Abstract: A method and apparatus for securing a lanyard to a handle of the type used with inflators. The lanyard is captured in sandwiched relation between the opposite halves of the handle at the time the handle is molded. A pair of confronting lanyard-receiving members are positioned along the longitudinal axis of symmetry of the handle, and the lanyard is placed between them. Plugs that force the lanyard to follow a serpentine path of travel are positioned along the length of each lanyard-receiving member when the molding process begins and the plugs are removed when the handle is completed.

Abstract: A caster bearing assembly attachable to a surface for facilitating the movement of a body along a roller plane located above the surface. The caster bearing assembly (10) includes a base part (16) mounted to the surface, a top part (18), bearings (20), and a roller assembly (22). The bearings fit within a bearing raceway (24) formed by an outer race (42) in the base part and an inner race (56) in the top part, thereby allowing the top part to fully and freely move relative to the base part. The bearings are inserted into the bearing raceway through an opening (58) extending from an exposed surface (54) of the top part to the bearing raceway. The opening is then sealed with a plug (60) having an inner surface (62) substantially matching the inner race at which the opening terminates. The roller assembly is fixedly attached to the top part so that the orientation of its rollers (26) may be varied.

Abstract: A slip-resistant, flexible, cushioning cover for a handle, formed of an elastomeric tube having at least one open end, said tube having ribs on an outside surface. The ribs each have sidewalls extending from the outside surface, and a top wall extending between the sidewalls, forming an outer surface of the ribs. The outer surface of the ribs is concave and the junctures of the top surface and the sidewalls have sharp edges.

Abstract: A mechanism is provided for maintaining an open door in a selected fixed position includes a hydraulic cylinder having first and second ends. One end of a shaft axially disposed in the cylinder, passes through a hydraulic seal at one end of the cylinder. A piston is axially disposed on the shaft near its other end, and includes o-rings for sealing it against the cylinder walls. The piston includes first and second axially-disposed bores. First and second discs, each including an aperture are axially mounted on the shaft in contact with the opposing faces of the piston and are positioned such that the aperture of each is substantially aligned with one of the bores and blocks the other bore. The discs are held against the faces of the piston with a predetermined amount of force.

Abstract: A top and bottom disk with central bores axially aligned for receipt of a through bolt fastener. The disks have descending and ascending integral cylindrical tubes respectively. The descending top disk tube has a side wall vertical channel leading to an eccentric hole in the top disk at one end. The inner diameter of the top disk cylindrical tube is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the bottom disk cylindrical tube and receives the bottom disk tube in axial alignment within a through hole in a two-sided honeycomb panel. Ridges on a surface of each disk, in contact with a honeycomb panel side, seal the disk in place after epoxy is inserted into the eccentric hole in the top disk.

Abstract: To prevent an automobile mat from moving forward, a strap with a metal or plastic loop at the end is attached to the rear underside of a floor mat. In front of the automobile seat one side of an elongated "S"-shaped clip is forced over the exposed edge of the automobile's original carpeting. The other side of the clip is then in an upward direction with the open end of the clip facing toward the rear of the automobile. The loop attached to the floor mat is inserted intothe upward facing portion of the "S" clip. The length of the strap attached to the loop is sized to allow hand space to reach under the floor mat during the attaching process. The "S" clip is made of a spring-type material, shaped to tightly squeeze over and be tightly held by the thickness of the automobile carpeting. The shape of the clip also prevents the unintentional separation of the loop from the clip.

Abstract: A window hinge assembly for mounting a window sash to a window frame including an elongated track mountable along an axis to the window frame and a generally planar sash arm mountable along an axis to the window sash. The sash arm is also mounted for movement in a plane parallel to the track axis and has one end positionable adjacent one track end when the window sash is closed. A pair of mirror image hat members are interchangeably attachable separately to the arm one end and the track one end, where each of the hat members have a base selectively securable to the arm and the track and a perpendicularly bent edge on one end. The hat member bases are trapezoidal and attached to the arm and track so that the outwardly facing base side is shorter than the parallel opposite base side, with the bent edge protruding perpendicularly from the base.

Abstract: A door hinge assembly is disclosed, which comprises a door hinge assembly for pivotally connecting a door to a fixed structure. The assembly comprises a first wing member secured to the fixed structure, the first wing member having first aligned bores formed therethrough; a second wing member secured to the door, the second wing member having second aligned bores formed therethrough, the first and second wing members being so arranged that all of the first and second aligned bores are aligned; a pivot shaft passing through the aligned first and second bores to pivotally connect the first and second wing members; plastically deformable bushes respectively disposed in the second bores while rotatably receiving therein the pivot shaft; a first structure for suppressing rotation of the pivot shaft relative to the first bores; and a second structure for suppressing rotation of the bushes relative to the second bores.

Abstract: A grommet pad for use with a sports racket having a frame formed with string holes for a string network and utilizing hollow grommets, having a flared end connecting to a long stem to support and guide strings through the frame, the grommet pad is adapted to at least one of the holes with the grommet, comprising,(a) a thin curved member formed at one end with a sharp tip adapted to be removably inserted into the clearance spacing between the the outer surface of the stem and the inner surface of the string hole, and(b) a curved support portion connected to the member at the end opposite the tip end and extending toward the interior of the frame, the portion being arranged for supporting the overhanging extended length of the grommet stem associated therewith against the force exerted thereon by the string passing there through toward the string network.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a door hinge system which can be mounted readily on a door body in a short time and which comprises a hinge member to be fixedly secured to a stile member of the door body, and a support member for supporting the hinge member from under or from above. The hinge member has a mounting surface portion which is formed on one side surface thereof and which has mounting screw-threaded holes perforated therein. This mounting surface portion is fixedly secured by means of fasteners through a seating plate to one side wall of the stile member of the door body. The portion of the side wall to be fitted with the hinge system is positioned relative to the mounting surface portion by insert portion(s) and engaging portions located at predetermined positions on the mounting surface portion.

Abstract: A shaft lock device includes a cylindrical rotational shaft, and first and second members. The first member supports one end of the rotational shaft so that the shaft is rotatable around the axis thereof, and the second member is fixed to the other end portion of the shaft and rotatable integrally with the shaft. A coil spring, coiled in a predetermined direction and having a coil diameter greater than the inner diameter of the shaft, is arranged in the shaft along the axial direction while the outer surface of the spring is pressed against the inner circumferential surface of the shaft when the second member is rotated in the direction opposite the coiling direction, the spring is urged to expand in its radial direction, thereby retaining the shaft from rotating. When the second member is rotated in the coiling direction, the spring is urged to contract in its radial direction, thereby allowing the shaft to rotate.

Abstract: Described is a single-articulation hinge with an adjusting arrangement for lateral adjustment and for vertical adjustment, the invention providing a snap-in connection between the door-side section and the frame-side section of the door hinge. Rapid assembly is achieved thereby, because the two-part door hinge is completed through simple sliding together of an intermediate plate mounted on the door side and of a frame-side base plate screwed onto the body of the furniture unit. A snap-in connection is carried out preferably with the help of a spring, which separably connects the two parts.

Abstract: A door closure delay device is provided for connection to a door and a frame, whereby the user may delay the closing of the door by actuating a pneumatic timer which is coupled to a pneumatic or hydraulic door closer. The door closer includes a housing, a shaft extending outwardly from the interior of the housing, and a piston or other means for pressurizing the fluid within the housing. The timer includes a control mechanism for setting the amount of time desired to keep the door open, and a timing valve which is normally open but closes when the timer is actuated. When the door is opened and the pneumatic or hydraulic timer actuated, the door remains open for the selected period of time during which the timing valve prevents fluid pressurized within the housing from escaping, and upon the expiration of the selected time period, the timing valve opens and allows the door to close.

Abstract: A hydraulically damping apparatus for the door of a control part of electric and electronic goods comprises a damper body, a rotating fan having wings mounted on a shaft, a transmitting lever operatively fixed to the shaft of the rotating fan and a door integrally formed with an interlocking plate. The apparatus can shorten the opening time and maintain the safety by automatically controlling the damping oil flow.

Abstract: Hinge fittings for pivoting a titlable door or window in which the opening frame partially overlaps the fixed frame provided with a corner bearing and a casement stay fixed in rabbets, and each of the corner bearing and the casement stay having an auxiliary stay arm, a connecting rod and a second stay arm connecting the opening frame to the fixed frame. In order to guarantee better sealing and reliable operation of the door or window, the hinge fittings also include elements for the lateral and vertical positioning of the opening frame in relation to the fixed frame and elements to press the opening frame against the fixed frame on closing.

Abstract: A hinge device comprising a shaft to be connected at one end to a first member, a bracket mounted on the shaft, for supporting a second member such that the second member rotates around said shaft, and wave washers held and compressed between said shaft and said support means. The wave washers generates a friction between said shaft and the second member when the first and second members are rotated relative to each other around said shaft, thus suppressing the rotation of the first and second members.

Abstract: A slider for a track, such as the track of a friction stay, comprises a slider body adapted to be slidably received in the track, and slider body includes a recess having a cam mounted therein. Rotation of the cam causes the curved portions of the cam to bear against the sides of the recess, which are thereby slightly deformed. This deformation increases the frictional engagement of the slider with the track.

Abstract: A reconfigurable slide for supporting furniture being moved on common floor coverings is described. The slide, large relative to a furniture leg, comprises an inflexible slide cup of slippery material in contact with the floor covering which evenly distributes weight of the furniture over a broad area to minimize pressure on the floor covering. The slide further comprises a replaceable and reusable resilient slide cup insert fitted to the slide cup that has a flat upper surface which collapses around a furniture leg placed thereon, providing resistance to sliding of the leg on the insert. The resilient slide cup is made of closed-cell rubber that does not accumulate furniture damaging moisture and, with its increased density, provides better support of furniture than does sponge rubber.

Abstract: There is disclosed a hinge assembly that has a pintle and two plates that can rotate about the axis of the pintle. The first plate is irrotatably affixed to the pintle. The second plate is part of a friction element which also includes a band having a plurality of turns helically disposed about the pintle. Between the other end of the band and the second plate there is a spring that tightens the band about the pintle. The band is flexible enough so that it does not grip the pintle without the force of the spring. Frictional force is developed between the band and the pintle that opposes movement of the second plate in a direction that tends to tighten the band about the pintle. Movement of the second plate in the opposite direction tends to loosen the band's grip on the pintle so that very little frictional force is developed.

Abstract: The improved glass hinge assembly includes a first hinge component in the form of a glass clamp having a spaced pair of flat, parallel vertical walls interconnected by a connector block therebetween, the walls and connector block defining a peripheral glass-receiving space. The block is notched out in the rear so as to receive a pivot block connected to and projecting forwardly from the front end of a second hinge component of the assembly, which second component can be a glass clamp similar to the first glass clamp or a flat wall bracket disposed perpendicular to the pivot block. A hinge sub-assembly interconnects the two hinge components through the connector block of the first hinge component and the pivot block.