Abstract: A fuel injector for a combustor of a gas turbine engine comprises an injector housing having a fuel discharge passage for receiving pressurized fuel and communicated to the combustor for discharging the fuel thereto and an air discharge passage for receiving pressurized air and communicated to the combustor for discharging the air thereto to atomize the discharged fuel. A purge passage in the housing is communicated to the fuel discharge passage at one end and communicated to the air discharge passage at another end. The end of the purge passage is communicated to the air discharge passage by opening directly to the air discharge passage or, alternately, indirectly vis a duct member on the injector housing extending from a region proximate the end of the purge passage to the air passage.

Abstract: A combined air vent and pressure switch are provided at the inlet of a liquid pump. The air vent is adapted to exhaust air from a supply line, such as a garden hose, and thereby substantially prevent the pump from running dry before water from the hose reaches the inlet. The pressure switch is connected to the motor of the pump and is adapted to signal the motor to stop if the pressure switch senses a low pressure condition at the pump inlet, such as when there is inadequate liquid or no liquid at the pump inlet. The features of the air vent and pressure switch combine to prevent the pump from being damaged by running the pump without adequate liquid supply.

Abstract: A boring bit for boring holes in one or more workpieces such as wood and the like. An axially elongated shank portion of the boring bit has a tool engaging portion at one end and a head portion on a second end. A central axis longitudinally extends through the shank portion. The head portion includes a helically disposed surface on the end of the head portion which is frusto-conically sloped inwardly towards the central axis and generally towards the tool engaging portion. The helical surface has leading and following termini of which the leading terminus is advanced beyond the following terminus more than one-half of a helical revolution around the central axis along the shank portion. A cutting face, which is a planar surface, is perpendicularly spaced away from and extends parallel to the central axis. The cutting face intersects the leading terminus for scribing the bore circumference and scraping material from a workpiece when the boring bit is employed to form a bore in such a workpiece.

Abstract: A method of producing a molded foam article having an integral skin and a backing layer of foam comprising mixing particles of two polyvinyl compounds one of the compounds having a molecular weight less than that of the other compound and a higher solvating plasticizer than that of the other compound and casting the mixture against a heated mold surface and melting the one compound to flood the interstices of the particles of the other compound and float to the surface of the heated mold to form a skin and wherein the other compound includes foaming constituents to simultaneously form a layer of foam material behind the skin.

Abstract: A fastener drive tool for applying a rotational torque to a threaded fastener for driving the fastener into or out of a workpiece. The drive tool has an elongated shaft portion with a free end which is engageable with a recess formed in the fastener. Alternating merging concave and convex partially-cylindrical surfaces are formed on the outside of the shank towards the free end of the drive tool. The axes of curvature of the concave and convex partially-cylindrical surfaces are generally parallel to one another. The drive tool has at least one interlobular fastener retention piece attached between two convex partially-cylindrical surfaces which engage a corresponding convex partially-cylindrical surface formed in the fastener recess. The interlobular fastener retention piece releasably retains the fastener on the drive tool when the drive tool is engaged with the recess formed in the fastener and prevents wobbling of the fastener when it is driven by the drive tool.

Abstract: A pressure washer having a motor and a dispensing handle for dispensing a fluid. The handle has a frame and a portion of a control system having two controls connected to the frame. The two controls need to be actuated in order for the pressure washer to operate and, are suitably located on the frame such that a user can actuate both controls with a single hand while holding the frame with the same hand. The controls comprise a part of a pneumatic safety system extending between the handle and motor to prevent unintentional dispensing of fluid from the pressure washer. The control system for the pressure washer can be used to control a throttle on the motor.

Abstract: A gasketing device for forming a molded interior trim component for a vehicle utilizes a flexible planar gasket compressed between mold halves to prevent foaming material from entering the gasket area. The gasket is adapted to be secured to a structural insert and has a flexible peripheral edge that seals against the inside surface of a bezel on the insert. The gasket extends through the opening defined by the bezel to seal against a skin shell. The method includes mounting the gasket on the insert. The insert and gasket are placed on a mold half with an opposing mold half having a skin shell thereon. A foaming formulation is placed between the skin shell and insert and allowed to foam about the gasket to secure the insert to the skin shell. The product is removed, the skin shell over the gasket cut and peeled away to form an opening in the shell dimensioned smaller than the dimensions of the peripheral edge of the gasket.

Abstract: A RIM molded energy absorbing polyurethane rigid foam prepared from reacting inter alia a graft polymer polyol and an organic isocyanate using water as the blowing agent.

Abstract: A method for forming a 360 degree integral skin handle in a thermoplastic part for use in automotive trim products includes the steps of forming a mold with a partial recess with raised side ribs joined to a removable plug with raised side ribs and thereafter selectively directing heat from a first source through the mold and from a second source through the plug to form a completely closed, curved, heated tube surface and thereafter casting thermoplastic material against the curved, heated tube surface to fuse and cure a layer of material thereon in the form of a tube skin segment which is releasable from the mold when the plug is removed. Apparatus for practicing the method includes a mold with a recess therein and a plug is supported on the mold for movement into a position for closing the tube surface and into a demolding position for releasing the molded part. The raised side ribs combine to form spaced parallel recesses in the tube to form an inner surface on a 360.degree. with a smooth feel.

Abstract: Briefly, and in accordance with the foregoing, the present invention comprises a roller assembly for use with a bending apparatus for bending conduit and the like. The bending apparatus includes a frame, a bending shoe associated with the frame and a drive device for controllably driving the bending shoe. The roller assembly provides a roller which pivotably adjusts to an outside surface of the workpiece to accommodate variations in the workpiece while it is being bent during a rolling operation. The roller assembly includes a shaft attached and supported by the frame, two pivot segments and two roller dies. The pivot segments are positioned along and spaced apart on the shaft and each has an arcuate surface in a facing orientation with the other pivot segment. The roller dies have facing ends and base ends and a pivot socket formed in the base end. The pivot socket is sized and dimensioned for cooperatively mating with the arcuate surface of the pivot segment.

Abstract: An assembly (10) for molding a two-tone color plastic shell (12) includes a divider wall (42) having first and second sections (42a) and (42b) that are interconnected for lateral adjustment therebetween for controlling the position of a seal gasket (60) with respect to a divider rib or division surface (36) on a heated mold (22).

Abstract: A two tone plastic vehicle door shell (10), FIG. 1 has a front surface (12) and a side surface (14) separated into two tone segments (18, 20) (18a, 20a) by an integral two tone trim line (22). The shell's side surface is joined to a return flange (16). The return flange is arranged generally parallel to the front of the shell and includes a side flap (26) thereon which covers a cut-out opening (24) in the return flange on either side of the trim line at the side of the door. The cut-out opening (24) is provided for removing a seal and divider wall assembly from the door shell when thermoplastic powder is cast on a heated mold to form the shell. A tool FIG.

Abstract: A passenger vehicle has a dashboard having a decorative panel for covering an air bag assembly installation and enable deployment outwardly of the panel upon inflation. The panel comprises a thermoplastic inner support layer having discrete surfaces abutting each other along a predetermined H-shaped tear seam line partially framing the opening to define a door in the panel and a flexible vinyl outer skin layer presenting a smooth outer surface and having a weakened section on its inner surface forming the seam line. An intermediate resilient olefin foam layer or a polyurethane foam layer of equivalent strength having discrete surfaces abutting each other along the seam line completely fills the void between the inner and outer layers and is adhesively bonded to the inner and outer layers.

Abstract: An expansion band is provided with a row of metallic bottom links underlying a row of metallic top links. The top links are offset with respect to the bottom links in the direction of the band length, with metallic top shells mounted on the top links. Metallic spring biased connecting elements mechanically couple the top and bottom links in a manner permitting resilient longitudinal adjustment of the band between a contracted state at which the top shells are in mutual abutting relationship to thereby cover the underlying upper surfaces of the bottom links, and an extended state at which the top shells are spaced on from the other to thereby expose the upper surfaces of the bottom links. Only the top shells having a base coating of black oxide, and only the to shells having a base coating of black oxide, and only the exposed exterior surfaces of the thus coated top shells and the upper surfaces of the bottom links have a polymeric coating.

Abstract: Molded urethane articles (10) are deflashed by impinging or shooting particles (14) of polyvinyl chloride at the flash (18) which develops between the seams of the mold parts. The polyvinyl chloride particles (14) are random in shape and have a maximum cross-sectional measure of 0.125 inches. The polyvinyl chloride particles (14) are set in motion using a blast of air produced by a particle blaster (12). The polyvinyl chloride particles (14) have a hardness range (50-85 Shore A durometer) which is hard enough to deflash articles made of semi-rigid urethane and, yet, soft enough not to damage a polyvinyl chloride cone.

Abstract: A preform (11) is formed from sprayed binder and chopped fibers from respective nozzles (21) and (18) onto a foraminous screen (14). A plurality of nozzles (33) are circumferentially spaced about nozzles (21) and (18) and provide heated air to cure the binder. The nozzles (18),(21), and (33) are affixed to each other and are mounted onto a gantry (32) for relative motion with respect to the screen (14). The heated air cures the preform (11) simultaneously with it formation.