Abstract: An industrial robot wrist unit comprising a wrist housing capable of being detachably mounted to the distal end of a robot arm, the housing having two fork arms supporting a pivotally mounted tilt housing which supports a rotatably mounted turntable on which an external implement can be mounted. The tilt housing is positively confined between the fork arms so that reactive forces stemming from the gearings in the housing are prevented from forcing the fork arms apart.

Abstract: An apparatus for loading lumber onto pallets so as to provide a stack of lumber layers separated by pallets for drying in a kiln, and for dismantle after drying includes a first elongated lumber-carrying conveyor, an elongated pallet-loading structure positioned in parallel with the first lumber-carrying conveyor, and an elongated stile-loading and unloading conveyor located between the first lumber-carrying conveyor and the elongated pallet-loading structure and positioned in parallel therewith. A frame structure over the first lumber carrying conveyor, the elongated stile-loading and unloading conveyor and the pallet-loading structure supports a lumber reciprocating drive element for moving aligned lumber between the lumber-carrying conveyor and the stile-loading and unloading conveyor, as well as a pallet reciprocating drive element for moving pallets between the pallet-loading structure and the stile-loading and unloading conveyor.

Abstract: The lower open end of the sleeves of the liner are detachably connected to the lower open end of the sleeves of the shell by attachments secured to the shell sleeves. The attachments include annular portions which overlap the lower ends of the liner sleeves to prevent liquid from flowing between the liner sleeves and the shell sleeves. Each liner sleeve includes an outer moisture barrier and an inner moisture barrier with a thermal barrier disposed between the inner and outer moisture barriers. The inner moisture barrier of each liner sleeve is permanently connected circumferentially to a wrister by stitching. The inner moisture barrier extends upwardly from the lower end of the liner sleeve and is then folded downwardly to the wrister, the inner moisture barrier being stitched to the thermal barrier adjacent the location where the inner moisture barriere is folded downwardly to form a sleeve well within the liner sleeve.

Abstract: A coiling assembly for coiling webs of differing characteristics into a roll comprising first and second coiling station different from each other and a guide mechanism for guiding a moving web to one of the first and second coiling station.

Abstract: An extruded plastics tube is flattened and the lateral side portions (4) are folded to form inwardly extending gussets (2). Each gusseted side portion is then folded about a longitudinal fold line (5) onto the medial portion (3) between the side portions. The resultant layers are heat sealed to form the bottom of the bag.

Abstract: A heddle shaft is formed of shaft rods which have hollow ends containing inserts fixedly positioned therein and lateral supports which include projections that respectively extend into recesses in the inserts. Clamping screws, which can extend through the shaft rods, apply a compressive force to clamp the projections in place and create detachable corner connections between the shaft rods and the lateral supports.

Abstract: A method of solvent extraction of a nickel sulfate solution uses a multi-stage, counter-current, organic solvent extraction system composed of at least two extractors connected in series, and includes a first extraction step of feeding a crude nickel sulfate solution that contains sodium and ammonium impurities into a second-stage extractor, wherein it is treated in countercurrent flow and at a pH of 6.5 to 7.0 with an organic extractant fed into the second-stage extractor from the first-stage extractor, to thereby extract some of nickel in the crude nickel sulfate solution into the organic extractant; and a second extraction step of transferring the nickel-containing, organic phase to an organic phase-scrubbing step to remove sodium and ammonium, while transferring the nickel sulfate solution, from the first extraction step and from which some of nickel has been removed, to the first-stage extractor, wherein it is treated in countercurrent flow and at a pH of 5.5 to 6.

Abstract: To provide inexpensively a connector constructed of a steel pipe and bearing a tie function of a ladder-type sleeper for railway tracks, in a connector constructed of a steel pipe 1 used in the ladder-type sleeper for railway tracks integrated with longitudinal beams made of concrete and the connectors constructed of steel pipes 1 by feeding concrete, both end portions of the connector constructed of the steel pipe 1 are flattened in the horizontal direction and a corrosion resistant coating 4 is coated at portions of the connector constructed of the steel pipe 1 exposed to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A detent mechanism comprising a support member having a fixed seating member comprising opposite sides; a first spring for exerting a first spring force, disposed between one side of the fixed seating member and a first sliding member, further comprising a second spring member exerting a second spring force less than said first spring force, disposed between the other side of said fixed seating member and a second sliding member, whereby the forces of the springs are directed to operate on said first and second sliding members in opposite directions. A push button can apply an external force to the first sliding member to move it from a first position relative to the fixed seating member to a second position against the action of said first spring force. A detent mechanism connects the first and second sliding members when the first sliding member is in its second position and the second slidable member is in a first position.

Abstract: A process for extracting and separating silver safely and selectively from a raw material containing slightly soluble silver compounds and recovering silver from the extract in a simple manner without resorting to electrolysis or a special reducing agent, and further recovering high-purity silver, includes mixing the raw material with an organic solvent solution of an organophosphorus compound containing in the molecule sulfur in the form of S.sup.2- ions, thereby extracting silver into an organic phase simultaneously with dissolving the slightly soluble silver compounds, stripping the silver from the organic phase containing the extracted silver with an aqueous solution of alkali sulfite and forming a stripping solution, and reducing the stripping solution to separate silver therefrom.

Abstract: An outer protective shell of either a jacket or trousers has a torso portion and a pair of appendage portions connected to the torso portion. A liner is disposed within the shell and includes an outer moisture barrier and an inner thermal barrier. The moisture barrier is formed of a plurality of pieces joined together at seams. Sealing tapes on the inner surface of the moisture barrier are disposed over the seams to provide a waterproof seal at the seams. Lower edge portions of the moisture barrier and the thermal barrier are detachably connected to one another at spaced points so that the moisture barrier and the thermal barrier can be manually separated from one another to visually inspect said sealing tapes at all of said seams. In the jacket, the remaining edge portions of the barriers are permanently connected to one another. These remaining edge portions are detachably connected to the shell at spaced locations along the remaining edge portions.

Abstract: A device for controlling the drilling direction of drills includes a cylinder-type housing 6, a first ring-formed component 11 which is located on an inner peripheral surface that is eccentric with respect to the cylinder-type housing 6, a second ring-formed component 12 which is located on the inner peripheral surface that is eccentric with respect to the circular inner surface of the first ring-formed component 11, and hollow-type harmonized reduction gears 13,14 which rotate the first and second ring-formed components 11,12 relatively around their respective centers. A resolver is positioned between the first and second ring-formed components 11,12 and the hollow-type harmonized reduction gears 13,14 to detect the rotating angular position of the first and second ring-formed components 11,12. A fulcrum bearing 8 of the rotating shaft 2 is located at a midpoint between the drill bit and the first and second ring formed components 11,12.

Abstract: A dispensing spray container which delivers only liquid whether in the upright or inverted position. A container with an exit port from a storage cavity is fitted with an imperforate dip tube having an open-end located farthest from the exit port to feed the liquid when the container is in the upright position. In circuit with the dip tube is a porous element located nearest to the exit port whose surface conditions are such that when wetted by the liquid will from a force resulting from the liquid surface tension to prevent the gas from passing when the container is in the upright position and which will pass liquid when held in the inverted position.

Abstract: A trunk caddie is provided as a block of resilient yet firm material adapted to rest on the bed of a car trunk. The block has at least one arcuate depression therein that slopes across the width of the block, so that a golf bag cradled in the depression will have its heel in contact with the bed and its mouth elevated therefrom.

Abstract: The described wind turbine has a set of propeller type wind force collecting rotor turbines which is comprised of an up-wind auxiliary rotor blade turbine, being disposed on the front end of the combined bevel-planet gear assembly, and a down-wind main rotor blade turbine together with attached extender having twice the radius of the auxiliary rotor turbine. These rotor blades rotate in opposite directions with respect to one another, and the extender enables the main turbine to be activated by normal wind speed without aerodynamic wake turbulence effects created by the movement of the auxiliary rotor blade. The super-large scale, integrated, multi-unit rotor blade wind turbine has four sets of wind force collecting rotor blade turbines composed of an auxiliary up-wind rotor turbine and three down-wind rotor turbine units evenly spaced around a central pivotal rotor hub on extenders which arc the same length as the radius of the auxiliary turbine blade.

Abstract: A device for ensuring the transport of tanks in the form of containers with a truck so as to prevent the containers on the truck from sliding during the trip includes at least two holding supports attached in such a manner to a holding frame that pairs of holding supports are opposite each other and between them form a space for the shape-locking accommodation of the container, a container put into the space between the holding supports, and a holding frame connected to the respective bearing surface of the truck transported on water, by land or in the air.

Abstract: A dispenser has its closure cap non-removably affixed to a cylindrical attaching portion of its dispenser body by a snap-fit engagement between a folded lower end section of the attaching portion and the closure or a plug located within the closure and in engagement with the attaching portion. The folded lower end section presents an end edge facing outwardly of the closure which engages an inwardly facing end wall of the closure or of the plug.

Abstract: A pressure relief valve includes a valve housing and a drop-shaped body with a conical valve surface that cooperates with a conical valve seat at an upwardly directed blow-off opening of the valve housing. The drop-shaped body is connected to a lifting disc in the housing. The inner configuration of the housing provides an annular passage around the lifting disc which is smaller in area when the lifting disc (and drop-shaped body) is in its uppermost, fully open positioning as compared to its lowermost, closed positioning.