Abstract: A tag assembling machine feeds tag bodies and tag ties from opposite directions along a lineal path into a centralized work station in predetermined alignment for assembly. In the preferred embodiment, the work station includes a welding apparatus for bonding the tag tie to the tag body.
Abstract: A container insert slidably receives a plurality of columns of nested preformed pot covers in slots formed in the insert which is spaced from the sides of the container in which it is positioned. The bow of the pot covers project on one side of the insert panel with the preformed cover on the opposite side thereby utilizing the bow itself as a support for holding a plurality of preformed covers in spaced relationship with respect to each other for shipment.
Abstract: A tag has a body carrying printed indicia and a tie extending from an edge of the body and having a flexible wire core surrounded by a resilient polymeric material. The tie is bonded to the body by ultrasonic welding to provide an integral construction which assures the body of the tag will not be separated from the tie once attached to an object. Such construction permits the tag to be attached to nursery stock for example, by wrapping the embedded wire tie around a branch.
Abstract: A flat belt is provided with spaced cleats aligned along the length of the belt for non-driving engagement with a peripheral pulley groove. The cleats are cast in place with a form system installed temporarily on opposite sides of a groove in the covering layer of the belt that exposes the core material for bonding.
Abstract: A mandrel of sponge rubber or gel has a tension element for withdrawing the mandrel from a graft tube grown from living tissue. In a first embodiment the tension element comprises a strip of cloth embedded in a sponge rubber mandrel. In a second embodiment the tension element comprises a rubber tube containing the sponge rubber and in a third embodiment the tension element comprises a rubber tube containing a gel. The mandrel assembly includes cloth reinforcing tubes surrounding the mandrel.