Abstract: An electromagnetic pickup and inspection tool/device is provided for locating, and the recovery of, metallic, and uniquely, nonmetallic objects, with a unique attachable gripping device, from confined spaces, such as engine compartments. Additional unique features include the use of LED illumination for dark areas and a WIFI micro video camera for enhanced search and inspection capabilities.

Abstract: A Universal Single Person Undermount Fixture Installation Device is sued for the installation of undermount style plumbing fixtures by a single installer. This device includes a support that is set atop the counter/substrate and spans the opening where the fixture is to be raised into its final position. This support includes an attachment that protrudes down through the opening and engages the fixture through the drain opening to allow it to be raised from above the countertop. This device also includes a method for final tightening of the fixture from above while in full view of its current alignment to the opening within the counter/substrate. The tool can be disengaged to release from the fixture drain opening once the fixture is fastened in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

Abstract: A modular assembly jig system for use in constructing a structural element on a construction site is disposable between an operative assembled configuration and a collapsed configuration for transport or storage. The system includes a jig platform assembly comprising a plurality of platform members, and a support assembly disposed in a supporting relation to the jig platform assembly. An alignment assembly disposed along the jig platform assembly facilitates alignment of a portion of the structural element during construction. A guide assembly having at least one guide member is at least temporarily interconnected to the jig platform assembly, and an adjustable clamp assembly is operatively positionable along at least a portion of the guide assembly. The adjustable clamp assembly retains at least a portion of the structural element in position during construction. An extension assembly is provided to increase an operative working area of the jig platform assembly.

Abstract: A ratchet wrench capable of rotating quickly and driving rotation includes a handle, a rotary head, a positioning mechanism, and a sleeve. The handle includes an arm and a bar body. The bar body includes an accommodating slot; the arm includes a through hole. The rotary head is connected to the arm and includes recess portions. The positioning mechanism includes a positioning element, a resilient body, and a block element. The resilient body receives the positioning element and is received in the through hole, the positioning element is correspondingly disposed in any of the recess portions, and the block element is connected to the positioning element. The sleeve receives the bar body and operably drives the block element to slide in the accommodating slot, so that the positioning element is positioned and selectively engaged with any recess portion.

Abstract: A sensor cap exchange tool device may include a support bolt; a support bracket that is fixed to a front end portion of the support bolt; a mover that has a second screw thread that is engaged with the first screw thread at of the support bracket; a tool guide that is rotatably engaged with the mover and that moves in the predetermined direction together with the mover according to a rotation of the mover and that has a tool insertion opening open in the predetermined direction; and a separation device and mounting device that are mounted in the tool guide and that moves with the tool guide according to a rotation of the mover and that comes in close contact with the sensor cap that is mounted in the wheel bearing assembly.

Abstract: A hanger pin removal tool has a first tubular body having a cut-out at a distal end thereof with a second tubular body slidably secured therewithin. The second tubular body has a channel and port cut within the first tubular body which is aligned with the cut-out of the first tubular body. The tool is configured to permit insertion into the mouth of a recently manufactured glass bottle, secure to the hanger pin positioned within the bottle and extract the same.

Abstract: Fastener alignment tools and methods of utilizing the same are disclosed herein. The fastener alignment tools are configured to operatively engage a plurality of fasteners with a corresponding plurality of fastening locations and include a gripping region and an alignment tool body. The alignment tool body defines a plurality of fastener-receiving regions. Each fastener-receiving region includes a fastener receptacle, which is configured to receive a corresponding fastener in a received orientation relative to the alignment tool body, and a fastener retention structure, which is configured to retain the corresponding fastener within the fastener-receiving region at a retained orientation relative to the alignment tool body.

Abstract: A fastener driving machine includes an actuator which injects a fastener to a driving target object, a controller which controls an operation of the actuator, and a sensor which detects a physical quantity changed by a contact with the driving target object. The controller controls the actuator based on the physical quantity detected by the sensor.

Abstract: A power tool having one or more sound damping members which reduce sound and/or vibration from one or more parts of a power tool. The sound damping member can reduce sound and/or vibration from static or dynamic parts of a power tool. The sound damping member can reduce noise and/or vibration from one or more rotating or moving parts of a power tool and its housing or internal structure. Methods, means, controls, systems and practices for reducing or eliminating undesired sound from a power tool are disclosed.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a powered fastener driving tool with an auto ignition assembly. In certain embodiments, the tool includes a housing containing a combustion chamber, a removable fuel container configured to communicate fuel into the combustion chamber, a removable oxidizer container configured to communicate an oxidizer into the combustion chamber, a piston and a fastener driving blade connected to the piston and configured to engage and drive fasteners upon the fuel and the oxidizer chemically reacting in the combustion chamber. In certain embodiments, the auto ignition assembly includes a catalyst in the combustion chamber for causing, enhancing, or accelerating the reaction between the fuel and the oxidizer.

Abstract: An apparatus including a head having a hammering portion and an oppositely arranged claw portion, the claw portion curving downwardly and away from the top side of the head toward the handle and including a back end with at least four flat ended teeth separated by at least three, substantially equal “V”-shaped grooves centered on a longitudinal axis of the head with inner edges of each of the “V”-shaped grooves being tapered along opposite sides of the “V”-shaped groove from adjacent a front of each of the at least four teeth toward a sharp notch formed at a junction of the sides of the “V”-shaped groove and from a top side of each of the at least four teeth inwardly toward a bottom side of each of the at least four teeth, the outer two of the at least four teeth having substantially equal terminal widths that are wider than the at least inner two of the at least four teeth and all of the at least four teeth being substantially equal in length.

Abstract: An angle grinder includes a housing formed with a handle, a clamping device for mounting a grinding disk, an output shaft for driving the clamping device to rotate, a brushless motor being provided with a motor shaft, a transmission mechanism for transmitting power between the motor shaft and the output shaft, and a circuit board assembly for providing electricity to the brushless motor. The clamping device is disposed outside of the housing and connected with the output shaft. The output shaft is at least partially disposed inside of the housing and connected with the transmission mechanism. The brushless motor is arranged between the transmission mechanism and the circuit board assembly in a direction substantially parallel to the motor shaft, and the motor shaft is disposed along a direction substantially perpendicular to the output shaft.

Abstract: A locking hub and extensible handle assembly includes a handle having an elongated portion with a stop member at a first end, a grasping portion at an opposed second end, and at least one push button within the handle and proximate the first end. The assembly further includes a hub having a body with a passage extending through the body in a longitudinal direction and slidably receiving the elongated portion of the handle. The assembly also includes an actuator that is movable to permit the push button to be used to lock and unlock the handle relative to the hub.

Abstract: A bucket tool organizer includes a flexible body having a first end secured to a second end in an annular configuration. A plurality of pockets is disposed on a first side of the flexible body. A support sleeve includes a hollow cylinder having an open upper end and an open lower end. A retainer ring is configured to engage an upper edge of the support sleeve, wherein a portion of the flexible body is secured between the upper edge of the support sleeve and the retainer ring. The entire assembly is insertable into a bucket, such that the retainer ring engages an inner surface of the bucket sidewall, thereby allowing individuals to easily store tools and other items within the bucket for portability and easy access. A weatherproof lid can be secured overtop the bucket, thereby protecting the contents of the bucket.

Abstract: An assistance apparatus includes first to eighth wires that couple an upper body belt to be worn on an upper body of a user to a first knee belt and a second knee belt to be worn above a left knee and a right knee of the user, respectively, and a motor. In a case of assisting the user in turning left, the motor generates, when a right leg of the user is in a stance phase, a tension larger than or equal to a first threshold in each of the second, fourth, sixth, and eighth wires at an identical timing. In a case of assisting the user in turning right, the motor generates, when a left leg of the user is in a stance phase, a tension larger than or equal to the first threshold in each of the first, third, fifth, and seventh wires at an identical timing.

Abstract: To provide a rotary axis cable wiring structure and a robot having higher usability at the time of assembly and increased reliability as to whether or not cables are properly disposed. A rotary axis cable wiring structure includes a fixed member and a movable member which are rotatable relatively, a cylindrical hollow pipe member disposed between the fixed member and the movable member so as to be rotatable with respect to the movable member, a plurality of cable bundles passed from one of the fixed member and the movable member to the other through the hollow pipe member, first cable fixing means for fixing the cable bundles to the fixed member, and second cable fixing means for fixing the cable bundles to the movable member. Each of the cable bundles includes a plurality of cables, and a cable bundling member having an outer diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the hollow pipe member and bundling the plurality of cables in a state where mutual relative arrangement is maintained.

Abstract: A device comprising a tower covered by a shell, the tower having a base with a first axis of movement around a first joint, a first arm connected to the tower via a second joint along a second axis of movement, a second arm connected to the first arm at a proximal end of the second arm via a third joint defining a third axis of movement, the second arm having an end effector interface configured to hold a variety of end effectors usable for different applications, the end effectors being exchangeable allowing the device to perform digital fabrication and desktop manufacturing, an autolevelling function configured to sense a height of a work surface, and a training function allowing a user to teach either arm to perform or repeat specific actions and/or collaborate with the other arm to achieve a common assembly or fabrication task.

Abstract: A spatial crossed-axis transmission mechanism includes a rotatable driving member, an actuating member, and a support member for fixing the driving member and the actuating member. The driving member comprises a first end surface adjacent to the support member, and an Archimedes spiral groove is defined in the first end surface of the driving member. The actuating member includes an end surf adjacent to the support member and a sliding shaft on the end surface of the actuating member. The support member defines a straight groove passing therethrough, and the sliding shaft comprises an end that extends through the straight groove and fits into the Archimedes spiral groove.

Abstract: A control system, method and computer program product cooperate to assist control for an autonomous robot. An interface receives recognition information from an autonomous robot, said recognition information including candidate target objects to interact with the autonomous robot. A display control unit causes a display image to be displayed on as display of candidate target objects, wherein at least two of the candidate target objects are displayed with an associated indication of a target object score.

Abstract: A workpiece manipulation system is disclosed. The workpiece manipulation system is configured to provide high-precision manipulation of a workpiece by an aircraft. The workpiece manipulation system comprises a lifting mechanism to couple with the aircraft, an end-effector, and a processor. The lifting mechanism includes one or more joint actuators to extend or retract the lifting mechanism relative to the aircraft. The end-effector includes an end-effector actuator to control an operation of the end-effector to manipulate the workpiece. The processor is communicatively coupled with an aircraft processor and configured to control operation of the end-effector actuator and the one or more joint actuators.

Abstract: Robotic devices may be trained by a trainer guiding the robot along a target trajectory using physical contact with the robot. The robot may comprise an adaptive controller configured to generate control commands based on one or more of the trainer input, sensory input, and/or performance measure. The trainer may observe task execution by the robot. Responsive to observing a discrepancy between the target behavior and the actual behavior, the trainer may provide a teaching input via a haptic action. The robot may execute the action based on a combination of the internal control signal produced by a learning process of the robot and the training input. The robot may infer the teaching input based on a comparison of a predicted state and actual state of the robot. The robot's learning process may be adjusted in accordance with the teaching input so as to reduce the discrepancy during a subsequent trial.

Abstract: A robot motion program generating apparatus generates a motion program for moving a robot, avoiding an obstacle. The apparatus comprises a section inputting a taught trajectory of the robot, a section setting a tolerance region around the trajectory inputted by the trajectory inputting section, a section setting a motion-point group that is a collection of the motion points, by determining motion points of the robot in the tolerance region set by the region setting section, and iterating a task of connecting a source motion point to a subsequent motion point through a line segment, avoiding the obstacle, starting from one end and ending at the other end of the trajectory, and a section generating the motion program, based on the motion-point group set by the point-group setting section.

Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial intelligence moving robot including: a travel unit configured to move a main body based on a navigation map including a plurality of local maps; an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of images in regions corresponding to the plurality of local maps during movement; a storage unit configured to store the plurality of images acquired by the image acquisition unit; and a controller configured to recognize an attribute of a local map in which an N number of images photographed in multiple directions is acquired among the plurality of local maps, store the attribute recognition result in the storage, generate a semantic map composed of a predetermined number of neighboring local maps, and recognize a final attribute of a region corresponding to the semantic map based on attribute recognition results of the local maps included in the semantic map.

Abstract: A system and method of collision avoidance includes determining first positions of first joints of a first repositionable arm and second positions of second joints of a second repositionable arm. Distal ends of the first and second repositionable arms are configured to support first and second instruments, respectively. The system and method further include determining first and second virtual boundaries around the first and second repositionable arms, determining an overlap between the first and second virtual boundaries, determining an overlap force on the first repositionable arm due to the overlap, mapping the overlap force to virtual torques on the first joints proximal to the overlap, determining a tip force on a distal end of the first instrument, and applying the tip force as feedback on the first instrument.

Abstract: A machine learning device that learns an operation of a robot for picking up, by a hand unit, any of a plurality of workpieces placed in a random fashion, including a bulk-loaded state, includes a state variable observation unit that observes a state variable representing a state of the robot, including data output from a three-dimensional measuring device that obtains a three-dimensional map for each workpiece, an operation result obtaining unit that obtains a result of a picking operation of the robot for picking up the workpiece by the hand unit, and a learning unit that learns a manipulated variable including command data for commanding the robot to perform the picking operation of the workpiece, in association with the state variable of the robot and the result of the picking operation, upon receiving output from the state variable observation unit and output from the operation result obtaining unit.

Abstract: This specification relates to robots and audio processing in robots. In general, one innovative aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a robot that includes: a body and one or more physically moveable components; a plurality of microphones and one or more other sensor subsystems; one or more processors; and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more processors, to cause the robot to perform operations. The operations can include: receiving one or more sensor inputs from the one or more other sensor subsystems; determining a predicted direction of a detected sound emitter based on the one or more sensor inputs of the one or more other sensor subsystems; calculating a spatial filter based on the predicted direction; obtaining, by the plurality of microphones, respective audio inputs; and processing the respective audio inputs according to the calculated spatial filter.

Abstract: A method for remote operation of a robot, preferably including: recording a set of sensor streams; transmitting a transmission stream; selecting a received stream for display; and/or displaying the selected stream. A system, preferably including a robot and a remote operation system connected to the robot by one or more communication networks.

Abstract: The purpose of the presented invention propose a spring-support mechanism for the parallel robot, and this mechanism is applied to parallel robot models to reduce the load on the actuators. The spring-support mechanism for the parallel robot are composed of: sets of rotated joints to adjust the direction of the support mechanism to match the direction of the moving frame of robot, rhombus mechanism with hinges in four vertices transform displacement of moving frame to elasticity of springs, guiding plates used to adjust the springs length so that the thrust force generated by springs is constant, set of springs is assembled parallel and fixtures for the springs.

Abstract: A surrounding monitoring device of a work machine includes: a display unit; a plurality of cameras acquiring a surrounding condition of the work machine; an image processing unit generating a bird's-eye image indicating the surrounding condition of the work machine on the basis of images imaged by the cameras; a work machine operation detection unit detecting an operation of the work machine; and a display control unit displaying, on the display unit, a single camera image imaged by one or more cameras, of the plurality of cameras, the bird's-eye image, mechanical gauge display, menu display, and/or breakdown information display. Further, when the operation of the work machine is detected, the display control unit performs control of enlarging surroundings of the work machine on the bird's-eye image, compared with surroundings of the work machine on the bird's-eye image before the operation of the work machine is detected.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an electrically operable hair removing device, such as a shaver comprising a housing, an energy source located in the housing, at least one hair removal unit and at least one electrically operated equipment, like a light source, which is movable relative to the housing. During its use, the at least one electrically operated equipment is not directly connected to the energy source located in the housing.

Abstract: Disclosed is a blade unit for a safety razor, comprising: a blade housing comprising a plurality of blades having respective cutting edges lying in a shaving plane and being arranged to exert a cutting action when moved across a user's skin in a shaving direction; and a guard in front of the cutting edges and a cap to the rear of the cutting edges, the guard including an elongate lubricating strip, the cap including a non-flexible concave back portion supporting a convex lubricating pad, the convex lubricating pad having a convex skin-contacting surface and a rear edge curved in a single arc shape along its entirety. No separate frame is provided around an outer perimeter for fixing the convex lubricating pad, so that the convex lubricating pad rear edge meets flush with the non-flexible concave back portion, providing a smooth, lubricated rear edge of the blade unit.

Abstract: A rotary die apparatus and method for three-axes registration error correction. The rotary die apparatus includes a rotary die for applying patterns to a strip of material, a sensor for sensing fiducials on the strip of material, actuators to adjust the rotary die, and a control system. The actuators adjust the rotary die along an X-axis extending along a direction of travel, along a Y-axis transverse of the direction of travel, and about a theta axis perpendicular to the X-axis and the Y-axis. The control system calculates a registration error based on a difference between an actual location or orientation of the fiducials and a desired location or orientation of the fiducials. Then the control system outputs control signals to the actuators to adjust the rotary die along the X-axis, along the Y-axis, and/or about the theta axis while the rotary die continues to rotate.

Abstract: In an ultrasound cutting device comprising an ultrasound transducer connected to a generator and provided with a sound conductor which is connected to a cutting blade and extends along a line which deviates from a straight line, the generator includes means for running the ultrasound waves in a controlled manner through a predetermined frequency range.

Abstract: A table saw includes a slide mechanism on a table assembly and including a knob, front and rear roller pinions, two slides slidably secured to front and rear ends of the table respectively, each slide having a bottom rack engaging the roller pinion, a groove on an outer surface, and projections projecting out of the groove, front and rear mounting members secured to the table, and an axle; and a rip fence assembly on either side of the table assembly and including front and rear arms each having a cavity for releasably securing to one projection, a rip fence between the arms, front and rear risers respectively for fastening either end of the rip fence and either one of the front and rear arms, and two levers on the arms respectively, each lever including an upper pivot, an intermediate urging protuberance, and a lower protrusion.

Abstract: A power saw system has a power saw with housing; guide bar; and saw chain driven about the guide bar by an electric drive motor. A battery is arranged outside of the housing. A power cable is connected with its first end through an electrical connection to the battery and with the second end to the drive motor to supply the drive motor with power. An elastic securing element is connected by a fastening element to the housing. A connecting device connects by a mechanical connection the securing element to an operator of the power saw. The connecting device has an overload protection separating the mechanical connection between securing element and operator when a maximum pulling force is surpassed. Securing element and power cable form a cable assembly. A pull-out force for separating the electrical connection is smaller than the maximum pulling force.

Abstract: A mobile autonomous printer includes a body, a plurality of hollow arms extending outwardly from the body, a pump system in each of the plurality of hollow arms, wherein the pump system in each of the plurality of hollow arms is switchable to extrude or take in material, and a vessel disposed within the body for mixing materials prior to deposition. Articulation of the hollow arms provides for mobility of the mobile autonomous printer. A method of building a structure includes printing portions of the structure using a plurality of printers and embedding the plurality of printers into the structure. The printers embedded in the structure may function as a network of switchable pumps. Distinct conduits constructed into the structure supply chemically reacting constituents of the material that forms the structure.

Abstract: A method for determining a manufacturing parameter for making an aligner with a desired aligner thickness using a thermoforming device operable for making the aligner by shaping a precursor aligner into the aligner using a mold representative of a dental archform, the method implemented by a computer system connectable to the thermoforming device, the method comprising: obtaining a 3D map associated with the dental archform; parsing the 3D map to determine a first property value and a second property value, the first property value being based on the 3D map and the second property value being derived from a 2D projection of the 3D map, and determining a thickness of the precursor aligner for obtaining the desired aligner thickness based on a ratio of the first property value and the second property value and a given value of an operating parameter of the thermoforming device.

Abstract: A laminate nanomold includes a layer of perfluoropolyether defining a cavity that has a predetermined shape and a support layer coupled with the layer of perfluoropolyether. The laminate can also include a tie-layer coupling the layer of perfluoropolyether with the support layer. The tie-layer can also include a photocurable component and a thermal curable component. The cavity can have a broadest dimension of less than 500 nanometers.

Abstract: A release agent for vulcanized rubber molding is provided which has excellent mold releasing properties and washability. This release agent for vulcanized rubber molding contains an alkylene oxide adduct (A) of an amine compound having 4-8 active hydrogen atoms in the molecule, wherein the aforementioned alkylene oxide adduct (A) of an amine compound has a number average molecular weight of 5000-30000, and contains 50-95 mass % of an oxyethylene group.

Abstract: A three-dimensional image forming system according to the present invention includes a conveyance path along which a heat-expandable sheet is conveyed, a heating unit which heats the heat-expandable sheet by irradiating the heat-expandable sheet with light, a detection sensor which detects that the rear end of the heat-expandable sheet comes close to the heating unit by the conveyance of the heat-expandable sheet along the conveyance path, and a control unit which increases the conveying speed of the heat-expandable sheet whose rear end is detected when the detection sensor detects that the rear end of the heat-expandable sheet comes close to the heating unit.

Abstract: An automated method for producing a fibrous preform on a tool surface. Such fibrous preform is configured to receive liquid resin via resin infusion. A disposable layer containing a small amount of radiation absorbing material is placed onto the tool surface prior to the automated placement of the first ply of dry fibrous material. Particles of a polymeric or resinous binder are applied on an exposed surface of the disposable layer to enhance adhesion of the first ply. The dry fibrous material may be in the form of elongated, narrow-width fiber tapes or broader fabrics that can be deposited onto the tool surface by an automated placement method. The disposable layer may be in the form of a flexible polymeric film, a release film, a peel ply or a polymer-coated glass cloth.

Abstract: A method for making a carbon nanotube composite structure is related. A substrate having a first surface is provided. A carbon nanotube structure including a plurality of carbon nanotubes is placed on the first surface, wherein the plurality of carbon nanotubes is in direct contact with the first surface. A monomer solution is coated to the carbon nanotube structure, wherein the monomer solution is formed by dispersing a monomer into an organic solvent. The monomer is polymerized, and then the substrate is removed.

Abstract: Nozzles are presented, for application of a setting resin into cells of a honeycomb core to provide the panel with reinforced segments. The nozzle comprises a connector portion and an application head, where the connector portion is adapted to receive setting resin from a resin dispensing device and deliver the setting resin to the application head, and the application head comprises: an exit hole, and a flange surrounding the exit hole. The flange comprises a bottom surface which comprises a planar surface which planar surface has a minimum width around the exit hole. The bottom surface of flange curves upward at its outer perimeter. In some embodiments, the nozzle is optically translucent or transparent. In addition, methods of applying a setting resin into cells of a honeycomb core to form a honeycomb core reinforcement are presented. In some embodiments, the setting resin is a low density void filler.

Abstract: A method of molding a collapsible, foam plastic container; the method employs two half-molds defining a molding chamber negatively reproducing the container in an erect work configuration, and forms a hinge for each lateral wall of the container when molding the container; each hinge being formed by a parting member which is inserted through the molding chamber at the hinge to be formed, and by a compression member opposite the parting member and which is moved towards the parting member to form, on the lateral wall, a small-section, higher-density portion defining the respective hinge.

Abstract: Insert designed to be fitted on a support, including a body extending along a longitudinal axis and a base including at least one plate extending along a base plane, at least one through hole oriented along an orientation axis perpendicular to the base plane being formed in said at least one plate, at least one protuberance being formed on a first surface of said at least one plate and forming a hollow on a second surface of said at least one plate.

Abstract: The present invention molds, with simple processes, a tube which has a smaller outer diameter and is hardly bent in a folded manner. The present invention includes (i) a primary molding step of forming a primary molded body by carrying out resin molding while a reinforcing member and a core pin (4) are placed in a cavity of a first mold made up of a lower mold (30) and an upper mold (40) for primary molding and (ii) a secondary molding step of covering the reinforcing member by carrying out resin molding while the primary molded body is placed in a cavity of a second mold that has an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the cavity of the first mold.

Abstract: An improved hot runner system is provided. The hot runner system includes a hot drop having an inlet for receiving molten material, the inlet diverging into first and second channels that converge at a feeder tube for providing an even distribution of molten material in a mold cavity. The hot runner system further includes a valve pin adapted to reciprocate within the feeder tube for opening and closing the valve gate, the valve pin being moveable in response to activation of first and second linear actuators disposed exterior to the hot drop. The linear actuators are moveable in unison with each other and are joined to the valve pin via a cross-bar that extends through an interior portion of the hot drop between the first and second channels.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible to shorten the time required for a burr removal step and make it difficult for the burrs to detach from a sheet member in a step for removing the burrs together with the sheet member. For removal, by making the burrs to adhere to a pliable sheet member such as paper or nonwoven fabric that has been incorporated beforehand in the molding die and stripping the sheet member from the molding die, the burrs are removed together with the sheet member. The present invention is characterized in that in order to make it difficult for the burrs to detach from the sheet member during the stripping, a radiused shape with an arc-shaped cross-section is formed by the molding die on the areas surrounding the sections where the burrs adhere to the sheet member.

Abstract: An injection machine which includes a mold falling prevention device that prevents a mold fixed to a mold fixing surface from falling off from the mold fixing surface and in which are provided a bottom edge restriction member at a lower portion of said mold fixing surface so that its vertical position is variable, for implementing restriction so that the bottom edge portion of the mold does not separate from the mold fixing surface, first and second intermediate restriction members at intermediate level portions of the mold fixing surface so that their horizontal positions are variable, for respectively implementing restrictions so that a one edge portion of the mold and an other edge portion thereof in the horizontal direction do not separate from the mold fixing surface, and a vertical direction position determination mechanism that receives and stops a bottom edge surface of the mold and determines a position of the mold in the vertical direction.

Abstract: This pelletizer apparatus includes an observation unit for observing, from the outside of a housing chamber, a cut section of a synthetic resin cut by cutting teeth inside the housing chamber. The observation unit includes an optical system which sends an optical image of the cut section from the inside of the housing chamber to the outside of the housing chamber. Thus, with this pelletizer apparatus, the cut section can be visually checked clearly via the optical system.