Abstract: An automatic assembling method and apparatus for a differential gear, for simplifying the structure of the apparatus and achieving positive assembling without damage to gear teeth of gears, wherein while positioning a pair of side gears R, R at predetermined positions in a differential case C, a pinion gear P and a spherical washer Q are fitted to coincide with each other at shaft insertion bores thereof so as to be inserted with an internal chuck 14 from inside of the pinion gear P (i.e., center side of the differential case), thereby the pinion gear P and the spherical washer Q are held together at respective internal surfaces. Thereafter, the pinion gear P is meshed with the side gear R at gear teeth portions thereof at an opening H of the differential case C, and the pinion gear P is moved to an assembling position while holding the side gear rotatable. A shaft S is then inserted from a shaft hole e of the differential case C, thereby assembling the differential gear.

Abstract: Steering wheel comprising a drive rim consisting of an internal polyurethane core, covered at least partially with a coating of a material with an aesthetically finer quality. The steering wheel is manufactured starting from a driving rim with a polyurethane core by means of a procedure comprising the following steps: grinding of the surface of the polyurethane core, providing a coating element of wood having plane shape and size congruent to at least one portion of the polyurethane core, applying of the coating element to the polyurethane core and respective bending of the same by means of a hot press provided with a suitable template, removing the excess part of the coating element, honing of the portion of the rim coated by the coating element, and protective varnishing of the coated rim.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a method for introducing a compensating material into a tire/wheel assembly by providing at least one self-contained batch of a compensating material having a predetermined amount of such material and being selectively transferable into a tire. The at least one batch of material remains substantially self-contained for shipping and handling. The at lest one batch is then transferred into the tire, and the tire is thereafter mounted onto a vehicle for operation or otherwise rotated wherein the at least one self-contained batch of material disperses the material within the tire upon rotation. The invention is also directed to a system for introducing a compensating material into a tire/wheel assembly, wherein a predetermined amount of a compensating material in a self-contained batch which remains substantially self-contained during handling, is introduced into a tire prior to assembly with a wheel, and thereafter disperses within the tire during rotation of the tire/wheel assembly.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a wooden roof truss having a bottom chord and at least one upper chord obliquely disposed relative to the bottom chord, with the upper chord and the bottom chord being connected by at the least one web via nail-plated joints, the method including the steps of: designing a plurality of web designs having tapered end shapes at each end thereof and being of discrete web lengths at increments between minimum and maximum web lengths, the plurality of web designs, tapered end shapes and discrete web lengths being predetermined without knowing shape, pitch and span of said wooden roof truss to be manufactured; engineering a truss design for the wooden roof truss taking into consideration the plurality of web designs and the shape, the pitch and the span of the wooden roof truss to be manufactured by selecting at least one of the plurality of web designs for the truss design; and assembling the upper and bottom chords and webs by securing joints created by the upper and bottom chords and th

Abstract: A mechanical thinning razor includes a shank, a handle, a blade, a bladeguard, a driving member and a sliding member. When pushing an external surface of the driving member toward a hollow midsection of the shank, the bevel of the driving member forces the sliding member to move longitudinally over a distance that corresponds to a width of exposed segments or non-exposed segments, thereby doubling the working life of the blade.

Abstract: A strap cutting and removing device comprising a pole having a handle end and a gripping and cutting mechanism connected to a gripping actuating means. The device is capable of holding and cutting a strap, wherein the strap remains held as the strap is severed. A method for removing straps is disclosed.

Abstract: A knife includes a blade support device slidably received in a housing for supporting a blade and having a spring limb. The spring limb includes one or more catches engaged with the blade for securing the blade to the blade support device. A button is slidably received in the housing and has one or more spring legs for disengaging the catches from the blade and for allowing the blade to be engaged into and disengaged from the blade support device without removing the blade support device from the housing. A knob may move the blade support device along the housing.

Abstract: The invention is a scissors in which the direction of blades is changeable with regard to handles. The feature is a pair of cutting implement (5A) and (5B), which is a curved intermediate portion (4) between handles (3) and a pin (6) with a constraint mechanism (13).

Abstract: Disclosed is a pair of scissors, more particularly a barber scissors, comprising two scissor halves (3 and 4) that are joined at an axis of rotation (2). Each half has a cutting blade (5 and 6) and a shank (7 and 8) with a grip. The grip of one of the scissor halves (3) has a T-shaped grip (9) with a web (13) that draws away from the shank (7), more or less perpendicularly, on the plane of the scissors and two opposite limbs (14 and 15) extending more or less in the longitudinal direction of the shank (7) on the end of the web (13) opposite to the shank (7). The T-shaped grip (9) can be dismounted (7) and can be displaced and fixed in the longitudinal direction of the shank of the first half (3). The grip of the other half (4) is fixed in the longitudinal direction of the shank (8).

Abstract: A flail head for a vegetation cutter having face-to-face cup shaped central body portions separated by a predetermined distance Symmetrically spaced pivot posts extend between the face-to-face central body portions. A fail blade is pivotably attached to each pivot post. In one embodiment of the flail head, the face-to-face body portions are identical and the pivot posts are formed by mating semi-cylindrical posts formed integrally with each of the central body portions. The flail blades and body portions are made from different plastic materials to prevent the fusion or welding of the flail blades to the posts.

Abstract: An orbital reciprocating saw comprising a housing, a motor, a spindle movably supported within said housing and having a front end adapted to support a saw blade, a reciprocating drive assembly, an orbital drive assembly connected to said spindle to selectively drive the saw blade in an orbital path, an orbital adjustment assembly connected to the orbital drive assembly to adjust the orbital path of the saw blade, and an adjustable shoe assembly. The orbital drive assembly includes an eccentric cam member removably supported on the motor drive shaft and engageable with the spindle to cause orbital movement of the saw blade upon rotation of the motor drive shaft. The orbital adjustment assembly selectively disengages the spindle from the cam member during at least a portion of the rotation of the cam member to change the orbital path of the saw blade.

Abstract: A can opener has a blade-carrying member pivotably connected to a housing and a hooked connection between the blade-carrying member and the housing that permits the blade-carrying member to be disconnected from the pivotal connection when an actuator of the can opener is moved to a release position. The can opener may be provided with a stop to prevent the disconnection and removal of the blade-carrying member unless the actuator is in the release position.

Abstract: An improved structure of a sharpener comprising an ornamental seat, a light-emitting body, a fixing seat module, a spring, a conductive cap, a push rod, a main body containing a sharpening means, and a bottom cap, wherein the fixing seat module can be replaced by a circuit board, a musical disc and a sound mask. When a pencil is inserted into a sharpening aperture provided on the main body, the push rod is elevated and the light-emitting body at the top end of the fixing seat module is lighted. When the circuit board is used to replace the fixing seat module and a pencil is inserted into the sharpening aperture, the light-emitting body on the circuit board is lighted and music is produced. If the pencil is withdrawn from the main body, there is no electrical current provided to the circuit board, and thus, the music and the light are turned off.

Abstract: A manual planing machine, has a planer shaft having at least one longitudinal slot, an elongated flat planer knife clamped in a detachable manner in the and formed as a dual-cutting mini reversible tip with at least one cutter and with a back groove extending parallel to the cutter and with a holding rib on a side of the longitudinal slot to prevent an intentional detachment from the planer shaft, the planer knife carrying only one the cutter, extending in a corrugated manner in such a way that troughs of the cutter lie on a common first straight line having the same spacing relative to the back groove as a cutter of a mini reversible tip, while its crest lie on a common second straight line which extends 0.5-1.5 mm radially above the first straight line, the planar knife carrying a contact edge which is right-tangled and is flattened relative to a back, instead of another cutter at a side located opposite from the at least one cutter for support at the radial stop of the planar shaft.

Abstract: A levelling apparatus for a laser level includes a base having a central axis and a sphere-shaped socket component mounted to the base. A sphere-shaped ball device is received in the socket component for relative movement with respect thereto. A retention mechanism is spaced radially outwardly from the central axis and includes first and second locking members in overlapping relationship to one another, thereby retaining the ball device in the socket component. In a second embodiment of the levelling apparatus, the sphere-shaped ball device is mounted to the base and the sphere-shaped socket component mounted to the ball device for relative movement with respect thereto. The retention mechanism is in registry with the central axis and includes first and second locking members in overlapping relationship to one another, thereby retaining the socket component to the ball device. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrolytic tilt sensor and a method of assembling the tilt sensor. The tilt sensor includes a metallic envelope comprising a metal container and a metal header welded to the enclosure, hermetically sealing the envelope. The envelope defines a chamber that contains an electrolytic solution and a plurality of electrodes. The electrodes extending through the header from outside of the envelope into the chamber. Each electrode is located in a separate aperture within the header and is insulated from the envelope by an insulator located between the electrode and the header. The method of assembling the tilt sensor includes the steps of placing the electrolytic solution into the container through an opening, engaging the header with the opening and welding the container and header to one another to hermetically seal the envelope.

Abstract: A process and device are disclosed for positioning devices for temporarily fixing a workpiece in any desired angular position in a three-dimensional working space of which the coordinates are known, in particular when the workpiece requires a multidimensional support A computer-controlled machine with a tool movable in the direction of all co-ordinates is used for that purpose, together with a freely movable, vertically adjustable device or supporting column mounted on a base plate and upon which the supporting device for the multidimensional support of the workpiece is positioned. Based on the tool geometry or a C.A.D. programme, a coupling or an appropriately designed measurement head of a measurement machine is fixed on the tool with respect to a calculated plane of reference for the tool and to an axis inclined in relation thereto which cuts the plane of reference.

Abstract: A retractable rule assembly includes a housing assembly and a reel rotatably mounted in the housing assembly. An elongated blade formed of a ribbon of metal having one end connected to the reel is constructed and arranged with respect to the housing assembly to extend from a position tangential to the reel outwardly through a spaced opening in the housing assembly. A coil spring formed of a ribbon of metal has a construction and arrangement between the housing assembly and the reel to rotate the reel in the housing assembly in a direction to wind up the elongated blade when extending outwardly of the housing assembly opening in a normal concavo-convex cross-sectional configuration onto the reel in an abutting volute coil formation in a flattened cross-sectional configuration. A blade holding assembly is constructed and arranged to be manually actuated to hold the blade in any position of extension outwardly of the housing assembly opening and to release the blade from any position in which it is held.

Abstract: A distance measuring device for measuring distances between two points. The distance measuring device includes a housing having a top and a bottom. A handle is coupled to the housing. A wheel is rotatably mounted to the bottom of the housing. An electronic distance calculating means calculates and displays a distance traveled by the wheel.

Abstract: A blending chamber for blending fluids used to dry particulate matter has a chamber body with a first inlet opening, a second inlet opening, a third inlet opening, an outlet opening and a blending section. The blending section is arranged in a flow direction downstream of the first, second and third inlet openings, and upstream of the outlet opening. Fluids entering the first, second and third inlet openings are blended together in the blending section before exiting through the outlet opening. The bending chamber may be used to dry sawdust in a system that does not require a dedicated heat source.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of heating or cooling a charge of a solid material are disclosed. The method includes the steps of supplying a charge of the material to form a packed bed of solids in a process vessel having one or more passageways through which a heat transfer fluid can flow, passing a heat transfer fluid through the one or more passageways and supplying a working fluid to said vessel. The method is characterized by circulating the working fluid through the bed, the circulation step including removing at least part of the working fluid from one or more sections of the vessel and then returning the working fluid to other sections of the vessel.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a cart (5) having a first vessel (10) which fits within a second vessel (90) is used to transport and store an integrated circuit substrate. The integrated circuit substrate is placed within the first vessel (10) and the door (18) of the first vessel (10) is closed and sealed against a door seal (24). The first vessel (10) is then purged with nitrogen to expel moisture and reactive gases from the interior of the first vessel (10). After purging, the first vessel (10) is then placed within the second vessel (90). The door (102) of the second vessel (90) is then closed and sealed against a door seal (104). The second vessel (90) is then purged with nitrogen to expel moisture and reactive gases from the interior of the second vessel (90). The cart (5) containing the integrated circuit substrate is then transported to the next manufacturing area. Integrated circuits and other articles may be manufacturing using the cart system of the present invention.

Abstract: A control system is provided for a pivotally actuated tracer which traces an object (e.g., a frame mount of an eyeglass frame, a lens, or a lens pattern) while the object is held in a more-vertical-than-horizontal orientation. The control system comprises a trace control element and a gravity compensation element. The trace control element applies control signals to the pivotally actuated tracer. In response, the object engager of the tracer is pivotally actuated against and along the object to be traced with a biasing force toward the object. The gravity compensation element is adapted to compensate for the effects of gravity on the object engager by causing a varying pivoting force to be exerted on the object engager. The pivoting force varies depending on the rotational orientation of the object engager to keep the biasing force substantially constant along the object. Also provided is a data acquisition system for the tracer.

Abstract: A side wing plow assembly is provided for use on a vehicle, e.g. a grader. It includes an elongated blade, an articulated forward connector assembly for connecting the inner end of the blade to the vehicle and a rear connector assembly for connecting the outer end of the blade to the vehicle rearwardly of the vehicle cab. Hydraulic cylinders tilt the blade and raise and lower the blade and a telescopic arm adjusts the angle of the blade. A shock absorbing linkage also permits the blade to bounce over an obstruction to avoid damage.

Abstract: The present invention includes a trencher assembly with a motor that directly drives a sprocket through the rotation of a shaft of the motor. The rotation of the sprocket drives both a digging chain and an auger assembly simultaneously. The ability to use a motor to directly drive the sprocket decreases the components necessary for a drive train of the trencher assembly to promote a compact design. This occurs because the sprocket is able to drive both the digging chain and auger assembly through the transfer of driving forces from the motor without any intermediate gearing, belts, rotating support structure, and the like.

Abstract: A method of operating a work machine having (i) a hydraulic drive system for driving a drive track chain, (ii) a track tensioning assembly for adjusting tension on the drive track chain, (iii) a hydraulic work implement for performing a work function, and (iv) a fluid supply circuit for providing pressurized hydraulic fluid to both the hydraulic drive system and the hydraulic work implement includes the step of advancing the pressurized hydraulic fluid from the fluid supply circuit to the work implement when the work machine is being operated in a work mode of operation. The method also includes the step of diverting the pressurized hydraulic fluid from the work implement to the drive system when the work machine is being operated in a travel mode of operation. The method further includes the step of detecting a fluid pressure increase within the drive system in response to diversion of the pressurized hydraulic fluid from the work implement to the drive system.

Abstract: A linkage connection which loosely and yet securely mounts an excavator bucket on a hydraulic excavator and facilitates enhanced positioning capability of the bucket on the excavator, particularly in confined areas. In a preferred embodiment the linkage connection includes a pair of bucket flanges which extend rearwardly from the excavator bucket, in horizontally spaced-apart relationship to each other. A pair of circular linkage openings is provided in vertically spaced-apart relationship with each other in each bucket flange, and a circular pin plate is disposed in each linkage opening. A linkage pin extends through the pin plates of each bucket flange for connection to the rotation linkage and dipper stick linkage, respectively, of a hydraulic excavator, such that the bucket is supported on the respective pin plates.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a fluid transfer device for a pressing iron, with a housing accommodating therein a pump chamber, with a pump element for varying the pump chamber volume, and with an actuating member for actuating the pump element. According to the present invention, the fluid transfer device is characterized in that the actuating member is constructed as a deformable membrane.

Abstract: The present invention provides a blacklight or ultraviolet light special effect fixture for use in emulating a shimmering or water ripple type of pattern. In one embodiment, the fixture includes a drum, a motor for rotating the drum and a frame for positioning the drum between a blacklight source and a uv treated projection surface.

Abstract: A two-dimensional display provides a virtual image of characters and figures that is produced by moving a body equipped with luminous devices and controlling the flashing position and time of each luminous device while moving the body.

Abstract: Apparatus for turning over individual boards assembled as a stack, preferably for leafing the program boards of a music box (juke box) is provided, in which boards may be rotated around mutually parallel pivot axes lying in a plane, pivoting bilaterally with the edge area of one side on mutually straight profile sections which can be moved synchronously in guides of a chassis by a drive in a straight line in both directions. The boards are provided with projections extending beyond the pivots, at which a stay fixed to the chassis engages in such a way that in each case, a diagonally supported board lying in a viewing window of the chassis is turned over to the opposite side, in which position it is supported at an approximately identical, mirror-image angle.

Abstract: A rotary driven poster, for use in advertising, informative ends and other uses that include at least a main body with presenting faces that contain the advertising or informative composition of visual reception. The poster is mounted to a support with the body connected to a device that drives it with a uniform circular movement. The poster further includes a rotation center of the main body. The rotation center is connected to the support and possesses a radial arm on which a motor-reducer is mounted. The motor-reducer has an axis that supports a wheel. A ring-shaped piece is fixed to the structure of the main body and in concentric disposition with the rotation axis whose radius is equivalent to that of the radial arm. The ring-shaped piece has the support track of the wheel. The wheel is also the rotary driving means of the main body by way of the support track.

Abstract: The floor advertising apparatus is used in a cavity formed in a flexible floor mat. In one embodiment, the floor mat has a base with fibers on its upper side with an area free of the fibers forming the cavity. In another embodiment, a solid portion surrounds the area defining the cavity. The advertising apparatus includes a top transparent layer removably held in the cavity of the floor mat by different types of magnetic arrangements, adhesive, hook and loop fasteners or mechanical fasteners. In use, an advertising medium is located below the transparent layer.

Abstract: A specially engineered, low protrusion, visually symmetric small footprint system of mounting advertising displays to vehicles, such as trucks, tractor trailers, and vans, providing upward/downward adjustability, ease of frame removal and remounting, and over-center tensioning by means of specially designed rails which are attached to the surface of the vehicle. The rails are reversibly fastened to the surface of the vehicle, and can be easily and repeatedly removed and refastened in a short time. This is effected by sinking threaded screw seats into the wall on which the sign frame is mounted, providing permanent holes into which can be repeatedly screwed into and unscrewed from, the low protrusion screws which hold the sign frame to the wall. The hardware residue, after removal of the frame, is barely visible, with a very small footprint, being simply the protruding rims of the threaded screw seats.

Abstract: A multi-sided display device comprises a plurality of panels adapted to be releasably coupled to the pole of a conventional parking meter. The device includes a first panel and a terminal panel with at least one intermediate panel therebetween. The panels are pivotally coupled together with the terminal panel selectively coupled to the first panel. At least one panel includes a resilient U-shaped bracket mounted to the interior surface thereof for releasably coupling the panels to the pole. The panels are pivotal about a vertical axis defined by the pole between a closed configuration wherein the terminal panel is secured to the first panel and an open configuration wherein the intermediate and terminal panels are pivoted away from the first panel. The exterior face of each panel includes a display compartment for retaining advertising media. A door having a window is pivotally coupled to the display compartment such that advertising media can be inserted or exchanged therein.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a recyclable molded exterior cover made of plastic with a plate holder at a back side of the cover. The exterior cover is mounted on the apparatus so as to swing between open and close positions. The exterior cover and the plate holder, which holds an information plate, are integrally molded.

Abstract: A precisely measured removable cover for reusable beverage containers. A covering of independently resilient material is precisely cut to fit a given size and shape of pot, and the material has imprinted on it a desired promotional or advertising message and/or graphics. The covering material is removably fastened with releasable closures to the outside of the pot in such a way as not to impair significantly the natural independent resiliency of the material. Thus, dents in the pot do not generally show in the covering surface because it retains its independent resiliency, even if the blow was delivered through the covering surface. Messages may be changed as often as suits the promotional and decorative needs of the owner of the pot, so the display surface is always timely and in top condition. An optional “window” permits display of interchangeable labels on the inside of the covering.

Abstract: A device for assisting a shopper includes a substantially rectangular panel having front and rear surfaces. The front surface includes a layer of dry erase material having numerous sets of indicia permanently imprinted thereon. Each set of indicia describes a select household item. Immediately adjacent each set of indicia is a blank box which may be marked with a dry erase marker to signify that the corresponding product has been deplenished. Blank spaces are interspersed among the sets of indicia allowing the user to write additional item descriptions therein. Each blank space also includes a blank box adjacent thereto. A magnetic pad is disposed on the rear surface of the pad allowing it to be conveniently displayed on a refrigerator door. A detachable clamp assembly allows the device to be attached to a shopping cart whereby the box adjacent a product is marked as it becomes deplenished and the mark is erased upon the deplenished item being purchased at the store.

Abstract: A method of providing a new cartridge chamber for the breech of a cattle stunning gun for the purpose of improving the ability of the chamber surface to resist corrosive deformation resulting from firing cartridges in the gun. The method includes machining the breech to remove the original surface and providing an insert sleeve which replaces the machined material with a harder and more resistant material. The disclosure includes the configuration of the insert and its relationship to the machined breech.

Abstract: A safety plug for the firing chamber of a firearm provides a visual indication of its presence within the firing chamber (thereby preventing accidental discharges). The safety plug is shaped similar to an ammunition cartridge commonly used in the firearm. A tab extends outwardly from the safety plug through the breech to provide visible confirmation of its presence in the firing chamber. The tab includes a luminescent element to enhance visual confirmation in low light conditions. A beveled rim is engaged by an extractor to remove the safety plug from the firing chamber without catching on a top round of ammunition loaded in the firearm's magazine. An annular lip and a collet are formed at the forward end of the safety plug for use in certain types of firearms, such as a pump-action shotgun, to prevent the safety plug from falling out of the firing chamber or jamming.

Abstract: A brace for use by a shooter to brace a gun having an elongated stock and a butt portion. The brace includes a generally upright member connected to the stock of the gun and is configured for contacting the back portion of the user's head or neck and for bracing the gun there against while the user holds the butt of the gun against the user's shoulder. A telescoping arm is pivotally connected to the stock of the firearm adjacent the butt of the gun. The arm is pivotable between a retracted position adjacent the stock and an extended, operable position above the stock. A brace pad is connected to the end of the arm, and the brace pad is spring-biased to pivot outwardly for contacting the back of the user's head or neck.

Abstract: A vegetation body in the form of sheeting is disclosed, consisting of a structural mat, in particular a looped mat which is arranged on at least one substrate, and the structural mat can be filled with a substrate material and with a plant material capable of germinating, in particular seeds, sprouts, spores or spore parts. The vegetation body in the form of sheeting according to this invention is characterized in that the structural mat is arranged on the substrate in such a way that a first side edge area of the structural mat extends over a first side edge of the substrate, and an opposite second side edge area of the substrate extends beneath a second side edge of the structural mat, so that the structural mat and the substrate overlap one another.

Abstract: A method of enhancing a growth characteristic of seed by immersing the seed in an aqueous solution including dissolved inert gas and sonicating the seed at a frequency preferably of between about 15 kHz and about 30 kHz and an energy density of between about 1 watt/cm2 and about 10 watts/cm2 for a period of between 1 minute and about 15 minutes. The sonicated seed exhibits an enhanced growth characteristic including resistance to pests and growth properties consistent with the introduction of essential nutrients. Plants grown from the treated seeds exhibit improved characteristics.

Abstract: A louver assembly is comprised of two or more louvers, each of the louvers having pivot connections at opposed ends thereof, with the pivot connections pivotally securing the louvers between opposed stiles of a shutter frame for pivoting motion of the louvers in the frame. Each louver has a connector secured to a common longitudinal side edge thereof. Each connector has a cavity with a connector rod extending thereacross and extending co-extensively to the longitudinal axis of its associated louver. Each connector rod has at least one engageable rib on an outer surface thereof. A control rod is provided with two or more transverse connecting arms each having a connecting end recess. Each end recess has a plurality of indentations formed at a predetermined location in a curved clamping inner face thereof for receiving the rib of a respective connector rod captive therein by clamping pressure of the connecting arms about the connector rod to angulate the louvers at a desired angle.

Abstract: A device is proposed for opening and closing an opening in a wall by use of a sliding door, in particular for vehicles. The sliding door is arranged so as to be slidable essentially parallel to the wall by a guide device and drivable by a linear drive which comprises a linearly constructed element and a driving element engaged therewith. The linearly constructed element of the linear drive and a slide rail belonging to the guide device on the one hand are attached to the wall, and the driving element of the linear drive and a slider belonging to the guide device and engaged with the slide rail on the other hand are attached to the sliding door. The slider is attached to the sliding door by a joint.

Abstract: The present invention is a compact door coordinator which includes a relatively narrow housing having mounted therein and extending therefrom a lead control lever and a longer trailing control lever. Both control levers are spring biased to extend from the housing when the doors are open. A relatively simple linkage extends from the lead control lever to the trailing control lever for retaining the ladder in its extended position until the lead door contacts the lead control lever. At that point, the lead control lever is pushed into the housing and rotated against the force of a torsion spring, causing the linkage to move and thereby rotating a cam which then releases the trailing control lever allowing the trailing door to push the trailing control lever into the housing to complete the closing process.

Abstract: A mechanism for self-latching access doors of a safety cabinet following sequential self-closing of the doors. Latching takes place between the doors and at a top and bottom frame of the cabinet. A latching arm and two actuating arms extend from a bellcrank which is biased toward a latched position. An interference bar prevents rotation of the bellcrank to the latched position when the doors are open. Upon sequential self-closing of the doors an actuating means slides the interference bar to a position of non-interference with the bellcrank which enables the self-latching action to take place.

Abstract: A partition system includes a freestanding partition system having a pocket-defining partition, and a pocket door slidably supported on the partition system for movement into and out of the pocket. The door includes a door frame having a bottom section defining a cavity that opens downwardly, and a stiff plate-shaped light seal is operably positioned in the cavity for vertical movement by gravity between different positions as the light seal engages and rides along a floor surface. The door includes an adjustable door frame having a rectangular shape with generally square corners and straight sides, but a trailing stile of the door frame is longitudinally adjustable such that, when adjusted, the rectangular shape changes to an orthogonal shape where at least one of the sides of the door frame is angularly distorted from the rectangular shape. This allows the door frame to be adjusted to better fit a door opening.

Abstract: A method is provided for fitting a slideway, particularly a reinforced slideway, to a door of a motor vehicle exhibiting a doorframe, as well as a fixed glass and a moving glass which are separated by a fixed post.

Abstract: A front door weather strip is annular as a whole, and has one mold molding section fixed to the corner section which is the rear side upper section of a door frame, and one extrusion molding section. The extrusion molding section includes a base section and a hollow sealing section. A seal lip is integral with the part of the extrusion molding section which corresponds to the upper section of the door frame. The length of the seal lip is gradually changed at a front upper corner part. During extrusion molding, the part of the extrusion molding section which corresponds to a front lower corner part is formed as follows: That is, the sealing section is larger in height than the other part. At least the part of the extrusion molding section which corresponds to the lower section is smaller in wall thickness of the vehicle outside base end part of the sealing section than the part which corresponds to the upper section.