Abstract: The toothbrush has a triple cross array of tufts of bristles. The tufts are disposed in rows which are disposed on a diagonal relative to longitude and axis of the toothbrush. In addition, alternating rows of the tufts have the tufts inclined at an acute angle to the base of the toothbrush and in crisscrossing relation to the tufts of the adjacent row.

Abstract: An improved mascara brush has a typical twisted wire core containing bristles having a double lumen cross-section. The bristles are generally circular in shape, and hollow, with a dividing web across the midpoint of the bristle, thereby defining two longitudinal lumens extending along the length of the bristle. In other embodiments, the bristle is oval, square, rectangular or another polygonal shape.

Abstract: A foldable lotion applicator for applying body, suntan and medicinal lotions, including creams, gels, ointments, oils and other preparations. The applicator is comprised of a beveled I-beam two-part folding shaft with a one-hand operable locking hinge and a ribbed non-slip grip handle with a removable, replaceable cosmetic foam applicator pad with a snap-on cover to protect the applicator pad from contamination and the unwanted distribution of lotions and the like, with the applicator shaft sufficiently long to reach otherwise inaccessible areas of the back and all other areas of the body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning sheet having a cleaning surface side to be applied to an object to be cleaned. The cleaning surface has second regions along its longer sides and a first region between the second regions. In the first region, an exterior nonwoven fabric is exposed externally; in the second regions, a liquid permeable sheet having a lower density than the exterior nonwoven fabric is exposed externally. Liquid on a floor surface is allowed to pass through the liquid permeable sheet in the second regions and be absorbed by a liquid absorbent sheet. This prevents excess liquid between the exterior nonwoven fabric and the floor surface.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning sheet to be attached to a cleaning head. The cleaning sheet has an attachment sheet dimensioned to cover a nozzle head provided in the cleaning head. Liquid squirted from the nozzle head can be received by the attachment sheet and come between the cleaning head and the cleaning sheet. Since the cleaning sheet has a liquid permeable attachment surface, the liquid having reached the attachment surface can be absorbed by a liquid absorbent sheet of the cleaning sheet and gradually applied to a floor surface to be cleaned.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning sheet to be attached to a cleaning head. The cleaning sheet has an attachment surface coated with a viscoelastic polymer such as SEBS for preventing slipping of the cleaning sheet relative to the cleaning head. Over the working temperature range between ?20° C. and 40° C., the viscoelastic polymer has a stable storage modulus (G?) of 104 to 106.

Abstract: The present invention is directed a nonwoven fabric which is imparted with a three-dimensional image or pattern during the fabrication stage. The three-dimensional image or pattern imparted into the structure of the nonwoven fabric results in a lofty material with particulate capturing recesses or “pockets” which act to entrap and entrain dust. The three-dimensional image or pattern also results in a number of fibrous ends and loops which extend beyond the surface of the recesses or “pockets”, which in turn, improve the nonwoven fabrics ability to effectively collect particulates from the surface of the article to be cleaned or dusted. In conjunction, the recesses and the extended fibrous surface act to effectively remove fine particulates such as dust from articles such as furniture and flooring.

Abstract: The main invention for this application is the submersed algae killer for fish and corals keeping aquariums. The traditional method of removing hard algae such as coralline alga is just to scrape them off from the glass surface. Not only is scraping hard to perform with existing scrapers on the market, it can also likely to scratch the tank and spread the algae to other parts of the tank. My invention uses two steps to perform the task without getting the hobbyist's hands and arms wet. The algae are being killed first by heating them with boiling water right at the vicinity of the infection. Once the algae are killed, they are not stuck onto the surface as tight as when they are alive. By using the submersed scraper, the second component of the invention, dead algae on the inner surface of the tank can be easily dislodged. Since the algae are dead, the hobbyist does not have to worry about spreading the algae to other parts of the tank.

Abstract: A mitten-shaped washcloth with a very coarse usable surface and a generally rough usable surface and having an inside lining and reinforcing lining border around an outer perimeter made of fabric is made by cutting a cylindrical loofah piece off a gourd, shortening it, slicing it open lengthwise to remove the interior, flattening it into a sheet of loofah, shaping it, cutting open a cavity for the hand and sewing the border and lining on easily.

Abstract: Disclosed is a cleaning device having a cleaning head to which a cleaning sheet is to be attached. The cleaning head has a pad whose bottom face functions as a cleaning part. The cleaning part has a recess, side contact parts on both sides of the recess and a rear contact part behind the recess. When a front portion of the cleaning head is pressed against a floor surface by a pushing force acting on the shaft, the recess prevents excessive frictional resistance. In addition, the cleaning sheet can be efficiently exploited because dirt can be collected also in the center of the cleaning part.

Abstract: A cleaning blade member comprising a polyurethane formed by using a polyol consisting essentially of a polycarbonatediol, a polyisocyanate, and a crosslinking agent containing a short chain diol and a triol, the polyurethane having a tensile strength at 60° C. of 200 kg/cm2 or higher, and a tensile strength retention ?T, represented by the following equation, of 40% or more: ?T(%)=T60/T10×100 where T10 denotes a tensile strength at 10° C., and T60 denotes the tensile strength at 60° C.

Abstract: A surface cleaner having a cleaning head. The cleaning head has a deck and a skirt extending from the deck such that when the skirt is placed in contact with the surface to be cleaned, a cleaning volume is defined. The cleaning head has at least one vent port and at least one vacuum port formed therein. Nozzles are mounted in the cleaning volume for movement therein when fluid under pressure is supplied thereto and sprayed therefrom. A liquid supply system supplies the fluid under pressure to the nozzles so that the surface to be cleaned is effectively scrubbed by the fluid to produce a mixture of the fluid and contaminants loosened from the surface to be cleaned. A vacuum recycling system coupled to the vacuum port(s) draws high-pressure air through the vent port(s) and over the surface being sprayed with the liquid under pressure. The mixture of fluid and contaminants is suctioned through the vacuum port(s) and filtered to separate the fluid from the contaminants. The fluid so-separated is then discharged.

Abstract: An accessory support for an upright type vacuum cleaner, the upright type vacuum cleaner comprising a cleaner body, a suction brush formed adjacent a lower part of the cleaner body, and a handle engaged with the cleaner body, the accessory support comprising: a hanger attached to a connecting part between the handle and the cleaner body; and a support bracket detachably attached to the hanger, and having a mounting part on which the accessory is removably mounted.

Abstract: An extracting device (4) for removing material cut away in the operation of a motor-driven hand tool, has an extracting opening (48) and a receiving space (18) for the cut material, which communicate with one another through an extracting path, and an air current generator (42) for generating an air current (L) from the extracting opening (48) to the receiving space (18). A closure device (20) is provided between the extracting opening (48) and the receiving space (18), which at least substantially places the extracting path in a closed position and which is operated by the air current (L). The closure device (20) is arranged between the extracting opening (48) and the air current generator (42) and the closure device (20) has a closure element (22), which can be removed from a valve seat (24) by means of an underpressure created by the air current generator (42) for forming an open position of the closure device.

Abstract: A cyclone type dirt separator disposed at an intermediate point of an suction tube which connects the suction fitting and the cleaner main body of an electric vacuum cleaner, the dirt separator including: a dirt separating section which causes the suction air to undergo a spiral flow and conducts air from the vicinity of the center of this spiral flow to the cleaner main body, a dirt collection chamber which is attached to the dirt separating section from below and causes the dirt separated from the spiral flow to drop so that the dirt is collected inside the dirt collection chamber, and a recessed portion which is formed in the vicinity of the inside bottom center of the dirt collection chamber so as to be recessed downward.

Abstract: A hinge for small electronic equipment has a latchless function even without a lock mechanism and couples the main and lid bodies in a turnable manner in vertical and horizontal directions. The hinge includes a mounting member and supporting member mounted to either the main or lid body, a horizontal shaft member mounted to the mounting member and having a locking groove, and an orthogonal shaft member mounted to the supporting member and having an engaging groove. The orthogonal shaft groove is orthogonal to the horizontal shaft member and a bracket member is mounted to the horizontal shaft member and the orthogonal shaft member to allow the main body and the lid body to turn in the vertical and horizontal directions. A restriction mechanism having a restriction pin is engaged with either the locking groove or the engaging groove.

Abstract: The present invention is an ingenuously designed multiple self locking hinge assembly that is simple to manufacture and can come in a variety of shapes and sizes given the application requirements. It has few parts making it cost effect and simple to use. The hinge assembly can easily be opened and closed with a single hand while at the same time creating a strong hinge connection. The invention can be used in a number of applications, including use with multiple poled devices for many common applications such as crutches, walkers, golf bag and baby carriages to name a few. The invention can also be used in conjunction with devices that require a collapsible frame. The invention also provides lateral strength and stability to a multiple poled device.

Abstract: A support and angle adjustable device includes a U-shaped support member having two opposite walls and one of the two opposite walls has a hexagonal hole and the other one of the two opposite walls has a through hole. A pin with a hexagonal body extends through the through hole and is engaged with the hexagonal hole. The body includes a threaded end that has two surfaces defined in an outer surface thereof and extends through an adjusting hole defined through an L-shaped connection plate that is connected to a liquid crystal display. The hexagonal body is strong enough to support the monitor and the U-shaped support member is light in weight and has satisfied structural strength. The threaded end rotates an angle in the adjusting hole of the connection plate when adjusting the monitor.

Abstract: A closing device for an opening part of a piece of furniture comprises a magnetic detent for retention of the part in a closed position in combination with a thrust “pull-push” mechanism for detachment from the magnetic detent upon command, so as to cause opening of the opening part of the piece of furniture.

Abstract: A magnetic or virtual hinge defining a virtual hinge axis includes first and second plates of non-magnetic material, and first and second magnets disposed in the respective plates adjacent the hinge axis for movement therewith. The first and second members are movable about the hinge axis between closed and open orientations.

Abstract: A lockable hinge includes a first and second hinge member, a lock, and an actuator. The lockable hinge is coupled to a pair of ladder-leg sections and is arranged to allow the ladder-leg sections to move among closed, trestle-ladder, and straight-ladder positions. The lock is used to lock the hinge members to cause the ladder-leg sections to lock in the closed, trestle-ladder and straight-ladder positions.

Abstract: A system is shown for differentiating two or more cables of two or more respective appliances. The system comprises respective means in the form of tag devices for positioning on and labelling each cable, wherein each tag device is provided in a differentiated form from each other tag device. The tag devices can be pre-printed or supplied with suitable indicia for positioning thereon. Such a system for identification can allow a user to more readily identify the appliance to which the cable is connected, or in the case of use of the system for labelling and identifying containers, to identify a container and its contents. This can be useful in situations where a plurality of cables, or containers, are located in close proximity to one another.

Abstract: A cord lock includes a male member having a through hole in a side portion thereof for inserting a cord and one shaft end as an operating section for a push-in operation, and a female member including a tubular housing section having through holes in a side portion thereof at opposing locations for inserting the cord and one open shaft end. The male member is inserted into the housing section through the open end along a tube axis from the other end of the male member. An urging device always urges the male member in a direction that the operating section projects outwardly from the open end of the female member.

Abstract: A hose clamp is disclosed which includes an elongate metal band having a set of longitudinally and uniformly spaced clamping projections. A housing element is secured to the band to delineate a housing space. A clamp tightening element is rotatably mounted in the space. The clamping element includes perimetrical threads formed therein for engagement with selected ones of the projections. The elements include coacting surfaces for locating the clamp element in a tightening position relative to the band and allowing band tightening rotation of the clamp element as the thread engages at least a certain one of the projections to tighten the clamp about a clamped object.

Abstract: A zipper having ornamental slider bodies is disclosed to include functional slider bodies coupled to the teeth chains at the back side and exposed to the outside after installation of the zipper in a product, for example, clothes, bag, shoe, or the like, and a plurality of ornamental slider bodies coupled to the teeth chains at the back side and exposed with the functional slider bodies to the outside, each ornamental slider body having an ornament for pulling to move the respective ornamental slider body on the teeth chains and a locking device for locking the respective ornamental slider body to the teeth chains.

Abstract: The invention relates to a planar adhesive closure piece for an adhesive closure, whereby the corresponding detachable closure elements (18) may be brought into engagement, comprising a base material (14) with warp threads (10) and weft threads (12) and at least one functional thread (16), which partly engages with the base material (14) and which forms the sealing elements (18). A planar adhesive closure piece may be produced more economically, whereby either the warp threads (12) and/or the weft threads (10) are embodied to run with a wave or curve like form. The closure nevertheless has higher adhesive values than closure elements produced with conventional weaving techniques have for the closure elements thereof.

Abstract: A casket comprises a shell having a pair of opposed side walls, a pair of opposed end walls, and an upwardly facing flange, a lid closeable upon the edge of the shell, and a cover securable to the shell and concealing the flange when the lid is open, the cover being at least semi-rigid, the cover having a one-piece right angle section and a straight section.

Abstract: An ornamental corner piece for attachment to a casket includes a back plate which is adapted to mount to the corner of a casket. An attachment clip is operatively mounted within an elongated groove in the back plate. The clip member has at least one keyhole groove comprising an opening and a slot. An ornamental corner insert with at least one attachment member selectively slidingly engages the keyhole groove in the attachment clip such that the ornamental corner insert may be selectively mounted to or removed from the back plate. The attachment clip includes an indexing member. When the attachment clip is installed, the indexing member extends into a throughhole in the elongated groove in the back plate. The indexing member properly orients the attachment clip in the elongated groove. Other embodiments of the invention are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to mechanically extensible substrates, and more specifically relates to engineered substrates that exhibit functionality upon application of an external force, which in turn actuates the substrate, optionally releasing an underlying functional agent that assists a specific task or exposing an underlying layer. In accordance with the present invention, the mechanically extensible substrates exhibit a degree of controlled regional disentanglement, an expandable and retractable valve system, a limited degree of rupture, or a combination thereof.

Abstract: A process for making chemical protective wipes is disclosed. A top layer is fully needlepunched (102). A bottom layer is fully needlepunched (104). Then, an adsorption layer is sandwiched between the top layer and the bottom layer (106). Then, the sandwich is fully needlepunched (108).

Abstract: A piezoelectric/electrostrictive device is provided, including a pair of mutually confronting thin plate portions, a fixing portion for supporting the pair of thin plate portions, movable portions provided at tip end portions of the pair of thin plate portions and having mutually confronting end surfaces, and piezoelectric/electrostrictive elements disposed on respective thin plate portions. At least both side surfaces of the thin plate portions and the piezoelectric/electrostrictive elements are covered with coating films made of a material with a low thermal expansion coefficient.

Abstract: A housing is provided for connecting two capacitor cells in a series or parallel combination and for providing the two cells as one integral product.

Abstract: A fixture assembly includes a plurality of base frames, clamping devices, adjusting plates, connecting brackets, inserting plates, and drill-locating seats that can be differently and actively connected with one another to allow precise drilling and milling on a workpiece. The fixture assembly is firmly fixed to two lateral sides of the workpiece using the clamping devices, so that a milling machine may be stably moved along a top of the base frames to mill desired grooves or slots on the workpiece. The fixture assembly also enables precise drilling simply by aligning a drilling machine with the drill-locating seat that has been adjusted to a desired position for drilling on the workpiece.

Abstract: A rivet setting tool is provided with a mandrel collection system. The mandrel collection system uses a valve system to provide high and low vacuum states to draw rivet mandrels into a collection bottle. The low vacuum state provides an energy savings and reduced noise levels.

Abstract: A semi-automated hinge pin removal tool comprises a pistol-shaped, housing main assembly member having a triggered base block subassembly including an acceptance barrel for receiving a door hinge assembly, a handle, and a trigger. A hinge pin head engaging assembly member is located at an open end of the acceptance barrel and includes a retaining positional ring subassembly, a pry blade head block subassembly, and a capture cap subassembly. The pry blade head block subassembly is mounted for axial movement from the acceptance barrel open end, and the pry blade head block subassembly is responsive to actuation of the drive trigger for extending from the acceptance barrel open end and is adapted to be forcibly inserted into a narrow gap intersection region formed between the sloped underside surface of a hinge pin head and the horizontal top surface of a hinge pin barrel enclosure.

Abstract: A device having a first, a second, a third, and a fourth slidably adjustable element arranged in a rectangular configuration, forming a rectangular pass-through opening approximately the size of a doorway and being slidably adjustable in a height dimension and a width dimension of the rectangle and having clamps for attaching the device to a doorframe so that the doorframe can be placed within a rough opening in a wall of a building while keeping a rectangular shape. The device has telescoping feet for adjusting the height off of the floor and leveling the frame. Once the frame is attached to the rough opening in the wall the clamps are released from the frame and the elements are contracted to allow the device to be removed from the frame, leaving the frame secured and properly aligned within the rough opening.

Abstract: A method of manufacture for a register box utilized in an air conditioning system. The method utilizes a sheet of material interposed between a press and, in succession, two surfaces of a progressive die. In a first stamping step, an elongated sheet of material is cut so that a first side having two aligned side cuts is partially formed, a second side opposite the first side is formed, and an opening is created therebetween. In a second stamping step, the first side is fully cut, a flange is created about the opening, and two sections of the material are bent at 90 degree angles so that the first and second sides become substantially U-shaped. Creation of the box is completed through the attachment of a collar to the flange and the attachment of end pieces to the first and second sides.

Abstract: The invention is related to a tube extracting device for removing a tube from a conventional drum of a boiler or heat exchanger. The device is positioned inside the drum. The device includes a hollow cylindrical wedge which cylindrically collapses a tube inwardly upon driving the wedge between the tube hole and outer tube wall. The wedge has longitudinal ridges on its inner surface and inwardly tapered edges at its end which is driven into the tube hole such that the tube may be readily inwardly collapsed. Upon retracting the wedge from the tube hole, the wedge engages the tube and the tube is removed from the drum inside the wedge.

Abstract: The invention is related to a tube extracting device for removing a tube from a conventional drum of a boiler or heat exchanger. The device includes a wedge which is driven into a tube hole between the tube outer wall and the hole in the drum that the tube is in. The wedge has longitudinal ridges on its internal surface and inwardly tapered edges at its end which is driven into the zone between the tube hole and the outer wall of the tube such that the tube may be readily inwardly collapsed. Upon retracting the wedge from the tube hole, the tube is removed from the drum inside the wedge.

Abstract: A driving anvil washer retaining apparatus (12) for a rivet gun (14) includes a magnetized element (21). The magnetized element (21) is coupled to the rivet gun (14) and retains an anvil washer (52) during installation of a rivet (82). A method of installing a rivet (82) includes inserting a stem (46) of a rivet assembly (80) into a rivet gun nose (22) having at least one magnetized portion (21). A rivet (82) of the rivet assembly (80) is inserted into at least one object. The stem (46) is removed from the rivet assembly (80). A driving anvil washer (52) is retained via the magnetized portion (21).

Abstract: There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.

Abstract: Method for fabricating a microscale anemometer on a substrate. A sacrificial layer is formed on the substrate, and a metal thin film is patterned to form a sensing element. At least one support for the sensing element is patterned. The sacrificial layer is removed, and the sensing element is lifted away from the substrate by raising the supports, thus creating a clearance between the sensing element and the substrate to allow fluid flow between the sensing element and the substrate. The supports are raised preferably by use of a magnetic field applied to magnetic material patterned on the supports.

Abstract: A head actuator assembly of a disk device has a suspension which supports a head, an arm which supports the suspension and is rotatably supported by a bearing portion, signal wires which extend on the suspension and the arm and are connected electrically to the head, and a board unit. In manufacture, the signal wires are mounted on the suspension and the arm, and a connecting end portion of the board unit is connected to the signal wires mounted on the suspension and the arm. Thereafter, the head is mounted on the suspension and connected electrically to the signal wires.

Abstract: The electronic component mounting apparatus has a board holding part for holding a circuit board, a mounting mechanism for mounting an electronic component on the circuit board, and a grinding part for grinding a suction surface of a suction nozzle of the mounting mechanism. After mounting of the electronic components on the circuit board are repeated a predetermined number of times, the suction surface is ground. In the electronic component mounting apparatus, by continuously moving the suction nozzle in the Y-direction relative to the grinding part and moving the suction nozzle up and down, and bringing the suction surface of the suction nozzle in intermittent contact with the grinding surface of the grinding member with ultrasonic vibrations applied, the suction surface can be ground while preventing the occurrence of a large deformation of the suction nozzle.

Abstract: The inventions presented herein provide an armor forming tool for use with an armor forming machine. The machine feeds a continuous strip of metal to a sub-assembly of a cable so as to wrap the continuous strip around the sub-assembly. The tool applies appropriate pressures to the wrapped continuous strip to form an interlocked armor.

Abstract: A pin detection system detects connection pin insertion in a printed circuit board assembly. The printed circuit board assembly comprises a printed circuit board having multiple wells and one or more connectors having pins that are inserted into the wells of the printed circuit board. The system comprises a conveyer, a stage assembly and a sensor. The conveyer is provided for conveying a printed circuit board assembly under test to an optimal position for conducting inspection. The stage assembly is used for conveying the sensor to specific areas of interest of the printed circuit board assembly under test. The sensor is provided for detecting pin insertion in the wells using a laser beam.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for facilitating validation of component feeder exchanges in pick and place machines are provided. A pre-exchange image of a component from a feeder is acquired and compared with an image a component from the exchanged feeder placed after the feeder exchange. A comparison of the pre-exchange image with the post-exchange image facilitates simple and quick feeder exchange validation. Aspects of the present invention are practicable with different types of pick and place machines, and are able to advantageously use sensors and/or technician supplied information to generate automatic indications of feeder exchange validity.

Abstract: An apparatus for machining a turbine blade assembly including an airfoil and a dovetail, wherein the apparatus includes a fixture, at least one airfoil locator, at least one airfoil clamp, and at least one dovetail clamp assembly. The airfoil locator and the airfoil clamp are fixedly coupled to the fixture. The airfoil locator and the airfoil clamp are configured to secure the airfoil therebetween. The dovetail clamp assembly includes a clamp arm that is moveable with respect to the dovetail.

Abstract: An apparatus enables a turbine nozzle, including at least two turbine nozzle singlets to be fabricated. Each singlet includes inner and outer bands and a vane extending therebetween. The vane also includes first and second sidewalls coupled together at a leading edge and a trailing edge. The apparatus comprises a fixture, and at least two support members extending from the fixture. Each support member has first and second abutment surfaces, wherein a first of the at least two support members contacts at least one of the leading and trailing edges of a first of the vanes. At least two locating features extend from the fixture, wherein a first of the locating features contacts one of the first and second sidewalls of the first vane. At least two biasing members are coupled to the fixture, wherein a first of the biasing members biases the first vane against the first locating feature.

Abstract: A method enables a blade assembly to be secured for manufacture. The blade assembly includes an airfoil, a dovetail, and a platform extending therebetween. The method includes providing a fixture including at least one platform support assembly and at least one dovetail clamp assembly coupled to the fixture, wherein the platform support assembly includes a support member, a lever arm, and a biasing mechanism, locating the blade assembly within the fixture using a locator, positioning the platform support assembly against the blade assembly platform, and retaining the blade assembly in alignment with respect to the fixture using the at least one dovetail clamp assembly.