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PCT No. PCT/JP97/02737 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 15, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 15, 1998 PCT Filed Aug. 6, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO98/05911 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 12, 1998A temperature control device is provided in a refrigerator having at least one compartment (RC or FC) defined by top, bottom and opposite side walls (TW; BW; and SW), and a heat insulating material (12) exteriorly encircling the compartment. One of the side walls (SW) has a mounting hole (2) defined therein and a front surface thereof confronts the compartment (RC or FC). The device includes a box-like console (C), and a circuit carrier board (3) fixedly connected to a rear surface of the console (C). Electric wiring (11) extends outwardly from the circuit carrier board, and a display panel (30) is disposed on a front surface of the console (C). At least one manipulatable temperature control element (31a, 31b, 31c: PB, LED) is mounted on the console (C), and a hat-like console casing (13) having a peripheral flange (10) is fixedly secured to the side wall (SW) in alignment with the mounting hole (2). The peripheral flange (10) is held in abutment with a rear surface of the side wall (SW) so as to define a console pocket (CP). Also, a plurality of mounting elements (6a, 6b; 55) are engaged with an outer surface of the side wall (SW) around the mounting hole (2) for securing the console (C) to the side wall (SW). The console (C) is received in the console pocket (CP) with the electric wiring (11) accommodated within the console pocket (CP) and with the display panel (30) and the temperature control element confronting the compartment.

A top surface of an elevating stand of a pet feeding system defines bowl receptacles into which respective food and water bowls may be removably installed. A first zone of the top surface of the stand includes an upwardly convex ring that laterally surrounds a respective bowl receptacle. A second zone of the top surface of the stand laterally surrounds the first zone, except as interrupted by a finger notch. Each bowl has a peripheral lip with a lower surface formed as a downwardly concave ring that fits over the upwardly convex ring of the stand. An edge of the bowl rests on the second zone at a location below the upper limit of the convex ring. A base of the stand cooperates with upstanding ribs in an elastomeric mat to prevent lateral movement of the stand and to prevent rotation of the stand around the stand center.

A portable tubular motorcycle lift is provided which utilizes a scissor frame configuration. The scissor frame includes an inner lifting structure and an outer lifting structure rotatably hinged about a common center fulcrum. An upper cradle support is attached to the inner and outer lifting structures. The motorcycle lift has a deployed configuration and a folded, stowable non-deployed configuration which allows the lift to be transported similar to a dolly. To provide the required forces to lift a large motorcycle, an articulated lifting system which includes a jacking device, lifting arm, and linkage arm, is integrated within the inner and outer lifting structures. Other features of the motorcycle lift include a bracing member, rear support section, removable ramp, well chock, remote jacking system, remote pressure release feature, and removable and positionable auxiliary jacking device positioned with the upper cradle support.

The present disclosure provides a moveable touch pad that opens out of a center console armrest and is operable to control a navigation unit or other vehicle functions. Advantageously, locating a control touch pad unit in the center console armrest provides an ergonomically desirable solution for the vehicle's driver. The touch pad can be stored in the vehicle's center console armrest, and the touch pad is configured to move fore and aft for comfortable driver access. Additionally, the control touch pad unit can be utilized to control other vehicle functions, such as audio, climate settings, odometer settings, lighting, mobile phones, and the like.

An improved raisable and adjustable bed, designed for facilitating a patient to access the bed and move away therefrom, is characterized in that said bed comprises a bottom framework, a top framework, and a supporting framework, for supporting a bed base or net including mutually hinged separated portions, actuator means, adapted to be operated by the bed user, for arranging said separated portions at different positions to allow the user to autonomously raise, in a gradual manner, and to assume different slanted positions.

A portable hydro massage device for submersion in a body of water containing a female user, i.e. a bathtub, provides a local massage to the labium region and a focused stimulant to the female user's clitoris thereby resulting in a superior sensation to the entire body promoting an overall euphoric state and calming effect. The apparatus employs a saddle shaped housing, where the buttocks are placed, and a saddle horn for controlling the stimulus. Disposed within the midsection of the saddle horn is a hydro jet with a driven flow from a circulating water pump that draws suction from the main body of water. The hydro jet is adjustable in pressure and a method is provided for aeration of the water discharged to allow for a rhythmic pulsation effect. The saddle horn may be held and the lower body positioned as needed to focus the discharged stream from the hydro jet to the desired point of the pelvic region.

A top surface of an elevating stand of a pet feeding system defines bowl receptacles into which respective food and water bowls may be removably installed. A first zone of the top surface of the stand includes an upwardly convex ring that laterally surrounds a respective bowl receptacle. A second zone of the top surface of the stand laterally surrounds the first zone, except as interrupted by a finger notch. Each bowl has a peripheral lip with a lower surface formed as a downwardly concave ring that is spaced over the upwardly convex ring of the stand. An edge of the bowl rests on the second zone at a location below the upper limit of the convex ring, thereby supporting the entire weight of the bowl and its contents on the stand. A base of the stand cooperates with upstanding ribs in an elastomeric mat to prevent lateral movement of the stand and to prevent rotation of the stand around the stand center. Compositions and shapes of the stand, bowls and mat are chosen to make them easy to clean and to reduce bacterial and fungal contamination.

A cash hander can be coupled with multiple vending machines or other devices to enable the vending machines to accept cash. Through various interactions, the cash handler can provide status updates to the vending machines and relinquish control a particular vending machine to accept cash for that vending machine. The cash handler can also maintain a queue to manage and/or prioritize requests from vending machines to accept cash.

A portable hydro massage device for submersion in a body of water containing a female user, i.e. a bathtub, provides a local massage to the labium region and a focused stimulant to the female user's clitoris thereby resulting in a superior sensation to the entire body promoting an overall euphoric state and calming effect. The apparatus employs a saddle shaped housing, where the buttocks are placed, and a saddle horn for controlling the stimulus. Disposed within the midsection of the saddle horn is a hydro jet with a driven flow from a circulating water pump that draws suction from the main body of water. The hydro jet is adjustable in pressure and a method is provided for aeration of the water discharged to allow for a rhythmic pulsation effect. The saddle horn may be held and the lower body positioned as needed to focus the discharged stream from the hydro jet to the desired point of the pelvic region.

A storage enclosure of ample size to contain common firearms within, comprising a box with a door attached to the top of the box with articulating hinges, that latches at the bottom of the box. A latch release mechanism at the bottom of the box, with a release bar on the exterior of the bottom of the box, which when pressed inward, releases the latches and allows the door to open unassisted by the user via the force of compression springs. Within the interior of the storage enclosure are slatted attachment structures—both on the interior of the box and the interior of the door—to which a vast array of self-defense weapons can be mounted with retaining devices of various type (hooks, pegs, etc.). To the storage enclosure assembly is attached cladding elements—legs, panels, fascia—to make a bed headboard.

A Gas bag module for use in a vehicle occupant restraint device has a plastic generator support. On the generator support a printed circuit is formed by metal deposition. For activating an electrical function element, the printed circuit cooperates with a switching element that is arranged on a section of the generator support.

The invention discloses a mechanical equipment maintenance device, which comprises a base. Supporting seats are arranged at four corners of the lower side of the base; an inclined table surface is arranged at the right end of the upper side of the base; a first opening is formed in the lower side inside the base; first screw rods are arranged at the left end and the right end of the upper side of the first opening; a first inner threaded sleeve is arranged at the upper side of each first screw rod; a connecting plate is arranged at the outer side of each first inner threaded sleeve; drive wheels are arranged at four corners of the lower side of each connecting plate; second motors are arranged at four corners in the base; a second screw rod is arranged at the upper side of each second motor; a second inner threaded sleeve is arranged on each second screw rod; a maintenance platform is arranged at the outer side of each second inner threaded sleeve; a notch is formed in each maintenance platform; third motors are arranged at four corners of the lower side of each notch; a drive gear is arranged at the upper side of each third motor; a rack is arranged at the inner side of each drive gear; a seal plate is arranged between the racks; and second openings are formed in the upper side and the lower side of the seal plate. According to the mechanical equipment maintenance device provided by the invention, equipment can be effectively and conveniently moved and fixed, and a motor vehicle can be effectively and conveniently maintained.

Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through which in some embodiments a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system includes an asymmetrical magnet to generate an asymmetrical stray field that is particularly well suited to imaging limbs. In some other embodiments, a MRI system includes a conically-shaped casing that allows a patient to more readily access a field-of-view (FOV) in the interior of the MRI system during imaging of limbs. In some embodiments, a MRI system includes a stepped inner bore that has a stepped shape that focuses the FOV in an inner bore of the MRI system on a smaller area that is closer to where a patient accesses the FOV in the MRI that is particularly well suited to imaging a limb in the FOV.

A honing machine (100) for carrying out honing operations on boreholes, oriented orthogonally with respect to one another, in a workpiece (102), in particular for honing processing of cylinder boreholes and a bearing gate borehole in a cylinder crank casing, comprises a machine base (110) and a round table (130) which is arranged on the machine base and which can rotate about a vertical round table axis (134) and has a plurality of workpiece receptacles which are arranged offset with respect to one another in a circumferential direction at a radial distance from the round table axis, in such a way that a workpiece which is held in a workpiece receptacle can be transported successively to different workstations (140, 150, 160, 170) of the honing machine by rotating the round table. At least one of the workstations is a vertical honing station (150, 170) which has at least one vertical honing unit (180) which has a honing spindle which can move back and forth in the direction of a spindle axis which is oriented parallel to the round table axis, rotatably about said spindle axis. Furthermore, at least one of the workstations is a horizontal honing station (160) which has at least one horizontal honing unit (300) which has a honing spindle which can move back and forth in the direction of a horizontal spindle axis (304), rotatable about said spindle axis. The horizontal honing unit (300) is or can be positioned with respect to the round table (130) in such a way that the horizontal honing unit assumes a processing position in which the horizontal spindle axis (304) is oriented radially with respect to the round table axis (134).

A key having a gripping portion, the key is left protruding so that torque can be applied by the key user. The gripping portion includes a gripping portion structure. The gripping portion structure further includes an electronic device having a plug connectable to a plug receptacle of electronic appliance. The electronic device integrated in the gripping portion structure. Along at least one side of the gripping portion structure disposed an elongated slot which is wide enough to be used as a key ring receptacle where the key ring, can pass through. The key gripping portion have a freedom of movement for the key user to move the key around the key ring and also a freedom of movement to cross the key ring to either direction, inwardly or outwardly for enabling comfortable access of the plug of the electronic device to be connected to the plug receptacle of electronic appliance.

A vehicle chassis inspection platform, or creeper, comprising a frame, a cushion layer, and several wheel assemblies is disclosed. The creeper includes a wheel assembly designed to minimize vertical clearance of the creeper wherein the wheel assembly includes a wheel platform with multiple possible positions for joining of the wheel platform to the creeper.