New Basics, Incorporated

Dek Printing Machines, Ltd.

John De Piano

Lorrayne Yen Chu

May Mu

Philip H Parda

Mark W Smithers

Robert Treiber, Ii

Kevin P Kellar

A dispensing device for use as a hair dye applicator is provided having a manifold having a first end configured to receive liquid dye and an inside surface and an outside surface. The manifold has a conduit communicating with the inside surface and the first end which provides fluid communication between the first end and at least one orifice extending from the inside surface to the outside surface. The manifold further includes a first lip and a second lip on the outside surface with the first lip surrounding the orifice and the second lip surrounding the first lip. The manifold further includes a flexible fluid dispensing member having an inside surface and an outside surface and a plurality of apertures passing from the inside surface to the outside surface that presents the dye to the hair, the inside surface of the member contacting the outside surface of the manifold including the first and second lips such that a resilient seal is formed until the dye is forced through the orifices when the member allows the dye to pass over the first lip and through the plurality of apertures.

Hair dye applicator

A multi-rail transport system for transporting printed circuit boards along adjacent pairs of rails including first and second brake rods having parallel longitudinal axes and a plurality of brake cylinders slideably mounted on the brake rods, wherein each of the brake cylinders is adapted to be actuated between an engaged condition in which the brake cylinders are fixed in position and a disengaged condition in which the brake cylinders are free to slide along the brake rods. Also provided is a plurality of rails mounted to corresponding pairs of the brake cylinders. The system further includes first and second shuttles movably mounted adjacent to the brake rods, the shuttles being adapted to move in directions substantially parallel to the first and second longitudinal axes and to selectively engage the rails. The present invention also relates a method of adjusting rails including providing a plurality of rails along an axis of movement, each of the rails being adapted to be switched between a first condition in which the rails are fixed in position, and a second condition in which the rails are free to move, and providing a shuttle moveable along the axis of movement, the shuttle being adapted to selectively engage and disengage each of the rails. The method further includes moving the shuttle to a position adjacent to one of the rails, switching the rail to the second condition, engaging the rail with the shuttle, moving the shuttle and the rail to a new position, switching the rail to the first condition, and disengaging the rail with the shuttle. Also described is a custom extruded belt for use in the multi-rail system which includes a substantially flat surface for supporting the printed circuit boards.

Multi-rail board transport system

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Burlington, MA, United States of America

John De Piano