Abstract: A composite stripper for use in conjunction with an apparatus for joining multiple pieces of sheet metal or other sheet material is disclosed. The composite stripper is an elongated cylindrical member having a compliant distal engagement portion which is compressible to clamp sheet materials tightly together and a relatively hard proximate portion to provide an adequate interface between the punch assembly and the material to be joined.

Abstract: A clamp for securing a tool to a multi-piece panel assembly. The clamp is especially suited for applications where access to only one side of the panel assembly is available. The clamp uses a blind temporary fastener that is secured to the panel assembly to hold the independent panels of the assembly together. The clamp includes an sleeve member that is attached to the temporary fastener and a socket that attaches to the sleeve member and is axially adjustable therewith. The clamp attaches to the temporary fastener without modification of the temporary fastener and clamps the tool to the panel assembly. The clamp is adjustable for a variety of tool thicknesses and can be removed without removal of the temporary fastener.

Abstract: A portable apparatus for displacing a manhole cover from a manhole where the manhole cover includes an engaging surface. The portable apparatus includes a leg having a first end and a second end and a shaft attached to the first end of the leg such that the leg and the shaft define a fulcrum point for the device. A tool is pivotally attached to the leg wherein the tool engages the engaging surface of the manhole cover.

Abstract: A cutting board having a planar upper surface, a generally flat bottom surface, a peripheral wall extending upwardly adjacent to the side edges and the back edges of the upper surface, and peripheral trough formed between the side edges and the peripheral wall. The upper surface is inclined at approximately 2° from the front edge to the rear right back edge. A canal is formed between the second side edge of the upper surface and the second side wall. This canal is tapered so as to widen toward the back edge. The canal contains a corner well to collect juices from the trough sections and canal.

Abstract: A vehicle leveling apparatus for leveling vehicles, especially large recreational vehicles, trailers and the like. A support base having a channel formed by parallel inclined walls is disposed on an uneven parking surface. A leveling track is pivotally disposed within the channel of the support base. The leveling track can be adjusted to different height levels. The leveling track is set at a desired height and tilted toward the wheels of a vehicle. The vehicle is moved onto the leveling track, thereby raising the vehicle into a level position. An adjustable chock prevents the vehicle from traveling off the leveling track.

Abstract: A large size clamping device for detaching a bearing having three cambered base blocks is disclosed. An inner edge of each base block is formed with a thinner top cambered surface. Each side of the base block has a penetrating connecting hole. Three connecting rods are used to connect the three base blocks by each connecting rod passing through the connecting holes of two respective base blocks. Thereby, an area confined by the base blocks is adjusted by adjusting the connections of the base blocks and the connecting rods. Thus the clamping device is suitable for bearings of different sizes. Moreover, the forces between the bearing to be pulled out and the clamping devices are more uniform so that the bearing will not be harmed.

Abstract: A clamping device for structural components includes a clamping rod and a clamping arm which can be pivoted from a clamping position into a ready position and vice versa. A rigid lever is rigidly connected through a pivot shaft to the clamping arm. A rigid bracket is rotatably coupled to the lever and to an end of the clamping rod. The length of the rigid bracket between the coupling joints is greater than the distance between the first coupling joint of the bracket with the lever and the longitudinal axis of the clamping rod in the ready position.

Abstract: Wire processing apparatus particularly adapted to perform operations on wires having a central conductor with multiple, coaxial covering layers. The apparatus includes an electronic memory for storing values commensurate with the lengths from a terminal end of the wire to the positions of cuts to be made through the plurality of coating layers, and a plurality of threaded shafts individually movable by manual manipulation of mechanical elements to control the depths of each cut. The threaded shafts are mounted upon a turret which is movable both rotationally and axially with respect to the wire being processed. The electronic memory is preferably adapted to receive inputs representing parameters of sequential steps in each of two processing operations, and to perform such operations alternately, upon different wire ends, upon successive actuations of the apparatus.

Abstract: A vacuum fixture incorporating a vacuum suctioning device which may be employed in the manufacture of thin film chip carriers through the intermediary of retaining parts which are to be processed on the surface of a suction plate in a dimensionally compensating operative mode. A process is disclosed which may be employed in the manufacture of thin film chip carriers which is adhered in a dimensionally compensating manner to the surface of an interposer plate which is supported on a suction plate of a vacuum fixture.

Abstract: An improved vise with a fixed jaw and a movable jaw which is guided by a lead screw to move along a pair of ways guiding the movable jaw. The movable jaw is adjusted to maintain a face which is precisely parallel with a face of the fixed jaw. The movable jaw is constructed of an upper component which travels on the ways, and a U-shaped lower member which inserts and telescopes into the upper component. The two jaw members contact at a chamfered face which cants or tilts the upper jaw member so that the movable jaw construction can be leveled. Leveling assures that the upper and lower jaw members cooperate, thereby interacting with a tapered face between the two to change the relative angle. In effect, the movable jaw face is maintaining precisely parallel and overcomes off center mounting of a workpiece.

Abstract: A gas turbine rotor stacking fixture includes upstanding bolts for reception in aligned bolt holes in superposed aft disk, wheels and spacers and upstanding alignment rods received in openings of the disk, wheels and spacers during the rotor stacking assembly. The axially registering openings enable insertion of thin-walled tubes circumferentially about the rim of the rotor, with tight tolerances to the openings to provide supply and return steam for cooling buckets. The alignment rods have radial dimensions substantially less than their dimensions in a circumferential direction to allow for radial opening misalignment due to thermal expansion, tolerance stack-up and wheel-to-spacer mismatch due to rabbet mechanical growth. The circumferential dimension of the alignment rods affords tightly toleranced alignment of the openings through which the cooling tubes are installed.

Abstract: An extractor for arrowheads including a fork in a generally C-shaped configuration having two spaced parallel prongs with forwardly extending ends and with a base coupling the prongs in spaced relationship. The base is formed with a central first aperture parallel with and intermediate the prongs and with a transverse threaded second aperture coupling the primary aperture with one side face. A threaded set screw is located within the threaded aperture of the base and extends through the first aperture of the base. A handle has a bore there through. A rearward sleeve is positioned within the bore of the handle and has a central threaded bore there through. An elongated threaded rod extends through the forward sleeve and the rearward sleeve and is threadedly coupled thereto. The threaded rod is formed with a forward end located between the prongs with a threaded recess therein for threaded coupling and uncoupling with respect to a threaded portion of an arrowhead to be extracted.

Abstract: The translation block with disengaging nut (15) comprises a translation body (4) which serves as a housing for the nut (15) and which slides along the guide element (7) surrounding the screw. The interior unit comprises the nut (15) formed of two mechanically identical pieces (29, 30) which are attached to the screw (13) and separated by an elastic restraint, and an immobilizing-release device (18) cooperating with blocking grooves (42) on the nut, comprised of two flanges (20, 21) each pivoting on an axle parallel to the screw, elastically joined to the nut and released through the action of a pneumatic force. This invention is of interest to manufacturers of storage devices, for example, screw-mounted lifting mechanisms for vehicle transport trailers.

Abstract: A wrench includes a handle having a head and a gear disposed in the head. A pawl is pivotally secured in the handle and has two ends selectively actuated to act onto the gear. A knob has a spring-biased projection for selectively actuating either of the ends of the pawl to engage with the gear. An indicator device may be used for indicating the active direction of the wrench by indicating the position of the knob. The pawl may be disposed outside of the gear or may be disposed in a cartridge that is rotatably received in an internal gear.

Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a magnetic device and a manufacturing tool employing the methods. One of the methods includes the steps of: (1) providing a planar winding assembly and (2) employing an automated pick and placement tool adhesively to secure a first core-portion of a magnetic core to a second core-portion thereof proximate the planar winding assembly, the magnetic core adapted to impart a desired magnetic property to the planar winding assembly, the first and second core-portions being secured to said planar winding assembly without substantial compressive forces.

Abstract: Two picture frame members can have their beveled end surfaces glued together by using a clamp mechanism to force the frame members into pressure contact at the end surfaces. The clamp mechanism includes a stationary stop member having a convex V-shaped edge surface contacting inner edges of the frame members, and a movable clamp member having a concave V-shaped edge surface contacting the outer edges of the frame members. Prongs on the stationary stop member prevent undesired shifting of the frame members while the clamp member is being advanced to exert pressure forces on the frame members.

Abstract: A workholding apparatus includes a top jaw member and a bottom master jaw element. The master jaw element is movably supported on a base member and has a keypart fixed thereto and projecting upwardly. The keypart receives the top jaw member. An aperture of the top jaw member having closed ends, and an open mouth surrounded by vertical walls, fits over the keypart of the top jaw member. The keypart can have a cross-section having portions resembling a double dovetail configuration. The aperture of the top jaw member has similar dovetail-shaped sections to receive the keypart. The keypart includes a takeup member having an arcuate keeper element secured and projecting from a surface of the keypart opposite the dovetail-shaped portions. The keeper element projects outwardly a small distance to seat on an inclined surface of the aperture very close to the vertical walls thereof. Thus the top member preferably is contacted by the keeper element at a location on the inclined surface within about 0.

Abstract: A pry tool for facilitating disassembly of suspension components in a vehicle wheel suspension assembly which includes a vehicular telescopic strut member secured to a steering knuckle. The tool comprises a handle member along with a fulcrum tower, with the combination being arranged to substantially enclose the strut, and through forces created by the pry tool, and against the coil spring, the tool enables and facilitates removal of the steering knuckle from the body of the strut. The pry tool includes an elongated handle with a handle yoke at one end for enclosing or enveloping the strut, and with a fulcrum yoke at the opposed end for contacting the upper end of the steering knuckle. Axial removal forces are applied between the coil spring and the steering knuckle, thereby freeing the strut component from the assembly.

Abstract: A device is provided for holding a printed circuit panel having two substantially parallel margins. The device has a frame and employs two grasping jaws to hold the first and second margins of the panel, respectively. An actuator coupled to one of the grasping jaws provides a force that tends to move away one grasping jaw with respect to the other grasping jaw and thereby provides a tension to keep the printed circuit panel plane. Since the printed circuit panel is grapsed by and traction is exerted on the two parallel margins, the panel is held with highly accurate planeness regardless of its dimensions and of its thickness. In This manner, the device for holding a printed circuit panel may accommodate panels with a wide variety of sizes.

Abstract: An eyeglass lens grinding machine, which is designed to effectively utilize the grinding capability of abrasive wheels so as to perform efficient grinding operations. The eyeglass lens grinding machine includes a lens rotating section which holds and rotates a lens to be processed, an abrasive wheel rotating section which rotates an abrasive wheel for grinding the lens on its own axis, an abrasive wheel's rotational state detecting section which detects the state of rotation of the abrasive wheel caused by the abrasive wheel rotating section, and a rotation control section which variably changes the rotation of the lens rotating section on the basis of the result of the detection. The rotation control section issues a command to either stop or slow down the rotation of the lens if the load on the rotation of the abrasive wheel exceeds a predetermined reference level and issues a command to have the lens rotation return to the initial state if the load becomes lower than the reference level.