Abstract: An automated pharmaceutical or biotech compound testing system uses a very small molded plastic shelf keeping unit or test tube known as a “minitube”. The minitubes are stored in trays in a standing refrigeration unit and are retrieved by a machine or robot having a die cutting tubular end effector adapted to selectively cut away and remove a minitube from an integrally molded matrix containing hundreds of minitubes (e.g., 384). Upon cutting a selected minitube away from the matrix, the end effector is pushed down over the selected minitube, thus forcing the minitube into the cylindrical interior lumen of the end effector, where it is retained by friction fit until such time as the minitube is to be releaseably locked into a plastic receiving tray. Minitubes are stored in the plastic tray which is adapted to receive and releaseably hold or lock the tubes in place.

Abstract: A frame device for supporting objects such as batteries during seismic stress, comprising a pair of end frame members mounted in upstanding spaced apart relation by a plurality of vertically spaced elongated channel support members secured at opposite terminal ends to the vertical columns of the end frame members, shelves for supporting batteries spanning the channel support members and defining a plurality of compartments for the batteries, each end frame member being formed of a single sheet material shaped to define vertical columns and a web extending between the end columns, a pair of anchors, means for securing the end frames to the anchors, and means defining a plurality of openings in the web of each end frame generally aligned with the compartments formed by the shelves to provide horizontal ventilation of batteries mounted in the compartments.

Abstract: A module for a battery system supporting batteries during seismic stress comprising a pair of side panels, each panel formed of material such as steel shaped to define a generally rectangular face and top and bottom flanges extending generally perpendicularly to the face along top and bottom edges thereof and side flanges formed integrally with the face and top and bottom flanges, a base plate having means for mounting the module to a support surface having a generally U-shaped channel formed integrally along the front and rear edges of the base plate, a rear panel extending between and nested in the side panels and secured thereto and the base plate, at least one pair of front and rear support channels extending between the side panels, a shelf for batteries supported on the base plate and support channels, a support channel extending vertically between the top and bottom flanges, and means for securing modules stacked one on top of another along the top and bottom flanges.

Abstract: A container closure assembly comprising a container having a finish and external threads and a cup-like cap having a top and a depending circumferentially extending skirt having second internal threads engagable with the container threads. Detents are providing on one of said threads to normally prevent rotation of the cap in a direction to remove it from the container. First and second interengaging members are formed integrally with the cap and container. One of the interengaging members is flexible to bias the cap in an upward direction to maintain the threads in engagement when the cap is seated on the container. Displacement of the cap downwardly against the normal bias of the interengaging means displaces the cap and container threads to disengage the detents to permit rotation of the cap in a direction to remove it from the container.

Abstract: A locking helical closure system for containers consisting of three components. A closure cap, a neck finish, and a liner or stopper made of an elastic material. The closure system has engagement lugs that engage helical grooves and pockets on a neck finish preventing the closure cap from unwinding during the sterilization process.

Abstract: In a vehicle, it is known to have an air filter as part of an air intake system in vehicle's engine compartment. The air filter consists of a shape with a front narrow opening and a broader base. In the present invention, a new air filter is designed to provide an increased velocity of air passing through it. This new filter has firstly, a three dimensional conical device at the front opening of the filter, and secondly, a shield made of a low heat conductive material which surrounds the air filter and is mounted on a clamp at the bottom of the air filter.

Abstract: A method for producing hardened parts of steel from an air-hardening steel comprising the steps of heating the steel is heated to a temperature above 1,100° C., hot-working the steel parts until they reach the A1 emperature, cooling the steel parts in air to about 280° C. under simultaneous thermo-mechanical sizing treatment, then cooling the steel parts in air to room temperature, stress relief treating the steel parts at 150-250° C., and hard-machining the steel parts.

Abstract: A method for securing the outer ring of the bearing in a runner shell wherein the radius of an edge defining the seat for the bearing varies in a predetermined manner around its circumference, the steps comprising, positioning an outer ring of the bearing in the seat of the runner shell so that the edge of the runner shell overlies a circumferentially extending seating groove in the outer ring, placing a die having a forming face in engagement with the peripheral edge of the runner shell, and deforming by means of a die, the edge of the runner shell seat in a manner to displace essentially the same material around the circumference of the edge into the bearing groove, thereby producing a generally uniform force on the bearing ring around the circumference of the ring which eliminates distortion thereof.

Abstract: Linear guide assembly comprising at least two guide rails, which are moveable in the longitudinal direction with respect to each other and have prismatic shaped raceways, a plurality of rolling elements guided in a cage, at least one gear wheel for the positive guidance of the cage is connected to the cage, which wheel engages in toothed racks, each of which is connected to a guide rail, the gear wheel comprising a disk, having axial projections distributed around the periphery at least one of the end surfaces and rows of uniformly spaced recesses, into which the projections on the disk can engage.

Abstract: A dosage dispenser assembly for containers to dispense liquids in the containers. The assembly includes elongated hollow barrel and an arrangement for removably mounting the barrel over the discharge opening in the container so that the port in the barrel in the seated position is disposed adjacent the bottom of the container. A stop sleeve of generally tubular configuration engages internally of the barrel and has at least two key ways of different axial depth defining cam follower surfaces. A plunger engages in the barrel having a lug element and is rotatable relative to the stop sleeve between a position wherein the plunger tip is fully seated in the barrel and another position wherein the plunger may be activated axially to draw a predetermined dosage of liquid contents into the barrel.

Abstract: A desiccant feeder system comprising, a reservoir for desiccant canisters, means for delivering the canisters through a transfer tube to at a loading station, means for presenting the open end of containers one at a time at the loading station, means for circulating air at high velocity through the tubing including an adjustable internal ring-shaped nozzle to deliver desiccant canisters from the reservoir to the loading station, and a shuttle selectively actuatable to discharge at least one desiccant cannister to the containers at the loading station.

Abstract: A lamp assembly comprising at least one elongated fluorescent tube and an elongated reflector of trough-like shape having a longitudinal center plane coincident with the longitudinal axis of the fluorescent tube. The shape of the reflector (10) is variable. Adjusting devices (34, 36) at least at one end of the reflector (10) changes the position of the free longitudinal edges (32) of the reflector (10), which forces the shape of the reflector (10) to change also.

Abstract: A stopper for sealing containers for pharmaceutical liquids, especially infusion bottles, which stopper has a collar, which projects into the neck of the container; an edge, which rests on the neck of the container; and a puncture area, enclosed by the edge and the collar, the stopper being held on the neck of the container by a protective cap of metal or plastic, characterized in that the puncture area (3) is designed to have such elasticity and flexibility with respect to the edge (9) and the collar (6) that, after the stopper has been inserted into the neck (4) of the container, the puncture area bulges slightly outward; and in that, after the puncture needle (15) of an infusion kit (16) has been inserted into the stopper, the puncture area bulges down into the neck (4) of the container.

Abstract: The combination comprising, a bearing housed in a belt pulley, a sealing disk covering the bearing clamped between the head of a screw and the inner ring of the roller bearing, means attaching said sealing disk 4 directly to the inner ring axially and radially and including projections 13, 14 extending into the bore of the inner ring to secure the screw 3 for transport.

Abstract: A Sheet-metal cage for rollers of roller bearings, confronting a section having pockets for rollers and at least one side ring having a bore surface extending from one end of said section said ring-shaped section 8 of the side ring 2 carrying the bore surface 3 is connected to the sheet-metal cage by radially deformable flexing elements 7.

Abstract: A radiation curable and abrasion resistant coating composition is provided comprising: (a) 70% to 98% by weight of an urethane-acrylate oligomer; (b) 2% to 30% of fine particles of a filler capable of imparting abrasion resistance having an average particle size in the range of 1-20 microns; (c) optionally a reactive diluent; and (d) optionally an synthetic resin. The coatings when applied to wood floorings impart superior abrasion resistance.

Abstract: A method and system for detecting a predefined level of resistance in motor activated drive systems for activating devices such as roller shutters, rolling gates, jalousies, awnings and movie screens in a predetermined direction or path. The method includes means for sensing predetermined characteristics of the electric motor when the electric motor is activated to move the drive in the predetermined path and detecting a predefined change in the motor characteristics due to the blockage or resistance. The electric motor is deactivated when a predefined level of resistance is detected along the predetermined path which blocks movement of the drive by the electric motor in the predetermined direction for a predetermined time period.

Abstract: A support assembly comprising an elongated shaft, a bearing assembly at opposite terminal ends of said shaft paralleled in a pillow block, support means for each of said pillow blocks and means mounting one of said bearing assemblies for adjustable axial movement relative to said pillow block thereby to compensate for any changes in the support structure in an axial direction and a method for supporting a load bearing member on spaced support structures comprising the steps of mounting the lower half of a pillow block on each of the spaced support structures, positioning a shaft having bearings journaled at opposite ends so that the bearings engage in the lower half of the pillow block, assembling the cap section of each pillow block, fixing the bearing in one of the pillow blocks against displacement in an axial directions relative to the pillow block, and displacing the bearing in the other pillow block axially to position it generally centrally in the pillow block with a predetermined clearance between the

Abstract: A strike pad for an athletic shoe to be located adjacent the heel portion of the shoe, made of a flexible resilient material comprising a disc-like upper portion having a series of semi-spherical nubs on its upper face confronting the heels of the user, a thin, circular base portion of a larger diameter than the upper disc portion and a generally circular bottom disc secured to the base of the strike pad by a suitable adhesive or the like.