36 results about "Snagging" patented technology

The invention relates to a method for transplanting ancient ginkgoes and belongs to the technical field of plant transplanting technologies. The method for transplanting ancient ginkgoes includes the steps of firstly, preparing before transplanting; secondly, performing balance snagging to branches of ancient ginkgoes; thirdly, performing root pruning and ball shrinking; fourthly, packing and transporting root balls; and fifthly, maintaining and managing after transplanting. Root pruning and ball shrinking are performed in the method, so that growth of new mass absorbing roots is promoted. Emergence of new mass branches and leaves is promoted by balance snagging. By soil ball bundling, lifting by cranes, transporting by plate trailers, unloading and transplanting, no cracking of tree trunks occurs, and the soil balls are firm without looseness. By late maintenance and management, the transplanted ancient ginkgoes grow well in leafy profusion and have green leaves in growth seasons, and survival and healthy thriving are achieved.

A utility belt that includes a number of retaining rings for securing desirable tools to the utility belt as need that further included a cover strap for each of the retaining rings so that all unused retaining rings can be secured to minimize snagging of the retaining ring and possible death or injury to a user.

An adjustable-depth crankbait fishing lure for use in catching fish at user-selectable depths. The crankbait fishing lure is made of a buoyant yet hard body having the shape and general appearance of a bait fish. Attached to the body are at least one fish hook and a means to attach the body to a fishing line. Pivotable lateral fins are located at each side of the body and are user adjustable for either water surface operation or operation at varying depths. A means is provided, substantially enclosed within the body, for allowing both the user to select the desired fin pitch corresponding to a specific water depth, and in some embodiments, for automatically returning the fins to the original pitch setting if the pitch setting is disturbed due to underwater snags or fish strikes. In addition, the fishing lure is designed so that the means for changing the fin pitch is protected against inadvertent changes due to fish strikes, snags, or other underwater menaces. Furthermore, one embodiment includes a new system for rotating a shaft through part of a rotation when another parallel shaft rotates through part of a rotation in the same direction; this system has applications beyond fishing lures.

A power cord plug and jack retainer includes a first and second mating sections. The first and second sections are adapted to mate such that the first section is female and the second section is male. The sections are provided with rhombic shaped pins and slots which lock in place against resilient forces provided by resilient pads and resilient straps. The retainer is provided with conical end portions to prevent snagging but is provided with hooks on the jack side of the conical portion for hooking the retainer on a suitable support such as a belt, ladder, branch or any other suitable support. The second section with the hooks on the conical portion may be used to hang a cord of a power tool or any other item having a cord with an enlarged portion. Any tool may be hung by a rope by placing a knot in the rope and hanging it from the second section.

A locking quick connect fitting allows for the easy attachment and detachment of stays and rigging on sailboats and other related applications. The invention eliminates the need to handle clevis pins and cotter pins when setting up or tearing down the rigging of a sailboat, and especially for the standing rigging of a trailer able sailboat. A more secure lockable device is provided that is less susceptible of being dislodged by the rubbing action of passing lines and sheets. Further, it can be tightened by wrench for even more security. In addition, the fitting helps keep the connection secure even if in the unlocked state and resists the snagging of passing lines. The presented invention is also designed to be modular and readily connectable to the rigging or fittings on existing sailboats.

A spool for use in a wire braiding machine, for example, which has a “bi-tapered” design including a central cylindrical section and a pair of tapered (e.g., frusto-conical or parabolic) flanges having surfaces that slope inwardly toward the cylindrical section. In this manner, the spool provides a progressively widening wire fill area, as measured along a direction parallel to the rotational axis of the bobbin, as the wound wire advances progressively radially outwardly from the cylindrical section. This widening wire fill area aids in preventing the formation, propagation and buildup of wire winding defects, such that the wire is more likely to unspool or pay-out from the spool without losing tension, snagging or breaking.

Disclosed is an improved fishing rod adapted to increase the durability of the fishing rod and fishing line and to improve casting distance and accuracy. The fishing rod comprises an elongated cylindrical rod blank having a working end and a terminal end, wherein the working end is attached to a handle. The rod blank further comprises a plurality of fishing line guides disposed in a gradual spiral configuration along the length of the rod blank. The fishing line guides are adapted to receive a fishing line therethrough. The guides are also low profile so as to minimize snagging. When in use, the fishing line wraps around the rod blank, thereby evenly distributing the weight of the fishing line around the rod. In this way, the present invention eliminates line memory and increases the tensile strength of the rod blank and the fishing line.

A power cord plug and jack retainer includes a first and second mating sections. The first and second sections are adapted to mate such that the first section is female and the second section is male. The sections are provided with rhombic shaped pins and slots which lock in place against resilient forces provided by resilient pads and resilient straps. The retainer is provided with conical end portions to prevent snagging but is provided with hooks on the jack side of the conical portion for hooking the retainer on a suitable support such as a belt, ladder, branch or any other suitable support. The second section with the hooks on the conical portion may be used to hang a cord of a power tool or any other item having a cord with an enlarged portion. Any tool may be hung by a rope by placing a knot in the rope and hanging it from the second section.

A drain valve that prevents entry of odious airborne particulates into the habited environment while allowing for drainage of wastewater. The improvements include a disc with leaves cantilevered from a perimeter lip allowing the valve to operate in a drain with limited clearance between the opening and the drain crosshair below, a structural brace that effectively seals the center of the drain while allowing for through-passage of the drain strainer bolt, a gap at the perimeter edge of each leaf to prevent interference with an opposing edge, and rounded leaf edges and rounded vertices to prevent snagging of hair follicles and other draining matter. Also disclosed is a combined drain strainer and drain valve, and a drain valve installable within a drain pipe beneath the drain opening.

A compact, smooth surfaced, flexible and formable, elongate apparatus that has a hair-clog snagging end portion for insertion into drains for snagging and removing the common hair clogs that exist in the upper portion of drains typically around the drain pop-up mechanism and drain trap. The elongate shaft (10) may be bent along it's complete length into any shape and remain fixed in that shape to accommodate compact storage as well as forming a grasping and twisting handle for the shaft while it is in the drain or bending the hair-snagging end of the shaft for easier insertion and navigation within the drain. The hair-clog snagging portion, which is at the distal end of the shaft, is in the form of a pad (12), which maximizes the surface area of hair hooking members (38). The hair-snagging pad consists of the hook portion of hook and loop fasteners and contains a multitude of miniature, hook formed, polymeric elements which aggressively entangle hair-clogs for quick retrieval from the drain without dismantling the drain and without using dangerous chemicals in the drain.

A staple remover (10) for removing a staple (100) from a document (102) and simultaneously capturing the thus-removed staple. The staple remover includes a wedge (18) for prying the staple free from a document without the staple snagging to the wedge, a bin (20) into which the freed staple will fall and, when in the form of a handheld device, an enclosed clearance (26) around the wedge's top or bearing surface that lifts the staple and that is in communication with the bin such that when the remover is immediately tilted front end upwardly as the staple is freed, the staple falls through the clearance and into the bin. The surfaces of the wedge that engage or could possibly engage the staple's leg portions, are adapted to prevent snagging of the staple when freed from the document. The bin could include an opening (24) covered by a cap (22) that is removable to permit emptying.

A removable joint sleeve. The sleeve comprises a sleeve for joints. The sleeve comprises an inner layer, outer layer, upper hem, lower hem, internal flap, zipper and zipper tab, zipper trim, and zipper guard. The sleeve uses a zipper primarily due to the ease with which it can be opened and closed. Preferably, the zipper guard is a hook and loop connection like Velcro® or other similar materials. The zipper guard is preferably rounded so as to prevent fraying and prevents the zipper from unzipping during adjustments or extreme movements. The zipper guard shape also prevents the zipper guard from rolling up or folding. The internal flap sits between the zipper and user's skin to prevent any snagging of hair or skin. The zipper trim creates a zipper valley as well as a pleasing aesthetic and prevents fraying or unraveling. Preferably, the sleeve is made of neoprene or a similar material so as to stretch around the user's appendage and compress around it, providing therapeutic pressure.

A wall-mounted tether anchor is provided having an arcuate hook member surrounded by a perimeter ring, whereby the hook member supports the closed loop handle of a tether while the perimeter ring maintains the tether connection therewith by preventing lifting of the loop handle away from the hook. A threaded member extends from the base of the hook and provides a means to anchor the device into a wall surface. The threaded member comprises either a mechanical screw fastener or a threaded bolt member that can be placed through an open aperture and secured by way of a threaded nut. In an embodiment of the anchor device, the distal end of the hook does not extend far above the upper portion of the perimeter hook, whereby the otherwise exposed hook is bounded by the ring to reduce snagging or puncturing of articles pressing downward thereon.

A fishing lure has a body and a hook. The hook has a shank that extends from the body, a bend and a point. The hook is lying in a hook plane. A brush guard has bristles that extend from the head to a blocking position in front of the hook point. The bristles are spread apart to either side of the hook plane. An elastomeric band around the lure body retains the bristles in a spread apart configuration. The spread apart bristles create a laterally wider brush guard so as to prevent snagging of the hook point no matter what the orientation of the lure in the water might be.

The invention relates to the technical field of fabric testing, and discloses fabric snagging analyzing equipment and a fabric snagging analyzing method. The fabric snagging analyzing method comprises the following steps that a fabric is wound on a roller; the roller rotates around the axis of itself and drives the fabric to rotate; a snagging mechanism snags the fabric, and a snagging surface is formed; a photographing mechanism collects an image, on the side edge of the roller, of the snagging surface and sends an image signal to a processing mechanism; the processing mechanism generates a three-dimensional graph of the snagging surface according to the image signal; characteristic parameters of the fabric are extracted from the three-dimensional graph, and a testing result is obtained. According to the fabric snagging analyzing equipment adopting the fabric snagging analyzing method, not only can a three-dimensional image model of fabric snagging be obtained, but also the advantage of being low in cost is achieved.

The present disclosure provides an Audible Enhanced Fishing Lure with desirable waterproofing and hydrodynamic properties. The Audible Enhanced Fishing Lure has a sound generator, or other noisemaking device, fixed by a waterproof means to the body of the device, combined with reflective material to maximize the device's attractiveness to fish. The heat shrink process itself ensures smooth glide through the water and waterproofing of the elements of the lure. The present disclosure also provides apparatus and method for manufacturing a weighted popping flotation device, which has desirable water-resistance properties, a plurality of audible generators to attract fish, and is weighted precisely to ensure ease of casting into the wind. In some embodiments, the weighted popping flotation device utilizes heat shrink tubing to prevent snagging of the fishing line when dragged through water.

A device comprising a shaft and a fastener. The device requires substantially no tools to apply while generally maintaining the basic shape of a common clevis pin and the robustness of a common cotter pin. The fastener passes through a bore hole in the shaft. A cap positions onto a shaft head, and includes a ridge that engages a slot in the shaft head. The cap and head have low profiles and are non-protuberant, so as to minimize snagging, inadvertent release, and / or damage to contacting objects. A plunger positions inside the shaft, passing through a plunger spring. The plunger spring provides a compressive force that presses against the fastener to hold it in place. Removing the cap reduces the compressive force. The shaft cannot be released by external pressure on the shaft head. A compressive element helps secure the fastener in a shaft cross bore.

A parachute packing system for facilitating insertion of a parachute canopy into a deployment receptacle or parachute receptacle includes an adjustable spring-like cylindrical sleeve that conforms to a “C”-shaped cross section, the sleeve member having rounded edges to prevent snagging of parachute material, and a gap defining a line passage slot within the cylindrical sleeve for passage of parachute suspension lines and bridle, and a pair of opposing deployment receptacle attachment points or knobs affixed to the outer surface of the cylindrical sleeve. Preferably, at least one of the receptacle attachment points or knobs engages a slotted track for sliding adjustment thereof, and a mechanism for reversibly locking the receptacle attachment point or knob within the slotted track. Optionally, the cylindrical sleeve includes an integral mat attachment hook, which runs across the bottom of the sleeve opening, for attachment to a packing mat made of non-slip rubberized material.

The invention discloses a yarn snagging and sleeve disassembling system which comprises a support device, a vision system, a yarn snagging execution device and a compression device. The support device is used for spreading and accommodating single-layer cloth; the vision system is used for positioning yarn snagging locations of to-be-snagged silver on the cloth; the yarn snagging execution device is used for executing yarn snagging operation according to monitoring results of the vision system and comprises crotchet needles and a yarn roller, the crotchet needles are used for snagging yarns, the yarn roller is used for rolling up the snagged yarns, and the yarn snagging execution device is in signal connection with the vision system; the compression device is used for compressing the cloth on the support device. The yarn snagging and sleeve disassembling system has the advantages that the vision system and the yarn snagging execution device are matched with each other, yarn snagging and sleeve disassembling processes can be automated, the work efficiency of sleeve disassembling processes can be improved, and accordingly the labor requirements of the textile industry can be reduced; the yarn snagging locations can be two-dimensionally identified and determined by the aid of the vision system, and accordingly the insertion location identification and positioning difficulty can be lowered for the crotchet needles; the shortcomings of the physical characteristics of the flexibility of textiles can be overcome by the aid of the compression device, and accordingly the compression device can bring convenience for operating the yarn snagging execution device and designing movement tracks of the crotchet needles.

The invention discloses an anti-radiating crochet fabric, which comprises a fabric body, a crochet layer crocheted on the surface of the fabric body through anti-radiating yarns, and a transparent TPU (Thermoplastic Polyurethanes) protection film laminated on the outer surface of the crochet layer. The anti-radiating yarns are yarns prepared from silver fiber, antibacterial fiber and viscose through blending, wherein according to the mass percentage, the mass proportion of the silver fiber to the anti-radiating yarns is 50 percent to 55 percent, the mass proportion of the antibacterial fiber to the anti-radiating yarns is 15 percent to 20 percent, and the mass proportion of the viscose to the anti-radiating yarns is 30 percent to 35 percent. Through the manner, the anti-radiating crochet fabric provided by the invention adopts a multi-layer composite structure so as to be capable of effectively avoiding the occurrence of the phenomena of cobwebbing and snagging of the crochet layer, and has an excellent anti-radiating performance at the same time.

The invention discloses a pair of snagging-resistant socks. The socks are firstly subjected to resin finishing before the dyeing; then, softening treatment is performed; after the treatment, a layer of acid-resistant and alkali-resistant protection thin film is formed on the surface of the socks. The socks made by using the process have a good ventilation function; the friction resistant capability of the socks can be enhanced; the snagging or pilling after the contact with rough articles can be prevented; meanwhile, the garment use performance of a product is also ensured.

An improved structure stroller basket in which two arcuate notches are formed in the frame-like rim extending outward from the opening of the basket. As such, the basket is fitted onto the back rod frame of the stroller seat and retained in position with the basket bottom resting against the chassis axle. Furthermore, a hole is disposed in each of the two sides of the basket opening such that the short posts postured inward from the two ends of a U-shaped handle enter the holes and become pivotably coupled. As such, since the arcuate notches in the rim of the basket and the back rod frame of the stroller seat are positioned together by direct insertion, both assembly component quantity and finishing time are reduced and, furthermore, the potentially hazardous incidence of shoes lace snagging is eliminated to thereby effectively achieve the practical utility of fast, convenient, and simple installation.

An improved lift attaches to the leader line of a fishing reel and reduces snags. In use, a user casts a rig including the leader line, an improved lift, a hook, and a weight into the water. The lift includes a body having apertures through which the fishing line extends to mount the lift onto the leader line, upstanding sides, and outwardly extending wings. As the rig moves in the water, the outwardly extending wings of the lift cause the lift to ascend from the bottom of the body of water, thus preventing opportunities for the hook or weight to become snagged, for example on rocks or sunken tree branches.

The invention discloses a closed-loop feedback control method for a robotic fish based on a CPG model. For a robotic fish in which each CPG unit is used to control the motion angle of a joint-driven steering gear, a CPG model for constructing a bionic robotic fish based on multiple CPG units is established. , the established CPG model can well characterize the biological characteristics of motor neurons. At the same time, the model can not only adjust the phase difference, frequency and amplitude respectively to realize the rhythmic movement control of robotic fish, but also has good parameter mutation adaptability ; Construct the CPG network structure topology diagram according to the CPG model, and use the Euler method to discretize the established CPG model according to the obtained CPG model peripheral obstacle information and yaw angle information as feedback items, which reduces the model complexity and facilitates the solution; improved The motion coordination stability and environment self-adaptive ability of the robotic fish, using this closed-loop control method based on the CPG model, can improve the swimming flexibility of the bionic robotic fish and realize the autonomous swimming of the robotic fish.

A full-automatic overwater golf ball picking device comprises a shell mechanism, a water surface fishing mechanism, an underwater obstacle removing mechanism, a power mechanism and a ball outlet mechanism. The water surface fishing mechanism is rotationally installed at the front end of the shell mechanism, and the function of collecting golf balls floating on the water surface is achieved through the self-rotation of the water surface fishing mechanism. The underwater obstacle removing mechanism is slidably installed in a groove in the front end face of the shell mechanism, power is provided through two air cylinders, and the functions of sliding left and right to adjust the position and pushing away obstacles such as aquatic plants and the like are achieved. The power mechanism comprises a ball feeding mechanism and a ball clamping mechanism; the ball feeding mechanism is slidably mounted in a hollow cylinder on the front end face of the shell mechanism, and the function of feeding a hit golf ball into the equipment is achieved. The ball clamping mechanism is rotationally installed on a fixing frame on the front end face of the shell mechanism, and the function of picking up golf balls falling into water is achieved. The ball outlet mechanism is movably installed in the shell mechanism, and the function of pouring out the collected balls is achieved.