Abstract: A method and apparatus for blending a mass of heterogeneous material including a first storage vessel having a material receiving port, a multiplicity of particulate solids withdrawal downcomers having inlet ports at the upper ends communicating at preselected vertically and circumferentially spaced apart locations with the first storage vessel and having outlet ports at the lower ends thereof communication with a second storage vessel having a material exiting port at a lower end thereof, and a multiplicity of particulate solids withdrawal downcomers having inlet ports at the upper ends communicating at preselected vertically and circumferentially spaced apart locations with the second storage vessel and having outlet ports at the lower ends thereof communicating with the material exiting port.

Abstract: A device for arresting the fall of a climber ascending or descending along a vertically disposed rail, such as a guide rail secured to a ladder, including a support member having an opening therein for receiving the rail therethrough, a clamping member supported on the support member and engageable with a vertical surface of the rail in clamping relation therewith, at least one connecting link pivotally connected to the support member, and an actuating lever pivotally connected to the connecting link, the actuating lever having one end thereof engageable with the clamping member and an opposite end thereof connectable to the climber where upon a sudden downward movement of the climber, as when the climber may be caused to fall, the connecting end of the actuating lever shall be caused to pivot downwardly, forcing the clamping member and the support member into clamping engagement with the rail, thereby arresting the fall of the climber.

Abstract: A vehicle generally consisting of a body of monocoque construction, front and rear axle assemblies provided with brakes, wheels and tires, suspension systems mounted on the axle assemblies for supporting the body on the axle assemblies, a steering system, an engine mounted in the body between the axle assemblies and adjacent both a side of the body and the rear axle assembly, a transmission mounted on the body rearwardly of the engine, a chain assembly for transmitting drive from the transmission downwardly and laterally, means for transmitting drive from a lower end of the chain assembly forwardly to the rear axle assembly, a cooling system for the engine mounted in the body and control means mounted on the body for operating the engine and transmission.

Abstract: Drive mechanism is provided for mechanically actuating support legs of a vehicle trailer lifting gear. The mechanism includes a rotary drive unit 1 driven by air under pressure supplied from a vehicle for drawing the trailer. The unit 1 has a drive socket 7 engaging a corresponding shaped nut 6 welded to a shaft 5 engaging gearing controlling extension and retraction of telescopic support legs 4a.

Abstract: A web strip with penetration stoppers are placed transversely along one or both longitudinal edges. The stoppers are designed to abut the flange surface when the strip has been pressed into the desired depth to inhibit further penetration.

Abstract: A wheel suspension for a motor vehicle generally consisting of a wheel carrier, upper means for operatively connecting the wheel carrier to the body of the vehicle, and lower means for operatively connecting the wheel carrier to the vehicle body, the upper and lower connecting means providing upper and lower pivot joints defining a steering axis about which the wheel carrier is pivotal, the steering axis being disposed at an angle to the vertical providing a predetermined camber and caster, at least one component of one of the connecting means being disposable in at least first and second positions to alter the angle of the steering axis relative to the vertical and, correspondingly, the camber and/or caster.

Abstract: A corrugated paper display stacker having a plurality of vertically arranged springs and upwardly biased pivoted trays secured to a back panel. A double acting torsion spring having hooks on protruding fingers that are inserted into the fluting of the tray and a stablizing U-shape loop on the other side of the spring maintain each of the trays in a vertical position when not loaded with merchandise. The torsion spring is held to the back panel by securing means in the form of a dowel.

Abstract: An electrical isolation system is disclosed for use on sailboats having metal masts and shrouds for preventing accidental shocking or electrocution of persons who contact lower portions of the mast or shrouds and/or electrical conductors appended thereto when the top of the mast or shrouds come into contact with an electrical high voltage distribution or transmission line with the system including an insulating member separating the upper portion of the mast from a lower portion of the mast.

Abstract: An excavator tooth assembly mountable on a tooth support member of a dipper or bucket of an excavator, having an opening therethrough, generally comprising a tooth mounted on a tooth support member, having a pair of aligned openings registering with the tooth support opening to provide a pin receiving opening, a locking pin retainer disposed in the pin receiving opening, having a resilient pad engaging the tooth support member, a set of shims, each interposed between an end portion of the locking pin retainer and the tooth member, and a tapered locking pin inserted in the pin receiving opening and engaging the locking pin retainer and the tooth support member in wedging relation to positively secure the tooth member on the tooth support member.

Abstract: A method of making a chain generally consisting of forming at least two links integrally so that the two links are interlocked and are joined together and then severing the links along the joint to provide at least two separate, interlocked links.

Abstract: In a power shovel having a main frame, a front end assembly operatively connected to the main frame and a rope crowd system including a rope drum supported on the main frame, a motor supported on the main frame drivingly connected to the rope drum, a brake operatively connected to the rope drum and a rope wound on the drum and operatively connected to the front end assembly, a system for preventing the rope from becoming slack comprising apparatus responsive to an impending slack condition of the rope for actuating the drum brake thereby preventing continued pay out of the rope by the drum and apparatus responsive to motor torque in a pay-out direction for disengaging the motor from the rope drum, allowing the motor to continue to operate in the pay-out direction when said drum brake is actuated.

Abstract: A drive system for crawler propelled earth working machinery is described. A first clutch which is movable between a drive position for transmitting drive from a drive source to a first drive sprocket and a lock position for locking the first drive sprocket to the frame is provided. A second clutch permits a second drive sprocket to free wheel. The second clutch has a drive position for transmitting drive from the drive source to the second drive sprocket and a lock position for locking the second drive sprocket to the frame. The first drive sprocket is, as well, lockable to the frame. The foregoing locking arrangements are selectively engageable with the first and second drive sprockets. Hydraulically actuatable shifting devices shift the first clutch between drive and lock positions and the second clutch between free wheel, drive and lock positions.

Abstract: A heat-seal type wrapping apparatus which operates by wrapping successive pieces of candy at regular intervals in a plastic film being unwound from a reel and being formed into a cylinder, subjecting the cylinder of plastic film to longitudinal heat seal along its overlapping margins and then to transverse heat seal between adjacent wrapped pieces of candy, and centrally severing the transversely heat-sealed regions. The apparatus comprises a device for preheating the overlapping margins of the film to a suitable temperature prior to the longitudinal heat seal and a device for preheating transverse heat-seal regions to a suitable temperature prior to the transverse heat seal, thereby ensuring satisfactory heat seal both longitudinal and transverse.

Abstract: In a large, heavy-duty machine such as a power shovel and the like, having a lower frame, an upper frame and a live roller circle including a lower rail mounted on the lower frame, a roller cage structure, a plurality of pins mounted on the cage structure, rollers mounted on the pins of the cage structure and supported in rolling contact with the roller rail and an upper rail mounted on the upper frame and supported on the rollers, wherein the center of gravity of the machine travels beyond the live roller circle during normal operating conditions, the improvement comprising a set of at least two cylindrical rollers mounted on each pin of the cage structure of the roller circle.

Abstract: In a power shovel having a lower frame and an upper frame rotatably supported on the lower frame, a center pin assembly for carrying radial and axial loads imposed on the upper frame comprising a downwardly opening socket mounted on the lower frame, a pin disposed on the axis of rotation of the upper frame, the pin having a center section and an annular section, the center pin section having an upper end rigidly secured to the upper frame and a lower portion extending downwardly into the socket, the annular pin section being interposed between the socket and the lower end of the center pin section, the annular pin section and the socket having bearing contact surfaces, axially spaced, annular sealing rings disposed between the lower portion of the center pin section and the annular pin section providing an annular variable volume chamber therebetween and means for supplying a measured volume of fluid to the variable volume chamber to effect a predetermined displacement between the center pin section and the a