Abstract: An indexable cutting tool wherein wear-resistant inserts are removably supported within a recess in a tool holder which has walls generally conforming to the adjacent surfaces of the insert. Interposed between the adjacent surfaces of the insert and the walls of the recess is a spacing shim with at least two portions which separate the insert from the walls of the recess. The portions which separate the inserts from the walls of the recess are connected by a weakened portion which may be scored or reduced in dimenson. The shim, as manufactured, is flat with the weakened portions connecting the portions adapted to separate the insert from the recess walls being provided to permit the shim to conform to a variety of insert configurations. The portions of the shim which separate the surfaces of the insert from the walls of the recess have a thickness which is equal to the amount of material removed from the surfaces of the insert in one or more resharpening operations.

Abstract: A fiber carding web emerging from a pair of crush rollers is taken off and is gathered into a fiber sliver by at least one endless conveyor belt which is guided by means of a first and a second guide roll and is tangent to the pair of rollers across their feeding width. In order to ensure that the carding web is taken off correctly when the relative axial position of the rollers to each other changes, the axis of the guide rolls is supported so that it can be locked in the changed axial position of the rollers and the conveyor belt is guided over a driving roll removed from the plane connecting the axes of the guide rolls.

Abstract: An open-end spinning process in which the fiber sliver is separated into single fibers and in which the separated fiber material is brought by an air stream to a collecting surface from which it is drawn off while being twisted. According to the instant invention the fiber material is deposited on a collecting surface moving in the direction of thread draw-off, is then twisted and is continuously drawn off said collecting surface in form of a thread. The single fibers are fed upon the collecting surface in the direction of said collecting surface's movement, whereby an alignment of the fibers on the collecting surface takes place. The doubling process is separated from the spinning process as the fiber material is bundled and/or doubled on the collecting surface into a fiber sliver with the fiber mass required for the desired thread. The twisting process takes place independently of the collecting surface by means of a known twisting mechanism.

Abstract: A heddle frame which has a pair of rectangular hollow metal cross rails, a pair of heddle bars associated with the cross rails for supporting heddles and a pair of end braces connected to said cross rails and said heddle bars and two or more connections between the cross rails and the heddle bars intermediate the end braces. The connections between the heddle bars and the cross rails comprise a hanger which may be formed of a synthetic polymeric material which is rigid, has a first portion which extends into an opening in the bottom of the hollow cross rail, and a second portion which is attached to the heddle bar. The upper portion of the hanger has a closed rectangular opening extending through it into which is fitted a metal insert of substantially the same thickness as the upper portion of the hanger.

Abstract: A drum for carding machines, which has a casing made of sheet steel. The two ends of the cases are supported by two hubs which are attached to the drive shaft. The interior of the casing is divided internally into cells by plurality of radial support elements which are connected rigidly to the inside of the casing and to the drive shaft. The support elements may be connected to a central support pipe which connects the two end hubs or the support elements may connect directly with the drive shaft.

Abstract: A weaving machine having a lubricating system for lubricating the surface of picking instrumentalities during the operation of the weaving machine by supplying controlled droplets of lubricant in the amount of 0.01 through 0.05 cc at predetermined intervals and at consistent pressure in the range of from 50 to 300 psi.

Abstract: A device is described, the use of which results in total body exercise which closely mimics that derived from swimming. Upper and lower extremities and trunk are all exercised with the body in an upright, slightly forward-tilted posture, and totally supported by the user's arms and legs, in an outstretched posture somewhat simulating the free-style swimming position. In the embodiments shown, the resistance against which the user works consists of marine propellers mounted on a shaft immersed in a tank filled with viscous fluid. The motor force generated by the user's rotation of the hand and foot cranks on sprockets is mediated by drive chains to a common sprocket which energizes the propeller shaft in the liquid-filled tank. The constantly-maintained 90 degrees out-of-phase mutual positions of the hand operated versus the foot operated cranks prevent "pulsing" of the load/resistance, and thus simulate the smooth sensation of non-varying resistance as is experienced by swimming.

Abstract: A heddle frame having a pair of hollow laterally extending cross rails and a pair of end braces connected to adjacent ends of said cross rails to form a rectangular frame. The connection between the end braces and the laterally extending cross rails comprise a projection which extends at right angles from the end brace and fit into an elongated opening within the hollow cross rails. The projection has a width which is less than the width of a opening into which it extends and includes means for resiliently connecting the projection to the walls of the hollow rail to provide a connection between the end brace and the cross rail which is rigid when not under stress but permits limited relative movement between the cross rails and the end brace whenever the cross rails are under stress.

Abstract: A fishing rod holder for mounting on the inside wall of the gunwale of a boat. The holder includes a bracket which pivotably secures a ring that is used for extending over the handle of the rod for holding the rod in an inclined position over the side of the boat. A pair of vertically extending bores are provided in the bracket for receiving a pair of vertically extending laterally spaced legs forming part of a restrictive member. Outwardly projecting arms are integral with the upper ends of the laterally spaced legs which are joined by a U-shaped member. The legs are vertically adjustable within said bores for positioning a base portion of the U-shaped member a predetermined distance below the rod handle. The outwardly projecting arms of the restricting member prevent the rod from rotating in the holder responsive to a fish striking. The rod is permitted to be raised directly upwardly from the holder when a fish strikes so as to set the hook.

Abstract: A dispensing container (10, 52) is illustrated for dispensing clinging type plastic film wrap material which includes a front dispensing face (16, 50) having a dispensing opening (36, 60) from which plastic film wrap material (W) is dispensed. A cutting edge (32, 60) is carried adjacent a lower portion of the front face. An elongated adherence strip (40) is carried between the dispensing opening and cutting edge across the front face of the container. As the plastic film wrap material (W) is torn across the cutting edge for dispensing, the material is held by adherence and the remaining free end of the film wrap material (W) is left adhering to the adherence strip so that the film wrap material (W) is readily available to be grasped for dispensing of a next piece of material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a drive apparatus for a device for applying paraffin wax to yarn. In the device, a solid block of paraffin is mounted on a polyhedral bolt which is driven by a whorl or drive pulley. The whorl, in turn, is driven by a continuous drive belt. Advantageously, a plurality of similar devices are mounted on the same open-end spinning machine so adjacent devices may be driven from the same drive belt. Bracing elements hold the yarn against the rotating face of the paraffin block of each device to ensure uniform application of paraffin.

Abstract: To improve the re-piecing operation, especially in terms of its success rate, at high spinning speeds, the free thread end cut to the length of a piecable end and retained after cutting the length is exposed to a turbulent air flow which causes it to execute whiplash-like oscillations. The surface of the thread end is thereby roughened. The thread end prepared in this way is subsequently transferred to the fiber-collecting surface of the open-end spinning apparatus. The roughening of the surface of the free thread end is accelerated when the end is whipped against an edge-like projection or a rough surface.

Abstract: A guide for aiding in sharpening a chain saw with a file which includes a magnet having an elongated rod extending outwardly therefrom at an angle corresponding to the desired angle that is to be sharpened on the cutting edge of a tooth of a chain saw. The magnet is attached to a guide bar of the chain saw. When sharpening the teeth, the chain is moved around the saw and a file is moved across the leading edge of the tooth at an angle corresponding to the angle of the rod.

Abstract: Disclosed is a case packer for placing bottles in a case having dividers separating the bottles. The packer employs horizontally acting trap doors upon which bottles are placed in rows and columns as they are indexed from an infeed conveyor. Half the bottles are placed on one trap door and the other half are placed on the other by the indexing means. As the trap doors are actuated the upper portion of the bottles strike alignment bars and are pivoted and oriented into proper alignment to drop into the case which is located beneath the trap doors.

Abstract: To stop and restart and open-end spinning machine with a plurality of spinning devices, all the spinning devices are stopped together, while the vacuum is maintained. The thread end resulting from this interruption in the spinning process is then prepared successively at each spinning unit for joining and is fed to the spinning device in a thread-joining position, whereupon the vacuum is then cut off. When the open-end spinning machine is started, after the vacuum has first been applied, the threads are fed together, on all the spinning devices to the fiber-collecting surfaces of the spinning devices. The open-end spinning machine has a service device movable along the machine for preparing the threads to be joined and for feeding them to the individual spinning cells, as well as a central control device which has a stoppig device and a starting device for the open-end spinning machine. The stopping device is connected in control terms to a switch-on device and to a switch-off device for the service device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for cleaning cotton is disclosed wherein an air stream bearing cotton is introduced into an inlet chamber having side-by-side outlet ducts covered with a screen that collects cotton yet lets trash pass therethrough. The air stream is alternately diverted from one outlet duct to the other so that while cotton is accumulating on the screen in front of one duct, it is being removed from the other. The cotton, as it is removed from the screen, falls onto an inclined shaker screen which vibrates additional dirt from the cotton before it is discharged from the apparatus.

Abstract: A lightweight shear-resistant frame slat (A) is disclosed for use with a heddle frame assembly (10). The frame slat includes a thin wall, roll-formed steel back plate (B) and a thin wall, roll-formed steel front plate (C). A first ledge (38) is formed on the back plate (B) and a second ledge (54) is formed on the front plate (C). The ledges (38) and (54) are spaced apart to define a heddle rod mounting socket (62) which receives a stem (63) of a heddle rod (20) to mount the heddle rod with reduced shearing forces on the frame slat. A box shaped core space (58) is formed between the front and back plates in which a honeycombed structure (66) is disposed for increasing the stiffness of the frame slat. A reduced neck portion (50) is formed between the mounting socket (62) and the core space front and back sides are flush with each other and may be secured by any suitable means such as adhesive bonding.

Abstract: In an open-end rotor spinning apparatus, the driven rotor shaft (2) of the spinning rotor (1) is mounted by means of bearing members (20) for rotation in a casing (3) which is inserted into a mounting on the machine. The replacement of the spinning rotor (1) together with the bearing casing (3), without exerting a load on the bearings, is made possible by a flange (60) which is disposed on the bearing casing (3) and which extends along the rear side of the spinning rotor (1) and projects at least over the major diameter of the spinning rotor. During replacement of the rotor, the flange (60) serves as a handle, and in normal operation it serves as an additional cooling means for the bearings. By means of a ring (61) mounted on the flange (60), it is possible to form a casing (6) which is open at the front and which, with slight clearance, surrounds the outside contour of the spinning rotor (1) and reduces the consumption of energy.

Abstract: Unauthorized tapping onto ground level cable TV junction connector boxes or the like is prevented by an anti-tapping device which is removably anchored into the ground so that it resists tilting; has a housing enclosing the junction box, and the removal and anti-tilt means; and has a locking means which rotatably mounts the housing so that it readily rotates, thus frustrating attempts to gain access to the junction connectors.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for pulling out and separating the viscera from a fowl carcass during food processing. The apparatus includes a rotary carrier (B) on which are carried a plurality of gripping devices (A). A rotary axis (35) of the rotary carrier (B) mounted on a frame (70) is inclined to the horizontal at such an angle that the gripping devices (A) penetrate the cavities (24) of fowl carcasses (F) conveyed sequentially past the frame (70). The gripping device (A) includes serrated gripping jaws (10, 14) which clamp a viscera track (18) between the crop and stomach. The jaws are carried by spoke arms (48) carried radially on a hub (36) forming the rotary carrier (B). A spring (61) closes the jaws and cam plates (62, 63) open the jaws through a cam roller (64). Cam roller (64) pushes forward a rack gear (58) to open the jaws via a rotary shaft (54) having a jaw (14) affixed thereto.