Abstract: A slide slidably mounted on an arm secured to an indexing plate has a slider seat for supporting thereon a slider body with its pull tab inserted in a slot defined between the slide and the arm. The slider pull tab is immovably held in the slot by a ball mounted in the arm and spring-biased into an aperture in the pull tab. Upon holding of the pull tab, the slide is slightly moved under the resiliency of a spring to lift the slider body until a locking pawl to which the pull tab is connected is withdrawn out of a slider guide channel. A block mounted on a fixed frame contains a spring-biased presser which, upon lateral alignment with the spring-biased ball, forces the ball into locking engagement with the pull tab in the slot, thereby locking the slider for application to a pair of slide fastener stringers.

Abstract: A bezel installation tool is disclosed for blind securing bezels in a panel. The tool includes a rotary striker, bezel holder and load spring. As tabs on the bezel are bent over by the striker, the holder and spring clench the bezel about the edge of the opening.

Abstract: A die-head of a cutting machine comprising a pair of relatively rotatable annular plates which movably hold cutting tools therebetween, a tool retracting lever with a stop, pivotally connected to one of the annular plates, a slide integrally connected to the other annular plate and peripherally pressed by a spring, and a pivotable cam plate with a projection bearing against the stop, the slide having a groove into which is engaged the projection of the cam plate, whereby the displacement of the lever, resulting from the movement of a workpiece causes the cam plate to rotate, thus resulting in a rotation of the slide to automatically retract the cutting tools.

Abstract: A method for mounting a ring-shaped construction on a ship stern in front of a propeller which comprises fixing a plurality of pieces at a predetermined distance along a periphery of a ring-shaped construction, marking the points respectively on a plurality of said pieces which are located in a same distance from the center of said ring-shaped construction, and mounting said ring-shaped construction to said ship stern. In this process, centering so that the circular locus of the beam emitted from a projector being rotated around the rotating axis of a propeller passes over said marked points of a plurality of pieces fixed to said ring-shaped construction, the settling position of said ring-shaped construction is adjusted.

Abstract: A slide fastener installation is disclosed in which the trains of coupling elements are adhesively mounted on the article into which the slide fastener is to be installed without the use of mounting tapes. In making this installation, the interlocked trains of elements are mounted on the fabric before a slit is made in the fabric to provide an opening to be closed by the slide fastener.

Abstract: The ultrasonic soldering of continuously drawn coilable aluminum tube to provide soldered socket joints is improved where the tube, after continuous and sequential drawing to produce a work hardened tube, is subjected to a burnishing operation by being drawn through a burnishing die. The burnishing operation differs from the drawing operation used to produce the continuously drawn tube in that the burnishing does not substantially alter the wall thickness of the tube. The burnishing dies condition the outer tube surface to be more wettable by molten solder metal in fluxless ultrasonic soldering processes.

Abstract: Improvements in apparatus of the type including a mandrel around which a continuous filament is coiled and which has a guide channel formed longitudinally therein for slidably receiving a continuous core to be positioned within the coil, and a mandrel holder holding the mandrel adjacent one end thereof and reciprocating with the latter in the longitudinal direction thereof in step with the formation of each convolution of the coil. A unit length of the core required for each coil convolution is forcibly pulled away from a core pay-off bobbin by a pair of pull-out rolls actuated intermittently by a ratchet mechanism. The mandrel holder has formed therein passageways through which the core travels from the pull-out roll pair to the entrance end of the guide channel in the mandrel.

Abstract: This invention relates to a wiper die arrangement improvement for use on tube bending machine tools, and comprises an assembly (18) including a base member (19) that can be mounted to the tube bending machine and a wiper die insert member (20) engaged with the base whereby the insert member (20) can be longitudinally adjusted to compensate for wear or damage of the feather-edge (32 thereon) without the necessity for realignment or set up readjustment of the base member (19) to the bending machine.

Abstract: A metal strip cold-reduction mill having small work rolls with the rolls and strip flooded with liquid lubricant, has a tension reel on which the strip leaving the work rolls is coiled for tensioning the strip in the work rolls. A set of squeeze rolls between the work rolls and the reel removes the lubricant from the strip before the strip is coiled on the reel. At least one of the squeeze rolls is a controlled deflection roll.

Abstract: Slide fastening elements mounted on longitudinal connecting and supporting means woven in the edge of a supporting tape with pluralities of loops of weft thread segments passing around the connecting and supporting means between the fastening elements, are removed by cutting the connecting and supporting means on opposite sides of each fastening element of a group of the fastening elements to be removed, and pivoting the group of fastening elements and severed ends of the connecting and supporting means about an axis extending parallel the tape and spaced from the tape and the connecting and supporting means to pull the group of fastening elements and severed ends of the connecting means from the weft thread loops.

Abstract: A method is described for obtaining extrusion products of "high performance" alloy wire of small cross section in an economical fashion. The ratio of length to cross section of cast "high performance" alloy preforms limits the length of a filled billet to less than the optimum which may be extruded on available extrusion presses where it is desired to obtain small diameter extrusion products in a single extrusion. This limitation is overcome by squaring the ends of cast lengths of the alloy and then butt welding such lengths to compositely form preforms of the maximum length capable of being extruded on a given extrusion press. The composite preforms are extruded in a filled billet in accordance with the teachings of U.S. Pat. No. 4,209,122. The extrusion products from these composite preforms have the same desirable properties described in that patent and extend the benefits described therein.

Abstract: Apparatus for interchangeable mounting of rollers, comprising a roller unit having a shaft or axis with at least one roller arranged thereon and having two end members, a frame with a holder into which the roller unit is insertable from above, and lifter elements provided in or on the frame and by means of which the roller unit is displaceable between an operative position in which it is supported in the frame by supporting bearer members and a raised interchanged position in which it is removable from the frame.

Abstract: In a method for determining the machinability of a metal substrate for use in an electromechanical recording apparatus a surface of a foundation is coated with a layer of metal. The metal layer is machined such that the metalized surface of the foundation is substantially flat and smooth. After the machining step, the metal surface is inspected for depressions with a microscope using a differential interference contrast technique. The number of depressions observed is indicative of the machinability of the coated foundation.

Abstract: A punching and winding machine having a punch assembly to punch a plurality of spaced holes in a metal strip at predetermined distances along the strip, and a winding assembly to wind the punched strip into a roll so that the holes in the strip are aligned to form radially extending slots.

Abstract: A cooling conveyor arrangement for rolled wire or wire rod which has left a water cooler has a loop-forming device which deposits the wire in overlapping loops on an air-cooling conveyor. To obtain a shorter cooling path, which is desirable for high-grade steels to reduce the rate of cooling, the loops fall onto a conveyor portion and are carried by a conveyor portion to a coil-forming station where the loops are collected. To obtain a longer cooling path a removable conveyor portion is switched into place so that the loops are carried along a conveyor portion to an opening where they fall onto a conveyor portion. A conveyor portion is swung into alignment with the portion carrying the loops to feed the loops to the coil-forming station.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus intended for use in manufacturing candles of a type comprising an open container with candle wax composition, wick and wick holder. The invention is particularly related to wick advancing means and mating means in an apparatus for manufacturing such candles.

Abstract: Material is drawn from a roll of flat stock, passed through a pipe forming machine, and welded to provide a continuous length of pipe which is stored in a variable size loop. Pipe is withdrawn from the loop by means of a series of pipe straightening and feeding rollers which feeds the pipe to a bending machine. The bending machine is suspended from an overhead platform for rotation about a vertical axis and carries a shearing cutter so that multi-bend pipe sections, such as automobile exhaust pipes, may be bent, severed and dropped onto a conveyor for inspection and disposition while the pipe is being continuously formed from the flat stock. Distance between bends and plane of bend are respectively controlled by the pipe feeder and the bend machine rotation. Differences between forming and bending rates are compensated by varying the amount of pipe in the storage loop.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and apparatus for the manufacture of a screw-line shaped reinforcement spiral out of metal wire for the reinforcement of concrete pipes or columns. The wire is, while subject to tensile stress, wound onto a cylindrical last whose diameter is equal to the inner diameter of the spiral. The wire, before coming onto the last, passes over a roll that prestresses the wire to a curve of such a small diameter that, after the wire has been taken off the curve, a tension tending to bend the wire in the direction of bending of the reinforcement spiral remains in the wire. The winding takes place so that at the immediate proximity of the initial end of the last the wire passes over rolls. The first roll, whose projection is partly outside the projection of the mantle of the last and which gives the wire a curve radius smaller than the radius of the last, makes a tension bending in the wire in the direction of bending of the reinforcement spiral which bended remain in the wire.

Abstract: There is disclosed, in combination with an apparatus for the manufacture of a fan wheel having a plurality of inclined elongated blades cylindrically mounted to a pair of end rings and at least one disc centrally keyed onto the blades and carrying a fan wheel hub, a press for fixing the end rings, the disc and the blades to each other, and a blade feed conveyor belt for carrying the required number of blades, to be assembled on the fan wheel, spaced at a distance corresponding to the position of the blades when assembled on the fan wheel, and for feeding the blades to the press.

Abstract: A method of and system for controlling the oil concentration in and the stability of an oil-in-water emulsion used as a coolant-lubricant in a metalworking operation in which a portion of the emulsion is circulated through a sensor to monitor its density and to generate a signal relating the density to the oil concentration. The signal is employed to control addition of oil to the emulsion to thereby control the concentration within close limits. Sensing means also monitors the stability of the circulated emulsion, and emulsifier is added, as required, either to the oil to be added or directly to the emulsion to thereby control both the oil concentration in and the stability of the emulsion.