Author: claimsbot

1. A single-pass, inline process for creating multi-part articles by combining primary substrates in a first continuous web with discrete elements from a second continuous web, comprising steps of:
(a) providing a first web which defines primary substrates, said first web having a front surface and a back surface;
(b) providing a second web which defines a discrete element source material, said second web having a front surface and a back surface;
(c) pre-cutting said second web to define, but not separate, discrete element portions and a waste portion, said second web remaining intact;
(d) joining said first and said second webs in aligned relation in a manner which causes selected portions of said discrete element portions to adhere to selected portions of said primary substrates in said first web in a predetermined aligned registration to form multi-part articles; and
(e) removing said waste portion of said second web from said combined web.
2. A process as in claim 1 comprising the step of final cutting said combined web to define final multi-part articles.
3. A process as in claim 1 wherein said first and said second webs are joined using an adhesive applied on a selected one of said first and said second webs, in a position corresponding to selected portions of said discrete element portions in said second web.
4. A process as in claim 2 wherein said first and said second webs are joined using an adhesive applied on a selected one of said first and said second webs, in a position corresponding to selected portions of said discrete element portions in said second web.
5. A process as in claim 1 wherein said waste portion of said second web is removed by continuous stripping.
6. A process as in claim 2 wherein said waste portion of said second web is removed by continuous stripping.
7. A process as in claim 3 wherein said waste portion of said second web is removed by continuous stripping.
8. A process as in claim 4 wherein said waste portion of said second web is removed by continuous stripping.
9. A process as in claim 1 wherein said first web is of a multi-ply construction.
10. A process as in claim 2 wherein said first web is of a multi-ply construction.
11. A process as in claim 2 wherein said final cutting step defines but does not separate said primary substrates from said first web and including the step of winding said first web on a roll for finished articles.
12. A process as in claim 2 wherein said final cutting step separates said primary substrates from said combined web, and including the step of stacking finished multi-part articles.
13. A process as in claim 1 wherein said discrete elements are smaller than said primary substrates.
14. A process as in claim 4 wherein said discrete elements are smaller than said primary substrates.
15. A process as in claim 1 including the step of pre-cutting said first web.
16. A process as in claim 1 including the step of applying graphics to selected portions of one or more of said surfaces of said first and said second webs prior to joining said first and said second webs.
17. A process as in claim 1 further comprising the step of laminating a third web over said combined web after the removal of said waste portion of said second web from said combined web.
18. A process as in claim 1 wherein said discrete elements carry an additional adhered article.
19. A single-pass, in-line process for manufacturing discrete elements combined with primary substrates, including steps of:
(a) providing a first web which defines primary substrates, said first web having a front surface and a back surface;
(b) providing a second web which defines a discrete element source material, said second web having a front surface and a back surface;
c) cutting said second web to define discrete element portions and a waste portion;
(d) providing adhesive on a selected one of said first and second webs, in a position corresponding to selected areas of said discrete element portions in said second web;
(e) joining said first and second webs in aligned relation by said adhesive, to create a combined web;
(f) removing said waste portion from said second web as a waste matrix from said combined web, thereby combining discrete elements with said primary substrates; and
(g) cutting said combined web to define a final combination configuration.
20. A process as in claim 19, further comprising the step of laminating a third web over said combined web carrying said discrete elements.
21. The process of claim 19, wherein graphics are applied to selected portions of said front and back surfaces of said first and second webs prior to said step of joining said first and second webs.
22. A method of producing a plurality of multi-part articles from a plurality of continuous webs in a single-pass, inline process in which discrete elements cutout from one web are combined with defined parts from another web, comprising steps of:
(a) pre-cutting at least one web to define, but not separate, discrete elements, and to define a waste portion, the web remaining intact;
(b) joining webs in predetermined aligned registration, at least one of which is subjected to step (a); and
(c) removing said waste portion created in step (a).
23. A single-pass, in-line process for creating multi-part articles by combining primary substrates in a first continuous web with discrete elements from a second continuous web, comprising steps of:
(a) providing a first web which defines primary substrates, said first web having a front surface and a back surface;
(b) providing a second web which defines a discrete element source material, said second web having a front surface and a back surface;
(c) precutting said first web to create window openings in said primary substrates;
(d) precutting said second web to define, but not separate, discrete element portions and a waste portion, said second web remaining intact;
(e) joining said first and said second webs in aligned relation in a manner which causes selected portions of said discrete element portions to adhere to selected portions of said primary substrates in said first web in a predetermined aligned registration to form multi-part articles; and
(f) removing said waste portion of said web from said combined web.
24. A process as in claim 23 comprising the step of final cutting said combined web to define final multi-part articles.
25. A process as in claim 23 including the step of applying graphics to selected portions of one or more of said surfaces of said first and said second webs prior to joining said first and said second webs.
26. A process as in claim 23 further comprising the step of laminating a third web over said combined web after the removal of said waste portion of said second web from said combined web.

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. A hair-trimming tool having a tool body comprising a pair of hair-bunch supporting pieces whose tip ends can open and close, a connecting portion for connecting base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces with each other, a protruding portion protruding from the connecting portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to an opening and closing direction of the hair-bunch supporting pieces, and cutting means provided on one or both of opposed inner surfaces of the hair-bunch supporting pieces in its longitudinal direction, wherein
the cutting means is disposed substantially in parallel to a scalp in a cut-starting attitude in which a tip end of the protruding portion comes into contact with a predetermined position of the scalp, and
holding means is provided on a predetermined position of a surface opposite the scalp of the hair-bunch supporting piece in the cut-starting attitude for holding lower side of a hair-bunch at a constant angle to the scalp.
2. The hair-trimming-tool according to claim 1, wherein
grooves are formed in the inner surfaces of the hair-bunch supporting pieces along a forming region of the cutting means,
the cutting means comprises a holder which is detachably embedded in the groove, and a razor blade mounted along a longitudinal direction of the holder,
the razor blade is fitted such that it inclines in a direction for turning the hair-bunch supporting piece at an angle of about 45 to the inner surface.
3. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 2, wherein
a thin plate-like safety cover is disposed along an outer surface of the razor blade, one side of the safety cover along a blade of the razor blade is a corrugated side formed with protrusions and recesses around the blade, and when the cutting means each having the razor blade is provided on both opposed inner surfaces of the hair-bunch supporting pieces, corrugated protruding portions and recesses of the safety cover of the cutting means provided on one of the hair-bunch supporting pieces respectively correspond to corrugated recesses and protruding portions of the safety cover of the cutting means provided on the other hair-bunch supporting pieces.
4. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 1, wherein
the holding means is mounted in the vicinity of a base end of the hair-bunch supporting pieces such that the holding means is capable of moving along a longitudinal direction of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
5. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 2, wherein
the holding means is mounted in the vicinity of a base end of the hair-bunch supporting pieces such that the holding means is capable of moving along a longitudinal direction of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
6. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 3, wherein
the holding means is mounted in the vicinity of a base end of the hair-bunch supporting pieces such that the holding means is capable of moving along a longitudinal direction of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
7. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 1, wherein
each of the hair-bunch supporting pieces is curved into a substantially arc shape so as to be located along a scalp in the cut-starting attitude.
8. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 2, wherein
each of the hair-bunch supporting pieces is curved into a substantially arc shape so as to be located along a scalp in the cut-starting attitude.
9. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 3, wherein
each of the hair-bunch supporting pieces is curved into a substantially arc shape so as to be located along a scalp in the cut-starting attitude.
10. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 4, wherein
each of the hair-bunch supporting pieces is curved into a substantially arc shape so as to be located along a scalp in the cut-starting attitude.
11. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 5, wherein
each of the hair-bunch supporting pieces is curved into a substantially arc shape so as to be located along a scalp in the cut-starting attitude.
12. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 6, wherein
each of the hair-bunch supporting pieces is curved into a substantially arc shape so as to be located along a scalp in the cut-starting attitude.
13. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 1, wherein
a resilient material is interposed between base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
14. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 2, wherein
a resilient material is interposed between base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
15. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 3, wherein
a resilient material is interposed between base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
16. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 4, wherein
a resilient material is interposed between base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
17. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 5, wherein
a resilient material is interposed between base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
18. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 6, wherein
a resilient material is interposed between base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
19. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 7, wherein
a resilient material is interposed between base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
20. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 8, wherein
a resilient material is interposed between base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
21. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 9, wherein
a resilient material is interposed between base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
22. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 10, wherein
a resilient material is interposed between base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
23. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 11, wherein
a resilient material is interposed between base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
24. The hair-trimming tool according to claim 12, wherein
a resilient material is interposed between base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces.
25. A hair-trimming tool having a tool body comprising a pair of hair-bunch supporting pieces whose tip ends can open and close, a connecting portion for connecting base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces with each other, a protruding portion protruding from the connecting portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to an opening and closing direction of the hair-bunch supporting pieces, and comb means provided on one or both of opposed inner surfaces of the hair-bunch supporting pieces in its longitudinal direction, wherein
the comb means comprises a holder detachably embedded in a groove provided in an inner surface of each of the hair-bunch supporting pieces substantially in parallel to the scalp in a comb-starting attitude in which a tip end of the protruding portion comes into contact with a predetermined position of the scalp, and a comp portion mounted along a longitudinal direction of the holder, and
holding means is provided on a predetermined position opposite the scalp of the hair-bunch supporting piece in the comb-starting attitude for holding lower side of a hair-bunch at a constant angle to the scalp.

What is claimed is:

1. A chip antenna, comprising:
a base block comprised of opposite top and bottom surfaces and side surfaces between the top and bottom surfaces, and made of one of dielectric and magnetic substances;
a primary conductor line formed at a portion of the base block and formed in the shape of an inverted F; and
a secondary conductor line formed at a portion of the base block and formed in the shape of an inverted L,
wherein the primary and secondary conductor lines are connected in parallel with each other.
2. The chip antenna according to claim 1, wherein the base block is constructed in the form of a rectangular solid.
3. The chip antenna according to claim 1, wherein the primary conductor line includes a conductor pattern extended along the length of the base block, a feeding terminal connected to one end of the conductor pattern, and a ground terminal connected to the other end of the conductor pattern.
4. The chip antenna according to claim 3, wherein the secondary conductor line is connected to a portion of the feeding terminal of the primary conductor line, and extended along the length of the base block.
5. A chip antenna, comprising:
a base block made of one material of dielectric and magnetic substances and constructed in the form of a rectangular solid;
a conductor pattern comprised of a primary conductor line having a plurality of side electrodes formed to helically wind around a portion of the base block and upper and lower electrodes connected to the side electrodes, the upper and lower electrodes each having extended portions formed therein, and a secondary conductor line formed inside of the base block such that the secondary conductor line is connected in parallel with the primary conductor line;
ground and feeding terminals connected to the conductor pattern; and
an impedance adjustment electrode formed at a portion of the top surface of the base block such that it is connected between the primary conductor line and the ground terminal so as to adjust impedance.
6. The chip antenna according to claim 5, wherein the extended portion formed in the primary conductor line of the conductor pattern is projected at approximately 90 degrees.
7. The chip antenna according to claim 5, wherein the side electrodes are formed perpendicular to the top and bottom surfaces of the base block.
8. The chip antenna according to claim 5, wherein the upper and lower electrodes are each formed in the shape of an inverted L in which both ends of each of the upper and lower electrodes are connected to corresponding side electrodes.
9. The chip antenna according to claim 5, wherein the secondary conductor line formed inside of the base block is formed in the shape of a meander line bent vertically, or a helix.
10. The chip antenna according to claim 5, wherein the primary conductor line is formed to wind around the outer surface of the base block.
11. The chip antenna according to claim 5, wherein the secondary conductor line is formed to be arranged inside of the primary conductor line helically wound.
12. The chip antenna according to claim 5, wherein one of the upper and lower electrodes of the primary conductor line is formed inside of the base block.
13. The chip antenna according to claim 5, wherein the secondary conductor line is formed outside of the primary conductor line.
14. The chip antenna according to claim 5, wherein the ground and feeding terminals are connected in parallel with each other while being extended from one end of the conductor pattern, and formed on any one side surface of the base block.
15. The chip antenna according to claim 14, wherein the feeding terminal is extended from one end of the conductor pattern to the top, side and bottom surfaces of the base block, such that the feeding terminal surrounds a portion of the base block.
16. The chip antenna according to claim 14, wherein the ground terminal is extended from one end of the conductor pattern to the top, side and bottom surfaces of the base block, such that the ground terminal surrounds a portion of the base block.
17. The chip antenna according to claim 14, wherein the ground terminal is formed adjacent to an end portion of the base block, and the feeding terminal is formed between the conductor pattern and the ground terminal.
18. A chip antenna, comprising:
a base block made of one material of dielectric and magnetic substances and constructed in the form of a rectangular solid;
a conductor pattern comprised of a primary conductor line having a plurality of side electrodes formed to helically wind around at least one portion of the base block and upper and lower electrodes connected to the side electrodes, the upper and lower electrodes each having extended portions formed therein, and a secondary conductor line formed inside of the lower portion of the base block such that the secondary conductor line is arranged under the primary conductor line while being connected in parallel with the primary conductor line;
ground and feeding terminals connected to the conductor pattern; and
an impedance adjustment electrode formed at a portion of the top surface of the base block such that it is connected between the primary conductor line and the ground terminal so as to adjust impedance.
19. A chip antenna, comprising:
a base block made of one material of dielectric and magnetic substances and constructed in the form of a rectangular solid;
a conductor pattern comprised of a primary conductor line transversely arranged with respect to the base block and formed in the shape of a combined inverted Fmeander line, and a secondary conductor line formed inside of the lower portion of the base block while being connected in parallel with the primary conductor line and formed in the shape of an inverted L;
ground and feeding terminals connected to the conductor pattern; and
an impedance adjustment electrode formed at a portion of the top surface of the base block such that it is connected between the primary conductor line and the ground terminal so as to adjust impedance.
20. The chip antenna according to claim 19, wherein the primary conductor line includes extended portions in which electrodes of the primary conductor line are projected at approximately 90 degrees.
21. A chip antenna, comprising:
a base block made of one material of dielectric and magnetic substances and constructed in the form of a rectangular solid;
a conductor pattern comprised of a primary conductor line arranged on the base block and formed in the shape of a plate such that the primary conductor line is transversely arranged with respect to the base block, and a secondary conductor line connected in parallel with the primary conductor line and formed in the shape of a plate, the secondary conductor line being formed inside of the lower portion of the base block such that it is arranged under the primary conductor line while being connected in parallel with the primary conductor line;
ground and feeding terminals connected to the conductor pattern; and
an impedance adjustment electrode formed at a portion of the top surface of the base block such that it is connected between the primary conductor line and the ground terminal so as to adjust impedance.
22. A chip antenna comprising:
a base block made of one material of dielectric and magnetic substances and constructed in the form of a rectangular solid;
a conductor pattern comprised of a primary conductor line arranged on the base block, formed in the shape of a slot and transversely arranged with respect to the base block, and a secondary conductor line connected in parallel with the primary conductor line and formed in the shape of a slot, the secondary conductor line being formed inside of the lower portion of the base block such that it is arranged under the primary conductor line while being connected in parallel with the primary conductor line;
ground and feeding terminals connected to the conductor pattern; and
an impedance adjustment electrode formed at a portion of the top surface of the base block such that it is connected between the primary conductor line and the ground terminal so as to adjust impedance.

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. A device for calculating where a cue ball must cause an object billiard ball to strike the bumper of a billiards table in order to drive the object ball into a selected pocket of the billiards table of the type having two opposed end rails and two opposed side rails, comprising:
(a) a plotting board comprising:
(i) a scaled playing table portion;
(ii) at least one scaled mirror table portion having pocket positions formed thereon, wherein the at least one mirror table adjoins at least one of the opposed end rails or opposed side rails and is a mirror image of the playing table portion;

(b) a plotter comprising:
(i) a guide;
(ii) an object ball arm, the object ball arm having a pocket guide end and an object end;

(c) wherein when the guide is placed over a selected pocket position on the mirror table portion and the object ball end of the object ball arm is aligned with the object ball on the scaled playing table and the pocket guide end is aligned with the guide over the selected pocket position, the object ball arm will cross the scaled playing table at a point where the object ball must strike the bumper of the billiards table.
2. The device of claim 1 further including a cue ball arm having an object end, the object end of the cue ball arm being pivotally connected to the object end of the object ball arm, wherein when the cue ball arm is aligned with the cue ball on the playing table, the cue ball arm indicates where the object ball must be struck by the cue ball.
3. The device of claim 1 further including a scale for placement on the bumper of the billiards table, the scale corresponding to the scaled playing table to assist a player in causing the object ball to strike the bumper at a desired point on the billards table.
4. A device for calculating where a cue ball must strike the bumper of a billiards table in order to rebound and strike an object ball, driving the object ball into a selected pocket of the billiards table of the type having two opposed end rails and two opposed side rails, comprising:
(a) a plotting board comprising:
(i) a scaled playing table portion;
(ii) at least one scaled mirror table portion having pocket positions formed thereon, wherein the at least one mirror table adjoins at least one of the opposed end rails or opposed side rails and is a mirror image of the playing table portion;

(b) a plotter comprising:
(i) a guide;
(ii) an object ball arm, the object ball arm having a pocket guide end and an object end;
(iii) a cue ball arm, the cue ball arm having one end pivotally connected to the object end of the object ball arm,

(c) wherein when the guide is placed over the selected pocket on the mirror table portion, the object ball end of the object ball arm is aligned with the object ball on the mirror table portion, and the cue ball arm is aligned with the cue ball on the playing table, the cue ball arm will cross the scaled playing table at the point where the cue ball must strike the bumper of the billiards table.
5. The device of claim 4 further including a scale for placement on the bumper of the billiards table, the scale corresponding to the scaled playing table to assist a player in causing the cue ball to strike the bumper at a desired point on the billards table.