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A surgical instrument includes an extension portion having a surgical tool at an end thereof, and a head portion connected to the extension portion and actuating the surgical tool. In the surgical instrument, the extension portion includes a first extension portion connected to the head portion, a second extension portion having an elbow joint portion that is bending-actuated by a rigid rod that is reciprocated in a lengthwise direction by the head portion, and a connection portion connecting the first and second extension portions at an angle.

A sliding screen door in which stretching force of a wire is easily adjusted when a screen is in a stretched condition, and expansion of the screen caused by wind or the like can be appropriately suppressed without increasing operation force to be applied to an operating doorframe for the operation to stretch the screen. The sliding screen door is constructed such that wires, whose one ends are fixed to a vertical frame member are drooped in the operating doorframe via a guiding member, which is provided in the operating doorframe, after being inserted into the screen, and a sinker is dangled at tip ends of the wires. A spring member is interposed between the sinker and a contacting portion to be a rising uppermost limit of the sinker, and a wire adjusting mechanism for adjusting a length and the stretching force of the wire is installed in the vertical frame member.

A trim operating lever device is disclosed which can downwardly or vertically swing a nozzle capable of adjusting the jet direction of jet water. When the trim operating lever is gripped with a finger of the hand which is gripping the steering handle, a lever of the lever lock means can be substantially simultaneously operated with the finger, to effect locking. Therefore, the number of operations by the left hand necessary for swinging the nozzle is reduced. Also, because the trim operating lever makes it possible to enlarge the operating force, the nozzle can be swung quickly.

A sliding door guide for motor vehicles, in particular vans and utility vehicles, includes an upper, lower and a central guide mechanism to hold the door in place. The door is flush with the side panel of the vehicle when closed and extends beyond the side of the side panel when open and can essentially be moved parallel to the side panel. The central guide mechanism includes a carriage and sliding rails. The sliding rails are arranged on the inside of the door, in which the carriage is hinge-mounted on a reversing lever and in turn the reversing lever is hinge-mounted on a pillar of the vehicle body. A first anchor is mounted in front of the carriage when seen in the direction of opening, and a second anchor is mounted in the side panel approximately half way along the path of opening. Together with the first anchor, this second anchor automatically activates a mechanical coupling or trap on reaching the corresponding opening positing, forming a further fixing point for the door-guide mechanism at the location of the second anchor.

Brake apparatus includes a transmission unit for operatively connecting a brake pedal to a master cylinder, and the transmission unit is a mechanism capable of varying a ratio between an output amount of a push rod connected to a master cylinder and an operation amount of the brake pedal. Further, the transmission unit is constructed in such a manner that, in an initial operation region of the brake pedal, a ratio of the operation amount of the brake pedal to the output amount of the push rod is set to be greater than in another operation region immediately following the initial operation region.

A pipette for use with pipette tips in which a set metering volume is secured in that the locking body is arranged on the circumference of the annular cylindrical locking element when it is in the locking position. Through this, the transmission part which the locking element comprises on the outer circumference is held fast. The annular cylindrical locking element can be formed separately from a toothed ring for driving a counter mechanism. Thus, it is possible to perform the locking in arbitrary positions or in more selectable rotational positions than in the conventional locking equipment, where a locking element engages into the toothed ring for driving the counter mechanism.

The present invention is directed to an exhaust gas recirculation valve incorporating a DC motor and a dual poppet valve assembly. A motor is contained inside of the actuator housing. The motor has a rotatable motor shaft with a first gear connected to the end of the motor shaft. A second gear is engageable to the first gear and is configured to rotate in response to the movement of the first gear and the motor shaft. The second gear is also connected to a pin member disposed through the top portion of a shaft member that has two poppet valves disposed on to the shaft. The two ends of the pin member are slidably engageable to either an upwardly or downwardly sloped ramp portion. When the second gear rotates the shaft rotates and moves upward or downward to cause the valve members to move between an open and closed position.

A sheet cutter applied to a belt processing tool or the like is provided. The belt processing tool includes a mounting table 2 for mounting a belt thereon; a die holding plate 4 being ascendable and descendable with respect to the mounting table, and having a lower surface to which a Thomson die is fixed; a stripper plate 3 being installed ascendably and descendably above the mounting table, and pressing the upper surface of the belt during descent, and having a slit through which the blade of the Thomson die passes; an operation member including a planar cam and a lever for rotating the planar cam, the planar cam being fixed to the mounting table and pivotally supported on a rotary shaft, and moving up and down by rotation, and having a surface for pressing downward the die holding plate; a means for energizing upward the stripper plate; and a locking member for restricting the raised end of the stripper plate.

The invention relates to a fitting (10) for the seat of a vehicle, particularly for a motor vehicle, comprising a first fitting part (11), a second fitting part (12) which is mechanically linked to the first fitting part (11), a locking eccentric which is provided primarily to lock the fitting (10), a running eccentric (31) which is primarily provided for driving a relative rolling movement of the second fitting part (12) on the first fitting part (11) in order to adjust the fitting (10), and a driver (21) which controls the locking eccentric at the beginning of the adjusting movement in order to cancel the locking effect and which drives at least the running eccentric (31) during the adjusting movement. The rotating driver (21) impinges upon the rotating running eccentric (31) without any lateral force.

In a pump apparatus of the present invention, a portion of fluid sent to a fluid-sending destination is circulated to a pumping driving chamber on one side of a cylinder through a circulation passage. The pump apparatus includes a switching valve which switches inflow and outflow of the circulated fluid with respect to the pumping driving chamber. The switching valve is connected to a piston rod through a link mechanism, and mechanically carries out the switching operation using a pumping driving force.

A fob key for a vehicle. The fob key for a vehicle includes a housing accommodating a printed circuit board mounted with touch switches and electrical parts, buttons arranged on the housing and able to move toward touch switches, and a button-supporting structure elastically supporting buttons in a direction far away from touch switches.

a A triple clutch according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an input shaft which receives rotational power of an engine; a motor which includes a motor housing, a stator fixedly mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the motor housing, and a rotor rotatably disposed at a radially inner side of the stator; a clutch housing which is operatively connected to the rotor, receives rotational power of the motor while rotating together with the rotor, and has therein a clutch space; a first clutch which selectively transmits rotational power of the clutch housing to a first output shaft; a second clutch which selectively transmits the rotational power of the clutch housing to a second output shaft; and a third clutch which selectively transmits rotational power of the input shaft to the clutch housing, in which all of the first, second, and third clutches are disposed in the clutch space.