Abstract: The faucet valve structure of two way automatic repositioning function includes a base ring, resilient spring, activating ring, and linking component. The base ring has a protruding block placed thereon. The resilient spring is placed on the base ring, which includes a first and second effector. The activating ring is placed on the resilient spring, which includes a first support that corresponds to the protruding block and a second support that corresponds to the second effector. The linking component is placed on the top end of the rotary base, and it has a crosswise protruding extension. When the user is using the faucet, whether it is on hot water mode or cold water mode, the brake valve shaft can be repositioned to the middle position, so that when the user is turning on the water regardless of warm or cold, it ensures safety from a burn injury.

Abstract: A power unit for use with a jack stand and a lift bridge has a rectangular frame with a forward end having a pair of separated elongated extensions for supporting the jack stand. The extensions extend about 1.50 inches beyond the latch finger of a positioned jack stand. A pair of side flanges extend upwardly from the frame with a “U” shaped retaining channel attached horizontally therein. A pair of lift arms are interconnected at the rearward ends by a lateral push bar that slides within the retaining channels by the ram of a hydraulic cylinder. A pair of connecting arms are pivotally connected near the forward end of the frame and the central portions of the lift arms. The forward ends of the lift arms have a pair of frusta-conical discs for self-aligning engagement with the lower ends of the lifting plate of the jack stand. The power unit includes a lift bridge for positioning at the forward ends of the lift arms.

Abstract: A three stage jack stand has a base plate, and includes a first stage tubular rectangular housing. A second stage “U” shaped ratchet shaft has ratchet teeth on the forward edges, and is telescopically positioned in the housing. An upper base is attached to the ratchet shaft having a lower portion also extendable and retractable within the housing; and having a vertical cylindrical opening. A third stage tubular shaft has ratchet teeth in the left and right sides, and is telescopically positioned within the opening in the upper base, and has a lift collar mounted on the upper end. The tubular shaft is automatically controlled by a pair of pivotal upper dogs. The dogs have upper ends biased into a tooth of the tubular shaft, and have inclined lower ends that pivot the upper ends into disengagement when the lower ends are within the tubular housing.

Abstract: An improved hoist for raising and lowering a weighted object secured to a hoist cable, wherein the improvement comprises a safety switch in series with an up-down switch of the hoist. The safety switch has an actuating member with spaced-apart first and second portions on either side of the hoist cable and proximate the take-up shaft of the winch, and, when the hoist cable becomes unweighted or becomes wound upon the take-up shaft in an improper direction, the hoist cable moves the actuating member and prevents the up-down switch from applying power to the winch motor, thereby disabling the winch motor.

Abstract: A height-adjustably mounted apparatus has a flexible supply line that is conducted to the apparatus from above and is provided with a weight compensation device so that the apparatus can be easily adjusted to different vertical positions. The weight compensation device includes a cable drum that accepts a first carrying cable which is loaded with the height-adjustably mounted apparatus and is subjected to a force directed opposite to the weight of the device and the weight compensation device includes a second carrying cable that is accepted on the cable drum and has an end secured to a supply line at a fastening location, so that the fastening location is lifted by the second carrying cable during vertical adjustment of the apparatus.

Abstract: A gaseous fuel and air mixing venturi device adapted for retrofitting in a carburetor has a venturi body with a passage for air flow through the body, the passage having a throat of reduced cross-sectional area. The body has an axial fuel inlet port at a first end and fuel supply ports connected to the fuel inlet port and spaced around the throat for supplying fuel to the air flow passage for mixing with air flowing through the passage. The first end of the venturi body has mating seating formations for seating against corresponding seating surfaces of a gaseous fuel carburetor after removal of a spring mass air/fuel mixing section, and a fastener mechanism for releasably securing the venturi body in the carburetor, with the fuel supply port of the carburetor connected to the fuel inlet port of the venturi body.

Abstract: An accelerator assist module for carburetors includes two housing halves, a diaphragm and means for biasing the diaphragm. Each housing half includes a peripheral flange, a cavity and a pipe extension. The peripheral flange of each housing half preferably includes means for securing thereof to the opposing housing half. The diaphragm creates a vacuum chamber and a fuel chamber. The means for biasing forces the diaphragm into the fuel chamber. The vacuum chamber communicates with an intake chamber of a carburetor and the fuel chamber communicates with a fuel metering chamber of the carburetor. A vacuum is applied to the diaphragm at engine idle, which overcomes the means for biasing. When a butterfly valve of the carburetor is opened, the vacuum collapses and air inside the fuel cavity is displaced into the fuel metering chamber and fuel into the intake chamber to increase engine speed.

Abstract: The invention is a fluidic damper which comprises a closed cylinder (100) containing a valve mechanism. The valve mechanism is attached to a piston rod (110), a portion of which (the piston rod) emerges through an opening in one end wall of the cylinder (100). The valve mechanism (90) comprises a disc (10) with an axle (15), a rotatable annular cover piece (20) and an annular turning piece (40). A spring (30) is disposed between the cover piece (20) and the turning piece (40).

Abstract: A clamp for clamping and sealing a flexible or deformable conduit extending between a supply and a receiving or holding container. The clamp includes upper and lower sections that can be moved from an open to a closed position. In a closed position the clamp engages the flexible tube or conduit and seals the same, thereby preventing fluid from passing past the seal. The clamp includes two half sections, and can be cut and separated such that each half section clamps and seals a portion of the flexible or deformable conduit or tube. In use, the clamp is typically used to clamp and seal a flexible tube, such as a silicon tube extending between a supply and a receiving container of the type employed in handling biopharmaceutical fluids.

Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus includes a processing tray on which sheets are stacked in a bundle form, an intermediate portion stapler which staples the intermediate portion of the sheet bundle stacked on the processing tray, a sheet bundle conveying member which conveys the stapled sheet bundle, a curved sheet bundle conveying path which is downwardly curved on the downstream side of the processing tray with respect to the sheet conveying direction and adapted to guide the sheet bundle conveyed by the sheet bundle conveying member, and a folding device which is arranged in the intermediate portion of the curved sheet bundle conveying path and which folds the stapled sheet bundle, wherein the processing tray is set to be lower on the upstream side than on the downstream side with respect to the sheet conveying direction, and wherein the curved guide path has an extended portion extending to a position under the stacking portion.

Abstract: A conveyance device for the pressing of glued spines of a book block for books, in which the book blocks, with their spines directed downward, pass through a pressing section that reduces the spine swell. The book blocks, gripped between working pieces of revolving traction elements, pass through the pressing section, which acts on the sidepieces of the book spine.

Abstract: A copy machine achieves a reduction in power consumption when performing a saddle-stitching operation. An image forming unit forms visible images on recording sheets in accordance with image data stored in a memory device. A post-processing unit collects the recording media on an individual copy basis to prepare a bundle of the recording sheets, and performs a saddle-stitching process and a center-folding process on the bundle of the recording sheets. The post-processing unit ejects the processed recording sheets onto a predetermined eject tray. A system control part determines whether or not a total number of the recording sheets corresponding to the image data is within a limit number for the saddle-stitching process. When the total number of the recording sheets exceeds the limit number for the saddle-stitching process, the recording sheets are ejected onto the at least one eject tray other than a predetermined eject tray.

Abstract: A papers feeding device, comprising first and second feeding units 10 and 20 in which pickup rollers 12 and 22 are mounted on two or more independent shafts 11 and 21 disposed on the right and left sides of the device to be orthogonal to the carrying direction of papers P. The pickup rollers 10 and 20 are vertically moved independently while following up the height position of the uppermost surface of the piled papers P. The first and second feeding units 10 and 20 are connected by a plate elastic support member 70 . The device also comprises a single optical sensor 72 for detecting the height position at the center of the elastic support member 70 . The contact state of the pickup rollers 12 and 22 with the papers P is detected based on signals detected by the optical sensor 72.

Abstract: A paper pick-up unit of an image forming apparatus includes an elliptical pick-up rubber having a first arcuate part and a second arcuate part. The first and second arcuate parts are symmetrical to each other and contact a paper. A pick-up housing supports the pick-up rubber, which are attached around the circumference thereof. A first shaft opening and a second shaft opening are formed opposite to each other in the pick-up housing and are eccentrically disposed with respect to a center of the pick-up housing. A pick-up shaft is engaged with one of the first shaft opening and the second shaft opening of the pick-up housing, and is capable of rotating. The pick-up shaft is engaged with the first shaft opening of the pick-up housing for the first arcuate part of the pick-up rubber to pick up a paper. The pick-up shaft is engaged with the second shaft opening of the pick-up housing for the second arcuate part of the pick-up rubber to pick up a paper.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus comprises a sheet stacking portion for stacking sheets thereon, a sheet feeding rotating member for feeding the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking portion, a stopper for regulating the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking portion, and a rotatable gear adapted to hold the stopper at the regulating position of regulating the sheet stacked on the sheet stacking portion, by engaging with the stopper. In this construction, the engagement of the gear and the stopper is released when the gear is rotated.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a chassis, a paper feed roller, a lifting member, and a biasing member. The chassis has a first side surface, a second side surface, and a bottom surface that connects the first and second side surfaces. The bottom surface has one of a first L-shaped projecting portion and a first coupling hole unitarily formed thereon. The paper feed roller is rotatably supported by the first and second side surfaces of the chassis and configured to convey paper. The lifting member is pivotably supported by the bottom surface of the chassis, and has a main portion and the other of the first L-shaped projecting portion and the first coupling hole unitarily formed on the main portion. The first L-shaped projection is pivotably coupled to the first coupling hole, such that the lifting member is pivotably coupled to the bottom surface.

Abstract: A sheet conveying apparatus includes: a first path through which a sheet passes; a switchback member that switches back the sheet passing through the first path and conveys the sheet; a second path through which the sheet switched back and conveyed by the switchback member passes; a guide member that can swing; and a limit member that limits the swing of the guide member. The guide member guides the sheet passing through the first path on one side of the guide member and guides the sheet passing through the second path on the other side of the guide member. A preceding sheet passing through the second path and a following sheet passing through the first path are conveyed in such a way that they pass each other and when the guide member is swung to the second path side, the swing of the guide member is limited by the limit member, whereby a predetermined path interval is secured in the second path.

Abstract: When a print process is started, discharge speed of recording papers is first set to a first discharge speed set based on the case in which a recording paper receiving unit for placing recording papers is in a reference state. Then, when a record instruction is given for starting a process of recording images onto recording papers, it is determined whether or not the recording paper receiving unit is in the reference state. If it is determined that the recording paper receiving unit is in an extended state in which the recording paper receiving unit is extended from the reference state, the discharge speed of the recording papers is set to a second discharge speed that is faster than the first discharge speed. Then, following a paper feed operation and an image record operation, the recording papers are discharged according to the set discharge speed.

Abstract: Detecting a multi-pick in a nip of a media feed mechanism, includes determining a limit of a property of a media feed mechanism that is related to the kinetic properties of one or more rollers that form a nip; monitoring the property of the media feed mechanism; determining a maximum value of the of the monitored property; comparing the maximum value to the limit; and determining, if the maximum value exceeds the operational limit, that a multi-pick has occurred.

Abstract: An image reading apparatus includes a platen which is set at an image reading position, a loading guide portion which is arranged upstream in a convey direction of an original to be adjacent to the platen and guides the original to an upper surface of the platen, a scoop-up guide portion which is arranged downstream in the convey direction of the original to be adjacent to the glass platen and guides a leading edge of the original, which has passed through the platen, by scooping up, a convey guide portion which is arranged to oppose the platen and scoop-up guide portion, to form a convey path between the convey guide portion and both of the platen and the scoop-up guide portion, a support portion which supports the convey guide portion to be slidable parallel to the platen, and a regulating portion which is arranged between the convey guide portion and the scoop-up guide portion to hold a constant gap between the convey guide portion and the scoop-up guide portion.

Abstract: A method for feeding a recording medium includes the steps of: feeding the recording medium along a sheet-feeding path by a unit feeding amount, detecting an entrance of a rear end of the recording medium into a jumping alarm area, dividing the unit feeding amount into minute divisional feeding amounts such that the recording medium is fed by each minute divisional feeding amount when the rear end of the recording medium enters the jumping alarm area, detecting a jumping amount of the recording medium corresponding to a rotation of a driving roller when a jumping phenomenon occurs in the recording medium, and adjusting the minute divisional feeding amount to cancel the jumping amount.

Abstract: A lottery instant win game card simulating a Hold'Em Poker styled card game with multiple chances of winning for a player. The instant game card includes at least two sets of player hands and at least two sets of opponent hands, with at least two sets of community cards, and at least two prizes. The player can combine one set of the player hands with either set of community cards to form a strongest hand for that set of player hands. The strongest player hand is compared against the strongest opponent hand. If the player wins, the player wins the prize associated with that winning player hand.

Abstract: In a random number selector using a selection ball, a first selector is provided with a passage and a plurality first pockets each associated with a symbol and operable to receive the selection ball. A second selector is provided with a plurality of second pockets each associated with a jackpot and operable to receive the selection ball. A guide member guides the selection ball which has been passed through the passage in the first selector to the second selector. In a bingo game machine, a first bingo game using only the first selector and a second bingo game using both of the first selector and the second selector are performed.

Abstract: A multiplayer game in which players are dealt cards from a deck of game cards having indicia thereon corresponding to combinations typically used in the traditional Yahtzee game that are to be matched by the dice rolls of the players. During the course of a player's turn, the player actuates an instruction unit to start a timer setting a time limit within which the player rolls the dice multiple times in an effort to match one of the combinations on the cards in the player's hand. If the player matches a combination on one of the cards, the player actuates the instruction unit a second time to stop the timer and to receive a win instruction from the instruction unit. If the player does not match any of the combinations on the cards within the time limit, the instruction unit outputs a loss instruction to be followed by the player. The sequence may continue until one player has discarded all of the game cards in the player's hand onto the discard pile.

Abstract: A method of playing a card game which includes providing at least one of the players with a challenge device to increase the amount waged in a game, and playing a hand comprises dealing cards to each player, and the placing of bets by the players. A second player, before he or she has viewed the identities of his or her cards, may present the first player with the challenge device to thereby increase the initial wager. The first player may accept or refuse the challenge device, and if the challenge device is refused by the first player, the first player forfeits the initial wager, and any subsequent wagers, and the game is ended. If the challenge device is accepted by the first player, the wager of both the first and second players is increased by the appropriate amount, and play of the game continues.

Abstract: A method of implementing a casino table poker game, the method including (a) receiving an ante wager from a player, (b) dealing a player's hand and a dealer's hand, (c) determining by the player whether to raise or fold, (d) if the player raises in the determining, then the player places a raise wager and then both the player's hand and the dealer's hand are revealed, (e) evaluating who has the higher hand, the dealer or the player, (f) if the dealer has the higher hand in the evaluating, then the player loses the ante wager and the raise wager, and (g) if the player has the higher hand in the evaluating, then the player pushes on the ante wager and wins a paytable payout on the raise wager.

Abstract: A hybrid brush seal is provided for sealing a circumferential gap between two machine components that are relatively rotatable with respect to each other having seal bristles mounted in a ring shape on a first machine component with bristle ends directed at the sealing surface of the second, rotating machine component. The bristle ends are kept from direct contact with the rotating machine component via one or more shoes which create a non-contact seal with the rotating machine component which is enhanced by the imposition of one or more spring elements connected between the machine component and shoes.

Abstract: A restraining gasket for both sealing and preventing separation of a pipe joint used to join a bell end of a female ductile iron pipe to the male end of a mating ductile iron pipe. The gasket has a body formed from a compressible elastomeric material having a hardened metal ring located therein with gripping teeth. The hardened ring has an opening at one point in its circumference which is filled with rubber. The rubber-filled gap ensures that the gasket body seals first prior to engagement of the gripping teeth as the pipe joint is assembled.

Abstract: There is disclosed chuck configurations for internally engaging the hollow core element of a roll of packaging or printing sheet or other web material in which a generally cylindrical chuck body insertable in a web core has at least one hole through the chuck body at an acute angle with the tangent to the chuck body at the outer entrance point of the hole and at an acute angle with the plane perpendicular to the chuck cylindrical axis. At least one elongated element is configured to engage rotatably in each of the holes and having on a distal end thereof one or more pointed or toothed extensions for engagement with the interior of a hollow web whereby chuck engagement with a hollow core may be made by manipulating such elongated elements to extend outside the periphery of said chuck body. The chuck may also be provided with means for securing it on a spindle or shaft for rotation therewith which is separate and independent of the holes and elongated elements for engaging the hollow core.

Abstract: A snowboard binding includes a base plate which is selectively rotatable about a center plate of the binding. A tensioning means, preferably in the form of a cable, interconnects the center plate to a lever mounted on the base plate. The cable frictionally engages the center plate when the lever is placed in the locked position. The base plate is free to rotate about the center plate when the lever is placed in the unlocked position, resulting in the cable being released from engagement with the center plate.

Abstract: A handle for a shopping cart includes a frame defining a unitary member in a substantially continuous loop. At least one connection portion extends from the frame for securing the frame to a basket of a shopping cart and is configured to position the loop of the frame to be generally parallel to and spaced from an upper portion of a basket of the shopping cart.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device in wheeled walker or rollator, comprising a frame member (2) having a lower end (3), a handle support rod (4) having an upper end (5), a brake-control means (6) arranged at the upper end (5) of the handle support rod, said brake-control means (6) being movable between a neutral position and a brake-application position. The rollator comprises a wheel (7) located at the lower end (3) of the frame member, the distance between said wheel (7) and the brake-control means (6) being changeable, a brake element (8) located adjacent the wheel (7), an upper force-transmission member (9) connected to said brake-control means (6), a lower force-transmission member (10) connected to said brake element (8), and a coupling means (11) for coupling-together said upper and said lower force-transmission members (9, 10).

Abstract: A door positioning device for use in a ground surface having an elongated platform with an upper surface and a lower surface. The platform also includes a first end portion and a second end portion. At least one wheel is located at the second end portion of the platform while a brake mechanism is located at the first end portion. A brake is provided with an actuator at the first end portion and a cable and cam mechanism for activating and deactivating the brake member contacting the wheel of the second end portion of the platform. As support is also employed for aiding in the securement of the door on the upper surface of the platform prior to and during movement of the door to a desired position.

Abstract: A kicktail concave skateboard includes a blank having opposite ends, at least one end being recessed. An element is mounted on the recessed end such that a portion of the element adjoining the blank is flush with the blank. The element is formed of a material having a lower damping coefficient and a higher modulus of elasticity than the blank. The element includes a downwardly facing exposed side having a downward projection thereon, to facilitate the execution of an “ollie” maneuver.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension system including control arms and a spindle. The suspensions of the invention use control arms pivotably and rotatably coupled to a spindle to improve the structural and performance characteristics of the suspension system.

Abstract: The present invention provides a weight redistribution system including an axle carrier slideably engaged along a length of a trailer frame, wherein the axle carrier including a threaded fixture and the trailer frame includes parallel longitudinal beams having a plurality of equally spaced openings; an axle carrier positioning means including a motor means and a threaded shaft mounted to the trailer frame being in rotational engagement with the threaded fixture of the axle carrier; a weight monitoring system integrated into the axle carrier; an axle carrier locking means including at least one extendable pin mounted on the axle carrier for locking engagement into one of the equally spaced openings in the longitudinal beams; and a control interface for displaying data from the weight monitoring system, actuating the axle carrier positioning means, and actuating the axle carrier locking means.

Abstract: A trailer coupler pivot assembly comprising a pivot mount member connected to a trailer frame member and a hinge bracket connected to a trailer tongue arm. The hinge bracket is pivotally connected to the pivot mount member so that the trailer tongue arm is pivotal relative to the trailer frame member between an open position and a closed position. However, either of the pivot mount member or the hinge bracket comprises a single, prefabricated component to make assembly more efficient and cost effective. With both the pivot mount member and the hinge bracket being single, prefabricate components, the trailer coupler pivot assembly can be more easily installed with fewer components and welds and by less skilled labor.

Abstract: A foldable stroller frame assembly includes a bottom frame unit, front and rear frame units connected pivotally to the bottom frame unit, and a handle unit pivotable relative to the front and rear frame units. The bottom frame unit includes a generally V-shaped bottom frame member adapted for mounting rotatably a pair of rear wheels thereon, and a wheel mounting frame member connected to the bottom frame member and adapted for mounting rotatably a front wheel thereon.

Abstract: A collapsible stroller has a frame assembly that is reconfigurable between an in-use configuration and a collapsed configuration. The frame assembly has a fold latch on a side of the frame assembly and has two latch parts that are pivotally coupled to one another. A push arm of the frame assembly has a lower end connected to one of the latch parts and is movable with the one latch part relative to the other latch part. The push arm extends upward and rearward to a handle of the stroller. A front leg of the frame assembly has a lower end and extends upward and rearward to an upper end. The front leg is a hollow tube and has a necked-down portion at the upper end received in the other latch part and is movable with the other latch part relative to the one latch part.

Abstract: A collapsible stroller has a frame assembly that is reconfigurable between an in-use configuration and a collapsed configuration. The frame assembly has a fold latch on a side of the frame assembly and has two latch parts that are pivotally coupled to one another. A plunger is slidable within a cavity in one of the latch parts and has an end extendible from the cavity. A receiver in the other of the latch parts is positioned to receive the end of the plunger in the in-use configuration. A push arm of the frame assembly has a lower end that is connected to the one latch part. The push arm extends upward and rearward to a handle of the frame assembly. A front leg of the frame assembly has a lower end and extends upward and rearward to an upper end that is connected to the other of the latch parts. A support strut of the frame assembly has an upper end that is pivotally coupled to the one latch part at a pivot defining a pivot axis.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for mounting a driver-side airbag module in a vehicle, capable of easily assembling the driver-side airbag module with a steering wheel by using a link, a hook and a bolt without rotating the driver-side airbag module. The apparatus includes a module bracket installed on a base plate of a steering wheel, a link movably coupled with the module bracket in such a manner that the link moves in a left or right direction at an upper portion of the module bracket, a hook hinged to one side of the module bracket and the link, a bolt coupling unit installed in opposition to the hook in order to control a movement of the link in the left or right direction, and a mounting plate mounted on the module bracket by means of the hook and the bolt coupling unit.

Abstract: A mounting structure of a curtain airbag in a vehicle is disclosed. The structure is adapted to easily form an inflation passage between a pillar trim and pillar by using a head liner; therefore, the overall portions of the curtain airbag can smoothly expand during the deployment. Such mounting structure may be performed with the head liner, pillar trim, and force transmission means.

Abstract: In a motor-driven steering wheel position adjustment apparatus, a nut 17 being a driven member is mounted such that it can be detached from an inner column of a steering column, based on a shock load applied at the time of a secondary collision, and therefore a threaded rod of a feed screw mechanism does not have resistance with respect to displacement of the inner column in the forward direction at that time. Improvement in the protection of a driver at the time of a collision can thus be achieved, and, since an integrated member can be used for the threaded rod, silence during the position adjustment of a steering wheel by the feed screw mechanism can be ensured.

Abstract: Tank mounting pieces are provided in a body frame for a fuel tank mounting structure for mounting a fuel tank to the body frame of a saddle-ride type vehicle. More particularly, an upper rear frame is provided, located under the fuel tank, with a band stay for mounting to the body frame in a bottom wall of the fuel tank. The band stay and the metallic tank mounting pieces are connected together through a band member to fix the fuel tank to the body frame.

Abstract: A pipe coupler for use in connecting a pair of automotive exhaust pipe ends each having a circumferential rib. The pipe coupler includes a ribbed band and internal split sealing sleeve along with a tightening mechanism for clamping the band and sleeve over the pipe ends. The sealing sleeve fits within the band and both the sleeve and band have a pair of ribs positioned to fit over the ribs on the pipe ends. The sleeve extends circumferentially from a first end to a second end, and includes a tongue-and-groove sealing configuration located axially inwardly of the ribs at the first and second ends. Each tongue has a particular construction that accommodates larger clamp opening dimensions required to fit the coupler over the pipe ribs during assembly. The sleeve can include inwardly protruding sealing beads that help prevent leakage of exhaust gases from the pipe junction.

Abstract: A tube coupling has a coupling body with a throughway open at one end to receive an end portion of a tube. A seal encircles the throughway to seal with the periphery and end of the tube and a cap is mounted on the body having a tube locking device rotatably mounted in the cap to engage and hold the tube in the cap. The cap and body have interengaging means which guide the cap on the body in an axial direction along the body with rotation of the cap from a first position in which a tube can be inserted through the cap and into the seal in the throughway and retained by the locking device and a second position advanced along the coupling body from said one end in which the tube end is held positively in engagement with the seal in the throughway. The locking device engages via a ring with the coupling body to resist rotation of the locking device with respect to the body whereby rotation of the cap between said the first and second positions does not cause the tube to rotate.

Abstract: A computer enclosure includes a chassis (10), a side panel (20), and a locking device (30). The side panel defines a securing hole (24). The locking device is attached to the chassis for locking the side panel to the chassis. The locking device includes a sliding member (50/60), a resilient member (80), and a driving member (40). The sliding member includes a cuneiform portion (52/62) and a protrusion (54/64). The protrusion is engaged in the securing hole of the side panel. The resilient member is used for urging the sliding member. The driving member has a pushing portion (48) corresponding to the cuneiform portion of the sliding member, for disengaging the protrusion of the sliding member from the securing hole of the side panel.

Abstract: A vertical bolt mechanism and installation configuration that avoids damage to a door corner comprises a vertical bolt case of tubular shape and a horizontal tubular transfer case. The mechanism is substantially contained within the bolt case and transfer case. In the installation in a door, the bolt case and the transfer case require only two major holes in the door top and edge, each hole being well spaced from the door corner and the axis of each hold being directed perpendicular to the other. Installation requires insertion of the bolt case through the hole in the top of the door and the transfer case through the hole in the edge of the door. The two cases come together to form an L-shape within the door with the internal mechanism of each case joined in engagement. Routing or cutting out of the door at the corner is thus avoided.

Abstract: An electronic tongue strike mechanism which can be mounted in a door frame is disclosed. The electronic tongue strike mechanism has a main mounting bracket which is mountable to a door frame, a tension plate which is mounted to the main mounting bracket a tongue strike mounted on the tension plate for engaging a door bolt and a pressure sensor mounted on the tension plate to sense relative movement between the tension plate and the main mounting bracket caused by the door bolt being urged against the tongue strike. The pressure sensor feeds electronics which operate to control release of the tongue strike.

Abstract: A pet refuse bag dispenser includes a housing having an inner cavity for storing a plurality of bags therein. A lamp provides light to an area from which pet refuse is collected and a battery is associated with the lamp. A switch controls electrical connection between the lamp and battery. The housing includes recess for receiving the lamp. The bag dispenser may include an optional scooper associated with the housing and configured to provide a frame with which a bag is associated to facilitate the collection of pet refuse within the bag.