Abstract: A print engine chassis for supporting an imaging drum (14) and a printhead translation assembly (40) is fabricated by joining the interlocking rigid members using tab (36) and slot (38) junctions to form a sheet metal frame (12) and then coating the sheet metal frame with a plastic (39) to bond the rigid members in place. Additionally, a the rigid members may be predipped in plastic prior to joining.

Abstract: A drill-chuck jaw is made by first forming an elongated metal body with a toothed back face and a front face, then machining a longitudinally extending groove having sides and a floor in the front face, and forming inwardly projecting and longitudinally spaced retaining bumps on the groove sides. A hard-metal insert is fitted into the groove between the retaining bumps and then bonded to the body in the groove. the body is heat-treated, that is annealed, before machining the groove in it to reduce internal stresses. Then the body is cleaned and oiled to prepare it for machining and to eliminate any oxidation created by the heat treatment. After machining the body and before fitting the insert the body is deburred and cleaned again. Normally the insert is bonded to the body by soldering or brazing In order to allow the insert to seat directly on the jaw and not be held off it by the solder a channel is formed between the insert and the body in the groove.

Abstract: To adopt die cast products as parts of a vehicle body frame. A vehicle body frame is provided with an alumite treating, showing that brightness and appearance of pivot plates which are die cast products differ from those of non-die cast products, head pipes, longitudinal pipes and cross pipe. By carrying out a local coating treatment on the pivot plates, the pivot plates are provided with a color the same as that of the head pipe, the longitudinal pipes and the cross pipe. By making die cast products portions of constituent parts, the fabrication cost of the vehicle body frame can be reduced.

Abstract: A steel bar 12 is located in a mold. A plug 22 is inserted through the end of the mold to contact a recess in the end of the portion 14 of the bar and plugs 24 are inserted through the sides of the mold into grooves 20. The plugs hold the bar in position whilst carbon fiber is injected around the bar and around portions of pins 26 to fix the pins 26 in relation to the bar.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a sealing apparatus has an annular sealing lip formed of a resin material, a reinforcing ring having a bent section for nipping the peripheral; end portion of the annular sealing lip, and a sealing portion formed of a rubber-like elastic material and vulcanization formed integrally with the reinforcing ring and the annular sealing lip. Metal rings and a PTFE sealing member which are integrally assembled in such a manner that the inside surface of he peripheral portion of the metal ring is fitted to the outside surface of the peripheral portion of the metal ring to nip the sealing member having a sealing lip portion between the flange portion of the metal ring and the flange portion of the metal ring are integrally held by a rubber formed covering portion composed of an axial end portion, a peripheral fitting portion, a wall portion, a sealing lip portion, and a bonding airtight portion which are continuously formed.

Abstract: A composite timber product having a wooden core and an outer layer of thermoplastic material, preferably Linear High Density Polyethylene, encapsulating the wooden core to protect the same. The composite timber product is produced by an extrusion method involving pushing the wood core through a cross-die extruder in which the coating layer is preferably foamed.

Abstract: A basket weaving kit and method for producing a container to be decorated and used for carrying objects. The basket weaving kit and method includes a plastic cylinder. A plurality of spoke members are for coupling to the plastic cylinder. Each of the spoke members is positionable in substantially parallel spaced relationship to an adjacently positioned spoke member such that the spoke members are positioned around the plastic cylinder. A plurality of reed members are for weaving through the spoke members.

Abstract: A refrigerator door is described for a refrigerated display case. The door includes a glass unit having first and second spaced apart glass panels where the first panel has a forward facing surface and the second panel has a rearward facing surface. A spacer element extends between the first and second glass panels. The door relevant includes an external perimeter wall extending from front to back from a point adjacent the edge of the forward glass panel to a point adjacent the rearward glass panel. A second frame element wall extends between the first and second spaced apart glass panels and extends externally out of the spaced apart glass panels to the perimeter wall. The door rail element also includes a rear wall portion extending inwardly toward the center of the door from the perimeter wall and over a portion of the rearward facing surface of the second glass panel.

Abstract: A method to prepare a terminal assembly for different varieties of bamboo, required to form a system of nodes useful in construction, with which points or ends of bamboo such that they can be joined together easily and with great precision; and so that the bamboo can be joined to any other type of material, incorporating it into all kinds of structural system.

Abstract: An instrument panel of an automotive vehicle includes a rigid retainer preformed with an air bag opening and a recessed ledge extending about the opening. A separately formed door is installed on the opening and hinged to the retainer along one edge. The remaining three edges overlie the ledge to prevent inward movement of the door. The retainer and door are placed in a cavity of a mold tool in spaced relation to an outer skin and foam constituents are reacted therebetween to develop a foam layer. A foam seal is provided at the interface of the ledge and door to prevent the escape of foam past the ledge.

Abstract: In the case of a process for producing an elongated closed duct within a hollow space of a vehicle body, it is provided that the guiding element formed of plastic is equipped on both ends with exterior surrounding flanges. Between the flanges and the vehicle body parts, one surrounding foam seal respectively is arranged which swells up during the painting process in the drying oven at a defined temperature and forms a tight connection between the vehicle body parts and the guiding element.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for polishing and planarizing workpieces such as semiconductor wafers is presented. Conditioning rings, which are used to condition polishing pads used in the planarization or polishing of semiconductor wafers, are shown which utilize brazed diamond technology in association with a coating of a titanium nitride containing composition or a thin film diamond deposition in order to reduce the fracturing and loss of cutting elements bonded to the conditioning ring.

Abstract: A composite railroad cross tie supporting railroad track rails on a ballast or concrete roadbed is provided comprising an elongated wooden core, an end cap positioned over each end of the core and an outer shell or coating. The wooden core consists of virgin or recycled natural wood or of man made engineered wood such as oriented strand board (OSB), plywood, and the like. The outer coating can consist of virgin or recycled thermoplastic, thermoset resin, and/or rubber, with or without fillers or reinforcements. In manufacture, the core member is sized to a dimension which is less than the desired dimension of the finished composite cross tie. The end caps are then positioned over ends of the core member. Following the positioning of the end caps, the coating is applied to the core member in a continuous process by passing a series of core members with their end caps in a substantially end-to-end configuration through a cross head die.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for continuous manufacture of a fiber-optic cable. According to the method, single optical fibers of certain length are formed into a fiber-optic cable enclosed by a secondary sheath. Further, a certain length of the optical fibers is accumulated into an active buffer, and the end of an exhausting fiber is connected by a splice to the end of a new fiber, while the fiber is being fed into the process during the splicing operation from the buffer.

Abstract: A brake rotor for automotive vehicles can be manufactured by a process that involves designing the rotor as two separate sections, forming each rotor section as a separate powdered metal compact, assembling the metal compacts together in a final configuration, and sintering the assembly to densify and bond the rotor sections into a unitary brake rotor body.

Abstract: A method of making a face mask including the steps of providing a plurality of lengths of Grade 2, commercially pure titanium wire, having a diameter of from about 0.21 to about 0.24 inches; forming each length at room temperature to a desired bend angle by bending the member at room temperature using rotary bending apparatus to a first bend angle that is from about 1.25 to about 1.35 times greater than the desired bend angle; and welding each of the thus formed lengths to at least one other of the lengths in an ambient, oxygen containing environment.

Abstract: A roller turret including a turret body having a plurality of mounting holes formed therein such that the mounting holes are arranged in a rotating direction of the turret body, a plurality of roller shafts each including a roller support portion and a stud portion eccentric with respect to the roller support portion and fitted in the corresponding mounting hole, a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted on the roller support portions of the respective roller shafts, and a device provided for each mounting hole, for fixing the stud portion to the turret body, at a desired angular position of the corresponding roller shaft.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing hollow synthetic resin bodies or objects in which cores are produced in casting molds, then placed into molds of injection molding machines, and subsequently enveloped with injected synthetic resin material (35) which then solidifies. The molds are then heated up to a temperature at which the cores melt and at which the molten cores can be removed from the molds. The cores are made of shell halves (32, 33) which are assembled before the synthetic resin material (35) is injection molded around them.

Abstract: A rotor of an electric motor for a motor vehicle is aligned to an axis of rotation for a crankshaft of an internal combustion engine having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. A locator is provided on the crankshaft, a piloting tool is located radially by the first locator to the crankshaft. A stator of the electric motor is aligned to a second locator provided on the piloting tool. The stator is secured to the engine block. The rotor is aligned to the crankshaft and secured thereto.

Abstract: In a guide rail or slider body manufacturing method for a linear guide device providing a guide rail and a slider mounted on the guide rail, mounting reference surfaces formed on the guide rail or slider body and/or the surfaces of ball rolling grooves formed therein are finished by grinding, and are subjected to rust-proofing surface treatment with protecting members fitted to the surfaces thus finished. Similarly in a method of manufacturing a ball screw device providing a screw shaft and a ball screw nut engaged with the screw shaft, the surfaces of ball rolling grooves formed in the screw shaft and the ball screw nut are finished by grinding, and are subjected to rust-proofing surface treatment with protecting members fitted to the surfaces thus finished. In the methods, the rust-proofing surface treatment is carried out for the surfaces except those which should not be covered with such a rust-proofing film layer for their precision.

Abstract: A method of making a balloon expandable braided stent with a restraint to initially prevent self-expansion and the resulting product. Multiple strands of a resilient metal or plastic are braided to form a tubular configuration of a predetermined outside diameter which assumes a lesser diameter when the tubular stent is longitudinally stretched. When in its stretched condition, it is coated with a polymeric material which is then cross-linked to effectively “freeze” the intersections of the braided structure holding it in its reduced diameter configuration. The tubular stent is designed to be placed within a body vessel using a balloon stent delivery catheter. When the balloon surrounded by the braided wire stent is inflated, the stent expands initially to an extent to break the bonds of plastic material between the intersections of the strands, thereby permitting self-expansion to take place.

Abstract: A cleaning apparatus having a housing, a motor, a battery, and a removable cleaning attachment. The housing comprising a rigid subassembly shell and a resilient cover. The cover is injection molded onto the shell to waterproof a majority of the shell. The shell has raised portions on its exterior that are used to position the shell in the injection mold. After molding is completed, the cover surrounds the raised portions, but does not cover them.

Abstract: A method and a positioning door jig for selecting a suitable coating door jig is disclosed. A coating door jig is temporarily connected between a door opening at a side of a vehicle body to be coated and a slide door so as to enable forward and rearward movement of the slide door. The coating door jig forms a constrained linkage for guiding the slide door along a predetermined locus. The coating door jig is selected depending on a kind of automobile to be coated by the use of a positioning door jig. The positioning door jig forms a non-constrained linkage comprising mechanismic elements same as those of the constrained linkage and another additional mechanismic element. After temporarily connecting the positioning door jig between the slide door and the door opening, the kinematic pair position connecting the additional mechanismic element and one of the said mechanismic elements is adjusted so as to specify relative positions of the respective mechanismic elements.

Abstract: A slip spline assembly is provided including a slip yoke with a splined bore and an open end. A plug is sealingly secured to the open end of the slip yoke. The plug has an aperture which is sealed after the yoke is plated.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a large-diameter gasket in which a pair of holding presses have press members which selectively bears against an elongate band while a bending press pivots against a portion of the band. The drive press bears against a portion of the band, and with the holding presses released, moves longitudinally to move a next portion of the band into the bending press. A method of manufacturing the large-diameter gasket is disclosed, together with a jig for applying a patch of sealing material to a joint formed between opposing distal ends of the gasket.

Abstract: A method for forming a rotor assembly for guiding motion of one circumferentially extending structure with respect to a second structure is disclosed. Various steps of the method are developed and include forming a pin for receiving a rotatable element for the roller assembly. In one particular embodiment the method includes forming the pin with a one-piece head and trapping the rotatable element between the pin and support structure for the pin.

Abstract: A tube product and improvement in the production of coating tubing, as most preferred, includes hot dip galvanize zinc coating of tubing, and before solidification of the zinc coating, clear coating of the tubing with organic polymer coating. The heat of the hot dip cures the clear coating, and the clear coating preserves a consistency and reflectivity of the zinc previously unseen in finished products. In additional preferred embodiments, organic polymer coatings are applied to zinc coated and uncoated tubing, and the organic polymer coatings are applied by electrostatic powder coating.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a plastic cover for a connector bar that includes providing a mold having a substantially rectangular shaped block, having a first surface and a second surface adjacent the first surface. Both the first and second surfaces each have at least one generally cylindrically shaped projection extending outwardly away from the respective surfaces. To form the plastic cover, the mold is dipped into a polymer solution and is allowed to dwell in the solution for a certain period of time. Next, the plastic cover is cured for a sufficient period of time so that the polymer solution hardens to form the plastic cover. After the cover is formed around the mold, it is removed from within the cover through a slit opening. After the mold is removed from the cover, a connector bar can be inserted through the opening into the cover's cavity.

Abstract: Automated method and machinery for fabricating a wrought-iron fence panel. The machinery includes (a) automated programmable machinery for welding vertical pickets to horizontal runners to form a fence panel; (b) automated programmable machinery for straightening the fence panel; (c) automated programmable machinery for washing the fence panel; (d) automated programmable machinery for drying the fence panel; (e) automated programmable machinery for painting the fence panel; and (f) automated programmable conveyor machinery for conveying the vertical pickets, the horizontal runners, and the fence panel from station to station.

Abstract: A method of producing a rail-bound rail vehicle for passenger transport, includes providing at least one trough-like superstructure with a floor and adjoining side walls formed in a framework construction from side-wall posts, lower longitudinal members and upper longitudinal flanges or chords. The upper longitudinal flanges are supported against one another by connecting members. The side walls have windows and access areas with doors. The side-wall posts are disposed in a zigzag manner and are rigidly connected to the lower longitudinal members and the upper longitudinal flanges, and serve as supporting elements for the windows and side paneling elements fastened thereto. The superstructure is assembled from shaped pieces and bar parts which have been cut to length.

Abstract: An item of hollow jewelry having at least one precious stone which is fitted into the galvanically produced wall thereof and which is held fast by galvanically applied material, wherein a setting (2) of metal sheet which surrounds the precious stone (1) is arranged between the precious stone (1) and the wall (4).

Abstract: A method for producing the supporting structure includes pressing-in an electrically insulating ceramic material, preferably in powdered form, on substantially all sides between the structures, and shaping the structures to be both accessible, at least in partial regions, and to exert pressure from substantially all sides onto the ceramic material, without touching one another, for metallic bonding to further structures. Another method for producing the supporting structure includes joining together the structures with three-dimensional form-locking connections by joint deformation, forming a surface or a surface layer being convertible chemically into an electric insulating layer on at least one of and between the structures, and subsequently converting the convertible surface or surface layer into an electrically insulating ceramic layer, in particular by oxidation, for creating an insulating layer being pressed-in on substantially all sides between the connections.

Abstract: A shelf assembly for a refrigerator or freezer that is fabricated from a plurality of sheet metal stampings that are connected by welds and receive a tempered glass shelf that has an elastic seal secured to its peripheral edge. Welding processes are used in fabricating the frame that produce a very strong weld and eliminate the possibility of rust forming along the weld. The welding processes used in fabricating the frame produce a weld, that when machined and painted is not visible to the naked eye. A zinc..; chromate coating is applied to the frame assembly after which it is painted using a solid-emulsion or powder coating. The finished product thus appears to be formed from a single sheet of material. The seal includes a vertical wall that rises from the glass shelf to creates a reservoir that will contain a spill and confine the spilled liquid to the shelf surface. The seal can be formed by an extrusion process, molded as a separate component or molded to the edge of the glass shelf.

Abstract: A water geyser assembly comprises an inner pressurizable container and an outer shell both formed from a glass fibre reinforced plastics material. A polyurethane foam material fills the void defined between the inner container and the shell. A fitting mounting land formed with a number of apertures is provided at one end of the inner container for receiving fittings in the form of a pair of flanged spigot portions which are externally threaded and which are bridged at the flange. The flange locates against an inner surface of the fitting mounting land via sealing rings, and lock nuts are screwed down over each of the threaded spigot portions which project through the apertures so as to form a pressure tight fit. The fittings are thus locked mechanically to the mounting land without being laid in glass fibre during manufacture. Water inlet and outlet conduits, a heating element assembly and a pressure relief valve are in turn mounted in communication with the spigot portions.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for protecting the weld area of polyolefin-coated steel pipe with an epoxy-based coating. The epoxy-based coating adheres well to the metal of the pipe, but does not adhere well to the polyolefin pipe coating. An intermediate bonding material therefore is applied to that portion of the polyolefin pipe coating which will be overlaid by the epoxy-based coating, prior to applying the epoxy-based coating. The intermediate bonding layer selected is one which will adhere satisfactorily to the metal of the pipe, to the materials of the polyolefin coating and to the epoxy-based coating.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for the fabrication of semi-flexible artificial rock sheathing; a one-coat silicone elastomer is brushed or sprayed upon the surface of a substantially flat natural rock formation to form a mold that is adhered to a wood-framed fiberglass cradle that hold the shape of the mold; when removed from the rock formation, the mold is sprayed with a thermoplastic elastomer to form a semi-flexible rock sheathing having the same characteristics as the natural rock surface from which the mold was formed; after the materials are fully cured, the sheathing sheet may be separated from the mold and used for the fabrication of rock, rock structures, by attaching sheathing sheets to the exterior of a framework, followed by cutting and forming different shapes.

Abstract: A cellular conductive roller has closed cells and open cells with conductive powder filling the open cells of the cellular conductive roller. A method for making a cellular conductive roller includes filling the open cells in the cellular conductive roller with conductive powder, adhering a tacky sheet to the surface of said cellular conductive roller; then peeling said tacky sheet off the surface of said cellular conductive roller. Also disclosed is an electrophotographic device using the cellular conductive roller and a process cartridge into which the cellular conductive roller is integrated.

Abstract: The method of forming a seamed metal tube having a metal coating of this invention includes applying a metal coating to the upper face of a metal strip prior to welding. The strip is then formed into an open seam tube and welded, preferably in a non-oxidizing atmosphere with the seam preferably located in the lower portion of the tube. Finally, at least a lower portion of said tube is reheated with the seam located in the lower portion of the tube, thereby causing the metal coating to flow downwardly over the seam, coating the seam. In one embodiment, the strip is preformed into an arcuate shape and coated, wherein the metal coating increases in thickness toward the lateral strip edges, such that the coating will flow over the seam following welding. The inside coated seamed tube may also be immersed in a galvanizing or metal coating bath to coat the outside of the tube.

Abstract: A method of improving the adhesion of a coating such as concrete to a metal strip which is helically wound around a pipe including a metal strip having the longitudinal and transverse wires, choosing distances between neighboring longitudinal wires that are evenly distributed over the length of the pipe including overlapping zones, overlapping the longitudinal wires having greater deformations which are offset from the longitudinal wires with smaller deformations in a direction along the central axis of the pipe and are offset in a direction away from the central axis of the pipe and all the deformations are disposed in the same plane.

Abstract: A burner for a gas grill is inexpensive and durable. The burner may be made of an inexpensive sheet steel, but the steel is fully porcelainized or otherwise treated to resist corrosion. The complete coverage of the porcelain is accomplished by making the burner in two halves, and porcelainizing all surfaces of the two halves. The two halves are subsequently assembled into a single burner. Each half has flanges extending therefrom, and a channel engages the flanges to hold them together. Screws or other fastening means can be used to secure the channel to the flanges. In one embodiment of the invention the channel is integrally formed with one of the burner halves. One or both halves of the burner may also be made of a durable metal without the anticorrosive treatment.

Abstract: A method for temporarily connecting a body half and a door half of a hinge, said body half of said hinge including connecting means for receiving said door half of said hinge including connecting means for receiving the body half, one of said connecting means including a portion having disposed proximate the end thereof at least one groove for receiving a resilient flexible retainer;said method including the steps of;(a) fastening the hinge when assembled to a vehicle and a door so as to fasten the door with the vehicle temporarily;(b) painting the vehicle and door together while temporarily connected;(c) subjecting the vehicle and door and the resilient flexible retainer to heat such as that found in a curing process for a painting process for vehicles;(d) separating said body and door halves of said hinge by removing the retainer and separating said halves;(e) separating said door from said vehicle by separating the body half and the door half of said hinges.

Abstract: A method for applying a corrosion-protective coating, with a heat-shrinkable tube, to a joint between welded end portions of corrosion-protectively coated steel pipes, has a configuration comprising the steps of: preparing a coating implement having a releasant layer formed on the outer circumferential portion of the heat-shrinkable tube, and a heating layer formed on the outer circumferential portion of the releasant layer; positioning the coating implement so as to cover the welded portion of the joint and its adjacent portions; thermally shrinking the coating implement in a state in which the gap between the coating implement and the aforementioned portions is kept in a vacuum; and removing the releasant layer and the heating layer, whereby the aforementioned portions are corrosion-protectively coated by the heat shrinkage of the tube.

Abstract: In a joint between welded end portions of corrosion-protectively coated steel pipes, a heat-shrinkable tube is positioned so as to cover the outer circumference of a welded portion and the outer circumferences of its adjacent portions, and the heat-shrinkable tube is thermally shrunk in a state in which a gap between the heat-shrinkable tube and the aforementioned portions is kept in a vacuum so that the aforementioned portions are corrosion-protectively coated with the heat-shrinkable outer layer of the heat-shrinkable tube thus thermally shrunk.

Abstract: A method of terminating a fiber rope utilizing a device of the type which has a housing member having a frusto-conical bore in which an end portion of the rope can be wedgedly retained. The end portion of the rope has a reinforcing device incorporated therein in order to increase the tensile load capacity of the rope end portion. The reinforcing device may include a fiber type material, a length of fiber rope or a resinous compound applied to the fibers of the rope end portion.

Abstract: A connector for a composite pipe includes a male conical member to be inserted between inner and outer layers of the pipe. The outer layers have oppositely wound composite strips which are overlapped along the conical surface. The ends of the strips are braided and a cup located over the conical surface. A filler is injected between the cup and conical member to fill the voids formed between the overlapping strips.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for fastening concrete reinforcement steel members together using deformable metal fastener clips. The concrete reinforcement steel members are used to strengthen concrete structures in a known manner and can be in the form of wire mesh sheets or rebar positioned in a grid pattern. The deformable metal fastener clips are generally U-shaped members that are open on one side before being deformed so that the fastening clips can be easily placed over two or more adjacent reinforcement steel members. The metal fastener clips are deformed around the reinforcement steel members to close the open side of the metal fastener clips, thereby securing the reinforcement steel members together in a desired formation. The free ends of each fastener clip preferably overlap each other after the fastener clips are closed around the reinforcement steel members.

Abstract: A spindle assembly for a machine tool generally including a first housing having a bore provided with a lining formed of a structural polymer, a second housing disposed in the first housing bore in sliding engagement with the lining therein, a first spindle journaled in the first housing, a second spindle journaled in the second housing in axial alignment with the first spindle and operatively connected thereto for axial displacement relative thereto and rotational movement therewith and means for displacing the second housing relative to the first housing to correspondingly axially displace the spindles.

Abstract: A multi-layer tube having a metal tube having an outer surface and a zinc layer bonded to the metal tube outer surface. The zinc layer being selected from the group consisting of zinc plating, zinc nickel alloys, zinc cobalt alloys, zinc aluminum alloys, and mixtures thereof. A surface treatment layer is bonded to the zinc layer, wherein the surface treatment layer is selected from the group consisting of a zinc/aluminum/rare earth alloy, phosphate, chromate and mixtures thereof. A first polymeric layer is bonded to the surface treatment layer, wherein the first polymeric layer is selected from the group consisting of a thermoplastic elastomer, an ionomer, a nylon, a fluoropolymer, and mixtures thereof. A second polymeric layer is bonded to the first polymeric layer, wherein the second polymeric layer is selected from the group consisting of a nylon, a thermoplastic elastomer, a fluoropolymer, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: An improved continuous tube forming and coating process and apparatus, wherein the tube is preferably formed and welded with the seam located at the bottom of the tube. One surface of the strip is coated with a paint or other protective coating and the open seam tube is formed with the painted surface on the inside of the tube. An improved coating applicator and impeder is disclosed which coats the inner surface of the seam following welding preferably in an inert atmosphere. The improved impeder includes an outer annular chamber adjacent the casing which includes one or more ferrite rods and circulating coolant and an inner axial paint applicator tube having a free end which extends through the impeder casing having a nozzle which applies a protective coating over the seam, preferably located in the lower portion of the tube. In one preferred embodiment of the impeder, an inert gas passage surrounds the paint applicator tube.

Abstract: A method of forming a baitcasting reel is disclosed, the baitcasting reel being formed by two end cases provided on either end of a spool and connected by an integral reel body. The reel body may form a portion of either of the end cases. Each of the cases forms a wall having a spool inserting opening which may be formed by the reel body. Further, each of the cases are enclosed by an outer wall portion.