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A pill container has a body, at least one lid, and at least one elastic assembly. The body comprises a first wall, a second wall, and at least one compartment. The first wall and second wall are two opposite sides of the body. The compartment is located between the first wall and the second wall. The lid is pivotably mounted on the second wall of the body. The elastic assembly is located on the second wall, and has a flexural segment and a first protruding section. The first protruding section is located on the flexural segment and contacts the second wall. The first protruding section supports a space between the flexural segment of the elastic assembly and the body.

A vehicle door system has a door structure movable relative to a vehicle body between closed and open positions. The door structure is connected to the vehicle body via first and second arms arranged at a lower end of the door structure. The first arm includes a first inner end pivotably connected to the vehicle body and a first outer end pivotably connected to the door structure. The second arm includes a second inner end pivotably connected to the vehicle body and a second outer end pivotably connected to the door structure. The first arm has an inner arm section and an outer arm section pivotably connected to each other via an intermediate pivot point. The inner arm section and the outer arm section are pivotably displaceable relative to each other via the intermediate pivot point upon displacement of the door structure between the closed and open positions.

The invention relates to an automatic door opening and closing mechanism, door box equipment and an automatic door opening and closing method, which can realize full-angle automatic door opening and closing, improve user experience and improve safety performance. The automatic door opening and closing mechanism comprises a hinge assembly and a door closing assembly, wherein the hinge assembly comprises a hinge base, a hinge bracket, a rotating shaft for rotatably connecting the hinge bracket to the hinge base and a hinge pulley arranged on the hinge bracket; the elastic driving assembly comprises a pull rope bypassing the hinge pulley, a driving motor connected with one end of the pull rope, and an elastic piece connected with the other end of the pull rope, so that tension torque opposite to the gravity torque of the door body assembly in direction is applied to the door body assembly through the pull rope; when the pull rope is driven by the driving motor to be tightened, the tension moment applied by the pull rope is increased to be larger than the gravity moment, and the door is automatically closed; and when the pull rope is loosened under the driving of the driving motor, the tension moment applied by the pull rope is reduced to be smaller than the gravity moment, and the door is automatically opened.

A closure device includes a first magnet and a housing with a second magnet positioned therein. The first magnet is configured to be position in a first object and the housing is configured to be positioned in a second object. The housing has a top end and at least one adjustment mechanism connected to the housing that moves the second magnet in at least one translational direction or at least one rotational direction relative to the top end of the housing. The movement of the second magnet relative to the top end of the housing adjusts the position or orientation of the second magnet relative to the first magnet to alter a magnetic force between the first magnet and the second magnet when the first magnet is positioned proximate the top end of the housing.

A vehicle including a chassis, a cab coupled to the chassis, the cab having a front face, a body coupled to the chassis, and a shroud coupled to the cab such that an internal volume is defined between the cab and the shroud, the shroud at least partially defining: a first inlet positioned along a front side of the shroud and in fluid communication with the internal volume, and a second inlet arranged such that airflow along the front face of the cab enters the internal volume through the second inlet.

The invention discloses an automatic closing door closer which comprises a door closer body, an automatic closing device and an auxiliary closing device. The automatic closing device is connected with an output shaft on one side of the main body and comprises a mechanical locking mechanism composed of an angle cam, a sliding block and a supporting spring and a triggering mechanism composed of a swing connecting rod, an unlocking connecting rod and an electric driving mechanism with a gear motor, the output shaft is stably locked in a normally-open state, electric unlocking is achieved when fire signals are triggered, and the automatic closing device can automatically close the output shaft. And the door leaf is automatically closed by the door closer main body. The auxiliary closing device is connected with an output shaft on the other side of the main body and comprises a cam shaft with a concave part and a trigger assisting assembly composed of a roller, a piston and a pressure spring, and when the door leaf is closed to the angle smaller than the set angle, the roller falls into the concave part of the cam, and the pre-tightened spring elastic force is released to generate auxiliary torque. According to the fireproof door, the functions of normally-open locking and releasing and door closing tail section assisting are integrated, and the automatic closing reliability and the final leakproofness of the fireproof door in a fire disaster are remarkably improved.

An automatic door opener, more particularly for use in a motor vehicle, has a housing, a plunger mounted to be longitudinally movable in the housing, and an electric plunger drive that is designed to move the plunger forward and back between a resting position, in which it is withdrawn into the housing, and an actuation position, in which it protrudes out of the housing. In addition to the electric plunger drive, a mechanical auxiliary drive, is provided that is designed, in the event of actuation, to be able to move the plunger from the resting position to the actuation position.

The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner base station, and more particularly, to a vacuum cleaner base station comprising: a housing; a coupling part which is disposed on the housing and to which at least a part of a dust collection barrel of the dust collector is coupled; and a cover control unit that closes the discharge cover of the dust collection tub, in which the cover control unit includes: a button; a connecting rod that rotates when an external force is applied to the button; a cover control frame that comes into contact with the discharge cover in accordance with the rotation of the connecting rod; and an elastic body that elastically deforms when an external force is applied to the button and provides a restoring force to the button, thereby having the effect of a simple structure for closing the discharge cover.

A furniture fitting includes a first fitting part for fastening to a furniture body and a second fitting part for fastening to a movably mounted furniture part. The two fitting parts can be pivotally interconnected, and at least one of the two fitting parts is designed to be arranged in a recess in the furniture body or the movably mounted furniture part. The furniture fitting includes a fastening device for fastening the fitting part in the recess, the fastening device including a rotatably mounted actuating element and at least two fastening elements to be recessed in or pressed against a wall of the recess. A coupling device can convert a rotation of the actuating element into a recessing and / or pressing movement of the fastening elements. The actuating element and the fastening elements are arranged on the same side of the fitting part and spaced apart in a longitudinal direction.

A hood hinge includes a hood mounting bar, a housing tube having first and second open ends, and a first bracket fixedly connecting the hood mounting bar to the housing tube. A rubber insulator is disposed within each of the first and second ends of the housing tube, and a self-lubricated bushing is disposed within each rubber insulator. A first torsion spring is disposed around the housing tube proximate to the first end of the housing tube. A second bracket has a base and first and second flaps extending from the base over the first and second ends of the housing tube, respectively, and a hinge pin is disposed through the first and second flaps, the self-lubricated bushings, and the housing tube.

A vehicle door device includes a first link arm and a second link arm each having a first pivot coupling point with respect to a vehicle body and a second pivot coupling point with respect to a door of a vehicle, and a biasing force applying device configured to, during opening and closing operation of the door based on an operation of a link mechanism formed by the first link arm and the second link arm, apply, to the door, a biasing force in a direction in which a rotational moment around the second pivot coupling point generated based on inertia of the door generated in the door accompanied by the operation of the link mechanism is reduced.

Disclosed herein is a hinge assembly for providing an automatic door closing mechanism The hinge assembly comprising: a mounting portion for affixing the hinge assembly to a wall or a door frame, and a pivot portion rotatably affixed to the mounting portion, and moveable between an open position and a closed position. The mounting portion comprises a first magnet and the pivot portion comprises a second magnet, wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are arranged so as to bias the pivot assembly towards the closed position.

A drive device for a hatch, in particular for a tailgate, comprising a cable, which is connected at one end to a cable pulley, which is configured to wind or unwind the cable according to the direction of rotation of the cable pulley, wherein the cable pulley is connected to a first superordinate assembly, such as a vehicle body, and which is connected at its other end to a second superordinate assembly, such as the hatch, which is pivotably attached relative to the first superordinate assembly, comprising an actuator, which is configured to drive the cable pulley, wherein the drive device furthermore comprises at least one deflection unit which has a deflection roll over which the cable runs between the cable pulley and the hatch.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of refrigerators, and particularly relates to a nautilus gear reversing structure for an automatic door opener of a refrigerator, which comprises a speed change reversing gear mounted at the output end of a motor, the speed change reversing gear is of a multilayer design, and the speed change reversing gear is meshed with a left speed change driving gear and a right speed change driving gear through gears. The left variable-speed driving gear and the right variable-speed driving gear are mounted through rotating shafts; the function of changing the rotating speed and the rotating force in the movement process is achieved through the nautilus gear meshing structure, the effect that the door opening force of the refrigerator is large and small in sequence, and the door opening speed is slow and high in sequence is achieved, and the structure is simple and reliable. When the nautilus gear meshing structure works, lubricating oil can be evenly smeared to the joint faces of the gears on the two sides, the maintenance frequency is reduced, and the failure rate and the needed maintenance frequency are reduced.

A drive for adjusting an adjustment element of a motor vehicle, the drive including a hollow cylinder, a rod guided axially therein, two articulated parts configured to provide linear drive movements to the motor vehicle and form a drive connection to the adjustment element and the rest of the motor vehicle. The one articulated part axially fixed to a first component of the components of the drive unit and the other articulated part axially fixed to a second component of the components of the drive unit in the installed state. The drive has a drive spring assembly including a drive spring acting on the articulated parts. In the installed state, at least one of the components of the drive unit is axially fixed to a securing element by a threaded connection, and the securing element projects radially into an axial projection of a spring material of the drive spring assembly.

A hinge for dishwasher doors, including a first element and a second element pivoted together and mutually movable in a tilting fashion, the first and second elements being fixable one to a frame and the other to a door of an electrical appliance to make the door movable with respect to the frame between a closed position and an open position, a lever connecting the first and the second element, an elastic element connected to the lever and capable of generating, with its own deformation, an elastic reaction force capable of at least partially compensating for the weight of the door during its opening or closing, as well as means for regulating the intensity of this elastic reaction force.

A wire-rope-system includes a guide-cylinder, compression-spring, plunger and wire-rope for reducing a tailgate's opening-speed in a vehicle / trailer having a side-board-wall-or-tailgate. The guide-cylinder arranged within the sideboard-wall-or-tailgate has front-end-and-back-end-portions. The compression-spring arranged within the guide-cylinder has front-and-back-ends. The compression-spring's front-end attaches to the guide-cylinder's front-end-portion and its back-end attaches to the plunger that moves axially within the guide-cylinder. The wire-rope extends through the front-end-portion's opening, and has backend-and-front-ends attached to the plunger and the side-board-wall-or-tailgate. The plunger's slide-membrane's circumferential-edge abuts the guide-cylinder's inner-wall, separating the guide-cylinder's inner-space into a back-air-chamber between the slide-membrane's rear-side and guide-cylinder's back-end-portion, and into a front-air-chamber between the slide-membrane's front-side and guidecylinder's front-end-portion. The back-air-chamber's air-flow-regulating-opening connects to the guide-cylinder's exterior-side. The slid-membrane's configuration blocks / reduces movement towards the front-end-portion and air-flow between the front-air-chamber's circumferential-edge and the guide-cylinder's inner-wall to the back-air-chamber, damping the wire-rope's movement and reducing the tailgate's opening-speed.

The utility model provides a simple hinge door closer which comprises an installation plate installed on a cabinet body and a rotating device installed on a door body, the installation plate is provided with a main shaft, the main shaft is arranged on the installation plate and is integrally formed with the installation plate in a zinc-aluminum-copper alloy die-casting mode, the rotating device comprises a guide block and a linkage rod, the guide block is installed on the door body, and the linkage rod is connected with the guide block. The positioning end of the linkage rod is rotationally connected to the mounting plate, the connecting end of the linkage rod is connected to the connecting end of the guide block, and the guide block is provided with a guide special-shaped groove in sliding connection with the main shaft. The cabinet door is simple in structure, easy to assemble, high in flexibility, large in door opening amplitude and convenient to use, gaps are reduced, mutual non-interference between opening and closing of the door body and the cabinet body is achieved, and the use quality of products is ensured.

The subject-matter of the invention comprises a box enclosure hoist assembly, built out of spring (41), one end of which is designed to be connected to box enclosure fixed structural element (1) and the other end is connected with the hoist assembly hoist supports (42, 43) unit and there are at least two spring (41) end attachment positions (51, 52) on one of the supports (42) and that between attachment positions (51, 52) there is continuous traverse path (421) to guide spring (41) end from one attachment position (51) to another attachment position (52), as well as a method for changing spring end attachment position in the hoist assembly.

A slow open hinge assembly for an associated appliance door includes an arm and a channel including a first end that is pivotally connected to the arm at a first location for pivoting about a first pivot axis. A slide link includes an inner end that is pivotally connected to the arm at a second location for pivoting about a second pivot axis that is offset from the first pivot axis. A fluid damped spring rod assembly includes a cylinder body supported on the channel and includes a spring-biased piston rod assembly engaged with the slide link. A control spring assembly can be connected to the channel and includes a reciprocally movable spring rod assembly including a follower, wherein the follower is engaged with a cam profile defined by a contoured edge of the arm for some but not all angular positions of the channel relative to the arm.

A flip-top portable apparatus intended to contain organic smoking material, paraphernalia, cosmetics, or ingredients. The apparatus is fashioned with a body and lid connected together with a spring hinge or biasing element. An improved slidably operated cover is located on a lateral surface and is held securely in a closed position by the spring hinge lid. Urging the slidably operated cover to an open position will gain access to the storage chamber of the apparatus. The novel idea is that, in this arrangement, when the improved slidably activated cover is opened enough to reveal the storage chamber, the open spring hinge lid biases against the open cover and holds the cover in the selected position and, consequently, the apparatus is more stable than others when open. An included disclosure for an improved spring hinge design also featured in the specification.

A hinge assembly (600) for rotatably mounting a first part (202a) to a second part (204a) to permit rotational movement of the first part relative to the second part between a closed position and an open position, the hinge assembly comprising: (a) a shaft (620) having at least a first end portion (626) and a second end portion (622), (b) an adapter (640) attached to the first end portion (626) of the shaft (620), the adapter (640) being attached to the first end portion (626) of the shaft (620) such that it is restricted to rotating with the shaft (620) as a unit, the adapter (640) being adapted for fixed attachment to the first part (202a) to move with the first part (202a) as a unit, (c) a hinge base (602) adapted for fixed attachment to the second part (204a) to move with the second part (204a) as a unit, wherein the hinge base (602) has at least one bearing surface (604, 606) which rotatably supports the shaft (620) such that when the adapter (640) is attached to the first part (202a) and the hinge base (602) is attached to the second part (204a), the first part is rotatably attached to the second part such that the first part can pivotally move relative to the second part between a closed position and an open position, (d) a friction mechanism (730) for frictionally resisting rotational movement relative to the hinge base (602), (e) an end piece (660) adapted to be held in fixed relationship relative to the hinge base (602), and (f) a torsion bar spring (680) extending between the end piece (660) and the second end portion (622) of the shaft (620), the torsion bar spring (680) having a first end (682), a second end (684), a resilient restoring force, and a longitudinal axis, the first end (682) of the torsion bar spring (680) being constrained against rotation relative to the shaft (620), the second end (684) of the torsion bar spring (680) being constrained against rotation relative to the end piece (660) about the longitudinal axis of the torsion bar spring.is clamped so that rotation of the shaft (620) relative to the end piece (660) causes the torsion bar spring (680) to twist about its longitudinal axis when the shaft was initially in a neutral position, so that the torsion bar spring (680) tends to store energy and exert a force to return the shaft (620) to its neutral position due to the restoring force of the torsion bar spring (680). (g) a housing (677) extending between the hinge base (602) and the end piece (660), the housing (677) having a bore through which the torsion bar spring (680) extends, the housing (677) being attached at one end to the hinge base (602) and at the other end to the end piece (660) to thereby ensure that the end piece (660) is held in a fixed relationship relative to the hinge base (602), wherein the friction mechanism (730) is arranged closer to the end of the housing (677) which is attached to the hinge base (602) than to the end of the housing (677) which is attached to the end piece (660), and wherein the end piece (660) has two lateral projections (662) and a sleeve (664), the projections (662) of the end piece (660) engaging and fitting into corresponding notches (675) provided at one end of the outer shell or housing (677) to prevent relative rotation between the end piece (660) and the shell or housing (677).

A luggage compartment hinge having a first hinge leaf with one bearing bush arranged between two second hinge leaf bushes. In an axle tube, non-rotatably connected to the first hinge leaf bush and rotatable in the second hinge leaf bearing bushes, there is a torsion spring, fastened at its first end to the axle tube and at its second end to a pretensioning adjusting element. A pivoting-movement damping element is arranged between the first and second hinge leaves. The adjusting element includes: a latching element in the second hinge leaf second bush with a ratchet wheel having an outer gear rim; a locking pawl mounted on the second bush for engagement in the outer gear rim; and a stop element which limits the rotation angle of the adjusting element. This arrangement allows the locking effect of the locking pawl to be ensured even without axial pretensioning of the torsion spring.

A self-closing door assembly for limiting access to goods displayed on a shelving system. A frame assembly is attached to the shelving system adjacent the front edge of a first shelf, with upper and lower guide rails to slidably engage a pair of overlapping and self-closing doors. The doors are aligned to laterally slide open from a closed position at which they interfere with manual access to the goods displayed on the shelf. Biasing members disposed between the frame assembly and the doors urge the doors toward the closed position. The doors are adapted for manual engagement to be urged toward the open position, and the biasing members automatically return the doors to the closed position upon manual release thereof.

A home appliance includes a cabinet providing a forward-opening storage compartment, a door rotatably provided at the front of the cabinet to open and close the storage compartment, a hinge fixed to the cabinet, the hinge including a hinge shaft rotatably supporting the door and a reference pin spaced from the hinge shaft, and an auto-closing device providing force to the door in a closing direction, the auto-closing device includes a lever that is rotatably coupled to the auto-closing device, receives torque from the auto-closing device, and includes a slit into which the reference pin is inserted. The slit includes a first region in which the reference pin is positioned in a state in which the door is closed and extending rearward with increasing distance from the rotation center of the lever.

The hinge comprises a cup head, an arm body and a buffering part, the cup head is hinged to the arm body, the buffering part is connected with the cup head, when the arm body and the cup head rotate towards a closed state, the buffering part abuts against the arm body, the buffering part exerts buffering force on the arm body, and the arm body rotates towards the closed state. The buffering device has the advantages that when the arm body and the cup head are in a closed state from an open state, the door plate of the door cabinet product is closed, the buffering piece abuts against the arm body, and the buffering piece connected to the cup head exerts the buffering force on rotation of the arm body, so that impact force generated when two plate blocks of the door cabinet product are closed is reduced, and the buffering effect is improved. Due to the fact that the buffering piece is connected to the cup head, the number of parts installed on the arm body can be reduced, the size of the arm body can be shortened, the structure of the arm body is more compact, the structure of the hinge can be more compact, and convenience is improved when the hinge is installed.

Systems and devices to control rotational and / or arcuate motion are provided herein. In some examples, a hinge system is configured to replace a conventional door hinge and to control motion of the door. In some examples, a hinge system is configured to replace a conventional door hinge and to control motion of the door by employing a shear thickening fluid. In some examples, a door closure system is configured to replace a conventional door hinge and to control motion of the door by employing two opposing springs.

A self-closing door assembly for limiting access to goods displayed on a shelving system. A frame assembly is attached to the shelving system adjacent the front edge of a first shelf, with upper and lower guide rails to slidably engage a pair of overlapping and self-closing doors. The door are aligned to laterally slide open from a closed position at which they interfere with manual access to the goods displayed on the shelf. Springs disposed between the frame assembly and the doors urge the doors toward the closed position. The doors are adapted for manual engagement to be urged toward the open position, and the springs automatically return the doors to the closed position upon manual release thereof.

A furniture drive includes a carrier and an actuating arm assembly arranged on the carrier and including a movably-supported actuating arm. The furniture drive also includes a spring device for applying a force to the actuating arm assembly, the spring device being connected to the actuating arm assembly via an engagement location, a transmission mechanism for transmitting a force of the spring device to the actuating arm assembly, and an adjustment device including a rotatably-supported adjustment element. A relative position of the engagement location can be adjusted by a rotation of the adjustment element. The furniture drive further includes an overload safety device configured to couple the adjustment element with the transmission mechanism upon rotation of the adjustment element with torque below a predetermined torque, and to decouple the adjustment element from the transmission mechanism upon rotation of the adjustment element with torque above the predetermined torque.

The invention relates to an adjustment arrangement for a locking element (2) of a motor vehicle, which has a first and second strand section (14, 15) with force- or torque-transmitting strand components coupled to each other, wherein the first strand section (14) is assigned a locking element-side, first connection (8) of the adjustment arrangement (1) and the second strand section (15) is assigned a body-side, second connection (9) of the adjustment arrangement (1), wherein the strand sections (14, 15) are linearly movable relative to each other for carrying out linear movements between the first connection (8) and the second connection (9) along a geometric axis of movement (A) between a retracted position and an extended position and are preloaded against each other by a spring arrangement (18) which has a helical spring (19) with spring coils (20) which extend circumferentially around the axis of movement (A).It is proposed that the spring arrangement (18) has a sliding part (22) extending at least partially circumferentially around the axis of movement (A), which is arranged radially between one or more of the spring coils (20) and a radial component (21) immediately adjacent to the helical spring (19) and is held axially fixed and / or rotationally fixed to the helical spring (19) via a sliding part contact surface (25).