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A nicked cutting rule includes a shank portion having two substantially parallel shank side surfaces extending in a direction of length of the rule separated by a thickness of the shank portion. The nicked cutting rule further includes a V-shaped cutting edge portion defined by two cutting edge portion surfaces that intersect at ends remote from the shank portion to define a cutting edge, the cutting edge portion having portions separated in the direction of length of the rule by a plurality of notches extending inwardly from the cutting edge toward the shank portion. The nicked cutting rule also includes an intermediate portion between and integral with the shank portion and the cutting edge portion, the intermediate portion being thinner than the thickness of the shank portion and including two intermediate portion surfaces extending between the two shank side surfaces and the two cutting edge portion surfaces. A hardness of the shank portion, a hardness of the cutting edge portion, the thickness of the shank portion, and the thicknesses of the intermediate portion and the cutting edge portion are selected such that the nicked cutting rule is bendable.

An apparatus for modifying an exhaust stream of a diesel engine is provided. The apparatus includes a muffler arrangement having an exhaust inlet and an exhaust outlet in construct and arrange for sound attenuation therein. The apparatus also includes a catalytic converter arrangement positioned within the muffler arrangement between the exhaust inlet and exhaust outlet. During operation, the exhaust flow is directed both through the muffler arrangement and the catalytic converter arrangement, to advantage.

An interchangeable barrel system and related method for a pistol includes a barrel insert having an anti-rotation protrusion and a receiver having a complementary configured socket configured for receiving the protrusion. An embodiment of a barrel insert includes a chamber for holding a cartridge and a locking mechanism configured for releasably securing the barrel insert to the receiver. In some embodiments, the locking mechanism comprises a threaded engagement between the barrel insert and receiver. The system allows barrel inserts of different calibers, configurations, and materials to be swapped with the receiver, and vice-versa.

A vehicle body structure is configured that enables a cabin section and a chassis frame to move relative to each other and enables both strength of the vehicle body and the safety of the occupants during a collision to be ensured with good efficiency. The cabin section serves as the space in which the passengers reside. The chassis frame and cabin section are separate, independent structures connected through a displacement mechanism in such a manner that the chassis frame and cabin section can move separately relative to each other, when a collision occurs. As a result, transmission of the collision impact to the cabin section is alleviated in an effective manner and the strength of the cabin section and chassis frame can be increased.

A suspension system for a vehicle having a vehicle body and a plurality of wheels movable relative to the vehicle body. A hydraulic damper, which includes a piston rod and a cylinder, is disposed between the vehicle body and wheels. A striker plate is mounted to the cylinder and is displaceable with the cylinder relative to a support on the vehicle body. A jounce assembly is mounted to the support about the piston rod and extends outwardly toward the striker plate. The jounce assembly includes a jounce bumper and a cap. The cap is mounted to the jounce bumper with the cap having a flange extending to a distal edge for defining a cavity. The distal edge of the flange deflects into the cavity when the cap engages the striker plate during a predetermined displacement of the striker plate relative to the support.

A blade set for a hair clipper including a movable blade constructed of ceramic. The movable blade includes an upper surface having a pair of integrally formed upper reinforcing protrusions. The upper reinforcing protrusions are disposed adjacent to a drive notch sized to receive a drive finger of the hair clipper. Reciprocation of the drive finger results in a cutting action of the blade set.

A gardening gun structure may include a water gun body with an extended handle; a pull grip pivotally connected to a rear side of the handle; and a water controlling shaft set comprising a water controlling shaft, a water stoppage ring and a water controlling head being disposed at an end of the water controlling shaft, and a screw thread section being disposed at another end, a spring being sleeved around a shaft section disposed at an inner end of the water controlling head, a water stoppage pad with a central hole being sleeved around a shaft section disposed at a rear end of the spring, a first bush being sleeved around a shaft section between the spring and the water stoppage pad, and a second bush being sleeved around a shaft section disposed at a rear end of the water stoppage pad.

The invention specifies an apparatus for applying a film (7) to a substrate (2) by lamination. This apparatus has a heating device (12, 19), which makes it possible for different regions of the film (7) and / or the substrate (2) to be exposed specifically to different temperatures. It is thus also possible to process substrates or films which contain temperature-sensitive elements, e.g. security elements based on bacteriorhodopsin. For this purpose, the heating device comprises a plurality of heating elements (19) which can be activated separately, and therefore different regions of a heating surface (12) can be subjected specifically to different levels of heating power. In order to compensate for irregularities on the surface of the substrate or of the film, the apparatus may have a flexible mating surface (21) which is arranged opposite the healing surface and can be subjected to pressure pneumatically by way of a pressure chamber (22). Overall, this makes it possible to produce high-security documents with temperature-sensitive security features, the properties of which meet extremely stringent requirements relating to prevention of manipulation and forgery.

A weapon protection device for enclosing a weapon. The weapon protection device protects the weapon from adverse conditions, including water, dust, dirt and sand. The weapon protection device features a material that is durable and generally puncture resistant, and impervious to water and is lightweight. The material is also heat resistant and tear resistant. The weapon protection device is compact when not in use and requires very little storage space. The weapon protection device features one or more pockets having a flap and an interior region under the flap. The interior region is made of a flexible, stretchy material that allow a user to fire the weapon with either hand while the weapon is inside the protection device when the user places their hand into one of the pockets and against the stretchy interior material. Although the interior material is less durable that the flap layer and the remained of the device, the interior layer is covered and thus not exposed to any elements that could puncture it. The weapon protection device allows the weapon to be used on short notice and does not require removal of the weapon from the weapon protection device in order to use the weapon. A waterproof opening seal, such as a dry sack seal, is provided.

A vehicle includes an electric motor and a battery operable to provide electrical power to the electric motor. The battery system includes a first battery pack and a second battery pack. The first battery pack has a relatively high power density, and the second battery pack has a relatively high energy density. An electronic controller determines a remaining driving range of the first battery pack, and a remaining driving range of the second battery pack. The vehicle has a human-machine interface (HMI) operatively connected to the electronic controller and configured to indicate the remaining driving range of the first battery pack and the remaining driving range of the second battery pack. The controller executes a method of monitoring the battery system.

An air venting device for venting air from a fluid system, the air venting device comprising an air chamber, a sensor and an air venting valve. The sensor can detect a fluid level in the air chamber without coming into contact with the fluid and the air venting valve can be driven on the basis of this sensor measurement.

The invention discloses a composition with the treatment effect on beriberi and application thereof. The composition is prepared from radix sophorae flavescentis and peristrophe japonica. Through a large number of experiments, the composition using radix sophorae flavescentis and peristrophe japonica as main components is screened out. Anti-fungal experiment results show that the combination of radix sophorae flavescentis and peristrophe japonica can achieve synergistic interaction and anti-fungal effects, the composition has better anti-fungal activity than the single agent of radix sophoraeflavescentis or peristrophe japonica with the same dosage, drug tolerance is not easy to produce, the treatment effect is more excellent, and good technological progresses are made. The composition can be conveniently prepared into various external-use preparations and is convenient to use.

Disclosed is a body structure for a rail vehicle, wherein the body structure includes: a frame, which includes at least one support element made at least predominantly of steel alloy; and at least one equipment element made predominantly of aluminum alloy, and including at least one first plate having at least one longitudinal edge and a first surface delimited by the longitudinal edge. The body structure is wherein it further includes at least one longitudinal batten of steel alloy, which is integral with the support element, wherein the longitudinal batten is fixed flat to the first face by way of friction melt bonding.

A protective device is installed about the outer edge or outer edges of a floor sign. When installed, the main body portion of the protective device is taller than the thickness of the sign such that an item being moved over the sign will ride on the top of the protective device as it passes over the floor sign. The protective device includes a tapered outer edge that helps an item to slide up onto the top surface of the protective device and decrease the impact force of the device when it initially encounter the protective device. The inner edge of the protective device is also tapered down to at least the height of the floor sign. The protective device is made from a hard material that is impact resistant and provides a smooth lower friction upper surface. The protective device can be installed with spaced ends to allow liquid to drain from inside the device.

The invention discloses an external built-in type tarpaulin sealing system with a cover. The system comprises a dump truck carriage, a steel wire rope, a chain, a tarpaulin assembly, a rear roller assembly, a front corner assembly, a tarpaulin rod set assembly, a motor assembly, external built-in guide rail assemblies and pulley block assemblies, wherein one external built-in guide rail assembly is mounted at each of the left side and the right side of the dump truck carriage; each pulley block assembly is connected into the corresponding external built-in guide rail assembly in a rolling manner; one end of the chain is fixed to the dump truck carriage, and the chain bypasses the motor assembly to be fixed to the pulley block at the rightmost side; the left and right pulley block assemblies are correspondingly fixedly connected to the left end and the right end of the tarpaulin rod set assembly and are integrally connected through the steel wire rope in a penetrating manner; the tarpaulin rod set assembly is wrapped with the tarpaulin assembly; the motor assembly is in transmission connection with the chain to drive the tarpaulin rod set assembly and the tarpaulin assembly to move forwards and backwards, so as to achieve the function of opening and sealing a tarpaulin of the carriage. The system can be widely applied to urban waste oil dump trucks, and enables completely-sealed transportation of a vehicle, and thus the urban pollution can be reduced.