Abstract: The utility model relates to a anti-slippery Velcro tape, comprising a flexible belt (1) and a hook (2) which is arranged at one end of the flexible belt (1), wherein a male sticky part (12) and a female sticky part (11) are provided on the front side of the flexible belt (1), and a non-slip layer (3) is provided on the back side of the flexible belt (1). In the anti-slippery Velcro tape according to the present utility model, the non-slip layer arranged on the back side of the flexible belt makes it has an anti-slippage function. When bundling items, the friction on the contact surface between the back side of the flexible belt and the items will increase so as to prevent slipping, and the items can then be bundled tightly and firmly, bringing convenience to users.

Abstract: Provided are a package manufacturing method capable of hot-molding a substrate into a desired shape, and a package and a piezoelectric vibrator manufactured by the manufacturing method, and an oscillator, an electronic apparatus, and a radio-controlled timepiece each having the piezoelectric vibrator. A molding step is a step in which in a penetration hole forming step, through-holes are formed by pressing and heating a base substrate wafer with a through-hole forming mold having convex portions corresponding to the through-holes. The through-hole forming mold is formed of a material having an open porosity equal to or larger than 14%.

Abstract: A piezoelectronic device and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. The piezoelectronic device of the present invention comprises: a plurality of carbon nanotubes; at least one piezoceramic layer covering the plurality of carbon nanotubes; and a supporting material for supporting the carbon nanotubes and disposed between the carbon nanotubes, the supporting layer being coated with at least one piezoceramic layer, wherein the plurality of carbon nanotubes is arranged in a comb-shape. The piezoelectronic device of the present invention is advantageous in having excellent elasticity (durability) and excellent piezoelectronical property. The induced current obtained from the piezoelectronic device of the present invention is about 1.5 ?A or above as well as induced voltage being over 1V when the size of the piezoelectronic block is 2.5 mm×1 mm×1 mm (length×width×height).

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to; miniaturize, increase the capacity, and reduce the price of piezoelectric components. The present invention relates to a piezoelectric component and a manufacturing method thereof, characterized in that: there are bonded and laminated at least two or more piezoelectric elements in which comb-teeth electrodes, wiring electrodes having element wirings that are arranged adjacent to the comb-teeth electrodes, and electrode terminals connected to the wiring electrodes, are formed on a principal surface of a plurality of piezoelectric substrates, while forming hollow sections between the respective piezoelectric elements; through electrodes are formed in the respective piezoelectric substrates so as to pass therethrough; the through electrodes are connected to the electrode terminals; and the piezoelectric substrates are sealed by a resin sealing layer.

Abstract: A method of forming a capacitor includes providing material having an opening therein over a node location on a substrate. A shield is provided within and across the opening, with a void being received within the opening above the shield and a void being received within the opening below the shield. The shield is etched through within the opening. After the etching, a first capacitor electrode is formed within the opening in electrical connection with the node location.

Abstract: A tool device for a machine tool is provided comprising at least one interface for fluid, at least one piston device having a first piston face in fluid connection with the at least one interface for fluid and a second piston face opposite the first piston face, a return motion device which acts upon the first piston face, and a workpiece machining device coupled to the at least one piston device, wherein the at least one piston device is movable and positionable by force-biasing via the fluid.

Abstract: A hand and mechanically activated rivet setting device uniquely and integrally designed to set multiple different types of rivets comprising tubular, semi-tubular and solid rivets made entirely or in part from aluminum, brass, steel and stainless steel having multiple different kinds of heads comprising truss, dome and flat rivet heads; in a work product consisting of pieces and components to be riveted together. The device has the means to set rivets from different positional locations within the device and provides the device operator the ability to completely control the rivet setting process, assuring precision rivet setting without damaging the pieces or components being riveted.

Abstract: A bearing puller for holding and disassembling a bearing which is tightly engaged with a machine part includes a fixing portion, a disassembling portion, a binding ring, and a sleeve, wherein the fixing portion has the binding ring sleeved on one end thereof. The sleeve is screwed on the fixing portion to compress the binding ring to reduce an inner diameter thereof, so as to grab and hold the bearing. Furthermore, the disassembling portion which is mounted on the fixing portion can have a displacement relative to the fixing portion to reject against the machine part or can hit the fixing portion to produce a momentum, thereby causing a relative movement between the machine part and the bearing to disassemble the bearing. Therefore, the bearing can be disassembled rapidly without damage, and thus, the reusing possibility of the bearing also can be increased for saving the cost.

Abstract: Self-aligning tools may be used to install and reposition an expandable structure in a workpiece. A self-aligning installation system may include an expansion mandrel, self-aligning nose cap assembly, and an installation tool for driving the mandrel. The expansion mandrel is sized to fit within a passageway of an expandable member such that the expandable member radially expands when the expansion mandrel is moved through the passageway. The self-aligning nose cap assembly moves relative to the installation tool and mandrel. A self-aligning seating system can be used to move the installed expandable member. The self-aligning seating system includes a seat backing, a seat base, and a pull rod coupled to the seat backing and extending through the seat base. The seat backing slidably engages the seat base to permit rotation of the pull rod.

Abstract: A method of attaching and detaching a preform to and from a support body, the preform being used to manufacture an optical fiber, the method including: inserting a connection pin through a penetration hole provided in the preform and a penetration hole provided in the support body; attaching the preform to the support body by hanging the preform on the connection pin inserted through the penetration holes; and detaching the preform from the support body by taking out the connection pin from the penetration holes after the connection pin is rotated about an insertion axis due to an action of a moment based on gravity when the hung state of the preform hung on the connection pin is released.

Abstract: A filter module that is attached to a combination manifold and valve system may be replaced by simultaneously shutting off an inlet opening and an outlet opening of the system while releasing a securing member of the system from a securing position. The simultaneous shutting off and releasing are accomplished by rotating a rotatable structural member of the system from a first position to a second position.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a fastener removal device for removing a fastener from an apparatus includes a support structure and an extractor assembly movably associated with the support structure. The extractor assembly may include a collet configured to grip the fastener. The device further includes a turning mechanism associated with the extractor assembly. The turning mechanism is configured to rotate the extractor assembly with respect to the support structure.

Abstract: An apparatus to assist with door installation, transport, and removal comprising a telescoping frame, padded guides extending outwardly from the frame and defining a gap of the width of a door, friction-reducing members, a step plate, and brakes. In a vertical orientation, a door may be slid into the apparatus. The guides can incorporate a clamp and a strap used to secure the door to the frame and permit selective pivoting between the vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation. The horizontal orientation facilitates ergonomic sawing when hinges are being applied to a held door; afterwards, the apparatus can be moved to a door jamb and changed to vertical orientation for positioning so the unattached sides of the hinges abut the jamb. A method of using the apparatus is also disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for mechanically splicing two optic fiber cores, including two holder bodies, moveable relative to each other, each of which includes a retaining device configured to receive, and hold, end sections of said optic fiber cores; and a scoring device coupled with the holder bodies and operable to move along a trajectory relative to the holder bodies, each retaining device being arranged so that said end sections extend therefrom through said trajectory, wherein the scoring device scores the end sections of said optic fiber cores upon movement along the trajectory, and further movement of the scoring device along the trajectory forces the holder bodies away from each other to cleave the end sections of the optic fiber cores; and relative movement of the holder bodies brings cleaved end sections together to affect mechanical splicing of the optic fiber core.

Abstract: An oxygen storage cylinder is stored in an interior cabin of an aircraft by providing a generally cylindrical envelope of flexible material receiving the cylinder therein and securing the envelope to a fixed seat frame. Circumferential straps are secured to a cylindrical wall portion of the envelope at spaced apart positions along the length thereof for securing the envelope and cylinder therein to an elongate frame member of the seat frame. End straps secured to intersecting frame members prevent longitudinal sliding of the envelope and cylinder therein relative to the elongate frame member of the fixed seat frame. The envelope protects the cylinder from direct contact with the frame to prevent friction or vibration damage to the cylinder while fixing the position of the cylinder in the interior cabin for the safety of surrounding passengers in the event of turbulence.

Abstract: A press-through package for articles such as medicines which can reliably prevent a recipient from accidentally swallowing the whole package without opening it, including solid medicines M stored in a plurality of pockets of a base sheet one by one and the pockets sealed by a cover film having attached to the rear surface of the base sheet, wherein the entire package of the press-through package is made in a cylindrical form which cannot allow a recipient from accidentally swallowing and from which the medicines can be taken out easily.

Abstract: Methods of assembling machines for distributing loosefill insulation from packages of compressed loosefill insulation are provided. The methods include the steps of providing a chute having an inlet end, the inlet end configured to receive the package of compressed loosefill insulation, providing a lower unit including a shroud, the lower unit being configured to be attached to the chute to form the machine, the lower unit having an outlet for the discharge of loosefill insulation, installing a plurality of shredders in the lower unit, the shredders being configured to shred and pick apart the loosefill insulation, installing a discharge mechanism in the lower unit, the discharge mechanism being configured to discharge loosefill insulation from the outlet of the lower unit, providing a bottom wall structure, the bottom wall structure having a first bottom wall spaced apart from a second bottom wall and connecting the bottom wall structure to the shroud.

Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a custom arthroplasty resection guide or jig are disclosed herein. For example, one method may include: generating MRI knee coil two dimensional images, wherein the knee coil images include a knee region of a patient; generating MRI body coil two dimensional images, wherein the body coil images include a hip region of the patient, the knee region of the patient and an ankle region of the patient; in the knee coil images, identifying first locations of knee landmarks; in the body coil images, identifying second locations of the knee landmarks; run a transformation with the first and second locations, causing the knee coil images and body coil images to generally correspond with each other with respect to location and orientation.

Abstract: Because reprocessing or refurbishing of physiological sensors reuses large portions of an existing sensor, the material costs for refurbishing sensors is significantly lower than the material costs for making an entirely new sensor. Typically, existing reprocessors replace only the adhesive portion of an adhesive physiological sensor and reuse the sensing components. However, re-using the sensing components can reduce the reliability of the refurbished sensor and/or reduce the number of sensors eligible for refurbishing due to out-of-specification sensor components. It is therefore desirable to provide a process for refurbishing physiological sensors that replaces the sensing components of the sensor. While sensing components are replaced, generally, sensor cable and/or patient monitor attachments are retained, resulting in cost savings over producing new sensors.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for the horizontal stacking of laminations 10 and donuts to form a stator core. A stator generator frame 2 has multiple keybars 6 that run the axial length of the frame. The laminations 10 have grooves 12 there-in that engage the keybars to provide a secure fit of the laminations to the generator frame. By extending two or more of the keybars 6, these extensions 7 may be used as rails on which the laminations may be horizontally inserted into the stator frame.

Abstract: A die detachment apparatus for detaching a die from an adhesive tape on which the die is mounted includes a pick-and-place tool movable along a pick-up axis for picking up the die from the adhesive tape and a die ejector comprising an ejector shaft including an ejector pin. The ejector pin is movable parallel to the pick-up axis to raise the die from the adhesive tape to facilitate pick-up of the die by the pick-and-place tool. At least one movable table to which the ejector shaft is operatively coupled is actuable by at least one piezoelectric actuator which is connected to the movable table via a flexure. Actuation by the piezoelectric actuator forces the movable table and ejector shaft to move in directions which are perpendicular to the pick-up axis for alignment of the ejector pin with the die pick-up tool along the pick-up axis.

Abstract: A connector assembling jig is used for a housing (20) that includes a main body (22) with terminal accommodating portions (21) and locking pieces (23) for locking terminal fittings (10) in the terminal accommodating portions (21) and in which each locking piece (23) projects from the main body (22) in an insufficient inserted state of the corresponding terminal fitting (10), and can detect insufficient insertion of the terminal fitting (10) when the terminal fitting (10) is inserted into the terminal accommodating portion (21). The connector assembling jig has a holder (30) including an accommodating recess (34) for the housing (20) and a detection arm (32) which is set to an insufficient insertion detecting posture when any locking piece (23) projects, and the accommodating recess (34) is formed with a positioning groove (68) for receiving a positioning rib (24) of the housing (20).

Abstract: Domain segregation of polymer blends or block copolymers in the presence of thermal conducting high aspect ratio nanocrystals leads to preferential placement of conductive filler either inside one domain, which promote the self-assembly of a thermal and/or electrical conducting pathway composed of high aspect ratio filler. The self-assembly of such thermal and/or electrical conducting pathway effectively enhances the thermal and/or electrical conductivity of the composite with significantly less amount of filler.

Abstract: A carbon nanotube (CNT) array is patterned on a substrate. The substrate can be a microelectronic die or a heat sink for a die. The patterned CNT array is patterned by using a patterned catalyst on the substrate to form the CNT array by growing. The patterned CNT array can also be patterned by using a patterned mask on the substrate to form the CNT array by growing. A computing system that uses the CNT array for heat transfer from the die is also used.

Abstract: A head nozzle unit includes a pair of motion guides located parallel to each other, a pair of movable blocks disposed on the pair of motion guides and movable independently of each other, a guide member transversely connected to the pair of motion guides via the pair of movable blocks, a pair of head nozzle parts disposed on opposite lateral surfaces of the guide member, the pair of head nozzle parts movable independently of each other and operable to pick up and mount electronic parts, and a driver that moves the pair of movable blocks in cooperation with one another and that moves the pair of head nozzle parts in predetermined directions. Further, an apparatus and method for mounting electronic parts includes the head nozzle unit. The pair of head nozzle parts alternately and sequentially performs a series of mounting processes of picking up the electronic parts and mounting the picked up electronic parts.

Abstract: A method for producing and commissioning a transmission with a water-based lubricant comprises the following steps. A mixture of a vaporizable liquid, a comminuted solid lubricant and a preserving agent (22) are applied (21) to the finished rotary parts (20) and then dried (23), whereby a coating forms on them. The rotary parts with the coating are installed in the transmission housing and the assembled transmission is filled with a cooling liquid (25), which is primarily essentially water. The transmission is put into operation for the first time (27), wherein the lubricant for the further operation is only formed by abrasion of the rotary parts and distribution of the abraded matter in the cooling liquid. The transmission is then ready for operation (28). Furthermore, a lubricant produced by this method is described.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to couple valve shafts and closure members are described. An example coupling apparatus includes an expansion pin to be disposed in a bore defined by a first aperture of a valve shaft and a second aperture of a closure member. The first and second apertures are coaxially aligned when the valve shaft is coupled to the closure member. A first tapered pin is disposed in a first opening of the expansion pin adjacent a first end of the expansion pin and a second tapered pin is disposed in a second opening of the expansion pin adjacent a second end of the expansion pin. The first tapered pin causes the expansion pin to expand at a first location when the first tapered pin is disposed in the first opening and the second tapered pin causes the expansion pin to expand at a second location different than the first location when the second tapered is disposed in the second opening.

Abstract: A combination powered grooming device comprising a handle and a grooming attachment. The handle has a longitudinal axis extending between an upper end and a lower end. The handle comprises a trimmer assembly disposed adjacent the upper end and the trimmer assembly includes at least one moving blade. The handle further comprises an electrical arrangement disposed therein. The electrical arrangement comprises a motor having a drive shaft and a drive mechanism coupled to the drive shaft and to the trimmer assembly. In a trimming mode, the drive mechanism translates movement of the drive shaft to the moving blade. The grooming attachment is adapted for mounting onto the upper end.

Abstract: A multi-function razor cartridge that can be used for hair trimming and normal shaving has a housing including a retractable guard and at least one razor blade having a cutting edge. The razor cartridge also has a comb mounted to the housing that is movable by a user between a non-operable position and an operable position. When the comb is in the non-operable position the razor cartridge can be used for a normal shaving operation. As the comb is moved to the operable position for hair trimming, the guard is retracted so that it will not interfere with the passage of longer hairs between the teeth of the comb.

Abstract: A utensil has first and second arm members of substantially the same size and shape. Each arm member has a head section and a handle section. The head sections are concave or scoop-like in configuration and are connected by a rotatable hinge which permits rotation of the arm members in relation to each other. The head section of the first arm members has elongated openings through which spreadable food can be expelled. The head section of the second arm member is solid. With the first arm member nested within the second arm member, spreadable food is scooped onto the utensil, specifically on the top surface of the first arm member. Rotation of the second arm member around the first arm member such that the second arm member is now nested within the first arm member, causes the food to be expelled from the openings in the first arm member, where the food can be easily spread on bread and or food items.

Abstract: An electric scissors has a body and a changeable shear. The body has a stationary shear and an oscillating blade holder. The stationary shear has an arm and a first blade. The arm is formed on and protrudes outwardly from a front end of the body. The first blade is securely mounted on the arm. The oscillating blade holder is pivotally mounted to the front end of the body to oscillate relative to the stationary shear, and has a rail formed on the oscillating blade holder. The changeable shear has a blade seat and a second blade. The blade seat has a channel detachably and slidably engaging the rail of the oscillating blade holder. The second blade is securely mounted on the blade seat to obliquely abut the first blade. With the replaceable blade, the electric scissors can be continuously used without discarding the whole electric scissors when the blade is dull or damaged.

Abstract: A pair of gardening shears include a main cutter, a secondary cutter pivotally connected with the main cutter, a force arm pivotally connected with the main cutter and engaged with the secondary cutter to drive the secondary cutter to pivot relative to the main cutter, and a connecting plate mounted on the secondary cutter and the force arm. Thus, the secondary cutter and the force arm are sandwiched between the main cutter and the connecting plate so that the secondary cutter and the force arm are moved smoothly and stably by limit of the main cutter and the connecting plate so as to facilitate the user performing the pruning action.

Abstract: A weed trimmer having an accuracy shield. The accuracy shield is a generally planar, circular configuration that is attached to a weed trimmer at a location in a plane generally parallel to the plane of the rotating line and in close proximity thereto between the rotating line and the housing having a debris shield. The accuracy shield protects the line from being severed too short and also provides a convenient guide for edging wherein the cut is uniform and easy to control.

Abstract: An aerodynamic trimmer head for use in flexible line rotary trimmers having an aerodynamic, generally ellipsoidal profile and a plurality of aerodynamic elements defined by the upper and lower head surfaces for directing air, during rotation of the head, off of and over the upper and lower head surfaces and preferably away from the line extending from the housing, thereby reducing the drag on the head and the line projecting from the housing. The aerodynamic elements on the upper head surface preferably are defined by a plurality of equidistantly spaced inclined troughs extending downwardly and forwardly along curvilinear paths on the upper head surface and the aerodynamic elements on the lower head surface preferably are defined by a plurality of dimples formed in an annular surface extending about the lowermost end of the spool and a plurality of rearwardly inclined troughs formed about and above the dimples.

Abstract: A handheld engine-driven cutter is provided with a disk blade and a four-stroke engine that drives the disk blade, a filter through which air provided to the four-stroke engine passes, a carburetor that mixes fuel and the air that passed through the filter, a casing that houses the filter and the carburetor, and a filter bracket intervened between the filter and the carburetor, which guides the air having passed the filter to the carburetor. An oil separator is formed integrally with the filter bracket that protrudes out toward the carburetor.

Abstract: A handheld engine-driven cutter is provided with a disk blade and a main body that drives the disk blade. The main body comprises a four-stroke engine, an oil supplying opening from which engine oil is supplied, and an oil exhausting opening from which the engine oil is exhausted. In this engine cutter, the oil supplying opening and the oil exhausting opening are both disposed on one side of the main body where one end of a driving axis of the four-stroke engine is located.

Abstract: A handheld engine-driven cutter is provided with a disk blade and a four-stroke engine that drives the disk blade. By employing the four-stroke engine, exhaustion of unburned gas and fuel consumption can be reduced. The engine cutter is further provided with a filter through which air provided to the four-stroke engine passes, a carburetor that mixes fuel and the air that passed through the filter, and a casing that houses the filter and the carburetor. The filter and the carburetor are arranged to align on a straight line along a direction of flow of the air passing through the filter and the carburetor.

Abstract: A circle cutter has a hand crank, a center positioning unit and a cutter unit. The center positioning unit is mounted on one end of the hand crank and has an awl-free foot positioning a center of a circle to be cut or drawn without generating a pierced hole. The cutter unit is mounted adjustably on the hand crank and has a cutting depth adjustable assembly providing multiple cutting depths for cutting things with different thickness. Therefore, to cut or draw a circle with the circle cutter is hole-free, labor-saving and flexible.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an eating utensil composed of an elongated element having a first end and a second end. The first end having at least one scooping element. The second end of the elongated element contains a handle. The scooping element may be a flange that is mounted perpendicularly to the elongated element. The retaining surface of the scooping element may be inclined or declined toward the elongated element. A flange guard may separate the handle from the scooping element.

Abstract: An aerodynamic trimmer head for use in flexible line rotary trimmers having a plurality of aerodynamic elements defined by the upper and lower head surfaces that during rotation of the head, draw air downwardly about the trimmer drive mechanism onto the upper head surface and move the air outwardly from the head into the plane of the extended cutting line and at forward inclination in the direction of rotation. The downwardly moving air cools the trimmer drive mechanism and the outwardly and forwardly moving air reduces the drag on the head and the extended cutting line. The aerodynamic elements preferably include a plurality of troughs extending downwardly and forwardly along the upper head surface, a perimeter surface for deflecting air moved by the troughs into a generally horizontally extended zone of moving air about the extended cutting line and a plurality of dimples formed in a lower surface of the head.

Abstract: A cutting tool includes a tool unit having an electric motor and a rotary cutting blade rotatably driven by the electric motor. The electric motor has a motor housing. The motor housing has a flattened cylindrical configuration, so that a horizontal length of the motor housing is shorter than a vertical length of the motor housing.

Abstract: A cutting tool includes a tool unit including an electric motor, a rotary cutting blade rotatably driven by the electric motor, and a blade case covering at least apart of the rotary cutting blade. An electric component is disposed within the blade case at a position capable of being cooled by a flow of air produced by the rotation of the rotary cutting blade.

Abstract: A sighting system, having front and rear sights, for a shooting device, such as an archery bow, cross bow or a firearm. The front sight includes at least one sighting element. The rear sight includes a rear sight frame that has a lens located therein. At least one aperture is formed in the lens and defines an opening extending therethrough such that the aperture may be aligned with the sighting element of the front sight during aiming of the shooting device.

Abstract: A multifunctional airway evaluator for orotracheal intubation includes first and second connected elongated arms, movable relative to each other about a pivot axis, a planar plate connected to the first arm and extending upwardly therefrom, and a gravity-operated angular indicator attached to the planar plate. The plate includes a distance scale on its front face, and the distance scale includes a plurality of spaced apart grade lines aligned radially with the pivotal axis and distance parameters associated with the grade lines, each of the distance parameters indicating a distance between the distal ends of the first and second arms when the arms are in a relative position. The gravity-operated angular indicator includes an axial pin disposed perpendicular to the planar plate, a rotating disk pivotally attached to and rotatable around the axial pin by gravity, and one or more angular measurement marker provided adjacent the rotating disk.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a measurement device for measuring a work piece defining a first circular hole and a second circular hole. The measurement device includes a base, a location member fixed on the base, a fixing pin fixed on the location member, and a measuring pin slidably positioned on the location member. The fixing pin and the measuring pin are configured for being received in the first circular hole and the second circular hole of the work piece, respectively. A diameter of the measuring pin is substantially equal to a standard diameter of the second circular hole minus doubled tolerance. The distance between axes of the fixing pin and the measuring pin is substantially equal to a standard value of the distance between centers of the first and second circular holes of the work piece.

Abstract: A caliper of a type used in measurements in which the invention comprises including offset measurement jaws deployed at an angle to the main plane of said caliper for measuring dimensions offset from the main plane of said caliper. Said caliper may also include means for measuring both internal dimensions and external dimensions, and may further include a readout, such as digital or analog readout means.

Abstract: This invention discloses systems and methods for control of a gas turbine or a gas turbine generator, where the gas turbine is connected to a dryer vessel in which gas turbine exhaust gases are used to heat treat a material in the dryer vessel. The control system comprises one or more sensors for temperature, moisture and/or flow rate in the dryer vessel and/or of the material inside, entering and/or exiting the dryer vessel and a controller responsive to the sensor for controlling the fuel and/or air flow into the gas turbine. This control system and method enables providing the appropriate heat output from the gas turbine to meet the process heat required for the desired material treatment. Optionally, the gas turbine can be a liquid fuel turbine engine, or a reciprocating engine can be substituted for the turbine engine.

Abstract: A control system for controlling the utilization of heated waste streams for fluidizing particulate matter such as coal in a fluidizing bed dryer. The control system includes a number of graphic user interfaces that allow an operator to more easily monitor and/or control the various regulator devices. The control system controls coal handling or transportation, fluid handling or flow, and the discharge of discarded or separated coal from the dryer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shoe chassis. In one embodiment, the present invention is a shoe chassis including a board with a first end and a second end, the board having a portion defining a first hole at the second end. The shoe chassis also includes a stabilizing unit beneath the board and a pod beneath the stabilizing unit. A flexible membrane is positioned within the first hole to allow the heel to flex past or through the first hole and compress a cushioning material located within the pod and positioned under the flexible membrane.

Abstract: An interchangeable footwear restraint system comprising: a sole having a top surface and a continuous bottom surface; at least one female slot clip receptacle extending into the sole, wherein the female slot clip receptacle is exposed from the top surface; and at least one male slot clip extension, wherein the male slot clip is attached to a first end of at least one strap and is received into the female slot clip connecting the strap to the sole.