Abstract: An alignment jig including: a base jig which is used when aligning and bonding a nozzle plate which is provided with nozzle orifices ejecting liquid of a liquid-jet head with/to a fixing member holding a nozzle plate side of the plurality of liquid-jet heads, and which is provided with an optical system on a bottom plane thereof; a mask having transparency, one plane of which is bonded to a plane of the base jig opposite to the optical system, and the other plane of which is provided with a reference mark for being aligned with an alignment mark provided for the nozzle plate; and a spacer jig which is bonded to a plane of the mask where the reference mark of the mask is provided, and which holds the fixing member.

Abstract: A method of making a coupling for joining pipe segments is disclosed. The method includes providing a fitting with a socket for receiving a pipe end. A first region of the fitting adjacent to the socket is expanded to a larger diameter than the socket. A second region of the fitting adjacent to the first region is expanded to a larger diameter than the first region. A third region of the fitting adjacent to the second region is expanded to a larger diameter than the second region. A sealing member is positioned in the first region, a retainer is positioned in the second region and a support washer is positioned in the third region. A lip is turned inwardly on the third expanded region to capture the components within the coupling.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for constructing an L-shaped cabinet. Such a cabinet can hold equipment that regulates and controls both main and auxiliary electrical power for a set of traffic-signal lights. Service and traffic cabinets house equipment for regulating electrical power and for traffic control. This L-shaped cabinet can incorporate much of the functionality associated with both service and traffic cabinets into an all-in-one design. Additionally, the L-shaped design affords a power-usage (watt hour) meter additional protection from damage. This L-shaped cabinet is configured to utilize the bolt pattern, and foot pattern of standard service cabinets, allowing easy replacement of obsolete existing cabinets. The service cabinet is configured for auxiliary power batteries to be stored inside and utilized.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a variety of injection molding hot runner system components using two materials. Blanks for portions of the components are formed of each material and fused, preferably by electron beam welding, then the component having the two portions is machined to its final configuration. Components made with this process include nozzle tip components such as tips, tip retainers, and tip inserts, as well as manifold bushings, valve stems and nozzle housings.

Abstract: A medical device crimping system comprises a crimper and a plurality of protective strips. The crimper defines a crimping iris, which has an open state and a closed state. In the open state the cross-sectional area of the crimping iris is greater than in the closed state. The plurality of protective strips extend longitudinally through the crimping iris. Each of the strips is radially offset from one another. The strips protect the stent from direct contact with the crimping blades of the crimper.

Abstract: A method of attaching a clinch spacer to a panel including forming a clinch spacer having a body portion including an axial bore, an annular flange portion surrounding the bore and an annular barrel portion integral and coaxially aligned with the flange portion having a diameter less than the flange portion including an end face having an outer lip extending at an angle radially outwardly and axially from the end face; forming an opening in the panel; and driving the barrel portion through the opening in the panel against a die member having a generally V-shaped annular projecting lip which is driven against a second face of the panel, deforming the panel radially inwardly against the outer surface of the barrel portion and deforming the outer annular lip radially outwardly and axially against the panel, forming a secure installation.

Abstract: A threaded insert installation tool includes an adapter assembly that connects a front and assembly with a driver. The threaded insert installation tool may be used in areas with limited access and may be operated with a battery-powered screwdriver. The adapter assembly may include a drive shaft that may have a segment square cross-section that may slide in linear direction within a square-hole sleeve assisted by a spring converting the rotary motion provided by the cordless screwdriver into a linear feed. The threaded insert installation tool may be suitable for, but not limited too, applications in the automotive, communication, aerospace, military and defense industries. The threaded insert installation tool may be used to install threaded inserts in tapped holes that are positioned in a space having an extended depth and a close proximity to surrounding walls, such as inside a cylinder or a barrel, for example, a missile shell.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for fabricating endodontic instruments for cleaning and extirpating a root canal. A grinding assembly may be used to form multiple cutting surfaces in elongate shafts in a single pass. A working surface holding a plurality of shafts may also be used to allow cutting surfaces to be formed in multiple shafts during one pass by the grinding assembly.

Abstract: A C-frame for use in association with a fastener setting machine, such as a rivet setting machine. The C-frame is configured such that it can be used as a suspended C-frame or as a pedestal mounted C-frame. Specifically, the C-frame is configured such that it can be easily mechanically mounted on and electrically connected to a pedestal. The pedestal has a docking mechanism and the C-frame has corresponding structure which mates with the docking station to mechanically mount the C-frame to the pedestal. In addition, the pedestal includes an electrical connector which connects to, or mates with, a corresponding electrical connector on the C-frame. Preferably, buttons are provided on both the C-frame and the pedestal and docking the C-frame on the pedestal works to effectively transfer control of the rivet setting machine from the buttons on the C-frame to the buttons on the pedestal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a panel and a semiconductor device including a composite plate with semiconductor chips and a plastic packaging compound, and to processes for producing them. For this purpose, the panel having a composite plate has semiconductor chips arranged in rows and columns on a top side of a wiring substrate. The wiring substrate is covered by a plastic packaging compound in a plurality of semiconductor device positions, the rear sides of the semiconductor chips being fixed on the wiring substrate. A plastic packaging compound in the region of the boundary surfaces with the semiconductor chips has a coefficient of thermal expansion which is matched to that of silicon, while the remaining plastic packaging compound has a coefficient of thermal expansion which is matched to that of the wiring substrate and is therefore correspondingly higher.

Abstract: To obtain a diaphragm assembly of a condenser microphone of which a diaphragm does not contact (is not absorbed in) a fixed pole side even if bias voltage is increased. Included steps are a first step (FIGS. 1A to 1E) of bonding a ring jig 31 to a resin film 11 having a metallized film composed of a ductile metallic material on one surface via an adhesive without exerting tension on the resin film 11; a second step (FIG. 1F) of heating and contracting the resin film 11 bonded to the ring jig 31 without applying the tension at a temperature over a glass transition point of that film material; and a third step (FIGS. 1G to 1J) of bonding a supporter ring 41 to the resin film 11 via the adhesive in a state of exerting predetermined tension on the resin film 11 and cutting a diaphragm assembly 110 out of the resin film 11 after waiting for hardening of the adhesive.

Abstract: To provide a method of manufacturing magnetic head slider which is capable of improving the product quality, simplifying the manufacturing process, and reducing the manufacturing time. This method of manufacturing a magnetic head slider, formed by cutting out from a block member, includes the steps of: processing an end face of the block member forming one surface of a magnetic head slider; holding fixedly the end face of the block member processed; and while maintaining a holding state provided by the step of holding, cutting a portion of the end face side of the block member, and processing a cut surface of the cut portion forming another surface of the magnetic head slider.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of slider, comprising the steps of: cutting step; at which cutting a row bar constituted by an array of slider-forming elements into individual sliders; and radiating step; at which radiating electromagnetic wave and making it reflected and transmitted to a cutting surface of the individual slider in a direction different from a direction of radiating the electromagnetic wave, so as to reduce a height extending from an air bearing surface of the individual slider of burrs, which are generated around the cutting surface of individual slider.

Abstract: An operation mechanism attaches a movable member to a main body to be rotatable between a first position and a second position. The movable member is held in the first position by a locking device. The operation mechanism includes a base attached to the main body, a contact portion attached to the movable member, and a coil spring having one end fixed to the base, and the other end attached to the contact portion for urging the movable member in the first position toward the second position. A transfer track for the contact portion is formed at the base. By the transfer track, after the movable member in the first position is moved to a predetermined position by a force accumulated on the spring, when the movable member is pushed to the second position, the spring stores a force from the predetermined position to the second position.

Abstract: A support pin position determination apparatus (600) that determines the positions at which support pins are to be placed so that the leads of electronic components which have already been mounted on the undersurface of a circuit board are not damaged or the solder lands thereof do not come off includes: a database unit (607); a support pin position determination program storing unit (605); and a calculation control unit (601). The database unit (607) holds component mounting point data (607b), component shape data (607c), and available pin positions at which the support pins are allowed to be placed on a support pin plate (support pin plate data (607a)). The support pin position determination program storing unit (605) stores a support pin position determination program for determining positions at which the support pins are to be placed among the available pin positions, on the basis of the mounting point data and the shape data of the components.

Abstract: A robotic tool picks and places a clinging part in an assembly. Two gripper jaws each have gripper fingers spaced apart from each other by a central spacing. The gripper jaws are movable between a grip position and a release position. The robotic tool also has an ejector. The ejector has a part pusher that is cling resistant and movable in the central spacings between a retracted position, and an eject position in which the cling resistant part pusher ejects the clinging part.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of temporarily coupling a hook material to a fibrous non-loop material by introducing the hook material to the non-loop material and ultrasonically vibrating at least one of the materials to cause temporary engagement between the two materials.

Abstract: An inter-metal dielectric (IMD) fill process includes depositing an insulating nanolaminate barrier layer. The nanolaminate is preferably an oxide liner formed by using an alternating layer deposition process. The layer is highly conformal and is an excellent diffusion barrier. Gaps between metal lines are filled using high density plasma chemical vapor deposition with a reactive species gas. The barrier layer protects the metal lines from shorts between neighboring layers. The resulting structure has substantially uneroded metal lines and an insulating IMD fill.

Abstract: A method of installing a driver and software for a plug and play device is provided, wherein the plug and play device includes a main function device and a storage device meeting a standard specification. The storage device stores a driver and software required by the main function device. The main function device and storage device may be connected to the host in two different ways after the plug and play device is installed to the host. The first way is to connect the two devices to the host simultaneously. The host loads a built-in standard driver for the storage device from the host to access the storage device, and then loads the driver and software required by the main function device from the storage device to gain freely access to the main function device. The second way is to connect the storage device to the host, and to cause the host to copy the main function device driver and software from the storage device to the host's storage device (e.g., a disk drive).

Abstract: An alignment mark for aligning a resist film and a silk film relative to a printed circuit board is used as a reference mark based on which a position of an electronic component on the printed circuit board is acquired when a component mounting machine mounts the electronic component on the printed circuit board. This makes it unnecessary to additionally provide a board recognition mark and an individual recognition mark, thereby making it possible to effectively use an area of the printed circuit board. In addition, since the number of marks to be recognized is decreased, a recognition processing is reduced. Accordingly, mounting time and a mounting program can be reduced, and a manufacturing cost of the printed circuit board can be reduced.

Abstract: A first metal housing member 111 is provided with a bottom plate part 1111 and a resin coating layer 1112 formed on a lower surface of the bottom plate part 1111. To a board mounted part 1113 which is a metal surface exposed part exposed from the resin coating layer 1112 around a housing through hole 113, an FPC 114 is mounted via an adhesive layer 115. A lead wire 1413 of a stator windings 1414 that is inserted in a board aperture 1144 is connected to the FPC 114 by a sealing material 117 as a solder and the board aperture 1144 is covered with the sealing material 117 to seal the housing through hole 113. A motor unit 10 can securely seal the housing through hole 113 by enhancing adhesiveness between the FPC 114 and the first metal housing member 111.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an exhaust gas treatment device for an internal combustion engine comprises axially inserting an exhaust gas treatment cartridge into a casing, wherein the casing has an initial inside cross-section that is larger than an outside cross-section of the exhaust gas treatment cartridge. A funnel is axially inserted into an end region of the casing, wherein an outside cross-section of the funnel is smaller than the initial inside cross-section of the casing. The cross-section of the casing is subsequently reduced such that the casing ultimately has a first ultimate inside cross-section that is equal to the outside cross-section of the exhaust gas treatment cartridge in a region, in which the at least one exhaust gas treatment cartridge is arranged, and a second ultimate inside cross-section that is equal to the outside cross-section of the funnel in the respective end region, in which the respective funnel is arranged.

Abstract: This invention relates to a tube finning machine (10) and to a method of use thereof. Typically, the finned tubes will be for use in heat exchangers. In the present invention, the machine (10) has tensioning means (32, 44) for applying tension to the tubes (16) during the finning process, tension in the tubes reducing the likelihood that the tubes will buckle or deform during the process. Also, the invention discloses the use of a solid material introduced between the fins (22) to support the fins during the finning process, the solid material being removed after completion of the process. The solid material can be a granular material, or it can be a continuous material introduced (and removed) in its liquid state.

Abstract: A manufacture method for an inner-fin tube includes a tube forming process for continuously forming a tube member joined at one end side thereof, an inner fin transferring process for continuously transferring an inner fin member, an inner fin twisting process for twisting the transferred inner fin member at at least two portions, and an inner fin inserting process for inserting the inner fin member into the tube member through the one end side thereof at the halfway stage of the tube forming process. At the inner fin twisting process, a transfer direction of the inner fin member is altered so that the inner fin member faces the one end side of the tube member and a longitudinal direction of a cross section (perpendicular to transfer direction thereof) of the inner fin member corresponds with a major axis direction of a flat cross section of the tube member.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for manufacturing a tonewheel for vehicles. The present invention is capable of manufacturing a tonewheel having high precision and quality, thus enhancing the performance of the ABS, TCS, or VDC using the tonewheel.

Abstract: A rim (10) is produced by a production process including a step (A) of bending a workpiece (11) to bring end faces of the workpiece into contact with each other, a step (B) of forming a circular cylinder body (12) by joining the end faces brought to be in contact with each other, a step (C) of inspecting a joint portion (13) of the circular cylinder body (12), a step (D) of forming a drop portion (16), subsiding toward the inner peripheral wall (15) side, in an outer peripheral wall (14) of the circular cylinder body (12), a by bending both end portions of the circular cylinder body (12), a step (F) of forming hump portions (20) by pressing the circular cylinder body (12) from the inner peripheral wall (15) side to raise the outer peripheral wall (14), and a step (G) for forming a valve hole (22) and water drain holes (24) in the drop portion (16) and the curl portions (18). The rim (10) and a disk (102) that is separately produced are welded to form a wheel (122).

Abstract: Improved apparatus and method for removing a paint roller cover from a paint roller frame is provided. In one embodiment, a gripper is engaged with a paint roller cover which is on a paint roller frame. The gripper includes a guide along which a body is freely movable. The guide directs the motion of the body such that the body can strike a surface of the frame without touching the cover. In operation, a user can employ the body as a hand tool to strike only the frame and thereby separate the cover from the frame. Accuracy of the blow is ensured by the guide. In another embodiment, a member of the gripper extends past the frame. Striking this member (e.g., against a wall) can separate the cover from the frame, since an impulsive force tending to separate cover from frame is thereby generated.

Abstract: Embodiments include a novelty item comprising one or more strips of a material, the material being stitched together by stitching and each of the one or more strips including the stitching at least substantially along its length, wherein the one or more strips of material are formed from a sheet of material capable of forming the outer cover of a sports ball, and wherein the one or more strips of material are twisted into and set in a generally helical formation. Embodiments also include a method of forming a novelty item, comprising providing one or more strips of material, the material capable of forming an outside cover of a sports ball; wetting the one or more strips; twisting the one or more strips into a generally helical configuration; and allowing the one or more strips to dry in the generally helical configuration to form the novelty item.

Abstract: A gap between a main body grip portion and a head portion is reduced while largely securing a tiltable range of the head portion with respect to the main body grip portion. A hair cutting device includes a head portion provided at its upper end surface with a blade head for epilating hair, and a main body grip portion which supports the head portion in a manner that the head portion can vertically float and tilt. A lower portion of the head portion is accommodated in an opened space formed in an upper portion of the main body grip portion, the head portion is supported in the opened space such that the motion is permitted, the head portion includes a neck portion whose lower side width in the tilting direction is wider than an upper side width, the neck portion is located at a portion of an opening formed in an upper end surface of the main body grip portion.

Abstract: In a hair cutting device in which a head portion is connected such that the head portion can laterally tilt and vertically move, the head portion is stably supported in a front-rear direction, and the number of parts is reduced. In a hair cutting device, the head portion for cutting hair is connected to an upper portion of a main body grip portion such that the head portion can laterally tilt and vertically move, the head portion is resiliently biased upward. An upper end of the main body grip portion is formed with an opened space into which an accommodating body having a motor of a lower portion of the head portion is inserted.

Abstract: A device is disclosed for stripping an outer material from a transmission carrier that has an end block defining a passageway therethrough for positioning the transmission carrier therein. Grip members are pivotally attached to the end block and movable between an open position and a cutting position. In one embodiment, an alignment mechanism is attached to at least one of the grip members for holding the outer material of the transmission carrier at a distal point spaced from the end block with a predetermined alignment and/or clamping force to inhibit buckling of the outer material during removal. A cutting mechanism associated with the end block proximate to the passageway is actuated by pivoting the grip members to a cutting position for removal of the outer material. Another variation includes a fracture mechanism that induces material fracture of the outer material during pivoting of the grip members.

Abstract: A lawn cutting device includes: a handle having a hollow connecting part that has a bottom end portion defining a bottom opening; a driving member having an output shaft that is received in the connecting part of the handle and that extends outwardly through the bottom opening; a blade-mounting seat spaced apart from the bottom end portion of the connecting part of the handle, and aligned coaxially with and secured to the output shaft; a blade member mounted on the blade-mounting seat; and a protecting member including a cup-shaped body that is coaxially aligned with and that extends from the blade-mounting seat, and that defines a recess which receives the bottom end portion of the connecting part of the handle therein.

Abstract: A multi-purpose knife device having an elongate handle member and a knife portion, wherein the knife portion having a tang portion, a food manipulation portion and a blade portion, the tang portion being provided at a proximal end of the knife portion for coupling the elongate handle member to the knife portion, the food manipulation portion being provided at a distal end of the knife portion, and the blade portion being provided between the proximate end and the distal end of the knife portion, wherein the blade portion having a serrated edge and a sharp edge. The serrated edge and the sharp edge are formed along a bottom surface of the knife portion. The food manipulation portion extends generally above a top surface of the distal end of the knife portion.

Abstract: A bayonet is provided which comprises: a blade having a sharpened portion and a tang integral with the sharpened portion; a handle enclosing the tang of said blade, said handle having a first end proximate to the sharpened portion of said blade and a second end proximate to an end of the tang of said blade; a guard between the sharpened portion of said blade and the first end of said handle; a clip affixed to the second end of said handle, said clip being further affixed to the end of the tang of said blade; and a positioning access point on said handle proximate to the second end of said handle.

Abstract: A razor blade includes a substrate with a cutting edge and a coating of a carbon-containing material doped, for example, with chromium.

Abstract: A fastening element guide device for a power drive-in tool includes a coupling section (14) having a chamber (17) for receiving a matching coupling section (41) of power drive-in tool (40) at least one locking member (21, 22) displaceable between a locking position (28) in which its locking section (23) projects into the receiving chamber (17) for engaging a recess (43) provided on the matching coupling section (41) of the power drive-in tool (40) for lockingly secure the guide device (10) on the power drive-in tool (40), and a release position (29) in which the locking section (43) is withdrawn from the receiving chamber (17) a spring (25) for biasing the at least one locking member (21, 22) to its locking position (28), and an actuation section (24) accessible from outside for manually displacing the at least one locking member (21, 22) from the locking position (28) to the release position (29).

Abstract: An apparatus and method for supporting and extending the useful life of the cutting edge of a cutting edge tool is provided. The apparatus comprises a housing for supporting a cutting edge tool such as a shaving razor. Disposed within the housing is a metal member that is positioned underneath the cutting edge of the tool. The metal member comprises a plurality of upward facing protrusions configured in a grid pattern. An additional metal layer is disposed within the housing between the metal member and the cutting edge tool. The method comprises providing a housing containing the metal member and then placing a cutting edge tool on the housing such that the cutting edge is positioned above the metal member. It is observed that placing a cutting edge tool on the apparatus after using the tool extends the useful life of the cutting edge tool.

Abstract: Provided are systems for transferring a composition, the systems comprising a transparent grid substrate; lines on a surface of the transparent grid substrate, the lines comprising symmetrical grid lines and a proportional border around the symmetrical grid lines. The systems further comprise a substantially uninterrupted transparent surface that receives a composition related to a scene, the scene viewed through the substantially uninterrupted transparent surface and the transparent grid substrate. The transparent grid substrate and substantially uninterrupted transparent surface are coupled such that the symmetrical grid lines and proportional border facilitate drawing the composition directly on the substantially uninterrupted surface in direct proportion to the size of a final substrate. Also provided are methods, the methods comprising selecting a scene; framing the scene with a transparent drawing grid comprising a transparent grid substrate, the scene viewed through the drawing grid.

Abstract: A lithographic apparatus comprising a first frame and a second frame, the first frame and the second frame being moveable in a first direction relative to one another. The first frame is provided with a ruler having distance indicators disposed in the first direction for monitoring by an associated ruler monitoring sensor. The second frame is provided with a second sensor arranged to measure the distance between the second sensor and the ruler in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, using the ruler as a reference surface.

Abstract: A method for determining a direction of rotation for an electronically commutated motor (ECM) is described. The motor is configured to rotate a blower and the method comprises rotating the blower using the ECM and determining if the resulting blower rotation is indicative of the desired direction of rotation for the blower.

Abstract: A torpedo level is adapted for use with a non-metallic material such as PVC pipe by providing an attachment device for temporarily affixing the torpedo level in engaging relationship with the plastic pipe without any attendance. In one embodiment, the affixing device is an attachment strip extending along a planar side of the torpedo level and having an adhesive material on its outer side. A cover is adapted to protect the adhesive material when not in use. Another attachment device is a plurality of suction cups which are secured to the planar side and temporarily attachable to a plastic pipe. Another alternative is one or more Velcro straps which are attached to the body of the torpedo level by way of slots formed therein and which are selectably wrapped around a pipe for securing the torpedo level thereto.

Abstract: A measuring device is provided for use in the preparation of custom garments. According to one embodiment, the device includes a flexible belt capable of being encircled about a body part of an individual, and a strap attachable fixedly to the belt. The belt and strap preferably are made of a material simulating certain dimensions, the appearance and/or the tactile feel of a material from which the custom-tailored garment is to be prepared. The belt and strap each contain a respective scale of measurement indicia. Also provided are several methods for utilizing the measuring device.

Abstract: Simplified, easy-to-use electrical utility box positioning jig assemblies (10, 54) are provided including an elongated, upright standard (16) having opposed, generally flat, front and rear surfaces, and a support (18, 56) positionable along the length of the standard (16) and operable to hold a utility box (12, 58) during attachment thereof to a structural member (44). In one embodiment, the support (18) is generally C-shaped and is designed to hold a utility box (12) commonly used in residential construction. Alternately, a C-shaped support (56) may be used having permanent magnets (80), in order to hold a metallic utility box (58) used in commercial construction. The standard (16) is designed for direct, face-to-face contact with a structural member (44), and is slotted to allow selective placement of the associated box holder (18, 56).

Abstract: A probing pin includes a predefined breaking point, which is arranged between a first section and a second section of the probing pin. The two sections each have a longitudinal axis. In the region of the predetermined breaking point, at least one of the longitudinal axes emerges from the outer contour of the probing pin at at least two axially offset points. A probe system may be equipped with such a probing pin.

Abstract: A measuring device for rapidly performing repetitive measurements includes a base for supporting the measuring device upright upon a generally horizontal surface and minimizing the tendency of the measuring device to overturn. A generally-rigid template spans a primary distance between first and second terminal ends of the template, said primary distance being suitable to space a building structure apart from an adjacent building structure to establish a desired on-center spacing between those building structures. A marker is also provided to the template and separated a secondary distance from a first terminal end of the template. The secondary distance is the distance a secondary building structure is to be spaced from an adjacent secondary building structure to establish a desired on-center spacing between those secondary building structures.

Abstract: A digital growth chart that is affixed to a wall or other elevated surface at a specified height. A measuring element may then be extended from the device and pulled to a point such that it is at the same height as the individual being measured. Once the measuring element has been extended to the appropriate height, the measurement may be taken and recorded by the device, either automatically or through manual activation of the device. The device may include systems for announcing and/or displaying the height. In addition, the device may include the ability to store records for a plurality of individuals.

Abstract: A drying machine according to the present invention includes an interface unit connected to a separate washing machine with a data communication line for receiving load information from the washing machine, a rotatable drum containing a load of wet clothes which are previously washed by the washing machine, and an air supply system coupled to the drum for supplying dry air into the drum. The machine further includes a heater coupled to the air supply system for heating the dry air, and a dryer controller generating a control signal to the heater in accordance with a set of operation values which are determined based on the load information.

Abstract: A rotating apparatus (10) for drying a material (44) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the rotating apparatus (10) includes a generally cylindrical drum (12), a burner (20) having a burner head (22) at least partially disposed within the drum (10) and a plurality of elongated flights (26). The flights (26) are spaced-apart at pre-determined locations along an interior surface (16) of the drum (12). The length of the flights extends along the interior surface (16) of the drum (12). Optionally, a plurality of plates (28) may be utilized and positioned between the plurality of flights (26) and the interior surface (16) of the drum (12).

Abstract: A door assembly having a viewing window for use with a clothes dryer cabinet has a mask frame for masking the view of the door assembly and for securing an inner window in the assembly. The door assembly further utilizes the hinge structure and a horizontally disposed retainer to retain the inner window in place when the door assembly is complete. The inner window is mounted within the door assembly to slope downwardly and rearwardly of the inner door frame support. When the door is closed, the sloping inner window is positioned to cover a lint trap opening in the dryer while optimizing space within the dryer due to the sloping window wall.

Abstract: This invention relates to a breathing insole with ventilating function, which is made of the shoe-shaped upper & lower insoles and porous layer; its features are as follows: when the upper insole is molded, the containing trough is made in concave in the central part of its bottom according to shape of shoe, frame around containing trough is also formed so that upper and lower insole are glued and form an air chamber. Several elastic protruding bodies are fixed in the arch of containing trough of this upper insole; porous layer contacting sole of the foot is glued onto upper insole.