Abstract: The shoveling hand cart apparatus is a material handling apparatus designed to provide an apparatus that will allow the user easy loading of bulky and heavy items into a wheeled bin by having an open end at or near load/ground height which aids in shoveling/scooping loads in much the way a hand truck operates on boxed loads and allows the user to easily transport contained and loose loads in a bin, and then dump, shovel or slide out the contents of the bin. The shoveling hand cart apparatus is comprised of a handle that has a significant vertical portion prior to the portion that is positioned along the upper part of the sides of the bin in order to permit the operator to work in a comfortable position. The holding area or bin of the cart has a rear arcuate wall and two sides with an open front section. The sides have a vertical dimension that is greater at the area adjacent to the rear arcuate wall and slopes as it goes forward to a smaller vertical dimension.

Abstract: A hub for a pulley, gear, or wheel is formed with an integral key or other integral means for preventing relative rotation and with an integral stop for positioning the hub axially on a shaft. The hub has a generally cylindrical opening for a shaft, an integral key extending inwardly into the shaft opening along at least part of the shaft opening for engaging a keyway in the shaft, and an integral mechanical stop covering at least a portion of one end of the shaft opening. The integral key preferably extends the entire length of the shaft opening. The mechanical stop preferably has an opening which is disposed at least around one end of the integral key. The mechanical stop serves to position the pulley, gear, or wheel precisely with respect to the end of a shaft when the pulley, gear, or wheel is assembled onto the shaft. The keyed hub is manufactured by powder metallurgy. One or more body plates are welded to the formed hub to form a pulley, gear, or wheel, or the hub is pressed into a body plate.