Abstract: Disclosed is disassembly device for disassembling component such as touch display screen, the component comprising a first substrate and substrates which are arranged oppositely and between which adhesive is provided. The device comprises oppositely arranged two fixture mechanisms which fix the first substrate and the second substrate, respectively, and which can relatively move close to or away from each other. The device further comprises an adhesive processing mechanism, such that an adhesive force between the adhesive after processing and the first (and/or second) substrate is less than the adhesive force between the adhesive before processing and the first (and/or second) substrate. With the disassembly device according to the embodiments of the disclosure, the mutually attached first substrate and second substrate can be efficiently disassembled without damaging the first substrate and the second substrate.

Abstract: Provided is a removing unit that includes: a first conveying roller, a second conveying roller, a third conveying roller, and a take-up roller. The first conveying roller conveys a stack including first and second base members which are removably stacked with respect to each other. The second conveying roller conveys the second base member from which the first base member has been removed. The third conveying roller conveys the first base member which has been removed from the second base member, along a surface of the first conveying roller. The take-up roller takes up the first base member which has been conveyed by the third conveying roller. The second conveying roller is provided upstream from a first tangent in a conveying direction of the first base member. The third conveying roller is provided to overlap the first tangent or provided downstream from the first tangent, in the conveying direction.

Abstract: Embodiments include an apparatus for fabricating a three-dimensional object from a digital representation of the object stored in a computer readable media, the apparatus comprising: a component having a surface on which the object is to be fabricated, wherein information is embedded within the component; a sensor configured to sense the information embedded within the component; a module configured to, based on the sensor sensing the information embedded within the component, determine one or both of (i) a characteristic of the component and (ii) a configuration parameter of the apparatus; and a print mechanism disposed above the surface of the component, wherein the print mechanism is configured to, based on the determined one or both of (i) the characteristic of the component and (ii) the configuration parameter of the apparatus, fabricate the object on the surface of the component.

Abstract: A device for automated implementation of preliminary reverse exposure, main exposure, and development of digitally imagable flexographic printing elements, and a method for producing flexographic printing plates starting from digitally imaged flexographic printing elements, using said apparatus.

Abstract: A method of creating a vascular network for printing a fluid onto a substrate is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: determining a deposit objective; selecting a fluid having at least one fluid property; designing a vascular network to achieve the deposit objective; selecting a fluid delivery system, and depositing the fluid in liquid form that solidifies into the vascular network according to the deposit objective.

Abstract: A non-contact web guide includes a wall having a curved exterior surface and a hollow interior containing a pressurized liquid. A first row of liquid ejection holes is provided in proximity to the web guide entry position, second and third rows of liquid ejection holes is provided in proximity to the web guide exit position, and an intermediate array of liquid ejection holes is provided between the first and second rows. A total number of liquid ejection holes in the intermediate array is less than a total number of liquid ejection holes in the second row. This configuration of ejection boles provides the advantage that stable web guidance is achieved at low liquid flow rates.

Abstract: This object is solved by a device for inspecting a print material, including evaluation value acquisition means for inspecting a plurality of print materials and acquiring an evaluation value indicating quality of each print material, allowed-number-of-failed-product acquisition means for acquiring an allowed number of failed products among the plurality of print materials, determination criterion determination means for determining a determination criterion in which the number of failed products is equal to or smaller than the allowed number of failed products and a sum of evaluation values of passed products becomes a highest-quality value, pass and fail determination means for determining pass or fail of each print material on the basis of the determination criterion and the evaluation value of each print material, and output means for outputting a determination result of the pass and fail determination means.

Abstract: A measurement position presentation guide indicating a measurement position of the print material is generated on the basis of the print image data. To achieve the second object, print image data is analyzed to extract a plurality of measurement candidate regions that are candidates of a measurement position. The number of measurement positions to be allocated to each of a plurality of measurement candidate region groups of which image signal values are different is determined. The measurement candidate region group of which the image signal value is within a predetermined range with respect to the measurement candidate region group to which the measurement position has been allocated is excluded from targets of allocation of the measurement position.

Abstract: A micro-fiber cleaning plate comprising: a micro-fiber sheet including fibers that extend outward from a surface of the microfiber sheet in a uniform direction; a leading edge locking strip connected to the micro-fiber sheet along a first edge; and a rear edge locking strip connected to the micro-fiber sheet along a second edge opposite the first edge, wherein the leading edge locking strip engages to the rear edge locking strip to secure the micro-fiber cleaning plate to a roll of an anilox print system.

Abstract: A surface treatment liquid for a porous sound-absorbing material, the surface treatment liquid comprising water and a colorant-fixing component, and the colorant-fixing component comprising at least one component selected from the group consisting of cationic water-dispersible resins, inorganic particles having a median size measured by a dynamic light scattering method of less than 1 ?m, and polyvalent metal salts.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that is provided with a plurality of nozzle openings that discharge a liquid, and pressure generation units that generate pressure changes in pressure generation chambers that are respectively in communication with the nozzle openings, a detection unit that detects a discharge fault of liquid droplets of the liquid ejecting head for each of the nozzle openings, and a control unit that controls the pressure generation units, in which the control unit has a discharge prohibition mode in which the driving of a pressure generation unit that corresponds to a nozzle opening in which a discharge fault is detected, is prohibited after the corresponding discharge fault is detected while recording is underway.

Abstract: An inkjet printer includes plural inkjet heads that are aligned in a head alignment direction to form a head row, a blower that blows air to the head row from one side along the head alignment direction, and an aspirator that is disposed on an extended line of the head row and on the other side along the head alignment direction for aspirating air through its aspirator port. The aspirator includes a tubular duct that extends from the aspirator port toward the head row.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus which includes a modulation circuit which generates a modulated signal obtained by performing pulse modulation with respect to a source signal as a source of a driving signal; a boosting circuit which outputs a voltage boosted by at least a first capacitor; a pair of transistors which generates an amplified-modulated signal based on the modulated signal; a low pass filter which generates a driving signal by smoothing the amplified-modulated signal; a voltage generating circuit which outputs an offset voltage from an output terminal; and a second capacitor which is electrically connected to the output terminal, in which at least the boosting circuit and the voltage generating circuit are integrated in an integrated circuit, and a distance between the first capacitor and the integrated circuit is shorter than a distance between the second capacitor and the integrated circuit.

Abstract: According to an example, multi-directional single pass printing may include utilizing a print head that includes slots that include a first slot for a first ink color, and two or more additional slots. A slot of the additional slots may be disposed on a first side of the first slot, and another slot of the additional slots may be disposed on a second side of the first slot. The additional slots may include a further ink color. Data may be forwarded to a set of slots when a direction bit related to the print head is set to a first value, and to another set of slots when the direction bit is set to a second value. A number of channels for forwarding the data to the slots may be less than the number of slots.

Abstract: Staggered fluid ejection dies may include first, second and third fluid ejection dies, each of the dies having fluid feed passages between first and second long edges. And electrical interconnect may extend from a location proximate the first long edge of each of the fluid ejection dies. A temperature sensor may be supported proximate the second long edge of each of the fluid ejection dies. Each of the fluid ejection dies may omit temperature sensors proximate the first long edge.

Abstract: An inkjet recording method includes applying one or more drive pulses to a pressure generating device of a recording head including a nozzle plate, a liquid chamber, and discharging droplets of ink from the nozzle. Also, the following conditions 1 and 2 are satisfied. 1. The ink has a dynamic surface tension 10 mN/m or more greater than the static surface tension of the ink when the surface life length is 15 ms and 3 mN/m or more greater than the static surface tension of the ink when the surface life length is 1,500 ms, as measured by maximum bubble pressure technique at 25 degrees C. 2. At least one of the drive pulses has a voltage changing portion to draw in the ink, the voltage changing portion having a changing time of one third or more of the resonance period of the liquid chamber.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a plurality of substrates joined together in a stacked state, a space formed in one substrate out of the plurality of substrates, and a movable region configured by one face out of faces bounding the space. The movable region includes a recess indented from a space side to partway along a thickness direction of the movable region. An internal dimension of the recess in a direction perpendicular to a substrate stacking direction is larger than an internal dimension of the space in the direction perpendicular to the substrate stacking direction, and a wall bounding the space in the one substrate, and at least a portion of a bottom face of the recess, are adhered together by an adhesive.

Abstract: A piezoelectric device includes a substrate that includes a piezoelectric element formed by stacking a piezoelectric layer, a first electrode and a second electrode such that the piezoelectric layer is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a wiring substrate that includes a driving element providing a signal for driving the piezoelectric element to the substrate. The substrate has an inspection region where a piezoelectric element for inspection which is a portion of the piezoelectric element is disposed. The wiring substrate has an electrode inspection region including an electrode to be inspected that is electrically connected to the piezoelectric element for inspection and is disposed on a surface side opposite to the substrate, and a flexible substrate mounting region which is disposed on the surface side opposite to the substrate, and is connected to a flexible substrate.

Abstract: According to one embodiment in an ink jet head, the common electrodes for all the actuators, without overlapping with the first wiring pattern formed by individual electrodes, are connected to a second wiring pattern that passes between the outer peripheral portion of piezoelectric bodies, and a third wiring pattern that extends in a direction different from a direction of the second wiring pattern. The first wiring pattern and the third wiring pattern are electrically insulated at intersections thereof.

Abstract: There is provided an ink-jet head including: first and second head chips each formed with two first nozzle arrays extending in a first direction, each of the first nozzle arrays including first nozzles corresponding to a first ink, second nozzles corresponding to a second ink, and third nozzles corresponding to a third ink; third and fourth head chips each formed with two third nozzle arrays extending in the first direction, each of the third nozzle arrays including fourth nozzles corresponding to the fourth ink. The first head chip to the fourth head chip are arranged in parallel in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.

Abstract: A printing device includes a heating section capable of heating paper P transported over a support platform, a head unit that is disposed at a position facing the support platform with a gap therebetween, and that is capable of rotating about a rotation shaft extending along width direction X, and a head cooling unit that is capable of cooling the head unit. The head unit is provided with a first head that includes a nozzle capable of ejecting ink, a second head that includes a nozzle capable of ejecting ink, and a third head that includes a nozzle capable of ejecting ink, with the heads provided around a rotation direction of the head unit with gaps between one another. When one head out of the respective heads faces the paper P, another head out of the respective heads can be made to face the head cooling unit.

Abstract: A printing apparatus includes ejection heads configured to eject a liquid onto a medium, a plurality of sub-units each including an ejection head row configured by a plurality of the ejection heads, and a plurality of maintenance sections configured to sequentially perform maintenance on the sub-units. The plurality of the maintenance sections are configured such that positions of at least two of the plurality of the maintenance sections are aligned with positions of at least two of the plurality of the sub-units, respectively, while the at least two of the plurality of the maintenance sections perform the maintenance.

Abstract: An ink-jet printer including a conveyor, a carriage, a recording head, a power supply, an ink receiver, a command receiver, and a controller, is provided. The controller executes the steps of: determining a discharge ink amount that should be discharged to the ink receiver; raising a drive voltage to a first voltage when the discharge ink amount is less than a first threshold value, and raising the drive voltage to a second voltage when the discharge ink amount is the first threshold value or more; performing a flushing process; based on the flushing process after having raised the drive voltage to the second voltage having finished in the case of having raised the drive voltage to the second voltage, stepping down the drive voltage from the second voltage to the first voltage; and based on the flushing process having finished and on the drive voltage being the first voltage, performing a printing process.

Abstract: A printhead assembly for an inkjet printer has a ink filter tower portion that contains filtered ink and includes multiple, substantially parallel extending elements. Settling of ink in an ink filter tower could clog the printhead nozzles and lessen the print quality. Therefore, in order to prevent the settling of the ink in the ink filter tower of the present design, a free-floating weighted slider is installed within the ink filter tower. The weighted slider has a top bridging member and downward-pointing shafts that are movable within trenches formed between the extending elements. During a reciprocating motion of the printhead assembly, the slider moves in a direction opposite to the direction of the printhead assembly and thereby agitates the ink within the tower. In addition to sliding from side to side of the printhead assembly, the slider may also be designed to pivot about an upper axis as it moves to further agitate the ink.

Abstract: A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid, a subsidiary tank connected to the liquid ejecting head, and a main tank capable of supplying the liquid to the subsidiary tank. The subsidiary tank is provided with a liquid introducing portion that receives the liquid from the main tank. The liquid introducing portion includes a receiving member that receives the liquid from the main tank. The receiving member is a porous member that seals the pressure chamber by being impregnated with the liquid. The main tank includes a reservoir portion in which the liquid is stored and a connecting flow path that extends from the reservoir portion. The connecting flow path includes a terminal portion that is connectable to and disconnectable from the liquid introducing portion.

Abstract: A fluidic dispensing device includes a casing having a reservoir chamber and a primary vent chamber. An end cap is positioned at an end of the casing. The end cap is connected to the casing. A vent path extends from the primary vent chamber to the atmosphere through a gap between the end cap and the casing.

Abstract: A controller provided in a control device calculates an index value indicative of an amount of a specific type of ink in a specific type of color to be used in printing at least a part of a target image including a first image and a second image. In response to determining that the index value is not greater than a threshold value, the controller controls a printer to print the first image and the second image using the specific type of ink for reproducing the specific type of color. In response to determining that the index value is greater than the threshold value, the controller controls the printer to print the first image using the specific type of ink and to print the second image using a different type of ink different from the specific type of ink for reproducing the specific type of color.

Abstract: In order to provide an image forming apparatus capable of forming a high quality image on a film-shaped medium, the present printer includes an image forming section B1 that forms an image on a transfer film using an ink ribbon, a film conveying mechanism that has a motor Mr4 and conveys the transfer film while applying a tension thereto, an ink ribbon conveying section that has a motor Mr3 and conveys the ink ribbon while applying a tension thereto, and a control section that controls the image forming section B1, motor Mr3, and motor Mr4. When adjusting the drive amount of one of the motors Mr3 and Mr4, the control section also adjusts the drive amount of the other one thereof according to the adjustment amount of the one motor.

Abstract: A thermal head includes a substrate; a plurality of heating elements disposed on the substrate; a plurality of electrodes disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of heating elements; a connector disposed adjacent to the substrate and including a plurality of connector pins including connection portions, each of which is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of electrodes, and a housing containing the plurality of connector pins; and a covering member covering the connection portions on the substrate. The housing includes an opening facing away from the substrate. The covering member includes a first portion located on the substrate and a second portion located on the housing. The second portion includes a first protrusion protruding toward the opening in a plan view.

Abstract: A thermal print head includes a semiconductor substrate, a resistor layer and a wiring layer. The resistor layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate and has a plurality of heat generating portions arranged in the main scanning direction. The wiring layer is formed on the semiconductor substrate to be included in a conduction path for energizing the plurality of heat generating portions. The conduction path includes a path or paths provided by the semiconductor substrate itself.

Abstract: A printer printing an image on a print medium based on print data including print dot data for each of print lines. The printer includes a print head including heating elements arranged along a direction of the print lines, and a controller finding the number of print dots on each print line and determining a first or second control mode as a control mode of the heating elements for printing each print line based on the found number of print dots. In the first control mode, the heating elements are divided into first groups including two or more adjacent heating elements and are heated at a different timing. In the second control mode, the heating elements are divided into second groups including two or more heating elements with at least two thereof spaced apart and are heated at a different timing.

Abstract: A system for printing an image on a surface includes a robot, a printhead having a reference line printing mechanism, and a reference line sensor. The robot has at least one arm. The printhead is mounted to the arm and is movable by the arm over a surface along a rastering path while printing a new image slice on the surface. The reference line printing mechanism is configured to print a reference line on the surface when printing the new image slice. The reference line sensor is configured to sense the reference line of an existing image slice and transmit a signal to the robot causing the arm to adjust the printhead in a manner such that a side edge of the new image slice is aligned with the side edge of the existing image slice.

Abstract: A medium transport apparatus includes a transport section configured to support a medium and transport the medium in a transport direction, and a wrinkle reducing section configured to come into contact with the medium to reduce the formation of wrinkles in the medium. The wrinkle reducing section can change surfaces to come into contact with the medium. The medium transport apparatus having such a structure enables to reduce the formation of wrinkles in the medium.

Abstract: A transport apparatus that transports a medium while heating the medium includes a transport belt that has a support surface on which a plurality of protrusions are formed, and transports the medium while attracting the medium with an intermolecular force generated between the plurality of protrusions and the medium, and a heating section for heating the medium transported by the transport belt. The plurality of protrusions are formed of a metal.

Abstract: A method for the indirect application of printing liquid onto a printing material provides an intermediate carrier, preferably a circulating belt, a liquid conditioning medium including a first substance applied onto the intermediate carrier and a printing liquid, in particular an inkjet ink, including a second substance applied onto the conditioning medium on the intermediate carrier. The printing liquid is situated as droplets or a layer substantially on the conditioning medium and the droplets or the layer form a contact region on their underside with the conditioning medium. The printing liquid is heated, preferably by way of a dryer and the printing liquid is transferred from the intermediate carrier onto the printing material.

Abstract: A self-strip media module in a printer is provided. The self-strip media module includes a peel bar having a length at least as great as the length of a platen roller and being rotatably engaged at the ends of the platen roller. The media includes a series of labels adhered to a liner. The media is fed over the peel bar and between the platen roller and a mid-chassis. The peel bar may be rotated towards the discharge side of the platen roller, pulling the media over the platen roller and over itself. A thermal print head is lowered onto the media over the platen roller and to print on the labels. The printer advances the media over the peel bar. The labels are stripped from the liner when the media advances around the peel bar.

Abstract: A printer includes a first housing part, a second housing part, a printing part that prints on the first paper sheet and the second paper sheet, a conveying part that includes a holding part that is configured to hold the overlapping first paper sheet and the second paper sheet respectively pulled out from a first paper roll and a second paper roll, and conveys the first paper sheet out of the first paper sheet and the second paper sheet held by the holding part to the printing part, a first paper sheet sensor that detects the presence of the first paper sheet, and a controlling part that makes the conveying part convey the second paper sheet held by the holding part to the printing part when the first paper sheet sensor detects that there is no first paper sheet to be conveyed to the printing part.

Abstract: Inkjet printer for the labeling of goods having a print head having a cylindrically shaped housing. A latching lug, and a circumferentially extending groove are formed on the housing in a rear region thereof, in the vicinity of a rear face of the housing. Further, it has an annular collar having an inner wall adapted to the housing. On the one hand, the housing is capable of being fixed and, on the other hand, it is rotatable and axially movable, relative to the annular collar. The annular collar has a bore hole axially aligned with the groove, and a fixing projection located in the bore hole. Further, it has several latching recesses for the latching lug. When the latching lug is positioned in one of the latching recesses, the bore hole is located radially above the groove.

Abstract: An inkjet printer includes a conveyer, a plurality of inkjet heads, a head cooler configured to generate cooling air and cool the plurality of inkjet heads by the generated cooling air, and a controller. The controller is configured to drive the plurality of inkjet heads to perform non-ejection drive on at least one of lines which involve no ink ejection, the non-ejection drive being driving of the plurality of inkjet heads to such a degree as to eject no ink. The controller is configured to determine a non-ejection drive ratio for each of the plurality of inkjet heads in accordance with a position of each of the plurality of inkjet heads, the non-ejection drive ratio being a ratio of lines on which the controller performs the non-ejection drive to the lines which involve no ink ejection.

Abstract: An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink tank forming an ink chamber and including an injection inlet, a cover, a cover sensor, a recording head, a monitor, and a controller. The cover is movable between a covering position and an exposing position. The cover sensor is positioned to output a signal depending on the position of the cover. The controller controls operation of the recording head, the monitor. The controller receives either a first positional signal or a second positional signal of the cover sensor, and based on receipt of the first positional signal after receipt of the second positional signal from the cover sensor, performs a decision process deciding whether an operation regarding ink injection into the ink chamber is completed.

Abstract: A method and system for performing color print quality monitoring for a color printing process, the method includes determining a calibration distance (ZCAL) between a Spectrophotometer (140) and an associated calibration patch (310) that provides a maximum luminescence value (LMAX) detected by the Spectrophotometer. The Spectrophotometer (140) is calibrated at the calibration distance by taking a color reading. A first color patch distance (Z1) between the Spectrophotometer and a color calibration patch (320) printed on a sheet (155) is determined from a first maximum color patch luminescence value (L1). A first color reading of the color calibration patch is taken and a second color patch distance (Z2) between the Spectrophotometer and a different area of the color calibration patch (320) is determined to provide a second maximum color patch luminescence value (L2).

Abstract: Provided is a thermoplastic resin film comprising a base layer (A) containing a thermoplastic resin and a coating layer (B) provided on at least one surface of the base layer (A), the coating layer (B) containing components derived from (a) an emulsion containing resin particles formed from an olefin-based copolymer and (b) an ethyleneimine-based resin, wherein the thermoplastic resin film is characterized in that a volume-average particle size of the resin particles contained in the emulsion is from 0.1 to 0.72 ?m. The thermoplastic resin film has good coloring performance during printing using gold ink and/or silver ink, has conventional transferability and adhesiveness even in hot melt transfer, and shows little generation of paper dust.

Abstract: A document and an Anti-counterfeiting method for use in such documents are described. Said document and Anti-counterfeiting method include introducing a plurality of raised nanoscopic to microscopic structures, here referred to as reconfigurable structures, formed over a polymer substrate to induce optical changes, such as structural color and/or optical fuzziness. Dynamic changes using liquids provide the anti-counterfeiting measures.

Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate generally to relief sculptures, and more particularly to methods of creating relief sculptures, kits for creating relief sculptures, and the relief sculptures themselves. A relief sculpture may include, for example, a transparent plate, a sculpting medium contacting a portion of the transparent plate, and a pliable sheet having a first surface comprising an image and a second surface that is adhered to the transparent plate, the sculpting medium, or both, wherein the image comprises an image feature that corresponds to the portion of the transparent plate to which the sculpting medium is contacted.

Abstract: A method for memorializing a sports jersey via creating a shimmering light-reflective pattern resembling a three-dimensional wave on a plurality of two-dimensional metallic surfaces features obtaining a plurality of planar metallic blanks. The method features obtaining an angle grinder having a circular grinding disc located thereon. The method features embedding a first series of arc-shaped striations sequentially located one above another along a first striation axis on each metallic blank via operation of the angle grinder. The method features embedding subsequent series' of arc-shaped striations sequentially located one above another along subsequent striation axes on each metallic blank via operation of the angle grinder. This step is repeated until the desired shimmering light-reflective pattern resembling a three-dimensional wave on a two-dimensional metallic surface is achieved. The method features assembling the metallic blanks, one atop of another creating layers.

Abstract: A capped fastener is provided with deflected projections on the nut body for securing a cap on the nut body. The deflected projections fit within a double walled edge of the cap. The projections are deflected through a simple method during the assembly process.

Abstract: A system. The system includes a wheel, a protective device and a fastener system. The fastener system is connected to the wheel and the protective device. The fastener system includes an elastomeric fastener configured to allow for controlled radial and rotational displacement of the protective device relative to the wheel in x and y directions.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein describe systems and methods for a bead lock wheel line in scaled vehicles. The bead lock wheel line may include a wheel center section and a bead lock ring. The bead lock ring may be configured to be overlaid on the wheel center section, wherein screws may be inserted through orifices positioned within the bead lock ring and into orifices positioned on the wheel center section.

Abstract: Adapter for a rolling assembly having an axis of rotation comprising a tire having two beads, a rim with rim well (13) between two rim seats (12) each with an axially outer end, and width W between axially outer ends of these rim seats. The adapter, coupled between each bead and each rim seat, has two axially outer ends (2) each comprising seat (3) and bearing face (4) in a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation. Body (5) connects outer axial ends (2) and comprises a main reinforcement, face (16) in contact with each seat (12) and with well (13) and positioned radially on the inside. The adapter has a total axial width L between each seat (3), and 60%?W/L?20%. Body (5) comprises immobilizing element (8) to wedge the adapter in the rim well (13).

Abstract: Improvements in a caster wheel tilt bar is disclosed. The caster wheel tilt bar is installable and removeable on a caster and is secured over one side of the caster frame and utilizes the tapered portion of the wheel frame. When the cart frame is rotated the tilt bar comes in contact with the ground. Further rotation lifts the wheel above the ground. The tilt bar can be configured in an arc or can be configured with defined angular steps. The angular steps are generally calculated to create a balance point where the cart can hold with limited rocking. The caster wheel tilt bar can also be painted or powder coated to match the color of the pre-existing caster wheel. Because the rod and shoe can be different components, the shoe or rod can be adjusted to accommodate different casters and/or wheel diameters.