US Applications Published on 10-Dec-2009

A protective automatic darkening filter (ADF) and an associated tool, such as a welding torch, are controlled by a corresponding communication unit. The invention helps to ensure that the tool is not activated before the ADF has reached its dark...

The lens assembly for a diving mask is provided. The lens assembly comprises a first lens, a second lens and an intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is made of a liquid material which is capable of being cured and bonded with the first lens and...

Disclosed is a catching tool for baseball or softball including a ball receiving portion covering the palm side of a user's hand when wearing the tool and containing a ball receiving surface for receiving a ball, a resin layer that is selectively...

A garment has an inner layer for providing support and control to a wearer's body. In addition, a method for making such a garment is described. The inner layer is formed by bonding control liners to a main panel. The inner layer may then be attached...

A tennis garment of fabric material and sewn construction has a front panel sewn to a rear panel with a waistband encircling the garment. A ball securing sleeve is aligned with, and joined to, the rear waistband portion at left, central, and right...

An apparatus for facilitating communication between care giver and patient is provided. The apparatus includes a hospital garment and indicia in communication with the hospital garment. The indicia corresponds to the patient's needs and aids in the...

The sectional skirt includes multiple panels that are secured together in an easily detachable manner to form a skirt. At least four panels or sections are employed to form the skirt. Zippers or the like are utilized to detachably secure the panels...

A clothing connector having tensile components is formed in any of the conventional ways, and a soft roughness insulating covering layer is attached to one side and then moved to the other side in an inside-out process which provides a soft finish...

A shorts S for a male, the shorts having a front opening portion 100 where a pair of cloth members 4, 4′ are overlapped, the front opening portion being capable of forming an opening 101 allowing insertion of a penis P for urination. Of respective...

Swimming goggles are provided which include an integral left and right frames and nose bridge. The integral left and right frames and nose bridge include an outer frame and an inner frame. The outer frame includes front sections of the left and right...

A sports goggle having a lens removably attachable to a frame is disclosed. The lens may be secured to the frame via a frame clip. The frame clip may be secured to the frame via a bayonet wherein aligned apertures of the frame clip and frame have an...

Chitosan films that have been treated with a polyhydroxyalkyl compound and washed, and laminates made from the films are provided. This treatment lessens the film shrinkage. The films and laminates can be used to make a variety of finished articles...

A system for flushing a vacuum toilet contains a flushing water reservoir container, which may be filled with flushing water, a toilet bowl, which is connectable using a vacuum wastewater line and via a flushing valve to a vacuum system, and a spray...

Steam bath and steam bath type resistance system (5) employed, composed by three rectangular base prisms with open bases, placed one into the other where the two first prisms (1) and (2) generate 120 v and when third prism is placed (3) 240 v are...

An adjustable curved double curtain rod shower assembly for hanging and supporting the weight of two shower curtains and attached to the walls of a shower area and forms a shower enclosure area and the curtain rod assembly comprises: (a) two...

A bed frame comprising T-shaped side rails provides support for a box spring and mattress. The T-shaped side rails provide more resistance to twisting and bowing and enables the overall bed frame to support more weight with less deflection than the...

A ventilated mattress pad for supporting an occupant includes a first and second layer of spacer fabric attached with a zipper to a fitted sheet or mattress cover or the mattress providing ventilation of excessive body heat and moisture away from the...

A surgical table including: an upper platform for supporting a patient, the platform having a longitudinal axis extending from a first end of the platform to a second end of the platform; a base support; and, an elevator mechanism including scissor...

The invention relates to an inflatable device comprising an electromechanical device and a self-sealing valve, and in particular, to any inflatable device that includes the assembly. In some embodiments, at least a portion of a fluid controller is...

Leather is prepared by tanning animal skins with a poly(glycidylamine) such as trigycidyl isocyanurate. After retannage with vegetable tannins, it is possible to obtain both a mineral-free and aldehyde-free white leather having Ts >85° C. and...

Disclosed herein is a disinfectant washing method of a drum washing machine. The method includes generating steam to increase an inner temperature of a drum to a first target temperature, performing steam washing while rotating the drum, with the...

The present invention relates to a washing machine and a method of controlling a washing machine. According to the washing machine and the method of controlling the washing machine in accordance with the present invention, the drum is operated at a...

Disclosed herein is a method of compensating power failure of a washing machine. The method includes performing a selected cycle, determining whether power supply is interrupted during the selected cycle, storing information of a current performed...

One subject of the present invention is monocationic monochromophoric compounds of formula (I) and/or (II) below: in which: R1 represents a hydrogen or an alkyl, phenyl, benzyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkylsulphonyl, aminosulphonyl or...

Disclosed is a semi-permanent hair dyeing composition using a waterproof coating agent, in particular, a semi-permanent hair dyeing composition comprising a water-soluble dye, an acid dye, acrylate copolymer as a waterproof coating agent and N-methyl...

This invention provides a mobile wheelchair ramp comprising: (a) a main body comprising first and second ends and sides; (b) at least one wheel secured beneath the main body; (c) hand rails; and (d) at least one pair of legs for grounding the ramp;...

The invention relates to a swimming pool cleaner which is intermittently-turned from its path of travel along an underwater surface. A pair of side wheels (3) connected to be driven by a turbine (8) to move the cleaner in a direction of travel. A cam...

Embodiments of the invention include a heated eyelid cleansing apparatus, a method of manufacturing a heated eyelid cleansing apparatus, a kit for providing treatment to the eyelids, and a method for cleansing an eyelid with a heated eyelid cleansing...

A cleaning implement comprises a handle (1), a plate frame (2) connected to the handle, and a mop (3) that is detachably attached to the plate frame. At least one pair of holding members, consisting of a permanent magnet and a counterpart cooperating...

The present invention relates to an improved squeegee assembly. Some embodiments of the present invention are directed to a uniquely shaped squeegee configuration that has been found to remove liquids from a floor in an efficient manner. One...

A road cleaning or sweeping machine (10) fitted with a dust control system using a water atomiser (42, 60). The atomiser (42, 60) creates water particles of a similar size to dust, and by entraining atomised water through the road sweeping machine's...

An upright cyclonic vacuum cleaner comprises juxtaposed first and second filters for filtering a working airstream on both the inlet and outlet sides of a vacuum motor. The first and second filters can be mounted in a common frame in the upright...

A vacuum cleaner with a cyclone module assembly comprises a cyclone separation chamber for separating dust and debris from air and a collection chamber for collecting dust and debris that is separated from the air in the cyclone separation chamber....

A vacuum assisted scraper draws air from both in front of and behind the scraper blade to collect dust and debris as the scraper is used. The scraper keeps the work area clean and prevents dust buildup from hindering the use of the scraper.

In order to provide an original cover closer capable of realizing not only a miniaturization of a driving part but also a low cost and an office equipment provided with the original cover closer, a closer automatically and manually supporting the...

A door hinge for a vehicle, having a check function includes: a vehicle body-side hinge member to be fixed to a vehicle body; a door-side hinge member to be fixed to a door; a hinge shaft that relatively rotatably connects between the vehicle...

The present invention is a hinge device installed between a first member 1 and a second member 2, which are folding opening/closing members; including: a first installation body 3 having a cam 4 and pivots together with the first member 1; a tubular...

A system for dampening an opening motion of a door includes a frame, an access door and at least one dampening member. The access door is rotatably secured to the frame. The access door is configured to be moved with respect to the frame between...

A fastener including a pin holder and a pin in which is provided a holding portion in a leading extreme portion vicinity, wherein the pin holder, by bend forming a central portion of a longitudinal direction of a thin plate-like spring material, is...

A buckle includes a strap slidably looped around a strut proximate a front opening of a housing, a spring-biased, lever-like ratchet having front and rear sections and a front engagement tooth adapted to matingly engage with one of a plurality of...

Various embodiments of a flexible fastener strip assembly include two or more straight hook fastener elements and an elongated connecting member for joining the hook fastener elements in an end-to-end relationship. Each hook fastener element includes...

A clasp is described that is lockable in both an open and a closed position. In the locked open position the clasp can be manipulated without concern for the clasp unintentionally closing before it can receive the end of a chain, such as a necklace...

An AT cut quartz crystal resonator element includes a quartz crystal element piece having an exciting part formed from an AT cut quartz crystal plate in a rectangular shape having an X-axis direction of a quartz crystal set to a long side, and an...

The present invention is directed to a hub bearing assembly removal tool which expedites removal of the hub bearing assembly of wheels. In one embodiment, the hub bearing removal tool comprises an elongated member and a mounting flange having a...

A method of fabricating a clamping device for a flexible substrate is provided. A carrier board is provided. A plurality of holes is formed in the carrier board. A fixed positioning assembly and a movable positioning assembly are respectively...

A primary technical goal of a mechanical seal device of the present invention is to decrease assembly cost thereof as well as machining cost thereof and to prevent wear of seal surfaces by preventing occurrence of squealing noises of the seal...

A cold-rolled steel sheet that is suitable for battery cases and has low anisotropy is composed of, by mass %, C: ≦0.0030%, Si: ≦0.02%, Mn: 0.15 to 0.19%, P: ≦0.020%, S: ≦0.015%, N: ≦0.0040%, Al: 0.020 to 0.070%, Nb: 1.00≦Nb/C (atomic equivalent...

A carrier pallet 1 carries a semi-finished product 2 and a plurality of assembly components 3a to 3e in assembling a final product. The position of the semi-finished product 2 on the carrier pallet 1 and the placement positions of the assembly...

A nozzle unit includes first, second, and third nozzles for discharging a sealant, and is movable toward and away from a stator by a vertically moving unit. The stator is disposed in a position facing the nozzle unit and is angularly movable...

It is an object to provide a method by which the height of an electronic component sucked and held by a nozzle can be detected with high accuracy and high efficiency. This method is a component height measurement method applied to a mounter (100)...