Abstract: An assembly for use in mounting a lid on a kiln body. An anchor member is mounted on a side surface of the kiln body defined by a metal outer layer of the body, which anchor member has a horizontal pivot pin fixed adjacent its upper end. Spaced hinge portions are attached to the periphery of the lid and have surfaces defining through openings receiving and being pivotable about the pivot pin, including generally vertically extending surfaces that afford vertical movement of the lid relative to the pivot pin to accommodate vertical expansion of a ceramic lining in the kiln during heating of the kiln. The assembly also includes a force transfer structure including (1) a pivot portion pivotably mounted on the pivot pin and projecting from the pivot pin along the periphery of the lid and above the upper surface of the lid, and (2) a transverse portion attached to an upper part of the pivot portion.

Abstract: A method for forming a sheet of loop material in which a sheet of fibers is passed between a first cylindrical forming member having sockets and a second cylindrical forming member having mating posts to generally conform the sheet of fibers to the peripheral surface of the first forming member and retain it there for a distance after which molten thermoplastic material is bonded to it to form a backing layer. Arcuate portions of the sheet of fibers that were in the sockets then projecting from the backing. The formed sheet of fibers is retained along the peripheral surface of the first forming member for said distance by drawing air through those air passageways in the bottoms of the sockets. The first forming member can be heated, and a source of heated air can be supplied to restrict cooling of the first forming member.

Abstract: A mushroom-type hook strip for a hook-and-loop fastener has a flexible backing of thermoplastic resin and, integral with backing, an array of upstanding stems distributed across at least one face of the backing, each having a mushroom head. The stems have a molecular orientation as evidenced by a birefringence value of at least 0.001. The mushroom-type hook strip can be produced continuously by injecting resin into cavities of a cylindrical mold while evacuating and cooling the cavities so that the cooled resin becomes molecularly oriented, thus affording to the stems excellent stiffness, durability, and tensile and flexural strength.

Abstract: Described is an adhesive clip including a back sheet with a first layer of removable pressure sensitive adhesive on its front major surface, and a second layer of removable pressure sensitive adhesive on its rear surface; and a front sheet of polymeric material having a size adapted to at least overlay the first layer of removable pressure sensitive adhesive on the back sheet which has a first edge attached to the back sheet with the front sheet overlying the first layer of removable pressure sensitive adhesive. When the back sheet is adhered to a planar substrate by the second layer of pressure sensitive adhesive, the front sheet can be pivoted away from the back sheet a distance affording positioning an edge portion of a sheet to be supported between the front sheet and the first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive and pressing of that portion of the sheet to be supported into engagement with the first layer of pressure sensitive adhesive so that the sheet will be supported along the substrate.

Abstract: A method for handling product enclosures each containing a product and having a through opening. A five panel fiberboard folder is provided that includes first, second, third, fourth and fifth elongate panels each having opposite longitudinally extending sides, one longitudinally extending side of the fourth panel being joined to one longitudinally extending side of the third panel, and the longitudinally extending side of the fourth panel opposite the third panel being joined to one longitudinally extending side of the fifth panel. The fifth panel has a plurality of through cuts between its major surfaces each defining a hook portion of the fifth panel projecting toward a first end of the fifth panel, and the five panel folder has perforations affording separation of the fourth panel from between the third and fifth panels.

Abstract: A paint applicator has a paint-impervious backing such as a cylindrical core to which is adhered a resilient reticulated reservoir such as an open-cell polyurethane foam. Covering the reservoir is a flexible reticulated metering layer that is not bonded to the reservoir except at crossing points of the reticulations. The applicator better releases paint and is more easily cleaned as compared to prior paint applicators having pile fabric coverings. In addition to paint rolls, other types of paint applicators such as paint pads and paint mittens can employ the same composite of a reticulated reservoir and reticulated metering layer.

Abstract: A mushroom-type hook strip that can be used in a hook-and-loop mechanical fastener. The hook strip comprises a homogeneous backing of thermoplastic resin and, integral with the backing, a high density array of hooks including stems projecting from the backing and circular disc shaped heads at the ends of the stems opposite the backing. The large number, small size, and shape of the heads on the hooks allow them to engage the fibers in conventional types of fabrics and non-woven materials that are not normally used as the loop portions of hook and loop fasteners.

Abstract: A compounding element for use with a rubbing compound in the finishing of a working surface. The compounding element has a buffing surface and a resiliently deformable skirt around the perimeter of the buffing surface and projecting beyond the buffing surface. In use, application of pressure to the compounding element on a working surface causes deformation of the skirt so that the buffing surface contacts the working surface and the skirt restricts slinging of the rubbing compounds.

Abstract: A spray assembly including a venturi type spray nozzle, a valve attached to the spray nozzle, a reservoir adapter that can engage a reservoir containing a liquid coating material to be sprayed, and a flexible hose between tile reservoir adapter and the valve. The outer surface texture of material being coated can be adjusted using the valve which is useful in matching the surface texture of chip resistant coatings and undercoatings on an automobile, and the hose allows the operator to spray material onto a substrate from any orientation of the spray nozzle which facilitates coating locations such as the lower portions of panels or in wheel wells and trunks. A valve passageways is shaped to facilitate fine adjustment of the air/coating material ratio when small amounts of material are being delivered, and the valve includes an air purge to remove material from the valve and nozzle when the valve is shut off.

Abstract: An assembly including a dispenser for flexible sheets from a stack, which dispenser has manually separable top and bottom portions defining a cavity therebetween adapted to receive the stack so that the uppermost sheet in the stack can be manually pulled through an opening in the top wall.

Abstract: A hook assembly including a hook adapted to be releasably attached to a portable masking device that adheres tape to masking material to form a composite masking material having a portion of the coating of pressure sensitive adhesive exposed so that the exposed adhesive can adhere the composite masking sheet along a surface to be masked. The hook includes an attachment portion having adapted to lay along a handle for the masking device, and a generally C-shaped engagement portion extending from the attachment portion that defines a recess. The engagement portion can be positionable around a structure with the structure in the recess to hang the masking device on the structure.

Abstract: A tape hub including a support portion defining a peripheral surface around an axis adapted to frictionally receive a cylindrical inner surface of a core wound with tape, and axially spaced radial projections and locating members on the tape hub for positioning a first edge of the length of tape wrapped around the core at either of two discrete tape edge positions axially with respect to the hub. The tape hub is useful on devices that adhere tape along one edge of masking material to afford selecting different amounts of overlap between the tape and the masking material. The tape hub can have a plurality of radially extending hub portions having spaces therebetween and axially extending ribs on the hub portions defining its peripheral surface with the peripheral surface being adapted to frictionally receive the cylindrical inner surface of cores of slightly different inner diameters.

Abstract: A plurality of stand forming members adapted to be assembled in different configurations, including (1) a top member including a top wall that can be adapted to support a monitor and has a peripheral wall projecting away from its bottom surface; (2) a plurality of generally U shaped intermediate members each having an upper surface adapted to either support the peripheral wall of the top member or the lower surface on a different one of the intermediate members; (3) a drawer member for insertion in each of the intermediate members; and (4) a base member adapted to be supported and to support the lower surface of the lowest one of the intermediate members.

Abstract: A method for forming a custom printed sheet bearing a layer of adhesive using a printer that drives a sheet along a sharply arcuate path past printing head means on the printer. An elongate sheet composite is provided that includes an elongate primary sheet portion of a width adapted to be received and fed through the printer, and a secondary sheet portion positioned adjacent the primary sheet portion with edges of the primary and secondary sheet portions generally aligned; and a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive extending between the adjacent surfaces of the sheet portions. The sheet composite has transverse paths of weakness at spaced locations along its length to define a concatenation of sheet composite segments. The sheet composite is folded in opposite directions along successive transverse paths of weakness to form a stack of sheet composite segments.