Abstract: A system and method for use in quickly and easily removing bearings or collars from shafts, without damaging the shafts, is disclosed. The system comprises a frame to which are attached a slider and breaking point members, which slider and breaking point members can be adjusted to accept bearings or collars of varying sizes, and contain them in a stable manner so that a force can be imparted to the breaking point members, thereby causing the bearing or collar to break and be removed from the shaft to which it was mounted. The system is constructed to allow replacement of the slider, breaking point members and other elements, for instance when they become worn through use.

Abstract: A machine that takes screws out of a hopper and delivers them to a screw driving station where they are driven by motor operated screw driver members to secure a hinge to a door and a jamb. Inside the hopper, a screw lifting member engages, lifts, aligns and delivers individual screws to a hopper discharge station. Pressurized air blows the screws from their respective discharge stations onto tracks, there being one track associated with each discharge station. Elongate transfer tubes positioned at the discharge end of the tracks deliver the screws to a movable head member which upon receiving a charge of screw members moves downwardly and inwardly to a fixed position screw driving station where a door and jamp are positioned. Screw driver members are brought into driving relation to associated screws by horizontally inward movement of a motor that rotates the screw driver members.

Abstract: Camshaft assemblies, methods and apparatus are provided for making camshafts by the expansion of tubular shafts into prelocated cams, journals and other elements, if desired. Features of the camshafts include trilobe or polylobe element openings, preferably splined or serrated for low energy filling and high torque capacity and High Strength Low Alloy mild steel tubular shaft material. The method emphasizes trapping, or loading, the shaft of prevent axial lengthening during expansion such as by mechanical ballizing. The apparatus includes adjustable thrust blocks and locating plungers with incorporated flush pin gages together with hydraulic or other loading means all for use in carrying out the assembly method with various benefits from the incorporated features.

Abstract: A fabricated open web steel joist is provided. The top and bottom chords of the joist are each formed of L-shaped angles, arranged in back-to-back relation; and the web is formed of a plurality of W-shaped pre-formed bar sections. Adjacent ends of each of the "W"'s are located between the opposed faces of the top chord. If the joist requires an odd number of panels, a "V" (a one-half "W") is inserted between two W's within the length of joint, usually at the centre thereof. The joist is welded, with each end and each apex of each "W" and "V" being welded to each of the chord components. The assembly of the joist includes the jig assembly and clamping of all of the components of the joist, welding only the adjacent ends of the "W"'s (and "V", if used) and the apexes of the "W"'s in the upper chord first, inverting the still clamped assembly, and welding the now upper located apexes in the bottom chord. The welding is carried out in a vertical-up manner, in each instance.

Abstract: A system for automatically distributing and supplying parts includes a parts distributing device for delivering an array of parts, and a parts supplying device for feeding the parts to a parts installing device at spaced intervals corresponding to parts installing positions. The parts supplying device has a first positioning member for receiving the delivered array of parts, a second positioning member connected to the first positioning member through flexible tubular members for spacing the parts at the spaced intervals, and a parts feed mechanism movable selectively into confronting relation to the second positioning member and the parts installing device for receiving the parts from the second positioning member and feeding the parts to the parts installing device.

Abstract: The vehicle door construction contains an inner door panel and an outer door panel with a skeleton juxtaposed by the inner and outer door panels and mounted with interior door parts.The vehicle door construction is assembled with the vehicle body by mounting the interior door parts on the skeleton and then mounting the inner door panel on the skeleton.This vehicle door construction permits a less laborious assembly of the side door and enhances serviceability.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for fastening thin plates (4, 5) overlying one another, via a fastening element formed from the material, which element is obtained by partial stamping separation and/or deforming of plate areas (10, 11) out of the plate plane via a male die (1, 21, 26) and a female die (2, 3, 23 and 31, 32) with subsequent compressing of the plate areas, wherein the plate areas (10, 11) that as the fastening element grip the stamping or deforming hole from behind are leveled into the plate plane, so that after the machining, on the outer surface of the plates that have been fastened together, no nubs remain that are noticeable from the outside.

Abstract: An elongated, cylindrical metal sleeve has a soft cylindrical, elastomer cover. A shaft is mounted through the core in a bearing slip-fitted in each end and held in place by a snap ring on one end snapped into the metal sleeve and on the other end by a circular collar having a protruding tooth or dog, which is press-fitted into the metal sleeve and slides into the keyway in the shaft. A collar is fitted on each end of the shaft to limit the amount of oscillation of the roller. The ends of the shaft are mounted on a printing press in a bearing cup or some other way.

Abstract: An automatic assembling method and apparatus for vehicles including providing a pallet with a plurality of supporting devices for supporting under-floor parts including an engine unit, at least the supporting device for supporting the engine unit among the supporting devices being movable with respect to the pallet in a horizontal plane, and moving said movable supporting means in the horizontal plane by an operating device. In this way, the under-floor parts supported by the supporting device can be mounted on the vehicle body.

Abstract: An external shell of a pump wheel of a hydrodynamic flow unit manufactured from a sheet metal pressed part has, in its outlet-side region, an integral connecting sleeve with a cylindrical centering surface and a centered fastening surface extending thereform, and wherein the connecting sleeve is formed by upsettingly deforming, with the fastening surface being given a cylindrical shape and the centering surface being machined to its required diameter after upsettingly deforming.

Abstract: A modular assembly line apparatus for automatically assembling multiple component devices, such as sprinkler units and the like, includes a central support table including upper and lower reference rails for mounting assembly fixtures and mechanisms, high and low pressure air manifolds built into the table, a conveyer for continuously moving support pallets along the table, and multiple station pallet stop and support fixtures for selectively stopping and supporting work pieces for assembly functions.

Abstract: A method of producing a rolling bearing race provided with a continuous rupture seam along at least one area of its periphery and having a seating surface and a race for rolling elements, the rolling bearing race surface being exposed before rupture along at least a portion of the intended course of the rupture seam to high-energy radiation with the local confines transerve to the intended course of the rupture seam and during rupture the surface area exposed to radiation is subjected to tensile stress by an external force, characterized in that the seating surface (2,8) of the bearing race (1,7) is exposed to the radiation and the external force is exerted as a pressure force onto the raceway surface (3,9) along an area directly opposed to the area (6,10) of the seating surface (2,8) exposed to radiation.

Abstract: A programmable or flexible fixture for holding a plurality of details comprising an assembly during assembly processes thereon comprising an elongated base supported in a predetermined position, a plurality of positioning units located at spaced locations along the base, each of the positioning units having a clamp adapted to engage the details, the positioning units being located to allow access to the details from two directions of movement of tools of assembly apparatus moving with respect to the workpiece during assembly processes thereon, a robot operatively associated with the positioning units for moving the positioning units relative to the base for accepting the various members of a family of details which all have the same configuration and differ by increments in size and for holding the details together as an assembly and holding the assembly in the proper detail location and assembly position for assembling, and an actuator for moving the clamp into and out of engagement with the details.

Abstract: A damaged binding post on a telephone wire connecting panel is replaced by a binding post having a threaded stem and a polygonal head adapted to seat freely in a hole in the panel. A retaining nut is screwed on the stem and spaced from the surface of the panel. A bridge is placed over the binding post and each of the next adjacent binding posts and a locking nut is threaded over each of the stems of the adjacent binding posts, to cause the bridge to bow and provide a bias urging the retaining nut downwardly forcing the replacement post to seat in the hole.

Abstract: A fitment inserter machine, such as a machine for inserting a spout into the top opening of a blow molded container is disclosed. A conveyor continually moves containers through the machine. A transfer arm and rotary placer removes the lowermost spout from a vertical dispenser and places the spout on a moving container. Jaws grasp the container finish while it is still moving and hold the finish while a pressing head mounted on a flying table moves downwardly to press the spout into correct alignment with the container.

Abstract: Rubber bands are removed from a bundle of envelopes by clamping a portion of the bundle to hold the bundle in a fixed position, opening a gap between two envelopes of the bundle, and inserting a pendulum-like band engaging blade into the gap. By swinging and retracting the blade, longitudinal rubber bands are pulled off the bundle. And, by pulling the bundle from the reinserted blade, lateral rubber bands are stripped off the bundle.

Abstract: Device for screwing screws through a hole of a plate into a base plate for securing insulating material, the device having a magazine with plates and a magazine with screws. The device has a screw driver which can be moved up and down. The screw driver according to the invention feeds a plate and a screw towards their mating position in line with the screw driver during the upward stroke of the screw driver.

Abstract: A device for fitting a protective boot to a shaft member particularly in a universal joint wherein an expanding device is provided for expanding the diameter of a first collar of the boot so that a shaft upon which the boot is to be mounted may be inserted into the assembly device and the boot. A stripping device cooperates with the expanding device and is axially movable relative thereto so that the stripping device will leave a receiving region of the expanding device radially freely accessible in order to engage the first collar of the boot thereon. After the shaft member has been positioned with the first collar of the boot extending thereabout, the stripping device is moved relative to the expanding device so that the collar may be slipped off the expanding device and onto a recess in the shaft upon which it is to be mounted. The invention is particularly suitable for use in automated assembly of propeller shafts.

Abstract: Method and system for the automated assembly of power train components along a plurality of interconnected, closed loops within cells of the system wherein parts and/or subassemblies of the components are assembled on the same assembly pallet on which they were robotically kitted. Along some of the loops, the assembly pallets are automatically transferred from kitting stations to assembly stations and from the assembly stations to an unload station where the components or subassemblies are robotically unloaded. The unloaded assembly pallets are then automatically transferred from the unload station to the kitting stations to repeat the assembly process. A mechanical guided vehicle system (MGVS) asynchronously conveys the assembly pallets along the closed loops which form guide tracks between the different stations. An automated guided vehicle system (AGVS) preferably transports part storage pallets to the system from a receiving area.

Abstract: A machine that takes screws out of a hopper and delivers them to a screw driving station where they are driven by motor operated screw driver members to secure a hinge to a door and a jamb. Inside the hopper, a screw lifting member engages, lifts, aligns and delivers individual screws to a hopper discharge station. Pressurized air blows the screws from their respective discharge stations onto tracks, there being one track associated with each discharge station. Elongate transfer tubes positioned at the discharge end of the tracks deliver the screws to a movable head member which upon receiving a charge of screw members moves downwardly and inwardly to a fixed position screw driving station where a door and jamb are positioned. Screw driver members are brought into driving relation to associated screws by horizontally inward movement of a motor that rotates the screw driver members.