Abstract: A coupler system is disclosed which secures ends of masonry reinforcement bars together. The coupler secures the ends of the bars in a variety of means, so as to strengthen the structural integrity of a building. The coupler system includes masonry reinforcement bars with holes in the ends which allow pins to pass through the coupler to secure the bar.

Abstract: A mount for a membrane roof is assembled from first and second metal plates coated on at least one side with heat-weldable material, at least one bolt and two sheets of membrane roofing material. The parts are assembled in a manner that the bolt faces upwards and is effectively sealed in the assembly against any leak around the bolt by a first sheet of roofing material. The mount may be attached to a roof by fasteners around the periphery of the first base plate, and the second sheet of membrane material seals the fasteners and fastener holes.

Abstract: In a continuous screw tightening machine with washer stacking supply mechanism, in conjunction with retreating of a tightening machine, a washer is placed on a seat surface portion of a washer feeding body of a washer sequential supply mechanism and reliably supplied to a tightening possible position one by one and the one screw is supplied by a screw sequential supply mechanism between the washer and a bit so as to be in concentric arrangement, in conjunction with advancing of the tightening machine, the washer sequential supply mechanism is set to a feeding preparation attitude of the subsequent washer, and the screw sequential supply mechanism is constituted to be set to a feeding preparation attitude of the subsequent screw, and the screw is tightened and fixed together with the washer at the tightening target spot by rotation/driving of the bit advanced to the tightening possible position by a driving machine.

Abstract: An extendable rail system for a flight of stairs to exit a heliport comprising a railing positioned along the flight of stairs, where the railing includes a handrail; a plurality of anchors attached to the railing, where the plurality of anchors support the handrail; a rail extension attached to a top portion of the railing, where the rail extension moves between a first position and a second position; a motor coupled to the rail extension, where the motor moves the rail extension between the first position and the second position; a first actuator positioned on the heliport, where the first actuator activates the motor; and a second actuator positioned at a base of the railing, where the second actuator activates the motor.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a panel for decorative covering various substrates, e.g. interior or exterior walls and or ceilings in buildings, offices, dwellings, planes, ships, trains, etc. The covering panel provides continuous, authentic and esthetic visual appearance of the covered substrate without visible seams, separating lines, or any other borders between adjacent panels.

Abstract: A wall panel system has at least one panel with face sheets of compressed solid cement or gypsum based material bonded to a foam core. The core has at least one channel extending through the core on an axis along the length of the panel from a predetermined position on a top edge to a bottom edge of the panel. A slot is provided on opposed side/end edges of the core to allow for a strengthening rod to be inserted between adjacent panels. An edge recess extends along one or more edges of the panel between the rear of the face sheet(s) and the core. The recess can receive and discretely hide connecting panel/plate members connecting adjacent panels.

Abstract: A flooring deck system comprising a plurality of panels having at least two layers including a substantially rigid sheet layer of substantially inorganic material and a substantially rigid inorganic foam layer, the substantially rigid sheet layer having a flooring surface and a joining surface configured to attach to the substantially rigid inorganic foam layer, and the substantially rigid inorganic foam layer having a connecting surface configured to attach to the joining surface of the substantially rigid sheet layer, and an underside surface configured to contact a foundation floor, wherein the substantially rigid inorganic foam layer is configured to support both a static and live floor load gauged for a floor.

Abstract: Building panels, such as floorboards, provided with a mechanical locking system. The mechanical locking system includes a displacement groove at a first edge of a first floorboard and a tongue groove at a second edge of a second floorboard A tongue is arranged in the displacement groove and is configured to cooperate, in a second position, with the tongue groove for vertical locking of the first and the second edge. The tongue includes, in a first position, an inner element and an outer element. The inner element is removable along the displacement groove, and is configured to cooperate with the outer element to obtain a displacement of the outer element towards the tongue groove and thereby obtain the second position. Said inner element and said outer element vertically overlap each other.

Abstract: Described are flooring systems which include an underlayment material that has a non-skid surface. The non-skid performance may arise from frictional properties, as opposed to adhesive properties. Such a flooring system may include a top flooring layer, a subfloor, and an underlayment material disposed between the subfloor and the top flooring layer. Methods for a non-skid underlayment are disclosed herein, as well as methods of manufacture. The underlayment material may comprise at least one layer and a non-skid surface for engaging the subfloor, the surface comprising thermoplastic rubber.

Abstract: A spacer member for spacing boards or tiles includes a plurality of spacing wings extending from a core, where at least two of the spacing wings are movably connected to the core such that the spacer member has both a working configuration and a collapsed configuration.

Abstract: A drywall tape dispenser actuated using a drill has an “L” shaped member having a top cross piece, an elongated side piece, and an elbow portion therebetween thereby forming an L-shape, a first spindle member at a bottom portion of the elongated side piece, a second spindle member at a top portion of the elongated side piece and within the elbow portion, and a third spindle member between the first and second spindle members. An active pressure roller rotatably attached to a distal end section of the top cross piece opposite the elbow portion adapted to press on a surface portion of tape passing thereby. A passive pressure roller rotatably attached to the distal end section of the top cross piece opposite the elbow portion and spaced from the active pressure roller and adapted to press on an opposite surface portion of the tape passing thereby, such that the active pressure roller and the passive pressure roller are adapted to pinch the tape passing therethrough.

Abstract: Scaffolding comprising, a scaffold structure, assembled next to yet spaced from an adjacent face of a building structure with a gap therebetween, comprising a plurality of standards extending vertically adjacent the structure, horizontal ledgers extending between standards and tying the standards in a fixed interrelationship, and a platform supported from the standards and/or the ledgers thereby to be conferred a vertical support in a substantially horizontal disposition; and a guard, as a lateral extension to the platform, configured to hinge or otherwise articulate downwardly from the scaffold structure to bear onto the face of the building structure to at least partially span across the gap.

Abstract: A robotic casting machine (RCM) provides for on-site, or near-site casting and automated production of cast components, such as concrete modular, volumetric building components. The RCM includes stationary and mobile support structures, which can be positioned in a loading configuration, a casting configuration and an ejection configuration in which the cast volumetric component may be ejected from the mold. Tipping machines located beneath the cast component facilitate ejection, rotation and loading of the ejected module onto a transport surface for transport of the module. The support structures are constructed of prefabricated frames that may include at least one standardized section, which may be utilized on every project, and may also include a customized section, which may be provided to achieve desired dimensions of the cast module on a particular project.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a mobile concrete pump with a support structure, which can be placed on a vehicle frame of a truck chassis, for receiving functional units which form a support device and a distributing boom. The functional unit which forms the distributing boom has a rotary head mounted on a boom pedestal in a rotatable manner about a vertical axis, said boom pedestal being secured to the support structure, and the boom pedestal comprises a tank which engages into the support structure and is provided as a rotary bearing for the rotary head. Each functional unit which forms the support device has a support leg mounted in a bearing in a pivotal and/or telescopable manner, said bearing being secured to the support structure.

Abstract: In a filter apparatus with a filter for filtering a liquid including, in a housing, a filter structure which is rotatably supported off-center so that it is arranged at one side in close proximity to the housing wall and at the opposite side a housing space is formed in which at least one nozzle tube with nozzle openings directed toward the filter structure and advantageously also an ultrasound transducer are arranged for removing deposits from the filter structure. A liquid inlet is connected to filter housing bottom wall in the area of the housing space and a return pipe is connected to the bottom wall in communication with a center passage of the filter structure for discharging cleaned liquid. The liquid inlet includes a valve for blocking the water flow and a drain opening for draining cleaning liquid during filter cleaning.

Abstract: The present portable pool cleaner is provided with an improved annular impeller, which facilitates the possible use of a fore receptacle without a filter bag, operating as an eddy trap for large debris, and also facilitates having an aft receptacle incorporating a filter bag or direct connection to in pool filtration systems. The annual impeller is able to effectively limit object size passing to the next stage, within impeding or striking objections passing through the inside gap in the annular impeller. The impeller duct/annular shape, with internal spiral blades, forms a through hole for the light sewage to more easily pass, while heavier particles in the sewage are trapped. The optional fore and aft receptacles may be detachable to facilitate cleaning, replacement and access to the impeller for cleaning or replacement. The handheld design facilitates underwater use.

Abstract: A garage floor barrier system for installation onto a garage floor for segregating debris. The barrier system includes rail portions, connectors, and cover members. The rail portion includes a notch on a bottom side to aid in installation and provides a recess for the placement of adhesive during attachment. The connectors allow for corner, angle, and straight connection and are constructed in a shape and dimension allowing for flexion. The barrier system is installed continuous around a parked vehicle and allows a user to both contain and easily remove trapped debris.

Abstract: Systems and methods for manufacturing a substantially impermeable concrete wall that may be used, for example, in fluid storage tanks to improve leak resistance to pressurized gases or fluids and reduce manufacturing costs.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and systems for an impact barrier system that includes a concrete panel having a front side and a back side, and an ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene layer engaged to at least one side of the concrete panel.

Abstract: Methods and arrangements for controlling the tension of tensioning cables in precompressed towers are disclosed. The towers may comprise a tower section (5), a pair of flanges (15, 15?), a plurality of tensioning cables (10A-10D)and at least one tensioner (30AB, 30CD). The pair of flanges may be arranged around an upper and a lower part of the tower section. The at least one tensioner may be arranged between two of the plurality of tensioning cables (10A-10D). The tensioner may pull the tensioning cables in response to a load signal to increase the tension.

Abstract: A clamp mechanism is disclosed, clamping on a tube made of elastic material, provided with a band clamped on a tube. Inside the tube, in the location where the band clamps, a stiff element is located having a diameter substantially corresponding to the inner diameter of the tube. The band encompasses the tube over the length of at least the half of its circumference and is connected to a tensioning and releasing apparatus. A locking system for a manipulator is also provided including tubes substantially parallel to each other. Each tube is formed of curling strip wound on a drum rigidly connected to a structure. The manipulator has at least one reconfigurable parameter. The system includes a mechanism that is mounted on each one of tubes. Further, a method of operating a reconfigurable manipulator is disclosed including curled strip tubes, wherein the manipulator is provided with a locking system, which is released for reconfiguration of the manipulator and clamped for normal operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for assembling concrete towers with a decreasing sector for wind turbines which comprises a phase of pre-assembly of concrete tower sections which allows to reduce the space required during the stage of pre-assembly of the different tower section prior to lifting and the civil work associated to set said space up wherein, during the pre-assembly phase, a first annular section is confined at least partially within the inner space defined by a second annular section, the invention also relating to the wind turbine associated to said method of assembly.

Abstract: The present invention extends to methods for attaching a piece of glass to a piece of stone. In some aspects, specifically designed glass inlays are secured within a void in a piece of stone. The glass inlays can include colored glass letters, numbers, designs, etc. In some aspects, glass inlays and voids are specifically designed to match one another. Glass inlays can be affixed within the voids using an adhesive. Grout can be then be used to set the glass inlays in place. The result can be monument or marker that commemorates an event or person.

Abstract: A tent peg with illumination device includes, a peg seat, a cord fixing part, an illumination device, and a resilient member. Therein, the peg seat has a peg bore in the middle for a peg body to pass through. The cord fixing part is disposed on one end of the peg seat for fastening a cord body. The illumination device has an installation seat and an illumination assembly. The installation seat is on the other end of the peg seat, and the illumination assembly is installed on the installation seat and capable of rotating against the installation seat for enabling the illumination assembly to illuminate. The resilient member is between the illumination assembly and the installation seat. During the rotation of the illumination assembly against the installation seat, the illumination assembly stably contacts an inner wall of the installation seat through the resilient member.

Abstract: Fastening mechanism comprises a extruded profile (1), at least one joining flat and first means of fastening of the joining flats of the extruded profile, said extruded profile being arranged on the outside of at least one ground anchoring foot and comprising longitudinal grooves having a C-shaped cross section, with opposite projections, for holding the joining flats wherein the first fastening means comprise a solid profile arranged along and on the inside of the longitudinal groove of the extruded profile, the solid profile comprising in turn contact surfaces arranged on both sides of a fastening projection, the contact surfaces being embedded against the inner faces of the opposite projections of the groove when at least one screw of the first fastening means is screwed into the solid profile (3.1) by means of its fastening projection.

Abstract: An extraction device eases the task of removing a post, bush or the like from a ground surface. The device includes a pair of legs pivotally coupled together at respective first ends of the legs. A bar is pivotally coupled to a first one of the pair of legs. The bar has a notch extending upwardly into a bottom edge of the bar. A projection is coupled to a second one of the legs. The projection is insertable into the notch to secure the legs in a static position relative to each other. A connector is coupled to an associated one of the legs proximate the first end of the pair of legs. A ratcheting mechanism is removably coupled to the connector. A cable is removably coupled to the ratcheting mechanism for extending around a structural object for removing the structural object from the ground surface.

Abstract: A handle structure is provided with handles and finger insertion recesses disposed on each of first and second doors. Each handle is provided with a finger-hook plate piece that extends vertically while protruding from the vicinity of one end faces on an outer surface, where first and second doors are bendably joined, toward other end faces. The finger insertion recesses are formed on the outer surfaces of the first and second doors in such a manner as to face the finger-hook plate pieces, and are formed in dimensions that enable fingers to be hooked on inner surfaces of the handles. The handles and the finger insertion recesses are formed in a bilaterally symmetrical shape with the end faces, which face each other, of the doors in the center.

Abstract: A method of easily installing a preferably antimicrobial cover trim to a push bar of an exit device for a door, as well as a method for increasing fingerprint resistance of metal touch surfaces.

Abstract: A lock insert for a cylinder lock is disclosed for locking an electric switch, including a main part with an opening for receiving the cylinder lock. In an embodiment, the inner wall of the opening is designed to at least partially contact an outer wall of the cylinder lock, and in the inner wall at least one slot is formed to allow freedom of radial movement of locking elements in the cylinder lock, the positions of which correspond to a locked position of the cylinder lock.

Abstract: A cylinder lock includes a side bar assembly comprising a binding bar and a testing bar and code pins, each comprising a key projection, a code hole, and binding features. Partial rotation of the cylinder causes the binding bar to engage the binding features of the code pins to prevent axial movement of the pins. If the code holes of the code pins are aligned with code points of the testing bar, the testing bar is able to move inwardly with the binding bar and out of the slot so as to permit the cylinder to rotate within the bore. If one or more code holes is not aligned with a code point of the testing bar, the code point will contact the body of the code pin and thereby be prevented from moving radially inwardly out of a locking slot, thus blocking rotation of the cylinder.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a lock cylinder having a rotatable spindle with at least one disc and at least one wafer housing rotatingly engaged therewith. A slidable wafer is carried on the wafer housing. A locking bar is operable to prevent rotation of the lock cylinder in a locked position and permit rotation of the lock cylinder in an unlocked position.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a lockset for use with a case including a first body and a second body. The lockset includes a housing embedded in a first side of the first body and a rotatable combination lock disposed in the housing revealing discs. When the rotatable combination lock is locked, the rotatable combination lock could not rotate in the housing and limits the second body not to open from the first body; when the rotatable combination lock is unlocked, the rotatable combination lock could be rotated to an unlock-position in the housing and frees the second body open from the first body.

Abstract: An intelligent door lock system is configured to be in communication with a mobile device. The intelligent door lock system includes a drive shaft of a lock device for a door. A circuit is coupled to an engine with a memory. A device is provided that converts energy into mechanical energy and is coupled to the drive shaft. The intelligent door lock system is configured to be in communication with a mobile device that includes a vibration/tapping sensing device. The vibration/tapping sensing device is configured to lock or unlock the door in response to knocking or tapping at the mobile device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a mortise lock which can open a door when a user pushes or pulls a knob. The mortise lock includes: a knob configured to be pushed and pulled by a user; a rose which is mounted at one side of the front face and the rear face of the door and to which one side of the knob is inserted and fixed in such a manner that the knob can be rotated; a gear guide to which one side of the knob inserted into the rose is connected and which is configured to vertically slide according to rotation of the knob; and a latch actuating part of which one side is connected with the gear guide and of which the other side is connected with the latch so as to be moved in a specific direction by the vertical sliding of the gear guide, wherein when the latch actuating part is moved in the specific direction, the latch is inserted or protrudes out. The mortise lock can easily open the door just by the user's one-step action to push or pull the knob indoors or outdoors.

Abstract: An electronic locking mechanism has a body portion with movable retaining members that are controlled utilizing an electrically controlled actuator. The actuator operates the retaining member to move radially outwardly of the body portion circumference in a locked position and allows the retaining member to move radially inwardly of the circumference in an unlocked position. An electronic key can be utilized to operate the electronic locking mechanism.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle door comprising a door leaf with a drive, a magnetic device as a component of the drive, and at least one sensor which is associated with the door leaf. According to the invention, said magnetic device also comprises a magnetorheological element and/or a magnetohydrodynamic element which can be actuated by at least one magnet.

Abstract: A vehicle includes an opening between an upper frame and a door when the vehicle is seen from the side. The vehicle includes a lever pivotally attached to a portion of an inner wall of the door that is located above a middle position of the door in an up-down direction and forward of a latch mechanism, and an interlocking shaft linked to the lever and the latch mechanism. The interlocking shaft is configured to move in a vehicle front-rear direction as the lever is pivoted, thus interlocking the latch mechanism with the lever.

Abstract: A closure latch for a vehicle door is provided. The closure latch includes an emergency lock actuator to permit a person to lock the door in the event that the power lock actuator is unusable. The latch also includes an ‘impatient passenger’ feature, which permits the doors to be unlocked using the remote keyless-entry feature on the key fob even in a situation where an ‘impatient passenger’ had prematurely lifted the door handle of the vehicle. In some prior art latches, such an action by an ‘impatient passenger’ would prevent the drive motor on the latch from unlocking the latch, thereby necessitating the owner to press the unlock button on the key fob a second time. There is some overlap in the components that used for the ‘impatient passenger’ feature and the components used for the emergency lock actuator, thereby reducing cost and complexity of the latch.

Abstract: A door handle apparatus for a vehicle includes a frame member, a handle body including a handle shaft portion, a bearing member including first and second holding portions arranged away from each other in a rotation axis direction of the handle shaft portion held at the bearing member and defining a holding void for holding the handle shaft portion, the bearing member being supported at the frame member in a state where the bearing member is rotatable between an assembly completion position and an assembly ready position, and a holding release inhibition mechanism inhibiting a release of a state where the handle shaft portion is held at the holding void by restricting an operation of at least one of the first and second holding portions in a case where the handle body receives a load in a predetermined direction while the bearing member is at the assembly completion position.

Abstract: A door handle device for a vehicle includes a frame member, an outside handle and a seal member. The frame member includes a frame-side stopper. The outside handle includes a handle shaft portion and an engagement leg portion. The handle shaft portion is mounted to the frame member. The seal member includes a body portion sealing the outside handle and the door outer panel, the seal member including an extending portion extending from the body portion to a first region where the frame-side stopper and the handle-side stopper face with each other. The extending portion includes a first buffer piece. The frame-side stopper receives an impact generated in response to a pivot of the outside handle about the handle shaft portion to the full stroke position via the first buffer piece of the extending portion of the seal member, the first buffer piece being positioned at the first region.

Abstract: A latch assembly is disclosed that has a latch, a locking lever having locked and unlocked positions, and a detent lever having engaged and disengaged positions. The locking lever is configured to secure the latch in the closed position when the locking lever is in the locked position and the detent lever is configured to provide a detent function when the detent lever is in the engaged position. In certain aspects, the latch assembly includes a single motor and cam assembly having three configurations, wherein the locking lever and detent lever are respectively in the unlocked and disengaged positions while in the first configuration, in the unlocked and engaged positions while in the second configuration, and in the locked and engaged positions while in the third configuration.

Abstract: A door closer device for a vehicle includes a latch, a drive force transmission mechanism and a cancellation mechanism cancelling a closing operation of the drive force transmission mechanism. The drive force transmission mechanism includes a drive force transmission portion rotatable between a transmission position where the latch is configured to receive a drive force of an actuator and a non-transmission position where the latch is configured not to receive the drive force of the actuator. The cancellation mechanism includes a first operation portion and a second operation portion, the first operation portion engaged with the drive force transmission portion to be rotated irrespective of the second operation portion, the second operation portion engaged with the drive force transmission portion to be rotated irrespective of the first operation portion, the first and second operation portions rotating the drive force transmission portion from the transmission position to the non-transmission position.

Abstract: A security reinforcement system for a door assembly having a door frame with first and second spaced-apart vertical structural supports and a door hinged thereto has first- and second-channel base plates respectively mountable to the first and second vertical structural support. Pivotally attached to the first and second base plates, respectively, are first and second opposed pluralities of security arms which rotate from a retracted position to an extended position in which security arms of the opposed pluralities extend toward each other across a portion of the door, reinforcing the door when first and second actuator arms operatively coupled to the first and second pluralities, respectively, are rotated from a vertical position to a horizontal position and are releasably coupled together by a sleeve.

Abstract: A locking apparatus of a side-gate in which a locker pivotably mounted to a post binds a hook when the side-gate mounted with the hook pivots to be raised, may include a knob that is located to be spaced apart from the locker and is pivotably mounted to the post, and a link bar, one end of which is connected to the locker, and another end of which is connected to the knob, wherein rotational force generated by the knob is transmitted to pivot the locker through a link bar.

Abstract: A dual-shaft synchronous transmission fixing device has a simplified structure and minified volume. The gap between the rotary shafts can be changed or adjusted according to the transmission specification so that the electronic device can be thinned and lightweight. The fixing device includes a driver and a reactor respectively disposed on a first shaft and a second shaft and a link unit engaged with the driver and the reactor, whereby the first and second shafts can be synchronously rotated. The fixing device further includes a main fixing plate and a subsidiary fixing plate having identical structures. The main fixing plate and the subsidiary fixing plate are disposed on the first and second shafts. Each of the main fixing plate and the subsidiary fixing plate has a base section for together pivotally connecting with the link unit.

Abstract: A door checker for a vehicle includes a hinge rotatably connecting a door to a vehicle body and having a shaft, a slider penetratingly inserted into the shaft and linearly moving with rotational force of the shaft, and a checking unit linearly reciprocating in a radial direction of the shaft by the slider. By implementing a manipulation feeling in opening and closing a door by increasing a section for checking the door by converting a rotational movement of the door into a linear movement based on a screw principle, operability can be improved to enhance marketability, and durability can be enhanced by increasing the section for implementing operating force for opening and closing a door.

Abstract: A carrier for a window sash has a balance connecting portion configured to be connected to a window balance. A vertical rail system is configured to slidingly engage a bracket of the window sash.

Abstract: An American damper concealed hinge comprises a first base, a second base, a hinging rotation arm, one end of the hinging rotation arm being hinged to the first base, the other end of the hinging rotation arm being hinged to the second base, the first base being provided with a cavity; wherein the cavity is internally provided with a damper device that is drivable by the hinging rotation arm, left and right sides of the damper device being respectively provided with a first baffle and a second baffle, a first torsion spring being disposed between the first baffle and a left side wall of the first base, a second torsion spring being disposed between the second baffle and a right side wall of the first base, a first extending leg of the first torsion spring and a first extending leg of the second torsion spring being respectively pressed onto the hinging rotation arm, and a second extending leg of the first torsion spring and a second extending leg of the second torsion spring being respectively pressed onto the

Abstract: In one embodiment, window regulator 140 uses a rotational bearing assembly 270 to reduce stress on the system. The window regulator 140 may guide in a groove 310 a tackle 240 moving a runner 220. The window regulator 140 may move the groove 310 with the tackle 240. The window regulator 140 may rotate the groove 310 around an axis 302 using a rotational bearing assembly 270.

Abstract: A three-dimensional edge cladding for an architectural opening that includes a forward facing portion having a substantially constant first profile along a longitudinal axis. The forward facing portion includes a plurality of spaced apart nailing flanges, stepped surface topography projecting generally forward and away from the flanges. A longitudinally extending channel receives a side facing portion having a substantially constant second profile that include a portion that is generally orthogonal to the nailing flanges. A joint cover portion for covering the section where two or more edge cladding members meet.