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A contact configuration between boot and binding for snowboarding. Contact pins are provided on opposing sides of the boot at both the heel area and the toe area. This 4-point contact configuration assures heel and toe stability and reliable side boot restraint. Concave mating receptacles at matching locations on the binding assure easy and simple interconnection which is also secure and reliable. A release mechanism is provided to selectively retract the pins using a simple pull cord arrangement. Strap linkages permit more convenient tightening and loosening of the boot straps. A strap / yoke configuration provides improved interconnection between the boot and the user's foot. The pull cord is routed within the sole of the boot and upward along the ankle area of the boot for more convenient access. The pull cord is connected to retract linkages at both heel and toe areas, both of those linkages being spring loaded to provide normally extended pins. A variety of pin receptacle configurations are shown for facilitating boot-to-binding step-in connection.

A lightweight millimeter wave outdoor unit includes a lightweight housing with a heat sink and mounting member configured for mounting on the antenna to form a wireless link. A millimeter wave transceiver board is formed of ceramic material and mounted within the housing. It includes a millimeter wave transceiver circuit that has microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) chips and operable with the transmit and receive boards. An intermediate frequency (IF) board has components forming an intermediate frequency circuit operable with the millimeter wave transceiver circuit. A frequency synthesizer board has a signal generating circuit for generating local oscillator signals to the transceiver circuit. A controller board has surface mounted DC and low frequency discrete devices thereon forming power and control circuits that supply respective power and control signals to other circuits on other boards. A quick connect / disconnect assembly is operative with the housing for allowing the housing to be rapidly connected and disconnected to the antenna circuit contact members interconnect circuits between boards.

A modular chemical production system that preferably includes a microreactor for producing a product by reacting two or more reactants. Modularization enables components such as controllers, pumps, valves, microreactors, and processing modules to be added or removed from the system as required to produce a desired product. A minimum system includes a control module and a reaction module, which has a mixing volume and a reaction volume. Various pumping modules and residence time modules may also be included in the system. Modules can be changed if malfunctioning, or for producing a different product, or to change a quantity of the chemical produced. The control module preferably accesses a database in which data define parameters for a plurality of different reactions that are optimized for the production of different chemical products. The user selects the product desired and the amount of the product, provides the reactants, solvents, and heat transfer media supplies, and the control module operates the system to automatically produce the product until the desired amount is obtained. The reaction module preferably includes a microreactor, which can be replaced with a microreactor of a different configuration to produce a different product. Connections between modules are designed to enable quick connection and disconnection of modules, and fluid lines are self sealing to prevent leakage of fluids when changing modules.

A contact configuration between boot and binding for snowboarding. Contact pins are provided on opposing sides of the boot at both the heel area and the toe area. This 4-point contact configuration assures heel and toe stability and reliable side boot restraint. Concave mating receptacles at matching locations on the binding assure easy and simple interconnection which is also secure and reliable. A release mechanism is provided to selectively retract the pins using a simple pull cord arrangement. Gear operated strap linkages permit more convenient tightening and loosening of the boot straps.

An easily unlatchable cam-lock actuating device for use in a locking coupling assembly that couples two tubular members, includes a cam arm pivotally mounted on a female tubular coupler and extending thereinto for locking a male tubular end of one of the tubular members, a spring-loaded latch bolt movably mounted in the cam arm to engage a cavity of the coupler so as to lock the cam arm at a locking position, and a releasing lever pivotally mounted on the cam arm and coupled to the latch bolt such that, when the releasing lever is turned from a latched position to an unlatched position, the latch bolt is retracted and disengaged from the cavity.

A cam-lock actuating device for use in a locking coupling assembly that couples two tubular members, includes an actuatable lever having a head pivotally mounted on a female tubular coupler, an angularly positioning member coupled to be turned with the head, and leading and trailing releasably retaining members independently disposed on at least one of the head and the angularly positioning member such that, during turning of the actuatable lever to an unlocked position, the trailing releasably retaining member can be held in partially locking engagement with a male tubular coupler to prevent complete removal of the male tubular coupler from the female tubular coupler while permitting gradual relief of internal pressure.

A cam-lock actuating device for use in a locking coupling assembly that couples two tubular members, includes an actuatable lever having a head pivotally mounted on a female tubular coupler, an angularly positioning member coupled to be turned with the head, and leading and trailing releasably retaining members independently disposed on at least one of the head and the angularly positioning member such that, during turning of the actuatable lever to an unlocked position, the trailing releasably retaining member can be held in partially locking engagement with a male tubular coupler to prevent complete removal of the male tubular coupler from the female tubular coupler while permitting gradual relief of internal pressure.

A slate-type game call includes a flange extending downwardly below the bottom wall of the pot portion of the call. The flange creates a unique sound chamber. One or more apertures may be provided around the flange to assist in projecting sounds from the sound chamber when the call is secured to a support surface. The flange may further include a pair of slots through which a fastening strap can be inserted to secure the call to a person's limb or hunting implement. Relatively narrow channels leading to the strap slots may be formed in the flange to allow the game call to be quickly connected and disconnected from the fastening strap. The configuration of the flange in combination with the flexible fastening strap allows the game call to be pivoted relative to a support surface to which the game call is secured to project and direct sounds from the sound chamber.

A dual power pin connector assembly for connecting both a MIG welding gun and a spoolgun to a welding machine. The dual power pin connector is comprised of a busbar portion that electrically and mechanically couples the positive output terminal of the welding machine power supply to a wire drive for the MIG welding gun. The connector is further comprised of an integral quick release assembly / clamping portion that electrically and mechanically connects the positive power supply terminal to a power supply cable for the spoolgun. The clamping portion receives and retains a power pin coupled to one end of the spoolgun power cable in a receptacle that is manually tightened and loosened.

A coupling assembly that can be used to quickly connect and disconnect an impeller shaft to and from a drive output shaft. A portion of the coupling assembly can be used to secure the impeller shaft inside a mixing vessel so that the impeller shaft can remain secure inside the mixing vessel when the drive is disconnected. The coupling assembly has a first and a second coupling half, a first group of locking pens that extend from the first coupling half and can pass through openings formed in the second coupling half, and second group of locking pins that extend from the first coupling half and can pass through openings formed in the top region of the mixing vessel.

A lock structure for an electrical device is provided. The lock structure includes a rotatable fastener, a lock body, an operation device, and a housing. The lock body is disposed at least partially in the housing, connected with the operation device, and includes or couples with a driving portion. When the lock body is operated to achieve an unlocked state, the lock body allows the driving portion to move the rotatable fastener. At the same time, the operation device achieves an operable status in which the operation device can move driving portion to change the orientation of the rotatable fastener, resulting in the connection / detachment of the lock structure and the electronic device. When the lock body is in a locked state, the movement of the driving portion is restricted and the operation device is not operable to directly or indirectly rotate the rotatable fastener, resulting in the secure connection of the lock structure and the electronic device.

A self-loading wheel lift with automatically powered wheel support members, such as L-arms, for engaging the wheels of a vehicle to be towed. The wheel lift may be rapidly disassembled in the field and converted to alternating towing assemblies such as tool bars employing frame fork attachments, hook ends, slings, pintle hooks, fifth-wheel plates, king pins, etc.

A lock structure for an electrical device is provided. The lock structure includes a rotatable fastener, a lock body, an operation device, and a housing. The lock body is disposed at least partially in the housing, connected with the operation device, and couples with a driving portion. When the lock body is in an unlocked state, the lock body allows the driving portion to move the rotatable fastener. Simultaneously, the operation device can move the driving portion to change the orientation of the rotatable fastener, resulting in the connection / detachment of the lock structure and the electronic device. When the lock body is in a locked state, movement of the driving portion is restricted and the operation device cannot directly or indirectly rotate the rotatable fastener, resulting in the secure connection of the lock structure and the electronic device.

A grid nozzle assembly for a fluidized bed reactor, a fluidized bed reactor with a grid nozzle assembly, a method of mounting a grid nozzle assembly as a replacement in a fluidized bed reactor, and a method of replacing a grid nozzle assembly in a fluidized bed reactor. The reactor includes a horizontally extending bottom plate, a gas plenum chamber below the bottom plate, and vertical gas pipes having a top end and extending from the gas plenum chamber upwards across the bottom plate. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle head with a gas channel for injecting fluidizing gas from one of the vertical gas pipes to the reaction chamber and a tube sleeve adapted to be firmly fixed by welding around the top end of the vertical gas pipe. The nozzle head and the tube sleeve form a twist-lock enabling quick connecting and disconnecting.

An electrical connector, including a first electrically-conductive connector element, a second electrically-conductive connector element for being mated with the first connector element for allowing electrical current to flow through the electrical connector from an upstream to a downstream side, and a retainer for receiving and carrying the first connector element. The retainer includes locking anchors for mounting the retainer into complementary locking ports in a mounting bracket whereby the electrical connector is releasably carried on the mounting bracket. The retainer includes a retainer flange on which the locking anchors are mounted. The second connector element includes a connector flange for being mounted on an opposite side of the mounting bracket from the retainer. The connector flange has holes therein for receiving the locking anchors.

A cannula for a liposuction device includes a laser energy source for liquefying, emulsifying or softening fatty tissue at the cutting windows inside the distal tip end of the cannula. The energy source provides laser energy through an optical fiber positioned within said interior region of the cannula and extending though the cannula and having an end located at the distal tip end of the cannula adjacent the cutting windows. Fat is emulsified, liquefied or softened by the energy emitted into tissue at the cutting windows of the cannula and is removed by aspiration. In a confined laser beam power assisted embodiment, the openings in the cannula shear or cut neighboring fat tissue and the radiant energy at the cutting windows softens and / or emulsifies the tissue.

A coupling assembly that can be used to quickly connect and disconnect an impeller shaft to and from a drive output shaft. A portion of the coupling assembly can be used to secure the impeller shaft inside a mixing vessel so that the impeller shaft can remain secure inside the mixing vessel when the drive is disconnected. The coupling assembly has a first and a second coupling half, a first group of locking pens that extend from the first coupling half and can pass through openings formed in the second coupling half, and second group of locking pins that extend from the first coupling half and can pass through openings formed in the top region of the mixing vessel.

Embodiments of the present apparatus are configured to secure a first member and a second member to one another. The first and second members include a bore extending through at least one of the first and second members and at least partially through the other of the first and second members. The apparatus comprises a pin connector including an enlarged ball portion positioned along a shank. The first member includes an annular groove extending around the bore. A canted coil spring seats within the groove. The apparatus is configured such that the spring exerts a squeezing force on the ball portion when the pin connector is disposed within the bore and the head of the pin connector contacts the second member.

A slate-type game call includes a flange extending downwardly below the bottom wall of the pot portion of the call. The flange creates a unique sound chamber. One or more apertures may be provided around the flange to assist in projecting sounds from the sound chamber when the call is secured to a support surface. The flange may further include a pair of slots through which a fastening strap can be inserted to secure the call to a person's limb or hunting implement. Relatively narrow channels leading to the strap slots may be formed in the flange to allow the game call to be quickly connected and disconnected from the fastening strap. The configuration of the flange in combination with the flexible fastening strap allows the game call to be pivoted relative to a support surface to which the game call is secured to project and direct sounds from the sound chamber.

An easily unlatchable cam-lock actuating device for use in a locking coupling assembly that couples two tubular members, includes a cam arm pivotally mounted or a female tubular coupler and extending thereinto for locking a male tubular end of one of the tubular members, a spring-loaded latch bolt movably mounted in the cam arm to engage a cavity of the coupler so as to lock the cam arm at a locking position, and a releasing lever pivotally mounted on the cam arm and coupled to the latch bolt such that, when the releasing lever is turned from a latched position to an unlatched position, the latch bolt is retracted and disengaged from the cavity.

A vehicle cap power transfer assembly and method are disclosed for transferring electrical power from lights on the cab of a vehicle to lights on or in a cap which is installed upon a section of the vehicle. Plugs are provided on one end of electrical conductors. The plugs are constructed to be received into the bulb sockets of brake and cargo space illumination lights on the rear of the vehicle cab. The other ends of the conductors are connected to an elevated brake light on the rear of the cap and illumination lights on the interior of the cab, respectively. The electrical conductors are also coupled together by a quick disconnect coupler to facilitate the installation and removal of the cap and the coupling and uncoupling of the electrical conductors.

A quickly connectable plug and socket for power connection of electrical lighting apparatus comprising a male plug which is capable to be inserted and connected with a female socket; conductive contact pieces are provided in the female socket; conductive pins are provided on the male plug; at least two resilient claws are arranged along a circumference of a cavity of an insertion portion of the female socket; each resilient claw is provided with first teeth axially arranged in a column with respect to the female socket; outer circumferential surface of an insertion portion of the male plug is provided with second teeth corresponding to the first teeth and arranged axially in columns with respect to the male plug; the insertion portion of the female socket is also provided with a position limiting groove; a position limiting button corresponding to the position limiting groove is provided on the male plug.

A self-loading wheel lift with automatically powered wheel support members, such as L-arms, for engaging the wheels of a vehicle to be towed. The wheel lift may be rapidly disassembled in the field and converted to alternating towing assemblies such as tool bars employing frame fork attachments, hook ends, slings, pintle hooks, fifth-wheel plates, king pins, etc.

A lock structure for an electrical device is provided. The lock structure includes a rotatable fastener, a lock body, an operation device, and a housing. The lock body is disposed at least partially in the housing, connected with the operation device, and couples with a driving portion. When the lock body is in an unlocked state, the lock body allows the driving portion to move the rotatable fastener. Simultaneously, the operation device can move the driving portion to change the orientation of the rotatable fastener, resulting in the connection / detachment of the lock structure and the electronic device. When the lock body is in a locked state, movement of the driving portion is restricted and the operation device cannot directly or indirectly rotate the rotatable fastener, resulting in the secure connection of the lock structure and the electronic device.

An adhesive melter includes a melter support frame with a spring-loaded support and a manifold for receiving molten adhesive. The melter also includes a pump pack assembly having a rigid frame carrying a pump for directing flow of molten adhesive through the manifold, a motor, and a drive coupling operatively connecting the pump and motor. The pump pack assembly is collectively mounted as a unit on the melter support frame by positioning the rigid frame on the spring-loaded support, moving the pump into abutment with the manifold, and fastening the pump into fluid-tight engagement with the manifold, the support adjusting in position during fastening to assist with carrying the pump pack assembly as a cantilever load.

A connector for securing a snow plow blade to a supporting structure such as a moldboard, especially a connector that can quickly connect and disconnect the blade to the support structure.

An adhesive melter includes a melter support frame with a spring-loaded support and a manifold for receiving molten adhesive. The melter also includes a pump pack assembly having a rigid frame carrying a pump for directing flow of molten adhesive through the manifold, a motor, and a drive coupling operatively connecting the pump and motor. The pump pack assembly is collectively mounted as a unit on the melter support frame by positioning the rigid frame on the spring-loaded support, moving the pump into abutment with the manifold, and fastening the pump into fluid-tight engagement with the manifold, the support adjusting in position during fastening to assist with carrying the pump pack assembly as a cantilever load.