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A vessel mooring system which includes at least two mooring robots secured to a terminal, each robot includes an attractive force attachment element eg. a vacuum cup and a base structure fixed relative to the terminal. The attachment element is able to be engaged with a vertically extending side vessel surface and to exert an attractive force normal to the vessel surface at where it is to be attached. Each robot can measure the attractive force between the attachment element and the vessel to provide an “attractive force capacity reading”. Also provided is capability to measure the force between the attachment element and the fixed structure of the mooring robot to provide a “normal force reading”. From monitoring of the relationship between the attractive force capacity reading and the normal force a control of the mooring robot can be provided such that if there is a tending to separate the attachment elements from said vessel the attractive force may be increased and / or alarm is sounded.

A connector assembly for releasably attaching a stabilizer arm to a support arm of a vehicle exterior rearview mirror. The assembly includes a connector head carried by the stabilizer arm. The connector head includes a convex bottom surface. A connector receiver is carried by the support arm. A retention slot is included in the connector receiver for receiving the connector head. A first locking element is carried by the connector head. A second locking element is carried within the retention slot for cooperating with the first locking element to releasably engage the connector head with the connector receiver. A biasing element is carried in the retention slot biasing against the convex bottom surface of the connector head for urging the first and second locking elements together, wherein the convex bottom surface pivots on the biasing element to accommodate misalignment between the connector head and the connector receiver.

The invention relates to a refrigerating appliance, comprising a refrigerating chamber (1) for goods to be refrigerated, a housing (2) receiving the refrigerating chamber (1) at least partially, at least one door (4) which is provided on a housing opening (3) of the housing (2), can be moved with respect to the housing (2) and provides access to the refrigerating chamber, and further comprising adoor attachment (7) which is provided between the door (4) and the housing (2) and includes an opening device (8) having a rocker lever (14) for moving the door (4) about a tilting axis (9), particularly a horizontal tilting axis, from a closed position (10) to an opening position (11). In order to create advantageous design conditions, it is proposed to equip the door attachment (7) with a carrier (15) which is connected to the rocker lever (14) and in particular adjoins the rocker lever (14), wherein said carrier (15) carries at least part (16) of a further opening device of the door attachment (7) for moving the door (4) from a closed position (10) into an open position (18) which differs from the open position (11) of the other opening device (8).

A system and method for repairing soft tissue comprises introducing an instrument having a shaft into an operative site, such as a human shoulder. Then, a flexible grasper is advanced from the instrument to capture a portion of soft tissue. The flexible grasper is then retracted so that the captured tissue lies in a pathway for a needle in the instrument. The needle is advanced along the pathway through the captured tissue, and then a portion of suture is captured with the needle, distally of the captured tissue. The needle is retracted proximally through the captured tissue, to thereby pass the suture therethrough and plicate the tissue. The plicated tissue is then released from the grasper.

A valve is provided. The valve includes a body provided with fluid passages for circulating fluid therein. The body has a body interface with ports connected to the fluid passages. The valve also includes a valve element having a valve element interface facing the body interface. The valve element can move between different positions so as to permit or obstruct communication between the fluid passages. A biasing element biases the valve element interface against the body interface. A load varying mechanism is provided to load the biasing element with different sealing load forces according to the different positions of the valve element. The sealing load force applied on the rotor is thus decreased during rotation, reducing friction between the valve body and the valve element.

A chucking device for a disk including a turntable on which an optical disk is seated, a housing provided on the turntable in such a manner as to be inserted into a center hole of the optical disk, a chuck pin having an end protruding outwards from the housing so that, when the optical disk is inserted into and released from the chuck pin, the chuck pin reciprocates from the center of the optical disk, a spring elastically forcing the end of the chuck pin outwards from the center of the optical disk, and a spring holder provided slantwise on the chuck pin such that the spring is held thereon so that an elastic force of the spring is applied inclined onto the chuck pin acting towards the direction of the turntable.

The invention discloses a pressure-reducing and shockproof transportation box for fruits. The transportation box comprises an outer box body, wherein a fixed clamping groove is fixedly connected to the bottom end outside the outer box body, and a damping spring is fixed at the bottom end inside the outer box body; the upper end and the lower end of the damping spring are connected with the bottomend inside the outer box body through supporting plates, and an inner box body is arranged in the outer box body; the bottom end outside the inner box body is fixedly connected with the supporting plates, and opening grooves are uniformly formed in the inner wall of the inner box body; the inner wall of the inner box body is transversely fixed with a pressure reducing plate through the opening grooves, and the vertical direction of the pressure reducing plate is connected with partition plates through fixing clamps; and a box cover is arranged above the inner box body, a pressure reducing padis fixedly connected to the bottom end of the box cover, and a fixing groove block is fixedly connected to the top end of the box cover. According to the pressure-reducing and shockproof transportation box for the fruits, the fixed clamping groove, the damping spring, the pressure reducing pad, the pressure reducing plate and ventilating holes are arranged, so that the problem that resources are wasted due to the fact that the fruits are damaged and rot caused by vibration squeezing and lack of air permeability in the transportation process is solved.