Abstract: A single action four point harness for a backpack that conforms to the anatomy of the wearer is provided. The backpack includes a storage section and a harness section. The harness section includes a plurality of pliable shoulder arms and a plurality of pliable waist arms that are bendable to conform to the anatomy of the wearer. The harness section also includes a buckle with a plurality of releasable fasteners. At least one fasteners is connected to each of the plurality of pliable shoulder arms and the plurality of pliable waist arms by an adjustable length strap. The buckle comprises a single release button and a plurality of individual release buttons to allow for releasing all of the fasteners from the buckle, using the single release button, or to allow for releasing individual fasteners from the buckle, using the individual release buttons.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of an anterior load carriage stability and mobility support system, and more particularly to marching and equipment and marching drum stability and mobility support belt for a marching drummer in K-12 primary or secondary, a collegiate, a drum and bugle corps or the like. A device capable of providing a support mechanism for the lumbar region of a user's back that allows for load distribution from loads placed anteriorly and inferiorly to the drummer's body. A preferred embodiment of the device includes a large piece and two smaller pieces of neoprene fabric, dual straps sewn along the sides of the belt, removable commercial grade closed cell foam sheets, and two plastic tubing for a sturdy structure with flexibility and versatility, and Velcro® sewn along the straps and on the obverse side of the belt for easy and secure attachment of the straps.

Abstract: A roof rail for mounting to a vehicle. The rail has an elongated base of plastic and a metal stay member. The stay member has a first surface oriented for mating with a vehicle roof and a second surface oriented for receiving a cross bar. The stay member is encapsulated by the plastic forming the elongated base. The first surface includes at least two openings configured for receiving a fastener. The second surface includes at least two passages configured for receiving a fastener. An elongated plastic cap element is also provided. The cap element has a first edge engaging the elongated base adjacent the first surface of the stay member and a second edge engaging the base adjacent the second surface of the stay member, but does not cover the second surface of the stay member.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention may include a self-securing container to the back of a pickup truck. According to certain embodiments of the present invention, the bottom side of the container may be shaped to be securely mounted on the left or right hump in the bed. According to other embodiments, the present invention may include at least one protruding portion to securely fit a channel guide on the right or left side wall of the bed. According to other embodiments, the present invention may include a tool box that may be secured to the back of the pick-up truck without the use of any additional tools or other structures or fasteners.

Abstract: An apparatus forming a modular backpack with two compartments where one is larger than the other. The two compartments may be utilized together or independently. Three straps are provided which may be utilized together with one or both of the two compartments. Two of the straps serve as shoulder straps and the third as a waistband by the user. The straps may be used in various configurations by the user with one or more straps being used at a time, likewise with one or both compartments.

Abstract: One design embodiment of a holder for a container comprising: one or more bands each capable of retaining a container inside the band(s), with straps attached to and extending away from the exterior of the band(s); with fasteners on the ends of each strap such that container within the band or bands are held in a stable position relative to a harness to be worn by a user. The design embodiment allows easy attachment, use and deployment of containers in a variety of environmental conditions and situational uses, including but not limited to the carrying of gas supplies for underwater divers.

Abstract: A backpack has a divider panel having four sides, with a first side pivotally attached to a main bag. A divider pan& zipper attaches the second, third and fourth sides of the divider panel to the main bag. The divider panel is movable, by unzipping the divider panel zipper, from a first position wherein the divider panel is substantially horizontal and divides the main bag into upper and lower compartments, to a second position wherein the divider panel is more vertical and the main bag is not divided into upper and lower compartments. An odor absorber is removably contained within a pouch in the divider panel. The pouch may be formed of mesh layers attached together at their perimeter.

Abstract: A driving tool includes a first piston slidably disposed within a cylinder chamber and having an elongated driving part configured to drive a struck material. A second piston is configured to generate compressed air within the combustion chamber. A compressed air supply passage enables communication between the compression chamber and the cylinder chamber. A valve member opens and closes the compressed air supply passage. A relay member mechanically connects an electric motor with the valve member. The valve member opens and closes the compressed air supply passage via the relay member.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a surgical instrument for operating on tissue is provided. The surgical instrument includes an end effector including a first tissue engaging member and a second tissue engaging member in juxtaposed relation to the first tissue engaging member; a gap determination element operatively associated with each of the first tissue engaging member and the second tissue engaging member for measuring a gap distance between the first tissue engaging member and the second tissue engaging member; and a tissue contact determining element operatively associated with a respective tissue contacting surface of at least one of the first tissue engaging member and the second tissue engaging member. The present disclosure also relates to methods of using the surgical instrument.

Abstract: A shipping wedge for use with a surgical instrument includes a base configured to be detachably secured with a body portion of the surgical instrument, a blocking member depending from the base and engageable with a movable operative member of the surgical instrument, and a locking member depending from the base and engageable with a lockout mechanism of the surgical instrument.

Abstract: A source delivery surgical staple device delivers a source/seed to a staple margin. The surgical staple delivery device includes a main staple body segment hingedly attached to a second body segment. Each of the segments is appointed for engagement to dispense the sources/seeds for the treatment of microscopic disease to a surgical margin. The device also includes a cartridge removably attached and snapped onto the main staple body segment. The cartridge has a source/seed/brachy staple line forming a brachy or radioactive seeds and/or chemotherapy agent dosage source. The radioactive seeds have a radioactive and/or chemotherapy source supported by leg portions that are manipulated during insert for fastening the radioactive staples to tissue at an incision margin. A hybrid of chemotherapy agent and radiation is delivered directly into the surgical margin and different dosage can be loaded in the cartridge.

Abstract: Implantable materials for use with end effectors like surgical stapling devices, and methods for using the same, are generally provided. In some embodiments, adjunct materials for use with surgical staplers are provided. For example, a kit for stapling tissue is provided that can include a surgical stapler having an end effector. The end effector can have first and second jaws. The kit can include an adjunct material having hydrophobic surface regions and hydrophilic surface regions and the adjunct material can be configured to mate to at least one of the jaws of the end effector. Other implants, devices, and methods for surgical stapling are also provided.

Abstract: An anvil assembly includes a retaining member having a body portion and a frangible portion connected to the body portion, where the frangible portion is positioned to engage a backup member and separates from the body portion during movement of the backup member from a first, proximal position to a second, distal position. The retaining member keeps the backup plate in the proximal position prior to firing of the stapling assembly, and upon separation of the frangible portion allows the backup plate to move to the distal position during firing of the stapling assembly. Proximal force on the backup plate after firing of the stapling assembly is avoided, thereby helping to ensure titling of the anvil assembly.

Abstract: An anvil assembly suitable for trans-oral delivery includes an anvil head configured to receive a guide suture that is severed during a stapling procedure. An anvil delivery assembly includes the anvil assembly and a suture guide assembly secured to the anvil assembly.

Abstract: Electric spindle with axial force control intended for friction welding and other uses, of the type used industrially for the automated welding of metal plates or metal elements, characterized in that it incorporates, inside the body of the electric spindle, a force sensor, associated with the tool by means of an internal shaft that can move axially and which, via an electromechanical actuator, allows the real-time local adjustment of the height of the tool above the material to be welded, such as to maintain a constant, controlled force during the welding and/or machining processes. The main advantage of the invention that is presented is that the height is corrected according to the force, automatically in the electric spindle itself, with much greater precision and speed, thereby providing more uniform welding results without irregularities.

Abstract: A welding tool for joining at least two workpieces by friction stir welding includes a pin for applying frictional heat to the workpieces. The pin includes a first pin region formed from a first material and a second pin region formed from a second material.

Abstract: The invention described herein generally pertains to systems and methods for accurately and precisely mounting an orbital welder for static use. Clamp systems as described herein can include a keyed welding clamp assembly for retaining the orbital welder having an orbital welder clamp, a clamp adapter, and a clamp mount. Similarly, methods herein can include disposing a welder extension in a first extension recess of a first clamp portion and a second extension recess of a second clamp portion, aligning an alignment key with a first key recess of the first clamp portion and a second key recess of the second clamp portion, and closing the first clamp portion toward the second clamp portion using a clamp mechanism. An operational welding system including clamps herein can further include the orbital welder and/or components thereof.

Abstract: A screen printing machine for forming a print of paste supplied to a mask plate having pattern holes, includes: a filling squeegee which is held to have a given clearance with respect to the mask plate, and which fills the pattern holes with the paste by moving the filling squeegee relative to the mask plate in a printing direction; and an urging member which urges the filling squeegee toward the mask plate such that at least the given clearance is maintained. The screen printing machine further includes a scraping squeegee which is held to maintain a given interval from the filling squeegee in the printing direction, and which scraps off paste remaining on the mask plate after passage of the filling squeegee by moving the scraping squeegee together with the filling squeegee in the printing direction.

Abstract: A screen printing machine for forming a print of paste supplied to a mask plate having pattern holes, includes: a flexible filling squeegee which performs a squeegeeing operation in which the filling squeegee is moved relative to the mask plate in a printing direction; and a scraping squeegee which is held to maintain a given interval from the filling squeegee in the printing direction and to be movable together with the filling squeegee in the printing direction, and which scraps off the paste remaining on the mask plate after passage of the filling squeegee. In the squeegeeing operation, the filling squeegee is pushed up and bent by the paste to provide a clearance between a bottom end of the filling squeegee and the mask plate with the paste interposed therebetween so that the pattern holes are filled with paste with a prescribed filling pressure.

Abstract: A reflow oven includes a chamber housing including surfaces that are in contact with heated air mixed with contaminants, including flux, and a water-soluble layer selectively applied to the surfaces of the chamber housing. Embodiments of the reflow oven include an acrylic-based layer, such as an acrylic paint. In one embodiment, the acrylic paint includes a water-soluble polymer, a polymer emulsion, and water. The water-soluble polymer includes butyl benzyl phthalate. In some embodiments, the acrylic paint includes 1-10% by weight butyl benzyl phthalate, 30-55% by weight acrylic polymer emulsion, and balance water. In a certain embodiment, the acrylic paint includes 1-5% by weight butyl benzyl phthalate, 35-50% by weight acrylic poly emulsion, and balance water. Methods of treating surfaces of the reflow oven are further disclosed.

Abstract: A welding spinner has a base; a wheel with a mounting face for an implement to be welded; and a cam arm laterally connecting the wheel to the base and mounted to rotate between the base and the wheel to adjust the height of the wheel relative to the base. A method of using the welding spinner includes rotating the cam arm relative to the base to adjust the height of the wheel relative to the base. A counterweight device and a removable chuck are disclosed and may be used with a welding spinner.

Abstract: A metal chemistry includes an amount of chromium weight of between about 9.0% and about 16% by weight, an amount of cobalt of between about 7.0% and about 14% by weight, an amount of molybdenum of between about 10% and about 20% by weight, an amount of iron of between about 1.0% and about 5.0% by weight, an amount of aluminum of between about 0.05% and about 0.75% by weight, an amount of titanium of between about 0.5% and about 2.0% by weight, an amount of manganese not to exceed about 0.8% by weight, an amount of carbon of between about 0.02% and about 0.10% by weight, an amount of a titanium+aluminum alloy of between about 0.55% and about 2.75% by weight, and an amount of nickel.

Abstract: An efficient, cost-saving system and method of designing, installing, testing, and monitoring a secondary containment system for new and existing Above Ground Storage Tanks (ASTs) that is comprised of a protective steel membrane for the floor of the tank, including the floor-to-wall juncture, and the lower portion of the tank shell such that the steel membrane creates one or more interstitial zones between the steel membrane and the tank shell. The steel membrane may be installed zone by zone such that the secondary containment system can encapsulate existing tank features by molding itself around the existing contours, such as repair plates, corners, sumps, etc. Furthermore, a unique testing method using a simple electronic device is provided for on-site testing of the integrity of the weld seams that may be efficiently used after each zone is installed without requiring that the entire tank be evacuated during the construction of other zones.

Abstract: An electrically conductive lead is formed using a bonding tool. After bonding the wire to a metal surface and extending a length of the wire beyond the bonding tool, the wire is clamped. Movement of the bonding tool imparts a kink to the wire at a location where the wire is fully separated from any metal element other than the bonding tool. A forming element, e.g., an edge or a blade skirt provided at an exterior surface of the bonding tool can help kink the wire. Tensioning the wire using the bonding tool causes the wire to break and define an end. The lead then extends from the metal surface to the end.

Abstract: An electrically conductive lead is formed using a bonding tool. After bonding the wire to a metal surface and extending a length of the wire beyond the bonding tool, the wire is clamped. Movement of the bonding tool imparts a kink to the wire at a location where the wire is fully separated from any metal element other than the bonding tool. A forming element, e.g., an edge or a blade skirt provided at an exterior surface of the bonding tool can help kink the wire. Twisting the wire while tensioning the wire using the bonding tool can cause the wire to break and define an end. The lead then extends from the metal surface to the end, and may exhibits a sign of the torsional force applied thereto.

Abstract: A method for minimizing voids when soldering a printed circuit board being equipped with components, in particular with electrical and/or electronic components, includes oscillation of the printed circuit board while the solder situated between the components and the printed circuit board is being melted or after it has been melted. In this respect, the frequency of the oscillation changes between a starting frequency and a final frequency. Preferably, the oscillation is introduced in a direction of the printed circuit board plane by directly or indirectly coupling at least one actuator to at least one lateral edge of the printed circuit board, wherein the lateral edge of the printed circuit board, the edge being opposite to the actuator in each instance, is supported at a dead stop.

Abstract: An interlocking container for the storage and transport of flowable material. The container is provided with a plurality of interlocking top panels. The panels are provided with catches that alternately engage the top and bottom of adjacent panels to prevent the panels from becoming dislodged from one another and to maintain the side panels at an angled orientation relative to the side panels of the container, to prevent distortion of the side panels by hydrostatic pressure toward a circular orientation. The panels define an opening in the top of the collapsible through which a fill head may engage a top cap of a flexible liner provided within the collapsible container, to fill the liner with flowable material.

Abstract: A food tray including front and rear sidewalls each having left and right side edges. A left sidewall extends between respective left edges of the front and rear sidewalls. A right sidewall extends between respective right edges of the front and rear sidewall. A bottom panel extends between bottom edges of the front, rear, left and right sidewalls. The sidewalls define a container space for a food item. A left lid extends from a top edge of the left sidewall. A right lid extends from a top edge of the right sidewall. The left and right lids are configured to fold and cover the container space. The left lid includes a flap that extends from an edge of the left lid that is opposite the top edge of the left sidewall. The flap is configured to be folded into the container space to divide the container space into two compartments.

Abstract: A package assembly provides for enclosing an array of aligned products in a package housing having a pair of product accommodating pockets. The pockets are disposed on opposite sides of a fold line for foldable movement between a flat closed condition and a folded open condition for allowing dispensing of the products from the pockets. The housing further includes an openable flap disposed over the pockets in the flat condition for closing the pockets, wherein the flap extends from one of the pockets and wherein the other of the pockets includes a slot for receipt of a distal end of the flap in the closed condition.

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a counting mechanism for a drug delivery device, comprising a first counting member comprising an interaction element, a second counting member comprising engagement elements that are configured to engage with the interaction element of the first counting member, and a separating member, wherein the first counting member is moveable relative to the separating member between a first and a second relative position, and the separating member is configured to prevent an engagement of the interaction element with the engagement elements when the first counting member is in the second relative position with respect to the separating member. Further, the present disclosure concerns a drug delivery device comprising said counting mechanism.

Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus for providing interoperability between flat and interactive digital forms using machine-readable codes including accessing an interactive form document, extracting page dimensions for at least one page of the interactive form document, extracting a plurality of form field properties for at least one form field of the interactive form document, and generating a machine-readable code, wherein the machine-readable code comprises the extracted page dimensions and the plurality of form field properties. The method then embeds the machine-readable code into the interactive form document.

Abstract: An approach is provided to notify an addressee of postal mail. The approach is performed by reading an enhanced intelligent mail barcode affixed to the postal mail. The enhanced intelligent mail barcode identifies a contents of the postal mail. The approach further retrieves an electronic contact address that corresponds to the addressee of the postal mail. Finally, the approach transmits an electronic notification, such as an email, text message, voice message, etc. to the retrieved electronic contact address that corresponds to the addressee.

Abstract: The present invention relates to particulate based compositions for deposition on substrates, a system and method for the deposition of the said compositions for preparation of a clone-proof monetary and/or security documents. The said composition is applied as an identifier at predetermined location on the substrate. The magneto-optical signal from the said applied composition is captured by the reading system. Further it is encrypted same as an invisible or visible two dimensional (2D) barcode/imageon the substrate as an associated identifier so as to create a dedicated, non repeatable and unique functional digitised relation between two said identifiers and/or any other identifier(s) linked to a specific object.

Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure a portable computing device may capture an image of a physical bar code, which may exist on some physical medium, such as paper, plastic, glass, etc. The physical bar code may be decoded to obtain decoded data, and the decoded data may subsequently be re-encoded to generate a virtual bar code. The virtual bar code may be rendered (e.g., on a display of a computing device, and/or on some type of physical medium) and read by a barcode reader.

Abstract: A system and method for opening locks, primarily door locks like the locks on hotel room doors using a handheld mobile device and a QR code. A mobile user can be provided with a QR code either via email or from a mobile phone application (App.). The QRC will be their room key. The handheld mobile device will display the QRC on its display. A QRC scanner is connected to the door lock through a processor that can decode the QRC. The processor sends a command to the door lock to open when the proper QRC is decoded.

Abstract: The application provides a decoding method for a matrix two-dimensional code, wherein a matrix two-dimensional code image to be decoded is a code array of jointed matrix two-dimensional code symbols, formed by multiple identical unit code patterns; an image obtained by scanning does not need to include a complete unit code pattern, and a decoding process of the image is: obtaining a binary image of a to-be-decoded code array of jointed matrix two-dimensional code symbols, locating each data point in a unit code pattern that the data point belongs to, so as to restore a complete unit code pattern, and then performing decoding. The application only needs an area twice the area of a unit code pattern even if decoding is performed when the code pattern is rotated by a most severe degree. In addition, the application can save resources.

Abstract: A laser scanning module employs a scan mirror and magnet rotor subassembly supported by a stationary stator structure. The scan mirror and magnet rotor subassembly includes: a silicone frame having a pair of silicone torsional hinges (i.e. posts) aligned along a scan axis and a supported by a pair of support elements associated with the stator structure, to support the scan mirror and magnet rotor subassembly. When the scan mirror and magnet rotor subassembly is rotated about its scan axis, by forces generated by an electromagnetic coil structure acting on the permanent magnet mounted on silicone frame, the silicone torsional hinges are elastically distorted and generate linear restoring forces which return the rotor subassembly back to its home position about the scan axis.

Abstract: A trackable downhole tool includes a tool body having a tag mortise formed therein. The tag mortise has a female dovetail profile. An encapsulated electronic tag is retained in the mortise. The encapsulated electronic tag includes an electronic tag embedded in an encapsulation body. The electronic tag contains or is programmable to contain a unique asset identification code associated with the downhole tool. The encapsulation body has a male dovetail profile that cooperates with the female dovetail to form a dovetail joint that retains the encapsulated electronic tag in the tag mortise.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a smart card comprising a card body and an electronic module placed within a recess of the card body and further comprising at least one coloured layer placed between the electronic module and the bottom of the recess of the card body.

Abstract: A chip card device including a card-like carrier having received therein a semiconductor substrate in the form of a chip, the semiconductor substrate including at least a memory element and is provided with contact surfaces which are accessible on the surface of the card-like carrier to enable reading of the memory element therewith. The card-like carrier including a linear fold line configured for placing, on or close to a card part including the contact surfaces, a further card part situated on the side of the fold line remote from the card part.

Abstract: A can contains an electrically conductive body and a closure region being delimited by a predetermined breaking edge on an end wall. The can has an opening element that lies in a planar fashion in its home position against the end wall and is connected to the end wall at at least one location. The opening element pivots with respect to the can from the home position into an opening position and the closure region becomes detached and an opening for emptying the content of the can is formed in the intermediate region bounded by the predetermined breaking edge. The opening element has a carrier body made of electrically and/or magnetically insulating material. The opening element has an antenna arranged on or in the carrier body and a transponder chip connected to the antenna. The home position of the antenna is disposed in the vicinity of the can.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems and methods for an implantable device comprising a ferromagnetic mass at least partially disposed near a coil, said coil formed of electrically conducting material and having electrical leads, a resonator circuit coupled to the leads and operable to resonate on application of energy from said leads. Some embodiments include an antenna coupled to said resonator circuit, wherein when either the ferromagnetic mass or the coil moves, power is supplied to the resonator circuit. In certain embodiments the device further includes a modulator coupled to said resonator circuit and operable to modulate the output of the resonator circuit where either the ferromagnetic mass or the coil is disposed in an animal such as a human. some embodiments allow for disposing multiple devices in an animal for characterizing different animal motions.

Abstract: Connection bridges (CBR) for dual-interface transponder chip modules (TCM) 200 may have an area which is substantially equal to or greater than an area of a contact pad (CP) of a contact pad array (CPA). A given connection bridge may be L-shaped and may comprise (i) a first portion disposed external to the contact pad array and extending parallel to the insertion direction, and (ii) a second portion extending from an end of the first portion perpendicular to the insertion direction to within the contact pad array (CPA) such as between C1 and C5. The connection bridge may extend around a corner of the contact pad array, may be large enough to accommodate wire bonding, and may be integral with a coupling frame (CF) extending around the contact pad array. The transponder chip modules may be integrated into a smart card (SC).

Abstract: In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for RFID tags with hardened memory, where the memory comprises a plurality of one time programmable (OTP) non-volatile memory locations for storing data, wherein the plurality of OTP non-volatile memory locations are configured to emulate a hardened memory system that retains data stored in the OTP non-volatile memory locations, wherein the data stored is retained after exposure of the RFID tag to an ionizing radiation exposure with an exposure level equal to or greater than 25 kGy.

Abstract: Wireless devices such as sensors, interactive displays and electronic article surveillance (EAS) and/or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags including integrated circuitry and an antenna and/or inductor printed thereon, and methods for making and using the same, are disclosed. The device generally includes an integrated circuit on a substrate and an antenna, directly on the substrate and/or the integrated circuit, in electrical communication with the integrated circuit. The method of making a wireless device generally includes forming an integrated circuit on the substrate and printing at least part of an antenna or antenna precursor layer on the integrated circuit and/or substrate. The present invention advantageously provides a low cost wireless device capable of operating at MHz frequencies that can be manufactured in a shorter time period than conventional devices.

Abstract: A chip package includes a set of layers including conductive planes connected by vias. A first portion has at least one antenna, antenna ground plane, and first grounded vias. A second portion has a conductive plane parallel to the ground plane that forms an interface for connecting to at least one integrated circuit device. A third portion between the first and the second portion has a vertical transmission line that includes a signal via connecting the antenna feed line to the at least one integrated circuit and a parallel-plate mode suppression mechanism. The parallel-plate mode suppression mechanism includes a grounded reflector that forms a cage with the grounded vias around an antenna region and further includes second ground vias surrounding the signal via.

Abstract: A track for a racing car game is described. The width of the track is formed so as to exhibit an optically graded lateral profile that is maintained along the length of the track. The optically graded profile thus provides a means for allocating each lateral position of the track with a unique level of reflectivity. In this way the level of light reflected onto a detector from a vehicle associated light source corresponds to a unique lateral position, and thus provides a diagnostic for determining the lateral position of the vehicle on the track and for maintaining this lateral position along the full length of the track. The track may therefore be considered to comprise a plurality of virtual slots for the vehicle between which the vehicle can easily move and the choice of which is determined by the vehicle's operator.

Abstract: A guide plate for the attachment of rails for rail vehicles includes at least one recess moulded into the guide plate from an underside on which the guide plate stands in an assembly position, a support surface formed on an upper side of the guide plate for a spring element and a contact surface provided on one face of the guide plate which extends in a longitudinal direction of the guide plate. At least one reinforcing rib is provided on the upper side of the guide plate which rises above the support surface and extends crosswise to the contact surface and the recess moulded into the guide plate from the underside reaches into the area of the guide plate in which the reinforcing rib is provided.

Abstract: A railway comprising rails that are at least in part at regular places along their longitudinal direction supported by and mounted on baseplates, wherein each baseplate is fixed to a sleeper resting on ballast, and wherein each rail is clamped to the baseplate with a clamping plate that is fitted to the baseplate with a clamping bolt, and which clamping plate has opposite extremities of which a first extremity rests on a cam provided on the baseplate and a second extremity rests on and presses the rail to the baseplate, wherein the first extremity and the cam have first contact surfaces and the second extremity and the rails have second contact surfaces, wherein the first contact surfaces and the second contact surfaces each have imaginary perpendicular lines that cross each other at an imaginary center line of the clamping bolt.

Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic atomizing device which performs atomization at low cost. An electrostatic atomizing device (M4) is installed in an atomization chamber (10) of a separation apparatus. The electrostatic atomizing device (M4) includes a plate-like inclined surface electrode (101) and a plate-like counter electrode (102) parallel to the surface electrode (101). A solution is diffused by diffusers (108) onto an upper end of the surface electrode (101). The solution flows down along a front surface of the surface electrode (101) while being spread in a thin film form, and is atomized by an electric field between the surface electrode (101) and the counter electrode (102).