Abstract: A vacuum cleaner comprising: a secured tube secured horizontally to the front surface of the main body of the cleaner and sucks in dust from the outside due to a motor in the main body; a pair of securing members which secure two ends of the secured tube to the main body and convey the sucked-in dust to a filter in the main body; and a suction tube which is rotatably provided on the outer circumferential surface of the secured tube and rolls along the surface to be cleaned, and in the cylindrical surface of which are formed dust-suction holes for sucking in dust. Because the suction tube in which the plurality of dust-suction holes are formed is rotatably provided on the outer circumferential surface of the secured tube, the suction tube continuously turns while cleaning bedding by pushing or pulling the main body, and thus the bedding is not sucked into the secured tube.

Abstract: An autonomous coverage robot includes a chassis, a drive system configured to maneuver the robot, and a cleaning assembly. The cleaning assembly includes a cleaning assembly housing and at least one driven sweeper brush. The robot includes a controller and a removable sweeper bin configured to receive debris agitated by the driven sweeper brush. The sweeper bin includes an emitter disposed on an interior surface of the bin and a receiver disposed remotely from the emitter on the interior surface of the bin and configured to receive an emitter signal. The emitter and the receiver are disposed such that a threshold level of accumulation of debris in the sweeper bin blocks the receiver from receiving emitter emissions. The robot includes a bin controller disposed in the sweeper bin and monitoring a detector signal and initiating a bin full routine upon determining a bin debris accumulation level requiring service.

Abstract: An attachment for an air blower that enables a nozzle portion to be configured at various angles is provided. The attachment includes an elongated cylindrical portion, a connector portion, a nozzle portion, and an actuating sleeve. The cylindrical portion has a first end and a second end and has a longitudinal axis running therethrough. The connector portion is disposed at the first end of the cylindrical portion and configured to couple the cylindrical portion to an airflow outlet of an air blower. The nozzle portion is disposed at the second end of the cylindrical portion and is configured to direct airflow. The actuating sleeve is rotatably retained at the second end of the cylindrical portion and coupled to the nozzle portion. The actuating sleeve is configured to adjust the nozzle portion at various angles relative to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical portion when the user rotates the actuating sleeve.

Abstract: A method and system for mounting and adjusting a vehicle door rotatably connected to a vehicle body by upper and lower hinges with hinge holes. The upper and lower hinges are positioned to the vehicle body and the vehicle door by aligning the hinge holes to corresponding receiving holes. The vehicle door is temporarily mounted to the vehicle body by inserting cam bolts into aligned pairs of the hinge holes and the receiving holes. The vehicle door is adjusted to a desired position relative to the vehicle body by rotating the cam bolts. The desired positioned is secured by inserting mounting bolts into empty aligned pairs of the hinge holes and the receiving holes and replacing the cam bolts with mounting bolts.

Abstract: A cable tie comprising a cable tie head that comprises a head portion. The cable tie also comprises a cable tie body. The cable tie body comprises a main body that includes a body passageway; and a strap, wherein the cable tie head is attachable to and detachable from the cable tie body, and wherein the body passageway is formed to receive the legs for coupling the cable tie head with the cable tie body. The cable tie head is made from a different material than the cable head body.

Abstract: An improved seatbelt adjuster for holding the lap seatbelt to the shoulder belt of an automobile seatbelt. The seatbelt adjuster prevents the shoulder belt from rubbing against the neck of a wearer. The adjuster is made of a single unitary piece and therefore cannot be separated. A frame member formed of resilient material has a front portion, rear portion, top edge, bottom edge and space between the front and back portions for containing the lap seatbelt. A parallel pair of dual gussets and rails is molded into the back portion to increase the stiffness of the flap member particularly to prevent it spreading open in hot weather. A snap clip has been added to the flap to avoid inadvertent release in hot weather. A horn gate has been added to the slot to prevent snagging on clothing.

Abstract: A piece of equipment for climbing includes a barrier sheet, a carabiner receiver, and at least one anchor receiver. The barrier sheet has at least one lateral dimension that is sufficiently wide to effectively block access to hand holds at least at a start of a climbing route on a portion of the climbing wall when the carabiner is received by the carabiner receiver and a piece of webbing, cable or climbing rope to which the carabiner is physically coupled is under tension. Related methods of use and kits of the climbing equipment are also provided.

Abstract: A headphone cord management system comprised of a plurality of small magnets attached to and spaced along a length of the headphone cord. Where the cord may split for separate ear pieces, the magnets along the two lines preferably align to bring the two lines together when not in use. The magnets allow the cord to be coiled and looped in different ways to facilitate carrying and storage.

Abstract: A fastening arrangement for fastening a component, in particular a supply line, of an aircraft or spacecraft. The fastening arrangement includes a structural element of the aircraft or spacecraft; an adhesive retainer, which comprises a flexible connection portion having an adhesive surface for placing onto the structural element and a retaining portion, operatively connected to the connection portion, for receiving the component, at least in portions; and an adhesive material, which is arranged between the adhesive surface and the structural element. Also provided is an adhesive retainer of a fastening arrangement of this type, and an aircraft or spacecraft having a fastening arrangement of this type and/or an adhesive retainer of this type.

Abstract: An incorporated slide fastener that is incorporated simultaneously with the weaving of the fastener tape for a zigzag-type continuous element row. The weft yarn of the fastener tape is woven with one thread traversing and doubling back in the tape width direction, forming a set of two threads. Fastener elements have: engaging heads; first and second leg portions that each extend in the width direction of the tape; first connecting portions that connect first legs that are adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the tape; and second connecting parts that connect second legs that are adjacent in the longitudinal direction of the tape. Of the two yarns configuring the weft yarn, one yarn is woven diagonally straddling the first surface of a first leg and the second surface of a second leg of adjacent fastener elements.

Abstract: A simple light-weighten buckle including a male member having an inserting piece, a female member having an insertion port and a cover body storing the female member therein, wherein the inserting piece has a pair of concave engaged parts, the female member is formed of one elastic metal wire and has a base, a pair of arms that are bent and extend from respective ends of the base, a pair of bent parts provided in the middle of the respective arms, and a pair of engaging parts provided at respective front ends of the pair of arms, and the cover body has a cover main body, an insertion hole the inserting piece, a storage part that communicates with the insertion hole and stores the female member therein, and operating parts that can press the pair of respective bent parts inward from the outside of the cover body.

Abstract: Latching fastener with male and female parts configured to separatably latch. One embodiment has a male part with a latch coupler, a female part with a bistable actuator and a plurality of latches with lower latch levers. To fasten, the latching fastener is configured so that when the female part is pressed down over the male part, the lower latch levers contact the latch coupler, the latch coupler pushes up the lower latch levers, causing rotation of the latches into a latched position. To separate, the latching fastener is configured so that in response to an actuator member of the bistable actuator moving from an upper to a lower stable position, the actuator member pushes down the lower latch levers, the lower latch levers rotate the latches to an unlatched position, and the lower latch levers push down the latch coupler, separating the male and female parts.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for making knots in flexible element attached to a medical device and methods using said apparatus.

Abstract: Disclosed are multicomponent fibers derived from a blend of a sulfopolyester with a water non-dispersible polymer wherein the as-spun denier is less than about 6 and wherein the water dispersible sulfopolyester exhibits a melt viscosity of less than 12,000 poise measured at 240° C. at a strain rate of 1 rad/sec, and wherein the sulfopolyester comprising less than about 25 mole % of residues of at least one sulfomonomer, based on the total moles of diacid or diol residues. The multicomponent fiber is capable of being drawn at a relatively high fiber speed, particularly at least about 2000 m/min, and may be used to produce microdenier fibers. Fibrous articles may be produced from the multicomponent fibers and microdenier fibers. Also disclosed is a process for multicomponent fibers, nonwoven fabrics, and microdenier webs.

Abstract: Manufacturing methods for the formation of positive electrodes and the balancing of Coulombic capacities of positive and negative electrodes for use in a heterogeneous electrochemical capacitor (HES) having a PbO2|H2SO4|C system. Exemplary methods make it possible to manufacture capacitors with both non-formed and pre-formed positive electrodes. Capacitors produced by the exemplary methods may be used, for example, as secondary power sources to level loads of power networks, power electric vehicles, cellular and mobile communications, emergency lighting systems, telecommunications, and solar and wind energy storage devices.

Abstract: A clad capacitor and method of manufacture includes assembling a preform comprising a ductile, electrically conductive fiber; a ductile, electrically insulating cladding positioned on the fiber; and a ductile, electrically conductive sleeve positioned over the cladding. One or more preforms are then bundled, heated and drawn along a longitudinal axis to decrease the diameter of the ductile components of the preform and fuse the preform into a unitized strand.

Abstract: An actuating system of sectors of a device for producing an airplane fuselage in which a lamination mandrel comprises a plurality of sectors angularly spaced about the axis and mobile along guides between: an expanded lamination position and a contracted disassembling position. Each sector is provided with an actuating system of the screw—nut screw type in which a threaded element is rotated about a rotation axis by a motor. The threaded element comprises an internal shaft made of a first material and extending along the rotation axis and an external tubular portion made of a second material, mounted axially on a portion of the shaft and provided externally with a thread.

Abstract: A method for servicing a stator frame of a power generator includes removing a first stator core from a main housing of the frame. A support assembly including a plurality of rails and a trolley is used to insert second laminations of a second stator core into the main housing. The rails extend axially within a bottom portion of the main housing and provide support for the trolley and for the second laminations as they are being inserted into the main housing. The trolley is provided for axial movement on the rails for inserting the second laminations into the main housing.

Abstract: A pool wall fitting assembly includes a tubular member extending through an opening in the pool wall. An inner flange member is threaded onto the inner end of the tubular member and includes a flange portion arranged to overlap the inner surface of the pool wall about a periphery of the opening. A retainer is arranged to be selectively fixed relative to the tubular member with an anchor member supported between the retainer and the outer surface of the pool wall. A clamping mechanism operable between the anchor member and the outer surface of the pool wall so as to be arranged to urge the anchor member and retainer fixed on the tubular member away from the outer surface of the pool wall such that the pool wall is clamped between the inner flange member and the clamping mechanism.

Abstract: A method for modifying a gas turbine injector is disclosed herein. The method for modifying a gas turbine injector includes removing a first tubular member from the gas turbine injector, replacing the first tubular member with a second tubular member, the second tubular member having a center axis and including a circumferential lip extending radially from the center axis, aiming a laser beam at the circumferential lip so that the laser beam forms an acute angle with the center axis, and, laser welding the second tubular member to the gas turbine injector at the acute angle, the laser welding forming a resultant weld between the second tubular member and the gas turbine injector, and such that at least a portion of the circumferential lip is consumed to form at least a portion of the resultant weld.

Abstract: A fixture and method for adjusting a workpiece are disclosed. The fixture includes a holding device engageable to a workpiece to secure the workpiece, and an adjustment device engageable to a projecting member of the workpiece and movable along a first axis and a second axis. Movement of the adjustment device along the first axis when engaged to the projecting member adjusts the projecting member along the first axis, and movement of the adjustment device along the second axis when engaged to the projecting member adjusts the projecting member along the second axis.

Abstract: System and method for manufacturing an apparatus for measuring shear strength and viscosity of sediments that extends both the maximum rotational rate attainable and the maximum torque sustainable, and includes a high data acquisition rate and data storage. The apparatus can accurately measure, for example, but not limited to, peak, evolution, and residual values of the undrained shear strength, yield, and viscous and plastic flow (including hardening and softening) characteristics of cohesive sediments at various pre-set and variable values of the rotational velocity of the vane sensor.

Abstract: A mobile device and a method for the placement of a group of pin-type fasteners so as to form at least one seam field for purposes of connecting large components in aircraft construction, such as fuselage shells and fuselage sections, for purposes of connecting large components in ship construction, in rail vehicle construction, in building construction, and similar construction environments.

Abstract: A profile assembly for use on a belt comprises a base configured to be attached to the belt, wherein the base comprises a lower portion configured to be in physical communication with a surface of the belt, and an upper portion comprising aperture channel therein, and a lip disposed adjacent to the channel on a side of the upper portion; and a removable profile configured to matingly engage the base, wherein the profile comprises an outer portion configured to be in physical communication with an object to be conveyed, and an inner portion configured to be inserted into the upper portion, wherein the inner portion comprises a protrusion extending from a first surface of the inner portion, the protrusion configured to extend through the aperture and snap fit with the lip.

Abstract: The invention relates to a handling apparatus for handling a roller of a roller crusher. The handling apparatus comprises a movable base, a carrier pivotably attached to said base and adapted to carry the roller, at least one carrier pivoting device pivotably attached to said base and attached to said carrier, said carrier pivoting device being extendable, and at least one roller pivoting device pivotably connected to said base, said roller pivoting device being adapted to releasably engage said roller. The invention also relates to a method for mounting a roller to a roller crusher and a method for dismounting a roller to a roller crusher.

Abstract: A tie rod removal tool including a monolithic body having a hardness greater than number 5 steel, the body having an internal opening, the opening extending to at least one end of the body, the opening further including at least two (2) threaded sections, each said threaded section having a different diameter.

Abstract: A pallet board remover for removing a board from a pallet is provided. The pallet board remover comprises a top surface for receiving the pallet, an operation gap provided on the top surface, and an at least one removal bar assembly operationally located near the operation gap. A method of removing a board from a pallet is also provided.

Abstract: A product highlighter includes a frame configured to surround merchandise located on a first display shelf of a display shelving unit. The frame includes an upper frame member, a lower frame member spaced apart from the upper frame member, a first side frame member coupling the upper frame member to the lower frame member, and a second side frame member spaced apart from the first side frame member and coupling the upper frame member to the lower frame member. The lower frame member is attached to an underside of the first display shelf with at least one first bracket and the upper frame member is attached to an underside of a second display shelf located directly above the first display shelf with at least one second bracket.

Abstract: A hose guide for guiding a hose over the edge of a roof or similar structure. The hose guide includes a base. A pivot mount is attached to the base. A pulley assembly is pivotally attached to the pivot mount. The pulley assembly includes a freely rotating pulley, which is bounded on at least three sides by a first lateral wall, a second lateral wall, and a gate. The gate may be selectively opened to allow a mid point of a hose to be placed on the pulley. The gate is then closed to capture the hose in the pulley housing.

Abstract: A filter has a mounting system that includes a variety of projections. In one embodiment, the filter has two projections, each having the same height and cross-section. In another embodiment, the filter has two or more projections, with at least two of the projections having different heights, shapes, dimensions, locations and/or cross-sections.

Abstract: A modular climbing tree that includes a plurality of poles and connecting components configured for connecting the poles and accessories. At least one connecting component has a first connecting part configured for fastening to a pole or surface and an opposite second connecting part having at least one male coupling element and at least one female coupling element for engaging and locking with mating coupling elements of another connecting component. The male and female coupling elements on opposing connecting components are engaged to interlock. Thereafter the opposite connecting components are rotated about their common axis to further lock together in a detachable manner.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a photonic bandgap fiber, which includes: a core portion; and a cladding portion that is formed around the core portion and has holes arranged to form a photonic crystal in which the core portion is a crystal defect, includes: forming a preform by inserting, into a jacket tube, hexagonal capillary tubes having tube-holes shapes and outer shapes that are both approximately hexagonal; and drawing the preform.

Abstract: An anchor, cable tie combination having a barrel with slatted sections for insertion into the hole, a flange positioned on a first rearward end of the barrel for setting the depth the barrel may be inserted into the hole, at least one locking buckle positioned approximate the flange having a channel and a locking pawl located within the locking buckle, an elongated strap having a stopper positioned on a first end of the strap, and wherein one or more cross-bars are formed crosswise on the strap and, wherein the second end of the strap is inserted through the second forward end of the barrel, the first rearward end of the barrel, the flange and the channel of the locking buckle, wherein the locking pawl of the channel engages the cross-bars formed on the strap, until the stopper of the strap contacts a second forward end of the barrel.

Abstract: A bottom reception pin module 22 which is allowed to stand upright on a bottom reception base part 21 having a magnetic member 21a provided on an upper surface to support the substrate includes a base part 23 having a magnet member 26 built therein so as to be freely lifted and lowered and fixed to the bottom reception base part 21 by a magnetization force under a state that the magnet member 26 is lowered and a hollow shaft member 24 extended upward from the base part 23 and having an upper end of a top member 25 abutting on the lower surface of the substrate to support the substrate. By a vacuum suction from a suction hole 25c, the magnet member 26 is lowered and lifted to fix and unfix the base part 23 relative to the bottom reception base part 21.

Abstract: An electric machine includes a stator disposed about an axis in register with the rotor. The stator has a plurality of slots parallel to the axis. A plurality of windings with generally rectangular cross sections is provided with each winding having a first portion disposed radially inward of a second portion relative to the axis. At least two of the plurality of windings are at least partially inserted into each of the plurality of slots. The plurality of generally rectangular windings in each of the plurality of slots is configured to reduce resistive loss within the stator.

Abstract: A manufacturing method for an electric motor rotor includes: a stacking process in which a plurality of iron core pieces are stacked to form a laminated iron core; a magnet insertion process in which a permanent magnet is inserted into a magnet insertion hole provided in the laminated iron core; a resin filling process in which the laminated iron core is heated to fill the magnet insertion hole with a molten resin for magnet fixation; and a rotary shaft assembly process in which a rotary shaft is warm-fitted into a rotary shaft insertion hole of the laminated iron core utilizing residual heat from the heating of the laminated iron core 10 in the resin filling process.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing a flexible heater comprising a resistive track enclosed in two sheets of electrically insulating plastic material, said track comprising electrical connections to which electrical wires are connected, the method comprising the steps of: —enclosing the resistive track in the two sheets of electrically insulating plastic material—connecting the electrical wires to the electrical connections of the resistive track—putting an open mould around the connection area—injecting a liquid casting formulation into said mould—curing said composition—removing the mould.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a battery using A+ (Li+ or Na+) as an electrochemical carrier, as well as to the resulting batteries. The method involves assembling together a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and an electrolyte, and then exposing the assembly to a firm charge at the operating temperature of the battery. The electrolyte is a ceramic or a solution of an A+ salt in a polar liquid, a polymer, or the mixture thereof. The active material of the negative electrode is a material which has a redox couple, the potential of which is 0 V to 1.6 V relative to the A+/A+ couple. The active material of the positive electrode is a material which has a redox couple, the potential of which is higher then that of the couple of the negative electrode.

Abstract: A method for producing an energy cell, in particular an energy storage cell or battery, having the steps of: arranging a plurality of films of the energy cell at a processing location, and cutting the plurality of films in one operation, wherein the cutting of the films is carried out by a laser beam, and wherein the laser beam is guided in a liquid. Also an apparatus for producing an energy cell.

Abstract: Provided are a pouch type secondary battery capable of preventing corrosion of a metal layer due to exposure of the metal layer to the outside at a distal end of a case thereof, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Abstract: In a method for producing an electrode stack for an electrochemical energy store, in which anodes (5) and cathodes (8) are stacked alternately and in each case are separated by at least one separator (6, 7), at least one anode (5) or cathode (8) and at least one separator (6,7) are supplied. The at least one anode (5) or cathode (8) and the at least one separator (6, 7) are gripped by at least one gripper (19, 20, 21, 22, 24-29) and deposited to form the electrode stack.

Abstract: An annular seal assembling jig 1 is used when assembling an annular seal 3 to a spherical body 2 of a ball joint. The jig 1 is equipped with a plurality of split tables 7 which constitutes one table 6, a slider 5 fixed to the split table 7 and is capable of sliding freely along a guide rail 5a, a coil spring 82 which biases the slider 5 to the other split table 7 side, and a claw portion 72a provided to each split table 7, so as to catch the annular seal 3 placed on the table 6, from an inner side of the annular seal 3.

Abstract: This working apparatus for a component or a board includes a head unit and a control portion. The control portion performs control of correcting the center position of a working mechanism portion on the basis of the first amount of movement displacement of the actual position coordinates of the center position of a first imaging portion with respect to the theoretical position coordinates of the center position of the first imaging portion, the second amount of movement displacement of the actual position coordinates of the center position of a second imaging portion with respect to the theoretical position coordinates of the center position of the second imaging portion, and the positional interrelation between the first imaging portion, the second imaging portion, and the working mechanism portion when moving the head unit.

Abstract: A method, system, and apparatus are disclosed for a ruggedized photonic crystal (PC) sensor packaging. In particular, the present disclosure teaches a ruggedized packaging for a photonic crystal sensor that includes of a hermetic-seal high-temperature jacket and a ferrule that eliminate the exposure of the optical fiber as well as the critical part of the photonic crystal sensor to harsh environments. The disclosed packaging methods enable photonic crystal based sensors to operate in challenging environments where adverse environmental conditions, such as electromagnetic interference (EMI), corrosive fluids, large temperature variations, and strong mechanical vibrations, currently exclude the use of traditional sensor technologies.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a leadframe strip is disclosed. A leadframe pattern is formed from flat sheet of base metal. Additional metal layers are plated on patterned tape of base metal and the leadframe surface is roughed. A first set of leadframe areas is planished. A second set of leadframe areas are offsetted and the tape is cut into strips.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a plurality of biosensors includes the steps of: providing a base with a surface; forming a carbon nanotube array including a plurality of carbon nanotubes substantially parallels to each other on the surface; forming a plurality of lead pairs on the surface, the plurality of lead pairs divides the plurality of carbon nanotubes into a plurality of first carbon nanotubes and a plurality of second carbon nanotubes; eliminating the plurality of second carbon nanotubes; cutting the plurality of first carbon nanotubes to form a plurality of third carbon nanotubes and a plurality of fourth carbon nanotubes; and fabricating a plurality of receptors to electrically connect the plurality of third carbon nanotubes to the plurality of fourth carbon nanotubes.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a FPCB includes following steps. A support device and an unfinished FPCB are provided. The unfinished FPCB includes a substrate, a conductive trace layer, and a solder mask layer in sequence. The conductive trace layer includes exposed connecting terminals. The unfinished FPCB is divided into an effective region and an unwanted region surrounding the effective region. A blinded groove is formed at the unwanted region. The connecting terminals are located in the effective region. The unfinished FPCB is put on the support device. A heating device is inserted into the blinded groove to heat the substrate and the support device to adhere together and then the heating device is removed. A tin cream layer is dispensed on each connecting terminal. An electronic component is mounted on each tin cream layer. The unfinished FPCB is cut to separate the effective region from the unwanted region.

Abstract: A method of making a heat radiating structure for high-power LED comprises: (1) preparing a PCB board, a heat conducting plate having a heat conducting column at one side thereof and a heat radiating plate; (2) providing a locating hole penetrating both sides of the PCB board, and welding a copper plate to one side of the PCB board, while soldering an electrode welding leg to the other side of the PCB board; (3) putting the heat conducting column into the locating hole, and soldering the copper plate and the heat conducting plate together; (4) placing the one-piece of the heat conducting plate and the PCB board produced by the step (3) on a pressing equipment to adjust the height of the conducting column; (5) pasting the inner side of the heat radiating plate on the other side of the heat conducting plate fixedly.

Abstract: A method for making the same is disclosed. First, a first substrate and a second substrate are provided. The first substrate includes a release film attached to a carrier. The second substrate includes a copper film covered with a solder mask. Second, the solder masked is patterned. Next, the release film and the patterned solder mask are pressed together so that the first substrate is attached to the second substrate. Then, the copper film is patterned to form a first pattern and a second pattern. The first pattern is in direct contact with the release film and the second pattern is in direct contact with the patterned solder mask. Later, a passivation is formed to cover the first pattern and the second pattern to form a circuit board structure. Afterwards, a package is formed on the carrier to form a packaging structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition comprising a binder polymer having a (meth)acrylic acid-based structural unit, with a dispersity (weight-average molecular weight/number-average molecular weight) of no greater than 1.6, a photopolymerizable compound, a photopolymerization initiator and a sensitizing dye.