US Applications Published on 31-Dec-2009

There are provided a method of assembling a carriage assembly that can uniformly crimp edge portions of spacer holes of spacer portions and keep the spacer portions flat, thereby maintaining the angles of suspensions with high accuracy, and an...

A rivet is inserted into a workpiece by an apparatus that includes an internal roller screw linear actuator in which rotational movement of an internally threaded cylinder is converted into linear movement of a fastener insertion actuator assembly....

A groove is formed on a handling member, on a face to be fixed to an element, the groove making up a portion of a channel that externally communicates in the state of being fixed to the element. The handling member is fixed so that the cleavage...

A method for manufacturing a metallic keypad panel having a ripple luster is described. First, a metallic thin plate is prepared. The metallic thin plate is subjected to an etching process, thereby forming a plurality of keypads having hollowed...

An assembling device for attaching a light guide plate and a reflecting member together is provided. The assembling device includes a first receiving member and a second receiving member. The first receiving member defines a first recess therein for...

A spring actuated clamping mechanism has a backer plate with an upper surface and a lower surface. A set of apertures is formed along the periphery of the backer plate. The upper surface of the backer plate has at least one backer plate recess, and...

A method of producing a land grid array (LGA) interposer structure, including an electrically insulating carrier plane, and at least one interposer mounted on a first surface of said carrier plane. The interposer possesses a hemi-toroidal...

In a method for boring injection holes of an injector 1 having a plurality of intersections between an axis line of the injector 1 and the axes of the injection holes 10a bored in the injector 1, or so-called a group of injection holes 10, flat...

Method of assembling a rotor assembly of a gas turbine engine having a plurality of components. The method comprises in one aspect calculating the bending forces due to the mass distribution along the rotor. In another aspect, an optimization routine...

A method for facilitating turbine repair is disclosed. The method includes determining wear characteristics of a turbine blade based on at least one of turbine type or turbine application. The method also includes determining a delineated repair area...

The improvement in the manufacturing of fluid ports commonly used hydraulic bladder type accumulators by the manufacturing of the fluid port body and the poppet valve guide as separate pieces in the manufacturing process.

A hands-free method and related apparatus are used to shape, place and compact a composite stringer on a composite skin of an aircraft. A composite charge is placed on a tool assembly that used to shape the charge into a preformed stringer. With the...

The rotary electric shaver including; a plurality of cutter circumferential rims (24), each of which is detachable from the shaver main body (12), and separately surrounds and holds each of individual outer cutters (16), a pivotal supporting section...

A hair trimmer blade unit includes a stationary blade and a movable blade, which includes movable blade pieces. Each movable blade piece includes a basal blade edge portion and a distal catch portion. The basal blade edge portion extends along a line...

An adjustable cake cutter includes an one-piece cutter body that allows adjustment of the cut size, and a bearing bar pivoted to the cutter body and turnable to the bottom side of the space defined within the cutter body to bear the cut piece of cake...

Pruning shears include a first arm comprising a first handle having a latch block, and an integral jaw having a recess; a second arm comprising a second handle and an integral joining section including a cavity and a peripheral trough; a first blade...

In such sports, as golf, foot alignment in a stance is an important. To obtain proper foot alignment is hard. There are many aids one could use to help a person to obtain a proper alignment. But, this invention/patent idea of a “ray line beam device”...

A height measurement apparatus for measuring a height of a workpiece is provided. The height measurement apparatus includes a support member, a level bar and a height gauge. The level bar is installed on the support member and movable along a...

An anchoring device for a mason's line and method for its use includes a first and a second spaced apart parallel rail. Each rail includes a belaying nub to provide a protuberance upon which to tie the mason's line and a leg in opposed relation to...

A gauge for determining the angle of sloped ground includes a panel, having a transparent window located in it, which can be held by a user so that the sloped ground can be viewed through the window. The panel has a spatial reference associated with...

Embodiments of a depth gauge comprise a housing, a support structure extending from the bottom of the housing and being configured to balance the depth gauge on uneven or even surfaces, a retractable surface engaging member extending through the...

A dryer includes a drying chamber, a process air guide that guides process air along the articles to pick up humidity from them, a heat sink in the process air guide that precipitates humidity from the process air as a condensate, and a condensate...

A multi-layer type drying machine (200) is disclosed. The multi-layer type drying machine (200) has a drying space divided into several sections in a multi-layered structure for receiving objects to be dried. The multi-layer type drying machine (200)...

The present invention related to a portable multipurpose hybrid device which emits ultra violet radiation. Even more specifically, this invention relates to portable multipurpose hybrid device which emits ultra violet radiation, design at unique...

An operating method for a laundry machine capable of efficiently removing dust and start smell from clothes without using washing water and efficiently removing wrinkles from clothes in a convenient manner is disclosed. The operating method for a...

The present invention is a method of drying clothing. The method of drying clothing involves providing a dryer, preferably a coin-operated clothes dryer. The dryer contains a heat source in thermal communication with the dryer. Next, a user inserts...

Disclosed herein is a dryer having a function of spraying steam onto laundry. The dryer includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet, an exhaust part communicating with the drum and provided with a ventilation fan, a drive unit...

A cushioning device comprising a sticky surface, the device comprising a gel material bound to a thermoplastic film material having a polarity compatible with the gel material, wherein the thermoplastic film material further comprises a pressure...

A sports shoe is proposed which comprises an upper and a sole, the latter having its bottom side provided with a pattern of traction assisting means for penetrating the surface of a lawn or hard court, in which the walking sole is directly bonded to...

A cleat is provided, including a head and a shank connected to the head. The shank has a pair of opposing planar faces and a pair of opposing short edges, a wide portion and a point. The edges are provided with at least one serration fixed relative...

An article of footwear which includes an outer bottom assembly, the bottom assembly including an outsole and a reinforcement layer. A damping layer is positioned between the outsole and the reinforcement layer, and at least one flange connects the...

The present invention lies in the field of clearing bars (3) for the clearing blade (1) of a snow plough, which clearing bars are defined at least partially in cross section by a curved contour (10). They are based on the object of avoiding...

Upgraded ironing machine, particularly for ironing trousers, comprising a supporting structure (2) of at least two substantially vertical pressing plates (3), arranged so they are facing each other and moving from a home configuration, wherein the...

A name badge, made from transparent plastic and having a front part (1) and a rear part (2) which is connected resiliently to the former via a first yoke (3) and having at least one retaining ridge (5) for a cardboard insert, said retaining ridge (5)...

A label assembly has a front label and a rear label both affixed to a non-opaque bottle. The front label has a transparent portion and the rear label has an opaque portion, wherein the bottle facing side of the rear label has a solid colored border...

An illuminated road sign, that includes: a supporting element, a front element, and multiple electroluminescent lamps located between the supporting element and the front element; wherein the front element comprises multiple regions, wherein at least...

A system and a method for advertisement for a business is provided. The contemplated embodiments of the system and method utilize a sign having interchangeable capabilities such that the sign may be changed based on promotional programs and or may be...

A label holder for a retail display apparatus is provided. The label holder comprises a front panel, a sign clip, and a mounting structure for securing the label holder to the retail display apparatus. The sign clip includes a leg portion, including...

Methods and apparatus are described for safety apparatuses for weapons. An example safety apparatus includes an interchangeable barrel and a safety mechanism. The safety mechanism can be moved between an open position that corresponds to an unlocked...

A spotter scope including an illuminator that generates a ranging signal is disclosed. The spotter scope further includes an imaging device with a focal plane array which detects backscatter radiation created by the ranging signal, and a controller...

An animal decoy specially designed for attracting predatory animals that includes a housing having an interior chamber, the housing having a top wall having an opening therein; a multiplicity of dispersible dust particulates disposed within the...

A fishing rod, and a method of manufacturing a tubular structure such as a fishing rod. The fishing rod extends within a plane (210). At least a portion of the rod (202) has a flexural rigidity in a first direction (B) within the plane different from...

Branched decyl nitrates of the formula R1R2CH—CH2—O—NO2 in which R1 is an n-propyl or isopropyl radical and R2 is a linear or branched alkyl radical having 5 carbon atoms are suitable as combustion improvers and/or cetane number improvers in fuels.

The present invention relates to a method of stockpiling a fuel source by storing methanol or dimethyl ether in appropriate storage facilities to provide an alternative fuel source that can be used to avoid shortages due to unavailability, limited...

For manufacture of solid fuels by solidifying processing-object materials containing plastics, waste paper and waste wood, the processing-object materials inputted through an input port 12 are subjected to water injection so that their water content...

An artificial seed is provided. The artificial seed includes a seed shell having a live end, a dead end and a perimeter. A nutritive media disposed within the seed shell. The artificial seed also includes a restraint disposed within the seed shell...

An apparatus for cultivation of phytoplankton and other autotrophic aquatic species in an aquatic medium in one embodiment comprises a plurality of liquid-impermeable transparent baffles, each forming an elongated trough-like enclosure, depending...

A modular planting system for roof applications includes a plurality of green roof planter modules each comprising a planter including a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls that cooperate with the bottom wall to form an interior space, and a...

Plant supporting apparatuses designed to hang a planter and plant at a variety of desired locations without lines for external electrical or water supply. Power is provided by solar cells. This construction allows the placement of plants almost...

Methods and systems for gasifying process streams are described. In some embodiments, a method for gasifying a process stream includes gasifying the process stream in a first chamber to generate one or more product gases, transporting at least a...