Abstract: A motion transmitting remote control assembly including a conduit movably supporting a motion transmitting core element. A fitting is disposed about the conduit adjacent a first end for attachment of the conduit to a support structure. An elongated adjustment member having teeth disposed on opposite sides of its four-sided body is attached to the conduit adjacent the other end and extends through a passageway in a support member adapted for attachment to a support structure.

Abstract: An eye-hand coordinator assembly including a cam mechanism operatively connecting one end of a ball-supporting arm to a standard for allowing the arm and a ball to be displaceable from an initial position in response to an impact to the ball. The cam mechanism includes an upper cam and a lower cam with the upper cam being movable for rotation and axial shifting from a rest position relative to the lower cam. The cam mechanism is adjustably retained on the standard by an adjustment pin which extends through an opening in the lower cam and one of a plurality of vertically spaced adjustment holes in the standard. An elastic strap is disposed about the adjustment pin and a projecting stub shaft on the upper cam to interconnect the upper cam and the lower cam for resisting the rotary movement and axial shifting of the upper cam relative to the lower cam and for urging the upper cam to its rest position thereby returning the arm to its initial position after an impact to the ball.

Abstract: A combination of a bow and power handle, the power handle will isolate an archer's hand from the bow in order to prevent the archer's hand from effecting the position of the bow which would, in turn, change the direction of the arrow. In addition, the instant invention adds energy to the bow in order to increase force to an arrow which increases the flight distance when the arrow is launched. The assembly includes an archery bow having limbs interconnected by a bowstring which is movable to a drawn position to impart energy to an arrow upon release of the bowstring from the drawn position. A power means is formed from a connecting portion and a biasing portion and includes a suitable handle.

Abstract: A motion transmitting remote control assembly of the type for transmitting forces along a curved path by a flexible motion transmitting core element movably supported within a conduit. An elongated adjustment member having teeth disposed on the bottom flat side of its irregular shaped cross section is attached to the conduit at one end and extends through a passageway in a support member adapted for attachment to a support structure. An L-shaped metal latch member is supported in a guideway in the support member and includes an aperture with a tooth extending along one edge of the aperture for engaging the teeth along the bottom of the adjustment member. A spring biases the latch member in a direction so that the tooth in the aperture thereof engages the teeth along the adjustment member. A pair of flanges extend into the passageway of the support member adjacent one end to define a generally T-shaped opening.

Abstract: A motion transmitting remote control assembly of the type for transmitting forces along a curved path by a flexible motion transmitting core element movably supported within a conduit. The core element is a stranded cable-like member having a first end extending from a support member secured to the conduit and supported by a support structure. A terminal member is disposed on the end of the core element and is operatively attached to a control member. The support member includes a male spherical end portion and a wiper means comprising a female spherical member is snapped onto the male spherical portion for swivelling movement. The female spherical member is in wiping engagement with the core element for preventing foreign matter on the extended length of the core element from entering into the conduit upon movement of the core element while at the same time allows the axis of the extended length of the core element to move in a conical area.

Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly of the type having a heat transfer core element which includes a plurality of fins in parallel stacked relationship for defining heat transfer surfaces and a plurality of fluid carrying tubes extending transversely through the fins for defining a fluid circuit, the assembly including at least one tube-to-tube joint, the improvement comprising a solderless connection at the tube-to-tube joint wherein one of the tubes includes an end having an annular, outwardly extending shoulder followed by an inwardly tapered flared portion for receiving the outwardly tapered portion of the other portion and the other of the tubes including an end having an outwardly flared portion for receiving the outwardly tapered portion of the other tube end and an inwardly directed flange clinched over the shoulder of the other tube end to produce a solderless mechanical connection between the two tubes.

Abstract: A catheter assembly including a plastic tube having a cup-shaped bulb at one end and which is oval in cross section. The walls of the bulb are thicker than the remainder of the tube and a hub is molded about the bulb both interiorly and exteriorly thereof. The bulb is formed by placing the tube on a mandrel, which extends from a mandrel carrier, and thereafter placing the carrier on a base so that the upper end of the tube and mandrel extend through a slot and into a heating cavity defined by a housing. The upper end of the tube is subjected to radiant heat on opposite sides thereof to heat the circumference of the tube unevenly to form and define the cup-shaped bulb. The upper end of the tube is heated to a temperature close to its melting point.

Abstract: A conductor pulling device for pulling conductors through a conduit. A pulling member for independently receiving conductors consists of an elongated strip of material having a plurality of spaced openings therealong. The openings have a top portion which is larger than the bottom portion to provide a biting portion of each opening for biting into insulation disposed about a conductor when a portion of the conductor is inserted in one of the openings. The biting portion of the openings allows the conductors to be detachably retained to the strip while the conductors are pulled through a conduit. The elongated strip is connected to a fish tape by an aperture in the strip which receives a hook portion of the fish tape. Additionally, a hood made of organic polymeric material may be used to hold the conductors in place when the conductors are inserted through respective openings in the elongated strip and to reduce friction with the conduit.

Abstract: An apparatus for stripping fluids from the surface of an object including a flexible, inflatable bag of generally rectangular transverse cross section including an inlet for introducing air under pressure into the bag and an elongated opening at one end of the bag defining a nozzle for emitting a stream of air and an air distributor for supplying air to the bag and for supporting the bag so that it extends toward the object wherein the nozzle end of said bag lies in the path of motion of the object to cause physical engagement between the nozzle end of the bag and the object to bring the stream of air emitted from the nozzle opening into close spacial relationship with the surface of the object.

Abstract: A ratchet action slack adjuster assembly for use with cam operated brakes. The assembly includes a rotatable actuating shaft for actuating a braking means and has a portion containing ratchet teeth. An actuator is mounted on the actuating shaft for providing input to the rotatable actuating shaft by arcuate movement. The actuator includes two identically stamped lever halves having dish-shaped base portions which define a cavity when the halves are fastened together. A plurality of pawl members engaging the ratchet teeth of the actuating shaft are disposed in the cavity and are pivotally supported by the lever. An annular adjustment member is axially spaced for mounting independently of the actuator on a support structure for lost rotary motion relative to the lever and the actuating shaft.

Abstract: A catheter assembly including a plastic tube having a cup-shaped bulb at one end and which is oval in cross section. The walls of the bulb are thicker than the remainder of the tube and a hub is molded about the bulb both interiorly and exteriorly thereof. The bulb is formed by placing the tube on a mandrel, which extends from a mandrel carrier, and thereafter placing the carrier on a base so that the upper end of the tube and mandrel extend through a slot and into a heating cavity defined by a housing. The upper end of the tube is subjected to radiant heat on opposite sides thereof to heat the circumference of the tube unevenly to form and define the cup-shaped bulb. The upper end of the tube is heated to a temperature close to its melting point.

Abstract: A radiator tank headsheet including an integral ferrule around an elongated tube-receiving opening and method for forming the same wherein the method includes the steps of forming an elongated depression in the sheet material having generally parallel sidewalls, endwalls joining the sidewalls, and a bottomwall, forming a pair of holes in the depression by removing a slug of sheet material from the bottomwall adjacent each of the endwalls, splitting the bottomwall generally along its centerline between the holes to form two bottomwall segments, and forcing the two segments outwardly and into coplanar relationship with the sidewalls of the depression to form an elongated opening including an integral ferrule having generally parallel, relatively high sidewalls and endwalls of lesser height joining the sidewalls.

Abstract: A blow plate and blow tube assembly. The blow tube conveys core-making sand from the blow plate to a cavity in a core box for forming a sand core utilized in metal casting. The blow plate has a discharge passage with female threads. The blow tube has a body portion and a tip portion for directing the sand from the blow plate into the core box. The body portion of the blow tube has male threads axially therealong and the blow tube is threaded into the passage in the blow plate and extends from the blow plate for engaging the core box. A nut is threaded onto the male threads of the body portion of the blow tube and is disposed between the blow plate and the core box. The blow tube is made of plastic material and includes a shoulder or sleeve portion between the male threads on the body portion and the conically-shaped tip portion. The conically-shaped tip portion has spaced annular ribs thereabout for forming seals with a conical seat in the core box.

Abstract: A vehicle frame assembly including two generally parallel, elongated side rail members and a plurality of cross members connecting the side rail members; each of the side rail members including an upper plate member, a lower plate member and a web member between the upper and lower plate members, the web member including a plurality of primary web sections having a truncated-triangular shape located along the length of the side rail member, adjacent primary web sections being inverted and spaced laterally with respect to one another and intermediate web sections connecting adjacent primary web sections.

Abstract: A constant velocity joint for transmission of rotary motion between two angularly-displaceable shafts to maintain velocity of a driven shaft equal with a driving shaft regardless of the angular relationship of the two shafts. A ball-shaped member is rotatable about a first axis and is disposed and received in an outer member which is rotatable about a second axis. The ball-shaped member is fabricated from identical stamped metal halves which are welded together to form a hollow ball. Rotary motion is transmitted between the ball-shaped member and the outer member by diametrically opposed cam rollers which are rotatably supported on shafts which are fixedly attached to the outer member. The cam rollers engage flanges which extend inwardly from the edges of slots in the ball-shaped member. The outer member has a cup-shaped socket configuration which is complementally shaped to receive the ball-shaped member. The open end of the outer member includes an annular flange.

Abstract: A container for hot consolidating powder of metallic and non-metallic composition and combinations thereof by the application of heat and pressure wherein the container includes a mass of container material which is substantially fully dense and incompressible and is capable of plastic flow at pressing temperatures, a cavity of a predetermined shape formed within the mass for receiving a quantity of powder, the mass including walls around the cavity of sufficient thickness so that the exterior surface thereof does not closely follow the contour of the cavity whereby, upon the application of heat and pressure to the container, the mass acts like a fluid to apply hydrostatic pressure to the powder contained in the cavity.

Abstract: This invention relates to a suction pipette comprising, a first piston located within a cylinder and connected to a first hollow, cylindrical piston rod and a second piston located within the first hollow, cylindrical piston rod and connected to a second piston rod such that small doses of fluid may be delivered accurately from the fluid contained within the pipette.

Abstract: A valve assembly including a housing having an inlet passage in communication with an outlet passage with valve seat members disposed in the passages on opposite sides of the lower end of a plunger. The plunger has a bore therein for receiving a pair of valve sealing elements which are biased apart by a spring for engagement with the valve seat members. The plunger is biased to the closed position by a spring and is moved to the open position by the magnetic field generated by the coil of a solenoid. The solenoid coil is disposed about a plastic bobbin which is, in turn, disposed about a nonmetallic tube which is inserted into a counterbore in the housing. A plunger seat member having a conical lower end for engaging the plunger is soldered within the nonmetalic tube and includes a head abutting the upper end of the tube and the upper end of the bobbin. A wave-like washer is disposed adjacent the bottom of the bobbin for urging the bobbin upwardly against the head of the plunger seat member.

Abstract: A gasket assembly including a metal core member having spaced parallel first and second faces with an annular cylinder bore opening therein. The core member includes an offset portion extending about the periphery of the opening. The offset portion has a first surface raised above one face of the core member and a second surface recessed below the other face of the core member. The offset portion is integrally formed with the remainder of the core member and is connected thereto through sections which have shear stresses therein. In one embodiment a U-shaped shell member is disposed about the core member and the offset portion therein and layers of compressible paper-like material are disposed on opposite sides of the core member extending from the U-shaped shell member. In another embodiment an annular skirt is integral with and extends perpendicularly from one leg of the U-shaped shell member.

Abstract: A furniture assembly, such as a metal box spring assembly, including slats defining support members for a plurality of coil springs. An aperture is formed in the metal support slat with an upset portion disposed about the periphery of the aperture and out of the plane of the support member and the tail of the coiled spring is inserted into the aperture and thereafter the upset portion is flattened toward the plane of the support member to force the periphery of the aperture into gripping engagement with the tail of the coil spring to retain the coil spring to the support member. The upset portion has a groove therein for receiving a radially extending support portion of the coil spring for receiving and positioning the radially extending support portion of the coil spring thereby positioning the entire spring.