Abstract: A device (10, 100) for supplying notes of pecuniary value (24) to a thin-walled transport container (12) includes a stacking unit (20) for stacking the notes of pecuniary value (24) to be supplied to form a stack of notes of pecuniary value in a stacking region (26).

Abstract: A protective device for use with table-top circular saws that operate a tool designed as a rotating, disk-shaped sawing tool includes at least one actuator unit and at least one protective unit. The at least one actuator unit moves the protective unit into a protective position on the tool.

Abstract: A machine tool and a cover device for the machine tool capable of preventing work cutting chips and coolant from falling on the rear part of a spindle head (8) and the operating positions of a first saddle (4) and a second saddle (6) without expanding the lateral width of the machine tool, wherein a column (2) is fixedly installed on a bed (1), the first saddle (4) is guided on the front surface of the column (2) movably in vertical direction (f1), the second saddle (6) is guided on the front surface of the first saddle (4) movably in lateral direction (f2), and the spindle device (8) is guided on the second saddle (6) movably in longitudinal direction (f3) and, in addition, a first cover plate (31) is fixed to the second saddle (6), a side cover plate (33) is installed continuously with each of the right and left side edges of the cover plate (31) bendably in longitudinal direction (f3), a second cover plate (39) is fixed integrally with the first saddle (4), and a third cover plate (41) is installed fixedly

Abstract: A multi-section cover device is used to conceal a slide way for a work piece support of a machining apparatus, and includes a fixed shield member connected to the work piece support, a first movable shield member pivotally coupled to the first shield member, and a second movable shield member pivotally coupled to the first movable shield member. The first movable shield member has a roller unit for rolling contact with the slide way. A pair of link arms are pivotally connected to the second movable shield member, and have shield supporting edges for supporting a top wall of the second movable shield member.

Abstract: A drill rig which is equipped with one or more safety mechanisms designed to prevent injuries to rig operators. In a first embodiment, the safety mechanism includes a barrier which is shiftably mounted to the rig and surrounds the drilling tool when the barrier is in the closed position. The barrier includes a key member which must be fitted into a sensor-equipped keyhole in the rig for the drilling tools to operate. A brake may also be connected to the drill spindle to stop rotation until the barrier is closed. In a second embodiment, a sensor is connected to a delay timer. The sensor is also connected to the clutch and transmission and alerts the operator that the clutch is disengaged but the transmission is not in neutral by sounding a warning buzzer after a predetermined time. If the operator fails to actuate a disconnect switch by shifting to a neutral position within a second predetermined time, a second delay timer activates to shut off the engine.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for facilitating manual feeding of business forms into business forms handling equipment to bypass the automatic feeder, primarily in the production of mailers from forms having pressure sensitive adhesive strips. Mounted at the interface between the conveyor and folder of the handling equipment is a transparent plastic plate having a slot with forms guides, and a forms centering scale adjacent the slot. A finger opening in, and an upstanding finger tab on, the quadrate plate may be provided to allow it to be lifted out of place covering the interface area between the conveyor and folder. An interlock engaging projection is provided on the plate for stopping operation of the equipment when it is removed. One may bypass the automatic feeding of the conveyor by manually inserting forms into the slot guided by the forms guides.

Abstract: In a machine tool having a palette change-over device protected by a movable U-shaped hood, to prevent injury to the operator or accidental damage during movement of the hood the hood is provided with a probe and an automatic circuit breaker arranged to shut down at least the driving mechanism of the hood on contact with the operator or another foreign body in the path of movement of the hood.

Abstract: A machine tool has a pallet transfer system comprising a rotary deck having a pair of pallets oppositely disposed about a vertical rotary transfer axis, wherein at the transfer position, the pallets are further movable along a horizontal linear transfer axis toward and away from the pallet transfer system. A vertical guard plate is affixed to the rotatable section or deck of the transfer system, and the plane of the guard plate passes through the rotary transfer axis at an oblique angle to the linear transfer axis. The rotatable guard plate interacts with an elastomeric seal at the interface of a guard opening in a stationary guard assembly on a machine tool to substantially confine coolant overspray and the like within the machine guard enclosure. By passing obliquely across the linear transfer axes of the pair of parallel pallets, substantially full access of a stationary pallet lying outside the machine guard enclosure may be had.

Abstract: The invention is related to a safety device for a press machine or the like. The safety device includes a first guard plate which slidably extends over the machine access area and is powered by an air cylinder having a movable rod connected to a movable arm of the first guard plate. The device also has a second guard plate slidably attached to the first guard plate which has a switch means for deactivating the air cylinder and therefore stopping the forward motion of the first guard plate whenever the second guard plate exhibits movement toward said first guard plate. For example, when a user's hand is in the access area and the second guard plate strikes the hand thereby slidably moving the second guard plate toward the first, the safety device is deactivated and the guard plates move away from the machine access area.

Abstract: A metal cleaning shear is provided for shearing metals and other material wherein there is provided a rocking pivoted beam, a pivotally mounted guard, hydraulic cylinder means, cutting blades, and a control for the hydraulic means and machine.

Abstract: A sheet-fed rotary printing press having lower and upper blanket cylinders in running engagement with an impression cylinder to form nips accessible through an access space. The driving means for the cylinders includes an inching circuit and a drive enabling circuit. An interlock switch adjacent the access space is connected in the drive enabling circuit. A safety subassembly and a washing subassembly are provided with quickly disengageable means for mounting the subassemblies in position successively in the access space. The safety subassembly includes a guard plate having a normal position in which the plate closes off the access space and forms a sheet guide. A first disengageable linkage couples the guard plate to the interlock switch so that when the plate is in its normal position the enabling circuit is enabled for normal driving of the press and so that when the guard plate is absent from its normal position the press is limited to inching movement.

Abstract: A hollow clearance indicator is mounted for reciprocable movement toward and away from a fixed machine work area. A movable work-forming element is received in an aperture of the clearance indicator to effect an operation on a workpiece in the machine work area upon actuating a drive output of the machine to drive the movable element into engagement with the workpiece. The clearance indicator is drivingly connected to a safety device which monitors the work area to ensure it is clear of any obstacles, particularly an operator's fingers. The safety device features a rotary cam control drivingly connected between the clearance indicator and a manually-controlled drive input for selectively controlling operation of the drive output in relation to clearance indicator movement.

Abstract: In a pellet marking apparatus of the type comprising, a frame, printing means comprising a design roller and a resilient printing roller mounted on the frame, an ink reservoir mounted on the frame, hopper means into which a multiplicity of pellets or the like are to be loaded, and a conveyor for transporting the pellets from the hopper and presenting them to the printing means for marking the pellets with the desired indicia, the improvement comprising hinge means for moving the printing means between an operative position in which the design roller is immersed in the ink reservoir and the printing roller is in position to contact pellets on the conveyor, and a dwell position in which the design roll is not in contact with the reservoir and the printing roller is spaced from the conveyor in a position so as not to contact pellets thereon.

Abstract: An apparatus, such as the bowl assembly of a tractor scraper, comprises a first member having a second member movably mounted therein for movement between first and second positions. An actuator, interconnected between the first and second members, is adapted to move the second member between its first and second positions. The actuator is connected to the second member via a slot formed through the first member. The slot is continuously masked during movement of the second member between its first and second positions.

Abstract: A safety guard apparatus for a power press prevents the ram of the press from descending until the safety guard is in position to protect the operator. On presses which are equipped with part revolution clutches, the safety guard apparatus causes the ram to stop if the safety guard sensor is raised during operation. The safety guard is reciprocably mounted in a frame attached to the power press, and a sensing member is movably mounted on the safety guard. The bottom edge of the sensing member extends below the safety guard, and upward movement of the sensing member moves a switch-contacting rod out of engagement with a normally closed switch which is held open by the rod. The safety guard is raised and lowered by a power cylinder, and when the sensing member is raised and the normally closed switch closes, the power cylinder raises the safety guard.

Abstract: A machine tool, such as a hydraulic press, has a movable guard to prevent the operator's hands from being present in the vicinity of the powered operating element, such as a press tool, while the machine is operating. The guard can be actuated automatically or manually by the operator and is connected to a dump valve in the hydraulic system so that power cannot be applied to the operating element at any time except when the guard is fully closed.

Abstract: A blow molding machine wherein a shield is movable to and from an operative position in which it prevents access to the mold sections. The hydraulic motors which move the mold sections can receive pressurized fluid only when the shield is locked in the operative position by a roller. When the roller is retracted from its arresting position, a mechanical power train automatically closes valves which are installed in conduits connecting the motors with oil pumps. The valve elements of the valves are mechanically coupled to each other and to the roller, and are biased by a spring which tends to maintain the roller in the arresting position. A single-acting hydraulic cylinder is employed to move the roller from the arresting position. The shield can be moved by hand and/or by a double-acting hydraulic cylinder.

Abstract: A simplified safety guard assembly for use with a press brake or like machine tool to prevent operator access to the die and anvil zone during stamping operations. The guard preferably utilizes a see-through shield or guard panel located between the operator and forming die and mounted for vertical sliding movement to follow various positional elevations of the workpiece attending one or more forming operations in the press. In addition, the shield or guard panel is pivotally movable about a horizontal axis to facilitate convenient extraction of the formed workpiece from the press.