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A hybrid seal for sealing the circumferential gap between a first machine component and a second machine component comprises at least one shoe extending along one of the machine components in a position to create a non-contact seal, at least one spring element connected between one of the machine components and the shoe(s) and a stack of sealing elements located within a slot formed in the shoe(s), wherein a primary seal and secondary seal of the circumferential gap is created by the shoe(s) in cooperation with the spring element(s) and sealing elements, respectively.

A seal comprises the combination of a primary seal and a secondary seal each of which acts on at least one shoe that is installed with clearance relative to one of a rotor and a stator in a position to create a non-contact seal therewith. The at least one shoe is provided with a surface geometry that influences the inertia of fluid flowing across the seal, and, hence, the velocity of the fluid and the pressure distribution across the seal, ultimately affecting the balance of forces applied to the seal.

The present invention provides an electric tool which includes an electrical device, such as a radio, as an additional function, and is lightweight and easy to handle for operation. The electric tool includes a lithium-ion secondary battery as a power supply, and is equipped with an electrical device, which operates on small electric power supplied from the lithium-ion secondary battery.

A hybrid brush seal is provided having two bundles of axially spaced seal bristles each of which are mounted in a ring shape on a first machine component with bristle ends directed at a sealing surface of the second, rotating machine component. The bristle ends are kept from direct contact with the rotating machine component via one or more shoes which are designed such that as the shaft rotates a hydrodynamic film separates the shoe(s) from the shaft. The shoe(s) is attached to the bristle ends at discreet locations. Alternatively, one or more bundles of seal bristles are mounted at one end either to the fixed or rotating machine component, with the opposite bristle ends directed toward one or more shoes, and wherein one or more spring elements are connected between the machine component and shoes.

A board book album having stiff pages with “hidden pockets,” each pocket holding two photographs, back-to-back, that are framed in die cutout openings in each page. Spacers inside the bound and unbound edges of each page allow the page to accommodate the thickness of the photographs without damaging the binding. Each photograph is protected by a piece of clear plastic. Each page can have a small concave notch along its unbound edge in order to allow a user to turn the pages more easily. The cover can have a frame attached thereto for holding a photograph. The album is sturdy enough to be handled by a small child without the photographs being damaged.

A method of feeding cigars to a hopper of a wrapping machine, wherein the cigars are housed in bulk and in orderly manner inside containers; each container has a top opening by which to receive and unload the cigars in the aforementioned orderly manner; a full container of cigars is picked up and inverted at the hopper by means of a manipulating device so that the opening faces downwards; and the full container is rested on a supporting surface having a passage smaller than the opening, so as to partly close the opening and provide for controlled unloading of the cigars.

A single-phase brushless motor has both superior start-up stability and low cogging torque. In the outer-rotor-type single-phase brushless motor, when a gap width between the rotor and one edge of the salient pole surface is defined as d₁, a gap width between the rotor and the other edge of the salient pole surface is defined as d₂, and a minimum gap width between the rotor and the salient pole surface is defined as d₃, the formula d₃<d₁<d₂ is satisfied, and the gap width is d₃ at a position shifted toward the one edge of the salient pole surface from the center of the arc shape which forms the salient pole surface.

The invention provides a high strength steel sheet which exhibits excellent chemical convertibility and corrosion resistance after electrodeposition coating even in the case where the steel sheet has a high Si content, and a method for manufacturing such steel sheets. The method includes continuous annealing of a steel sheet which includes, in terms of mass %, C at 0.01 to 0.18%, Si at 0.4 to 2.0%, Mn at 1.0 to 3.0%, Al at 0.001 to 1.0%, P at 0.005 to 0.060% and S at ≦0.01%, the balance being represented by Fe and inevitable impurities, while controlling the dew-point temperature of the atmosphere to become not less than −10° C. when the heating furnace inside temperature is in the range of not less than A° C. and not more than B° C. during the course of heating (A: 600≦A≦780, B: 800≦B≦900).

A transfer device is provided for transferring, to an adherend, a thin-film to which a functional material adheres, the transfer device including a plurality of rollers for providing a rotating function, and an endless belt installed on the plurality of rollers, wherein, on the endless belt, the transfer device retains the thin-film with a surface of the thin-film to which the functional material adheres being in contact with the endless belt, and the transfer device transfers the thin-film to the adherend so that a surface opposite a surface of the thin-film to which the functional material adheres is in contact with the adherend. This configuration allows an ultrathin thin-film to be simply transferred to the adherend such as a human body without damage to the thin-film, the thin-film having the adhered functional material and requiring careful handling.

A method for producing bound books, magazines or brochures by gathering printed sheets into non-bound book blocks along a conveying section that is supplied by at least one sheet feeder includes separating the lowest printed sheet from a stack of printed sheets by lifting one edge region of the lowest printed sheet from the bottom of the printed sheet stack, withdrawing the separated lowest printed sheet with the aid of a conveying element from the remaining sheet stack by gripping the separated edge region with the conveying element, and subsequently withdrawing the separated lowest printed sheet in a direction parallel to the longitudinal extension of the edge region of the remaining sheet stack. The apparatus includes a separating device that lifts up the printed sheet at the stack front and a conveying element that pulls the printed sheet from the stack where both are arranged jointly on a removal unit.

The invention provides an official document standardized calibration system, which comprises a word bank management module, an official document content proofreading module, an official document template and official document key element proofreading module, an official document quality examination module and an official document statistics module; the word bank management module provides a calibration base and standard; the official document content proofreading module and the official document template and official document key element proofreading module proofread the content, the template and key elements of an official document according to a proofreading rule provided by the word bank management module; and the official document quality examination module and the official document statistics module respectively analyze and examine the proofreading situation and the proofreading result of the official document content proofreading module and the official document template and official document key element proofreading module and count a result. Through the official document standardized calibration system, the management standardization of the official documents in enterprises or institute systems can be greatly improved, and more rigorousness and carefulness for processing the official document can be realized. The word calibration technology is effectively combined with the official document calibration rule, and the calibration work of the official document can be rapidly and high efficiently completed on a client through an office kit word processing system (WPS).

A device (1) for transferring continuously transported printing products (2 a . . . g), e.g., book blocks, books or sheet stacks consisting of folded and/or non-folded sheets, from an essentially flat lying position into an upright position or vice versa by a conveyor (3) that is twisted about a longitudinal axis (9). A first transporter (3) with pushers (4) advances the printing products (2 c . . . f) during the transfer, and a second transporter (10 or 12) has support elements (11), on which the printing products (2 c . . . f) are at least partially supported or lie with their primary surface during the transfer. The invention allows a particularly careful transport of sensitive individual parts or partial products that may even consist of thin individual sheets on the bottom side. A narrow line of support provided by the support elements (11) suffices for this purpose, wherein this narrow line of support essentially acts upon the product (2c . . . f) in one line of action with the respective pusher (4).