Abstract: A rotary shelf assembly having a plurality of shelves mounted on a vertical post is disposed in a cabinet frame with upper and lower bearing elements supported at opposite ends of the post and coacting with vertically spaced bearing members which are secured to the cabinet frame to support the post for turning about its longitudinal axis. The assembly is adapted to be mounted in the corner of the cabinet frame and, to accommodate this, the shelves have perpendicular edges which generally align with the sides of the cabinet in one angular position of the post and which support a V-shaped door. To adjust the vertical position in the cabinet frame, the lower bearing element is on a slide in the lower end portion of the post and a manual actuator on the post moves a cam which cooperates with a cam follower on the slide to move the slide and hence the lower bearing member downwardly relative to the post.

Abstract: A puzzle assembly having a plurality of pieces which are identical and which interfit without interlocking are assembled in a recess of the base of a container and the container is closed by a cover hinged to the base. When the cover is closed, the puzzle pieces are disposed between top and bottom walls formed respectively on the cover and the base. The pieces are made of a resiliently yieldable material and their normal thickness is greater than the spacing between the walls when the cover is closed so that the pieces are clamped between the walls and are held against sliding even though only some of the pieces have been assembled. The puzzle has a design on both sides and the top and bottom walls are transparent so that both designs may be viewed with the cover closed.

Abstract: The punch, stripper and die of a punch press are formed with laterally projecting tongues adapted to telescope releasably into three vertically spaced sockets formed in a hand-held cartridge for supporting the tools and for facilitating insertion of the tools into and removal of the tools from the punch press.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile substation comprising a chassis on which substation equipment are carried, king pins which are respectively fixed at both end parts of the chassis, a tractor which includes a coupler adapted to detachably couple to either of the king pins and which supports one of the end parts of the chassis, a bogie truck which includes a coupler adapted to detachably couple to the other king pin and which supports the other end part of the chassis, and supporting legs which are respectively disposed at both the end parts of the chassis and which support the chassis when the chassis is being attached to and detached from the couplers of the tractor and the truck.

Abstract: An oxygen absorbent package comprising a rectangular nonwoven fabric sheet, a rectangular perforated film or nonwoven fabric sheet having a lower softening point than sheet, a rectangular microporous film or nonwoven fabric sheet having a higher softening point than film or sheet, and an oxygen absorbent, the three layers being heat sealed on the four sides is disclosed. The oxygen absorbent package is mainly used for storage of foodstuff, particularly liquid or semiliquid foodstuff.

Abstract: An automatic register adjustment system for a multicolor printing machine has a computer for remote control of register adjusting devices and computer drivable optical scanners traversably mounted for axial movement with respect to the cooperating plate cylinders so that the axial and peripheral coordinates of register marks engraved on the printing plates are determinable. Before printing starts, the printing plates are automatically adjusted for precise register with respect to each other. The register marks may be placed at any desired position on the printing plates and the reference coordinates are freely programmable since the optical scanners can approach any desired point on the printing plate. The scanners, for example, are reciprocated in synchronism with plate cylinder rotation at a speed generally proportional to the rotational speed of the printing machine so that the axial and peripheral coordinates of the register marks are simultaneously sensed.

Abstract: This invention relates to improvements in a transformer apparatus in which a transformer unit insulated with insulating oil and a switch unit insulated with insulating gas are combined. The transformer unit is accommodated in a transformer tank filled with the insulating oil. The switch unit is accommodated in a switch tank filled with the insulating gas. The switch tank is disposed on the top of the transformer unit and made integral therewith such that these tanks are communicated with each other in the interior of the communicated tanks.

Abstract: A cartridge type regulator and shut-off valve assembly for a water cooler includes a hollow cylindrical body received in a mating bore in a casting which is part of the cooler. The cartridge includes a hollow cylindrical body which, at its inner end, is formed with an inlet passage and an outlet passage connected to each other by a valve-controlled opening in the inlet passage. This opening faces axially inwardly of the body while the valve faces outwardly and is carried by an axially movable stem. A manual actuator is depressed to slide the valve stem inwardly and move the valve away from the opening and the valve is returned by a spring to the closing position when the actuator is released. The valve-controlled opening, as well as a part of the inlet passage, is formed in a bar which extends diametrically across the inside of the body and is an integral part of the latter so that the opening does not shift or creep even if the parts are made of molded plastic.

Abstract: In a drawer type enclosed switchboard in which equipment constituting a main circuit are built and which includes an inner truck device for connecting or disconnecting the main circuit through its horizontal movement, and an outer truck device supporting the inner truck device and being received in the switchboard proper; a drawer type enclosed switchboard comprising an automatic grounding device which is held in engagement with an operating mechanism permitted to electrically connect and disconnect the inner truck device by means of an operating handle grip at the front surface of the outer truck device serving as the panel of the switchboard, and which automatically grounds the load side of the main circuit only in case of an entire disconnecting operation.

Abstract: A disc record apparatus having a fixed housing including an entrance slot for a disc record and a surface to slidably receive a disc record inserted edge first in its own plane through said slot to a playing position has a drive spindle for the disc record mounted in a spindle or motor housing for translation axially of the spindle and perpendicularly relative to the plane of the disc record. The spindle is movable in tranlation from an insertion position displaced from the plane of the record to an operative position in engagement centrally with a disc record in playing position for rotating the disc record. A motor driven cam member translates the spindle housing. A movable gate is provided for the entrance slot and the motor driven cam member is connected for opening and closing the gate so that a disc record may be inserted or ejected coordinated with translation movement of the spindle.

Abstract: A belt guide comprises a root portion secured on a base plate and an arm portion extending from the root portion to form a guide space between the arm portion and the base plate for receiving a safety belt. The arm portion has at its free end an inturned tongue turning toward the root portion. The inturned tongue is maintained in contact with the base plate. The belt guide permits entrance of the safety belt into the guide space under a force to cause the inturned tongue to lift off the base plate but prevents the safety belt from lifting the inturned tongue off the base plate to escape from the guide space.

Abstract: A cleaning device for razor cartridges, particularly of the "twin blade" type, having a casing with a socket into which a cartridge may be snapped in place, the casing having an inlet for water from a faucet and channels directing the flow of water and producing jets, the cartridge being held such that the jets are aimed directly at the space between the blades so that water flows between and around the blades and through passages in the cartridge to flush accumulated soap and shaving residue; the cleaning device is disclosed in the cap of a shaving foam dispenser and in the case in which the razors are put on sale.

Abstract: A roller cleaning device for a varnishing system in a printing press has liquid-supplying means pivotally arranged above the rollers conveying varnish. The spatial distribution of the liquid-supplying means differs over the length of the rollers. The liquid-supplying means are closer together in two edge zones than in the central zone; the liquid-supplying means in the central zone have nozzles that are spaced apart from one another at a relatively large interval. The liquid-supplying means come into operation at stopping and at the onset and cessation of printing. The liquid-supplying means in the edge zone operate, in accordance with format width, throughout printing.

Abstract: A vertical ice cube mold chilled by a refrigeration system has a water stream pumped into its open vertical face to build up ice cubes in the mold. A probe hangs over the open mold face at an adjustable spacing. When the mold fills with ice and the water stream contacts the probe, an electrical circuit is completed to cause a control to stop the water pump and heat the mold, thus harvesting the ice cubes. A timer restarts the icemaking cycle in case ice is not delivered for some reason. Casual water contact with the probe is prevented from tripping the control through the use of a simple integrator device.

Abstract: A pneumatic controller is provided for a two-bed adsorbent fractionator, particularly a heaterless dessicant dryer, having pneumatically controlled inlet and exhaust flow valves and, optionally, a repressurization valve. The flow valves are controlled by a schedule of pneumatic pilot signals generated by the controller from a source of pressurized gas, e.g., gas tapped from and at the line pressure of the outlet of the fractionater. Control valves within the controller selectively apply the full pressure from the source as pilot signals to the flow valves of the fractionater. A variable regulated pressure is utilized to control these control valves according to a schedule established by the time periods to fill two timing volumes through variable orifices.

Abstract: The hobbing machine is of simplified construction and is dedicated essentially to forming only a single type of gear or a narrow range of gears. To enable the machine to be of simplified construction, its drive train consists of only four gears and its hob head is mounted to pivot around the axis of the drive shaft for the work spindle. The arrangement of the four gears together with the pivotal movement of the hob head enables the hob spindle to be inclined at a predetermined setting angle relative to the work spindle and enables the center distance between the spindles to be selectively changed.

Abstract: A brush for use in an automatic brush cleaning apparatus having a carrier member adapted to releasably receive, support, and transport the brush through sequential cleaning stations. The brush includes a rigid back, a plurality of bristles projecting outwardly from one side of the back, and an elongated support block rigidly fixed to the other side of the back. The support block is formed with a longitudinal aperture having a non-circular cross sectional shape for receiving a generally complimentary shaped carrier member of the automatic apparatus such that upon positioning of the carrier member through the aperture the brush is supported in predetermined relation thereto and can be transported without relative rotational slippage.

Abstract: A compost turning machine which travels along the ground and straddles a compost windrow, and which carries a rotating drum for turning the composting material. An adjustable auger system is located outboard and ahead of the rotating drum to collect composting material and deposit it in the path of the rotating drum. Each auger is independently driven by a hydraulic motor and can be individually raised or lowered as required.

Abstract: An hydraulic supply circuit for a vehicle power steering system of the type having a steering actuator and control valve therefor with hydraulic input, sump and overflow (by-pass) connections and in which any fluid not actually consumed by the actuator is diverted to the overflow connection. A positive displacement pump is provided having an output line connected to the input connection of the steering system. An accumulator having a charging line and a discharging line is used to supply fluid pressure in lieu of the pump. To control flow of fluid to and from the accumulator a charge-discharge valve is provided having charge and discharge modes. In the charge mode the accumulator is charged by the overflow and in the discharge mode pressure fluid is supplied from the accumulator to the input connection for maintaining the steering system in operation while blocking the overflow.

Abstract: A connector for coupling a hose to a faucet or the like includes two molded plastic members which are coupled together by a bayonet-type connection. One member carries a resilient seal which has an annular lip inclined radially inwardly and axially toward an axially facing annular sealing surface on the other member. When the members are coupled, the lip flattens against the sealing surface to form a seal between the members and, in this condition of the parts, the resiliency of the lip also produces a force which keeps the bayonet-type connection in the locked position. When the members are being coupled while water is running through the member with the seal, an annular groove in the sealing surface causes water to backwash and clean the sealing side of the lip as well as the sealing surface itself.