Abstract: In an apparatus such as a printing press or collator for performing operations such as printing, perforating, punching, die cutting, and the like on a continuous paper web, a registration unit for changing the phase of a first shaft relative to a second shaft where said shafts are rotatably mounted between parallel frame members of the apparatus, the registration unit having a sleeve rotatably mounted about the second shaft with a concentric output gear mounted thereto and rotatable therewith. An output drive gear is mounted to the sleeve and concentric with the output gear for rotation therewith, said output gear providing the output drive for rotatably driving said first shaft.

Abstract: This invention relates to a winch and clutch assembly having a spool about which a line is to be wound and unwound. An electric motor is mounted within the spool and has a housing and drive shaft operable in the forward and reverse directions. A concentric ring is mounted to and rotates with the spool and a driving gear surrounds the concentric ring, the two having concentric adjacent surfaces. A gear train operatively connects said motor shaft to the concentric driving gear, and a clutch assembly is operatively located between the concentric driving gear and the driven concentric ring, which is selectively engaged and disengaged in response to the direction of rotation of the concentric driving gear so as to produce rotation of said spool in response to operation of said motor in a forward direction when said clutch assembly is engaged.

Abstract: A cargo carrier includes a trailer bed having a rear end raising and lowering structure including a pivotal tail section, said bed being slidingly supported by a carriage. The tail section is operable to pivot in response to fore and aft sliding movement of the bed on the carriage to lower and raise the rear end of the bed relative to the ground. In a modification, a second carriage is pivotally attached to the rear of the first carriage by a connecting frame, and slidingly supports the bed. The carrier also has a front end raising and lowering structure having members attached to the front end of the bed and adapted for attachment to a towing vehicle for lowering and raising the front end of the bed in response to fore and aft movement of the towing vehicle.

Abstract: Dilute sulphuric acid is added to, and thoroughly mixed with, lint-bearing cotton seeds to saturate the lint on those lint-bearing cotton seeds. The resulting acid-treated lint-bearing cotton seeds have heated air passed adjacent to and around them while they are thoroughly stirred. The resulting dried acid-treated lint-bearing cotton seeds have the lint separated therefrom by being recurrently forced into engagement with other cotton seeds. The adding and mixing of the acid, the drying of the acid-treated lint-bearing cotton seeds, and the separating of the lint from the dried acid-treated lint-bearing cotton seeds are performed on a continuous basis rather than on a batch basis.

Abstract: A multiple axle suspension for vehicles has a first arm pivotally mounted at its rearward end from the vehicle chassis to suspend a first vehicle axle and a second arm pivotally mounted at its forward end from the vehicle chassis to suspend a second vehicle axle. A beam connects the first and second axles, either directly or by connecting the suspending arms. The forward end of the beam bears downwardly on the first axle or arm in opposition to that axle load, and the rearward end of the beam bears downwardly on the second axle or arm in opposition to that axle load. Resilient means are mounted between the vehicle chassis and the beam at a location between the axles. Other resilient means are mounted between the beam and the points where the beam joins the pivoting arms, if that configuration is used.

Abstract: A housing, for the expansion unit of a cooling system, has a top wall, a bottom wall and end walls; and those walls define a space which accommodates that expansion unit. That housing has a front opening which is filled by an air-distributing transition member; and it has a rear opening that is substantially closed by an air-guiding member. That air-guiding member can support a motor and a pair of multi-vane blowers, or it can be an angular transition for a single blower. That air-guiding member is shorter than the rear opening to provide a short space which can accommodate the supply and return headers of the expansion unit. That air-guiding member can be set in either of two predetermined positions relative to that rear opening to permit the supply and return headers to be located at either end of the housing.

Abstract: A new dry phosphoric acid product and the process for making it are disclosed. The product is a dry finely divided, brown or black, charcoal-like, extremely hygroscopic powder having an effective phosphoric acid content of up to about 122.4% by weight (based on a 75% aqueous solution) a phosphorus content of up to about 29% by weight; and a moisture content usually less than 10% by weight, typically 3 to 8%. The product is useful as a source of phosphoric acid, and in combination, it produces a new animal feed ingredient material, a new drilling mud additive, and other novel products. The process comprises first mixing a phosphoric acid solution, such as 75 or 85% by weight phosphoric acid solutions of commercial grade, with a dry, relatively fine absorbent material, preferably an organic absorbent material such as peanut hulls, rice hulls, beet pulp or other inexpensive organic by-products, and then drying the mixture in conventional drying equipment, preferably at temperatures from 150.degree. to 200.

Abstract: A high deflection, constant speed, universal joint has two end members which can be mounted on the adjacent ends of angularly-displaced shafts, has a first torque-transmitting support which is pivoted to one of those end members and which is directed transversely of the axis of that end member and which can oscillate relative to that end member about a first axis, has a second torque-transmitting support which is pivoted to the other of those end members and which is directed transversely of the axis of that other end member and which can oscillate relative to that other end member about a second axis, has variable-length torque-transmitting linkages which are pivotally secured to the first support for oscillation about a third axis and which are pivotally secured to the second support for oscillation about a fourth axis, and has actual or virtual means to cause the axes of the shafts to intersect and to cause the intersection of those axes to be equidistant from the first and second axes.

Abstract: In an apparatus such as a printing press or collator for performing operations such as printing, perforating, punching, die cutting, crimping and the like on a continuous paper web, a registration unit for particular use in a crimping and tractor station and for changing the phase index of a shaft relative to the web where said shaft is rotatably mounted between parallel frame members of said crimping and tractor station or unit, the registration unit having a sleeve rotatably mounted about the shaft with a sleeve gear drive mounted thereto and rotatable therewith. A second gear drive member is mounted to the sleeve and concentric with the sleeve gear drive for rotation therewith, said sleeve gear drive providing a drive means for rotatably driving said shaft.

Abstract: A rivet anvil for replacing rivets holding sickles, such as on hay and grass mowers, combines, and other machinery, while in the field, has a base with an upstanding rod. A rivet seat is formed in the top of the rod and is sized to accept and hold a rivet head while its post is peened. The anvil is relatively lightweight and can be carried with the machine.

Abstract: A roof, that is constituted by a number of contiguous three-dimensional roof pans, has fascia-supporting clips adjacent one side thereof; and has a fascia releasably held by those clips. That fascia also extends along the ends of that roof. The opposite side of the roof is supported by a flashing-like bracket; and that bracket has a shelf-like bottom which extends under, and which is secured to, the roof pans to enable the weight of that opposite side to tend to draw that bracket into intimate engagement with that opposite side. The one side of the roof is underlain and supported by an elongated channel which, in turn, is supported by vertically-directed posts. The upper ends of those posts extend upwardly through openings in a horizontally-directed lower portion of that channel and are co-extensive with, and are directly secured to, the vertically-directed portion of that channel.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of and apparatus for developing on tape and applying a pre-selected die design, etc., defined by spaced drilled holes, to a die board automatically by a tape controlled apparatus, and to automatically produce properly dimensioned cutting rule for the design. A computer is programmed to produce information which is transferred to a tape, or the like, fed to a numerical control machine to energize selected mechanisms to physically apply a pre-selected design formed by spaced drilled holes, routing, etc., to a die board for reception of spaced tangs or legs of cutting rule, or the like, or other workings. The information from the computer also is utilized, by means of an intermediate tape or the like, to energize a numerically controlled cutting rule machine to automatically produce cutting rule segments of the proper number and length for mounting in the drilled design on the cutting board.

Abstract: A viewer for a strip of film includes a support that has a space adjacent one end thereof for a rolled-up strip of film and a space adjacent the other end thereof for that rolled-up strip of film, has resilient film guides adjacent those spaces to hold that rolled-up strip of film, has a light-diffusing element, and has a film-moving element. That viewer also includes a walled cover which is selectively engageable with that support; but that support is able to receive and hold and move that strip of film while that walled cover is remote from that support. The resulting full and free accessability of the film-holding elements on the support facilitates quick and certain positioning of the film strip within the viewer.

Abstract: A flow rate sensor particularly for use with pelleted, granular, or powdered materials having a support and a pivotal member which is pivotally mounted to the support for pivotal movement about a generally vertical axis. An arm extends from the pivotal member and a deflection plate is mounted at the extended end of the arm for impingement of a vertical flow of material thereagainst such that the deflection plate resolves the vertical flow of material into a horizontal force component producing horizontal deflection of the deflection plate and angular deflection of the pivotal member about the pivotal axis. The pivotal mounting for the pivotal member includes a thin shim secured to the pivotal member and support providing flexing of the shim over a section thereof located between the pivotal member and the support.

Abstract: A guiding, stitching and delivering system continuously constrains a piece of material while it guides that piece of material beneath the needle of a sewing machine during the stitching of that piece of material, while that piece of material is stationary during the period of time between the completion of the stitching of that piece of material and the start of the stitching of the next-succeeding piece of material, while the stitches between the trailing edge of that piece of material and the leading edge of that next-succeeding piece of material are being cut, and while that piece of material is being moved to a delivery area. That guiding, stitching and delivering system obviates the formation of needless stitches, places all stitches in the desired locations, and provides certain and easy cutting of the stitches between the trailing edge of that piece of material and the leading edge of that next-succeeding piece of material.

Abstract: A thermometer case and holder for housing a thermometer for use in taking patient's temperatures, which case is of integral one-piece plastic construction and includes a container portion for containing alcohol and the like into which a major lower portion of the thermometer is inserted. Gripper means are provided at the lower end of the case for securing the bulb of the thermometer, and a hinged spacer lid is provided at the top of the container for centering the top of the thermometer, said spacer lid being operable between open and closed positions. A hinged cap fits over the spacer lid and an upward extension of the thermometer, and is also operable between open and closed positions. The case fits into a holder for mounting to a wall or the like.

Abstract: A travel game uses a puzzle map of the United States of America with the removable states as the playing surface. Tokens reflecting different modes of travel are used to represent a player's position in making trips between a start state and a destination state, each being marked with an "S" or "D" token. Spinners are used to randomly determine a player's mode of travel and the length of his move. Reward cards and penalty cards contain special instructions modifying a regular move. Optional insurance is available to protect against some of the penalties. Play money is used to pay fees and penalties. Bonuses and rewards may be collected during play.

Abstract: A signboard which is tubular in configuration has elongated grooves in the surface thereof that can accommodate the resilient clips of indicia. That signboard occupies only a limited amount of floor space when it is mounted with its axis vertical; and the elongated grooves in the surface of that signboard facilitate the positioning of indicia at levels at which that indicia is readily visible.

Abstract: A positive-displacement, steam-driven engine has a generally-elliptical rotor which is mounted within a cylindrical chamber. That rotor reciprocates as it rotates within that chamber; and interacting surfaces halt continued movement of that rotor whenever it reaches an end of its path of reciprocation, and then smoothly start that rotor moving back toward the opposite end of that path of reciprocation.

Abstract: A tape applicator including a frame with a rotatable mandrel for mounting one or more rolls of adhesive tape, the frame including a flat, elongated portion under which the tape passes and which acts to apply the tape positively and firmly to a selected surface as the applicator is moved thereover, and the frame further including guides at the location of the elongated portion through which the tape passes to insure accuracy in application and equidistant spacing between multiple tape strips. The guides also act as means for removing any tape lining as the tape is applied. The applicator is designed for one hand operation and is disposable, being constructed of inexpensive materials with the frame preferably formed from a flat cutout of paperboard or the like.