Abstract: For producing an all-metal spring cushion, a knitted piece knitted from spring wire is wound in a winding sleeve (14). In the winding sleeve (14), the end of the knitted piece is fixed to the knitted roll (76) by micro-welding. In a pressing station (22), the winding sleeve (14) is flush and aligned in front of a pressing sleeve (148) of the same inner diameter. The knitted roll is pushed into the pressing sleeve (148) by a press die (162) and compressed therein to form a spring cushion. Then, the spring cushion is ejected from the pressing sleeve.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the fabrication of wire anodes for electrolytic capacitors, the wires being obtained by the compacting of a wire, made of anodizable material, in the cavity of a compression sleeve under the effect of a piston, the wire going through the piston from one side to the other along the axis to its movement and through the sleeve by passing into its cavity. Also disclosed is a device for the implementation of the method.

Abstract: The invention refers to a method and a device for the manufacture of flexible tubular bodies in which one or more profiled strands are deformed spirally in a permanent manner before proceeding to winding it or them spirally in order to form a cylindrical carcass, by making the profiled strand pass over two pulleys in succession.The profiled strand is wound on the flat round each of the pulleys, the axes of the two pulleys being angularly offset so as to cause a permanent twist in the length of profiled strand situated between the said two pulleys.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing a soap pad comprising winding metallic wool into a roll form, applying a soap solution internally to the roll form to cause the solution to adhere to the metallic wool, separating the metallic wool roll from the spindle and press forming the metallic wool into a desired shape.

Abstract: The invention relates to the shaping of coils in the form of helically wound bare wires, particularly for use in "smooth top" cookers. In so-called "smooth top" cookers an unprotected helically coiled wire is secured in an electrically and thermally insulative base to transmit heat primarily by radiation through a smooth top, normally of glass ceramic. The coils used in such cookers are normally very springy and require careful securement if they are not to free themselves during the life of the cooker. According to the present invention, the stresses which cause this springy resilience can be relieved by holding a coil in a groove of the desired configuration and heating it, normally to the annealing temperature of the material of the coil. The subsequently cooled coil will then hold its shape and not tend to straighten and can be more easily held in place in the cooker.

Abstract: A pad for treating surfaces such as floors or the like which includes a plate member of rigid material which is wrapped with a continuous ribbon of stainless steel which is relatively thin and narrow, the wraps extending in a circular manner successively over and under the plate member, successively and alternately, in random directions to build up a soft, cushiony mass of the stainless steel strip to a thickness such that the wound ribbon completely covers the plate member in a plurality of layers with the plate member disposed centrally within the mass to form a pad suitable for attachment to a floor-treating machine.This invention relates to an apparatus for treating surfaces and more particularly to a pad of stainless steel arranged to be mounted on a machine for treating surfaces such as floors.