But there was a time when kids did just that, using a short stick to propel a wooden hoop along the sidewalk, trying to keep it upright as long as possible. Sounds about as boring as cheese-rolling is dangerous. In the timeless nursery rhyme The Farmer in the Dell, one of early ...
supports the pipe internally to reduce the amount of pipe cross section flattening during pipe bending .A pipe bending clamp device secures the pipe to the die.The pipe bending machine rotates the die to the desired bend angle as a sliding pressure die forces the pipe to conform to the die...
A substantially spherical ball to be used in a cursor controlling mouse. The mouse ball is formed from a composition of silicone having zirconium dust dispersed uniformly throughout. The zirconium pro
Yet Salvucci stood by it through the storm of criticism. By 1990 he had been working on the Dig for about 15 years. He and the governor, Michael Dukakis, had gotten the project through all the state-level blockages, and then through federal approval. With Tip O’Neill’s help, ...
As you pedal, the core rotates inside these outer magnets and generates electricity. The electricity flows out from the dynamo and powers your bicycle lamp. The electric generators used in power plants work in exactly the same way, only on a much bigger scale. Instead of being powered by ...
The purpose of this paper is to present the design, construction, and technical aspects of a prototype upper extremities lever-driven exercise system, called FIT-WHEEL (Functional and Intelligent Training system for WHEELchair users), as well as the prel
where 𝐹𝐵FB is the bending force of the sheet obtained from a test where the pin rotates freely by means of Equation (3). 𝐹𝐵=𝐹𝑓1−𝐹𝑓2FB=F1f−F2f (3) where 𝐹𝑓1F1f and 𝐹𝑓2F2f are the measured forces when the pin is freely rotating. 𝜇=1...
Women might go stick their fingers down their throat so they can bring up that morning's breakfast, but men go swallow a bottle of pills or jump off a building. Sure women are under pressure to conform to, or live up to certain images portrayed in the media, movies, advertizing and ...
Apparatus and method suitable for making a plurality of laminated substrates by applying a plurality of laminate sheets to corresponding plurality of substrates. The apparatus includes a lamina supply member capable of holding a supply of lamina from whi
The sweeper is attached to a tractor or ATV and is pulled across the lawn or other outdoor space, collecting any debris in its sweeping path such as grass clippings or pine cones needles. As the sweeper brush rotates, it sweeps the debris off the ground and into the hopper. ...