Abstract: A Tray and Trellis System includes vertical posts or legs, longitudinal members, and cross members. Combs include tines fixed at one end to longitudinal members on one side, and releasably engaged at their other end to other longitudinal members on the other side. Further combs include tines fixed to a cross member at one end, and releasably engaged to another cross member at the other end. There may be intermediate cross members having tines fixed to them and other tines releasably engaged to them. Fixation of the tines may be by clips, rings, welding, bonding, fastening, or by molding as a single piece. The releasably engaged ends of the tines may be engaged with snap-fit slot features in the longitudinal members, the cross members, or the clips or rings, or may be engaged with open grommets inserted into openings in the longitudinal members or cross members.

Abstract: A Tray and Trellis System includes vertical posts or legs, longitudinal members, and cross members. Combs include tines fixed at one end to longitudinal members on one side, and releasably engaged at their other end to other longitudinal members on the other side. Further combs include tines fixed to a cross member at one end, and releasably engaged to another cross member at the other end. There may be intermediate cross members having tines fixed to them and other tines releasably engaged to them. Fixation of the tines may be by clips, rings, welding, bonding, fastening, or by molding as a single piece. The releasably engaged ends of the tines may be engaged with snap-fit slot features in the longitudinal members, the cross members, or the clips or rings, or may be engaged with open grommets inserted into openings in the longitudinal members or cross members.

Abstract: An automated farm includes a cloning room and an environmentally controlled nursery with a storage and retrieval system, child storage racks, and child conveyor trays. The automated farm has environmentally controlled grow rooms, environmentally controlled lighted and unlighted flower rooms, a trimming or pruning room, and a harvest room. The automated farm includes specialized parent plant pots with training devices, and tray and trellis systems with rotation plant holders and removable trellis combs. Plant tending robots are configured to clone, trim, prune, harvest, and maintain plants. The automated farm includes a transport mechanism configured to transport the child conveyor trays, the parent plant pots, and the tray and trellis systems between the cloning room, the nursery, the grow rooms, the flower rooms, the trimming or pruning room, and/or the harvest room. The automated farm also includes a farm control and data management system.

Abstract: A mounting device that enables a contemporary audio/video accessory to be installed in the dashboard of an older model vehicle includes a flange, at least one wall, and a plurality of shoulders. The flange has a rearward-facing surface and an opposite engagement surface configured to engage the dashboard along the perimeter of the opening and to face in the frontward direction. The flange has an inner rim defining an entrance of the channel that is sized to receive the audio/video accessory. At least one wall extends from the engagement surface of the flange, and is sized to be received in the dashboard opening. The shoulders extend in an inward direction from the at least one wall. The shoulders have respective abutment surfaces facing the engagement surface of the flange. The abutment surfaces engage the outer portion of the audio/video accessory when the accessory is inserted into the channel.

Abstract: A mounting device that enables a contemporary audio/video accessory to be installed in the dashboard of an older model vehicle includes a flange, at least one wall, and a plurality of shoulders. The flange has a rearward-facing surface and an opposite engagement surface configured to engage the dashboard along the perimeter of the opening and to face in the frontward direction. The flange has an inner rim defining an entrance of the channel that is sized to receive the audio/video accessory. At least one wall extends from the engagement surface of the flange, and is sized to be received in the dashboard opening. The shoulders extend in an inward direction from the at least one wall. The shoulders have respective abutment surfaces facing the engagement surface of the flange. The abutment surfaces engage the outer portion of the audio/video accessory when the accessory is inserted into the channel.

Abstract: A swaging system includes a swaging assembly, a sensor, and a controller. The swaging assembly includes a movable tool, the movable tool operate to exert force on a die. The die is configured to reduce a dimension of a work piece responsive to the exerted force, the dimension reduction having a relationship to a stroke of the movable tool. The sensor is operable to obtain information including a measurement of the reduced dimension of the work piece. The sensor is operable to generate a measurement signal representative of the obtained information. The controller is operably coupled to receive the measurement signal from the sensor, and is operable to cause adjustment the stroke of the movable tool responsive to the measurement signal.

Abstract: A swaging die assembly includes a plurality of die segments and a plurality of compressible spacing elements. Each die segment has a work surface for contacting a workpiece and is movable in a first direction. Each compressible spacing element is interposed between an adjacent pair of compressible spacing elements. Each compressible spacing element is configured to exert a separation force between the adjacent pair of compressible spacing elements. At least one of the compressible spacing elements constructed of polymeric material.

Abstract: A swaging system includes a swaging assembly, a sensor, and a controller. The swaging assembly includes a movable tool, the movable tool operate to exert force on a die. The die is configured to reduce a dimension of a work piece responsive to the exerted force, the dimension reduction having a relationship to a stroke of the movable tool. The sensor is operable to obtain information including a measurement of the reduced dimension of the work piece. The sensor is operable to generate a measurement signal representative of the obtained information. The controller is operably coupled to receive the measurement signal from the sensor, and is operable to cause adjustment the stroke of the movable tool responsive to the measurement signal.

Abstract: A swaging die assembly includes a plurality of die segments and a plurality of compressible spacing elements. Each die segment has a work surface for contacting a workpiece and is movable in a first direction. Each compressible spacing element is interposed between an adjacent pair of compressible spacing elements. Each compressible spacing element is configured to exert a separation force between the adjacent pair of compressible spacing elements. At least one of the compressible spacing elements constructed of polymeric material.