Abstract: An integral outwardly extending transverse annular flange is formed on one or both extremities of a previously formed cylinder, circumferentially spaced circular openings are then punched in the one or both flanges. An adjustable expansible and freely rotary mandrel, adapted to grasp tightly the internal wall of the cylinder, is mounted adjacent to one end of a movable support which is pivotally mounted and movable relative to the base from a horizontal to a vertical position. A pair of cylindrical forming or tooling rolls on parallel vertical axes are mounted on the base. The axes of the inner roll, adjacent to the pivotal joint is fixed, while the axis of the outer roll is movable and operable under high pressure to clamp a small portion of the periphery of the lower extremity of the cylinder between the rolls, corresponding to the width of the flange.

Abstract: A hanger support for small articles of merchandise, which support is adapted for detachable mounting at any point along the length of a slat forming a component of a slotted wall merchandise display panel having horizontal grooves between adjacent slats. The support assembly is formed by a main plate, to the front face of which is affixed a cantilever bar from which the merchandise items are suspended. An integral offset retaining flange is bent from the upper end of the plate for entry within the desired portion of the groove above the selected slat. A secondary offset retaining flange is provided on an auxiliary plate which is vertically slideable on the main plate and which encompasses the rear face of the latter and is bent over the lateral edges of the main plate to provide reliable guide tracks for the relative movements between the plates, between their nested and extended positions.

Abstract: A sheet handling machine or stacker, designed to stack sheets in such manner as to avoid tumbling or other movement resulting in possible scratching or other surface marring. Our invention is especially applicable to sheets having a relatively soft surface such as plastic-coated sheet metal, highly polished stainless steel or the like, synthetic plastic such as "vinyl," paper-covered stainless steel, etc. Our invention contemplates a machine comprising a receiver having a lateral opening designed to receive a portion of a sheet. In operation, the receiver is moved through a predetermined trajectory. In its first position the receiver seats a portion of a sheet as from a conveyor, aligns it with a stack of similar sheets and then discharges it from a position above a stack of such sheets, allowing it to drop by gravity onto the stack through a free air cushion between sheet and stack, whereby the sheet is prevented from tumbling or otherwise falling haphazardly.

Abstract: Support Panel for cantilever hangers or the like for use especially in a retail store for display of small items of merchandise. Display equipment of this general character has been known and used in self-service stores, where a customer selects an item from an open display on cantilever arms detachably mounted on a vertically disposed "pegboard." In the past such panels have usually been formed of wood, plywood or the like, possibly secured to a baseboard of stiff material such as sheet steel to provide necessary strength and rigidity. The present invention contemplates a composite panel comprising a plurality of narrow slatlike plates of sheet metal, plastic or other suitable material mounted in parallel horizontal relation.

Abstract: In the production of metal- and other strip materials in continuous lengths and in several operations or processing facilities, such strip is wound into coils of finite length after each operation, then transported to the next operation and again welded into one continuous web, coil after coil.In order to avoid this wasteful practice a method and apparatus is disclosed which consists in feeding said strip emerging from one operation, without cutting it, directly into a variable capacity accumulator and feeding it out again from said accumulator into the apparatus of the following operation at the speed that such operation requires.

Abstract: An improvement on my U.S. Pat. No. 4,389,079, granted June 21, 1983, for a DRAWER SLIDE ASSEMBLY applicable to case goods generally, such as chests, desks, dressers, tables and other household furniture having a drawer. My invention is applicable to case goods formed of wood, metal, etc. My improved slide comprises a pair of interengaging male and female channel-like members that may conveniently be metal stampings, one affixed to the bottom of a drawer cavity while the other is attached to the drawer bottom and designed to ride in the first mentioned channel member. The male channel has affixed to its leading or rear end a slide or guide block preferably molded of synthetic plastic having a low coefficient of friction, serving to introduce the channel by which it is carried into the other channel and also serving as a low friction bearing for smooth sliding movement of the drawer.

Abstract: A cornice designed especially for illuminating a wall of a retail store or the like, of knockdown construction for quick and easy erection and demounting. This invention is an improvement over that disclosed and claimed in my U.S. Pat. No. 4,251,855 issued Feb. 17, 1981. Like my patented invention, units in the instant case are tailored to fit a specific installation with a minimum of on site labor and little or no material waste. A major improvement in this case comprises means facilitating multiplying the vertical dimension of a cornice embodying my invention. This is accomplished by nesting together, in upper/lower relation, a pair of similar cornice units, as by interengaging marginal flanges at the upper and lower edges of the respective units. Accidental displacement may be insured against by such means as resilient tangs or prongs on one unit bearing yieldingly against an adjacent face of the mating unit.

Abstract: In the production of metal- and other strip materials in continuous lengths and in several operations or processing facilities, such strip is wound into coils of finite length after each operation, then transported to the next operation and again welded into one continuous web, coil after coil.In order to avoid this wasteful practice a method and apparatus is disclosed which consists in feeding said strip emerging from one operation, without cutting it, directly into a variable capacity accumulator and feeding it out again from said accumulator into the apparatus of the following operation at the speed that such operation requires.

Abstract: A high capacity single coil strip accumulator for transient storage of longitudinally advancing metallic or other strip material usually supplied in coils which must be welded end-to-end to form a continuous web which is to be fed at uninterrupted speed to downstream processing equipment, e.g., annealing.The single revolving accumulator coil is characterized by a variable number of convolutions and variable inner and outer diameters, with provision for continuously paying out of strip from its outer convolution, while intermittently adding new strip to its inner convolution. An independently rotatable cage with an axially locatable uncoiler for paying-off strip from a supply coil to said inner convolution has affixed thereto a joining device such as a butt welder, in the path of the strip from the uncoiler to the inner convolution.

Abstract: A variable capacity strip accumulator for steel strip travelling continuously from upstream reels of supply to a downstream treating or processing station, said accumulator having adjacent spiral coils rotatable on a common axis for accumulating a supply of the strip for continuous feeding cut of the accumulator despite a temporary stoppage of supply. In the execution of this objective, the convolutions of the two coaxial spiral coils of opposite hand are connected together by a transition curve into one continuous web. Strip guides for said curve first slightly twist the strip in the same direction as its first spiral to an extent of approximately 90.degree., while withdrawing it from the interior of the latter in the direction away from said coils and without substantially departing from its radius of curvature, crossing the axis at the farthest point. Continuing at the same curvature and rate of twist of 90.degree.

Abstract: A holder of molded plastic material for retaining a coin or medallion in centrally spaced relation from the walls of a square perimetric frame by means of four equally spaced slightly curved resilient projections extending inwardly from the walls. The projections are molded integrally with the walls of rectangular section, and are of the same height as the latter. The thickness of the projections diminish from their junctions with the walls, and the rectangular cross-sections thereof diminish correspondingly towards their ends. The resulting flexibility of the projections makes possible the pressing thereof against the periphery of a small coin or medallion. The lengths of the projections may be varied so that when they are short, the outer ends thereof are pressed against the peripheral wall of a coin at uniformly displaced points. A holder with longer projections permits the retention of a coin of smaller size by the yieldable convex edges of the projections against spaced points of the periphery.

Abstract: A framed garment bag with flexible walls having exterior suspension means at the top thereof and a jointed clamp formed of a pair of pivoted channels disposed in a substantially vertical plane on the interior thereof. The upper channel of the clamp which is fixed to the underside of the top, and the lower channel which is pivoted to the rear end of the former, are fitted with contiguous edges of yieldable material which effect a tight retention of the hooks of the garment hangers disposed therebetween when the channels are clamped together in a plane parallel to the top of the frame of the bag. The upper edge of the yieldable material in the lower channel is serrated or roughened to enhance this retention as well as to provide an impediment to the movement of hooks of the hangers when the lower channel lowered to a limited extent is an inclined position for loading or unloading.

Abstract: A paving mixture containing black asphalt which is changed to a color other than black by the addition of a limited amount of a coloring agent to the mixture, such as ferric oxide, to impart a permanent, distinctive color to the pavement without sacrificing any of the wearing qualities thereof. At the same time, the cost of the pavement is maintained within practical economic limits so that it may be used in the production of paved areas of limited extent, such as tennis courts, playgrounds, running tracks, parking lots, airport runways, etc. When the mixture is laid down in depths of one-fourth inch to twelve inches, the increased cost of the pavement is made up in a reasonably short period of time by the elimination of the need for painting the conventional black surface repeatedly, especially when the latter is subjected to extensive use and wear.

Abstract: The production of a continuously advancing steel strip with a protective metal coating on only one face thereof by electrolytically depositing a thin primary coating of metal from an ionized metal salt bath onto said face, which is followed by a cleansing and drying thereof. Thereafter a predetermined quantity of coating metal in minute particulate form is deposited uniformly onto the coated face and is heated in a non-oxidizing atmosphere to fuse the particulate metal particles onto the thin primary coating followed by the sudden cooling thereof, while preventing the oxidation of the uncoated face during the fusing and cooling-off stages.

Abstract: A container of molded plastic material for storing, shipping or displaying precious gems, coins or other small valuable articles which require special handling. The container is comprised of three separate components,--a base providing a seat or storage receptacle for one or more of the articles, a rockable cover therefor, and a latch for locking the cover in its closed position. The cover may be fused to the base in the latter position if an additional factor of safety is desired to prevent tampering with the articles in the course of transit. A portion of the base may be used for bearing indicia and advertising matter relevant to the articles.

Abstract: A self-propelled gas engine-operated lawn mower adapted to be controlled by a remotely positioned operator holding a radio transmitter, which is capable of transmitting radio signals of differentiating characteristics. A radio receiver mounted on the lawn mower controls servomotors, which in turn operate microswitches and relays assembled therewith to selectively energize a plurality of reversible electric motors which are coupled mechanically with the steering wheel, traction wheels and the transmission between the latter and the main driving shaft of the engine. These motors control the steering, the speed of propulsion of the mower in both forward and reverse directions and the engagement and disengagement of the drive to the traction wheels to start and stop the mower at the will of the operator. The stopping of the mower is also enforced in the event the operator is incapacitated and unable to exert his will, thereby imposing a "dead-man's control" to stop the travel of the mower in such a contingency.

Abstract: A framed garment bag with flexible walls having exterior suspension means at the top thereof and a jointed clamp disposed in a substantially vertical plane on the interior thereof. The upper jaw of the clamp which is fixed to the underside of the top and the lower jaw which is pivoted to the rear end of the former are fitted with contiguous edges of yieldable material which effect a tight retention of the hooks of the garment hangers disposed therebetween when the jaws are clamped together in a plane parallel to the top of the frame of the bag. When the jointed clamp is open for loading or unloading the garment hangers, the controlled limited downward inclination of the lower jaw provides a convenient frictional guide for the hangers preparatory to their lifting into juxtaposition to the fixed upper jaw by the movement of a clasp of high mechanical efficiency, which movement terminates in a secure clamping between the jaws.