摘要:
A dispenser apparatus comprised of a stretchable adhesive tape which is detackified when stretched longitudinally. The tape is advanced through a stretching station to an array of articles to be unitized. Tension rollers are utilized on either side of the stretching station to ensure that the tape advances evenly and does not recoil. The dispenser apparatus also includes a first prime mover which advances the tape through the tension rollers and stretching station at a rate which ensures proper stretching (at predetermined intervals) and proper feeding of the tape to the array of boxed items. A controller simultaneously controls the z-axis motion (of the dispenser and rotation of the articles to be unitized. Therefore, both the number of wraps about the articles and the location of the wraps between the base of the articles and the top of the articles may be controlled.
摘要:
The invention concerns an automated vending system which uses a commercially available, multi-axis robot arm to retrieve an article from a storage location and deliver the article to a customer. The invention includes a control system which interacts with at least three entities: (a) the customers; (b) credit card agencies, as by verifying the customer's credit situation and by performing daily credit reconciliations; and (c) the control system of the robot arm, as by informing the robot which articles to retrieve. The invention includes a display which provides to the customer a catalog of articles, and allows the customer to choose an article for purchase from the catalog. The invention allows remote control of the vending system, by telephone, whereby the system can be shut down in case of malfunction. If the vending system is used to sell music recordings, the invention allows the customer to hear samples of selected recordings available for sale.
摘要:
Systems for collecting and storing solar energy including a solar energy capture and store device having a plurality of segments arranged in a contiguous row. Immediately adjacent ones of the segments are interconnected by a hinge such that the plurality of segments are transitionable between a collapsed, folded state and an expanded state. A photovoltaic layer is carried by at least one of the segments, and a power storage layer is carried by at least one of the segments. The power storage layer is electrically connected to at least one of the photovoltaic layers. An electronic connection is established between each immediately adjacent pair of segments. An electrical connections terminus delivers stored energy. A do-it-yourselfer (DIY) individual is afforded the ability to install and operate a solar energy collection device with little or no skills in the arena of power provision.
摘要:
A LED-based light bulb or lamp device including a bulb body, an LED assembly, an LED heatsink, and a power conversion heatsink. The LED assembly includes a plurality of LEDs and circuitry. The circuitry includes power converting components adapted to modify applied power for powering the LEDs via conductive wiring. The LED heatsink is mounted to the bulb body in close proximity to at least one of the LEDs. The power conversion heatsink is provided apart from the LED heatsink and is mounted to the bulb body in close proximity to at least one of the power converting components. The LED heatsink dissipates heat from at least some of the light emitting diode lights whereas the separate power conversion heatsink dissipates heat from the power converting circuitry components, thereby separating the heat-generating components and their mounting zones, heat paths and heatsink surface areas.
摘要:
A body-mountable display device includes an image source for producing an image, an image transmission device including at least one optically-transmissive fiber, the image transmission device being mountable on the body of a user, projection optics for receiving and relaying the image carried by the image transmission device, and a display for receiving the image from the image transmission device and projecting the image to at least one person. Embodiments of the invention are of significantly reduced size and weight, significantly reduced power consumption and thermal output, and significantly increased durability and reliability. Embodiments of the invention also are more aesthetically pleasing in appearance. Corresponding method embodiments provide similar advantages.
摘要:
Systems and methods for capturing and storing solar energy. The system includes a solar collection device, at least one battery, and at least one tower forming component. The solar collection device includes a flexible substrate and a perovskite-based photovoltaic layer formed on the substrate. The battery is electrically connected to the perovskite-based photovoltaic layer. The solar collection device is transitionable between a flat state, a storage state in which the solar collection device is rolled onto itself, and a tower state in which solar collection device is maintained vertically upright and defines at least one curve between the opposing sides by the at least one tower forming component. In some embodiments, the at least one battery is mounted to the substrate and defines a segmented central region that facilitates arrangement of the solar collection device to a tower state having a D-like shape.
摘要:
A mobile communication device configured to be worn on an index finger of a user's hand. The device includes a case, a microphone, a switch, and a power source. The microphone and the switch are strategically located along a shape of the case so that as worn on the user's index finger and when the switch is activated by the thumb of the user's hand, the hand naturally cups about the microphone to form a barrier to ambient noise. Further, the microphone can readily be located near a corner of the user's mouth for optimal speech-receiving conditions and to provide more private audio input.