Abstract: A concentrate burner for feeding a pulverous concentrate mixture and reaction gas into the reaction shaft (1) of a flash smelting furnace. The concentrate burner includes a feeder pipe (2) for feeding the concentrate mixture into the reaction shaft (1), the orifice (3) of the feeder pipe opening to the reaction shaft, a dispersing device (4), which is arranged concentrically inside the feeder pipe (2) and which extends to a distance from the orifice inside the reaction shaft (1) for directing dispersing gas to the concentrate mixture flowing around the dispersing device.

Abstract: A gas spring assembly includes a first end member and a second end member. A flexible wall is secured between the first and second end members and at least partially defines a spring chamber therebetween. A fitting is supported on the first end member and is rotatable between a first position in which the fitting can be axially displaced and a second position in which the fitting is axially restrained. A method is also included.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates a regenerative damping apparatus for a vehicle utilizing an electric generator. An object of the present disclosure is to provide a separate regenerative damping apparatus for a vehicle in which a motion due to the vibration and/or the shock generated while the vehicle is driven is converted into a rotational motion, so as to provide a regenerative damping apparatus for the vehicle in which an electric generator is allowed to regenerate the energy which would be lost, thereby capable of reducing the noise to be generated and maintaining the driving comfort of the vehicle and/or the damping performance due to its shock absorber.

Abstract: A polyurethane biasing mechanism, comprising a first surface contact area with a first mass having a durometer that provides a first resistance and a first rate of resistance responsive to application of forces. The biasing mechanism having a second surface contact area with a second mass having the same durometer that provides a second resistance and a second rate of resistance responsive to the forces. The first resistance and the first rate of resistance are different from the second resistance and second rate of resistance, a combination of which provides a rate of resistance that commensurately varies and is correspondingly responsive in relation to varying forces.

Abstract: A clamp device (30) includes a plurality of arms (32, 34). One of the arms supports a securing member (36). The other arm includes a curvilinear surface (40) that directly engages a curved wall of an article at a location in line with a centerline of the securing member. The curvilinear surface (40) allows for the clamp device to reliably engage an article having a curved wall for a lifting operation. One example use of a disclosed example device is for lifting tubes associated with a hydraulic elevator system.

Abstract: The silicon supporting apparatus includes: a silicon-supporting part for supporting material silicon, which has a plurality of pipes arranged to be spaced apart from each other at predetermined intervals and each having an internal flow path for flowing a cooling medium L; at least one contact-preventing member made of titanium and provided to be contacted with an outer surface of the pipe to prevent the contact between the material silicon and the pipe; and a fixing member made of titanium and fixing the contact-preventing member to the pipe.

Abstract: A sheet post-processing apparatus of the invention includes a sheet guiding unit configured to have plural components including paper carrying components be attached thereto, a tray onto which a sheet of paper is discharged, and a protection cover attached to the sheet guiding unit at a portion in close proximity to the tray side. A protection cover has a cover main body, a screw attachment portion, a screw cover that covers the screw attached to the screw attachment portion, and a slit used for the tip end of the screw cover to be inserted into the cover main body to be fixed thereto.

Abstract: A sheet processing system includes a sheet processing device that includes a post-processing unit that performs a predetermined post-processing on a sheet member and a sheet supplying device that supplies the sheet member to the sheet processing device. The post-processing unit has two waiting positions including a first position that is a normal waiting position and a second position that is a position filling items to be used in the post-processing in the post-processing unit. When the post-processing unit moves from the second position to a post-processing position to perform the post-processing in response to a post-processing request, the sheet supplying device sets a supply time for supplying the sheet member to the sheet processing device longer than a time that is required for the sheet processing device to move from the first position to the post-processing position by a predetermined time.

Abstract: A valve unit which circulates and blocks air has a first block connected to upstream suction tubes, a second block facing this first block and connected to downstream suction tubes, a shield plate disposed in a space S between the first block and the second block, and a motor which rotates this shield plate. The shield plate is provided with a connection hole which connects the upstream suction tube to the downstream suction tube, and a connection hole which connects the upstream suction tube to the downstream suction tube.

Abstract: A store for storing value sheets such as banknotes in a stack and for dispensing the value notes from the stack. When more than a single value sheet is dispensed from the stack, the store returns all but one of the value sheets to the stack while moving the stack to reduce friction between the returning value sheet and the topmost value sheet of the stack. Means for securing the stack are also provided: a support for the stack is anchored and/or extra pressure is applied to the stack. The store includes means for indicating when the stack contains more than a predetermined number of value sheets and means for preventing securing of the store when the predetermined number of value sheets is exceeded. A value sheet store with part of a sidewall integrally formed with the lid. A value sheet store which includes a lid attached to a housing by a hinge located on an edge of the housing. Apparatus and a method for determining the height of a stack of value sheets.

Abstract: A paper-sheet feeding device including a kicker roller configured to contact a forefront paper-sheet of a plurality of stacked paper-sheets and kick out the forefront paper-sheet; a feed roller to feed-out the paper-sheets to be kicked out by the kicker roller; and a press-fitting roller press-fit against the feed roller to provide a gate unit adapted to separate the paper-sheets to be fed by the feed roller, into one sheet. The kicker roller includes a base part and a high friction part formed in part of the outer circumference of the base part along the circumferential direction and configured to kick out the forefront paper-sheet. The feed roller includes a base part and a high friction part formed over the entire outer circumference of the base part and configured to contact the surface of the paper-sheet to be kicked out by the kicker roller to perform feed-out of the paper-sheet.

Abstract: A vacuum apparatus holds flat printed product in a feeder tray of a document feeding apparatus. The apparatus is particularly useful for feeding sheet material such as newspapers one at a time from the bottom of a stack. The apparatus uses existing vacuum connections in the document feeder and is easily mounted to existing feeder trays as part of a retrofit.

Abstract: The present invention provides a paper sheet handling machine 1 configured to take therein paper sheets from the exterior and then storing the paper sheets in the interior thereof. This paper sheet handling machine 1 includes storage spaces 30p, 40p respectively provided therein. Each storage space 30p, 40p is configured to store therein the paper sheets taken in the machine 1 from the exterior, in a stacked condition. Further, the paper sheet handling machine 1 includes stacking units 30, 40, each having an opening provided in one side face thereof for allowing the paper sheets stored in each storage space 30p, 40p to be taken out, and a transport unit 20 configured to transport the paper sheets taken in the machine 1 from the exterior, toward each of the stacking units 30, 40. In addition, pushing units, each configured to push the paper sheets stored in each storage space 30p, 40p of the stacking unit 30 or 40 toward the opening, are provided to the paper sheet handling machine 1.

Abstract: In an image forming apparatus, a sheet reversing mechanism is configured to take over and transfer, at a transfer speed Vr, a print sheet with an image already formed on one side being transferred at the transfer speed Vr from a first transfer mechanism, to stop the print sheet once, then to start transfer of the print sheet in an opposite direction, and to pass the print sheet to a second transfer mechanism at the transfer speed Vr. The first and second transfer mechanisms are located on upstream and downstream of a switchback reverse path for reversing print sheets respectively Upon lapse of a time T1 after detection of the print sheet by a print sheet detection unit, a transfer control unit drives the sheet reversing mechanism to start acceleration from a stopped state to the transfer speed Vr, the time T1 calculated based on the transfer speed Vr.

Abstract: A feeding device includes a conveying roller that conveys a sheet downstream when the conveying roller rotates forward. A first guide member guides the conveyed sheet toward the conveying roller. A second guide member guides the sheet when the conveying roller rotates in reverse. A rotating member is positioned between the first guide member and the conveying roller, and has a support shaft and a pressing portion. The rotating member rotates about the support shaft between a first supported state where the rotating member is separated from the second guide member, and a second supported state where the rotating member is closer to the second guide member. In the first supported state, the sheet is conveyed from the first guide member to the conveying roller. A trailing end of the sheet moves toward the second guide member when the rotating member transitions from the first to the second supported state.

Abstract: In a sheet conveying apparatus a first shape information that expresses at least a part of the outer shape of a sheet. An obtaining unit obtains second shape information that expresses at least the part of the outer shape of the sheet. A correction amount computing unit computes a correction amount of the sheet for correcting an image to be formed on the sheet and/or correcting the position and/or orientation of the sheet based on the first shape information and the second shape information. A correction amount computing unit computes a correction amount for correcting the position and/or orientation of the sheet relative to the conveying direction from the computed skew amount. A position and/or orientation correction unit corrects an image to be formed on the sheet and/or the position and/or orientation of the sheet, according to the computed correction amount.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a main body; a sheet transporting unit provided to a side portion of the main body; and a noise source provided inside of the main body with a rotation portion, wherein the sheet transporting unit includes a plate having a plurality of holes, and an opposing member having a surface opposing the plate, and wherein the noise source, the plate, and the opposing member are disposed in the stated order from inside of the main body to outside of the main body.

Abstract: Gaming systems, methods, and devices for determining or verifying the outcome of a card game, for example the card game of Baccarat. The systems, methods, and devices can be used in conjunction with the card game to enhance security by optically imaging the hands of playing cards dealt or by optically reading a set of cards to determine the outcome of each game that can be played from that set of cards. The playing cards each have at least one encoded symbol comprised of machine-readable indicia. The gaming system can include a card shoe-reader alone, a card shoe-reader in combination with at least one card hand-reader, or various other embodiments to include other devices such as a discard reader or a bet recognition device. The optically imaged playing cards can be processed within a computing system to allow the authentication of the playing cards.

Abstract: An improved puzzle of the type that requires an examinee to fill a geometric grid with indicia using a set of clues and guided by placement rules, comprising a plurality of geometric shapes arranged contiguously to form rows, columns, diagonals, and spaces where the geometric shapes intersect. The placement rules of an embodiment are to fill the geometric shapes with non-repeating indicia such that indicia are also not repeated in any row, column, diagonal, or geometric shape. Clues are provided by the examiner in the form of a predetermined subset of the solution indicia, aggregation information about the indicia in each diagonal, and aggregation information about the indicia bordering areas where the geometric shapes intersect. This construct provides a superior challenge for the examinee by increasing the number and types of techniques required to solve a puzzle instance.

Abstract: A method of producing a gaming chip comprising at least two plaques forming the opposite faces thereof, the method comprising a step of connecting said two plaques placed against one another by arranging therebetween a connection material. The method comprises (i) a step of arranging in a mould two blanks of said two plaques which are placed against one another with the faces thereof facing one another, the total thickness thereof being smaller than that of the finished chip, the mould having an impression with a shape complementary to that of the chip to be produced, (ii) a step of holding the periphery of the plaque blanks within the mould, and (iii) a step of injecting connection material under pressure between facing faces of the two plaque blanks at a pressure and temperature suitable for deforming the plaque blanks against the surface of the impression of the mould.

Abstract: A method to implement a variation of casino blackjack wherein if the dealer's up-card is a not an ace, then the player can place an optional side wager. If the player places the optional side wager, and the dealer's hole-card is either a 10-valued card or an ace, then the player wins a payout on the side wager otherwise the player loses the side wager.

Abstract: A game using tokens bearing a number (N>2) of N-valued attributes, by finding, among tokens in each player's possession alone or in combination with those on a common playing field, groups of N tokens whose attributes, suitably permuted, form lines spanning the N-dimensional cube of NN combinations, and to arrange the playing field to consist entirely of such groups and networks thereof.

Abstract: A game kit for playing a word game by a plurality of players. The game kit includes a container, and a set of game tiles and a plurality of cards capable of being received in the container. The game tiles include a plurality of letter tiles and a plurality of functional tiles. The cards include one or more game theme cards, and one or more functional cards corresponding to the functional tiles. Each game theme card includes a set of game themes displayed thereon. The letter tiles are adapted to be arranged by the players based on selecting of a game theme from game themes. Each functional card includes a set of instructions to be followed by the players upon selection of one of the functional tiles by one of the players.

Abstract: An arrow tip and target system, including a tip having a removable marking material integral with an end surface of the tip, and a target. An arrow for marking a target, including a shaft and a tip fixedly mounted thereon, the tip including a removable marking material integral with an end surface of the tip. A tip for attachment to an arrow, including a removable marking material integral with an end surface of the tip. A kit including a target, arrow tips, marking material, games, and rules for the games. A method of playing a game with an arrow tip and target system by attaching a tip including removable marking material to an arrow, launching the arrow towards a target according to the game being played, contacting the tip with the target, and removably marking the target.

Abstract: A biodegradable target disc adapted to be molded into a rigid target that is launchable from a launching device, the biodegradable target disc comprising soy protein isolate and protein filler.

Abstract: A tube seal is provided including a rigid cylindrical tube and an elastomeric seal body molded to the outer surface of the cylindrical tube. The rigid cylindrical tube includes a recessed annular groove at each end thereof for receiving the elastomeric seal body therein to create a mechanical connection to resist the seal body from being pulled away from the cylindrical tube. The tube seal is also incorporated into a diameter reducing tube seal, an integrated tube seal and filter design and an integrated tube seal and valve design.

Abstract: Provided is a seal member, which is used in a heating furnace having an insertion port to which an end of a rod to be heated is inserted and seals between the insertion port and a surface of the rod inserted to the insertion port in an airtight manner, the seal member having: a plurality of seal chips in thin strips arranged along an inner surface of the insertion port in an airtight manner, each seal chip having one end held by the inner surface of the insertion port and the other end elongated towards inside the insertion port, where (a) when the rod is not inserted in the insertion port, each of the plurality of seal chips forms a slanting angle with respect to an insertion direction of the rod and (b) when the rod is inserted in the insertion port, the other end of each of the plurality of seal chips is pressed against a surface of the rod by means of elastic deformation.

Abstract: A multi-layered composite gasket (10) includes three, preferably metallic cores (12, 14). A solid center core (12) is flanked on both sides by bonded paper layers (30). Perforated cores (14) mechanically interlock with each paper layer (30) through inwardly directed tangs (22). Graphite layers (26) are disposed outside of each perforated core (14) and are mechanically interlocked thereto by outwardly directed tangs (20) extending from the perforated cores (14). When using the gasket (10) material for sealing cylinder heads in internal combustion engines, a fire ring (46) may be affixed with a fire ring holder (48). The gasket (10) can be manufactured by making first and second preform sheets (32) comprised of one perforated core (14) sided with one paper layer (30) and one graphite layer (26). The preform sheets (32) are then bonded to a center core (12) using a heat activated adhesive.

Abstract: A tool includes a handle and a chuck. The chuck includes a socket, a sleeve located on the socket. The socket includes a recess, an aperture in communication with the recess, chutes in communication with the recess, and a groove in an external side. The sleeve includes front, middle and rear shoulders on an internal side. A C-clip is located within the groove. A first stopping ring is abutted against the front shoulder. The C-clip is located between second and third stopping rings. A small ball is located in the aperture of the socket and restrained with the front shoulder. Large balls are movably located in the chutes. A pushing ring is located against the large balls. A first elastic element is compressed between the second stopping ring and the pushing ring. A second elastic element is compressed between the third stopping ring and the rear shoulder.

Abstract: The invention relates to a re-tightening drill chuck with a chuck body (1), a clamping cone (2) which can rotate coaxially with respect to the chuck body (1) and is axially supported on a jaw holder (3), which is mounted on the chuck body (1) and in which clamping jaws (4) are guided in guiding slots and are adjustable for clamping and release by relative rotation between the chuck body (1) and the clamping cone (2) with the jaw holder, wherein a stop is formed on the jaw holder (3) and a counter-stop (11) is formed on the clamping cone (2) for the defined delimitation of a relative rotatability of the clamping cone (2) with respect to the jaw holder (3) between a first rotational position and a second rotational position. A snap-in locking device (12), which has a snap-in element (26) and a snap-in location (13) respectively assigned to the first rotational position and the second rotational position, is arranged between the jaw holder (3) and the clamping cone (2).

Abstract: A chuck including a cylindrical body with a nose section and a tail section, the nose section having an axial bore formed therein. A sleeve is rotatably mounted about the body. Rotation of the sleeve in a closing direction moves the jaws toward a longitudinal axis of the axial bore and rotation of the sleeve in an opening direction moves the jaws away from the longitudinal axis. An O-ring is disposed adjacent the sleeve in a plane that is transverse to the longitudinal axis. A bearing has a first race adjacent the body, a second race adjacent the sleeve and bearing elements therebetween. One race defines a ratchet and the other of the first race and the second race defines a pawl biased toward the ratchet. The O-ring biases the pawl toward the ratchet and when the pawl engages the ratchet prevents the second race from rotating in the opening direction with respect to the first race.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bobsled for traveling down a track that is covered with snow, ice, or a slide covering, and that has a bobsled body with a recessed seat, a support for the thighs, a grip projecting from the upper side of the bobsled, and a slide surface with runners on the underside, characterized in that the rear of the bobsled has a braking edge that extends over most of the width of the bobsled and that has a rounding on outer corners of the bobsled, and the runners extend longitudinally of the bobsled toward the braking edge, and the slide surface between the runners has a recess that widens toward the rear, or has a flat shape.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a pram or buggy with a frame, a plurality of wheels, an upper part and at least one height- and/or rotationally-adjustable handle (3), wherein the handle/the handles is/are coupled or connected to at least one element which enters into a (respective) tube (2) of the frame and the cross section of which is (slightly) smaller in a first state than the internal cross section of the tube and, in a second state, can be at least partially pressed or spread outwards in order to be securely gripped within the tube.

Abstract: A pivot socket includes a housing with an inner surface providing a cavity extending between a substantially closed end and an open end. A cartridge bearing is received in the cavity with a spring disposed between the closed end and the cartridge bearing. The cartridge bearing has an inner surface with a cylindrical portion and conical portion converging inwardly from the cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion houses a tapered bearing for relative axial movement therewith. A stud having opposite first and second tapered surfaces diverging away from one another is received in the cartridge bearing, with the first tapered surface engaging the tapered bearing for relative sliding movement therewith and the second tapered surface engaging the conical portion of the cartridge bearing for relative sliding movement therewith, thereby causing the relative axial movement between the tapered bearing and the cartridge bearing.

Abstract: The invention provides a knuckle and a method of manufacturing the knuckle that do not cause an increase in the number of man-hours. A knuckle according to the invention is equipped with a knuckle part for fixing a shock absorber constituting a suspension unit, a bearing for rotatably supporting a wheel, and a knuckle part for supporting the bearing. The knuckle part is constructed by being extruded in an axial direction of the shock absorber and the knuckle part is constructed by being extruded in an axial direction of the bearing.

Abstract: A wheel suspension system having under powered acceleration a stable squat magnitude response.

Abstract: A suspension system for a vehicle, including: a stabilizer apparatus configured to change a stabilizer force by an operation of an actuator; a pair of absorbers of a hydraulic type each configured to change a damping coefficient thereof: a control device which includes (a) a stabilizer-force control portion configured to control the stabilizer force in accordance with roll moment acting on a body of the vehicle and (b) a damping-coefficient control portion configured to control the damping coefficient of each of the absorbers, wherein the damping-coefficient control portion is configured to execute a damping-coefficient reduction control for reducing the damping coefficient of each of the absorbers when a prescribed condition is satisfied and wherein the stabilizer-force control portion is configured to increase the stabilizer force in an instance where the damping-coefficient reduction control is under execution, as compared with an instance where the damping-coefficient reduction control is not under execut

Abstract: A suspension system for a vehicle, including: an electromagnetic actuator configured to generate an actuator force and including a sprung-side unit connected to a sprung portion, an unsprung-side unit connected to an unsprung portion, and an electromagnetic motor; a connecting mechanism; and a controller including a target-actuator-force determining portion, the determining portion being configured to determine a target actuator force based on: (a) a required acting force that is a force required to act between the sprung and unsprung portions; and (b) an inertial force of one of the sprung-side and unsprung-side units, while utilizing: a first transfer function by which is outputted an amount of a displacement of the one of the sprung-side and unsprung-side units when the actuator force is inputted; and a second transfer function by which is outputted an actual acting force which actually acts between the sprung and unsprung portions when the displacement amount is inputted.

Abstract: A saddle-ride type vehicle with a swing arm swingably supported on a body frame. A shock absorber is connected to the body frame and the swing arm for applying a damping force. A shock absorber support member is suspended to the body frame in a vehicle width direction for supporting an upper end of the shock absorber. The shock absorber is supported on a central portion in the vehicle width direction of the shock absorber support member. The central portion in the vehicle width direction of the shock absorber support member is formed in a U-shape that is open at a lower side in a cross section taken along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. An upper surface and a lower surface of the shock absorber support member are curved wherein a central portion lies above the end portion in the vehicle width direction.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension system includes a frame mounting bracket. A torsion axle is pivotally attached to the frame mounting bracket. The torsion axle pivots about a suspension assembly pivot axis. An air spring support arm is rigidly attached to the torsion axle. An air spring is attached at one end to the frame mounting bracket and at an end of the support arm opposite the suspension assembly pivot axis. A spindle arm with a spindle is adapted for mounting a wheel assembly is attached to the torsion axle. The vehicle suspension system is adapted to include an optional cross-member brace adapted to attach to the frame mounting bracket allowing the cross-member brace to extend across a width of a vehicle to an adjacent vehicle suspension assembly.

Abstract: A suspension strut bearing for supporting the top end of a suspension strut in a motor vehicle. The suspension strut comprises an inner part (1) for fastening the suspension strut bearing (2) to the top end of the suspension strut, a casing (4) for connecting the suspension strut bearing (2) to the motor vehicle, a working spring (3) formed by at least one elastomeric body for a vibration-damping connection between the inner part (1) and the casing (4), at least two chambers (5, 6) filled with a fluid, and a channel (7) forming a fluid-conducting connection between the two chambers (5, 6). The channel (7) is equipped with a valve switching unit (8) that regulates the flow between the two chambers (5, 6).

Abstract: A personal transportation device, consisting of a wheeled transportation attachment, a foot platform situated above the transportation attachment, and a linkage mechanism connecting the foot platform with the transportation attachment with a driving mechanism. The linkage mechanism has an X shape configuration to allow the foot platform to move from higher to lower positions. The driving mechanism transforms the downward movement of the foot platform, caused by the weight of the user, to rotational movement, and then stores it in a spring that drives the front wheel. The foot platform can be tilted backward to brake the back wheel. The transport device is powered by the repeated vertical movement of the user's feet.

Abstract: A scooter with auxiliary assembly comprises a frame, a steering rod pivoted on the frame, a front wheel pivoted on the steering rod, a drive assembly fixed on the frame, and rear wheels pivoted on the frame and driven by the drive assembly. At least one pedal is pivoted on the frame, an elastic body connected the pedal and the frame, and at least one transmission assembly actuated by the pedal to rotate the rear wheels; wherein, the scooter has an auxiliary assembly that includes at least one supporter extended from the frame and at least one auxiliary wheel pivotally coupled to the supporter; the auxiliary wheel gets away from the ground due to the rear wheels while laying the scooter on the ground and properly contacts with the ground when the scooter is slant aside in time of forwarding.

Abstract: A front fork for easily optimizing an oil quantity in a damper cylinder with a relatively simple structure without affecting operability of a free piston even in an assembled state. An escape portion is formed on an outer periphery of a piston rod at a position where a seal member mounted on a sealing cap faces in an opposed manner when a front fork extends to the maximum.

Abstract: An adjustable-length seat post has a stanchion with first and second openings. The seat post has a sliding tube, a locking device and an energy transmission device. The sliding tube is guided through the first opening into the stanchion and is displaceable along a longitudinal direction of extension of the stanchion. The sliding tube is movable relative to the stanchion. An overlap between stanchion and sliding tube in a first position is greater than in a second position. The locking device can be transferred between a locking position and a releasing position, wherein in the locking position the sliding tube is fixed. The energy transmission device can transmit energy from an external actuating element to be provided to the locking device for releasing or locking. When the sliding tube is in the second position, the energy transmission device arranged guided from an external actuating element to be supplied through the second opening of the stanchion as far as the locking device.

Abstract: A foldable device is adapted to connect a front fork to a handlebar of a bicycle, and includes a linking member hingedly connected to lower and upper hingeable flanges about first and second hinge axes, respectively. The first and second hinge axes are transverse to each other. The upper and lower hingeable flanges are respectively coupled with the handlebar and the front fork. The handlebar is turned relative to the front fork about the first and second hinge axes to permit a handlebar line of the handlebar to be parallel to a longitudinal direction in which the bicycle extends so as to fold the bicycle and to minimize the entire width of the folded bicycle.

Abstract: The present invention provides a wheelchair apparatus with assistant function, comprising: a side frame set, comprising two side frames, a front horizontal shaft connecting pivotally between the two side frames, a sleeve set at the front end of the side frames, respectively, and a wheel set set on the side frames, respectively; two foot frame tubes, set in the sleeve, and having a gear-tooth segment; a seat frame set, comprising two seat frames, set above the side frame set, the front end of the seat frame set connecting pivotally with the side frame set, and a rear horizontal shaft connecting pivotally between the two seat frames; an extension mechanism, with both ends connecting to the front horizontal shaft and the rear horizontal shaft, respectively; one or more driving gear sets, set at the front of the side frames and driven linkedly by the front horizontal shaft; and one or more transmission gears, set pivotally at the front of the side frames, comprising a first arc gear-tooth part and a second arc ge

Abstract: The stand-up unit (10) comprises a support (21), a stand-up frame (13), which is articulated on the support (21) and has a seat carrier (23) carrying a seat (17), and a backrest carrier (25) carrying a backrest (19). Furthermore, a first lever parallelogram (27) is provided in order to maintain the backrest (19) upright in any position. The backrest (19) can be displaced by the first lever parallelogram (27) by means of a rod (30), in order to ensure that no undesirable relative movement occurs between the backrest (19) and the back of the user when getting up or sitting down. A second lever parallelogram (29) controls the movement of the seat (17) when getting up and sitting down to ensure that no relative movement develops between the seat (17) and buttocks of the user. The stand-up unit may be provided with a base to serve as a chair, particularly a therapy chair. The stand-up unit, however, may also serve as a stand-up wheelchair, when connected to an undercarriage.

Abstract: A lifting device for a tow car is disclosed. The lifting device includes a guide bracket fixed to a tow car, a lifting bracket slidably connected to the guide bracket, a lifting driving cylinder to move the lifting bracket up and down, a folding bracket pivotally connected to the lifting bracket, a rotating bracket inserted into the folding bracket, an extendable bracket inserted into the rotating bracket so as to move in an axial direction, an extension driving cylinder to move the extendable bracket forward and backward, a connecting unit connected to the extendable bracket and a car to be towed, and a winch unit connected to a car to be towed so as to draw the car to be towed, or connected to any one of the folding bracket, the rotating bracket, the extendable bracket and the connecting unit so as to integrally lift up them.

Abstract: A hitch connector for connecting a boat trailer to a follower trailer. The hitch connector comprises a trailer adapter configured to be attached to a rear portion of the boat trailer in an offset position from the longitudinal centerline of the boat trailer and a trailer extender configured to be secured to an end of the trailer adapter such that the trailer extender extends from the trailer adapter to beyond the rear portion of the boat trailer. In at least one embodiment, the trailer extender avoids the motor of a boat placed on the boat trailer at least partially because of the positioning of the trailer adapter.