Abstract: A water treatment dispensing apparatus has a container for holding water from a water supply and a water disinfectant cartridge located within the container. A housing attached to the container and connected to the cartridge directs water from the cartridge to a remote location, such as a dental instrument. An air pressure device supplies water under pressure to the container to force water to flow through the cartridge and to the remote location.

Abstract: A system and method for assembling a fiber optic sensor assembly are provided. The fiber optic sensor system includes a fiber optic cable and a carrier including a first connection end and a second connection end joined together by one or more breakaway tabs, the first connection end including a first fiber attach point configured to secure a distal end of the fiber optic cable to the first connection end, the second connection end including a second fiber attach point configured to secure the fiber optic cable to the second connection end, the one or more breakaway tabs joined to the first connection end and the second connection end using a break area that is structurally weaker than the carrier and the breakaway tabs.

Abstract: A light emitting device package comprises a substrate, an electrode on the substrate, a light emitting device on the substrate and electrically connected to the electrode layer, and a pattern enclosing the light emitting device.

Abstract: A safety cap assembly for sealing an ostomy bag opening comprising: an attachment means, where said attachment means secures the safety cap assembly to the ostomy bag opening; a vertical tubing, where the vertical tubing fits onto the ostomy bag opening; an absorption barrier, where said barrier lies within the inner portion of the vertical tubing; and an end cap, said end cap encloses and seals the tubing. In one exemplary embodiment, the attachment means includes a Velcro fastening strip. The absorption barrier may be made of a cotton material or other absorbent material.

Abstract: A seal pressing device for a pipe coupling including a sealing member having an axial length and an outer curved contour pressable against an inner diameter of a seal, the sealing member having an axial row of mounting apertures for receiving therein mechanical fasteners, and at least one winged extension extending from an end of the sealing member bent inwards from the outer curved contour of the sealing member.

Abstract: A coupler for use with a sealing member for releasably securing together adjacent ends of grooved end pipe and forming a fluid-tight seal therebetween. The coupler includes a pair of arcuate segments, each segment having a generally inverted U-shaped cross-section so as to define a pair of depending leg portions and an outer spanning wall extending therebetween, each of the coupling segments further defining first and second end portions. The first end portions of each arcuate segment are joined together in a pivotal connection. A closure including a bail pivotally mounted on a release/locking lever, an attachment hook and a pair of abutment surfaces is provided at the second end portions of the arcuate segments for releasably joining and securing together the second end portions of the segments about the sealing gasket and adjacent pipe ends with the leg portions of the segments projecting into the grooves therein.

Abstract: A tube coupling apparatus comprises an essentially cylindrical housing (11), for a tube coupling for connecting smooth ended tubes (16, 17), in particular, for axially strong connections with a gap (12), a one-piece molded tongue (7), bridging the gap (12), tightening straps (9, 9?) arranged to both sides of the gap (12) to accommodate closing bolts (12, 13) arranged parallel to the axis and tightening nuts (14) connected thereto, for radial tightening of the tube coupling. The housing (11) is made from flat strip material (1) and the tightening straps (9, 9?) are connected in one piece to the housing (11).

Abstract: Tube connection (1) for pullout-resistant connection of an insertion end (2) of a tube (3) to a connection sleeve (4), with a retention ring (18) encompassing the insertion end (2) at the circumference and is disposed in an inner groove (12) of the connection sleeve (4), wherein the insertion end (2) projects beyond the retention ring (18) by an excess length (25) in the insertion direction of the tube, and a sealing ring (34), preferably a lip sealing ring (35), which circumferentially encompasses the insertion end (2) is disposed in a ring groove (33), adjacent to the ring groove (12) and at a distance from it in the insertion direction of the tube end, and the connection sleeve (4) has a slit-shaped wall cutout (13) that allows radial insertion of the retention ring, over a partial region of the circumference of the sleeve section (11) that has the inner groove (12), wherein the wall cutout (13) extends over a cross-section sector whose inner angle is less than 180°.

Abstract: Provided is a millimeter-wave band frequency optical oscillator that can be used as an oscillation frequency signal source for a millimeter-wave forwarded to wireless subscribers from a base station of a millimeter-wave wireless subscriber communication system for a next generation (e.g., fifth generation) ultra-high speed wireless internet service. A pair of an optical fiber amplifier and an optical fiber grating mirror is connected to each of input/output ports of a loop mirror in parallel, so that a dual mode laser resonator is formed which can make simultaneous oscillation in two laser modes suitable for each wavelength. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain a light source that is modulated to a ultra-high frequency (over 60 GHz) by a beat phenomenon between the two laser modes.

Abstract: A spiral wound seal for effecting a seal between two surfaces. The seal consists of a strip of gasket material wound into a groove machined into one of the surfaces. The gasket strip is wider than the groove is deep such that a portion of the gasket material protrudes from the groove. The seal is effected by clamping the second surface onto the first surface and thereby compressing the protruding gasket material.

Abstract: A tubular connector sleeve has a radially outwardly projecting inwardly open groove formed at one end which is defined by a radially outwardly projecting wall and a radially inwardly projecting flange at the end of the sleeve. A portion of the flange is cut away to provide access to the groove. A connector tube has a radially outwardly projecting flange at one end and the outside diameter of this flange is generally equal to the inside diameter of the connector sleeve so that the flange on the connector tube can extend inside the connector sleeve. A spiral lock ring is wound through the opening in the sleeve flange until the entire spiral lock ring is in the groove.