Abstract: A flag holder is disclosed which permits display of a flag on a post. There is a sleeve having a central vertical bore and an outer peripheral wall extending around the bore. A pocket is attached to the wall for retaining a flag pole. The holder frictionally engages the post on an inner sleeve wall surface. This is preferably achieved by providing a vertical slot in a side of the sleeve and causing the sleeve to act as flexible jaw.

Abstract: A pulper for the disintegration of cellulose pulp is disclosed in which a vessel containing bales of waste paper or pulp is of a spiral shape with a flat bottom, and a rotor is located in the center of the spiral. Impurities and foreign bodies are driven towards an Archimedes screw located at the outlet from the spiral, which removes them to the exterior. In this final pass this is washed by spray nozzles to recover the carried-over pulp.

Abstract: A method for perforating a sheet material provides for a perforating die located intermediate two orbital rollers. The two orbital rollers move in orbital paths in the same orbital direction at the same speed and in positions which are 180 degrees apart. Each roller acts as a temporary storage input and output in opposite phase from each other so that incoming sheet material is alternately stored and dispensed as a loop on the orbital roller. Since the rollers are out of phase, this permits a segment of the sheet material to be stopped intermediate the orbital rollers so that the perforating die can act on the stopped segment.

Abstract: A seat leveling apparatus for levelling the seat on a vehicle when the vehicle turns onto an inclined surface which includes upper and lower members that pivot relative to each other on a longitudinal axis parallel to the path of the vehicle. Apparatus is provided with a facility to latch the seat in a preselected tilted position as well as a facility to adjust the frictional restraint on the operation of the mechanism as a means of control.

Abstract: A self-locking knife which has a guide at the heel of the blade integral with the heel of the knife or attached therewith which blade is mounted in a pair of bolsters superposed on each other, forming a casing for the knife and defining a space or slideway therebetween for passage of the blade from a retracted to an extended position where the blade is projected forwardly of the casing and providing interlock between the blade and the casing, maintaining the blade in either position.

Abstract: A brace plate for bracing concrete column forms includes a flexible base and an extension extending at an angle therefrom. The extension has a slot for receiving a tightening strap and holes to receive fasteners for fastening the brace plate to a brace. In use, a plurality of brace plates are disposed around the circumference of a column form so that the bases conform to the outer surface of the column form. The tightening strap is inserted through each of the brace plates and drawn snugly around the column form. Each brace plate is fastened to its corresponding brace in such a way as to allow relative movement between the brace plate and the brace. Once the braces are secured and the column form is aligned, each brace plate is further fastened to each brace so as to prevent relative movement between each brace plate and its corresponding brace.

Abstract: The invention relates to a circular knife (12) as well as a cutting device (11-15) for cutting materials into webs. The cutting device comprises at least one circular knife (12) arranged on a shaft (11) and characterized in that the circular knife is directly mounted on the shaft, the knife being maintained in the cutting position by means of two spacer rings (13) located on both sides of the knife. The knife is characterized in that, when it is mounted according to the present invention device, it exhibits a suitable flexibility, in order, when operating, to generate a pressure on a lower knife whose variations with respect to a mean value do not exceed 10% in absolute value.

Abstract: Vibration and shock mounting of an apparatus such as a disk drive is dampened through the use of one or more O-rings held in place by a bolt with a pre-determined load force applied to the mounting bracket of the device. One or more notches or slits may be selectively employed as required to equalize the force applied to multiple mounting brackets by the device.

Abstract: A system is provided for mounting directional antennas on vehicles. The mounting system employs a conventional roof rack as a support base for the antenna mount. In one embodiment, a straight tubular frame member is attachable to the roof rack. An upwardly-extending rotatable shaft extends from adjacent one end of the frame, for supporting the antenna mast, and a downwardly-extending rotatable shaft, supporting a control handle, extends from adjacent the other end of the frame. The rotational movements of the shafts are tied together by a toothed belt which engages sprockets coupled to the shafts. In its preferred form, the control handle includes tactile positioning indicators on its surface which allow the user to sense the direction of the antenna without having to view it. A second embodiment is disclosed which uses a portion of a tubular horizontal bar on a conventional roof rack as part of the support frame of the device.

Abstract: A web cutter includes a knife roll located above an anvil roll, a web infeed conveyor for moving a continuous web to be severed to the nip between the rolls and a segment discharge conveyor for removing segments cut from the web. The roll includes a plurality of fixed cutting knives and the anvil roll includes a plurality of fixed anvils such that rotation of the rolls brings each knife into engagement with an anvil to sever the web. Lift plates on the anvil roll are located immediately upstream from each anvil to raise the severed lead end of the web above the anvil in order to assure proper feeding to the discharge conveyor.

Abstract: A mobile drilling machine adapted to be mounted on an all-terrain vehicle of the type principally utilized for recreational purposes. Secured to a reinforced rear luggage rack of the vehicle is an equipment supporting plate carrying a drill beam mounted thereto by way of a support bearing. The drill beam is rotatable from a horizontal traveling position to vertical drilling position. The drill beam has, at its lower end, a base plate which is attached to a hydraulic cylinder. At a drill site, the hydraulic cylinder is actuated to lower the base plate to the ground surface. Continued movement of the cylinder lifts the rear end of the vehicle which places a portion of the weight of the vehicle on the drill beam to maintain the position of the drill beam.

Abstract: An apparatus for regulating and adjusting powered rolls for conveying metal plates supported in tubular crossbeams which is always reliable in operation is very simple in its construction and protected from rust deposits, especially in shears for edge trimming and/or for longitudinal or transverse division of the plates, is created by having regulation elements as wedges which are displaceably arranged within a bearing bracket and are in operational connection with the adjustment elements.

Abstract: A combination nut cracker and nibbler comprised of an upper moveable jaw, a lower fixed jaw, a front pivot arm secured to the lower fixed jaw, a lever arm secured to the front pivot arm and the upper moveable jaw, a back arm secured to the upper moveable jaw and the lower fixed jaw and a screw threaded shank nibbler secured to the upper moveable jaw.

Abstract: An end-to-end anastomosis stapling apparatus is provided with a shroud for creating a partial anastomosis. The shroud is provided with a collar, portion for mounting the shroud onto the distal end of the stapling apparatus, and a tissue shield for shielding a predetermined portion of tissue from entering between an anvil and a staple cartridge on the stapling apparatus.

Abstract: A toe nail clipper apparatus has a nail clipper connected on one end of an elongated member and a pistol-type grip mounted on the other end. A cord attached to the nail clipper and a trigger adjacent to the handle actuates the clipper. The elongated member may have a pivotal joint near the clipper end of the elongated member to permit moving the clipper in an arc.

Abstract: A pneumatic pulverizer includes an accelerating tube for conveying and accelerating a material to be pulverlized by a high-pressure gas and a pulverizing chamber for finely pulverizing the material to be pulverized. The pulverizing chamber is provided with a colliding member having a colliding surface provided in opposed relation to an outlet of the accelerating tube. The colliding surface of the colliding member has a protruding central portion, and an outer peripheral colliding surface provided around the protruding central portion for secondarily pulverizing the material primarily pulverized by the protruding central portion. The pulverizing chamber has a side wall for performing tertiary pulverization on the material secondarily pulverized by the outer peripheral colliding surface.

Abstract: A miter saw includes a base for placing a work thereon and a miter saw unit supported by a support mechanism relative to the base. The miter saw unit supports a saw blade and a motor for driving the saw blade. The motor has a motor shaft extending in a longitudinal direction of the motor. A transmission mechanism serves to transmit rotation of the motor to the saw blade. The support mechanism supports the miter saw unit in such a manner that the miter saw unit is vertically pivotable and that the miter saw unit is laterally pivotable from a vertical position to an inclined position. The rotational axis of the saw blade extends substantially horizontally when the miter saw unit is at the vertical position, and the rotational axis of the saw blade extends obliquely relative to the horizontal direction when the miter saw unit is at the inclined position. The motor is positioned on one lateral side of the miter saw unit toward the inclined position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for retaining knife blades for cutting, perforation or other treatment of a running web, preferably a paper web. The web runs between a rotatable knife-retaining cylinder and a counter pressure cylinder, whereby the knife blade may be wedged up by a wedge device by being brought into the slot by the counter pressure cylinder. In order to permit effective wedging up of knife blades in exact positions in the slot, even when the blades have dimensions which differ from knife blades of the certain defined dimension, the wedge device comprises and/or cooperates with at least one spring disposed beside the wedge device in the slot, upon insertion of a knife blade into the slot for wedging up thereof by the counter pressure cylinder.

Abstract: A mechanism for attaching a tabletop to at least one vertical support that permits movement of the tabletop with respect to the vertical support consisting of a top plate and a bottom plate, the top plate attachable to the tabletop and the bottom plate being attachable to the vertical support. The two plates are connected by a hinge mechanism that allows movement of the top from a horizontal to a vertical position and also allows the top to be removed from the vertical support for storage. The mechanism has easily operated, releasable locking means for holding the top plate to the bottom plate when the tabletop is in a horizontal position.

Abstract: A device is provided for convenient retention of a disposable, flexible, plastic waste bag for use in various medical procedures. The bag retaining device includes a liquid reservoir and an aperture in communication with the bag. A series of grippers maintains the bag under a mattress or the like to hold it in a secure posture and prevent it from becoming dislodged if accidentally struck.