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This present application relates to a charging device of an electronic cigarette and a charging method thereof. The charging device including a charging base, in which a first charging electrode assembly and a second charging electrode assembly are arranged separately for connecting with a first and a second electrode of the electronic cigarette, wherein in the charging base, a charging slot is defined in the charging base. The first charging electrode assembly, the second charging electrode assembly and the charging base are coaxially sheathed, and both the first charging electrode assembly and the second charging electrode assembly extend into the charging slot. By implementing this structure, the electronic cigarette has a simplified and compact structure and an easy assembly, also facilitates a steady electrical connection with the electronic cigarette. When charging, it is only needed to insert the electronic cigarette into the charging slot.

A heat transfer apparatus for a gas turbine engine includes: a component having a wall structure defining a flow bounding surface; a chamber formed in the component, the chamber including a wicking structure, a vapor channel, and a working fluid.

The present invention relates to a trailer system, and particularly to a self-driving trailer system for a radiation imaging inspection system and a method for inspecting a vehicle by radiation imaging of a vehicle through the trailer system. The self-driving trailer system comprises two trailers symmetrical in structure. Each of the trailers comprises a driving device, running wheels, a trailer body, a carrying device, a lift cylinder, a balance wheel, and two pairs of guide wheels. The driving device, the running wheels, and the balance wheel are coupled with the trailer body. The carrying device is coupled with the trailer body through the lift cylinder. A front carrying arm and a rear carrying arm can clamp front wheels of a vehicle under inspection, and move upwards and downwards by the lift cylinder. The trailer system according to the present invention is smooth and reliable in operation and simple in structure, and is applicable to different diameters of wheels of container lorries under inspection and is convenient in operation.

An intake nozzle for the inlet pipe of a pump has a vertical duct with a downwardly facing mouth and a surrounding disk shaped intake portion with a bottom surface which faces a flat surface such as a floor or tank bottom to take liquid from the floor down to a shallow depth. The bottom surface is shaped with a flat outer part and an upwardly and inwardly curved inner part converging to the mouth. The surface is shaped and spaced from the flat surface with annular areas defined therebetween so that the liquid enters the peripheral edge slowly and accelerates up to an inner edge of the flat portion and then remains at constant velocity from the inner edge of the flat portion through the mouth and the pipe to the intake of the pump.

A fuel injection system for internal combustion engines comprises a fuel injector that injects fuel into a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber being delimited by a cylinder wall in which a piston is guided, and a spark plug that protrudes into combustion chamber. The fuel injector produces a conical mixture cloud in the combustion chamber through at least one row of injection orifices arranged circumferentially on a valve body of the fuel injector. The valve body also provides a centrally arranged injection orifice that produces a central area of the mixture cloud directed towards the spark plug.

An internal spur gear drive has a mounting base including one or more sets of motor mounting lugs extending therefrom, for attaching a corresponding number of drive motors thereto. A drive shaft housing containing a rotary drive shaft extends from the mounting base. A drive bell is affixed to the drive shaft distal end, and rotates therewith. The opposite end of the drive bell has an internally toothed ring gear extending therefrom. Each motor drives a pinion gear which engages the internal teeth of the drive bell ring gear to rotate the drive bell and thus rotate the drive shaft as well. The motor mounting lugs are slotted, allowing the motors to be adjusted radially relative to the drive shaft and drive bell ring gear. This provides adjustment for gear lash, as well as permitting different sizes of pinion gears to be installed on the motors for different gear ratios.

The present invention relates to a trailer system, and particularly to a self-driving trailer system for a radiation imaging inspection system and a method for inspecting a vehicle by radiation imaging of a vehicle through the trailer system. The self-driving trailer system comprises two trailers symmetrical in structure. Each of the trailers comprises a driving device, running wheels, a trailer body, a carrying device, a lift cylinder, a balance wheel, and two pairs of guide wheels. The driving device, the running wheels, and the balance wheel are coupled with the trailer body. The carrying device is coupled with the trailer body through the lift cylinder. A front carrying arm and a rear carrying arm can clamp front wheels of a vehicle under inspection, and move upwards and downwards by the lift cylinder. The trailer system according to the present invention is smooth and reliable in operation and simple in structure, and is applicable to different diameters of wheels of container lorries under inspection and is convenient in operation.

Apparatus for a connecting point between high-voltage cables, each cable having a conductor, inner conductive layer, insulation, outer conductive layer, and a sheath over the outer conductive layer and in which the conductors, from which the surrounding layers have been removed, are conductively connected to one another. The arrangement has electrical screening elements and an integral elongated sleeve body, composed of elastic insulating material and a through-hole. The sleeve body has at its axial ends, which are intended for the cable to pass through, electrical control funnels which abut the outer conductive layers, from which the sheaths have been removed. The internal diameters of the through-hole in the sleeve body, at its axial ends, are for its use in a connecting point of cables, having an external diameter of their insulation which differs by at least 10 mm, different in a defined manner and adapted to the different external diameters.

The invention relates to a method for producing a fuel injection valve (10; 10a; 60; 60a), in which a valve needle (40; 40a; 62; 62a) which closes at least one fuel outlet opening (49) is inserted into an injector housing (11), wherein that end of the valve needle (40; 40a; 62; 62a) which lies opposite the at least one fuel outlet opening (49) is guided in a valve element (32) which has a pressurized control chamber (37) which is filled with fuel, wherein the control chamber (37) can be closed on the side which faces away from the valve needle (40; 40a; 62; 62a) by a closing element (23) which forms a passage during opening and is connected at least indirectly to a fuel return line (5) which is under low pressure, wherein fuel volume which is present in the control chamber (37) flows away through the passage after opening of the control chamber (37) by means of the closing element (23), wherein the valve needle (40; 40a; 62; 62a) moves in the direction of the closing element (23), wherein the at least one fuel outlet opening (49) is opened, and wherein a delay time (t) occurs between the opening of the control chamber (37) and the opening of the at least one fuel outlet opening (49) on account of the magnitude of the volume of the control chamber (37) and on account of the rigidity of the valve needle (40; 40a; 62; 62a), which rigidity is caused by the modulus of elasticity, the diameter (D) and the length (L) of the valve needle (40; 40a; 62; 62a). There is provision according to the invention for at least the volume of the control chamber (37) to be adapted in order to achieve identical delay times (t) in fuel injection valves (10; 10a; 60; 60a) having injector housings (11) of different length and valve needles (40; 40a; 62; 62a) of different length, in such a way that the volume of the control chamber (37) is reduced in order to shorten the delay time (t) and the volume of the control chamber (37) is increased in order to lengthen the delay time (t).

A common rail has an accumulation pipe in which high pressure fuel is accumulated, a pipe joint to which a high pressure pipe is connected and an orifice member housed inside the pipe joint. The orifice member is provided with a conduit through which a fuel port formed in the accumulation pipe communicates with the high pressure pipe. The conduit is provided at an end thereof with an orifice. The orifice serves to reduce pressure pulsation generated by fuel injection of an injector so that fuel pressure in the common rail is stable. Since the orifice is formed in the orifice member housed in the pipe joint, the orifice is easily and accurately manufactured at a lower cost, compared to an orifice formed in the accumulation pipe. It is easy to standardize the manufacture of plural models of common rails whose orifice diameters are different.

A coin hopper includes a rotating disk provided obliquely upward at a predetermined angle; an outer covering unit covering at least a lower outer circumference of the rotating disk; a holding bowl continuing from the outer covering unit and holding coins; a circular supporting rack provided in a central region of an upper surface of the rotating disk; and coin stoppers being provided on the upper surface of the rotating disk and extending radially from the supporting rack in a circumferential direction to a periphery of the rotating disk at an equal interval. Coins are accepted one by one while a surface thereof is contacted with a holding surface of the upper surface of the rotating disk between the coin stoppers, are moved in one direction while a periphery thereof is held by the supporting rack, and are received from the coin stoppers during transportation by a coin receiver.

A method and system are provided for constructing large, continuous, concrete slabs without using conventional shrinkage joints. The system comprises a grid of closely-spaced crack inducers (2) arranged relative to a concrete-pouring surface and adapted to be covered by concrete. The crack inducers (2) may be connected to one another with connectors (10). The crack inducers (2) are of a size, shape and spacing to promote formation of fine cracks in the vicinity of the inducers (2) throughout the slab when the concrete sets.

An intake nozzle for the inlet pipe of a pump has a vertical duct with a downwardly facing mouth and a surrounding disk shaped intake portion with a bottom surface which faces a flat surface such as a floor or tank bottom to take liquid from the floor down to a shallow depth. The bottom surface is shaped with a flat outer part and an upwardly and inwardly curved inner part converging to the mouth. The surface is shaped and spaced from the flat surface with annular areas defined therebetween so that the liquid enters the peripheral edge slowly and accelerates up to an inner edge of the flat portion and then remains at constant velocity from the inner edge of the flat portion through the mouth and the pipe to the intake of the pump.

A device as well as a method for forming a sausage tail on a casing material, that receives a filling product, in particular sausage meat, wherein the sausage tail at least approximately does not contain filling product at least while it is being formed. The device contains a feeding path for the casing material, which extends in an at least approximately linear direction and along which the sausage tail is formed, a supply unit for receiving a supply of empty casing material and a first unit for forming sausage tails that is capable of acting on the casing material in direction of the feeding path for forming a first sausage tail length by pulling casing material from the supply. Furthermore, a second unit for forming sausage tails is provided that is capable of forming a second sausage tail length by pulling further casing material from the supply.

A rotary oil feedthrough is provided for sealing off a pressurized oil compartment between a rotatable shaft and a shaft mount, where the rotary oil feedthrough displays a radial oil passage for connecting an oil duct of the shaft and / or the mount to the pressurized oil compartment in fluid-permeable fashion, and has a seal arrangement that seals off the pressurized oil compartment on both sides in the axial direction of the shaft. The rotary oil feedthrough displays a sealing ring carrier that can be fastened to the shaft or the mount in non-rotating and fluid-tight fashion, the sealing ring carrier being arranged coaxially to the shaft or the mount, and an adapter that can be positioned on the other component of shaft and mount in fluid-tight fashion, and is surrounded laterally by the sealing ring carrier in the axial direction of the shaft. Located between sealing ring carrier and adapter are two axially separated sealing rings that each lie on the sealing ring carrier and the adapter in sealing fashion in order to seal off the pressurized oil compartment in the axial direction of the shaft, and that can be rotated relative to the sealing ring carrier and / or the adapter. The rotary oil feedthrough displays the longest possible service life, the minimum possible leakage, and good response characteristics, and is of simple structural design.

The invention discloses an apparatus (1) for aligning and supporting a first (2) and a second (3) length of thermoplastic tubing, preparatory to and during cutting and welding of said lengths of tubing, where the apparatus comprises the following components arranged on a base support (4):a) a first holder (5) arranged to accommodate portions of the first and second lengths of tubing in a first (6) and a second (7) elongated holding space respectively, wherein the holding spaces are essentially parallel to each other and separated from each other by a first distance (8);b) a second holder (9) arranged to accommodate portions of the first and second lengths of tubing in a third (10) and a fourth (11) elongated holding space respectively, wherein the holding spaces are essentially parallel to each other and to the holding spaces in the first holder and separated from each other by a second distance (12) substantially the same as the first distance (8), and wherein said second holder is movable in a direction essentially perpendicular to the holding spaces of the first and second holders from a cutting position where said first holding space (6) is aligned with said third holding space (10) and said second holding space (7) is aligned with said fourth holding space (11) to a welding position where said first holding space (6) is aligned with said fourth holding space (11);c) cutting means (13) arranged between said first and second holders for cutting said lengths of tubing when the second holder is in the cutting position;d) aligning means arranged to abut the outside of a cut length of tubing accommodated in the first holding space (6) and the outside of a cut length of tubing accommodated in the fourth holding space (11) and to align these lengths of tubing with each other.

A device to adjust the focus position of the therapy head of a lithotripsy system having an x-ray system, has a cross-hair disc that can be attached to an image intensifier of the x-ray system, such that extending away from the edge of the cross-hair disc are variable-length connection elements whose outer end facing away from the cross-hair disc can be indirectly or directly affixed to the image intensifier.

A cable management device includes a wiring body, having a first sidewall, a second sidewall and a groove rail, wherein the groove rail is formed between the first and second sidewalls and has a input end, a output end, and a corner between the input end and the output end. A first resisting element extends from one side of the first sidewall of the wiring body. A first elastic connecting element includes a first connecting part and a first elastic arm, wherein the first connecting part is connected between the wiring body and the first elastic arm. A second resisting element extends from one side of the second sidewall of the wiring body. A second elastic connecting element has a second connecting part and a second elastic arm, wherein the second connecting part is connected between the wiring body and the second elastic arm.

In a valve apparatus, an annular contact portion made of elastic material is provided on a valve portion of a valve plug. A plurality of annular grooves are formed on a proximal end surface of a valve seat member which abuts against the contact portion. The annular grooves are formed around a communication hole through which fluid flows. The annular grooves have different diameters, and are concentric with one another.

A liquid crystal display includes a cover bottom and a cover shield. The liquid crystal display includes a nut coupled to a bracket through a fastening bolt. An upper portion and a lower portion of the nut have different diameters.

The present invention provides a sharpening completion detection mechanism that does not apply a heavy load to a core tip, and especially proposes a mechanism that moves a pencil in an ejection direction immediately when the sharpening completion detection mechanism detects completion of sharpening to mitigate damage to the core. Specifically, a pencil sharpener according to the present invention includes: a slide unit that translates in pencil insertion and pencil ejection directions; a pencil biasing means supported by the slide unit; a slide locking means that locks a translation position of the slide unit upon the slide unit translating in the insertion direction; and a slide unit unlocking means that releases the lock for the translation position of the slide unit upon the sharpening completion detection means detecting a fully sharpened state of the pencil, and includes slide unit ejecting means that biases the slide unit in the ejection direction with energy stored by movement of the slide unit to a lock position.

This present application relates to a charging device of an electronic cigarette and a charging method thereof. The charging device including a charging base, in which a first charging electrode assembly and a second charging electrode assembly are arranged separately for connecting with a first and a second electrode of the electronic cigarette, wherein in the charging base, a charging slot is defined in the charging base. The first charging electrode assembly, the second charging electrode assembly and the charging base are coaxially sheathed, and both the first charging electrode assembly and the second charging electrode assembly extend into the charging slot. By implementing this structure, the electronic cigarette has a simplified and compact structure and an easy assembly, also facilitates a steady electrical connection with the electronic cigarette. When charging, it is only needed to insert the electronic cigarette into the charging slot.

The invention discloses an apparatus for aligning and supporting a first and a second length of thermoplastic tubing, preparatory to and during cutting and welding of said lengths of tubing, that includes a first holder arranged to accommodate portions of the first and second lengths of tubing in a first and a second elongated holding space respectively, a second holder arranged to accommodate portions of the first and second lengths of tubing in a third and a fourth elongated holding space respectively, and movable in a direction essentially perpendicular to the holding spaces of the first and second holders from a cutting position, a cutting means arranged between said first and second holders for cutting said lengths of tubing when the second holder is in the cutting position and an aligning means to align these lengths of tubing with each other.