Abstract: A socket wrench which includes a body, a plurality of socket members telescopically assembled into the body, the socket members being movable in an upward or downward direction, an adjustment member mounted onto the body for adjusting the up-down movement of the socket members, and a ratchet member for controlling the rotational direction of the socket members relative to the body, whereby rapid selection of one of the socket members depending on the size of a specific bolt or nut can be obtained merely by controlling the adjustment member.

Abstract: A method of making an intermediate bulk container having zones (12) for the attachment of lifting loops (20) from a fabric (10) having eight such zones with lifting loops attached to the zones comprises attaching the opposite selvedges (14, 16) of the fabric together and then attaching the base (26) to complete the bag. The zones (12) are arranged in four pairs with a zone (12a) of one of the pairs being adjacent to one of the fabric selvedges (14). The side seam (24) of the bag so made is thus spaced from its adjacent corner. This means that all four lifting loops can be attached to the fabric while it is still in the flat state since no lifting loop has to cross the seam in the finished IBC>. This form of construction lends itself to automatic stitching processes and radically increases speed of production.

Abstract: A hard metal cutting blade comprises a blade body having front and rear faces. The blade body is meant for engagement to a tool head and for rotation about a rotation axis. The blade is moved in a feed direction for the fine machining of bores that extend parallel to the rotation axis. The front face of the blade includes a recessed chip face which defines a cutting edge that has a main blade that is followed by a secondary blade. The main blade is divided into two regions, a first region that is almost flush or slightly inclined with respect to the secondary blade, and a second region which inclines at a greater angle and is spaced further from the secondary blade. An abrasion-resistant hard material coats the blade body. This material is ground away from the chip face, at least in the area of the secondary blade, to provide a radius of no more than 5 .mu.m for the edge of the secondary blade.

Abstract: A method of cutting facets on a gemstone to form a pentagonal shaped gem product such that the cut facets produce a five-legged star to appear beneath the gem table. The gem product produced by this method comprises a pavilion having thirty facets and fifty edges, a crown having twenty-one facets and thirty-five facets, and a five sided girdle.

Abstract: The slide 14 carries a support 18 for a plurality of tools, which is secured to a sleeve 34 rotatable and axially slidable on a body 38. The slide 14 carries a series of hydrostatic bearings 36, 39 and 87 to guide rotatably the sleeve 34 and axially the body 38. The sleeve 34 is antulrly tied to the body 38 through a normally closed front clutch 42, 43, which is opened by axially displacing the sleeve 34 with respect to the body 38, through a hydraulic device 44, 47. A reversible electric motor 52 is operated for rotating the sleeve 34 to select the tool, and may be numerically controlled for continuously displacing the tool during a working operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for making display boxes having windows made of substantially rigid plastic material. The boxes comprise substantially rigid opaque material, such as paperboard, in combination with substantially rigid plastic material. The substantially rigid plastic material includes at least one fold line or groove which cooperates with a fold line in the opaque material when the box is set up. The present invention provides a method and means for making such boxes in a single machine from a supply of blanks of the opaque material and a roll of ungrooved plastic material. The machine comprises means for feeding of the opaque blanks, feeding of a length of the plastic material, means for least one groove in the length of plastic material, means for forming at cutting the grooved plastic material into sheets, and means for juxtaposing and joining the blanks of opaque material and the cut plastic sheets of material.

Abstract: Apparatus for reforming an end wall of a container comprises a pair of cooperating pads 10, 11 cooperable to clamp the wall firmly on a central axis of the pads and wall, and a cluster of work rolls 12 arranged around the pads so that when a clamped wall is entered into the profiled rolls 12 relative rotation as between the rolls 12 and protruding edge of the wall 1 brings about progressive deformation of the periphery of the wall.The apparatus may be modified to form a peripheral curl on a can end or tighten the folds of a can bottom integral with a drawn side wall.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a master for projection screens, according to which a pattern of parallel rectilinear grooves and ribs is formed on one side of a plate of machinable material by a slotting operation performed by means of a profile chisel. The grooves (33) are formed in several different tooling steps, with several grooves being tooled simultaneously. The profile chisel is of multiple construction and is composed of three subchisels, i.e. a precutting chisel, a cutting chisel (13) and a finishing chisel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for making and transferring shells for cans within a ram press. The shells are formed in a two-step operation in which shell preforms are formed at a first station within the press and then transferred to second station where they are formed into completed shells. The first station includes first and second rows of tooling sets with the tooling sets of the first row being located in alternating transverse positions relative to the tooling sets of the second row. Similarly, the second station includes third and fourth rows of tooling sets in which the tooling set of the third row are located in alternating transverse positions relative to the tooling sets of the fourth row, and the tooling sets of the third and fourth rows are located for receiving the shell preforms from the tooling sets of the second and first rows, respectively.

Abstract: Apparatus for removing meat from the drumsticks of poultry, such as turkeys and chickens, utilizes aligned, tandem cylinders, the first of which urges the second along a guided path, the second carrying a centering cone pusher thereon for receiving the meat end of the drumstick axially thereinto. Transversely moving gates engage the drumstick about the hock knuckle end and the centering cone, upon moving forward under the force exerted by the first cylinder against the second cylinder, pushes the hock knuckle end through and past the closed gates. This places extreme tension on the tendons between the gates and where they are attached to the hock knuckle, causing the tendons to break while the meat is formed into a gatered mass in and adjacent the centering cone. The gates are withdrawn and the second cylinder is activated, causing a rod to project axially through the meat mass and against the meat end of the bone, urging the bone through a guide passageway and normally expelling it from the apparatus.

Abstract: An apparatus for automatically processing an animal carcass (8). Suspension means (122, 123) suspends the carcass (8) in an inverted position with the spine inclined upwardly towards the neck (11) with the spine located beneath the carcass (8) and so that the diaphragm (119) is approximately vertical. A cutting assembly (130) moves into the abdominal cavity adjacent to the diaphragm (119), and a cutting means (28) cuts the diaphragm (119) around the periphery. A brisket shearing means (21) cuts the brisket (20) with a shearing action along the brisket (20) from the abdomen and towards the neck end of the brisket (20). The reaction member (188) is pivotally movable relative to the brisket (20) about a rear end to generally follow the contours of the brisket (20).

Abstract: A plastic wrench consitsint of a handle (2) and a gripping head (3,4), having a polygonal opening (5,6) in which there is embedded an open metal insert (10,11), likewise polygonal, and the walls of which form gripping jaws, wherein the walls (12,13,14,15) of the insert (10,11) forming the jaw are parallel and protrude slightly from the lateral faces (16-19) of the openings (5,6) of each gripping head (3,4), whereim the metal insert (10,11) is made from a hard, flexible and resilient metal having a coefficient of hardness of between 45 and 50 HRC, and wherein, in the region of the jaws (12-15), the thickness E2 of the insert (10,11) is between 0.5 and 0.7 times the thickness E1 of the gripping head (3,4).

Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing can bodies, wherein blanks are laterally centered after removal from a magazine, are engaged in the center of their rear edge and are transported into a shaping station in which initially the center section of the blank is bent into its final shape. While doing this, a central force and friction lock is produced between a transporting means and the deformed blank to realize reliable guidance of the already partially bent blank. To further transport the blank, it is contacted at its rear edge in the already completely bent region by two lateral transporting devices and is advanced to a seam forming station, while the opposite longitudinal edges of the blank are brought to an adjoining relationship.

Abstract: A thread cutting insert comprises a block having along one edge thereof a plurality of teeth for successively cutting a thread in a workpiece. The teeth are of successively increasing heights from a first to a last of the teeth. The first tooth has a smoothly convexly curved cutting edge, and the remaining teeth have a multi-sided cutting edge defined by three sides of a trapezoid.

Abstract: A device for holding a lock key firmly while inserting the key in a lock on a building, automobile, filing cabinet or other. The purpose of the tool is to impart torque simultaneous with a rocking motion to the key. This causes marks to be made on the key by the lock pins or wafers and shows the locksmith where to file the key to make it open the lock. This procedure is well known to those in the locksmith's trade, and is called impressioning.

Abstract: A tilting system for centrifugal finishing machines which include a finishing chamber or tub in which parts or work pieces are treated and which is pivoted about a horizontal axis for tilting to remove the parts comprising a hydro-mechanical system which permits free movement from an upright to a tilted position and retards movement from a tilted position to an upright position. The hydro-mechanical system preferably includes a hydraulic linear actuator which has a piston rod with pistons at each end and is connected by a rack and pinion arrangement to the tub. A line extends from one end of the actuator to the other and a one way flow control valve is provided in the line. The tilting motion may be applied manually or by power.

Abstract: In a spiral tube winder, the plies going to the winding mechanism are monitored to make sure that no ply is broken. If any ply breaks, the machine is stopped so that the broken ply does not become entangled in the apparatus, especially in the glue applying portion of the apparatus. The ply break detection system is automatically activated for each ply lane that is in use so that plies can be added while the machine is in operation, with the result that the ply break protection for each such added ply comes on automatically after that ply has been added.

Abstract: A multipurpose template for folding oversized variable linear dimensioned documents, prints or plans adapted to fit over a vertical support surface, such as a room or closet door, which provides two perpendicularly oriented alignment elements fixedly secured to a planar folding surface. The alignment elements display fold line locating indices and sets of graphic pattern folding instructions for folding said oversized documents to a size suitable for mailing or storage with the resulting folded document displaying the legend or title block on the upward facing plate or segment of the folded document. The template also provides a surface for temporary writing with erasable marker, a screen for viewing projected images, and a guide for cutting and trimming such oversized documents.

Abstract: A hydraulic blasting apparatus has an abrasive storage tank disposed operatively between an abrasive recovery tank and a hydraulic pressurized tank. The abrasive storage tank is provided with a first valve openable from the inside of the storage tank to the atmospheric pressure, and also with a second valve to open the connection between the storage tank and the recovery tank and with a third valve to open the connection between the storage tank and the pressurized tank. The pressure in the abrasive storage tank will become the same as the atmospheric pressure by opening the first valve. Next the first and second valve are closed, and after that the third valve is opened so as to drop the abrasive only into the pressurized abrasive tank for a recycle use.

Abstract: A rotary brake resurfacer includes a first electric motor, a geared motor speed reducer operatively associated with the first motor for outputting a reduced rotational speed and a driven shaft mounted for rotation at the reduced output speed of the speed reducer. A brake rotor to be resurfaced is mounted on the driven shaft. A second electric motor is provided and a grinder shaft is mounted for being rotated by the second electric motor. First and second grinding stones are rotatably mounted in spaced-apart relation on the grinder shaft and the griding stones are moved into contact with the braking surface of the rotating brake rotor for resurfacing the braking surface of the brake rotor. The method according to the invention includes the steps of rotating a brake rotor, rotating at least one grinding stone and engaging the rotating grinding stone with the braking surface of the rotating brake rotor for resurfacing the braking surface of the brake rotor.