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An end effector that can have an upper jaw and a lower jaw. A wrist can connect the end effector to an elongated shaft. A beam member can be arranged to translate within the upper and lower jaw. An actuation assembly can have a pushing assembly configured to transfer compressive force to the beam member and a pulling assembly configured to transfer tensile force to the beam member.

An implant for fixation of a bone includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and a longitudinal axis defined between the proximal end and the distal end. A plurality of blades are disposed on the shaft, and are helically twisted about the longitudinal axis. At least one of the blades has a variable blade width that increases in a direction along the longitudinal axis. A mechanism for coupling the implant to a second fracture fixation implant may be provided separately or in combination.

An accessory holder for releasably storing tool implements on a portable hand power tool. The holder includes a base strip of durable flexible material. An attachment member is carried by the base strip for releasably attaching the base strip to the tool. An elastic band is carried by the base strip to form a plurality of constricting sleeves for releasably engaging tool implements. A bit tube is disposed in at least one of the constricting sleeves for receiving tool implements. A restraining magnet is included in the bit tube for magnetically engaging tool implements and accessories in the tube. A utility magnet is carried by the elastic band for magnetically engaging tool implements for temporary storage. Accordingly, an accessory holder is provided for releasably storing tool implements on a portable power tool for quick and convenient access.

A driver tool includes a driver shank having a non-circular engaging hole formed in one end for changeably engaging with either of two end portions of a tool stem, and the end portions of the tool stem may be engaged with different tool members, a detent is slidably engaged in the driver shank for detachably anchoring the tool stem to the driver shank, a sleeve is slidably engaged onto the driver shank and biased by a biasing device for engaging with the detent and for selectively forcing the detent to engage with the tool stem and for detachably anchoring and securing the tool stem to the driver shank, and for allowing different tool members to be changeably rotated or driven by the driver shank.

A hand clamp includes a housing having a handle for being held by a hand of a user, a piston rod slidably received in the housing, a driving lever engaged in the housing and having an opening for slidably receiving the piston rod and biased to grip the piston rod when the driving lever is tilted relative to the piston rod. A trigger is pivotally attached to the housing and has a driving shaft for tilting the driving lever to move the piston rod step by step. A braking lever is slidably engaged on the piston rod for gripping the piston rod when the braking lever is tilted relative to the piston rod. A hand grip is pivotally coupled to the handle and has an actuating end for actuating the braking lever to release the piston rod.

A hybrid connector for snap and / or slide together assembly. A method to facilitate snap or slide connect and disconnect of panels or other elements affixed to latch / catch connectors.

Device (1) for switching containers rotating about a fixed axis (10) of rotation and comprising, arranged peripherally around the axis (10) of rotation, a plurality of arms (7, 188) for gripping at least one container, each gripping arm (7, 188) comprising a cam follower (98, 186) for engagement in a cam raceway (91, 184), the raceway (91, 184) comprising at least one fixed section (111, 112, 115) and at least one removable section (120a, 120b, 194, 196) for a retractable cam, said device being characterized in that it comprises at least one rotary transverse plate (152, 153, 185) on which are fixed the radially mobile gripping arms (7, 188) and at least one fixed transverse plate (90a, 90b, 182) containing the raceway (91, 184) of the cam follower (98, 186) of the gripping arm (7, 188), and in that the removable section (120a, 120b, 194, 196) is retractable in a direction approximately parallel to the axis (10) of rotation by means of an actuator (140a, 140b) mounted on the fixed transverse plate (90a, 90b, 182).

This invention improves the cooling effect of ice in a drinking cup and economizes on the amount of ice used. The invention comprises a truncated cone with the widest base at the bottom, and with a hole at its apex, the hole being large enough to allow a straw to pass through. It also comprises a mechanism located at the apex of the cone, which holds the straw in place. This cone structure prevents ice cubes, which are normally buoyant, from floating up to the surface of the liquid. Instead, the cone forces the ice to congregate near the straw inlet thereby cooling the liquid entering the straw.

A propeller shaft for a vehicle includes a shaft having locking protrusions on an outer circumference, a tube having locking grooves on an inner circumference into which the shaft is inserted, the locking grooves engaging with the locking protrusions to form the spline coupling, a dynamic damper inside the tube to correspond to an end of the shaft and absorbing vibrations transmitted from a driving system, and a rubber stopper interposed between an outer circumference of the dynamic damper and the inner circumference of the tube to support the dynamic damper and correspond to the end of the shaft to limit sliding of the tube at normal times. The rubber stopper is broken by a pushing operation of the tube when an impact load greater than a collapse load of the rubber stopper acts on the rubber stopper, thereby permitting the sliding of the tube.

An implant for fixation of a bone includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and a longitudinal axis defined between the proximal end and the distal end. A plurality of blades are disposed on the shaft, and are helically twisted about the longitudinal axis. At least one of the blades has a variable blade width that increases in a direction along the longitudinal axis. A mechanism for coupling the implant to a second fracture fixation implant may be provided separately or in combination.

A tool extension includes a positioning ring engaged with a housing, a detent extendible into a bore of the housing, a shank attached to the housing for supporting a tool element, a shaft engaged in the housing and having two or more outer peripheral grooves for engaging with the detent, and a control device having a sleeve and a control ferrule secured together and engaged onto the housing, and two spring biasing members engaged with the positioning ring and the sleeve and the control ferrule, and the control ferrule includes two troughs for engaging with the detent and for defining an inner peripheral actuator between the troughs and for easily operating the sleeve and the control ferrule of the control device.

A fuel supply system has a cover, a pump unit, and metal pipes. The cover and the pump unit are connected through the use of the metal pipes so as to be moved relatively each other. A case cover, covering the pump unit, has supporting portions, each of which has a through hole. Each metal pipe is inserted through the through hole and thereby guided to be moved in its axial direction inside the supporting portion. The supporting portion has a plurality of grooves. Therefore, sliding resistance between the metal pipe and the supporting portion is reduced, that is, the pump unit can be smoothly moved relatively to the cover.

A game machine includes a main body, two gamepads, two sliding bases, a driving assembly, a switching assembly. The main body has an internal space and two openings communicated with the internal space. The two gamepads are disposed at two opposite sides and respectively corresponding to the two openings. The two sliding bases are located at the internal space and respectively connects to the two gamepads. The driving assembly is connected to the two sliding bases. The switching assembly is disposed at the main body, and is adapted to switch to a coupling state for fastened with the two sliding bases or a decoupling state for separated from the two sliding bases.

A cabinet includes a receptacle having two frames, and one or more pairs of tracks attached to the frames, the tracks each include a tubular member having a bore and a groove formed in an inner portion and formed by an inner side wall, and one or more drawers each include an anchoring device extended from each of two sides of the drawer for slidably engaging with the tracks and for slidably attaching the drawer to the receptacle, the anchoring devices each include an upper flange slidably engaged through the groove and into the bore of the track, and an anchor member extended from the upper flange for preventing the drawer from being disengaged from the receptacle inadvertently.

A vehicular side mirror includes a base, supports and a mirror holder. The bas has pivoting portions and locating portions. A locking rod is provided on the locking portions and urged by an elastic element. One end of each support is disposed with a pivoting block pivoted to the pivoting portion of the base. The other end of each support is disposed with a locking block. Locking recesses are disposed on the perimeter of the pivoting block and secured in position by the locking rod of the base. The mirror holder is inserted onto the supports and comprises sliding channels. Both ends of each sliding channel are respectively disposed with a first limit block and a second limit block to restrict sliding movement of the locking block of the support to allow the mirror holder be firmly secured in place when extended or retracted.

An extendable cable management frame includes a connecting frame, a pivot seat and two cable management frames. Both ends of the connecting frame are connected to and moved with middle rails on both sides, and the pivot seat is movably installed to the center of the connecting frame, and the connecting frame has at least one arc limit hole, and the pivot seat has a limit portion for limiting the range of rotating the pivot seat, and outer ends of the two cable management frames are connected to an end of one of the outer rails and the inner rail, and inner ends of the two cable management frames are connected to the pivot seat, and cables of a computer host are passed and accommodated in the two cable management frames.

An adjustable work platform comprises a fixed platform carrying a multiplicity of adjustable members designed to slide out of the fixed platform to variable lengths as needed. A large irregularly shaped object, such as an aircraft, may be driven into the interior of the platform with the adjustable members retracted. Once in place, the adjustable members are extended to form a heavy duty work platform conforming to the irregular shape of the exterior of the object.

A printing apparatus and a roll paper transportation device which reduces the space needed to accommodate a roll paper buffer mechanism unit and paper detection unit, and to reduce poor electrical contact in the contact part of the paper detection unit. The roll paper transportation device has a paper detection unit 8 for detecting the presence of roll paper 5, and a buffer mechanism unit 7 for absorbing variation in roll paper tension in order to keep the roll paper 5 tension less than or equal to a predetermined level. The buffer mechanism unit 7 forms a housing unit 16 for housing at least part of the paper detection unit 8 in a common area disposed in the buffer mechanism unit 7 enabling the paper detection unit 8 and buffer unit 7 to operate in unison without interfering with the operation of the other.

The invention provides a restricting device for a closure including a vent hingedly connected to a frame, the restricting device comprising a plate (1,4) for mounting on a frame, an arm (7) for pivotally mounting on a vent and means for releasably interengaging the arm and the plate, wherein, in use, when the plate and the arm are interengaged, the closure can only be opened a predetermined distance. The means for releasably interengaging the arm and the plate comprise a resilient means (2) adapted to engage a locking pin (5). The engagement between the arm and the plate is released by means of a release means, for example a key (6,6′;6″), which is separate from the rest of the device. A preferred embodiment of the invention provides means (16,17; 18, 20) for preventing over-rotation of the key beyond a position in which the resilient means is in an optimum release position. The device is simple to use and has the advantage that it is detachable.

The invention is applicable to the technical field of lamp installation and discloses a lamp mounting structure. The lamp mounting structure comprises a lamp body and a support, wherein the support is connected with the lamp body in a hanging way, a positioning block capable of preventing the support and the lamp body from rotating relatively is arranged between the support and the lamp body, one end of the positioning block is fixed on the lamp body, while the other end of the positioning block is connected to the support through a locking member, and a sliding groove allowing the locking member to pass therethrough is formed on the support. The lamp mounting structure is characterized in that the positioning block is arranged between the support and the lamp body, one end of the positioning block is fixed on the lamp body, while the other end of the positioning block is connected to the support through the locking member, and the support is further fixedly connected with the lamp body, so that the connection of the lamp body and the support is secured in the three-point positioning way and relative rotation between the lamp body and the support is effectively prevented, and in the meantime, the sliding groove is formed on the support so that the positioning block is slidingly connected to the support and the connection points are continuous, and as a result, the illumination angle of the lamp is accurate and can be adjusted electrodelessly, and the illumination effect of the lamp is improved.

A multi-directional input apparatus includes an operating member including a shaft portion which extends to the outside, a housing having an opening through which the shaft portion extends and configured to support the operating member in a tiltable manner, interlocking members moved by the operating member when the shaft portion is tilted, and detectors which detect changes in the positions of the interlocking members. A sliding member is externally fitted to the shaft portion such that the sliding member is movable in an axial direction, and a coil spring is disposed between a flange provided on the shaft portion and the sliding member. A rubbing surface of the sliding member is in elastic contact with a receiving surface on an inner wall of an annular edge portion surrounding the opening. The rubbing surface and the receiving surface are spherical surfaces centered on a tilting center of the shaft portion.

An apparatus for use in performing intercourse, including: a horizontal support designed to support a female in the supine position; a bearing assembly attached to the outside of the horizontal support; and a base horizontally slidably attached to the bottom of the bearing assembly. The bearing assembly is designed to permit rotation of the horizontal support about the axis of rotation of the bearing assembly. The horizontal support and bearing assembly are designed so that this axis of rotation is coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the sex organ of the female when she is supported on the horizontal support in the supine position. The heights of the horizontal support and base are adjustable. Thus the height of the female's sex organ can be adjusted for penetration by a male partner's sex organ when the male partner is standing at the correct end of the horizontal support.

A multi-directional input apparatus includes an operating member including a shaft portion which extends to the outside, a housing having an opening through which the shaft portion extends and configured to support the operating member in a tiltable manner, interlocking members moved by the operating member when the shaft portion is tilted, and detectors which detect changes in the positions of the interlocking members. A sliding member is externally fitted to the shaft portion such that the sliding member is movable in an axial direction, and a coil spring is disposed between a flange provided on the shaft portion and the sliding member. A rubbing surface of the sliding member is in elastic contact with a receiving surface on an inner wall of an annular edge portion surrounding the opening. The rubbing surface and the receiving surface are spherical surfaces centered on a tilting center of the shaft portion.

Embodiments of the invention provide a surgical instrument for removing a hook nasal hump. The surgical instrument includes a handle including a blade having a prominent edge at a front end thereof, and guide members coupled to both sides of the handle and configured to slide the handle; forward and backward. The surgical instrument further includes a mounting concave portion configured to mount the nasal hump, which is a surgical subject, formed at a front portion of the guide members, and an upper and a lower plate, each having a shape of a flat sheet and a predetermined length. The blade of the handle is integrated between the upper plate and the lower plate, a width of the blade is smaller than a width of the upper and lower plates, sliding grooves are formed between both sides of the blade and the upper and lower plates, and the guide members comprise rod-shaped rails inserted into the sliding grooves, so as to slide the handle. The surgical instrument further includes mounting rods of which one side of each mounting rod is coupled to a front portion of each rail and of which the other side is coupled to the mounting concave portion for hooking onto the nasal hump.