Abstract: It is necesary to supply electronic components to a precise location in a transfer station 26, the components being supplied in a plurality of magazines 22 e.g. for a component placement machine. Desirably the magazines may be readily exchanged without significant time being taken in setting up the magazine position accurately. Suitably the magazines are mounted on a turntable 24 each magazine having a location mark 362 positioned accurately relative to a transfer position 286. Drive structure 264 moves the turntable 24 to present the transfer position 286 of the magazine 22 at the transfer station 26 and sensing structure 358 senses the mark 362 when the supply structure 18 is in a characterizing mode. Information supplied by the sensing structure 358 determines when the transfer position 286 is at a precise location of the transfer station 26.

Abstract: Laterally opened vehicular doors are guided by a track assembly which is made up of a track and an end cap. The end cap has a fastener portion which cooperates with the track to positively secure the end cap to the track without the use of a screw. A cantilevered ramped locking tab is forced into a locating hole in the bottom of the track by a tension arm which is deflected by the top of the track. The locking tab engages a side wall of the hole to locate a post against the side of the vehicle.

Abstract: A wedge assembly to be secured to a vehicle door to prevent door rattling during vehicle operation. A slide element is captured by a base plate and stops are provided to prevent inadvertent disassembly.

Abstract: The thickness of a formed glass container is evaluated around its wall periphery by making a selected sampling of voltage data. An encoder is used which displaces the periphery past a sensor and sampling is synchronized with the pulses of the encoder. When a seam is detected, sampled data is ignored for a chosen number of pulses prior to as well as following and the number of pulses is set by defining the diameter of the container.

Abstract: Apparatus for detecting line-over defects at the finish of a glassware container. A bifurcated fiber optic bundle includes sender and receiver fiber branches; one of the branches terminates at a modulated visible red high intensity LED light source, the other at a photosensor. The non-bifurcated, probe end of the fiber optic cable terminates in a rectangular pattern of sending and receiving fibers in a random mix. The probe end of the fiber optic bundle is positioned directly over the container finish and pointed straight down. An intervening lens assembly produces a focused 1:1 image of the rectangular pattern at the bottle finish with the long axis of the rectangle oriented radially across the finish. An electronic assembly modulates the LED, demodulates the photodetector output, and detects sharp reductions in the intensity of light reflected back to the receiver fibers, indicative of line-over defects.

Abstract: A mounting cassette for an exit device includes a latch bolt assembly. Latch bolt assembly includes a rotatable member for causing retraction of the latch of said assembly. The cassette is used to mount the exit device on a first side of a door having on the opposite side thereof a cylinder lock. The cylinder lock includes an actuator member extending through the door. The mounting cassette has first motion transmitting member mounted for rotation therein. The first motion transmitting member receives the actuating member for rotation thereby. Second motion transmitting member is rotatably coupled with the first motion transmitting member and is connected to the rotatable member of the latch bolt assembly.

Abstract: An air conduit is carried by each pocket of a ware handling device to direct air under pressure towards the corner of the pocket which is to receive a container. The source is cylinder air which is fed through a hole in this piston/rod to the ware handling arm.

Abstract: The improved apparatus for straight line shearing of multiple gobs from columns of molten glass includes a shear frame to which multiple shear blade assemblies and shear blade adjustment mechanisms are mounted to facilitate changeover between single, double, and multiple gob configurations. At least one shear frame wall includes a plurality of slots aligned along an axis of separation of the shear blade assemblies and shear blade adjustment mechanisms, the adjustment mechanisms each including an indexing rod and adjusting shaft which may be repositioned within one of said slots to adjust the separation of the shear blade adjustment mechanisms. Advantageously, in a shear mechanism designed to accommodate single, double, and triple gob configurations, two such slots are provided for the outermost indexing rods, such rods being located at their points of maximum separation for single or triple gob shearing, and their points of minimum separation for double gob shearing.

Abstract: The mechanism comprises a piston and cylinder assembly operable to move mould side portion supports between mould open and mould closed positions thereof. A check valve (72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82) is mounted in a passage (66) into the cylinder to allow fluid under pressure to enter the cylinder through the passage but to prevent exit of fluid through the passage. The check valve is mounted in a chamber (66f) defined partially by the end cap (60) and partially by a cover member (67) removably mounted on the top of the end cap (60). When the cover member (67) is removed from the end cap (60), the check valve can be removed.

Abstract: When the tube of a feeder assembly for a glass forming machine is lowered into engagement with the spout bowl, the separation of the jack and the tube support lifts a ring assembly which normally rests on the jack housing. This exposes a pressurized air conduit resulting in a sensed pressure drop which confirms that the tube has engaged the spout bowl.

Abstract: This invention relates to suction pick-up apparatus of an electrical or electronic component placement machine. A pick-up head 16 has a body 82 with a pick-up surface 84 and a piston 94 with a smaller pick-up surface 98 slidable in the body 82. The piston 94 is movable between an operative position projecting beyond the surface 84 and an inoperative position retracted into the body 82 by air under pressure directed to move the piston 94. The head 16 is constructed so that suction can be applied to an appropriate one of the surfaces 84, 98 to retain a component engaged by that surface on the surface. The apparatus may have several pick-up heads 16 mounted at equal intervals about the axis of a carousel 14 for stepwise movement through a plurality of stations 26, 42-58 where various operations are carried out. Where the apparatus comprises a plurality of heads 16 mounted on a carrier 34 an appropriate head may be selected by a bowden cable mechanism 68.

Abstract: Profiled bolt mounting unit for mounting on a structural member, comprising a blind rivet body having a sleeve and a flange for abutting against the structural member provided for mounting purposes with a mandrel having a setting head and a pull stem which may be gripped by a setting tool and detached from the mandrel at a predetermined breaking point (break neck) after exceeding a certain pulling force. The predetermined breaking point is separated by such a distance from the flange that the portion of the mandrel between the flange and the predetermined breaking point acts as a profiled bolt, whereby the mandrel portion remaining inside the blind rivet body after the setting process projects the profiled bolt portion away from the flange.

Abstract: A hybrid natural language understanding (NLU) system which is particularly designed for processing natural language text. Primary functional components of the NLU system include a preprocessor; a word look-up and morphology module which communicates with a lexicon and a learning module; a syntactic parser which interfaces with an augmented transition network (ATN) grammar; a case frame applier, which converts the syntactic structure into canonical, semantic "case frames"; and a discourse analysis component which integrates explicit and implied information in the text into a conceptual structure which represents its meaning. This structure may be passed on to a knowledge based system, data base, to interested analysts or decision makers, etc. Significant feedback points are provided, e.g., the case frame applier may notify the syntactic parser of a semantically incorrect parse, or the syntactic parser may seek a semantic judgment based on a fragmentary parse.

Abstract: A DIP insertion machine is disclosed wherein the feeder, inserter, valve stack for the feeder and inserter and electronic distribution panels for the valve stack, feeder and inserter are all mounted on a single plate which is secured to a mounting bracket attached to the bottom of the cross-beam on which the component magazines and shuttle are secured.

Abstract: There is described a speed sensor that is particularly adapted to moving vehicles such as automobiles. A permanent magnet, stator assembly, and field coil are held within a cup that is adapted to mate a bearing assembly of a non-driven wheel of the vehicle. A magnetic flux is provided by the permanent magnet and when rotor poles carried by the bearing assembly rotate in close proximity to the stator assembly, the magnetic flux in turn generates an alternating voltage current in the field coil. The alternating current so generated is then fed through an electrical terminal to a vehicle computer.

Abstract: A housing has a flat side and an open end opposite the flat side, which open end is closed by a circuit board, sandwiching a slidable contact carrier between it and the flat side. Normal power terminals are carried by the flat side and low power traces by the circuit board. Contacts carried on both sides of the carrier open and close circuits on the flat side and the circuit board as the carrier is slid in the housing. The carrier slides on a stabilizing bar with a highly finished surface, thereby smoothing out force irregularities that could be caused by the small size and differing characteristics of the two sides of the switch.

Abstract: A reliable electronic lock comprises means for reading a key card upon insertion and withdrawal. Sets of data read from the key card are compared to CRC data read from the key card to determine which set contains actual data and no false data erroneously read by the electronic lock. The CRC data is stored in scrambled form on the card to minimize the possibility of match to a set of actual and false data.

Abstract: The level of vapor generated by heaters located in boiling electronic liquid contained in a vessel is maintained at a first level below the path of travel of work product and is elevated to a second level above the work product to process the work product. After a selected processing time the vapor level is lowered to the lower level so that the work product will not be overheated.

Abstract: A bundling band is provided comprising a strip-like band having a plurality of teeth and a holder portion with a hole in which the strip-like band is inserted and retained by a pawl contacting the teeth. The edge of the strip-like band is provided with a cutout of sufficient depth such that twisting of the band is effective to separate the undesired portion of the band from a bundle of wires or the like being bound by the band.