Abstract: An apparatus for inserting a flattened metal wire, the flat surfaces of which are set vertical, into a cylindrical container while forming the flattened wire into continuous spiral loops, in such a manner that these loops are stacked in this cylindrical container without being twisted with the loop-forming positions therein staggered sequentially, and an apparatus for feeding the flattened metal wire without twisting the loops from the interior of the cylindrical container to the exterior thereof continuously, and more particularly to an apparatus for inserting into and an apparatus for feeding therefrom a flattened copper wire used for electric welding.

Abstract: A low-temperature liquefied gas outflow device wherein an outflow nozzle having a plurality of through-holes is provided through the base of a heat-insulating container having an opening at the top, and a cover member closing the opening, a control device for selectively opening or closing any desired number of the plurality of through-holes provided in the outflow nozzle is provided. The heat-insulating container has a level sensor located within the heat-insulating container, a liquefied gas supply conduit running through the cover member, a vaporized-gas exhaust conduit provided in the cover member, and a check valve inserted into the liquefied gas supply conduit, operating in response to a signal from the level sensor. The control device for selectively opening or closing the through-holes comprises a plurality of valve elements for selectively closing the through-holes, and an elevation cylinder for controlling the operation of the plurality of valve elements.

Abstract: End closures for cans fed horizontally at given intervals at a high speed are shifted in direction, one after another, to be substantially perpendicular to a support passage extending substantially horizontally, received separately by the passage rapidly and positively, and lotted out when a predetermined number has been reached by the pieces received. Each lot thus compacted to a solid cylindrical form is put into an elongate paper bag, and the open end of the bag is closed.