Abstract: Well apparatus including a top drive assembly having a hollow drive stem driven through a gear assembly by a plurality, two or more, of hydraulic motors, the drive stem adapted to be attached to a well swivel at upper end and an intermediate sub or a string at the lower end, the rotary motion of the drive stem to power the string during operations. A shut off valve to shut off well fluid and a link adapter can be located between the lower end of the hollow drive stem and the upper end of the drill string. The vertical axis of the drive stem can be aligned coaxially with the vertical axis of the wellbore and with the vertical axis of the drill string. The top drive can be mounted to a wheeled support frame contained within two elongated members mounted in a derrick. Pivotably mounted to the support frame is a manipulator arm adapted on one end to grasp and support a tubular member and pivotable in a horizontal plane.

Abstract: A food product slicer includes a rotating blade and a carriage for supporting the food product. The carriage is mounted for lateral motion along a linear path to bring the food product into contact with the blade. A drive motor is selectively connected to the carriage for movement of the carriage along the path. In accordance with a method of automatically operating the slicer, the carriage is moved along the path by the motor to a predefined reference position nearest the operator. A motor position count is initialized, and during all motor energization, a count is generated corresponding to incremental movement of the carriage along its path. The motor is energized for a count to move the carraige to a position corresponding to a start of a slicing stroke. The motor is then energized for a count sufficient to move the carriage to a second position corresponding to a completion end of the slicing stroke.

Abstract: A handle, suitable for knives and other implements, which provides for adjustable length blades, etc. comprises an outer portion of a resilient high coefficient of friction material surrounding an inner chamber of more rigid low coefficient of friction material into which a blade tang or the like may fit. The chamber is configured such that the high coefficient of friction material may be forced into close contact with a blade tang or the like to fix this in variety of different portions.

Abstract: A tool having an elongate guide blade and perpendicular head for alignment with the sides of a work piece is provided to guide a hand-operated cutting-type powered tool in making straight cuts. The head is reversible relative to the guide blade to allow use with tools which have guide structure on opposite sides of a cutting tool. The guide blade provides frictional material on its lower surface to aid positional maintenance on a work piece. A measuring device to indicate position of a tool cut is provided by a replaceable dowel that is cut off by a particular tool being used with the device.

Abstract: A method of indexing a dictionary and an indexing system thereof comprising the steps of: dividing the fore edge of a dictionary into an upper indexing area and a lower indexing area; diagonally labelling the twenty six English letters in alphabetical order on the upper indexing area of the fore edge according to the pages covered by the same first letter of the entries on a coordinate basis; marking the five English vowels A, E, I, O and U in the lower indexing area on the fore edge of the pages covering each vowel letter being arranged diagonally for corresponding to the relevant locations of the alphabets in the upper indexing area; and providing a plurality of labelling symbols to be respectively marked on both the upper and the lower indexing areas for separately representing the second and the third letters of an entry; so that, by referring to the letters and symbols on the divided fore edge of the dictionary, any entry that is sought can be quickly and accurately located therewith.

Abstract: A Multi-Purpose Conveyor System particularly designed for efficiently handling different types of dough products which conveyor system includes a plurality of coordinated and synchronized conveyor mechanisms, constructed and arranged to eliminate the necessity for manual handling of the dough during the cutting of the dough onto individual pieces, and assembling the desired number of pieces into a product carrier and delivering the product carrier to a transport conveyor system for final processing.

Abstract: An ice breaking attachment for impact hammers. The main component is a rigid metal beam used to transfer the blows of the impact hammer to the ice surface and then when the beam breaks through the ice distribute the impact of those blows over a large enough area to prevent damaging the underlying surface. The beam has a convex lower edge that also helps prevent damage to the underlying pavement. A vertical metal sleeve welded at the center of the beam accepts the blunt end of the impact hammer bit, and tether cables or chains attach the apparatus to the frame of the impact hammer.

Abstract: A system for selecting wood veneers on the basis of their size comprises in combination: a cutter, at least a selector apparatus downstream of the cutter composed of a vacuum conveyor, expellers cooperating with the conveyor to separate the veneer from it, sensors for reading the length of the veneer which are disposed upstream of the cutter and which control the coming into operation of the expellers, and a conveyor for taking the veneers to a stacker downstream of the selector apparatus. The expellers consist of a plurality of compressed air nozzles above the feed path of the veneer which are adapted to direct in a controlled manner jets of air against the veneer so as to detach it abruptly from the vacuum conveyor.

Abstract: A finned impact-operated boring tool according to the invention has an elongated body with a frontally tapered nose which merged with a generally cylindrical housing. A circular array of fins project radially from the housing along the surface thereof rearwardly of the nose of the tool and near the juncture of the nose with the housing. Each fin is generally rectilinear, and the fins are spaced apart to define a series of grooves therebetween which extend in the lengthwise direction of the tool. The distance from the bottoms of these grooves to the lengthwise axis of the tool housing is greater than or equal to the distance from the tool axis to the outer surface of the housing. According to one embodiment of the invention, the fins are formed on a replaceable collar which fits over the node of the tool. The finned boring tool according to the invention has improved movement speed through the ground.

Abstract: The present invention is a hidden belt weapon which, by means of a simple twisting motion on the part of its wearer, detaches from a belt and simultaneously deploys to a "throwing-star" or "Ninja star" configuration. The operative belt-fastening means (the buckle proper) need not detach with the weapon. More particularly, the hidden belt weapon comprises a backing within which is mounted a central rotating member. A plurality of knife blades are rotatably attached to the periphery of the central rotating member by means of a plurality of blade deployment pins. When the central rotating member and the knife blades are in their collapsed configuration, the member and blades are concealed by the cover. Concealment of the blades by the cover enables the user to carry the weapon in a highly-accessible position on the body, such as over the belt buckle, without detection of the weapon.

Abstract: A sharpening device for sharpening the edge of a cutting implement comprises a base element having a paramagnetic layer, an intermediate element which includes a flexible magnetic rubber layer and a flexible vinyl plastic layer, and a sharpening element which includes a grit paper having a rough upper surface and adhesive on its lower surface. The intermediate element is positioned on the base element such that its flexible magnetic rubber layer is in contact with (and becomes magnetically attached to) the paramagnetic layer of the base element and the sharpening element is positioned on the intermediate layer such that the adhesive on the lower surface of the grit paper thereof sticks to the vinyl plastic layer of the intermediate element. The sharpening device can be easily removed from the intermediate element and replaced when desired.

Abstract: A method for making the shaving head of a dry-shaving apparatus with an effective shaving area of a desired shape, in which a shear foil is mounted in an arcuate condition in a shaving-head frame without the cutter so that the foil assumes a free clamping curvature which is not influenced by the cutter, a normal-pressure distribution is applied perpendicular to the foil curvature which simulates the pressure distribution between the cutter and the foil in conformity with a desired effective shaving area, so that the shear foil experiences in said effective shaving area a deformation relative to the free clamping curvature, the simulated pretension curvature thus obtained corresponding to the desired normal-pressure distribution on the cutter in the desired effective shaving area relative to the shear foil.

Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus for slicing bagels or the like and includes: a base; a pair of face-matching blocks mounted vertically on the base, each of the face-matching blocks having a chamber therein facing and matching the other, which together forms a chamber generally the shape of a bagel, as well as providing a slot to receive a knife and to allow the knife to pass completely through the bagel-like bread on its longest dimension; a hinge positioned on the vertical dimension of one of the face-matching blocks, the top portion of which is hinged with respect to its remaining bottom portion to open and allow for insertion and removal of the bagel-like bread to be sliced; a pin extending into the chamber from the chamber surface of the hinged block, which when closed in an operative position causes the pin to penetrate the bagel and thereby restrict the movement of the bagel-like bread during the slicing operation; and a thumb grip formed in the top of each of the face-matching blocks for the purp

Abstract: A wood working accessory including a vice with a first jaw having an engagement surface for engaging one surface of a fence or the like, a second jaw for engaging an opposite surface of the fence, a yoke joining the first and second jaws and adapted to extend over an edge of the fence extending between the opposite surfaces thereof, and an adjustment mechanism operable to produce relative movement between the first and second jaws in a given direction substantially perpendicular to the engagement surface so as to produce selective forcible engagement of the fence between the first and second jaws.

Abstract: A guiding pocket for driving staples is described, in which a first set of parallel sides helps form the opening for the guiding pockets. These parallel sides are connected to tapered sides, which are in turn connected to a second pair of parallel sides, creating a hexagonal shaped pocket. The resultant pocket configuration possesses self-centering features, which in turn reduces jamming and misformed staples and allows for simpler manufacturing and inspection.

Abstract: An electric dry shaver is described having a long hair trimmer which includes an elongated cutter member having a generally U-shaped configuration and elongated comb member having a U-shaped cross sectional configuration. The comb member is assembled with the cutter member to provide a relatively compact and rigid assembly.

Abstract: The subject piercing die is particularly adapted for piercing a hole in a blank having an open interior and an outer wall defining a closed figure. The piercing is done from the interior of the blank through the wall to the outside of the blank. The piercing die includes a base with a slide movably mounted on the base. A guide is movably connected to the slide to control movement of the slide to a straight line movement. A female die having a blank receptacle for holding the blank is mounted on the base. The female die has a cutting aperture extending through a portion of the female die and intersecting the blank receptacle. A male die is mounted on the slide and is positioned within the blank receptacle for mating with the cutting aperture to cut a hole in a blank positioned in the receptacle. The male die cuts a hole in the blank from the interior of the blank through the outer wall to the outside of the blank.

Abstract: A saber saw blade having shearing teeth and cleaving teeth in combination wherein the shearing teeth alternatively cut the fiber on opposite sides of the kerf, and the cleaving teeth separate out the sheared fiber. The saw cuts on both portions of the reciprocating stroke.

Abstract: A knife assembly for a net dispensing apparatus used on a round baler is disclosed wherein the knife assembly is moved into a cutting position engageable with the netting material without imparting impact energy into the netting material. The knife assembly includes a knife holder having a curved portion wrapped concentrically around a pivot shaft and a detachable knife member. When the knife assembly is moved into a cutting position, the netting material forms an angle around the cutting edge of the knife member with a portion of the netting material extending generally parallel to the plane of the plane of the knife member. The tension applied to the netting material by reason of the net dispenser feed roll being halted and the cylindrical bale continuing in rotation pulls the netting material across the cutting edge of the knife member to effect a severance thereof.

Abstract: A damping element for damping three-dimensional and torsional oscillations, in particular in hand tools, is proposed. The damping element includes an approximately bell-shaped rubber spring element defining a cavity which is filled with a damping fluid. The cavity is closed off at its open end with a rubber diaphragm. Within the cavity there is mounted at least one partition which defines overflow conduits or passages, and additional partitions at an angle to the partition defining the overflow conduits. The partition defining the overflow conduits is rigidly joined to a fastening sleeve situated in the rubber spring at the end thereof opposite to its open end.