Abstract: An apparatus is for locking a caster wheel in a steering position about a steering axis. The apparatus comprises a base member; a lever arm; and an engagement member. The lever arm is movable with respect to the base member into and between an engaged position in which the engagement member locks the caster wheel in the steering position and a disengaged position in which the caster is steerable out of the steering position.

Abstract: A shelving layout concept which allows selective configuration and reconfiguration of the orientation of certain shelving systems within the central portion of a store to create a PrimeZone area including an assembly of End Caps, Center Caps, Power Sets, Corner Boards, Hot Spots and Banner Boards, the combination of which provides a solution for enabling retailers to re-invigorate their Center Store, increase their vendor promotional revenue, and increase their in-store sales due to more favorable consumer response to greater promotional activity and the continuing change of product venues in key areas of the store layout. The concept also includes novel hardware which enables the reconfiguration of the shelving layout to accommodate vendors' desire to change display schemes.

Abstract: A main bag (3) stands independently and moves via free swiveling caster wheels 1 at four corners. A free swiveling caster wheel (1) is provided with a wheel (6), a yoke (7) connected to the wheel in a manner allowing the wheel to rotate, a radial bearing (8) with its outer ring (8B) connected to the yoke, a swivel shaft (9) connected to the inner ring (8A) of the radial bearing, and a mount (10) which holds the upper end of the swivel shaft fixed. The rotation axis (11) of the wheel is disposed with eccentricity with respect to the swivel axis (m), which is the center of rotation of the swivel shaft, allowing the yoke to swivel. The yoke and mount have a bend prevention gap (15) established between mutually opposing surfaces in close proximity. When a bending impact load acts on the swivel shaft, the yoke and mount press against each other at the bend prevention gap to support the bending impact force.

Abstract: A bag is wheeled in an upright orientation on casters 1 on its bottom of by using a grip 2. A shaft 9 is coupled to a wheel 6 by one bearing 8. The ends of the shaft 9 are secured to the yoke 7 coupled to the bag portion 3. An outer ring 8B of the bearing 8 is fitted in a fit-in groove 15 arranged at the center of the wheel 6. The outer diameter A of the shaft 9 is smaller than the inner diameter B of an inner ring 8A, and spacer pipes 17 are inserted into the inner ring 8A. Insertion portions 17B of the spacer pipes 17 with a smaller outer diameter are attached to the inner ring 8A. Stopper portions 17A with a greater outer diameter are arranged between the inner ring 8A and the yoke 7 to hold the bearing 8.

Abstract: An improved wheel assembly comprises a caster fork, a caster wheel rotatably supported by the caster fork, and a caster swivel post defining an axis about which the caster fork rotates. The caster swivel post is being adapted to rotate about a pivot axis within a cylindrical housing. Alternatively, the wheel assembly has an adjustable axle for varying the camber angle of a wheel. The wheel assembly comprises a housing and an axle supported by the housing. The axle in turn rotatably supports a wheel. The axle is adapted to rotate about a pivot axis within a cylindrical housing.

Abstract: An improved wheel assembly comprises a caster swivel post that is adapted to pivot about a pivot axis transverse to the caster swivel post. A caster fork is supported for rotation relative to the caster swivel post and rotatably supports a caster wheel. The caster swivel post is adapted selectively pivot about the pivot axis that is transverse to the caster swivel post or be held in a substantially fixed position. A setscrew can be threadable into an upper end of a pivot nut to hold the pivot nut and thus the caster swivel post in a fixed position within the housing.

Abstract: A self-orienting caster, constituted by at least one wheel, which can rotate on a shaft driven horizontally through the seat of a support provided with a vertical recess open upward and offset axially with respect to the shaft and in which a caster pivoting pivot rotates that is provided with first and second portions insertable in a seat of a furniture piece, the second portion having an end stem with reduced diameter forming a shoulder, a bush fixed axially on the stem and forming an annular groove for accommodating, without play, an elastic ring that presses by expanding against the wall of the recess.

Abstract: The necessity for spontaneously transmitting each individual wager from a remote terminal or terminals to a host computer in a computerized lottery system is completely eliminated. As a result, the total amount of data transmitted between the remote terminals and the host computer is substantially reduced. This reduces the consequent cost of transmission and enhances the number of economically viable transmission alternatives. A total number of sequential plays is conveyed from the remote terminal or terminals to the host computer. Pseudo-random wager numbers and serial numbers associated with each of the plays is reconstructed at the host computer from the total number of sequential plays. The reduced data exchange facilitates novel methods of data transfer, such as satellite packet transmission and cellular service.

Abstract: A seal for sealing an aperture in an object, through which aperture one or more elongate article(s) extend(s). The seal includes at least two pressure members; at least two seal members to seal the aperture, at least part of at least one of which is situated, in use, between the at least two pressure members; and a compression device to compress the seal members in use by moving the pressure members closer together. The seal is arranged such that each elongate article extends in between at least two seal members, the seal members being situated adjacent to each other in a lateral direction with respect to the direction in which the elongate article(s) extend(s), and being arranged to form a sealing contact with each other and with each elongate article when they are compressed by the compression device.

Abstract: A side insertion trap for cable or wire includes a base and two arms extending from the base to define an opening between the arms for permitting lateral insertion of a cable or wire between the arms. A retention member, such as one or more angled teeth, serves to inhibit motion of the wire or cable between the arms in a direction perpendicular to a lateral insertion direction.

Abstract: A connector for facilitating the connection of electrical conduit or cable to junction box, which is fashioned from a single piece of material, and features a saddle member and rolled throat that are integral parts of the connector. These integrated features simplify manufacturing and ultimate use of the disclosed connector.

Abstract: An improved snap-in connector incorporating a liner or insert for the outbound end of the snap-in connector that comprises a generally cylindrical body having an outer periphery and inbound and outbound ends is described. The insert includes at least two, preferably three and most preferably four tabs that extend outwardly from the outer periphery of the inbound end and engage cast-in recesses in the inner periphery the outbound end of the snap-in connector. Also extending outwardly from the outer periphery of the liner or insert at points between the inbound and outbound ends of the liner or insert, and radially offset from the first set of tabs, is a second set of tabs, and preferably four in number that engage the outermost outbound end surface of the snap-in connector.

Abstract: Electrically conductive sealing elements include a resilient grommet portion and an electrically conductive portion imbedded in a portion of the grommet so as to provide EMI protection and/or an electrically conductive path from a workpiece to a panel into which the grommet can be inserted.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a grommet including a cylindrical body fabried from rubber or synthetic rubber material. The body has a centrally located aperture extending therethrough and at least one radially located aperture with a slit for easily receiving a cable or the like. The grommet further includes a rigid insert secured to the body in the centrally located aperture. The insert has female threads formed therein for releasably securing a tool thereto to remove the grommet from the ballast tank without destroying the body of the grommet. The insert has a tubular member and an outwardly projecting circumferential flange formed on the tubular member. The body is formed on the tubular member wherein the flange secures the insert axially with respect to the body. Preferably, the body is fabricated from neoprene and is vulcanized to its final form.

Abstract: A grommet including a cylindrical wire fitting portion for fitting on and holding a wire harness passing therethrough, and a panel fitting portion of a substantially oval tubular shape for being elastically deformed to be fitted in a through-hole of an oval shape formed through a panel. Straight portions of an abutment flange portion of the panel fitting portion are convex to be larger in thickness than arcuate portions of the abutment flange portion.

Abstract: A grommet for sealing the interface between two vertically stacked building entrance protector and for protecting wires and/or cables traversing through openings of one building entrance protector to another. The grommet comprises a tubular body defining an axial passageway therebetween wherein cables and/or wires traverse. The tubular body has a diameter the same or smaller than the openings on the sidewall of the upper building entrance protector such that the tubular body fits within the opening. At one end of tubular body is an integral annular base having a diameter larger than the opening on the sidewall of the lower building entrance protector. Radially extending from the mid section of the tubular body towards annular base is an integral flange having a diameter larger than the annular base and having at least one circular ridge.

Abstract: A grommet is provided with an elastic grommet body, a mounting groove, a seal material and a cover portion. The grommet body has a first cylindrical portion disposed at one side, a second cylindrical portion disposed at the other end and a third cylindrical portion disposed within the first cylindrical portion. The first cylindrical portion has a maximum inner diameter larger than a maximum inner diameter of the second cylindrical portion. The third cylindrical portion projects to the one side from an inner peripheral surface of the first cylindrical portion. The inner peripheral surface of the second cylindrical portion and the inner peripheral surface of the third cylindrical portion defines a harness insertion portion in which a wire harness is inserted from one side to the other side. The inner peripheral surface of the first cylindrical portion and the outer peripheral surface of the third cylindrical portion defines an annular space for allowing the first cylindrical portion to elastically deform.

Abstract: A grommet is provided to prevent water, having entered through a fine clearance between a locking recess of the grommet and the edge of a through hole formed in a panel, from entering a first or passenger compartment. A jaw portion 3 or groove 30 is formed on or in the conical outer surface of a tapered tube portion 2 between an outer panel 6 and an inner panel 7. The jaw portion 3 or groove 30 blocks the water having entered through a clearance between a through hole 6a formed in the outer panel 6 and a locking recess 2a and trying to run toward a narrow tube portion 1 and causes it to fall down. Accordingly, the entered water falls down between the outer panel 6 and the inner panel 7 without entering the first or passenger compartment inside the inner panel 7.

Abstract: A device is positioned for passing a lengthy object through an opening in a wall to which a flat plate made of a stable material is attached. The plate has a hole that corresponds to and is aligned with the opening. A one-piece rubber sleeve that surrounds the lengthy object is provided for its moisture-proof insertion, and has a lengthwise separation which can be closed. A circumferential groove is provided on the inside of the rubber sleeve and is designed to lay against the lengthy object; this groove contains a ring-shaped insert made of a flexible material. In addition, the rubber sleeve has an outwardly open circumferential recess at one outer axial end, to seal the edge that limits the hole in the plate.

Abstract: Portions of a sound and thermic insulation mattress are modified so as to retain the water imperviousness of the mattress and its insulation characteristics when it is secured to a support. The mattress is provided with an opening therein and a foam insert arranged in the opening and provided with an orifice. The insert is held in the opening by an adhesive strip which is glued to the foam insert and the mattress.

Abstract: The larger of the two flanges in a grommet contains a tip portion that extends back toward the other tapered flange and overlies the circumferential slot between the two flanges to define a grommet having application to panels of a variety of thicknesses. The tip portion elastically bends, upon installing the grommet in a panel, responsive to force exerted by a side wall of the panel. It exerts an elastic reaction force pressing on a side of the panel. Concurrently it pulls the other tapered flange into contact with the opposed surface of the panel through elastic force exerted through the grommets midsection. This seals the flanges against the panel's sides, notwithstanding a circumferential slot width greater than the panel's thickness and notwithstanding a panel mounting hole having a greater diameter than the bottom surface of that slot. A fire resistant layer is integrally formed or applied in that outer surface of the grommet containing the larger flange.

Abstract: The waterproof rubber tap is a cylindrical waterproof rubber tap structured such that, when an electric wire is inserted through the inner peripheral portion thereof and it is inserted together with the inserted electric wire into an electric wire insertion passage formed in a connector housing, it can seal, that is, can prevent water from getting into between the electric wire and electric wire insertion passage. The waterproof rubber tap includes, on the outer periphery of the opposite end portion to the insertion side thereof, a tapered sealing annular projecting portion having an outside diameter increasing toward the opposite direction to the insertion direction thereof. The tapered sealing annular projecting portion also includes an end portion having an outside diameter greater than the inside diameter of the electric wire insertion passage.

Abstract: A grommet for securement in a suitable aperture existing in a wall. The aperture has a diameter and the grommet comprises a body having a first portion formed to be secured to a cable which has a diameter. A flexible, second portion defines a closed chamber when the grommet is fixed to the cable, the second portion having a maximum unflexed outer dimension slightly greater than the diameter of the aperture and a maximum inner dimension substantially greater than the diameter of the cable. A third portion has a diameter substantially greater than the diameter of the aperture with a planar area between the second and third portions. An aperture engaging groove is formed in the planar area, the aperture engaging groove having a diameter substantially equal to the diameter of the aperture.

Abstract: A fluid-chamber space 21 of an elastic block 20 interposed between an outer cylinder 10 and an inner cylinder 30 is partitioned into two chambers by means of an elastic wall 40, whose inner edges 44 are engaged to an engaging groove of an elastic wall mount 24, and outer edges 46 are clamped between end portions of two fluid-chamber covers 50 covering an open portion of the fluid-chamber space 21. When pressed into the outer cylinder 10 in this state, even when the elastic wall 40 deforms elastically by fluid pressure, since a contact portion with the elastic block 20 around the elastic wall 40 is moveable, the internal pressure rise is suppressed and the concentration of stress is relieved, thus low-action spring and high attenuation characteristics are obtained and durability is improved.

Abstract: The invention relates to a telescopic cover with support rollers which are mounted so as to be rotatable about a first axis which extends at right angles to the direction of travel and capable of limited pivotal movement about a second axis which extends in the direction of travel through the center of the support roller. Such a telescopic cover is distinguished by statically satisfactory mounting of the support rollers even when transverse forces occur.