Abstract: Finger assemblies at the end of a robotic arm end effector includes talon that are retractable. Retraction may be accomplished by a vertical or horizontal barrel cam, a paddle and spin assembly, and/or a resilient plate.

Abstract: A male member and tool changer for downsizing and preventing damage to proximity sensors; a male member includes a cam adapted to pivot between an engagement position at which the cam engages with a lock pin of a female member and a disengagement position at which the cam moves out of the engagement, and a cylinder unit adapted to pivot the cam between the engagement position and the disengagement position. A first proximity sensor and the second proximity sensor are assembled onto a cylinder sidewall of the cylinder unit and first and second detection surfaces of the proximity sensors are revealed in a cylinder chamber. The first detection surface is placed at a position facing on a piston when the cam is located at the disengagement position and the second detection surface is placed at a position facing on the piston when the cam is located at the engagement position.

Abstract: A bulk workpiece picking system is configured by including: a robot which is provided with an electromagnetic hand capable of magnetically attracting a metal workpiece; a determination section which determines whether or not the workpiece is magnetically attracted by the electromagnetic hand; and a magnetic force control section which controls the magnetic force of the electromagnetic hand, the magnetic force control section being configured such that: before it is determined by the determination section that the magnetic attraction is performed; the magnetic force control section sets a magnitude of the magnetic force of the electromagnetic hand so that the electromagnetic hand can suspend one workpiece and cannot suspend two workpieces; and then, after it is determined by the determination section that the magnetic attraction is performed, the magnetic force control section increases the magnetic force of the electromagnetic hand.

Abstract: The invention relates to a load-balancing device for an articulated arm capable of receiving a load having a weight, the balancing device being characterized in that it comprising a support system able to be fastened to a stationary element of the articulated arm, and an actuator element capable of being attached to a movable input element of the articulated arm, the balancing device also including a lever arm able to exert a force on the actuator element in order to apply said force on the input element of the articulated arm, the lever arm having an adjustable length as a function of the weight of the load.

Abstract: Systems and methods that facilitate cables to pass through moving, space-constrained joints and conveying power and/or signals to various robotic joint-associated elements utilize a unitary and flat laminated cable slack within the joint to accommodate the relative motion between mechanical elements of the joints. In various embodiments, the cable has multiple insulated sub-cables; each sub-cable is insulated and physically separable from all other sub-cables. Some of the sub-cables are separated from the cable and electrically connected to joint-associated components for conveying signals and power thereto without mechanically interfering with relative motion between mechanical elements of the joint.

Abstract: One aspect of the robotic surgery system according to the invention relates to a robot assembly comprising at least one robot and an instrument assembly comprising at least one instrument that is guided by said robot assembly. Said instrument assembly comprises at least one instrument housing having at least one drive unit housing part containing a cavity designed to hold the drive unit, said drive unit housing part having a seal for the sterile sealing of an insertion opening of the cavity in addition to a dynamic sterile barrier which delimits the cavity in a sterile manner and across which the drive train arrangement can be actuated; and/or the drive unit is offset laterally in relation to a longitudinal axis of the instrument shaft towards a connection between the instrument housing and the robot assembly.

Abstract: A robotic surgery system includes a robot assembly comprising at least one robot and an instrument assembly comprising at least one instrument that is guided by the robot assembly. The instrument assembly includes at least one instrument housing having at least one drive unit housing part containing a cavity designed to hold the drive unit. The drive unit housing part includes a seal for the sterile sealing of an insertion opening of the cavity in addition to a dynamic sterile barrier which delimits the cavity in a sterile manner and across which the drive train arrangement can be actuated. The drive unit is offset laterally in relation to a longitudinal axis of the instrument shaft towards a connection between the instrument housing and the robot assembly.

Abstract: This movable robot includes a robot arm which performs an operation for a machine tool, a carriage for moving the robot arm to a predetermined installation position, a vision sensor which is supported by the carriage together with the robot arm and which captures an image of recognition information provided on the machine tool when the robot arm is placed at the predetermined installation position, a partner information receiving section for receiving a partner information regarding the machine tool for which the robot performs the operation, and a controller which determines whether the information obtained from the vision sensor corresponds with the partner information when the robot arm is placed at the predetermined installation position by the carriage, and when it corresponds, the robot arm is set to be a state in which the robot arm can perform the operation.

Abstract: An attachment for use with a conventional barber's clipper or trimmer includes a base plate having a front edge, a rear edge and a pair of opposing side edges. Extending from the front edge of the base plate is at least one central tooth disposed between and spaced from a pair of outer teeth. In at least one embodiment, the central tooth is wider than the outer tooth to create a unique hairstyle. Formed between each outer tooth and the central tooth is a channel that extends to the clipper's cutting blade. Extending from a distal end of each tooth are a pair of elongated, spaced tines that form a U-shaped slot for collecting and bundling a significant portion of hair to isolate it from the cutting blade.

Abstract: A self-hair clipper includes a housing (1), a motor (29) in the housing (1) for driving a blade (18); and a comb adjusting mechanism that forms a space for receiving the motor (29) therein, the comb adjusting mechanism includes two cam wheels (3), and wherein the motor (29) is positioned between the two cam wheels (3).

Abstract: A shaving blade unit with a housing having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a rear edge and a pair of side edges extending between the front edge and the rear edge. The housing has at least one blade disposed between the front edge and the rear edge. The at least one blade has a cutting edge and a blade axis. A first aperture and a second aperture extend into the housing from the top surface. The first and second apertures are positioned in back of the cutting edges in a direction perpendicular to the cutting edge. A pair of spaced apart clips each clip having a leg received within the corresponding aperture of the housing. The clips retain the at least one blade within the housing.

Abstract: A shaving razor handle with a handle casing and a handle interconnect member coupled to the handle casing. The handle interconnect member has a body with an arched profile. A projection extends from the body. The projection has a pair of side surfaces that taper from an enlarged distal end to a relatively smaller base forming a projected apex angle.

Abstract: Consumer products, e.g., shaving systems and toothbrushes, are disclosed which have a replaceable portion, e.g., a shaving assembly or a toothbrush head, that is removably mounted on a handle. The consumer products described herein include keyed structures on the handle and replaceable portion, the relative placement of which creates a unique interaction between the two parts. This unique interaction may, for example, be used to provide a dedicated attachment system for each specific customer of the manufacturer of the consumer product.

Abstract: Cutting head assembly for a centrifugal cutting apparatus, comprising a plurality of drum stations, at least one of which is a cutting station, provided for together forming a drum, and fixing parts provided for assembling and holding the drum stations together. The drum stations have overlapping parts with each time at least one receiving part for receiving one of the fixing parts, such that in assembled condition the adjacent drum stations are each time fixed to each other by means of at least one of the fixing parts at the overlapping parts of the adjacent drum stations.

Abstract: One aspect of the invention provides a jacket-stripping tool including: a reference stop adapted and configured to contact an end of corrugated stainless steel tubing; and one or more cutting blades arranged substantially perpendicular to a central axis of the tool and adapted and configured to create one or more cuts through one or more external jacket layers of the corrugated stainless steel tubing. At least one of the one or more cutting blades is positioned relative to the reference stop such that the at least one of the one or more cutting blades is a multiple of a distance between adjacent corrugation valleys of the corrugated stainless steel tubing.

Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing a Figure-T shaped metal part using a metal plate or a metal rod split by a method for splitting longitudinally an end part of the metal plate or the metal rod having a rectangular, polygonal, or elliptical shape, in which the length of incision in the split portion can be freely adjusted and smooth split face can be formed; a Figure-T shaped metal part manufactured by such method.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a cutting method of a liquid crystal panel, comprising: providing a control device, an image identification device and a knife, and the substrate has respective cutting positions of the knife in a first cutting direction, and the control device is preset with cutting position information of the respective cutting positions; setting a reference alignment mark on the substrate, and the reference alignment mark is positioned between two adjacent cutting positions; capturing the reference alignment mark with the image identification device, and generating reference position information indicating the reference alignment mark; controlling the knife to move to the respective cutting positions in sequence and to cut with the control device according to the reference position information and the cutting position information. The cutting method provided by the present invention can simplify the cutting process and raise the cutting efficiency.

Abstract: A cutting or compression tool comprises a housing and a driving group for moving a driving piston with respect to the housing, a fixed jaw with a first connecting seat and a second connecting seat for a stationary connection to the housing, a mobile jaw with a first fulcrum seat hinged to the fixed jaw at the second connecting seat and a second fulcrum seat hinged to a first connecting plate connected to the driving piston. The distance between the first connecting seat and the second connecting seat of the fixed jaw is equal to the distance between the first fulcrum seat and the second fulcrum seat of the mobile jaw.

Abstract: A perforating apparatus has a base having at least one counter component. The counter component has a length, LCC, and a nonlinear shape having a shape width, W. A support is operatively engaged with the base. A blade having a length, LB, is disposed on the support so as to cooperate in interacting relationship with the counter component. The blade has a plurality of teeth. A web material is perforated as it passes between the base and the support and the blade cooperates with the counter component. A driving means is associated with one of the support and the base to reciprocally shift the one of the support or the base for a distance, D, in a shifting direction. The distance, D, is at least the translational distance that one tooth travels to cover the shape width, W.

Abstract: A sawmill 1 has an operator end 6, a pair of end frames 2, a track 3 elevated by and extending from at least one end frame to the other, a carriage moveable 4 to carry a saw 5 along at least part of the track, flip elements able to move the saw from a horizontal cutting orientation to a vertical cutting orientation, and a relocatable stopper 13 associated with the track. The carriage 4 can be driven away from the operator end 16 with the saw 5 in the horizontal cutting orientation to contact the stopper 13 when the carriage, this resulting in the flip elements automatically moving the saw 4 into the vertical cutting orientation.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing drawers in which the drawers comprise walls, and a bottom. At least first and second walls comprise a tongue and a groove with locking parts. The respective groove is provided on the interior side of the first wall, whereas the respective tongue is provided on the distal end of the second wall. The first and second walls are manufactured of respectively one board.

Abstract: A dado indexing jig includes a plurality of indexing members and indexing surfaces that are adjustable relative to one another and a cutting element to account for a width of a workpiece that corresponds to the width of a dado to be cut. In addition, the indexing surfaces are adjustable to account for a width of a blade or router to cut a dado.

Abstract: A saw with a pivotal guard which can pivot from a first position surrounds at least a portion of the lower edge of the saw blade to a second retracted position where the portion of the lower edge of the saw blade is exposed. A biasing mechanism may be provided for biasing the pivotal guard towards the first position. A pivotal guard actuating mechanism is capable of moving the pivotal guard from the first position to the second retracted position. The pivotal guard actuation mechanism includes a hand lever, a cam mechanism comprising a cam and cam follower connected between the hand lever and the pivotal guard wherein the cam is connected to the pivotal guard and the cam follower is connected to the hand lever.

Abstract: Techniques and products are described for coloring acetylated wood products. An acetylated wood product can be impregnated by a coloring medium within a chamber and the colorant or colorants contained within the coloring medium can be fixed to the acetylated wood product by the application of heat or by application of radio frequency radiation to color any external surface or interior region of the acetylated wood product which has been impregnated by the coloring medium.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a fiber based product, wherein the method comprises the steps of: a) applying a binder composition over a at least one surface of at least one fiber based substrate; b) determining the distribution of the applied binder composition over the en-tire at least one surface of the at least one fiber based substrate; and c) based on the determination in step b) either accepting the treated at least one fiber based substrate for the production of the fiber based product or rejecting the treated at least one fiber based substrate from the production of the fiber based product. The invention further relates to a method for producing a binder composition, to a binder composition and to a fiber based product.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a process for extrusion of mixtures comprising at least one polyvinyl acetal, at least one plasticizer and least one earth alkaline salt of a carboxylic acid, wherein 0.001%-1 wt. % (based on the combined weight of PVB resin and plasticizer) of at least one organic acid having 4 to 30 carbon atoms is added to the mixture.

Abstract: There is provided a forming mold 40 made on the basis of a standard more reliable than an average roughness of a surface of a metal film that generates surface plasmon resonance, the forming mold being capable of improving an S/N ratio of an optical element 20. A forming mold 40 for a substrate 21 of an optical element 20 used for measurements utilizing surface plasmon, wherein an Spc value of a molding surface 51t for transferring a shape onto a surface 21a of the substrate 21 on a side facing an object to be measured is equal to or less than 100 [1/mm].

Abstract: A mandrel bladder end fitting includes a compression housing defining a circumferential interior wall; the interior wall constitutes a first clamping surface. An expansion assembly, axially received within the interior wall, includes a plurality of wedges that collectively define a second clamping surface. The expansion assembly also includes a central core and a threaded member received within a threaded aperture of the central core. A radially extending flat washer, seated within the interior wall, prevents axial movement of the expansion wedges in one direction. Thus, upon rotation of the threaded member, the central core will move axially toward the washer, forcing the second clamping surface to move only radially outwardly toward the first clamping surface. As such, because the flat washer restricts axial movement of the expansion wedges, relative motion between first and second clamping surfaces; i.e., between the collective wedges and interior wall, is limited to radial movement, only.

Abstract: A method for bonding and encapsulating a sensor to a substrate by using a mold having a top surface, a bottom surface, a void, and a channel includes disposing the flexible mold in contact with a surface of the substrate. The method further includes passing the sensor through the channel and terminating the sensor within the void at an offset distance from the substrate. The method further includes filling the void and encapsulating the sensor with a substantially fixed volume and substantially fixed geometry of cement.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to freeze casting. In one aspect, a method comprises providing an apparatus. The apparatus comprises a container and a cooling surface. A bottom of the container comprises a wedge. The wedge comprises a first substantially planar surface and a second substantially planar surface with an angle between the first and the second substantially planar surfaces. An interior bottom of the container comprises the second substantially planar surface. The cooling surface is in contact with the first substantially planar surface. A slurry is deposited on the second substantially planar surface, the slurry comprising a plurality of particles in a liquid. The cooling surface is cooled to cool the slurry at a specified cooling rate.

Abstract: A multi-piece mold for use in a method for making a slurry distributor includes a plurality of mold segments adapted to be removably secured together. The mold segments are configured such that, when the mold segments are assembled together, the assembled mold segments define a substantially continuous exterior surface adapted to be a negative image of an interior flow region of a slurry distributor molded thereupon. Each mold segment has a maximum cross-sectional area in a plane substantially transverse to a direction of movement of the mold segment along a removal path out of a respective opening of the molded slurry distributor. The maximum cross-sectional area of each mold segment is up to about 150% of the smallest area of the interior flow region of the molded slurry distributor through which the mold segment traverses when moving along the respective removal path.

Abstract: A flexible-die forming apparatus includes a piston, a coil, an upper die, a magnetorheological elastomer, and a lower die having a cavity formed thereon. The upper die is arranged to be overlappedly rested on top of the lower die. The piston is movably received in the receiving cavity of the upper die. The magnetorheological elastomer is mounted at a lower portion of the piston, and is received in the receiving cavity of the upper die. The coil is provided and wounded on an exterior surface of the upper die and the lower die.

Abstract: A press molding apparatus includes two dies and press-molds a heated stampable sheet into a predetermined shape by using the two dies. The press molding apparatus includes a movable core provided in at least one of the two dies. The movable core is disposed at an inward side of an edge portion of a cavity. When receiving a pressure greater than or equal to a predetermined value, the movable core moves in such a direction that the cavity increases in volume.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a threaded bolt. A blank is introduced into a threaded-bolt negative mold. The blank has a bolt-shaped portion. Fibers which are aligned in the longitudinal direction of the bolt-shaped portion are embedded in a plastics material in the blank. Pressure is exerted on the blank in order to deform the blank in the negative mold such that a threaded structure is formed on a circumferential face of the bolt-shaped portion. The invention moreover relates to a threaded bolt which is manufacturable by this method, and to a system which is conceived for carrying out the method. Lightweight and hard-wearing threaded bolts may be manufactured by the method according to the invention.

Abstract: A method of making a sleep product having a cooling gel layer includes providing a mold, coating the mold with a composite material including a mold release and a cooling gel, and introducing a foaming mixture into the mold so that the foaming mixture is in contact with the composite material. The foaming mixture is allowed to rise and cure into a foam layer having an outer surface covered by the composite material. The composite material is both a mold release coating that facilitates removing the foam layer from the mold and a cooling gel coating that remains on the outer surface of the foam layer after the foam layer has been removed from the mold to provide a cooling effect at the outer surface of the foam layer.

Abstract: A method for the continuous production of pre-insulated piping having an inner metal carrier pipe having an interior surface and an exterior surface and an envelope of foamed insulation surrounding the inner metal carrier pipe exterior surface. A molding apparatus is provided for forming an annulus about a pipe to be insulated into which foam can be injected. The pipe is continuously moved through the apparatus with foaming material being injected into the annulus where it is molded and cured to form a foam insulated pipe. The molding apparatus is a roller-drum having a cylindrical length and a plurality of individual rollers arranged in a series of linearly staggered, circular arrays which define the annulus where the foaming material is cured.

Abstract: A method for the continuous production of pre-insulated piping having an inner metal carrier pipe having an interior surface and an exterior surface and an envelope of foamed insulation surrounding the inner metal carrier pipe exterior surface. A molding apparatus is provided for forming an annulus about a pipe to be insulated into which foam can be injected. The pipe is continuously moved through the apparatus with foaming material being injected into the annulus where it is molded and cured to form a foam insulated pipe. The molding apparatus is a roller-drum having a cylindrical length and a plurality of individual rollers arranged in a series of linearly staggered, circular arrays which define the annulus where the foaming material is cured.

Abstract: A method for providing an inductive sealing bar, comprises providing a conductive coil having at least one heating zone, embedding the coil in a supportive body such that the supportive body covers the entire coil along at least some part of the length of the at least one heating zone; and providing a sealing surface of the sealing bar by planarizing the coil and the supportive body such that the coil is exposed along the entire length of said at least one heating zone. The invention also relates to a sealing bar manufactured according to the method.

Abstract: There is provided a method of fabricating a blade platform out of composite material with integrated gaskets for a turbine engine fan, the platform including a base and a stiffener, the method including using three-dimensional weaving to make a single-piece fiber blank with a plurality of longitudinal yarn layers extending in a direction corresponding to a longitudinal direction of the base of the platform; shaping the fiber blank to form a fiber preform having a first portion forming a base preform and a second portion forming a stiffener preform; positioning platform gaskets at side margins of the first portion of the fiber preform forming a base preform; placing the fiber preform with the gaskets in an injection mold; injecting resin into the injection mold; compacting the assembly; heating the injection mold to solidify the resin; and unmolding the resulting platform.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to effectively prevent the rust generation on a flange portion and to prevent the deformation of the flange portion due to the filling pressure of a molding material in the manufacture of a sealing device whereby a seal main body comprising a rubber-like elastic material and having a portion that covers both surfaces of the flange portion of a metal reinforcing ring is integrally formed on the reinforcing ring by means of a metal mold. To this end, the flange portion of the reinforcing ring is formed in advance with a shape which is distributed unevenly in the direction opposite the direction in which the flange portion is deformed from its original shape by the filling pressure of the molding material.

Abstract: A roller shaft is inserted into a mold including molding members respectively having a first mold surface that defines an outer circumference of a roller portion and second and third mold surfaces that respectively define first and second flat portions of the roller portion, and the mold is then closed. A molding material is injected around the roller shaft to integrally mold the roller portion. The roller portion includes the outer circumference and the first and second flat portions rising from the roller shaft to the outer circumference. The roller shaft includes flange portions at portions corresponding to the first and second flat portions. The flange portions prevent the molding material from leaking outside the first and second flat portions when the roller portion is integrally molded around the roller shaft by injection molding.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a doorstep or a door scuff is provided. The method includes an ABS material injection step of injecting an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) material to have a doorstep (or a door scuff) shape; a plastic plating step of plating an ABS material with plastic; and a PP injection step of fixing the ABS material plated with plastic in a mold, and injecting PP to the ABS material fixed in the mold so that the ABS material and a polypropylene (PP) material have a one-piece structure.

Abstract: Tracking a processor instruction is provided to limit a speculative mis-prediction. A non-speculative read set indication and/or write set indication are maintained for a transaction. In addition, a queue(s) of at least one address corresponding to a speculatively executed instruction is maintained. For a received request from a remote processor, a transaction resolution process takes place, and a resolution is performed if an address match in the queue is detected. The resolution includes to hold a response to the receive request until the speculative instruction is committed or flushed.

Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining device (1) for a rotatable mold center part (2) in an injection molding machine, the retaining device comprising a plate (17) used for retaining the rotatable mold center part (2), the plate being rotatable about an axis of rotation (16) and driven by means of a motor (20). The retaining device (1) comprises a lower cross member (10), which is mounted movably in the longitudinal direction (x) on guide rails (7) while supported on a machine bed (6) of the injection molding machine by means of first bearing blocks (8). The retaining device (1) comprises second bearing blocks (23), by means of which the lower cross member (10) is supported in the circumferential direction relative to lower beams (5) of the injection molding machine.

Abstract: A controller of an injection molding machine controls mold clamping of a fixed mold and a movable mold. The controller includes a servomotor drive control unit for limiting increase in driving current during driving of a mold clamping servomotor, and a moving state acquisition unit that acquires a detection signal of an encoder. The controller further includes an abnormality determination processing unit for determining that a clamping force sensor is abnormal when recognizing stoppage of movement of the movable mold during mold clamping, based on the acquired detection signal of the encoder.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a device for biaxially-oriented stretching polytetrafluoroethylene hollow fiber membranes and the method thereof. The device may include a lubricant removing oven and a tube blank heating oven mounted at the outlet end of the push-compression mold, a core extension extending from the core into the lubricant removing oven and the tube blank heating oven, and a speed regulating guide wheel mounted at the outlet of the tube blank heating oven. A tube blank is extruded from a push-compression machine, inserted on the core extension for removal of lubricant in the lubricant removing oven, heated in the tube blank heating oven, transversely stretched by means of the bulked core, and then wound onto the speed regulating guide wheel for longitudinal stretching. Both transverse and longitudinal stretching can be realized for polytetrafluoroethylene tube blanks, overcoming disadvantages of traditional processing devices that can merely perform longitudinal stretching.

Abstract: A blow-molding method for forming a squeezable or tubular plastic container is provided. The method includes molding a preform having a sidewall, an interior cavity, an open end, a closed end, and a neck adjacent the closed end of the preform. The neck of the preform has an engagement structure. The method includes providing a blow mold system including a blow mold cavity. The method includes placing at least a portion of the preform into the blow mold cavity, and blow molding a one-piece container body from the preform by inflating the preform within the blow mold cavity. The container body has an open end, a closed end and a neck adjacent to the closed end. Wherein the open end of the container body is formed from the open end of the preform, and the closed end of the container body is formed from the closed end of the preform. The method includes creating a dispensing opening through the closed end of the container body.

Abstract: Methods of making containers are provided, including providing a material sheet having at least two barrier layers and at least two polymer layers, forming the material sheet into a tube, sealing the tube at a seal area, and blow molding the tube to form a container in which the at least two barrier layers form a substantially continuous barrier at the seal area.

Abstract: A method of sterilizing a bottle includes steps of: sterilizing bacteria adhering to a preform made of resin by gasifying a sterilizer, discharging a sterilized gas from a nozzle toward a preform, now traveling, so as to adhere to the preform; activating the sterilizer adhering to the preform by blasting hot air to the preform; sterilizing the bacteria adhering to the preform, and removing the sterilizer adhering to the preform; heating the preform to a temperature suitable for blow-molding treatment; and blow-molding the preform within a mold to mold the preform into a bottle, wherein the above steps are performed sequentially in order. According to the above-mentioned steps, the sterilizer does not enter a blow-molding machine.

Abstract: A thermoforming in-lay technique is discussed that uses retractable pins to hold an in-lay piece securely in place in a primary mold. The in-lay piece is fabricated prior to the primary molding process and creates multiple pin receivers in the in-lay that are retractably engaged by the retractable pins when placed into the primary mold. When the primary substrate is formed into the primary mold, the retractable pins prevent the in-lay piece from moving out of position. Once the primary substrate has cooled sufficiently, the pins are retracted allowing the finished primary carrier art to be removed from the primary mold.