319 results about "Conical forms" patented technology

A surgical screw system for use with implantation rods includes a screw member, a receiver member, a pressure cap and a locking device. The screw member has a shaft and a head with a spherical undersurface and a conical tapered recess. The receiver member has an upper and lower portion, a u-shaped rod receiving channel and an axial bore. The u-shaped channel has two lateral legs at the upper portion and forms an opening leading to the axial bore. The axial bore near the lower portion includes an inwardly conical tapered surface which has a diameter larger than the shaft of the screw member but smaller than the head of the screw member. The conical surface forms a support upon which the spherical undersurface of the head of the screw member rests when the screw member is guided through the bore of the lower portion of the receiver member. The pressure cap is positioned within the axial bore and situated upon the head of the screw member. The locking device is designed for securing the rod within the u-shaped channel of the receiver member by applying a tightening torque upon the rod when positioned within the opening and the bore near the upper portion of the receiver member.

A heat radiator 10 includes: a first member 12 which has a recessed portion 12c in one side thereof and which has a large number of substantially circular truncated conical protruding portions 12d formed on the bottom face of the recessed portion 12c; and a second member which is fixed to the first member 12 on the side of the recessed portion 12c for defining an internal cavity and which contacts the tip end face of each of the large number of protruding portions 12d of the first member 12, wherein the first member 12 has a pair of through holes 12e for supplying a coolant into the internal cavity and for discharging the coolant from the internal cavity.

A fluid transfer adapter for use with a syringe barrel having a collar with adapter engaging structure and a distally-facing frusto-conically shaped surface is disclosed. The adapter includes a hub having a proximally-facing frusto-conically shaped surface for mating with the frusto-conically shaped surface on the barrel, structure for threadably engaging the hub to the collar of the barrel so that the frusto-conically shaped surface of the hub contacts the frusto-conically shaped surface of the barrel to prevent liquid flow between the surfaces and a fluid transfer having a passageway therethrough, connected to the distal end of the hub so that the lumen is in fluid communication with a conduit in the hub. The passageway includes a frusto-conically shaped edge that aligns with the frusto-conically shaped edge of the barrel, when the adapter is connected to the barrel, thereby reducing waste space.

This invention provides the electromagnetic waves shield material that has a sufficient effect of shielding the electromagnetic waves by making the electric conductive fibers into mesh. And this invention also provides the electromagnetic waves shield mobile phone case that avoids a harmful effect on the human body without reducing the function of communication of the mobile phone used the said electromagnetic waves shield material.The fibers with electric conductivity are woven into mesh by a general knitting machine like a machine for tricot. The cost is low even used for the wide area to shield the electromagnetic waves because the consumption of the fibers needed is less. The coarseness of the net is maintained the same by controlling the movement of the length and breadth each other.To avoid the radiation to the head direction, the electromagnetic waves shield material is used for the front and upper sides of the mobile phone case which are the direction to the head when the mobile phone is in use. The regular material without electromagnetic waves shield effect is used for the both sides of the mobile phone case.The antenna cap with electromagnetic shield structure is attached to the said upper side of the electromagnetic wave shield case. The electricity with high frequency is conducted between the above antenna cap and the upper side of the electromagnetic wave shield case. The said antenna cap is a conic tube cut it's head obliquely. The opening part is made to face in the opposite side of the head when it is attached to the antenna. A metallic pin is attached to the outside of the antenna cap. This metallic pin conducts high frequent electricity with the wire antenna at the mobile phone body when it is attached. It functions as an additional antenna to the wire antenna at the mobile phone body.

A person can safely descend from a burning high-rise building or the like using an inflatable flying body that has a hollow conical form in an inflated deployed condition, but is deflated and folded into a backpack form in a stowed condition. The flying body includes an upper stabilizing ring, a lower nose structure with a pneumatic damping body, spoke struts extending conically therebetween, a cover skin covering the abovementioned inflatable components to form the conical outer surface and provide aerodynamic braking drag, and gas generators to inflate the inflatable components. A person straps on the apparatus in the stowed backpack form and pulls a handle to actuate the gas generators for inflating the apparatus, whereby the expanding apparatus ejects the person from the building and then orients itself in a nose-down attitude during the descent. The pneumatic damping body damps and dissipates the landing impact energy.

A heat extraction and cooling system which can be attached to the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer for exchanging heat through an enclosure which houses a ducted fan. The apparatus includes a dual section rotary blade system that is driving by a conventional direct current motor. The apparatus also includes a heat conducting base that is placed in thermal engagement with the CPU. Attached to the base is a uniquely configured heat dissipating member which includes a plurality of upstanding heat dispensing fins, a generally conically shaped shroud and is provided with a plurality of apertures for drawing the flow of cooling air through the shroud and past the fins of the heat dissipating member. The dual section rotary blade system pulls air inwardly through the apertured shroud, past the heat dissipating fins and into the hub portion of the rotary blade system. The heat air is then forced into the interior of the uniquely configured, hollow blades which are attached to the hub portion. Each of the blades is provided with a leading edge portion and trailing edge portion having a plurality of small apertures formed therein. As the blades rotate, a negative pressure is formed proximate the trailing edge of each blade and the heated gases are expelled through the small apertures. This provides a jet thrust action to the rotating assembly and causes the heated gases expelled from the hollow blades to expand rapidly thereby producing an additional cooling effect.

A reusable insulating and sealing structure may include an insulating tube and a frusto-conical seal having an enlarged diameter open distal end carried by an open distal end of the insulating tube and having a reduced diameter open proximal end extending into the insulating tube. The reduced diameter open proximal end may be resiliently deformable to accommodate a range of sizes of cable ends therethrough. The reusable insulating and sealing structure may also include a removable seal closure cap for removable positioning in the enlarged diameter open distal end of the frusto-conical seal, and an integrally molded tether connecting the removable seal closure cap to the frusto-conical seal adjacent the enlarged diameter open distal end thereof. The closure cap and tether permit the insulating and sealing structure to be sealed when a cable is not extending therethrough and thus permit the insulating and sealing structure to be reused.

Apparatus (20,120) for forming a heated glass sheet G is disclosed as including a vacuum mold (22,22a,122,122a) having a full surface (24,24a,124,124a) against which a peripheral mold (26,26a,126,126a) presses the glass sheet periphery and with which at least one vacuum reservoir (32,33) is communicated within the interior of the sealed glass sheet periphery to form the glass sheet to the shape of the vacuum mold surface. Valving (38) of a vacuum system (28) is preferably operable to provide the vacuum impulse in two stages with an initial limited extent of vacuum and a subsequent greater extent of vacuum by communication first with one vacuum reservoir (32) and subsequently with another vacuum reservoir (33). Different embodiments of the vacuum mold have the vacuum mold surface facing upwardly and downwardly with convex and concave shapes. Glass sheet shapes including straight line elements such as cylindrical and conical bends as well as shapes including curvatures in transverse directions and inverse curvatures can be effectively provided by this vacuum impulse forming.

A padded protective frusto-conical shaped cup covering sized to slip over a camera lens is disclosed. The covering is designed to fit on either the front portion of the lens or the rear lens mount. The protective covering has beveled side walls which allow it to fit easily on a variety of different lenses. The protective covering is made from two separate layers of material, an outer cup made from a firm yet flexible material, and the inner liner made from a soft pliable material. In one embodiment the outer cup includes a circumferential retaining ring on the inside of the cup to help secure the cup onto a lens. The soft inner liner allows the covering to easily adhere to the camera lens, and also provides impact protection. The outer cup provides additional impact protection. The outer cup also includes a domed top portion which provides a crumple zone or impact bumper. In one embodiment the outer cup has an opening in the domed top, and in one embodiment thereof there is a clear optical grade lens or filer lens inserted or incorporated into the opening, which allows the camera user to take a photograph without removing the protective lens.

A projectile for an air arm is integrally formed from a single piece of dense malleable material formed as a body of revolution about a longitudinal axis having a head portion dimensioned for free sliding in the bore of an air arm and a skirt-like portion of frusto-conical form. The rearward end of the skirt portion is dimensioned to be in slight interference fit with the bore and the forward end is joined with the head portion to define a reduced diameter waist. The frustum is shell-walled, having a central recess opening to the rear and extending forwardly into the head portion. The head portion has a parabolically shaped outer surface which transitions smoothly into a hyperbolically shaped outer skirt surface for aerodynamic efficiency. Vanes are formed on the head portion to enhance in-flight spiraling rotation.

An integrated single-piece exhaust system (SPEX) with modular construction that facilitates design changes for enhanced aerodynamics, structural integrity or serviceability. The SPEX defines splined or curved exhaust path surfaces, such as a series of cylindrical and frusto-conical sections that mimic curves. The constructed sections may include: (i) a tail cone assembly fabricated from conical sections that taper downstream to a reduced diameter; or (ii) an area-ruled cross section axially aligned with one or more rows of turbine struts; or both features. Modular inner and outer diameter inlet lips enhance transitional flow between the last row blades and the SPEX, as well as enhance structural integrity. Modular strut collars have large radius profiles between the SPEX annular inner diameter and outer diameter flow surfaces, for enhanced airflow and constant thickness walls for uniform heat transfer and thermal expansion. Scalloped mounting flanges enhance structural integrity and longevity.

A device is provided for exercising the muscles of the back, which includes a chair seat and a rod fastened to a feet plate. The feet plate is coupled to a tilting member which is surrounded by a damping member. The damping member can rest on a bottom plate which is fastened by a fastening member. A cloth which surrounds the damping member and is fastened to the feet plate can replace the bottom plate and the fastening member. It is further an advantage that the rod is telescopic. The tilting member can have a circular cross section and a downwardly conical form. The damping member which surrounds the tilting member is of a flexible material and may be fastened to the feet plate by the fastening means member which can assist in dampening the movement of the tilting member.

For a device for connecting two pipes (1, 2) with different external diameters using a sleeve arrangement which bridges the butt joint between the ends of the pipe (1, 2) facing each other and contains at least a fixing sleeve (8, 8a) which can take up the clips (12, 13) for the two pipes (1, 2) and if necessary a sealing sleeve (3) which is surrounded by the fixing sleeve (8, 8a), high economy and safety can be achieved by the fact that each sleeve of the sleeve arrangement has cylindrical contact sections (5, 6; 10, 11) which can be adjusted to the different external diameters of the two pipes (1, 2) and are connected by a central section (7, 9) which can take a conical form to suit the diameter difference wherein the contact sections (5, 6) of the sleeve next to the external circumference of the two pipes (1, 2) can be brought into direct contact with the two pipes (1, 2) and the contact sections (10, 11) of the fixing sleeve (8, 8a) contain encircling mounting channels assigned to the clips (12, 13) and wherein the fixing sleeve (8) takes the form of a closed encircling ring which is suitable for three-dimensional deformation.

The invention aims to provide a device sensing a capsule (2) inserted in a receptacle (1) in machine and physical parameters of liquid supplied by a beverage production apparatus flowing through the capsule in function of the type of capsule. The capsule containing beverage ingredient is inserted in a cylindrical or conical wide mouthed receptacle having an upper opening for inserting the capsule and a lower bottom closing the receptacle. The receptacle rotates around an axis of a hollow shaft (3) attached at the center and perpendicularly to the external face of the bottom of the receptacle, said shaft forming a hole at the center of the inner face of the bottom of the receptacle. The device comprises a rod sliding in the shaft and passing through the hole of the inner face of the bottom of the receptacle, said rod (4) being provided with a spring maintaining an end of the rod lifted inside the receptacle in contact with the capsule, the other end being inside the shaft. The device further comprising means for measuring the position of the end of the rod in the shaft, in order to control, in function of the size of the capsule inserted in the receptacle, rotation speed of the receptacle, discharge and physical parameters of liquid supplied by the beverage production apparatus flowing through the capsule.

A caliper atomic force microscope (AFM) comprises two AFM probes (each comprised of an oscillator and an attached tip) that operate on a sample in a coordinated manner. The coordinated operation of the AFM probes may be spatially or temporally coordinated. The result of the coordinated operation may be an image of the sample or a dimensional measurement of an unknown sample. The probes of the caliper AFM may be tilted, or the tips may be tilted at a non-orthogonal angle with respect to the probes, so as to enable the tips to access vertical sample surfaces or to enable the tips to touch each other. The tip shapes may include conical, boot-shaped, cylindrical, or spherical and materials from which the tips are fabricated may include silicon or carbon nanotubes. The oscillators may be beveled to allow the tips to operate in close proximity or in contact without interference of the oscillators. The disclosure of the present invention is discussed in terms of an atomic force (van der Waalls) interaction. Other interaction forces are contemplated, such as electrostatic force, magnetic force, and tunneling current. The caliper AFM may be calibrated with the help of a sample with known dimensions or by touching the probe tips. The tip-to-tip calibration enables absolute measurements without the need for a reference artifact, and it enables in-line calibration that may be performed during the measurement process.

The present disclosure relates to a washing machine. The washing machine (101) may include an integrated tub / drum (201, 202) that includes a drum main body (210) that has a cylindrical shape or a truncated conical shape, stores water, holds or accommodates laundry and water, and rotates, and a plurality of hollow lifters (250) that extend or protrude outward from a circumferential surface of the drum main body (210), and extend or protrude inward from the circumferential surface of the drum main body (210); a hollow rotary shaft (410) that is coupled to and / or that penetrates one end and / or surface of the drum main body (210); and a drain pipe (620) that is in the integrated tub / drum (201, 202) through the hollow rotary shaft (410), configured to discharge water from the drum main body (210) and that may be collected by the lifter (250).

An apparatus for engaging an electrical conductor comprises a gripping contact having a plurality of fingers, where the plurality of fingers has a substantially conical outer surface. A contact receptacle has a substantially conical inner surface. A tension member urges the gripping contact toward the contact receptacle such that interaction between the substantially conical outer surface and the substantially conical inner surface forces the plurality of fingers to engagingly compress the electrical conductor placed between the fingers. A method of engaging an electrical conductor comprises inserting an electrical conductor between a plurality of fingers of a gripping contact, lo where the plurality of fingers has a substantially conical outer surface. The substantially conical outer surface of the gripping contact is urged to interact with a substantially conical inner surface of a contact receptacle such that the interaction forces the plurality of fingers to engage the electrical conductor.

An electric connector assembly having a connector body defining an inlet end portion and an outlet end portion and having a frustro-conical retainer ring connected to the outlet end portion wherein the retainer ring is formed with locking and grounding tangs arranged to effect a snap-fit locking and grounding connection to a knockout hole of an electric box located in an existing wall and a tool arranged to engage slots formed in the retainer ring to facilitate the pulling of the connector assembly through the knockout hole of an electric box for seating and locking the electric connected thereto, and a method for securing the electrical connector assembly to an electric box installed in a finished wall.

An integrated single-piece exhaust system (SPEX) with modular construction that facilitates design changes for enhanced aerodynamics, structural integrity or serviceability. The SPEX defines splined or curved exhaust path surfaces, such as a series of cylindrical and frusto-conical sections that mimic curves. The constructed sections may include: (i) a tail cone assembly fabricated from conical sections that taper downstream to a reduced diameter; or (ii) an area-ruled cross section axially aligned with one or more rows of turbine struts; or both features. Modular inner and outer diameter inlet lips enhance transitional flow between the last row blades and the SPEX, as well as enhance structural integrity. Modular strut collars have large radius profiles between the SPEX annular inner diameter and outer diameter flow surfaces, for enhanced airflow and constant thickness walls for uniform heat transfer and thermal expansion. Scalloped mounting flanges enhance structural integrity and longevity.