Author: claimsbot

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a body;
a disc lid rotatably mounted to the body, the disc lid comprising at least one hook; and
a locking mechanism secured to the body and for locking the disc lid to and unlocking the disc lid from the body, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a sliding bar slidable relative to the body in a longitudinal direction (a first direction) and at least one resisting member secured to the body; the sliding bar is capable of sliding between a locking position for locking the disc lid and an unlocking position for unlocking the disc lid, the sliding bar defining at least one sliding slot, and comprises at least one latching member for hooking the at least one hook when being in the locking position and releasing the at least one hook when being in the unlocking position, the at least one resisting member is slidably received in the at least one sliding slot, and resists the sliding bar against the body to prevent the sliding bar deforming in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein each resisting member comprises a sliding portion secured to the body and a supporting portion secured to an end of the sliding portion away from the body, the sliding portion is slidably received in the at least one sliding slot and engages with the supporting member to resist the sliding bar against the body.
3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the length of the supporting portion is larger than the width of the at least one sliding slot.
4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the at least one sliding slot extends in a direction parallel to the first direction.
5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein at least one protruding block projects from an end of the sliding bar, the at least one protruding block defines a first inclined surface.
6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the locking mechanism comprises an operating member for driving the sliding bar to slide from the locking position to the unlocking position.
7. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the operating member comprises at least one resisting portion, the at least one resisting portion defines a second inclined surface engaging with the first inclined surface.
8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the operating member further comprises at least one limiting post for preventing the operating member rotating.
9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the body defines a recess for receiving the operating member, the bottom of the recess defines an opening for allowing the at least one resisting portion extending through, and at least one limiting hole for receiving the at least one limiting post.
10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the locking mechanism comprises an elastic element for providing an elastic force for driving the sliding bar to slide from the unlocking portion to the locking position.
11. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the sliding bar defines an elongated slot extending longitudinally, a first post protrude from the inner surface of the body, the first post is capable of extending through and sliding along the elongated slot.
12. The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the sliding bar comprises a second post, the second post is arranged adjacent to an end of the elongated slot.
13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein opposite ends of the elastic element are respectively secured to the first post and the second post.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An image forming device comprising:
a device frame which includes:
a driving device, and
a driving gear that transmits a driving force from the device; and
a photoconductive drum which is inserted in the device frame and includes a driven gear to be engaged with the driving gear,

wherein after the photoconductive drum is inserted in the device frame, by driving the driving device and slightly rotating the driving gear, the driving gear engages with the driven gear, and
wherein the driving gear is slightly rotated at an initializing step of the image forming device.
2. The image forming device according to claim 1, wherein the driving gear is movable along a moving direction of the photoconductive drum, and the device frame includes an urging member that urges the driving gear in an opposite direction from a direction in which the photoconductive drum is inserted.
3. The image forming device according to claim 2, wherein when inserting the photoconductive drum into the device frame, in case a tooth of the driving gear and a tooth of the driven gear contact with one another, by inserting the photoconductive drum further into the device frame, the driving gear is pushed in against an urging force of the urging member.
4. The image forming device according to claim 2, wherein the driving device is a motor fixed on a frame of the device frame, and the driving gear is mounted on an output shaft of the motor in a manner capable of sliding in an axial direction of the output shaft.
5. The image forming device according to claim 4, wherein a key extending over approximately an entire length of the output shaft is fixed on the output shaft, and the driving gear can rotate with the output shaft by the key regardless of where the driving gear is located on the output shaft.
6. The image forming device according to claim 4, wherein the urging member is a coil spring and would around the output shaft between the driving gear and the frame.
7. The image forming device according to claim 4, wherein a shaft hole is formed through the frame, and under a state in which the photoconductive drum is inserted in the device frame, a shaft of the photoconductive drum is inserted through the shaft hole.

1. An articulating table that is configurable between a substantially flat table configuration and a chair configuration comprising:
a back rest section;
a seat section;
at least one hinge that pivotally connects the back rest section and the seat section, so that the back rest section and the seat section are pivotable about the at least one hinge;
a base with a vertically extending first lifting device and a vertically extending second lifting device that are controllable to adjust at least one of height position and incline of the articulating table, said first and said second lifting devices being operable to extend vertically upwardly and downwardly; and
an articulation mechanism with a frame member positioned and extending longitudinally underneath the back rest section and the seat section, the first lifting device being connected to the frame member proximate to one end, end the second lifting device being connected to the frame proximate to another end, difference between amount of extensions of the first lifting device and the second lifting device adjusting the incline of the articulating table;
wherein the articulation mechanism includes at least one actuator that is operable to adjust the position of at least the back rest section and the seat section to configure the table between the substantially flat table configuration and the chair configuration; and
wherein the back rest section includes a table top frame having an angled support surface, and a cushion that is supported on the table top frame, the cushion having a tapered portion which is tapered on one side along its thickness dimension to correspond to the angled support surface and having a substantially planar flat surface on an opposite side thereof for supporting a user, the tapered portion of the cushion being supported by the angled support surface.
2. The table of claim 1, wherein said at least one hinge is fixedly secured to the frame member.
3. The table of claim 1, further including a foot rest section, and at least one hinge that pivotally connects the foot rest section to the seat section so that the foot rest section is pivotable about the at least one hinge.
4. The table of claim 3, wherein said at least one hinge that pivotally connects the foot rest section to the seat section is a double hinge that includes a first flange connected to the seat section, a second flange connected to the foot rest section, and the third flange connected to the support member.
5. The table of claim 4, wherein the at least one actuator of the articulation mechanism includes a foot rest actuator and a support member connected to the foot rest actuator, the support member supporting the foot rest section when the foot rest actuator is extended.
6. The table of claim 5, wherein the foot rest section is not directly attached to the support member and the foot rest actuator.
7. The table of claim 4, wherein the first, second and third flanges of the double hinge are pivotably connected by a common pin.
8. The table of claim 1, wherein the seat section includes a seat cushion having a plurality of layers that includes a wedge profiled layer, the wedge profiled layer being thicker toward an edge of the seat cushion opposite to the back rest section, and thinner toward an edge of the seat cushion adjacent to the back rest section, the wedge profiled layer being the firmest layer of the plurality of layers, and the plurality of layers also including an inverted wedge profiled layer, the wedge profiled layer being thicker toward an edge of the seat cushion adjacent to the back rest section.
9. The table of claim 1, further including arm rests that are rotatable between a wide configuration and a high configuration.
10. An articulating table that is configurable between a substantially flat table configuration and a chair configuration, and further positionable in a leaning forward position in the chair configuration, the table comprising:
a back rest section;
a seat section;
at least one hinge fixedly secured to the frame member that pivotally connects the back rest section and the seat section, so that the back rest section and the seat section are pivotable about the at least one hinge;
a foot rest section;
a double hinge that pivotally connects the foot rest section to the seat section, the double hinge including a first flange connected to the seat section, a second flange connected to the foot rest section, and the third flange connected to a support member that supports the foot rest section, but is not attached to the foot rest section so that said foot rest section is pivotable off of said support member about said double hinge when the articulating table is positioned in a leaning forward position in the chair configuration;
a base with a first lifting device and a second lifting device; and
an articulation mechanism with a frame member positioned underneath at least the back rest section and the seat section, the first lifting device connected to the frame member proximate to one end of the frame member, and the second lifting device proximate to another end of the frame member;
wherein the articulation mechanism is operable to adjust the position of at least the back rest section and the seat section to configure the table between the substantially flat table configuration and the chair configuration; and
wherein the first, second and third flanges of the double hinge are pivotably connected by a common pin.
11. The table of claim 10, wherein the first lifting device and the second lifting devices are controllable to adjust at least one of height position and incline of the articulating table, the first and the second lifting devices being operable to extend vertically upwardly and downwardly.
12. The table of claim 10, wherein the back rest section includes a table top frame having an angled support surface, and a cushion that is supported on the table top frame, the cushion having a tapered portion which is tapered on one side to correspond to the angled support surface and having a substantially planar flat surface on an opposite side thereof for supporting a user, the tapered portion of the cushion being supported by the angled support surface.
13. The table of claim 10, wherein the seat section includes a seat cushion having a plurality of layers that includes a wedge profiled layer, the wedge profiled layer being thicker toward an edge of the seat cushion opposite to the back rest section, and thinner toward an edge of the seat cushion adjacent to the back rest section, the wedge profiled layer being the firmest layer of the plurality of layers, and the plurality of layers also including an inverted wedge profiled layer, the wedge profiled layer being thicker toward an edge of the seat cushion adjacent to the back rest section.
14. The table of claim 10, further including arm rests that are rotatable between a wide configuration and a high configuration.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An apparatus for measuring magnetic flux in a dynamoelectric machine, wherein the machine comprises a cylindrical stator core defining an annular opening and a plurality of radially inwardly directed teeth disposed on an opening circumference, and wherein two adjacent teeth define a cavity therebetween for receiving a stator coil and a wedge, and wherein the wedge comprises a radially inwardly directed face, and is frictionally engaged with opposed cavity sidewalls for retaining the stator coil in the slot, the apparatus comprising:
a carrier;
a flux probe mated to the carrier; and
wherein carrier sidewalls are frictionally engaged with the opposed cavity sidewalls, and wherein the carrier is disposed radially inwardly relative to the radially inwardly directed face of the wedge.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the carrier is attached to either the opposed cavity sidewalls or the wedge face.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein at least one of the cavity sidewalls further defines a groove therein, and wherein the carrier comprises at least one beveled side surface for positioning within the groove.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein each of the opposed cavity sidewalls defines a groove therein, and wherein the carrier comprises two opposed beveled side surfaces each disposed within one of the opposed sidewall grooves.
5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein each beveled side surface is bonded to a corresponding sidewall groove.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the cater is radially spaced-apart from the wedge, the apparatus further comprising a bladder disposed between a lower surface of the carrier and the wedge face, wherein the bladder receives a curable material that upon curing exerts a force against the carrier to retain the carrier within the slot.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the carrier comprises a plurality of linearly aligned segments each segment comprising a wedge-shaped surface for contacting a mating wedge-shaped surface of the adjacent segment, each segment further defining an axial opening therein for receiving a fastener, wherein application of an axially directed force to the fastener displaces the wedge-shaped surfaces from the linear alignment, such that a force is exerted against the opposed cavity sidewalls to retain the carrier within the slot.
8. A method for measuring magnetic flux in an electric generator wherein the generator comprises a cylindrical stator core defining an opening therein for receiving a rotor producing a magnetic field, and wherein the stator core further comprises a plurality of inwardly-directed coil slots disposed around a circumference of the opening, and wherein each slot defines a first pair of grooves disposed on opposing sidewalls of the coil slot, and wherein at least one coil is positioned in the coil slot and retained within the slot by a stator wedge disposed in the first pair of grooves, the method comprising:
inserting a flux probe within a slot, wherein the flux probe is positioned radially inwardly from the wedge; and
frictionally engaging the flux probe with the opposing sidewalls of the coil slot to retain the flux probe in the slot.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of retaining comprises attaching the flux probe to a radially inwardly directed surface of the wedge.
10. The method of claim 8 wherein each slot father defines a second pair of grooves, and wherein the step of retaining comprises positioning the flux probe in the second pair of grooves for retaining the flux probe in the slot.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of retaining further comprises bonding the flux probe to each of the second pair of grooves.
12. The method of claim 10 further comprising inserting a bladder in an opening formed between the flux probe and the wedge and injecting a curable material into the bladder such that upon curing the bladder exerts an inwardly directed force against the flux probe for retaining the flux probe in the slot.
13. The method of claim 8 wherein the flux probe is attached to a carrier, and wherein the method further comprises affixing the carrier to a radially inwardly directed surface of the wedge.
14. The method of claim 8 wherein the flux probe is attached to a carrier comprising a plurality of linearly aligned segments each segment further comprising a wedge-shaped surface for contacting a mating wedge-shaped surface of the adjacent segment, each segment further defining an axial opening therein for receiving a fastener, the method further comprising applying an axially directed force to the fastener to displace the wedge-shaped surfaces from linear alignment such that a force is exerted against the opposed cavity sidewalls to retain the carrier within the slot.
15. The method of claim 8 further comprising disengaging the flux probe form frictional engagement with the opposing sidewalls at a first axial position and axially displacing the flux probe within the slot from the first axial position to a second axial position to measure the magnetic flux at the second axial position.