a second gas mixture comprising a fluorine-containing reactive agent into the reactor wherein the second gas mixture reacts with the boron-containing by-product contained therein to form the volatile product; and removing the volatile product from the reactor.

Abstract: The present invention provides a dryer, by which a simpler assembly between a rear supporter and a back cover is provided. The dryer includes a back cover covering a rear side of the dryer, a drum containing a laundry and rotating to dry the laundry, a rear supporter supporting a rear side of the drum, and at least one latching part provided to an upper side of the back cover to latch an upper edge of the rear supporter.

Abstract: A steam blower box for the application of steam on a material web, particularly paper, which travels past the steam blower box includes a housing wall which faces the material web and extends transversely of the web travel direction. A plurality of steam outlet openings are arranged in the housing wall. The steam outlet openings are arranged in at least two separate groups, wherein at least one section which is free of steam application is provided between two adjacent groups, and wherein the air entrained by the material web is discharged through this section.

Abstract: A shoe structure mainly includes a sole, a heel, and a vamp adapted to enclose at least part of a wearer's foot. A reinforcing plate is embedded in the sole to extend from a rear end to a near-middle point of the sole for bearing a downward force from a suspended rear half of the wearer's foot, and a cushion pad is connected to a lower end of the heel. The sole is provided on the rear end with a recess for receiving a fixing plate therein. A screw is extended through the fixing and the reinforcing plate into an internally threaded tube embedded in the heel, providing an enhanced connecting force between the sole and the heel and preventing the heel from breaking or separating from the sole.

Abstract: An athletic shoe includes a sole assembly and a cushioning arrangement disposed within the sole assembly. The cushioning arrangement includes a cushioning element, and a stiffening spring at least partially surrounding the cushioning element. The spring has a stiffness greater than the cushioning element. The athletic shoe can include a sole assembly having cushioning arrangements provided across a width of the sole assembly. In a preferred arrangement, similar cushioning assemblies are disposed on medial and lateral sides of the shoe, with three additional cushioning assemblies provided between the lateral and medial assemblies. Each of the lateral and medial assemblies can include a stiffening spring that at least partially surrounds at least one cushioning element.

Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes an upper plate and a heel plate assembly secured to the upper plate. The heel plate assembly extends downwardly from the upper plate such that the heel plate assembly forms an acute angle with the upper plate. A medial side of the heel plate assembly has a thickness greater than a thickness of a lateral side of the heel plate assembly. An article of footwear may include an upper secured to the sole structure.

Abstract: A midsole insert for use with a shoe is provided. The midsole insert includes a heel portion, a midfoot portion, and a forefoot portion, and a plurality of grid systems located on the midsole insert, where each grid system includes a plurality of openings cut into the midsole insert forming a lattice pattern. The plurality of grids may be located on at least one of the heel portion, the midfoot portion, and the forefoot portion, constructed to provide energy return features. The midsole may further be constructed and arranged to attach directly to an upper during a manufacturing step, to secure the shape of the upper on a last. By attaching directly to the upper, the midsole insert eliminates the need for a stroble board, which is typically used to secure the upper to the last. By eliminating the stroble board, the present invention places the midsole insert and the energy return grid system closer to the foot, which maximizes reaction time and performance.

Abstract: An orthotic insert (1) having a first (2) and second portion (3), the second portion being formed of a material of higher resistance to deformation than the first portion (2), wherein the insert (1) is heat mouldable to conform to a patient's foot. The first portion (2), which forms the main body of the insert (1) provides support for the fore foot, while the second portion (3) is substantially U or J-shaped and extends around the heel region and into the arch region of the patient's foot. Preferably both portions are formed from heat mouldable ethyl vinyl acetate.