Abstract: A cleaning tool is for removing foreign matter from a surface of a photographic device. The cleaning tool includes an adhesive member and a body. The adhesive member has an adhesive surface for the foreign matter to adhere to. The body has a first end to which the adhesive member is attached, and has an end surface located at a second end being opposite to the first end. The outline of the adhesive surface includes a linear section, and the shape and orientation of the adhesive surface are represented on the end surface.

Abstract: A cleaning device connectable to a downhole tool for use within a well bore, the cleaning device comprising: a base member non-rotatably mountable to the downhole tool; and at least one sleeve member rotatably mountable to and around the base member, the sleeve member having a support member and at least one protruding member which protrudes from the support member and which, in use, contacts an inner surface of the well bore, wherein the support member comprises a bearing material.

Abstract: A scrub brush-sponge includes a base provided with a recessed peripheral lip, which has a plurality of attenuated regions configured to minimize the resistance of the base to external bending forces, and a sponge coupled to the base and made from polymeric material, which may have as low a PPI as 10. The sponge is configured so that it can effectively surround at least a substantial peripheral portion of instruments or portions to be treated with fluid, which is contained within the sponge, without applying substantial external forces to the base. A flexible layer made of woven or non-woven bonded polymeric fibers is on a scrubbing surface of the sponge and provides an enhanced scrubbing feature. An abrasive may be included on the flexible layer to further enhance the scrubbing feature.

Abstract: Fluid is removed from the cleaning element of such as a sponge mop or string mop by inflating a bladder or like expansible member which is positioned in an enclosure adjacent the cleaning element, causing the expansible member to expand into contact with the cleaning element, thereby compressing the cleaning element for squeezing fluid therefrom.

Abstract: A cleaning implement that includes a shaft, a mop disposed on one end of the shaft, a wringer, and a fixed grip. The wringer includes a wringing sleeve and a wringer handle. The wringer is movable over a range of travel between a mopping position and a range of wringing positions, in which wringing positions the wringing sleeve covers and compresses at least a portion of the mop to thereby expel liquid from the mop. The wringer is rotatable relative to the shaft through at least a portion of the axial range of travel. The wringer further comprises at least one volute wherein the volute defines a semi-enclosed area inside the wringer, the semi-enclosed area configured to receive a portion of the mop through a gap defined in the volute. The volute includes a first fin and a second fin that define the gap therebetween.

Abstract: A cleaning band construction for making motor vehicle washing system brushes comprises an elongated plate body made of a comparatively hard or stiff flexible material, which can be coupled to a central support assembly of a rotary brush, and at least a comparatively soft flexible element, which can be coupled to a free end portion of the plate body.

Abstract: An oral hygiene device having two side-by-side toothbrushes connected or connectible to the end of a handle, the one or more toothbrushes providing a desirable fit about the teeth and/or gums and/or providing a desirable brushing action. An oral hygiene device hereof may provide for mechanically providing the brushing movements of the professionally recommended manual tooth-brushing method known as the “Bass” or “Modified Bass” technique to thus reduce or eliminate the element of human error associated with the brushing of a user's teeth and gums.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and a device for cleaning teeth wherein a variety of cleaning tools are coupled to a common handle section for the individual cleaning of teeth. It relates in particular to a handle section of an electric-dental cleaning device, with a coupling section for coupling various cleaning tools thereto, as well as said cleaning tools. According to the invention the handle section detects a coding provided on the respective cleaning tool attached. In dependence upon the respective coding detected, various functions of the dental cleaning device are controlled.

Abstract: Cleaning compositions containing C8-C10 alkylpolyglucosides, have low filming and streaking when combined with C2-C4 alcohols and propylene glycol ethers. The low filming and streaking occurs even in the presence of quaternary ammonium biocides.

Abstract: The invention relates to a mop (1) comprising a mop-head plate (2) and an interchangeable mop cover (3) with a mopping surface (4) that is attached to the mop-head plate (2). According to the invention, the mop cover (3) is equipped on two opposing sides with a respective fixing device (5), which engages in a respective retainer (6) of the mop-head plate (2). At least one retainer (6) is formed by a recess (7) and the corresponding fixing device (5) is held by a positive fit in the recess (7) so that it can be detached without sustaining any damage.

Abstract: A device and method for cleaning the air-intake system of an EGR-valve-equipped diesel engine includes a dispersion component which mixes air and a liquid cleaning solution before delivering them to the air intake system of a running diesel engine. A main air intake is blocked and the EGR valve is removed and replaced with a coupler that receives the dispersion component, whereby a pressure drop is created. The pressure drop creates sufficient vacuum so that cleaner may be administered into the air-intake duct of the running engine. The cleaning solution is provided to the dispersion component under pressure supplied by a pressurized air source.

Abstract: A vacuum assembly module mountable to a work machine attachment for providing dust-reducing capabilities is provided. The vacuum assembly module is a self-supported unit and can be mountable to work machine attachments such as rotary brooms, cold planers, and the like to retrofit the attachment with dust-reducing capabilities. The vacuum assembly module includes a central frame that provides an air flow passage. The central frame supports a filter and a fan within the air flow passage. A fan motor operably drives the fan to draw air through the air flow passage and filter. The fan motor is operably connected to an auxiliary power source, such as a work machine. An optional vibrator may be included for operably shaking and dislodging debris from the filter. The vacuum assembly module may be attached to a debris collecting bin to form a vacuum having a hose.

Abstract: A tilt hinge includes a holder which is attached and fixed to an apparatus body such as a laptop personal computer in an integrated manner, a shaft which is attached and fixed to an open/close member such as a display in an integrated manner, a flange portion which is formed with the shaft in an integrated manner and is stored in a cylinder formed on the holder while being able to freely rotate, a resistance plate which is formed with the shaft via the flange portion in an integrated manner, a set screw which is screwed into an internal thread formed on the holder, and viscous fluid which fills a sealed space surrounded by the cylinder, the flange portion, and an apical surface of the set screw.

Abstract: A hinge damper is comprised of a rotation axis that is rotated according to the rotation of a rotation member and is pivotally attached to a case to be able to rotate freely, a gearing that is attached to the rotation axis to be able to freely rotate while having an internal tooth, means for transferring the rotation of the open/close member to the gearing, a gear planet that is engaged with the internal tooth of the gearing, rotation control means that regulates the rotation of the gear planet so that its center performs circular locus movement around the rotation center of the gearing, and means that absorbs the rotation energy of the gearing.

Abstract: A hydraulic hinge for the lid of a food serving vessel in a buffet restaurant includes a hinge block, a shaft pivotally mounted to the hinge block, an annular hydraulic chamber within the hinge block and at least partially surrounding the shaft, and a one-way valve having an inlet port and an outlet port each communicating with the hydraulic chamber and allowing hydraulic fluid to flow from the inlet port to the outlet port but not vice versa. The hinge further includes a rotary piston extending from the shaft across the annular hydraulic chamber and adapted to pivot with the shaft between the inlet and outlet ports and comprising a flow restrictor allowing hydraulic fluid to flow relatively slowly therethrough. This prevents the lid from dropping after patrons release the lid.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a first body, a second body, and a pivot mechanism is provided. The pivot mechanism includes a base, a pivot, a sleeve, and a holder. The base is fastened with the first body, and the pivot is fastened with the base. The sleeve has a hole closely fitting a section of the pivot, and the sleeve applies an elastic force on the pivot, so as to form a frictional force between the hole and the pivot. The holder having a first opening is fastened with the second body. A first section of the sleeve closely fits the opening, so as to be fastened with the first opening. The frictional force between the hole and the pivot holds the second body, such that the second body may pivot relative to the first body manually.

Abstract: A rigid corner guard protects a corner of a structure from collisions with objects. The corner guard includes a rigid body having a base, an upper end, and a wall extending between the base and the upper end that is configured to surround the corner of the structure. The corner guard also includes a leg structure secured to the rigid body including at least two leg portions adapted to support the rigid body of the corner guard. The separation between the at least two leg portions is at a predetermined distance. The corner guard further includes an adjustment mechanism coupled to the rigid body. The adjustment mechanism is configured to apply a force to the rigid body to flex the rigid body to adjust the predetermined distance for installation of the at least two leg portions. The corner guard is constructed of material with sufficient strength and toughness to withstand collisions with heavier industrial type equipment.

Abstract: In an apparatus at a flat card for cotton, synthetic fibres and the like, wherein at least one stationary carding element comprising a carrying element with at least one clothing element is associated with a clothed roller, for example a cylinder, the tips of the clothing elements and the tips of the clothing of the roller lie opposite one another with a spacing and the carrying element has a hollow space. In order for the carrying element to be dimensionally stable in operation even when exposed to heat, the cross-sectional shape of the carrying element does not include an enclosed hollow space, and the opening is arranged in a region remote from the tips of the clothing element.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multifunction clip which may be utilized as a clip for supporting a pair of glasses, a vertical card on a surface or for hanging an object from an article of clothing. The clip comprises a front portion and a back portion each having proximate and distal ends. The front and back portions are connected at their proximate ends wherein the distal ends of the front and back portions are opposably biased towards each other. The front portion includes a bottom portion proximate to the distal end wherein the bottom portion is angled away from the back portion and includes an aperture therethrough adapted to receive an arm of a pair of glasses or split ring. The front and back portion also have continuous side edges adapted to support the clip in an upright position on a surface so as to support a card in a substantially vertical orientation thereon.

Abstract: An article retention band includes a ring, a lever, and a clasp. The ring has an inner circumference and is configured to encircle and apply a compressive force around an exterior circumference of an article. The lever is attached to the ring and has an end surface. The lever is moveable between a first position in which the end surface is spaced from the ring and a second position in which the end surface is adjacent to the ring. Movement of the lever from the first position to the second position results in a reduction of the inner circumference of the ring. A clasp is configured for selectively retaining the lever in the second position such that the clasp at least partially covers the end surface of the lever. A drive assembly and a vehicle having a drive assembly are also provided.

Abstract: A compression claw for connecting wire meshes or wire nets consists of a corrosion-protected wire and two legs (12, 13) projecting away from a rounded base (11), enclosing each other at an apex angle (?). The legs are each provided on their free end with hooks (16, 17), which are oriented away from each other. These legs (12, 13) lie in two planes enclosing an angle, such that they can move past each other when the compression claw closes. The wire is a heavy-duty steel wire. A device serves to close the compression claws 10. This has a clamping device (25) functionally linked with a drive and clamp elements (30, 31) for the closure of individual compression claws (10), in which the compression claws (10) can be individually positioned before closure. This device allows simple and fast installation of such compression claws.

Abstract: A system for splicing a conveyor belt with belt fasteners is disclosed. A base assembly aligns the belt, belt fasteners and rivet holes thereof with swage structures for securing the rivets. A guide assembly has a rigid guide block with cylindrical pilot holes, and a guide membrane of resilient material. Guide pins are receivable by guide bores for aligning the base and guide assemblies with the pilot holes, rivet holes, and swage structures in registry. The guide membrane including openings aligned with the pilot holes. The openings have a pair of slits defining flaps deflectable to permit the rivet to pass therethrough, and a central hole or cut-out. The flaps and the cut-out assist in centering the rivet with the belt fastener rivet holes. The system uses a single-rivet driver, a multi-rivet driver, a pneumatic driver, or an electric hammer.

Abstract: A buckle includes a base, a one-piece handle and an elastic element. The base is made of a metal sheet by pressing and includes two walls, a floor between the walls and a jaw between the walls. The one-piece handle is made of a metal sheet by pressing and includes a touch portion at an end and a jaw near the touch portion. The one-piece handle is installed on the base to define a gap between the jaw of the base and the jaw of the one-piece handle. The one-piece handle can be pivoted on the base between a first position where the gap is small and a second position where the gap is large. The elastic element tends to keep the one-piece handle in the first position.

Abstract: A utility strap comprising an interactive system of hook-and-loop fasteners, adjustment mechanisms, swiveling assemblies, and quick-release clasp assemblies, wherein the functional relationship or interface between the various features or assemblies of the utility strap effectively enables use of the strap across a broad range of applications.

Abstract: A clip includes a body having a first end and a second end. A connecting member extends through the first end of the body. A hook plate is attached to a bottom of the connecting member and an actuating member is pivotally coupled to an upper end of the connecting member. The actuating member is pivotable relative to the hook plate in a first direction so that the actuating member is turnable relative to the hook plate between a locked position and an unlocked position. Furthermore, the actuating member is turnable about an axis of the connecting member in a second direction different from the first direction.

Abstract: A structure of a holding mechanism with a rotatable bidirectional knob suitable for securing a radiator is disclosed. holding mechanism comprising a comprising a pressure-bearing unit, a buckling element and an operation assembly. The buckling element and the pressure-bearing unit have positioning portions respectively. The pressure-bearing unit comprises an opening to receive the buckling element. The operation assembly is pivotally positioned on the buckling element and comprises a bidirectional knob comprising a protrusion member. The protrusion member of the bidirectional knob may be supported against the pressure-bearing unit by rotating the bidirectional knob. The buckling element is movably disposed on the pressure-bearing unit to effectively secure the holding mechanism to the seat to secure the radiator.

Abstract: A buckle for use with infant seats and the like having a release button slideably mounted within a hollow buckle housing for simultaneously releasing a pair of male buckle members latched in the housing. A bottom bar is slideably mounted into the housing and provided with locking hooks received within openings provided in the housing for permanently locking the bottom bar to the housing. The bottom bar and male projection members are provided with openings for webbing belts. The housing has integral guide ribs for guiding the male members and bottom bar when inserted into the housing to ensure proper insertion and alignment in the housing. All of the members of the buckle assembly are preferably molded of a suitable plastic material.

Abstract: A buckle includes a base made by pressing and formed with two walls, a cross member between the walls and a jaw between the walls. A jaw is made by rolling and formed with a cam, two non-circular blocks extending from the cam and two shafts extending from the non-circular blocks into an aperture defined in each of the walls of the base. A handle is made by pressing and formed with a touch portion and two non-circular braces for holding the non-circular blocks of the jaw. A handle is installed on the base so that a gap is defined between the jaw of the base and the jaw of the handle. The handle can be pivoted on the base between a first position where the gap is small and a second position where the gap is large. An elastic element tends to keep the handle in the first position.

Abstract: A personalizable memory container including a container portion having a cavity therein, a sealable capsule selectively disposable in the cavity, and mementos selectively presentable on reconfigurable spaces on the container portion. The mementos can conceal the capsule when the capsule is disposed in the cavity and when the mementos are selectively presented on the reconfigurable spaces.

Abstract: A method for forming a texture patterned fabric by selectively printing a corresponding pattern of heat absorbing fluid to the greige fabric to form zones of differential heat absorption capacity across the fabric. The differential heat absorption properties across the fabric are then used to selectively heat shrink yarns surrounding locations of fluid application.

Abstract: Leather sheet material is made by hydroentangling a web (4) of mixed reclaimed leather fibres and synthetic fibres. The synthetic fibres are meltable bicomponent fibres which are heated prior to entanglement to fuse and form a supporting network for the leather fibres. A sheet of tissue paper (1a) is laid over the surface of the leather fibre web (4) and hydroentanglement jets (16) are directed through the tissue paper into the web.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nonwoven fabric of which at least one of fiber orientation, fiber density, and basis weight is adjusted, and in which at least one of a predetermined groove portion, an opening, and a protrusion is formed, a manufacturing method for the nonwoven fabric, and a nonwoven fabric manufacturing apparatus. The nonwoven fabric manufacturing apparatus of the present invention manufactures a nonwoven fabric of which at least one of fiber orientation, fiber density, and basis weight is adjusted, or in which at least one of a predetermined groove portion, an opening, and a protrusion is formed by blowing fluid mainly containing gas onto a fiber web which is formed in a sheet shape, and which is in a state where at least a portion of the fibers constituting the fiber aggregate has a degree of freedom.

Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a process for fabricating an electrode for a capacitor using carbon nanotubes (CNTs), wherein the electrode comprises a metal substrate and a layer of active material (CNTs) coated onto the metal substrate. Specifically, the process starts by dispersing CNTs in a solvent to form a suspension. Next, the CNTs are charged in the suspension. The metal substrate is then immersed in the suspension. Next, the CNTs are deposited onto the metal substrate using electrophoretic deposition (EPD) to form the layer of active material on the metal substrate. In particular, the layer of active material is formed on the metal substrate without using a binder, which effectively reduces contact resistance between the active material and the metal substrate.

Abstract: A method for forming a capacitor including forming an anode from a valve metal; forming an oxide on the anode to form an anodized anode; dipping the anodized anode into a slurry of conductive polymer; drying the intrinsically conductive polymer; and providing external terminations in electrical contact with the anode and the conductive polymer.

Abstract: Methods of making capacitors are disclosed that comprise forming a dielectric layer over a substrate with a first electrode or a bare metallic foil, depositing a top conductive layer over the dielectric layer, and annealing the dielectric layer and the top conductive layer wherein the foil or first electrode, the dielectric, and the conductive layer form a capacitor.

Abstract: A pipe gripper includes an adjustable throat for receiving a pipe and a bore having an unbroken inner circumference that exceeds 180 degrees.

Abstract: A wheel assembly removal apparatus and method for use in the automotive maintenance and repair industry. The apparatus is adapted to remove a wheel assembly, and components thereof that may have become seized together, from a vehicle chassis for maintenance and repair while minimizing time and cost, and the possibility for damage to the assembly. The apparatus includes a linear actuator, a cross bar, and a rotor securing tool connected on one side to the linear actuator and adapted on the other side to connect to a rotor. The apparatus also includes at least one push link attached to an end of the cross bar, the push link being adapted with a length to seat and urge against a vehicle chassis. The linear actuator is configured to apply a load to the cross bar such that the load is transferred through the push link to the vehicle chassis in a direction parallel to the axel of the wheel assembly.

Abstract: A method for separating two flanges joined by bolts extending through boltholes provided therein comprises the use of a clamshell cutting apparatus having a rotating annulus with at least one cutting tool. The cutting tools are rotated and advanced against the bolts until they are sheared. The flanges are then separated from each other.

Abstract: A chair, which has a cylinder for controlling the configuration of a chair or the seat height of a chair, is operated by a flexible cable. The flexible cable is attached to an adjustment member that is not fixedly attached to the cylinder, thereby permitting the cylinder to be replaced without replacing the adjustment member.

Abstract: Sealing tools are used in a machine in which foils are guided between two sealing tools that on their sides facing the foil have bumps with uniform relative spacing T. Compensation for the tolerances between the sealing tools and the foils is achieved for a defined penetration depth of the bumps into the foil workpiece. The spacing T of the bumps is predetermined, and subsequently an experimental measurement of the force ?DS is carried out that is necessary for the defined penetration depth of a test body of known geometry into the foils. Then, and with use of the force ?d applied by the sealing machine that is determined as the quotient of the forces applied to the sealing tools per surface unit of measure of the sealing tools, the corrugated surface A required for the defined penetration depth is set based on the relation A=?d*T2/?Ds.

Abstract: A method and machine for removing a tyre, fitted with a rigid inner run-flat ring, from a relative rim, whereby, once the rim and the tyre are fixed onto a turntable having a central hub and rotating about a first axis coaxial with the hub and the tyre, a bead of the rigid inner ring is engaged and moved axially outwards of a relative flange of the rim by a hook carried by a lever hinged to the hub and oscillated, with respect to the hub and in a radial plane of the turntable, about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and rotating about the first axis.

Abstract: A method of installing a threaded fastener from one side of a hole through a substrate. The fastener includes a collar and a bolt having a head, a threaded tail portion and a tool engagement portion extending from the tail. The method includes: (a) engaging the tool engagement portion with a bolt engagement portion of a tool (b) passing the bolt through to the far side of the hole and supporting it there by way of the tool, (c) passing the collar through the hole while supporting it with the tool; (d) assembling the bolt and collar to form the threaded fastener having a head larger than the hole; (e) engaging a nut to tighten the fastener; and (f) detaching the tool from the fastener. Separation of the bolt engagement portion and the tool engagement portion is prevented by a moveable member, which engages both portions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and tools for producing a braking band of a disk-brake disk by casting, in which the disk comprises at least two plates connected to one another by connecting elements forming an internal air-duct for the cooling of the braking band. With the method and the tools, a disk is produced in which at least one of the plates has, in its surface defining the air-ducts, at least one groove having a cross-section which becomes wider towards the air-duct.

Abstract: The invention presents a method of manufacturing a multi-pitch screw having desired threads and pitches by rolling. A trace of general (even lead angle) spiral screw is formed by even pitch protrusions 610 and 620 of an existing rotating dies 61 and 62, and it is combined with a trace of stair step screw formed by stair step protrusions 632 of a rotating die 63 of uneven lead angle, and multi-pitch screw threads are formed efficiently. Herein, only one rotating die 61 of uneven lead angle is used, and screw threads are not flattened out by stair step protrusions of the plurality of rotating dies of uneven lead angles.

Abstract: A soldering iron provided with a soldering tip that melts solder at a distal end, having inside said soldering tip a substantially cylindrical insertion fit recess portion extending from a proximal end of the soldering tip to the distal end, opening at the proximal end, and a heater formed into a coil shape and whose surface is covered with an insulating oxide film being fittingly inserted into the insertion fit recess portion.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a sticker type antenna, in which a copper foil of 0.017 mm by thickness is stuck to a layer of releasable film in advance, in order that the copper foil can bear the pulling force in a brush electroplating process to thereby substitute the conventional beryllium copper of a larger thickness. The copper foil after brush electroplating undergoes punching and cutting for forming a pattern and is stuck to a semi-finished product of Mylar, hence the copper foil is stuck onto the back side of the Mylar layer; then the Mylar layer with the copper foil is separated from the releasable film, then the back side of the Mylar layer is applied with adhesive and again is stuck to the releasable film; after punching and cutting the Mylar layer for patterning and edging, a sticker type antenna is made.

Abstract: A method of producing a whip antenna by tapering a length of aluminium tube and applying high velocity plasma to the aluminium tube. A ribbon conductor is also wound with a plurality of selected number of turns along the aluminium tube. A polymer coating is also applied to the antenna.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention pertain to manufacturing pre-sliders by annealing to saturation. According to one embodiment, pre-sliders are lapped to prepare for air bearing surfaces for the pre-sliders. The pre-sliders are annealed to saturation to level off the amount of overcoat expansion for the pre-sliders.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of forming a single-layer coil for an electrical machine in a single process from a length of insulated rectangular conductor such as copper tape, for example. The coil is formed by winding the conductor around first and second coil-forming members 5 and 7 provided on a beam 6 having a longitudinal axis and which is capable of being rotated about a first axis of rotation that is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the beam and a second axis of rotation that is substantially at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the beam.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of forming a transformer having a stacked core, which includes upper and lower yokes and first and second outer legs. The core also includes one or more inner legs. Each of the upper and lower yokes is formed from a stack of plates and has a rectangular cross-section. Each inner leg is formed from a stack of plates and has a cruciform cross-section. Each of the first and second outer legs is formed from a stack of plates and may have a cruciform cross-section.