Abstract: An outboard propulsion system comprising a support for attachment to the deck of a vessel to which is bolted a prime mover with its drive shaft in a horizontal position transversely of the vessel, a propulsion assembly supported by the support in suspension outboard of the vessel for arcuate movement about a horizontal axis parallel to the axis of the drive shaft, the propulsion assembly comprising an upper gear box, an input shaft journaled in the gear box on an axis coinciding with said horizontal axis, a steering column connected at its upper end to the gear box for rotation about an axis at right angles to the axis of the input shaft, a lower gear box fixed to the lower end of the steering column within which is journaled a propeller shaft, gears in the lower gear box drivably connecting the propeller shaft to the transmission shaft, a hydraulic elevating cylinder for effecting arcuate movement of the propulsion assembly in a vertical plane about the axis of the input shaft, a hydraulic clutch for operabl

Abstract: Apparatus for partially or wholly separating individual coils from batches of interengaged coils comprising supporting structure for receiving the batches of coils standing upright, columnar springs supporting the structure, vibrators fastened to the supporting structure, and controls for controlling the amplitude and frequency of vibration of the vibrators.

Abstract: A jaw for holding a coil in a coil transfer apparatus during movement from one position to another designed to permit the coil to be rotated about its longitudinal axis while held by the jaw.

Abstract: Apparatus for receiving a row of spaced coils in which the coils are at a predetermined spacing and transferring them to a coil assembly machine at a different spacing.

Abstract: Apparatus for separating coils from groups of coils and orienting them for presentation in-line correspondingly oriented about their longitudinal axes to a coil assembly machine, comprising in parallel relation a plurality of conveyors corresponding in number to the number of in-line coils to be presented to the assembly machine, for moving batches of interengaged coils along a predetermined path and for partially separating the coils as they travel therealong, and a gripper assembly associated with each conveyor arranged to successively grasp and complete separation of the leading coil of the group of coils while the remaining coils of the group are withheld, position it on a turntable for rotation about its vertical axis so that its knot is in a predetermined position of orientation, invert the separated coil after it has been rotated about its vertical axis and by such inversion present it to an assembly machine.

Abstract: A material cutting machine includes a pair of cylindrical rollers through which a web of sheet material is passed, one roller being driven while the other is allowed to track with the sheet material so that it accurately measures the length of the material passing through the rollers. Means are included for stopping the drive roller after a prescribed length of material has been measured by the measuring roller. After such stopping, a cut-off apparatus is made to reciprocate across the web to cut off a predetermined length of material.

Abstract: A rotary knotting head for a wire tying machine containing an axial bore and radial slot to the bore for receiving the wire and a wire wrap surface spaced from the bore at the opposite side of the radial slot characterized in that wear resistant inserts are set into faces of the wrap surface and the side of the slot opposite the wrap surface which extend from the bottom of the radial slot radially towards the open end thereof and are of substantially the same area.