Abstract: A tool for use in the reciprocating manipulation of wire to cut through an adhesive compound supporting a replaceable item such as an automobile windshield comprises a handle portion from which projects a blade having a curved marginal wall having a trough along which the wire to be handled is permitted to extend. The tool is equipped with guide surfaces to facilitate location of the wire into its trough and with lock nut means for anchoring a free end of the wire at a location convenient to the guiding action of said guide surfaces.
Abstract: Method and apparatus for removing an automobile hinge pin by disabling a spring clip and thereafter driving the hinge pin outwardly of the automobile hinge assembly while supporting the hinge assembly against bending forces that would otherwise flex the hinge assembly as the hinge pin is driven outwardly.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 30, 1983
Date of Patent:
August 21, 1984
Assignee:
Steck Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Inventors:
George L. Steck, Raymond E. Steck, Laurence D. Steck
Abstract: Apparatus for removing an automobile hinge pin by disabling a spring clip and thereafter driving the hinge pin outwardly of the automobile hinge assembly while supporting the hinge assembly against bending forces that would otherwise flex the hinge assembly as the hinge pin is driven outwardly.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 6, 1983
Date of Patent:
August 14, 1984
Assignee:
Steck Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Inventors:
George L. Steck, Raymond E. Steck, Laurence D. Steck
Abstract: A motor control circuit utilizes sample and hold circuitry whose operation is initiated by an analog switch to control the firing angle of silicon control rectifiers, thereby to minimize wasting of power supplied to the motor being controlled.