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A controlled motion system, which has a mover that is movably mounted on a track for moving along a path. Active and reactive elements are associated with the track and mover, and are configured for driving and controlling the mover along the path. A controller is operatively associated with the active elements for controlling the driving of the mover, and a position sensor is associated with the track and configured for sensing the position information corresponding to the position of the mover along the path. The sensor is associated with the controller for transmitting the position information to the controller. The sensors are also preferably configured such that the position information is transmitted from the mover through the sensor at a sensing speed faster than about 10,000 meters per second. The controller is preferably configured for controlling the active element depending on at least one parameter related to the movement of the mover such that at least one mover is controlled independently from the others.

A surgical device for cutting substantially across a cornea of an eye of a patient, the device including a positioning ring structured to be temporarily attached to a portion of the eye surrounding the cornea to be cut, and defining an aperture sized to receive and expose the cornea to be cut. The surgical device further includes a cutting head assembly structured to be guided and driven over an upper surface of the positioning ring in a generally arcuate path, and having a cutting element positioned therein and structured to oscillate laterally to facilitate smooth and effective cutting of the cornea. The cutting head assembly is structured to be detachably coupled to the positioning ring by a coupling member which permits movement of the cutting head assembly relative to the positioning ring along the generally arcuate path, but maintains sufficient engagement therebetween to ensure that smooth, steady, driven movement is maintained.

A nebulizing apparatus for medical use with a nozzle positioning structure, in which the direction of the nozzle can be adjusted and fixed according to the user. The nozzle and the nebulizing device are connected to each other by engagement protrusion and engagement grooves. The nozzle can be pulled out, rotated to a suitable angle and then installed on the cover of the nebulizing device if a different direction of the nozzle is desired.

A spout assembly comprises a spout (10) and a cap (20). The spout has a cylindrical outer tube (13) to be placed outside a package (15) and a base (12) to be bonded to the inner surface of the package (15). The cap (20) is separably connected to an extremity of the cylindrical outer tube (13) coaxially with the cylindrical outer tube (13) in a position in which the cap (20) is pushed into the cylindrical outer tube (13).

Tomatoes are placed on parallel cutter blades (20) in article openings (46) of an article positioning plate (44). Alternate blades are oscillated in arcuate paths in opposite direction as article pushers (24) move downwardly, pushing the tomatoes through the parallel cutter blades (20). The end slices of the tomatoes are gathered separately in the collectors (96) and are later discarded, while the intermediate slices are received in a transfer plate (78). Gathering plates (100) urge the intermediate slices of the several tomatoes together in one accumulation of tomato slices, and the transfer plate (78) is lowered to a position immediately above the shipping containers (80) and opened to deposit the tomatoes in the shipping containers. A fluid spray nozzle (75) may be positioned to emit a spray of gas or liquid between the fins of the pushers and / or toward the cutter blades (20) and toward engagement with the tomatoes for sterilizing, cleaning, or other treatment of the tomatoes and the adjacent surfaces.

A high-frequency heating apparatus with a steam generating function, which heat-treats a to-be-heated object by supplying at least high-frequency waves or steam to a heating chamber 11 that accommodates the object. This high-frequency heating apparatus has a high frequency wave generating portion 13, a steam generating portion 15 for generating steam in the heating chamber 11, and a circulating fan 17 for agitating air in the heating chamber 11. Moreover, the high-frequency heating apparatus has a chamber air heater 19 for heating air circulating in the heating chamber 11. The steam generating portion 15 generates steam by heating an evaporating dish 35 that has a water storing recess.

A crib safety sheet and separable blanket with a sheet portion for selectively removing at least the blanket from the sheet, when the sheet is attached to a sleep surface. The separable blanket defining at least two edges for wrapping the blanket about an infant. The blanket may be removed from the sheet by separating the blanket, or by separating a sheet material portion attached to the blanket, from the sheet covering the sleep surface.

A dish washer and a control method thereof are disclosed. The dish washer includes a UV sterilization device (60) capable of sterilizing inside of the dish washer and a fan (11) capable of exhausting air in a tub (2) outside. A controller (80) controls the UV sterilization device (60) to sterilize the inside of the dish washer by using ultraviolet rays, and controls the fan (11) to exhaust harmful gas like ozone which may be generated during the sterilization.

In circulating type food and drink transport apparatus (EQU), a plurality of plates (5A) is located on a circular link chain (4) including a chain driving section (DV) and a chain driven section (FR) with a predetermined clearance. The circular link chain is guided and carried by a traveling lane (1). The lower portion of the traveling lane is closed using a substantially U-shaped receiver (9). The chain driving section and the chain driven section are movable in accordance with a manual operation. The link chain is loosened, and thereby, the traveling lane (1) is securely cleaned.

The present invention discloses one kind of special functional dyed yarn and its production process, and is mosquito preventing blended dyed yarn containing mosquito preventing cotton fiber. The mosquito preventing blended dyed yarn features its capacity of repelling mosquito, compatibility with fabric finishing agent, high spinnability, etc. The mosquito preventing blended dyed yarn may be used widely in underwear, night dress, bedding, tent and other products.

The invention provides a beverage supply apparatus that can replace water in a water reservoir by using structure parts of the beverage supply apparatus. The beverage supply apparatus comprises a water reservoir (1); a auger type ice making machine (2) that is connected with from the water reservoir (1) to receive water therefrom by a pipe (P1); a hot water storage tank (3) that receives water from the water reservoir (1) through a water pump (PMP). The hot water received from the hot water storage tank (3) by hot water valves (V2,V3) is used for sale; the water stored in the water reservoir (1) is drained out (replaced) by the hot water storage tank (3) of the structure part of the beverage supply apparatus; and the hygiene of the stored water in the water reservoir 1 can be maintained without causing an increase in cost.

To detect a variation of capacitance in a path of a piping and enable to decide a fluid state of a fluid substance flowing through the path in the piping, a capacitance sensor (15) includes a measuring electrode (33) and a grounding electrode (35) made of a conductive metallic film and wound around a path in the piping (1), with an insulator (17) in between. A shield member (23) covers the measuring electrode and grounding electrode, with an insulator in between. The grounding electrode is narrower than the measuring electrode, and the measuring electrode and the grounding electrode are alternately disposed and are wound to be spiral along a flow direction.

A beverage tower having a cold block with glycol recirculation, the tap / valve is built into the cold block, so as to keep the entire beverage tap cold and maintain the beverages in a sanitary condition meeting health codes. The glycol lines within the cold block pass around the tap in the cold block in serpentine fashion or in a coolant chamber, resulting in a tap which remains cooled effectively, while the cold block provides thermal inertia to the system. Serpentine channels may further be used so that the beverage passing through the beverage supply channels has a longer run in contact with the conductive material of the cold block and more opportunity to reject heat. Various types of towers may benefit from the present invention: traditional, hand-operated, automated, multiple-tap, towers also otherwise cooled, decorative towers and so on.

The present invention relates to a formulation and method for treating an ear infection, especially otomycosis and otitis externa, by administering a one-time only treatment comprising an antibiotic, and antifungal, and an anti-inflammatory in a thick, otic carrier. In one embodiment, the formulation comprises a therapeutically effective amount of active ingredients including a fluoroquinolone, a triazole antifungal, a thiocarbamate antifungal, a corticosteroid and a polyene antifungal, as well as a thickener such that the formulation, upon applying to the infected ear canal, gels and remains in the ear canal, continuously releasing the active ingredients for several days, achieving consistent complete (98-100%) clinical resolution of otomycosis and otitis externa in a single application.

A dish washer and a control method thereof are disclosed. The dish washer includes a UV sterilization device (60) capable of sterilizing inside of the dish washer and a fan (11) capable of exhausting air in a tub (2) outside. A controller (80) controls the UV sterilization device (60) to sterilize the inside of the dish washer by using ultraviolet rays, and controls the fan (11) to exhaust harmful gas like ozone which may be generated during the sterilization.

A beverage tower having a solid cold block with glycol recirculation, the tap / valve is built into the cold block and is integral and fused thereto, so as to keep the entire beverage tap cold and maintain the beverages in a sanitary condition meeting health codes. The coolant lines within the cold block pass entirely around the tap in the cold block in serpentine fashion or in a coolant chamber, resulting in a tap which remains cooled effectively, while the cold block provides thermal inertia to the system. In particular, the entire valve stem and parts of the tap containing it are integral with and surrounded by the cold block. A method of construction is provided for an improved unitary integrated fused tapped cold block.

A portable oral care system comprises an oral care implement and a dentifrice container. The portable oral care system has an oral care implement with a handle and a head with a tooth cleaning element. The oral care implement is collapsible to be configurable between a use and a transport state. Further, the oral care system has a dentifrice container with a cavity for holding dentifrice and a dispensing outlet. Further, when the oral care implement is in the transport state, it is engagable with the dentifrice container for securing the oral care implement to the dentifrice container.

A toothpaste tube squeezing mechanism includes a housing in which a toothpaste tube is stored and a button which is pushed to dispense toothpaste from the tube. The button is connected to a tube squeezing mechanism by a gear system.

The invention discloses a pipeline dredge assist device, and particularly relates to a dredge strip which has a hollow spiral shape formed by reeling a metal wire; one end of the dredge strip is connected with a connector, and then the connector is connected with power of an electric drill tool; the other end of the dredge strip is provided with a reeling part, and is arranged inside a groove-cutting type dredge pipe in a penetration manner; the exterior of the groove-cutting type dredge pipe is sleeved with a groove-cutting type outer sleeve pipe and a groove-cutting type grip; the groove-cutting type dredge pipe, the groove-cutting type outer sleeve pipe and the groove-cutting type grip are provided with longitudinal cut grooves which can align with each other; the width of the cut grooves is larger than the outer diameter of the dredge strip; a user only needs to firstly rotate the groove-cutting type outer sleeve pipe to make the cut grooves not aligned, and then the electric drill tool is started up to drive the dredge strip to elastically twist, so as to wind hair and blocking foreign substances in a pipeline on the spiral reeling part; finally the groove-cutting type outer sleeve pipe is rotated to make the cut grooves aligned, the dredge strip can go through the cut grooves, the electric drill tool moves downwards, and the hair and blocking substances blocked in the deep part of the pipeline are reeled.

A beverage tower having a cold block with glycol recirculation, the tap / valve is built into the cold block, so as to keep the entire beverage tap cold and maintain the beverages in a sanitary condition meeting health codes. The glycol lines within the cold block pass around the tap in the cold block in serpentine fashion or in a coolant chamber, resulting in a tap which remains cooled effectively, while the cold block provides thermal inertia to the system. Serpentine channels may further be used so that the beverage passing through the beverage supply channels has a longer run in contact with the conductive material of the cold block and more opportunity to reject heat. Various types of towers may benefit from the present invention: traditional, hand-operated, automated, multiple-tap, towers also otherwise cooled, decorative towers and so on.

A method for removing pipe tuberculation includes the initial step of preparing an access point in the existing pipe by digging to the pipe and sawing a section from the pipe or creating an access port. The section of the pipeline to have its tuberculation removed is isolated by closing valves or creating another access point and sealing the end. Then, a reaming tool is introduced to the interior of the pipe. The reaming tool is attached to a hollow rod string capable of producing moderate thrust and pullback force, and must also produce sufficient torque when rotated. A horizontal directional drilling or “HDD” machine on the surface or in a pit dug out for this purpose applies the aforementioned forces to the rod string.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a toilet bowl which can reduce an occupying space thereof and is remarkably pleasing to the aesthetic senses. To this end, the toilet bowel, according to the present invention, comprises: an excrement part which is a body of a toilet; and a urine part which moves inside and outside the excrement part according the whether or not the excrement part is being used. A rim water pathway, an upper plate, and a rim water supply pipe are respectively and separately formed in the excrement part and the urine part, and a sewage discharge pipe forms a trap at the front portion of an excrement part-cleaning ball for receiving sewage. Furthermore, when the toilet bowl is not used, the excrement part and the urine part are covered by a lower cover plate and furniture.

The invention provides a garbage clearance method and system. The garbage clearance method comprises the following steps that a sensor in a garbage can detects whether garbage in the garbage can arrives at the position of a can cover of the garbage can or not, and if yes, the sensor sends a detection signal to a residential property management center; a server of the residential property management center receives the detection signal sent by the sensor of the corresponding garbage can, and relevant property management officers are informed; and whether the quantity of garbage stored in a residential garbage collection station exceeds the maximum storage quantity or not is checked, and if yes, a remote garbage clearance company is informed. By means of the garbage clearance method and system, according to the use condition of the garbage can in a residential quarter, the property management officers are informed in time for clearance, and the problem that when the garbage can is full,residents in the residential quarter cannot throw garbage is avoided. Meanwhile, the system can keep communication with the remote garbage clearance company, timely clearance of garbage in the residential quarter is achieved, and cleanliness and sanitation of the environment in the residential quarter can be maintained easily.

An illuminated baby bottle device including a cap, a nipple, a body configured to retain a liquid, and a base. The body includes an inner-wall and an outer-wall. The nipple is affixable and sealed to the cap, and the protective-cover is also affixable to the cap to protect the nipple and maintain sanitary conditions of the nipple, where the cap is affixable to one end of the body. The base is affixable to the body on the opposing end from the cap. Base is affixable to the body, with the base including a power-supply and an audio-source configured to provide an audio-track. The body includes a light-source arranged between the inner-wall and the outer-wall configured to illuminate the baby bottle device. The light-source includes multiple colors and is illuminated by at least one light-emitting-diode.

The invention discloses a floor garbage treatment device, which comprises a pipe, the pipe is arranged inside the floor, an inlet is arranged between the pipe and the floor, each floor inlet is arranged at the upper end of a partition, and the partition is movably connected in the pipe. There is a clip at one end of the plate, which is connected to the slide rail, a drainage pipe and a treatment box are provided at the bottom of the partition, a water filter pipe is provided between the drainage pipe and the partition, and a pulverizer and a water spray pipe are installed inside the treatment box. The water spray pipe is arranged on the top of the pulverizer, and the outer wall of the treatment box is provided with an air exhaust port. The bottom of the treatment box is connected with a slide plate, and the slide plate is connected to the outlet of the pipeline; Pipeline discharge, good deodorizing effect; timely crush solid waste in the treatment box to facilitate accumulation and treatment, and use water pipes to clean the treatment box to maintain the living hygiene of the community. And set the exhaust outlet at the bottom of the pipe to facilitate the distribution of smell.

A beverage tower having a solid cold block with glycol recirculation, the tap / valve is built into the cold block and is integral and fused thereto, so as to keep the entire beverage tap cold and maintain the beverages in a sanitary condition meeting health codes. The coolant lines within the cold block pass entirely around the tap in the cold block in serpentine fashion or in a coolant chamber, resulting in a tap which remains cooled effectively, while the cold block provides thermal inertia to the system. In particular, the entire valve stem and parts of the tap containing it are integral with and surrounded by the cold block. A method of construction is provided for an improved unitary integrated fused tapped cold block.

A method for removing pipe tuberculation includes the initial step of preparing an access point in the existing pipe by digging to the pipe and sawing a section from the pipe or creating an access port. The section of the pipeline to have its tuberculation removed is isolated by closing valves or creating another access point and sealing the end. Then, a reaming tool is introduced to the interior of the pipe. The reaming tool is attached to a hollow rod string capable of producing moderate thrust and pullback force, and must also produce sufficient torque when rotated. A horizontal directional drilling or “HDD” machine on the surface or in a pit dug out for this purpose applies the aforementioned forces to the rod string.