Abstract: A three mass vibratory conveyor including a base with an electromagnet, a tray supported on the base and a tuning weight. A first spring connecting the tray to the base, a second spring connecting the base to the tuning weight and a resilient support supporting the base to a support member. The mass of the tuning weight being adjustable to provide a system in which the base and tray are driven by the driver at a predetermined frequency and no relative motion takes place between the base and the tray.

Abstract: A gear hub for flexible gear couplings wherein the teeth of said hub are cut while the hub is being moved constantly through all of the positions that the hub would assume relative to the sleeve during operation with the hub shaft misaligned with the sleeve at the maximum angle of misalignment for which the coupling is designed.

Abstract: A fixture for manufacturing hubs for flexible gear couplings wherein the teeth of said hub are cut while the hub is being moved constantly through all of the positions that the hub would assume relative to the sleeve during operation with the hub shaft misaligned with the sleeve at the maximum angle of misalignment for which the coupling is designed.

Abstract: A vibratory feeder in combination with a fuel fired furnace such as a coal fired steam generating boiler is disclosed. The vibratory feeder has a tray with a flat bottom in one embodiment and a step bottom in another and a hopper having vertical sides supported above the bottom so that the fuel in the hopper rests on the tray bottom and the vibration of the tray is transmitted into the stack of fuel thereby agitating it. The discharge end of the tray bottom directs the fuel from the feeder tray to the bladed distributor and water is directed onto the tray bottom to prevent caking of fuel on the discharge end.

Abstract: A container that can be collapsed and returned to the sender for re-use. The container is made of a flat thermoplastic board comprised of a first sheet and a second sheet held in spaced relation to one another by webbing. A single sheet may be 0.020 inches thick more or less. The container has square corners, is strong and durable. The container has sides and ends formed by cutting one sheet, leaving the other for a hinge and attaching the sides and ends by means of Velcro.

Abstract: Applicant has discovered that the use of plastic gears in connection with metal gears on a main gear reduces the amount of friction between gear teeth and in addition reduces noise resulting from the assembly. Applicant's shaker herein requires a minimal amount of maintenance and will operate for long periods of time. Moreover, Applicant's shaker requires little or no lubrication. The gears may be disposed between the two parts of the housing and the eccentric weights outside the housing or visa versa.

Abstract: A fitting made up of a body, a ferrule and a nut. The ferrule has a reduced size cylindrical member that is received in an end of a thin wall tube. The nut and the deformable ferrule are placed over the tube. The nut is wrenched onto the body, which deforms the ferrule at the ferrule groove displacing material of the ferrule inwardly against the tube, bringing the inner surface of the ferrule into sealing engagement with the outer surface of the tube and the inner surface of the tube with the outer reduced cylindrical surface of the body and at both faces of the ferrule. A seal is thus accomplished at the inside surface of the ferrule, forcing the tube into engagement with the reduced size member of the body, thereby reinforcing the tube.

Abstract: Apparatus for protecting the wearer of a helmet in the form of an elastomeric cellular helmet cover, encased in an integral shell of like material, that can be attached to the exterior of an unmodified helmet, by means of flexible tabs, to reduce the potential for injury to the wearer. The helmet cover is configured so that it is thicker in the area where impact is customarily greater, and greater resilience is provided at these points. The helmet cover is sufficiently thick at the front to protrude forward at the edge of the helmet and a face guard attaching parts. The wearer is therefore protected and those contacted by the helmet during the game are also protected.

Abstract: A holding device or lock in a machining vise for positioning plates including parallels and angles wherein the positioning plate is provided with a cleat extending from the rear surface along the bottom edge thereof. The plates are held in place by spring loaded engaging members. A recess in the machining vise, complementary in shape to the cleat, may be provided.

Abstract: A lid for a paint can is disclosed which has a wiper for removing paint from a paint tube and a vent assembly to allow air to enter the can and resists the escape of paint. The wiper removes the excess paint from the paint tube and allows the paint gun and tube to be readily removed from the can and prevents loss of paint through the vent opening.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for machining or disintegrating a calculi in place in a urinary tract. The apparatus includes a flexible, hollow endoscope which can be inserted into a ureter in its flexible state and a relatively rigid hollow tube which can be inserted into a passageway through the endoscope to straighten it. Optionally, a guide wire can be inserted in the ureter to the position of the calculi before inserting the endoscope for guiding the endoscope into the ureter. The passageway through the endoscope is larger than the rigid hollow tube. An optical system that may be made up of optical fibers can be received in and extend through the endoscope to view the calculi. A wave guide wire can be extended through the relatively rigid tube and connected to a transducer to disintegrate the calculi. The relatively rigid tube can be moved laterally in the endoscope to bring the wave guide into engagement with the calculi to facilitate disintegrating the calculi.

Abstract: A check valve having a hollow cylindrical body with a ledge extending around its inner periphery between its ends. A bar extends across the hollow body and is attached at its ends to the ledge. A sealing surface is formed on the ledge and on the bar, both in the same plane. Spaced flat bottom lugs rest on the seating surface and have bores that receive the ends of an axle. Plate-like valve members are hinged to the axle and a spring on the axle urges the valve members to a closed position to seal on the seating surface.

Abstract: A coaxial cable coupling made up of a plug and a socket. The plug comprises a hollow shell open at its ends, which receives an insulation washer. The insulation washer receives a hollow pin having a cylindrical wall which has a flange on one end and outwardly extending protrusions which receives the washer between them and holds the washer in place. Four indentations in the cylindrical pin extending inwardly grip a conductor and thereby electrically connect the pin to an electrical line. The pin is adapted to be received in a tubular connector on a socket having a hollow shell.

Abstract: A process for printing an image on the surface of an article. The process provides a thixotropic thermal curable ink in a recess of a printing plate which is a facsimile of the image to be printed on the article. The ink is adapted to adhere to the printing plate upon contact therewith. The ink is adapted to conform to the facsimile of the image formed in the recess of said printing plate upon application stress to the ink.

Abstract: The cargo area liner of the invention is used in combination with a utility vehicle having a containment portion. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the cargo area liner includes a foldable body. The foldable body has a bottom and sides. The bottom is connected to the sides. The sides are adapted to rotate about 90 degrees from a folded position to an open position. The sides are connected to the botom and are adjacent to the bottom member. The bottom has a first and a second portion, the upper faces of which are in contact when the liner is in fully folded position. In another embodiment of the invention, an inner bottom mmeber and inner side member are slid inwardly and outwardly in an outer bottom member to adjust the length of the liner. In an embodiment of the invention adapted for automobile trunks, the liner includes a base having an upwardly extending flange and sides. Each of the sides has an upper and lower portion extending at an obtuse angle.

Abstract: A face bow for use with an articulator. The face bow has a caliper having ends to engage the ear area of a patient to support the articulator, a naison suture engaging means to engage the nose area of the patient and a fork to engage the teeth of a patient. Adjusting means to adjust the position of the naison indicator engaging means, the auditory meatus engaging means and the fork relative to each other. The face bow being adapted to be transferred to an articulator for use in adjusting dental models on the articulator.

Abstract: A transmission for connecting a propeller to an engine having a crankshaft. The transmission has an output shaft and a propeller shaft and a belt connecting the output shaft to the propeller shaft. The output shaft has a pulley connectable to the crankshaft of an engine and a pulley driven propeller shaft is supported on the frame by means of a flange having bolt holes supported in a circle having a center offset from the center of the output shaft so that the flange can be connected to the frame in any position and bolted in place. The bolts can be removed and the flange rotated to different bolt holes thereby swinging the center of the propeller shaft around the center of the bolt holes to tighten the belt. An improved coupling is provided for connecting the drive pulley to the engine.

Abstract: A plasma cutting system comprising a frame, a work support on said frame and a tubular torch support. Gantry means for moving the tubular torch support laterally and longitudinally relative to work on the work support. The torch support is moved a fixed distance from the work and has a ski cup on the lower end of the tubular work support to move over the work. The tube is urged downward by a spring so that as the ski cup runs over the work, the tube is lifted and held at a constant distance from the work. A torch support bearing in the lower end of the torch tube freely receives the torch in the tube.

Abstract: A vibratory feeder having a tray with a conveying surface and springs. The springs are each made up of flat plate like first leaves and flat plate like second leaves rigidly attached together. One part of each spring is connected to the tray and the other part is connected to the base. The longitudinal axis of the leaves extend perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tray. The springs are spaced from each other whereby the tray is vibrated in an arcuate path relative to the base to vibrate the tray for moving material on the tray.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing hubs for flexible gear couplings is disclosed wherein the teeth of said hub are cut while the hub is being moved constantly through the position that the hub would assume relative to the sleeve during operation with the hub shaft misaligned with the sleeve at the maximum angle of misalignment for which the coupling is designed.