Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a base, a link, a spring, and a pair of clutches. The spring attaches to the link, and the link attaches to an object to be supported, e.g., an LCD monitor. The clutches resist pivotal motion between the link and the base, and between the object and the link, wile the spring is in tension and balances the weight of the object. One or more additional combinations of these elements can be placed in parallel, joined by anti-sway bars, to further stabilize the assembly.

Abstract: A hinge mechanism (500) includes a shaft (1), a cam (2), a housing (3), a cam follower (4), and an elastic member (5). The shaft has a pair of shaft ends. The cam has a cam tip. The housing has an open end and a hole defined at an opposite end. The cam follower has a cam surface configured to engage with the cam tip. The cam, the cam follower and the elastic member surround the shaft in turn. The cam follower and the elastic member are received in the housing, while the cam is partly received in the housing. The cam is rotatable relative to the shaft and non-rotatable relative to the housing, and the cam follower is slidable and non-rotatable relative to the shaft. The hinge mechanism is easily assembled, and modularized for convenient installation into a main housing and a cover of a foldable electronic device.

Abstract: A hinge includes a link with two lateral sides, and an assembly comprising a pair of side plates. Protruding from each lateral side of the link is a pair of parallel pins, and each side plate includes a pair of non-parallel guide slots. The assembly and the link are positioned such that each pin slidably engages one of the guide slots and the pins can simultaneously slide in their respective guide slots. Since the guide slots are non-parallel, when one pin is forced to slide in one direction, the other pin of the pair is forced to slide in a different direction, causing the assembly to both turn and translate with respect to the link.

Abstract: A cushioned tool handle device includes a handle having a channel to receive one end of a tool member and having one or more orifices, the tool member includes one or more apertures aligned with the orifices of the handle to receive fastener pins which may secure the tool member to the handle. An outer cushioning sleeve is attached onto an outer peripheral portion of the handle, to enclose the orifices of the handle, and to stably retain the fastener pins within the orifices of the handle. Each fastener pin includes an extension having an outer diameter smaller than that of the fastener pin, to form a peripheral shoulder and to engage with the tool member, and to solidly secure the tool member to the handle.

Abstract: A brassiere strap clasp is used to hold either a cloth strap or a bead strap. The brassiere strap clasp has a body and a clamp. The clamp is pivotally attached to the body and has multiple teeth that extend toward the body. The cloth straps and the bead straps can pass through the brassiere strap clasp and are held by the teeth on the clamp. Also, the brassiere strap clasp can be used to adjust the length of the strap.

Abstract: A rotary buckle comprises a female buckling element and a male buckling element. The female buckling element comprises an opening and a bucking portion, wherein a side opposite to the opening comprises a receiving chamber. The male buckle element comprises a fitting portion for fitting into the opening of the female buckling element and a latching portion for buckling position into the buckling portion of the female buckling element, wherein a side opposite to the fitting portion comprises a receiving chamber for receiving a knitted belt, and wherein a track is disposed at a side opposite to the opening of said female buckling element along which a directing element of the receiving chamber of the female buckle can be rotated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for compressive shrinking a textile web of material (9) with the aid of a rubber blanket shrinking system, wherein the rubber blanket (3) is cooled after the main cylinder is discharged. The areas (22) of the rubber blanket not covered by the web of material (9) on the main cylinder are cooled after the cylinder is removed in a faster manner than the areas (27) of the rubber blanket (3) which are covered for the fixing purposes, in order to reduce premature embrittling of the edge areas (22) of the rubber blanket (3) which is not covered by the respectively treated web of material (9) on the main cylinder.

Abstract: A method of producing a screen for forming a nonwoven material by hydroentanglement. The method includes the steps of providing a layer of radiation curable polymeric resin material in fluid form. Further, the step of irradiating at least one layer of radiation curable polymeric resin material in fluid form through at least one mask selectively transparent to the radiation, so as to effect at least partial curing of the material of the at least one layer in positions corresponding with radiation-transparent regions of the mask. Further still, the step of removing uncured polymeric material to form one or more apertures within the at least one layer. Wherein the radiation-transparent regions of the mask have different sizes and shapes and are distributed randomly, such that the one or more apertures provided in the cured polymeric material of the screen are not provided in a regular pattern or form.

Abstract: The present invention is an axle fixture for heat dissipation fan and a method of manufacture thereof, comprising steps of the followings: obtaining a shell with an axle at center where a depression is deposed on the bottom with several rabbets which are not connected to the axle; providing a lower mold with a platform and a concave where the shell is covered on the platform and the concave is corresponding to the rabbets; obtaining an upper mold with sprue to cover on the shell where the sprue is corresponding to the concave but not to the axle; and pouring a fixing agent from the sprue into the concave with the guidance of the rabbets so that the axle can be firmly fixed at the center of the shell after the fixing agent is solidified. In this way, an axle fixture can be easily manufactured and the cost can be reduced while the axle can be firmly fixed at the center of the shell.

Abstract: An apparatus, and a method for forming, a split thin film capacitor for providing multiple power and reference supply voltage levels to electrical devices such as integrated circuits, may be useful in space restricted applications, and in applications that require very close electrical connections between the power consumer and the power supply. An example of both a space restricted application and a close coupling application may be an integrated circuit (IC) such as a microprocessor. The capacitor supplying and moderating power to the microprocessor needs to be closely coupled in order to respond to instantaneous power demands that may be found in high clock rate microprocessors, and the space inside a microprocessor package is very restricted.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronic apparatus comprises forming a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator having a fundamental mode of vibration and a second overtone mode of vibration each comprised of a flexural mode of an inverse phase, a series resistance R1 of the fundamental mode of vibration and a series resistance R2 of the second overtone mode of vibration. An amplification circuit is provided having a CMOS inverter, a feedback resistor, a negative resistance ?RL1 for the fundamental mode of vibration of the quartz crystal tuning fork resonator, and a negative resistance ?RL2 for the second overtone mode of vibration thereof. A feedback circuit is provided having the quartz crystal tuning fork resonator, a plurality of capacitors and a drain resistor. The quartz crystal tuning fork resonator is electrically connected to the CMOS inverter and the feedback resistor of the amplification circuit and to the capacitors and the drain resistor of the feedback circuit.

Abstract: A joint press including a yoke including a first end and a second end. A first adapter attachment member is positioned on the first end. A second adapter attachment member is positioned on the second end. The first adapter attachment member and the second adapter attachment member have the same profile, thereby allowing the same adapter to be removably connected to either the first end or the second end.

Abstract: A rivet is inserted into a workpiece by apparatus that includes an internal roller screw linear actuator in which rotational movement of an internally threaded cylinder is converted into linear movement of a fastener insertion actuator assembly. The cylinder is driven in rotation by a servo-controlled motor. The angular velocity of the cylinder required to deliver the required energy to effect fastener insertion is calculated and the motor is first controlled to accelerate the cylinder up to the calculated angular velocity, the actuator assembly simultaneously being moved by the cylinder towards the workpiece. The motor is then controlled to maintain the angular velocity of the cylinder at not less than the calculated magnitude at least until insertion of the fastener. The cylinder stores kinetic energy by virtue of its inertia. Using this inertia to insert fasteners eliminates the need for position or force feedback control. The process allows for a rapid cycle time and the apparatus is compact.

Abstract: A membrane puller for pulling a sheet of membrane material over an underlying surface has a frame with a lever arm pivotally attached to the frame for pivotal movement between a first position and a second position. A foot actuatable clamp assembly is carried by the frame for relative movement with the frame in response to pivotal movement of the lever arm. A cable has one end adapted for operable attachment to the lever assembly and another end adapted for operable attachment to the clamp assembly. The clamp assembly moves conjointly with the body via the cable and in response to pivotal movement of the lever arm toward its second position to pull the membrane material toward the front of the membrane puller.

Abstract: A device for applying a weatherstrip to a motor vehicle body, and a related method. The body bears an elongated receiving surface with a predetermined profile. The application device includes a plate for applying the weatherstrip on the receiving surface, a presser pressing the weatherstrip on the receiving surface, and a guide for guiding the application plate on a trajectory along the predetermined profile of the receiving surface The guide includes a programmable articulated mechanical element for moving the application plate, and that is programmable to adapt the trajectory of the application plate to different predetermined profiles corresponding to different vehicles.

Abstract: In a system for manufacturing a part, a first forming station forms the part from a supply of material. A chemical processing system chemically alters a surface of the part. The chemical processing system includes a tank, parts rotator, circulation system, and control system. The tank includes a chemical side and a rinse side. The chemical side includes a chemical solution and the rinse side includes a sprayer to spray a rinse solution on the part. The parts rotator assembly moves relative to the tank. The circulation system circulates fluid in the tank. The control system receives signals from a sensor and modulate the system in response to the signals. Additionally, in the system, a finishing station applies a finish to the item.

Abstract: Systems and methods for aligning substrates that include microstructures. The microstructures may be electronic or micromechanical components. The system includes a first substrate having a first alignment structure and a second substrate having a second alignment structure. The substrates are positioned so that the first alignment structure contacts the second alignment structure without the substrates directly contacting each other, and one of the substrates is adjusted in relation to the other substrate until the first and second alignment structures lock into place. After alignment, the microstructures on the first substrate and the second substrate may establish a connection with or be positioned in near proximity to each other.

Abstract: The process for stator bar rewinds includes disassembly of the stator bars at the generator site, measurement of the stator bars, forwarding digital representations of the measurements to a manufacturing center and forming 3-Dimensional models of the stator bars requiring replacement and the stator. The stator bar 3D model is placed in the stator 3D model to insure accuracy of fit. Tooling and stator bar drawings are generated and sample stator bars are manufactured. 3D modeling of the manufactured sample stator bars are compared to the nominal 3D models to insure accuracy. The replacement stator bars are manufactured and forwarded in batches for assembly into the extant generator.

Abstract: A method of assembling an electric machine generally includes heating a housing to thermally expand the housing. The housing is allowed to cool and thermally contract against an end shield and a rotor assembly such that interference fits are formed between the housing and the end shield and between the housing and the rotor assembly.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a housing, a mount within the housing, and power and control electronics coupled to the mount. An interference fit is formed between the mount and the housing that secures the mount within the housing independent of mechanical fasteners. The electric machine can also include a segmented or non-segmented stator within the housing.

Abstract: An antenna conductor is electrically coupled to a transponder and antenna conductor ends are spliced. The antenna conductor and the transponder are formed into a ring assembly and at least partially embedded within an adhesive material. The annular assembly affixes to a tire by means of the adhesive material.

Abstract: Methods for creating a write head by forming a bump after the top pole is formed are provided. In one embodiment, a bottom pole is created out of a first layer. A non-magnetic gap material is applied to the surface of the wafer. A top pole is created out of a second layer. After creating the top pole, a bump is created. The bump is used to protect at least a portion of the first layer while etching to create a stray flux absorber.

Abstract: A method for reducing plated pole height loss in the formation of a write pole for a magnetic write head is disclosed. The method includes forming a conductive layer on a thin film substrate, forming a photoresist layer on the conductive layer and forming a trench in the photoresist layer. A thick seed layer is then placed on the trench and on the photoresist layer surface using a collimator. Moreover, the process includes plating while applying a voltage to the thin film substrate where the electrically isolated seed layer is removed and the trench is filled with plating material, removing the photoresist layer, and removing the exposed portions of the conductive layer on the thin film substrate.

Abstract: A progressive die assembly and a method for manufacturing lamina stacks from a plurality of separate strips of stock material. The die assembly includes a plurality of feed pathways for the material strips, each feed pathway having an associated punch set. Each punch set includes one or more punches for stamping lamina features in the strip, as well as at least one blanking punch for blanking individual laminas from the strips. The die assembly additionally includes a choke assembly which is adapted to receive laminas which are blanked from each of the material strips by the blanking punches.

Abstract: A cassette control device by which high-speed processing can be expected even by using an arithmetical unit with current processing capability, even when the number of cassettes increases simultaneously with an increase in the number of nozzles which can suck electronic parts. There is provided storage unit (18) having storage regions in which programs for respective operation patterns of the cassettes (3-1 to 3-M) are set for each of the nozzles. An arithmetic unit (19) extracts a specific program required for driving in a specific operation pattern based on a command (17) inputted according to the content of packaging, from a specific region which is provided in the storage unit (18) to correspond to a specific nozzle to be used, and the arithmetic unit (19) operates the specific cassette using the specific program.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for moving a truss assembly from a truss assembly table work surface are presented having lift out rails movable between a recessed position beneath the work surface and a raised position above the work surface. A support element assembly is movably mounted to each lift out rail and has at least one support surface for supporting a truss assembly when the lift out rail is in the recessed position. The support element assembly is movable between an up position and a down position. In the up position the support surface is flush with the work surface of the truss table, the support element assembly in the up position when the lift out rail is in the recessed position. In the down position the support surface does not interfere with a truss assembly sliding on the slide mechanism of the lift out rail, the support element assembly in the down position when the lift out rail is in the raised position.

Abstract: A concentric, offset, or obliquely formed spun converter assembly includes an outer shell defining an internal cavity that receives a catalyst substrate. Inner cones are positioned within the internal cavity at each end of the outer shell. Each inner cone has a tapered body portion and a transversely extending shoulder portion that abuts an outer edge of the outer shell. The shoulder portions mechanically lock the inner cones to the outer shell.

Abstract: A fuel nozzle assembly for a gas turbine includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced vanes with holes for flowing fuel from plenums within the vanes through holes in the vane walls for premixing with air. To tune the nozzle assembly, the holes are resized by reforming the existing holes to a predetermined hole size, securing plugs into the holes, and forming holes through at least certain of the plugs to diameters less than the diameter of the existing holes.

Abstract: A bearing apparatus includes a rotating member, a fixed member opposing the rotating member and an ink-like resin material. Opposing surfaces of the rotating member and the fixed member form a bearing part and the ink-like resin material is applied to at least one of the opposing surfaces by transfer printing.

Abstract: Manual razors consist of a handle and one or more cutting blades. The blades are usually contained in the head of the razor with an adjacent blunt metal or plastic leading edge which smoothes and flattens the skin. The present invention includes a separate device attached to the razor handle, which contacts and applies tension to the skin in order for the razor blades to cut more effectively. The tensioner device may be attached directly to the handle or with a modular attachmen, which allows interchangability of different handles.

Abstract: A guard for a razor cartridge has a skin-engaging surface and a plurality of arcuate channels formed therein that, when the guard is incorporated into a shaving implement and used to shave, pre-stretch the skin in directions forward of razor blades of the cartridge and outward towards the edges of the cartridge. A razor cartridge has a plurality of skin-engaging elements mounted on a frame having two ends, the skin-engaging elements including at least one blade having a sharpened cutting edge; a cap positioned aft of the at least one blade; and a guard positioned forward of the at least one blade, the guard having a skin-engaging surface and a plurality of arcuate channels that pre-stretch the skin and distribute water and/or shaving aid material along the cutting edge of the blade. A wet shaving system has a handle and the razor cartridge mounted thereon.

Abstract: A stone removing tool for removing a stone from a fruit having an outer flesh portion surrounding the stone, the tool having a head section configured for being gripped by a user and a stem section extending from the head section and having an end opposite the head section configured for penetrating the flesh of the fruit and positively engaging the stone for removal from the fruit in an axial pulling action.

Abstract: Razors are provided that include an electrical circuit configured to deliver heat to a portion of the razor housing. In some implementations, at least a portion of the circuit is disposed within the housing.

Abstract: A knife is provided including a first side and a second side where the first side may be removably coupled to the second side. The knife further includes a blade removably secured to the handle and rotatable about a pivot point between an open position and a closed position. A manually-releasable fastening device disposed on the handle is adapted to secure the first side to the second side and to secure the blade to the handle, while remaining attached to the handle.

Abstract: A straight blade razor allows consumers lacking professional dexterity put the blade against the skin at an ideal angle. A handle portion, a razor portion extending from the second segment of the handle portion including a detachable trapezoidal blade compartment for holding the blade which compartment includes a top, an end wall, left and right non-parallel side walls having a bottom end, and a smooth bottom wall having a gap between its first and second bottom wall segments through which the blade protrudes to a point slightly beyond the bottom wall but not as far as either bottom end of the side walls. The first and second bottom wall segments curve toward the top near the gap between them to encourage cut hair into the compartment. A planar retaining wall inside the blade compartment holds the blade at a fixed tilted angle relative to the skin.

Abstract: A cutting tool having a work piece feed mechanism includes a first jaw and a second jaw connected together for pivotal movement between a closed position and an open position. The work piece feed mechanism includes first and second ratchet members as well as a slide member adapted to engage a work piece and mounted for movement between a fully extended position and a fully retracted position. Movement of the first and second jaws from the closed position to the open position causes the first ratchet member to operably engage the slide member and incrementally advance the slide member toward the fully retracted position. Movement of the first and second jaws from the open position to the closed position causes the second ratchet member to operably engage the slide member to restrain the slide member from movement toward the fully extended position.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a metal frame having at least one wheel attached in a way that permits the frame to be moved from one location to another. Attached to said frame is a chain saw that can be used in more than one cutting position using remote controls attached to the metal frame and controlled by the operator. The operator controls the saw's cutting position either vertically or horizontally with a tension rope that moves the saw to the desired cutting position. The saw's throttle is controlled by a flexible cable attached to a throttle assembly at the saw and a handle attached to the right side of the metal frame allowing the operator to control the cutting speed of the chain saw from high rpm to idle speed.

Abstract: The single universal tool allows for separate use of each portion of the tool. It is a chrome plated one-piece unit that has a beveled blade with upper and lower surfaces opposite the end of its four-finger grip combined with the elongated handle creating a major combination of knife, meat cleaver, hatchet, along with its other uses. The blade has a spiky top of the upper surface, with a fore finger/hanger hole located in the center of the blade. The bottom of the lower surface is slightly beveled and sharpened at its edge that ends in a tip pointed at the front end opposite the handle. The front edge of the lower surface from the tip is also slightly beveled with a sharpened edge and concave upward to the middle of the blade surface, naturally curving outward forming a head, the head is not sharpened and meets the spiky top.

Abstract: An ice axe device has an adjustable grip. The ice axe includes an elongated shaft with opposite proximal and distal ends. A pick is disposed at the distal end of the elongated shaft, and a grip is disposed at the proximal end of the elongated shaft. A pommel is adjustably securable to the grip, and is movable towards and away from the grip to respectively shorten and lengthen a length of the grip.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to a tool for setting grading heights and more particularly to a tool for rapid and efficient measurement of grading heights between adjacent or opposing edges. Briefly stated, the preferred embodiment of the present invention consists of two grading pins spaced apart from each other and inserted into the surface adjacent where grading measurements are desired. Slidably disposed on one of the grading pins is a line casing having a spring loaded retractable string therein with the string having a hook on one end whereby the string is effectively stretched between the two grading pins. Thereafter the string is used as a reference line in order to determine the desired grade height.

Abstract: Measuring device for measuring the path and/or speed of a moving object in relation to a structural component, with a measuring wheel (20) and with a rotary encoder (10), such that the measuring wheel (20) is coupled to the encoder shaft (16) of the rotary encoder (10) at a precise angle of rotation, and the measuring wheel (20), along with the contact surface (22) formed by its jacket, can be positioned on the object in such a way that the axis of the measuring wheel (X direction) runs basically perpendicular to the direction of motion (Z direction) of the object, and the measuring wheel (20) and the rotary encoder (10) are elastically mounted on the structural component in a direction (Y direction) that is basically perpendicular to the axis of the measuring wheel (X direction) and to the direction of motion of the object (Z direction), wherein the measuring wheel (20) and the rotary encoder (10) are positioned on an elastic arm (32) that exhibits two legs (34, 36), the elastic arm (32) is secured to the st

Abstract: A line-marking device with rotatable laser disclosed in the present invention comprises a laser rotating and locating system including a fixing member and a rotating member, one of which has a gear-shaped component, and the other member of which has a component that can be engaged with the gear-shaped component, and an elastic member pressing the engaged component to the gear-shaped component. The laser-emitting device is fixedly connected to the rotating member. A straight line formed by the laser on a wall can be rotated along with the rotating member. In an effect of the elastic member and by the interaction between the gear-shaped component and the engaging component for it, a location can be obtained when the two component is rotated across a space of a tooth, so that a fan-shaped beam emitted from the laser line-marking device can not only be rotated from the 0 degree to the 360 degrees, but also be reliably located at a plurality of angles.

Abstract: A ruler for school children comprises a plastic molded frame and an insert affixed to the frame. The insert preferably has a resilient rubber composition which extends through openings in the frame and projects above the viewing surface to provide a measuring scale and tactile gripping elements.

Abstract: A coordinate measuring device having a probe comprising a stylus (14) with a sensing member (18) for contacting the object (15) to be measured, a support unit (13) to which the stylus (14) is connected through elastic means (19), and magnet means (46) for damping vibrations of the stylus (14) by generating eddy currents in conductive material. The elastic means (19) comprise at least one leaf spring (41) made of conductive material, and said magnet means (46) generate eddy currents in said leaf spring (41).

Abstract: A capsule dryer utilizes an upper level having a plurality of drying baskets and a lower level having a plurality of drying baskets disposed beneath the upper level of drying baskets. The footprint of the capsule dryer is thus reduced while providing a same or superior drying capabilities. Furthermore, the drying baskets at the different levels are independently controlled.

Abstract: A portable drier 1 includes a gas tank 25 in which fuel gas is stored, a combustor 11 combusting fuel gas supplied from the gas tank 25, a blower 17 through which air, heated in the combustor 11 is caused to flow to an outlet, a power supply rotating a motor 19 of the blower 17, and an ignition device 9 igniting fuel gas. The combustor 11 includes an ejector 7 for allowing primary air to be drawn due to a negative pressure created by a flow speed of fuel gas supplied from the gas tank 25. A mixture gas ejecting from a wick is combusted in a primary combustion chamber 55 to generate combustion gas, which is supplied to a secondary combustion chamber 57 in which combustion gas is mixed with secondary air for complete combustion.

Abstract: A discrete, universal denoising method is applied to a noisy signal for which the source alphabet is typically large. The method exploits a priori information regarding expected characteristics of the signal. In particular, using characteristics of a continuous tone image such as continuity and small-scale symmetry allows definition of context classes containing large numbers of image contexts having similar statistical characteristics. Use of the context classes allows extraction of more reliable indications of the characteristic of a clean signal.

Abstract: Denoising such as discrete universal denoising (DUDE) that scans a noisy signal in an attempt to characterize probabilities of finding symbol values in a particular context in a clean signal can perform a rough denoising on the noisy signal and identify contexts from a roughly denoised signal. The rough denoising improves estimation of the statistical properties of the clean signal by reducing the false differentiation of contexts that noise can otherwise create. Statistical information regarding occurrences of symbols in the noisy signal and corresponding contexts in the roughly denoised signal can then be used to denoise the noisy signal. The specifics of the rough denoising can be chosen based on knowledge of the noise or of the clean data. Alternatively, the DUDE can be used in an iterative fashion where the denoised signal produced from a prior iteration provides the contexts for the next iteration.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing arrangement (7) against a moving fabric (4b) in a paper machine or the like. The sealing arrangement includes a stiff sealing element (9) placed on the fabric's (4b) side on the entire width in connection with a paper sheet (4a) supported by the fabric (4b). The sealing element has been arranged on a support so that the location of the sealing element with respect to the fabric (4b) can be adjusted nearer to or, correspondingly, further from the fabric. As a sealing element there is at least a single-chambered labyrinth sealing (19).

Abstract: A method of drying a paper web is provided. The method utilizes a dryer, such as a through-dryer, having a first dryer section and a second dryer section. Within the first dryer section, a relatively wet paper web is dried at an elevated temperature, such as between about 400° F. to about 500° F. After being dried by the first dryer section, the web is relatively dry and is further dried by the second dryer section at a reduced temperature, such as between about 300° F. to about 400° F. A variety of control techniques can also be utilized to control the temperature of each dryer section.