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An intervertebral implant for insertion between two vertebrae is disclosed. A first part has a first contact surface extending between its two ends a first guide surface extending out from the first contact surface. A second part has a second contact surface extending between its ends, and a second guide surface recessed into the second contact surface. The first guide surface and the second guide surface cooperate so that the first contact surface of the first part can slide relative to the second contact surface of the second part with a translation motion guided by the cooperating structures of the first and second guide surfaces. The height of the intervertebral implant can be altered by shifting the first part and the second part relative to each other by moving the contact surfaces relative to each other by using the cooperating guide surfaces.

An intervertebral implant for insertion between two vertebrae is disclosed. A first part has a first contact surface extending between its two ends a first guide surface extending out from the first contact surface. A second part has a second contact surface extending between its ends, and a second guide surface recessed into the second contact surface. The first guide surface and the second guide surface cooperate so that the first contact surface of the first part can slide relative to the second contact surface of the second part with a translation motion guided by the cooperating structures of the first and second guide surfaces. The height of the intervertebral implant can be altered by shifting the first part and the second part relative to each other by moving the contact surfaces relative to each other by using the cooperating guide surfaces.

A heatshielded article includes a support 18 and at least one heatshield 20 secured adjacent to the support. The heatshield includes a shield portion 28 spaced from the support. The shield portion includes a hot side 30 and an uncoated cold side 32. A projection projects from an origin 36 at the shield portion to a terminus 38 remote from the shield portion. The terminus includes a protective coating 64 along at least a portion of its length.

A bathing enclosure has a wall arrangement which supports one or more hanging accessories, such as a towel hook, soap dish and bottle rack. Multiple wall sections are mounted so that their top and bottom edges are spaced apart to create a lateral gap therebetween. The gap permits a hanger end of the accessories to fit up and over the upper edges of the wall sections. The accessories can be slid horizontally in the gap and either extend to the inside or outside of the enclosure. Preferably, adjacent wall sections overlap vertically and tilt backward toward the inside of the enclosure from top to bottom.

An adjuster device includes (a) a shaft held by a vehicle body; (b) an arm extending from the shaft in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the shaft; (c) an actuator causing one of rotation of the shaft and axial movement of the shaft in the axial direction; and (d) a motion converter converting the one of the rotation of the shaft and the axial movement of the shaft, into the other of the rotation of the shaft and the axial movement of the shaft. The arm is connected at a distal end portion thereof to one of at least one suspension arm, so as to enable the rotation of the shaft to cause change in a vertical distance between a wheel and the vehicle body. The shaft is connected to one of the at least one suspension arm and / or to an axle carrier, so as to enable the axial movement of the shaft to cause change in an alignment of the wheel. Also disclosed is an adjusting system including the adjuster device.

A heatshielded article includes a support 18 and at least one heatshield 20 secured adjacent to the support. The heatshield includes a shield portion 28 spaced from the support. The shield portion includes a hot side 30 and an uncoated cold side 32. A projection projects from an origin 36 at the shield portion to a terminus 38 remote from the shield portion. The terminus includes a protective coating 64 along at least a portion of its length.

An adjuster device includes (a) a shaft held by a vehicle body; (b) an arm extending from the shaft in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the shaft; (c) an actuator causing one of rotation of the shaft and axial movement of the shaft in the axial direction; and (d) a motion converter converting the one of the rotation of the shaft and the axial movement of the shaft, into the other of the rotation of the shaft and the axial movement of the shaft. The arm is connected at a distal end portion thereof to one of at least one suspension arm, so as to enable the rotation of the shaft to cause change in a vertical distance between a wheel and the vehicle body. The shaft is connected to one of the at least one suspension arm or to an axle carrier, so as to enable the axial movement of the shaft to cause change in an alignment of the wheel. Also disclosed is an adjusting system including the adjuster device.

A security document or other device including a substrate (2), a smooth highly reflective layer (1) applied thereto and having a reflectivity of at least 60 gloss units, and a raised printed image (3) applied to said reflective layer by a printing process such as the gravure process, the raised printed image having a height of at least 10 microns and being printed using a translucent ink having a large value of 85 to 95 as measured on an XL 211 Hazegard haze measuring instrument, which render it substantially transparent or translucent while causing scattering of the light reflectance and transmittance in at least a partially specular manner. A method of producing a document is also disclosed.

A crop discharging device, such as a discharge spout for a crop chopping machine, has a crop input end mounted for swiveling about an inclined upright axis and for pivoting vertically about a horizontal axis. The discharge spout also includes a vertically adjustable flap at its discharge end for directing the flow of crop from the spout. A first actuator is provided for effecting movement of the spout about the upright axis, a second actuator is provided for effecting movement of the spout about the horizontal axis and a third actuator is provided for effecting movement of the flap. A control arrangement, which includes a memory into which a preset correlation table, or the like may be loaded, is provided for automatically controlling the position of the second actuator as a function of the position of the first actuator so as to maintain a given discharge height. In the same way, the control arrangement is capable of automatically controlling the third actuator as a function of the operation of the second actuator so as to maintain a desired direction of flow of the crop from the spout during adjustment of the height of the discharge end of the spout.

The invention discloses a saddle-shaped window type air-conditioner, which comprises an indoor panel, a machine case, an evaporator, an indoor fan, a condenser, an outdoor fan, a compressor and a chassis. The machine case includes three parts: an indoor machine shell, an outdoor machine shell and a connecting machine shell, and a mounting bracket is arranged on a saddle-shaped part which is a combining part of the outdoor machine shell, the indoor machine shell and the connecting machine shell and comprises a first mounting part, a second mounting part and a sliding part, wherein the first mounting part and the second mounting part are respectively jointed with buckling outlines of the bottoms of the indoor machine shell and the outdoor machine shell and are fixed with shell bodies, the sliding part is jointed with a bending outline connecting of the bottoms of the machine shells, the indoor machine shell and the vertical side face of the outdoor machine shell, and the height of the mounting bracket and the width of the saddle-shaped position are realized by changing the connecting positions between a regulating part and the first mounting part, the second mounting part as well as a spanning part. Gravity acted on the air-conditioner is uniformly borne by the mounting brackets, thereby avoiding machine case fracture caused by centralized stress on the connecting machine shell.

A smart desk and chair includes a desk having at least one lift arm that is expandable and retractable for adjusting the height of a desk surface and a chair having a sensor included inside a chair seat where the sensor detects the presence or absence of a user seated in the chair. A controller in the desk controls the position of the at least one lift arm in the desk. The desk and chair are connected wirelessly enabling the desk surface to be automatically raised or lowered in relation to the floor depending on the standing or seated position of the user.

The invention discloses an environment-friendly cleaning and maintenance machine for a steel wire rope. The machine comprises a wire pay-off mechanism, a cleaning mechanism, a dirt-removing mechanism, a maintenance mechanism and a wire take-up mechanism, which are arranged in sequence, wherein the steel wire rope is cleaned and maintained by the wire pay-off mechanism, the cleaning mechanism, the dirt-removing mechanism, the maintenance mechanism and the wire take-up mechanism in sequence. By the adoption of the cleaning and maintenance machine disclosed by the invention, the problems of massive dirt accumulation, rust formation and damage happening during the use process of different types of steel wire ropes for constructions can be effectively avoided; and accidents of personal injury, traffic interruption and power failure, which are caused by the breakage of steel wire ropes during the construction process, can be effectively prevented by periodically cleaning and greasing steel wire ropes with the cleaning and maintenance machine every year. The cleaning and maintenance machine disclosed by the invention can be used for cleaning different types of steel wire ropes in a simple and highly-efficient method, has stable performances and good cleaning and maintenance effects. The cleaning and maintenance machine is easy to operate during the use process and has the beneficial effects of reducing the labor intensity, increasing the work efficiency, ensuring the service safety against twisting of steel wire ropes, prolonging the service life and the operating reliability of steel wire ropes and providing powerful guarantee for safety production.

An improved anode design, incorporating domes, for plasma reactors enhances plasma density at the anode. The domes give rise to a high-divergence, three-dimensional electric field distribution that accelerates electrons to a focused central region in the dome, thereby increasing ionization and dissociation. The enhanced plasma density increases the reaction rate at a substrate opposite the anode.

A canopy has a framework including a plurality of vertical poles and a roof frame. A height adjustment structure for adjusting the height of the roof frame includes a sliding sleeve disposed around each vertical pole, to which the roof frame is connected. The sleeve can slide along the pole so that a through hole on a sidewall of the sleeve is aligned with one of the holes provided on the vertical pole. A spring loaded press plate pivotally mounted on the sidewall of the sleeve has a locking pin at one end which can extend into the through hole on the sleeve and the hole on the pole to lock the sleeve at a desired height along the pole.

The invention discloses an extrathoracic pressing device for cardiopulmonary resuscitation, comprising a driving mechanism and a pressing pad. A lifting lever is slidably mounted inside the drive mechanism, the upper end of the lifting lever is fixedly connected with the driving mechanism through a telescopic spring, The lower end of the lifting lever is fixedly connected with the lifting plate, arack is fixedly installed on the right side of the lifting plate, and a first gear, a second gear and a third gear are rotatably installed from the top to the bottom on the right side of the rack from the inside of the driving mechanism, and the first gear, the second gear and the third gear are meshed with the rack. By providing a driving mechanism with a hollow structure, when the patient is subjected to external thoracic compression, the number of three rotating electric machines is selected according to the actual situation, the rotating electric machines located at the bottom end are started when the lower depth external thoracic compression is carried out, the rotating electric machines located at the bottom end and the middle part are started when the moderate external thoracic compression is carried out, and the three rotating electric machines are started simultaneously when the deep external thoracic compression is carried out.

The invention relates to the technical field of unmanned remote measuring and provides a quick disassembling and assembling shallow diving line type unmanned ship which comprises a main hull, two shallow diving line type floating body modules, two underwater power propulsion modules, and an instrument carrying and central control module which are connected through a rotatable and slidable combined connecting device which has the function of rotation, flexibility and translation. The quick disassembling and assembling shallow diving line type unmanned ship has the advantages that the big quality water surface unmanned ship which has powerful capacity of resisting wind waves and larger bearing capacity is decentralized, the requirements of convenient transportation are met, what is more important is that the easy and accurate adjustment of the centre of gravity and buoyancy of the ship can be realized according to different water area working conditions and the changeable loading conditions, the sailing optimized posture of the hull is guaranteed, and the requirements of carrying various instruments and equipment and normal operation on the unmanned ship are met.

The present invention relates to a hydroponic system, which comprises at least a hydroponic tank and at least a level adjustment tank. The hydroponic tank and the level adjustment tank are respectively provided with at least a carrier for carrying or growing plants and at least a float. Each carrier and float is linked by a linkage mechanism. The summed fluid level of the level adjustment tank is much smaller than that of the hydroponic tank, so by filling or discharging a small amount of an adjustment solution in or out of the level adjustment tank, the height of the float in the level adjustment tank can be altered with the elevation of the fluid level; as such, the level adjustment tank can greatly save the required water amount and shorten the operation time of a water pump.

The invention discloses a deburring device for plastic processing. The deburring device comprises support legs. A workbench is fixedly mounted at the tops of the support legs. An operating platform is fixedly mounted on the upper surface of the workbench. A moving screw rod is movably mounted at the end, located on the side face of the operating platform, of the upper surface of the workbench through a support. An output shaft of a first servo motor is fixedly connected to one end of the moving screw rod, wherein the output shaft of the first servo motor is fixedly mounted at the top of the support. An electric extending-and-contracting rod is fixedly connected with the moving screw rod through a connection block. A clamping seat is fixedly mounted at the end, far away from the moving screw rod, of the electric extending-and-contracting rod. A first driving motor is fixedly mounted inside the clamping seat. According to the deburring device, edge clearing mechanisms are arranged, and therefore support shafts can be driven by a second servo motor to rotate; furthermore, the first edge clearing mechanism and the second edge clearing mechanism are made to rotate synchronously, so that the purpose of clearing burs at the side edges of a plastic product is achieved; and the production requirements and the requirements for product quality can be effectively met.

The invention relates to a contacting unit for a card-type carrier element in electronic component groups with a housing, the contact unit including a bonding pad on one end face, a slot-like slide-in port that joins on the end face opposite the bonding pad, into which the card-type carrier element, especially a chip card in accordance with ISO 7816, can be inserted, and a printed circuit board, arranged in the housing parallel to the slide-in port and electrically connected to the bonding pad, wherein said printed circuit board is equipped on one surface with contact elements for contacting the card-type carrier element, characterized in that said unit is designed in accordance with the PCMCIA Express Card Standard.

An air bearing slider of a disk including a body having a surface facing a disk; a first rail base protruding from the surface facing the disk; a first rail portion protruding from the first rail base, the first rail portion including a cross rail separated from a leading end portion of the first rail base and extending perpendicular to a direction in which air enters, and a pair of side rails respectively extending from both ends of the cross rail parallel to the direction in which air enters; a negative pressure cavity defined by the first rail base; a second rail base protruding from the surface facing the disk; a second rail portion protruding from the second rail base; and an air flow channel disposed between the leading end portion of the first rail base and the cross rail, extending perpendicular to the direction in which air enters.

This invention relates to a height adjustable pedal-ring mechanism for bar stool. This mechanism comprises a main shaft, a taper sleeve, a cross-shaped support frame with a central tube, a pedal ring, and a base frame. The pedal ring is connected to the cross-shaped support frame. The taper sleeve has an outer spiral line on the upper part of the taper sleeve and an outer gradient slope on the lower part of the taper sleeve. The cross-shaped support frame is equipped with a central tube at the central part of the cross-shaped support frame. The central tube has an inner spiral line matching with the outer spiral line of the taper sleeve and an inner gradient slope matching with the outer gradient slope of the taper sleeve. This mechanism employs the outer gradient slope of the taper sleeve and the inner gradient slope of the central tube to fix the vertical position of the pedal ring.

The present invention relates to a roof rack that provides side rails which extend along the vehicle's roof panel. The roof rack has cross rails that extend between the side rails, but the cross rails can change positions so that when they are not in use they are at a lower height then when they are in use. The cross rails are connected to a stanchion which is then connected to the side rails by a connector. The stanchion pivots about this connection point in order to alter the height of the cross rails. The side rails have a stanchion stopper which is positioned adjacent to the stanchion in order to prevent over rotation of the stanchion.

By applying a laser beam that is absorbed into a quartz crystal to an upper right end of a crystal chip, the height of the crystal chip is altered step by step to form a first step, a second step, a third step, and a fourth step, respectively. As such, control of the shape of a quartz crystal resonator is easy even if the quartz crystal resonator is miniaturized, the shape and the performance of a processed quartz crystal resonator are satisfactory, quartz crystal resonators of various shapes can be formed, a quartz crystal resonator can be formed at low cost with a small number of man-hours, a load in driving a quartz crystal resonator is small, and versatile equipment and tools can be used.

The present invention provides a method of moving a cutter blade along a circumferential edge of a semiconductor wafer, thereby cutting a protective tape joined to a surface of the semiconductor wafer with a pattern formed thereon for protecting the pattern before the semiconductor is processed. The cutter blade moves in the state where a side face thereof is brought into contact with the circumferential edge of the semiconductor wafer, thereby cutting the protective tape joined to the surface of the semiconductor wafer.

The invention discloses a multi-dimensional vibration isolation platform provided with multiple air springs and multiple dampers. The lower ends of the air springs and the lower ends of the dampers are connected with a base frame lower plate in a hinged mode through hinges. The upper ends of the air springs and the upper ends of the dampers are connected with a load disc through ball-shaped hinges. The load disc is connected with hydraulic cylinder piston rods of multiple hydraulic cylinders in a hinged mode through connecting rods. Cylinder bodies of the hydraulic cylinders are connected with a base frame upper plate in a hinged mode. The invention further discloses the air springs in the vibration isolation platform. By the adoption of the technical scheme, hydraulic pressure components serving as negative rigid components are in parallel connection with the air springs serving as positive rigid components, quasi-zero rigidity of the vibration isolation platform at a balance position and non-linear rigidity of the vibration isolation near the balance position are achieved, the difficulties caused when a traditional linear vibration isolation system isolates low-frequency vibration or ultra-low-frequency vibration can be solved, rigidity and damping can be adjusted simply and conveniently, and the multi-dimensional vibration isolation platform and the air springs are suitable for wide-frequency-domain vibration isolation and have good engineering applicability.

The invention relates to a disinfection cabinet drawer endurance tester. It comprises fixture, automatic push-pull unit, calculator, with the said fixture detachably connected with the handle of the disinfection cabinet drawer, the fixture connected with the automatic push-pull device, and the calculator connected with the automatic push-pull device. It is simple, with automatic push and pull of the drawer, precise calculation, saving man power, and improved in testing efficiency and accuracy.

The present invention relates to improvements in and relating to computer tables (1). In particular computer tables capable of automatically adjusting to accommodate the requirements of an individual user. Preferred embodiments of the present invention may have a number of advantages over the prior art which can include: automatic alteration of the height of a computer table support surface (5) relative to a rest surface (6); and / or the height of a support bracket (15) relative to the computer table support surface; so as to accord to a use's preferred height settings when the user enters identifier information into an associated programmable logic unit.