US Patents Published on 29-Dec-2009

An electric power steering apparatus includes: a motor for providing assistant steering power; a following pulley connected with the motor through a belt to receive a driving force; a gear housing surrounding the following pulley; a motor housing...

The portable barge access ladder has a pair of coaming frame members positioned outside of a barge coaming with a plurality of safety treads there-between forming a coaming ladder portion. The ladder includes transverse frame members extending across...

An elevator control system for controlling the movement of an elevator car up and down an elevator shaft between floors of a structure includes a call input device provided on each floor to indicate a passenger is waiting to be picked-up; a measuring...

An elevator system and method where an evacuation elevator control portion devises an evacuation plan making use of an elevator based on disaster information in the event of a disaster, and generates a command to perform an evacuation operation based...

In an elevator system that has an elevator hoistway, a plurality of hoistway doors arranged above each other each with at least one horizontally moveable hoistway door panel, and an elevator car with a car door that has at least one horizontally...

A motor and brake assembly having a disengaging mechanism for use with RV's are disclosed. The assembly includes a motor and a disengaging mechanism that is mounted thereon. The disengaging mechanism includes a motor mount comprised of a cylindrical...

A system that includes a magnetically actuated motion control device comprising a housing defining a cavity and including a slot therethrough. A movable member is located within the cavity and is movable relative to the housing. A magnetic field...

A clutch unit including a housing fixed to a flywheel, in which two axially displaceable pressure plates are housed fixed to the housing to form a first and a second clutch, each provided with a clutch disk, whereby the clutches may be independently...

An idler roller assembly is comprised of a polymeric tubular body and an end cap fitted within a cavity of the tubular body at each end of the tubular body. An inner circumferential surface of the tubular body defining the cavity is configured with a...

Apparatus and methods for diverting objects to a second path from a first path. Some embodiments include an articulatable diverting member coupled to an endless loop placed at an oblique angle above the first path of the conveyor. The diverting...

A guide for a conveyor of articles includes a guide element elongated in a longitudinal direction. The guide element includes a substantially planar portion and first and second edges opposed to each other in a transversal direction, transversal to...

A paint brush storage and tool device comprises first and second cover bodies having main walls, perimeter walls and a pivotal connection for movement into and out of a closed condition to enclose the head of a paint brush between the main walls with...

A stackable display case for protecting products which are unable to support a compressive load. Such display case provides improved protection of products during shipping and sale. Such display cases are loaded with products, stacked three or more...

A rotating egg container is disclosed having a body and an internal rotating unit for storing a plurality of eggs. The internal rotating unit has a plurality of egg holding sections joined to two opposing tracks defining a pathway through which the...

Pool cue storage, display and transportation processes are provided which can include supporting a pool cue case in an upright longitudinal position with a member extendable from within the case. Pool cue cases are provided that may define a pool cue...

A screening deck for the screening of crushed stone material includes a plurality of screening elements arranged adjacent one another. At least one side of each screening element is non-parallel with respect to a longitudinal direction of the...

A transporting apparatus is provided with: a transporting device (120) having: a loading device (220) which can elongate in an elongation direction toward a side of the track portion; and an elongation mechanism (600) for elongating the loading...

A container, such as a baby bottle, has an hourglass shape elongated wall substantially along its length. There is an indented portion in the hourglass shape for facilitating holding of the bottle. A rim at the top of the wall is for receiving a...

A container assembly includes a container that has an externally threaded finish portion as well as retention structure for preventing upward movement of a tamper evident band. The container assembly further includes a closure having a body portion...

A tank has a pair of elongated, generally parallel, and hollow plastic chambers having longitudinally extending side walls and closed ends, and a transverse plastic connector tube having one end connected to and opening into one of the elongated...

A bowl includes non-slip means and spoon-assisted food conglomeration means. In a preferred embodiment, the bowl is transparent. Non-slip means may include a weight structure, a non-slip material affixed to the bowl bottom either substantially...

The present invention relates to a jar (1) for cosmetic and pharmaceutical creams, which comprises a holding body (2), defining, in a single piece, an inner vessel (3) and an outer mantle (4) extending from the mouth (5) of the inner vessel (3) and...

An electric caulking gun has a body, a gearbox, a caulking barrel, a pushing device, a driving assembly, an actuating assembly, a motor and a power source. The body has a mounting section and a handle section. The gearbox is mounted in the body and...

The present invention relates to a portable liquid dispensing device. The present invention further relates to a dispensing device equipped with a concealable nozzle which is concealed when not in use and then exposed when it is desirable to spray a...

A manually operated trigger sprayer is constructed with a reduced number of parts and in a novel manner in which the conventional metal coil spring is replaced with a pair of plastic bowed springs that are integral with the piston rod and the pump...

A pneumatic dispensing gun includes a receptacle having a conduit for receiving a pressurized gas, a cartridge supported on the receptacle, an end cap attached to the cartridge and having a path communicating with the conduit of the receptacle, and a...

A container and valve assembly for storing and dispensing substances including edible substances. The container is a tubular body that defines a storage chamber for storing the substance and a head portion for supports the valve assembly. The valve...

A dispensing closure for viscous fluids contains a closure body, a closure lid and a living hinge structure hingeably connecting the closure lid to the closure body. The closure body includes an upper deck, a skirt configured and arranged to mount to...

The improved floral container holder for vehicle is intended to provide the secure delivery of floral container, for example, such as vase with the flower, in upright position. The improved flower container holder comprises a lower portion connected...

The present invention relates to a nail shooter. The present invention provides the nail shooter driven by a high-pressurized gas in liquid state, in order to resolve technical problems with the prior nail shooters, such as difficulty in application,...

It is an object of the present invention to increase durability of a driving tool. A representative driving tool comprises an elongated operating member that drives in a driving material and a drive mechanism that drives the operating member. The...

A surgical instrument including a handle portion, a body portion, an articulating tool assembly and a locking assembly is disclosed. The body portion extends distally from the handle portion and defines a first longitudinal axis. The articulating...

Stenciling machines and methods for forming solder balls on microelectronic workpieces are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method for depositing and reflowing solder paste on a microelectronic workpiece having a plurality of dies includes...

An integrated circuit is wire bonded in a manner such that there is consistent RF performance from integrated circuit package to integrated circuit package. Bond distances within the integrated circuit are measured, each corresponding to a wire bond...

There is disclosed an air flow channel (32, 38) for use in a packaging container (10). The channel includes an elongated body defining a passage having an open end. A number of spaced apart ventilation openings (36) are provided through the body...

The gestational wheel calculator of the current invention greatly extends the function and usefulness of the basic gestational calculation wheel by providing increased accuracy of gestational dates by using an average cycle length adjuster, provides...

A self-service terminal, such as an ATM (Automated Teller Machine). The ATM has a communication port for interfacing with a user's portable electronic device. The ATM is operable to receive a transaction authorization from the user's portable...

A automated teller machine (ATM) verifies the authenticity of the cheque based on image information acquired by a CIS unit and magnetic character information acquired by a MICR unit. The ATM further includes a plural cheque leaves determining unit...

A system for printing audio information on a print medium. The system comprises a mobile telecommunications device. The mobile telecommunications device comprises a printer module and a sensor module. The printer module is configured to print the...

A method and system are provided for finding items for grouping items according to sorting characteristics. For example, a price comparison engine is described that obtains the original total purchase price for all items placed in the customer's...

Systems and methods are provided for establishing online a buyer price for a first plurality of products. In one embodiment, the buyer price is lower than a retail price of the first plurality of products, the first plurality of products to be picked...

An optical reader having a picture taking mode and a decode mode. In a picture taking mode, the reader captures and outputs a frame of image data without attempting to decode a decodable symbol in the frame. In the decode mode, the reader captures a...

An automatic code symbol reading system for use in point of sale (POS) environments, employing automatic object motion detection and illumination control, and digital video image capturing and processing techniques, which ensures the reliable reading...

A method for registering biometric information for use in a transponder-reader system is disclosed. The method includes steps of detecting, verifying and storing a proffered biometric sample. During detecting, a sensor detects a proffered biometric...

An application for generating a printable barcode object representing data from within a software application includes converting the data into a symbol string based on a barcode standard and assembling a plurality of block code characters from a...

The invention relates to a rail fastener for track systems, comprising a tensioning element (1) made of an elastic material, in particular hardened spring steel that in the assembled state is fixed in place between a retaining plate (3) provided on a...

A suck back valve comprises a suction amount-adjusting mechanism including a screw member which regulates a displacement amount of a second piston integrally displaceable with a second diaphragm in accordance with abutment of a disk-shaped member, a...

A fuel injection valve is provided that includes a valve seat member (3) having a conical valve seat (8) and a valve hole (7) formed through a central part of the valve seat (8), a valve body (18) working in cooperation with the valve seat (8), and...

An improved brush cutter having an upper feed control member with stop, forward, neutral, and reverse positions also has a lower feed stop member with selectable sensitivity. Another aspect of the invention is to predict the feed roller shutoff point...

The invention relates to a roller mill for grinding solid material such as cement raw materials and similar materials, said roller mill comprising a substantially horizontal grinding table and at least two rollers which are configured for interactive...