45 results about "Curved fingers" patented technology

The present invention relates to a device for storing pipes, especially in vertical position, and for the purpose of providing an improved structure wherein a better utilization of the storage area is achieved, the pipe handling can be effected in a faster and safer manner, and wherein the device can more easily be adjusted for various pipe dimensions, it is according to the present invention suggested that the device comprises an upper supporting means (11; 111) having one or more curved fingers (13a; 113a) for providing arch-shaped storage paths (17x, 17y; 117x, 117y) for pipes (7; 7').

A modular office system incorporating a detachable clip for harnessing utility wires which run through the furniture. The clip may be mounted to frame members of the furniture at predetermined positions to organize and retain specific wires. The clip includes a pair of inwardly curved fingers which form an expandable slit through which wires may be fed for retention within an opening. A divider may be removably mounted to the clip for dividing the opening thereby facilitating tight retention and organization of wires.

Disclosed is a rotor and cage assembly that includes a skeleton of curved spaced-apart side members affixed to laterally extending upper and lower spaced-apart members therebetween and surrounding the rotor. One of the curved spaced-apart side members is terminated with curved fingers. Three concave inserts insert laterally into the skeleton spanning 270° around the rotor. One of the concave inserts carries straight fingers that interlace between the skeleton side member curved fingers. A control assembly of plates having arcuate slots placed at 3 of the pivots of the skeleton assembly, control bars connected to the skeleton pivots, and an actuator connect to the control bars at one end effect arcuate rotation of the control bars resulting in the synchronized rotation of the arcuate slotted plates so that the interlaced straight fingers move closer together or farther apart with the fixed skeleton assembly curved fingers for different types of grain.

A color coded molded plastic clip comprising a pair of opposing clasp assemblies provides a means of holding a pair of reinforcement bars in a parallel orientation. Each clasp assembly comprises an upper clasp and a lower clasp. Each upper clasp includes a pair opposing, convexly curved fingers extending upward from a transverse support toward and attached to a pair of parallel longitudinal supports. Each clasp assembly further includes a second pair of opposing, convexly curved fingers extending downward from either end of the transverse support so as to form a lower clasp. Flared guides are attached to the lower ends of the opposing fingers of each lower clasp. During installation of the lower clasp of the clip upon a reinforcement bar, the pair of flared guides engages the bar and guides it to the lower clasp gap for insertion into the lower clasp.

A column cultivation matching transplanting robot belongs to the agricultural robot field. The column cultivation matching transplanting robot comprises a mobile platform, a manipulator, an end performer inclination angle adjusting mechanism and an end performer. During working, the mobile platform carrying plug seedlings moves to the front of a cultivation column, the manipulator moves to send the end performer to the front of a plug, an electromagnet is supplied with power and drives two fingers to stretch out, and bent finger sliding sleeves guide the finger tips to inward incline and to be inserted into the holes of the pugs to clamp the seedlings; the manipulator moves to take out the seedlings and convey the seedlings to seedling falling positions, and a sliding carriage vertically descends along a sliding rail to plant the seedlings into soil; and the electromagnet is powered off to retract the two fingers into the sliding sleeves to realize the seedling disposing. The column cultivation matching transplanting robot utilizes the two-arm structure of the vertical sliding rail to realize the vertical large-range movement and the seedling delivery motion, and the inclination angle and the opening degree of the end performer are adjustable, so automatic transplanting needs of high cultivation columns by the plug seedlings are satisfied.

A rotor and cage assembly includes a skeleton of curved spaced-apart side members affixed to laterally extending upper and lower spaced-apart members therebetween and surrounding the rotor. One of the curved spaced-apart side members is terminated with curved fingers. Three concave inserts insert laterally into the skeleton spanning 270.degree. around the rotor. One of the concave inserts carries straight fingers that interlace between the skeleton side member curved fingers. A control assembly of plates having arcuate slots placed at 3 of the pivots of the skeleton assembly, 3 control bars connected to the skeleton pivots, and an actuator is connected separately to each control bar at one end effect arcuate rotation of the control bars resulting in the synchronized rotation of the arcuate slotted plates so that the interlaced straight fingers move closer together or farther apart with the fixed skeleton assembly curved fingers for different types of grain.

The invention relates to a novel prosthetic hand without external power, and belongs to the technical field of disabled assisted instruments. The novel prosthetic hand comprises mechanical fingers, a palm fixing apparatus and a selecting mechanism, wherein each mechanical finger comprises two or three knuckles which are hinged and connected in sequence, the last knuckle of each mechanical finger is hinged onto the palm fixing apparatus, bracing wires are arranged inside the lower parts of the knuckles, one end of each of the bracing wires is fixed to the interior of the lower part of the corresponding first knuckle, a through hole capable of enabling the corresponding bracing wire to pass through is formed in the lower part of the remaining one or two knuckles of each mechanical finger, the other ends of the bracing wires penetrate through the through holes in the lower parts of the knuckles in sequence and are connected to the selecting mechanism through the through holes in the palm fixing apparatus, and an elastic wire is arranged inside the upper part of each knuckle; a fixing strap is arranged on the palm fixing apparatus, the power for bending the fingers comes from the strength of a palm, and the selecting mechanism can control the amount of bent fingers. The novel prosthetic hand is comfortable to wear, simple and reliable in structure, easy to control, high in universality and low in cost, the power is provided in virtue of the arm strength of a user, and an external power device is not required.

A ball throwing device includes a shaft having first and second ends and a ball holder formed on the first end of the shaft. The ball holder has first and second U-shaped pieces that define four curved finger elements and are arranged perpendicular to one another. In one embodiment, the shaft and the ball holder are made of bamboo. A cork handle is formed on the second end of the shaft. The ball throwing device can be combined with a hang card to form a display package. The hang card has a mounting aperture formed therein through which the shaft extends so that the ball holder abuts the hang card.

A modular multifunctional soft dexterous hand capable of being bent in two directions comprises a large palm, a small palm, a silica gel adjustable connector and five finger actuators capable of beingbent in two directions, wherein the five finger actuators are installed on the palms. Each palm is formed by connecting two hard materials and soft silica gel in the middle. Each pneumatic finger isdesigned in a modular mode and is composed of three soft joints, two soft knuckles of an enhanced structure and a bending sensor, and the bending sensor is bonded to the lower layer of the finger actuator. The soft joints adopt a pneumatic network principle, the knuckles adopt equidistant enhanced structures, and the knuckles and the soft joints are each provided with an air hole to be connected with an air path, so that independent or coupled driving control is realized during inflation. The dexterous hand is simple in structure, the bending angle can be monitored and controlled in real time,and a bidirectional bending module of a palm joint can achieve forward bending and reverse active telescopic movement; and a multi-module form is adopted, so that multi-degree-of-freedom flexible operation can be realized, and a better hand rehabilitation training effect is achieved.

The invention discloses a dexterous hand. The dexterous hand comprises a palm. The front end of the palm stretches out to form at least two bendable fingers. Each finger is composed of a plurality of finger joints in shaft connection in sequence. The interior of each finger extends backwards from the fingertip position to form a traction body penetrating through the palm, and a control mechanism for controlling the traction bodies is mounted at the rear end of the palm. When the control mechanism does not pull the traction bodies, the fingers are in a straightened state. When the control mechanism pulls the traction bodies and gradually increases pull force, the fingers are bent gradually. The dexterous hand has the advantages of being simple in structure, simple in manufacturing process and good in finger extending and bending motion controllability and reliability.

The invention discloses a non-invasive dynamic finger bone traction brace, which is characterized by comprising a traction bracket and a traction bracket fixing structure, wherein the traction bracket fixing structure comprises a palm fixing band, a palm bracket connected to the palm fixing band and a finger clamp fixed on the palm bracket; the traction bracket comprises two fixed links fixed on both sides of the finger clamp respectively, two middle links connected to the two fixed links respectively, a U-shaped traction frame of which the two feet are connected to the two middle links respectively, and a traction spring connected to the middle part of the U-shaped traction frame; an upwardly-bent finger positioning link is arranged between the two middle links; and two downwardly-bent positioning links are arranged below the traction brackets on the two lower sides of the finger positioning link. Compared with the prior art, the non-invasive dynamic finger bone traction brace has the advantages that: the traction strength and moving angle and range are adjustable and controllable, light weight and comfort are realized, daily life and learning are not influenced by wearing a hand frame, pain of a patient is relieved, recovery time is shortened greatly, and the appearances and functions of the fingers of the patient are recovered satisfactorily.

A power stab fork system is provided for power stab systems. The system comprises stab forks made of a steel layer bonded to a layer of highly conductive material such that the highly conductive material effectively conducts power with stabs while the steel layer keeps the stab fork in robust contact with the stab because of its stronger material properties. The stab forks may comprise a plurality of fingers for making independent contacts points onto a stab. Some embodiments included stab forks with one forked end, two forked ends, straight fingers, curved fingers, separated stab forks, conjoined stab forks, and so forth.

A device and method for easily filling a syringe with one hand is disclosed. The device includes a flat hand for holding a medicine bottle, a syringe holder with a curved finger for holding a syringe, a mounted post for securing the device and a swivel arm mounted to the post which holds the flat hand, wherein the swivel arm allows the user to invert the flat hand and the medicine bottle secured therein, and easily draw medicine from the medicine bottle into the syringe with one hand.

Providing a longitudinal U-shaped rake head attached to a pole by a connector. The rake head, in relation to the pole, has multiple upwardly curved fingers spaced apart by a groove. Each finger has a split end with a slot separating pointed ends of each finger. The rake head is pulled towards a person holding the pole along a screen surface imbedded with pine needles. The pulling motion removes the pine needles from the screen and impales them on the rake head.

A method of exercising includes steps of providing a rod and weights configured for self-attachment to the rod, assembling at least one weight onto each end of the rod, and securing the weights to the ends by rotating the weights on the rod from a first rotational orientation to an interlocking second rotational orientation. The weights have a hub defining a hole, an undulating outer surface for gripping, and inwardly-extending curved fingers with a slot around the fingers allowing the fingers to flex for frictionally engaging the rod when the weights are rotated on the rod.

The invention discloses an embracing breast tissue fixing device for nuclear magnetic environment, and relates to the field of medical instruments. The embracing breast tissue fixing device comprisesfour identical finger plate mechanisms, and four finger plate mechanisms are distributed in a circumferentially symmetric manner, and the adjacent two finger plate mechanisms are interlaced. The embracing breast tissue fixing device can realize rapid adjustment and fixation for different sizes of breast tissue in nuclear magnetic environment, and solves the problem that the breast tissue flows andis difficult to fix, the gap between the curved fingers can be adjusted according to the needs of the doctor, providing a flexible and effective space for the operation and improving the efficiency of the operation.

The invention provides a finger auxiliary rehabilitation finger cot based on a pneumatic soft-bodied actuator and a manufacturing method of the finger auxiliary rehabilitation finger cot. The auxiliary rehabilitation finger cot comprises one or more spiral actuators and a connecting ring stuck to the corresponding spiral actuator according to the position of a finger joint of a patient. The initial configuration of the rehabilitation finger cot is spiral, the rehabilitation finger cot can naturally produce bending deflection without inflation to be adapted to the finger joint of the patient so as to bend into a spiral shape; and according to the shape, configuration space parameters of the spiral actuator are selected, so that the finger cot can effectively help the patient to unfold rigid bent fingers in a manner that the patient can feel comfortable. Through experiment confirmation by a prototype machine, under different input air pressure, the prototype machine can be unfolded to different angles, and the bent finger can be unfolded to different shapes. Because the input air pressure is distributed in the entire length of an executing mechanism, the finger cot can be used for all of parts of the finger.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a fuse installing and taking tool comprising a catching hook and an operating lever. The operating lever is disposed under the catching hook. The top of the catching hook is hooks in curved finger shapes and the bottom of the catching hook is provided with a connecting rod. Thread is disposed on the top of the operating lever. A thread through hole matched with the thread is disposed on the horizontal part of the connecting rod. The thread on the operating lever partially passes through the threaded through hole and can be screwed in the threaded through hole up and down. A positioning seat is disposed on the top of the operating lever and an installing handle is disposed on the bottom of the operating lever. A closed fuse can be easily installed and taken by the cooperation of the catching hook in the curved finger shape and a fixing seat that can be moved up and down by rotating the operative lever. The fuse installing and taking tool achieves simple structure and easy operation, guarantees personal safety of power operation, and eliminates potential safety hazards.

An ergonomic grip for strength conditioning has a grip body composed of three adjoined, progressively larger oblate spheroids. The major and minor diameters of the spheroids and their spacings combine to form invected surfaces at the junctions of first and second and second and third spheroids. These invected surfaces admit curved fingers of a grasping hand to provide a secure grip while eliminating a common problem of the little finger (4th finger) of the hand being crushed or discomforted.A central shaft passes through the grip body and includes an attachment affordance at one protruding end, and is coupled to a washer at the other end. A central cavity in the grip body allows the spheroids to compliantly conform to the inner concavities of an individual user's palm for increased comfort and positive grip.

An implement including a first tool having a first tool end in the form of a pig tail. The first tool includes an inwardly extending tab. A second tool is adjacent the first tool and has a second tool end adapted to receive a pin and includes a curved finger carried by the second tool end. A third tool is adjacent the second tool and has a third tool end which includes a sliding surface. A fourth tool is adjacent the third tool and has a fourth tool end which provides a ribbed interior surface adapted to engage a cap. Each tool is pivotally connected to a cylindrical retaining means, the tab selectively engaging the third tool, wherein when the tab engages the third tool, relative rotation is prevented.