Abstract: A hair brush for preventing hair loss is provided. The hair brush of the current invention is comprised of a main body, a bristle body and a spike body. The main body of the brush is made of ABS (acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene) polymer. The bristle body and the spike shape body are made of mixtures of anion emitting material, magnets and plastics such as silicon and polyurethane. Strength of the magnetic field generated from the bristle body and spike body is controlled to be 5 to 50 Gauss by controlling composition of carbon steel and strength of the magnetizer. Emitting anion concentration is controlled to be 400 to 700 each/cm3 by adjusting composition of anion emitting materials. Combing 10 cm2 area of scalp one minute a day for 30 days, number of hair loss a day decreased from over 100 each to less than 20 each.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a twisting mechanism for a duster for setting one end of a dusting cloth of the duster as a fixed end while setting the opposite end as a rotatable end. The twisting mechanism primarily comprises: a brace, inserted form the rear end through the front end of the dusting cloth and coupled with the front end of the dusting cloth to set it as a fixed end; and a rotating mechanism, pivotally connected to the rear end of the brace and hooking the rear end of the dusting cloth for driving the dusting cloth to twist into a spiral dusting cloth having a 360-degree dusting surface on the brace.

Abstract: A wiper blade (1) comprising a base portion (3) to be attached to a wiper arm, a lip portion (4) to sweep away a water droplet or dust etc. adhered to a glass window, a thin neck portion (2) for connecting the lip portion (4) and the base portion (3), and a sweeping surface layer portion formed on a side surface of a cross section of the lip portion (4), the sweeping surface layer (7) comprising a scale-like powder (9) having good sliding property and a binder (10) comprising a water-repellency silicone-base rubber composition for binding the scale-like powder (9) to the lip portion (4). The scale-like powder (9) is laminated in a thickness direction of the lip portion (4) and the laminated scale-like powder is bound to each other with the binder (10).

Abstract: A paint roller tray has a bottom with two upright side walls, a front wall and a rear wall along its periphery. The front wall slopes forward and is provided with ribs on the inner side making it a surface for rolling paint off a roller. The bottom, furthermore, has a front bottom section and a rear bottom section as well as a middle section connecting the two. The front bottom section of the paint roller tray is deeper than the rear bottom section. The rear bottom section is also provided with ribs and is an additional surface for rolling paint off a roller.

Abstract: A vehicle wash and wax system comprising a liquid coating dispensing station and a waterfall dispensing station to dump a continuous sheet of fluid onto the liquid coating on the surface of the vehicle. The waterfall dispensing station has a tank structure with a weir member to form the continuous liquid sheet dump. Chemical agents, such as optical brighteners, dyes and a carnauba wax emulsion may be introduced in the waterfall dispensing station for the continuous liquid sheet dump.

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a handle with a handle air passage, a base attached to a first end of the handle by an articulating joint and having a base inlet positioned to face a surface to be cleaned, a base air passage extending from the base inlet and past the articulated joint by a flexible hose and to the handle air passage, a dirt collection assembly associated with the handle and in fluid communication with the handle air passage, a fan associated with the handle and in fluid communication with the handle air passage, and a motor associated with the handle and adapted to drive the fan to thereby generate an airflow through the base inlet, flexible hose, handle air passage, and dirt collection assembly. The flexible hose has a generally rectangular cross-section along a substantial portion thereof.

Abstract: A housing assembly includes a base body. The base body includes a plate having a mounting side, and a cover member. An opening is defined in the plate, the opening has a first end portion adjacent to the mounting side and an opposite second end portion communicating with the first end portion. The cover member is inserted into and partially shields the opening, the first end portion and a side of the cover member at the first end portion cooperatively define a fixing hole for allowing a hinge module to extend therethrough.

Abstract: An electronics system is implemented within a compact enclosure comprising two or more hinged layers. The functionality corresponding to a shelf of a conventional cabinet resides in a corresponding layer. Backplanes are eliminated, each layer having contact surfaces that mate with matching surfaces of adjacent layers when the layers are rotated about their hinges into the closed configuration. Additional interconnection may be made through cabling housed within a special channel or compartment. Each layer may include cooling fans, which are smaller than conventional counterparts (due to shorter convection paths). Expansion may be effectuated by mating additional units of similar conformation in a modular fashion. Optionally, the functionality corresponding to a given layer may be implemented in circuitry integrated onto a single board to reduce cabling and facilitate replacement and repair. Additional functional layers may be stacked along the depth direction as well as the height or width direction.

Abstract: A spherical plain bearing has an outer ring having a concave first bearing surface and an inner ring having a convex second bearing surface slidably disposed to the first bearing surface. The inner ring member also has a third bearing surface for engaging a pin to be mounted in the bearing. At least one bearing surface has a lubrication groove, and one of the outer ring and the inner ring is made from 440 stainless steel while the other is made from a precipitation-hardened martensitic stainless steel. Alternatively, the outer ring and the inner ring may be made from steel and a copper-beryllium alloy. In yet another alternative, the bearing need not have a lubrication groove, but may have a lubrication liner on the third bearing surface. A dropped hinge mechanism for a flap on a fixed wing aircraft has a hinge that includes such a bearing.

Abstract: A hinge assembly mounts a video display screen to a surface, and more particularly to the passenger compartment of a vehicle. The hinge assembly allows for the pivotal attachment of a video display screen to a surface, preferably the ceiling of a vehicle, using a friction hinge. The hinge assembly may include a resilient washer that is attached to the hinge assembly on a pin. The resilient washer functions to limit axial movement of the hinge assembly along the pin and is adapted to prevent the hinge assembly from locking-up during rotational movement of the video display screen.

Abstract: A door hinge system for an automotive vehicle includes a hinge body which is pivoted at one end to a vehicle body and a second end to a door. A central control link is pivotably affixed to the hinge body and has body and door control links extending to the vehicle body and door, respectively. The central control link and its connecting linkages control the attitude of the door and allow it to be opened far in excess of 90 degrees to the vehicle body without interference with the body.

Abstract: A hard surface slide for use as a recreational entertainment device that includes a slide member having a predetermined shape and a predetermined size. The slide member is formed from a flexible sheet of material having an upper surface and a bottom surface. An attachment device is engageable with the slide member for attaching the hard surface slide to a user's foot. A protective cover is disposed on the bottom surface of the slide member for protecting against mars on a hard surface floor due to friction with the bottom surface of the slide member.

Abstract: A grip for a handlebar of bicycles includes an operation layer which includes a porous PU layer and a non-woven layer which is securely attached to an underside of the porous PU layer. The operation layer is securely mounted to a sleeve and the handlebar is inserted into the sleeve. The operation layer provides shock-absorbing, non-slip and comfortable grasp to the handlebar.

Abstract: The device is an exercise equipment hand grip that can be removeably installed on a piece of exercise equipment. The hand grip permits the user to maintains an open grip of the hand. The hand grip can be a soft visco-elastic, urethane, close cell foam, rubber or similar material. The hand grip has a generally cylindrical shape where one end of the cylinder has a larger circumference than the other end. The device thereby has a cone like shape with the narrow end held at the thumb side of the palm and the larger diameter end fits at the side of the palm. The holder includes a lengthwise opening that allows the holder to be placed over the bar grips of numerous exercise equipment and devices such as handles on weight machines, bar bells, dumb bells and EZ curl bars.

Abstract: One embodiment of a handle attachment assembly formed in accordance with the present invention is provided. The handle attachment assembly may be used for removably attaching a handle to an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The handle attachment assembly may include a hand grip adapted to be gripped and held by a user and a clamp assembly. The clamp assembly may be coupled to the hand grip for removably attaching the hand grip to the elongate shaft between the proximal end and the distal end of the elongate shaft. The clamp assembly may include a first V-shaped clamp and a second V-shaped clamp. A fastening assembly may be used for driving the first V-shaped clamp toward the second V-shaped clamp to removably clamp the elongate shaft between the first and second V-shaped clamps.

Abstract: Toothed clothing for a comb of a combing machine as well a process for producing same is described. The toothed clothing includes a plurality of adjacently arranged teeth, which form at least one teeth row orientated transversely to the working direction. The teeth of the clothing are formed from the solid and are made in one piece to form a tooth bar. In addition, a top comb and a circular comb for a combing machine having such toothed clothings are also described. The toothed clothings hereby include one or more teeth rows.

Abstract: A top roller carrier for drafting systems in spinning machines with at least one pair of feed rollers, one pair of apron rollers and one pair of output rollers as top rollers and with holding devices for the top rollers, and wherein the top rollers are rotatably mounted on the ends of axles which are held centrally between the top rollers. According to the present invention, a common holding device is provided for the axle of the output rollers and the axle of the apron rollers and is movably connected to the top roller carrier and fixes the two axles at a rigid spacing with respect to one another.

Abstract: A highly-filled paste, and a method and device of de-aerating and injecting the paste, the paste including: (a) a solid filler; (b) an organic binder, and (c) a residual gas, wherein the paste contains at least 80 volume-% of the solid filler and has a viscosity exceeding 100 kilopascal·seconds, wherein the filler, binder, and residual gas are intimately mixed so as to form a substantially homogeneous paste, and wherein a composition of the solid filler, binder, and residual gas is selected such that the homogeneous paste has: an average density greater than 98.5% of a Theoretical Maximum Density (TMD).

Abstract: An improved disposable restraining device having hinged flexible straps for improved strength and to promote safe tightening of the restraining device around a detainee's arms or wrists. The hinges of the flexible straps enable the straps to bend at a specific predefined point such that the straps tighten in a manner that better conforms to the shape of the detainee's arms or wrists. By permitting the straps to tighten in this manner, the hinges provide added strength to the restraining device and ensure that there are no open areas under the straps that would squeeze or pinch a portion of the detainee's arms or wrists in a manner that would cause unintended injury to the detainee, or which would enable the detainee to turn or otherwise manipulate his hands or wrists in a manner that would allow him to slip out of the restraints.

Abstract: An inside loop hose clamp includes a band member encircling a hose to impart inward directed compressive force to seal the hose to a fitting. A first loop is defined by the first band end portion encompassing a head of a fastener. A distal end of the first band end portion is secured to the inward facing surface of the band member. A second loop is defined by the second band end portion that encompasses an annular trunnion adapted to receive the shank of the fastener. A distal end of the second band end portion is secured to the inward facing surface of the band member. A threaded portion of the shank of the fastener receives a nut and tightening of the nut imparts the inward directed compressive force to seal the hose to the fitting and to retain the distal ends of the band end portions.

Abstract: A device for releasably locking a lever-type load binder in the closed or tightened position includes a length of cable or other suitable flexible material with a loop formed in one end. The cable passes through an opening; in an abutment plate, such that the abutment plate can slide along the cable between a pair of spaced stop members fixed to the cable near its free end. When a lever-type load binder is engaged with a load-securing chain, the locking device may be used to lock the lever in the closed position by passing the loop end of the cable through a selected chain link adjacent to the lever, extending the free end of the cable around the load binder lever, and then passing the abutment plate and the tree end of the cable through the loop such that the loop is disposed behind the abutment plate, with the abutment plate preventing the loop from moving toward the free end of the cable.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a versatile clip for jewellery which functions as the link between the necklace and exchangeable pieces of jewellery comprising a front member (4) and a rear member (6) having curved profiles and hinged at one end whilst the respective engaging ends (10A), (10B) of the front and rear members (4), (6) opposing the hinge (8) are capable of being integrally latched to assume a central aperture (12); said engaging end (10A) of the front member (4) opposing the hinge (8) is provided with an indented notch (16A) to accommodate a hook (18) having one end (20) permanently fixed on the outer surface (22) of the front member (4) adjacent to the base (16C) of the indented notch (16A) and one unfixed end (24) freely extending into the indented notch (16A); said engaging end (10B) of the rear member (6) opposing the hinge (8) is also provided with an indented notch (16B) to snugly encompass the free unfixed end (24) of the hook (18) to hold the pendant captive when the engaging e

Abstract: To connect a belt connecting member (4) of a first member (1) with a snap hook (5) of a second member (2), a neck portion (21) having a circular cross section is provided so as to project from a connecting portion of the snap hook (5), a bulging portion (22) is provided on a tip end of the neck portion (21) so as to radially bulge to define an engaging portion (23), a fitting hole (13) is provided on a connecting portion of the belt connecting member (4) with an engaged portion (15) that is engageable with the bulging portion (22), the engaged portion (15) and the engaging portion (23) are formed in an oval shape having a long axis (L, L?) in a flush plane of the belt connecting member (4) and the snap hook (5) and a short axis (S, S?) in orthogonal planes of the belt connecting member (4) and the snap hook (5), and the engaging force can be largest when the snap hook (5) is in its most general state in use where the belt connecting member (4) and the snap hook (5) are orthogonal.

Abstract: A slide fastener with a separable bottom end stop, which can be handled easily by everyone and closed or separated easily. The slide fastener with a separable bottom end stop includes a slider through which fastener element rows of a pair of right and left fastener tapes pass; and a separable bottom end stop including a fitting body provided on one of the fastener tapes and a pivot stopper body provided on the other fastener tape and being capable of engaging with the fitting body. The pivot stopper body has a pivot stopper portion which is capable of rotatably engaging with the fitting body by fitting the fitting body in the pivot stopper portion from a side portion of the pivot stopper body and capable of rotatably engaging with the fitting body by inserting the fitting body in the pivot stopper portion through an element guide passage from a shoulder mouth of the slider.

Abstract: A two-piece clip for tying down a sheet of material comprises an elongated triple tapered wedge insertable in a mating triple tapered groove. The two components bind the covering material therebetween with a tight friction fit and compress a relatively large area of material, especially plastic material with a built-in reinforcing fiber grid. The clip binds a large number of rows and columns of reinforcing elements of a plastic cover sheet in a tight friction fit therebetween for a secure grip and easy release without damaging the material.

Abstract: A device for holding a collar of a garment on a hanger, blanks for manufacturing the collar holding device methods of using the collar holding device in hanging a collared garment on a hanger, and the collar holding device in combination with a hanger, and a hangered garment are provided. The collar holders of the invention tightly pull a collar mounted on the collar holder together in an overlapping arrangement to maintain a wrinkleless shirtfront.

Abstract: A clasp for releasably fastening two objects is disclosed. The clasp includes a male member and a female member. The female member includes a displaceable member that is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the displaceable member precludes insertion of the male member into or removal of the male member from the female member. In the second position, the male member may be inserted into or removed from the female member. Alternatively, the clasp may include two objects that each contain both male and female parts.

Abstract: A seat belt buckle, comprising: a frame portion; a release button slidably mounted to the frame portion for movement between a first position and a second position; an inertia locking device rotatably mounted to the frame portion for movement between a blocking position and an unblocking position, the inertia locking device being configured to make contact with a cam surface of the release button when the inertia locking device is in the blocking position and slidable movement of the release button with respect to the frame portion is prevented when the inertia locking device is in the blocking position and the inertia locking device contacts the cam surface of the release button; and a biasing member for providing a biasing force for biasing the inertia locking device into the unblocking position, the inertia locking device being rotated into the blocking position when the biasing force of the biasing member is overcome.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to chenille yarns, fabrics prepared therefrom, and items formed therewith. The chenille yarns comprise an adhesive component that is incorporated into the yarn is such a way that the yarns, and the fabrics made therefrom, exhibit excellent physical characteristics, particularly abrasion resistance.

Abstract: A method of sealing a low enriched uranium (LEU) foil in a vacuum is provided. The LEU foil is inserted into a stainless steel foil pouch. Sealing components are assembled with the stainless steel foil pouch with a vacuum pump connection extending through an opening in the pouch. Then an open end of the pouch is folded over and welded to form a vacuum tight bond. A vacuum pump is attached to the connection outside the pouch and the stainless steel foil pouch is evacuated. Then the stainless steel foil pouch is folded and welded to seal the LEU foil within a welded pouch portion. The remaining pouch portion including the vacuum sealing components is cut and separated from the welded pouch portion containing the LEU foil. The method uses on inexpensive readily available equipment, eliminating the need for electron beam welding equipment.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for forming a die having an applicator slot for translating an applicator liquid through the die. The slot is in fluid communication with a die cavity. An expansible chamber device is disposed within the die cavity and changes volume in response to changes in fluid pressure within the expansible chamber device, which may be regulated by a means for controlling the volume of the expansible chamber device. In some embodiments, the die has a single rectangular applicator slot, and the expansible chamber device is an expandable cylindrical tube disposed within the die cavity. In other embodiments, the fluid within the expansible chamber device may be selected to be a compressible gas. In further embodiments, the fluid within the expansible chamber device may be selected to be an incompressible liquid.

Abstract: A pen assembly tool used to press-fit mating parts of a pen kit upon a lathe is disclosed. Use of the pen assembly tool allows wood turners to accurately align, assemble and press-fit mating parts of a pen kit or similar array of objects upon the same lathe used to create certain mating parts of the pen, such as a combined pen-tube and turning blank.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a face with different thickness distribution is cutting a slice metal board with predestination shape from a metal board and stamping the slice metal board into an uneven metal board with predestination shape of rough and uneven on it then, milling one side of the uneven metal board to produce a board with different thickness. The final step is pressing the metal board with different thickness to form a face with different thickness distribution.

Abstract: A robot cell for changing and storing elements, such as tools and/or products. The robot cell has a robot that is suitable for picking up and moving elements from outside the robot cell to inside the robot cell and vice versa. The cell also has a wall, at least partially installed around the robot, that has an interchange station to enable the movement of elements which have to be changed or stored, from outside to inside and from inside to outside the robot cell using the robot; a magazine section on the inside of the wall, which has at least two locations; and a control unit for controlling the robot. The robot cell furthermore has a first processor and a memory, which are connected to one another. When an element is placed in the interchange station, the processor selects a suitable location in the robot cell on the basis of data from the memory.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for making an excitation coil (22) of a rotor (1) of a rotating electrical machine including: a step of winding at least one electrical conductor element (30), the winding forming, in superimposed layers, a horizontal and vertical juxtaposition of turns of the electrical conductor element; a step of impregnating to fill with a binder (34) interstices formed between adjacent turns. The invention is characterized in that the impregnating step is carried out during the step for winding of the electrical conductor element (30).

Abstract: An RFID tag, including: a base; an antenna pattern that is provided on the base to form a communication antenna and has a tapered connection end portion which provides a connection terminal to the antenna; an electric conductor that is attached onto the connection end portion of the antenna pattern and is smaller than the connection end portion; and a circuit chip that is electrically connected to the antenna pattern via the electric conductor and performs radio communication by use of the antenna.

Abstract: Using a beam of xenon ions together with a suitable mask, a GMR stack is ion milled until a part of it, no more than about 0.1 microns thick, has been removed so that a pedestal, having sidewalls comprising a vertical section that includes all of the free layer, has been formed. This is followed by formation of the longitudinal bias and conductive lead layers in the usual way. Using xenon as the sputtering gas enables the point at which milling is terminated to be more precisely controlled.

Abstract: Using a beam of xenon ions together with a suitable mask, a stack is ion milled until a part of it, no more than about 0.1 microns thick, has been removed so that a pedestal having sidewalls, including a vertical section and a shortened taper portion, has been formed. This is followed by formation of conductive lead layers as needed. Using xenon as the sputtering gas enables the point at which milling is terminated to be more precisely controlled.

Abstract: An apparatus for attaching first and second substrates of a flat display panel together includes a frame; an upper chamber fixed to an upper part of the frame and to which a first substrate can be attached and a lower chamber disposed under the upper chamber and to which a second substrate can be attached. A lifter acts to lift the lower chamber while controlling a gap between the upper chamber and the lower chamber. A position control stage interposed between the lower chamber and the lifter is used to adjust a position of the lower chamber relative to the upper chamber.

Abstract: A suction nozzle 65 of a reversing head device 22 has a distal end surface 65a with a suction hole 65b opened therein, and a suction passage 65c communicated with the suction hole 65b at one end thereof. A portion of the distal end surface 65a outside of the suction hole 65b abuts against bumps 39 of an electronic component 12. The suction hole 65b is opposed with a gap to a portion of a mounting side surface 12a where no bumps 39 are present. A vacuum pump 65 creates an air flow that flows from the gap between the suction hole 65b and mounting side surface 12a into the suction passage 65c through the suction hole 65b. The electronic component 12 is held at the distal end surface 65a by a negative pressure generated by the air flow.

Abstract: A computer peripheral installation apparatus is disclosed. The computer peripheral installation apparatus includes a platform, an arm, a rack, an L-shaped block bar and a rack door. The arm is fixed on the platform and extends upwardly. The rack is rotatably mounted on the arm, defines a receiving space therein, and an entrance. The L-shaped block bar is placed on an end of the receiving space opposite the entrance. The rack door is mounted on the rack and is able to open or close the entrance. The computer peripheral installation apparatus is used to assemble a disk drive unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for producing a lancing element in which a flat-shaped member is formed from a flat material by applying a mask and allowing an etching agent to act upon it, wherein at least a part of the flat-shaped member is shaped as a tip. The mask is provided with a shaping area for the tip to be formed and with a screening area which extends distally beyond this shaping area to prevent the tip from being etched off at the front. A sharp tip is exposed by laterally undercutting the side flanks of the shaping area and screening area.

Abstract: A multi-stage masking and plating process for making printed wiring boards with multiple interstitial resistors includes disposing a first mask over a printed wiring board substrate that leaves one or more first vias of the plurality of vias exposed and covers the remaining vias. The first vias are filled with an electrically resistive compound to thereby form one or more first interstitial resistors. The first mask is removed, and a second mask is disposed over the printed wiring board substrate that leaves one or more second vias of the plurality of vias exposed and covers the remaining vias. The second vias are filled with an electrically resistive compound to thereby form one or more second interstitial resistors. The second mask is then removed.

Abstract: A multilayer substrate assembly (80) includes at least one embedded component (52) within a plurality of stacked pre-processed substrates. Each pre-processed substrate can have a core dielectric (14), patterned conductive surfaces (12 and 16) on opposing sides of the core dielectric, and at least one hole (18) in each of at least two adjacently stacked pre-processed substrates such that at least two holes are substantially aligned on top of each other forming a single hole (19). The assembly further includes a processed adhesive layer (48) between top and bottom surfaces of respective pre-processed substrates. The embedded component is placed in the single hole and forms a gap (67 & 66) between the embedded component and a peripheral wall of the single hole. When the assembly is biased, the processed adhesive layer fills the gap to form the assembly having the embedded component cross-secting the plurality of pre-processed substrates.

Abstract: Apparatus for making a metallic, non-rotationally symmetric ring with substantially constant wall thickness about its circumference, in particular a cam ring, from a circular ring, includes frame bed and a forming tool which is supported by the frame bed. The forming tool has an inner contour which approximates a finished contour of a non-rotationally symmetric ring, and includes two die members which are constructed in the form of two flat disks in opposite disposition and movable back and forth. Arranged in an area between the die members is an endless transport belt which is constructed to move in a production clock cycle and to move transversely to the die members. The transport belt has an upper strand extending in immediate proximity underneath the die members.

Abstract: A method of making a pump (10) including a polymeric pump housing (12) and a drive shaft (14) mounted for rotation in a bearing (16), the bearing (16) having on an exterior surface at least one engagement formation (44),—the method including the step of moulding the pump housing (12) around the bearing (16) such that the housing (12) co-operates with the engagement formation (44) to restrict movement of the bearing (16) with respect to the housing (12).

Abstract: With a method for the repair of compressor rotors designed in blisk technology the damaged stage is severed from the rotor, and a new blisk is joined to the rotor by electron-beam welding. For stress relieving the rotor is subjected to local thermal treatment by means of a current produced in the weld area by electro-magnetic induction.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a heat spreader and method for making the heat spreader. The heat spreader comprises: a hollow metallic housing including an upper cover having an inner surface and a lower cover having an inner surface, the upper and lower covers being bonded together along their perimeters defining a cavity; a capillary structure in a form of metallic meshes bonded to the inner surfaces of the upper and lower covers of the metallic housing; a plurality of reinforcing members disposed in the cavity and bonded between the inner surfaces of the upper and lower covers of the metallic housing; and a working fluid receive in the cavity; wherein bonded surfaces between the metallic meshes and the inner surfaces of the metallic housing, the upper cover and the lower cover, and the reinforcing members and the inner surfaces of the metallic housing all are diffusion-bonded interfaces.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a stringer are provided. The stringer generally includes a web having a desired corrugated configuration and first and second flanges welded to opposite edges of the web. The apparatus includes a support structure, a strongback that is supported by the support structure, and a plurality of dies that are adjustable relative to the strongback. The strongback defines a corrugated contour surface corresponding to the desired corrugated configuration of the web. The dies define corresponding forming surfaces and are configured to be advanced toward the strongback to thereby form the web to the desired corrugated configuration between the contour surface of the strongback and the forming surfaces of the dies. Further, the apparatus can receive the flanges of the stringer in a predetermined configuration with the web so that the flanges can be welded to the web while the web is supported by the strongback and dies in the desired corrugated configuration.

Abstract: An electric shaver and trimmer for use in shaving and trimming armpit hair includes a body and at least one attachment removably attached to the head end of the body, the attachment including a shaver and a trimmer, the trimmer having a convex stationary blade connected to the attachment and a convex cutting blade at least partially within the attachment movable against the convex stationary blade. In one embodiment, the electric shaver includes two interchangeable attachments, each having a different shape trimmer blade for use on different areas of the body. In another embodiment, the electric shaver includes a selector that can be used to select either operation of only the shaver or operation of only the trimmer by actuating the selector between a first position and a second position.