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The present invention is a combination non-imaging concentrator in which at least one surface or volume is incorporated as an optical element to increase obliquity of reflection at walls of a light guide. The combination non-imaging concentrator may be used in a solar energy system to receive solar radiation from optical components and then output the solar radiation to a photovoltaic cell for conversion to electricity. One or more lenses may be formed integrally with the light guide, or may be used in conjunction with the light guide as separate components.

An aspherical type imaging lens array comprises, from object side to image side, at least an aperture, a first positive meniscus lens with a convex surface facing the object side, a second meniscus lens with a convex surface facing the image side, and a third lens meniscus lens with a convex surface facing the object side. The respective lenses are made of plastic and has two aspherical surfaces, a focal length of the aspherical type imaging lens array is f, a focal length of the second lens is f2, and a focal length of the third lens is f3, they satisfy the equation: −0.20<f/f2<0.15, and −0.25<f/f3<0.20.

The invention relates to LED-based lamps, luminaires and lighting systems for buildings particularly, though not exclusively, for providing emergency light in the event of power failure. In particular it provides a light-emitting diode lamp comprising a support (26) and an array of light emitting diodes (58) on the support, an optical axis (72) passing through the middle of the array (58) and diodes increasing in number and increasing in inclination with distance from the optical axis (72). It also provides a luminaire (24) comprising a lamp as described above and a lens (30) having facets for generally un-deviated and un-reflected passage of light from off-axis diodes, and a building emergency lighting system comprising luminaires (24) as described above. In an alternative embodiment inclination of the light is through progressively increasing inclination of the facets.

An ergonomic cable tie installation tool includes a generally pistol-shaped housing including a grip which depends from a barrel. Pivotally connected to the lower region of the grip is a trigger linkage of a trigger mechanism. The trigger mechanism also includes an intermediate linkage pivotally connected to the trigger linkage. The intermediate linkage is supported in the housing. The intermediate linkage is, in turn, connected to a tensioning mechanism also supported in the housing. The tensioning mechanism couples the intermediate linkage to the cable tie. Pivoting the trigger linkage toward the grip, normally by the hand of a user, causes the intermediate linkage to pivot resulting in the tensioning mechanism producing an increased tension in the cable tie. The trigger linkage is oriented relative to the grip such that pivoting it toward the grip requires the stronger fingers of the user's hand to travel more than the weaker fingers thereby improving the ergonomics of the tool. The trigger linkage may also make the respective travel distances of the stronger and weaker fingers more uniform also improving the ergonomics of the cable tie installation tool. Moreover, the trigger mechanism may provide for the tension force applied to the cable tie to increase as the trigger linkage is increasingly pivoted toward the closed position. Methods of operating the tool also provide improved ergonomics of the tool.

A ferrule of the invention includes: a ferrule main body having a front edge and a rear edge; a fiber insertion hole into which an optical fiber is to be inserted; a recess provided at a top surface of the ferrule main body, having a reflection surface converting an optical path of a front end of the optical fiber into an optical path of a light emission-launch end provided at a lower surface side of the ferrule main body; a light emission-launch portion provided on the optical path of the light emission-launch end at a lower surface of the ferrule main body; a locating pin provided closer to the front edge than the light emission-launch portion at the lower surface of the ferrule main body; and a recessed portion provided between the locating pin at the lower surface of the ferrule main body and the light emission-launch portion.

The invention relates to a transflective LCD, which comprises a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first polaroid sheet arranged on the surface of the outside of the first substrate, a second polaroid sheet arranged on the surface of the outside of the second substrate, a common electrode layer, an insulating layer, a pixel electrode layer and a second alignment layer which are arranged on the surface of the inside of the second substrate in order, and a control electrode layer and a first alignment layer which are arranged on the surface of the inside of the first substrate, wherein the common electrode layer comprises a transmittance zone and a reflective zone; the control electrode layer is positioned in a zone corresponding to the transmittance zone, and is applied with a voltage, so that the inclination angle of liquid crystal molecules corresponding to the transmittance zone is larger than that of liquid crystal molecules corresponding to the reflective zone, and the birefringence of the liquid crystal molecules corresponding to the transmittance zone is improved. The transflective LCD does not need an internal delay chip to reduce the cost.

In one embodiment, a manually operated internal Venetian blind for raising/lowering a plurality of slats is disclosed, and comprises a stationary bearing housing, a longitudinally displaceable bifurcated bearing block, a counterweight interconnected to the bearing block and housing at least one internal magnet, and a first linearly displaceable actuator disposed outwardly to one of two glass sheets and provided with at least one external magnet at a fixed distance from the internal magnet. The displacement of the first actuator is significantly less than the displacement of the longitudinally lowest slat due to the winding of central cords around a ball bearing housed within the bearing block. In another embodiment, a device for tilting the slats to which two outer cords are affixed is provided with two laterally oriented sides and an annular protrusion rotatably supported by a suitable assembly secured to a support surface and transversally extending outwardly from each laterally oriented side, such that the tilting device is rotatable about a transversal axis coincident with the axis of the annular protrusions. An external blind is also disclosed.

A cylinder lock comprising a cylinder housing (2), a cylinder core (4) having a key channel (5) arranged in the cylinder housing (2), at least one side bar (6, 7) arranged between the cylinder housing (2) and the cylinder core (4) and a plurality of side pins (20) arranged on at least one side of the key channel (5) and arranged to be lifted by insertion of a key (8) and in cooperation with the side bar (6, 7) allow or prevent relative rotation of the cylinder housing (2) and the cylinder core (4), wherein each side pin (20) comprises a foot (26, 29) adapted to be lifted by means of a code groove (10) in the side surface (12) of the key. The cylinder lock is characterized in that the foot (26) of at least one of the side pins (20) is tapered. A key (8) for the cylinder lock having a groove for side pins having tapered foot is also described.

In a compressor according to the present invention, an actuator is arranged in a swash plate chamber in a manner rotatable integrally with a drive shaft. The actuator includes a rotation body, a movable body, and a control pressure chamber. A control mechanism includes a bleed passage, a supply passage, and a control valve. The control mechanism is capable of changing the pressure in the control pressure chamber to move the movable body. When the pressure in the control pressure chamber exceeds the pressure in the swash plate chamber, the inclination angle of the swash plate with respect to the rotation axis of the drive shaft increases.

A pneumatic tire having a designated rotational direction is disclosed, wherein an entire area having a width 85% of a total tire width and a center area having a width 30% of the total tire width are defined in a tread portion. A center main groove is positioned on a tire equatorial line and extends in a tire circumferential direction. Subsidiary main grooves are positioned on two sides of the center main groove and extend in the tire circumferential direction. Angled and lateral grooves extend at an angle, in a direction opposite the rotational direction towards an outside in the tire width direction. Lateral grooves extend from each subsidiary main groove. Sub grooves extend from the lateral grooves towards the rotational direction. A total length of a block edge in the center area is from 40% to 60% of a total length of a block edge in the entire area.

The invention provides a circularity and cylindrical shape measuring device that can decrease the measurement errors generated due to the weight of a measured workpiece. A circularity and cylindrical shape measuring device (10) is configured such that a rotation axis of a rotary table (30) is positioned on a leg (21) that supports a base table (20) or is positioned on a straight line that connects adjacent legs (21A and 21B).

An intubation device having a main body portion defining a first longitudinal axis, a distal tip portion coupled to the main body portion and defining a second longitudinal axis, and a deflection system having a single drive member extending within at least the distal tip portion and coupled thereto. The deflection system is operable to exert a tensile force upon the distal tip portion to articulate the distal tip portion relative to the main body portion between a resting position and a positive incline position and a negative incline position.

A cutter unit 10 with a fixed cutter 11 arranged between staple legs and a movable cutter 13 operated from an outer side to an inner side of the staple leg is provided. The cutter unit 10 is arranged slidably between a position advanced into an operation region a movable clincher 5 and a position escaped from the operation region of the movable clincher 5. The cutter unit 10 is advanced to a staple strike out portion to cut the staple leg penetrated through a sheet to be bound, the cutter unit 10 is escaped from the operation region of the movable clincher 5 and thereafter, the staple leg is bent by operating to pivot the movable clincher 5.

Water slide with a chute which opens into a discharge area and has an initial section and a discharge section opening into the discharge area, characterized in that at least one loop section is provided between the initial section and the discharge section, the loop section having an angle at circumference of at least 270° and, at least between a starting point and an apex point of the loop section, being inclined by 5° to 80° in relation to a vertical.

A liquid and gas tight threaded tubular connection includes a first axial abutment surface formed at the free end of an annular lip of a threaded male element and a second axial abutment surface formed at the end of a housing of a threaded female element. The first and second axial abutment surfaces have the same axial half-sections, the inclination of which varies progressively in the radial direction.

The present invention aims at providing a method for producing a stretched film, the method achieving suppression of wrinkles formed on the stretched film and limitation of biaxiality of the stretched film within a desired range and being carried out with simple facilities and providing a stretched film having optical properties suitably usable as a retardation plate.

A first step of stretching a long film by increasing a holding distance in the width direction and a second step of shrinking the long film having been stretched in the first step by decreasing the holding distance in the width direction are performed. One side edge in the width direction of the long film travels with at least three bending travels, while the other side edge paired with the one side edge travels with at least two bending travels. Further, the first step or the second step performs the bending travel at one or both of the side edges in the width direction of the long film. Further, the first step or the second step has a traveling trajectory in which the both side edges in the width direction of the long film travel to the same side.