Abstract: A method for welding bar-type conductors includes arranging at least two bar-type conductors in partially overlapping fashion, and welding the at least two bar-type conductors to one another by using a processing laser beam. The processing laser beam traverses a welding contour relative to the bar-type conductors. The traversing of the welding contour includes an initial phase, a main phase and an end phase. In the initial phase, in a partial region of a beam cross section of the processing laser beam, an intensity of the processing laser beam, which is spatially averaged over the partial region, is increased over time. In the main phase, the spatially averaged intensity, which is achieved at the end of the initial phase, is kept at least substantially constant over time. In the end phase, the spatially averaged intensity, starting from the intensity at the end of the main phase, is reduced over time.

Abstract: An attenuator device includes: a first window pair that includes a pair of first windows having a pair of first surfaces extending to form a Brewster's angle with an optical axis; a rotation holding portion which holds the first window pair to be rotatable around the optical axis; a second window pair that includes a pair of second windows having a pair of second surfaces extending to form a Brewster's angle with the optical axis; and a ?/4 phase element which gives a phase difference of ?/4 between a polarized component parallel to an optical axis and a polarized component orthogonal to the optical axis when a wavelength of laser light is ?. The second window pair is disposed so that a vibration direction of a P-polarized component transmitted through the second window pair is inclined with respect to the optical axis of the ?/4 phase element by 45° when viewed from a direction parallel to the optical axis.

Abstract: A laser annealing apparatus includes a first laser beam source emitting a first laser beam in a first direction, a second laser beam source disposed apart from the first laser beam source in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and emitting a second laser beam in the first direction, a longitudinal optical system to which the first laser beam and the second laser beam are incident, and the longitudinal optical system expanding a width of each of the first laser beam and the second laser beam in the second direction, and a first wedge lens arranged between the first laser beam source and the longitudinal optical system to be in an optical path of the first laser beam and being rotatable within a preset angle with respect to a central axis in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.

Abstract: An apparatus for polarizing an input laser beam having an undefined polarization state includes a beam splitting device for splitting the input laser beam into a first component beam having a first defined polarization state and a second component beam having a second defined polarization state. A polarization changing element changes the polarization state of one of the polarized component beams, with the result that both component beams have the same defined polarization state. A focusing element is configured to input couple both component beams into a light-guiding element in order to combine the component beams to form an output laser beam while maintaining the defined polarization state. A laser machining system including the apparatus and a method for polarizing an unpolarized laser beam, are also provided.

Abstract: A laser welding method and a laser welding apparatus used for this method are proposed. In the laser welding method, when Si-containing steel sheets are passed through a continuous processing line, a tail end of a preceding steel sheet and a leading end of a succeeding steel sheet are placed in contact with each other on a line entry side, and while a filler wire is supplied to a contact part, laser is applied and a filler is melted and solidified to weld the Si-containing steel sheets together. This method includes injecting a shielding gas containing a He gas or an Ar gas and further containing at least one type selected from a CO2 gas and an N2 gas by 10 vol % or higher and 30 vol % or lower in total to a front surface and a back surface of a part being welded.

Abstract: This shaping apparatus is equipped with: a movement system which moves a target surface; a measurement system for acquiring position information of the target surface in a state movable by the movement system, a beam shaping system that has a beam irradiation section and a material processing section which supplies a shaping material irradiated by a beam from beam irradiation section; and a controller. On the basis of 3D data of a three-dimensional shaped object to be formed on a target surface and position information of the target surface acquired using the measurement system, the controller controls the movement system and the beam shaping system such that a target portion on the target surface is shaped by supplying the shaping material while moving the target surface and the beam from beam irradiation section relative to each other.

Abstract: The present application provides a double-beam laser polishing device and a double-beam laser polishing method for an aluminum alloy, which includes a frame; a rotary workbench and an optical path system, which are arranged on the frame. The optical path system includes: a first fiber laser, a second fiber laser, a first three-dimensional galvanometer, and a second three-dimensional galvanometer. The first three-dimensional galvanometer is connected with the first fiber laser through an optical fiber, and the second three-dimensional galvanometer is connected with the second fiber laser through an optical fiber. The first three-dimensional galvanometer and the second three-dimensional galvanometer are arranged side by side above the rotary workbench in a horizontal direction.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for marking the surface of a rubber stopper with a character or numeral by irradiating the surface of the rubber stopper with a laser beam. According to the method of the present invention, there are advantages in that when a mark is made on a rubber stopper, foreign matter is not produced, deformation of the rubber stopper does not occur, and the mark is not erased or spread.

Abstract: A mask member for a deposition mask is provided. The deposition mask has a resin film in which a pattern of opening portions is formed. The mask member includes a resin film and a reflective film. The reflective film is on a surface of the resin film. The reflective film is adapted to reflect light having wavelengths of laser light.

Abstract: A method for creating a cracking line in a connecting rod includes etching, using a first pass of a laser, a groove in an inner surface of a larger bore of a connecting rod by removing material from the inner surface. The groove may be discontinuous and include a plurality of holes that are spaced apart and have different depths. The method further includes removing more material from the groove using a second pass of the laser to increase the depths of the holes, thereby increasing the stress concentration factor of the groove.

Abstract: Cutting a workpiece and producing workpiece parts are disclosed. The device has a cutting head with laser beam optics with a dynamic laser beam movement unit. A cutting head movement unit moves the laser beam over the workpiece. A control unit has a determination module to determine a movement trajectory of the laser beam, a memory unit from which at least one predetermined parameter selected from a movement parameter of the cutting head movement unit, a movement parameter of the laser beam movement unit and a parameter of a deviation of a cut contour from a predetermined contour is retrievable, and an optimization module for adjusting the movement trajectory by overlaying the movement of the laser beam via the cutting head with a high frequency beam-shaping movement of the laser beam via the laser beam movement unit based on the at least one predetermined parameter.

Abstract: A laser processing method includes a first step of preparing a wafer including a plurality of functional elements disposed to be adjacent to each other via a street, a second step of, after the first step, forming a modified region in the wafer along a line passing through the street, and a third step of, after the second step, irradiating the street with laser light such that a surface layer of the street is removed, and a fracture extending from the modified region reaches a bottom surface of a recess formed by removing the surface layer, along the line.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sintering paste consisting of: (A) 30 to 40 wt. % of silver flakes with an average particle size ranging from 1 to 20 ?m, (B) 8 to 20 wt. % of silver particles with an average particle size ranging from 20 to 100 nm, (C) 30 to 45 wt. % of silver(I) oxide particles, (D) 12 to 20 wt. % of at least one organic solvent, (E) 0 to 1 wt. % of at least one polymer binder, and (F) 0 to 0.5 wt. % of at least one additive differing from constituents (A) to (E).

Abstract: A submerged arc welding wire is provided that has a composition including, by mass %, C: 0.20 to 0.80%, Si: 0.15 to 0.90%, Mn: 15.0 to 30.0%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 6.0 to 15.0%, and N: 0.120% or less, the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. Where necessary, the wire may contain one or two selected from Ni and Mo, may further contain one, or two or more selected from V, Ti, and Nb, and may additionally contain one, or two or more selected from Cu, Al, Ca, and REM.

Abstract: Provided is a ferrite-based stainless steel welding wire that has excellent oxidation resistance properties and high temperature strength. This ferrite-based stainless steel welding wire has a composition containing, in mass %, 0.001-0.050% of C, 0.01-2.00% of Si, 0.01-1.50% of Mn, 0.030% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, 16.0-25.0% of Cr, 0.001-0.150% of Ti, 0.020% or less of O, and 0.05% or less of N, further containing at least one selected from 0.01-1.80% of Nb, 0.01-3.60% of Mo, and 0.01-3.60% of W, and satisfying formulae (1), (2), and (3), with a balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. Formula (1): [Nb]+[Mo]+[W]+0.25[Si]?2.2, formula (2): [Mo]+[W]?3.6, formula (3): [Ti]+[Al]?0.15, where [ ] in the formulae represents the content in mass % of the element indicated in [ ].

Abstract: Provided is a flux for resin-cored solder that is used in resin-cored solder that is supplied into a through hole formed along a central axis of a soldering iron. The flux includes 60% by mass to 99.9% by mass of a rosin ester to a total mass of the flux, 0.1% by mass to 15% by mass of a covalent halogen compound to the total mass of the flux, and more than 0% by mass to 10% by mass of rosin amine, N,N-diethyloctylamine, or rosin amine and N,N-diethyloctylamine to the total mass of the flux.

Abstract: A press-fitting apparatus includes: a support portion and a pressing mechanism having a press-fitting tool configured to move in a press-fitting direction with respect to the support portion. The press-fitting tool includes: a pressing portion having a pressing surface which presses a press-fitting component; a restriction portion having a restriction surface configured to come into contact with a press-fitting target component; and a position setting mechanism which sets a press-fitting position of the pressing surface in the press-fitting direction and a restriction position of the restriction surface in the press-fitting direction according to the press-fitting component and the press-fitting target component.

Abstract: A positioning device is provided, including: a base seat, including a plurality through holes and a slide groove; a clamping assembly, disposed within the slide groove, including a first clamping body and a second clamping body; an adjustment assembly, including a first driving rod, a second driving rod and at least one rotation rod, the first driving rod including a first thread section and a first bevel gear, the second driving rod including a second thread section and a second bevel gear, the first clamping body and the second clamping body are respectively screwed on the first thread section and the second thread section, each rotation rod including a third bevel gear, the third bevel gear respectively meshed with the first bevel gear and the second bevel gear.

Abstract: A work carrier assembly includes a frame for supporting a work object, and a clamp assembly fixed to the frame, which includes an extension block assembly including a perch bracket and a locator bracket. The locator bracket is pivotably engaged with the perch bracket, and a block is pivotably engaged with the locator bracket.

Abstract: There is provided a cutting blade stock apparatus that stocks multiple cutting blades used for cutting of a workpiece. The cutting blade stock apparatus includes a case placement stage at which a case capable of housing the cutting blade is placed, a case conveying unit that conveys the case placed at the case placement stage, a shelf that supports and stocks the case conveyed by the case conveying unit, a case identification information reading unit that reads case identification information given to the case, a case opening unit that opens the case, a cutting blade conveying unit that carries out the cutting blade from the case opened by the case opening unit, and an input interface to which information that specifies the cutting blade to be carried out by the cutting blade conveying unit is input.

Abstract: A system 10 for processing work products 12 includes a housing 14 to contain the components of the system, which include a conveyor 16 for carrying the work products through the housing and past a work tool 18 being supported and moved relative to the conveyor by an X-Y actuator apparatus 20. A scanning system 21 is positioned in the housing 14 upstream of the X-Y actuator for ascertaining selected physical parameters of the work products so as to determine the manner in which the work tool 18 operates on the work products. The housing includes a compartment 22 in which is mounted a high-pressure pump system 23 to provide high pressure working fluid for the work tool 18. Also, a compact guard system 24 is positioned at the outlet 26 of the housing to prevent individuals from reaching into the housing from the exterior.

Abstract: A substrate production system includes a component mounter having a component supply area in which a component supply unit is disposed, and configured to pick up a component from the component supply unit and mount the picked up component on a substrate, a kitting station provided in a substrate production line in which multiple substrate production machines including the component mounter are arranged, and configured to set a component container containing multiple components in the component supply unit, and a conveyance device configured to convey the component supply unit in which the component container is set by the kitting station to the component mounter.

Abstract: A dust collecting attachment for an electric power tool includes dust collecting fans, a suctioning portion, and a dust collecting portion. The suctioning portion generates a suctioning force by rotation of the dust collecting fans. The dust collecting portion captures dust suctioned from the suctioning portion. When the dust collecting attachment is mounted to an electric power tool including a motor, a fan shaft of the dust collecting fans is connected to a rotation shaft that is disposed in the electric power tool and rotates in accordance with driving of the motor to allow the dust collecting fans to rotate integrally with the rotation shaft. The dust collecting fans are disposed in a plurality of stages in an axial direction of the fan shaft.

Abstract: A rotary hammer includes a motor and a spindle coupled to the motor for receiving torque from the motor. The spindle has an adjustable rotation speed. A reciprocation mechanism is operable to create a variable pressure air spring within the spindle and includes a piston configured to reciprocate within the spindle in response to receiving torque from the motor. The piston has an adjustable reciprocation frequency. A striker is selectively reciprocable within the spindle in response to reciprocation of the piston. A first transmission is transfers torque from the motor to the spindle and a second transmission is transfers torque from the motor to the reciprocation mechanism. The reciprocation frequency of the piston is adjustable independent of the rotation speed of the spindle. The rotation speed of the spindle is adjustable independent of the reciprocation frequency of the piston. At least one of the transmissions is a multi-speed transmission.

Abstract: A cleaning sheath for power tools, including a sheath assembly, wherein the sheath assembly includes a sheath, and wherein the sheath is rigid, the sheath is made of an impermeable material, and the sheath is hollow, a lid assembly located at one end of the sheath, a loop assembly located adjacent to the lid assembly, a cleaning solution located within a portion of the sheath, wherein the cleaning solution is adapted to clean and disinfect power tool blades located within the sheath, and an attaching assembly, wherein the attaching assembly includes an attaching element, and wherein the attaching element is removably attached to the sheath, and the attaching element is removably attached to predetermined surfaces.

Abstract: In a method for machining a workpiece with a machining system, the machining system is controlled with at least one control parameter, which is then adapted during machining of the workpiece based on an instantaneous mass of the workpiece or based on an instantaneous moment of inertia of the workpiece. The instantaneous mass of the workpiece or the instantaneous moment of inertia of the workpiece are dependent on a machining progress and are ascertained with reference to a geometric model of the workpiece to be machined based on a density of the workpiece and an instantaneous shape of the workpiece as determined with reference to the geometric model of the workpiece. The geometric model is updated with reference to a machining simulation.

Abstract: The cutting tool inspection apparatus includes a data collection unit, a training data generation unit, and an inspection data generation unit. The data collection unit acquires waveform data of current for one batch supplied to a motor that drives a cutting tool of a machine tool. During generation of training data to be compared with inspection data of the cutting tool, the training data generation unit infers a time range corresponding to a specific process of the machine tool, based on characteristics of the waveform data, and clips waveform data of the time range as the training data. The inspection data generation unit clips, as the inspection data, waveform data at a time position identical to a time position of the time range inferred by the training data generation unit, from the waveform data acquired by the data collection unit during inspection of the cutting tool.

Abstract: Power tool methods and systems are provided for aligning a power tool to implement an angled cut in a workpiece. The power tool includes a first distance sensor and a second distance sensor. The power tool measures a first distance to the workpiece with the first distance sensor and a second distance to the workpiece with the second distance sensor. The power tool calculates an angle between the power tool and the workpiece based on the first and second distances, and indicates the angle via an angle output indicator of the power tool. The power tool may measure an angle between the power tool and the workpiece using a proximate edge and a distal edge of the workpiece, and indicate whether the power tool maintains a correct angle as it traverses a cut through the workpiece from the proximate edge to the distal edge.

Abstract: A polishing apparatus is disclosed, which is capable of heating and maintaining a temperature distribution of a polishing pad at a predetermined temperature distribution with a simple structure. The polishing apparatus has a pad-temperature regulating apparatus for regulating a temperature of a polishing surface, and the pad-temperature regulating apparatus includes a heating-fluid nozzle arranged above and spaced apart from the polishing surface. The heating-fluid nozzle includes: a nozzle body; a slit formed along a longitudinal direction of the nozzle body for ejecting a heating fluid toward the polishing surface; a header tube which is formed within the nozzle body and into which the heating fluid is supplied; a buffer tube which is formed within the nozzle body and communicates with the slit, and a plurality of branch tubes for coupling the header tube to the buffer tube.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for removing material from the susceptor of a batch processing chamber are described. The apparatus comprises a polishing tool including a rotatable platen positioned above the susceptor. A method comprises contacting material deposited on the susceptor with the rotatable platen to remove the material from the susceptor.

Abstract: Exemplary polishing methods for chemical mechanical polishing may include engaging a substrate with a membrane of a substrate carrier. The methods may include chucking the substrate against a substantially planar surface defined by the substrate carrier. The chucking may reduce a bow in the substrate. The methods may include polishing one or more materials on the substrate for a first period of time. The methods may include disengaging the substrate from the substantially planar surface. The methods may include polishing the one or more materials on the substrate for a second period of time.

Abstract: A method of polishing an optical fiber connector comprises providing a unitary connector housing defining an interior containing a first ferrule and a second ferrule, each ferrule having an angle-polished end face and being located in an original rotational position, the unitary connector housing comprising a perimeter wall extending 360° about the interior, first and second ferrule springs biasing the first and second ferrules forward in the interior of the unitary housing, the unitary connector housing having a contiguous two-ferrule opening through a front end of the unitary connector housing, each of the first and second ferrules extending through the contiguous two-ferrule opening such that the first and second ferrules protrude forwardly from the front end of the unitary connector housing; and using a tool to rotate the first ferrule in the housing about a longitudinal axis while the second ferrule remains in the original rotational position.

Abstract: Grinding aid particles for abrasive articles. The grinding aid particles include a core particle having a Mohs hardness of less than 7 and a coating on at least a portion of the surface of the core. The coating comprises a binder and at least one grinding agent. The grinding aid particles can be incorporated in the make coat, size coat and/or supersize coat of an abrasive article to improve abrasive performance.

Abstract: A holding mechanism includes a suction section and a sealing section. The suction section includes a suction area where a substrate is subjected to vacuum suction. The sealing section includes an elastic section having a plurality of sides arranged to surround the suction area and a plurality of corners each formed between adjacent ones of the plurality of sides, and a repulsive-force-suppressing section provided in at least one of the plurality of corners.

Abstract: A wrench device that includes a first head with fixed jaws and a neck disposed between the fixed jaws for positioning the fixed jaws in a spaced-apart arrangement, and an open-ended push-to-connect fitting engaging cavity is disposed within the fixed jaws and neck for receiving a push-to-connect fitting. A second head with fixed jaws and a neck disposed between the fixed jaws for positioning the fixed jaws in a spaced-apart arrangement, and an open-ended push-to-connect fitting engaging cavity is disposed within the fixed jaws and neck for receiving a push-to-connect fitting. An elongated handle is engaged to the first head and the second end.

Abstract: An impact tool includes a housing, a motor supported within the housing and having a motor shaft, a drive assembly configured to convert a continuous rotational input from the motor shaft to consecutive rotational impacts upon a workpiece, the drive assembly including a camshaft having a front portion and a rear portion defining a carrier, the rear portion being closer to the motor than the front portion, a thrust bearing engageable with the rear portion of the camshaft, and a gear assembly coupled between the motor shaft and the drive assembly. The gear assembly includes a ring gear and a plurality of planet gears meshed with the ring gear. Each of the plurality of planet gears is coupled to the carrier of the camshaft, and the ring gear rotationally and radially supports the rear portion of the camshaft via the plurality of planet gears.

Abstract: A method for operating a hand-held power tool is disclosed, wherein the hand-held power tool includes an electric motor. The method includes carrying out a screw connection of a connecting device in a support, providing at least one signal of an operating variable of the electric motor during the screwing, evaluating the received signal of the operating variable of the electric motor, and deciding whether the screw connection has been properly carried out, the decision being at least partially based on the evaluation of the received signal of the operating variable of the electric motor. A hand-held power tool is also disclosed.

Abstract: An illumination source disposed in a housing of a tool without the need for fasteners or snaps. The illumination source includes a number illumination elements, such as LEDs, disposed on a circuit board. A lens and the housing cooperatively direct light emitted by the illumination elements away from a user's eyes during use of the tool.

Abstract: A bicycle tool mounted in a bicycle tube comprises a storage tube with an accommodating space, a ring protrusion protrudes radially outward from an outer end of the storage tube, an outer side of the storage tube is annularly provided with a tightening ring at a position close to the ring protrusion; and a repairing component having a base, one side of the base is provided with a tire sealer and another side thereof is fixed with a chain remover, when the repairing component is mounted on the storage tube, the chain remover is located on the outer side of the storage tube, when the bicycle tool is not in use, the bicycle tool can be accommodated in the tube of the bicycle, when the bicycle tool needs to be used, it can be directly pulled out and used without further adjustment to improve the convenience of use.

Abstract: A bushing puller assembly may include a bolt and a nut. The bolt may include a threaded shaft having first and second ends, a ball bearing disposed at the first end, and a head disposed at the second end. The nut may be threadedly attached to the first end of the threaded shaft.

Abstract: An extraction tool that is configured to extract an object inside a hole includes: a grip having an end; a first member including a non-contact part provided at the end of the grip and not being able to come into contact with the object, and a contact layer provided at the end of the non-contact part and being able to come into contact with the object; and a second member surrounding at least a part of the first member. The non-contact part of the first member can slide with respect to the second member.

Abstract: A nail gun punching needle clutch mechanism includes a punching needle driving cam, an inductive optocoupler, a torsion spring, a clutch pawl, and a punching needle. A motor connected to a driving camshaft through a gearbox. A fixed end of the punching needle is fixed on a piston of an accumulator; a movable end of the punching needle is disposed inside the assembly frame body in a sliding manner. The punching needle driving cam and the clutch pawl are disposed on two sides of the punching needle respectively. The punching needle driving cam engages with punching needle teeth through cam pins to drive the punching needle to slide between an initial position and an energy storage position. An inductive optocoupler blocking edge is disposed at an edge of a side, facing the clutch pawl, of the punching needle, and the inductive optocoupler controls start and stop of the motor.

Abstract: A crimping accessory and/or a pinching accessory for a power-driven tool is provided. The crimping accessory and/or the pinching accessory can include first and second jaws that are rotatably coupled relative to a guide assembly and an actuating mechanism coupled in the guide assembly. The actuating mechanism includes a trunnion mounted on a rod. First and second cam followers exert a force on first cam surfaces of the first and second jaws as the trunnion moves in a first longitudinal direction, to bring the jaws together in a crimping and/or pinching area of the accessory and exert a crimping and/or pinching force on a workpiece. Movement of a pair of first pins and a pair of second pins along second cam surfaces of the first and second jaws guides an opening movement of the first and second jaws to release the force exerted on the workpiece.

Abstract: A method for documenting operating data of a hand-held power tool using a data processing device, in particular a data logger, includes at least one communication step in which operating parameters of the hand-held power tool are retrieved via a communication unit of the data processing device, and at least one processing step, in which the operating parameters of the hand-held power tool are processed into compressed operating data by a computing unit of the data processing device in order to reduce the storage requirement. The method further includes a storage step in which the operating data of the hand-held power tool which is processed by the computing unit, in particular compressed, is stored on a storage unit of the data processing device.

Abstract: A reciprocating power tool may include a driving system including a motor and a transmission received in a housing to drive a reciprocating mechanism. A counterbalance mechanism may be coupled between the driving system and the reciprocating mechanism. The counterbalance mechanism may include a rotating counterbalance mechanism including a first rotating counterweight member and a second rotating counterweight member coupled to an output gear of the driving system. The counterbalance mechanism may include a rocking counterweight member coupled between the output gear and the housing. The output gear may include a recessed portion in which the first rotating counterweight member and a clutching system are received.

Abstract: A power tool includes a tool housing and a motor assembly received in the tool housing. The motor assembly has a rear end portion, a front end portion, and a motor output shaft. A transmission housing is coupled to the motor housing with a transmission received in the transmission housing, to which the motor output shaft is drivingly coupled. A partition assembly includes a rear cover covering a rear end portion of the transmission housing that faces the front end portion of the motor and a seal. The rear cover of the transmission housing, the front end portion of the motor, and the seal together define at least a first labyrinth path and a second labyrinth path therebetween configured to inhibit grease or dust migration between the transmission housing and the motor assembly.

Abstract: An electrically drivable device includes a device body including an actuator and a handle attachable to and detachable from the device body. The handle includes a connector separably connectable with the device body, a pressure receiver displaceable in response to a gripping force with which the user grips the handle, a magnet control mechanism configured to operate a permanent magnet in conjunction with the displacement of the pressure receiver, and a frame holding the pressure receiver in such a manner that the pressure receiver is displaceable, and containing the magnet control mechanism. The device body includes a magnetic sensor configured to, in response to the pressure receiver being displaced with the handle attached to the device body, detect magnetism that the permanent magnet applies through the connector.

Abstract: An adjustable work platform, including a main body to support at least one item disposed thereon, the main body including a first section, and a second section movably connected to at least a portion of the first section to move from retracted against the first section to at least partially extended away from the first section in a first lateral direction and move from extended away from the first section to retracted against the first section in a second lateral direction, a plurality of leg assemblies movably disposed on at least a portion of at least one of the first section and the second section to adjust a height of the first section and the second section with respect to a ground surface, and an adjustment knob movably disposed on at least a portion of the first section to prevent the second section from separating from the first section in response to rotating to a first position, and allow the second section to separate from the first section in response to rotating to a second position.

Abstract: In an automatically operable rack for storing workpieces in ratchet columns with side walls (1.1, 1.2), between which movable ratchets (5) are arranged which serve to hold the workpieces, wherein the ratchets (5) can be brought from a rest position into a working position in which they hold the workpiece, and a locking/unlocking unit is assigned to the last ratchet (5.2), the locking being affected by a rotary movement of the last ratchet (5.2) into its working position, the rotary movement of the last ratchet (5.2) entrains a bolt (9) which is received by a recess (12, 49) when the working position is reached.

Abstract: The present invention is a Tools and Parts Caddy, which holds tools and parts/fasteners, etc. within easy reach while removably affixed on a scissor lift or other type of man-lift. The core component of the invention is an injection-molded plastic tray, which, generally speaking, is configured as follows: a flat area with slots and holes for holding various hand tools, a bin for fasteners and parts which can be removably attached to the rails of the man-lift. Several accessories are envisioned to accommodate larger tools and parts secured to the lower rails and a trash container which rests on the floor of the work platform. The invention can be used by all building and maintenance trades to augment or replace tool belts and pouches. Furthermore, it should be noted that using this device increases efficiencies and reduces strain and exertion required performing tasks.