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A light-emitting device is provided that can extract light in all directions and that has wide directivity. This light-emitting device includes: an elongated bar-shaped package extending sideways, the package being formed such that a plurality of leads are formed integrally with a first resin with part of the leads exposed; a light-emitting element that is fixed onto at least one of the leads and that is electrically connected to at least one of the leads; and a second resin sealing the light-emitting element. In the light-emitting device, the first resin and the second resin are formed of optically transparent resin, and the leads have outer lead portions used for external connection and protruding sideways from both left and right ends of the package.

A portable extraction cleaning machine has a housing assembly including a housing enclosure centrally mounted on a housing base and a handle adapted for user carrying of the extraction cleaner, a suction motor and impeller assembly sealed within the housing enclosure and a solution tank for cleaning solution and a recovery tank removably mounted to the housing base in a fore and aft position. The recovery tank has an integrally molded spout and an air / liquid separator comprising a riser tube having an internal divider separating the riser tube into fluidly isolated first and second conduits. A plurality of different decorative face plates are adapted to be removably mounted to the housing enclosure and each of which is adapted to cover at least a substantial visible portion of the visible surface of the housing enclosure when mounted on the housing enclosure.

A light-emitting device is provided that can extract light in all directions and that has wide directivity. This light-emitting device includes: an elongated bar-shaped package extending sideways, the package being formed such that a plurality of leads are formed integrally with a first resin with part of the leads exposed; a light-emitting element that is fixed onto at least one of the leads and that is electrically connected to at least one of the leads; and a second resin sealing the light-emitting element. In the light-emitting device, the first resin and the second resin are formed of optically transparent resin, and the leads have outer lead portions used for external connection and protruding sideways from both left and right ends of the package.

The invention comprises a surgically implantable hearing aid for hearing impaired persons. The hearing aid includes a vibrational element which is vibrated by sound waves and attached to the skull of the person, and a connector which crosses the mastoid cavity and delivers the sound waves to the dura mater of the human being thereby vibrating the dura mater, the cerebrospinal fluids, and the brain to create a hearing percept. The invention can also be adapted to act as a tinnitus masker or used in conjunction with a cochlear implant. It can also be used in a modified form to connect directly through the skull of the human being.

The invention comprises a surgically implantable hearing aid for hearing impaired persons. The hearing aid includes a vibrational element which is vibrated by sound waves and attached to the skull of the person, and a connector which crosses the mastoid cavity and delivers the sound waves to the dura mater of the patient thereby vibrating the dura mater, the cerebrospinal fluids, and the brain to create a hearing percept. The invention can also be adapted to act as a tinnitus masker or used in conjunction with a cochlear implant. It can also be used in a modified form to connect directly through the skull of the person.

An anatomically configured tubular body or ribbon of woven or knitted elastomeric yarn having concentrated pressure support means at one or more areas along said device for pressure support of an ankle, elbow, knee or wrist (hereinafter also "articulating appendage"). The device of this invention can include an anatomically configured tubular composite, comprising an essentially uniform sleeve of elastomeric yarn and a pressure concentrating means corresponding to one or more areas of said articulating appendage (hereafter also "pressure points"), so as to focus or concentrate pressure support at said pressure points. The device thus provides for both ease of attachment to the appendage and of application of differential (increased or focused) pressures to a pressure point of the affected appendage.

The current invention relates to the field of detection and identification of clinically important fungi. More particularely, the present invention relates to species specific probes originating from the Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) region of rDNA for the detection of fungal species such as Candida albicans, Candida parapsilosis, Candida tropicalis, Candida kefyr, Candida krusei, Candida glabrata, Candida dubliniensis, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus versicolor, Aspergillus nidulans, Aspergillus fumigatus, Cyptococcus neoformans and Pneumocystis carinii in clinical samples, and methods using said probes.

A low-profile, durable mounting clip for holding personal devices. The mounting clip may have an essentially inverted “L” shaped configuration including a foot portion having engagement elements for attachment to corresponding engagement elements on a housing of a personal device. A leg portion provides for attachment to an undergarment or other suitable article of clothing. A heel portion located between and connecting the leg portion and foot portion allows the foot portion to flexibly and durably retract from the housing. The mounting clip may include a snap tab beam locking mechanism having a barb for interlocking with a bump provided on the housing or a rotatable cam locking mechanism having one or more radial snap tabs having engagement elements for engaging corresponding surfaces on the mounting clip. The mounting clip may have an essentially inverted “C-shaped” configuration including a first foot, a second foot, and a leg portion.

A battery temperature control device has a battery pack case that houses a temperature control unit and a battery stack as a group of battery modules. The temperature control unit has an evaporator exchanges heat using the air conditioning unit from the upstream side of the direction of airflow, a blower fan that recirculates the interior air inside the pack case, a PTC heater as a fin member, and a unit duct that supplies air to the battery stack.

The present invention relates to a screen for screen printing. More particularly, the structure of the screen can have different types of mesh or sheets joined together. The present invention also relates to a method of detachably spreading a screen to a screen frame.

A circular-shank tool including a shank held in a bore of a tool holder by a locking sleeve, the shank being rotatably held in the locking sleeve. The locking sleeve has one or more retaining elements that project inwards and engage in a peripheral groove in the shank of the tool, thus indisplaceably securing the locking sleeve in an axial direction on the shank of the tool. Because the locking sleeve is mirror-symmetrical to the central transversal plane, the locking sleeve can be fixed to the shank in a position that is rotated through 180°.

An attachment for an item of footwear having an outsole, the attachment comprising a body having first and second body surfaces, the body being releasably co-operable with the outsole in a first position in which the first body surface is disposable away from the outsole and in a second position in which the second body surface is disposable away from the outsole; an attaching portion which is associated with the body and which includes an inter-engageable formation for releasably attaching the attachment in the first and second positions; and a detaching portion which is associated with the body, the detaching portion having an edge portion moveable with respect to the body to allow the body to be released from the item of footwear. The invention also includes an outsole and an item of footwear to which the attachment can be releasably attached.

A visor holder for a head protective helmet whereby to secure a clear plastic visor thereto. The holder is a single molded plastic piece which has a narrow frontal curved portion and opposed depending rear visor attachment portions. The visor holder is adapted to be secured to a helmet and side mounting brackets are provided for the adjustable attachment of the depending rear visor attachment portions of the holder to a helmet. The holder also has vent holes in a frontal curved portion thereof for moisture release and air exchange.

An attachment for an item of footwear having an outsole, the attachment comprising a body having first and second body surfaces, the body being releasably co-operable with the outsole in a first position in which the first body surface is disposable away from the outsole and in a second position in which the second body surface is disposable away from the outsole; an attaching portion which is associated with the body and which includes an inter-engageable formation for releasably attaching the attachment in the first and second positions; and a detaching portion which is associated with the body, the detaching portion having an edge portion moveable with respect to the body to allow the body to be released from the item of footwear. The invention also includes an outsole and an item of footwear to which the attachment can be releasably attached.

A visor holder for a head protective helmet whereby to secure a clear plastic visor thereto. The holder is a single molded plastic piece which has a narrow frontal curved portion and opposed depending rear visor attachment portions. The visor holder is adapted to be secured to a helmet and side mounting brackets are provided for the adjustable attachment of the depending rear visor attachment portions of the holder to a helmet. The holder also has vent holes in a frontal curved portion thereof for moisture release and air exchange.

A cold compress for therapeutic cooling that has a permanently sealed flexible elastic bag comprised of a water and water vapor impermeable film. The bag contains free-flowing spheres, each having a shell and containing a material having a freezing point appropriate to a cold compress temperature. The sealed bag is free of any fluid that causes bridging between the spheres to prevent free-flowing of the spheres. When cooled, the cold compress remains flexible and elastic; and the spheres remain free-flowing such that the cold compress can conform to a simply curved or compound curved surface of the human body to thereby present a heat transfer contact surface area. The absorbed body heat provides latent heat of liquefaction to frozen material inside the spheres such that a temperature of the cold compress is substantially maintained for a longer time.

A filter retrieval catheter for retrieving an embolic protection filter (50) from a vasculature. The catheter comprises a catheter shaft (2) having a rapid exchange guidewire opening (4) in a sidewall of the catheter shaft (2) to facilitate rapid exchange of the catheter over a guidewire (5). To prevent buckling or kinking of the catheter shaft (2) in the region of the guidewire opening (4) during retrieval of the embolic protection filer (50), the catheter comprises two elongate reinforcement elements (6, 3) extending along the catheter shaft (2). The first reinforcement element (6) comprises an elongate wire element extending from a proximal end located proximally of the guidewire opening (4) to a distal end located distally of the guidewire opening (4). The second reinforcement element (3) comprises an elongate tubular element extending from a proximal end located adjacent to and distally of the guidewire opening (4) to a distal end (9) located further distally of the guidewire opening (4). The tube (3) tapers distally radially outwardly adjacent to the distal end (9). This tapered part (9) of the tube (3) is fixedly attached to the interior surface of the catheter shaft (2).

The invention is a simple structure ornamented button with design changeability according to the user taste, position and opportunity and also uneasy detaching characteristic in spite of easy attaching. The separable ornamented button 10 comprises two parts engaged with each other into one body, one being a top ornamented part 20 and the other a bottom part 30 provided with string holes 31a. The top part 20 comprises an ornamented center portion 24 and a periphery portion 20a forming a receiving concave 21 at the backside thereof having a rocking groove 23 at an inside sidewall 22 while the bottom part 30 comprises a center flat portion 31 provided with string holes 31a and a periphery ring sleeve 32 having a protrusion 33 at an outside sidewall. When the ornamented top part 20 is engaged with the bottom part 30, the periphery ring sleeve wall 32 of the bottom part 30 getting a tight contact to a periphery wall 22 of the receiving concave 21 and the rocking groove or protrusion 33 of the ring sleeve 32 of the bottom part 30 being engaged with the corresponding protrusion and groove 23 of the receiving concave 21 of the top part 20, resulting in difficult detaching property and good looking design when sewed.

The present invention is a dog “swim safe” floatation system, including flanking water wings sewn directly to a suspension-type harness for the dog. The harness can be adjusted by a system of Velcro and latches and thus the entire apparatus can be conveniently modified to promote stability. A canine floatation collar is also disclosed.

A small projection toy of an incorporation-in-small-article type, the small projection toy configured such that: a small projector including a projection lens barrel and a battery unit can be housed in a small article such as various local specialties, models of animals and vehicles, toys; and an incorporated image film can be watched by projection.

The present invention provides an improvement in an article of jewelry of the type in which the ornamental portion of the article is secured or released selectively from the support portion of the article. The removable jewelry setting provides a simplified construction which is used readily by the wearer of jewelry to assemble a particular combination of ornament and support selected from a wide variety of such combinations made available by the improvement. The construction also enhances the ability to tailor a jewelry article to a particular style of dress without unduly multiplying the number of expensive ornaments required to provide a wide range of ornamented articles. The construction enables ease of interchange of the ornamental portion of an article of jewelry.

A ferrule for a high density optical fiber connector, supporting a first set of optical fibers of a first fiber cable and a second set of optical fibers of a second fiber cable. The ferrule supports the first and second sets of optical fibers in at least one plane. In one embodiment, the first set of optical fibers are supported in a first row of open grooves, and the second set of optical fibers are supported in a second row of open grooves. The optical fibers in the first row are staggered with respect to the optical fibers of the second row. The ferrule comprises two halves, each having an open structure that has a row of open grooves precisely formed thereon in a plane. In another embodiment, the ferrule supports the first and second sets of optical fibers in a single row, in an alternating interleaving manner.

The invention relates to a membrane for supporting cells, especially RPE cells. The membrane is useful in the treatment of conditions such as age related macular degeneration.

A caster assembly including a unique drawn kingpin rivet formed of stainless steel or other material of appropriate toughness which compressively holds the components of the caster assembly together.