Abstract: A sweeper unit well-suited for use for sweeping paved areas includes a debris-retaining hopper with an associated fan assembly that includes an air outlet duct for connection to one side of a pick-up head and an inlet duct for connection between the other side of the pickup head and the debris-retaining hopper. A fan drive arrangement includes at least a first and a second hydraulic displacement device to drive the fan and, when required, provide a flow of hydraulic fluid for auxiliary devices including the gutter broom motor(s).

Abstract: The invention relates to an actuating mechanism for a swivel-mounted actuating arm, especially for driving a lid of an item of furniture. Said mechanism comprises a spring device including a biased actuating element and a translatory mechanism which translates the movement of the actuating element into a swiveling movement of the actuating arm. Said translatory mechanism comprises at least one adjusting device for varying the translation ratio between the movement of the actuating element and the swiveling movement of the actuating arm.

Abstract: A method and device for depositing fibers on a forming wire. In one embodiment, a device includes a fiber reservoir having an inlet, a first outlet configured to pass air or gas, and a second outlet configured to pass fiber. The device also includes a fiber meter configured to move fiber out of the reservoir to a forming head via mechanical action and along substantially the entire width of the forming head. The forming head includes one or more air inlets and one or more agitators to blend and open the fiber received from the fiber meter. The forming head interfaces with a vacuum source that draws air into the forming head through the air inlets, which can be adjusted to affect volume and velocity of air drawn into the forming head.

Abstract: Cord management systems comprise a housing unit comprising at least one compartment for receiving at least one electronic device with a cord and a means for managing the cord of the at least one electronic device, wherein the means for managing comprises at least one passageway that is in communication with the at least one compartment of the housing unit. are provided.

Abstract: Packaging tie-downs configured to retain objects secured with a retention strap in association with packaging material.

Abstract: A clamp for holding circular objects, such as pipes or conduits, includes a falcate rod portion that engages slots in a bar portion. The rod portion has a circular central section that is between a bent end and a threaded end for engaging respective of the slots. The circular section may have a cylindrical section inner surface, which may be textured, for engaging the circular object. The bar portion also has a circular central portion, for engaging the opposite side of the circular object. The clamp is installed on a circular object by placing the circular section of the bar portion against the circular object, hooking the bent end of the rod portion into one of the slots, inserting the threaded end of the rod portion through the other slot, and tightening a nut on the threaded end to secure the clamp to the circular object.

Abstract: An ornamental device includes a first member adapted to be coupled to a personal item. The first member has a first end having a sidewall. A second member is releasably engagable with the first member, and is provided with a recess that receives the first end of the first member when the first and second members are engaged. The second member has a flange that contacts the sidewall of the first member substantially along a width of the sidewall when the first and second members are engaged. The first and second members are magnetically coupled, such that the magnetic interaction, and the interaction of the flange with the sidewall, secures a decorative second member to a personal item in a selected location.

Abstract: A fastener adapter for connecting fastener straps. The fastener adapter includes an outer member, and an inner member attached at an angle to the outer member such that the outer and inner members cooperate to form first and second pockets. At least one of the first and second pockets defines one of an all-hook and an all-loop pocket.

Abstract: A fastener element for a concealed type slide fastener having a substantially U shaped section including a side edge portion mounting groove for a fastener tape, comprising: a C shaped base portion; flat first and second tape nipping portions extended substantially in parallel from respective front ends of the C shaped base portion; and a coupling portion integrated with an engaging face side on the opposite side to a tape nipping face of the second tape nipping portion, wherein the first tape nipping portion has expanded portions expanded back and forth in a coupling direction, and a front end face of the first tape nipping portion is formed wider than a front end face of the second tape nipping portion, thereby having excellent concealed property and coupling strength and capable of preventing generation of a gap between right and left fastener tapes even if pulling stress is applied.

Abstract: An attachment system is integrated into a hanging ornament (e.g., toy, audio player, aesthetic adornment, etc.) that readily attaches to a specially shaped zipper pull that replaces or mounts to a generally known zipper pull. The wearer then has ready access to the item with reduced likelihood of dropping the item. This allows the user to have very easy access to the toy which hangs from the attachment piece on the exterior of the garment. The system is designed to allow for the toy to be easily attached and detached from the attachment point for ease of use. Furthermore, in many situations it is possible to use the toy without needing to detach it from the garment as the flexible corded attachment piece allows the toy to be handled without removal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to perforation device for the manufacture of a perforated nonwoven material, whereby a prebonded nonwoven with embossing points is guided to a nonwoven perforation device, needles of a needle roller engage into the prebonded nonwoven and perforate it, and the perforated nonwoven material then undergoes further processing. A ratio is set between the number of needles to the number of embossed points of between 0.15 and 0.25 and a ratio of hole size to embossed point size of between 0.15 and 0.25.

Abstract: A method of producing a laminate-type piezoelectric element, wherein a ceramic laminated body therein is formed through an intermediate laminated body-forming step of forming an intermediate laminated body 100 by alternately laminating green sheets 110 that serve as the piezoelectric layers and the inner electrode layers 20, and a calcining step of forming the ceramic laminated body by calcining the intermediate laminated body 100. In the intermediate laminated body-forming step, an overlapped portion 108 and a non-overlapped portion 109 are formed in the intermediate laminated body 100, and voids 40 are formed, in advance, in at least part of the portion that becomes the non-overlapped portion 109. In the calcining step, relaxing layers including the voids 40 are formed.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments are directed to an improved automatic screw machine employing a first servomotor connected to cause rotation of a first set of tooling cams independently of the operation of a spindle drive, and a second servomotor to cause rotation of a second set of cams independently of the operation of the spindle drive, wherein a multi-axis controller controls at least the speed of the spindle drive in conjunction with at least each of the two servomotors, and where the operation of at least the two servomotors is electronically synchronized.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (11) for handling an article (13) such as a coil spring, and to an installation for handling an article. The device (11) comprises a body (10) having an internal housing (12) suitable for containing said article (13), said housing (12) presenting at least one open end (10A, 10B) and a constriction zone (14) that is suitable in a stable state, in which said constriction zone (14) presents a reduce dimension (D14x) that is reduced in a first direction (X), for retaining said article (13) inside the body (10), and for being deformed to adopt a deformed configuration enabling said article (13) to be inserted into the housing (12) or enabling said article (13) to be extracted from the housing (12). The installation includes force-application means for acting on the device to change it between its stable state and its deformed configuration.

Abstract: A disassembling process of end-of-life vehicles (ELVS) takes place in a circular two-story structure. An elevator moves a vehicle between stories of the structure, and a conveyor system moves the vehicle between facilities in each story. The first and last steps in the disassembling process take place on the first story and the other steps take place in facilities arranged sequentially around the perimeter of the second story.

Abstract: A tool for removing a split-sleeve heater from a target object, such as a hot runner nozzle body, is provided that includes a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and a protrusion disposed around at least a portion of a distal end portion of the shaft. The protrusion defines a shoulder, and the shoulder is adapted to engage a removal feature of the split-sleeve heater. In another form, a split-sleeve heater is provided that includes a heater body having opposed ends and a slot extending between the opposed ends. A recess is formed conjointly with the slot proximate at least one of the opposed ends, which is adapted for engagement by a removal tool. Methods of operating the tool and forming the slot of the split-sleeve heater are also provided.

Abstract: A structure of joining in a T shape two frame members of U-shaped cross sections having openings is provided. At a joint of the first frame member and the second frame member, a reinforcing member mounted with unfoamed resin is set within the first and second frame members. A foamed resin fills the spaces between the first and second frame members and the reinforcing member. The first and second frame members, foamed resin and reinforcing member are integrally united, having a high strength at the joint of the two frame members.

Abstract: An improved heat transfer tube and a method of formation thereof. The inner surface of the tube is enhanced with a plurality of protrusions that reduce tube side resistance and improve overall heat transfer performance. The protrusions create additional paths for fluid flow within the tube and thereby enhance turbulence of heat transfer mediums flowing within the tube. This increases fluid mixing to reduce the boundary layer build-up of the fluid medium close to the inner surface of the tube, such build-up increasing the resistance and thereby impeding heat transfer. The protrusions also provide extra surface area for additional heat exchange. The method of this invention includes using a tool, which can easily be added to existing manufacturing equipment, having a cutting edge to cut through ridges on the inner surface of the tube to create ridge layers and a lifting edge to lift the ridge layers to form the protrusions.

Abstract: A method for installing a hanger in gypsum board wherein the hanger comprises a steel strip bent into a Vee to provide two legs, the first leg being arcuate with a pointed end and functioning as an anchor when installed in the board, and the second leg being straight and having a u-bend formed at its terminus to function as a hook, the method comprising: providing a tool comprising a first leaf and a second leaf formed from flexible strips, the leaves being secured to each other at their distal ends so that the faces of the leaves are urged against each other along their lengths, with the first leaf having a slot formed therein adjacent its proximal end sized to receive therethrough the u-bend at the terminus of the second leg of the hanger; inserting the u-bend of the hanger through the slot so that the u-bend is captured between the leaves; placing the tool against the wall of the board with the outer face of the second leaf in contact with the wall and with the pointed end of the first leg of the hanger in

Abstract: In a method for joining at least two plate-shaped workpieces by a fastening tool and a device for operating the fastening tool, the fastening tool comprises a punch for exerting a punch force to perform a joining operation and a clamp for exerting a clamping force upon the workpieces at the joining area. During the joining operation the punch exerts a high punch force to perform the joining operation and the clamp exerts substantially no clamping force to allow for free material deformation in the joining area. After the joining operation both the punch and the clamp exert high forces at the same time to reduce any material deformations of the workpieces and to provide for compression of the workpieces in the joining area. Preferably the invention is used in a riveting tool for setting self-piercing rivets; as an alternative it may be used in a clinching tool.

Abstract: A method of connecting a plastic workpiece to a further workpiece and a device for carrying out the method are shown and described. The object of providing a method with which a positive-locking connection between a plastic workpiece and a further workpiece can be produced in a short time and without considerable outlay in terms of apparatus is achieved by a method comprising the following steps: providing a plastic workpiece and a further workpiece, placing the further workpiece against the plastic workpiece, providing a connecting element on a surface of the plastic workpiece, this surface being opposite the surface against which the further workpiece bears, producing a recess in the further workpiece, this recess being provided on the surface bearing against the plastic workpiece, heating the connecting element, so that the material of the connecting element is plasticized, and pressing plasticized material into the recess.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved system and method for casting toilets. In the disclosed method, at least one of a shell, engine and rim configuration for a toilet is provided, wherein the configuration is selected from a plurality of shell, engine and rim configurations defined by a corresponding plurality of shell, engine and rim molds. Each mold defines a casting space therewithin for casting the selected configuration therefrom. Each shell configuration includes a hollow housing space for disposition of a unique sanitaryware performance engine configuration therewithin. While still greenware, the cast engine is disposed in the shell housing space to form at least one shell and engine assembly thereby. Subsequently, and while also in a green state, the cast rim is assembled with the shell and engine assembly and the entire shell, engine and rim assembly is fired to form a single integral piece of sanitaryware.

Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna coil and fabricated method therefor are provided. One or more antennas are connected to be a plane or three-dimensional structure via substrate surface modified procedure, an inkjet-printing process for forming antenna patterning, and an electroless plating process, so that the RFID antenna coil can be flexibility and have higher inductance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel and efficient method for manufacture of toroidal transformers, a bobbin for manufacture of toroidal transformers and a system for performing said method for manufacture of toroidal transformers. Said method for manufacture of toroidal transformers has properties superior for automated mass production and comprises the steps of arranging a coil around the periphery of at least one hollow bobbin of elongated shape and of flexible material; bending said at least one bobbin, together with said coil, so that the bobbin ends are brought towards each other, one of said bobbin ends defining an opening; and feeding a ribbon of magnetic material through said opening, so that said ribbon is being wound a required amount of tightly packed winding turns inside said bobbin until essentially the whole interior cavity of said bobbin is filled, said ribbon thereby forming a core.

Abstract: Slot core inductors and transformers and methods for manufacturing same including using large scale flex circuitry manufacturing methods and machinery for providing two mating halves of a transformer winding. One winding is inserted into the slot of a slot core and one winding is located proximate to the exterior wall of the slot core. These respective halves are joined together using solder pads or the like to form continues windings through the slot and around the slotted core.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a magnetic write head that provides improved pole critical dimension control, such as improved track width control (improved sigma) and improved flare point control. The method involves a combination of several process improvements, such as photolithographically patterning a P2 pole tip defining photoresist frame using a zero print bias and also using a small flash field. The method also involves the use of a non-reactive ion etch to notch the first pole (P1) using the second pole (P2) as a mask.

Abstract: A method for fabricating the embedded thin film resistors of a printed circuit board is provided. The embedded thin film resistors are formed using a resistor layer built in the printed circuit board. Compared with conventional discrete resistors, embedded thin film resistors contribute to a smaller printed circuit board as the space for installing conventional resistors is saved, and better signal transmission speed and quality as the capacitive reactance effect caused by two connectors of the conventional resistors is avoided. The method for fabricating the embedded thin film resistors provided by the invention can be conducted using the process and equipment for conventional printed circuit boards and thereby saving the investment on new types of equipment. The method can be applied in the mass production of printed circuit boards and thereby reduce the manufacturing cost significantly.

Abstract: A device for aligning a first and a second shell mold comprises a first gripper for holding the first shell mold, a second gripper for holding the second shell mold, and a centering station. Both grippers can be displaced relative to one another and relative to the centering station along a predetermined axis and can rotate individually as well as synchronously about the axis. The centering station comprises a supporting body, which supports spring elements arranged along a circle, said axis running through the center of the circle. For centering, the shell mold is moved into the centering station by the gripper and then removed from the gripper so that the shell mold is held solely by the spring elements. The radial forces of the spring elements uniformly acting upon the shell mold from all sides cause the shell mold to be displaced into the center of gravity of the forces. Afterwards, the shell mold is gripped once again by the gripper and moved out from the centering station.

Abstract: A system for mounting a snap ring to a workpiece includes: a supporting structure; a snap ring guide unit mounted to the supporting structure by a first actuating device; a snap ring assembling unit including a supporting portion connected to the supporting structure by a second actuating device, a snap ring assembling jig, and a third actuating device, which pivots the assembling jig; a snap ring inner diameter measuring unit including a snap ring inner diameter measuring jig pivotally connected to the supporting portion of the snap ring assembling unit, a fourth actuating device, which pivots the inner diameter measuring jig, and a linear gauge that measures the pivotal position of the inner diameter measuring jig; and a control unit controlling the actuating devices and determining, based on a comparison of the measured snap ring mounted diameter and a predetermined value, whether the snap ring has been accurately mounted.

Abstract: A bearing race and pinion bearing race installation tool kit or set includes a pneumatic and manual driver handles in combination with a multiplicity of separate drivers. The component parts may be selected from the kit, combined and then used for installation of a bearing raceway.

Abstract: A component mounting apparatus includes one head unit which has a component holding member capable of holding a component and which is selected from among a plurality of types of head units according to a type of the fed component, a head moving unit which has a head fitting portion onto which the selected one head unit is removably loaded and which moves the head unit loaded on the head fitting portion in a direction extending generally along a surface of the board, and a head control unit which is provided for each of the head units and which performs control for component mounting operation by a head unit corresponding to the loaded head unit.

Abstract: The present invention is to prevent an interference between a wire harness and a member disposed in the vicinity of the wire harness, and improve an endurance of the wire harness and stability of an electric power supply. A rotatable clamp for a wire harness includes an inner clamp for holding the wire harness and an outer clamp rotatably supporting the inner clamp, wherein the inner clamp is rotatable in one direction and is regulated to rotate in another direction orthogonal to the one direction. A unit utilizing the rotatable clamp has the wire harness swingably arranged between a sliding structure and the rotatable clamp disposed on a main body, wherein the wire harness is allowed to swing in the one direction so as to prevent the wire harness from interfering with a member disposed in the another direction. A minor axis and major axis of a protection tube with a flat shape for the wire harness correspond with the one direction and the another direction, respectively.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring substrate including the steps of, obtaining a temporary substrate from a prepreg, and concurrently attaching a metal foil onto at least one surface of the temporary substrate, by disposing the metal foil on a prepreg through a underlying layer interposed between them, in a way that the underlying layer is disposed in a wiring formation region on the prepreg, and the metal foil having a size larger than that of the underlying layer is caused to contact with an outer peripheral portion of the wiring formation region, and then by hardening the prepreg with heating and pressurization, forming a build-up wiring layer on the metal foil, and obtaining a wiring member in which the build-up wiring layer is formed on the metal foil, by cutting out a portion of structure in which the underlying layer, the metal foil and the build-up wiring layer are formed on the temporary substrate, the portion corresponding to a peripheral portion of the underlying layer, and thus by separating the m

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a wiring substrate according to the present invention, a metal foil is tentatively fixed onto a temporary substrate, which is made of a nonwoven fabric impregnated with resin, by selectively attaching a peripheral side of the metal foil to an outer peripheral portion of a wiring formation region of the temporary substrate, thereafter, a build-up wiring layer is formed on the metal foil, and the metal foil is separated from the temporary substrate by cutting out an inside portion of a structure, the portion being inward from the adhesive layer, in this way, a wiring member including the build-up wiring layer formed on the metal foil is obtained.

Abstract: In a circuit board according to the present invention, on a substrate, in at least a portion of a phase change layer including a phase change material that is capable of changing alternately between an electrically insulating state and an electrically conductive state, a conductive path is formed that has been put into an electrically conductive state by a phase change in the phase change layer, wherein the phase change material includes a chalcogenide semiconductor, changes between the electrically insulating state and the electrically conductive state by irradiation of laser light, goes into the electrically conductive state in a crystalline phase, and goes into the electrically insulating state in an amorphous phase.

Abstract: A device for assembling electronic circuits comprises a placing station (7) for placing circuit components on a circuit carrier (1) held at a placing location (17), a fixing station (19) for fixing the circuit components to the circuit carrier (1) under the effect of heat, and a belt conveyor means (9) for conveying a circuit carrier from the placing location (17) to a take-over location (29) of the fixing station (19). The fixing station (19) comprises a heatable zone (22) and a manipulator (21) for raising the circuit carrier (1) from the take-over location (29) and placing it in the heatable zone (22). A continuous belt conveyor (9) of the belt conveyor means extends from the placing location (17) up to the take-over location (29).

Abstract: A method is provided to control the height of bump electrodes and increase a clearance between edge sections of a semiconductor chip and lead terminals of a tape substrate. By pushing up on a tape substrate by a bonding stage, and applying suction to the tape substrate through a suction groove, boundary portions of a semiconductor chip mounting region are drawn into the suction groove, and curved sections are formed in the tape substrate at locations corresponding to edge sections of a semiconductor chip and inclined sections disposed in outer circumference sections of the curved sections are formed in the tape substrate.

Abstract: A printed wiring board having a through hole conductor formed on the surface of a through hole formed in a copper-clad laminate board, and on the surface of the copper-clad laminate board 1 in the vicinity of an opening of the through hole. The through hole conductor is filled with a positive photosensitive resin. A capped conductor is formed on the positive photosensitive resin and is coupled to the through hole conductor. Further, a circuit pattern is formed on the surface of the copper-clad laminate board. An insulating layer is formed on the surface of the copper-clad laminate board, capped conductor, and the circuit pattern, and formed with a via hole extending from the surface of the insulating layer to the capped conductor. A via conductor is formed inside the via hole and on the surface of the insulating layer in the vicinity of an opening of the via hole.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a printed circuit board having a coaxial via is disclosed. The method includes assembling a plurality of layers configured in a stack so that the plurality of layers has a top signal layer and a bottom signal layer; forming a hollow via through the plurality of layers to connect GND layers in the printed circuit board, forming or inserting into the hollow via a conductor coated with non-conductive material, covering the top layer and bottom layer with dielectric and patterned signal layers, covering the top layer and bottom layer with a masking agent, plating the top layer and bottom layer with a conductive material that connects signal traces within via, and removing the masking agent from the top layer and bottom layer.

Abstract: A rigid-flexible printed wire assembly which employs a blind via for interconnection is disclosed. Preferably, the assembly includes a rigid section having a through hole formed therethrough and a flexible section having an inner metal layer. Laser ablation is preferably utilized to form a blind via in the flexible section, while utilizing the through hole of the rigid section as a guide.

Abstract: A probe is disclosed, comprising a beam 4B, which has a front end 4b1, an intermediate portion 4b2 and a base end 4b3, the front end being a portion for contacting a test subject through a contactor, the base end being a portion for fixing the probe; and a substantially trapezoidal contactor 4A, which is fixed to the leading end 4b1 of the beam.

Abstract: A method for machining a blank includes machining a first pocket in the blank having a first sidewall, machining a second pocket in the blank, machining a groove within material located between the first and second pockets to expose a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, machining the first and second sidewalls, and alternately repeating machining the grove and the sidewalls to step mill the groove deeper in the blank and form a third pocket along which the second sidewall extends.

Abstract: In a water block and its manufacturing method, a porous microchannel structure adopts a first casing and a second casing to form a water block. Water inlet and outlet pipes are extended from both ends of the first casing respectively. The second casing has a porous microchannel structure made by sintering a heat conducting powder and formed on an internal side of the second casing. The second casing has a contact surface on its external side for absorbing and conducting a heat source to the porous microchannel structure, such that a coolant can flow from the water inlet pipe into the water block. The porous microchannel structure produces turbulent flows to the coolant, so as to extend the staying time of the coolant in the water block, and allow the coolant to fully exchange heat with the porous microchannel structure and flow out from the water outlet pipe.

Abstract: A method for installing a bearing into a component using an insert includes aligning the insert with an opening within the component that has a dimension that is less than a complimentary dimension of the insert, aligning the bearing with the insert, inserting the insert at least partially into the opening such that at least a portion of a surface defining the opening is deformed by the insert, and inserting the bearing into the opening after the insert such that the bearing is positioned at least partially with the opening and is at least partially retained within the opening by a portion of the surface defining the opening.

Abstract: A rotary electric shaver including a plurality of substantially disc-shaped outer cutters, which are provided in the upper part of a shaver main body housing therein a motor, and inner cutters, which engage the outer cutters from below and are rotationally driven by the motor so as to cut hair entering into the hair introduction openings formed in the outer cutters; and in addition, substantially cylindrical cutter frames 18 for respectively holding the outer cutters in a depressible manner are provided so that cutter frames 18 can pivot in the upper surface of the shaver main body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a head tilting device of a slim electric shaver, which allows the electric shaver to be easily carried about when it is not used and a head to tilt from a housing when it is used.

Abstract: Disclosed is a head moving type electric razor in which a swing head and a head support can be separated more easily from a housing.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a razor blade (4) from a blank (19), the razor blade (4) having an edge portion (6) with a cutting edge (7) and a further portion (9) bent relative to the further portion (8). The blank (19) is bent and hardened. The bending of the blank (19) includes a local heat treatment after hardening. A razor blade (4) made by this method and a device for carrying out this method are also described.

Abstract: A folding knife includes a handle element, a blade rotatably coupled to the handle element, and a locking mechanism operatively coupled between the blade and the handle element. The locking mechanism includes first and second pairs of toggles positioned, respectively, on first and second sides of the blade, each pair of toggles being configured to move into a locked position when the blade is rotated to an open position. A handle of the knife may include the handle element and the first and second pairs of toggles.

Abstract: A saw for cutting an overhead object is provided. The saw including: an elongated pole having a first end held by a user and a second end; a holding mechanism disposed at the second end of the elongated pole, the holding mechanism having an opening for holding the overhead object; and a cutting blade movably disposed on one of the elongated pole or holding mechanism so as to define a cutting stroke within the opening.