Abstract: An illuminated vehicle wheel assembly having arrays of illuminated electrical elements such as light emitting diodes, which are powered by the vehicle power systems by way of a slip ring assembly associated with the bearing or bearing seal of the vehicle wheel.

Abstract: An illuminated vehicle wheel assembly having arrays of illuminated electrical elements such as light emitting diodes, which are powered by the vehicle power systems by way of a slip ring assembly associated with the bearing or bearing seal of the vehicle wheel.

Abstract: A typical product overwrap machine includes a crossfeed conveyor, a pusher bar for transferring bread products to a lifting table which moves upwardly to wrap the bread product with a sealing wrap, and the wrapped bread product is sealed by heated rollers. The present invention provides a sensor and control systems operating servomotors or AC drives so that the crossfeed conveyor is operated only when product is detected at a conveyor inlet, and the pusher bar is actuated to move the product from the crossfeed conveyor when product is detected. The control systems detect the width of a pusher bar plate and adjust the separation of flight bars in the crossfeed conveyor to match the size of the installed pusher bar plate, thereby preventing damage to the crossfeed conveyor if there is a mismatch in sizes. Other control systems may be provided to adjust both the width of the pusher bar and the separation of flight bars in the crossfeed conveyor.

Abstract: An overwrap machine for sealing packaging for a foodstuff comprises a conveyor belt, heating elements, and pluralities of modules holding rollers which contact the packaging as individual foodstuffs are conveyed by the modules. The modules, and thus the rollers, are heated by the heating elements. There are two different roller types, which are the cylindrical first rollers and the ellipsoidal second rollers. The pluralities of rollers include substantial numbers of the first rollers with fewer numbers of the second rollers interspersed therein. The ellipsoidal second rollers are effective to insure the sealing of the ends of the foodstuff being overwrapped by bearing against the unsealed ends as each foodstuff traverses the gap between opposing second rollers.